1、UNIT4Done with this task. Your score: 96% 4 7 1 7.1Part I: Vocabulary and StructureSection A: Complete each sentence using the correct word or expression from the box.1. Many people about the influx of immigrants to our city, but I think its actually a grumblegood thing for the economy. Your answer
2、Correct answer grumble grumble 2. Some issues, such as immigration and trade, have implications. transnationalYour answer Correct answer transnational transnational 3. One of the problems with reading e-books is that you cant take notes in the . marginYour answer Correct answer margin margin 4. The
3、town council passed that made it easier for people to open small legislationbusinesses. Your answer Correct answer legislation legislation 5. There are some mysteries that have scientists for centuries. baffledYour answer Correct answer baffled baffled 6. Im in shockhave you seen the stock market nu
4、mbers this morning? staggeringYour answer Correct answer staggering staggering 7. We are all living in an increasingly society as more and more people multiculturalmove to different countries. Your answer Correct answer multicultural multicultural 8. The computers influence on our daily lives is imm
5、easurable; it has had the most effect on how humans live. massiveYour answer Correct answer massive massive 9. There will always be people who of new technology simply because it is disapprove“different.“ Your answer Correct answer disapprove disapprove 10. After several years of travel, Jake moved
6、to London to find a job, a house, and the he needed in his life. stabilityYour answer Correct answer stability stability Section B: Choose the best way to complete the sentences.11. Some people have an unhealthy _ with technology and need to have every new gadget available. A. session B. obsession C
7、. recession D. cessation 12. After much _, Heather was finally able to convince her boss to award her employees with a holiday bonus. A. desistence B. consistence C. insistence D. resistance 13. Its hard to _ what the future might look like, but science fiction writers have been doing it for over a
8、hundred years. A. visualize B. confer C. mechanize D. ascertain 14. I know almost everyone loves her new book, but Im not even _ interested in reading it. A. massively B. supposedly C. entirely D. remotely 15. Even though Mr Lewis didnt say it out loud, the _ in his speech was that his staff didnt w
9、ork hard enough. A. personification B. implication C. justification D. explanation 16. Many people complain that the cost of education is prohibitively expensive, but I think the cost of _ is much higher. A. ignore B. ignorant C. ignorance D. ignoring 17. After he lost the competition, Lawrence felt
10、 completely and utterly _. A. dispirited B. inquisitive C. observant D. unchanged 18. We need to come up with a _ explanation for why we missed class yesterday. A. plausible B. sentient C. staggering D. corporate 19. Paul has become very _ and conceited since he first tasted fame. A. arrogance B. el
11、egant C. elegance D. arrogant 20. Dinosaurs have been _ for approximately 65 million years! A. succinct B. extinct C. instinct D. blinked Section C: Complete each sentence with a suitable word.21. Im as ignorant of your countrys laws you are of mine. asYour answer Correct answer as as 22. Its a pret
12、ty safe bet almost all college graduates are more technically savvy than thattheir parents. Your answer Correct answer that that 23. What do you make the generation of MP3 players? ofYour answer Correct answer of of 24. The New York team qualified for the championship round a narrow margin. byYour a
13、nswer Correct answer by by 25. all the excitement surrounding the new computer program, not much is different. ForYour answer Correct answer For For 26. My mother still hasnt come to grips the convenience of e-mail. withYour answer Correct answer with with 27. How can we ask George to help such a wa
14、y that he will think its his idea? inYour answer Correct answer in in 28. When you think about it, it is not surprising most people now own a cell phone. thatYour answer Correct answer that that 29. I think its time to buy new pants when the knees begin to wear . outYour answer Correct answer out ou
15、t 30. In the wake the earthquake, many people displayed an incredible amount of ofgenerosity. Your answer Correct answer of of Part II: Banked ClozeQuestions 31 to 40 are based on the following passage.When my grandfather thinks about how the world is changing, he inevitably tells the story of Dr Re
16、ynolds. Dr Reynolds was a(n) (31) doctor from the big city. It seemed as if eminenthe was in the newspaper every day. My grandfather lived in a small (32) suburboutside the city. This was at a time when such neighbourhoods were still relatively new. People just couldnt understand why anyone would wa
17、nt to live so far from the city centre. However, the neighbourhood my grandfather lived in was growing every day. Many people couldnt afford to live in the city, and others were tired of the crowds. Cost and congestion comprised a real (33) of the cities, a problem that has only gotten worse with ti
18、me. Large cursesections of the urban (34) were moving out of the city to the smaller towns. workforceAlong with these people and their families, companies also started to relocate outside major cities. A great example of this was Dr Reynolds. It is impossible to overstate the (35) of the significanc
