1、Unit 8 Quiz單元小測驗窗體頂端Your percentage score is 76%. Quiz result has been recorded successfully.Part I Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct

2、answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. He does not want to eat GM food.B. He wants GM food labeled.C. He does not care if GM food is labeled.D. He agrees with the woman.Your answerCorrect answerCC2.(Listen to the audio recording f

3、or the question.)A. She agrees with the man.B. GMO spreads diseases.C. GM fish are abnormally large.D. Trees grow too fast.Your answerCorrect answerAA3.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. She wants the man to go to the meeting.B. She wants the man to pick up the children.C. She wants

4、 to clone the man.D. She does not want a clone of the man.Your answerCorrect answerDD4.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. Evolution is more efficient than lab experiments.B. Evolution is less efficient than lab experiments.C. Evolution produces better strains.D. Lab experiments prod

5、uce more strains.Your answerCorrect answerBB5.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. The woman wants to be coaxed to clone herself.B. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.C. Love is blind.D. The man wants copies of the girl through cloning.Your answerCorrect answerDDPart II Directions:

6、 Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact word

7、s you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. There are many ways in which human stem cells can be used in basic research and in clinical research. Studies of human stem cells may (S1) information about the complex events that occur

8、 during human development. A primary goal of this work is to (S2) how stem cells become divided or differentiated. Scientists know that turning genes on and off is (S3) to this process. Some of the most serious medical conditions, such as cancer and birth defects, are due to (S4) cell division and d

9、ifferentiation. A better understanding of the genetic and molecular controls of these processes may yield information about (S5) such diseases arise and suggest new strategies for therapy. A significant barrier (S6) this use and most uses of stem cells is that scientists do not yet fully understand

10、the (S7) that turn specific genes on and off to influence the differentiation of the stem cell.(S8) that could be used for cell-based therapies. Today, donated organs and tissues are often used to replace ailing or destroyed tissue, but the need for transplantable tissues and organs far outweighs th

11、e available supply. (S9) to treat diseases including Parkinsons and Alzheimers diseases, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease and diabetes.For example, (S10) . Your answerCorrect answer(1)yieldyield(2)identifyidentify(3)central(4)abnormalabnormal(5)how(6)toto(7)sigenalssignals(8)The most

12、 important potential application of human stem cells is perhaps the generation of cells and tissues(9)Stem cells, directed to differentiate into specific cell types, will offer a source of replacement cells and tissues(10)it may become possible to generate healthy heart muscle cells in the laborator

13、y and then transplant those cells into patients with chronic heart diseasePart III Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Us

14、e the second playing to check your answers. 1.What is the Iceland company doing?A. Creating a detailed map of the genes of the Icelandic people.B. Creating a detailed map of all human genes.C. Creating a map as detailed as those by some other projects.D. Creating a map less detailed than that by the

15、 American company.Your answerCorrect answerBB2.Why do the people of Iceland present a special opportunity to study the human genome?A. Iceland has a small population.B. Most of the Icelanders have a small group of ancestors.C. Plenty of records of their ancestors are available.D. All of the above.Yo

16、ur answerCorrect answerDD3.Why is the Iceland project superior to the American genome project?A. Because it observes 200 million people.B. Because it observes 14 large families.C. Because it observes more families than any other project.D. Because it observes more families than many other projects.Y

17、our answerCorrect answerCC4.Why can the study of genes help to identify the causes of diseases?A. Small genetic differences may be related to some diseases.B. Large genetic differences may be related to some diseases.C. The genetic similarity may throw light on some diseases.D. Similar genes will ca

18、use similar diseases.Your answerCorrect answerAA5.What is the passage mainly concerned about?A. Finding out the history of Irish families.B. Finding out the special genes of Irish people to cure their diseases.C. Creating a detailed human genetic map to identify disease-causing genes.D. Creating a d

19、etailed human genetic map to identify abnormally small genes.Your answerCorrect answerCCPart IVDirections: Choose the right answer. 1.With the advent of the genetic map, we know where everything is, but do we know where to _?A. go for itB. go with itC. get for itD. get with itYour answerCorrect answ

20、erBB2.As you know, it has taken millions of years of evolution and natural selection to get us _ we are today.A. howB. whoC. whatD. whereYour answerCorrect answerDD3.Its too late to _ the clock. Well just have to depend on common sense to solve uncommon problems.A. returnB. turn aroundC. turn backD.

