大学英语3(专升本)阶段性作业3

1、.大学英语 3(专升本 )阶段性作业 3总分 : 100.0 分 考试时间 :分钟单选题1. the klondike was the _ of one of the biggest gold rushes the world has ever known.(2分 )(a) location(b) view(c) event(d) landscape参考答案： a2. she has been the subject of _media coverage.(2分 )(a) extensive(b) negative(c) expensive(d) active参考答案： a3. in a bu

2、llfight, it is the movement, not the color, of objects that _the bull.(2分 )(a) confuses(b) excites(c) scares(d) satisfies参考答案： b4. we should never _ourselves with a little book knowledge only.(2分 )(a) convince(b) satisfy(c) comfort(d) benefit参考答案： b5. the government is _the education laws.(2分 )(a) d

3、iscussing;.(b) defeating(c) delaying(d) declining参考答案： a6. the committee _five persons.(2分 )(a) absorbs(b) concerns(c) excludes(d) involves参考答案： d7. the substance can be added to gasoline to _the speed of automobiles.(2分 )(a) quicken(b) shorten(c) loosen(d) enlarge参考答案： a8. all the people _at marys

4、house.(2分 )(a) collected(b) fixed(c) asserted(d) assist参考答案： a9. he made an _amount of money in business.(2分 )(a) large(b) small(c) limited(d) little参考答案： a10. his health had _while he was in prison.(2分 )(a) became better(b) became worse;.(c) became stronger(d) became weaker参考答案： b11. the sea was _a

5、nd still.(2分 )(a) quite(b) quiet(c) yet(d) rough参考答案： b12. _ give you this book today, but i forgot.(2分 )(a) intended to(b) tended to(c) extended to(d) pretended to参考答案： a13. we should _the problem from all sides(2分 )(a) deliberated(b) thought(c) described(d) designed参考答案： a14. _ ， i love soft music

6、 more than popular music.(2分)(a) basically(b) probably(c) actually(d) accurately参考答案： c15. the conference _ the possibility of closer trade links.(2分 )(a) rejected(b) investigated(c) proposed;.(d) postponed参考答案： b阅读理解with the steady increase in the amount of leisure time that people enjoy today, the

7、 importance of businesses that deal with leisure products and services is also steadily increasing. among them, tourist industry is one of the biggest industries of this kind. providing transportation and accommodations for tourists and guides, brochures, souvenirs is one of the major industries in

8、many countries. since people are now having longer vacations and are more and more interested in seeing other parts of the world, this business will no doubt continue to grow.another industry obviously devoted to leisure is entertainment. movies, tv shows, concerts and plays are usually intended for

9、 our leisure. the same can be said of most books, except textbooks. professional sports make money because people pay to watch them in their free time. this list could be greatly extended. but even among these industries, we have mentionedonly part of the picture. the people who make the tv sets and

10、 build the theatres and touristhotels are as much a part of the leisure industry as the singers or the hotel clerks.(17.5分)16). what makes leisure business important according to the passage?(3.5分 )(a) people s leisure time is increasing.(b) more people are interested in seeing other parts of the wo

11、rld.(c) improved transportation and accommodation conditions.(d) longer vacations are offered than before.参考答案： a17). accordingto the passage,the reasonthat touristindustrywill continueto developis_.(3.5分 )(a) transportation is more convenient(b) accommodation is more comfortable(c) guides are offer

12、ing better services(d) people are more willing to travel参考答案： d18). what do we know about entertainment from the passage?(3.5分 )(a) entertainment is the largest leisure industry.(b) movies, tv shows, concerts and books are usually intended for our leisure.(c) people are usually reluctant to pay to w

13、atch professional sports.(d) making tv sets and building theatres are also part of entertainment industry.;.参考答案： b19). the list of entertainment industries in paragraph 2 _.(3.5分 )(a) covers all the aspects of these industries(b) includes textbooks into entertainment(c) is not a complete picture of

14、 leisure industry(d) excludes those who work behind the scene of leisure industry参考答案： c20). what s the main idea of this passage?(3.5分)(a) now that people have more leisure time, tourist industry has become the largest industry in many countries.(b) now that people have more leisure time, entertain

15、ment industry has become one of the major industries in many countries.(c) now that people have more leisure time, leisure business is becoming more important in economic life.(d) now that people have more leisure time, leisure business list is being extended.参考答案： curging americans to take responsi

16、bility for their health, health and human services secretarytommythompsonontuesdaylauncheda$15 millionprogramtotryto encouragecommunities to do more to prevent chronic diseases like heart disease， cancer and diabetes.the initiative highlights the cost of chronic diseases一 the leading causes of death

17、 in the unitedstates andoutlineswaysthatpeoplecanpreventthem ， includingbetterdietandincreased exercise “ in the united states today,7 of 10 deaths and the vast majority of seriousillness ，disability and health care costs are caused by chronic diseases,the health and humanservices department said in

