1、中山大學(xué)新理5.0英語自主學(xué)習(xí)大廳第四冊第二單元 B套答案B4U2-BPart I Listening Comprehension ( 14 minutes )Section ADirections: 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 each s

2、tatement is true or false.TFScript: There are so many people killed in car accidents that all are reported in the newspaper every day.正確答案： BTFScript: If the driver becomes sleepy, a computer in the dashboard could stop the car immediately.正確答案： BTFScript: The dull and tiring process of long-hour dr

3、iving will put long-distance drivers in a dangerous position.正確答案： ATFScript: Sensors in the smart cars can locate their positions independently.正確答案： BTFScript: When a satellite passes by, it gives off a radio signal which can be discovered by a receiver in a car s computer.正確答案： ATFScript: As the

4、price of microchips is dropping sharply, the application of GPS in the future are actually boundless.正確答案： ATFScript: Because of the development of technology, we are able to visualize your trip by an automated highway system.正確答案： A 8. A) T B) FScript: The laser systems are more effective at discov

5、ering untidy vehicles and operating in bad weather conditions.正確答案： B 9.TFScript: There remain some non-technical difficulties to be overcome such as liability, costs and perceptions.正確答案： A 10. A) T B) FScript: It is very important for us to realize the fact that automated vehicles have already bee

6、n widely used in our daily life.正確答案： ASection BDirections: 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 passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with t

7、he exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is bound to fall into disuse. They see a day in the not-too-distant future when all autos will be (11)and allowed torust.

8、 Other authorities, however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the car will remain a (12)means of urban travel in the foreseeable future.The motorcar will (13)change significantly over the next 30 years.It should become smaller, safer, and more (14), and should not be powered bythe gaso

9、line engine. The car of the future should be far more (15)than presenttypes. (16) of its power source, the auto in the future will still be the mainproblem in urban traffic jams. One proposed solution to this problem is the (17)highway system.When the auto enters the highway system, a retractable (可

10、伸縮的) arm will dropfrom the auto and make contact with a rail. It is quite similar to those powering (18) electrically. Once attached to the rail, the car will become electricallypowered from the system, and control of the vehicle will pass to a central computer. The computer will thenmonitorall of t

11、he car s movements. The driver will useatelephone to(19)his destination into the system. The computer will calculatethebest route,and (20)the car all the way to the correct exit from the highway. The driver willthen be free torelaxand wait for the buzzer that will warn him of his coming exit.Script:

12、Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is bound tofallinto disuse.They see a day in the not-too-distant future when all autos will be abandoned and allowed to rust.Other authorities, however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the car will remain a leading means of urban trave

13、l in the foreseeable future.The motorcar will undoubtedly change significantly over the next 30 years. It should become smaller, safer, and more economical, and should not be powered by the gasoline engine. The car of the future should be far more pollution-free than present types. Regardless of its

14、 power source, the auto in the future will still be the main problem in urban traffic jams. One proposed solution to this problem is the automated highway system.When the auto enters the highway system, a retractable (可伸縮的) arm will dropfrom the auto and make contact with a rail. It is quite similar

15、 to those powering subway trains electrically. Once attached to the rail, the car will become electrically powered from the system, and control of the vehicle will pass to a central computer. The computer will then monitor all of the car s movements. The driver will use a telephone to dial instructi

16、ons about his destination into the system. The computer will calculate the best route, and reserve space for the car all the way to the correct exit from the highway. The driver will then be free to relax and wait for the buzzer that will warn him of his coming exit.正確答案：abandoned正確答案：leading正確答案：un

17、doubtedly正確答案：economical正確答案：pollution-free正確答案：Regardless正確答案：automated正確答案：subway trains正確答案：dial instructions about正確答案：reserve space forPart II Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes )Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with several blanks. You are required to select one word fo

18、r 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 choice 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

