新理念网络学习大厅综合测试第四册-Unit2.docx

全新版第二版综合B4U2-A Part I Listening Comprehension ( 14 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 ONLY ONCE. Listen carefully and decide whether each statement is true or false. 1. A) T B) F Script: In the last seventy years, the automobile industry has been revolutionized due to the computer revolution. 正确答案： B 2. A) T B) F Script: A smart car can help eliminate all the traffic accidents. 正确答案： B 3. A) T B) F Script: A smart car can send out a warning signal if you are making a serious driving mistake. 正确答案： A 4. A) T B) F Script: The computer revolution will surely solve those traffic problems such as traffic jams. 正确答案： B 5. A) T B) F Script: By establishing the relation between the rotations in the steering wheel and the cars position on a map, some navigational systems can tell us where the car is. 正确答案： A 6. A) T B) F Script: Smart highways are quite environment-friendly and benefit us in more than one way. 正确答案： A 7. A) T B) F Script: To turn the automated trip into reality, we have to rely on many extremely advanced technologies. 正确答案： B 8. A) T B) F Script: The computer vision system is easily influenced by weather problems and might give some inaccurate information. 正确答案： A 9. A) T B) F Script: Computers in the vehicles are designed to handle more accurate decisions about where and when to change lanes to avoid interference with other vehicles. 正确答案： A 10. A) T B) F Script: In fact, it is more difficult and expensive to implement an advanced technology than people perceive. 正确答案： B 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. The private automobile has long played an important role in the United States. In fact, it has become a (11)_ and important part of the American way of life. By giving workers rapid (12)_ , the automobile has freed them from having to live near their place of work. This has encouraged the growth of the cities, but it has also led to traffic problems. For farm families the automobile is very (13)_ . It has made it possible for them to travel to town very often for business and for (14)_ , and also to transport their children to (15)_ schools. Family life has been (16)_ in various ways. The car helps to keep families together when it is used for picnics, (17)_ , and other shared experiences. However, when teenage children have the use of the car, their parents cant (18)_ on them. There is a great danger if the driver has been drinking alcohol or taking drugs, or showing off by speeding or breaking down traffic laws. (19)_ of such accidents have formed an organization called MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). These women want to prevent further tragedies. They have worked to (20)_ to limit the youngest drinking age. Students have formed a similar organization, SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) and are spreading the same message among their friends. Script: The private automobile has long played an important role in the United States. In fact, it has become a necessary and important part of the American way of life. By giving workers rapid transportation, the automobile has freed them from having to live near their place of work. This has encouraged the growth of the cities, but it has also led to traffic problems. For farm families the automobile is very helpful. It has made it possible for them to travel to town very often for business and for pleasure, and also to transport their children to distant schools. Family life has been affected in various ways. The car helps to keep families together when it is used for picnics, outings, and other shared experiences. However, when teenage children have the use of the car, their parents cant keep an eye on them. There is a great danger if the driver has been drinking alcohol or taking drugs, or showing off by speeding or breaking down traffic laws. Mothers of victims of such accidents have formed an organization called MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). These women want to prevent further tragedies. They have worked to encourage the government to limit the youngest drinking age. Students have formed a similar organization, SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) and are spreading the same message among their friends. 正确答案： necessary 正确答案： transportation 正确答案： helpful 正确答案： pleasure 正确答案： distant 正确答案： affected 正确答案： outings 正确答案： keep an eye 正确答案： Mothers of victims 正确答案： encourage the government 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. The car, and the roads it travels on, will be 21 in the twenty-first century. The key to tomorrows “smart cars” will be 22 . “Well see vehicles and roads that see and hear and feel and 23 and talk and act,” predicts Bill Spreitzer, technical director of General Motors Corporations ITS program, which is designing the smart car and road of the future. 24 40,000 people are killed each year in the United States in traffic accidents. The number of people that are killed or badly injured in car accidents is so 25 that we dont even bother to 26 them in the newspapers anymore. Fully half of these fatalities come from drunk drivers, and many others from 27 . A smart car could eliminate most of these car accidents. It can sense if a driver is drunk 28 electronic sensors that can pick up alcohol vapor in the air, and refuse to 29 the engine. The car could also alert the police and provide its precise 30 if it is stolen. A) vice versaB) locationC) sensorsD) vast E) mobilityF) mentionG) duplicateH) start up I) carelessnessJ) fill outK) revolutionizedL) smell M) AdverselyN) ApproximatelyO) via 21._ 正确答案： K 22._ 正确答案： C 23._ 正确答案： L 24._ 正确答案： N 25._ 正确答案： D 26._ 正确答案： F 27._ 正确答案： I 28._ 正确答案： O 29._ 正确答案： H 30._ 正确答案： B 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. Speeding off in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch. But he is in for an unwelcome surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer (锁止器), and a radio signal from a control centre miles away will ensure that once the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again. For now, such devices are only available for fleets of trucks and specialist vehicles used on construction sites. But remote immobilization technology could soon start to trickle down to ordinary cars, and should be available in the UK in two months. The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the car contains a mini-cellphone, a micro-processor and memory, and a GPS satellite positioning receiver. If the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the control centre to block the vehicles engine management system and prevent the engine being restarted. In the UK, a set of technical fixes is already making life harder for car thieves. “The pattern of vehicle crime has changed,” says Martyn Randall, a security expert. He says it would only take him a few minutes to teach a person