大学英语三2012秋-4次作业-01

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2012年大学英语三第一次作业

一、 英译汉 （每题1.5分，共60分）
(1)、This TV channel has too many commercials. 这个电视台广告太多了。
(2)、I've never heard such good music in a computer game. 我从来没有在电脑游戏中听到过这么好的音乐。
(3)、The school management must be improved. 必须改进学校管理。
(4)、Because there was heavy traffic, we were ten minutes late. 由于交通拥挤，我们晚了十分钟。
(5)、Various substances differ widely in their magnetic（磁性的） characteristics. 不同物质的磁性特征大相迳庭。
(6)、He prefers coffee to tea. 比起喝茶，他更喜欢喝咖啡。
(7)、One can never succeed without enough confidence in himself. 一个人如果对自己没有足够的信心就不可能成功。
(8)、The cause of the fire was carelessness. 起火的原因是由于疏忽。
(9)、A lot of natural resources in the mountain area will be exploited and used. 有很多在山区的自然资源将会被开发利用。
(10)、Not all Americans are interested in sports, of course. 当然，不是所有的美国人都对运动感兴趣。
(11)、MR. Lin assigned too much homework today. 今天林老师留的家庭作业太多了。
(12)、It's always a pleasure to see many friends here in London. 总是很高兴能在伦敦看到很多朋友。
(13)、Yeah, I'm anxious to hear all the songs from her new album. 是的，我也很急着听她新唱片里所有的歌。
(14)、We are getting ready for our English examination. 我们正在准备英语考试。
(15)、Once all the information is completed, you sign here. 所有内容都填完之后，你就在这儿签名。
(16)、Apples here like water and sunshine. 这里的苹果喜欢水和阳光。
(17、We are short of time and money. 我们缺乏时间和资金。
(18)、He stopped smoking. 他戒烟了。
(19)、They are ordinary people, but did a great job. 他们只是普通人，但干得很出色。
(20)、He has taught English in this university ever since he moved to this city. 他搬到这座城市后就一直在这所大学教英语。
(21)、The doctor told me to have more water. 医生告诉我要多喝水。
(22)、We are short of time and money. 我们缺乏时间和资金。
(23)、People use science knowledge to understand and change nature. 人们利用科学知识去了解自然，改造自然。
(24)、Nothing in the world moves faster than light. 世界上没有什么东西比光走得更快。
(25)、Do you think students should do a part-time job? 你认为学生应该做兼职吗？
(26)、If you decided to learn a new language, you would have to devote all your efforts to it. 如果你决定学一门新的语言，你必须全身心地投入。
(27)、I've b
een so busy lately，I haven't had time to call anybody. 我最近一直很忙，所以没时间打电话给任何人。
(28)、The moon looks much bigger than any other stars in the sky. 月

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亮看起来比天空的其他星星都要大。
(29)、I hope we can have some snow this winter. 我希望今年冬天会下雪。
(30)、She looks lovely when she is happy. 她开心时的样子很可爱。
31. China’s reform policy has enabled the spread of education in poor and remote areas. 中国的改革政策使教育进入贫困边远地区。
32. By trying new foods you gain a better understanding and appreciation of the culture.通过尝试新的食物你能够进一步了解并欣赏该文化。
33. In recent years, many couples continue to have a traditional relationship of this kind. 近年来，许多夫妇继续保持这种传统的关系。
34. If there are certain things you cannot live without, take them with you. 如果有些东西是你不可或缺的，那么就带上。
35. This is a custom primarily among the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, such as Malaysia and Singapore. 这一习俗主要在东南亚的海外华人中，比如马来西亚和新加坡。
36. The government plays a dominant role in school education, while private social circles play a supplementary role.政府在学校教育的问题上发挥主要作用，私人社会机构发挥辅助作用。
37. It is obvious that as people’s annual income increases, their leisure expenditure also increases. 显然，随着人们年收入的增加，其休闲支出也会增加。
38. Chinese New Year is celebrated with firecrackers, Chinese dragon dances and lion dances. 庆祝春节的活动有放鞭炮、舞龙舞狮。
39. I'm sorry. You look familiar, but I can't place you.抱歉，我看你很面熟，好像以前在哪儿见过。
40. Get her phone number for me, please.请把她的电话号码给我。



二、写作 （每题5分，供40分）
1．Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。
Potential of the Internet Education
1. 随着网络进入千家万户，网络带来新的教育机会；
2. 现实中网络教育已经开始发展；
3. 我对未来网络教育发展的预言。
　　
范文
As the Internet is getting into households, new educational opportunities are provided via the use of the Internet.
In reality, the educational via Internet plan has been taking shape. Some universities have already got involved in regional long-distance education, catching the attention of many educators and computer experts. Others have just connected their campus computers for teaching and research, and provided more opportunities for learners.
As I see it, the Internet education will go on to develop dramatically and one day that computerized long-distance teaching networks will cover all the corners of China an
d eventually win the worldwide popularity.

2. Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。
The Chinese New Year
1.简单介绍中国新年即春节；
2.你

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最喜欢的新年庆祝活动。

范文
　　Spring festival is coming. It's a traditional day for the Chinese people to get together besides the Mid-Autumn Day. For this reason, many people rush home wherever they are. However far they are and however busy they are, they try to go home. I am one of those who hate it because after one festival, I become one year older. Another reason is that there are many more ceremonies before or after the festival.
However, this spring festive is a bit special for me. I had a wonderful time. We didn't stay at home but had a travel and order a rich feast /dinner in a restaurant. Though it was very much expensive, we could spare much effort preparing the dinner which we couldn't have eaten and also we could have a lot of time to enjoy ourselves. You see, nowadays, the living standard has been greatly improved and eating is not so much a problem as before, so we have to find other kind of ways to enjoy ourselves. Traveling is a good way of spending the traditional festivals. We went to Xishuangbaina, Dali, and the Stone Forest. My family, especial my children are all excited, learning a lot about the Minorities' tradition. I wish one day I could go abroad to spend the festival if we could make enough money!


3. Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。
Advantages and Disadvantages of the Mobile Phone
1.手机的好处；
2.手机带来的问题。
范文：
　We can see around us that more and more students are going to own a mobile phone .From NOKIA to SIEMENS, from national to imported, from low price to high price……
? As a communication device, the mobile phone benefits us a lot. We can use it to keep in touch with our families, our friends and our classmates wherever we are. In festivals, we can send short messages to wish good luck to other people we known. It brings us a lot of convenience.
??? As a coin has two sides, the mobile phone also has disadvantages. We spend too much time on spelling our words and sending short messages that we can't focus on our studies. Also, you will always be annoyed by strangers' calls one after another.
??? In my opinion, we can use it. But we shouldn't spend too much time on it and don't let it disturb us from our studies. And we should not easily tell people our phone numbers who we don't recognize.


4. Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。
My Teacher
1.介绍你的一位老师；
2.喜欢这位老师的理由。

范文：
　　My English teacher appears very beautiful and she looks about 40 years old. She has a son. Our English teacher is very strict with us, and sometimes, she is very friendly and kind to us. She is also humorous.
On the April Fools' Day, she said to us, “you are going to have a holiday this afternoon". Many students thought it true. Many students dar

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e not talk, because she is very strict. We are afraid that we cannot pass the exam, because the teacher will criticize us if we don't pass. She doesn't give us too much homework, and she doesn't give us too much pressure. Sometimes, we like our English teacher.
　　I like English, and I like my English teacher.



5. Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。

My Favorite Means of Getting Information
1．现代社会获取信息的方式很多；
2．我最喜欢的获取信息的方式。
范文
Nowadays we have a great number of means of getting information. Libraries provide us with books, while Internet offers us information resources.
My favorite means of getting information is surfing the Internet. It enables me to search what I want within just a few seconds. We can also visit foreign website without paying.In addition, when we confront some problems, we can go to Baiduknowledge or Yahooclever to ask for help, and we can often become satisfying answers.
Internet helps me really a lot. I enjoy searching information throgh Internet.

6. Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。
Recent Changes in Chinese Family Life
1. 中国人的家庭生活发生了巨大的变化；
2. 变化的原因之一是物质生活的改善；
3. 变化的另一个原因是家庭观念的变革。
　　范文
　　Chinese family life has changed a lot in recent years. Changes are brought by the economic development, which improves people’s living condition considerably. For example, up-to-date houses well equipped with electronic appliances are regarded as mansions by the old, and it is such a common thing for one to sit comfortably in the sofa, watching TV after one day’s work. In addition, the way people think of family has also changed. Big families have come to disappear, especially in modern cities. Instead, nuclear families are getting more and more. With the revolutionary thoughts about family, now even the only child may live far away from their parents. Predictably, more changes will occur from now on. Our family life will not be the same as before.

7. Instructions:建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文。
My Travel Plan’
选择一个你想旅游的地点，并安排旅行计划。你应包括下列内容：
1.说明你想旅游的地点；
2.说明你为什么选择这个地点；
3.描述你的旅行计划。

范文：
　　I am planning to travel to Beijing in the winter holiday.
I choose this city because it is one of the most popular places of interest in our country. As it is the capital, there are many famous spots in Beijing, such as
the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and so on. Besides, there are many well-known universities like Peking University and Qin

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ghua University.
I will go to Beijing with my best friend Lily. We will go by air. We plan to spend a week there, visiting all the famous spots and universities.


