全新版大学英语学习大厅综合教程第二单元F卷

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: Barbara Carter was very proud of her ancestor’s persistent struggling for freedom. 正确答案： A 2.

A) T B) F

Script: Josiah Henson was called an African-American Moses for he helped other blacks escape from the U.S. 正确答案： A 3.

A) T B) F

Script: The Underground Railroad is forged by the black people to help the escaping slaves from American South. 正确答案： B 4.

A) T B) F

Script: John Parker was a slave and eventually struggled his way to freedom with the help of the Underground Railroad. 正确答案： B 5.

A) T B) F

Script: Levi Coffin was once imprisoned for more than 17 years in Kentucky because of aiding those escaping. 正确答案： B 6.

A) T B) F

Script: Nearly all the conductors on the Underground Railroad were frequently faced with death threats and all kinds of warnings. 正确答案： A 7.

A) T B) F

Script: Until the 1960s, black people, especially in the American South, couldn’t enjoy the same civil rights as the white people. 正确答案： A 8.

A) T B) F

Script: Rosa Parks married a civil rights activist. 正确答案： A 9.

A) T B) F

Script: Rosa Parks was the first black person to refuse to give up a seat to the white on the bus. 正确答案： B 10.

A) T B) F

Script: Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Junior had been proposing violent protest for equal civil rights. 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 Little Rock Nine, as they later came to be called, were the first black (11)_________________ to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. These remarkable young African-American students (12)_________________ segregation (隔离) in the deep South and won.

Although Brown v. Board of Education outlawed segregation in schools, many school systems defied the law by (13)_________________ and threatening black students — Central High School was a (14)_________________ example. But the Little Rock Nine were (15)_________________ to attend the school and receive the same education offered to white students. Things grew ugly and (16)_________________ right away. On the first day of school, the (17)_________________ of Arkansas ordered the state’s National Guard to block the black students from entering the

school. Imagine what it must have been like to be a student confronted (18)_________________ ! President Eisenhower had to send in federal troops to protect the students.

But that was only the beginning of their ordeal. Every morning on their way to school angry crowds of whites insulted the Little Rock Nine — they even (19)_________________ . One of the students, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Eckford, said \"I tried to see a friendly face somewhere in the mob … I looked into the face of an old woman, and it seemed a kind face, but when I looked at her again, she (20)_________________ .\" As scared as they were, the students wouldn’t give up, and several went on to graduate from Central High. Nine black teenagers challenged a racist system and defeated it.

Script: The Little Rock Nine, as they later came to be called, were the first black teenagers to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. These remarkable young African-American students challenged segregation (隔离) in the deep South and won.

Although Brown v. Board of Education outlawed segregation in schools, many school systems defied the law by intimidating and threatening black students — Central High School was a notorious example. But the Little Rock Nine were determined to attend the school and receive the same education offered to white students. Things grew ugly and frightening right away. On the first day of school, the governor of Arkansas ordered the state’s National Guard to block the black students from entering the school. Imagine what it must have been like to be a student confronted by armed soldiers! President Eisenhower had to send in federal troops to protect the students.

But that was only the beginning of their ordeal. Every morning on their way to school angry crowds of whites insulted the Little Rock Nine — they even received death threats. One of the students, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Eckford, said \"I tried to see a friendly face somewhere in the mob … I looked into the face of an old woman, and it seemed a kind face, but when I looked at her again, she spat at me.\" As scared as they were, the students wouldn’t give up, and several went on to graduate from Central High. Nine black teenagers challenged a racist system and defeated it. 正确答案： teenagers 正确答案： challenged 正确答案： intimidating 正确答案： notorious 正确答案： determined 正确答案： frightening 正确答案： governor

正确答案： by armed soldiers 正确答案： received death threats 正确答案： spat at me

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 story of Barack H. Obama is the American story — values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the 21 that a life so 22 should be lived in service to others.

After working his way through college with the help of 23 and student loans, President Obama moved to Chicago, where he worked with a group of churches to help 24 communities 25 by the 26 of local steel plants.

He went on to attend law school, where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. Upon graduation, he returned to Chicago to help lead a voter registration 27 , teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago, and remain 28 in his community.

President Obama's years of public service are based around his 29 belief in the ability to unite people around a politics of purpose. As a United States Senator, he reached across the aisle to pass groundbreaking lobbying reform, lock up the world's most dangerous weapons, and bring 30 to government by putting federal spending online. A) transparencyB) rebuildC) closureD) unwavering E) personalitiesF) driveG) objectionsH) conviction I) activeJ) devastatedK) scholarshipsL) blessed M) takingN) ideasO) challenged 21.______________________ 正确答案： H

22.______________________ 正确答案： L

23.______________________ 正确答案： K

24.______________________ 正确答案： B

25.______________________ 正确答案： J

26.______________________ 正确答案： C

27.______________________ 正确答案： F

28.______________________ 正确答案： I

29.______________________ 正确答案： D

30.______________________ 正确答案： A 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.

