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全新版第二版综合B2U7-A
Part I Listening Comprehension ( 10 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: English has richer vocabulary than other major languages because it borrows a lot of words from other languages.
正确答案： A 2. A) T B) F
Script: Anglo-Saxon English, as the core of our language, is usually complex and direct.
正确答案： B 3. A) T B) F
Script: It is believed that many modern languages may derive from a common parent language.
正确答案： B 4. A) T B) F
Script: French has a great influence on English language for it was the only language used in 1066.
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正确答案： A 5. A) T B) F
Script: William Caxton started the communications revolution in England and greatly enriched English with the new thoughts of European Renaissance.
正确答案： A 6. A) T B) F
Script: Thermometer is a borrowed word from Latin.
正确答案： B 7. A) T B) F
Script: English is a global language in terms of the number of users, the depth of penetration and the range of functions.
正确答案： A 8. A) T B) F
Script: It is estimated that about a quarter of the world's population can speak some English.
正确答案： B 9. A) T B) F
Script: According to the Text B, there will be a new language ruling the world in a hundred years.
正确答案： B 10. A) T B) F
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Script: Language shifts are slow and difficult to predict.
正确答案： A
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.
English is a world famous language used most (11)_________________ as a second language and (12)_________________ language in many parts of the world. The main reason for this vast (13)_________________ of English language is attributed to the British (14)_________________ over major parts of the world. After World War II, Unites States has received a kick start in (15)_________________ and cultural areas which also (16)_________________ highly to the wide spread (17)_________________ of English as an official language. The (18)_________________ statistics show that over a billion people speak English all over the world. This is because of the direct relation of (19)_________________ in various areas. Knowing English is considered as a major factor that can (20)_________________ one's success in his professional arena.
Script: English is a world famous language used most commonly as a second language and official language in many parts of the world. The main reason for this vast usage of English language is attributed to the British attack over major parts of the world. After World War II, Unites States has received a kick start in economical and cultural areas which also contributed highly to the wide spread acceptance of English as an official language. The current statistics show that over a billion people speak English all over the world. This is because of the direct relation of language and excellence in various areas. Knowing English is considered as a major factor that can interfere with one's success in his professional arena.
正确答案： commonly
正确答案： official
正确答案： usage
正确答案： attack
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正确答案： economical
正确答案： contributed
正确答案： acceptance
正确答案： current
正确答案： language and excellence
正确答案： interfere with
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 tolerance for change also represents deeply rooted ideas of freedom. Danish scholar Otto Jespersen wrote in 1905, \not have been what it is if the English had not been for centuries great respecters of the 21 of each individual and if everybody had not been free to 22 new paths for himself.\
I like that idea. Consider that the same cultural 23 producing the English language also 24 the great principles of freedom and rights of man in the 25 world. The first shoots 26 in England, and they grew stronger in America. The English-speaking peoples have defeated all efforts to build 27 around their language.
Indeed, the English language is not the special 28 of grammarians, language police, teachers, writers or the intellectual 29 . English is, and always has been, the 30 of common man.
A) soil B) conservation C) nourished D) preserve
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E) work out F) sprang up G) elite H) make for I) tongue J) power K) fences L) liberties M) modern N) strike out O) mouth
21. ______________________
正确答案： L
22. ______________________
正确答案： N
23. ______________________
正确答案： A
24. ______________________
正确答案： C
25. ______________________
正确答案： M
26. ______________________
正确答案： F
27. ______________________
正确答案： K
28. ______________________
正确答案： D
29. ______________________
正确答案： G
30. ______________________
正确答案： I
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