新理念外语网络教学平台第二版综合答案B2U7-A

1、全新版第二版综合 B2U7-APart I Listening Comprehension ( 10 minutes )Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear ten statements. Numbers 1 to 6 are basedon 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 fa

2、lse.1.A) TB) FScript: English has richer vocabulary than other major languages because itborrows a lot of words from other languages.正确答案：A2.A) TB) FScript: Anglo-Saxon English, as the core of our language, is usually complex anddirect.正确答案：B3.A) TB) FScript: It is believed that many modern language

3、s may derive from a commonparent language.正确答案：B4.A) TB) FScript: French has a great influence on English language for it was the onlylanguage used in 1066.1 / 14正确答案：A5.A) TB) FScript: William Caxton started the communications revolution in England andgreatly enriched English with the new thoughts

4、of European Renaissance.正确答案：A6.A) TB) FScript: Thermometer is a borrowed word from Latin.正确答案：B7.A) TB) FScript: English is a global language in terms of the number of users, the depth ofpenetration and the range of functions.正确答案：A8.A) TB) FScript: It is estimated that about a quarter of the world

5、s population can speaksome English.正确答案：B9.A) TB) FScript: According to the Text B, there will be a new language ruling the world in ahundred years.正确答案：B10.A) TB) F2 / 14Script: Language shifts are slow and difficult to predict.正确答案：ASection BDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage thr

6、ee times. When the passageis read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When thepassage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with theexact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time,you should check w

7、hat you have written.English is a world famous language used most (11)_ as asecond language and (12)_ language in many parts of the world.The main reason for this vast (13)_ of English language isattributed to the British (14)_ over major parts of the world. AfterWorld War II, Unites States has rece

8、ived a kick start in (15)_ andcultural areas which also (16)_ highly to the wide spread(17)_ of English as an official language. The(18)_ statistics show that over a billion people speak English allover the world. This is because of the direct relation of (19)_ invarious areas. Knowing English is co

9、nsidered as a major factor that can(20)_ ones success in his professional arena.Script:English is a world famous language used most commonly as a secondlanguage and official language in many parts of the world. The main reason for thisvast usage of English language is attributed to the British attac

10、k over major parts ofthe world. After World War II, Unites States has received a kick start in economicaland cultural areas which also contributed highly to the wide spread acceptance ofEnglish as an official language. The current statistics show that over a billion peoplespeak English all over the

11、world. This is because of the direct relation of language andexcellence in various areas. Knowing English is considered as a major factor that caninterfere with ones success in his professional arena.正确答案：commonly正确答案：official正确答案：usage正确答案：attack3 / 14正确答案：economical正确答案：contributed正确答案：acceptance正

12、确答案：current正确答案：language and excellence正确答案：interfere withPart II Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes )Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with several blanks. You are requiredto select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bankfollowing the passage. Read

13、 the passage through carefully before making yourchoices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of thewords in the bank more than once.The tolerance for change also represents deeply rooted ideas of freedom.Danish scholar Otto Jespersen wrote in 1905, The English lan

14、guage would not havebeen what it is if the English had not been for centuries great respecters of the 21of each individual and if everybody had not been free to 22 new paths forhimself.I like that idea. Consider that the same cultural 23 producing the Englishlanguage also 24 the great principles of

15、freedom and rights of man in the 25world. The first shoots 26 in England, and they grew stronger in America. TheEnglish-speaking peoples have defeated all efforts to build 27language.around theirIndeed, the English language is not the special 28 of grammarians, languagepolice, teachers, writers or t

16、he intellectual 29 . English is, and always has been, the30 of common man.A) soilB) conservationC) nourished D) preserveE) work out F) sprang up G) eliteH)make for4 / 14I) tongue J) powerK) fencesL) libertiesM) modern N) strike out O) mouth21. _正确答案：L22. _正确答案：N23. _正确答案：A24. _正确答案：C25. _正确答案：M26. _

17、正确答案：F27. _正确答案：K28. _正确答案：D29. _正确答案：G30. _正确答案：I5 / 14Passage OneQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.The passage tells us _.Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.If you ask people to name one person who had the greatest effect on theEnglish language, you will get

18、answers like Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson andWebster but none of these men had any effect at all compared with a man whodidnt even speak English William the Conqueror.Before 1066, in the land we now call Great Britain lived people belonging totwo major language groups. In the west-central region live

