《大学英语三》题库及答案

1、大学英语（三）题库及答案I.交际与对话1. a. What do you think of the speech given by Professor Smith?b. . But I ' m not particularly interested in the topic.A. Let me think about it.B. Not bad.C. I don ' t like it.D. I don ' t know.2. a. I like your new hat very much!b. .A. Really? I can give it to you as

2、a gift.B. Actually I don ' t think it fits me well.C. Yes, I know you will like it.D. Oh, thank you. Actually, I got it in a bargain.3. a. How do you like my new hairstyle, dear?b. .You ' ve never been so beautiful!A. It looks terrific on you.B. How much did you spend?C. It doesn ' t fit

3、 you at all.D. Do you like it yourself?4. a. Hi, Tom, how ' s everything with you?A. , and how are you?B. Don ' t mention itC. Hm, not too badD. ThanksE. I don ' t want to talk about it5. a. I ' m sorry. I lost the key.b.A. Well, it ' s no big deal.B. No, it ' s all right.C.

4、You are welcome.D. You are so careless.6. a. .b. Well, if i t were not for the rain, I' d enjoy it very much.A. I hope you are enjoying your stay here.B. What ' s the weather like today?C. Are you feeling well now?D. Do you like Xi ' an?7. a. I ' m sorry that I spilt some coffee on y

5、our carpet.第1页共22页b. .A. You should have been more careful.8. Why did you do that?9. Oh, I don ' t care.10. Oh, don ' t worry about it.8. a. Who ' s speaking, please?b. .A. Who are you?B. I ' m Parker.C. Don ' t you know me?D. This is Parker.9. a. Well done. Congratulations on yo

6、ur success.b. .A. Thank you very muchB. Oh, no, noC. No, I didn ' t do very wellD. Sorry, I could have done better10. a. That woman alone over there who is she?b. .A. She is a teacherB. She is Doctor SophieC. A driver, I supposeD. She ' s ill11. a. Hello, is that China Bank?b. A. Yes, can I

7、help you?B. Yes, what do you want?C. Yes, you ' re right.D. Yes, right number.12. a. Sorry I have kept you waiting for so long.b. .A. I ' m sadB. I don ' t careC. That ' s all right. There ' s no hurryD. No, not at all13. a. If you need any help, please don' t hesitate to ask

8、 me.b. .A. Thank you, I will.B. Oh, I won o that.C. I don ' t think I will need any help.D. It ' s none of your business.14. a. Do you mind if I open the window? It' s too hot!b. A. Oh, not at all. Go ahead.B. Yes. I think it ' s too hot too.C. Of course don ' t. I beteCoad.D. Wh

9、y not?15. a. I want to buy a present for my mother and I need your advice.b. A. No, you don ' t.B. Oh, it ' s not necessary.C. What can I do for you?D. Really, you need me?16. a. Do you mind if I smoke here? b. A. Well, I ' d rather you didn ' t.B. Yes, please do it.C. Of course, you

10、 can ' t.D. No, I don ' t smoke.17. a. b. Yes, can you tell me where I can find women' s shoes?A. Do you want to buy something?B. Excuse me, what are you doing?C. Are you just looking around?D. Is there anything I can do for you?18. a. I had a really good holiday at my aunt' s.b.A. O

11、h, that ' s very nice of youB. CongratulationsC. It ' s my pleasureD. Oh, I ' m gladetor hhat19. a. Would you like to go out with us for dinner this evening? b. .A. No, I already have plansB. Thanks a lot but I ' m busy tonightC. No, I really don ' t like eating outD. I ' m i

12、ll, so I shouldn ' t go out for dinner20. a. Mr. Baker is out now. May I take a message for him?b. A. What ' s your name?B. Thank you, I ' ll call him later.C. No, you can ' t.D. Yes, I think you can.II.阅读理解Passage 1Almost every family buys as least one copy of a newspaper every day.

13、 Some people subscribe to as many as two or three different newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown or killed took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed

14、by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our 第3页共22页newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen.Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, rad

15、io, television and film guides, book reviews, stories, and of course, advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is worth the money for news of their products to go

16、 into almost every home in the country. For those who produce newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.1. The phrase “ subscribe to " in the first paragraph mea

17、ns .A. go to the newspaper stand and buyB. send their own news stories toC. agree to buy for a specific period of timeD. become faithful readers of2. The habit of reading newspapers is .A. widespreadB. found among a few familiesC. not popularD. uncommon3. Before the time of the newspaper, .A. bad ne

18、ws traveled quickly and good news slowlyB. few people cared about events that took place in far away countriesC. kings and rulers were often overthrown or killedD. news was passed from one person to another4. The author seems to agree that money spent on advertisements is .A. wastedB. not muchC. wel

19、l spentD. of no use to anyone5. Which of the following statements is true?A. Five hundred years ago it took a long time for news to reach other countries.B. Newspaper advertisements turn people' s attention away from their products.C. The news that we read in newspapers is mainly about new produ

20、cts.D. When newspapers are sold at a low price, the newspaper producers will lose money.Passage 2When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture.

