新视野大学英语3期末试题

1、、得 分一. Vocabulary （40%）评卷人新视野英语3期末试题 1. While a _ amount of stress can be beneficial, too much stress can exhaust you. A. moderate B. modern C. large D. striking2. The two brothers are very much _, not only in walking but also in thinking. A. like B. likely C. alike D. alive3. Hell be angry if you t

2、ry to _ him. He is very busy now. A. interfere with B. interfere in C. disturb with D. worry about4. Physical exercise is particularly necessary to primary pupils _ it helps them power up the brain. A. by that B. on that C. in that D. to that5. The British are not so familiar with different cultures

3、 and other ways of doing things, _ is often the case in other countries. A. so B. as C. it D. that6. Could you please _ an appointment for me to see Mr. Smith? A. manage B. arrange C. take D. prepare7. Everyone on the team _ winning the game. A. attributed to B. contributed to C. distributed to D. l

4、ed to8. I like my teacher, but feel no _ for her. A. affection B. like C. feeling D. motion9. As we can no longer wait for the delivery of our order, we have to _ it. A. accept B. cancel C. refuse D. delay10. The early pioneers had to _ many hardships to settle on the new land. A. go along with B. g

5、o through C. go back on D. go into11. Ideas _ from ones own experience are sometimes more valuable than those from books. A. derived B. deposited C. retreated D. restored12. If you want to _ a pleasant visit, find out as much as possible about the manners and customs of your host country. A. secure

6、B. serve C. sure D. ensure13. He was a man of noble _. He came from an old and prominent family in Virginia. A. origin B. source C. root D. resource14. One of his eyes was injured in an accident, but after a _ operation, he quickly recovered his sight. A. delicate B. considerate C. precise D. sensib

7、le15. He played the guitar so well that everyone was _. A. affected B. aroused C. effected D. impressed16. Last year the advertising rate _ by 20 percent.A. rose B. raisedC. aroused D. arose17. The purpose of the seminar is to train some of the employees to work _ in the branch offices abroad.A. lat

8、er B. lateC. lately D. latest18. Drinking alcohol can _ your ability to drive properly.A. effect B. affectC. influence D. impact19. When we shook hands I was conscious of his firm _.A. fist B. handC. punch D. grip20. His plan sounds _, so youd better carry out.A. feasible B. uselessC. worthy D. fede

9、ral得 分二. Reading Comprehension （40%）评卷人Passage oneThe television camera is rather like the human eye. Both the eye and the camera have a lens, and both produce a picture on a screen. In each case the picture is made up of millions of spots of light. Let us see how the eye works. When we look at an o

10、bject a person, a house, or whatever it may be we do not see all the details of the object in one piece. We imagine that we do, but this is not the case. In fact, the eye builds up the picture for us in our brain, which controls our sight, in millions of separate parts, and, although we do not reali

11、ze it, all these details are seen separately. This is what happens when we look at something. Beams of light of different degrees of intensity, reflected from all parts of the objects, strike the lens of the eye. The lens then gathers together the spots of light from these beams and focuses them on

12、to a light-sensitive plate the retina at the back of the eyeball. In this way an image of the object is produced on the retina in the form of a pattern of lights. The retina contains millions of minute light-sensitive elements, each of which is separately connected to the brain by a tiny fiber in th

13、e optic nerve. These nerve fibers, working independently, pick out minute details from the image on the retina and turn the small spots of light into nerve impulses of different strengths. They then transmit these impulses to the brain. They do this all at the same time. All the details of the image

14、 are fed to the brain, and, as we taught our brain to add them together correctly, we see a clear picture of the object as a whole. Television, which means vision at a distance, operates on a similar principle. A television picture is built up in thousands of separate parts. Beams of light reflected

15、 from the subject being televised strike the lens of the television camera, which corresponds to the lens of the eye. The camera lens gathers together the spots of light from these beams and focuses an image of the subject on to a place, the surface of which is coated with millions of photo-electric

