大学外语第三册quiz3(师大2011级的)

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Part 1 Multiple Choice

(每小题：1 分)

Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

1. Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply ______.

A. declined

B. reduced

C. descended

D. slipped

2. The publication of the poet's most recent works will certainly _______ his national reputation.

A. rise

B. strengthen

C. enlarge

D. enhance

3. Reading detective (侦探) stories is one of his favorite _______.

A. hobbies

B. occupations

C. habits

D. engagements

4. It's quite strange that he should be utterly _______ to public criticism.

A. inactive

B. indifferent

C. uninterested

D. unconsidered

5. Housewives who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to their full ________.

A. capacity

B. strength

C. length

D. possibility

6. The government is trying to do something to ________ better understanding between the two countries.

A. raise

B. promote

C. add

D. increase

7. As we had to keep the fire going throughout the games, we had to add firewood _______.

A. specially

B. permanently

C. previously

D. constantly

8. I don't like the noise of this air conditioner, but I've learned to _______ it.

A. stay with

B. stand with

C. go with

D. live with

9. The old couple decided to ________ a boy and a girl though they had three children of their own.

A. adapt

B. bring

C. receive

D. adopt

10. The soldier was ________ of running away when the enemy attacked.

A. scolded

B. charged

C. accused

D. punished

11. New difficulties kept _______ as they built the railway tunnel.

A. arising

B. arousing

C. raising

D. rising

12. He began to take politics _______ only when he left school.

A. carefully

B. seriously

C. gravely

D. solemnly

13. Reading ______ the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

A. inserts

B. decorates

C. deserves

D. provides

14. The joys of travel, having long ______ the disabled, are opening up to virtually anyone who has the means.

A. omitted

B. missed

C. neglected

D. discarded

15. She is the most _______ secretary I've ever had.

A. efficient

B. effective

C. industrial

D. practiced

16. Mr. Johnson said that his clients _______ our samples by the end of last month.

A. didn't receive

B. hadn't received

C. haven't received

D. don't receive

17. Your explanation is ______ than his.

A. no more convincing

B. not so convincing

C. no more convinced

D. not so convinced

18. The color TV set that you bought at a lower price is ______ the one that we bought at a slightly higher price.

A. inferior to

B. inferior than

C. more inferior

D. more inferior than

19. Theory could not do without practice, _______ without theory.

A. practice could do neither

B. practice could neither do

C. neither practice could do

D. neither could practice do

20. There is a crowd of people in front of the house over there. What do you suppose _______?

A. happens

B. happening

C. has happened

D. to have happened

21. He held _______ firmly and would not let me go.

A. me at arm

B. me my arm

C. me an arm

D. me by the arm

22. By the time this talk is over, we ______ a lot about airplanes.

A. shall be learning

B. are learning

C. shall learn

D. shall have learnt

Part 2 Cloze (with four choices provided)

(每小题：2 分)

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given for each blank. Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.

Albert Einstein is truly one of the greatest minds of all time. His

1.most famous for bringing us the

mathematical equation, E = MC2. This equation is also 2.

theory of relativity. However, Einstein's

3.physics and politics were many.

His theories are 4.

It is because of them that we have our current understanding of

many of physics' basic 5.

Born in Germany in 1879, he enjoyed 6.

boy he was very 7.

how he was 8.

was the compass that 9.his further

theoretical research. The compass 10.

that there was "something behind things, something deeply hidden."

In 1933 he moved and settled down in America and joined a 11.

scientists at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He was never 12.

his purpose. Einstein worked hard

to 13.

another. This lead him to 14.

related to the structure of light and movement of energy

particles. He 15.proved something that was unknown before. Particles of light can act like 16.

Einstein and several other scientists told President Roosevelt of a

17.mankind from Nazi Germany. The Nazis

were trying to build a 18.bomb. 19.

The US likewise 20.its research on building an atomic bomb. Besides all of his accomplishments mentioned here, Einstein also received the greatest honor in physics, the Nobel Prize.

