新视野大学英语三 练习

英语读写(3) 第三单元

第3单元练习

I. RF

3-RF-03

Key: 1-5 T F N T F 6-10 F N T T T

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over a passage quickly and read ten statements in it.

For statements 1-10, write

T(for True)if the statement agrees with the information given in the above paragraph(s);

F (for False) if the statement contradicts the information given in the above paragraph(s);

N (for Not given) if the statement is not given in the above paragraph(s);

Best of friends, Worlds Apart

Havana, sometime before 1994: As dusk descends on the quaint seaside village of Guanabo, two young men kick a soccer ball back and forth and back and forth across the sand. The tall one, Joel Ruiz, is black. The short, muscular one, Achmed Valdes, is white.

They are the best of friends.

Miami, January 2000: Mr. Valdes is playing soccer, as he does every Saturday, with a group of light-skinned Lationos in a park near his apartment. Mr. Ruiz surprises him with a visit, and Mr. Valdes, flushed and sweating, runs to greet him. They shake hands warmly.

But when Mr. Valdes darts back to the game, Mr. Ruiz stands off to the side, arms crossed, looking on as his childhood friend plays the game that was once their shared joy. Mr. Ruiz no longer plays soccer. He prefers basketball with black Latinos and African-Americans from his neighborhood.

The two men live only four miles apart, not even 15 minutes by car. Yet they are separated by a far greater distance, one they say they never imagined back in Cuba.

In ways that are obvious to the black man but far less so to the white one, they have grown apart in the United States because of race. For the first time, they inhabit a place where the color of their skin defines the outlines of their lives －where they live, the friends they make, how they speak, what they wear, even what they eat.

“It’s like I am here and he is over there,” Mr. Ruiz said, “And we can’t cross over to the other’s world.”

It is not that, growing up in Cuba’s mix of black and white, they were unaware of their difference in color. Fidel Castro may have officially put an end to racism in Cuba, but that does not mean racism has simply gone away. Still, color was not what defined them. Nationality, they had been taught, meant far more than race. They felt, above all, Cuban.

Here in America, Mr. Ruiz still feels Cuban. But above all he feels black. His world is a black world, and to live there is to be constantly conscious of race. He works in a black-owned bar, dates black women, goes to an African-American barber. “White

ba rbers”, he say, “don’t understand black hair.” He generally avoids white neighborhoods, and when his world and the white world meet, he feels always watched, and he is always watchful.

For Joel Ruiz, there is little time for relaxation. On this night, he works as a cashier at his uncle’s bar in a black Miami neighborhood.

Mr. Valdes, who is 29, a year younger than his childhood friend, is simply, comfortably Cuban, an upwardly mobile citizen of the Miami mainstream. He lives in an all-white neighborhood, hangs out with white Cuban friends and goes to black neighborhoods only when his job, as a deliveryman for Restonic mattresses, forces him to. When he thinks about race, which is not very often, it is in terms learned from other white Cubans: American blacks, he now believes, are to be avoided because they are dangerous and resentful of whites. The only blacks he trusts, he says, are those he knows from Cuba.

Since leaving Havana in separate boats in 1994, the two friends have seen each other just a handful of times in Miami －at a funeral, a baby shower, a birthday party and that soccer game, a meeting arranged for a newspaper photographer. They have visited each other’s homes only once.

They say they remain as good friends as ever, yet they both know there is little that binds them anymore but their memories. Had they not become best friends in another country, in another time, they would not be friends at all today. Statements

1. Mr. Ruiz and Mr. Valdes are both Cuban- Americans.

2. Mr. Ruiz and Mr. Valdes feel separated from each other in the United States because they don’t live in the same neighborhood.

3. In the United States, the color of one’s skin will influence the way they travel

4. In Cuba, people feel that compared to nationality, the color of one’s skin is

unimportant.

5. Mr. Valdes thinks white barbers don’t understand black hair.

6. Living in a white neighborhood, Mr. Valdes seems to be unconscious of racial issues.

7. Mr. Ruiz lives in an apartment in a black neighborhood.

8. It can be inferred from the passage that Mr. Valdes can still move up the social

ladder.

