中山大学现代远程教育《大学英语三》上半年第三次作业

大学英语三上半年第三次作业问题1说明：本作业包括阅读题10篇，每篇5题，共50题，每题2分，总分100分。

Passage 1There are about 58 million left-behind children in rural China and over 40 million of them are under 14 years old, according to a report concerning the status of the left-behind children released by the All-China Women’s Federation early this February.The report found more than half of the children left behind don’t live with either parent. The telephone is often the only way they can contact their mother or father. The report indicates that 8.7 percent left-behind children have no contact with their parents at all. The survey also found 49.7 percent of left-behind children prefer to live with their parents, and 44.1 percent of left-behind children do not want to live with their parents. 24.2 percent of left-behind children do not speak much with their caregiver.Since most of these children are at a critical stage of development, experts fear that they may develop psychological problems stemming from their parents’ absences.Sun Yunxiao, a youth expert with the China Youth Research Centre said: “The younger the child is, the more family care the child requires. Intimate family care is indispensable to every child's growth. The biggest risk for left-behind children is that they lack family intimacy. They need good care and instructions in their everyday lives, including emotional support, study help and recreational time.”Many provinces in China have now set up special schools to care for these children. Some provinces have also established charity funds for their future development. But experts add that with the numbers of left-behind children rising rapidly, more efforts will be needed by schools, society and rural families to care for children in China's rural areas.1. In this passage, “left-behind children” are _______________.答案A. children whose parents go abroadB. children who do not live with one or two of their parentsC. children who fail to perform well in schoolD. children who live in rural areas under 14 years old2 分问题2Which of the following describes the status of the left-behind children?答案A. Left-behind children are born in cities.B. Left-behind children are all teenagers.C. Left-behind children stay in touch with their parents mostly by phone.D. Left-behind children do not stay in touch with their parents at all.2 分问题3The experts’ concern for the left-behind children is that ______________答案A. they may develop mental problemsB. they may commit crimeC. they may want to live with their parentsD. they may have no caregivers2 分问题4According to Sun Yunxiao, the biggest challenge left-behind children are faced with is _________________.答案A. the lack of financial supportB. the lack of recreational timeC. the lack of study helpD. the lack of family love2 分问题5Which of the following hasn’t been done to help the left-behind children?答案A. Setting up special schools.B. Offering charity funds.C. Paying attention to their future development.D. Bringing them to the cities to live with their parents.2 分问题6Passage 2Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's idea of non-violent resistance. Having received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston University, he became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all people, and delivered his best known speech "I Have a Dream" before the Lincoln Memorial. The "dream" is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later.Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther King's honor. He lives in people's hearts forever.(1)、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old.答案对错问题7Martin Luther King was a black minister only.答案对错问题8Martin Luther King's Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.答案对错问题9The underlined word "delivered" in the second paragraph could be replaced by "gave".答案对错2 分问题10The best title for this passage is "Civil Rights Law".答案对错2 分问题11Passage 3Great changes have been made in family life because of science and industry.In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often, too, uncles and aunts lived nearby. But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller because industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again whenever necessary. And large families can not be moved from place to place as smaller families can. So, at present people tend to have smaller families.In the future, because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller. The typical family may remain childless and consists only of a man and a woman. A small number of families may take child raising as their chief work. At the same time they may also raise other people's children, leaving those families free to move from job to job.(1)、The passage discusses influence of science and industry on American families.答案对错2 分问题12Families of the past, the present and the future are described in the passage.答案对错2 分问题13People no longer want to have children.答案对错2 分Grandparents will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future.答案对错2 分问题15Large families cannot fit in with a highly industrialized society.答案对错2 分问题16Passage 4When having a meal, a European usually holds the knife in the right hand, and the fork in the left. He uses the knife and fork with his both hands. He keeps his knife and fork in his hands until he finishes eating.But an American, on the opposite, may use just one hand whenever possible and keep the other hand on his lap. He uses the fork in his right hand to pick up fried potatoes. When he has to cut his meat, he changes his fork to the left hand and cuts it. Then he puts down the knife and changes his fork to his right hand to pick up the sliced meat. Then, perhaps, he will suddenly think of his coffee or orange. So he has to put down his fork in order to drink his coffee or orange. Now you can see, an American is busy all the time at the dinner table. By the way, Europeans usually have their coffee after meals, but many Americans prefer to have coffee during the meal.If you are present at a formal dinner, you might be confused to find so many forks, knives and spoons put before you. You might be at a loss to know what to do with them. Don’t worry. The rule is simple. You just use them in the order in which they lie, beginning from outside towards the plate. The small fork on the outside on the left is for salad. The spoon on the outside on the right is for soup. There is another little knife, called a butter spreader, on a bread-and-butter plate on the left. As the bread is passed, each guest helps himself and puts his pieces on the small plate. Next to the soup there will probably be the blunt knife for fish, which is smaller and blunter than other knives.1. When do Europeans usually drink their coffee?