全新版大学英语学习大厅综合教程第二单元A卷

全新版第二版综合

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Part I Listening Comprehension ( 14 minutes )

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear ten statements. Numbers 1 to 6 are based on Text A while

the

rest

are

based

on

Text

B.

Each

statement

will

be

read

ONL

Y

ONCE.

Listen

carefully

and

decide whether each statement is true or false.

1.

A) T

B) F

Script: Just like Uncle Tom in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Josiah Henson was a long

-suffering slave who

was unwilling to stand up for himself.

正确答案：

B

2.

A) T

B) F

Script: The Underground Railroad is not a real road but a secret system used for helping thousands

of slaves to escape north to Canada.

正确答案：

A

3.

A) T

B) F

Script: After winning his own freedom from slavery, John Parker helped other slaves to escape to

get freedom.

正确答案：

A

4.

A) T

B) F

Script:

Supported

by

his

religious

convictions,

Levi

Coffin,

a

white

American,

worked

as

a

正确答案：

A

5.

A) T

B) F

Script:

Many

escaping

slaves

had

to

travel

at

night

because

it

was

easier

for

them

to

find

the

direction.

正确答案：

B

6.

A) T

B) F

Script:

Many

fugitives

chose

Canada

as

their

primary

destination

because

slavery

had

been

abolished there.

正确答案：

A

7.

A) T

B) F

Script: The law at that time required black people seated in the middle area of the bus to give up

their seats to white people who wanted them.

正确答案：

A

8.

A) T

B) F

Script:

According

to

Rosa

Parks’

own

statement,

she

refused

to

give

up

her

seat

to

the

white

because she was too tired after work.

正确答案：

B

9.

A) T

B) F

Script: The bus boycott in Montgomery didn’t come to an end until the Supreme Court announced

the racial separation illegal on city buses.

正确答案：

A

10.

A) T

B) F

Script:

Rosa

Parks

was

the

first

African

American

to

be

honored

in

the

Capitol

building

after

death.

正确答案：

B

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the

first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second

time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when

the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

The central theme of Martin Luther King’s campaign for civil rights was non

-violence. It worked

better for King in the US than it did for Gandhi in (11)_________________ , where independence

was

(12)_________________

by

terrible

fighting

between

Muslims

and

Hindus

(

印度教教徒

).

There

are

lots

of

examples in

King

’

s

campaign

of

non- violent

protest

working.

His

campaign

brought huge (13)_________________ and because King taught blacks to meet the whites with

love, not hate, it made the whites look (14)_________________ and evil in the eyes of the world.

For

example,

when

students

organized

(15)_________________

protests,

the

world

saw

white

men arresting peaceful blacks because they sat in the wrong seats in a lunch bar in Woolworth’s.

When children (16)_________________ in Birmingham, Alabama, the police used water cannon

and dogs against them, arrested them and put them in (17)_________________ .

Another

important

weapon

in

King’s

(18)_________________

was

publicity.

For

many

poor

blacks, life was simply a struggle to feed their families and keep a place to live. King needed to

reach all those people and show them that their lives could be better. He made speeches all over

America.

He

held

meetings.

When

(19)_________________

,

news

of

his

arrest

was

in

newspapers around the world. Black African-Americans became radicalized and wanted to fight.

Some went further than King wanted, and used violence, as in the Watts Riots (

暴动

) in 1965 in

Los Angeles. But he taught them that they could change things. Publicity then included posters,

newspapers,

meetings,

(20)_________________

,

marches,

demonstrations,

radio,

and

early

television.

Script: The central theme of Martin Luther King

’

s campaign for civil rights was non-violence. It

worked

better

for

King

in

the

US

than

it

did

for

Gandhi

in

India,

where

independence

was

accompanied by terrible fighting between Muslims and Hindus (

印度教教徒

). There are lots of

examples

in

King’s

campaign

of

non

-violent

protest

working.

His

campaign

brought

huge

publicity and because King taught blacks to meet the whites with love, not hate, it made the whites

look

silly

and

evil

in

the

eyes

of

the

world.

For

example,

when

students

organized

lunchtime

protests, the world saw white men arresting peaceful blacks because they sat in the wrong seats in

a

lunch

bar

in Woolworth’s.

When

children

marched

in

Birmingham,

Alabama,

the

police

use

d

water cannon and dogs against them, arrested them and put them in jail.

Another important weapon in King’s fight against injustice was publicity. For many poor blacks,

life was simply a struggle to feed their families and keep a place to live. King needed to reach all

those people and show them that their lives could be better. He made speeches all over America.

He held meetings. When he was arrested, news of his arrest was in newspapers around the world.

Black African-Americans became radicalized and wanted to fight. Some went further than King

wanted, and used violence, as in the Watts Riots (

暴动

) in 1965 in Los Angeles. But he taught

them that they could change things. Publicity then included posters, newspapers, meetings, word

of mouth, marches, demonstrations, radio, and early television.

正确答案：

India

正确答案：

accompanied

正确答案：

publicity

正确答案：

silly

正确答案：

lunchtime

正确答案：

marched

正确答案：

jail

正确答案：

fight against injustice

正确答案：

he was arrested

正确答案：

word of mouth

Part II Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes )

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several blanks. You are required to select one

word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the

passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a

letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

In

the

1820s

Coffin

moved

west

to

Newport

(now

Fountain

City),

Indiana,

where

he

opened

a

store. Word spread that fleeing slaves could always find 21 at the Coffin home. At times he 22 as

many as 17 fugitives at once, and he kept a team and wagon ready to convey them on the next 23

of their journey. Eventually three principal routes 24 at the Coffin house, which came to be the

Grand Central Terminal of the Underground Railroad.

