电大英语3 形考答案3

开放本科英语II（1）第十二单元参考答案

第一部分：阅读下面的小对话，从四个选项中选出一个最佳答案

–__ tried to take action to stop it. 参考答案：The authorities

–__ you involved in the matter? 参考答案：Are

–________ he said is quite right. 参考答案：What

–_________ majority of people agree with him. 参考答案：The

–__________ every day for 20 minutes. 参考答案：Exercise

–________fine weather it is! 参考答案：What

–A lecture hall is _________ where students attend lectures.参考答案：one

–A new hotel _______ in the centre of town at the moment. 参考答案：is being built

–All the airports in the country are working __ today. 参考答案：normally

–All the team members tried their best. We lost the game, _________. 参考答案：however

–Are you aware __ what you have said? 参考答案：of

–As he grows old his health __. 参考答案：declines

–Asia is the biggest __ on earth. 参考答案：continent

–Before I got to the cinema, the film _________ . 参考答案：had begun

–By the end of this year, I _______enough money for a holiday. 参考答案：will have saved

–Can I get you a couple of tea?---_________________________ 参考答案：That’s very nice of you –Could you please pay me ________ advance? 参考答案：in

–Do you like your school __ ? 参考答案：uniforms

–Does the restaurant have a non-smoking __? 参考答案：section

–Don’t be sorry for that. We all ___ mistakes.参考答案：make

–Don’t worry. There is ______ room for all your books here. 参考答案：much

–First you should switch the machine ___ before you stop your work. 参考答案：off

–Given the high price, _______ it’s not surprising they didn’t buy it.参考答案：-

–Have the police looked into the bank ____. 参考答案：robbery

–Have you moved into the new house?—Not yet.The rooms______. 参考答案：are being painted

–He __ about the time of the train. 参考答案：enquired

–He __ his wallet in the street yesterday. 参考答案：was robbed of

–He __ when we were at a meeting. 参考答案：burst in

–He ____ conversation. 参考答案：was engaged in

–He always has a lot of business work __. 参考答案：on the go

–He has ___________ four successful books. 参考答案：written

–He is a man of __. 参考答案：high intelligence

–He is doing some research on the ____ system of animals. 参考答案：auditory

–He is the man ______________ dog bit me. 参考答案：whose

–He made __ changes in his new book. 参考答案：extensive

–He never sticks ___ anything for very long. 参考答案：to

–He said that he ______ already _______ the English film. 参考答案：had; seen

–He spent __ day in his room. 参考答案：an entire

–He was __ of what he said. 参考答案：afraid

–He was deeply __ by the film. 参考答案：affected

–Her uncle takes a__ interest in her progress. 参考答案；personal

–I _______ her to marry me and she agreed. 参考答案；asked

–I am afraid that I can not __ with you. 参考答案：agree

–I am leaving for New York ______________ three days time. 参考答案：in

–I am not guilty ____ this crime. 参考答案：of

–I broke my leg when I ______________ skiing in America. 参考答案：was

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–I can do that job ______________ myself. 参考答案：by

–I can’t put __ what he said. 参考答案：up with

–I don’t suppose he will attend the meeting, ______? 参考答案：do I

–I have _____ finished the report. 参考答案：already

–I have given ______________ eating meat. 参考答案：up

–I have lived here _______ 1997. 参考答案：since

–I have to __ all the mess in this room. 参考答案：clear up

–I know it isn’t important but I can’t help ______ about it. 参考答案：thinking

–I met my old friend __ in the street yesterday. 参考答案：by chance

–I prefer classic music __________ pop music. 参考答案：to

–I prefer tea _______coffee. 参考答案：to

–I prefer the TV ______________ the radio. 参考答案：to

–I spent most of my money in the first week __ had very little to eat by the end of the holiday.参考答案：and consequently –I stopped _______ last year. 参考答案：smoking

