u校园 新视野大学英语(第三版)读写教程2 quiz4答案

长篇阅读10题，总分值：20分

Directions：You are going to read a passage with 10 statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.

Proactive Strategies to Build a Social Life

A) A lot of people believe that developing a social life is something that should just happen and develop naturally, without you needing to do anything. I disagree. I think that while this can happen for some folks, in certain stages of their life, it’s not always the case, which is why many of us today lack a fulfilling social life. If you’re in college where you get to hang around lots of other people and you’re naturally a social person, your social circle will develop on its own. But if you’re an accountant working in cubicle all day and you’re kind of shy and don’t go out much, your social life may be seriously deficient.

B) In my view, building a social life requires the same active and strategic approach that making money or building a career requires. The approach is based on setting goals and acting on them. Coming from this angle, I want to show you some proactive (积极主动的) strategies to build a social life.

C) A fulfilling social life looks differently for different people. Some of us need lots of friends and a large social circle. Some of us are more fond of having just a few friends, but who are very close to us. And some prefer a mix of the two. What is your preference? Do you know? Take some time to think about this and visualize what your ideal social circle would look like.

D) Another aspect to think about is what kind of people you want in your social circle. Do you prefer people who are artistic, or people who are tech-oriented? People who are outdoorsy or prefer to be indoors? Usually, you will get along best with individuals who are similar to you. So I advise you to consider your dominant traits and consciously decide which of these traits are important for you to find in others. If you know what kind of people you want in your life, you’re much more likely to find them.

E) Once you know how many and what kind of friends you’re looking for, it’s

time to take action in order to meet them. This m ay seem obvious, but it’s something many of us ignore: If you just wait for others to come to you, you’ll never build a social circle. You must have the initiative and go to them.

F) My recommendation here is to think about activities where you are likely to meet people you’d enjoy interacting with, and get involved in a few of them. For instance, you may take a class on a topic you’re interested in. You may volunteer for a charity organization or join some sort of club. Even if you don’t have any friends whatsoever at this point, you can apply this strategy. You can get involved in such activities all by yourself, and you’ll meet others there.

G) In using this strategy, the Internet is your friend. You can discover all sorts of classes, social events, clubs and organizations near you online. But keep in mind that this is only the first step. Then you need to actually get out of the house, go there and participate.

H) So you attend a training program on, let’s say, urban photography. There are lots of other people there. What do you do? In general, the passive approach tends to prevail. Many of us just sit around doing nothing and expect others to come talk to us, ask us questions, and be chatty. And this may happen, or it may not. One thing I’m certain of,though, is that it’s not the best approach. You want to be friendly first. Be the one to break the ice.

I) Walk up to other people and introduce yourself to them. Then start chatting with them. For example, ask them how they found out about the event, how long they’ve been interested in urban photography, change from there into other topics, and if they seem to enjoy talking to you (which they almost always will), keep the conversation going. Doing this may not be easy at first, especially if you’re not used to being this outgoing, but it’s something you get used to with practice. The trick is not to let hesitancy prevent you from being social. And I can tell from experience that if you are social and friendly with new people first, they’ll love you for it.

J) If you’re building a new social life from scratch, the beginning is always the hardest part. However, once you’ve met a few people, it gets a lot easier because you can then make use of them to meet even more people. You can then meet some of their friends and acquaintances, and expand your social circle further.

K) Again, a proactive approach works miracles. Let your friends know that you’re interested in meeting new people and you’d love to be introduced to other people they know. If they indeed ar e your friends, they’ll love to help you out. They may invite you to come with them to parties they go to, they may call other people to join you when you go out, and they’ll introduce you to new people. But you have to let them know their help is desired.

L) The best part is that the bigger your social circle becomes, the easier it is to employ this strategy. Your social life will expand faster and faster, and you’ll find it progressively easier to find people you match well with.

M) Your social life is completely in your hands. You can have a social life as rich, connected and diverse as you want. All you need is to do a bit of smart planning in this area, and take massive action. There is certainly no shortage of possibilities to meet people and make fr iends. It’s up to you to capitalize on them. Good luck!

