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习题5 Part 1 Word Dictation Part 2 Understanding Long Conversations 1.   A. In the middle of the semester. B. At the beginning of the exam. C. At the end of the semester. D. During a rock concert. 2.   A. To a rock and mineral show. B. To an opera at the concert hall. C. To a movie at the student center. D. To a rock concert. 3.   A. He has time to go to the Student Center. B. The woman doesn't have much money. C. The woman agreed to pay for the food. D. He likes to pay for his friends' tickets. 4.   A. Her ticket only. B. Their vacation. C. Her dinner only. D. Their dinner. 5.   A. The man will pay for two tickets. B. They will not go to the concert together. C. The woman has a part time job. D. They don't like pop music.     Part 3 Understanding Passages Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. 1.   A. That he was generous too often. B. That he had too much to uncover. C. That he was only beginning life. D. That he was possibly too greedy. 2.   A. They were often too generous. B. They often spoiled him too much. C. They made him go off to university. D. They made him follow their rules. 3.   A. They had to understand their parents. B. They had more freedom overnight. C. They had become a lot greedier. D. They had much more to control. 4.   A. They made improvements step by step. B. They were able to handle things well. C. They did things that could hurt them. D. They caused trouble they couldn't fix. 5.   A. Refuse to spoil them. B. Relax their rules a little. C. Not control them at all. D. Handle responsibility.     Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage. 6.   A. They follow a common direction. B. People get so upset in them. C. Things turn out all right in the end. D. Children are so spoiled by parents. 7.   A. All of the things she will give to the child. B. All of the care she will give to the child. C. All of the good things that will happen. D. All of the goods that the child will collect. 8.   A. The child becomes angry. B. The child becomes grateful. C. The child becomes selfish. D. The child becomes giving. 9.   A. They go through a process of discovery. B. They hear the truth from their parents. C. They learn to be more sensitive to others. D. They grow through natural fluctuations. 10.   A. By understanding that their relationship changes. B. By rewarding one another when they act well. C. By improving their expectations of one another. D. By showing each other that they are on the same side.     Part 4 Vocabulary and Structure 1. Shall we request the chairman __________ our suggestion again? A. to consider B. considering C. consider D. considered     2. Some say yes and others say no; I don't know __________ to follow. A. whether B. what C. whom D. how     3. An explosion is a sudden increase in amount __________. A. rapid burning causes it B. to be caused by rapid burning C. causing its burning to be rapid D. caused by rapid burning     4. We forgave her anger because we knew that her father's illness had put her under great _________. A. shelter B. crisis C. stress D. nervousness     5. He never _________ to read the news but turned at once to the crossword puzzle on the last page. A. worried B. noticed C. pained D. bothered     6. Since we can't hear you at the back of the hall, you'll have to __________ your voice. A. improve B. increase C. raise D. open     7. The price they offered for my old car was so low that I _________ it down. A. brought B. turned C. called D. refused     8. The noise of the traffic _________ Paul from his work. A. prevented B. distracted C. angered D. upset     9. People appreciate _____________ with him because he has a good sense of humor. A. working B. to have worked C. to work D. having worked     10. Inquiries _____________ the condition of the patients may be made personally or by telephone. A. revealing B. concerning C. affecting D. following     11. Nobody knows how long and how seriously the shakiness of big businesses will _________ down the economy. A. put B. settle C. drag D. knock     12. I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat _____________ . A. accept B. agree C. refusal D. decline     13. Our department _______ courses in several foreign languages. A. accepts B. considers C. offers D. takes     14. She had clearly no _____________ of doing any work, although she was very well paid. A. tendency B. foundation C. intention D. belonging     15. Many students found the book _____________; it provided them with a large amount of information on the subject. A. informative B. confusing C. distracting D. amusing     16. I just managed to _____________ a quick breath before I was pulled under the water by the passing boats. A. load B. gain C. take D. escape     17. The government's strong action demonstrated its _____________ to end the rebellion. A. energy B. resistance C. courage D. determination     18. Mr. Sanders has been asked to _____________ the next meeting of the committee. A. manage B. chair C. listen D. think     19. I could not persuade him to accept it, _____________ make him see the importance of it. A. if only I could not B. or I could not C. not more than I could D. nor could I     20. __________ for my illness I would have lent him a helping hand. A. Not being B. Without being C. Had it not been D. Not having been     Part 5 Cloze (with Options) "Mommy, do you love me?" asked Cleo during dinner that evening. "Of course I do," Her mother replied 1. what was next. "Mommy do you love me" usually 2. her daughter wanted something. "Then why don't you ever want to play with me?" Mrs. Nelson was a single mother trying to 3. her daughter by herself. She worked fifty hours a week at a