19、miles north of San Diego, traffic engineers are 21 an MIT-designed system which will introduce the “ automated driver. ” The plan calls for computers, aided 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 w

20、ill be 23 into groups of ten to twelve vehicles, only six feet 24, traveling in unison, and controlled by computer.25of this computerized highway have great hopes for its future. By 2010, telematicsmay well be26one of the major highways in the United States. If successful, by 2020, as theprice of 27

21、 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 boon as well, saving fuel, reducing 29, decreasing air pollution, and serving as an 30 to highway expansion.A) fatality B) Promoters C) Protesters D) magn

22、eticE) apart F) installing G) alternative H) brings aboutI) inevitable J) microchips K) traffic jams L) cultivationM) incorporated into N) environmental O) bunched TOC o 1-5 h z 正確答案：F正確答案：D正確答案：O正確答案：E正確答案：B正確答案：M正確答案：J正確答案：N正確答案：K正確答案：GSection BDirections: There are several passages in this sectio

23、n. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four 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.You slip the key into the ignition and crank the engine to l

24、ife. But before you put the car into gear, you tap a key on the keyboard mounted by the steering wheel, and your newest e-mail flashes up on the windscreen.This seductive satyr is what you get when you cross a car and a computer. Dubbed the “ network vehicle” , or net-mobile, it may soon come to a d

25、riveway near you (probably the one belonging to your rich neighbor). In a net-mobile, a motorist could tap into a regional road system but also to map out a route around rush-hour traffic snags. Drivers and passengers will be able to send and receive e-mail, track the latest sports scores or stock q

26、uotes, surf the Web, and even play video games. Or so, at least, say a number of computer-industry firms such as Microsoft, Sun, IBM and Netscape.The modern car is already an electronic showcase on wheels. On-board microcomputers improve fuel economy and reduce emissions. They operate anti-lock brak

27、e systems, and on some cars even regulate the firmness of the shock absorbers. But much of the technology needed to add extra is available now. A prototype network vehicle, produced by a consortium of Netscape, Sun, IBM and Delco (an automotive electronics firm based in Michigan), was introduced at

28、the recent annual computer industry show in Las Vegas.It not only offered such desktop-computer-like services as e-mail, but allowed a driver to use them without looking away from the road. It was operated by voice commands and projected its data on to the windscreen, using the same sort of head-up

29、display system found in modern fighter jets. Members of the consortium think a real-world network vehicle could be in production in as little as four years.Car-makers have already begun rolling out some of the features found on these prototype net mobiles. If the driver of a General Motors car equip

30、ped with its On-Star system locks his key in the car, for example, an emergency centre can transmit a digital signal to unlock the doors. On-star also calls automatically for help if an accident triggers the airbags. Toyota and General Motors are among a growing list of firms offering such in-car na

31、vigation systems. And in Europe, BMW and Mercedes-Benz recently introduced navigation hardware that can not only plot out a route, but alert a driver to traffic jams.The future car can be defined as the machine which .sends and receives e-mails, and surfs the Webtaps into a regional road system to g

32、et directionscombines car functions and computer functionstracks the latest sports scores and stock quotes正確答案： C“ An electronic showcase on wheels ” probably means.a computer industry showa network cara car that exhibits electronic achievementsa computer that has wheels正確答案： CCompared with an ordin

33、ary modern car, the network vehicle will have an on-board microcomputer which .projects data on the windscreenimproves fuel economy and reduces emissionsoperates anti-lock brake systemsregulates the firmness of the shock absorbers正確答案： AThe in-car navigation system has all of the following functions

34、 EXCEPT .calling for help if an accident triggers the airbagalerting emergency centre if the key is locked in the cartransmitting a digital signal to unlock the doorsplotting out route and alert one to traffic jams正確答案： BThe passage is written probably to .promote electronic cultureadvertise for the

35、 motor manufacturersattract potential motor consumersprovide information about the net vehicle正確答案： DPassage 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 League s ultimate prize