1)

You will meet some people you would like to interact with when you take part in some activities. F

2)

People’s ideas of a satisfying social life vary from person to person. C

3)

You can enlarge your social circle by taking advantage of your current friends. J

4)

Nowadays many people lack a happy and satisfying social life because their social life doesn’t always develop naturally as they think. A

5)

You have complete control over your social life and you can have a fulfilling one by making plans and taking actions. M

6)

The common thing between building a social life and building a career is that they both require using some methods and strategies actively. B

7)

It’s not easy to be outgoing and sociable among the people you don’t know, but you’ll be used to it with practice. I

8)

It will be helpful in building your ideal social circle if you know your major characteristics and personality. D

9)

Many people often ignore that they should go to find friends actively and not simply wait for others to come to them. E

10)

Suppose you participate in a training program, you are advised to be friendly and break the silence first. H

参考答案：

1) F 2) C 3) J 4) A 5) M 6) B 7) I 8) D 9) E 10) H

阅读理解15题，总分值：30分

Directions：Read the following passages carefully. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished sentences. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer to each question.

When the telephone rings late at night, most women guess it must be one of only four or five people calling. A sister? Maybe. An emergency? Possibly. A mother? Probably not at that time of night. Much more likely it is a close female friend—someone calling to tell you that she has split up with her boyfriend again or perhaps simply that a good movie has just started on TV.

At a time when families are spread far and wide and marriages often end in divorce, friendships of intimacy and trust are becoming more and more important. Erika, a 32-year-old lawyer, is strengthened by her ten-year friendship with her married friend Jane. “I was very sick one night, and so I called Jane at about 3:00a.m. to talk about it,” she says. “She was very supportive and even came over to take me to the doctor’s the next morning.”

As American TV shows like Friends, which follows the lives of a very close group of young friends, have become very popular, many of us are beginning to see the value of such friendships. TV shows like this tell us that our romantic relationships may not last, but we need to keep in touch with our

close friends if we want to survive. Also, a TV show called Real Women is about the lives and relationships of five former school friends. In this show, family, husbands, and work are all less important than friendships. Friendship is about commitment and loyalty.

This is true of Erika and Jane’s friendship. With Erica’s family 200 miles away, it is Jane who keep s a spare set of keys to Erika’s apartment and waters her plants whenever she is away. “Having Jane around gives me a certain amount of freedom. It is not the kind of thing that you could ask anyone to do, but she knows I would do the same for her.” Jane, who may move to a different city soon, is worried about leaving such a support system of friends. “My friends have more to do with my life than my parents and, therefore, I don’t have to spend a lot of time explaining things to them. Friends are more up to date with what is happening.”

11)

Friendship is becoming more important because ________.

A. people often do not live near their families

B. people do not get

along with their families C. families are not as dependable as

friends D. all marriages end in divorce

12)

Friends have become more important than family because ________.

A. friends are more intimate than family members

B. friends need to

be together all the time C. friends are there when these people need

help D. friends can talk about anything to each other

13)

Good friends usually ________.

A. see each other after a long time and are still friends

B. trust and

say “thank you” to each other C. trust each other and treat each other

nicely D. do not always have to tell each other truth

14)

Why does the author mention two TV shows about friendship?

A. Friends need to be loyal to each other.

B. Friendship means

commitment and sacrifice. C. Friends shouldn’t keep secret to each

other. D. Friendship is becoming more important nowadays.

15)

What can you infer from the passage?

A. Nothing is more important than friendship.

B. Friends are just like a

new family in many ways. C. People should help each other to establish

friendship. D. Friends are those who can help when they are needed.

参考答案：

11) A 12) C 13) C 14) D 15) B

Can you imagine life without French fries? Potatoes are very popular today. They are the fourth most important crop in the world, after wheat, rice, and corn. But in the past, potatoes were not always popular. People in Europe started to eat them only 200 years ago!

In the 1500s, the Spanish went to South America to look for gold. There, they found people eating potatoes for 7000 years! The Spanish brought the potato back to Europe with them. But people in Europe did not like this strange vegetable. Some people thought that if you ate potatoes, your skin would look like the skin of a potato. Other people could not believe that you ate the underground part of the plant, so they ate the leaves instead. This made them

sick because there is poison in the leaves. Others grew potatoes for their flowers. At one time in France, potato flowers were one of the most expensive flowers.

Around 1780, the people of Ireland started to eat potatoes. They found that potatoes had many advantages. The potato grew on poor land, and it grew well in their cold and rainy climate. It gave more food than any other plant, and it needed little work. All they had to do was to plant the potatoes, and then they could do other work on the farm. On a small piece of land, a farmer could grow enough potatoes to feed his family. A person could eat eight to ten pounds of potatoes a day, with some milk or cheese, and be very healthy. Soon, potatoes became the main food in Ireland. In 1845, a disease killed all the potatoes in Ireland. Two million people died of hunger. Many Irish who did not die came to the United States at this time.

