Unit Two Life Experience
Listening
Part I Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken twice. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark your answer.
1. A) In a corn field. B) At a bus station. C) On a farm. D) On a bus. 2. A) By plane. B) By coach.
C) By train. D) By car.
3. A) Jack is learning to repair MP3. B) It is difficult to find Jack recently. C) Jack is too busy to help them now. D) Jack finds it difficult to pass his exams. 4. A) There was something wrong with her car.
B) There’s something wrong with her watch. C) There was no parking place nearby. D) She got lost on her way to the office.
5. A) Ask the man. B) Buy the ingredients. C) Read the recipe. D) Cook the soup.
6. A) Tony. B) Alan. C) Jane. D) John. 7. A) She likes swimming very much.
B) She will go swimming with the man.
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D) She doesn’t like swimming at all.
8. A) In the restaurant. B) In the hotel. C) In his brother’s house. D) In the open air. 9. A) There will be a test on World War II.
B) He is not good at History. C) The woman will see a film about the War. D) He didn’t like the history of World War II.
10. A) At 5:05. B) At 5:30. C) At 4:55. D) At 6:55.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear a long conversation. The conversation will be read twice. At the end of the conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, you must read the four questions, each with four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
1. What is the possible relationship between the two speaker? A) Friends. B) Colleagues. C) Boss and staff. D) Husband and wife. 2. What is the woman going to do on weekends?
A) She is going to stay in the city.
B) She is going to work with her father at the workshop. C) She’ll read books at home.
D) She’ll go to the park with her family.
3. How many times has the man been to camp in summer? A) None. B) Once. C) Twice. D) Four times. 4. What’s Wales going to do this summer?
A) He’s going to the mountains with his parents. B) He’s going to camp with his parents.
C) He’s going to camp with his grandparents.
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Part II Spot Dictation
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. Listen carefully during the first reading. Then listen to the passage again. When it is being read the second time, you should fill in the ten blanks numbered from S1) to S10) with the exact words or phrases you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
As we____ S1) from our unit, the sunlight hit me. That’s all there was to my experience, just the light of the sun. And yet how beautiful it was—how warming, how____ S2), how____ S3)! I looked to see whether anyone else____ S4) the sun’s golden glow, but everyone was hurrying to and fro, most with eyes fixed on the ground. Then I remembered how often I, too, had been ____ S5) to the ____ S6) of each day, too____ S7) with ____ S8) and sometimes even mean ____ S9) to respond to the____ S10) of it all.
Section B
Directions: Listen to the passage again and then decide whether each of the following statements is true (T) or false (F).
1. ( ) The light of the sun was all my experience all my life. 2. ( ) The sun was warming, sparkling and brilliant.
3. ( ) So many people appreciated the suns golden glow. 4. ( ) The author didn’t care more about the sunshine every day. 5. ( ) We need to enjoy our life happily, enjoy the sunshine.
Structure and Vocabulary
Part I Vocabulary and Phrases
1 Directions: Match the words in Column A with the Chinese words in Column B. Column A Column B
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ordain 匆匆一看，一瞥 hospitalized 面对，处理 precious 规定，命令 indifferent 小气的，不重要的 petty 矛盾 confront 必然性 glance 珍奇的，宝贵的 ultimately 送…住院 inevitability 冷淡的，不积极的2 Directions: Choose the best answer to fill in each blank.
1) The girl has a special talent for art and is ______ of a musician.
A) anybody B) anything C) somebody D) something
2) How many more years will we have to pass ______scientists succeed in finding a cure for cancer？
A) when B) before C) since D) until
3) After living in the United States for 15 years, my friend has finally decided to ______ American citizenship.
A) concentrate on B) apply for C) look out for D) appeal on 4) It is well known that teaching is a job, ______ enough patience.
A) calling on B) calling off C) calling for D) calling in 5) — ______ does Mr. Johnson go to London on business?
— At least once a month.
A) How many B) How long C) How often D) How
6) I didn’t expect to receive such a wonderful gift from you! It’s really ______ my imagination. A) behind B) beyond C) except D) through
7) It doesn’t make ______ to buy those expensive shoes when these cheaper ones are also of good quality.
