大学创新英语同步练习2答案及听力原文 | ST2

Part 1 Listening Comprehension (20 points)

Section A (10 points)

1. D                     2. B                      3. D                      4. B               5. B  

Section B (5 points)

6. B                      7. C                      8. D                      9. C               10. D   

Section C (5 points)

11. B           12. C            13. C            14. A        15. D

Part 2 Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)

16. C           17. B            18. B            19. C        20. B

21. A           22. B            23. B            24. D        25. D

26. A           27. A            28. C            29. B        30. B

31. A           32. B            33. C            34. B        35. A

Part 3 Reading Comprehension (30 points)

Section A (10 points)

36. M           37. B            38. I            39. A         40. H

41. E            42. F            43. L           44. O         45. K

Section B (20 points)

46. C          47. D            48. B            49. C         50. D

51. D          52. B            53. C            54. A          55. D

Part 4 Translation (10 points)

Reference

The first generation of museums in the world is classified as natural museums. The second generation of museums belongs to industrial and technological museums. Although these two generations of museums have played the role of spreading scientific knowledge, they have assumed the visitors to be passive onlookers.

The third generation of museums is museums full of completely new concepts, where visitors can operate the exhibits by themselves, carefully observe them and experience them by themselves. In this way, visitors can get even closer to advanced scientific technologies, exploring their secrets.

Part 5 Writing (40 points)

Section A

Reference

College Campus Clothing: Unity or Diversity?

Every morning, many college students ask themselves the same thing: “What am I going to wear today?” Some feel that it is necessary for college students to wear the same uniform because the uniforms not only help build the image of college students, but also help those economically-challenged families from being discriminated. Others, however, argued that imposing uniforms on college students was unnecessary considering that they are adults and capable of taking their own decisions, at least, being who they are.

As for me, I’m in favor of diversity. First of all, I strongly believe that college is the place for us to discover a new understanding and appreciation for the pluralistic society in which we live, and the different variety of clothing is the explicit representation of the colorful world with enormous possibilities. Second, one of the main missions of college is to stimulate the creative and critical thinking ability, how could we encourage this trend if we let the uniform to define college students? Therefore, we offer them a chance to ignite their power and let the dress reflect who they are, display their personality, build their identity.

Section B

Reference

Young Volunteers Wanted

The Association of Young Volunteers to this university is a students’ organization, whose main task is to help protect the campus environment and provide help of different sorts to the needed. To expand its endeavors, the Association is to recruit 100 new members from fresh persons. Anyone who has a warm heart and also have the time is welcome to join us. Your extra talents such as dancing, singing, drawing and other crafts will be specially appreciated. The Association does not pay its members and in turn the members do not have to pay the Association for its membership. Those who are interested in the Association please send an e-mail about your personal information to ayv-puc@ cqust. edu. cn from September 10 to 25. The head of the Association will have an interview with every candidate. The qualified candidates will get a notice of admission. The new members will be offered a two-week training program and will be required to take an active part in the activities of this Association.

Section B

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Audio Scripts

Part I Listening Comprehension (15 points)

Section A (5 points)

Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear two or three questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.

Conversation 1

W: So, why does your job as a financial trader have the reputation of being stressful?

M: Stress generally comes from the feeling of losing control of a situation or the feeling of a situation controlling you. Trading in financial markets results from both.

W: How do you relax in the evening?

M: I very rarely do any related work so it’s easy to escape from stress. I generally go to the gym or go for a run, especially if I have a bad day. I always cook the meal rather than have a take-away to relax myself.

W: Do you think what you do to relax is an effective way to beat stress?

M: I don’t think there is a specific rule about how to beat stress. I only find out what I do is effective for myself.

W: Would you consider changing your job because of the high stress factor?

M: I have considered leaving my job due to stress-related factors. However, I think that an element of stress is perhaps a good thing. And if stress is treated properly, it can be a positive thing.

W: Do you enjoy the stressful aspects of your job?

M: Yes, to a certain extent.  I’d like to have an element of uncertainty in my tasks. I enjoy mental challenge. Doing trade generates a wide range of mental activities step by step. To be successful, you have to deal with different kinds of challenges in doing trades with your clients.

Questions 1 to 3 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

1.        What is the man’s job? 

2.        Why does the man prefer to cook a meal rather than have a take-away?

3.        What does the man say about an element of stress in his job?

Conversation 2

W: Bob, do you know who I saw the other day? Old Jake, looking terribly depressed. Did he get a pension at last?

M: Yes. They asked him to retire after 50 years at sea. He is pretty upset about it, but what can be done? He really is pasted.

W: He is all alone, isn’t he?

M: Yes, his wife was dead many years ago. They had a daughter, Dories. But she went off to town as soon as she left school. And he hasn’t heard from her since. I hear she is making good money as a model.

W: Maybe someone could get in touch with her. Get her to come back for a while to help her father?

M: I don’t suppose she would come. She never got on with her father. He is a bit tough and she is rather selfish. Oh, I expect old Jake will get by. He is healthy at least, and he goes to a clinic for a check regularly.

