大学英语3(专升本)综合测试1

大学英语3(专升本)综合测试1

单选题

说明:1. —What can I do for you? —_______.(2分)

(A) I want a kilo of pears.

(B) You can do it in your own way.

(C) Thanks.

(D) Excuse me. I’m busy.

参考答案：A

解题思路：提问者想知道能够为对方做什么，其他选择与问题无关。

2. —Shall we sit up here on the grass or down there near the water? —______(2分)

(A) I'd rather stay here if you don't mind.

(B) Sorry, I don't like neither.

(C) Certainly, why not?

(D) Yes, we like these two places.

参考答案：A

3. —How do you do? Glad to meet you.

—_______(2分)

(A) Fine. How are you?

(B) How do you do? Glad to meet you, too.

(C) How are you? Thank you!

(D) Nice. How are you?

参考答案：B

4. —May I use your bike for a moment?

—_______(2分)

(A) It's well.

(B) It doesn't matter.

(C) By all means.

(D) I have no idea.

参考答案：C

5. —Why didn’t you come to my birthday party yesterday?

—_______.(2分)

(A) Well, my friend sent me a flower.

(B) Fine, I never go to birthday parties.

(C) Ha…ha, I don’t like birthday parties.

(D) Sorry, but my wife had a car accident.

参考答案：D

解题思路：根据提问回答。阅读理解说明:6. A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man—the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor

occupies a higher social position and

commands greater respect in the

community than the common laborer

or even the skilled factory worker, he

may take pains to point out that his

father started life in America as a

farmer or laborer of some sort.

This attitude toward manual (体力的)

labor is now still seen in many aspects

of Ameri?can life. One is invited to

dinner at a home that is not only

comfortably but even luxuriously (豪

华的) furnished and in which there is

every evidence of the fact that the

family has been able to afford foreign

travel, expensive hobbies, and college

education for the children; yet the

hostess probably will cook the dinner

herself, will serve it herself and will

wash dishes af?terward, furthermore

the dinner will not consist merely of

something quickly and easily

as?sembled from contents of various

cans and a cake or a pie bought at the

nearby bakery. On the contrary, the

hostess usually takes pride in careful

preparation of special dishes. A

pro?fessional may talk about washing

the car, digging in his flowerbeds,

painting the house. His wife may even

help with these things, just as he often

helps her with the dishwashing. The

son who is away at college may wait

on table and wash dishes for his living,

or during the summer he may work

with a construction gang on a highway

in order to pay for his educa?tion.

(291 words)(10分)

6.1). From paragraph 1, we know that

in America _______ .(2分)

(A) people tend to have a high opinion

of the self-made man

(B) people can always rise to the top

through their won efforts

(C) college professors win great

respect from common workers

(D) people feel painful to mention

their fathers as labors

参考答案：A

6.2). According to the passage, the

hostess cooks dinner herself mainly

because _______ .(2分)

(A) servants in American are hard to

get

(B) she takes pride in what she can do

herself

(C) she can hardly afford servants

(D) It is easy to prepare a meal with

canned food

参考答案：B

6.3). The expression "wait on table" in

the second paragraph means "

_______ ".(2分)

(A) work in a furniture shop

(B) keep accounts for a bar

(C) wait to lay the table

(D) serve customers in a restaurant

参考答案：D

6.4). The author's attitude towards

manual (体力的) labor is _______ .(2

分)

(A) positive

(B) negative

(C) humorous

(D) critical

参考答案：A

6.5). Which of the following may

serve as the best title of the

passage?(2分)

(A) A Respectable Self-made Family.

(B) American Attitude toward Manual

Labor.

(C) Characteristics of American

Culture.

(D) The Development of Manual

Labor.

参考答案：B

7. What makes a person a scientist?

Does he have ways or tools of

learning that are differ?ent from those

of others? The answer is "no". It is not

the tools a scientist uses but how he

uses these tools that makes him a

scientist. You will probably agree that

knowing how to use a power is

important to a carpenter. You will

probably agree, too, that knowing how

to in?vestigate, how to discover

information, is important to everyone.