–I think music can __ your pain. 参考答案：lessen

–I was told he __ just a minor offence. 参考答案：committed

–I was very much __ by his word. 参考答案：hurt

–I’m in Greece at the moment. I like the weather _________. 参考答案：here

–I’m tired. I ________ working very hard.参考答案：have been

–If he was fitter, he ___________ live longer. 参考答案：would

–If I ______ time, I ________ something better. 参考答案：had… would make

–If I get the new job, I _______ buy a better car. 参考答案：will

–If you are doctor, you must have a doctor's_____. 参考答案：certificate

–If you drive your ca r in that way, you’ll end __ in hospital.参考答案：up

–It happened ________ a winter night. 参考答案：on

–It is said the matter was under __ . 参考答案：investigation

–It matters little __ it will rain or snow. 参考答案：whether

–It’s very convenient __________ here.参考答案：living

–Jenny ___________ on her homework after supper. 参考答案：has been doing

–Let me _________ the case carefully before I draw a conclusion. 参考答案：look into

–Many are finding it difficult to make ___ meet, especially whose with young children.参考答案：ends

–Mary forgot ______ a letter to her mother, so she wrote to her just now. 参考答案：to write

–Mr. Robert has a __ of five. 参考答案：family

–My car was being __________ when it was stolen. 参考答案：repaired

–My dog will __ by my friend when I am on holiday. 参考答案：be looked after

–My father______________ take me to work with him when I was a child. 参考答案：would

–Next year, I ______________ plan to go to Italy. 参考答案：x

–Not only I but also Jane and Mary _______ tired of having one examination after another. 参考答案：are

–Oh, time is up and we must go _______. 参考答案：straight away

–She ______________ talking when I am watching TV. 参考答案：keeps

–She comes from _______People’s Republic of China.参考答案：the

–She has brought ______________ two children by herself. 参考答案：up

–She has lived here ______________ three years. 参考答案：for

–She is __ school’s development committee.参考答案：on

–She is a girl ____ at knitting. 参考答案：skilled

–She likes to spend time __________ with her grandchildren. 参考答案：playing

–She looked __ . 参考答案：annoyed

–She said that, ________, she still loves him. 参考答案：in a sense

–She was convicted _______ murder. 参考答案：of

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–Silk __________ by Chinese for thousands of years now. 参考答案：has been used

–That place is _____________ the south of the city. 参考答案：in

–That’s all settled. It _____ talked about. 参考答案：needn’t be

–The bedroom needs ____________. 参考答案：decorating

–The blue whale is _______ largest animal in the world. 参考答案：the

–The boat went ___ on the rough sea. 参考答案：up and down

–The book had a great impact ___ its readers. 参考答案：on

–The boss __ our holiday by two more days. 参考答案：extended

–The bridge __ the banks of the river. 参考答案：links

–The bridge _________ by the farmers themselves in 1982. 参考答案：was built

–The delay was ____ heavy traffic. 参考答案：due to

–The doctor asked him to __. 参考答案：go on a diet

–The dog __ a hole in my trousers yesterday. 参考答案：bit

–The Germans, as __, are often thought to be well organized. 参考答案：a nation

–The girl __ his father. 参考答案：looked up to

–The girl is keen __ music. 参考答案：on

–The girl was __ about her new toy. 参考答案：over the moon

–The king had the greatest power in __ times. 参考答案：ancient

–The land __ sharply away from the house. 参考答案：declines

–The patient acted on the doctor’s _________ and finally recovered.参考答案：advice

–The photograph seems quite __. 参考答案：recent

–The policeman was attacked ________ a knife . 参考答案：with

–The problem is_____by pollution. 参考答案：caused

–The road ______________ built last year. 参考答案：was

–The roof needs _______. 参考答案：repairing

–The sound outside distracted him ____ his homework. 参考答案：from

–The teacher __ for breaking the window. 参考答案：told him off

–There are many differences ____ the two languages. 参考答案：between

–These old housed are to be knocked_____. 参考答案：off

–They _ for almost two years. 参考答案：have been married

–They __ the football match because it rained today. 参考答案：cancelled

–They __ the old house and built a restaurant. 参考答案：demolished

–They ______ the train until it disappeared in the distance. 参考答案：watched

–They are doing some __ on AIDS. 参考答案：research

–They had a good time at the __. 参考答案；funfair

–They held a dinner __ the important guests. 参考答案：in honour of

–They were convicted ___ having killed 20 persons. 参考答案：of

–This medicine will __ you a good night’s sleep.参考答案：ensure

–Those cakes look nice. Can I have______________? 参考答案：one

–Time is money! We should ______ our time. 参考答案：make good use of –Tom __ Helen four years ago. 参考答案：married