8. Instructions.?建议你在30分钟内,根据下面所给的提纲用英语写出一篇不少于80词的短文?
内容提示.?假如你叫张琳,你昨天(4月7日)在放学回家的路上发生了交通事故,你从自行车上摔了下来,被好心人及时送到了医院,医生叫你卧床休息三天,特此请假(ask for a sick leave)
要求：1.请根据以上内容,向班主任张老师写一张请假条;
　　2.以第一人称写,不能逐字翻译;
3.词数80左右?
范文
Dear Mr. Zhang:
　　I am sorry to tell you that I cannot go to school today because I had an accident yesterday.
　　Yesterday afternoon, a motorcycle crashed into my bicycle when I was on my way home. It happened when I was going to make a turn and the motorist didn’t expect my turning. Fortunately, I jumped down from the bike before it ran into me. But I got hurt in my leg after all. People on the spot sent me to the hospital immediately. The doctor told me that I should stay in bed for three days. Now I am writing to you to ask for three days’ sick leave. Thank you very much.
　　
　　Yours respectfully,
Zhang Lin

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2012年秋季大学英语三第二次作业

一、交际英语 （每题3分，共30分）
1、- Good-bye for now.
　- _________
A：The same to you.
B：That's OK.
C：See you.
D：Long time no see.
答案： C
2、- How do I get to the cinema?
　- _________
A：It's very far.
B：Yes, there is a cinema near here.
C：It's well known.
D：Go down this street and turn left.
答案： D
3、— Hi, Tom, how's everything with you?
　— , and how are you?
　A. Don't mention it
　B. Hm, not too bad.
　C. Thanks
　D. Pretty fast
答案： B
4、- Wow! This is a marvelous room! I've never known you're so artistic.
- ______
A：Great, I am very art-conscious.
B：Don't mention it.
C：Thanks for your compliments.
D：It's fine.
答案： C
5、–How was your trip to London, Jane?
– _____________________
A. Oh, wonderful indeed. B. I went there alone.
C. The guide showed me the way. D. By plane and by bus.
答案： A
6. –Oh, sorry to bother you.
–__________________.
A. That’s Okay. B. No, you can’t.
C. That’s good. D. Oh, I don’t know.
答案： A
7、--Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the post office?
　-- _____________.
A：You can't miss it
B：I don't kno
w
C：No, I can't
D：Sorry, but I am a stranger here myself
答案： D
8、- Could you help me with my physics, please？
- ________
A：No, no way.
B：

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No, I couldn't.
C：No, I can't.
D：Sorry I can't. I have to go to a meeting right now.
答案： D
9、-- Congratulations! You won the first prize in today's speech contest.
　-- ________
A：Yes, I beat the others.
B：No, no, I didn't do it well.
C：Thank you.
D：It's a pleasure.
答案： C
10、- Do you mind my smoking here?
　- _______
A：No, thanks.
B：Yes, I do.
C：Yes. I'd rather not.
D：Good idea.
答案： B

二、阅读理解 （每题2分，共40分）

Passage 1、
There was once an ant that was very thirsty.
It ran here and there looking for some water but could not find any.
Then suddenly, when the ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it.
The ant drank the water, which saved its life.
The water was actually a tear from a young girl who was crying. Because of her sadness, the tear had magical qualities and suddenly the ant could speak the language of human beings.
The ant looked up and saw the young girl sitting in front of a huge pile of seeds.
"Why are you sad?" asked the ant.
"I'm the prisoner of a giant." the girl told the ant. "He won't let me go until I've made three separate heaps of grain, barley（大麦）and rye（黑麦）out of this huge pile of seeds in which they are all mixed together."
"That will take you a month!" the ant said, looking at the huge pile of seeds.
"I know," the girl cried, "and if I haven't finished by tomorrow, the giant will eat me for his supper!"
"Don't cry," the ant said, "my friends and I will help you."
Soon thousands of ants were at work, separating the three kinds of seeds.
The next morning, when the giant saw that the work had been done, he let the girl go.
Thus it was one of her tears that saved her life.

(1)、The ant was playing when it ran here and there.
A：T
B：F
答案：B

(2)、The drop of water fell on the ant when it was nearly dying.
A：T
B：F
答案：A

(3)、The young girl was crying because she wanted to have supper.
A：T
B：F
答案：B

(4)、The giant would eat the girl if she failed to do the work.
A：T
B：F
答案：A

(5)、The ant's friends saved the girl's life.
A：T
B：F
答案：A

Passage 2、
　　The 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

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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 somewhat 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.

