全新大学英语学习大厅综合教程第五单元B卷
全新版大学英语学习大厅综合教程第五单元B卷
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Part I Listening Comprehension ( 13 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 ONL Y ONCE. Listen carefully and decide whether each statement is true or false.
1.
A) T
B) F
Script: I, as a cook, was busy in preparing a traditional dinner for the people in the ship on the Thanksgiving Day.
正确答案：A
2.
A) T
B) F
Script: "Thanksgiving" reminded me to give thanks to the people who had done much for me.
正确答案：A
3.
A) T
B) F
Script: I wrote three thank-you letters to my dad, one of my professors and my grandma respectively.
正确答案：B
4.
A) T
B) F
Script: What I appreciate my father most is that he has taught me to love reading.
正确答案：A
5.
A) T
B) F
Script: I thanked Nelson mainly because his prayer had a positive impact on my life.
正确答案：A
6.
A) T
B) F
Script: I wept over my father’s letter because he said he had a sense of achievement after reading my letter.
正确答案：B
7.
A) T
B) F
Script: Those who were grateful in the experiment seemed to live a happy and active life.
正确答案：A
8.
A) T
B) F
Script: Those who focused on hassles appeared more materialistic and unwilling to share their possessions with others.
正确答案：B
9.
A) T
B) F
Script: In one study, waitresses who wrote a message about an upcoming dinner special on the check received higher tips.
正确答案：A
10.
A) T
B) F
Script: Gratitude makes you take an optimistic and positive attitude towards life.
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.
Thanksgiving in the United States is a day Americans have set aside to gather with loved ones, to (11)_________________ , to be mindful of the gifts, both large and small, that they are grateful for, and to celebrate the (12)_________________ that gratitude itself brings to their lives.
Like many Americans who have lost their jobs due to America’s ailing (13)_________________ , Nancy has battled with (14)_________________ swings in 2010. Still, she finds (15)_________________ in keeping what she calls a “gratitude (16)_________________ ,” where she (17)_________________ down all the little things she can be thankful for. “I was sitting in Nussbaum’s cafeteria up the street having coffee. And I love going there and just h aving coffee and I thought I was grateful for that place being there. Or for my kids. Or the fact that someone said something nice that day that I was glad to hear.” Nancy adds that everyday life is full of small gifts that (18)_________________ . “But whe n you start to write, it starts to come out. It makes me realize that I have more in my life to be happy about than I thought I did.”
For his part, Kyle, an art teacher, prefers to cultivate (19)_________________ for whatever life has in store. “I’m grateful for every day, man,” he says with a grin. “Every moment is new and exciting. There is always something good, something bigger and better (20)_________________ , and coming everyone’s way.”
Script: Thanksgiving in the United States is a day Americans have set aside to gather with loved ones, to feast, to be mindful of the gifts, both large and small, that they are grateful for, and to celebrate the value that gratitude itself brings to their lives.
Like many Americans who have lost their jobs due to Ameri ca’s ailing economy, Nancy has battled with mood swings in 2010. Still, she finds solace in keeping what she calls a “gratitude journal,” where she jots down all the little things she can be thankful for. “I was sitting in Nussbaum’s cafeteria up the stree t having coffee. And I love going there and just having coffee and I thought I was grateful for that place being there. Or for my kids. Or the fact that someone said something nice that day that I was glad to hear.” Nancy adds that everyday life is full of small gifts that can elude awareness. “But when you start to write, it starts to come out. It makes me realize that I have more in my life to be happy about than I thought I did.”
For his part, Kyle, an art teacher, prefers to cultivate a thankful attitude for whatever life has in store. “I’m grateful for every day, man,” he says with a grin. “Every moment is new and exciting. There is always something good, something bigger and better coming my way, and coming everyone’s way.”
正确答案：feast
正确答案：value
正确答案：economy
正确答案：mood
正确答案：solace
正确答案：journal
正确答案：jots
正确答案：can elude awareness
正确答案：a thankful attitude
正确答案：coming my way
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.
Rather than saying they would forgive that I hadn’t 21 thanked them, instead, for Pete’s sake, they were thanking me — for having remembered, for having considered they had done anything so 22 .