For his efforts, Coffin received frequent 25 and warnings that his store and home would be burned.

Nearly every conductor faced similar risks

—

26 . In the North, a magistrate might have imposed

a 27 or a brief jail sentence for aiding those escaping. In the Southern states, whites were 28 to

months

or

even

years

in

jail.

One

29

Methodist

minister,

Calvin

Fairbank,

was

imprisoned

for

more than 17 years in Kentucky, where he 30 his beatings: 35,105 stripes with the whip.

A) conformedB) convergedC) fineD) sharply

E) death threatsF) prejudicedG) courageousH) kept a log of

I) crippledJ) legK) or worseL) refuge

M) identityN) shelteredO) sentenced

21.______________________

正确答案：

L

22.______________________

正确答案：

N

23.______________________

正确答案：

J

24.______________________

正确答案：

B

25.______________________

正确答案：

E

26.______________________

正确答案：

K

27.______________________

正确答案：

C

28.______________________

正确答案：

O

29.______________________

正确答案：

G

30.______________________

正确答案：

H

Section B

Directions: There are several passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions

or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You

should decide on the best choice.

Passage One

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

There was one shop in the town of Mufulira that was notorious for its color bar. It was a drugstore.

While Europeans were served at the counter, a long line of Africans queued at the window and

often not only were kept waiting but, when their turn came to be served, were rudely treated by the

shop assistants. One day I was determined to make a public protest against this kind of thing, and

many of the schoolboys in my class followed me to the store and waited outside to see what would

happen when I went in.

I simply went into the shop and asked the manager politely for some medicine. As soon as he saw

me standing in the place where only European customers were allowed to stand he shouted at me

in

a

bastard

language

that

is

only

used

by

a

boss

when

speaking

to

his

servants.

I

stood

at

the

counter

and

politely

requested

in

English

that

I

should

be

served.

The

manager

became

exasperated and said to me in English,

you.

I went to the District Commissioner’s office. Fortunately the District Commissioner was out, for

he was one of the old school; however, I saw a young District Officer who was a friend of mine.

He was very concerned to hear my story and told me that if ever I wanted anything more from the

drugstore all I had to do was come to him personally and he would buy my medicine for me. I

protested that that was not good enough. I asked him to accompany me back to the store and to

make a protest to the manager. This he did, and I well remember him saying to the manager,

is Mr. Kaunda who is a responsible member of the Urban Advisory Council, and you treat him like

a common servant.

himself and explained who he was, then, of course I should have given him proper service.

I had to explain once again that he had missed my point. Why should I have to introduce myself

every time I went into a store … any more than I should

have to buy my medicine by going to a

European friend? I want to prove that any man of any color, whatever his position, should have the

right to go into any shop and buy what he wants.

31.

A) a bar which is painted in different colors

B) the fact that white and black customers are served separately

C) a bar of chocolate having different colors

D) a counter where people of different colors are served with beer

正确答案：

B

32.

The writer was, at the time of the story, _______________.

A) a black, but a member of the Urban Advisory Council

B) an African servant

C) a black, but a friend of the drugstore manager

D) a rich black

正确答案：

A

33.

The manager of the drugstore shouted at the writer in a bastard language because __________.

A) he hadn’t learned to speak polite English

B) he thought the writer wouldn’t understand English

C) that was the usual language when speaking to Africans

D) that was the only language he could speak when he was angry

正确答案：

C

34.

In the third paragraph,

A) he believed in the age-old practice of racial discrimination

B) he was a very old man

C) he graduated from an old, conservative school

D) he was in charge of an old school

正确答案：

A

35.

Why didn’t the writer wait at the window of the drugstore like other black Africans?

A) Because he thought he was educated and should be treated differently.

B) Because he thought, being an important person, he should not be kept waiting.

C) Because he thought his white friend would help him out.

D) Because he wanted to protest against racial discrimination.

正确答案：

D

Passage Two

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on

daytime television. Many of us have seen and heard the often recycled topics found on such shows

as Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each

one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly opposite in content, while

at

the

same

time

standing

out

above

the

rest,

than

the

Jerry

Springer

and

the

Oprah

Winfrey

shows.

Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “trash talk”. The topics on his show are as

shocking as shocking can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show themes of

love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer

show is a display and exploitation of society

’

s moral catastrophes (

灾难

), yet people are willing to

eat up the intriguing predicaments (

困境

) of other people

’

s lives.

Like

Jerry

Springer,

Oprah

Winfrey

takes

TV

talk

show

to

its

extreme,

but

Oprah

goes

in

the

opposite direction

. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individual’s quality of

life.

Topics

range

from

teaching

your

children

responsibility,

managing

your

work

weekly,

to

getting to know your neighbors.

Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society.

Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech that sums up the entire moral

of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.

Clear as it is, the

Oprah show is not for everyone. The show’s main target audience is middle

-class

Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and stability to deal with life’s tougher

problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of an association with the young adults of

society. These are 18- to 21-year-olds whose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex,

money and peers. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the

show's exploitation.