6. The best title for this passage is _________________.
　　A. Gender Roles in the Media
B. Influence of Mass Media in Our Lives
C. Different Types of Media
D Women’s Magazines and Televisions
答案： A

7. What makes Ms. different from other women’s magazines?
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.
答案： C

8. It can be inferred that ____________ might be a new type of women image on the television commercials.
A. young beautiful women dressed in sexy clothes
B. happy mothers doing the household chores
C. guilty wives who don’t use the right soap
D. career women who enjoys her career success
答案： D

9. From the context we know “to stereotype women” (Line 1, Paragraph 4) refers to ______________.
A. to tag on women some fixed roles and images
B. to portray women in some different ways
C. to depict women as successful and able to support themselves
D. to portray women as successful professionals
答案： A

10. Which of the following statement do you think the writer would least agree with in terms of the media’s attitude towards women?
A. The mass media always presents to us a variety of women images as they are in daily life.
B. The mass me
dia focuses women’s roles in life as a mother more than as a professional.
C. The way mass media define women has changed as time goes by.
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. The limited images of women mass media presented to the audience through mass media have influenced the way the audience think and behave.
答案： A

Passage 3
Great 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.
11、The passage discusses influence of science and industry on American families.
A：T
B：F
答案： A
12、Families of the past, the present and the future are described in the passage.
A：T
B：F
答案： A
13、People no longer want to have children.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
14、Grandparents will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
15、Large families cannot fit in with a highly industrialized society.
A：T
B：F
答案： A

Passage 4、
　　When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America's fastest growing businesses.
　　What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples — people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait u
ntil they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could affor

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d to buy.
　　One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don't like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.
　　
16. Which of the following has become one of America's fastest growing businesses?
　A. Selling home furnishings.
　B. Renting furnished apartments.
　C. Selling used furniture.
　D. Renting home furnishings.
　答案：D
17.Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?
　A. Because the furniture they get in this way is new.
　B. Because it saves them a lot of money.
　C. Because it saves them much trouble and money.
　D. Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.
　答案：C
18.What can you infer from the passage?
　A. The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.
　B. Renting furniture is not popular in the couple's hometown.
　C. Only those who don't have enough money to rent furniture.
　D. People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.
　答案：B
19.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?
　A. Rent or Buy?B. A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.
　C. Furnished Apartments.D. A New Idea.
　答案：B
20.Young people liked renting home furniture in that .
　A. they have less money.
　B. they don't want to buy old furniture.
　C. the new furniture is of good quality.
　D. they don't have much money and don't want to buy the cheap furniture.
　答案：D


三、词汇与语法 （每题2分，共20分）
1、_________ you work, __________ progress you make.
A. Harder… moreB. The harder… the more
C. Harder… the moreD. The harder… more
答案：B
2、The company is going through a ________ time at the moment.
A. rough
B. tight
C. tough
D. strong
答案： C
3、Three-fourths of the homework ______today.
A：has finished
B：has been finished
C：have finished
D：have been finished
答案： B
4、She has two best friends. ____________ of them is in the country.
A. All
B. Both
C. No one
D. Neither
答案： D
5、- It's a good idea. But who's going to_________ the plan?
　- I think John and Peter will.
A：carry out
B：get through
C：take in
D：set aside
答案： A
6、If you’re coming, please let me know _______ advance.
A. at
B. in
C. by
D. on
答案：B
7、Measles(麻疹) ________ a long time to get over.
A：spend
B：spends
C：take
D：takes
答案： D

8、It's bad ________ for you to smoke in the public places where smoking is not allowed.
A：behavior
B：ac
tion
C：manner
D：movement
答案： A
9、You’d better phone home right now, ___________ your parents will start to worry.
A. otherwise
B. h

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owever
C. despite
D. therefore
答案： A
21. Seldom ______ an article that was so full of lies.
A. I have read
B. have I read
C. I will read
D. will I read
答案：B

四、完型填空 （每题2分，共10分）

In the eighteenth century, cities became larger and larger. People moved from the countryside and small towns to the 1 because there was more work for them to do in the cities.
　　On Sundays and holidays, they liked to leave the cities and have a good time in the countryside. But not every 2 had a horse or a wagon（四轮马车）. People needed a simpler means of transportation.Inventors in many countries tried to solve this problem.
　　The first bicycle, which was very simple, 3 in 1790. People called "the horse on wheel". Then in 1861, after many improvements being made, the bicycle became a practical 4 of transportation.
People liked bikes because they weren't as expensive as horses and didn't need to be fed. They could go anywhere and were easy to 5 .
(1)、
A：appeared
B：cities
C：family
D：means
E：ride
答案： B
(2)、
A：appeared
B：cities
C：family
D：means
E：ride
答案： C
(3)、
A：appeared
B：cities
C：family
D：means
E：ride
答案： A
(4)、
A：appeared
B：cities
C：family
D：means
E：ride
答案： D
(5)、
A：appeared
B：cities
C：family
D：means
E：ride
答案： E

2012年秋季大学英语三第三次作业

一、交际英语 （每题3分，共30分）

1、--I was worried about my maths, but Mr. Brown gave me an A.
--_____
A：Don't worry about it.
B：Congratulations! That's a difficult course.
C：Mr. Brown is very good.
D：Good luck to you！
答案： B

