新理念5.0英语学习大厅综合教程第三册(Unit6)(4)

Section B

Directions: 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 the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships. The strength of the human condition is our (11)_________________ to give and receive support from one another under (12)_________________ circumstances. Social

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support consists of the (13)_________________ of resources among people based on their interpersonal (14)_________________ . Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to (15)_________________ with major life changes and daily hassles (困难). People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties. Studies over a range of illnesses, from depression to heart disease, (16)_________________ that the presence of social support helps people fend off (挡开) illness, and the (17)_________________ of such support makes poor health more likely.

Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives, and co-workers may let us know that (18)_________________ . Our self-respect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others despite our faults and difficulties. Second, other people often provide us with informational support. They help us to define and understand our problems and

(19)_________________ them. Third, we typically find social companionship supportive. Engaging in leisure-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting (转移……注意力) us from our (20)_________________ . Finally, other people may give us instrumental support — financial aid, material resources, and needed services — that reduces stress by helping us resolve and cope with our problems.

Script: Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships. The strength of the human condition is our tendency to give and receive support from one another under stressful circumstances. Social support consists of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties. Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to cope with major life changes and daily hassles (困难). People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties. Studies over a range of illnesses, from depression to heart disease, reveal that the presence of social support helps people fend off (挡开) illness, and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely.

Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives, and co-workers may let us know that they value us. Our self-respect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others despite our faults and difficulties. Second, other people often provide us with informational support. They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, we typically find social companionship supportive. Engaging in leisure-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting (转移……注意力) us from our worries and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support — financial aid, material resources, and needed services — that reduces stress by helping us resolve and cope with our problems.

正确答案： tendency

正确答案： stressful

正确答案： exchange

正确答案： ties

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正确答案： cope

正确答案： reveal

正确答案： absence

正确答案： they value us

正确答案： find solutions to

正确答案： worries and troubles

Part II Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes )

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several blanks. You are required to select one word for 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.

Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor beneath them. He was past sixty and had a long white beard curling down over his chest. Despite looking the part, Behrman was a 21 in art. For forty years he had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it. He earned a little by 22 as a model to those young artists who could not pay the price of a 23 . He drank gin to excess, and still talked of his coming masterpiece. For the rest he was a fierce little old man, who mocked terribly at softness in any one, and who 24 himself as guard dog to the two young artists in the studio 25 .

Sue found Behrman smelling 26 of gin in his dimly lighted studio below. In one corner was a blank canvas on an easel that had been waiting there for twenty-five years to 27 the first line of the masterpiece. She told him of Johnsy s fancy, and how she 28 she would, indeed, light and fragile as a leaf herself, float away, when her slight hold upon the world grew 29 . Old Behrman, with his red eyes plainly streaming, shouted his 30 for such foolish imaginings.

A) various B) regarded C) discovering D) above

E) professional F) genius G) weaker H) failure

I) feared J) frequently K) serving L) receive

M) learned N) strongly O) contempt