一课一练Unit 1

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北京联合大学大学英语课程（上外教版）一课一练试卷（II级Unit One） Part I

注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。 Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a paragraph of 120 – 150 words describing how

the hostess reacted to the crisis from the American naturalist’s point of view. You are require to write

in chronological order and use the words and phrases given below.

spring up face a crisis with perfect self-control muscles contract emerge crawl across one’s foot

(15 minutes) stare straight ahead place to bowl of milk make for Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on

Answer Sheet 1.

For questions 1-7, mark

Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;

N (for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;

NG () if the information is not given in the passage.

It was an early September day, cool and bright and just right for running, and I was in the first few miles of a 101/2 -mile race over a course through steep, exhausting hills. Still, I felt rested and springy; despite the hills it was going to be a fine run.

Just ahead of me was Peggy Mimno, a teacher from Mount Kisco, New York. She too was running easily, moving along efficiently at my speed. The pace felt comfortable, so I decided to stay where I was; why bother concentrating on pace when she was such a nice pacesetter for me? I would overtake her later on when she tired.

So I was running closely behind her. The course headed north for five miles, wandered west for a hilly mile, then turned south again along a winding road. The race was getting tougher. We had four miles left and already it was beginning to be real work. I was breathing hard, and my legs were beginning to stiffen.

Peggy overtook a young male runner. Apparently she knew him, for they exchanged a few cheerful words as she passed him. Their exchange worried me. You don’t chat during a race unless you are feeling good, and Peggy plainly was. There was still a noticeable bounce in her stride(大步), but whatever springiness I had once possessed had long since(早已) left me.

Still, I was close enough to overtake her if she tired, so I didn’t give up hope completely. We were approaching a long, punishing hill now and it would be the test. We were a mile from the finish line, so whatever happened on the hill would almost certainly determine who crossed it first.

As I moved up the hill, working hard, my attention wandered for a few minutes. When I looked up, Peggy was moving away----first five yards, then ten, then more. Finally it was clear that there was no hope of catching her. She beat me decisively.

There is an important lesson in that race. Much of what you read about running makes a sharp distinction between the sexes. Women are assumed to be weaker, slower and not nearly as skilled athletically. Yet as Peggy Mimno so clearly demonstrated, the similarities between male and female runners are more important than

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differences.

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1. For the first part of the race the author was quite confident that he would win the race easily.

2. When he saw Peggy Mimno running at ease and moving along well at his speed, he be began to doubt

whether he could beat her later on.

3. When there were four miles left, it was beginning to be tougher for the author.

4. When Peggy overtook a young male runner, she exchanged a few words with him in order to encourage him.

5. While moving up the steep hill a mile from the finish line, the author was lagging further and further behind

Peggy Mimno.

6. It is generally believed that female runners are no match for male runners, and the author knows from

experience that that is not always the case.

7. From that race the author has drawn the very important lesson that we should always keep in mind the

differences between male and female runners.

8. The course ________ for five miles, wander west for a hilly mile, then turned south again along a winding

road.

9. We were ________ a long, punishing hill now and it would be the test.

10. What Peggy Mimno clearly demonstrated was the ________ between male and female runners are more

important than the differences.

Part III Listening Comprehension (15 minutes) Directions: In this part, you will hear five long conversations. After each conversation, some questions will be

asked about what was said. Listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you hear.

Conversation One

11. (Q1) A) Mr. Simpson.

B) Mrs. Tailor.

C) Mrs. Nelson.

D) Mr. Edwards.

12. (Q2) A) Bank manager and client.

B) Strangers.

C) Doctor and patient.

D) Old friends.

13. (Q3) A) She has no account with the man’s bank.

B) She received a letter from the bank yesterday.

C) She missed the man’s visit yesterday morning because she went to see the doctor.

D) She has only $153.95 in her bank account

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14. (Q1) A) To ask why the laundry hadn’t sent the clothes back.

B) To ask if the housekeeper had put her clothes.

C) To ask if the laundry dad sent the clothes back.

D) To ask if her clothes were ready.