2、— Could you be so kind as to turn down the music? I’m preparing for tomorrow’s exam.
— _________________.
A. It’s none of your business.
B. What are you doing?
C. Sure. Sorry to disturb you.
D. No, I don’t think so.
答案：C
3、— My mother is pretty sick.
— __________________.
A. Good for her.
B. Oh, it’s not true.
　　C. That’s too bad.
　　D. Why so?
答案：C
4、— We are going to have a singing party tonight. Would you like to join us?
　— ___________________________.
A. I’m afraid not, because I have an important meeting.
B. Of course not. I have no idea.
C. No, I would not like it.
D. It’s all set.
答案：A
5、-- Would you like to go to the concert with us this evening?
　-- ________
A：No, I already have plans.
B：I'd love to, but I'm busy tonight.
C：No, I really don't like being with you.
D：I'm ill, so I shouldn't go out.

答案： B
6、- What would you like to have, meat or fish?
　- _____________________.
A：Either will do
B：Yes, I like meat
C：Yes, I like fish
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o, they are not my favorite
答案： A
7、How do you like the story?
　　____________.
A：I'd like to read it
B：I like it very much
C：fine, thank you
D：It's very interesting
答案： D
8、- Where is the Loan Department, please?
　- _________
A：Who are you?
B：This way, please.
C：I don't want to say anything.
D：What can I do for you?
答案： B
9. — I wish to propose a toast to our friendship.
　— _________________.
　A. Let’s drink.
　B. Bottoms up!
　C. Great!
　D. I also want to propose a toast.
答案：B
10、- Hello, may I talk to the director now?
　- _________
A：Sorry, he is busy at the moment.
B：No, you can't.
C：Sorry, you can't.
D：I don't know.
答案： A

二、阅读理解 （每题2分，共40分）

1、
For several years，Americans have enjoyed teleshopping－watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In a number of European countries，people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes，jewelry，food，toys，and many other things.
Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden，for example. The biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in 15 European countries，and in one year it made $100 million. In France there are two teleshopping channels，and the French spend about $20 million a year to buy things through those channels.
In Germany，until last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for 1 hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can open for telebusiness，including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German businesses are hoping this new teleshopping will help them sell more things.
Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without leaving their homes. With all the problems of traffic in the cities，this is an important reason. But at the same time，other Europeans do not like this new way of shopping. They can do teleshopping "junk on the air". Many Europeans usually worry about the quality of the things for sale on TV. Good quality is important to them，and they believe they cannot be sure about the quality of the things on TV.
The need for high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be different from the American companies. They will have to be more careful about the quality of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see in person.
(1)、Teleshopping is cheap in Europe.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
(2)、People like teleshopping because it is easier.
A：T
B：F
答案： A
(3)、Some Europeans don't like telesho
pping because they don't watch TV.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
(4)、In Germany，teleshopping may have fewer buyers.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
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this passage is " Teleshopping in Europe" .
A：T
B：F
答案： A
　　
　　2、
　　A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television, the more likely they are to develop depression as young adults. But the extent to which TV may or may not be to blame is a question that the study leaves unanswered.
　　The researchers used a national long-term survey of adolescent health to investigate the relationship between media use and depression. They based their findings on more than four thousand adolescents who were not depressed when the survey began in 1995.
　　As part of the survey, the young people were asked how many hours of television or videos they watched daily. They were also asked how often they played computer games and listened to the radio. Media use totaled an average of 5.5 hours a day. More than 2 hours of that was spent watching TV.
　　Seven years later, in 2002, more than 7 percent of the young people had signs of depression. The average age at that time was 21. Brian Primack at the University of Pittsburgh medical school was the lead author of the new study. He says every extra hour of television meant an 8 percent increase in the chances of developing signs of depression. The researchers say they did not find any such relationship with the use of other media such as movies, video games or radio. But the study did find that young men were more likely than young women to develop depression, given the same amount of media use.
　　Doctor Primack says the study did not explore if watching TV causes depression. But one possibility, he says, is that it may take time away from activities that could help prevent depression, like sports and socializing. It might also interfere with sleep, he says, and that could have an influence.