Part 3 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)

(每小题：2 分)

Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

Questions 1 to 4 are based on the same passage or dialog.

Light, above all else, plays the most important role in picture making; it is the very being of painting, for without it there is no color, no modeling, no shapes, nothing. Coupled with light are the shadows it casts. How often does one notice a painting that may be quite delicately worked, full of details and interest but for all these points it remains a dull, sorry sight? The reason can often be that the light and shade have just not been observed and rendered with truth.

This seeing of light and shade in landscapes does need practice; there

can be many shades and gentle features that can be unnoticed. Still, it will not be just a matter of highlights (强彩色) and deep shade. There will be half-tones (中间色调), reflected lights to be sought out and registered.

Deep shade can be deceptive (造成假象的)—it is no good just dismissing it as a matter of a dark flat area of color. It is what the artist can paint of the things going on in shadowed areas that marks his class. Take a look at a picture such as The Adoration of the Shepherds by Rembrandt. Within the dark passages are subtle forms, all indicated with as much care as those in the strongly-lit places.

There is an Italian word chiaroscuro that means the study of light and shade. This concern with the effects of both can be seen in the handling of many masters.

Seeing the actual effects of light and shade is one side of the study—the other is to train the eye to decide exactly what colors are in them. Once more, whenever possible, turn to look at those who have succeeded in the past with the particular problem that is puzzling you.

1.According to the passage, there is another important thing that

goes together with light in picture making. What is it?

A. It is the color that the painter uses in the picture.

B. It is the shapes of things that the painter paints in the picture.

C. It is the modeling in the picture.

D. It is the shadows that the light casts.

2.According to the passage, a good painter _______.

A. paints deep shade as a dark flat area of color

B. paints strongly-lit forms in the shaded parts

C. pays careful attention to his dark areas

D. pays more care to the strongly-lit parts

3.What are the two sides of chiaroscuro?

A. Studying both light and shade.

B. Studying how light and shade affect things.

C. Studying the colors in light and shade.

D. Studying the effects of light and shade and the colors in them.

4.What does the writer suggest to a painter who is having

problems?

A. He should learn by trial and error (差错).

B. He should study the old masters.

C. He should be careful about mixing his paints together.

D. He should observe his work carefully.

Questions 5 to 9 are based on the same passage or dialog.

After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report: The damage and death toll (死亡人数) could have been much worse.

More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, an earthquake of similar intensity (强度) that shook America in 1988 claimed 25,000 victims.

Injuries and deaths were relatively less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31 a.m. on a holiday, when traffic was light on the city's highways. In addition, changes made to the construction codes (准则) in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the city's buildings and highways, making them more resistant to quakes. Despite the good news, civil engineers aren't resting on their successes. Pinned to their drawing boards are blueprints (蓝图) for improved quake-resistant buildings. The new designs should offer even greater security to cities where earthquakes often take place.

In the past, making structures quake-resistant meant firm yet flexible materials, such as steel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to reduce the impact of ground vibrations (振动). The most recent designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports. Called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquake's

vibrations. When the ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would force the building to shift in the opposite direction. The new smart structures could be very expensive to build. However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.

5.One reason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake

was comparatively low is that ________.

A. new computers had been built into the buildings

B. it occurred in the residential (居住的) areas rather than on the

highways

C. large numbers of Los Angeles residents had gone for a

holiday

D. improvements had been made in the construction of buildings

and highways

6.The function of the computer mentioned in the passage is to

________.

A. counterbalance (抵消) an earthquake's action on the building

B. predict the coming of an earthquake with accuracy

C. help strengthen the foundation of the building

D. measure the impact of an earthquake's vibrations

7.The smart buildings discussed in the passage ________.

A. would cause serious financial problems

B. would be worthwhile though costly

C. would increase the complexity of architectural design

D. can reduce the ground vibrations caused by earthquakes

8.It can be inferred from the passage that in minimizing the

damage caused by earthquakes attention should be focused on

________.

A. the increasing use of rubber and steel in capital construction

B. the development of flexible building materials

C. the reduction of the impact of ground vibrations

D. early forecasts of earthquakes

9.The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to ________.