In other parts of Europe, people did not want to change their old food habits. Some preferred to die of hunger rather than eat potatoes. Today, many countries have their own potato dishes. Germans eat potato salad, the United States has the baked potato, and the French invented French fries.

16)

Which statement is true?

A. Potatoes are only popular in France.

B. Potatoes are not very

popular today. C. Potatoes are the most important crop in the

world. D. Potatoes were not very popular in the past.

17)

In the 1500s, people in Europe ________.

A. found gold and potatoes from Peru

B. found potatoes could harm

people’s skin C. found potatoes were strange vegetables D. found potatoes and invented French fries

18)

Only in about 1780 did people start to ________.

A. grow potatoes for their flowers

B. go to Peru to look for

gold C. eat potatoes in Ireland D. eat eight to ten pounds of potatoes a day

19)

What is one of the advantages of potatoes?

A. They grow well in cold and dry weather.

B. They have higher

productivity compared with others. C. They can be grown with other

plants. D. They can be eaten along with milk or cheese.

20)

What statement best illustrates the main idea of the passage?

A. How potatoes become popular.

B. Why potatoes are a good

vegetable. C. Why potatoes are healthy and tasty. D. How potatoes have been consumed.

参考答案：

16) D 17) C 18) C 19) B 20) A

When looking for love, people may go to some extreme lengths. They might go on blind dates set up by family and friends. They might write personal ads to place in newspapers. Or they might use a computer to help them in their search for a soul mate by joining an online dating service. Some people have even tried to find their perfect match through game shows on television. Many of these TV dating shows, including The Bachelor and Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire, have proved to have millions of viewers watching each week to find out which of the contestants will find true love.

Of all these game shows, perhaps the one with the most unexpected ending was Mr. Right, which was shown in England in 2002. On the show, a bachelor, thirty-five-year-old Lance Gerrard-Wright, dated 15 women to find the one who was his ideal partner. For seven weeks on the show, Gerrard-Wright,

took turns going on dates with each of the women, taking them to expensive rest aurants and exotic locations. He even met the women’s families and introduced them to his own. Then at the end of each show, he would choose between one and three of the contestants, with whom he had felt the least compatible, and say goodbye to them.

At one point during the series, one contestant volunteered to leave because she said she didn’t find him attractive. After two dates she said she had had enough, and she couldn’t see it working, “He wasn’t my cup of tea.” In another show the woman he was on a date with burst into tears when he called her by another contestant’s name. “You called me by another girl’s name. I can’t believe you did that. I really liked you,” she sobbed. But in the final show, the woman he eventually chose decided she didn’t want to marry him after all. “I think you’ve chosen me because you have to choose someone,” she said. Maybe this was because she already knew he had fallen in love with the show’s host!

After leaving the show, Gerrard-Wright and the show’s host Jonsson tied the knot in Sweden. Has Jonsson finally found Mr. Right? Only time will tell. But none of the guests at the wedding could deny the happiness in the couple’s eyes as the bride and groom left the wedding ceremony.

21)

What is this passage mainly about?

A. How a famous couple met and got married.

B. The best way to

meet a husband or wife. C. Why the show Mr. Right was a big

hit. D. How to act on a date with a stranger.

22)

“When looking for love, people may go to some extreme lengths” means ________.

A. People resort to traditionally considered unusual ways to look for

love. B. Love has become less traditional than before. C. It is not

difficult to find love through extreme ways. D. Modern way of dating makes it easier but more extreme.

23)

What happened after seven weeks of doing the show?

A. All of the women won prizes.

B. Lance asked one of the women to

marry him. C. One of the women on the show started to

cry. D. Jonsson asked Lance to marry her.

24)

Which of the following is true during the series?

A. Lance went on dates with one woman each time.

B. The

candidates traveled abroad with Lance. C. Lance and Jonsson started

dating each other. D. The women met Lance’s family.

25)

What does the author want to tell us through the passage?

A. TV dating shows are a good way to find true love.

B. TV dating

shows are the most efficient among other media. C. More women are

getting more interested in TV dating shows. D. It’s hard to find true love through contesting with other contestants.

参考答案：

21) C 22) A 23) B 24) C 25) D

完型填空20题，总分值：30分

Directions： There are some blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.

These days it is very common for young men to give flowers to young women when they are in love, but this hasn’t always been the custom. In the 1700s in Turkey, it was quite 26) popular for people in love to secretly send each other baskets full of strange things. 27) Usually , an old woman who sold flowers or fruit on the street was 28) (inclined) to leave the basket beside the door of someone receiving it.