–Under the tree was __ an old man. 参考答案：lying

–We __ each other for almost three years. 参考答案：have been in love with –We __________ every day when we were children. 参考答案：used to swim

–We are all __ being a Chinese. 参考答案：proud of

–We are trying to __ funds for the poor people. 参考答案：raise

–We have our office ____________ every day by a cleaner. 参考答案：cleaned

–We must make a difference between _____ language and _____language. 参考答案：spoken, written –We were deeply __ at what he said. 参考答案：disappointed

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–We've offered her the job, but I don't know whether she'll __ it. 参考答案：accept

–What a fool I have been! Why _____I think of that before? 参考答案：didn’t

–What has __ to the woman? 参考答案：happened

–What he did __ the company’s policy.参考答案：flied in the face of

–What he said __ all the people in the office. 参考答案：amused

–What you said __ the mater. 参考答案：is not relevant to

–What’s happened to Tom? 参考答案：He’s been taken

–When I was a child, we _______wear a uniform for school. 参考答案：had to

–When we were having a meeting, the director _________ the bad news by telephone.参考答案：was told

–Which do you like better, real movies _______ cartoons?--I prefer cartoons ____ real movies.参考答案：or, to

–Why did you choose that one ___? 参考答案：in particular

–Would you like __ more drinks? 参考答案：a little

–You _______ to exercise more. 参考答案：ought

–You _______ to lock the door at night. 参考答案：ought

–You can ask the driver to __ at the station. 参考答案：drop you off

–You can see __ people gathering in front of the building. 参考答案：hundreds of

–You can see the ball __ when the temperature is high. 参考答案：expand

–You can see the user ___ of our website are up this month. 参考答案：figures

–You can’t use the bike at once-you have to ______. 参考答案：take turns

–You like playing football, _______ you? 参考答案：don’t

–You must explain ______how they succeeded ________ the experiment.参考答案：to us, in

第二部分：阅读下面的句子，从四个选项中选出一个能填入空白处的最佳选项

完型填空01：Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but he

1. C

2. B

3. B

4. B

5. A

6. B

7. A

8. C

9. A 10. C

完型填空02：Molly Wilson (1) a dancer and a mother for many years when she (2) to sail round the world to raise money for charity.

1. C

2. B

3. A

4. A

5. B

6. C

7. B

8. C

9. A 10. B

完型填空03：As an American writer, Mark Twain, once said, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody (1) anything about it.”It is true that everybody talks about the weather. Many people begin their talks (2) saying: Isn’t it a nice (3) ?” “Do you think it will rain?” “I think it’s going to snow.”

1. C

2. B

3. A

4. C

5. C

6. A

7. B

8. C

9. C 10. A

完型填空04：A survey was carried out last year (1) the British Medical Association, an organisation of doctors. It showed that most people do not do enough exercise. In 1995, 60% of people walked more than one mile a day. Now, that number has fallen (2)to only 20%.

1、C

2、A

3、C

4、B

5、C

6、A

7、B

8、C

9、B 10、B

完型填空05：A study has shown that fitness is the key (1) long life, irrespective of body shape (2)even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people who exercise live longer than (3), even if they are overweight and smoke.

1、B

2、B

3、C

4、A

5、B

6、A

7、B

8、C

9、A 10、C

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完型填空06：The ancient Olympic Games (1) part of a religious festival in honour (2) the Greek god Zeus, the father of all Greek gods and goddesses. The festival and games (3) in Olympia, a religious Sanctuary.

1、B

2、B

3、C

4、A

5、B

6、A

7、B

8、C

9、A 10、C

完型填空07：Traffic in India means a mixture of all kinds of vehicles on the road. About 700,000 new cars (1)in India in the last twelve months, and about twice that many used cars have been traded.

1、A

2、C

3、B

4、C

5、B

6、A

7、C

8、C

9、B 10、A

完型填空08：In the UK, in business situations, when you meet someone (1) the first time you shake hands and say, “How do you do?”. This is not really a question, and the reply (2) it is another greeting such as “How do you do?”or “Hello”or “I’m very (3) to meet you” or, if you have met the person sometime before, “It’s good to see you again”.