W: Are you his doctor?

M: No, my partner doctor Johnson is.

W: Is Dr. Johnson bad-tempered?

M: Oh, he isn’t bad-tempered. He just looks it. He is an excellent doctor. He taught me a lot. And he has a very nice family. His wife invites me over to supper every week. Very pleasant.

W: Well, I teach their daughter Pen at school. She is a bit careless and lazy about her school work, but a bright little thing and very popular with her age group.

Questions 4 to 5 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

4.        Why does old Jake look depressed?

5.        What does the man say about Jake’s doctor?

Section B (5 points)

Directions: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear two or three questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the center.

Passage 1

It was a bad night for Louis. His research in the neighboring town had taken longer than he expected. It was late and he was very tired when he drove home. He turned into his building’s parking lot, but all the spaces were full. He drove back out onto the street looking for a parking space. The first block was full. The next block was almost empty. Louis didn’t see a no-parking sign, but he suspected that if parking were allowed there, most of the spaces would be filled. Then he saw a small parking lot with two free spaces. He was so glad to see them that he didn’t even think to read the sign by the entrance. He drove in, parked his car, and hurried home to go to bed. The next morning, he went back to the lot to get his car. It was gone. He ran home and telephoned the police to say that his car had been stolen. It took the police only a minute to tell him what had happened. His car had been on a private lot. It had been taken away by the police so Louis had to take a taxi to the city garage far from the center of town. He had to pay a fee of $40 to get his car back. In addition, he got a parking ticket—his first one ever in Greenville.

Questions 6 to 8 are based on the passage you have just heard.

6.        Where did Louis intend to park his car when he came back from work one night?

7.        What did Louis think had happened to his car the next morning?

8.        Where did Louis finally get his car back?

Passage 2

The British Museum is the biggest in the world. Inside, you feel smaller than usual. Notices tell you about a hundred different things to see: clocks which have been telling time for six hundred years, Roman money, some of the earliest books in the world, Shakespeare’s own writing…

The story of the British Museum goes back three hundred years to one unusual man: Sir Hans Sloane, a doctor to King George II. The doctor couldn’t stop collecting -- books, drawings, clothes, money, animals, flowers: things from all over the world. The doctor wanted everything to stay together when he died, so that people could come and look at it. The British Museum had begun. King George II gave his library, and the Museum started to grow. It has never stopped.

The British Museum opened in 1759, six years after Sir Hans Sloane died. The doctor wanted people to “enter freely”. But the Museum was afraid of letting everybody in. Assistants with guns stood at the doors. Only “gentlemen” could visit the Museum and then they had to buy tickets. They also had to make two or three journeys to the Museum to ask for the ticket, and then they had to wait weeks or months before it came. Ladies could only come in pairs, and children were forbidden. And as the Museum was only open three days a week and only ten people could enter in an hour, there wasn’t much time to see things. Visitors had to run through the rooms. But as nothing had a label, perhaps it didn’t matter.

Questions 9 to 10 are based on the passage you have just heard.

9.        Who first thought of the idea of a museum?

10.     What do we know about the early museum tickets?

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear two news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news reports and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

News report 1

Five paintings by British artist Francis Bacon worth an estimated 30 million euros have been stolen from the Madrid home of their owner.

Sources close to the investigation said the theft appeared to have been a highly-professional operation which took place while the owner was away, with the thieves disabling the alarm system.

The thieves, who left no trace of their handiwork, had tracked the owner’s movements to ensure he did not return to his apartment to catch them red-handed.

According to the sources, the artwork, comprising portraits and landscapes, was stolen last June. It was not immediately clear why news of the theft was not made public until now.

It was also unclear exactly which paintings were involved, but one contemporary art specialist said they would be extremely difficult to sell.

Irish-born Bacon died in Madrid in 1992 aged 82 and his expressionist-surrealist works, which are often raw and emotional, remain hugely sought after.

Bacon’s death only enhanced his reputation and the 2013 sale of his 1969 work Three Studies of Lucien Freud fetched $142,405,000 at auction, a world record at the time.

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the news report you have just heard.

11.     What is the news report mainly about?

12.     According to the sources, what remains unclear until now?

13.     What brought about the rise of the prices of Bacon’s work after 1992?

News report 2

There’re reports of rioting at an Australian immigration detention center on Christmas Island following the death of a refugee. Australian media say the riots started after an argument between a detainee and a guard about the death. The Australian Immigration Ministry has confirmed there have been what it calls disturbances at the Christmas Island detention center. There are reports that some security guards abandoned their positions with fences torn down and fires lit. A refugee was found dead at the bottom of a cliff after he apparently managed to escape from the center on Friday. Around 200 asylum-seekers are held on Christmas Island which is one of several offshore detention centers operated by Australia. The country has been widely criticized by human rights groups for its treatment of the asylum-seekers but the government here says its tough policies have worked and stopped people trying to reach Australian shores by boat.

Questions 14 to 15 are based on the news report you have just heard.

14.     What is the news report mainly about?

15.     How many refugees are held within all the Australian offshore detention centers?