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1、窗体顶端新世纪（第二版）综合B2U6-FPart I Listening Comprehension( 12 minutes ) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear several conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. Af

2、ter each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.1.A) He was late.B) He is hoping for a promotion.C) He is a new employee.D) The boss usually leaves messages for him.Script: M: Did the boss say any

3、thing about my not being here at eight?W: She said that if she were you, shed make a habit of being on time.Q: Why did the man ask if his boss had said anything about him?正确答案：A学生答案：D得分：0分 2.A) At a drug store.B) At a supermarket.C) In a restaurant.D) At a newspaper stand.Script: M: Mary, Im sorry t

4、o be late. Thank you for waiting.W: Oh, never mind. Ive been here twenty minutes. You said you might be as late as an hour, so I bought a fashion magazine and ordered a cup of coffee for myself.Q:Where has the woman been waiting for the man?正确答案：D学生答案：C得分：0分 3.A) Check the time.B) Go and look for th

5、e mans friend.C) Wait a little longer.D) Make a call to the mans friend.Script: M: I cant understand why my friend isnt here yet. We agreed to meet at 10:30. Its almost 11:00.W:She probably just got tied up in the traffic. Lets give her a few more minutes.Q:What are these people going to do?正确答案：C学生

6、答案：C得分：2分 4.A) She is going to have her car serviced.B) She is going to repair the oil tank of her car.C) She is going to do some shopping nearby.D) She is going to be away from home for a few days.Script: M:Have you checked your oil tank? And did you forget to take your checkbook?W:Ive got everythi

7、ng ready, and I bet it will be a wonderful journey.Q:What is the woman going to do?正确答案：D学生答案：A得分：0分 5.A) He didnt feel like going.B) He hadnt been invited.C) He didnt think it would be fun.D) None of the above is correct.Script: W:Why didnt you come to Sallys party last night? We really had a lot o

8、f fun.M:Oh, I just wasnt in a party mood.Q:Why didnt the man go to the party?正确答案：A学生答案：A得分：2分 6.A) The man will pay ten dollars.B) The man will pay twenty dollars.C) The man will pay thirty dollars.D) The man will pay forty dollars.Script: M: How much are the tickets?W: Theyre ten dollars each for

9、the general public, but student tickets are half price.Q: How much will the man pay for two general tickets and two student tickets?正确答案：C学生答案：B得分：0分 7.A) He will lend the money to the woman.B) He will not lend so much money to the woman.C) He will borrow a bike from the woman.D) He will ask the wom

10、an to make a promise.Script: W: Im still one hundred dollars short of buying the bike. Could you lend me?M: Sure, on condition that you pay me back in two weeks.Q: What will the man do?正确答案：D学生答案：C得分：0分 8.A) She doesnt care for cake.B) She doesnt like coffee.C) She cant stay.D) She isnt able to pay.

11、Script: M: Hey, Mary, lets have a cup of coffee and a piece of cake.W: Oh, Id love to, but Ive got to be getting along.Q: What do you learn about Mary?正确答案：C学生答案：C得分：2分 9.A) To the movie.B) To her sisters home.C) To the station.D) To the ticket office.Script: M: Would you like to go to the movie wit

12、h me? Ive got an extra ticket.W: I wish I could, but Ive got to go to the station to meet my sister.Q: Where is the woman going?正确答案：C学生答案：C得分：2分 10.A) Professor Paulson has retired.B) The course may not be so good now.C) The course is definitely worthwhile.D) Professor Paulson doesnt understand phy

13、sics.Script: M: I understand that the extra physics course this semester is outstanding.W: It used to be. But now Professor Paulson has retired.Q: What does the woman imply?正确答案：B学生答案：C得分：0分 Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the

14、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.Only a tiny (11)_

15、of women in American universities are studying (12)_ . And thats a concern for educators and industry experts, who point to a (13)_ for engineers and technology (14)_ . So, many (15)_ have been developed to get girls interested in science and technology before they get to college. STEPS is one of th

16、ese programs that (16)_ bringing more women into these (17)_ .Mahati Chintapalli, 17, is a high school (18)_ in Minneapolis. She hasnt yet decided what profession she will (19)_ in the future, but shes thinking about (20)_ math and engineering. She discovered she liked the subjects five years ago, a

17、t a summer camp at St. Thomas University.Script: Only a tiny fraction of women in American universities are studying engineering. And thats a concern for educators and industry experts, who point to a growing need for engineers and technology specialists. So, many programs|programmes have been devel

18、oped to get girls interested in science and technology before they get to college. STEPS is one of these programs that aims at bringing more women into these fields.Mahati Chintapalli, 17, is a high school senior in Minneapolis. She hasnt yet decided what profession she will pursue in the future, bu

19、t shes thinking about majoring in math and engineering. She discovered she liked the subjects five years ago, at a summer camp at St. Thomas University.正确答案：fraction学生答案：faction得分：0分 您可以修改得分： 正确答案：engineering学生答案：engineering得分：1分 您可以修改得分： 正确答案：growing need学生答案：growing need得分：1分 您可以修改得分： 正确答案：special

