2011年春季学期大学英语(2)第三次作业

2011年春季学期大学英语（2）第三次作业一、单项选择题（本大题共30分，共 15 小题，每小题 2 分）1. You might have orange juice ( ) pure water.A. ThanB. as toC. instead ofD. by2. We can only do the job for you ___ the work is paid for in advanceA. on condition thatB. now thatC. just asD. in that3. ____ lungs are to the body, ____ parks are to the city.A. As...asB. Like.... asC. what.... thatD. Just as....that4. ( ) in England for one year, I’ve got accustomed to English food now.A. LivedB. LivingC. Having livedD. Having been lived5. All these pictures will be displayed in time ( ).A. ConsequenceB. SequenceC. ConsequentD. sequent6. The sincere thanks go to your ( ) at our ceremony.A. AbsenceB. presenceC. subsequenceD. sequence7. ( ) than he was asked to start on another journey.A. No sooner he had arrived homeB. No sooner had he arrived homeC. No sooner did he arrive homeD. No sooner he arrived homeE. No sooner he arrived home8. Last week John ( ) his right arm.A. fell and brokeB. feel and brokenC. fallen and brokenD. has fallen and broken9. I’m awfully sorry for I am not ( ) help you on this matter.A. in a position toB. in the position toC. in position toD. in positions to10. The song sung at the party reminded him ( ) his first lesson during his school-days.A. ofB. onC. toD. off11. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice ( ) human contact.A. prefer toB. is preferred toC. is preferable toD. preferable to12. The office he worked for was shut down, ( ) he returned to his hometown.A. HoweverB. otherwiseC. whereuponD. whereas13. The Internet chat room is a new and popular forum now. ( )A. 广场B. 法庭C. 论坛D. 房间14. （） I worked hard at school, I （） this kind of work now.A. Had... wouldn''''t have doneB. Had … wouldn''''t be doingC. If... wouldn''''t doD. If... wouldn''''t be doing15. The subject ( ) I am most interested is English.A. in thatB. in whatC. in whichD. in where二、阅读理解单项选择题（本大题共10分，共 1 小题，每小题 10 分）Mr Reese was born in a big city. His father had several companies and got a lot of money. He could give his son all the young man wanted. He was busy with his business and never asked him how he got along with his studies. So the boy spent most time in the restaurants or cinemas. Of course he was weak at his lessons and learned nothing at school. He made many friends but none of them was good and when theyknew he came from a rich family, they began to teach him to gamble (赌博)- Of course he lost much money.Now Mr Reese was twenty and finished middle school. He could not do anything. But his father didn''t mind it until one day he found the young man had sold one of his companies. He became so angry that he made him leave his house. The young man couldn''t gamble any longer. His friends made him pay his debt. He had to ask his mother to help him and the woman often gave him some money. But one evening his father happened to find it. The old man stopped his wife from doing so. They began to fight in the room. The young man brought out aknife and killed his father. His mother helped him to run away, but soon after that he was caught and sentenced (判刑) to death.It was a cold and wet day. Suddenly it began to rain hard when Mr Reese was being sent to the execution ground (刑场). Soon both he and the soldiers were wet through. He said angrily, "Bad luck! I shall be shot in such bad weather!""Don''t complain, brother," said one of the soldiers. "You''re luckier than us all. We''ll have to go back to the city after that!"(1). Old Reese never wanted to know about his son's studies because ( ).A. he was sure his son was good at his lessonsB.he spent all his energies on his businessC.he knew nothing about the educationD. his wife looked after their children(2). The bad young men taught Young Reese to gamble in order ( ).A. to play with himB.to spend spare timeC.that they could get much money form himD. that they could find jobs in his father's companies(3). Old Reese became angry because ( ).A. his son had learned nothing at schoolB.his son was weak at all his lessonsC.his son couldn't do anything in the companiesD. his son had lost one of his companies(4). The young man was sentenced to death because ( ).A.he had killed his fatherB.he often gambledC.he made friends with the bad menD. he had sold a company of his father's(5). The phrase "be wet through" in the story means ( )A. 漏洞B.漏水C.浑身湿透D. 无精打采三、问答题（本大题共60分，共 3 小题，每小题 20 分）1. Translate the following Asking-for-leave Note into English. Please pay attention to the format. 请假条张老师, 由于得了重感冒,我今天不能来上课了.这是医生开的医疗证明. 望准假！此致2. Translate the following letter into English. 亲爱的玛丽: 非常感谢您邀请我参加4月10日的晚会.我多么希望能来,但是我那天必须参加一个重要的会议.在这种情况下我恐怕来不了.盼望以后能参加您们的活动. 祝万事如意！爱丽丝3. Directions: In this section, you are required to write a passage of no less than 100 words based on the following situation.你听说你的朋友获得了奖学金（scholarship），你给他发封邮件表示祝贺。