Quiz (Unit 6 Book II)
I. World Building
1. (end) The two young men used to have ________ arguments about politics.
2. (lead) Our guide _________ all of us and we could not find our way back to the hotel. 3. (charm) She gave him a _________ smile when they encountered face to face. 4. (consume) The average __________ of beer and alcohol in the United States is very high. 5. (like) The Two brothers are very much ________.
6. (just) The course of the event fully __________ our views. 7. (effect) The new regulations will be _________from June 1.
8. (sure) We must ________ that the task will be finished in time.
9. (do) It was so warm inside. He ___________ his coat and took it off. 10. (prior) Food, clothing and shelter are the top __________ of the common people. II. Vocabulary and Structure
11. He ________much _______ the final English examination since it has something to do with his graduation. A. cares ... for B. cares ... about C. carries ... through D. carries ... out 12. In Britain people _______ four million tons of potatoes every year.
A. consume B. swallow C. exhaust D. devour
13. __________ had the words been spoken when he realized that he would have remained silent. A. Rarely B. Scarcely C. Nearly D. Only 14. We could go out this afternoon _________ it would stop raining.
A. because B. although C. so that D. if only 15. It seems she was _________ to realize it more as she grew old.
A. setting B. putting C. getting D. betting 16. I got a _______ job in the suburb while I was waiting to go to university.
A. contemporary B. temporary C. contrary D. momentary 17. I?m sorry to hurt you. I just _________ my words.
A. take in B. take home C. take back D. take up 18. I shall appreciate it if you can contact us at your earliest ___________.
A. interval B. passion C. intension D. opportunity
19. The comment made by the professor Smith _____________ since he pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of the project.
A. bided his time B. hit home C. took credit D. came aboard
20. Airline services will be disrupted during the expansion of the airport, but normal services will
be __________ in the spring. A. renewed B. resumed C. replaced D. restored III. Reading Comprehension Passage One
A supermarket is a large, low-cost, high-volume, self-service operation designed to serve the consumers? total needs for food, clothes, and other useful products. A supermarket store can be independently owned, although most supermarket stores are operated by supermarket chains.
Supermarkets have moved in several directions to further build their sales volume. They have opened larger stores, with today?s selling space occupying about 18,000 square feet as compared
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to 11,700 square feet in the 1950s. Most of the chains now operate fewer but larger stores. Supermarkets carry a large number and variety of items. A typical supermarket handled 3,000 items in 1946 and now handles around 8,000.
Nowadays, supermarkets have been hit hard by a number of competitors to meet better-defined customer needs with respect to the variety of products and price levels. So they are trying to improve their marketing positions. The most important increase has been in the number of non-food items carried-drugs, beauty aids, magazines, books, toys---which now account for 8 percent of total supermarket sales. This trend is continuing, and many supermarkets are moving into records, sporting goods, hardware, garden supplies, and even cameras, hoping to find high-profit lines. Supermarkets are also improving their jobs through more expensive locations, larger parking lots, longer store-hours and Sunday openings, and a wide variety of customer services, such as check cashing, rest-rooms, and background music.
Supermarkets have also increased selling competition in the form of heavy advertising, trading stamps（赠券）, and games of chance.
Supermarket chains are now trying to expand their sales volume in Asian countries where economic growth is stronger.
21. Items sold in a supermarket are ______ than in other kinds of stores. A. much more expensive B. cheaper
C. better D. poorer in quality 22. A supermarket makes a profit mainly by______.
A. fooling customers B. offering many non-food items C. selling many kinds of drugs D. building sales volume
23. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? Nowadays, most
supermarket chains operate______.
A. fewer but larger stores B. more but smaller stores C. more and larger stores D. fewer and smaller stores 24. A typical supermarket now sells______.
A. 18,000 items B. 11,700 items
C. 8,000 items D. 3,000 items 25. According to the passage, which of the following statements is not true?
A. Supermarkets have increased their sales volume by engaging in non-food items. B. Supermarkets haven?t met any competitors.
C. Supermarkets are improving their jobs through Sunday openings.
D. Supermarkets are now trying to expand their sales volume in foreign countries.
Passage Two
Most people, I would think, are infinitely happier working at the preparation of a talk than actually giving it! At the thought of standing up and (even possibly) making fools of ourselves in public, we all suffer agonies of nerves and severe crises of confidence. Everybody, I am told (and I find this comforting), goes through this to some extent---excellent speakers as well as less experienced ones. So one important thing to remember is : you are not alone, as everybody with sensitivity will be aware of, and sympathize with, your quite normal fears and nervousness. Good speakers, though, find ways of controlling their tension and even of making it work for them instead of against them. After all, feelings of fear or nervousness are natural, and very necessary, reactions to an unusual situation that demands a response, and in which we must be alert and ?on
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our toes?. The adrenalin(肾上腺素) in our body which gives us ?stage fright? also provides us with extra energy and heightened reactions to deal with this situation. Perhaps you have had the experience of listening to a speaker who had clearly churned out (快速大量地生产) his talk hundreds of times before. It is a routine job, a stale duty; he has clearly no fears, nor adrenalin, nor tension---- and it shows, in the lack of interest in his talk. So try to welcome your nervousness and extra tension as totally normal, and something that can be made to work positively to your advantage.
As I said earlier, confidence comes from a combination of knowing your subject, sound preparation, and some practice and experience in actually doing some proper and formal verbal communication. At this point let?s suppose you have dealt with the first two, and are now ready to get on with giving your talk. Think hard for a moment, though, about the good and bad points of the talks that you yourself have heard, as you can learn a lot from observation and from your own experience as a listener. Can you make a list, first, of the good points, the features which helped the speaker to communicate; and, secondly, of those things which clearly worked against him, and which put you off or sent you to sleep in the audience? 26. The most suitable title for this passage is ________.
A. How to Give a Talk B. What Happens in the Body of a Speaker C. How to Make Your Talk More Interesting D. How to Overcome Nervousness 27. In the case of giving a talk, adrenalin _____.
A. keeps us alert to unusual situations B. gives us fear and also improves our performance C. makes us calm and courageous D. produces feelings of fear and nervousness 28. The writer?s attitude towards those who churn out their talks is _____. A. envious B. critical C. supportive D. respectful 29. Less experienced speakers should learn to ______. A. live with nervousness in a positive way B. win sympathy from their audience C. build up the necessary tension
D. keep on their toes
30. The expression “doing verbal communication” in the second paragraph means _____ . A. choosing suitable words B. listening to talks
C. giving speeches D. expressing oneself in written words IV. Translation
( despite, investment, incredible, possess, have sth./little/much to do with, consume, race the clock, sophisticated, a piece of cake, by nature, reproach, set aside, live in harmony with） 1． 尽管他的投资不大，但创造了令人难以相信的成就。这与他的性格特点有着很大的关系。 2． 人们和约翰把持距离(keep distance from)，因为他生来就是一个攻击性人物，很难与周围
邻居和睦相处。
3． 他是一个效率(efficiency)专家，它可以把一切安排得井井有条。除了把每天的日常事务
做好之外，每天他还能留出两小时来照顾孩子和健身。 4． 救援队伍与时间赛跑，争分夺秒地运用先进的设备抢救被困(trapped)在矿井中的工人。
但这仍然不是一件易事。 5． 大家谴责一些超级大国拥有大量的核武器(nuclear weapons)并且消耗大部分的全球自然
资源.
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