9. Both Mr. Ruiz and Mr. Valdes left Cuba in 1994.

10. All that Mr. Ruiz and Mr. Valdes have left of their friendship are their memories. II. CVB

Directions: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. (Key: A)

1. She ______ her mind by reading many books.

A) cultivated B) educated C) civilized D) tamed

(Key: B)

2. You must take the ______ steps by yourself; after you have begun, I will help you.

A) primitive B) preliminary C) primary D) prime

(Key: C)

3. After three hours of heated debate, the ______ bill was passed by a narrow majority.

A) virtual B) universal C) controversial D) substantial

(Key: A)

4. They must know how to make use of, and, when necessary, to discard the old

______ rules.

A) conventional B) conservative C) constant D) convenient

(Key: C)

5. I have tried to make the questions simple but ______ so that it won’t take many minutes to fill in; but your answers will give me a good idea of what is wanted and what is not.

A) integrated B) comparative C) comprehensive D) comprehensible (Key: D)

6. Two independent daily newspapers had been ordered to ______ publication on June. A) concentrate B) comprehend C) suspect D) suspend

(Key: A)

7. It is made quite clear in the document that China will stick to its ______ and opening up policy.

A) reform B) transformation C) refrain D) formation

(Key: C)

8. He is a person of average ______ .

A) talent B) prominence C) intelligence D) celebrity

(Key: B)

9. When the news media and the public show a lot of interest in something, you can

say that it is receiving ______ .

A) popularity B) publicity C) publication D) priority

(Key: D)

10. I felt most ______ when the shop assistant refused to show me the skirt and said that I didn’t seem to be able to afford it.

A) scolded B) blamed C) cursed D) insulted

(Key: A)

11. Disappointment ______ on his face when he heard that he didn’t passed the entrance examination.

A) registered B) enrolled C) recorded D) entered

III. Word Building

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word forms of the words given in the brackets.

1. Key: acceptance

1. These scientists developed some new ideas and concepts, which gained ______

rapidly. (accept)

2. Key: energetic

2. Iron deficiency may derive from frequent ______ exercises. (energy)

3. Key: publicity

3. Some people, especially stars, try to seek ______ while some others try to avoid it.

(public)

4. Key: Enrollments

4. ______ in linguistics and history have fallen off. (enroll)

5. Key: controversy

5. The new plan led to a heated ______ . (controversial)

6. Key: comprehension

6. We are going to do a reading ______. (comprehensive)

7. Key: Curiosity

7. ______ caused the girl to open the door. (curious)

8. Key: suspended

8. Some rail services were ______ during the strike. (suspend)

9. Key: preparation

9. He didn’t do enough ______ for his exam, and failed. (prepare)

10. Key: economy

10. The new oil that we have found will improve our ______ . (economic)

IV. ECT

Directions: Translate the English sentences into Chinese.

1. 答案：海德中学的办学宗旨是：如果你向学生传授诸如求真、勇敢、正直、

领导能力、好奇心和关心他人等美德的话，学生的学习成绩自然就会提高。

1. The Hyde School operates on the principle that if you teach students the merit of such values as truth, courage, integrity, leadership, curiosity and concern, then academic achievement naturally follows.

2. 答案：为了避免美国中学使用的其他品格培养方案引发的争议，高尔德解释说，“全力以赴”这一概念并不是要强迫学生接受某一套道德原则或宗教观念。

2. To avoid the controversy of other character programs used in US schools, Gauld says the concept of doing your best has nothing to with forcing the students to accept a particular set of morals or religious values.

V. GW

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on On Optional Courses.You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:

1.选修课给学生带来很多好处。

2.选修课也对学生产生一些负面影响。

3.我的观点。

英文范文：

On Optional Courses

The discussion about optional courses has never stopped in the past few years. Its advantages and disadvantages are evident. The biggest advantage of optional courses is its variety. Students can choose any course in which they have a special interest. What’s more, optional courses often bring creative research findings or up-to-date breakthroughs, which are hardly seen in normal courses.

However, the negative effects are also obvious. To begin with, some students choose optional courses only to earn some credits or obtain a certificate --- they never put their hearts into studying the subject. In the second place, optional courses take up too much time and it is difficult for students to make the best of both worlds. Up till now, we can see it clearly that an optional course is not beneficial or harmful in itself. In my opinion, the key lies in the user --- so long as we can make use of it properly, it can be most helpful for us in many respects.