Always the college professor, my dad had carefully avoided anything he considered too 23 , so I knew how moved he was to write me that, after having helped educate many young people, he now felt that his best results included his own son.
The Reverend Nelson wrote that his 24 as a “simple, old-fashioned principal” had ended with schools undergoing such swift changes that he had retired in self-doubt. “I heard more of what I had done wrong than what I did right,” he said, adding that my letter had brought him welcome 25
that his career had been appreciated.
A glance at Grandma’s 26 handwriting brought back in a flash memories of standing alongside her white rocking chair, watching her “settin’ down” some letter to relatives. 27 , Grandma would slowly 28 one word, then the next, so that a finished page would 29 hours. I wept over the page 30 my Grandma’s recent hours invested in expressing her loving gratefulness to me —whom she used to diaper!
A) sentimentalB) reassuranceC) exceptionalD) Character by character
E) representingF) consumeG) sensationalH) similar
I) accomplishJ) familiarK) obviouslyL) assurance
M) presentingN) decadesO) previously
21.______________________
正确答案：O
22.______________________
正确答案：C
23.______________________
正确答案：A
24.______________________
正确答案：N
25.______________________
正确答案：B
26.______________________
正确答案：J
27.______________________
正确答案：D
28.______________________
正确答案：I
29.______________________
正确答案：F
30.______________________
正确答案：E
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.
I’d he ard about the feel-good benefits of a gratitude attitude. Hoping for tips, I called professor Emmons, who pioneered research on the benefits of positive thinking. Emmons quoted new studies that indicated that even pretending to be thankful raises levels of the chemicals associated with pleasure and contentment. He recommended keeping a log of everything I’m grateful for in a given week or month.
I followed his suggestions, but my first attempts at keeping a gratitude list were pretty weak: coffee, naps, caffeine in general. As my list grew, I found more uplift: freshly picked blueberries; the Beatles’ White Album; that I’m not bald.
By day three, I was on a tear, thanking every grocery bagger and parent on the playground like I’d just won an Oscar and hanging post-it notes to remind myself of the next day’s thank-you targets: the mailman, my son’s math teacher. But soon, the full-on approach started to bum me out. Researchers call it the Pledge of Allegiance effect. “If you overdo gratitude, it loses its mean ing or, worse, becomes a chore,” professor Emmons told me when I mentioned my slump. Be selective, he advised, and focus on thanking the unsung heroes in your life.
Then professor Emmons suggested a “gratitude visit.” Think of a person who has made a major difference in your life and whom you’ve never properly thanked. Compose a detailed letter to him or her that expresses your appreciation in concrete terms, then read it aloud, face-to-face.
I immediately flashed on Miss Riggi, my eighth-grade English teacher. She was the first one to open my eyes to Hemingway, Faulkner, and other literary giants. To this day, I am guided by her advice (“Never be boring”). I booked plane tickets to my hometown, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Miss Riggi was shorter than I remember, though unmistakable with her still long, black hair and bright, intelligent eyes. After a slightly awkward hug and small talk, we settled in. I took a deep breath and read.
And whether it was Miss Riggi’s enormous smile when I finished the letter, or the way she held it close as we said goodbye, my feeling of peace and joy remained long after I returned home. Since then, I have written several more gratitude letters, and my wife and I both summon our “training” when we feel saddled by life. The unpleasant matters are still there, but appreciation, I’ve learned, has an echo —and it’s loud enough to drown out the grumbling of one man emptying the dishwasher.
31.
According to the passage, what did professor Emmons propose to have a gratitude attitude?
A) Making oneself appear to be grateful.
B) Keeping an elaborate diary.
C) Thinking positively in a given time.
D) Recording everything appreciated for a certain time.
正确答案：D
32.
According to the context, “gratitude visit” in Para. 4 refers to ________.
A) inviting someone out of appreciation
B) calling on someone with an appreciated letter
C) seeing someone you are indebted to
D) seeing someone in private
正确答案：C
33.
The author’s reunion with his English teacher, Miss Riggi, shows that __________.