A) sense B) opinion C) use D) program
8) The task is too much for me, so I can’t finish it ______. I must get some help from others. A) singly B) simply C) alone D) lonely
9) I wish I ______ myself better in Chinese, but I ______.
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C) would express; won’t D) can express; can’t 10) ______ the interview in Boston lasted so long, I missed my flight home.
A) Due to B) When
C) As D) Despite
3 Directions: Translate the underlined word in each of the following sentences into Chinese.
1) The noise outside was so irritating that his lecture was hardly audible. ________________ 2) He persuaded me to give up the holiday in Spain next month. ________________ 3) Mary and I adapted to college life soon, but Sam didn’t. ________________ 4) What he said was quite reasonable. ________________ 5) This country is being menaced by war. ________________ 6) The earthquake made the roadbed cave in. ________________ 7) His criticism is substantially correct. ________________ 8) Beijing is a representative Chinese city. ________________ 9) He had postponed going to Shanghai. ________________ 10) His talent is the envy of his colleagues. ________________
4 Directions: Fill in each blank with an appropriate word or phrase, making changes when necessary.
hospitality preoccupy inevitability cling to spouse intensive sustain confront indifferent glance 1) She ___________ the hope that her son was not dead.
2) She ___________ round the dorm before she left. 3) He has been ___________ for three days now. 4) I’ll make a(n) ___________study of the subject. 5) His manner was cold and ___________ to this matter. 6) You look ___________. What are you thinking of? 7) These four posts ___________ the entire building. 8) A soldier has to prepare to ___________ danger any time.
9) Economic development will ___________ promote educational development.
10) “Try to enlist someone — a ___________, a friend, even your dog — to listen to your speech”, Professor Beebe said.
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Part II Grammar
1 Directions: Choose the best answer to fill in each blank with the appropriate word in the brackets.
1) The brave man died, ________ his young wife nothing but a________ cottage. A) left; breaking B) leaving; broken
C) left; broken D) to leave; breaking 2) ________the exam, the boy was punished by his father.
A) No passing B) Having passed C) Not passing D) Not having passed
3) The old farmer, ________ the badly-injured and wounded soldier, came out of the burning house, ________for help.
A) supporting; calling B) supported by; called C) being supported by; called D) being supporting; called
4) —Oh, it’s already a quarter past six. What shall we do at the meeting this evening? —We’ll go on with the matter________ this afternoon.
A) be discussed B) being discussing C) discussed D) which discussed 5) Time________, I can have it done better.
A) permit B) be permitted C) permitting D) to permit 6) ________into many languages, the story is well known all over the world now.
A) Being translated B) Having translated C) To be translated D) Having been translated
7) ________for the terrible accident, as the public thought, the mayor felt nervous and was at a loss what to do.
A) Having blamed B) To blame C) Being to be blame D) Being to blame
8) ________from heart trouble for years, Professor White has to take some medicine with him wherever he goes.
A) Suffered B) To suffer C) Having suffered D) Being suffered
9) ________from what he said, he must be the thief who has stolen the car. A) Judging B) Judged C) To judge D) Judge
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10) “Many teachers were praised at the meeting”, Mr. Zhou________. A) including B) being including C) to include D) included
2 Directions: Put the proper forms of the following words in the blanks to complete the sentences.
11) Linda can’t attend the party___________ (hold) at Tom’s house at present because she is preparing a speech for the party ___________ (hold) at Marie’s house tomorrow.
12) Everybody ___________ (locate) on the earth is pulled downwards by the earth. 13) The picture ___________ (hang) on the wall is painted by my nephew.
14) A cook will be immediately fired if he is found ___________ (smoke) in the kitchen.
3 Directions: Translate the following sentences by using the sentence pattern of “doing or done”. 15) 史密斯厌倦了无聊的演讲，开始喜欢上了阅读小说。 __________________________________________________________________________ 16) 这个麻烦的工作搞得我很劳累。 __________________________________________________________________________ 17) 他完成工作后马上就过来帮我忙。 __________________________________________________________________________ 18) 我们应该好好利用我们的时间好好学习。 __________________________________________________________________________ 19) 他发现一个小偷正把他的手伸向那位旅客的包里面。 __________________________________________________________________________
Cloze
Directions: Choose the right answers to fill in the blanks in the passage.