There was a time when big-league university presidents really mattered. The New York Times covered their every move. Presidents, the real ones, sought their counsel. For Woodrow Wilson and Dwight Eisenhower, being head of Princeton and Columbia, respectively, was a stepping-stone to the White House. Today, though, the job of college president is less and less

removed from that of the Avon lady (except the house calls are made to the doorsteps of wealthy alums).

Ruth Simmons, the newly installed president of Brown University and the first African American to lead an Ivy League school, is a throwback to the crusading campus leaders of old. She doesn’t merely marshal funds; she invests them in the great educational causes of our day. With the more than $300 million she raised as president of Smith College from 1995 to 2001, Simmons also established an engineering program (the first at any women’s school). At a meeting to discuss the future of Smith’s math department, one professor timidly requested two more discussion sections for his course. Her response: \"Dream bigger.\"

Her own dream was born in a sharecropper's shack in East Texas where there was no money for books or toys — she and her 11 siblings each got an apple, an orange and 10 nuts for Christmas. When Simmons won a scholarship to Dillard University, her high school teachers took up a collection so she’d have a coat. She went on to Harvard to earn a Ph.D. in Romance languages. Simmons has made diversity her No. 1 campus crusade. She nearly doubled the enrollment of black freshmen at Smith, largely by traveling to high schools in the nation’s poorest ZIP codes to recruit. Concerned with the lives of minority students once they arrive at school, she has fought to ease the racial standoffs that plague so many campuses. In 1993, while vice provost at Princeton, she wrote a now famous report recommending that the university establish an office of conflict resolution to defuse racial misunderstandings before they boiled over.

Her first task at Brown will be to heal one such rupture last spring after the student paper published an incendiary ad by conservative polemicist David Horowitz arguing that blacks economically benefited from slavery. \"There’s no safe ground for anybody in race relations, but campuses, unlike any other institution in our society, provide the opportunity to cross racial lines,\" says Simmons. \"And even if you’re hurt, you can’t walk away. You have to walk over that line.\" 31.

What does the author intend to illustrate with the example of Woodrow Wilson and Dwight Eisenhower?

A) The president of the first-class university was really very important. B) The presidents gave them some good advice.

C) The presidents of the university could easily go to the White House. D) The presidents had more power and authority than Avon ladies. 正确答案： A 32.

What does the author mean by \"the job of college president is less and less removed from that of the Avon lady\" (Para. 1)?

A) College presidents can get their position with the help of the Avon lady. B) The jobs of college presidents and the Avon lady were quite similar. C) College presidents get inspiration from the job of the Avon lady.

D) The jobs of college presidents and the Avon lady should be separated. 正确答案： B 33.

What can we infer from the 2nd paragraph?

A) Simmons was an old crusading campus leader. B) Simmons wanted to expand her university.

C) Simmons knew well about how to invest the money. D) Simmons was a competent and ambitious president. 正确答案： D 34.

What does the 4th paragraph mainly talk about? A) Simmons greatly sympathized the black people. B) Simmons wanted to diversify her university.

C) Simmons made a great effort to solve the racial problems. D) Simmons wrote a famous report. 正确答案： C 35.

Which of the following is true according to the text?

A) Simmons had successfully solved the racial problems. B) Simmons owed her success to her high school teachers.

C) Simmons was born in a rich black family and received good education. D) Simmons asked her professor to be more ambitious. 正确答案： D Passage Two

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

The percentage of immigrants(including those unlawfully present) in the United States has been creeping upward for years. At 12.6 percent, it is now higher than at any point since the mid-1920s. We are not about to go back to the days when Congress openly worried about inferior races polluting America's bloodstream. But once again we are wondering whether we have too many of the wrong sort of newcomers. Their loudest critics argue that the new wave of immigrants cannot, and indeed do not want to, fit in as previous generations did.

We now know that these racist views were wrong. In time, Italians, Romanians and members of other so-called inferior races became exemplary Americans and contributed greatly, in ways too numerous to detail, to the building of this magnificent nation. There is no reason why these new immigrants should not have the same success.

Although children of Mexican immigrants do better, in terms of educational and professional attainment, than their parents, UCLA sociologist Edward Telles has found that the gains don't continue. Indeed, the fourth generation is marginally worse off than the third. James Jackson, of the University of Michigan, has found a similar trend among black Caribbean immigrants. Telles fears that Mexican-Americans may be fated to follow in the footsteps of American blacks — that large parts of the community may become mired in a seemingly state of poverty and underachievement. Like African-Americans, Mexican-Americans are increasingly relegated to (降入) segregated, substandard schools, and their dropout rate is the highest in the country.

We have learned much about the foolish idea of excluding people on the presumption of the ethnic/racial inferiority. But what we have not yet learned is how to make the process of

Americanization work for all. I am not talking about requiring people to learn English or to adopt American ways; those things happen pretty much on their own, but as arguments about immigration hear up the campaign trail, we also ought to ask some broader questions about assimilation, about how to ensure that people, once outsiders, don't forever remain marginalized within these shores.

