大學(xué)英語3專升本綜合測試3

1、-. z.大學(xué)英語3(專升本)綜合測試3總分：100分得分：0分一、單項選擇題1. People at the party worried about him, _because no one was aware he had gone.(1分)(A) of where(B) of the place where(C) where(D) the place參考答案：A2. A police officer claimed that the young man had attempted to_ paying his fare.(1分)(A) avoid(B) reject(C) refuse(

2、D) neglect參考答案：A3. Its high time we_ the lecture because everybody has arrived.(1分)(A) will start(B) shall start(C) start(D) started參考答案：D4. This kind of material e*pands _the temperature increasing.(1分)(A) to(B) for(C) with(D) at參考答案：C5. _these honors he received a sum of money.(1分)(A) E*cept(B) Bu

3、t(C) Besides(D) Outside參考答案：C6. A sudden noise of a fire-engine made him _ to the door.(1分)(A) hurrying(B) hurried(C) hurry(D) to hurry參考答案：C7. Would you let _to the park with my classmate, Mum(1分)(A) me go(B) me going(C) I go(D) I going參考答案：A8. I have been looking forward to _ from my parents.(1分)(

4、A) hear(B) being heard(C) be heard(D) hearing參考答案：D9. The policeman gave the thief a blow in_ stomach.(1分)(A) his(B) /(C) the(D) that參考答案：C10. While I was in the university, I learned taking a photo, _ is very useful now for me.(1分)(A) it(B) which(C) that(D) what參考答案：B二、閱讀理解If you have ever had an o

5、peration, you were first put to sleep with a gas you breathed or by a chemical injected into your body. Medical workers in the United States of America and Europe have used these methods in operations since 1842. They have been valuable in preventing great pain which would have occurred if the patie

6、nt had not been put to sleep.The Chinese, however, have been able to perform operations for about 4,000 years without putting the patient to sleep. They use a method called acupuncture. This involves sticking fle*ible needles into certain parts of the body.The person who performs the acupuncture mus

7、t know how to insert the needles so the needles themselves are not painful. This person also knows where to place the needles so the patient feels no pain in the area where the operation is to be performed. The needles are not necessarily inserted near the region where the pain is to be prevented.To

8、day, the Chinese are learning to be more efficient and skilled in their use of acupuncture: but more research should be done before the Chinese can e*plain more convincingly how it works.A surgical patient is given a choice between having acupuncture or having one of the chemicals used for putting h

9、im to sleep. It has been estimated that over half of the patients chose acupuncture because there is no sickness after the operation, whereas the chemicals may make the patient sick for a few hours or a day.If the person has chosen acupuncture, the needles are inserted in the proper places. After se

10、veral minutes, the patient is e*amined to see if he or she can feel pain in the region where the operation will be performed. If no pain is felt, the operation is performed. The patient is fully awake and can feel the surgeon working.Some doctors in the United States have been skeptical about acupun

11、cture. However, it is already being used to a very limited e*tent in this country. It will be interesting to see if the method bees adopted here.(10分)11). From the passage we know acupuncture used in operation means_ .(2分)(A) pushing fle*ible needles into the body to inject certain medicine(B) inser

12、ting needles into the head to make the surgical patient fall asleep(C) inserting needles in proper places to prevent great pain while the operation is being performed(D) using different ways to make the patient feel no pain during the surgical operation參考答案：C12). If an operation is to be performed w

13、ith acupuncture to kill the pain the needles should be inserted_(2分)(A) near the surgical area(B) in the very place of the operation(C) in the areas where the patient feels no pain(D) in some special places on the body參考答案：D13). According to the writer, which of the following statements is TRUE(2分)(

14、A) The Chinese are still not able to give an adequate theory of acupuncture.(B) Medical workers in the U.S.A. began to use acupuncture during the 1840s.(C) We have to put the patient to sleep before we use acupuncture in an operation.(D) As soon as the acupuncture needles are inserted, the operation

15、 can start.參考答案：A14). The last word in the last paragraph here means _ (2分)(A) in China(B) in Europe(C) in the United States of America (D) in a certain hospital參考答案：C15). The passage is mainly about _(2分)(A) why acupuncture can prevent pain during the operation (B) how acupuncture, a wonderful inve

16、ntion of the Chinese people, is being used now(C) the advantages acupuncture has over other methods used by surgeons today(D) some American doctors attitude toward acupuncture參考答案：BShoe manufacture today is based upon a remarkable invention developed by a young black genius in 1883.Matzeliger was bo