21、 turn roundYour answerCorrect answerCC4.Many prisoners have been freed through DNA testing, except for the ones whose death sentence has already been _.A. carried outB. carried onC. carried forwardD. carried awayYour answerCorrect answerAA5.I guess there would be some tremendous medical advantages i

22、n that sort of research. Youve said _.A. a mouthB. the mouthC. a mouthfulD. the mouthfulYour answerCorrect answerCCUnit 1 Quiz單元小測驗 窗體頂端Your percentage score is 64%. Quiz result has been recorded successfully.Part I Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the ques

23、tions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. He has learned to make sounds like a cat.B. He found food for the womans ca

24、t.C. He has become team captain.D. He has attracted the womans attention.Your answerCorrect answerCC2.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. The woman wants to play golf while the man wants to play tennis.B. The man wants to play golf while the woman wants to play tennis.C. Both the man

25、 and woman suggest playing golf.D. Both the man and woman suggest playing tennis.Your answerCorrect answerAA3.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. An exciting football match.B. A beautiful scene.C. The mans interest in her.D. The mans inviting her to a football match.Your answerCorrec

26、t answerBB4.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. He must go and buy gifts.B. He does not like the woman.C. He must prepare for a new lesson tomorrow.D. He must prepare for a makeup exam.Your answerCorrect answerDD5.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. The woman thinks u

27、niversity education is important while the man does not.B. The man thinks university education is important while the woman does not.C. Both the man and woman attach importance to university education.D. Both the man and woman attach importance to business experience.Your answerCorrect answerAAPart

28、II Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either

29、the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. What is happiness? Where do you find it? If you have trouble answering those questions, you are not alone. Philosophers and scientists puzzled (S1) them for ages. Probably

30、you gave many of the same answers. Did you say happiness comes from music or good food or (S2) ? Perhaps you agreed with Chopins (S3) when she said, There is only one happiness in life: to love and to be loved. Those are the usual answers, but they do not constitute a complete (S4) and the threat of

31、 death never far away. Yet she recorded in her (S6) frequent moments of happiness. The (S7) of new green leaves on tree tops brought her joy. Lord Nelson, the famous English admiral, found happiness when he was near death with a painful wound. (S8) Those stories show that people in a difficult or ev

32、en painful situation may also feel happy. Conversely, happiness may lead to an unhappy situation. (S9). On the other hand, mildly negative moods bring on the critical and analytical skills that are essential for business prosperity.(S10). Your answerCorrect answer(1)overover(2)compainshipcompanionsh

33、ip(3)loverlover(4)definationdefinition(5)scaresscarce(6)diarydiary(7)sightsight(8)Afterhe leearn with the smile thank god I have made up my dutyAfter he learned he had defeated the enemy fleet, he spoke his last words with a smile:Thank God, Ive done my duty.(9)In a would soon be lostIn a workforce

34、made up entirely of happy people, the competitive edge would soon be lost(10)It may take centeries befor philoserIt may take centuries before philosophers and scientists can arrive at a clear definition of happinessPart III Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answe

35、rs to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.What subjects were followed in the study?A. More than 700 subjects averaging over 30 years of age.B. More than 70

36、0 subjects averaging over 40 years of age.C. Almost 600 subjects averaging over 30 years of age.D. Almost 600 subjects averaging over 40 years of age.Your answerCorrect answerAA2.Which of the following is true, according to the speaker?A. The crises after job loss are as bad as the loss itself.B. Th

37、e crises after job loss are worse than the loss itself.C. Job loss is worse than the subsequent crises.D. Only after finding another job can one overcome the depression.Your answerCorrect answerBB3.Which of the following does the speaker mention as the result of unemployment?A. Losing healthcare ben

38、efits.B. Less ability to care for a family member with a long illness.C. A heavy pressure on family relationships.D. All of the above.Your answerCorrect answerAD4.Which of the following is true of the study participants who found new jobs?A. Their health improved but their emotional functioning was

39、poor.B. Their health worsened but their emotional functioning improved.C. Their health and emotional functioning were both poor.D. Both their health and emotional functioning improved.Your answerCorrect answerCC5.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. How to find new jobs.