1. According to the passage, the researchers have found ________________________.
A. in what way watching TV causes depression
B. why teenagers like to watch TV
C. the relationship between depression and the use of all forms of media
D. the relationship between depression and watching TV
答案、D

2. As used in paragraph 2, the word “adolescent” means ________________.
A. teenager
B. media use
C. young adult
D. average age
答案：A

3. About the methodology of the research, the writer has mentioned all of the following except that _______________.
A. the research was made nationwide
B. the research was made between 1995 and 2002
C. the adolescents in the survey were all depressed
D. the adolescents were asked how they used various types of media
答案：C

4. Which of the following is true about the findings of the research?
A. all the young people in the survey had signs of depression
B. watching TV longer implies higher risk of developing depression
C. not only TV, movies too, can
result in depression
D. men and women had equal chances of developing depression
答案：B

5. The tone of this passage can be described as ____

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______________.
A. critical B. argumentative
C. emotional D. factual
答案：D

3、
　　Do you forget to turn off the lights and heaters when you go out of a room? In 2040 it will not matter. They will turn themselves off and on again when you return. A sensor will detect the presence of a human and turn the systems on, and when the humans leave it will turn them off again.
The sensors will work through the central home computer, and they will do much more than just turn the fires and lights on and off for you. They will detect faulty electrical appliances, isolate them so that they cannot harm anyone, and then warn you that they need repair. They will detect fire and if you are out of the house, the computer will call the firemen. It will also call the police, should the sensors detect an intruder（非法闯入者）. You will open the door using your personal card--the one you use for shopping--maybe using a number known only to you.
(1)、The author intends to tell the readers that in year 2040 there will be no switches for lights and heaters.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
(2)、According to the passage, people will save much trouble with the help of advanced technology.
A：T
B：F
答案： A
(3)、According to the author, in 2040, new technology will free us from the keys we use today.
A：T
B：F
答案： A
(4)、Thanks to computers, in 2040 people will be controlled by computers.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
(5)、The best title for the passage is "The Development of Science and Technology".
A：T
B：F
答案： B

4、
　　　How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thought and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to present those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.
　　　The power of words, then, lies in their associations - the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something increases.
　　　Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music and which by their position and association can move
men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar.

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(1)、The origin of language is _________.
A：a legend handed down from the past
B：a matter that is hidden or secret
C：a question difficult to answer
D：a problem not yet solved
答案： D
(2)、What is true about words? _______
A：They are used to express feelings only.
B：They can not be written down.
C：They are simply sounds.
D：They are mysterious.
答案： C
(3)、The real power of words consists in their ______.
A：properties
B：characteristics
C：peculiarity
D：representative function
答案： D
(4)、By "association" in the last paragraph, the author means ______.
A：a special quality
B： a joining of ideas in the mind
C：an appearance which is puzzling
D：a strange feature
答案： B
(5)、Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true? _________
A：He is no more than a master of words.
B：He can convey his ideas in words which sing like music.
C：He can move men to tears.
D：His style is always charming.
答案： A


三、词汇与语法 （每题2分，共20分）

1、Please hurry up, ____we'll be late.
A：and
B：but
C：or
D：so
答案： C
2、This is a tough job. But I believe if you try your best, you can _______ it.
　　A. take
　　B. keep
　　C. make
　　D. hold
答案：C
3、It’s no big ________ that his car is more expensive than mine.
　　A. deal
　　B. event
　　C. thing
　　D. stuff
答案： A
4、Smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit ___________ for good.
　　A. smoke
　　B. smoking
　　C. to smoke
　　D. smoked
答案：B

5、Barbara: Stop! Stop !
Mary: OK, OK. It seems that I have to call Jenny and tell her what I saw today.
A. a gossip
　　B. fond of gossip
　　C. broadcast gossip
　　D. gossiping
答案： D
6、What are you talking about? It doesn't to me.
A. figure it out
　　B. make any sense
　　C. make no sense
　　D. figure on
答案： B
7、When Lily came home at 5 p.m. yesterday, her mother _______ dinner in the kitchen.
A：cooked
B：was cooking
C：cooks
D：has cooked
答案： B
8、The students were all entertained in a Mexican restaurant, at Professor Brian's ______.
A：money
B：pay
C：expense
D：loss
答案： C
9、If you want to change for a blue shirt, you'll have to pay _______$ 10.
A：another
B：other
C：more
D：each
答案： A
10、I had my meals _________ when I was ill in bed with a bad cold.
　　A. to bring
　　B. bring
　　C. brought
　　D. bringing
答案：C

四、完型填空 （每题2分，共10分）

Memory is very important in our life. A
good memory is a great help for learning a language. Everybody learns ___1___ own language by keeping in mind what he hears when he is a small c

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hild. Some children like those who ___2___ abroad with their ___3___, seem to learn two languages easily as they do one. In school, it's not easy for pupils ___4__ a second language because they have very ___5___ time for it. Memory is like a diary that we keep every day.
(1)、
A：live
B：little
C：parents
D：his
E：to learn
答案： D
(2)、
A：live
B：little
C：parents
D：his
E：to learn
答案： A
(3)、
A：live
B：little
C：parents
D：his
E：to learn
答案： C
(4)、
A：live
B：little
C：parents
D：his
E：to learn
答案： E
(5)、
A：live
B：little
C：parents
D：his
E：to learn
答案： B

