B2U2-B
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Part I Listening Comprehension
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: In early December 2003, the author worked for a charity group to raise money for the poor.
正确答案： A
2.
A) T
B) F
Script: In terms of material belongings, the author is only in a medium level.
正确答案： B
3.
A) T
B) F
Script: Although living modestly, the author quite enjoys his life.
正确答案： A
4.
A) T
B) F
Script: One of his main sources of enjoyment is to talk with many actor friends.
正确答案： B
5.
A) T
B) F
Script: The author feels that it is quite natural for people to pursue material possessions.
正确答案： B
6.
A) T
B) F
Script: Commercials always press people to buy some particular items.
正确答案： A
7.
A) T
B) F
Script: Wal-Mart has originated from a little dime store in a remote Arkansas town.
正确答案： A
8.
A) T
B) F
Script: Sam Walton has a reserved seat in church because he is quite a faithful Christian.
正确答案： B
9.
A) T
B) F
Script: Sam Walton owes his success to the whole Wal-Mart team and devotes himself to improving the employee's welfare.
正确答案： A
10.
A) T
B) F
Script: If you come into contact with Sam Walton, you will become a better person.
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.
People in this world are highly (11)_________________ by the value of material (12)_________________ . It seems like that buying (13)_________________ things is a kind of fashion. Some people spend money (14)_________________ no matter what kind of things they buy. So for most of the time they have to (15)_________________ money to keep them (16)_________________ . Some spend money with only a little hesitation. The result is that they have little (17)_________________ in hand. Every time in the end of the month they (18)_________________ get the salary. Others have a well-knit plan to spend money. Therefore they always have enough (19)_________________ to mee
t with emergency. Traditionally in China, living frugal (节俭的) is a way of thinking that (20)_________________ a certain attitude and respect towards money.
Script: People in this world are highly influenced by the value of material enjoyment. It seems like that buying expensive things is a kind of fashion. Some people spend money without hesitation no matter what kind of things they buy. So for most of the time they have to borrow money to keep them alive. Some spend money with only a little hesitation. The result is that they have little savings in hand. Every time in the end of the month they are eager to get the salary. Others have a well-knit plan to spend money. Therefore they always have enough potential to meet with emergency. Traditionally in China, living frugal(节俭的) is a way of thinking that represents a certain attitude and respect towards money.
正确答案： influenced
正确答案： enjoyment
正确答案： expensive
正确答案： without hesitation
正确答案： borrow
正确答案： alive
正确答案： savings
正确答案： are eager to
正确答案： potential
正确答案： represents
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.
It was early December 2003, my first season as a Salvation Army bell 21 , when I was 22 the question. I was standing just outside the doorway of a Wal-Mart, offering a "thank you" and a smile to each person who dropped a 23 into my red kettle. A 24 dressed woman and her young son walked up to the kettle stand. While she searched her purse for some cash, the boy looked up at me. I could still see the confusion and 25 in his eyes as he asked, "Are you poor?"
"Well," I 26 , trying to think, "I have more than some people, but not as much as others." His mother 27 him for the social no-no, and they 28 to do their shopping. His question, however, did not leave me.
I've never thought of myself as "poor," but I can't deny certain facts. Every time I fill out my 1040 form, I 29 one of the lowest income brackets. In the past 35 years, I've taken just one 30 trip. My TV is a black-and-white set that someone gave me eight years ago.
A) donation B) romance C) neatly D) scolded
E) ran into F) stammered G) vacation H) ringer
I) forecast J) curiosity K) hurried off L) fall into
M) confronted with N) beforehand O) chemical
21. ______________________
正确答案： H
22. ______
________________
正确答案： M
23. ______________________
正确答案： A
24. ______________________
正确答案： C
25. ______________________
正确答案： J
26. ______________________
正确答案： F
27. ______________________
正确答案： D
28. ______________________
正确答案： K
29. ______________________
正确答案： L
30. ______________________
正确答案： G
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.
A value could be defined as a belief or attitude you hold close or something that you want to keep as a standard for judging yourself and the rest of the world. It is the basis for your sense of right and wrong, good and bad.
It is our values that drive us to act in certain ways, to lead a certain lifestyle and to shun certain habits. For instance, if you truly believe that drinking alcohol is not a good thing, you will not drink. And if you do, you will probably feel guilty and regret it later.
Each of us has a unique value system — almost as unique as our fingerprints. A value system is not just something that is passed down from parents or learnt through behavior in schools, etc. It is developed through personal experiences, in combination with the values that our immediate society lends to us.
Yet, value systems can differ dramatically even within the same family or group of friends. For instance, your parents may think it is wrong to marry out of your own culture or community, while your brother may not believe in marriage at all.
Similarly, you may not like lying to your parents, but your best friend may think it is just another way of making life easier.
Values can be related to health, cultural awareness, religion, preservation of nature, loyalty, wealth, creativity, independence, search for fame or peace, education, and much more.
Any combination of these separate values will form a person's values system. To figure out yours, you must do a lot of soul-searching, and ask yourself questions about what really matters to you and what you deeply believe in, or what are the issues that you are not willing to compromise on — that will be your unique set of values.
31.
The first paragraph mainly focuses on ______________.
A) the function of value
B) the definition of value
C) the advantages of value
D) the varieties of value
正确答案： B
32.
We can learn from the second paragraph that our values ______________.
A) drive us to act i
n certain ways
B) make people feel uncomfortable with each other
C) play a key role in our life
D) help us get rid of bad habits
正确答案： C
33.
According to the passage, one's value system will decide ______________.
A) what he/ she lives for
B) whether he/ she lives happily or bitterly
C) why he/ she lives
D) how he/ she lives
正确答案： D
34.
The phrase “immediate society” (in Para.3) refers to ______________.