答案A. Before meals.B. After meals.C. While they are having their meals.D. They never drink coffee when they eat.2 分问题17The right way to use the forks, knives and spoons is to use __________________. 答案A. whichever you like when necessaryB. them from the outside to the insideC. them from the inside to the outsideD. them from the middle to both sides2 分问题18The butter spreader is ____________________.答案A. a forkB. a spoonC. a knifeD. a plate2 分问题19The spoon on the outside on the right is for _______________.答案A. soupB. saladC. butterD. chicken2 分The best title for this passage is ___________________.答案A. Eating Habits in America.B. Eating Habits in EuropeC. How to Use Forks, Knives and SpoonsD. Dinning Customs of the West2 分问题21Passage 5It has been reported that in colleges across the United States, the daytime serial drama known as the soap opera has suddenly become "in". Between the hours of 11 a.m. and 4:30 pm, college television lounges are filled with soap opera fans who can't wait to see the next episode in the lives of their favorite characters.Actually, soaps are more than a college favorite; they're a youth favorite. When school is out, high-school students are in front of their TV sets. One young working woman admitted that she turned down a higher paying job rather than give up watching her favorite serials. During the 1960's, it was uncommon for young people to watch soap operas. The mood of the sixties was very different from now. It was a time of seriousness, and talk was about social issues of great importance.Now, seriousness has been replaced by fun. Young people want to be happy. It may seem strange that they should turn to soap opera, which is known for showing trouble in people's lives. But soap opera is enjoyment. Young people can identify with the soap opera character, who, like the college-age viewer, is looking for happy love, and probably not finding it. And soap opera gives young people a chance to feel close to people without having to bear any responsibility for their problems.(1)、What is soap opera?答案A. Plays based on science fiction stories.B. Plays based on non-fiction stories.C. The daytime serial dramas on TV.D. Popular documentary films on TV.2 分What can be the best title of the passage?答案A. College student viewers.B. Favorite TV serials.C. Soap opera fans.D. College-age viewers.2 分问题23Which is NOT the reason why the soap opera has suddenly become "in" among American young people ?答案A. Because the viewers want to be happy and to enjoy themselves.B. Because the soap opera makes young people feel close to their people.C. Because the viewers can find themselves in the soap opera characters.D. Because the young people have to bear the responsibilities for their troubles.2 分问题24What can we learn from the passage? _________答案A. College students like soap operas more than any other social groups.B. Young people of sixties liked soap operas more than people today.C. Young viewers have turned themselves from the seriousness of sixties toenjoyment now.D. The young as a whole are trying to look for happy love but in vain.2 分问题25What message does the author want to convey to us? _________答案A. The people's favorites to drama works have been changed for a long time.B. The people's favorites to drama works change along with the times.C. The people's favorites to drama works is changed by the soap opera.D. The people's favorites have changed the drama works.2 分问题26Passage 6The mass media influences all aspects of our lives, including the learning of gender roles. Newspapers and magazines, television, and film all have an influence on how we view the roles of women and men and on how we think they should behave.Four decades ago, traditional women’s magazines such as Good Housekeeping and Family Circle talked to women as though they were children who needed to learn the basics of how to care for their families. Today, magazines do not do this. However, they still tend to define the female role in terms of homemaking and motherhood, and to offer beauty advice to help women attract men and please husbands. There are now a few less traditional magazines such as Ms. that show women in a range of roles and that cover a much wider range of topics.Television commercials have also, until recently, presented women primarily as sex objects and as housewives. Young sexy women were shown admiring older men who smoked a particular cigarette brand. Housewives were shown smiling joyfully about their clean bathrooms, or looking guilty for not using the right laundry soap to wash their husband’s clothes. These days advertisers are more careful about the way they present women, and they are presented in a variety of roles. However, it is still quite common to see advertisements where beautiful young women are dressed in sexy clothes to sell cars or other products. One study also found that the changes are mainly on nighttime television, with daytime commercials still tending to portray women doing household chores.Prime-time television programs also often used to stereotype women. In past decades, women were usually portrayed as lovers, as mothers, or as weak, passive girlfriends of powerful, effective men. Today’s TV programs are s omewhat different. Women are more likely to be presented as successful and able to support themselves and their families, but the traditional stereotypes of women are still there. Even when women are depicted as career women, the storylines suggest that they should be sexy as well.1. The best title for this passage is _________________.