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全新版第二版综合
B3U5-E
Part I Listening Comprehension ( 13
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: I?m
grateful for the people who have helped me and try
to repay them all the time.
正确答案：
B
2.
A) T
B) F
Script: Although I have never before
expressed gratitude to the people who help me a
lot, I can
take an opportunity to thank
them later on.
正确答案：
B
3.
A) T
B) F
Script: I never feel
regretful that modern children prefer the
electronic media to books.
正确答案：
B
4.
A) T
B) F
Script: I thank my grandma simply
because she taught me many good qualities that
benefit me a
lot.
正确答案：
B
5.
A) T
B) F
Script: My thank-you letter convinced
Nelson that he had gained much success in his
career.
正确答案：
A
6.
A) T
B) F
Script: I felt moved deeply because my
grandma still gave me a reply although it was not
an easy
thing for her.
正确答案：
A
7.
A) T
B) F
Script: Those who focused
on hassles disliked to exercise because they
lacked passion for their
life.
正确答案：
B
8.
A) T
B) F
Script: Gratitude is an inborn quality
which can hardly be developed.
正确答案：
B
9.
A) T
B) F
Script: People who expressed gratitude
expected to be repaid by people who felt
appreciated.
正确答案：
B
10.
A) T
B) F
Script: Gratitude has the
potential to change everything from its ordinary
state to being a gift.
正确答案：
A
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.
Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in the
United States, a day when many Americans express
gratitude
for good
(11)_________________ in their personal lives,
their (12)_________________ and the
larger world. But what are some of the
(13)_________________ things Americans are
grateful for
this year?
Three (14)_________________ girls
visiting Washington on a school trip say gratitude
is as much
a
part
of
a
family
Thanksgiving
meal,
as
are
roast
(15)_________________
and
yams.
“At
Thanksgiving, we go around the table
and say what we are (16)_________________ and
thankful
for, and it just feels good,”
one says. “I?m really grateful
for how
close I am to my family and
friends,”
(17)_________________
another,
“and
how
they
are
always
there
for
me
and
we
are
always here for each other.”
(18)_________________
on
New
York?s
Broadway
Avenue
has
seen
his
share
of
sorrows,
(19)_____________
____ . “I?m
breathing and I have two arms and two legs and I
can talk and see.
You wake up and you
say ?Dang! Thank God! I?m alive.? And I get to
work every day. I?m just
grateful for what I?ve got,” he
says.
As
(20)_________________
lies
fast
asleep,
Angel
Figueroa
and
his
wife
Jessica
Torres
say
they?re thankful for,
plans
to
teach
their
daughter
to
express
gratitude
easily
and
often.
“It?s
a
healthy
way
to
live.
Gratitude keeps
the world
going in a positive way.”
Script: Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in
the United States, a day when many Americans
express
gratitude for good fortune in
their personal lives, their communities and the
larger world. But what
are some of the
specific things Americans are grateful for this
year?
Three teenage girls visiting
Washington on a school trip say gratitude is as
much a part of a family
Thanksgiving
meal, as are roast turkey and yams. “At
Thanksgiving, we go around the table and
say what we are
grateful and
thankful for, and it just feels good,” one says.
“I?m really grateful for
how close I am
to my family and friends,” adds another, “and how
they are always there for me
and we are
always here for each other.”
A
street
vendor
on
New
York?s
Broad
way
Avenue
has
seen
his
share
of
sorrows,
yet
remains
appreciative. “I?m breathing and I have
two arms and two legs and I can talk and see. You
wake up
and you say ?Dang! Thank God!
I?m alive.? And I get to work every day. I?m just
grateful for what
I?ve got,” he
says.
As their infant
daughter lies fast asleep, Angel Figueroa and his
wife Jessica Torres say they?re
thankful for, “happiness, joy and being
parents,” this Thanksgiving. Torres says the
couple plans
to teach their daughter to
express gratitude e
asily and often.
“It?s a healthy way to live. Gratitude
keeps the world going in a positive
way.”
正确答案：
fortune
正确答案：
communities
正确答案：
specific
正确答案：
teenage
正确答案：
turkey
正确答案：
grateful
正确答案：
adds
正确答案：
A street vendor
正确答案：
yet remains
appreciative
正确答案：
their infant daughter
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.
Rather than saying they
would forgive that I hadn?t 21 thanked them,
instead, for Pete?s sake, they
were
thanking me
—
for having
remembered, for having considered they had done
anything so
22 .
Always the
college professor, my dad had carefully avoided
anything he considered too 23 , so I
knew how moved he was to write me that,
after having helped educate many
young
people, he
now felt that his best
results included his own son.
The
Reverend
Nelson
wrote
that
his
24
as
a
“simple,
old
-
fashioned
principal”
had
ended
with
schools undergoing such
swift changes that he had retired in
self-
doubt. “I heard more of what I
had done wrong than what I did right,”
he said, adding that my letter had brought him
welcome 25
that his career had been
appreciated.
A glance at Grandma?s 26
handwriting brought back in a flash memories of
standin
g alongside her
white
rocking
chair,
watching
her
“settin?
down”
some
letter
to
relatives.
27
,
Grandma
would
slowly 28 one word, then the next, so
that a finished page would 29 hours. I wept over
the page 30
my
Grandma?s
recent
hours
invested
in
expressin
g
her
loving
gratefulness
to
me
—
whom
she
used to diaper!
