1、中山大学新理 5.0 英语自主学习大厅第四册第二单元 E 套答案B4U2-EPart I Listening Comprehension ( 14 minutes ) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear ten statements. Numbers 1 to 6 are based on Text A while the rest are based on Text B. Each statement will be read ONLY ONCE. Listen carefully and decide whether e
2、ach statement is true or false.1.A) T B) F Script: In the last seventy years, the automobile industry has been revolutionized due to the computer revolution.正确答案： B2.A) T B) F Script: A smart car can help eliminate all the traffic accidents.正确答案： B3.A) T B) F Script: A smart car can send out a warni
3、ng signal if you are making a serious driving mistake.正确答案： A4.A) T B) F Script: The computer revolution will surely solve those traffic problems such as traffic jams.正确答案： B5.A) T B) F Script: By establishing the relation between the rotations in the steering wheel and the cars position on a map, s
4、ome navigational systems can tell us where the car is.正确答案： A6.A) T B) F Script: Smart highways are quite environment-friendly and benefit us in more than one way.正确答案： A7.A) T B) F Script: Because of the development of technology, we are able to visualize your trip by an automated highway system.正确
5、答案： A8.A) T B) F Script: The laser systems are more effective at discovering untidy vehicles and operating in bad weather conditions.正确答案： B9.A) T B) F Script: There remain some non-technical difficulties to be overcome such as liability, costs and perceptions.正确答案： A10.A) T B) F Script: It is very
6、important for us to realize the fact that automated vehicles have already been widely used in our daily life.正确答案： ASection B Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the pass
7、age is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.The private automobile has long played an important role in the United States. In fact, it ha
8、s become a (11)_ and important part of the American way of life. By giving workers rapid (12)_ , the automobile has freed them from having to live near their place of work. This has encouraged the growth of the cities, but it has also led to traffic problems.For farm families the automobile is very
9、(13)_ . It has made it possible for them to travel to town very often for business and for (14)_ , and also to transport their children to (15)_ schools.Family life has been (16)_ in various ways. The car helps to keep families together when it is used for picnics, (17)_ , and other shared experienc
10、es. However, when teenage children have the use of the car, their parents cant (18)_ on them. There is a great danger if the driver has been drinking alcohol or taking drugs, or showing off by speeding or breaking down traffic laws. (19)_ of such accidents have formed an organization called MADD (Mo
11、thers Against Drunk Driving). These women want to prevent further tragedies. They have worked to (20)_ to limit the youngest drinking age. Students have formed a similar organization, SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) and are spreading the same message among their friends.Script: The private aut
12、omobile has long played an important role in the United States. In fact, it has become a necessary and important part of the American way of life. By giving workers rapid transportation, the automobile has freed them from having to live near their place of work. This has encouraged the growth of the
13、 cities, but it has also led to traffic problems.For farm families the automobile is very helpful. It has made it possible for them to travel to town very often for business and for pleasure, and also to transport their children to distant schools.Family life has been affected in various ways. The c
14、ar helps to keep families together when it is used for picnics, outings, and other shared experiences. However, when teenage children have the use of the car, their parents cant keep an eye on them. There is a great danger if the driver has been drinking alcohol or taking drugs, or showing off by sp
15、eeding or breaking down traffic laws. Mothers of victims of such accidents have formed an organization called MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). These women want to prevent further tragedies. They have worked to encourage the government to limit the youngest drinking age. Students have formed a s
16、imilar organization, SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) and are spreading the same message among their friends.正确答案： necessary正确答案： transportation正确答案： helpful正确答案： pleasure正确答案： distant正确答案： affected正确答案： outings正确答案： keep an eye正确答案： Mothers of victims正确答案： encourage the governmentPart II Readi
17、ng Comprehension ( 25 minutes ) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several 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 cho
18、ice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.On an eight-mile stretch of Interstate 15 ten miles north of San Diego, traffic engineers are 21 an MIT-designed system which will introduce the “automated driver.” The plan calls for computers, ai
19、ded by thousands of three-inch 22 spikes buried in the highway, to take complete control of the driving of cars on heavily trafficked roads. Cars will be 23 into groups of ten to twelve vehicles, only six feet 24 , traveling in unison, and controlled by computer.25 of this computerized highway have
20、great hopes for its future. By 2010, telematics may well be 26 one of the major highways in the United States. If successful, by 2020, as the price of 27 drops to below a penny a piece, telematics could be adopted in thousands of miles of highways in the United States. This could prove to be an 28 b
21、oon as well, saving fuel, reducing 29 , decreasing air pollution, and serving as an 30 to highway expansion.A) fatalityB) Promoters C) Protesters D) magneticE) apart F) installing G) alternative H) brings aboutI) inevitable J) microchips K) traffic jams L) cultivationM) incorporated into N) environm
22、ental O) bunched21. _正确答案： F22. _正确答案： D23. _正确答案： O24. _正确答案： E25. _正确答案： B26. _正确答案： M27. _正确答案： J28. _正确答案： N29. _正确答案： K30. _正确答案： GSection B Directions: There are several passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are fo
23、ur choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice.Passage OneQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.Speeding off in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch. But he is in for an unwelcome surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer (锁止器
24、), and a radio signal from a control centre miles away will ensure that once the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again.For now, such devices are only available for fleets of trucks and specialist vehicles used on construction sites. But remote immobilization technology
25、 could soon start to trickle down to ordinary cars, and should be available in the UK in two months.The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the car contains a mini-cellphone, a micro-processor and memory, and a GPS satellite positioning receiver. If the car is stolen, a coded cellphone sign