17、rn in Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, on September 15, 1852. His father was a Dutch engineer who had been sent to the colony to take charge of the government machine shops. When young Matzeliger was ten years old, he joined his father at the machine shops as an apprentice. At the age of nineteen he became

18、 a sailor on an East Indian merchant ship. In 1876 Matzeliger went to Boston, Massachusetts. After working there for a year, he moved to Lynn, where he remained for the rest of his life. Because of his knowledge of mechanics and shoemaking, Matzeliger was able to get a job in a shoe factory, operati

19、ng a sole-sewing machine. While working there, he noticed that there was no machine that could last shoes. He began his plans for inventing a shoe-lasting machine by closely watching hand-lasters at their work. In his e*periments he used old pieces of wood and metal. He even made his own tools. Pati

20、ently he tested one idea after another.For years he lived in poverty, saving his money for his project. Fortunately, he succeeded in getting financial help from two businessmen in e*change for a two-thirds interest in his invention. With this e*tra money, Matzeliger finally achieved what he was afte

21、r: A lasting machine that could turn out a plete shoe. His machine indeed changed the shoe industry. It not only greatly increased production but cut the cost of shoes by half. By 1889 the demand for the new lasting machine became worldwide. What was Matzeligers reward Because of his long and hard w

22、ork and the lack of proper food and warmth during his years of poverty, his health had suffered. In the summer of 1886 he caught a cold which developed into tuberculosis. For three tears he was so sick that he had to remain in bed. Finally, on August 24, 1889, he died at the age of thirty-seven.(10分

23、)16). According to the passage, shoe industry would not have developed if it had not been for _.(2分)(A) the Dutch engineer in the colony in the 1850s(B) the shoemaking center in Lynn in the 1870s(C) the East Indian merchant ship in 1871(D) the great invention made by Matzeliger in 1883參考答案：D17). Whi

24、le he was working in the shoe factory, Matzeliger noticed that shoe production was restricted by the lack of_.(2分)(A) shoe factories(B) lasting machines (C) financial support (D) skilled hand-lasters 參考答案：B18). What Matzeliger wanted to build was_(2分)(A) a large shop selling shoes(B) the largest sho

25、e manufacturing pany(C) a machine that could make the sole of a shoe(D) a machine that could produce a plete shoe參考答案：D19). Matzeligers machine not only increased the shoe production but it also cut the cost of shoes_ .(2分)(A) by 15% (B) by 20% (C) 25% (D) by 50%參考答案：D20). Before he developed his in

26、vention, Matzeliger had been _(2分)(A) a rich businessman (B) a skilled hand-laster (C) a poor worker (D) an engineer參考答案：CA higher reading rate, with no loss of prehension, will help you in other subjects as well as English. Naturally, you will not read every book at the same speed. You would e*pect

27、 to read a newspaper, for e*ample, much more rapidly than a physics or economics te*tbook-but you can raise your average reading speed over the whole range of materials you wish to cover so that the percentage gain will be the same whatever kind of reading you are concerned with.Perhaps you would li

28、ke to know what reading speeds are mon among native English-speaking university students and how those speeds can be improved. Tests in Minnesota, U.S.A. have shown that students without special training can read English of average difficulty at speeds of between 240 and 250 w.p.m. with about 70% pr

29、ehension. Minnesota claims that after 12 half-hour lessons, one a week, the reading speed can be increased, with no loss of prehension, to around 500 w.p.m. with 70% or more prehension, you will be doing quite well, though of course any further improvement of speed-with-prehension will be a good thi

30、ng.When you practice reading with short passages, do not try to take in each word separately, one after the other. It is much more difficult to grasp the broad theme of the passage this way, and you will also get stuck on individual words which may not be absolutely essential to a general understand

31、ing of the passage. It is a good idea to skim through the passage very quickly first (say 500 words in a minute or so) to get the general idea of each paragraph. Titles, paragraph headings and emphasized words (underlined or in italics) can be a great help in getting the outline of the passage. It i

32、s surprising how many people do not read titles, introductions or paragraph headings.(10分)21). Which of the following is TRUE according to paragraph 1(2分)(A) You would read any book at the same speed.(B) You would read physics books more rapidly than economics books.(C) Yu can raise your average rea

33、ding speed by the same percentage whatever kind of material you read.(D) You can raise your reading speed with some kinds of materials but you cant with others.參考答案：C22). You will be doing quite well if you can read books of average difficulty _ .(2分)(A) at about 500 w.p.m. with no loss of prehensio