40、B. How to overcome depression after job loss.C. Long-lasting depression from job loss.D. Depression from undesirable reemployment.Your answerCorrect answerCCPart IVDirections: Choose the right answer. 1.Ive won a large sum of money in the lottery. Im _ myself with joy.A. besideB. behindC. belowD. ab

41、oveYour answerCorrect answerBA2.Mary was _ with anger. Her son smashed-up her car.A. blowingB. firingC. expressingD. explodingYour answerCorrect answerDD3.You do look a little miserable. Please dont _. Dont lose your cool.A. blow offB. blow upC. throw upD. throw downYour answerCorrect answerCB4.Some

42、 people do look attractive when they _.A. run furiousB. rush into rageC. fly into a rageD. blow up furyYour answerCorrect answerCC5.Now Ive calmed down. After all, it was just an accident. I guess I really _.A. was slightly angryB. should have been furiousC. shouldnt flare around.D. shouldnt have fl

43、ared upYour answerCorrect answerDD窗體底端Unit 2 Quiz單元小測驗 窗體頂端Your percentage score is 64%. Quiz result has been recorded successfully.Part I Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will

44、 be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. Beautiful.B. Beautiful and intelligent.C. Intelligent and kind.D. Beautiful, intelligent and kind.Your answerCorrect answerDD2.(Listen to the audio reco

45、rding for the question.)A. The man is positive and the woman is negative.B. The woman is positive and the man is negative.C. Both the man and woman are critical.D. Both the man and woman admire it.Your answerCorrect answerAA3.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. An ugly duckling.B. A

46、traditional beauty.C. A beauty in a special way.D. A plain Jane.Your answerCorrect answerCC4.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. Steve is better-looking than his girlfriend.B. Steves girlfriend is better-looking than he is.C. Though Steve is plain-looking, his girlfriend loves him.D.

47、 Though Steves girlfriend is plain-looking, he loves her.Your answerCorrect answerCB5.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. She wants to look younger.B. She wants to look better even than a movie actress.C. She wants to look like a movie actress in one of the mans photos.D. She wants t

48、o look like the movie actress in her photos.Your answerCorrect answerDDPart II Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the

49、exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers. A 20-year-old Australian model and dancer won the Miss Universe title in a two-hour beauty (S1)

50、watched by television viewers around the world. Jennifer Hawkins, a 5-foot-11 blonde with blue eyes, was chosen from eighty beauty (S2) . Miss U.S.A., Shandi Finnessey, was awarded second place.Hawkins received the crown from (S3) Miss Universe, Amelia Vega, and then walked the length of the stage t

51、o the (S4) of the crowd. Several times she reached up to touch her crown, as if to remind herself she had actually won the (S5) .Besides modeling and dancing, Hawkins also organizes a dance team that (S6) Australia. Her interests include surfing, camping and watching ballet.Before the contest began,

52、 Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan, who (S7) at the Miss Universe finals, defended beauty contests from critics who insist such events treat women merely as playthings. She said, “(S8) ” Despite Estevans support, many people question the value of beauty contests. (S9) Conservative religious group

53、s in India forced such contests to move from Calcutta when they threatened bombings. (S10) They hope Australia is going to shine for what it is, an unforgettable place. Your answerCorrect answer(1)contestcontest(2)queensqueens(3)outgoingoutgoing(4)cheerscheers(5)titletitle(6)towardstours(7)proformpe

54、rformed(8)A beautiful woman has very great power A beautiful woman has very great powers to convince, and we have seen many misses who have done a great job.(9)Womens liberation Womens Liberation organizations in the United States regularly demonstrate in protest outside Miss America and Miss World

55、contests.(10)All the same,some Austrilias to interest turistesAll the same, some Australians were hoping the two-hour show would draw world attention tothe beauty of their country and attract tourists.Part III Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the ques

56、tions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.Why does Pamela want to have plastic surgery?A. To become a movie actress.B. To become an anchorwoman.C. To become a fashion mo

57、del.D. To find a white-collar job.Your answerCorrect answerAA2.What surgery has Pamela had?A. Enlarging her breasts.B. Removing wrinkles from her neck.C. Making her face thinner.D. Making her nose tip more pointed.Your answerCorrect answerCD3.What did Pamela think about beauty and character?A. Beaut

58、y is as important as a noble character.B. Beauty is more important than a noble character.C. Beauty is less important than a noble character.D. Beauty and a noble character are less important than ability.Your answerCorrect answerCC4.How do Pamelas parents and boyfriend react to her plastic surgery?

59、A. Her boyfriend is against it while parents are for it.B. Her boyfriend is for it while her parents opinion is unknown.C. Both her parents and boyfriend are for it.D. Both her parents and boyfriend are against it.Your answerCorrect answerAB5.How long would her new looks last, according to Dr. Carso

60、n?A. One to two years.B. A few years.C. Nearly a decade.D. Unpredictable.Your answerCorrect answerBBPart IVDirections: Choose the right answer. 1.But your haircuts havent been _ your character. Your hair is at war with your soul.A. with harmony inB. with harmony toC. in harmony withD. in harmony toY