job and 4. to cover the costs of their home. This didn't 5. the two hours of driving between the office and home. She was gone by 7 a.m. and back around 7 pm, just 6. to cook a late dinner for her and her daughter and 7. her daughter to bed. On the weekends, the house was usually so unclean that she spent most of her time 8. it up, doing the wash and 9. in the kitchen. When she was finished with that, she hardly had any 10. for anything else. Mrs. Nelson understood that she had not been giving her daughter the 11. of time that she needed, but she didn't know 12. to do. She felt so guilty and so 13. to change her situation. She was also greatly angry with Cleo's father for 14. them in this situation. She tried to smile at her daughter and give her some type of 15. for the following weekend, but 16. she started to cry. She got up from the table and went to the bathroom to 17. water on her face and then returned to the table where her daughter was still eating. Cleo looked 18. ; 19. , she hadn't said anything that she thought was hurtful. "I'm sorry, Cleo," her mother said without further explanation. "How would you like to go to the zoo next Sunday?" Cleo's face 20. up. Mrs. Nelson knew that her situation wasn't going to improve anytime soon, but feeling depressed in front of her daughter wasn't going to do anything to improve the situation. Part 6 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice) Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. Time spent in a bookshop can be most pleasant, whether you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. You soon focus on some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent too much time there and must hurry off to keep some forgotten appointment. This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is the main attraction of a bookshop. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can range round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the greeting, "Can I help you?" You needn't buy anything you don't want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished reading. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Once a medical student had to read a textbook which was far too expensive for him to buy. He couldn't obtain it from the library and the only copy he could find was in a bookshop. Every afternoon, therefore, he would go to the shop and read a little of the book at a time. One day, however, he was disappointed to find the book missing from its usual place. He was about to leave, when he noticed the owner of the shop making a gesture to him with his hand. Expecting to be scolded, he went towards him. To his surprise, the owner pointed to the book which was put away in a corner. "I put it there in case anyone had a desire to buy it!" he said, and left the delighted student to continue his reading. 1. Time spent in a bookshop can be most pleasant _______________. A. only when you can find the book you want to buy B. only when you are a book-lover C. even when you enter it to avoid a sudden shower D. even when you know you are late for an appointment 2. A bookshop is of much attraction because ______________ . A. it offers you an opportunity to forget about everyday life B. it offers you an opportunity to listen to as much music as possible C. it allows you to learn about new ideas and ways of doing things D. it allows you to have a good excuse for being late for an appointment 3. In a good bookshop __________. A. an assistant should always follow you B. an assistant should frequently approach you and offer help C. you needn't buy anything you don't want D. you can communicate freely with an assistant 4. The medical student went to a bookshop every day _____________. A. to look for useful books B. to read a textbook C. to talk with the shop owner D. to use the computer at the shop 5. The owner of the bookshop put away the book ______________. A. in case other people wanted to buy it     B. in case the medical student wanted to buy it C. because he wanted to sell it at a high price D. because he wanted to keep it for himself     Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage. In the United States, it is not normal to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p. m. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it's a matter of life and death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance. In social life, time plays a very important role. In the US guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation (邀请) to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But this is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time is different in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstandings arise between people from cultures that treat time differently. To be on time is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not on time, they may be regarded as not polite or not fully responsible. In the US no one would think of keeping a business associate waiting for an hour; it would be bad-mannered. A person who is five minutes late is expected to apologize. If he is less than five minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence. 6. If you telephone someone early in the day, it means ___________________. A. you are expected to explain why B. you are not kind enough C. you want to show your concern for him D. you have a very important matter to discuss 7. The expression "a matter of life and death" means __________________. A. an issue of the greatest importance and emergency B. a very important appointment C. a matter of whether someone should live or die D. a strong desire to communicate 8. In the US guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded _______________. A. if the invitation to a dinner party is not extended early enough B. if the invitation to a dinner party is extended too far in advance C. if the invitation to a dinner party is not extended repeatedly D. if the invitation to a dinner party is extended to too many people 9. The word "misunderstanding" can be explained as ____________. A. failing to attend a party B. failing to understand correctly C. standing in one's way D. standing on one's own feet 10. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A. In the US it's normal to keep someone waiting for some time. B. In the US it's not polite to keep someone waiting for an hour. C. In the US one is always expected to be on time. D. In the US one is expected to apologize if he is five minutes late     习题6 Part 1 Word Dictation Part 2 Understanding Long Conversations 1.   A. A 17th birthday party. B. A trip with the parents. C. An outing to the movies. D. A talk with the parents.   2.   A. His parents don't respect him. B. He is old enough to make his own choices. C. The movie is supposed to be very good. D. His parents are much too old.   3.   A. Seeing movies. B. Being with others. C. Not respecting them. D. Staying out late.   4.   A. A lot of fun. B. Awards. C. Trouble. D. Respect.   5.   A. She's his mother. B. She's his teacher. C. She's his friend. D. She's his boss.     Part 3 Understanding Passages 1.   A. What the first names were. B. Why people started using names. C. Where the first names were used. D. When people started using names. 2.   A. 4. B. 3. C. 2. D. 1. 3.   A. Indonesian people. B. Chinese people. C. The first people to use names. D. Distinguished people. 4.   A. To identify the generation. B. To carry some information about our family. C. To distinguish people from one another. D. To show the different characters of different people. 5.   A. Because they are names given by parents. B. Because they are not family names. C. Because they carry the information of the baby. D. Because not all the cultures have given names.     Part 4 Vocabulary and Structure 1. Some of your suggestions have been adopted but others have been _______ as they are not workable. A. turned away B. turned down C. turned back D. turned out     2. The boss thought him a trouble-maker and turned him ______. A. back B. down C. to D. around     3. Unless he is ________ intense love, he hardly ever looks into someone else's eyes for very long. A. confessing B. refusing C. granting D. covering     4. The observer's statement about the accident was very _____; we know almost everything about it now. A. specific B. especial C. exceptional D. special     5. _______ your opinions are worth considering, the general manager finds it unwise to place too much importance on them. A. As B. Because C. Though D. Since     6. _________ that they may eventually reduce the amount of labor needed on construction sites by 90 percent. A. So clever are the construction robots B. Such construction robots are clever C. So clever the construction robots D. Such clever construction robots are     7. Your work does not ______ what I expect of you. A. come up with B. come out C. come round D. come up to     8. In general, matters which lie entirely within the state boundaries are the ______ concern of the state government. A. excessive B. external C. explosive D. exclusive     9. No fault is attached _____ the bus driver for the terrible accident at the railway crossing. A. for B. to C. with D. in     10. The escaped prisoner waited until the _____ of night before leaving his hiding place. A. dark B. deep C. depth D. dead     11. Occasionally we experience strong winds and storms from the west, but the_____ winds are from the north-east. A. existing B. prevailing C. particular D. special     12. This book is full of practical _____________ on home improvements and repairs. A. helps B. tips C. nods D. clues     13. Violence in the local prison has _____________ two lives. A. removed B. killed C. cost D. murdered     14. The doctor told Penny that too much _____________ to the sun is bad for the skin. A. exposure B. means C. exhibition D. gratitude     15. In preparing scientific reports of experiments, a student should _____________ his findings in clear and precise language. A. exemplify B. predict C. raise D. present     16. This hotel _____________ $60 for a single room with a bath. A. claims B. demands C. prices D. charges     17. She was so _____________ in her job that she didn't hear anybody knocking at the door. A. attracted B. absorbed C. drawn D. outstanding     18. Although I liked the appearance of the house, what really made me decide to buy it was the beautiful _____________ through the window. A. perspective B. look C. picture D. view     19. I saw the _____________ of the taxi before it disappeared around the corner of the street. A. signal B. rear C. look D. scene     20. A friendship may be ________, relaxed, situational or deep and lasting. A. identical B. original C. critical D. superficial     Part 5 Cloze (with Options) When I was younger, I was 1. to wear my hair short as it said you wanted to join the army and 2. the actions of the military. As nothing could have been 3. from the truth, I made sure my hair never looked as if I was 4. the military. However, I did not 5. want what the average citizen thought was an appropriate 6. . I needed to say that I wasn't like them by looking more 7. , so I grew my hair long. But what I 8. about myself and the other long-haired men was that we were all trying to say that "we didn't 9. ". What I also noticed was that other than having long hair, we 10. doing anything that was very impressive. I decided then that I no longer wanted to make a 11. by wearing my