单元： 卷a
全新版第二版综合b3u1-a
part i listening comprehension ( 14 minutes ) section a 1. a) t b) f
script: mr. doherty always dreams of writing about life on the farm so he moved to a farm with his family. 正确答案： b 2. a) t b) f
script: living on the farm gives them more opportunities to enjoy outdoor activities and get close to nature. 正确答案： a 3. a) t b) f
script: mrs. doherty has to give up writing to maintain the farm because her husband is too busy writing to make more money. 正确答案： b 4. a) t b) f
script: the first winter on the farm was miserable because it was cold and boring. 正确答案： b 5. a) t b) f
script: mr. doherty decided to give up his fulltime job and depend totally on freelance the second year on the farm because he had to spend more time on the farm. 正确答案： a 6. a) t b) f
script: mr. doherty doesn’t make enough money now to maintain their living standard in the past but their life is not seriously affected. 正确答案： a 7. a) t b) f
script: three parts of our lives have changed: the way we work, the way we eat, and the way we entertain ourselves. 正确答案： a 8. a) t b) f
script: today’s working men and women are commuters who travel to work early and return home late. 正确答案： a 9. a) t b) f
script: fast food, takeout, and heat-and-serve dishes now take up the table of most american families. 正确答案： a 10. a) t b) f
script: the cleaver’s household is a fantasy both for the 1950s and now and therefore, too ideal to learn from. 正确答案： b section b
stress is the wear and tear our bodies experience, as we (11)_________________ to our changing environment. as a (12)_________________ influence, stress can help us take action. as a (13)_________________ influence, it can lead to health problems such as headache, insomnia, ulcers, high blood pressure and heart disease.
our goal is not to eliminate stress but to learn how to (14)_________________ it and how to use it to help us.
(15)_________________ stress may make us feel bored; on the other hand, (16)_________________ stress may make us feel
tied up in knots. what we need to do is to find the (17)_________________ level of stress which will (18)_________________ overwhelm us.
there is no single level of stress that is optimal for all people. what is distressing to one may be a joy to another. moreover, our (19)_________________ and the amount which we can tolerate changes with our ages.
it has been revealed that most illness is related to uelieved stress. being aware of stress and its effect on our lives can help reduce its harmful effects. there are many sources of stress, and there are many possibilities for its management. here are three principles as to how to manage stress:
1. become aware of your stressor and your emotional and physical reactions.
2. recognize what you can change.
3. (20)_________________ of your emotional reactions to stress.
script:stress is the wear and tear our bodies experience, as we adjust to our changing environment. as a positive influence, stress can help us take action. as a negative influence, it can lead to health problems such as headache, insomnia, ulcers, high blood pressure and heart disease.
our goal is not to eliminate stress but to learn how to manage it and how to use it to help us. insufficient stress may make us feel bored; on the other hand, excessive stress may make us feel tied up in knots. what we need to do is to find the optimal level of stress which will motivate but not overwhelm us.
there is no single level of stress that is optimal for all people. what is distressing to one may be a joy to another. moreover, our personal stress requirements and the amount which we can tolerate changes with our ages.
it has been revealed that most illness is related to uelieved stress. being aware of stress and its effect on our lives can help reduce its harmful effects. there are many sources of stress, and there are many possibilities for its management. here are three principles as to how to manage stress:
1. become aware of your stressor and your emotional and physical reactions.
2. recognize what you can change.
3. reduce the intensity of your emotional reactions to stress.
正确答案： adjust 正确答案： positive 正确答案： negative 正确答案： manage
正确答案： insufficient 正确答案： excessive 正确答案： optimal
正确答案： motivate but not
正确答案： personal stress requirements 正确答案： reduce the intensity
part ii reading comprehension ( 25 minutes ) section a
i’m not making anywhere near as much money as i did when i was employed full time, but now we don’t need as much either. i21 enough income to handle our $600-a-month mortgage payments plus the usual expenses for a family like ours. that includes everything from music lessons and dental bills to car repairs and college costs. when it comes to insurance, we have a poor man’s major-medical policy. we have to pay the first $500 of any medical fees for each member of the family. it22 80% of the costs beyond that. although we are stuck with paying minor expenses, our premium is low — only $560 a year — and we are23 against catastrophe.24 that and the policy on our two cars at $400 a year, we have no other insurance. but we are setting aside $2,000 a year in an ira. we’ve been able to make up the difference in income by25 without appreciably lowering our standard of living. we continue to dine out once or twice a month, but now we
patronize local restaurants26 more expensive places in the city. we still attend the opera and ballet in milwaukee but only a few times a year. we eat less meat, drink cheaper wine and see fewer movies.27 christmases are a memory, and we combine vacations with story assignments ?
i suspect not everyone who loves the country would be happy living the way we do. it takes a couple of special qualities. one is a28 for solitude. because we are so busy and on such a tight budget, we don’t entertain much. during the growing season there is no time for socializing anyway. jim and emily are29 in school activities, but they too spend most of their time at home.
the other requirement is energy — a lot of it. the way to make self-sufficiency work on a small scale is to resist the30 to buy a tractor and other expensive laborsaving devices. instead, you do the work yourself. the only machinery we own (not counting the lawn mower) is a little three-horsepower rotary cultivator and a 16-inch chain saw.
a) picks up b) temptation c) given d) generate
e) involved f) instead of g) extravagant h) cutting up i) cutting back j) endurance k) covered l) aside from m) tolerance n) exotic o) pay 21. ______________________ 正确答案： d
22. ______________________ 正确答案： a
23. ______________________ 正确答案： k
24. ______________________ 正确答案： l
25. ______________________ 正确答案： i
26. ______________________ 正确答案： f
27. ______________________ 正确答案： g
28. ______________________ 正确答案： m
29. ______________________ 正确答案： e
30. ______________________ 正确答案： b section b
passage one
questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
genetically modified foods (or gm foods) are foods derived from genetically modified organisms. genetically modified
organisms have had specific changes introduced into their dna by genetic engineering techniques. gm foods were first put on the market in the early 1990s. typically, genetically modified foods are transgenic plant products: soybean, corn, canola,
and cotton seed oil. animal products have also been developed, although as of july 2010 none are currently on the market. critics have objected to gm foods on several grounds,
including safety issues, ecological concerns, and economic concerns. however, genetically-modified foods are here to stay. that’s not to say that food produced by conventional
agriculture will disappear, but simply that food-buying patterns will polarize (两极分化): there will be a right market for
conventional food just as there is for organic food. it may even be that gm food will become the food of preference because consumers come to appreciate the health benefits of reduced pesticide use.
the reason gm food will not go away is that we need a three-fold increase in food production by the year 2050 to keep pace with the world’s predicted population growth to ten or eleven billion. it’s not just a question of more mouths to feed either. what is often forgotten is that all these extra people will take up space, reducing the overall land available for agriculture. genetic modification is analogous to nuclear power: nobody loves it, but climate change has made its adoption imperative, says economist paul collier of oxford university. declining
genetic modification makes a complicated issue more complex. genetic modification offers both faster crop adaptation and a biological, rather than chemical, approach to yield increases. the world has 800 million hungry people. until now, food supplies have been increased by improved varieties,
pesticides and artificial fertilizers: the green revolution. now we’re on the edge of a new revolution: a genetic one.
it may well be that in the long term it is the developing world that benefits most from gm foods. it’s true that for the next ten years or so gm crops may be too expensive. but the lesson of personal computers is applicable here — once the technology has been developed for profitable crops, it will spread and become affordable for all. this doesn’t mean, unfortunately,