中山大学新理5.0英语自主学习大厅第四册第六单元F套答案

中山大学新理5.0英语自主学习大厅第四册第六单元F套答案

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Part I Listening Comprehension ( 13 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: Generally speaking, technology has enabled us to do more things although it has not saved our time.

正确答案： A 2. A) T B) F

Script: The information explosion is regarded as one of the reasons why people feel so time-pressed.

正确答案： A 3. A) T B) F

Script: According to some experts, not everyone is overstressed and the feeling of pressures can also be exaggerated or self-imposed.

正确答案： A 4. A) T B) F

Script: It is recorded that in the last 10 years, working hours have risen slightly in both the U.K.

and the U.S.

正确答案： B 5. A) T B) F

Script: Time famine has provoked several reactions, one of which is that people are trying to buy time.

正确答案： A 6. A) T B) F

Script: By reducing the amount of time spent at work, people’s free time is increasing, so they definitely feel less stressed.

正确答案： B 7. A) T B) F

Script: According to Text B, it is human’s nature to choose for slower.

正确答案： B 8. A) T B) F

Script: There are places and objects that signify patience, like the door-close button in elevators, reminding us to slow down.

正确答案： B 9. A) T B) F

Script: The development of technologies makes it possible for people to perform a few tasks at the same time.

正确答案： A 10.

A) T B) F

Script: People may prefer a 30-minute train ride to a 20-minute drive because they could read on the train.

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.

Internet use appears to cause a (11)_________________ in psychological well-being, according to research at Carnegie Mellon University.

Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more (12)_________________ and loneliness than those who logged on less (13)_________________ , the two-year study showed. And it wasn’t that people who were already feeling bad spent more time on the Internet, but that using the Net actually appeared to cause the bad feelings.

Researchers are (14)_________________ over the results, which were completely contrary to their expectations. They expected that the Net would prove socially (15)_________________ than television, since the Net allows users to choose their information and to (16)_________________ with others.

The fact that Internet use reduces time (17)_________________ for family and friends may account for the drop in well-being, researchers hypothesized. Faceless, bodiless “virtual” communication may be less psychologically satisfying (18)_________________ , and the relationships formed through it may be shallower. Another possibility is that exposure to (19)_________________ via the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives. “But it’s important to remember this is not about the technology; it’s about how it is used,” says psychologist Christine Riley of Intel, one of the study’s sponsors. “It really points to the need for considering social factors in terms of how you design (20)_________________ for technology.”

Script: Internet use appears to cause a decline in psychological well-being, according to research at Carnegie Mellon University.

Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness than those who logged on less frequently, the two-year study showed. And it wasn’t that people who were already feeling bad spent more time on the Internet, but that using the Net actually appeared to cause the bad feelings.

Researchers are puzzling over the results, which were completely contrary to their expectations. They expected that the Net would prove socially healthier than television, since the

Net allows users to choose their information and to communicate with others.

The fact that Internet use reduces time available for family and friends may account for the drop in well-being, researchers hypothesized. Faceless, bodiless “virtual” communication may be less psychologically satisfying than actual conversation, and the relationships formed through it may be shallower. Another possibility is that exposure to the wider world via the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives. “But it’s important to remember this is not about the technology; it’s about how it is used,” says psychologist Christine Riley of Intel, one of the study’s sponsors. “It really points to the need for considering social factors in terms of how you design applications and services for technology.”

正确答案： decline

正确答案： depression

正确答案： frequently

正确答案： puzzling

正确答案： healthier

正确答案： communicate

正确答案： available

正确答案： than actual conversation

正确答案： the wider world

正确答案： applications and services

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.

A) provided B) philosophers C) exploitation D) escape E) dealing withF) free G) explosion H) generated I) teachers J) replaced K) useless L) artificial M) instead of N) offered O) enabled

21. ______________________

正确答案： O

22. ______________________

正确答案： F

23. ______________________

正确答案： M

24. ______________________

正确答案： J

25. ______________________

正确答案： E

26. ______________________

正确答案： A

27. ______________________

正确答案： K

28. ______________________

正确答案： G

29. ______________________

正确答案： B

30. ______________________

正确答案： H

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.

Increasingly, over the past ten years, people ― especially young people ― have become aware of the need to change their eating habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly chemical foods, is not good for health. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain chemical additives and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers, widely used in farming today.

Natural foods, for example, are vegetables, fruits and grains which have been grown in soil that is rich in organic matter. In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with essential vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which is to increase the amount ― but not the quality ― of foods grown in commercial farming areas. Natural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move freely in healthy pastures. Compare this with what happens in the mass production of poultry: there are battery farms, for example, where thousands of chickens live crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is little better than rubbish. Chickens kept in this way are not only tasteless as food; they also produce eggs which lack important vitamins.

There are other aspects of healthy eating which are now receiving increasing attention from experts on diet. Take, for example, the question of sugar. This is actually a non-essential food! Although a natural alternative, such as honey, can be used to sweeten food if this is necessary, we can in fact do without it. It is not that sugar is harmful in itself. But it does seem to be an additive: the quantity we use has grown steadily over the last two centuries and in Britain today each person consumes an average of 200 pounds a year! Yet all it does is provide us with energy, in the form of calories. There are no vitamins in it, no minerals and no fiber.

