华中师范大学网络教育学院《综合英语3》练习测试题库及答案

华中师范大学网络教育学院《综合英语3》练习测试题库及答案

I. Vocabulary: Fill in each of the following blanks with an appropriate word beginning with the given letter.

1.When asked about the secret of his success, he said that a business cannot

t_______ without good management.

2.He was a_______ at the prospect of having to teach the children at three levels.

3.There are t______ of poison in the dead man’s blood. This proves that he was

murdered.

4.There was nothing s__________ in Mr. Jacobs’ manner or appearance.

5.He nodded toward the steel gray Channel out the window, his pale blue eyes

filled with f_________.

6.Being h________ towards me, the stranger refused to help me.

7.His efforts to get the job were futile because a lot of c________ young men

applied for the job.

8.Almost every detai l of Shakespeare’s personal life is s__________ rather than

fact.

9.My father, who was quite a joker, would always say, as if he were surprised, “ Ah!

I see we have some n___________ potato soup today!”

10.The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust-jacket is i____________,

although this method of selection ought not to be followed.

11.But Shaka turned to his c___________ and said: “What use are you to me?”

12.There was a long a____________ silence between them after his angry words.

13.Your stay abroad will give you a____________ opportunities to learn a new

language.

14.I can’t bear his m_____________ any more.

15.She is one of the most v____________ people in the organization for she is very

influential.

16.The news that her son died from the war d____________ her.

17.The storm r____________ the crops.

18.As soon as he finished reading the letter, he flew into a r_________ and tore it

into pieces.

19.David has always been taken as a s_________ child.

20.This is really b_________ winter to most of the southern people who are used to

warm weather.

21.Her latest book is a work of g_________.

22.If the matter becomes known, it will ruin your r__________.

23.Though poor himself, my father is always g_________ to others.

24.If he can do the job well, his age is i__________.

25.Your reason for refusing t o help are quite v_________; I can’t understand it

clearly.

26.Have you any c_________ suggestions on how to deal with this difficulty?

27.The audience greeted her with a____________.

28.We are all o_________ to the future of our country.

29.Men have a shorter l____________ than women.

30.The panda is a race threaten by e___________.

31.I p_________ Mr. Smith for our chairman.

32.Harry has dropping h________ that he wanted to be invited to the party.

33.The bell is m_________, weighing over 40 tons.

34.He didn’t prepared the exam so the failure was_____________.

35.To i___________ the point, Dr. Fisher holds a story.

36.The government refused to n_________ with the terrorists.

37.It’s difficult to a________ the effects of the new legislation just yet.

38.The p_________ nature of the job will be made clear when you start.

39.Your speech gets to the c___________ of the subject.

40.She turned away to hide her b_________.

II. Answer the following questions.

1.Why do you think the headmaster in “My First Job” had “blood-shot” eyes?

2.Give one reason to prove the effectiveness of the ending of “On Not Answering

the Telephone.”

3.Why did the teacher fail to keep Class 2 under his thumb? Give at least two

reasons.

4.In “Christmas,” why did the child’s mother look distressed when she learned that

the boy had written his name on the envelope?

5.What hints are there in “After Twenty Years” to indicate that Bob was no longer a

respectable man? Give two examples.

6.Did the mutual feeling of strong dislike still exist when the tunnel was completed?

Give a piece of evidence from the text to support your answer.

7.Why does the author claim “it’s nonsense to talk about prizefighting as a test of

boxing skills”?

8.Why was the teacher in “Keep Class 2 Under Your Thumb”greatly upset by the

look of the studious-looking boy?

9.In “My First Job” what is the implied meaning of “they struggled to survive the

dust and fumes from a busy main road?

10.I n “Unwilling on Holiday”, what is meant by“Mother and Father would say I did

right”?

11.Did the mutual feeling of dislike still exist when the tunnel was completed?

12.In “ On Buying Books”, what does “Book sellers must be both long-suffering and

indulgent” mean?

13.In “ Who Killed Benny Paret”,why does the writer mention his interview with

Mike Jacobs, a prizefight promoter in the 1930s, when he is commenting on the death of Benny Paret, who died in 1962?

14.In “My First Job”, why was the writer diffident when asking about his salary?

15.How would you define a literary genius?

16.In “ On not Answering the Telephone”, c an you guess the meaning of "I'm not on

the telephone" from the context?

17.In “ On Buying Books”, why was the medical student surprised?

18.In “ Who Killed Benny Paret”, w hat does the writer mean by "His saying

something made it true"? What does it refer to?

19.In “Christmas”, why wouldn't the child's mother let him write his name on the

envelope as he was told to do so?

20.In “ A Fable for Tomorrow”, what is the implied meaning of “…white granular

powder still showed a few patches,…?”

III. Paraphrase. Explain the meaning of the following sentences in English. 1.. . . you are half asphyxiated by stale, unventilated air, flavored with cheap

face-powder and chain-smoking;

2.There is no country where Shakespeare’s work is not read with something very

like awe because there is something fascinating about him.

