新理念外语网络教学平台第二版综合答案B2U8-C.doc

全新版第二版综合B2U8-C Part I Listening Comprehension ( 10 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 ONLY ONCE. Listen carefully and decide whether each statement is true or false. 1. A) T B) F Script: People came to fish the streams, which flowed clear and cold out of the hills and contained shady pools where trout lay. 正确答案： A 2. A) T B) F Script: The doctors were not puzzled by new kinds of sickness appearing among their patients. 正确答案： B 3. A) T B) F Script: There was now no sound; only silence lay over the fields and woods and marsh. 正确答案： A 4. A) T B) F Script: There had been several sudden and unexplained deaths among adults and children. 正确答案： A 5. A) T B) F Script: Though the litters were small, the young survived, thus the farmers were still able to raise pigs. 正确答案： B 6. A) T B) F Script: The people silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world themselves. 正确答案： A 7. A) T B) F Script: The most alarming of all mans assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials. 正确答案： A 8. A) T B) F Script: Such a barrage of poisons called insecticides is possible to lay down on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life. 正确答案： B 9. A) T B) F Script: Chemicals sprayed on croplands lie short in the soil without entering into living organisms. 正确答案： B 10. A) T B) F Script: One in six countries in the world face food shortages because of severe droughts. 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. Most people have (11)_ environmental pollution in the form of an open garbage dump. However, pollution can also be (12)_ . Some kinds of pollution do not actually dirty the land, air, or water, but they reduce the quality of life for people and (13)_ . For example, noise from (14)_ and machinery can be considered forms of pollution. Environmental pollution is one of the most (15)_ problems facing humanity. Badly polluted air can cause (16)_ illnesses. Some air pollutants have reduced the capacity of the atmosphere to (17)_ the suns harmful ultraviolet (18)_ . Many scientists believe that these and other air pollutants have begun to change (19)_ around the world. Ocean pollution (20)_ many marine organisms. Script: Most people have witnessed environmental pollution in the form of an open garbage dump. However, pollution can also be invisible. Some kinds of pollution do not actually dirty the land, air, or water, but they reduce the quality of life for people and other living things. For example, noise from traffic and machinery can be considered forms of pollution. Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing humanity. Badly polluted air can cause life-threatening illnesses. Some air pollutants have reduced the capacity of the atmosphere to filter out the suns harmful ultraviolet radiation. Many scientists believe that these and other air pollutants have begun to change climates around the world. Ocean pollution endangers many marine organisms. 正确答案： witnessed 正确答案： invisible 正确答案： other living things 正确答案： traffic 正确答案： serious 正确答案： life-threatening 正确答案： filter out 正确答案： radiation 正确答案： climates 正确答案： endangers 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. Then a strange blight 21 the area and everything began to change. Some evil spell had 22 the community: mysterious maladies 23 the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sickened and died. Everywhere was a 24 of death. The farmers spoke of much illness among their families. In the town the doctors had become more and more 25 by new kinds of sickness appearing among their patients. There had been several sudden and 26 deaths not only among adults but even among children, who would be 27 suddenly while at play and die within a few hours. There was a strange 28 . The birds, for example where had they gone? Many people spoke of them, puzzled and disturbed. The feeding stations in the backyards were 29 . The few birds seen anywhere were moribund; they 30 violently and could not fly. It was a spring without voices. A) sweepingB) unexplainableC) sweptD) unexplained E) strickenF) shadowG) stillnessH) trembled I) desertedJ) settled downK) shookL) threw M) crept overN) settled onO) puzzled 21._ 正确答案： M 22._ 正确答案： N 23._ 正确答案： C 24._ 正确答案： F 25._ 正确答案： O 26._ 正确答案： D 27._ 正确答案： E 28._ 正确答案： G 29._ 正确答案： I 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. When school was out, I hurried to find my sister and get out of the schoolyard before seeing anybody in my class. But Barbara and her friends had beaten us to the playground entrance and they seemed to be waiting for us. Barbara said, So now youre in the A class. She sounded impressed. Whats the A class? I asked. Everybody made superior yet faintly envious giggling sounds. Well, why did you think the teacher moved you to the front of the room, dopey? Didnt you know you were in the C class before, way in the back of the room? Of course I hadnt known. The Wenatchee fifth grade was bigger than my whole school which had been in North Dakota, and the idea of subdivisions within a grade had never occurred to me. The subdividing for the first marking period had been done before I came to the school, and l had never, in the six weeks when Id been there, talked to anyone long enough to find out about the A, B, and C classes. I still could not understand why that had made such a difference to Barbara and her friends. I didnt yet know that it was shameful and dirty to be a transient laborer and ridiculous to be from North Dakota. I thought living in a tent was more fun than living in a house. I didnt know that we were gypsies, really (how that thought would have excited me then! ). It didnt occur to me that we were all looked upon as one more of the untrustworthy natural phenomena, drifting here and there like mists or winds, I didnt know that I was the only child who had camped on the Baumanns land ever to get out of the C class. I only knew that for two happy days I walked to school with Barbara and her friends, played hopscotch and jumped rope with them at class intervals, and was even invited into the house for some ginger ale a strange drink I had never tasted before. 