19、e that Dr Reynolds magnitudemove had on my grandfathers town. Because he was so famous, there was obviously a considerable amount of (36) associated with his arrival. However, he quickly showed that hypehe had the skills to back up his reputation. Dr Reynolds was not only a big, (37)man who played f
20、ootball in his youth, but he also graduated at the top of his brawnyclass in medical school. Id be willing to (38) that this was one of the most exciting things bethappened in my grandfathers town. It must have been since he told the story so many times! Dr Reynolds arrival (39) changed the dynamics
21、 of the town. It was no longer “far fundamentallyaway“ from the city; it suddenly became “just outside“ the city limits. Today, the world is changing much faster than can be measured by the arrival of a big-city doctor in a small town. Who knows, maybe (40) Ill have my own story to tell my own grand
22、children! somedayYour answer Correct answer (31) eminent eminent (32) suburb suburb (33) curse curse (34) workforce workforce (35) magnitude magnitude (36) hype hype (37) brawny brawny (38) bet bet (39) fundamentally fundamentally (40) someday someday Part III: Reading ComprehensionQuestions 41 to 4
23、5 are based on the following passage.Sometimes it seems we hear about the wonders of modern technology on a daily basis. I will admit that its hard to argue with the facts. Computers, automobiles, the Internet, and increasingly smaller handheld devices certainly do make our lives more convenient. Ev
24、erything, it seems, is getting faster, lighter, cheaper, and smaller. Pretty soon, computers will be the size of iPods and iPods will be the size of fingernails. Technology is making our lives more convenient, to be sure. But is it making our lives better? How dependent on these conveniences should
25、we become? How dependent have we already become? Instant communication, video telephones, robots, thousands of songs in the palm of your handall of these things are now available at your local shopping centre. Indeed, what was once considered science fiction now seems downright plausible. I can real
26、istically envision a world where literally everything we do depends on a computer or a machine and, frankly, it scares me. Consider the following scenario. Michael begins his day by waking up to an electric alarm clock. He gets dressed and pours himself a cup of coffee from a machine that is set to
27、brew automatically every morning. He walks to the corner and boards a subway train for his commute to work. The train is controlled by a computer that knows how fast to go and when to slow down and stop. Michael enters his office building through doors that “see“ he is coming and open for him. At wo
28、rk, Michael sits in front of a computer all day to do his job. He writes e-mails, updates a Website, attends a video conference online, and makes telephone calls. At night, he relaxes in front of the television (which has recorded all of his favourite shows), or he reads an e-book on his smart phone
29、. How much of Michaels day is not dependent on computers or machines? How much of this scenario is unbelievable? The answer: none of it. It is a daily reality for many people. Look around you. Do you use a computer to send e-mails, write reports, do homework, or search the Internet? What happens whe
30、n that computer gets a virus or breaks down? Most people just sit there, baffled. They simply dont know what to do because they dont know how the computer works. We depend on computers to make our lives easier, and we depend on computer technicians to keep our computers operational. The same can be
31、said for nearly any technology. Thats why engineers, computer professionals, and technology consultants make such remarkable salaries. The more we rely on technology, the more we rely on specialists. The more we rely on specialists, the less responsible we feel to actually know how to do something.
32、This is a slippery slope that will eventually lead most people to complete ignorance of how things work. It is ironic, then, that the very technologies that are currently touted as the greatest advancements in human knowledge could ultimately have the exact opposite effect. 41. The writer of this pa
33、ssage would probably agree with which of the following statements? A. Technology is beginning to control our lives. B. Computers play a marginal role in our society. C. We rely on computer specialists because they are convenient. D. Technology is slowly becoming more expensive. 42. The writers scena
34、rio with Michael is presented in order to _. A. describe an innovation B. substantiate his argument C. illustrate an example from a bygone time. D. brag about personal accomplishments 43. Which paragraph draws a personal analogy to the reader? A. Paragraph 2. B. Paragraph 3. C. Paragraph 4. D. Parag
35、raph 5. 44. Which of the following is the best one-sentence summary of this passage? A. Technology makes our lives more convenient. B. Science fiction is becoming a daily reality. C. Everybody uses computers and other technologies. D. The more we rely on technology, the more helpless we become. 45. Which of the following events does not support the writers main idea? A. Marcus plays the latest video game after school. B. Lisa reads a book before going to bed each night. C. Carol uses a GPS system to find her way in a new city. D. Tony blogs and sends e-mails from his mobile phone.
