新视野视听说教程第二册quiz5(6)

新视野视听说教程第二册quiz

C. To persuade readers to take some time off for themselves.

D. To describe to readers what it is like to discover a city.

2. The words "casual", "wonder", and "gaze" in paragraph 2 suggest a feeling of ________.

A. determination.

B. relaxation.

C. depression.

D. excitement.

3. The narrator would lay out her clothes the night before her day away so that she ________.

A. wouldn't forget what she wanted to wear

B. wouldn't have to make a decision in the morning

C. would be able to sleep late in the morning

D. would be as well dressed as possible

4. Which statement best describes the narrator's motivation for "a day away?"

A. We will lose our places in the universe.

B. I sleep the sleep of the just.

C. I want to forget for a while.

D. Friends can exist one day without any one of us.

5. Which of the following is the main theme of the passage?

A. Self-energizing is necessary.

B. Time is of the most importance.

C. Problems will be automatically resolved.

D. A single decision has many consequences.

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.

For most of human history, people thought the world was flat. That is, they thought that if you travelled far enough in one direction, you would eventually come to the edge of the world. Then, about two thousand years ago, people started to come up with the theory that the earth was round. This meant that by traveling far enough in a straight line, you would eventually come back to where you started. It wasn't until the sixteenth century that Ferdinand Magellan's expedition became the first to travel around the world. The expedition first sailed west from Portugal, around South America, across the Pacific, before returning around South Africa back to Portugal. Although Magellan died during the voyage, one of his captains, Sebastian de Cano, made it all the way. In 1872, the French science fiction author Jules Verne published a book called Around the World in 80 Days. The novel was about a man who travels around the world, starting from London, to win a bet. In 1889, an American journalist, Nellie Bly, was sent by her newspaper to complete the journey taken by the characters in Verne's book. She traveled around the world, sending articles back to her newspaper about her journey. She finally arrived back home after her trip, taking 72 days, six hours, eleven minutes, and fourteen second to go around the world. Even though traveling around the world today is very easy, and can be done in one or two days by plane, people are still interested in breaking records. From 1970 to 1974, an American, Dave