2012年秋季大学英语三第四次作业

一、交际英语 （每题3分，共30分）

1. — Would you like another slice of Christmas cake?
— ___________. I’m full.
A. Yes, please.
B. No more, thanks.
C. Why not?
D. Nothing more.
答案： B

2、- Let me introduce myself. I'm steward．
- _________
A：What a pleasure.
B：Pleased to meet you.
C：I don't know.
D：Thanks a lot.
答案： B

3、-_______?
　-He's a tall man with short hair.
A：How is he
B：What does he like
C：What is he
D：What does he look like
答案： D

4、—Would you like the baked potato with butter or sour cream or both?
— _______________, so only butter.
A. That sounds good
B. I like sour cream
C. Sorry, I’m on diet
　　D. I don’t care
答案：C

5、- Haven't seen you for ages! What are you busy with now?
　- _____________
A：I hate the weather here.
B：My hair is getting a bit longer.
C：Yeah, thanks for coming.
D：I am working part time in a bookshop, you know.
答案： D

6、-Will you be free tomorrow morning?
　-___________.
A：No, I'll be busy
B：What is the matter?
C：I'm sorry I won't be free then
D：No, I'll have no time
答案： C

7、― Excuse me, I'm afraid you've overcharged me.
　― ________________
A：Oh, really?
B：That's all right.
C：That's fine.
D：You're welcome.
答案： A

8、— Are you ready to order, sir?
— _____________________.
A. I’m not sure.
B. Sorry, not yet.
C. I’d rather order it now.
　　D. No, I can’t.
答案：B

9、-Morning, sir.______
　-I've learnt that silk is famous here. Can I get some?
A：Can you help me?
B：What's the matter with you?
C：Can you give me a hand?
D：Anything I can do for you?
答案： D

10、-Hello! Can I get a seat on the 8 pm flight to Detroit?
-_________.
A：Hello! International Airline
B：You'd better look up the sched
ule first
C：I'm sorry, but it's completely booked
D：I'm afraid you have to change
答案： C


二、阅读理解 （每题2分，共40分）
1、
Chess must be on

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e of the oldest games in the world. An Arab traveller in India in the year 900 wrote that it was played 'long, long ago.' Chess was probably invented in India, and it has been played everywhere from Japan to Europe since 1400. The name 'chess' is interesting. When one player is attacking the other's king, he says in English, 'check'. When the king has been caught and cannot move anywhere, he says 'check mate'. These words come from Persian 'Shah mat' means 'the king is dead'. That is when the game is over, and one player has won.
Such an old game changes very slowly. The rules have not always been the same as they are now. For example, at one time the queen could only move one square at a time. Now she is the strongest piece on the board. It would be interesting to know why this has happened. Chess takes time and thought, but it is a game for all kinds of people. You don't have to be a champion in order to enjoy it. It is not always played by two people sitting at the same table. The first time the Americans beat the Russians was in a match played by radio. Some of the chess masters are able to play many people at the same time. The record was when one man played 400 games! It is said that some people played chess by post. This must make chess the slowest game in the world.
(1)、Chess was played in India long before 900.
A：T
B：F
答案： A
(2)、One player has won the game when he attacks the other player's king.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
(3)、Chess is a game for all sorts of people.
A：T
B：F
答案： A
(4)、Only two people can play chess sitting at the same table.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
(5)、According to the old rules of the game, the king could not move anywhere.
A：T
B：F
答案： B

2、
Pubs are supposed to be the Englishman's favorite meeting place, where he can get together with a few friends over a pint of beer and talk about football, or horse racing, or business.
You may notice that the pub is the place for men, but not for women. Even now it is still not quite respectable for a woman to go into a pub alone; she must have a man to escort(护卫) and protect her. Perhaps that is partly why pubs depress me - they are intended mainly to provide for male interests, which are often pretty narrow. I think this male-dominated atmosphere also reminds me of my life back at school, or in the army, neither of which is an experience I much want to relive.
However, I'm obviously in the minority. Most Englishmen have their local pubs, where they can escape from the pressures of family life or work, and if they are lucky, tell their troubles to a pretty barmaid. Indeed, many men dream of retiring from their 9 - 5 jobs and buying a little country pub, where they imagine they'll be the host of a seven-night-a-week party. This dream usua
lly dies when cleaning up spilled beer at one o'clock in the morning.
　　Still, there's pub for every type of man, from the city sophisticate to

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the rural primitive, and a man for every type of pub. And I must admit that, for someone who doesn't like them, I spent a lot of time in pubs of various kinds.
　　BCADD
1. For what do Englishmen go to the pubs?
A. They go there to make friends.
B. They go to meet and talk with their friends over some beer.
C. They go there to see the pretty barmaid.
D. They go there to do business dealings.
答案：B

2. What doesn't the speaker like about the pubs?
A. The smell of alcohol and tobacco.
B. The complaints men make about their family life.
C. The male-dominated atmosphere.
D. The spilled beer all around.
答案：C

