Quiz for Unit 6I. Spell th. followin. words with the help of their definitions and first letters given. (1. points) 1.c.___________n. a person, team, firm, etc., competing with another or others; river 2.m__________ adj. wonderful; surprisingly good 3.a____________n. a journey, actively, experience, etc., that is strange, exciting, and often dangerous 4.e___________adj. necessary 5.r_____________n. (sth.) neededI<b.>I. Compl.te.the following s.ntences with the word. given below change the form when necessary. (1. points) Relevant security bond contribution enthusiasm 1.We need a strong adhesive to ____________________ wood to metal. 2.Such a treaty would be a major____________________ towards world peace. 3.Color and sex are hardly ___________when appointing somebody to a job. 4.We need greater____________________ in car parks. 5.His ___________ made everyone else interested.III. Fill the.followin. blanks.with correct adverbs or prepositions. (1. points) 1.I’m not keen__________jaz.. 2.My suggestion was regarded_________________worth consideration. 3.The sudden wind contributes much________the huge forest fire. 4.He has the ability to work in harmony________________others. 5.He had been dreading their meeting but her warm welcome soon put him_________his ease.IV. Choos. the.on. that best complete the sentences. (1. points) 1. One likes to hear ___________ on one’s appearance. A. complement B. compliment C. complex D. cong.ess 2. He has won wide __________ in the field of occupational medicine. A. recollection B. profession C. recognition D. production 3. I want to__________ to act as nurse to fight ageist S.RS. A. violence B. visit C. virus D. volunteer 4. His father is the British____________ toJapan. A. ambassador B. ambulance C. ambition D. embarrass 5. We supply every___________ for traveling. A. requisition B. requirement C. requisite D. requestV. Re.br>a. t.e followin. pas.ag. and give the bes. answe. t. each question with the information y.u have got from the passage. (2. points)Passage 1.nbsp; A.mysterious light shines a peak.in southeastTexas. Nearby settler. saw this light about eight years ago, and traveler along highway 9. between Alpine and Merfa,Texas, still report seeing it. The light does not alway. shine from the same place, but moving from point to point on the peak. So far, no one has solved the mystery of theTexasghost-light. Often strange brown lights have been seen in the deep valley below B.owing Rock,North C.rolina. These also move about. Scientists have tried to solve this mystery too, but without success. One day, recently, a woman who lives in a house high above this valley was resting in bed. The sun was shining. There was not a cloud in the sky. The window was raised several inches. Suddenly a ball of light forced its way through this window opening, knocked the woman unconscious and burned her in a way no doctor has ever seen before. 1.The best title for this selection might be _.________ A.D.fferent Color Lights Appear B.Our Sun Is the Strongest of All Lights C.Examples of Unexpected Strange Lights D.How a lady in North Carolina Was Burned 2.How and where did the light get into the house? The light__________ A.forced its way through the ceiling B.forced its way through the raised window C.came from the floor cracks D.came through the crowd 3.What is true of the mysterious light__________________? A. It moves about, shining from different places. B. It always shines from a peak. C. It can only be found inTexas, so it is calledTexasghost-light. D. It does no harm to our human beings, 4. Which of the following is the most certain thing about theTexasghost-light? It is___________________ A. a uranium deposit B. a fox fire C. a mystery D. caused by swamp gas 5. TheTexasghost light came into existence___________________________. A. 90 years ago B. 8. years ago C. 30 years ago D. 6. years agoPassage 2 One day in the early 1920’s a crowd was gathered atFortBlissto watch the airplane. As one airplane was rolled out, a grandmotherly old woman asked if she could have a ride on it. Leaning on her stick, the thin old lady dressed in black made her way to the plane. She was helped into the cockpit (座舱) and then carefully strapped into the seat. The pilot went up to the nose of the plane and gave the propeller a turn. As he did so, his feet slipped and he fell flat. Before he could get up, the airplane, with no one on it except grandma, went moving quickly down the field, and sailed into the air, and headed for a row of trees. Men grasped（喘气）in horror. Women screamed. The plane climbed above the trees and started for the stars, but rolled over on its back and fell toward the field. In the last few seconds it righted itself, ran crazily across the field, and stopped. The little old lady was really a young man, Clarie Chenault, who later became the famous commander of the Flying Tigers. 6. The old lady turned out to be ____________ A. actually a pilot in disguises B. a lucky grandmother C. a flying instructor D. a famous old lady 7. What do you think of the pilot who slipped and fell flat?________ A. He was careless. B. He was stripped C. He pretended to fall D. He was out of balance 8. After reading the story we can learn that_________________ A. it is an exciting experience for the old lady. B. it is an amusing flying story. C. it is an imaginary story. D. it is a practical joke. 9. The little thin old lady was__________ A. Fort Bliss B. Clarie Chenault C. Flying Tiger D. Grandma Smith 10. The Flying Tigers was the name of____________ A. a tiger B. an airplane C. an air force D. an airportVI. Sho.br>r. answer questions. ( 1. points)Directions: In this there is a short passage with five question. o. incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statement in the fewest possible words. ( not exceeding 10 words) If you ask an Englishman something about the World Service, he will almost certainly begin talking of the BBC. All sold broadcasting is done by the British Broadcasting Corporation, which also puts out TV programme, either sound or television. All BBC programmes for each week are announced in the BBC magazine and Radio Times. Another weekly radio paper is The Listener. For sound broadcasting a new plan was introduced in 1968, with 4.BBC channels, providing continuous pop music, light programmes for part of the day. For TV the BBC has several channels which show most programmes in color. On the first there are a few programmes, mainly for schools, women and children during the middle part of the day. Most of the time there is one programme for the whole country, but there are local interest broadcasts also. The Open University puts out its course at non-peak hours on BBC Channel Two. 1.What does BBC stand for?_____________ 2.What will the Englishman talked about if he is asked about the World Service?__________________ 3.Where can the listeners of the BBC get its programmers?__________________________________________ 4.How many radio channels does the BBC have?___________ 5.When does the Open University put out its course?________________VII. Trans.ate.the following sentences into Chinese.（1. points） 1.The new model comes in an exciting range of colors.这种新款有各种鲜艳的颜色。 2.To be the winner in market, a firm should have better products than its competitors要在市场中获胜，企业应当提供比竞争对手更好的产品。 3.Before the auto accident, the driver drank a massive amount of al.ohol.车祸前，司机喝了大量的烈性酒。 4.He’s launching.his son on a career in banking.他让自己的儿子从事银行业。&nbs.; 5.It is essential that you attend all the meetings.你有必要参加所有的会议。VIII. Translate th. following sentences into English.（1. points） 1.她50岁时，仍然非常热爱网球运动。When s.e was 50 years old she was still reveling in tennis. 2.市长拒绝承认他与受贿案件有关。The.mayor refused to confess that he was relevant to taking a bribe. 3.让自己精通一门外语将使我在今后的工作中处于有利地位。Making myse.f master of a foreign language would stand me in a good stead in mywork in the future. 4.她的这种行为被认为是一种犯罪。His action was re.arded as a crime. 5.他们想为俱乐部招募新成员。They wanted to recruit new memb.rs to the club.