1、2014年 9 月份考试大学英语（ 3）第一次作业 一、单项选择题（本大题共 70 分，共 35 小题，每小题 2 分） 1. It is ( ) of Beijing to have such hot weather in July. A. tropical B. typical C. trial D. tradition 2. He is ( ) a child. He should be allowed to make his own decision A. forever B. no longer C. absolutely D. exactly 3. The explorer tol
2、d the boys about his ( ) in the Arctic. A. adventures B. investigation C. application D. improvement 4. It was not a formal occasion, so we were asked to wear （） clothes. A. A regular B. B informal C. C simple D. D cheap 5. Ill never know all that was in his mind, （） . A. A nor will anyone else eith
3、er B. B nor wont anyone else too C. C nor anyone else will D. D nor will anyone else 6. The ( ) of establishing a new amusement park seemed to be very attractive. A. outline B. project C. progress D. method 7. A minute later John and I ran （） them and soon caught up （） them. A. A after.with B. B wit
4、h.for C. C to.by D. D for.to 8. He kept working, ( ) he was very tired. A. so B. how C. nevertheless D. though 9. This took place in( ) Philadelphia. A. a 1930s B. the 1930s C. the 1930s D. 1930s 10. By 2000, scientists surely （） a cure for this kind of disease. A. A have discovered B. B must discov
5、er C. C are discovering D. D will have discovered 11. He （） to write a history of civilization. A. A set off B. B set in C. C set out D. D set about 12. We ( ) supper when a policeman came to the door. A. just have B. were having C. just had D. had had just 13. I can never remember ( ) drawer he kee
6、ps his shirts in. A. what. B. as C. which D. where 14. Although George has many personal problems, he ( ) present every day since the first day of class. A. has been B. had been C. is D. was 15. A. What kind of job did you do? B: ( ). A. worked at a bookstore on campus. B. Yes. I brewed coffee in th
7、e Student Union. C. But selling books was satisfying. D. I need to earn the money. 16. Its my advice that she （） right now, or she might belate for the plane. A. A start B. B starts C. C would start D. D will start 17. Why dont you travel to New York on vacation? ( ). A. dont want to go B. Excuse me
8、, because I cant C. I want to but I havent got enough money D. Because Im going to school today 18. - Im a history major. And you? - ( ). A. Well, its nice . B. I know. C. Biology. D. You know that.C 19. Several screws(螺丝 ) need ( ). A. widening B. enlarging C. tightening D. shortening 20. They said
9、 they would not make their final ( ) until the election result came out. A. decide B. decisive C. decision D. depict 21. If the customer is ( ) to pay a bill, the company turns their account over to a collection agency. A. unusual B. unwilling C. unworthy D. unwanted 22. It was a hot day and many pe
10、ople were ( ) their way to the beach. A. taking B. guiding C. setting D. making 23. He couldnt remember( ) A. what was the formula B. what were the formula C. what the formula was D. what the formula were 24. Taking photographs inside the museum is ( ) forbidden. A. narrowly B. exactly C. strictly D
11、. firmly 25. The clerk ( ) stole some money from the bank A. supposed to B. supposedly C. supposed D. suppose 26. Many college students like to chat on the Internet. They think talking with friends on the Internet is ( ) casual and exciting ( ) face to face. A. not only.but also B. less.than C. more
12、.than D. neither.nor 27. Can I help you? - ( ). A. Yes, you can. B. Id like a pair of sports shoes. C. NO. Its unnecessary. D. Sorry, I dont know. 28. - Do you have any questions about the job? - ( ). A. What do you mean? B. NO. I wont. C. What is the salary? D. Yes. I will. 29. It was because the a
13、pplicant was too proud （） he failed in the interview. A. A therefore B. B that C. C so that D. D so 30. Taking ( ) is one of Mikes hobbies. A. photo B. photos C. photoes D. photos 31. Professor Clark continued his research work and （） his colleagues advice. A. A ignored B. B deplored C. C explored D
14、. D implored 32. Ill give you my telephone number in case you （） wantto get in touch with me again. A. A should B. B will C. C shall D. D need 33. Our teacher constantly ( ) to us that there is no shortcut(捷径 ) for learning English. A. points out B. points off C. points at D. points in 34. The lectu
15、re was so ( ) that everyone went to sleep. A. boring B. bored C. interested D. interesting 35. I said, “ I hope youll have ( ) nice birthdays.” A. many more B. much more C. very much D. enough many 二、阅读理解单项选择题（本大题共 30 分，共 6 小题，每小题 5 分） 1. You have been badly injured in a car accident. It is necessar
16、y to give you a blood transfusion because you lost a great deal of blood in the accident. However, special care must be taken in selecting new blood for you. If the blood is too different from your own, the transfusion could kill you. There are four basic types of blood: A, B, AB, and O. A simple te
