新视野二级试卷A及参考答案.doc

New Horizon College English Test
Band 2 (A)
2006. 6
Paper One
Part I. Listening Comprehension (20%)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear five short conversations. After each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will be read only once. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
1. A. On foot. B. By bus.
C. By bike. D. By car.
2. A. To make tea at home. B. To finish her homework.
C. To do the housework. D. To have tea at home.
3. A. Sometime this month. B. Sometime next month.
D. Sometime this year. D. Sometime next year.
4. A. His bike. B. Jane’s bike.
C. The key to his room. D. His bike key.
5. A. Mike. B. John.
C. Lily and John. D. Lily and Mike.

Section B
Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a long conversation and a passage. The conversation and passage will be read twice. At the end of them, you’ll hear some questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following conversation:
6. A. Driver — passenger. B. Policeman — witness.
C. Lawyer — client. D. Judge — defendant.
7. A. At the crossroads of Bridge Street and Churchill Avenue.
B. Outside Brown’s toyshop.
C. Just where the woman was standing.
D. Where the policeman and the woman are talking.
8. A. At 10. B. At 10:40.
C. At 2:30. D. At 2:40.
9. A. 10 miles per hour. B. 40 miles per hour.
C. 30 miles per hour. D. 20 miles per hour.
10. A. To write down what she had said. B. To identify the drivers.
C. To sign her name. D. To go to the court.
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
11. A. Noise. B. Newspapers.
C. Advertisements. D. Electronic equipment.
12. A. It gives too much music.
B. It has too many programs for advertising.
C. Its noise does harm to our ears.
D. It changes our daily live.
13. A. They spend too much time on sports.
B. They are always watching TV programs.
C. They like to play games on TV.
D. They take little interest in their wives.
14. A. Electronic equipment may invade our private life.
B. Electronic equipment may harm our health.
C. Electronic equipment may affect children’s study.
D. Electronic equipment may affect family relationship.
15. A. There are too many programs for grown ups on TV.
B. Reading advertisements is a waste of time.
C. Watching TV may hurt children’s eyes.
D. Some electronic equipment may cause social problems.

Section C
Directions: There is a passage with ten blanks in this section. You’ll hear the passage read twice. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with what you have heard.

At midnight the telephone (1) ________ and Detective Jensen was called from his bed to go to the police station. A sixty-nine-year-old woman was attacked at home on a (2) ________ night. She had serious head (3) ________. Since the light was not on, the woman simply had not seen her attacker, so she could give no description. What could the police do? Jensen went to the (4) ________ of the crime. He found footprints in the (5) ________ snow at the back of the house leading up to the back door. He found some very small (6) ________ from clothes on the back wall. The wall was very high. A window in the door at the back of the house had been broken. Inside the door hung a green curtain. Jensen cut a small piece of the bottom of this and gave it to the (7) ________ at the laboratory. Six months later Jensen interviewed a young man who was (8) ________ of attacking two young girls. He sent clothes and snow boots from this man’s house to the laboratory. Little tiny bits of green curtain were found (9) ________ to the boots, and also spots of blood were found on a jacket. The laboratory had proved that this young man, who had attacked the schoolgirls, was the very same man who had attacked the (10) ________ woman six months before.

Part II Reading Comprehension (30%)
Directions: There are four reading passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to each question.
Passage 1
The human brain has two sides, and each side has different work to do. The left side of the brain controls language and number; it analyses and reasons. The right side controls our imagination; it controls our appreciation of music and our sense of rhythm. It is the right side of our brain which daydreams.
Great artists and great scientists are similar. They both use the two sides of their brains. It is well-known that Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955), as a great scientist, also enjoyed art, playing the violin and sailing. Einstein said his scientific discoveries grew from his imagination rather than from analysis, reason and language. He said that written and spoken words were not important in his thinking. The story goes that Einstein was daydreaming one summer’s day while sitting on a hill. He imagined he was riding on sunbeams to the far distance of the universe. Then he found that he had returned to the sun. So he realized that the universe must curve. He got this idea by using his imagination. He then used the left side of brain to apply analysis, number and reason. And finally he used language to explain it.
Traditional, established education in schools encourages us to use the left side of our brains. Language, number, analysis and reason are given more importance in our schools than imagination and daydreaming. However, we are encouraged to hop when we have two perfectly good legs! Then why don’t we give more value to visual thinking?
In fact, we all need both sides of our brains. We need to use our imaginations to think of solutions to problems and to enjoy emotional and artistic experiences. And we need to be logical and to be able to analyze and organize in order to survive day by day.
16. According to the passage, the left side of the brain ________.
A) controls language and number
B) controls our imagination
C) daydreams
D) controls our sense of rhythm
17. What does the author want to show by using the example of Einstein?
A) Great scientists are also great artists.
B) The left side of Einstein’s brain is very powerful.
C) Einstein is a genius whose two sides of the brain are strong.
D) The two sides of the brain are equally important.
18. What do we learn about Einstein from the passage?
A) He could play the violin well.
B) He said his scientific discoveries are acquired by analysis rather than by daydreaming.
C) He was the first person to discover the track of the sun.
D) He was disgusted at language.
19. What does the author mean by saying “we are encouraged to hop when we have two perfectly good legs” (Para. 4) ?
A) We needn’t hop because we are healthy.
B) Only those who have something wrong in their legs can be encouraged to hop.
C) It’s foolish of us to hop when we have two perfectly good legs.
D) We should use both sides of the brain.
20. The author believes that the right side of our brain is as important as the left side because _______________________.
A) it controls our appreciation of music and sense of rhythm
B) it enables us to make scientific discoveries
C) it is more important to analyze and organize in order to survive
D) the imaginations may provide solutions to problems and enable us to enjoy emotional and artistic experiences