21、But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America' sfastest growing businesses.What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are internatio

22、nal businessmen or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when

23、they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality 第4页共22页furniture than they could afford to b

24、uy.One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don' t like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are

25、not sure what their neighbors might think.6. Which of the following has become one of America' s fastest growing businesses?A. Selling home furnishings.B. Renting furnished apartments.C. Selling used furniture.D. Renting home furnishings.7. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?A. Because

26、the furniture they get in this way is new.8. Because it saves them a lot of money.9. Because it saves them much trouble and money.10. Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.8. What can you infer from the passage?A. The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.B. Renting

27、furniture is still not popular with the majority of Americans.C. Only those who don ' t have enough money rent furniture.D. People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.9. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?A. Rent or Buy?B. A New Way of Getting Home

28、FurnishingsC. Furnished ApartmentsD. A New Idea10. Young people like renting home furniture in thatA. They have less money.B. They don ' t want to buy old furniture.C. The new furniture is of good quality.D. They don ' t have much money and don ' t want to buy the cheap furniture.Passage

29、 3Spending 50 minutes with a cell phone close to your ear is enough to change brain cell activity in the part of the brain closest to the antenna（ 天线）.But whether that causes any harm is not clear, scientists at the National Institute of Health said at a conference last month, adding that the study

30、will not likely settle concerns of a link between cell phones and brain cancer.“What we showed is glucose 葡萄糖）metabolism（代谢）（a sign of brain activity） increases in thebrain in people who were exposed to a cell phone in the area closest to the antenna,“ saicNora Volkow, whose study was published in t

31、he Journal of the American Medical Association. The study was meant to examine how the brain reacts to electromagnetic（ 电磁的）fields caused by wireless phone signals.Volkow said she was surprised that the weak electromagnetic radiation（辐射）from cell phones could affect brain activity, but she said the

32、findings do not shed any light on whether cell phones cause cancer. " This study does not in any way indicthtet . What the study does is to show the human brain is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation from cell phone exposures.of the devices has increased dramatically since they were introduc

33、ed in the early 1980s. with about 5 billion cell phones now in use worldwide.Some studies have linked cell phone exposure to an increased risk of brain cancers, but alarge study by the World Health Organization did not of fer a clear answer to this. Volkow' s teamstudied 47 people who had their

34、brain examined while a cell phone was turned on for 50 minutes and another while the phone was turned off. While there was no complete change in brain metabolism, they found a 7 percent increase in brain metabolism in the region closest to the cell phone antenna when the phone was on.Experts said th

35、e results were interesting, but urged that they be understood with great care.a Although the biological significance, if any, of increa sed glucose metabolism from too much cellphone exposure is unknown, the results require further investigation," Henry Lai of the Universof Washington in the U.

36、S. and Dr. Lennart Hardell of University Hospital in Sweden, wrote in an article in JAMA. " Much has to be done to further investigate and understand these effects.wrote.11. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A. Cell phone use is dangerous.B. Cell phone use causes cancer.C

37、. The human brain is an electromagnetic field.D. There are about 5 billion cell phone users in the world right now.12. Doctor Volkow was astonished because.A. her research has shed light on her understanding of cell phoneB. she found that cell phone exposure is harmful to human brainC. she found tha

38、t using a cell phone for about 50 minutes could influence or change brain activityD. human brain is not responsive to electromagnetic radiation13. According to the passage, cell phones were launched。A. in the late 1970sB. between 1980 and 1985C. in the late 1980sD. in the early 1990s14. What does th

39、e word "that " stand for in the second paragraph?A. Brain activity.B. Her research findings.C. The fact that cell phone use may cause cancer.D. Her research progress.15. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?A. Cell Phone Radiation: Is It Harmful?B. Cell Phone Rad

40、iati0n: Is It Useful?C. Cell Phone Radiation: Is It Healthy?D. Cell Phone Radiation: Is It Weak?Passage 4Millions of hamburgers are eaten by people in every corner of the world every day. Together with hot dogs and Coca-Cola, hamburgers have been the most important American contribution to internati