The scientist, however, goes one step

further, he must be sure that he has a

reasonable answer to his questions

and that his answer can be confirmed

by other persons. He also works to fit

the answers he gets to many questions

into a large set of ideas about how the

world works.

The scientist's knowledge must be

exact. There is no room for half right

or right just half the time. He must be

as nearly right as the conditions

permit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the con?ditions are different, any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason that investigations are important in sci?ence. Albert Einstein, who developed the theory of relativity, arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracy of his mathematics was later tested through investigations, Einstein's ideas were shown to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may test his investi?gations. (263 words)(10分)

7.1). What makes a scientist according to the passage?(2分)

(A) The tools he uses.

(B) The way he uses his tools.

(C) His ways of learning.

(D) The various tools he uses.

参考答案：B

7.2). "The scientist, however, goes one step further…" The author says this to show _______ .(2分)

(A) the importance of information

(B) the importance of thinking

(C) the difference between scientists and ordinary people

(D) the difference between carpenters and people with other jobs

参考答案：C

7.3). A sound scientific theory should be one that _______ .(2分)

(A) works not only under one set of conditions at one time, but also under the same con?ditions at other times (B) does not allow any changes even under different conditions

(C) can be used for many purposes

(D) leaves no room for improvement 参考答案：A

7.4). The author quotes the case of Albert Einstein to illustrate _______ .(2分)

(A) that measurements are keys to success in science

(B) that accuracy of mathematics

(C) that the investigations are important in science

(D) that the mathematical calculations may test his investigations

参考答案：C

7.5). What is the main idea of the

passage?(2分)

(A) The theory of relativity.

(B) Exactness is the core of science.

(C) Scientists are different from

ordinary people.

(D) Exactness and ways of using tools

are the keys to the making of a

scientist.

参考答案：D

8. In parts of the Middle East, several

years may pass between rainstorms.

There is thus a serious shortage of

water, so that desalination plants have

to be used to make fresh water from

sea water.

A new scheme is now being tested. If

it is successful, it will be of great

interest and value to many countries.

The first step in the scheme is to find

a flat iceberg about 1.5 km long and

300 to 400 meters wide. The best

place to look is in Antarctica, where

the icebergs tend to be more regular in

shape than those from the arctic.

Engineers would start by cutting one

end of the iceberg to the arrow-head

shape of a ship. This would reduce the

resistance of the iceberg to the sea

when it is pulled by ships. The iceberg

would be wrapped in plastic and cloth

to reduce the rate of melting as it

passes through warm seas. At the

same time, a protective ridge around

the top would keep water melted by

the sun. this would prevent the heat of

the sun from further melting the

iceberg.

A French engineering company,

backed by Arab money, has prepared

plans to send an iceberg to Saudi

Arabia at a cost of U.S. $21 cents a

cubic meter. (This is below the current

cost of getting water from a

desalination plant and is the major

attraction of the scheme.) Ships will

have to pull an iceberg for over 7,000

miles and the voyage will last at least

six months. It is estimated that a large

iceberg would produce at least 70

billion liters of fresh water. The

average daily consumption of water is

about 225 million liters per million

people. Thus in a country of about

eight million people, a large iceberg

would provide enough fresh water for

more than a month if it could be

stored and distributed efficiently.(10

分)

8.1). In paragraph 1, “desalination

plants”are most probably

“_______ ”.(2分)

(A) devices that can produce

manmade rainstorms

(B) things that live in the sea and

carry much water

(C) grasses and trees that can give

out water

(D) factories which remove salt from

sea water

参考答案：D

8.2). All the following measures are

taken to carry out the new scheme

EXCEPT ______. (2分)

(A) reducing the rate of melting of the

iceberg

(B) reducing the resistance of the

iceberg to the sea

(C) training people to look for iceberg

in the Arctic

(D) cutting one end of the iceberg into

the arrow-head shape of a ship

参考答案：C

8.3). By shaping one end of the

iceberg, engineers would ____.(2分)