A) the author was desperate to see his teacher
B) his teacher had a great influence on him
C) his teacher still had a deep impression of the author
D) the author wanted to testify the professor’s proposal
正确答案：B
34.
The last paragraph shows that ________.
A) professor Emmons’ suggestions are effective to the author
B) professor Emmons’ suggestions are unpractical to the author
C) the author and his wife learn how to show gratitude to others
D) the author and his wife never feel bored and annoyed by li fe after taking professor Emmons’ advice
正确答案：A
35.
Which of the following can best serve as the main idea of the passage?
A) Your life will be improved with a gratitude attitude.
B) Calling on people to pay a gratitude visit.
C) Everyone should pretend to be thankful.
D) A happy life derives from positive thinking.
正确答案：A
Passage Two
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Four weeks ago US children dressed as monsters and asked for sweets. That was Halloween. In a few weeks American houses will be red and green and filled with presents. For Christmas．
As if all this isn’t enough, on Thursday this week, America will enjoy another festival —Thanksgiving．
Children will have two days off school, shops will close and houses will be filled with families enjoying mountains of food．
Every year, in Gainesville, Florida, all entire class celebrate Thanksgiving together．The class dresses up and puts on plays for their families. After the plays the families share a feast of traditional Thanksgiving foods like turkey and pumpkin pie．
Dean Foster, an 11-year-old boy will take part in this celebration. He said: “I love Thanksgiving because it means time off school, lots of nice food and a happy family.”
His brother Ben, nine, said: “The best thing about Thanksgiving，is that when it is finished, it is time to start Christmas.”
But behind the food and the large amount of money spent there is another message. On Thursday evening, Dean and Ben’s family will make a basket and put it on the table as they eat their evening meal．
Each of them will write a list of things that they are thankful for and place the paper in the basket. The family will read the pieces of paper and take time to thank God and each other for providing them with comfortable and happy lives．
Thanksgiving is a traditional festival that started in 1621, when the first pilgrims arrived in the US to start a new life. After a hard year, they had a big autumn harvest. They held a feast and invited the native American Indians along to thank God for giving them enough food．In time, other colonies began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving. But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day. During the Civil War, Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do
something about it. He proclaimed the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of thanksgiving. Today, Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November. Many countries celebrate Thanksgiving. They often fall after the fields have been harvested and the crops collected for winter．
36.
On Halloween, children in the United States often dress up as ________.
A) ghosts
B) actors
C) pilgrims
D) tourists
正确答案：A
37.
Which of the following is NOT included in Thanksgiving celebration in America?
A) Preparing a traditional dinner featuring roast turkey.
B) There is a two-day holiday at school.
C) Thanking God and each other.
D) The shops are open round-the-clock.
正确答案：D
38.
Thanksgiving is the time for the American people to thank God for ________.
A) looking after them
B) providing them with comfortable and happy lives
C) clothing them
D) protecting them
正确答案：B
39.
Many children in the United States like Thanksgiving because ________.
A) they can stay with their parents at home and eat a lot of nice food
B) they can dress up like monsters
C) they can put on plays
D) they can visit American Indians
正确答案：A
40.
The first pilgrims in the United States started the first Thanksgiving that is celebrated to ________.
A) thank the native for helping them
B) thank the US for offering an environment to exist
C) thank God for bestowing food on them
D) thank God for giving them life
正确答案：C
Part III V ocabulary and Structure ( 12 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.
It is evident that the Opposition is trying to ________ our achievements.
A) diminish
B) magnify
C) amplify
D) exaggerate
正确答案：A
42.
One of the requirements for a fire is that the material ________ to its burning temperature.
A) is heated
B) will be heated
C) be heated
D) would be heated
正确答案：C
43.
Since the championship began in 1987, they have finished ______ in ninth, seventh and fifth position.
A) successively
B) progressively
C) successfully
D) consequently
正确答案：A
44.
________ the flood, the ship would have reached its destination on time.
A) In case of
B) But for
C) In spite of
D) Because of
正确答案：B
45.
Living in a foreign country can mean you’re always ________ sea about what’s going on.
A) on
B) at
C) in
D) under