41、onal eating habits.The name “ hamburger ”has nothingp with ham（ 火所艮）.It is believed that the hamburger第5页共22页was first brought to the United States by Germans from the city of Hamburg sometime in the 1850s.The first known reference to hamburgers was in a newspaper in Washington State in 1889. From t

42、hen on the hamburger became a kind of popular American fast food.Now young people in Asia, Europe and South America have learned to eat while on the move, a hamburger in one hand and a soft drink in the other. There have been angry complains from Italy and Spain about the shortening of the usual lun

43、ch break. Instead, young people have discovered a lunch for which they don' t have to stop at all.However, there are clouds over the hamburger' s world. People who concern about healthdislike the high animal fat in the hamburger. They think the time saved seems a high price to pay for poor h

44、ealth. The packages in which hamburgers are usually served are causing serious pollution problems in many large cities. Big hamburger companies are destroying large areas of South American rainforest to produce the cheap meat they need. So, will the hamburger celebrate its next century?16. In which

45、way do hamburgers change people' s eating habits?A. People can have their meals at any time of the day.B. They can be served in any restaurant.C. People can have them with soft drinks.D. Meal time can be greatly reduced.17. The hamburger, as a kind of popular American fast food,.A. has a history

46、 of over one hundred yearsB. was brought to Europe in the 1850C. is usually eaten with the hot dogD. is better served in Hamburg18. Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?A. Young people in Europe don ' t stop to buy hamburgers.B. It is suggested that hamburgers be eaten with b

47、oth hands.C. Some people in Europe don ' t like to reduce theiT break.D. Young people in many countries are learning how to eat in their cars.19. Which of the following is NOT TRUE, according to the passage?A. You don ' t need ham to make a Hamburger.B. Some people think the price of a Hambu

48、rger is too high.C. Hamburger is believed to originate in Germany.D. Now, Hamburgers are considered as American food.20. The writer doesn ' t believe that.A. packages for hamburgers are polluting many big citiesB. Hamburgers will remain popular for the next 100 yearsC. The meat in hamburgers can

49、 cause health problemsD. Cattle raising leads to the destroying of rainforestPassage 5Acting is such an over-crowded profession that the only advice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the stage is" Don'ess to discbib ragjsebmeonewho feels that he must act, although

50、the chances of his becoming famous are slim. The normal way to begin is to go to a drama school. Usually only students who show promise and talent are 第7页共22页accepted, and the course lasts two years. Then the young actor or actress takes up work with a theatrical company, usually as assistant stage

51、manager. This means doing everything that there is to do in the theatre and occasionally acting in very small parts. It is very hard work indeed; the hours are long and the salary is tiny.Of course, some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and success without this long and hard trainin

52、g. Connie Pratt, for example, was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a bus stop, as he drove past in his car. He stopped and got out to speak to the girl. He asked if she would like to go to the film studio to do

53、a test, and she thought he was joking. Then she got angry and said she would call the police. It took the producer twenty minutes to convince Connie that he was serious. The test was successful. And within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day

54、. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon!21. From the very beginning, the author puts it clearly that acting is a profession .A. sought after by too manyB. too difficult for young peopleC. for slim people onlyD. one can go into without special training22. For someone who feels he must act,

55、 it is very likely that .A. he will become a film star at long lastB. he will become a stage managerC. he will be well-paidD. he will end up without any success23. The film producer found Connie when she was .A. at work in a bicycle factoryB. driving past him in her carC. going to a film studioD. wa

56、iting for a bus24. A few weeks after the test, Connie Pratt found herself .A. the most famous actress of the worldB. playing the leading female role in a playC. as famous as the greatest actor of the worldD. no less famous than the leading actor of the day25. The sentence “ chances like this happen

57、once in a blue mooans_. ” me A. this is something which happens once in a whileB. this is a highly profitable chanceC. this is something highly possibleD. this is a very rare chancePassage 6Have you ever argued with your loved ones over simple misunderstandings? Little wonder. We often believe we &#

58、39; re more skillful in getting our point across than we actually are, according to Boza Keysar, a professor at the University of Chicago. In his recent study, speakers tried to express their meanings using unclear sentences. Speakers who thought listeners understood were wrong nearly half the time.

59、 Here' s some good advice to reduce misunderstanding:1. Don ' t trust what you see from the listener. Listeners often nod, look at you or say to be polite or move the conversation along. But it 'easy to consider these as signs of understanding.2. Train the editor in your head. If you say,“ Beth discusses her problems with her husband,it ' s