Linda was a few minutes late. Wilson 1 the office when she got there. His secretary told her he 2 back in a few minutes. She 3 sit down and wait for a few minutes in the outer office.
“I’ll never get this job,” she 4 herself. For a moment she wanted to 5 the building. Just then, Wilson came 6 the door and hurried into his office. A few minutes 7 his secretary took Linda in and introduced her, Linda apologized 8 . Wilson didn’t t seem to
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9 .They chatted casually for a few seconds and then 10 . He 11 her letter of application.
“You’ve never worked in radio or television before, 12 ?”he said. Now she was 13 sure that she would not get the job. Wilson asked her 14 questions.
15 he seemed impressed with her other qualifications. She was 16 when he asked her if she could start soon. “I wonder if you’d mind 17 next month?” he asked 18 . 19 seemed she had got the job 20 !
1. A) had left B) has left C) was left D) would be leaving 2. A) had been B)came C) was D) would be 3. A ) should B) had to C) would D) was able to 4. A) told B) spoke C) said D) talked 5. A) run out B) run of C) run out of D) run away 6. A) through B) across C) cross D) along 7. A) latest B) last C)late D) later 8. A) to being late B) for being late C) to be late D) for the late 9. A) mind B) listen C) notice D) hear 10. A) took down with business B) came down to business C) settled down with business D) got down to business
11. A) filled out B) took out C) sent out D) threw away 12. A) haven’t you B) do you C) have you D) don’t you 13. A) even more B) much C) even D) even much 14. A) a few such B) a few more C) much a few D) more a few 15. A) As her surprise B) To her surprised
C) For her surprised D) To her surprise 16. A) even more surprise B) even much surprise
C) even more surprised D) even much surprised
17. A) starting B) to start C) start D) started 18. A) by a smile B) with a smile C) by smile D) with smile 19. A) It B) This C) That D) He 20. A) not at all B) after all C) all D) after that
Reading Comprehension
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suggested answers. Choose the ONE you think is the best answer. Passage one
A former town hall worker made legal history last week when she was awarded 67,000 pounds for stress brought on by her work. The ruling made Beverley Lancaster the first person to get their employer to accept legal responsibility for stress-related personal injury in a British court. It is likely to start a flood of other worker’s claims; Mrs. Lancaster’s union already has 7,000 stress-related cases on its books.
The 44-year-old mother of two started a legal case against Birmingham City Council after falling ill while working as a troubleshooter in a neighborhood housing office. Dealing with rude and abusive members of the public pushed her into periods of gloom and she suffered anxiety, Birmingham county court heard. Mrs. Lancaster joined the council at 16, working her way up from junior clerk to senior draughtswoman. Her problems began when she was promoted to housing officer in Sutton Oldfield. “With no continuity, a constant high workload and little clerical support, I found it difficult to switch from one problem or situation to another,” she said. “My concentration swung and I suffered sleepless nights. It made me feel like I was in a hole with no key to open the door. I would break down in tears. I was being in paperwork and at times my mind would just go blank.”
In awarding compensation of 67,491 pounds, assistant recorder Frances Kirkham said she understood the position of troubleshooter was very different from Mrs. Lancaster’s precious job. She rejected claims from the council that Mrs. Lancaster would be able to go back to her former profession, saying she accepted that the possibility of future work would be less capacity.
After hearing that Mrs. Lancaster said she was relieved and pleased. She added, “I hope this will act as a warning to employers. Everything I did was right. The council made promises to me and they failed me. I felt isolated, let down, that I was not good enough, not wanted.” The payout, the first of its kind to be decided in a county court, covers loss of wages and future loss of earnings.
A spokesman for Birmingham City Council said action had been taken by the authority to review its staff and management procedures.
1. Mrs. Beverley Lancaster was awarded 67,000 pounds for ______. A) illness caused by her job
B) her successful and good luck C) the courage she showed in court D) the amount of work she had done
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A) it refused to award her for her job
B) she had to deal with rude members of the council C) it was responsible for her problems
D) it denied her any clerical support
3. The Lancaster case shows that employees have the right to get compensation if they ______. A) are given work that they are unable to do
B) suffer mental injury caused by their work C) are forced to do work that they don’t like at all D) feel isolated, let down and extremely anxious 4. It can be inferred that ______.