15. (Q2) A) The laundry.

B) The receptionist. D) Mrs. Bates. D) The laundry was not efficient enough. C) The housekeeper. 16. (Q3) A) Mrs. Bates was a very careless person. B) Mrs. Bates was forgetful. C) The housekeeper was efficient.

Conversation Three

17. (Q1) A) Pat wants to invite Anna to tea at her home.

B) Pat wants to invite both Anna and Jack to tea at her home.

C) Pat wants to know if Anna has her French dictionary.

D) Pat wants to introduce Anna to her brother Tom.

18. (Q2) A) He doesn’t want to meet Pat and her brother.

B) He is unwilling to go to out with his sister.

C) He has some business to attend to his sister.

D) He is busy with his term paper at the moment.

D) She is inviting Jack to tea out of politeness.

Conversation Four

20. (Q1) A) From home.

B) From a roadside telephone booth. D) From his office. B) To an estate agent’s office. D) To his friend Alice. C) From the post office. 21. (Q2) A) To Betty’s home. C) To the post office.

22. (Q3) A) He is unhappy about his transfer to a new place where he knows no one.

B) He has trouble with his new job.

C) He doesn’t know where to find a suitable place to live.

D) He doesn’t know where Betty Smith’s office is.

Conversation Five

23. (Q1) A) Lovers.

B) Close friends. D) Friends. C) Boss and sectary

24. (Q2) A) She had a date with her boss’s son.

B) She went to her hair done at a hairdresser’s.

C) She had to wash her hair.

D) She went to see a play.

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25. (Q3) A) She is Mr. Greenwood’s secretary.

B) She wants to please her boss’s son.

C) She has fallen in love with her boss’s son.

D) She said she couldn’t say no to her boss’s son.

Part IV

Section A Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (30 minutes)

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten 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 bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the

corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2. Questions 31 to 40 are based on the following passage.

The country is India. A colonial and his wife are giving a large dinner party. They are with their guests — officers and their wives, and a American naturalist — in their spacious dining room, which has a marble floor, open rafters and wide glass doors opening onto a veranda.

A spirited discussion up between a young girl who says that women have outgrown the jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse and a _ who says that they haven’t.

“A woman’s in any crisis,” the major says, “is to scream. And while a man may like it, he has that ounce more of control than a woman has. And that last ounce is what really

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

Section B

Directions: There are 2 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), D). You should decide on the

best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

Passage One

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

A touching story

Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. I encountered(遇见) people whose lives amazed

me, ennobled me, made me laugh and weep. But none touched me more than a woman, who I picked up late one night when I had got a call from a small brick apartment building in a quiet part of town.

When I arrived at 2:30 a.m., the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and knocked.

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woman in her 80s stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil(面纱) pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940s movie.

“Would you carry my bag out to the car?” she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, and returned to assist the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb((人行道的)路边). She kept thanking me for my kindness.

“It is nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.” “Oh, you’re such a good boy,” she said. When we got in the cab, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?” “It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly. “Oh, I don’t mind,” she said. “I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice(救济院).” I looked in the rearview mirror(后视镜). Her eyes were shining with tears. I quietly reached over and shut off the meter. “What route would you like me to take?” I asked. “I don’t have any family left,” she continued. “The doctor says I don’t’ have long.”

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator(电梯) operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds(新婚夫妇). She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse(仓库) that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

At the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon(地平线), she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the address she had given me. After we pulled up, I opened the trunk((汽车)行李箱)

“You have to make a living,” she answered. “There are other passengers,” I respond. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug(拥抱). She held onto me tightly. “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,” she said. “Thank you.”

I squeezed her hand, and then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me. A door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.

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36. What does this story suggest?

A) People must make a living in a decent way.

B) We should be ready to give a hand to anyone in need.

C) We should express thanks when other people helps us.

D) The aged should not be overlooked.

37. When they arrived at the hospice, it was about A) 2:50 a.m.

C) 3:30 a.m. B) 6:30 a.m. D) 4:30 a.m.

38. Why did the woman asked to drive through downtown?