新世纪大学英语B2U1 Quiz

新世纪大学英语B2U1 Quiz

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Part I Multiple Choice

In the 1940s, urban Americans began a mass move to the suburbs in search of__1__air and privacy. Suburbs began to __2_out across the countryside, since most of those making the move were middle-class, they took with them the tax money the cities needed to maintain the neighborhood, in which they had lived. The people left in the cities were__3__those who were too old or too poor to move. Thus, many cities began to fall into despair. Crime began to soar, and public__4__was neglected. Meanwhile, housing__5__costs continued to rise higher and higher. Middle-class housing was allowed to decay, and little new housing was constructed.

__6__, many downtown areas existed for business only. During the day they would be filled with people working in the offices and the night would be __7__.Given these circumstances, some business__8__began asking."Why bother with going downtown at all? Why not move the offices to the suburbs so that we can live and work in the same area?" Gradually some of the larger companies began moving out of the cities, with the result that urban centers__9__even further and suburbs expanded still more. This movement of businesses to the suburbs is not __10__to the United States. Businesses have also been moving to the suburbs in Stockholm, Sweden, in Bonn, Germany as well.

A executives B construction C fresh D deliberately E slender F transportation G inspired H declined I eventually J confined K transfer L sprawl M deserted N career O often

Part II Q & A

1. According to Helen Keller, what is most people’s attitude towards life? Explain her opinion in your own words.

2. How should we make use of our faculties and senses? Please list some examples.

Part III Translation & Dictation

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Part IV Compound Dictation

Previously happy parents found themselves scorned (被嘲笑) by their young rebels, who [S1] _________ them of being too concerned with money and too anxious to impress the neighbors. “True [S2] _________,” the young people explained, “is not a matter of money or [S3] __________. It’s a matter of self-fulfillment. Most parents found it hard to accept their children’s

[S4] __________. They themselves had been brought up to respect [S5] _________ values;They had also learned to respect money because it was [S6] _________ during their teenage years. They had married in the late 1930s or early 1940s, at a time when it was [S7] ________ again and again that an unhappy childhood produces emotionally [S8] ___________ adults. [S9] _______________________________, therefore, ______________________________________ _____.On the other hand, while Mom and Dad were making sacrifices, [S10] __________________________________________________________________________, and to grow up into adults that parents can be proud of. [S11] ____________________________________________________________________________.