17、st can indicate a persons blood type, which, like hair color and height, is inherited from parents. Because of substances contained in each type, the four groups must be transfused carefully. Basically, A and B cannot be mixed. A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B. O can give to any
18、other group; hence, it is often called the universal donor. For the opposite reason, AB is sometimes called the universal recipient. However, because so many reactions can occur in transfusions, patients usually receive only salt or plasma (liquid) until their blood can be matched as exactly as poss
19、ible in the blood bank of a hospital. In this way, it is possible to avoid any bad reactions to the transfusion. There is a relationship between your blood type and your nationality. Among Europeans and people of European ancestry, about 42 percent have type A while 45 percent have type O. The rares
20、t is type AB. Other races have different percentages. For example, some American Indian groups have nearly 100 percent type O.(1). A good title for this passage is _. A. Getting Blood and Plasma B. Special Blood Types C. Human Blood Types D. The Blood Bank of a Hospital (2). The word “hence“ in line
21、 10 means _ A. always B. often C. therefore D. seldom (3). In a blood transfusion, it is easiest to find the acceptable type of blood for a person with the blood type of _ A. A B. B C. AB D. O (4). The purpose of using salt and plasma before a blood transfusion is to allow time _. A. to test the rea
22、ctions to the transfusion B. for matching the blood to be transfused with the patients blood C. for the blood to be delivered from the blood bank D. to select a new type of blood for the patient (5). Most Europeans have blood type _ A. A B. B C. O D. A or O 2. In ancient times the most important exa
23、minations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually consisted of saying poetry aloud or giving speeches. In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their Field of study with pe
24、ople who had made a special study of the subject. This custom exists today as part of the process of testing candidates for the doctors degree. Generally, however, modern examinations are written. The written examination, where all students are tested on the same questions, was probably not known un
25、til the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase in population and the development of modern industry. A room full of candidates for a state examination, timed exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over by managers, resembles a group of workers at an auto
26、mobile factory. Certainly, during examinations teachers and students are expected to act like machines. One type of test is sometimes called an “objective“ test. It is intended to deal with facts, not personal opinions. To make up an objective test the teacher writes a series of questions, each of w
27、hich has only one correct answer. Along with each question the teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look like answers to students who have not learned the material properly.(1). In the Middle Ages students _. A. took objective tests B. were timed by clocks C. specialized
28、in one subject D. never wrote exams (2). The main idea of paragraph 2 is _ A. workers now take examinations B. the population has grown C. there are only written exams today D. examinations are now written and timed (3). The kind of exam where students must select answers is _. A. personal B. object
29、ive? C. spoken? D. written (4). Modern industry must have developed _. A. before the Middle Ages B. in Greece or Rome C. around the 19lh century D. machines to take tests (5). It may be concluded that testing _. A. should test only opinions B. should always be written C. has changed since the Middle
30、 Ages D. is given only in factories 3. Learning how to write is like taking a course in public speaking. I d ask whether anyone in class had ever taken such a course. Invariably a few hands would go up. “What did you learn in that course?” Id ask. “Well, the main thing was learning how to face an au
31、dience . not to be inhibited( 拘谨 ). not to be nervous Exactly, when you take a course in public speaking nowadays, you don t hear much about grammar and vocabulary. Instead, you re taught how not to be afraid or embarrassed, how to speak without a prepared script, how to read out to the live audienc
32、e before you. Public speaking is a matter of overcoming your long-standing nervous inhibitions. The same is true of writing. The point of the whole thing is to overcome your nervous inhibitions, to break through the invisible barrier that separates you from the person who ll read what you wrote. You
33、 must learn to sit in front of your typewriter or dictating machine and read out to the person at the other end of the line. Of course, in public speaking, with the audience right in front of you, the problem is easier. You can look at them and talk to them directly. In writing, you re alone. It nee
