2017年江南大学远程教育大学英语(三)第3阶段测试题

江南大学现代远程教育 第三阶段测试卷 考试科目:大学英语（三） 时间：90 分钟 学习中心（教学点） 批次： 层次： 专业： 学号： 身份证号： 姓名： 得分： 第一部分：词汇与结构（共 10 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 20 分） 此部分共有 10 个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中未完成的部分有 4 个选项，请从 A、 B、C、D 四个选项中选出正确选项。 1. The ship _ South America. A. is bound for B. bound for C. bound to D. is bound to 2. The lifeboat went out to rescue a ship in _. A. disgrace B. disappointment C. despair D. distress 3. I must _ my lawyer before I make my final decisions. A. contrast B. contact C. contract D. compare 4. The two cars were broken into pieces in the _. A. collision B. crash C. collapse D. confusion 5. Youd better _ the warm weather by going for a walk this afternoon. A. take use of B. take the advantage of C. take advantage of D. take the use of 6. Jean _ own a car but I dont believe her. A. claims B. claims to C. claims that D. claims of 7. We tried to _ him _climbing the mountain without a guide. A. discouragefrom B. encouragefrom C. persuade.to D. encourageto 8. We are _ to John for bringing the books. A. grateful B. capable C. appropriate D. owing 9. The new engine must be thoroughly _ before being out on the market. A. tried out B. tried to C. tried in D. tried with 10. We will not have the picnic unless more people _. A. signed in B. signed with C. signed for D. signed up 第二部分：阅读理解（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） Passage 1 O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers surprise. 11. In which order did O. Henry do the following things? a. Lived in New York. b. Worked in a bank. c. Travelled to Texas. d. Was put in prison. e. Had a newspaper Job. f. Learned to write stories. A. e. c. f. b. d. a B. c. e. b. d. f. a C. e. b. d. c. a. f.D. c. b. e. d. a f. 12. People enjoyed reading O. Henrys stories because _. A. they had surprise endings B. they were easy to understand C. they showed his love for the poor D. they were about New York City 13. O. Henry went to prison because _ . A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper B. he broke the law by not using his own name C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners D. people thought he had taken money that was not his 14. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing? A. He was well-educated. B. He was not serious about his work. C. He was devoted to the poor.D. He was very good at learning. 15. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories? A. His life inside the prison. B. The newspaper articles he wrote. C. The city and people of New York. D. His exciting early life as a boy. Passage 2 One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of Londons big medical schools, He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture. He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop. When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert. 16. Who wrote the story? A. Ruperts teacher. B. The neighbors teacher. C. A medical school teacher. D. The teachers neighbor. 17. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase? A. He needed it for the summer term in London. B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give. C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research. D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching. 18. What happened at the airport? A. The skeleton went missing .B. The skeleton was stolen . C. The teacher forgot his suitcase. D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase . 19. Which of the following best tells the teachers feeling about the incident? A. He is very angry . B. He thinks it rather funny . C. He feels helpless without Rupert.D. He feels good without Rupert . 20. Which of the following might have happened afterwards? A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert. B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert. C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase. D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert. Passage 3 A traveler came out of the airport. There were a lot of taxies. He asked every taxi-driver his name. Then he took the third one. It cost 5 dollars from the airport to the hotel. “How much does it cost for the whole day?“ the man asked. “100 dollars,“ said the taxi-driver. This was very expensive, but the man said it was OK. The taxi-driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening, they went back to the hotel. The traveler gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars and said, “What about tomorrow?“ The taxi-driver looked at the man and said, “Tomorrow? It is another 100 dollars.“ But the man said, “Thats OK! See you tomorrow.“ The taxi-driver was very pleased. The next day, the taxi-driver took the traveler everywhere again. They visited all the parks and museums again. And in the evening, they went back to the hotel. The man gave the tax-driver 100 dollars again and said, “Im going home tomorrow.“ The taxi-driver was very sorry because he liked the traveler and, above all, 100 dollars a day was a lot of money. “So you are going home. Where do you come from?“ he asked. “I come from New York.“ “New York!“ said the taxi-driver. “I have a sister in New York; her name is Susanna. Do you know her?“ “Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you!“ 21The traveler came from America. A.T B.F 22The traveler took the third taxi, because the third taxi-driver was a kind-hearted man. A.T B.F 23Usually the cost of traveling one day by taxi may be less than $100. A.T B.F 24The travelers sister asked the traveler to give the money to the taxi-driver. A.T B.F 25The driver was unhappy when he heard the travelers last words. A.T B.F 第三部分: 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分） 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Interviewing, though by no means the only technique for judging the personalities of prospective employees, remains the most widely used. Pencil and paper tests _26_ for many years, but no written technique has gained as wide an acceptance among employers _27_ the traditional dialogue which aims _28_ forecast future behavior by obtaining information about past and _29_. An interview usually _30_ a conversation, which may take _31_ different forms. At one end of the scale is the directed conversation _32_ on topics selected _33_ by the interviewer. At the other _34_ is the undirected at which the person being _35_ goes on about himself _36_ interruption, making his own choice of _37_. In between, and most common, lies the friendly conversation _38_ the interviewer moves at random from one subject to _39_. The carefully phrased questions of the directed conversation invariably yield the precise information the _40_ is looking for. _41_, the friendly conversation _42_ turns out to be less _43_ since the interviewer often _44_ dominating the exchange. And only in very skilled hands _45_ be an outcome of the uninterrupted talk. 26. A) have existed B) existed C) exist D) existing 27. A) like B) and C) as D) besides 28. A) by B) toward C) at D) to 29. A) recent B) present C) now D) future 30. A) is contained B) persists in C) makes up D) consists of 31. A) some B) a number of C) very much D) plenty of 32. A) centers B) centering C) centered D) center 33. A) in advance B) before C) ago D) ahead 34. A) side B) part C) hand D) end 35. A) interviewed B) talked C) mentioned D) selected 36. A) with B) without C) off D) against 37. A) views B) ideas C) topics D) messages 38. A) at which B) in which C) wh