That is a much larger question than what should happen with undocumented workers, or how best to secure the border, and it is one that affects not only newcomers but groups that have been here for generations. It will have more impact on our future than where we decide to set the admissions bar for the latest ware of would-be Americans. And it would be nice if we finally got the answer right. 36.

How were immigrants viewed by U.S. Congress in early days? A) They were of inferior races.

B) They were a source of political corruption. C) They were a threat to the nation's security. D) They were part of the nation's bloodstream. 正确答案： A 37.

What does the author think of the new immigrants? A) They will be a dynamic work force in the U.S. B) They can do just as well as their predecessors. C) They will be very disappointed on the new land. D) They may find it hard to fit into the mainstream. 正确答案： B 38.

What does Edward Telles' research say about Mexican-Americans? A) They may slowly improve from generation to generation. B) They will do better in terms of educational attainment. C) They will melt into the African-American community. D) They may forever remain poor and underachieving. 正确答案： D 39.

What should be done to help the new immigrants? A) Rid them of their inferiority complex. B) Urge them to adopt American customs. C) Prevent them from being marginalized. D) Teach them standard American English. 正确答案： C 40.

According to the author, the burning issue concerning immigration is __________. A) how to deal with people entering the U.S. without documents B) how to help immigrants to better fit into American society C) how to stop illegal immigrants from crossing the border D) how to limit the number of immigrants to enter the U.S. 正确答案： B

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.

Everybody is so ____________ helping each other because it is part of their collective culture. A) concerned B) intent on C) through with D) abundant in 正确答案： B 42.

Children often _____________ smoking because of peer pressure. A) take up B) take away C) take over D) take in 正确答案： A 43.

We _____________ under a tree until the shower passed. A) refreshed B) negotiated C) preserved D) sheltered 正确答案： D 44.

Although many people view conflict as bad, conflict is sometimes useful ___________ it forces people to test the relative merits of their attitudes and behaviors. A) by which B) to which C) in that D) so that 正确答案： C 45.

The desire to win glory for their country _____________ the athletes to train diligently. A) impels B) scatters C) prolongs D) terminates 正确答案： A 46.

From her smile, I knew that she was _____________ of victory. A) appropriate B) beware C) confident D) urgent 正确答案： C 47.

They won the election but only with a very ________ majority. A) thin B) slender C) slighter D) thick

正确答案： B 48.

My professor suggested that I ________ the data accumulated over the years when I work on my project.

A) make use of

B) take possession of C) benefit

D) benefit from 正确答案： A 49.

________ Cathy’s performances, I didn’t watch, but the transcripts are telling. A) As for

B) Regardless of C) As long as D) So long as 正确答案： A 50.

You have to be prepared to _________ the things you believe in. A) stand up for B) stand for

C) conform D) assume 正确答案： A 51.

When I was fat, I would cut pictures out and ______ my own head onto the slim body to inspire myself. A) array B) impose C) paste D) analyze 正确答案： C 52.

She stared at the ______ surface of the water, lost in thought. A) slender B) chilly C) dizzy D) tranquil 正确答案： D 53.

The project will require the _____________ of a great deal of time and money. A) loyalty B) devotion C) affection D) willingness 正确答案： B 54.

The government is trying to do something to _________ better understanding between the two countries. A) raise B) promote C) heighten D) increase 正确答案： B 55.

A desire to go to medical school _________ her to study hard everyday. A) motivates B) inspires C) stimulates D) encourages

正确答案： A 56.

If the fire alarm is sounded, all residents are requested to ________ in the courtyard. A) assemble B) converge C) accumulate D) crowd 正确答案： A 57.

It was felt that he lacked the ________ to pursue a difficult task to the very end. A) persuasion B) commitment C) engagement D) obligation 正确答案： B 58.

Countless divorced politicians would have been elected out of office years ago had they even thought of a divorce, let alone __________ one. A) getting B) to get C) gotten D) get

正确答案： C 59.

Greatly agitated, I rushed to the apartment and tried the door, __________ to find it locked. A) just B) only C) hence D) thus

正确答案： B 60.

After this concert she was firmly on the road to _____________ and fortune. A) distinction B) recognition C) famine D) fame

正确答案： D

Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English (with the given words or phrases).

61. 靠对话解决这个问题的可能性越来越小。 ________________________________________

正确答案： The chances of settling this dispute through talks seem increasingly slender. 62. 我试图劝她别走，但她去意已决。

________________________________________

正确答案： I’ve tried persuading her not to go, but she’s intent on it. 63. 什么是真正的朋友？在我看来，朋友就是永远支持你的人。 ________________________________________

正确答案： What is a real friend? In my opinion, a friend must be one who always stands up for you.

. 很多时候，这种人工合成材料会被当作是塑料。 ________________________________________

正确答案： In many cases, the synthesized material will pass for plastics. 65. 从法律的角度看，无论你的动机是什么，偷窃是犯罪。 ________________________________________

正确答案： In the eyes of the law, stealing is an offence, no matter what your motives