答案A. Gender Roles in the MediaB. Influence of Mass Media in Our LivesC. Different Types of MediaD. Women’s Magazines and Televisions2 分问题27What makes Ms. different from other women’s magazines?答案A. Ms. offers women tips of caring for their families.B. Ms. treats women as adults who need to learn about being a mother.C. Ms. is interested in a wider range of women’s role.D. Ms. is the type of women’s magazines that dominates now.2 分问题28It can be inferred that ____________ might be a new type of women image on the television commercials.答案A. young beautiful women dressed in sexy clothesB. happy mothers doing the household choresC. guilty wives who don’t use the right soapD. career women who enjoys her career success2 分问题29From the context we know “to stereotype women” (Line 1, Paragraph 4) refers to ______________.答案A. to tag on women some fixed roles and imagesB. to portray women in some different waysC. to depict women as successful and able to support themselvesD. to portray women as successful professionals2 分问题30Which of the following statement do you think the writer would least agree with in terms of the media’s attitude towards women?答案A. The mass media always presents to us a variety of women images as they are indaily life.B. The mass media focuses women’s roles in life as a mother more than as aprofessional.C. The way mass media define women has changed as time goes by.D. The limited images of women mass media presented to the audience throughmass media have influenced the way the audience think and behave.2 分问题31Passage 7After retiring from 30 years of teaching, Ethell Pepper could easily have decided to sit back and relax and enjoy a peaceful retirement. But that kind of life is not for Ethell Pepper. "I just wanted to do something different. If you are going to participate in life, do it. Don't just sit down and look out of the window." She says. At 68, she decided to become one of the pioneer participants in a program at the University of California. The program offers campus housing and classes to people over sixty. She enrolled in a class called Human Relationships and a Diverse Society. "I taught my minority students in my English and drama classes in high school for 20 years. But in this course, I found out a lot about other cultures that I didn't know then. One of the more important lessons that I'm learning is to perceive, not to judge." Older adults can add to the educational resources of university by bringing with them a lot of valuable experience. Their presence on campus helps break some long believes on aging. Young students may have fears of growing older. But that kind of fear can be reduced as they see that older people can be active, healthy, and continue to contribute to society. The younger students can begin to see aging as a natural part of living.(1)、Ethell entered university when she was 68.答案对错2 分Ethell has been teaching minority students for 20 years.答案对错2 分问题33Ethell enjoyed staying with young people.答案对错2 分问题34Elderly people bring a great deal of useful experience to the university.答案对错2 分问题35Ethell is learning how to teach minority students.答案对错2 分问题36Passage 8My Aunt Edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart disease.Aunt Edith didn't accept defeat easily. She began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBakey, of Houston, Texas. He had saved the life of someone with the same disease. The article said his fees were very high; Aunt Edith couldn't possibly pay them. But could he tell her of someone whose fees she could pay?So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years; her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the world. There wasn't a word of self-pity－only warmth and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didn't wait to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud:Your beautiful letter moved me very deeply. If you can come to Houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation.Signed :Michael DeBakey(1)、Aunt Edith stopped working as a secretary when she knew she had a very serious heart答案对错2 分问题37From the story we can see Aunt Edith accepted defeat easily.答案对错2 分问题38In Aunt Edith's letter to the doctor, she showed she was warm, humorous and enjoying living.答案对错2 分问题39When Aunt Edith mailed her letter, she didn't expect the doctor would give her a reply.答案对错2 分问题40Michael DeBakey mainly told Aunt Edith in the letter that her disease was so serious that he couldn't cure her.答案对错2 分问题41Passage 9Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and self-conscious; that is, they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions. Worrisome thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: what kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes?It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must negatively affect people. A person's conception of himself or herself is reflected in the way he or she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects other people's reactions. In general, the way people think about themselves has a profound effect on all areas of their lives.Shy people, having low self-esteem, are likely to be passive and easily influenced by others. They need reassurance that they are doing "the right thing." Shy people are very sensitive to criticism; they feel it confirms their feelings of inferiority. They also find it difficult to be pleased by compliment with a statement like this one, "You're just saying that to make me feel good. Iknow it's not true." It is clear that while self-awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful.Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least reduced? Fortunately, people can overcome shyness with determined and patient efforts in building self-confidence. Since shyness goes hand in hand with a lack of self-esteem, it is important for people to accept their weaknesses as well as their strengths.Each one of us is a unique, worthwhile individual, interested in our own personal ways. The better we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to live up to our full potential. Let's not allow shyness to block our chances for a rich and fulfilling life.(1)、What does the author try to prove by citing "what kind of impression am I making?" (Para.1)__________答案A. Shy people benefit from their caring about their appearance.B. People's shyness made them care too much about their appearance and actions.C. It's natural that shy people don't believe other's compliments.D. Shy people think they are different from others.2 分问题42According to the writer, self-awareness is __________.答案A. a good qualityB. the cause of unhappinessC. harmful to peopleD. a weak point of shy people2 分问题43That shy people react to a compliment in such a way is ___________.答案A. goodB. unrealC. very reasonableD. harmful2 分问题44Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage? _________答案A. Shyness helps us to develop our potentialB. Shyness enables us to understand ourselves betterC. Shyness can block our chances for a rich lifeD. Shyness has nothing to do with lack of self-esteem2 分问题45It can be inferred from the passage that shy people ________.答案A. should find more of their weaknessB. should understand themselves in the right wayC. had better ignore their weaknessD. can get rid of their shyness while maintaining low self-esteem2 分问题46Passage 10Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line, others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around, but there was no place for him to sit.He walked into the station cafe. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom's workmates came in and sat with Tom."What time is your bus?" asked Mike. "There's plenty of time yet" answered Tom."Well, I'll get you some more tea then" said Mike.They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. "Oh! It's going backward" he cried. "A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve, and now it's half past eleven.""You're looking at the clock in the mirror." said Mike. Tom was so sad. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never liked mirrors.(1)、Tom went into the station cafe because Mike asked him to have a cup of tea.答案对错2 分问题47Tom and Mike talked while drinking.答案对错2 分问题48When Tom looked at the clock in the mirror, it's actually half past twelve.答案对错2 分问题49From the story we know that when we look at a clock in a mirror, we will find it's going backward.答案对错2 分问题50Tom arrived in Paris on time.答案对错1.完型填空3 (make, warm, how, put out, from)Fire can help people in many ways. Fire can heat water, warm your house, give light and cook food. But fire can burn things too. Nobodyknows how people began to use fire. One story from Australia tells about a man a very long time ago. He went up to the sun by a rope and brought fire down.Today people know how to make a fire with matches. Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous.Fire kills people every year. So you must be careful about matches.You should also learn to put out fires. Fires need oxygen. Without oxygen they die. There is oxygen in the air. Cover a fire with water, sand, or in an emergency, with your coat or a blanket. This keeps the air from a fire and kills it.Be careful with fire, and it will help you. Be careless with fire, and it might hurt you.20 分问题 41.完型填空4 (special, can, loneliness, most, loved)Most people feel lonely sometimes, but it usually only lasts betweena few minutes and a few hours. This kind of loneliness is not serious.In fact, it is quite normal. For some people, though, loneliness can last for years. Now researchers say there are three different types of loneliness.The first kind of loneliness is temporary(暂时的). This is the _ _ most common type. It usually disappears quickly and does notrequire any _ special _ attention. The second kind, situationalloneliness, is a natural result of a particular situation---- forexample, a family problem, the death of a _ loved _ one, or moving toa new place. Although this kind of loneliness _ can _ cause physicalproblems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually does not last for more than a year. The third kind of _ loneliness_ is the most severe.Unlike the second type, chronic(长期的) loneliness usually last more than two years and has no specific cause. People who experience habitual loneliness have problems becoming close to others. Unfortunately, many chronically lone people think there is little or nothing they can do to improve their condition.20 分问题 51.完型填空5 (clock, buy, tell, about, remember)The last patient left his office. Mr. South had a look at the _ clock _ on the wall. It was a quarter to six. It meant that he had to stay there for fifteen minutes. A friend of his asked him to dinner that evening. Of course he should _ buy _ some flowers for her. He brought out the purse and counted the money in it. He had sixty dollars and it was enough to do that. And then he remembered he bought a newspaper on his way to the hospital after lunch. He was too busy to read it.Now he brought it out, but then came in a man _ about_ forty. He looked at him carefully. The man looked strange. Mr. South didn't know what he came for."What's wrong with you?" asked Mr. South." Nothing,Mr. South," said the man, "But…"The man began to smile and said, "Don't you _ remember _ me, Mr. South? You cured (治愈) my rheumatism(风湿病) three years ago.""Mr. Bell?""Yes. Did you _ tell _ me not to get myself wet?""Yes, I did," answered the doctor."Well. I come here to ask you if you think it's OK for me to take a bath now?"。