1、B

2、C

3、B

4、A

5、B

6、A

7、B

8、C

9、A 10、C

完型填空09：More and more people (1) to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies (2)people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the past year. This is (3)

1、B

2、A

3、C

4、B

5、A

6、C

7、B

8、A

9、C 10、B

第三部分：阅读下列短文并完成后面的阅读练习。从每题的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个正确答案，并将选项字母填入相应空白处。

——There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society. In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorced.

1．What does the passage mainly discuss? C

2．During the last ten years, __________. A

3．According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to __________. B

4．According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? A

5．The last Para. tells us __________. A

——When I was a little girl, my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. My mother didn't use to work during the week, but she worked in the post office near our house on Saturdays, and she used to bring home all the new stamps as soon as they were issued.

1．This passage mainly tells us __________. C

2．According to the passage, her mother worked in the post office ________. B

3．Their mother told them to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won, but she didn't tell them why. Do you think why she did that? A

4．What does the sentence “We were over the moon.”mean? B

5．What is the best title for this passage? C

——Mrs Sharp, a large, red-faced woman in her late sixties, has lived in Greenleas, a 'new town' in the countryside outside London, since 1958. Before that she lived in Bethnal Green, an area of inner London. She was moved to Greenleas by the local authorities when her old house was demolished.

1．Why did Mrs. Sharp have to move to Greenleas? C

2．When she got married, she lived ________. B

3．Why did she know so many people? B

4．The sentence “I had one neighbour who was always poking her nose into our business.”in the last Para. means

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__________. C

5．What does this passage mainly deal with? A

——Molly Wilson had been a dancer and a mother for many years when she decided to sail round the world to raise money for charity.

1. What does the word “extraordinary” mean in the title? B

2. The sentence “…my husband thought I was bored …” in Para. 4 meant that my husband thought I felt_________. A

3. Th e word “section” in Para. 4 most probably means here _________. C

4. Which of the following is nearest (closest) in meaning to “rough” in the sentence “One night the sea was very rough …” in Para. 5? C

5. The last paragraph suggests that _________. A

——In the last 500 years, nothing about people – not their clothes, ideas, or languages – has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians.

1. According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years? A

2. “Some” in “Some still exist today” means _________ C

3. Thousands of Irish people starved during the “Potato Famine” because _________. B

4. Coffee originally came from_________. C

5. The Arabic legend is used to prove that _________. B

——A survey has shown that people have stopped believing both the media and politicians. A similar survey carried out 5 years ago showed that 50% of people thought that what politicians said was usually not true, and that 35% of people thought that what they saw on the television or read in newspapers was not true.

1．The number of people believing politicians and journalists has ______. C

2．Experts think this problem _______. B

3．Stories say businessmen give money to _______. B

4．Mr Smith thinks politicians make laws ________. A

5．People can now check stories using ______. C

——A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution: we stopped talking to each other.

I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his mobile phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and –poof! –I was cut off as if I had become absent from the conversation.

1．The author’s experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel _____________. A

2．According to the author, human contact in a park means ____________. C

3．According to the author, the more connected we get in communications technology, the ___________ we are. C 4．What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communications technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction? C

5．What is the unintended result of communication technology, according to the author? B

——Did you know there are some very special dogs doing good work in our hospital wards? These are PAT (Pets As Therapy) dogs. Doctors and nurses are recognising the benefits of pets more and more — particularly for children, people with mental illnesses and elderly people who are separated from their own pets or have had to give up their pets.

1．Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage? B

2．Pets are particularly beneficial to the following EXCEPT _________. C

3．The first sentence of Para. 2 suggests _________. C

4．The dog helps Alan do the following EXCEPT _________. B

5．The sentence “when I was going to a comma …”means that __________. C

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——We have two cats at home. One is named Milo and the other Mamma. Milo is a boy cat. Boy cats are called ‘Toms’. We think that Mamma is Milo’s mother. That is why we gave her the name Mamma.