These gift baskets 29) included a variety of objects such as flowers, stones, feathers, and even charcoal (木炭). Each thing in the basket had a(n) 30) special meaning and by figuring out the secret message contained in each item, the person who 31) (deserved) to receive the basket could determine the true feelings of the giver. This idea of sending gifts of love with 32) concealed meanings quickly spread to Germany, France, and England. 33) Unfortunately , over time, only sending flowers remained popular.

A 34) bunch of flowers told young ladies about the feelings in the hearts of young men. Each 35) cute flower had a different meaning. For example, pink flowers 36) (confessed)the feeling, “My love for you is strong and great.” The flowers from an orange tree meant, “You’re beautiful and pure.” Yellow roses, 37) on the other hand , meant, “I saw you with someone else.” Many flower dictionaries were made to help young people in love 38) (clarify) the meaning of the flowers they received.

Not all of the dictionaries agreed 39) on the definite meaning of each flower, though, so a person had to be 40) cautious about what flowers they chose to send. For example, 41) depending on which dictionary you used and which color you gave, a young man’s roses could42) convey different meanings, “I love you,” “love is dangerous,” or even, “my love has decreased.” The 43) notion of using flowers to send messages had fallen out of 44) fashion by the 1880s. Afterwards, sending love letters, a 45) (more direct) way to express love commenced. Today, flowers are still considered a lovely gift, but the meaning for each kind of flowers has been lost.

26)

A. average

B. popular

C. familiar

D. standard

27)

A. Usually

B. Mostly

C. Chiefly

D. Especially

28)

A. leaned

B. intended

C. tended

D. inclined

29)

A. collected

B. covered

C. included

D. involved

30)

A. special

B. especial

C. exceptional

D. significant

31)

A. earned

B. served

C. deserved

D. reserved

32)

A. disguised

B. concealed

C. blurred

D. obscured

33)

A. Unsuccessfully

B. Unfriendly

C. Unfavorably

D. Unfortunate ly

34)

A. bunch

B. branch

C. sketch

D. catch

35)

A. pure

B. fresh

C. cute

D. neat

36)

A. embarrassed

B. confessed

C. accessed

D. assessed

37)

A. in contrast to

B. first and foremost

C. on the one

hand D. on the other hand

38)

A. clarify

B. justify

C. identify

D. qualify

39)

A. by

B. with

C. to

D. on

40)

A. conscious

B. suspicious

C. cautious

D. curious

41)

A. dependent on

B. depending on

C. basing

on D. independent of

42)

A. convey

B. survey

C. circulate

D. sustain

43)

A. passion

B. donation

C. motion

D. notion

44)

A. style

B. fashion

C. trend

D. manner

45)

A. best direct

B. better direct

C. more direct

D. most direct

参考答案：

26) B 27) A 28) D 29) C 30) A 31) C 32) B 33) D 34)

A 35) C 36)

B 37) D 38) A 39) D 40)

C 41) B 42) A

43) D 44) B 45) C

选词填空（15选10）10题，总分值：20分

Directions：Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word can be used only once.

Choosing a husband or wife is one of the most important decisions in a person’s life. In many cultures, young men and women are46) daring to choose their own marriage partners. In some cultures, however, parents 47) reserve the right to arrange their children’s marriages. Such arranged marriages have both advantages and disadvantages.

One advantage of having parents arrange a marriage is financial 48) security . Of course, money doesn’t automatically bring happiness, but a 49) lack of money certainly causes stress in any relationship. A second advantage of an arranged marriage is that parents may 50) make a better choice than their children. They are not only older but also more 51) superior in life experience. Also, parents have been married; therefore, they know better what qualities are 52) desirable in a spouse.

On the other hand, arranged marriages may have some disadvantages. One obvious disadvantage is that parents may choose a wrong person in 53) haste , and the young couple may never be happy together. A second obvious disadvantage is that a young man or woman may already have 54) fallen in love with someone else. If the parents force their children to tie the knot, the result will be a disaster to all concerned.

In conclusion, neither an arranged marriage nor a marriage for love is a good 55) formula to be happy. Both kinds of marriages take work, patience, and perhaps a little bit of luck.

? A. dictate

? B. deserve

? C. make

? D. reserve

? E. charity

? F. formula

?G. security

?H. demanding

?I. daring

?J. fallen

?K. lack

?L. desirable

?M. available

?N. haste

?O. superior

46) daring 47) reserve 48) security 49) lack 50) make 51) superior 52) desirable 53) haste 54) fallen 55) formula

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