A) Mr. Lancaster will find a better paid job in the future B) the job of draughtswoman is very demanding C) the court may hear more stress-related cases D) the job of housing officer causes mental injuries
5. If Birmingham City Council plans to move an employee to a new job, it will definitely make sure that ______.
A) there is continuity between the two jobs B) no complaints from the employee occur C) the amount of work is reduced for the new job D) the employee is prepared for any mental problems
Passage two
The camel is called “the ship of the desert”. And there is a good reason for it. Just as a ship is constructed to deal with all the problems that arise from being in the water, so camel is “constructed” to live and travel and survive in the desert.
Where other animals would die from lack of food and water, the camel gets along very nicely. It carries its food and water with it! For days before it starts on a journey, a camel does nothing but eat and drink. It eats so much that a hump of fat, maybe weighing as much as 100 pounds, rises on it’s back, so the camel’s body will use up during the journey.
The camel also has little flask-shaped bags which line the walls of its stomach. This is where it stores water. With such provisions, a camel is able to travel several days between water holes without drinking, and for an even longer time with no nourishment except what it draws from the fat of its hump.
At the end of a long journey, the hump will have lost its firm shape and will flop to one side in flabby folds. The camel will then have to rest for a long time to recover its strength.
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Do you know that the camel is one of man’s oldest servants and has been used by men in Egypt for more than 3,000 years?
6. The camel is called “the ship of the desert” because a camel can ______ in the desert. A) survive without eating and drinking
B) live, travel and survive
C) use the food and water in the stomach D) travel for a long distance
7. A camel’s hump is made up of ______.
A) food B) water C) fat D) food and water 8. A camel ______.
A) restores water in its stomach B) restores water in its hump
C) does not need water at all D) drinks from water holes in the desert 9. A camel ______in the desert.
A) does not eat at all B) does not drink at all
C) gets nourishment from the flask-shaped bags in the stomach D) gets nourishment from the fat of its hump
10. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A) A camel does nothing but eat and drink before a journey. B) A camel has the same weight before and after a long journey.
C) A camel will have to rest for a long time to recover its strength after a long journey. D) The camel is one of man’s oldest servants.
Passage three
Many private institutions of higher education around the country are in danger. Not all will be saved, and perhaps not all deserve to be saved. There are low-quality schools just as there are low-quality businesses. We have no obligation to save them simply because they exist. But many thriving institutions that deserve to continue are threatened. They are doing a fine job educationally, but they are caught in a financial difficulty, with no way to reduce rising costs or increase revenues （收入） significantly. Raising fees doesn’t bring in more revenue, for each time fees go up, the enrollment （注册人数） goes down, or the amount that must be given away in student aid goes up. Schools are bad businesses, whether public or private, not usually because of bad management but because of the nature of the business. They lose money on every customer, and they can go bankrupt either from too few students or too many students. Even a very good college is a very bad business.
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It is such colleges, thriving but threatened, that I worry about. Low enrollment is not their chief problem. Even with full enrollments, they may go under. Efforts to save them, and preferably to keep them private, are a national necessity. There is no basis for arguing that private schools are bound to be better than public schools. There are plentiful examples to the contrary. Anyone can name state universities and colleges that rank as the finest in the nation and the world. It is now inevitable that public institutions will be dominant, and therefore diversity is a national necessity. Diversity in the way we support schools tends to give us a healthy diversity in the forms of education. In an imperfect society such as ours, uniformity of education throughout the nation could be dangerous. In an imperfect society, diversity is a positive thing. Eager supporters of public higher education know the importance of keeping private higher education healthy. 11. In the passage, the author asks the public to support ______.
A) private higher education in general B) public higher education in general
C) high-quality private universities and colleges D) high-quality state universities and colleges
12. According to the passage, schools are bad businesses because of ______. A) the nature of school B) poor teachers
C) bad management D) too few students
13. The phrase “go under” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______. A) have low fees B) get into difficulties
C) do a bad job educationally D) have low teaching standards 14. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) There are many cases indicating that private schools are superior to public schools. B) The author thinks diversity of education is preferable to uniformity of education. C) A high-quality university is always a good business.
