大学英语3试题(含答案)

大学英语3大学英语3试题（含答案）TestPaper1PartIUseofEnglish(20points)Directions:Inthisparttherearetenincompletedialogues.ForeachdialoguetherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthedialogue.一Excuseme.Couldyousparemeafewminutes?A)Ofcourse. B)Ofcoursenot..C)Iamsorrytohearthat. D)Yes.I'mbusynow一Youdon'thavetoplaytheradiosoloud,doyou?A)Oh,that'snothing B)It'sverykindofyoutosaysoC)Oh,Ican 'tapologizeenough D)Becareful.—IthinkthelanguagelabisveryhelpfulinimprovingourEnglish.A)Yes,Idon tlikeEnglish B)Itsaverygoodid.eC)NeitherdoI. D)Ican'tagreewithyoumore.—That'sabeautifulcat.Iwonderwhomitbelongsto.ItbelongstotheBrowns..Thecatismyfavouritetoo.Mindyourownbusiness.Ican'tsayanythingmore.—Whatasurprise!Youchangedyourhairstyle.—Well,I'mgoingtogetmarriednextSaturday.A)Oh,my!Congratulations!C)How'severythinggoing?A)Oh,my!Congratulations!C)How'severythinggoing?—Howareyou,Bob?一Ted.A)Howareyou?C)Howdoyoudo?—Thanksforyourhelp.What?I'msosurpriseD)Wherewillyougetmarried?B)I'mfine.Thankyou.D)Nicetomeetyou.B)Nevermind.B)Nevermind.D)Don'tthankme.A)Mypleasure.C)Quiteright.—Hello,I'mHarryPotter.—Hello,mynameisCharlesGreen,butA)callmyCharles. B)callmeatCharles.C)callmeCharles. D)callCharlesme.Paul, —Oh,that'smyfather!Andbesidehim,mymother.A)whatisthepersonoverthere? B)who'stalkingoverthere?C)whataretheydoing? D)whichisthat?—Hi,Tom,how'severythingwithyou?一andhowareyou?A)Don'tmentionit, B)Hm,nottoobad,C)Thanks, D)Prettyfast,PartIIReadingComprehension(40points)Directions:Therearefourpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbyfivequestionsorstatements.ChoosethebestanswertoeachquestionordecideT/Fforeachstatement.PassageOneIntheUnitedStates,30percentoftheadultpopulationhasa"weightproblem".Tomanypeople,thecauseisobvious:theyeattoomuch.Butscientificevidencedoeslittletosupportthisidea.GoingbacktotheAmericaofthe1910s,wefindthatpeoplewerethinnerthantoday,yettheyatemorefood.Inthosedayspeopleworkedharderphysically,walkedmore,usedmachinesmuchlessanddidn'twatchtelevision.Severalmodemstudies,moreover,haveshownthatfatterpeopledonoteatmoreonaveragethanthinnerpeople.Infact,someinvestigations,suchasthe1979studyof3,545Londonofficeworkers,reportthat,onbalance,fatpeopleeatlessthanslimmerpeople.Studiesshowthatslimpeoplearemoreactivethanfatpeople.AstudybyaresearchgroupatStanfordUniversitySchoolofMedicinefoundthefollowinginterestingfacts:Themorethemenran,themorebodyfattheylost.Themoretheyran,thegreateramountoffoodtheyate.Thus,thosewhoranthemostatethemost,yetlostthegreatestamountofbodyfat.Scientificevidenceshowsovereatingistheobviouscauseofweightproblem.TFAmericanpeopleofthe1910swerethinnerthantoday.TFSeveralmodemstudiesshowthatfatterpeopleeatmoreonaveragethanthinnerpeople.TFStudiesshowthatfatpeoplearelessactivethanslimpeople.TFThosewhoranthemostlostthegreatestamountofbodyfat.TFPassageTwoOnewaythatscientistslearnaboutmanisbystudyinganimals,suchasmiceandmonkeys.Thescientistsinthislaboratoryareexperimentingonmice.Theyarestudyingtherelationshipbetweendietandhealth.Atthistime,overonehundredexperimentsarebeingdoneinthislaboratory.Inoneoftheseexperiments,thescientistsarestudyingtherelationshipbetweentheamountoffoodthemiceeatandtheirhealth.Themiceareinthreegroups.Allthreegroupsarereceivingthesamehealthydiet.Buttheamountoffoodthateachgroupisreceivingisdifferent.Thefirstgroupiseatingonecupoffoodeachday,thesecondgroupiseatingtwocups,andthethirdgroupofmiceiseatingthreecups.Afterthreeyears,thehealthiestgroupistheonethatisonlyeatingonecupoffoodeachday.Themiceinthisgrouparethinnerthannormalmice.Buttheyaremoreactive.Mostoftheday,theyarerunning,playingwithoneanother,andusingtheequipmentintheircages.Also,theyarelivinglonger.Miceusuallylivefortwoyears.Mostofthemiceinthisgrouparestillaliveafterthreeyears.Thesecondgroupofmiceisnormalweight.Theyarehealthy,too.Theyareactive,butnotasactiveasthethinnermice.Buttheyareonlylivingabouttwoyears,notthethreeyearsormoreofthethinnermice.Thelastgroupofmiceisreceivingmorefoodthantheothertwogroups.Mostoftheday,thesemiceareeatingorsleeping.Theyarenotveryactive.Thesemicearelivinglongerthanthescientiststhought-aboutayearandahalf.Buttheyaren'tashealthy.They'resickmoreoftenthantheothertwogroups.Thescientistsinthelaboratoryarestudyingtherelationshipbetweentheamountoffoodanddiet.TFThefirsttwogroupsarereceivingthemostfooD)TFThefirstgroupisthethinnestbecausetheydonothaveahealthydiet.TFNormalmiceusuallylivefortwoyears.TFThetexttellsusthatmicethateatlessandexercisemorewilllivelonger.TFPassageThreeAfewyearsagoitwascommontospeakofagenerationgapbetweenyoungpeopleandtheirelders.Parentssaidthatchildrendidnotrespectandlistentothem,whilechildrensaidthattheirparentsdidnotunderstandthematall.Whathadgonewrong?Whyhadthegenerationgapsuddenlyappeared?Actually,thegenerationgaphasbeenaroundforalongtime.Manypeoplearguethatitisbuiltintoeverypartofoursociety.Oneimportantcauseofthegenerationgapistheopportunitythatyoungpeoplehavetochoosetheirownwaysoflife.Inamoretraditionalsociety,whenchildrengrowup,theyareexpectedtoliveinthesameareaastheirparents,tomarrypeoplethattheirparentsknowandlike,andoftentocontinuethefamilyjobs.Inoursociety,youngpeopleoftentravelgreatdistancesfortheireducation,moveoutofthefamilyatanearlyage,marryorlivewithpeoplewhomtheirparentshavenevermet,andchoosejobsdifferentfromthoseoftheirparents.Inoursociety,parentsoftenexpecttheirchildrentodobetterthantheydid:tofindbetterjobs,tomakemoremoneyandtodoallthethingsthattheywereunabletodo.Often,thatisanothercauseofthegapbetweenthem.Often,theydiscoverthattheyhaveverylittleincommonwitheachother.Finally,thespeedatwhichchangestakeplaceinoursocietyisthethirdcauseofthegapbetweenthegenerations.Inatraditionalculture,seniorpeoplearevaluedfortheirknowledge,butinoursocietytheknowledgeofalifetimemaybecomeoutofdate.Theyoungandtheoldseemtoliveintwoverydifferentworlds,separatedbydifferentskillsandabilities.Nodoubt,thegenerationgapwillcontinueinAmericanlifeforsometimetocome.21.Thefirstparagraphtellsusthat.theproblemofthegenerationgapdrawsmuchattentionfrompeopleitisoutofdatetotalkaboutthegenerationgapchildrenandparentsaretryingtounderstandeachotheritisveryimportantforpeopletofrequentlycommunicatewitheachother22.Inamoretraditionalsociety,oldpeople.havetheirchildrenrespectandlistentothemdonotcarefortheirchildrenatallexpecttheirchildrentorebelagainstthemdonotlivetogetherwiththeirchildren23.InAmericansocietyyoungpeople.donotneedtofindjobsmarrypeopleyoungerthanthemhavebettereducationthantheirparentsleavehomeatanearlyage.WhichofthefollowingisNOTthecauseofthegenerationgap?Youngpeopleliketodependmoreonthemselves.Parentsdonotlovetheirchildrendearly.Americansocietychangesrapidly.Parentsexpecttoomuchoftheirchildren..Themainideaofthepassageis.thatthegenerationgapneedsconsideringwhenthegenerationgapisnecessaryinAmericansocietyC)whythegenerationgapexistsD)howwecanreducethegenerationgapPassageFourIntheUnitedStates,itisnotcustomarytotelephonesomeoneveryearlyinthemorning.Ifyoutelephonehimearlyintheday,whileheisshavingorhavingbreakfast,thetimeofthecallshowsthatthematterisveryimportantandrequiresimmediateattention.Thesamemeaningisattachedtotelephonecallsmadeafter11:00p.m.Ifsomeonereceivesacallduringsleepinghours,heassumesit'samatterordeath.Thetimechosenforthecallcommunicatesitsimportance.Insociallife,timeplaysaveryimportantpart.IntheU.S.A.gueststendtofeeltheyarenothighlyregardediftheinvitationtoadinnerpartyisextendedonlythreeorfourdaysbeforethepartydate.Butitisnottrueinallcountries.Inotherareasoftheworld,itmaybeconsideredfoolishtomakeanappointmenttoofarinadvancebecauseplanswhicharemadeforadatemorethanaweekawaytendtobeforgotten.Themeaningoftimediffersindifferentpartsoftheworld.Thus,misunderstandingsarisebetweenpeoplefromdifferentculturesthattreattimedifferently.PromptnessisvaluedhighlyinAmericanlife,forexample.Ifpeoplearenotprompt,theymayberegardedasimpoliteornotfullyresponsible.IntheU.S.noonewouldthinkofkeepingabusinessassociatewaitingforanhour,itwouldbetooimpolite.Apersonwhois5minuteslate,willsayafewwordsofexplanation,thoughperhapshewillnotcompletethesentence.Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?ItisnotcustomarytotelephonesomeoneinthemorningandinsleepinghoursintheU.S.Theroleoftimeinsociallifeovertheworld.Ifpeoplearenotprompt,theymayberegardedasimpoliteornotfullyresponsibleintheU.S.Noteverycountrytreatstheconceptoftimeasthesame.Whatdoesitmeaninthepassageifyoucallsomeoneduringhisorhersleepinghours?Amatterofwork.Amatteroflifeordeath.Youwanttoseehimorher.Youwanttomakeanappointmentwithhimorher.Whichofthefollowingtimeisproperifyouwanttomakeanappointmentwithyourfriend?A)at7:00am. B)at4:00pm. C)atthemidnight.D)at4:00am.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage?IntheU.S.Agueststendtofeeltheyarehighlyregardediftheinvitationtoadinnerpartyisextendedonlythreeorfourdaysbeforethepartydate.Thereisnomisunderstandingarisingbetweenpeoplefromdifferentculturesabouttheconceptoftime.ItmaybeconsideredfoolishtomakeanappointmentwellinadvanceintheU.S.A.PromptnessisvaluedhighlyinAmericanlife.Fromthepassagewecansafelyinferthat.it'samatteroflifeordeathifyoucallsomeoneindaytimethemeaningoftimediffersindifferentpartsoftheworlditmakesnodifferenceintheU.S.whetheryouareearlyorlateforabusinessparty

D)ifapersonislateforadate,heneedn'tmakesomeexplanationPartIIIGrammarandVocabulary(20points)Directions:Therearetenincompletesentencesinthispart.ForeachsentencetherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).ChoosetheONEanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.theimportanceofwearingseatbeltswhiledriving.A)Littletheyrealize B)TheylittledorealizeC)Littlerealizedothey D)LittledotheyrealizeTwentypeoplewerewoundedinthefire.A)quicklyB)wronglyC)bitterlyD)seriouslymakesmendifferentfromtheotheranimalsisthattheycanthinkandspeak.A)That B)ThethingC)All D)What34.,heisverystrictwithhersometimes.A)AlthoughmuchhelikesherdaughterB)MuchalthoughhelikesherdaughterC)AshelikeshermuchdaughterD)MuchashelikesherdaughterC)AshelikeshermuchdaughterD)MuchashelikesherdaughterThegirlisnothappyatthenewschool.Shehasfriendsthere.A)fewB)afewC)evenfewD)quiteafewA)fewB)afewC)evenfewD)quiteafewYoushouldn'tyourtimelikethat,Bob;youhavetofinishyourschoolworktonight.A)cut B)do C)kill D)kickWhenLilycamehomeat5p.m.yesterday,hermotherdinnerinthekitchen.A)cooked B)wascooking C)cooks D)hascookedBoththekidsandtheirparentsEnglish,Ithink.A)is B)been C)are D)wasNeverbeforeseesuchaterriblecaraccidentontheroad!A)Ihave B)haveI C)Idid D)didIEveryyearthousandsoflivesinroadaccidentsbecauseofcarelessdriving.A)loseB)lostC)havelost D)arelostA)loseB)lostC)havelost D)arelostPartIVCloze(20points)Directions:Therearetenblanksinthefollowingpassages.AndtherearefivechoicesmarkedA),B),C),D)andE).Matcheachblankwiththerightchoice.PassageOneApretty,well-dressedyounglady(41)ataxiinabigsquare,andsaidtothedriver, “Deyouseethatyoungmanattheothersideofthesquare?”YYes,“saidthetaxidriver.Theyoungmanwasstanding(42)arestaurantandlookingimpatientlyathiswatcheveryfewseconds.“Takemeoverthere,"saidtheyounglady.Therewerealotofcarsand(43)inthesquare,sothetaxidriverasked, “Areyouafraidtocrossthestreet?”“Ohno!”saidtheyounglady."ButIpromisedthatIwouldmeettheyoungmanfor(44)

atoneo'clock,anditisnowaquartertotwo.IfIarriveinataxi,itwillatleastseemasifIhadtried(45)tobelate.A)busesB)stoppedC)notD)