1、Unit4 Book4Part1Understanding Short Conversations1. CA. Everyone has a better mobile nowadays.B. He is too proud of his mobile phone.C. He is slow in getting a mobile phone.D. His mobile phone is not real.Questions 2 to 2 are based on the following passage or dialog.2. CA. The mans wife heads the mo

2、bile phone division.B. The mans wife is up for the next promotion.C. The mans wife wasnt promoted.D. The mans wife promoted someone with more experience.Questions 3 to 3 are based on the following passage or dialog.3. AA. To gain access to the persons money.B. To make up fake IDs.C. To use another p

3、ersons identity.D. To get a social security number.Questions 4 to 4 are based on the following passage or dialog.4. BA. Another person has the womans card.B. The new card may bring some trouble.C. The new card is really easy to use.D. Another person is pretending to be the woman.Questions 5 to 5 are

4、 based on the following passage or dialog.5. AA. Dealing with real people at the bank.B. Using banking machines.C. Handling bank transactions.D. Taking care of other people.Questions 6 to 6 are based on the following passage or dialog.6. DA. The womans phone has been sending strange messages all day

5、.B. The womans phone has been receiving strange messages all day.C. The mans phone cannot be figured out by anyone.D. The mans phone has been sending messages by itself.Questions 7 to 7 are based on the following passage or dialog.7. DA. $1700.B. $1200.C. $300.D. $200.Questions 8 to 8 are based on t

6、he following passage or dialog.8. BA. Employer and employee.B. Husband and wife.C. Father and daughter.D. Mother and son.Part2Understanding Long Conversations1. BA. The advantages of the letter.B. The advantages of the phone.C. The process of writing a letter.D. The relative ease of phoning someone.

7、2. AA. His teacher has spoken about his subject.B. His teacher will give the man a good grade.C. The man has responded to his teachers comments.D. The man has shown interest in his subject.3. CA. Give him a good grade.B. Respond to his questions.C. Comment upon what he says.D. Show interest in his t

8、opic.4. CA. Friendly.B. Easy.C. Personal.D. Quick.5. AA. A classroom.B. A post office.C. A phone company.D. A friends home.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage or dialog.6. DA. The womans car.B. The womans kids.C. The womans sweetheart.D. The womans hurtful jokes.7. CA. To make jokes

9、.B. To see the woman again.C. To be free of the woman.D. To get out of the car.8. BA. 5 years.B. 3 years.C. 10 years.D. 6 years.9. DA. Mother and son.B. Father and daughter.C. Wife and husband.D. Boyfriend and girlfriend.10. DA. The woman is starting her life with the man.B. The woman is planning on

10、 getting married soon.C. The woman is going to have some kids.D. The woman is suddenly unsure about the future.Part3 Understanding Passages1. DA. Communications technology.B. The galaxy.C. Problems for companies.D. A satellite failure.2. AA. Technology for communications.B. Telecommunications satell

11、ites.C. American technology.D. Radio broadcasts.3. BA. Galaxy Four is working poor.B. Galaxy Four needs a working computer to operate.C. Americans live without technology every day.D. Companies failed because of Galaxy Four.4. AA. A satellite.B. A home satellite system.C. A telephone message system.

12、D. A pager that makes beeping sounds.5. BA. 10.B. 8.C. 45.D. 15.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage or dialog.6. BA. Elisha Gray.B. Alexander Graham Bell.C. The US Supreme Court.D. The telephone.7. AA. Bell and Gray didnt work together.B. The US Supreme Court didnt favor Bell.C. Bel

13、l was interested in teaching people to speak.D. Bell had been an actor who left the theater.8. AA. Successful.B. Perfect.C. Helpless.D. Speechless.9. BA. Send metallic twangs over wires.B. Use his technology to send clear sounds.C. Find a competent helper.D. Teach deaf people how to speak.10. DA. In

14、 the next room.B. At the theater.C. In the receiver.D. In a lab.Part4Television can be a powerful influence in developing value systems and shaping behavior. Unfortunately, much of todays television programming is full of violence. (1) Extensive viewing of television violence by children is dangerou

15、s. People are well aware that it causes greater (2) aggressiveness in children. Sometimes, watching a single violent program can increase aggressiveness. The (3) impact of TV violence may be immediately evident in the childs behavior or may be shown years later.American parents are (4) advised to pr

16、otect their children. They should be protected from (5) excessive TV violence in the following ways:1. Pay attention to the programs their children are watching and watch some with them.2. Set (6) limits on the amount of time they spend watching television.3. Point out that although the actor has no

17、t actually been hurt or killed, such violence in real life results in pain or (7) death4. Refuse to let the children see shows known to be violent. You should also (8) change the channel to something different or turn off the TV set when something offensive comes on, with an explanation of what is w

18、rong with the program.5. Disapprove of the violent episodes in front of the children. Stress the belief that (9) such behavior is not the best way for a person to resolve a problem. Contact other parents and talk with them about this problem. See if you can (10) agree with one another to enforce sim