how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools. But only if the car is more than 10 years old. Modern cars are far tougher to steal, as their engine management computer wont allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the ignition (点火) key. In the UK, technologies like this have helped achieve a 31% drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997. But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars, often by getting bold of the owners keys. And key theft is responsible for 40% of the thefts of vehicles fitted with a tracking system. If the car travels 100 meters without the driver confirming their ID, the system will send a signal to an operations centre that it has been stolen. The hundred meters minimum avoids false alarms due to inaccuracies in the GPS signal. Staff at the centre will then contact the owner to confirm that the car really is missing, and keep police informed of the vehicles movements via the cars GPS unit. 31. Whats the function of the remote immobilizer fitted to a car? A) To help the police make a surprise attack on the car thief. B) To allow the car to lock automatically when stolen. C) To prevent the car thief from restarting it once it stops. D) To prevent car theft by sending a radio signal to the car owner. 正确答案： C 32. By saying “The pattern of vehicle crime has changed” (Lines 1-2. Para. 4), Martyn Randall suggests that _. A) it takes a longer time for the car thief to do the stealing B) self-prepared tools are no longer enough for car theft C) the thief has to make use of computer technology D) the thief has lost interest in stealing cars over 10 years old 正确答案： B 33. _ is essential in making a modem car tougher to steal. A) A coded ignition key B) A unique ID card C) A special cellphone signal D) A GPS satellite positioning receiver 正确答案： A 34. Why does the tracking system set a 100-metre minimum before sending an alarm to the operations centre? A) To leave time for the operations centre to give an alarm. B) To keep police informed of the cars movements. C) To give the driver time to contact the operations centre. D) To allow for possible errors in the GPS system. 正确答案： D 35. What will the operations centre do first after receiving an alarm? A) Start the tracking system. B) Contact the car owner. C) Block the car engine. D) Locate the missing car. 正确答案： B Passage Two Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. According to some individuals, if your house is built in the right position, this may affect your success in life, which seems strange to many people. However, to believers in Feng-Shui, or the art of geomancy, not only the position but also the choice of decorations and even the color of your home can mean the difference between good fortune and disaster. This art has been practiced for centuries in China and is still used all over South East Asia. Even the huge Hong Kong banks call in a geomant if they are planning to build new offices. Like many Oriental beliefs the geomants skill depends on the idea of harmony in nature. If there is no imbalance between the opposing forces of Yin and Yang, the building will bring luck to its inhabitants. This means that the house must be built on the right spot as well as facing the right direction, and also be painted an auspicious color. For instance, if there are mountains to the north, this will protect them from evil influences. If the house is painted red, this will bring happiness to the occupants while green symbolizes youth and will bring long life. The geomant believes that unless all these are considered when choosing a site for construction, the fortune of the people using it will be at risk. Indeed, to ignore the geomants advice can have fatal results. The death of the internationally famous Kung-Fu star, Bruce Lee, has been used as an example. It is said that when Lee found out that the house he was living in was an unlucky one, he followed a geomants advice and installed an eight-sided mirror outside his front door to bring him luck. Unfortunately, a storm damaged the mirror and the house was left unprotected from harmful influences. Soon afterwards Lee died in mysterious circumstances. Not only is Feng-Shui still used in South East Asia, but it has also spread right across the world. Even in modern New York a successful commercial artist called Milton Glaser has found it useful. He was so desperate after his office was broken into six times that he consulted a geomant. He was told to install a fish tank with six black fish and fix a red clock to the ceiling. Since then he has not been burglarized once. It may seem an incredible story, but no other suitable explanation has been offered. 36. From the passage we can infer that Feng-Shui is NOT used in _. A) Japan B) New York C) Hong Kong D) China 正确答案： A 37. Geomants believe that _. A) houses must only be painted red B) houses must face mountains C) nature and life should be in harmony D) green is an unlucky color 正确答案： C 38. Geomants think that the reason for Bruce Lees death is that _. A) he didnt follow the geomants advice B) he installed an eight-sided mirror C) he misunderstood the geomants advice D) a storm damaged the protection for his house 正确答案： D 39. The story of Milton Glaser shows that _. A) colors are not important in geomancy B) geomancy is used in the West C) geomancy is used by artists D) the fight against crime is being won 正确答案： B 40. Which of the following best describes geomancy? A) It is a style of Oriental decoration. B) It is a type of painting. C) It is an ancient Chinese belief called Feng-Shui. D) It is an architectural design. 正确答案： C Part III Vocabulary and Structure ( 11 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. Many new safety features have been _ in the new version of this popular car. A) incorporated B) associated C) cooperated D) excluded 正确答案： A 42. This book gives a brief _ of the history of the castle and details of the art collection in the main hall. A) reference B) research C) outlook D) outline 正确答案： D 43. My job at the assembly line of the car factory is rather _. A) bore B) bored C) monotonous D) monotony 正确答案： C 44. We should always _ our own rights. A) stand for B) stand up C) stand up for D) stand by 正确答案： C 45. The doctor told Penny that much _ to the sun is bad for the skin. A) exposure B) extension C) exhibition D) disclosure 正确答案： A 46. He always _ extra responsibilities without any complaint. A) takes to B) takes in C) takes over D) takes on 正确答案： D 47. He was elected president of the Literary Research Association by _ of his academic and organizational abilities. A) virtue B) means C) way D) chance 正确答案： A 48. Diamonds have little _ value and their price depends almost entirely on their scarcity. A) extinct B) permanent C) surplus D) intrinsic 正确答案： D 49. No sooner had Mr Green finished explaining the poem than the students questions _ to pour in. A) begin B) began C) beginning D) had begun 正确答案： B 50. Before