16、 elements sensitive to light. The spots of light forming the image on the plate cannot be transmitted as light. So they are temporarily converted by an electronic device into millions of electrical impulses; that is, into charges of electricity. These electrical impulses are then sent through space

17、on a wireless wave to the homes of the viewers. They are picked up by the aerials and conveyed to the receivers to the television sets. There, they are finally converted back into the spots of light that make up the picture on the television screen. 1. In the first paragraph we are told that the tel

18、evision camera resembles the human eye in _.A. one way B. two ways C. three ways D. a large number of ways 2. The retina is _.A. a lens B. a beam of light C. a part of the brain D. a light-sensitive plate 3. The nerve fibers connecting these light-sensitive elements to the brain _.A. all work togeth

19、er B. help each other C. work independently D. work in small groups 4. A camera lens focuses an image on to _.A. the subject B. a surface made up of millions of light-sensitive elements C. a television set D. millions of photo-electric beams of light 5. The spots of light forming the image on the pl

20、ate in a television camera are converted into _.A. electricity B. pictures C. an electronic device D. a wireless Passage two At sixteen Ron Mackie might have stayed at school, but the future called to him excitedly. “Get out of the classroom into a job,” it said, and Ron obeyed. His father, supporti

21、ng the decision, found a place for him in a supermarket. “Youre lucky, Ron,” he said. “For every boy with a job these days, theres a dozen with-out.” So Ron joined the working world at twenty pounds a week. For a year he spent his days filling shelves with tins of food. By the end of that time he wa

22、s looking back on his school-days as a time of great variety and satisfaction. He searched for an interest in his work, with little success. One fine day instead of going to work Ron got a lift on a lorry going south. With nine pounds in his pocket, a full heart and a great longing for the sea, he s

23、et out to make a better way for himself. That evening, in Bournemouth, he had a sandwich and a drink in a caf run by an elderly man and his wife. Before he had finished his sandwich, the woman had taken him for the rest of the summer, at twenty pounds a week, a room upstairs and three meals a day. T

24、he ease and speed of it rather took Rons breath away. At quite times, Ron had to check the old mans arithmetic in the records of business. At the end of the season, he stayed on the coast. He was again surprised how straightforward it was for a boy of seventeen to make a living. He worked in shops m

25、ostly, but once he took a job in a hotel for three weeks. Late in October he was taken on by the sick manager of a shoe shop. Ron soon found himself in charge there; he was the only one who could keep the books. 6. Why did Ron Mackie leave school at sixteen? A. His father made him leave. B. He had r

26、eached the age when he had to leave. C. He left because he was worried about the future. D. He left because he wanted to start work. 7. What did Rons father think about his leaving school? A. He thought his son was doing the right thing. B. He advised him to stay at school to complete his education.

27、 C. He did not like the idea, but he helped Ron to find work. D. He knew there was a job for every boy who wanted one. 8. It took about a year for Ron to realize that _.A. he worked well because he was interested in the job. B. his work at the supermarket was dull. C. being at work was much better t

28、han going to school. D. the stone manager wanted to get rid of him. 9. Why did Ron leave the supermarket? A. He knew he would find work in Bournemouth.B. he took a job as a lorry driver. C. he gave up the job because he felt unwell. D. he wanted to work at the seaside. 10. Ron was able to take over

29、the shoe shop because _.A. he got on well with the manager there.B. he knew how to keep the accounts of the business. C. he had had experience of selling books. D. he was young and strong. Passage three A strict vegetarian is a person who never in his life eats anything derived from animals. The mai

30、n objection to vegetarianism（素食主义）on a long-term basis is the difficulty of getting enough protein the body-building element in food. If you have ever been without meat or other animal foods for some days of weeks (say, for religious reasons) you will have notice that you tend to get physically rath