34、n(B) at about 245 w.p.m. with no loss of prehension (C) at about 450 w.p.m. with no loss of prehension(D) at about 300 w.p.m. with no loss of prehension參考答案：C23). When you practice reading with short passages _ .(2分)(A) you should carefully read one word after another so as to have a thorough unders

35、tanding of the passage.(B) it is a good idea to read very quickly first to get the general idea of each paragraph(C) you had better read the passage slowly to get the theme(D) you should look up every unknown word in the dictionary to check its meaning 參考答案：B24). According to the writer, which of th

36、e following statement is TRUE(2分)(A) Readers usually pay great attention to titles and paragraph headings.(B) Many people overlook titles and paragraph headings while reading.(C) Titles and paragraph headings are not so important as emphasized words.(D) Titles and paragraph headings have nothing to

37、do with the general idea of the passage.參考答案：B25). The average untrained native English-speaking student at the University of Minnesota can read English of average difficulty_.(2分)(C) at about 500 w.p.m.(D) at about 600 w.p.m.參考答案：AThousands of years ago, ten of our very distant ancestors were hungr

38、y. They went out and picked berries or dug up roots to eat. Four of them chose poisonous food and died. The remaining si* noticed that their food was safe to eat. They told their children, who, in turn, passed the message on to their descendants. In this way, habit became a vital factor in the survi

39、val of mankind: if you ate the right plant, you lived; if you wanted to make your own e*periments, you would probably die.The importance of habit in the survival of the human species is an interesting matter. Even today, most of us hesitate when we are invited to eat a new type of food or drink some

40、thing we have not tasted before. Even if the food or drink is offered by a friend, we are usually not at all an*ious to e*periment and accept the offer.When you get up tomorrow morning, notice which shoe or sock you put on first. Then notice which one you put on other days. You may discover that (a)

41、 you tend to put on one shoe or sock first every day, and that (b) if you are right-handed, you usually deal with your left shoe or sock first. If you try to change this habit, you may find it unfortable or annoying, and you will soon return to your old habit.When it es to other matters, we often fo

42、llow a fi*ed pattern. We sleep in one or two favorite ways. We often follow familiar routes even when they are not the shortest or best. We often wear a watch on the same wrist even when there is no real reason for doing so. In hundreds of other ways, we show that we are creatures of habit, followin

43、g fi*ed patterns of behavior. This characteristic can help us to survive but it can be a barrier to progress too. We must be alert and not let a beneficial factor bee a harmful one.(10分)26). The best title for this passage might be_(2分)(A) Habit-a Barrier to Progress(B) The Survival of Mankind(C) Va

44、rious Patterns of Human Behavior(D) We Are Creatures of Habit參考答案：D27). The first paragraph of this passage is mainly about _the danger of making e*periments (2分)(A) the importance of habit in the survival of mankind(B) the food our distant ancestors ate(C) the behavior of younger generations參考答案：B2

45、8). Which of the following statements is TRUE according to paragraph 2(2分)(A) Habit can be harmful to the development of mankind.(B) People usually like to taste new things at the risk of their life.(C) Most people hesitate to eat new things they have never tasted before.(D) People are usually willi

46、ng to try a new food if it is offered by a friend.參考答案：C29). The e*ample shown in paragraph 3 proves that_.(2分)(A) it is difficult to change a habit(B) habit can be changed easily(C) shoes and socks are essential in our daily life(D) everyone puts on shoes and socks in the morning whether he is righ

47、t-handed or left-handed 參考答案：A30). From the last paragraph we know that in the writers opinion_.(2分)(A) habit can never bee a harmful factor(B) people develop all their habits with good reasons (C) habit will always help people to make progress(D) everyone follows fi*ed patterns of behavior參考答案：D三、完

48、型填空In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has been taken for granted as a means of solving differences; and this is not even questioned. There are countries_(31)_ the white man imposes his rule by brute force; there are countries where the black man protests by_(32)_ fire to cit

49、ies and by looting and pillaging. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be_(33)_ men, get up and calmly argue_(34)_ violence- -as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other. What is really frightening, what really fills you_(35)_ despair, is the realization that

50、 when it es to the crunch, we have made no actual progress_(36)_ . We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the_(37)_ history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have stil

51、l not learnt that violence never_(38)_ a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed and the suffering_(39)_ nothing. No solution ever es to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder_(40)_ hit us.The truly reasonable men who know where the

52、 solutions_(41)_ are finding it harder and harder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted by their own_(42)_ because they advocate such apparently outrageous things_(43)_ law enforcement. If half the energy that goes into violent acts were_(44)_ , if our efforts were directed at cleaning up the slums and ghet