大学英语3 本科

1.Part I Use of English (20 points)

Directions: In this part there are ten incomplete dialogues. For each dialoguethere are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that bestcompletes the dialogue.

(1) — What do you think of the weather here?

— ____________________

(A) It’ s a quarter to nine.

(B) It’ s sunny and warm.

(C) It’ s Thursday.

(D) It’ s December 11th.

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(2) — I believe we’ ve met somewhere before.

— No,___________________.

(A) it isn’ t the same.

(B) it can’ t be the same.

(C) I don’ t think so.

(D) I’ d rather not.

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(3) — How are you, Jack?

—____________________

(A) How old are you?

(B) I’ m fine. Thank you.

(C) How often do you do it?

(D) Nice to meet you.

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(4) — Thanks for your help.

— __________

(A) My pleasure.

(B) Never mind.

(C) Quite right.

(D) Don’ t thank me.

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(5) — It’ s my fault!

— ____________________

(A) Great!

(B) You have a good taste.

(C) Don’ t blame yourself.

(D) I’ m unwilling to help you.

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(6) — Hello, could I speak to Alice, please?

— _________________________

(A) Who are you?

(B) Where are you?

(C) Who is to blame?

(D) Who’ s that speaking?

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(7) —Is that seat taken?

—______________.

(A) Please don’ t worry

(B) I don’ t think so

(C) Why not?

(D) It’ s very nice

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(8) —Let me introduce myself. I’ m Jean.

—____________

(A) What a pleasure!

(B) Pleased to meet you.

(C) I don’ t know.

(D) Thanks a lot.

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(9) — Could I borrow your dictionary?

—_____________.

(A) Thank you very much.

(B) No, I’ m not available

(C) I’ m sorry. It’ s not at hand now.

(D) It’ s very kind of you.

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(10) — Congratulations! You won second prize in the singing competition.

— ____________________

(A) Look on the bright side.

(B) Your company is very impressive.

(C) Thank you very much.

(D) I can’ t agree more.

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完全正确 得分： 20

2.Part II Reading Comprehension (40 points)

Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by fivequestions or statements. Choose the best answer to each question or decide T/Ffor each statement.

Passage One

We are busy talking about and using the Internet, but how many of us know thehistory of the Internet?

Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networksdidn’ t work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the wholenetwork stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be goodenough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was notworking, information could be sent through another part. In this way computernetwork system would keep on working all the time.

At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s,universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computerswere still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had alsodeveloped software that made “surfing” on the Internet more convenient.

Today it is easy to get online and it is said that millions of people use the Internetevery day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among young people.

The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people’ s life.

(1) The Internet was first built in the 1960s.

(A) T

(B) F

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(2) A new network system was set up to make computers cheaper.

(A) T

(B) F

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(3) At first the Internet was only used by universities.

(A) T

(B) F

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(4) Software that had been developed by scientists made “surfing” theInternet more convenient.

(A) T

(B) F

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(5) Today it’ s so easy to get online.

(A) T

(B) F

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完全正确 得分： 10

3.

Passage Two

In 1920, barely out of his teens, Alfred Hitchcock went to work for an Americanfilm company which had opened a studio in Islington, London. His first job at thestudio was writing captions (脚本) for silent movies. Within two years, he waswriting scripts (剧本) and working as an assistant director.

For the rest of the 1920s, Hitchcock worked on one film after another in Britainand Germany. Filming was often a rough-and-ready (匆忙做成的) affair and theassistant director was required to step in and plug gaps. If a cameraman wentmissing, Hitchcock became a cameraman. If a scene needed rewriting, Hitchcockrewrote it. If someone was needed to be in charge of money when the film crewwas on location, Hitchcock looked after the money.

At the same time, this being the era of silent movies, Hitchcock was learning the language of cinema: telling a story － not through dialogue, but through visualimages (视觉影象). This led to his success later.

When he began to direct his own films, first in Britain and later in Hollywood, he was determined to make films that held the audience’ s attention and kepttension (紧张感). He succeeded. Hitchcock’ s ability to put you on the edge ofyour seat makes him one of the greatest makers of suspense (悬念) movies.

(1) Alfred Hitchcock’ s first job at the studio was writing captions for silentmovies.

(A) T

(B) F

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(2) According to the context, “step in and plug gaps” (Line 3, ParA) 2) meansasking for one’ s help.

(A) T

(B) F

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(3) Telling a story through dialogue prepared Hitchcock for his success later.

(A) T

(B) F

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(4) He was determined to draw the audience’ s attention and keep tension inhis film-making.

(A) T

(B) F

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(5) He had taken up different jobs before he succeeded.

(A) T

(B) F

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部分正确 得分： 8

4.Passage Three

Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo. Shewas leaving her native country to join her sister in the United States. She spokeEnglish very well. Though she was very happy she could go abroad, she wasfeeling sad at leaving her family and friends. As she was thinking all about this,she suddenly heard the airline employee asking her to pick up her luggage andput it on the scales（ 称） . Maria pulled and pulled. The bag was too heavy and shejust couldn’ t lift it up. The man behind her got very impatient. He, too, waswaiting to check in his luggage.

“What’ s wrong with this girl?” He said, “Why doesn’ t she hurry up?” Hemoved forward and placed his bag on the counter, hoping to check in fist. He wasin a hurry to get a good seat.

Maria was very angry, but she was very polite. And in her best English she said,“Why are you so upset? There are enough seats for everyone on the plane. If youare in such a hurry, why can’ t you give me a hand with my luggage?”

The man was surprised to hear Maria speak English. He quickly picked up herluggage and stepped back. Everyone was looking at him with disapproval.