Passage 2
In the United States, it is important to be on time, or punctual, for an appointment, a class, a meeting, etc. However, this may not be true in all countries. An American professor discovered this difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian university. The two-hour class was scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and end at 12. On the first day, when the professor arrived on time, no one was in the classroom. Many students came after 10 a.m. Several arrived after 10:30 a.m. Two students came after 11 a.m. Although all the students greeted the professor as they arrived, few apologized for their lateness. Were these students being rude? He decided to study the students’ behavior.
The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation: at a lunch with a friend and in university calls, respectively. He gave them an example and asked them how they would react. If they had a lunch appointment with a friend, the average American student showed clearly lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time. On the other hand, the average Brazilian student would be 33 minutes late.
In an American university, students are expected to arrive at the appointed hour. In contrast, in Brazil, neither the teacher nor the students always arrive at the appointed hour. Classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States, but also end at the scheduled time. In the Brazilian class, only a few students left the class at 12:00; many remained past 12:30 to discuss the class and ask more questions. Arriving late may not be very important in Brazil, neither is staying late.
21. The American professor studied the Brazilian students’ behavior because ________.
A. he felt angry at the students’ rudeness
B. he felt puzzled at the students’ being late
C. he wanted to collect data for his research
D. he wanted to make students come on time later
22. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Both American and Brazilian students will often be late for a lunch
appointment.
B. Classes begin and end at the scheduled time in the United States.
C. Brazilian teachers don’t mind staying late after class.
D. Brazilian students usually arrive late and leave early.
23. What can we infer from the professor’s study of lateness in the informal situation?
A. Neither Brazilian nor American students like to be late in social
gatherings.
B. American students will become impatient if their friend is ten minutes late.
C. Being late in one culture may not be considered rude in another culture.
D. Brazilian students will not come thirty-three minutes after the agreed time.
24. From the last paragraph we know that in Brazil, _____________________.
A. it is acceptable for professors to be late for class
B. it is rude to keep a professor staying after class
C. it is important to arrive at the appointed time
D. it is normal for students to leave during lectures
25. What does this passage tell us?
A. People learn the importance of time from the country in which they live.
B. The importance of being on time differs among cultures.
C. Students being late for class should explain the reason to their teacher.
D. It is important to come to class on time in the United States.

Passage 3
Here are six questions about your approach to life. Try to answer them as honestly as you can.
Are you hard driving and competitive?
Are you usually pressed for time?
Do you want to control others?
Do you have a strong need to do better than others in most things?
Do you eat too quickly?
Do you get upset when you have to wait for anything?
If you have answered “yes” to most of these questions, then I can make a few predictions about you, based on a recent eight-year study of nearly two thousand people who live the way that you do.
You likely find that life is full of challenges and you often need to keep two or more projects moving at the same time. The chances are that you have been to college, that you have a management job and that you bring work home at night. You think that you put more effort into your job than many of the people you work with, and you certainly take your work more seriously than most of them. You get angry easily, and if someone is being long-winded (拐弯抹角的), you help them get to the point. You also have trouble finding the time to get your hair cut.
And there’s one other thing. You are about twice as likely to have a heart attack as someone who takes a more easygoing approach to life.
The beginnings of your hard-driving behavior go right back to childhood. In school you got recognition and perhaps prizes for being quick and bright, for being an achiever, for competing with others and for winning. You likely went on from school to get a series of increasingly better jobs against pretty stiff competition. They were jobs where you had to care about the results, where you constantly had to push things forward and get things done. In your present job you also feel some conflict, either with time or with other people. Some of those you work with don’t seem able to understand the simplest ideas, and they often put a brake (约束) on what you’re trying to achieve. The conflict may not take place every day. You pride yourself on being able to keep the lid on. But it’s always there, under the surface.
26. If your answers to above question are “yes”, you are likely to ___________
A. enjoy your food at dinner
B. be good listeners
C. wait a few seconds before answering a question
D. have more chances to suffer from a heart attack
27. It can be concluded from the last paragraph that this hard-driving character _____________ .
A. has been developed since childhood
B. may be changed by your experiences
C. will place no influence on your work
D. enables you to be a successful person
28. Which of the following words is not appropriate to describe this type of people?
A. Competitive.
B. Nervous.
C. Easygoing.
D. Ambitious.
29. What is implied in the last sentence?
A. The lid will always remain in place.
B. The conflict may occur any moment.
C. The situation is always under your control.
D. You are able to solve the problem.
30. The main idea of the passage is ___________
A. why competitive people are more likely to succeed in their career
B. how people can relax themselves
C. why hard-driving people are likely to have a heart attack
D. how personality affects your attitude toward life

Passage 4
Culture shock might be called an occupational disease of people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad. Like most ailments（疾病）, it has its own symptoms and cure.
Culture shock is precipitated (发生) by the anxiety that results from losing all our familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse. Those signs or cues include the thousand and one ways in which we orient ourselves to the situation of daily life: when to shake hands and what to say when we meet people, when and how to give tips, how to make purchases, when to accept and when to refuse invitations, when to take statements seriously and when not. These cues, which may be words, gestures, facial expressions, customs, or norms, are acquired by all of us in the course of growing up and are as much a part of our culture as the language we speak or the beliefs we accept. All of us