part i listening comprehension ( 15 minutes ) section a

directions: in this section, you will hear ten statements.

numbers 1 to 6 are based on text a while the rest are based on text b. each statement will be read only once. listen carefully and decide whether each statement is true or false. 1. a) t b) f

script: when the grand army led by napoleon attacked russia, the russians fought bitterly against them. 正确答案： b 2. a) t b) f

script: the battle at smolensk was a decisive victory for napoleon.

正确答案： b 3. a) t b) f

script: the russian czar refused napoleon’s truce offer

because he knew that the severe russian winter would defeat napoleon’s army. 正确答案： a 4. a) t

script: napoleon ordered his grand army to retreat from moscow only because the weather there was too cold. 正确答案： b 5. a) t b) f

script: hitler expected to conquer the soviet union in five weeks.

正确答案： b 6. a) t b) f

script: in answer to the call of the “scorch the earth” by stalin, the russians burned or destroyed their farms and factories. 正确答案： a 7. a) t b) f

script: in order to open up a second front in europe, br itish, american and canadian forces did a lot of careful preparations for more than a year. 正确答案： a 8. a) t b) f

script: the days of 5, 6 and 7 june were chosen for d-day because moonlight and tide of these days were favorable to landing.

正确答案： a 9. a) t b) f

script: when the assault on normandy began on the midnight of 6 june, the german troops were on high alert. 正确答案： b a) t b) f

script: thanks to a southerly current, the landing at the new sector of utah beach was quite successful. 正确答案： a 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. the winter war was a military conflict between the soviet union and finland. it began with a soviet

(11)_________________ on 30 november 1939 and ended on 13 march 1940 with the moscow peace (12)_________________ .

the league of nations deemed the attack

(13)_________________ and expelled the soviet union from the league on 14 december 1939.

the soviet forces had three times as many soldiers as the

finns, 30 times as many aircraft, and a hundred times as many tanks. the red army, however, had been

(14)_________________ by soviet leader joseph stalin’s great purge of 1937, reducing the army’s (15)_________________ and efficiency shortly before the outbreak of the fighting. with more than 30,000 of its army officers (16)_________________ or imprisoned, including most of those of the highest ranks, the red army in 1939 had many (17)_________________ senior officers. because of these factors, and (18)_________________ and morale in the finnish forces, finland was able to resist the soviet invasion for far longer than the soviets expected. hostilities ceased in march 1940 with the signing of the

moscow peace treaty. finland ceded 11% of its pre-war territory and 30% of its economic assets to the soviet union. soviet losses on the front were heavy, and the country’s

(19)_________________ . the soviet forces did not accomplish their objective of the total conquest of finland, but did

(20)_________________ along lake ladoga to provide a buffer for leningrad. the finns, however, retained their sovereignty and enhanced their international reputation.

script:the winter war was a military conflict between the

soviet union and finland. it began with a soviet offensive on 30 november 1939 and ended on 13 march 1940 with the moscow peace treaty. the league of nations deemed the attack illegal and expelled the soviet union from the league on 14 december 1939.

the soviet forces had three times as many soldiers as the

finns, 30 times as many aircraft, and a hundred times as many tanks. the red army, however, had been crippled by soviet

leader joseph stalin’s great purge of 1937, reducing the army’s morale and efficiency shortly before the outbreak of the

fighting. with more than 30,000 of its army officers executed or imprisoned, including most of those of the highest ranks, the red army in 1939 had many inexperienced senior officers.

because of these factors, and high commitment and morale in

the finnish forces, finland was able to resist the soviet invasion for far longer than the soviets expected.

hostilities ceased in march 1940 with the signing of the

moscow peace treaty. finland ceded 11% of its pre-war territory and 30% of its economic assets to the soviet union. soviet

losses on the front were heavy, and the country’s international reputation suffered. the soviet forces did not accomplish their objective of the total conquest of finland, but did gain

sufficient territory along lake ladoga to provide a buffer for leningrad. the finns, however, retained their sovereignty and enhanced their international reputation. 正确答案： offensive 正确答案： treaty 正确答案： illegal 正确答案： crippled 正确答案： morale 正确答案： executed

正确答案： inexperienced

正确答案： high commitment

正确答案： international reputation suffered 正确答案： gain sufficient territory

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.

as hitler’s armies drew closer and closer to moscow, an early, severe winter21 the soviet union, the harshest in years. temperatures dropped to minus 48 degrees celsius. heavy snows fell. the german soldiers, completely22 for the russian winter, froze in their light summer23 . the german tanks lay24 in the heavy snowbanks. the russian winter brought the german offensive25 .

by the summer of 1942, hitler had launched two new26 . in the south, the germans captured sevastopol. hitler then pushed

east to stalingrad, a great industrial city that stretched for 48 kilometers along the volga river. despite great suffering, soviet defenders refused to27 stalingrad.

in november 1942, the russians launched a28 . with little or no shelter from the winter cold in and around stalingrad, german troops were further weakened by a lack of food and supplies. not until january 1943 did the germans give up their siege. of the three hundred thousand germans attacking stalingrad, only ninety thousand29 soldiers were left. the loss of the battle for stalingrad finally30 against hitler. the german victories were over, thanks in part to the russian winter.

a) uniforms b) settled over c) to a halt d) counterattack e) unprepared f) siege g) buried h) give up i) offensives j) dropped k) captured l) thanks m) turned the tide n) shelter o) starving 21. ______________________ 正确答案： b

22. ______________________ 正确答案： e

23. ______________________ 正确答案： a

24. ______________________ 正确答案： g

25. ______________________ 正确答案： c

【篇三：新理念网络学习大厅综合测试第四册 unit1】

txt>part i listening comprehension ( 15 minutes ) section a

directions: in this section, you will hear ten statements.

numbers 1 to 6 are based on text a while the rest are based on text b. each statement will be read only once. listen carefully and decide whether each statement is true or false. 1. a) t b) f

script: when the grand army led by napoleon attacked russia, the russians fought bitterly against them. 正确答案： b