19、d the Welsh, who spoke aCeltic language, and in north lived the Scots, whose language, though not the sameas Welsh, was also Celtic. In the rest of the country lived the Saxons, actually amixture of Anglos-Saxons, and other Germanic and Nordic peoples, who spoke whatwe call Anglo-Saxon (or Old Engli

20、sh), a Germanic Language. If this state of affairs hadlasted, English today would be close to German.But this state of affairs did not last. In 1066 the Normans led by Williamdefeated the Saxons and began their rule over England. For about a century, Frenchbecame the official language of England whi

21、le Old English became the language ofpeasants. As a result, English words of politics and the law come from French ratherthan German. In some cases, modern English even shows a distinction betweenupper-class French and lower-class Anglo-Saxon in its words. We even have differentwords for some foods,

22、 meat in particular, depending on whether it is still out in fieldsor at home ready to be cooked, which shows the fact that the Saxon peasants weredoing the farming, while the upper-class Normans were doing most of the eating.When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germanym

23、ore foreign than France because the German they see on signs andadvertisements seems much more different from English than French does. Fewrealize that the English language is actually Germanic in its beginning and that theFrench influences are all the result of one mans ambition.36.According to the

24、 passage, _ had the great effect on the Englishlanguage.A) ShakespeareB) Samuel JohnsonC) WebsterD) William the Conqueror正确答案：D37.The two major languages spoken in what is now called Great Britain before 1066were _.A) Welsh and ScottishB) Nordic and Germanic8 / 14C) Celtic and Old EnglishD) Anglo-Sa

25、xon and Germanic正确答案：C38.Which of the following groups of words are, by inference, rooted in French?A) President, lawyer, beef.B) President, bread, water.C) Bread, field, sheep.D) Folk, field, cow.正确答案：A39.Why does France appear less foreign than Germany to Americans on their first visitto Europe?A)

26、 Because most advertisements in France appear in English.B) Because they know little of the history of the English language.C) Because many French words are similar to English ones.D) Because they know French better than German.正确答案：C40.What is the subject discussed in the text?A) The history of Gre

27、at Britain.B) The similarity of Great Britain.C) The rule of England by William the Conqueror.D) The French influences on the English language.正确答案：DPart III Vocabulary and Structure ( 10 minutes )Directions: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For eachsentence there are four ch

28、oices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that bestcompletes the sentence.9 / 1441.Before the arrival of the white man, Australia was _ solely by aborigines.A) inhabitedB) shelteredC) livedD) inhabiting正确答案：A42.She was always on the _ for some new calamity.A) attentionB) alertC) consciousnessD)

29、 alter正确答案：B43.Yan Fus _ on the translation circle is immeasurable.A) influenceB) affectC) consequenceD) result正确答案：A44.The country _ from a backward agricultural country into an advancedindustrial country.A) transmissionB) transformedC) transferredD) transported正确答案：B45.The new _ of the country wer

30、e fixed after the war.A) capitalsB) landsC) frontiersD) boundaries10 / 14正确答案：D46.Literature and art have a great _ peoples ideology.A) impact onB) influence onC) effect onD) impression on正确答案：B47.Sally _ all foolish comments and kept on working.A) excludedB) dischargedC) ignoredD) denied正确答案：C48.Le

31、ts have more _ and less fighting in the house.A) welfareB) affectionC) harmonyD) discussion正确答案：C49.The clothes a person wears may express his _ or social position.A) curiosityB) statusC) determinationD) significance正确答案：B50.At the first thought the young man wanted to argue, but the next moment he

32、hadhimself _.A) beyond controlB) out of control11 / 14C) in controlD) at control正确答案：C51.The newcomer _ himself in the large leather chair.A) satB) keptC) installedD) sank正确答案：C52.This morning I _ the washing when it started to rain, so I had to bring itall in again.A) was just to hang outB) was jus

33、t hanging outC) had just hanged outD) have just hanged out正确答案：B53.They were shipwrecked on a tiny island _.A) off the coast of belonging to JapanB) off of the coast of JapanC) off the coast belongs to JapanD) off the coast of Japan正确答案：D54.It was a time of trouble: money was short, and friends _ aw

34、ay.A) drenchedB) driftedC) drilledD) pull正确答案：B55.The police chief, who fears that the case could become a national incident, is12 / 14opposed _ it any publicity.A) to giveB) to givingC) to be givingD) to have given正确答案：B56.I should say he is not _ a scholar as a writer.A) too muchB) very muchC) so muchD) as much正确答案：C57.He might have been dead _ the arrival of the doctors