36、attracts more viewers than anything else on American television and provides a “ symbolic pulsetaking ” 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 ( 廣告攤位 )

37、 for the 2008 Super Bowl had been sold by the end of November 2007, despite the $ 2.6 million price of each. 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 alre

38、ady said that it will not run any in 2009. America s two other big carmakers, Ford and Chrysler, are likely to follow suit. Tellingly, Monster com, an online job-search company, said recently that it was buying a slot. To some extent, 2009 s Super Bowl will reflect a country in recession and indicat

39、e a hard year for the advertising industry.Most forecasts for next year say that ad spending in America will 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 t

40、heir expenditure by more than 30% in the first nine months of 2008, and are expected to make further cuts in 2009 as they struggle for survival.The car industry s situation will hurt all media, but especially television. Analysts at BMO Capital Markets predict that total spending on television ads w

41、ill fall by almost 9% next year. Only newspapers, where a decline of 12% is expected, are forecast to fare 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

42、channels, and carmakers have been among the most consistent buyers of high-priced ads on national television.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

43、 New Year they will also feel the chill, as companies fail to renew their contracts. Television, which has 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

44、 analyst at Barclays Capital.Why does the author give the example of Super Bowl?Because it is the most popular football games in America.Because it shows advertisers enthusiasm in running slots has dropped.Because it is an event that attracts the attention of advertisers.Because it will be right on

45、in America in 2009.正確答案： B 37.Why can t at least ten slots find a buyer (Last sentence, Para. 1) according to the passage?The price for running the advertising slots has risen to $ 3 million.It is not attractive any more for the advertising industry.The advertising slots have been on the rise since

46、2007.The advertising industry is suffering a hard year.正確答案： D 38. What may the carmakers resort to for promoting their automobiles and cutting down expenditure?Shifting their advertising spending to the Internet.Renewing new contracts with national stations.Buying low-priced ads on national televis

47、ion.Relying on such print media as newspaper.正確答案： AWhat does the sentence“ Next on the list is TV stations ” ( last paragraph) said by AnthonyDiclemente mean?What he is going to analyze next is TV stations.What advertisers prefer to use is TV stations.TV station is the next to be defeated by Intern

48、et.He would choose TV station as a second choice.正確答案： CWe can learn from the passage that .Ford and Chrysler will run the advertising slots in 20092009 s Super Bowl will still be an expensive ads paradeAmerica s ad spending this year will decline by 5% or morecarmakers fate determines to certain ex

49、tent the ad spending in America正確答案： DPart III Vocabulary and Structure ( 11 minutes )Directions: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.My doctor me to dangers of smo

50、king.warnedalarmedalertedtold正確答案： CWhen we are frightened and worried, our bodies produce certain chemicals to help us fight troubling us.how is thatwhich iswhat iswhichever正確答案： CFor many patients, institutional care is the most and beneficial form of care.pertinentappropriateacutepersistent正確答案：

51、BWater enters into a great variety of chemical reactions, have been mentioned inprevious pages.a few of ita few of thata few of thema few of which正確答案： DWhy didnt you tell me you could lend me the money? I it from the bank.havent needed to borrowwill not need to borrowneednt have borroweddidnt need

52、to borrow正確答案： CSometimes very young children have trouble fact from fiction and may believe thatsuch things actually exist.for separatingto separatehaving separatedseparating正確答案： DIn the U.S. one of the most professions is law, a field in which writing skills rovertlucrativeben

53、eficialarbitrary正確答案： BBefore using your new pressure cooker, read the following carefully.noticesannouncementinstructionsadvertisement正確答案： CTo be idle sometimes is agreeable, but to be idle all the time might become .monotonousridiculousinfectiousspontaneous正確答案： AEvery four years, from many countries compete in a variety of sports in the OlympicGames.swimmersathletesreportersgymnasts正確答案： BPetrol has a low boil