新视野二级试卷试题B及参考答案.doc

New Horizon College English TestBand 2 (B)Paper OnePart I. Listening Comprehension (15%)Section ADirections: In this section, you’ll hear five short conversations. After each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will be read only once. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question. 1. A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By bike. D. By car. 2. A. To make tea at home. B. To finish her homework. C. To do the housework. D. To have tea at home. 3. A. Sometime this month. B. Sometime next month. D. Sometime this year. D. Sometime next year. 4. A. His bike. B. Jane’s bike. C. The key to his room. D. His bike key. 5. A. Mike. B. John. C. Lily and John. D. Lily and Mike.Section BDirections: In this section, you’ll hear a long conversation and a passage. The conversation and passage will be read twice. At the end of them, you’ll hear some questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following conversation: 6. A. Driver — passenger. B. Policeman — witness. C. Lawyer — client. D. Judge — defendant. 7. A. At the crossroads of Bridge Street and Churchill Avenue. B. Outside Brown’s toyshop. C. Just where the woman was standing. D. Where the policeman and the woman are talking. 8. A. At 10. B. At 10:40. C. At 2:30. D. At 2:40. 9. A. 10 miles per hour. B. 40 miles per hour.C. 30 miles per hour. D. 20 miles per hour.10. A. To write down what she had said. B. To identify the drivers. C. To sign her name. D. To go to the court.Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:11. A. Noise. B. Newspapers. C. Advertisements. D. Electronic equipment.12. A. It gives too much music.B. It has too many programs for advertising.C. Its noise does harm to our ears.D. It changes our daily live.13. A. They spend too much time on sports.B. They are always watching TV programs.C. They like to play games on TV.D. They take little interest in their wives.14. A. Electronic equipment may invade our private life.B. Electronic equipment may harm our health.C. Electronic equipment may affect children’s study.D. Electronic equipment may affect family relationship.15. A. There are too many programs for grown ups on TV. B. Reading advertisements is a waste of time. C. Watching TV may hurt children’s eyes. D. Some electronic equipment may cause social problems.Part II Reading Comprehension (30%)Directions: There are four reading passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to each question.Passage 1In the United States many have been told that anyone can become rich and successful if he works hard and has some good luck. Yes, when one becomes rich he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That’s what “Keeping up with the Joneses” is about. The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American by the name of Arthur Momand. Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things to keep up with their neighbors; they try to look as rich and as successful as their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping Up with the Joneses”, because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping Up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years. People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. That is one reason why they read the “right” books, go to the “right” universities and eat in the “right” restaurants.Every city has an area where people want to live because others will think better of them if they do. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses, because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead. 16. Why, according to the passage, do many people try to keep up with the Joneses? A. Because they want to be as rich as their neighbors. B. Because they feel proud to be taken for the Joneses. C. Because they want others to know or think they are rich. D. Because they are afraid that others will know they are rich. 17. Why did Arthur Momand use the name “Jones” in his stories? A. Because many rich people in the U. S. are named Jones. B. Because few rich people in the U. S. are named Jones. C. Because the name sounds funny and impressive. D. Because there are many people in the U. S. whose family name is Jones. 18. What does the author refer to when he says the “right” books? A. Books that other people ar。