大学英语(三)复习资料

大学英语（三）复习题解

一、词汇

◆Unit 1

1.They bound his hand and legs with a rope so he couldn’t esacpe.

2.His bright clothes were hardly appropriate for such a solemn occasion.

3.He’s been charged with possession guns and attempting to attack the police.

4.Is this your permanent address, or are you only staying there for a short time?

5.The notion that women should serve as homemakers has already gone out of fashion.

6.They try to preserve their interesting old customs against the impacts of the

modern world.

7.The lawyer’s arguments are well grounded because he has collected enough proof

concerning the case.

8.Her greatest attribute is her kindness which has earned her lost of friends in

the neighbourhood.

9.The two countries are united by common interests; so I think their relationship

is likely to remain stable in the coming years.

10.My cousin is leaving the company to pursue his own fortune even though he has

a light workload and is on a very good salary now.

11.The President failed in his attempts to win the second term because he hadn’t

fulfilled his commitments made in the previous election.

12.Even though there are strict rules regulating the use of chemicals in food, some

food producers disregard them intentionally in order to gain more profits.

◆Unit 2

1.I don’t like my straight hair so I’m going to have it curled.

2.Given the fact that she loves children, I am sure teaching is the right career

for her.

3.I handed in my application for the job last week and I am now eagerly awating

their reply.

4.Among all his relatives,he has an especially deep affection for his aunt who

cares for him most.

5.Teahing is not a one-way activity; teachers and students should interact with

each other in class.

6.After his wife died, he remarried with much haste, which caused a lot of gossip

among his acquaintances.

7.The race will be held soon.You must harden your heart and do not encourage your

daughter to give up the tough training.

8.I have never seen a house like that—its untidiness defies description; I think

she ought to learn how to keep a house.

9.These pictures may not look nice at first glance, but on closer examination

you’ll find they’re not bad at all.

10.I strongly advise you not to take this medicine because it’ll just make you

feel better for a short while but the effect isn’t lasting.

11.We can communicate with others via such means as the telephone and e-mail;but

the most direct way, I think, is a face-to-face talk.

12.It is quite possible for a student to master English grammar and acquire a large

vocabulary without the help of a teacher.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/8210864857.html,ck of money and lack of machinery are the two major restraints on the growth

of this factory; that’s why it remains the same as it was ten years ago.

◆Unit 3

1.The school has been open for merely six months, so it’s hard to evaluate its

success.

2.The young woman’s hopelessness and lack of energy were symptoms of a severe

emotional depression.

3.Sara has made up her mind that her leisure activities will never get in the way

of her career.

4.Collective action is needed to solve the problem of environmental pollution.We

cannot do it alone.

5.The number of people borrowing from public libraries has decreased, but book

sales are rising.

6.John’s parents were both deeply religious people, who believed it was sinful

to work on Sundays.

7.He said he was unlucky, but I believed that the accident was the inevitable

consequence of his carelessness.

8.This dictionary provides simple explanations and a lot of examples, which will

enable you to understand English words better.

9.He agreed with whatever I said and gave me whatever I wanted, but his eagerness

to please me merely reinfoced my dislike of him.

10.She drew a comparison between life in the city and life in the country;then she

made it clear that she preferred to live in the country.

11.There are indications that some people are giving up high pressure jobs in

exchange for occupations with more flexible working time.

12.Having caused numerous deaths and made hundreds of thousands of people homeless,

Hurricane Katrina is considered to be one of the most destructive natural disasters in living memory.

◆Unit 4

1.Why don’t you voice your opinions?—how can you be so indifferent to such

important public affairs!

2.They have rendered us a great service without which we couldn’t have finished

our task.

3.These proposals are impractical in every respect;I cannot recommend them to my

staff.

4.I was so thirsty that I bought a bottle of lemonade and sucked it up through

a straw within seconds.

5.Switzerland is surrounded by four large neighbours, namely, France, Germany,

Austria and Italy.

6.It’s possible that they will win, but judging by their recent performances it

doesn’t seem very probable.

7.Without an umbrella I had to shelter from the rain under a big tree.