It is significant that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet. In white bread, for example, the fiber has been removed. But it is present in unrefined flour and of course in vegetables. It is interesting to note that in countries where the national diet contains large quantities of unrefined flour and vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare. Hence the emphasis is placed on the eating of whole meal bread and more vegetables by modern experts on healthy eating.

31.

Recently, some people are interested in natural foods because ______. A) natural foods are fresh and cheap B) they don’t like processed foods

C) they want to change their eating habits

D) these foods contain more vitamins, mineral and fiber etc.

正确答案： D 32.

According to the passage, what does the word “battery” (Para. 3) mean? ______ A) apparatus for producing electricity

B) an array of similar things intended for use together C) a line of small boxes in which hens are kept to lay eggs D) a group or set of things like tools

正确答案： C 33. The phrase “whole meal bread” in Para.5 refers to ______. A) white bread in which fiber has been removed

B) a type of brown bread which is made of unrefined flour C) a kind of bread which can be used to cure diseases D) a loaf of bread filled with hams and chicken

正确答案： B 34.

It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A) people will no longer eat those foods containing chemical additives

B) people will not necessarily do exercises in the future if they eat natural foods C) natural foods will find a good market in the future

D) certain diseases will never befall people who eat natural foods

正确答案： C 35.

What’s the best title for this passage? ______ A) Eating Habits Are Changing B) Healthy Eating

C) Natural Food and Chemical Additives

D) How to Go on a Diet

正确答案： B

Passage Two

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

Our entire human existence is based on change. Our species is dependent upon the advancement of life and our culture. If we were to forever remain the same, without evolving, perhaps our collective existence wouldn’t even be possible. It remains within our individual powers to hold onto the past. We do not have to let technology take hold of us and our lives.

Seven Birkerts, in his article “Into the Electronic Millennium”, seems to feel as if technology is corrupting, and will continue to corrupt, our culture. In specific, he focuses on literature and language as being the core of what is being corrupted. My question is, how can something be corrupted that is, in fact, already corrupted?

Language wasn’t created as written expression. Words were invented as personal thoughts that were spoken orally, either to oneself or to an audience. Either way, listeners of words were limited by a storyteller’s own preferences. One could argue that the evolution of oral language into written language has been corrupted by these preferences. Today, language isn’t as personal and limited as in the past. In our era, the printed form of language has merely been converted to an electronic form by technology. Technology loses much of the personal touches that perhaps created language, and the population is now not really limited at all by a storyteller’s preferences, but perhaps this freedom is commendable. The entire world is now open to everything. We all have the opportunity to learn, read, and see whatever we desire.

The freedom offered by technology shouldn’t be seen as “a destruction of tokens from the past”, as Birkerts seems to believe. It is merely the introduction of a future. The past is just that, the past; we can’t change it. Therefore, it will always be there. It is in a way indestructible. We, society, decide what is neglected in our past and in our culture. The addition of the television did not rid our society of books and outdoor activities as was believed by some. In similar fashion, the advent of the computer does not restrict us as a society to our homes, speaking to virtual others. Birkerts’ view that our society will create another group of hermits and loners simply won’t happen. Humans by nature are social beings. We thrive on the comfort and companionship of other humans. To rid ourselves of that would be too harmful. We will never close ourselves as a whole to others; the costs outweigh the benefits.

36.

What does the sentence “It remains within our individual powers to hold onto the past” (Para. 1) mean?

A) We can’t live in a society full of changes. B) We could live in the past without evolving. C) Human beings can live in the present fashion.

D) Human beings can’t live in the old fashion.

正确答案： C 37.

Nowadays, we have the opportunity to learn and read whatever we desire because _____. A) we are not as limited as before due to the advancement of technology B) we have fewer chances to touch the storyteller’s viewpoints directly C) language also develops with the advancement of technology D) language isn’t influenced by the storyteller’s preferences

正确答案： A 38.

Which of the following statements is NOT true according to Para. 4? A) The past is in some way indestructible.

B) The computer does not restrict us as a society to our homes. C) The freedom offered by technology is a destruction of the past. D) It is society that decides what to abandon.

正确答案： C 39.

According to the passage, which of the following is Birkerts’ idea? A) The advancement of technology has improved language a lot. B) The advancement of technology has destroyed language. C) We can gain nothing from the advancement of technology. D) The advancement of technology can’t influence culture.

正确答案： B 40.

What is the author’s idea about language?

A) The change of the world has nothing to do with language. B) The change of language resulted in society corruption.

C) Computers and televisions should be thrown away for their undesirable influence on language.

D) We don’t have to worry about the influence of technology on language.

正确答案： D

Part III Vocabulary and Structure ( 12 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.

He ________ 100 dollars to the hospital fund. A) devoted B) attributed C) subscribed D) agreed

正确答案： C 42.

I feel ________ to leave after such an unpleasant quarrel. A) grateful B) thankful C) obliged

D) appreciative

正确答案： C 43.

An interest in people’s deepest feelings ________ all her writings. A) represents B) portrays C) depicts

D) characterizes

正确答案： D 44.

Stephen Hawking was awarded an ________ professorship from the university for his contribution to science. A) honor B) honorable C) honorary D) glory

正确答案： C

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