1、 全卷模式 分大题显示 1.Exercise 1 Part 1: Listen to this passage and decide whether the following statements are true or false, write T for true and F for false. Computer Simulations Might Predict Future Earthquakes Geologists say they knew a larger earthquake was coming in South Asia, but they did not know
2、when. The Himalayan Mountains were formed some 150 million years ago after the landmass that is now India broke off from Antarctica, drifted north and collided with the rest of Asia. Scientists say the South Asian land mass is still moving towards North Asia at the rate of about two centimeters a ye
3、ar, making the area prone to earthquakes. Harley Benz is a researcher at the U.S. Geological Survey earthquake information center. Harley Benz: Its a broad zone of deformation, and across this zone that extends 1,000 kilometers, you have a whole series of faults and folds. Another earthquake-prone r
4、egion is along the 1300 kilometer San Andreas Fault in California. It is here that John Rundle, a physics and engineering professor at the University of California at Davis, is testing his earthquake computer simulation. John Rundle: You take these simulations, you turn them on, you run them and you
5、 do as good a job as possible in simulating or representing the past history of activity on the fault systems. Dr. Rundle uses information from tools such as global positioning satellites to create a virtual reality model of thousands of years of earthquake activity along the San Andreas Fault. He s
6、ays that in the future, this computer model may be able to predict some earthquakes just as hurricane paths are now forecast. John Rundle: Our goal is to be able to make forecasts on that kind of time scale and then to improve it to the point where were actually able to see the preparation process i
7、n the months and year or two leading up to a large earthquake. Dr. Rundle says that several decades from now, one third of the worlds population could live in seismically active regions. He hopes that by then, the virtual reality software will help prevent the heavy loss of life caused by tragedies
8、such as the South Asia earthquake. Leta Hong Fincher, VOA news. 题目： 1.Geologists say they knew a large earthquake was coming in South Asia, and they also know when. 文本： 你的答案 : F 正确答案 : F 得分 : 4.00 题目： 2.The Himalayan Mountains were formed after a landmass broke off from Antarctica, drifted north and
9、 collided with the rest of Asia. 文本： 你的答案 : T 正确答案 : T 得分 : 4.00 题目： 3.Scientists say the Nouth Asian land mass is still moving towards Sorth Asia at the rate of about two meters a year, making the area prone to earthquakes. 文本： 你的答案 : F 正确答案 : F 得分 : 4.00 题目： 4.Another earthquake-prone region is al
10、ong the 1300 kilometer San Andreas Fault in America. 文本： 你的答案 : T 正确答案 : T 得分 : 4.00 题目： 5.Dr. Rundle says that several decades from now, one third of the worlds population could live in seismically active regions. 文本： 你的答案 : T 正确答案 : T 得分 : 4.00 2.Exercise 1 Part 2: Listen to the passage and answer
11、 each question by giving the best choice. Computer Simulations Might Predict Future Earthquakes Geologists say they knew a larger earthquake was coming in South Asia, but they did not know when. The Himalayan Mountains were formed some 150 million years ago after the landmass that is now India broke
12、 off from Antarctica, drifted north and collided with the rest of Asia. Scientists say the South Asian land mass is still moving towards North Asia at the rate of about two centimeters a year, making the area prone to earthquakes. Harley Benz is a researcher at the U.S. Geological Survey earthquake
13、information center. Harley Benz: Its a broad zone of deformation, and across this zone that extends 1,000 kilometers, you have a whole series of faults and folds. Another earthquake-prone region is along the 1300 kilometer San Andreas Fault in California. It is here that John Rundle, a physics and e
14、ngineering professor at the University of California at Davis, is testing his earthquake computer simulation. John Rundle: You take these simulations, you turn them on, you run them and you do as good a job as possible in simulating or representing the past history of activity on the fault systems.
15、Dr. Rundle uses information from tools such as global positioning satellites to create a virtual reality model of thousands of years of earthquake activity along the San Andreas Fault. He says that in the future, this computer model may be able to predict some earthquakes just as hurricane paths are
16、 now forecast. John Rundle: Our goal is to be able to make forecasts on that kind of time scale and then to improve it to the point where were actually able to see the preparation process in the months and year or two leading up to a large earthquake. Dr. Rundle says that several decades from now, o
17、ne third of the worlds population could live in seismically active regions. He hopes that by then, the virtual reality software will help prevent the heavy loss of life caused by tragedies such as the South Asia earthquake. Leta Hong Fincher, VOA news. 题目： 1.When were the Himalayan Mountains formed?