3.You see the West is a pretty big proposition, and I kept hustling around over it

pretty lively.

4.It serves you right if you find it impossible to escape from some idle or inquisitive

chatterbox, or from somebody who wants something for nothing . . .

5.. . . he was dismayed to find the book missing from its usual place and was about

to leave when he noticed the owner of the shop beckoning to him.

6.It was all wrong; my mood was all placatory; I was, inwardly, all white flag.

7.. . . if they showed anything less than suicidal courage in battle, they would be

unhesitatingly murdered by the slayers.

8.The prospect or working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.

9.“Town gardens are small, as a rule, and the Longs’garden was no exception to

the rule.”

10.“How grateful we are to you both for taking Tom off at such a short notice.”

11.Shakespeare soon became sufficiently well-known for managers and other

influential people to refer to him in writing

12.The Chunnel rewrites geography, at least in the English psyche. The moat has

been breached. Britain no longer is an island

13....by grace of one of the engineering feats of the century, for richer or poorer,

better or worse, England and France are getting hitched.

14.In theory it is, since already the atom has been harnessed to drive submarines and

an atomic engine is already in existence.

15."The truth will out. "

16.... there are two things for which the English seem to show particular aptitude...

17.The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust-jacket is irresistible, although

this method of selection ought not to be followed, ...

18.I found myself on varied assignments, all the way from ship news to sports

reporting.

19.It was plain the headmaster thought they had got nowhere.

20.The field were overgrown with weeds and one of the staple diets, namely milk,

was no longer on the food list.

IV. Sentence translation. Translate the following Chinese sentences into English using the given words or expressions that follow them.

1．他跟别人说话的样子就好像军官命令士兵一样，结果他几乎没有朋友。(way, wind up)

2．无论结果将会如何，你不应该放弃。经过许多失败后，你可能会突然发现自己正朝着成功而去。（whatever, find oneself）

3．弗雷德和马克有很多相似之处，比如说，他们都认为学习很重要。(have . . . in common; attach)

4．虽然我梦想拥有一辆轿车，但这取决于我每月挣多少。(dream; depend) 5．刚毕业的那几年我们还经常写写信，可自从他结婚以后我们就失去了联系。

(correspond, track)

6．校长瞧了她一眼，就开始问问题。她回答了，但是声音中带有明显的胆怯。

(eye, note)

7．当时我被眼前的景象惊呆了，假如不是亲眼所见，我无论如何也不会相信。

（stun, subjunctive mood）

8．她笑得很不自然，却装出十分坦率的样子。(pose as)

9．他在表演方面显出一定的天赋，所以理所当然认为自己可以靠当演员迅速成名。(aptitude; make a name)

10．他接到通知要他立即去西安，时间紧迫得连给他妻子打电话的时间都没有。(at short notice)

11．发言人清了清嗓子以唤起听众的注意。(claim the attention )

12．他提出这个问题是出于好奇心，而非出于求知欲。(rather than)

13．令人难以置信的是他在两年内竟然把这些普通的女孩子训练成了世界一

流的长跑运动员。(make out of)

14．老师显然下了很大工夫教学生如何做实验。（it is clear that）

15．你们无论做什么都不能阻止我对理想的追求。(prevent from)

16．我理解她为何日以继夜的努力工作；她极其渴望在这个领域里取得成功。 (desire for)

17．在纽约的大街上，你可以看到各种各样的人，他们有着不同的肤色，来自不同的阶层。(a great variety of)

18．我校的外貌无惊人之处，可是它拥有一支优秀的教师队伍。(nothing particular on)

19．很清楚，在粗鲁的顾客面前，一些售货员感到很难保持礼貌待客。(it is plain that)

20．总统发表电视讲话，号召全国人民团结一致，共度目前所处的困难时期。

(pull through)

V. Reading Comprehension: Read the following three passages and answer the questions that follow each of the passages.

Passage I

There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external result or product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a promotion, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language-------- all these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.

By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since by definition it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution or courage, as they encounter new experiences and unexpected obstacles. In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.

In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to confront the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first. How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is essential to our ability to grow. Do we perceive ourselves as quick and curious? If so, then we tend to take more chances and to be more open to unfamiliar experiences. Do we think we’re shy and indecisive? Then our sense of timidity can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and not to take a step until we know the ground is safe. Do we think we’re slow to adapt to change or that we’re not smart enough to cope with a new challenge? Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all.

These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we do not confront and overcome these internal fears and doubts, if we protect ourselves too much, then we cease to grow. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.