3. What are many men dreaming of?
A. Owning a pub and living like having a party every night.
B. Taking their female friends to their own favorite pubs.
C. Retiring from their present jobs.
D. Freeing themselves from the pressures of their family life and work.
答案：A

4. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?
A. The speaker is a feminist.
B. The speaker is nostalgic about his school days.
C. The speaker never goes to pubs with his female friends.
D. The speaker was once an armyman.
答案：D

5. What can you conclude from the passage?
A. The speaker doesn't like the atmosphere in the pubs very much, so he hardly goes there.
B. More and more women are now going to pubs.
C. Pubs are the only place where Englishmen can complain about their pressures of life and work.
D. Different types of pubs in Britain cater to the taste of different types of men.
答案：D

3、
A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée （未婚妻）. The man was very poor while the girl was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond… but all these things were too expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiancée. He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what had happened to him.
The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: "When the servant enters the room, he will drop it."
On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was very excited.
Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was horro
r on everybody's face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was packed separately.
(1)、The story took place in the United St

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ates.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
(2)、The young man's family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich, according to the passage.
A：T
B：F
答案： A
(3)、The young man wanted to buy a present as a Christmas gift for the girl.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
(4)、The shop manager came to talk to the young man, because he was poorly dressed.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
(5)、On the birthday of his fiancée, the young man was excited because the girl was in love with him.
A：T
B：F
答案： B
　　
4
　 America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways — education, medicine, and business. Quietly the graying of America. has made us a very different society — one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.??
????? A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family.?The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn't surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public notions are changing.? ??
????? Many people say, "I am much younger than my mother — or my father — was at my age." No one says "act your age" anymore. We've stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

6. It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America _________.
　　A. has made people feel younger
　　B. has changed people’s social position
　　C. has changed people’s understanding of age
　　D. has slowed down the country’s social development
答案：C
　　
7. The underlined word “one” refers to_______ .
　　A. a society B. America
　　C. a place D. population
答案： A

8. We can infer from the text that if a 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer would most probably consider it _________.
　　A. normal B. wonderful
　　C. unbelievable D. unreasonable
答案：A

9. “Act your age” means people should ____ .
　　A. be active when they are old
　　B. do the right thing at the right age
　　C. show respect for their parents young or old
　　D. take more physical exercise suitable to their age
答案：B

10. This passage is mainly about ____________________.
A. why American society is different
　　B. suitable behav
iors at different age in American’s eyes
　　C. how older people act in youthful ways in America
　　D. how American people’s ideas about age have

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changed
答案：D

三、词汇与语法 （每题2分，共20分）
1、We didn't have enough to prove his innocence.
A. check
　　B. witness
　　C. testimony
　　D. evidence
答案：D
2、Had you come five minutes earlier, you _______ the bus to the airport. But now you missed it.
A. would catch
B. would have caught
C. could catch
D. should catch
答案：B
3、It is high time that we _______ working to take a break.
A：should stop
B：would stop
C：stopped
D：stop
答案： C
4、This kind of plant ______ a lot of water at all times.
A：assumes
B：limits
C：produces
D：requires
答案： D

5、I thought that honesty _______ the best policy.
A：was
B：is
C：were
D：be
答案： B
6、The weather in Harbin is quite different from ________ in Hainan.
A：that
B：it
C：the one
D：one
答案： A
7、The leader ordered that the task _________ as soon as possible.
A. to be finished
B. finish
C. be finished
D. finished
答案：C
8、You shouldn't _______ your time like that, Bob; you have to finish your school work tonight.
A：cut
B：do
C：kill
D：kick
答案： C
9、You needn't make such a funny noise, _______?
A：don't you
B：doesn't it
C：need you
D：need it
答案： C
10、She has two best friends. ____________ of them is in the country.
A. All
B. Both
C. No one
D. Neither
答案：D


四、完型填空 （每题2分，共10分）
　　
Kelly is a clerk. She works in a town. She is busy from morning to ___1___.
She gets up at six o'clock in the morning and goes to do morning exercise at half past six. Then she has breakfast ___2___ the family at a quarter past seven. She goes to work at a quarter past eight.
She ___3___ work at half past four and goes home. She arrives home at a quarter to five. At half past six she makes supper. After supper, she has a little rest. Sometimes she ___4___ TV for a little while. She studies for about an hour ___5___ she goes to bed.
(1)、
A：watches
B：finishes
C：with
D：before
E：night
答案： E
(2)、
A：watches
B：finishes
C：with
D：before
E：night
答案： C
(3)、
A：watches
B：finishes
C：with
D：before
E：ni
ght
答案： B
(4)、
A：watches
B：finishes
C：with
D：before
E：night
答案： A
(5)、
A：watches
B：finishes
C：with
D：before
E：night
答案： D
　　

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