18、 文本： A) some 50 million years ago B) about 150 million years ago C) about 105 million years ago D) some 150 billion years ago 你的答案 : B 正确答案 : B 得分 : 4.00 题目： 2.According to the news, which one can be forecast now? 文本： A) earthquake B) faults and folds C) volcanic earthquake D) hurricane paths 你的答案 :
19、 D 正确答案 : D 得分 : 4.00 题目： 3.What dose Dr. Rundle use to create a virtual reality model of thousands of years of earthquake activity along the San Andreas Fault? 文本： A) information from tools such as global positioning satellites B) information from the past history of activity on the fault systems C
20、) information from physics and engineering D) information from geological survey 你的答案 : A 正确答案 : A 得分 : 4.00 3.Exercise 2: Listening for Comprehensive Understanding: Listen to the passage and answer the following questions by filling the blank. 题目： 1.What is the main idea of this piece of news? Poss
21、ible Answer: Computer simulations might _ future earthquakes. 文本： Computer Simulations Might Predict Future Earthquakes Geologists say they knew a larger earthquake was coming in South Asia, but they did not know when. The Himalayan Mountains were formed some 150 million years ago after the landmass
22、 that is now India broke off from Antarctica, drifted north and collided with the rest of Asia. Scientists say the South Asian land mass is still moving towards North Asia at the rate of about two centimeters a year, making the area prone to earthquakes. Harley Benz is a researcher at the U.S. Geolo
23、gical Survey earthquake information center. Harley Benz: Its a broad zone of deformation, and across this zone that extends 1,000 kilometers, you have a whole series of faults and folds. Another earthquake-prone region is along the 1300 kilometer San Andreas Fault in California. It is here that John
24、 Rundle, a physics and engineering professor at the University of California at Davis, is testing his earthquake computer simulation. John Rundle: You take these simulations, you turn them on, you run them and you do as good a job as possible in simulating or representing the past history of activit
25、y on the fault systems. Dr. Rundle uses information from tools such as global positioning satellites to create a virtual reality model of thousands of years of earthquake activity along the San Andreas Fault. He says that in the future, this computer model may be able to predict some earthquakes jus
26、t as hurricane paths are now forecast. John Rundle: Our goal is to be able to make forecasts on that kind of time scale and then to improve it to the point where were actually able to see the preparation process in the months and year or two leading up to a large earthquake. Dr. Rundle says that sev
27、eral decades from now, one third of the worlds population could live in seismically active regions. He hopes that by then, the virtual reality software will help prevent the heavy loss of life caused by tragedies such as the South Asia earthquake. Leta Hong Fincher, VOA news. 你的答案 : predict 正确答案 : p
28、redict 得分 : 4.00 题目： 2.According to Dr. Rundle, several decades from now, what will be the contribution of the virtual reality software? Possible answer: Dr. Rundle hopes that virtual reality software will help people make timely preparation, and _ the heavy loss of life caused by tragedies such as
29、the South Asia earthquake. 文本： 你的答案 : prevent 正确答案 : prevent 得分 : 4.00 4.Exercise 3: Focus-listening: Listen to the passage and fill in blanks with the missing information. I.Its a broad _1_ of deformation, and across this zone that _2_ 1,000 kilometers, you have a whole _3_ of faults and folds. II.
30、Dr. Rundle uses information from _4_ such as _5_ _6_ _7_ to create a virtual reality _8_ of thousands of years of earthquake activity along the San Andreas Fault. He says that in the future, this computer model may be able to predict some earthquakes just as hurricane paths are now _9_. III.Dr. Rund
31、le says that several _10_ _11_ _12_, one third of the worlds population could live in seismically active _13_. He hopes that by then, the virtual reality _14_ will help prevent the heavy loss of life caused by _15_ such as the South Asia earthquake. 题目： 1. 文本： Computer Simulations Might Predict Futu
32、re Earthquakes Geologists say they knew a larger earthquake was coming in South Asia, but they did not know when. The Himalayan Mountains were formed some 150 million years ago after the landmass that is now India broke off from Antarctica, drifted north and collided with the rest of Asia. Scientist
33、s say the South Asian land mass is still moving towards North Asia at the rate of about two centimeters a year, making the area prone to earthquakes. Harley Benz is a researcher at the U.S. Geological Survey earthquake information center. Harley Benz: Its a broad zone of deformation, and across this
34、 zone that extends 1,000 kilometers, you have a whole series of faults and folds. Another earthquake-prone region is along the 1300 kilometer San Andreas Fault in California. It is here that John Rundle, a physics and engineering professor at the University of California at Davis, is testing his ear
35、thquake computer simulation. John Rundle: You take these simulations, you turn them on, you run them and you do as good a job as possible in simulating or representing the past history of activity on the fault systems. Dr. Rundle uses information from tools such as global positioning satellites to c
36、reate a virtual reality model of thousands of years of earthquake activity along the San Andreas Fault. He says that in the future, this computer model may be able to predict some earthquakes just as hurricane paths are now forecast. John Rundle: Our goal is to be able to make forecasts on that kind
37、 of time scale and then to improve it to the point where were actually able to see the preparation process in the months and year or two leading up to a large earthquake. Dr. Rundle says that several decades from now, one third of the worlds population could live in seismically active regions. He ho
38、pes that by then, the virtual reality software will help prevent the heavy loss of life caused by tragedies such as the South Asia earthquake. Leta Hong Fincher, VOA news. 你的答案 : zone 正确答案 : zone 得分 : 4.00 题目： 2. 文本： 你的答案 : extends 正确答案 : extends 得分 : 4.00 题目： 3. 文本： 你的答案 : series 正确答案 : series 得分 :
39、 4.00 题目： 4. 文本： 你的答案 : tools 正确答案 : tools 得分 : 4.00 题目： 5. 文本： 你的答案 : global 正确答案 : global 得分 : 4.00 题目： 6. 文本： 你的答案 : positioning 正确答案 : positioning 得分 : 4.00 题目： 7. 文本： 你的答案 : satellites 正确答案 : satellites 得分 : 4.00 题目： 8. 文本： 你的答案 : model 正确答案 : model 得分 : 4.00 题目： 9. 文本： 你的答案 : forecast 正确答案 : forecast 得分 : 4.00 题目： 10. 文本： 你的答案 : decades 正确答案 : decades 得分 : 4.00 题目： 11. 文本： 你的答案 : from 正确答案 : from 得分 : 4.00 题目： 12. 文本： 你的答案 : now 正确答案 : now