34、ds an effort of your experience or imagination to take hold of that other person and talk to him or her. But that effort is necessary - or at least it s necessary until youve reached the point when you quite naturally and unconsciously “talk on paper(1). The topic of the passage is _ A. how to be a
35、good writer B. how to be a good speaker C. how to express yourself with your words D. how to get rid of nervousness in public speaking (2). The public speech course mainly teaches students _ A. how to make an attractive speech using perfect grammar and vocabulary B. how to express themselves exactly
36、 and vividly C. how to collect data needed and organize it D. how to get over their nervousness when making a speech (3). The similarity between making a public speech and writing is that _ A. you have to do a lot of preparation work beforehand B. you should get over your nervous inhibitions C. you
37、should know grammar and vocabulary well to accomplish them D. both of them have audience (4). In the opinion of the author, public speaking is much easier than writing because _ A. public speaking requires less effort than writing B. it s unnecessary for you to write a lot for speech and you can say
38、 anything as you like C. you face the audience directly in public speaking; while writing is otherwise D. in public speaking, the audience have to listen to you whether they like it or not (5). The author of this passage probably is a _ A. boss B. politician C. writer D. professor 4. “The pen is mor
39、e powerful than the sword (剑 ).“ There have been many writers who used their pens to fight things that were wrong. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them. She was born in the USA in 1811. One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world, and was help
40、ful in causing a civil war and freezing the slaves. The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861, in which the Northern States fought the Southern States and finally won. This book was named “Uncle Toms Cabin“. There was time when every English-speaking man, woman, and child has read this novel
41、that did so much to stop slavery. Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting. The book has shown us how a warm-hearted writer can arouse (唤起 ) peoples sympathies (同情 ). The writer herself had neither been to the Southern States nor been a slave. The Southern Americans were very
42、angry at the novel, which they said did not at all represent (代表 ) true state of affairs, but the Northern Americans were wildly excited over it and were so inspired (激励 ) by it that they-were ready to go to war to set the slaves free.(1). According to the passage ( ). A. every English-speaking pers
43、on had read “Uncle Toms Cabin“ B. “Uncle Toms Cabin“ was not very interesting C. those who dont speak English can not have read “Uncle Toms Cabin“ D. the book “Uncle Toms Cabin“ did a great deal in the American Civil War (2). How old was Mrs. Stowe when her world famous book was published? ( ) A. Ab
44、out 60 years old. B. Over 50 years old. C. In her forties. D. Around 30 years old. (3). What do you learn about Mrs. Stowe from the passage? ( ) A. AShe had been living in the north of America before the American Civil War. B. She herself encouraged the northern Americans to go to war and set the sl
45、aves free. C. She was better as writing as using a sword. D. She had once been a slave. (4). Why could Mrs. Stowes book cause a civil war in America? ( ) A. She wrote so well that Americans loved her very much. B. She disclosed (揭露 ) the terrible wrongs that had been done to the slaves in the Southe
46、rn States. C. The Southern Americans hated the book while the Northern Americans like it. D. The book had been read by many Americans. (5). What can we learn from the passage? ( ) A. We neednt use weapons (武器 ) to fight things that are wrong. B. writer is more helpful in a war than a soldier. C. We
47、must understand the importance of literature and art. D. No war can be won without such a book as “Uncle Toms Cabin“. 5. Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to continue my studies in literature (文学 ) at evening classes. It was a tiresome
48、 walk from one end of the city to another and to sit among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the class, so the friendship I knew at school was absent. I put up with (忍受 ) it for a short period. It was too long a walk on cold winters nights and it was hard to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued reading books and started writing poetry at home. By chance, I won some prizes and awards (奖 ) for literature. A young woman from a TV company came to the college one day. She told me that I had won a national poetry award. I stared at h
