B3Unit1(a)

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Directions:In this section there are some passages. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements with four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You are supposed to read the passage and make the best choice to complete each question or unfinished statement. Then type the answer in the blank on the web page.[题数：25；分数：50分；参考时间：50分0秒]

题 1 - 5 Passage 1

It has been thought and said that Africans are born with musical talent. Because music is so important in the lives of many Africans and because so much music is performed in Africa, we are inclined to think that all Africans are musicians. The impression is strengthened when we look at ourselves and find that we have become largely a society of musical spectators. Music is important to us, but most of us can be considered consumers rather than producers of music. We have records, television, concerts, and radios to fulfill many of our musical needs In most situations where music is performed in our culture it is not difficult to distinguish the audience from the performers, but such is often not the case in Africa. Alban Ayipaga, a Kasena semiprofessional musician from northern Ghana, says that when his flute and drum ensemble is performing, \can take part\This is true, but Kasena musicians recognize that not all people are equally capable of taking part in the music. Some can sing along with the drummers, but relatively few can drum and even fewer can play the flute along with the ensemble(歌舞团). It is fairly common in Africa for there to be an ensemble of expert musicians surrounded by others who join in by clapping, singing, or somehow adding to the totality of musical sound. Performances often take place in an open area (that is, not on a stage) and so the lines between the performing nucleus and the additional performers, active spectators, and passive spectators may be difficult to draw from our point of view. 1. The difference between us and Africans, as far as music is concerned, is that ____.

[A] most of us are consumers while most of them are producers of music [B] we are musical performers and they are semiprofessional musicians [C] most of us are passive spectators while they are active spectators [D] we are the audience and they are the additional performers 【参考答案】：C

2. The word \refers to the fact that ____

[A] music is performed with the participation of the audience [B] music is performed without the participation of the audience [C] people tend to distinguish the audience from the performers

[D] people have records, television sets and radios to fulfill their musical needs 【参考答案】：B

3. The author of the passage implies that ____.

[A] all Africans are musical and therefore much music is performed in Africa

[B] not all Africans are born with musical talent although music is important in their lives [C] most Africans are capable of joining in the music by playing musical instruments [D] most Africans perform as well as professional musicians 【参考答案】：B

4. The word \ [A] A, musicians famous in Africa [B] musicians at the center of attention

[C] musicians acting as the core in a performance [D] active participants in a musical performance 【参考答案】：C

5. The best title for this passage would be ____. [A] The Importance of Music to African People

[B] Differences Between African Music and Music of Other Countries [C] The Relationship Between Musicians and Their Audience [D] A Characteristic Feature of African Musical Performances 【参考答案】：D

题 6 - 10 Passage 2

Reading exercises a great influence on a person. If pictures, still or moving, accompany the reading, the memory will retain half the material for a long time.

Don't believe those who say that bad reading cannot hurt a person. How do they know what will hurt others? Wouldn't you rather believe the experience of the ages that says, \he has read\

Just as evil books can corrupt, so also can good books gradually work a change in a corrupt person.

Let's get back to the beneficial effects of thinking while reading. It helps us to enlarge our

minds. We understand more about the universe, its people and many of its wonders. We learn to think and, observe in new ways. We certainly do get a feeling for the language we are reading. All good writers in any language have been readers who read critically and creatively and continuously.

Reading critically also helps us to develop and refine our emotions to the point where we can tell whether a report, a story or a poem is genuinely humane or not -- whether the writer is an honest writer.

Finally, reading will and must broaden our sympathies, expand our love for others and set it in action. How can a person who has a bit of kindness in his heart read about all the miseries and tragedies that people and nations have and not want to do and actually do what he can to relieve those people in every way he can and as much as he can?

I have not said that reading makes a Wise man, but a wise person who reads creatively will deepen his wisdom and be of greater benefit to the rest of his fellowmen. Such reading will continue his education. It will fill out what a person had not learned in school or what he had not thoroughly grasped or previously thought through. As Bacon well said, \makes a full man.\ 6. By the word \ [A] possible [B] profitable [C] interesting [D] important 【参考答案】：B

7. We learn from the passage that all good authors ____. [A] know more about their surroundings than others [B] possess a thorough insight of the problems in life [C] are genuinely humanistic and full of sympathy [D] have read extensively and critically 【参考答案】：D

8. By the word \ [A] sad events [B] bad manners [C] real experience [D] troubles 【参考答案】：A

9. The main idea of the last but one paragraph is that reading makes a person ____. [A] romantic

[B] understandable [C] sympathetic [D] wiser 【参考答案】：C

10. Of the following suggested titles, the one that most accurately sums up the passage is ____. [A] A Man Is What He Has Read

[B] Our Reading and Studies Carry over into Our Lives [C] Read Good Books Carefully [D] The Benefit of Critical Reading 【参考答案】：D

题 11 - 15 Passage 3

It is possible to stop most drug addiction in the United States within a very short time. Simply make all drugs available and sell them at cost. Label each drug with a precise description of what effect -- good and bad -- the drug will have on the taker. This will require heroic honesty.

For the record, I have tried -- once -- almost every drug and like none, disproving the popular theory that taking a single smoke of opium will enslave the mind. Nevertheless many drugs are bad for certain people to take and they should be told why in a sensible way.

Along with advice and warning, it might be good for our citizens to recall that the United States was the creation of men who believed that each man has the right to do what he wants with his own life as long as he does not interfere with his neighbor's pursuit of happiness.

Now one can hear the warning: If everyone is allowed to take drugs, everyone will, and the gross national product will decrease and we shall end up a race of fools. Alarming thought. Yet it seems most unlikely that any reasonably healthy-minded person will become a drug addict if he knows in advance what addiction is going to be like.

Is everyone reasonably sensible? No. Some people will always become drug addicts just as some people will always become drunken, and it is just too bad. Everyman, however, has the power to kill himself if he chooses. But since most men won't, they won't be the majority, either. Nevertheless, forbidding people things they like or think they might enjoy only makes them want those things all the more. This psychological insight is, for some mysterious reason, denied our governers. 11. The author's solution to the drug problem is ____.

[A] to make all drugs extremely costly

[B] to put honest warnings on all drug labels

[C] to make the buying and selling of all drugs illegal [D] to tell people the dangerous effects of drugs on health 【参考答案】：B

12. Many people believe that ____.

[A] taking drugs once in a while will not be harmful

[B] a single smoke of opium will make you an addict to it [C] the authorities are honest in dealing with the drug problem [D] it is a heroic activity to destroy all the drugs available 【参考答案】：B

13. According to the author, forbidding people to take drugs is ____. [A] unacceptable to the majority of people [B] not an effective way to stop drug addiction [C] in the interest of the people and the governors [D] in agreement with the basic rights of citizens 【参考答案】：B

14. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?____ [A] Few people will take drugs if they are allowed to.

[B] The United States will be easily defeated if its citizens are allowed to take drugs. [C] It is a general practice to forbid drugs in different countries.

[D] A majority of people will become addictive to drugs if they are allowed to take them. 【参考答案】：C

15. Which of the following might best describe the author arguments in the passage?____ [A] Alarming. [B] Unusual. [C] Mysterious. [D] Traditional.

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