1.A person is generally believed to achieve personal growth when _________.

a.he has given up his smoking habit

b.he has made great efforts in his work

c.he is keen on learning anything new

d.he has tried to determine where he is on his journey

2.In the author’s eyes, one who views personal growth as a process would

_______.

a.succeed in climbing up the social ladder

b.judge his ability to grow from his own achievements

c.face difficulties and take up challenges

d.aim high and reach his goal each time

3.When the author says a new way of being, he is referring to _______.

a.a new approach to experiencing the world

b.a new way of taking risks

c.a new method of perceiving ourselves

d.a new system of adapting to change

4.For personal growth, the author advocates all of the following except _______.

a.curiosity about more chances

b.p romptness in self-adaptation

c.open-mindedness to new experiences

d.a voidance of internal fears and doubts

Passage II

Ultralight (超轻型的) airplanes are a recent development in aviation that provide what aviation enthusiasts have long been seeking: an inexpensive airplane that is easy to fly. The ultralight plane was born of the marriage of the hang glider and the go-kart （微型单座赛车）engine around 1974, then John Moody mounted a 12-horsepower go-kart engine on his Icarus II hang glider.

Today’s ultralights are not just hang gliders with engines; they are “air recreation vehicles.” Modern ultralight planes use snowmobile（雪地机动车）engines that let them cruise at about 50 miles per hour, climb at about 500 feet per minute, and carry combined payloads of pilot and fuel up to about 200 pounds, which is about equal to an ultralight plane’s weight when empty. More than ten thousand ultralight pla nes were sold last year at prices ranging from $2,800 to $7,000, But the main reason for

the increasing popularity of these aircraft is not that they are inexpensive, but that they are fun to fly.

The modern ultralight plane would look very familiar to the earliest pioneers of aviation. Otto Lilienthal made more than 2000 flights in Germany in the 1890’s in what were actually hang gliders. Octave Chanute designed and built many early hang gliders. Augustus Herring, Chanute’s assistant, used these gliders as models for a glider that he built for himself. On this glider, Herring installed a compressed air motor and flew 267 feet in 1898. The Wright brothers’ Flyer was the grandfather of today’s ultralight planes. The pilot sat right out in the open, just as in modern ultralights, and used controls that were much the same as those used in today’s machines.

Though most ultralight planes are used for pleasure flying, some are also used in crop dusting, aerial photography, and even military observation service. The likelihood is that further uses will be found for ultralight planes, but their greatest use will continue to be as air recreational vehicles.

5. The author seems to feel that ultralight airplanes are _________ .

a. a toy for the rich

b.nothing but hang gliders

c. a new development that meets the needs of aviation enthusiasts

d.the most important development in aviation since the Wright brothers’ Flyer

6. According to the passage, today’s ultralight airplanes ________.

a.are inexpensive but difficult to fly

b.are more like go-karts than like hang gliders

c.cannot climb as fast or as high as hang gliders

d.are not too different from the earlier aircraft

7. The author compares John Moody’s use of a go-kart engine on a hang glider to _______.

a. a marriage

b.the flight of Icarus

c.cruising in a snowmobile

d.soaring and gliding from a high altitude

8. Which of the following statements is an opinion?

a.Ultralight planes use snowmobile engines that let them cruise at about 50

miles per hour.

b.John Moody used a 12-horsepower engine to power his Icarus II hang glider.

c.The use of ultralight planes will increase in such areas as crop dusting and

aerial photography.

d.Otto Lilienthal made more than 2000 flights in Germany in the 1890’s in what

were actually hang gliders.

9. The author finds great similarity between _________.

a.the weight of the hang glider and that of the ultralight airplane

b.ultralight airplanes and military aircraft

c.the inventiveness of John Moody and that of Octave Chanute

d.the controls used in the Wright brothers’ Flyer and those used in today’s

ultralight airplanes

10. The best title for this passage is ________.

a.The Flying Snowmobile

b.The History of Recent Aviation

c.How the Ultralight Plane Flies

d.The Ultralight Plane, a Recent Development

PassageIII.

Martin Luther King, Jr., is well known for his work in civil rights and for his many famous speeches. Among them his moving “I have a dream” speech. But fewer people know much about King’s childhood. M. L., as he was called, was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, at the home of his maternal grandfather. M. L.’s grandfather, the Reverend A.D. Williams, purchased their home on Auburn Avenue in 1909. twenty years before M.L. was born. The Reverend Williams, an eloquent speaker, played an important role in the commun ity since so many people’s lives centered around the church. He allowed his church and his home to be used as a meeting place for a number of organizations dedicated to the education and social advancement of blacks. M.L. grew up in this atmosphere, with his home being used as a community gathering place, and was no doubt influenced by it.

M.L.’s childhood was not especially eventful. His father was a minister and his mother was a musician. He was the second of three children, and he attended all-black schools in a black neighborhood. The neighborhood was not poor, however. Auburn Avenue was the main artery through a prosperous neighborhood that had come to symbolize achievement for Atlanta’s black people. It was an area of banks, insurance companies, builders, jewelers, tailors, doctors, lawyers, and other black-owned of black-operated businesses and services. Even in the face of Atlanta’s segregation, the distinct thrived. Dr. King never forgot the community spirit he had known as a child, nor did he forget the racial prejudice that was a seemingly