19、ilar rules about the length of time and type of program the children may watch.If parents are careful with what TV programs children watch, the negative TV can be reduced.Part5填空1. If she must choose between love and work, she would never hesitate.2. This is an early church, dating from the ninth-ce

20、ntury, which was rebuilt under the direction of San Carlo Borromeo.3. If the team members had been unsuccessful in getting in touch with their support base, they would have been in grave difficulty, stuck in the desert without fuel, water or food.4. Price increases fail to keep pace with rising cost

21、s.5. They signed up for the same courses, sat together in seminars, and went together to the National Film Theatre.6. Being tall gave him an advantage over the other players.7. We still lag far behind many of our competitors in using modern technology.8. She came up with a new idea for increasing sa

22、les.9. Disabled visitors are welcome; there is good wheelchair access to most facilities.10. Winning this contract is crucial to the success of the company.11. A teachers work is often compared to a candle.12. The children leaped over the wall and escaped.Part61. CHe does not _ his workmates and the

23、re are often disagreements between them.A. go on withB. put up withC. get along withD. keep up with2. AHot metal _ as it grows cooler.A. contractsB. reducesC. condensesD. compresses3. DAlthough the pay is not good, people usually find social work _ in other ways.A. payableB. respectfulC. gratefulD.

24、rewarding4. CIm in no _ this evening to listen to popular music.A. feelingB. attitudeC. moodD. tendency5. CI didnt know what to do but then an idea suddenly _ to me.A. happenedB. enteredC. occurredD. hit6. CHe has been _ of murdering the Japanese visitor.A. blamedB. chargedC. accusedD. arrested7. DW

25、eve _ salt. Ask Mrs. Jones to lend us some.A. run away withB. run downC. run offD. run out of8. CRegardless _ his appearance, he is innocent.A. toB. inC. ofD. for9. B_, Ive decided to travel by sea, as it is obviously cheaper and more comfortable.A. At second thoughtB. On second thoughtC. In second

26、thoughtD. From second thoughts10. D Nobody knows the age of the earth _ certain.A. byB. inC. withD. forPart7完形As a manager of a bank in Vietnam, I am very excited at the chances as well as challenges of the Information Age. Our country is 1.undergoing much advancement in the area of telecommunicatio

27、ns. Officials from the government have decided to 2. steer our country into the 21st century. They are going to do this by 3. installing up-to-date optical fibers. These fibers will be able to 4. carry information on the Internet to the businesses and citizens of Vietnam. This technology is going to

28、 make 5. loggingon to the Internet easier. It will also make using the Internet more 6. reliable . I believe that this is definitely going to 7. increasethe revenues of businesses. This will be the case especially for those in the financial 8. realm . I have traveled to places 9. Where they have hig

29、h-capacity lines for the Internet. The difference 10. in what you can get done there as opposed to what you can do in other places is large. No, more than large, it is 11.immense. Trading and communicating with foreign countries will become far more 12. feasible for smaller businesses. 13. of import

30、ant documents will be done more often. This activity, which is 14. essential to trading, will be much simpler.There are some who believe that we should work on 15. maintaining and updating other utilities like water and electricity before we invest in the future. However, as someone who has a(n) 16.

31、 Stake in better communications, I couldnt be happier. It is all quite simple. 17. Until we have the infrastructure to support our manufacturing and trade, we will not be at the place in the word that we should be. We will not be doing all the things that our country is 18. capableof. In this case,

32、we will always 19. lag behind other countries that have better technology. We need to 20. Lick this problem by creating the foundation for better telecommunications now. Tackling this problem will help close the gap with our competitors.Part 8 Skimming and ScanningWithin the last wild lands of North

33、 America lives an animal that inspires respect and fear around the world. It is the grizzly bear (灰熊). Grizzlies (灰熊) can sprint thirty-five plus miles an hour, smell fish at nine or more miles, and drag a thousand-pound animal up steep mountains. The grizzly bear is one of a very few remaining on e

34、arth that can kill a human in physical combat. It can remove a human head with a single hit, or cause serious harm to a person in rapid order. Within the last wilderness areas where they live, they are the undisputed king of all beasts. I know this all very well. My name is Timothy Treadwell, and I

35、live with the wild grizzly.Timothy Treadwell (April 29, 1957-October 5, 2003), born Timothy Dexter, gave a warning here that we should all pay attention to. Animals, particularly the bears he knew well, can be deadly. As it turns out, Treadwell shouldve taken his own advice and respected the danger

36、these animals present. He shouldve kept his distance from them. If he had, he might be with us today.Who was Timothy Treadwell?Treadwell was an environmentalist and bear enthusiast who lived among the Coastal brown bears of Katmai National Park in Alaska for approximately 13 seasons. At the end of h

37、is thirteenth season in the park in 2003, he and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard (age 37) were killed and partially eaten by a brown bear. The attack was notable because of the unusual lifestyle of the victims, and the survival of an audio recording of the attack. Treadwells life, work, and death were