D) Each time fees are raised, the enrollment goes up.
15. In the author’s opinion, the way that can save private schools lies in ______. A) full enrollment B) raising fees
C) reducing student aid D) national support
Translation from English into Chinese
1 Directions: In this part, there are five sentences (the first THREE are taken from the three passages). Below each, there are four Chinese sentences translated, which marked A, B, C
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and D. You should decide which is the best translation.
1) I hope this will act as a warning to employers. Everything I did was right. The council made promises to me and they failed me. （Passage one）
A) 我希望这将是对雇主们的警告。我做的一切都是正确的。该委员会做出了承诺, 但 他们却让我失望了。 B) 我希望这（案子）会对雇主起到警示作用。我所做的一切都是正确的。市议会对我 做出了承诺却未兑现。 C) 我希望这是一次对雇主的警告行为，我做的一切都是正确的，委员会答应了我，但 他们却失败了。 D) 我希望这将是一次对雇主的警告行为，我所做的一切都是正确的。该委员会承诺了 我, 也辜负了我。
2) Just as a ship is constructed to deal with all the problems that arise from being in the water, so camel is “constructed” to live and travel and survive in the desert.（Passage two）
A) 正如人们建造船只来解决水路所产生的问题，骆驼的身体构造也适合于在沙漠中生 活，旅行和生存。 B) 正如人们建造船只来解决水路所产生的问题，骆驼诞生后也用来在沙漠中生活，旅 行和生存。 C) 跟人们建造船只来解决水路所产生的问题一样，骆驼也适合于在沙漠中生活，旅行 和生存。 D) 跟人们建造船只来解决水路所产生的问题一样，骆驼的身体构造也适合于在沙漠 中，旅行和生存。
3) Schools are bad businesses, whether public or private, not usually because of bad management but because of the nature of the business （Passage three）
A) 学校是坏透的产业，无论是公立还是私立，通常这都不是因为坏透的管理，而是由 于这一行业本身的性质使然。 B) 学校是糟糕的商业，无论是公立还是私立，通常这都不是因为糟糕的管理，而是由 于这一行业本身的性质使然。 C) 学校是很糟糕的产业，无论是公立还是私立，通常不是因为管理不好，而是由于这 一行业本身的性质所致。 D) 学校是糟糕的产业，无论是公立还是私立，通常这都不是因为坏透的管理，而是由 于这一行业本身的性质使然。
4) The farmer can continue to support himself and his family only if he produces a surplus. A) 只要农民生产有了剩余，他就可以养活自己和家人。
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C) 只有当拥有盈余时，农民才能持续地供养自己和家人。 D) 农民生产过剩，只有这样，他才能养活自己和家人。5) Frankly speaking, I have been thinking that the position is not right for me after the interview.
A) 坦白地说，我一直认为采访过后这个方向不在我右边。 B) 很诚恳地说，在采访过后我开始思考这个职位是不适合我的。 C) 坦白地说，面试后我一直认为这个职位不适合我。
D) 老实说，我一直都在思考这个面试的职位是否适合我。
2 Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the expressions in the parentheses.
1) 他猛然发现自己在朝反方向走。(find oneself doing) 2) 我后悔在那些繁琐的细节上花了太多时间。(regret doing) 3) 我刚要开始，不料艾拉却先开口了。(be about to do) 4) 亚当以为他认识路，但不知为什么他迷路了。(somehow)
5) 你应当信守诺言，如果你不能实现诺言就不要随便许诺。(promise)
IQ Test
Directions:
There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part. Write down your answers please.
1. What country is useful at meal time? 2. Why are girls afraid of the letter C ?
3. Ten and two makes twelve.Why can eleven and three make two? 4. Which letter goes all around an island?
5. Can you take 1 from 4 and get 5? And how? Yes, take____ from ____ and can get____.
Writing
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 100
words on Life. Remember your composition must be written according to the following outline.
Outline:
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（2）举例说明是否满意现在的生活。 （3）如何更好地享受我们的生活。Words for reference:
be satisfied with, achievement, appreciate, interested in