A. compare the consequences of the earthquakes that occurred in

the US

B. encourage civil engineers to make more extensive use of

computers

C. outline the history of the development of quake-resistant

building materials

D. report new developments in constructing quake-resistant

buildings

Questions 10 to 14 are based on the same passage or dialog. Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed (供应，分发) among buyers. The price system of the United States is a very complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad (极大数量) of services, including labor, professions, transportation, and public-utility (公用事业) services. The interrelationship of all these prices makes up the system of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.

If one were to ask a group of randomly (任意地) selected individuals to define price, many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words, that price is the money value of a product or service as agreed upon in market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the money involved must be known. Both the buyer and seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the

credit terms and discounts that apply to the transaction, guarantees (保证) on the product or service, delivery terms, return privilege, and other factors. In other words, both the buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that compose the total "package" being exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price.

10.What is the best title for the passage?

A. The Inherent Weaknesses of the Price System.

B. The Complexities of the Price System.

C. Credit Terms in Transactions.

D. Resource Distribution and the Public Sector.

11.According to the passage, the price system is related primarily to

_____.

A. labor and education

B. transportation and insurance

C. utilities and repairs

D. products and services

12.According to the passage, which if the following is NOT a factor

in the complete understanding of price?

A. Instructions that come with a product.

B. The quantity of a product.

C. The quality of a product.

D. Warranties (保修证书) that cover a product.

13.In the last sentence, the word "they" refers to ______.

A. return privileges

B. buyers and sellers

C. money and credits

D. all the factors

14.The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses

______.

A. unusual ways to advertise products

B. types of payment plans for service

C. theories about how products affect different levels of society

D. how certain elements of a price "package" influence its

market value

Questions 15 to 19 are based on the same passage or dialog.

I'm 90 years old. The advantage of being 90 is that you can look forward to death. The world is getting noisier, sexier and more horrible by the minute, but at least I can comfort myself with the fact that the end is in sight. Or so I thought. Imagine my anger when I opened the newspaper and discovered they were going to make us live till 130. When you're 60 or 70 the thought of death crosses your mind like a shadow. It disturbs you, it worries you. But by the time you reach my age you hope for it.

My body is dying on me. It's horrible. You start to smell—the smell of death—and you can do nothing about it. I can no longer see properly. You go deaf, and people talk to you as if you're a child. Your legs give up on you. Nowadays I spend so much time working out how to avoid making the trip downstairs more than once a day. When I do get out, I can barely walk more than a few yards—and according to those who know me, I'm lucky in good shape for my 90 years.

Ah, but the world would be so much wiser, some people say. I'm afraid that's an illusion. As we get older, we lose our wisdom, our mind, and even our language. We would have a world in which no one could communicate because we'd have forgotten how to.

No. The absolute nothingness of death is something to look forward to. If I discovered a medicine to make people live until 130, the first thing I'd do is to bury it.

15.What is the advantage of being 90 years old?

A. You can become sexier.

B. You can look forward to death.

C. You can enjoy the world more.

D. You can hear less noise.

16.Why did the speaker get angry?

A. He learned people will live longer.

B. He learned people will be noisier.

C. He learned people will become sexy.

D. He learned people will think about death.

17.Why is the speaker lucky, according to some?

A. He doesn't have to walk much.

B. He doesn't need to listen to others.

C. He is in good health for his age.

D. He is much wiser than before.

18.What is an "illusion", according to the speaker?

A. That the world has become a better place.

B. That the world has become sexier and noisier.

C. That old people are happy to live longer lives.

D. That old people are wiser than they were before.

19.What would he do with a medicine that makes life longer?

A. Live 130 years.

B. Become wiser.

C. Forget where it is.

D. Bury the medicine.