大学英语3(专升本)综合测试3

大学英语3(专升本)综合测试3

总分：100分得分：0分

一、单选题

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

参考答案：A

2. A police officer claimed that the young man had attempted to______ paying his fare.(1分)

(A) avoid

(B) reject

(C) refuse

(D) neglect

参考答案：A

3. It's high time we___________ the lecture because everybody has arrived.(1分)

(A) will start

(B) shall start

(C) start

(D) started

参考答案：D

4. This kind of material expands ___________the temperature increasing.(1分)

(A) to

(B) for

(C) with

(D) at

参考答案：C

5. __________these honors he received a sum of money.(1分)

(A) Except

(B) But

(C) Besides

(D) Outside

参考答案：C

6. A sudden noise of a fire-engine made him ___________ to the door.(1分)

(A) hurrying

(B) hurried

(C) hurry

(D) to hurry

参考答案：C

7. Would you let ___________to the park with my classmate, Mum?(1分)

(A) me go

(B) me going

(C) I go

(D) I going

参考答案：A

8. I have been looking forward to ___________ from my parents.(1分)

(A) hear

(B) being heard

(C) be heard

(D) hearing

参考答案：D

9. The policeman gave the thief a blow in___________ stomach.(1分)

(A) his

(B) /

(C) the

(D) that

参考答案：C

10. 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

参考答案：B

二、阅读理解

If you have ever had an operation, 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 patient 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 flexible needles into certain parts of the body.

The person who performs the acupuncture must 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. Today, 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 explain more convincingly how it works.

A surgical patient is given a choice between having acupuncture or having one of the chemicals used for putting him 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 several minutes, the patient is examined 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 acupuncture. However, it is already being used to a very limited extent in this country. It will be interesting to see if the method becomes adopted here.(10分)

11). From the passage we know acupuncture used in operation means___________ .(2分)

(A) pushing flexible needles into the body to inject certain medicine

(B) inserting 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 参考答案：C

12). If an operation is to be performed with 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

参考答案：D

13). According to the writer, which of the following statements is TRUE?(2分)

(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 1840’s.

(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 can start.

参考答案：A

14). 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

参考答案：C

15). The passage is mainly about ___________(2分)

(A) why acupuncture can prevent pain during the operation

(B) how acupuncture, a wonderful invention of the Chinese people, is being used now

(C) the advantages acupuncture has over other methods used by surgeons today

(D) so me American doctors’ attitude toward acupuncture

参考答案：B

Shoe manufacture today is based upon a remarkable invention developed by a young black genius in 1883.

Matzeliger was born 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 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, operating 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 experiments he used old pieces of wood and metal. He even made his own tools. Patiently 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 exchange for a two-thirds interest in his invention. With this extra money, Matzeliger finally achieved what he was after: A lasting machine that could turn out a complete 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 Matzeliger’s reward? Because of his long and hard work 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)

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

参考答案：D

17). While 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

参考答案：B

18). What Matzeliger wanted to build was___________(2分)

(A) a large shop selling shoes

(B) the largest shoe manufacturing company

(C) a machine that could make the sole of a shoe

(D) a machine that could produce a complete shoe

参考答案：D

19). Matzeliger’s machine not only increased the shoe prod uction but it also cut the cost of shoes___________ .(2分)

(A) by 15%

(B) by 20%

(C) 25%

(D) by 50%

参考答案：D

20). Before he developed his invention, Matzeliger had been ___________(2分)

(A) a rich businessman

(B) a skilled hand-laster

(C) a poor worker

(D) an engineer

参考答案：C

A higher reading rate, with no loss of comprehension, will help you in other subjects as well as English. Naturally, you will not read every book at the same speed. You would expect to read a newspaper, for example, much more rapidly than a physics or economics textbook----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 like to know what reading speeds are common 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% comprehension. Minnesota claims that after 12 half-hour lessons, one a week, the reading speed can be increased, with no loss of comprehension, to around 500 w.p.m. with 70% or more comprehension, you will be doing quite well, though of course any further improvement of speed-with-comprehension will be a good thing.

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 understanding 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 is 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 reading 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 can’t with others.

参考答案：C

22). 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 comprehension

(B) at about 245 w.p.m. with no loss of comprehension

(C) at about 450 w.p.m. with no loss of comprehension

(D) at about 300 w.p.m. with no loss of comprehension

参考答案：C

23). When you practice reading with short passages ___________ .(2分)

(A) you should carefully read one word after another so as to have a thorough understanding 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 参考答案：B

24). According to the writer, which of the 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 do with the general idea of the passage.

参考答案：B

25). The average untrained native English-speaking student at the University of Minnesota can read English of average difficulty___________.(2分)

(A) at about 245 w.p.m

(B) at about 400 w.p.m

(C) at about 500 w.p.m.

(D) at about 600 w.p.m.

参考答案：A

Thousands of years ago, ten of our very distant ancestors were hungry. They went out and picked berries or dug up roots to eat. Four of them chose poisonous food and died. The remaining six 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 survival of mankind: if you ate the right plant, you lived; if you wanted to make your own experiments, 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 something we have not tasted before. Even if the food or drink is offered by a friend, we are usually not at all anxious to experiment 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) 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 uncomfortable or annoying, and you will soon return to your old habit.

When it comes to other matters, we often follow a fixed 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, following fixed 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 become 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) Various Patterns of Human Behavior

(D) We Are Creatures of Habit

参考答案：D

27). The first paragraph of this passage is mainly about ___________the danger of making experiments (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

参考答案：B

28). 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 willing to try a new food if it is offered by a friend.

参考答案：C

29). The example 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