(1) Maria’ s story happened ________.

(A) when she was leaving America

(B) on her way back to Santo Domingo

(C) before she left the USA

(D) when she arrived at the airport

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(2) You believe that the work of the airline employee mentioned in the story isto _______ at the airport.

(A) help carry people’ s luggage

(B) ask people to pick up the luggage

(C) check people’ s luggage

(D) take care of people’ s luggage

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(3) “Why are you so upset?” Maria said to the man. She wanted to tell himthat he should not be _______.

(A) surprised

(B) sad

(C) unhappy

(D) sorry

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(4) “Everyone was looking at him with disapproval.” This sentence meansthat the people around felt _______.

(A) worried about Maria

(B) worried about the man

(C) sorry for Maria’ s manners

(D) sorry for the man’ s manners

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(5) The author mentioned Maria’ s age at the beginning of the story in order toshow that _________

(A) she was young but behaved properly

(B) she would not have left home alone

(C) everyone around her was wrong

(D) it was not good that nobody offered to help her

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完全正确 得分： 10

5.Passage Four

Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly toNew York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going tostay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send meyour address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dickanswered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of thecity. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put theaddress of his hotel in it.

In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out atnine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."

He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dickdidn't remember the name and address of his hotel. "

Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" Butthe driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office.

There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me myaddress at this post office."

(1) Dick flew to New York because ______.

(A) he went there for a holiday

(B) he had work there

(C) he went there for sightseeing (观光)

(D) his home was there

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(2) Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

(A) Because she didn't know his address yet.

(B) Because she wanted to go to New York, too.

(C) Because she might send him another telegram.

(D) Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York.

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(3) Where did Dick stay in New York?

(A) Far away from the center of the city.

(B) In a hotel.

(C) In a restaurant.

(D) At his friend's house.

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(4) Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

(A) The manager of his hotel.

(B) The police office.

(C) The taxi driver.

(D) His wife.

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(5) Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

(A) Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.

(B) Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.

(C) Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.

(D) Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

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完全正确 得分： 10

6.Part III Grammar and Vocabulary (20 points)

Directions: There are ten incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentencethere are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that bestcompletes the sentence.

(1) is known to all, China is a country with a long history.

(A) It

(B) As

(C) Which

(D) That

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(2) I owe you some money. Let me pay you now.

(A) back

(B) for

(C) in

(D) to

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(3) Neither Ben nor his friends __________ ready for the travel.

(A) is

(B) has

(C) are

(D) was

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(4) If you don’ t want to be late, you had better __________the bus.

(A) take

(B) to take

(C) taken

(D) for taking

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(5) Did you notice the guy ______ hat was so special?

(A) who

(B) which

(C) whose

(D) whom

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(6) Neither Bill nor his parents _____ at home.

(A) is

(B) has

(C) are

(D) was

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(7) I had to buy _____________ these books because I don’ t know which one wasthe best.

(A) none

(B) some

(C) neither

(D) all

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(8) On in London, Smith went to visit his friends.

(A) getting

(B) coming

(C) reaching

(D) arriving

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(9) These wild flowers are so special I would do I can to save them.

(A) whatever

(B) that

(C) which

(D) whichever

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(10) Let's be ready; it's time we __________.

(A) played football

(B) will play football

(C) play football

(D) are playing football

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部分正确 得分： 12

7.Part IV Cloze (20 points)

Directions: There are ten blanks in the following passages. And there are fivechoices marked A), B), C), D) and E). Match each blank with the right choice.

Passage One

An old lady in a plane had a blanket（ 毯子） over her head and she did not want totake it off . The air hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, “I have never beenin a plane (41) _____, and I am frightened. I am going to keep this blanket over myhead until we are back on the (42) _____ again !”

Then the captain came. He said, “Madam, I am the captain of this plane. Theweather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everything is going very (43)_____. ” But she continued to hide.

So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out fromunder the blanket with one eye and said, “I am sorry, young man, but I don’ t like(44) _____ and I am never going to fly again. But I’ ll say one thing, ”She continuedkindly, “You and your (45) _____ keep your plane very clean!”

(1) （ 41）

(A) ground

(B) planes

(C) wife

(D) well

(E) before

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(2) （ 42）

(A) ground

(B) planes

(C) wife

(D) well

(E) before

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(3) （ 43）

(A) ground

(B) planes

(C) wife

(D) well

(E) before

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(4) （ 44）

(A) ground

(B) planes

(C) wife

(D) well

(E) before

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(5) （ 45）

(A) ground

(B) planes

(C) wife

(D) well

(E) before

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完全正确 得分： 10

8.Passage Two

Bob and Jim once worked in the (46) _____factory. One day, Bob lent Jim tendollars, but then Jim left his work and went to work in another town (47) _____paying back the money.

Bob didn't see Jim for a year, and then he knew from another friend that Jim wasin (48) _____ town and staying at a hotel. So he went there to see him late in theevening.

When he got to Jim's room, he saw his shoes near the door. "Well, he must be(49) _____," he thought, and knocked again, and said, "I know you are in, Jim. Your(50) _____are out here.""I've gone out in my boots," answered Jim.

(1) （ 46）

(A) another

(B) same

(C) in

(D) shoes

(E) without

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(2) （ 47）

(A) another

(B) same

(C) in

(D) shoes

(E) without

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(3) （ 48）

(A) another

(B) same

(C) in

(D) shoes

(E) without

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(4) （ 49）

(A) another

(B) same

(C) in

(D) shoes

(E) without

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(5) （ 50）

(A) another

(B) same

(C) in

(D) shoes

(E) without

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完全正确 得分： 10