1．Sarah got the cats ________. B

2．Sarah thinks __________. A

3．Mamma was named ‘Mamma’because ______. C

4．Milo and Mamma were ________. A

5．Milo is not very fit because _________. B

——A study has shown that fitness is the key to long life, irrespective of body shape or even smoking habits. Researchers discovered that people who exercise live longer than those who do not, even if they are overweight and smoke.

1．In the second Para., the word “endorsing”means _________. A

2．What does the word “sedentary”mean in the second Para.? B

3．It can be inferred from the fourth Para. that _________. A

4．What can we infer about the British Government’s attitude in the last Para.? B

5．What’s the author’s attitude according to the passage? C

——BEIJING — Olympic City 2008

Who will stage the games?

Preparing for the Olympics Games is a huge undertaking. Just like the athletes, the host city spends years getting ready for the event. Before deciding which city will host the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has to examine bids from all over the world. Bidding for the games begins about ten years in advance. Without preparing a very strong bid1, a city will not win the competition to host the games. Beijing was chosen for the 2008 games from five bidders —Osaka, Paris, Toronto and Istanbul.2

1．Bidding for the Olympic Games usually starts ____________ before the games are really held. A

2．Beijing was one of the _______ bidders for the 2008games. B

3．The World Cup 2002 was held in _____________. C

4．What construction projects did Beijing start after winning the bid? C

5．Why do countries want to host the Olympic Games? C

——People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by man’s release of completely new and often artificial (人造的) substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance (物质)，such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.

1．The main cause of pollution is __________. A

2．Much of the pollution could be controlled if only __________. C

3．Food packages, bottles and tins for drinks can cause __________. B

4．Which of the following can not help solving the problem of pollution? C

5．What does the underlined word “litter”mean in paragraph 2? A

——Benjamin Disraeli, th e famous nineteenth century prime minister, said, “London is not a city, - it is a nation.” Today this is an understatement; London, with its vast range of different ethnic groups, is a world.

1．Why does the writer think that Benjamin Disraeli’s statement is an understatement? Because he thinks London is ________. A

2．Why does the writer think new arrivals are an advantage (好处) to London? A

3．Ethnic minority groups will make up _________ of the London population in the future. B

4．The last paragraph mainly tells us in London _________. A

5．The passage mainly deals with _________. C

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Would you like to study where and when you want - even just using a laptop?

Would you like to set your own timetable?

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1．The passage is written for the purpose of ________. A

2．Which of the following is NOT true about the Direct? C

3．Bases on the passage, we can infer that if we learn with Direct, we can________. A

4．We can infer from the passage that if we want to learn with Direct, ________.B

5．According to the passage, if we want to register for Direct, we’d better ________. C

——A 15-year-old boy, who was first found guilty of theft at the age of 12, was convicted of stealing 22 charity boxes yesterday from local shops. He was arrested while he was dressed as a woman and he was pretending to be a representative of the charity Help Aid.

1．The boy was caught stealing while he was _________. B

2．Which of the following is NOT true according to the second Para.2? C

3．Why did one of the shop owners call the police? A

4．According to the judge, why did the boy become a criminal? B

5．What does the title of the passage suggest? B

——The chances that you will be a victim of violent crime are low. But you can avoid risk in the following ways.

A T HOME

?You should make sure your house or flat is secure. Always lock the door from the inside at night, but you must keep the key nearby, so that you can use it to get out quickly if there is a fire.

1．This passage mainly focuses on ________. A

2．If you want to guarantee you are secure at home, you should _________. B

3．Based on the passage, if you notice someone following you, it’s better for you to _________. B

4．Why should you have a telephone in the bedroom? C

5．From the passage, we can infer that we might be victims if _________. A

——In the UK, in business situations, when you meet someone for the first time you shake hands and say, “How do you do?”. This is not really a question, and the reply to it is another greeting such as “How do you do?” or “Hello” or “I’m very pleased to meet you” or, if you have met the person sometime before, “It’s good to see you again”.

1．The first paragraph tells us _________. C

2．If you are invited to someone’s house for dinner, it’s better to _________. C

3．English people like to talk about the following EXCEPT _________. A

4．In the last paragraph. the sentence “…, it’s usual to take turns to buy a drink for everyone in your group…”means _________. B

5．The subject matter of the passage is_________. A

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