A) sentimentalB) reassuranceC)
exceptionalD) Character by character
E)
representingF) consumeG) sensationalH) similar
I) accomplishJ) familiarK) obviouslyL)
assurance
M) presentingN) decadesO)
previously
21.______________________
正确答案：
O
22.______________________
正确答案：
C
23.______________________
正确答案：
A
24.______________________
正确答案：
N
25.______________________
正确答案：
B
26.______________________
正确答案：
J
27.______________________
正确答案：
D
28.______________________
正确答案：
I
29.______________________
正确答案：
F
30.______________________
正确答案：
E
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.
Throughout the
nation?s more than 15,000 school districts widely
differing approaches to teaching
science
and
math
have
emerged.
Though
there
can
be strength
in
diversity,
a
new
international
analysis
suggests that this variability has instead
contributed to lackluster
(
平淡的
) achievement
scores by U.S. children relative to
their peers in other developed countries.
Indeed, concludes William
H.
Schmidt of Michigan State University, who led the
new analysis,
“no single intellectually
coherent vision dominates U.S.
educational
practice in math
or science.”
The reason, he said, “is because the
system is deeply and fundamentally
flawed.”
The
new
analysis,
released
this
week
by
the
National
Science
Foundation
in
Arlington,
Va.,
is
based on
data collected from about 50 nations as part of
the Third International Mathematics and
Science Study.
Not only do
approaches to teaching science and math vary among
individual U.S. communities,
the report
finds, but there appears to be little strategic
focus within a school district?s
curricula,
its
textbooks, or
its teachers? activities. This contrasts sharply
with the coordinated national programs
of most other countries.
On
average,
U.S.
students
study
more
topics
within
science
and
math
than
their
international
counterparts do. This creates
a
n educational environment that “is a
mile wide and an inch deep,”
Schmidt
notes.
For instance, eighth graders in
the United States cover about 33 topics in math
versus just 19 in
Japan. Among science
courses, the international gap is even wider. U.S.
curricula for this age level
resemble
those of a small group of countries including
Australia, Thailand, Iceland, and Bulgaria.
Schmidt asks whether the United States
wants to be classed with these nations, whose
educational
systems
“
share
our
pattern
of
splintered
(
支离破碎的
)
visions
”
but
which
are
not
economic
leaders.
The new report
“couldn?t come at a better time,” says Gerald
Wheeler, executive director of the
National
Science
Teachers
Association
in
Arlington.
“The
new
National
Science
Education
Standards provide th
at
focused vision,” including the call “to do less,
but in greater depth.”
Implementing the new science standards
and their math counterparts will be the challenge,
he and
Schmidt agree, because the
decentralized responsibility for education in the
United States requires
that any reforms
be tailored and instituted one community at a
time.
In
fact,
Schmidt
argues,
reforms
such
as
these
proposed
national
standards
an
almost
impossible
task,
because
even
though
they
are
intellectually
coherent,
each
becomes
only
one
more voice in the babble
(
嘈杂声
).
31.
According to the passage,
the teaching of science and math in America is
________.
A) overcentralized in the
past
B) characterized by
its diversity
C) advocated
in other developed countries
D) focused o
n tapping
students? potential
正确答案：
B
32.
The
fundamental flaw of American school education is
that ________.
A) it overemphasizes
width of school subjets
B)
it allows the creativity of individual teachers
C) it sets a very low
academic standard for students
D) it lacks a coordinated national
program
正确答案：
D
33.
By saying that
the U.S. educational environment is “a mile wide
and an inch deep” (Para. 5), the
author
means U.S. educational practice ________.
A) scratches the surface of a wide
range of topics
B) lays
stress on quality at the expense of quantity
C) encourages learning both
in depth and in scope
D)
offers an environment for comprehensive education
正确答案：
A
34.
The new National Science Education
Standards are good news in that they will
________.
A) solve most of the problems
in school teaching
B)
provide depth to school science education
C) quickly dominate U.S.
educational practice
D) be
able to meet the demands of the community
正确答案：
B
35.
Implementing the new science and math
standards will prove difficult because ________.
A) intellectually coherence can?t be
realized
B) there is always
controversy in educational circles
C) the current educational patterns are
still advocated by most educators
D) school districts are responsible for
making their own decisions
正确答案：
D
Passage Two
Questions 36 to
40 are based on the following passage.
Four weeks ago US children dressed as
monsters and asked for sweets. That was Halloween.
In a
few we eks American houses will be
red and green and filled with presents. For
Christmas
．
As
if
all
this
isn
’
t
enough,
on
Thursday
this
week,
America
will
enjoy
another
festival
—
Thanksgiving
．
Children will have two days off school,
shops will close and houses will be filled with
families
enjoying mountains of
food
．
Every
year,
in
Gainesville,
Florida,
all
entire
class
celebrate
Thanksgiving
together
．
The
class
dresses
up
and
puts
on
plays
for
their
families.
After
the
plays
the
families
share
a
feast
of
traditional Thanksgiving foods like
turkey and pumpkin pie
．
Dean Foster, an 11-year-old
b
oy will take part in this celebration.
He said: “I love Thanksgiving
because
it means time off school, lots of nice food and a
happy family.”
His brother
Ben, nine, said:
“
The best
thing about Thanksgiving
，
is
that when it is finished, it is
time to
start Christmas.
”
But behind the food and the large
amount of money spent there is another message. On
Thursday
evening,
Dean
and
Ben
’
s
family
will
make
a
basket
and
put
it
on
the
table
as
they
eat
their
evening meal
．
Each of them will write a list of
things that they are thankful for and place the
paper in the basket.
The family will
read the pieces of paper and take time to thank
God and each other for providing
them
with comfortable and happy
lives
．
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