A) the social circle in which we live and the people who we meet
B) the personal circle in which we live and the relatives we meet
C) the society in which we live and the relatives we meet
D) the personal circle in which we live and the people we meet
正确答案： A
35.
Which one may be the best title for the passage?
A) Values Can Be Related to Culture Shock
B) Each of Us Has a Unique Value System
C) How Does One Define Values or a Value System?
D) The Differences between Values and Value Systems
正确答案： C
Passage Two
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways. The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are more ideas, more interest, and more groups and organizations with different beliefs. In addition, there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors tend to promote social change by opening more areas of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditions may not be satisfactory, they are at least customary and undisputed.
Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material, for example, in technology rather than in values; in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early; in the less basic and less emotional aspects of society than in their opposite; in the simple elements rather than in the complex ones; in form rather than in substance; and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements.
What’s more, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with violent changes. This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities, because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their wh
ite counterparts(对应的人).
36.
The following factors tend to promote social change EXCEPT ________________.
A) different kinds of people
B) different points of view
C) different interests
D) different conditions
正确答案： D
37.
The expression "greater tolerance "(in Para.1) refers to ______________.
A) more respect for different beliefs and behaviors
B) quicker adaptation to changing circumstances
C) greater willingness to change
D) greater readiness to agree to different opinions and ideas
正确答案： A
38.
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE within a society?
A) Social change is less likely to occur in technology than in values.
B) What people learned in their early times tends to change quickly.
C) The basic and emotional aspects of society tend to slow down social change.
D) Strange elements are likely to quicken social change.
正确答案： C
39.
Social change is easier if it takes place ___________________.
A) step by step
B) among Black Americans
C) between Black Americans and their white counterparts
D) between Black Americans and other Americans minorities
正确答案： A
40.
The passage mainly discusses ____________________.
A) the necessity of social change
B) certain factors that determine the ease with which social change occurs
C) the way to slow down social change
D) how to promote social change
正确答案： B
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.
Her novels are well written and they have good ____________ value as well.
A) emotional
B) commercial
C) principal
D) occasional
正确答案： B
42.
The only way to ____________ your goals is to stay focused and work hard.
A) contain
B) entertain
C) maintain
D) attain
正确答案： D
43.
He had earned a great sum of money in the stock business and lived ____________ of it.
A) in crisis
B) on the whole
C) well off
D) with passion
正确答案： C
44.
He was the only child in the class who could be rude to the teacher and ____________ it.
A) get down to
B) get along with
C) get away with
D) get the better of
正确答案： C
45.
Sometimes it needs more power to ____________ than to take up.
A) lay out
B) lay off
C) lay aside
D) lay down
正确答案： D
46.
Not until the game had be
gun ___________ at the sports ground.
A) had he arrived
B) would he have arrived
C) did he arrive
D) should he have arrived
正确答案： C
47.
As time went on, a ____________ friendship grew up between us.
A) frank
B) casual
C) genuine
D) superior
正确答案： C
48.
Going out for fishing with my father has become a __________ memory.
A) cherished
B) cherishing
C) valuable
D) virtuous
正确答案： A
49.
It was during the Johnson administration that the American students _______ against the way in which the income tax was collected.
A) prevented
B) proposed
C) protested
D) protected
正确答案： C
50.
It's necessary that an efficient worker _______ his work on time.
A) accomplishes
B) accomplish
C) can accomplish
D) has accomplished
正确答案： B
51.
Your actions _______ unfavourably with your principles.
A) contrast
B) contradict
C) conflict
D) collide
正确答案： A
52.
He invented a plough ______ any other in existence.
A) far superior to
B) more superior than
C) more superior to
D) much superior than
正确答案： A
53.
Though badly damaged by fire, the palace was eventually ______ to its original splendour.
A) repaired
B) renewed
C) restored
D) renovated
正确答案： C
54.
It was reported that the new governor had ______ his authority by getting other people to do things for him and his family.
A) betted
B) exhausted
C) abused
D) ignored
正确答案： C
55.
FM (调频) transmissions are not seriously affected by the more usual forms of ______.
A) interruption
B) interference
C) interception
D) interaction
正确答案： B
56.
Bob thought he had all the right ________ for the job, so he went bravely to the manager.
A) qualifications
B) diplomas
C) certificates
D) identification
正确答案： A
57.
The shop doesn't have any brown sugar in ________ at the moment, but it expects to have some tomorrow.
A) purchase
B) sale
C) stock
D) trade
正确答案： C
58.
The author was required to submit an _________ of about 200 words together with his research paper.
A) edition
B) editorial
C) article
D) abstract
正确答案： D
59.
The buses, _________ were already full, were surrounded by angry crowd.
A) most of which
B) few of them
C) both of whom
D) those of which
正确答案： A
60.
The carpet is designed
to stand up to a lot of ____________.
A) heart and soul
B) wear and tear
C) safe and sound
D) cool and calm
正确答案： B
Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English (with the given words or phrases).
61. 这位企业家承诺向非洲贫困地区捐赠100万美元。
________________________________________
正确答案： The entrepreneur promised a donation of one million US dollars to poverty-stricken areas in Africa.
62. 面对困难时我们决不能放弃。
________________________________________
正确答案： We should never give up when confronted with difficulties.
63. 那位时髦女性否认了从超市里偷东西。
________________________________________
正确答案： That fashionable girl denied stealing things in the supermarket.
64. 在当今高度商品化的社会里，没有人愿意默默无闻。
________________________________________
正确答案： In today's highly commercialized society, nobody wants to be a nobody.
65. 在这个社团中，大家都非常热情友好，我感觉到真正的归属感。
________________________________________
正确答案： As people in this society are very hospitable and friendly, I feel a genuine sense of belonging.