8.I realized I’d been cheated when I saw the painting on sale for half the price

I paid for it.

◆Unit 5

1.I see teaching as an opportunity to enlighten students, not just to give them

instructions.

2.Each student’s writing will be graded by there examiners so as to make sure

that the results will be fair to all.

3.Asked about the date of the election, the Prime Minister commented that no

decision had been made yet.

4.He had a suspicion that the certificate was not genuine, but on close inspection,

he realized that it was not forged.

5.He never acts on his own judgement, but merely waits passively for others to

tell him what to do.

6.Many old people prefect to live in the country because rural life is usually

more peaceful than city life.

7.It’s not unusual to hear people complaining that educational standards are in

decline rather than on the rise.

8.Theoretically, it’s a good idea to live without a car, but practically

speaking,it would be difficult to manage without one.

9.The local residenes were annoyed with the lack of parking space—that’s why

many of them sold their flats and moved to other places.

10.The Internet has created a wonderland for us, but we should keep in mind the

differences between the virtual world and the real world.

二、完型

1.confined;

2.conveys;

3.managed;

4.respective;

5.of his own;

6.although;

7.occurred;

8.normal;

9.struck;10.pick up;

11.securely;12.alone;13.before;14.darkened;15.taught;

16.that;17.selfless;18.national;19.as;20.demonstrated

三、翻译

◆Unit 1

1.The friendship grounded on common interest does not break up easily.

→以共同兴趣为基础的友谊是不容易破裂的。

2.It’s necessary for children to learn to distinguish between violence and

bravery in computer games.

→孩子们必须学会将电脑游戏中的暴力与勇敢区分开来。

3.It’s not sensible to expect a person to be well acquainted with everything,

since so many new things are spring up everyday in the world.

→当今世界每天涌现如此多新鲜事物，要求一个人什么都知晓是不合情理的。

4.You can never expect to take the maximum while giving the minimum in any

relationship, no matter it friendship or love.

→无论是友情还是爱情，你都不可能期待自己付出最少而得到最多。

5.I built all my hopes on his promise;but it turned out that he was not a man of

sincority at all.

→我把全部希望寄托在他的承诺上，结果却发现他根本不是个真诚的人。

6.When I first came to university, I suddenly found myself left with everything

to deal with by myself. It was not until that time did I realize the happiness of living with my parents.

→刚上大学时，突然发现自己得处理所有日常事物，直到那时自己才觉得在父母身边生活真是幸福。

7.Don’t make a comparison between you and other all the time;otherwise, you may

collapse into depression, for there are always many people who are better than you.

→你不要总是和别人攀比，否则你可能会陷于忧郁之中，因为毕竟有许多人比你强。

8.Today, people are much better off and with more leisure than before, what is

funny is that they find boring.

→今天人们生活比以前富裕多了，闲暇时间也多了，奇怪的是人们反而觉得生活乏味了。

9.Can a goverment justifiably use nuclear weapons to guard against terrorist

attacks.

→政府使用核武器来防御恐怖袭击算是正当行为吗？

10.Owing to their ignorance of the disease, many people still hold that HIV victims

deserve that they suffer.

→由于缺乏对这种病的了解，许多人依然认为HIV受害者都是自作自受。

11.It is indispensable to cultivate the right emotions because it lays the

foundation for the success in one’s future studies and work.

→培养正确的感情是极其必要的，因为它可为一个人将来学习和工作的成功奠定基础。

12.How can you turn your back on me when I am in suck difficulty?We have gone through

trails and tribulations for practically half a century.

→你怎么可以在我这样艰难的时候对我置之不理呢？我们患难与共差不多半个世纪了。

13.City residents often have the illusion that rural life is leisurely and

comfortable. In fact, that might not be the case.

→生活在城市的人常常有这样的幻想：乡村生活是闲适安逸的。其实不一定是这回事儿。

14.Distance learning is a global trend. With its qucik development, people are given

a convenient access to educational resources wherever they are.

远程学习是个全球化的趋势。随着它的迅速发展，人们无论身处何地都能有同样方便的途径享受教育资源。

四、作文

《机遇与挑战》