31. The tone of this passage as a whole is _. A) reflective B) enthusiastic C) impersonal D) defensive 正确答案： A 32. The narrator had most probably been placed in the C class because _. A) she was a poor reader B) she had come from a small school C) the marking system confused her D) all children of transient laborers were placed in the C class 正确答案： D 33. The basic reason why people in the community distrusted the transient workers was that the transient workers _. A) tended to be lawbreakers B) had little schooling C) were afraid of strangers D) were temporary residents 正确答案： D 34. Which of the following is NOT the characteristic of Gypsies? A) Wandering around the world. B) Making ginger ale in their house. C) Never planting something. D) Being foreigners wherever they go. 正确答案： B 35. Immediately after the narrator was moved to the A class, what was the attitude of Barbara and Barbaras friends towards her? A) Dislike. B) Acceptance. C) Apology. D) Jealousy. 正确答案： B Passage Two Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. More and more, the operations of our business, governments, and financial institutions are controlled by information that exists only inside computer memories. Anyone clever enough to modify this information for his own purposes can reap substantial rewards. Even worse, a number of people who have done this and been caught at it have managed to get away without punishment. Its easy for computer crimes to go undetected if no one checks up on what the computer is doing, but even if the crime is detected, the criminal may walk away not only unpunished but with a glowing recommendation from his former employers. Of course, we have no statistics on crimes that go undetected. But its disturbing to note how many of the crimes we do know about were detected by accident, not by systematic inspections or other security procedures. The computer criminals who have been caught may have been the victims of uncommonly bad luck. For example, a certain keypunch operator complained of having to stay overtime to punch extra cards. Investigation revealed that the extra cards she was being asked to punch were for dishonest transactions. In another case, dissatisfied employees of the thief tipped off the company that was being robbed. Unlike other lawbreakers, who must leave the country, commit suicide, or go to jail, computer criminals sometimes escape punishment, demanding not only that they not be charged but that they be given good recommendations and perhaps other benefits. All too often, their demands have been met. Why? Because company executives are afraid of the bad publicity that would result if the public found out their computer had been misused. They hesitate at the thought of a criminal boasting in open court of how he juggled the most confidential records right under the noses of the companys executives, accountants, and security staff. And so another computer criminal departs with just the recommendations he needs to continue his crimes elsewhere. 36. It can be concluded from the passage that _. A) it is still impossible to detect computer crimes today B) computer crimes are one of most serious problems in the operation of the financial institutions C) computer criminals can escape punishment because they cant be detected D) people commit computer crimes at the request of their company 正确答案： B 37. It is implied in the third paragraph that _. A) more computer crimes go undetected than are discovered B) the rapid increase of computer crimes is a troublesome problem C) most computer criminals are smart enough to cover up their crimes D) most computer criminals who are caught blame their bad luck 正确答案： A 38. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage? A) A strict law against computer crimes must be enforced. B) Companies need to impose restrictions on confidential information. C) Companies will guard against computer crimes to protect their reputation. D) Companies usually hesitate to uncover computer crimes. 正确答案： D 39. The underlying reason for the computer criminals to get recommendations he needs is that _. A) they have skills formidably difficult for others to master B) the employers are afraid that they would take avenge if punished C) the employers are much afraid of bringing the public into disbelief towards them through the criminals words in open court D) those who commit crimes do not mean bad 正确答案： C 40. What may happen to computer criminals once they are caught? A) With bad reputation they can hardly find another job. B) They will be denied access to confidential records. C) They may walk away and easily find another job. D) They must leave the country or go to jail. 正确答案： C Part III Vocabulary and Structure ( 10 minutes ) Directions: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. 41. Only a tiny _ of blue was visible in the cloudy sky. A) patch B) piece C) fracture D) segment 正确答案： A 42. The street in the new city is _ different kinds of trees. A) surrounded by B) surrounded with C) line with D) lined with 正确答案： D 43. Though the teacher has spent an hour explaining the formula, most of the students still feel _. A) puzzling B) puzzled C) confusing D) enlightened 正确答案： B 44. He tried to drive home to us that we should not _ when we ran into troubles. A) shout B) indulge C) complain D) groan 正确答案： C 45. I cant prove the case yet _ but I think theres enough evidence for you to look into it. A) in effect B) in detail C) in surprise D) in force 正确答案： B 46. I was _ out of a sound sleep by sharp knocks on the door. A) invented B) invaded C) drifted D) aroused 正确答案： D 47. Sometimes curtains are _ cheap cloth to protect them from the damaging effects of bright sunlight. A) coincided with B) gone along C) lined with D) prevented from 正确答案： C 48. He was a handsome young man, usually _, in pleasant contrast to Tottenhoes glumness. A) lightheaded B) upset C) cheerful D) thoughtful 正确答案： C 49. He _ nothing to the discussion. A) confined B) contributed C) directed D) devoted 正确答案： B 50. Anyone who wants to be a lawyer should pass the _ examinations. A) required B) commanded C) acquired D) demanded 正确答案： A 51. As a strong-willed person, he can _ any temptation. A) resist B) consist C) assist D) restrict 正确答案： A 52. When falling ill, he realized that wealth was _ health. A) nothing more than B) nothing to C) no more than D) nothing but 正确答案： B 53. Both history and geography are _ courses in our middle schools. A) required B) to be required C) requiring D) being required 正确答案： A 54. Im sorry I cannot find _ of the two books you lent me the other day. A) neither B) each C) either D) any 正确答案： C 55. Mr. Black is _ to our English evening. A) more pleased than to come B) more pleasing than to come C) more than