新世纪大学英语B2U1quiz.doc

新世纪大学英语B2U1 Quiz
姓名_________________学号_________________ 成绩_________________
Part I Translation
1． In life, our stupidest course of action is __________________________________
______________________________ (太执着自己的东西，不愿放弃).
2． Many people are aware of __________________________________________
_______________ (与大自然和谐相处的重要性).
3． _________________________________________________ (随着岁月的流逝), he became increasingly interested in Chinese culture.
4． I never understand _________________________________________________ (什么事情使她烦心).
5． Problems like the generation gap _______________________
_______________________ (是不可以被掩盖起来的).
6． Though we have been successful in our work so far, _______________________
_________________________ (我们要准备好处理难题) in the days to come.
7． Unfortunately, a continuing rise in the oil price has ___________________________________________ (使这个国家的经济瘫痪).
8． _________________________________________________ (对生命的意义没有统一的看法); different people have different understanding.
9． I know you are both proud and find it difficult to forgive each other after such a bad argument, but _________________________________________________ (必须有人走出第一步).
10． His wife was always complaining at home and he was ____________________________________________ (厌倦了她不停的抱怨).

Part II: 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.

Human relationships would become difficult without forgiveness. It’s a 1_______ for building harmonious relationships and 2_______ our own well-being. Very often we may think that we’ve been hurt too deeply to forgive. But 3_______, it’s those of us who’ve been most hurt that really need to forgive. For the truth is that unless we can forgive, we can never 4_______. For some people forgiveness seems 5_______ because they have no idea how to go about it. The first and most important thing you need to 6_______ is that the act of forgiveness is not going to be easy. In fact, it will probably be the hardest thing most of us ever have to do. It seems totally 7_______ that we should have to forgive when we are the ones who have been hurt. And that’s the central and most important part of forgiveness. That’s why, sometimes, the 8_____ act of forgiveness may seem relatively easy, but dealing with the 9_______ can be harder. True forgiveness is not a one-off act, it’s a 10_______ emotional confrontation. So if you think you are right and can’t find it in yourself to forgive, ask yourself this question: would you rather be right or happy?
A. harmony B. achieving C. recover D. impossible
E. realize F. constant G. emotions H. relative
I. initial J. confronting K. unfair L. forgive
M. forget N. necessity O. ironically

Part III Answer the questions according to both Text A and Text B.
1) Why does the writer say “forgive and forget” miss the whole point of forgiveness? What is the real point of forgiveness?

2) What made the jailer’s eyes filled with tears?

Part IV Compound dictation.

President Bush has proposed to increase the study of foreign languages in American schools. The new plan is called the National[S1] _______ Language Initiative. It will[S2] ______ the departments of State, Education and Defense, and the[S3] _______ of National Intelligence. The plan [S4] ____ for teaching foreign languages to more children, as early as at the age of four. It also[S5] ____ to increase foreign language[S6] _________ in college and[S7] ________ school.
The hope is to bring more foreign language speakers into government [S8] ______. And [S9] _________________________________________________ to increase the number of military officers who speak foreign languages. Officials say [S10] _______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________.
The plan also calls for sending more American students to other countries for part of their college studies. And [S11] ___________________________________________
____________________________________________.