(A) make the iceberg easier to pull

(B) reduce the rate of melting in the

warm sea

(C) keep the iceberg from being

melted by the sun

(D) help to wrap it in plastic and cloth

参考答案：A

8.4). According to the passage, the

major attraction of the new scheme is

that _____.(2分)

(A) it costs less than getting water

from a desalination plant

(B) it is much easier than getting

water from a desalination plant

(C) the water it produces is cleaner

than that from a desalination plant

(D) it takes less time than building a

desalination plant

参考答案：A

8.5). It is estimated that on the

average country of about four million

people needs _______ every month.(2

分)

(A) 22.5 billion liters of water

(B) 30 billion liters of water

(C) 35 billion liters of water

(D) 27. billion liters of water

参考答案：D

9. Though some people have suggested that women should return to housework in order to leave more jobs for men, the idea has been rejected by both women and men in public opinion polls.

Lately some union officials have suggested that too many women are employed in types of work more suitable for men and that women should step aside to make way for unemployed young men. They argue that women----especially women in their childbearing tears actually delay economic development and result in lower productivity, poor quality and inefficiency.

To solve the problem, they have suggested that the working women stay at home while their husbands or brothers wee given double wages. They argue that under these circumstances, families would retain their same level of income, and women could run the house and raise children much better.

The suggestion has been flatly rejected by 9 out of 10 people polled.

A hundred persons in a big city were questioned last summer. Out of 50 women, 46 said they were unwilling to leave their jobs, no matter what the situation. The other 4 said they would like to return home if their jobs could be taken by their sons or daughters. Of 50 men polled, only 6 said they would like to see their wives resign their jobs, if it meant higher wages for themselves.

Some other people have suggested another way called “phased employment”theory. The theory suggests that a woman worker take leave from her job when she is seven months pregnant and stay off the job until her baby reaches the age of 3. It suggests that women on leave receive 75 percent of their normal salary and be allowed to return to work after the 3-year period. This will benefit children, women, their families and the society. Some of those polled, both women and men, felt the idea is a good one. It definitely seems to be

more acceptable than the suggestion

that women return to home forever.(10

分)

9.1). Some union officials have

suggested that women should return

home because ____.(2分)

(A) all of them are employed in

unsuitable types of work

(B) most skilled male workers are

now unemployed

(C) their participation in work has a

bad influence on the economic

development

(D) nowadays no one can take care of

children except women

参考答案：C

9.2). Some union officials have

suggested that if women give up their

jobs, _____.(2分)

(A) they should be allowed to attend

school to be trained

(B) their jobs should be taken over by

the male members of their families

(C) their children should also leave

their kindergartens

(D) the male employees in their

families should receive double wages

参考答案：D

9.3). According to the passage, the

suggestion that women should return

to housework was_______ .(2分)

(A) welcomed by both men and

women

(B) welcomed by men only

(C) welcomed by women only

(D) opposed by most men and women

参考答案：D

9.4). From the passage we can see

“phased employment”

means_______.(2分)

(A) two or more women share the

same job

(B) women stay at home on weekdays

and go to work on weekends or

holidays

(C) a woman should resign her job

forever if she has a child

(D) women are allowed to take leave

from their jobs during their

childbearing years

参考答案：D

9.5). According to the “phased

employment”theory, during a

woman’s leave from her job _____.(2

分)

(A) her work should be done by her

husband or brothers

(B) either her husband or her brothers

will be given double wages

(C) her family can still keep the

normal level of income

(D) her family’s income level will be

a little lower than it normally is

参考答案：D完型填空

说明:10. When he entered his

parents’room, the little boy

shivering (发抖) from cold. His

parents called a doctor, who some

medicine and bed rest to his

temperature. Assured by the doctor

that the illness was not a serious one,

his father asked him to relax and .

Somehow the boy could not

thinking. Evidently, he was holding

tight himself about something.

When his father returned from hunting,

he found the boy was still in bed

flushed with fever, at the foot of the

bed. Finally, the boy admitted that he

thought he was going , having

confused his Fahrenheit temperature

with Celsius. After his father

explained the difference to him, the

boy became .(20分)

1.

(A) is

(B) was

(C) has been

(D) had been

2.

(A) suggested

(B) gave

(C) prescribed

(D) explained

3.

(A) bring down

(B) bring on

(C) bring up

(D) bring to

4.

(A) take it up

(B) take it out

(C) take it over

(D) take it easy

5.

(A) keep from

(B) keep against

(C) keep off

(D) keep on

6.

(A) down

(B) onto

(C) over

(D) into

7.

(A) laying

(B) lied

(C) lying

(D) laid

8.

(A) gazing

(B) seeing

(C) watching

(D) looking over

9.

(A) to be dying

(B) dying

(C) to die

(D) died

10.

(A) slim

(B) relaxed

(C) sleep

(D) slip

参考答案：(1)B(2)C(3)A(4)D(5)A(6)B(7)C(8)A( 9)C(10)B翻译题

说明:11. To some extent, attitudes determine the results of any efforts. (2分)

参考答案：在某种程度上,态度决定结果的任何努力。

解题思路：

12. Most letters from his wife, are read to him by the nurse in the hospital.(2分)

参考答案：他的妻子给他的信件，大多数是由医院里的护士念给他听的。

解题思路：

13. When in doubt about the meaning of a word, consult a dictionary.(2分) 参考答案：当在一个单词的意思拿不准时,查查词典。

解题思路：

14. When foreigners come to Beijing for the first time, they all want to visit the Palace Museum.(2分)

参考答案：外国人第一次来北京时都要去参观故宫

解题思路：

15. If he be found guilty, he would be sent to the prison on that island.(2分) 参考答案：如果他被判有罪,他将被送到监狱在那个岛上。

解题思路：作文题

说明:16. Writing (本题20分) Directions: You are Jim. Write a letter of 100 words to Xiao Ming with the title “My Summer Holiday.”(20分) 参考答案：无

解题思路：：

大学英语3(专升本)综合测试2

单选题

说明:1. It was getting__________, he had to stop to have a rest.(1分)

(A) very darker

(B) dark and dark

(C) darker and darker

(D) darkest and darkest

参考答案：C

2. There's lots of fruit _______ the tree. Our little cat is also in the tree.(1分)

(A) in

(B) at

(C) under

(D) on

参考答案：D

3. In _______, the northerners have a particular liking for dumplings while the south?erners are fond of rice.(1分)

(A) common

(B) total

(C) general

(D) particular

参考答案：C

4. Would you like something _____?(1分)

(A) drink

(B) to drink

(C) drinking

(D) for drinking

参考答案：B

5. How can he _______ if he is not _______ ?(1分)

(A) listen; hearing

(B) hear; listening

(C) be listening; heard

(D) be hearing; listened to

参考答案：B

6. The computer system suddenly _______while he was searching for information on the Internet.(1分)

(A) broke down

(B) broke out

(C) broke up

(D) broke in

参考答案：A

7. How much has the company __________this year?(1分)

(A) brought in

(B) brought down

(C) brought out

(D) brought about

参考答案：A

8. The old houses are being pulled down to ________a new office block.(1分) (A) make room for

(B) make use of

(C) take the place of

(D) supply with

参考答案：A

9. ___________no need

___________the radio as I'm used to

studying with it on.(1分)

(A) It's; to turn down

(B) It's; turning up

(C) There's; to turn off

(D) There's; turning off

参考答案：D

10. The wild flowers looked like a soft

orange blanket________ the desert.(1

分)

(A) covering

(B) covered

(C) cover

(D) to cover

参考答案：A

11. . ___________is the population of

Paris?(1分)

(A) How many

(B) How much

(C) How

(D) What

参考答案：D

12. The red flower goes from one

to_______ in the class.(1分)

(A) the other

(B) others

(C) another

(D) other

参考答案：C

13. Two days is not enough for him to

finish the work. He needs _______

day.(1分)

(A) other

(B) the other

(C) the third

(D) a third

参考答案：D

14. The Chinese women volleyball

players _____both in and out of

China.(1分)

(A) are thought good of

(B) are highly thought of

(C) are well thought

(D) are ill thought of

参考答案：B

15. As the busiest woman there, she

made____________ her duty to look

after all the other people's affairs in

that town.(1分)

(A) this

(B) that

(C) one

(D) it

参考答案：D阅读理解

说明:16. Much of the world’s coffee

is grown in Brazil. Not long ago an

unseasonable frost swept through

coffee plantations there. The result

affected people in many countries for

a long time to come.

At first, reports of serious damage

were received. These led to a sharp

rise in the price of coffee, which had

not been a highly profitable crop.

Growers in other countries made extra

efforts to increase their exports to

profit from the expected shortage.

However, they were hampered by

smugglers who wished to avoid

government controls. The price of

coffee fell slightly.

Then large restaurants and hotels

began to buy coffee to build up stocks

for future use. The price rose sharply

and public resistance developed.

Housewives organized a boycott of

coffee. This led to a rise in the price of

tea and a fall in the price of coffee.

Much to the dismay of growers, the

price fell sharply. Their response was

rather surprising. Instead of selling

their stocks of coffee, they began to

buy on the open market. Their motive

was clear. They wanted to force the

price of coffee up, and one way of

doing this was to reduce the amount

of coffee available for sale to the

public.

Luckily for coffee-drinkers, this move

failed. Restaurants and hotels stopped

buying coffee. Large numbers of small

growers had to sell their crops to keep

alive. The large growers found that

they were buying more coffee than

they were growing. They abandoned

their efforts and let the normal law of

supply and demand decided the price.

Meanwhile, millions of people had

changed to cheaper drinks and would

not switch back to coffee.(10分)

16.1). Who suffered most from the

recent unseasonable frost?(2分)

(A) The restaurants and hotels.

(B) The coffee growers in Brazil.

(C) Smugglers.

(D) The coffee growers in other

countries.

参考答案：B

16.2). Financially, who gained most

from the crop failure in Brazil?(2分)

(A) the public as a whole.

(B) The coffee growers in Brazil.

(C) The housewives.

(D) The coffee growers in other

countries

参考答案：D

16.3). This passage mainly deals with _______ .(2分)

(A) the effect of weather on a crop such as coffee

(B) the housewives’reaction to the rise in the price of coffee

(C) the reasons for changes in the price of coffee

(D) the methods the coffee growers adopted to raise the price of coffee

参考答案：C

16.4). the outcome of the changes in the price of coffee was that _______ .(2分)

(A) the demand for coffee decreased

(B) there was a fall in the price of tea

(C) many people switched back to coffee

(D) the growers decided not to grow coffee in future

参考答案：A

16.5). Which of the following factors made the coffee price fall?(2分) (A) The building up of stocks by restaurants and hotels.

(B) The reducing amount of coffee available for sale.

(C) The boycott of coffee organized by housewives.

(D) The news of the great damage caused by the bad weather.

参考答案：C

17. The process by means of which human beings can arbitrarily make certain things stand for other tings may be called the symbolic process. Everywhere we turn, we see the symbolic process at work. Stripes on the sleeve can be made to stand for military rank; rings of gold or pieces of paper can stand for wealth; crossed sticks can stand for a set of religious beliefs. There are few thing that men do or want to do, possess or want to possess, that have not, in addition to their mechanical or biological value, a symbolic value.

All fashionable clothes are highly symbolic: materials, cut, and ornament are dictated only to a slight degree by considerations of warmth, comfort or practicability. The more we dress up in fine clothes, the more we restrict our freedom of action.

Food is also highly symbolic. Specific foods are used to symbolize specific festivals. For example, moon cakes are eaten to celebrate the Chinese mid-autumn festival as the Chinese

think that on the Mid-Autumn Day

(August 15th of the lunar year), the

moon is at its brightest.

We select our furniture to serve as

visible symbols of our taste, wealth,

and social position. We trade in

perfectly good cars for later models

not always to get better transportation,

but to give evidence to the community

that we can afford it.

I once had an eight-year-old car in

good running condition. A friend of

mine, a repairman who knew the

condition of the car, kept urging me to

trade it for a new model. “But why?”

I asked, “The old car’s in fine shape

still.”The repairman answered

scornfully, “Yeah, but what the hell.

All you’ve got is transportation.”

Recently, the term “transportation

car”has begun to appear in

advertisements, for example, “4B

Dodge----Runs perfectly well:

transportation car. Leaving, must sell.

$100”. Apparently it means a car that

has no symbolic value and is good

only for getting you there and

bringing you back----a poor kind of

vehicle indeed!(10分)

17.1). According to the passage,

people dress themselves in

fashionable clothes chiefly to _____(2

分)

(A) comfort and warm themselves

(B) display their well-developed

figures

(C) restrict their freedom of action

(D) show that they are rich enough to

buy them

参考答案：D

17.2). Nowadays people often sell

their old cars in good running

condition and buy new ones _____(2

分)

(A) just to hold more people

(B) because they want to celebrate

specific festivals

(C) just to show their wealth

(D) because they are moving to a new

place

参考答案：C

17.3). The term “transportation car”

we now often come across in

advertisements refers to a car which

_____(2分)

(A) is made by a transport company

(B) transports goods only

(C) has only practical value

(D) is transported by other vehicles

参考答案：C

17.4). According to the writer, people

eat specific food at specific time

simply to ____(2分)

(A) show their high social position

(B) keep themselves healthy

(C) celebrate a certain traditional

occasion

(D) prove that they are wealthy

参考答案：C

17.5). In the last paragraph of the

passage, “Leaving, must sell.”

Means that ______(2分)

(A) the advertiser is on his way to the

market for selling his car

(B) the car has not any symbolic value

at all

(C) the car is ready to leave and has to

be sold

(D) the owner is going to leave the

place so he has to sell the car

参考答案：D

18. In the past twenty years, there has

been an increasing tendency for

workers to move from one country to

another. While some newly

independent countries have

understandably restricted most jobs to

local people, other countries have

attracted and welcomed migrant

workers. This is particularly the case

in the Middle East, where increased

oil incomes have enabled many

countries to call in outsiders to

improve local facilities. Thus the

Middle East has attracted oil-workers

from the U.S.A. and Europe. It has

brought in construction workers and

technicians from many countries,

including South Korea and Japan.

In view of the difficult living and

working conditions in the Middle East,

it is not surprising that the pay is high

to attract suitable workers. Many

engineers and technicians can earn at

least twice as much money in the

Middle East as they can in their own

country, and this is a major attraction.

An allied benefit is the low taxation or

complete lack of it. This increases the

net amount of pay received by visiting

workers and is very popular with

them.

Sometimes a disadvantage has a

compensating advantage. For example,

the difficult living conditions often

lead to increased friendship when

workers have to depend on each other

for safety and comfort. In a similar

way, many migrant workers can save

large sums of money partly because of the lack of entertainment facilities. The work is often complex and full of problems but this merely presents an increased challenge to engineers who prefer to find solutions to the problems rather than do routine work in their own country.

One major problem which affects migrant workers in the Middle East is that their jobs are temporary ones. They are nearly always on contract, so it is not easy for them to plan ahead with great confidence. This is to be expected, since no country welcomes a large number of foreign workers as permanent residents. In any case, migrant workers accept this disadvantage, along with others, because of the considerable financial benefits which they receive.(10分) 18.1). The countries in the Middle East have welcomed migrant workers because_______.(2分)

(A) they can’t find enough hands in their own countries

(B) they can save money by employing migrant workers

(C) they want the migrant workers to help to improve their facilities

(D) they can increase their incomes by employing migrant workers

参考答案：C

18.2). What attracts the visiting workers most in the Middle East is _____(2分)

(A) the fast-developing economy there

(B) the high pay with low taxation

(C) the working conditions

(D) the entertainment facilities

参考答案：B

18.3). Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?(2分)

(A) To attract suitable workers from foreign countries the work should be easy.

(B) Migrant workers usually have good working conditions in a foreign country.

(C) Migrant workers spend a lot of money in a foreign country.

(D) The number of migrant workers has been increasing year after year.

参考答案：D

18.4). The migrant workers have established a friendly relationship among themselves because ____(2分)

(A) they come from the same country

(B) they have to help each other to cope with difficult living conditions

(C) they often go to the entertainment

facilities together

(D) they are all engineers and

technicians

参考答案：B

18.5). According to the writer,

engineers like to do work which is

_____(2分)

(A) routine

(B) complicated

(C) easy

(D) temporary

参考答案：B完型填空

说明:19. The central problem of

economics is to satisfy the people's

and nation's wants.

The problem we are faced with is that

our resources, here identified as

money, are . The only way we can

resolve our problem is to make

choices. After looking at our resources,

we must examine our list of and

identify the things we need

immediately, those we can postpone,

and we cannot afford. As individuals,

we face the central problem involved

in economics-deciding just how to

allocate our limited our limited

resources to provide with the greatest

satisfaction of our wants.

Nations face the same problem. As a

country's population , the need for

more goods and services grows

correspondingly. Resources necessary

to production may increase, but there

are enough resources to satisfy the

total desires of a nation. Whether the

budget meeting is taking place in the

family living room, in the conference

room of the corporation of directors,

or in the chamber of the House of

Representatives in Washington, the

basic problem still exists. We need to

find of allocating limited resources in

order to satisfy unlimited wants.

A short time ago economists divided

goods into two categories, free and

economic. The former, like air and

water, were in abundance that

economists had no concern for them.

After all, economics is the of

scarcity and what to do about it.

Today many of these "free goods" are

very expensive to use. Pollution has

made clean air and water expensive

for producers' extra costs, and

taxpayers who pay for the

government's involvement in cleaning

the environment.

In the 1990s, almost all goods are.

Only by effort and moneyobtained in

the form people wish.

Meeting needs of people and the

demands from resource available the

basic activity of production. In trying

to meet unlimited wants from limited

economic goods, production leads to

new problems in economics.(15分)

1.

(A) limited

(B) unlimited

(C) scarcity

(D) abundant

2.

(A) want

(B) problem

(C) wants

(D) resources

3.

(A) those

(B) some

(C) others

(D) many

4.

(A) them

(B) themselves

(C) ourselves

(D) ours

5.

(A) expand

(B) extends

(C) grows

(D) increase

6.

(A) always

(B) sometimes

(C) often

(D) never

7.

(A) management

(B) function

(C) board

(D) group

8.

(A) people

(B) economists

(C) way

(D) methods

9.

(A) so

(B) great

(C) such

(D) such an

10.

(A) form

(B) study

(C) means

(D) source

11.

(A) practically

(B) in practice

(C) in reality

(D) practicably

12.

(A) the

(B) /

(C) for

(D) with

13.

(A) plentiful

(B) scarce

(C) abundant

(D) in full supply

14.

(A) they can be

(B) can they be

(C) they must be

(D) must they be

15.

(A) are led to

(B) leads

(C) lead to

(D) leads to

参考答案：(1)A(2)C(3)A(4)C(5)C(6)D(7)C(8)D( 9)C(10)B(11)C(12)C(13)B(14)B(15)

D翻译题

说明:20. Ted and William have lived under the same roof for five years.(4分)

参考答案：泰德和威廉已经在同一个屋檐下生活了五年了。

解题思路：

21. Tom was such a hardworking student that he soon came out first in the class.(4分)

参考答案：汤姆是一个学习十分用功的学生，以至于不久他就成了班里学习最好的学生。

解题思路：

22. A lot of natural resources in the mountain area are to be exploited and used.(4分)

参考答案：那个山区有许多自然资源有待于开发利用。

解题思路：

23. You needn't go there anymore. He already knows about it.(4分)

参考答案：你不必去了，他已经知道那件事了。

解题思路：

24. As is known to all, China is a developing country.(4分)

参考答案：众所周知，中国是一个发展中国家。

解题思路：问答题

说明:25. Writing (本题20分)

根据下面的要求写一则通知Notice，要求不少于80词。班主任老师（head teacher）准备举行一次班级茶话会（tea party），你作为班长，写一则通知，告知同学地点和时间，并要求每个同学准备一首歌或一个笑话等表演。(20分)

参考答案：无

解题思路：

大学英语3(专升本)综合测试3

单选题

说明: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阅读理解

说明:11. 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)

11.1). 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

11.2). 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

11.3). 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

11.4). 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

11.5). 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) some American doctors’attitude toward acupuncture

参考答案：B

12. 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)

12.1). 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

12.2). 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

12.3). 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

12.4). Matzeliger’s 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%

参考答案：D

12.5). 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

13. 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)

13.1). 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

13.2). 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

13.3). 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

13.4). 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

13.5). 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

14. 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)

14.1). 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

14.2). 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

14.3). 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

14.4). 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

(D) everyone puts on shoes and socks

in the morning whether he is

right-handed or left-handed

参考答案：A

14.5). From the last paragraph we

know that in the writer’s

opinion___________.(2分)

(A) habit can never become a harmful

factor

(B) people develop all their habits

with good reasons

(C) habit will always help people to

make progress

(D) everyone follows fixed patterns of

behavior

参考答案：D完型填空

说明:15. 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

the white man imposes his rule by

brute force; there are countries where

the black man protests by fire to

cities and by looting and pillaging.

Important people on both sides, who

would in other respects appear to be

men, get up and calmly argue

violence- --as if it were a legitimate

solution, like any other. What is really

frightening, what really fills you

despair, is the realization that when it

comes to the crunch, we have made no

actual progress . We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violence never a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed and the suffering nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder hit us.

The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions are finding it harder and harder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted by their own because they advocate such apparently outrageous things law enforcement. If half the energy that goes into violent acts were , if our efforts were directed at cleaning up the slums and ghettos, at improving living-standards and providing education and employment all, we would have gone a long way to arriving at a solution.(15分)

1.

(A) where

(B) that

(C) which

(D) who

2.

(A) giving

(B) catching

(C) setting

(D) letting

3.

(A) reasonable

(B) reasonably

(C) reasonless

(D) reason

4.

(A) for the sake of

(B) for fear of

(C) in case of

(D) in favor of

5.

(A) for

(B) with

(C) by

(D) up

6.

(A) at all

(B) after all

(C) at last

(D) in the end

7. (A) record

(B) recording

(C) recorded

(D) records

8.

(A) keeps

(B) deals

(C) answers

(D) solves

9.

(A) meant

(B) mean

(C) is meaning

(D) are meaning

10.

(A) what

(B) that

(C) /

(D) which

11.

(A) lay

(B) lays

(C) lie

(D) lies

12.

(A) kind

(B) way

(C) right

(D) rule

13.

(A) like

(B) so

(C) that

(D) as

14.

(A) put to use good

(B) put to good use

(C) put good to use

(D) good put to use

15.

(A) by

(B) at

(C) for

(D) with

参考答案：

(1)A(2)C(3)A(4)D(5)B(6)A(7)C(8)D(

9)B(10)A(11)C(12)A(13)D(14)B(15)

C翻译题

说明:16. I must make full use of the

time there is left to me and do as

much as I can for the people.(3分)

参考答案：我要充分利用剩下的岁

月，尽量为人民多做事。

解题思路：

17. Looking up at the clock, he was

surprised to find it was already past

eleven (3分)

参考答案：他抬头看钟，发现已是夜

里十一点多，不由吃了一惊。

解题思路：

18. . As was expected, the careless

driver broke the traffic regulations

again.(3分)

参考答案：不出所料，那个粗心大意

的司机又违反了集体规则。

解题思路：

19. We must be careful not to do

anything that might endanger the

economic recovery. (3分)

参考答案：我们必须小心谨慎，不要

做任何危害经济复苏的事。

解题思路：

20. The American professor's lecture

impressed the students deeply.(3分)

参考答案：美国教授的讲座给学生留

下了深刻的印象

解题思路：问答题

说明:21. Writing (本题20分)

Directions:

你的外国朋友John给你写信，打算

到中国旅游，你给你朋友写回信，

提出旅游建议：

你的回信应该包括：

1. 接到朋友的来信

2. 你对旅游计划的安排和建议

3.表达你想见到朋友的愿望(20分)

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