38、 the subject of the 2005 documentary film by Werner Herzog titled Grizzly Man.Life StoryBorn in Long Island, New York, much of what is known of Timothy Treadwells life is documented by Treadwell himself. Treadwell characterized himself as an actor, recovering alcoholic, former drug user, and hero of

39、 the wild. According to his personal accounts, he became involved with drugs after failing to gain the role won by Woody Harrelson in the TV comedy Cheers. Treadwell claimed to his parents that he was second-choice for the role, but this has not been independently verified.Interest in bearsAfter sev

40、eral visits to Alaska in the early 1990s, Treadwell became interested in bears and, in the last 5 years of his life, documented many of his experiences and interactions with bears via home video. Treadwell attributed his recovery from drug use to his relationship with bears.By 2001, Treadwell became

41、 notable enough to receive extensive media attention both on television and in environmental circles. Through his videos, he became known for attempting to create personal relationships with the bears he worked with.As an activist, he actively communicated with the public, including traveling throug

42、hout the United States to educate school children about bears, and appearing on the Discovery Channel, Late Show with David Letterman, and Dateline NBC to discuss his experiences. He was also a co-author, with Jewel Palovak, of the book Among Grizzlies: Living with Wild Bears in Alaska, where he des

43、cribed his adventures in Alaska.Treadwell, along with his friends Jewel Palovak, and former American Gladiator Jonathan Byrne founded Grizzly People, a political organization devoted to protecting bears and preserving their wilderness home. Despite the organizations name, Treadwell did not associate

44、 with grizzly bears, a term properly applied only to brown bears that live farther inland.DeathIn October 2003, Treadwell and his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, visited Katmai National Park in Alaska. Treadwell, who never carried any means of defense against bear attacks, chose to set his campsite near

45、 a stream where bears commonly feed in the fall. Treadwell was in the park later in the year than usual, at a time when bears fight to gain as much fat as possible before winter, and limited food supplies cause them to be more aggressive than in other months. It has been noted that food was scarce t

46、hat fall, and the bears were therefore more aggressive than usual.On October 6, 2003, Treadwell and Huguenards bodies were discovered by the Kodiak air taxi pilot who arrived at their campsite to pick them up from their trip. A large elderly male bear (tagged Bear 141) protecting the campsite was ki

47、lled by park police while they attempted to get the bodies. A second adolescent bear was killed a short time later after it charged the park police. It was later shown that the first animal had consumed parts of the couples remains. This bear is not believed to be one of the bears Treadwell usually

48、encountered, though this point is disputed.A video camera, with the lens cap in place, was recovered at the site. The video camera had been turned on at some point during the fatal attack, presumably by Huguenard, but the camera recorded only six minutes of audio before running out of tape. Treadwel

49、ls head, partial backbone, and left arm and hand still wearing his wrist watch were recovered at the scene. Huguenards partial body was found nearby somewhat buried in dirt.Methods and CriticismTreadwells methods were generally thought unsound by bear experts and public alike. He named many of the b

50、ears he encountered and often moved close enough to them that he could touch them and interact with them on a personal level.Many wildlife experts objected to his methods, believing that his attitude toward the bears was too brave, that he ignored well-known dangers of working with bears, and that h

51、e thought of them too much as people. Experts also believe that he endangered the animals by making them too comfortable with humans, thus increasing the likelihood of dangerous encounters in the future. His death by bear attack is seen by some as a natural conclusion of his methods of interacting w

52、ith bears.His critics also note that while Treadwell believed that he was protecting bears, control experts have stated that incidents of illegal hunting in the area were low and did not affect the population level. However, according to the Grizzly People organization he founded, five bears were ki

53、lled in the year after his death, while none had been killed while he was present in Katmai. This last point is disputed.Grizzly Man, the FilmIn 2005, director Werner Herzog released Grizzly Man, a documentary about Treadwells work with wildlife in Alaska, which aired on the Discovery Channel and is

54、 frequently rerun. It includes some of the film that Treadwell took, and also interviews with people who knew him, and his appearance on David Letterman. Grizzly Man is generally considered to have a critical take on Treadwell, his methods and his character; many people say that Grizzly Man made Tre

55、adwell look mentally unbalanced. However, Herzog does praise Treadwells films and pictures.1. CThere are not many animals that can, like the grizzly, _.A. inspire respect and fearB. live in wilderness areasC. kill a human in physical combatD. sprint thirty-five plus miles an hour2. BWhy was the atta

56、ck on Treadwell and Huguenard notable? _A. They were partially eaten.B. They had an unusual lifestyle.C. They were filmed by Werner Herzog.D. They were attacked by a brown bear.3. DWhat did Treadwell characterize himself as in his personal accounts? _A. A TV actor in the comedy Cheers.B. A man from Long Island, New York.C. A grizzly bear.D. A hero of the wild.4. ATreadwell attributed his recovery from drug use to _.A. his relationship with bearsB. his experiences in the wildC. his several visits to AlaskaD. his enthusiasm for environment5.