26、al will tell the control centre to block the vehicles engine management system and prevent the engine being restarted.In the UK, a set of technical fixes is already making life harder for car thieves. “The pattern of vehicle crime has changed,” says Martyn Randall, a security expert. He says it woul
27、d only take him a few minutes to teach a person how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools. But only if the car is more than 10 years old.Modern cars are far tougher to steal, as their engine management computer wont allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out by the i
28、gnition (点火) key. In the UK, technologies like this have helped achieve a 31% drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997.But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars, often by getting bold of the owners keys. And key theft is responsible for 40% of the thefts of vehicle
29、s fitted with a tracking system.If the car travels 100 meters without the driver confirming their ID, the system will send a signal to an operations centre that it has been stolen. The hundred meters minimum avoids false alarms due to inaccuracies in the GPS signal.Staff at the centre will then cont
30、act the owner to confirm that the car really is missing, and keep police informed of the vehicles movements via the cars GPS unit.31.Whats the function of the remote immobilizer fitted to a car?A) To help the police make a surprise attack on the car thief. B) To allow the car to lock automatically w
31、hen stolen. C) To prevent the car thief from restarting it once it stops. D) To prevent car theft by sending a radio signal to the car owner. 正确答案： C32.By saying “The pattern of vehicle crime has changed” (Lines 1-2. Para. 4), Martyn Randall suggests that _.A) it takes a longer time for the car thie
32、f to do the stealing B) self-prepared tools are no longer enough for car theft C) the thief has to make use of computer technology D) the thief has lost interest in stealing cars over 10 years old 正确答案： B33._ is essential in making a modem car tougher to steal.A) A coded ignition key B) A unique ID
33、card C) A special cellphone signal D) A GPS satellite positioning receiver 正确答案： A34.Why does the tracking system set a 100-metre minimum before sending an alarm to the operations centre?A) To leave time for the operations centre to give an alarm. B) To keep police informed of the cars movements. C)
34、 To give the driver time to contact the operations centre. D) To allow for possible errors in the GPS system. 正确答案： D35.What will the operations centre do first after receiving an alarm?A) Start the tracking system. B) Contact the car owner. C) Block the car engine. D) Locate the missing car. 正确答案：
35、BPassage TwoQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.The Super Bowl is one of the biggest events on the advertising calendar. The battle for the National Football Leagues ultimate prize attracts more viewers than anything else on American television and provides a “symbolic pulsetaking”
36、 for the advertising industry every February, says John Frelinghuysen, an analyst at Bain and Company, a consultancy. But this year the patient is in poor health. All the advertising slots (广告摊位 ) for the 2008 Super Bowl had been sold by the end of November 2007, despite the $ 2.6 million price of e
37、ach. For 2009 the price has risen to $ 3 million, but at least, ten slots (out of 67) are still looking for a buyer.General Motors, which ran 11 ads on Super Bowl Sunday in February 2008, has already said that it will not run any in 2009. Americas two other big carmakers, Ford and Chrysler, are like
38、ly to follow suit. Tellingly, Monster com, an online job-search company, said recently that it was buying a slot. To some extent, 2009s Super Bowl will reflect a country in recession and indicate a hard year for the advertising industry.Most forecasts for next year say that ad spending in America wi
39、ll decline by 5% or more. Much depends on the fate of the automotive industry: carmakers and dealers normally spend around $ 20 billion a year on advertising, but Chrysler and Ford scaled back their expenditure by more than 30% in the first nine months of 2008, and are expected to make further cuts
40、in 2009 as they struggle for survival.The car industrys situation will hurt all media, but especially television. Analysts at BMO Capital Markets predict that total spending on television ads will fall by almost 9% next year. Only newspapers, where a decline of 12% is expected, are forecast to fare
41、worse. Carmakers have already shifted some of their advertising spending to the Internet, and are likely to go further in 2009. Car ads make up 25% of advertising revenues for local television channels, and carmakers have been among the most consistent buyers of high-priced ads on national televisio
42、n.So far local stations have been most affected by falling spending on advertising. National stations have been safer, because they operate on longer-term contracts with advertisers. But in the New Year they will also feel the chill, as companies fail to renew their contracts. Television, which has
43、remained strong as print media have lost advertising dollars and readers to the Internet, could enter a decline of its own. “Next on the list is TV stations,” says Anthony Diclemente, a media analyst at Barclays Capital.36.Why does the author give the example of Super Bowl?A) Because it is the most
44、popular football games in America. B) Because it shows advertisers enthusiasm in running slots has dropped. C) Because it is an event that attracts the attention of advertisers. D) Because it will be right on in America in 2009. 正确答案： B37.Why cant at least ten slots find a buyer (Last sentence, Para
45、. 1) according to the passage?A) The price for running the advertising slots has risen to $ 3 million. B) It is not attractive any more for the advertising industry. C) The advertising slots have been on the rise since 2007. D) The advertising industry is suffering a hard year. 正确答案： D38.What may th
46、e carmakers resort to for promoting their automobiles and cutting down expenditure?A) Shifting their advertising spending to the Internet. B) Renewing new contracts with national stations. C) Buying low-priced ads on national television. D) Relying on such print media as newspaper. 正确答案： A39.What do
47、es the sentence “Next on the list is TV stations” ( last paragraph) said by Anthony Diclemente mean?A) What he is going to analyze next is TV stations. B) What advertisers prefer to use is TV stations. C) TV station is the next to be defeated by Internet. D) He would choose TV station as a second ch
48、oice. 正确答案： C40.We can learn from the passage that _.A) Ford and Chrysler will run the advertising slots in 2009 B) 2009s Super Bowl will still be an expensive ads parade C) Americas ad spending this year will decline by 5% or more D) carmakers fate determines to certain extent the ad spending in America 正确答案： DPart III Vocabulary and Structure ( 11 minutes ) Directions: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentenc
