大学英语III第3次作业主观题

第一学期作业（大学英语Ⅲ）第3次作业

姓名：银召林

学号：13927180

专业：土木工程（工程管理）

班级：土木工程（工程管理）2013－78班（专本）

二、主观题(共1道小题)

41. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic ―Private Cars‖. You should write no less than 80 words.

三、阅读理解、完形填空题(共5道小题)

42.

When my friend asked me, ―What will make this love last?‖ I ran through all the obvious reasons: commitment, shared interests, unselfishness, physical attraction, communication. Yet there’s more. We still have fun. Spontaneou s good times. Yesterday, after slipping the rubber band off the rolled up newspaper, Scott flipped it playfully at me, which led to an all-out war. Last Saturday at the grocery, we split the list and raced each other to see who could make it to the checkout first. Even washing dishes can be a blast. We enjoy simply being together.

And there are surprises. One time I came home to find a note on the front door that led me to another note, then another, until I reached the walk-in closet. I opened the door to find Scott holding a ―pot of gold‖ (my cooking kettle) and the ―treasure‖ of a gift package. Sometimes I leave him notes on the mirror and little presents under his pillow.

There is understanding. I understand why he must play basketball with the guys. And he understands why, once a year, I must get away from the house, the kids—and even him—to meet my sisters for a few days of nonstop talking and laughing.

There is sharing. Not only do we share household worries and parental burdens – we also share ideas. Scott came home from a convention last month and presented me with a thick historical novel. Though he prefers thrillers and science fiction, he had read the novel on the plane. He touched my heart when he explained it was because he wanted to be able to exchange ideas about the book after I’d read it.

There is forgiveness. When I’m embarrassingly loud and crazy at parties, Scott forgives me. When he confessed losing some of our savings in the stock market, I gave him a hug and said, ―It’s okay. It’s only money.‖

[共5题]

(1) Which of the following is NOT mentioned as obvious reasons to make the author’s love last?

(A) Communication

(B) Unselfishness

(C) Understanding

(D) Both A and B

(2) The author tells us what happened on last Saturday at the grocery in order to __________.

(A) illustrate ―having fun‖ as a reason to make their love last

(B) persuade readers to do the same at grocery

(C) explain how they did shopping

(D) prove the true love between them

(3) The word ―blast‖ in paragraph 1 means _________.

(A) A violent explosion, as of dynamite or a bomb.

(B) A sudden loud sound

(C) A powerful hit, blow, or shot

(D) A highly exciting or pleasurable experience or event

(4) According to the author, which of the following statements is TRUE?

(A) The author’s husband prefers historical books to thrillers and science fictions.

(B) The author herself hates house working and baby caring.

(C) The author’s husband helps her with household worries.

(D) The author sends her husband gift to apologize.

(5) Which of the following can best describe the author’s husband according to the passage?

(A) Sporty

(B) Romantic

(C) Competitive

(D) Hospitable

43.

When Bill was very young, they had been in love. Many nights they had spent walking, talking, together. Then something not very important had come between them, and they didn’t speak. Impulsively, she had married a man she thought she loved. Bill went away, bitter about women. Yesterday, walking across Washington Square, she saw him for the first time in years.

―Bill Walker,‖ she said. He stopped. At first he did not recognize her, to him she looked so old. ―Mary!‖ Unconsciously, she lifted her face as though wanting a kiss, but he he ld out his hand. She took it. ―I live in New York now,‖ she said. ―Oh‖ — smiling politely. Then a little frown came quickly between his eyes. ―Always wondered what happened to you, Bill.‖ ―I’m a lawyer. Nice firm, way downtown.‖ ―Married yet?‖ ―Sure. Two kids.‖

A great many people went past them through the park. It was late afternoon. Nearly sunset. Cold.

―And your husband?‖ he asked her. ―We have three children. I work in the bursar’s office at Columbia.‖

―You’re looking very …‖ (he wanted to say old) ―…well,‖ he said.

She understood. She had been older than he then in Ohio.

―We live on Central Park West,‖ she said. ―Come and see us sometime.‖

―Sure,‖ he replied. ―You and your husband must have dinner with my family some night. Any night. Lucille and I’d love to have you.‖

The leaves fell slowly from the trees in the Square. Fell without wind. She felt a little sick.

―We’d love it,‖ she answered. ―There’s my bus,‖ she said. He held out his hand.―Good-bye.‖

―When…‖ she wanted to say, but the bus was ready to pull off. Suddenly she shrieked very loudly. ―Good-bye!‖ But the bus door had closed.

The bus started. She lost sight of Bill. Then she remembered she had forgotten to give him her address — or to ask him for his — or tell him that her youngest boy was named Bill, too.

[共5题]

(1) Mary and Bill broke up because _________.

(A) They didn’t love each other any more

(B) Mary fell in love with someone else

(C) Bill moved to another city

(D) Nothing important

(2) Mary and Bill met in _________.

(A) autumn dusk

(B) spring dusk

(C) autumn dawn

(D) spring dawn

(3) According to the passage which of the following statements is NOT true about Mary?

(A) Mary was older than Bill.

(B) Mary had changed a lot since their parting.

(C) Mary married someone she deeply loved.

(D) Mary had three kids.

(4) According to the passage，which of the following statements is TRUE about Bill?

(A) Bill was a lawyer, and worked far from downtown..

(B) Bill used to live in Ohio.

(C) Bill thought Mary looked very well.

(D) Bill wanted to have dinner with Mary.

(5) Meeting Bill made Mary feel __________.

(A) excited

(B) embarrassed

(C) indifferent

(D) comfortable

44.

The dog, called Prince, was an intelligent animal and a slave to Williams. From morning till night, when Williams was at home, Prince never left his sight, practically ignoring all other members of the family. The dog had a number of clearly defined duties and, like the good pupil he was, Prince lived for the chance to demonstrate his abilities.

At nine every morning, Prince ran off to the store in the village, returning shortly with William’s daily paper and William’s favorite tobacco. A gundog by breed, Prince possessed a large soft mouth specially evolved for the safe carrying of hunted creatures, so the paper and the tobacco came to no harm, never even showing a tooth mark.

Williams was an engine driver, and he wore a blue uniform which smelled of oil and oil fuel. He had to work at odd times ―days‖, ―late days‖ or ―nights‖. Over the years Prince got to know these periods of work and rest, knew when his master would leave the house and return, and he never wasted this knowledge. If Williams overslept, Prince barked at the bedroom door until he woke, much to the annoyance of the family.

One evening William slipped and fell on the icy pavement somewhere between the village and his home. He was so badly shaken that he stayed in bed for three days; and not until he got up and dressed again did he discover that he had lost his wallet. The house was turned upside down in the search, but the wallet was not found. However, five days after the fall, Prince dropped the wallet into William’s hand. Very muddy, stained and wet through, the little case still contained fifty-three pounds, and William’s driving license. Where the dog had found it no one could tell, but found it he had recognized it probably by the faint oily smell on the worn leather.

[共5题]

(1) How did the dog perform his duties?

(A) He was delighted to show them off.

(B) He often messed things up.

(C) He was reluctant to do them.

(D) He had few opportunities to do them.

(2) According the passage, gundogs __________.

(A) are the fastest runners of all dogs

(B) don’t have teeth

(C) can carry birds, etc. without hurting them

(D) are loyal friends to their master

(3) As a result of Williams’ work __________.

(A) he did not get enough sleep

(B) there was an oily smell from his clothes

(C) the dog grew used to traveling by train

(D) the dog was confused about the time of the day

(4) It upset William’s wife and family when __________.

(A) Williams was on his night shift

(B) the dog made too much noise in the house

(C) Williams made them all get up early

(D) the dog would only follow Williams’ order

(5) Why didn’t Williams realize his loss for several days?

(A) Because he thought his wife had kept it for him.

(B) Because he lost his conscious all that time.

(C) Because he thought the wallet was in the house.

(D) Because he had no occasion to feel in his pockets.

45.

About ten men in every hundred suffer from colour blindness in some way; women are luckier only about one in two hundred is affected in this manner. There are different forms of color blindness. A man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare

cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green---a strange world indeed.

In certain occupations colour blindness can be dangerous and candidates are tested most carefully. Colour blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called ―cones‖. These help t o see in a bright light and to tell the difference between colours. There are also millions of ―rods‖ but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shape but not colour. Wait until it is dark tonight, and then go outside.

Look round you and try to see what colors you can recognize.

Birds and animals which hunt at night have eyes which contain few or no cones at all, so they cannot see colours. As far as we know, bats and adult owls cannot see colours at all only light

and dark shapes. Similarly cats and dogs cannot see colours as well as we can.

Insects can see ultraviolet rays which are invisible to us, and some of them can even see X-rays. The wings of a moth may seem grey and dull to us, but to insects they may appear beautiful, showing colours which we cannot see. Scientists know that there are other colours around us which insects can see but which we cannot see. Some insects have favorite colours.

Mosquitoes like blue, but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects but a blue lamp will.

[共5题]

(1) Which of the following is true about the people who suffer from colour blindness?

(A) Some of them may see everything in shades of green.

(B) Few of them can tell the difference between blue and green.

(C) Few of them may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades of green.

(D) Very few of them may think that everything in the world is in green.

(2) When millions of rods in our eyes are at work in darkness we can see __________.

(A) colours only

(B) darkness only

(C) shapes only

(D) both A and C

(3) According to the passage, bats and adult owls cannot see colours because __________.

(A) they hunt at night

(B) they cannot see light

(C) they have no rods

(D) they have no cones

(4) According to the passage, dogs and cats __________.

(A) as well as human beings can not see some colours

(B) have fewer cones than human beings

(C) have less rods than human beings

(D) can see colours as well as human beings

(5) Which of the following is NOT true about insects?

(A) Insects can see more colours than human beings.

(B) Insects can see ultraviolet rays which are invisible to men.

(C) All insects have their favorite colours.

(D) The world is more colorful to insects than to human beings.

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46. My 23-year-old son Dan stood in the doorway, __(1)__ to say goodbye to his home. His rucksack was packed and ready for the journey. __(2)__ a couple of hours he was going to fly out to France. Dan was going to be away for at least a year. It was a milestone in his life, a __(3)__ from school days to adulthood. When we were to say goodbye, I looked closely at his face. I would like to provide him with some good advice that would last longer than just here and now. But not a __(4)__ came from my lips. There was nothing that broke the silence in our house by the sea. I could hear the sharp cry of the seagulls outside, while they circled over the ever-changing and roaring surf. Inside I stood motionless and silent, __(5)__ my son’s green eyes with that penetrating look. I knew that this wasn’t the first time I’d let such an opportunity __(6)__. When Daniel was a little boy, I followed him to the bus on his first day in pre-school. I felt the excitement in his hand that held mine when the bus came __(7)__. I saw the color __(8)__ in his cheeks when the bus stopped. He looked at me—just like he did now. What __(9)__ it like, Dad? Can I do it? Will I do all right? And then he __(10)__ the bus and disappeared. The bus drove

away. And I hadn’t said a word. [共10题]

(1)

(A) be ready

(B) ready

(C) get ready

(D) reading

(2)

(A) In

(B) On

(C) At

(D) To

(3)

(A) transmission

(B) transportation

(C) translation

(D) transition

(4)

(A) sound

(B) voice

(C) tone

(D) noise

(5)

(A) looking

(B) looked at

(C) looking at

(D) looked

(6)

(A) pass me by

(B) pass me away

(C) pass me over

(D) pass me on

(7)

(A) under the corner

(B) round the corner

(C) in the corner

(D) at the corner

(8)

(A) to spread

(B) to speed

(C) spread

(D) speed

(9)

(A) does

(B) is

(C) has

(D) be

(10)

(A) abroad

(B) broad

(C) aboard

(D) boarded