hair a certain way. I chose a(n) 12. cut that tried not to say anything. My hair was short, but not to the 13. that it carried the label, "supporter of military operations". I kept my hair that way for a couple of years, but I still wasn't satisfied. My hair was still long enough that it could be 14. in different ways to reflect my willingness to be like the others. It could also be combed 15. where I was losing my hair. Again, I felt like my hair was 16. me. There was only one thing to do. I had my hair shaved really short which showed exactly where I was 17. it. My head felt cold and I kept on 18. it; but at least I had passed the 19. age for someone in the military, so no one would 20. a 30-something man with hair loss for a want-to-be soldier. Part 6 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice) Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. In 1848, gold was discovered in California; from all over the nation, thousands of young men set out for California. People called this the time of the Gold Rush. A gold miner came into a city looking for a pair of pants. He wanted pants strong enough to stand up to the rough work of mining. He met a young man named Levi, who sold heavy cloth for tents and wagon tops. They asked a tailor to use heavy cloth for their pants. Then Levi went into the business of making work pants. He asked his brothers to send him some strong blue cotton cloth called denim (斜纹粗棉布). With this blue denim cloth, Levi started making the kind of pants we call blue jeans today. They were sewed up in the same way as other pants. In 1860, a miner said that the pockets weren't strong enough to hold the pieces of gold he found. The pockets kept falling off the pants. The cloth was all right. It was the thread that wasn't strong enough. So Levi used rivets (铆钉) to attach the pockets onto the pants. Cowboys needed tough pants, too. They liked their pants to fit tightly. But the rivets marked the cowboys' saddles. So Levi covered the rivets with cloth. Then everybody was happy. 1. This article as a whole is about __________________. A. how people got blue jeans B. the Gold Rush in California C. How blue jeans are made D. The kind of pants cowboys' wear 2. While not stated in the article, you can tell that __________________. A. everybody who went to California got a lot of gold B. Levi found riches in the gold fields C. Levi sold more jeans to cowboys than to gold miners D. Levi made more money than many gold miners 3. The word this in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to ___________. A. California B. the discovery of gold C. many people looking for gold D. the nation at this time 4. Levi used strong blue cotton cloth to make pants because __________. A. gold miners liked the blue color B. this was the only cloth he had C. miners wanted pants which could stand rough work D. cowboys liked their pants to fit tightly 5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true? A. It was Levi who started the business of making blue jeans. B. It was one tailor who started making blue jeans. C. It was in California that blue jeans first became popular. D. It was in California that gold was discovered.     Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage. Rote-learning (死记硬背), spoon-fed education, produces a brand of kids that don't know what to do when entering university. They are disciplined into following, not leading. Yet the future depends on creativity and imagination. The world needs creators, makers and shakers of the new centuries, not the followers of the past centuries. As the numbers increase at college and university level, more students from the lower ends are likely to be thrown into a process designed to choose only learners that have proved excellent in listening to teachers. There are three ways to learn: looking, listening and doing. Students and teachers today are a product of learning by listening. The computer may not be liked by traditional teachers, who use rote-learning to put information, which will be out of date in a few years, into the heads of the students. With computer learning you learn by looking, listening and doing; you use three methods of learning, not just one. Therefore, you can learn faster. The changing speed of information is frightening. What we learn now will be out of date in the near future. So what students are learning now at school may be replaced by the time they finish university. We have to learn by choice what to forget. Rote-learning for exams is one thing, but wouldn't it be better to learn how to learn? The students at university today could possibly be doing a job in the not too distant future which has not yet been invented. 6. According to the author, the future doesn't need ____________. A. creativity B. imagination C. creators D. followers 7. In the author's view, how can students learn well? A. Carefully listen to the teacher in class. B. Take down every single word said by the teacher. C. Learn all the notes by heart. D. Combine listening with looking and doing. 8. What does the author mean by "The changing speed of information is frightening"? A. We don't have enough time to adjust ourselves to the speed of information. B. What we learned today may not be useful tomorrow. C. The pace of life is too fast. D. The world is changing every minute. 9. What does the last sentence of the passage tell us? A. Rote-learning is completely harmful. B. Students may have to do jobs which are not yet in existence. C. It's better to learn how to learn than learn what to forget. D. Students must imagine the future. 10. The author's attitude towards rote-learning is _________. A. approving B. disapproving C. confident D. opposite to what the words say