31、er weak. You are glad when the fast（禁食）is over and you get your reward of a delicious meat meal. Proteins are built up from about twenty food elements called “amino-acid” (氨基酸), which are found more abundantly in animal protein than in vegetable protein. This means you have to eat a great deal more

32、vegetable than animal food in order to get enough of these amino-acids. A great deal of the vegetable food goes to waste in this process and from the physiological（生理学的）point of view there is not much to be said in favor of life-long vegetarianism. The economic side of the question, though, must be

33、considered. Vegetable food is much cheaper than animal food. However, since only a small proportion of the vegetable protein is useful for body-building purposes, a consistent vegetarian, if he is to gain the necessary 70 grams (克) of protein a day, has to consume a great bulk of food than his diges

34、tive organs can comfortably deal with. In fairness, though, it must be pointed out that vegetarians claim they need far less than 70 grams of protein a day. 11. A strict vegetarian _.A. rarely eats animal productsB. sometimes eats eggsC. never eats any animal productsD. never eats protein12. We feel

35、 weak when we go without meat and other animal products _.A. because we are reducing our food amountB. because we do not get enough proteinC. because vegetables do not contain proteinD. unless we take plenty of exercise13. Proteins are built up from _.A. about twenty different foodsB. about twenty d

36、ifferent vegetablesC. various fats and sugarsD. about twenty different amino-acids14. Physiologically, life-long vegetarianism may not be good because _.A. it makes people very thinB. the body must process too much wasteC. the farmer lose moneyD. vitamin-deficiency diseases may result15. One thing i

37、n favor of vegetarianism is that _.A. vegetable food is easier to digestB. animal food is less expensiveC. vegetable food is cheaperD. it is good for the digestionPassage fourWe lost two superstars in 1977. Neither mans admirers have been able to understand the success of the other one. And this tel

38、ls us something of the difference between the generations that the two singers represent. There were similarities between Bing Crosby and Elvis Presley. Both reached fame while quite young and became very rich. Although neither one had any musical education, both developed their own musical styles s

39、tyles which were at first scorned by the critics and later studied as new forms in the art of popular song. Both men had successful movie careers despite a total lack of acting ability. Both were creations of the microphone, which made it possible for singers with weak voices to be heard beyond the

40、third row. With Bing the microphone was usually hidden; but Elvis brought it to the stage, took it from its support, stroked it, pressed it to his lips. The difference between the two men reflects the changing values in American life. Crosbys music was soothing; Presleys was disturbing. Crosby was s

41、inging to wartime America. His audiences had all the disturbances they could handle in their private lives; they did not want to buy more at the record shop and the movie theater. Crosbys admirers always said how “relaxed” he was, how “natural and easygoing.” When Presley began his career, the whole

42、 country had become relaxed and easygoing. Its young people, who had no memory of troubled times, found it boring. They were hungry for excitement. They welcomed Elvis, who was not soothing, and who was certainly not the kind of young man their parents would admire. Presley was loud, gaudy, and vulg

43、ar and he was bringing something new and exciting. It is probably too simple to explain each man in terms of changes in the economic and political situation. Something in the culture was also changing. Crosbys songs were saying something; their “message” was as important to the audience as the music

44、. The words were often sweet and sentimental; ordinary, perhaps, but Crosby and Frank Sinatra after him gave them life and meaning. People remembered them, sang them, and thought of them as true to life. Although many of Presleys songs were, in fact, quite sentimental too, it was mostly the song tha

45、t moved the audiences. Rocknroll was a “sound” event. Songs stopped being songs and turned into noise. The Crosby generation has trouble with rocknroll because it makes the mistake of trying to understand the words. The Presley generation has trouble with Crosby because it finds the music unexciting

46、 and the words empty. The mutual lack of understanding may be a sign of how far we have come from troubled times, and how deeply we now distrust the value of words. 16. Crosby and Presleys music was _.A. criticized and then recognized as innovative B. appreciated by the critics immediately C. praised by the critics and then studied D. developed by the critics 17. The