20、ists学生答案：specialists得分：1分 您可以修改得分： 正确答案：programs | programmes学生答案：programs得分：1分 您可以修改得分： 正确答案：aims at学生答案：aims in得分：0分 您可以修改得分： 正确答案：fields学生答案：fields得分：1分 您可以修改得分： 正确答案：senior学生答案：senior得分：1分 您可以修改得分： 正确答案：pursue学生答案：pursue得分：1分 您可以修改得分： 正确答案：majoring in学生答案：major in得分：0分 您可以修改得分： Part II Reading C

21、omprehension( 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 i

22、n the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Every day, the news of the world is21 to people by over 300 million copies of daily papers, over 400 million radio sets, and over 150 million television sets. Additional news is shown by motion pictures

23、, in theatres and22 all over the world. As more people learn what the important events of the day are, fewer are still concerned23 with the events of their own household. As the English writer John Donne put it, nearly four hundred years ago, no man is an island. This idea is more24 today than it wa

24、s when Donne lived. In short, wherever he lives, a man belongs to some society; and we are becoming more and more25 that whatever happens in one26 society affects, somehow, the life and destiny of all humanity. Electronics and automation have made it possible to produce pictures and text far more qu

25、ickly than before. Photographic reproduction27 the need for type and printing presses. And fewer specialists, such as type-setters, are needed to produce a paper or magazine by the photo-offset method. Therefore, the publishing of newspapers and magazines becomes more28 . Furthermore, photo-copies c

26、an be sent over great29 now by means of television channels and30 such as Telstar. Thus, pictures can be brought to the public more quickly than previously.A) TV stationsB) awareC) distancesD) familiarE) appropriateF) satellitesG) economicalH) cinemasI) exclusivelyJ) specialK) increasesL) relayedM)

27、eliminatesN) economicO) particular21._正确答案：L学生答案：L得分：1分 22._正确答案：H学生答案：H得分：1分 23._正确答案：I学生答案：I得分：1分 24._正确答案：E学生答案：E得分：1分 25._正确答案：B学生答案：B得分：1分 26._正确答案：O学生答案：O得分：1分 27._正确答案：M学生答案：M得分：1分 28._正确答案：G学生答案：J得分：0分 29._正确答案：C学生答案：C得分：1分 30._正确答案：F学生答案：F得分：1分 Section B Directions: There are several passag

28、es 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 OneQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald

29、, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernadino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. They had run their own businesses for years, first a theater, then a barbecue restaurant, then another drive-in. But in their new operation, they offered a new, shortened menu: French

30、 fries, hamburgers, and sodas. To this small selection they added one new concept: quick service, no waiters or waitresses, and no tips.Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity, for the brothers had develope

31、d a strict routine for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became incredibly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothe

32、rs had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened. They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the unique appeal of the brothers fast-food restaura

33、nts and bought the right to franchise (特许经营) other copies of their restaurants. The agreement struck included the right to duplicate the menu. The equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches.Today McDonalds is really a household name. Its names for its sandwiches have come t

34、o mean hamburger in the decades since the day Ray Kroc watched people rush up to order fifteen-cent hamburgers. In 1976, McDonalds had over $ 1 billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most incredible success stories in modern American business history.31.This passage mainly

35、talks about _.A) the development of fast food servicesB) how McDonalds became a billion-dollar businessC) the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonaldD) Ray Krocs business talent正确答案：B学生答案：C得分：0分 32.Mac and Dick managed all of the following businesses EXCEPT _.A) a drive-inB) a theaterC) a cinemaD)

36、 a barbecue restaurant正确答案：C学生答案：C得分：2分 33.We may infer from this passage that _.A) Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their ideato KrocB) The location the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-inC) Forty years ago there were numerous fast-f

37、ood restaurantsD) Ray Kroc was a good businessman正确答案：D学生答案：D得分：2分 34.The passage suggests that _.A) creativity is an important element of business successB) Ray Kroc was the close partner of the McDonald brothersC) Mac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray KrocD) Califo

38、rnia is the best place to go into business正确答案：A学生答案：A得分：2分 35.As used in the third paragraph, the underlined word unique means _.A) specialB) financialC) attractiveD) usual正确答案：A学生答案：A得分：2分 Passage TwoQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.Americans today dont place a very high value

39、 on intellect. Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even our schools are where we send our children to get a practical education not to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools arent difficult to find.Sch

40、ools have always been in a society where practical is more important than intellectual, says education writer Diane Ravitch. Schools could be a counterbalance. Ravitchs latest book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces the roots of anti-intellectualism in our schools, concluding the

41、y are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits.But they could and should be. Encouraging kids to reject the life of the mind leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and control. Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the i

42、deas of others, they cannot fully participate in our democracy. Continuing along this path, says writer Earl Shorris, We will become a second rate country. We will have a less civil society.Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege, writes historian and professor Richard Hofstadter in An

43、ti-Intellectualism in American Life, a Pulitzer Prize winning book on the roots of anti-intellectualism in US politics, religion, and education. From the beginning of our history, says Hofstadter, our democratic and populist urges have driven us to reject anything that smells of elitism. Practicalit

44、y, common sense, and native intelligence have been considered more noble qualities than anything you could learn from a book.Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalist philosophers thought schooling and rigorous book learning put unnatural restraints on children: We are shut up in schools and c

45、ollege recitation rooms for 10 or 15 years and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing. Mark Twains Huckleberry Finn exemplified American anti-intellectualism. Its hero avoids being civilized going to school and learning to read so he can preserve his innate goodness.36.What do American parents expect