大学英语练习题(三)附答案

1、大学英语练习题（三）附答案Practice 3 (45 minutes)姓名_ 班级_ 学号_ 成绩_Part I: Reading comprehension (Reading in Depth) (20 minutes 40%)Directions:In this section, there are 2 passages each with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the pass

2、age. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item.Passage 1The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and changed U.S. society in many ways. Many in-home jobs t

3、hat used to be done 1 by women ranging from family shopping to preparing meals to doing _2_ work still need to be done by someone. Husbands and children now do some of these jobs, a _3_ that has changed the target market for many products. Or a working woman may face a crushing “poverty of time” and

4、 look for help elsewhere, creating opportunities for producers of frozen meals, child care centers, dry cleaners, financial services, and the like. Although there is still a big wage _4_ between men and women, the income working women _5_ gives them new independence and buying power. For example, wo

5、men now _6_ about half of all cars. Not long ago, many car dealers _7_ women shoppers by ignoring them or suggesting that they come back with their husbands. Now car companies have realized that women are _8_ customers. Its interesting that some leading Japanese car dealers were the first to _9_ pay

6、 attention to women customers. In Japan, fewer women have jobs or buy cars the Japanese society is still very much male-oriented. Perhaps it was the _10_ contrast with Japanese society that prompted American firms to pay more attention to women buyers.A) scale B) retailedC) generateD) extremeE) tech

7、nicallyF) affordableG) situationH) reallyI) potentialJ) gapK) voluntaryL) excessiveM) insultedN) purchaseO) primarilyPassage 2Most people would agree that, although our age exceeds all previous ages in knowledge, there has been no corresponding increase in wisdom. But agreement 11 as soon as we atte

8、mpt to define "wisdom" and consider means of promoting it. There are several factors that 12 to wisdom. Of these I should put first a sense of proportion: the capacity to take 13 of all the important factors in a problem and to _14 _ to each its due weight. This has become more difficult t

9、han it used to be owing to the extent and 15 of the special knowledge required of various kinds of technicians. Suppose, for example, that you are _16 in research in scientific medicine. The work is difficult and is likely to 17 the whole of your mind. You have no time to consider the effect which y

10、our discoveries or inventions may have outside the field of medicine. You succeed (let us say) as modern medicine has succeeded, in enormously lowering the infant death-rate, not only in Europe and America, but also in Asia and Africa. This has the entirely unintended result of making the food suppl

11、y 18 and lowering the standard of life in the parts of the world that have the greatest populations. To take an even more 19_ example, which is in everybody's mind at the present time; you study the makeup of the atom from a disinterested desire for knowledge, and by chance place in the hands of

12、 a powerful mad man the means of destroying the human race. Therefore, with every increase of knowledge and skill, wisdom becomes more necessary, for every such increase augments our capacity for realizing our purposes, and therefore augments our _20_ for evil, if our purposes are unwise. A) haltsB)

13、 discountC) dramaticD) contributeE) ceasesF) accountG) attackH) attachI) inadequateJ) capacityK) engagedL) absorbM) distributeN) complexO) complexityPart : Short-Answer Questions (10 minutes 20%)Directions: In this part there are 2 short passages with 10 questions or incomplete statements. Read the

14、passages carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Your answer may be a word, a phrase, or a short sentence. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the right of the page.Passage 1Would-be language teachers everywhere have one thing in common:

15、 they all want some recognition of their professional status and skills, and a job. The former requirement is obviously important on a personal level, but it is vital if you are to have any chance of finding work.Ten years ago, the situation was very different. In virtually every developing country,

16、 and in many developed countries as well, being a native English speaker was enough to get you employed as an English teacher.Now employers will only look at teachers who have the knowledge, the skills and attitudes to teach English effectively. The result of this has been to raise non-native Englis

17、h teachers to the same status as their native counter-parts (相对应的人) something they have always deserved but seldom enjoyed. Non-natives are happy linguistic discrimination (语言上的歧视) is a thing of the past.An ongoing research project, funded by the University of Cambridge, asked a sample of teachers,

18、educators and employers in more than 40 countries whether they regarded the native/non-native speakers distinction as being at all important. “No” was the answer. As long as candidates can teach and had the required level of English, it didnt matter who they were and where they came from. Thus, a ne

19、w form of discrimination this time justified because it singled out the unqualified liberated the linguistically oppressed (受压迫的). But the Cambridge did more than just that: it confirmed that the needs of nave and non-native teachers were extremely similar.Questions:21. The selection of English teac

20、hers used to be mainly based on _.22. What did non-native English teachers deserve but seldom enjoy? _.23. What kind of people can now find a job as an English teacher? _.24. What is the result of the “new form of discrimination” (Line 5, Para. 4)? _.25. The phrase “the linguistically oppressed” (Li

21、ne 6, Para. 4) refers to those who were _.Passage 2For many women choosing whether to work or not to work outside their home is a luxury: they must work to survive. Others face a hard decision.Perhaps the easiest choice has to do with economics. One husband said, “Marge and I decided after careful c

22、onsideration that for her to go back to work at this moment was an extravagance (奢侈) we couldnt afford.” With two preschool children, it soon became clear in their figuring that with babysitters, transportation, and increased taxes, rather than having more money, they might actually end up with less

23、.Economic factors are usually the first to be considered, but they are not the most important. The most important aspects of the decision have to do with the emotional needs of each member of the family. It is in this that husbands and wives find themselves having to face many confusing and conflict

24、ing feelings.There are many women who find that homemaking is boring or who feel imprisoned (被监禁的) if they have to stay home with a young child or several children. On the other hand, there are women who think that homemaking gives them the deepest satisfaction.From my own experience, I would like t

25、o suggest that sometimes the decision to go back to work is made in too much haste. There are few decisions that I now regret more. I wasnt mature enough to see how much I could have gained at home. I regret my impatience to get on with my career. I wish I had allowed myself the luxury of watching t

26、he world through my little girls eyes.Questions:26. Which word in the first two paragraphs best explains why many women have to work? _.27. Why did Marge and her husband think it an extravagance for Marge to go back to work? _.28. What are the two major considerations in deciding whether women shoul

27、d go out to work? _.29. Some women would rather do housework and take care of their children than pursue a career because they feel _.30. If given a second chance, the writer would probably choose to _.Part : Cloze (15 minutes 40%)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each bl

28、ank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet. Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species typical behavior that sets humans completely 31 from

29、all other animals. Language is a means of communication, 32 it is much more than that. Many animals can 33 . The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers _34_ other members of the hive (蜂群)。But human language permits communication about anything 35 things like Unicom (独角兽) that hav

30、e never existed. The key _36_ in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be 37 together in different ways, according to 38 , to communicate different meanings. Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing 39 human as much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, 40 about the

31、 university, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an immensely complex _41_ that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most _42_ of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to _43_. The speaker has to translate thoughts into _44_ langua

32、ge. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the _45_ of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must bear the sounds to _46_ out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to _47 _ the words spoken, understand the pattern of _48_ of the words (sen

33、tences), and finally _49_ the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But _50_ started, it is of course a continuous process.31. A) apart B) off C) up D) down32. A) so B) but C) or D) for33. A) transfer B) transmit C) convey D) communicate34. A) to B) from C) over D) on35. A) only B) almost C) even D) just36. A) stays B) situates C) hides D) lies37. A) stuck B) strung C) rung D) consisted38. A) rules B) scales C) laws D) standards39. A) combines B) contains C) defines D) declares40. A) what B) whether C) while D) if41. A) prospect B) p