18、 a statementthe causes are often behavioral smoking ，pooreating habits and a lack of exercise“ i am convinced that preventing disease by promotingbetter health is a smart policy choice for our future，” thompson told a conference held tolaunchtheinitiatiative.“ ourcurrenthealth caresystemis notstruct

19、uredto dealwiththeescalatingcostsof treating diseasesthatare largelypreventablethroughchangesinourlifestylechoices.thompsonsaidheart diseaseandstrokeswillcostthe countrymorethan$351 billion in 2003“ these leading causes of death for men and women are largelypreventable ， yet we as a nation are not t

20、aking the steps necessary for us to lead healthier,longer lives，” he said the $15 million is slated to go to communities to promote prevention， pushing for changes assimple as building sidewalks to encourage people to walk moredaily exercise such as walking can prevent and even reverse heart disease

21、 and diabetes，andprevent cancer and strokes the money will also go to community organizations， clinics andnutritionists who are being encouraged to work together to educate people at risk of diabetes;.about what they can do to prevent it and encourage more cancer screening the americancancer society

22、 estimates that half of all cancers can be caught by screening， including paptestsfor cervicalcancer, mammograms for breastcancer,colonoscopies, andprostatechecks if such cancers were all caught by early screening the group estimates that the survival ratefor cancer would rise to 95 percent (17.5 分

23、)21). which of the following is not true of chronic diseases in the us?(3.5分 )(a) they account for 70 of all deaths(b) they are responsible for most of the health care costs(c) they often result in unhealthy lifestyles(d) they are largely preventable参考答案： c22).theauthormentionsall thefollowingasways

24、 ofdiseasepreventionexcept_.(3.5分 )(a) better diet(b) increased exercise(c) reduction on smoking(d) higher survival rate for cancer参考答案： d23). the article indicates that more money spent on disease prevention will mean_.(3.5分 )(a) greater responsibility of the government(b) much less money needed fo

25、r disease treatment(c) higher costs of health care(d) more 1ifestyle choices for people参考答案： b24). the $15 million program is aimed at _.(3.5分)(a) promoting disease prevention(b) building more sidewalks(c) helping needy communities(d) wiping out chronic diseases参考答案： a25). early cancer screening can

26、 help reduce significantly _.(3.5分 );.(a) the death rates for all chronic diseases(b) the kinds of cancer attacking people(c) the cancer incidence rate(d) cancer death rate参考答案： din the past 10 years, america s national basketball association (nba) has grown increasingly dependent on the rest of the

27、 world to supply players.when michaeljordan andlarry bird won goldin barcelonain 1992, the americanswerepraised for teaching the world how to play basketball. this season, however, 20 percent ofnba rosters ( 花名册 ) will be filled by non-americans. nba commissioner david stern happilyembraces the tren

28、d. on a visit to paris in october, stern outlined his vision for the future, whichis likely to see europe hosting nba games by 2010.the nba is now planning to take china by storm.“our experience in china has been that it is going to be explosive in its growth,” said stern.the strategy in china is tv

29、.“ we ve made 14 deals in china with local and national networkson cable and satellite. ” the success chinese centre yao ming has paved the way for the nbamarketing blitz in china. the nba, which is broadcasted in more than 200 countries in 42languages, willput that tothe test in october2004 whenthe

30、 houstonrockets playtwopre-season games against the sacramento kings in beijing market to compensate for tough times on home soil.“it doesn t matter where the players come from, all the nba teams now know that they haveto scout (寻找 ) internationally,” said terry lyons, the nba s vice-president of in

31、ternationalpublic relations. “ it has increased the level of competition here.” as frenchman tony parkerand argentine emanuel ginobili showed in winning championship rings with the san antoniospurs last season, many people can earn the respect of their america peers. others, such ashoustonrockets ch

32、inese centreyao ming no.1 draftpick in 2002 and the detroitpistons 18-year-old serb darko milicic number two overall in this year s draft are icons(偶像 ) in waiting. it is the ultimate (根本的 ) revolution the rest of the world teaching the ushow to play basketball.(17.5分 )26). according to the report,

33、_.(3.5分 )(a) michael jordan is still playing a very important role in nba(b) the part played by the foreign players in nba will be great(c) nba offers courses to the world about playing basketball(d) paris will host the 2010 nba games参考答案： b27). the underlined phrase“ take china by storm” has the me

34、aning of _.(3.5分 );.(a) nba intends to make china its“ marketing center”(b) nba is planning to set up some training centers in china.(c) there ll be a big storm when nba comes to china to play against the sacramento kings(d) the nba s live basketball games will be broadcasted on all the television c

35、hannels in china参考答案： a28).what seems to be the biggest change that is happening to nba?(3.5分)(a) nba is getting more and more globalized.(b) china s rapid development in sports affects nba.(c) yao ming has taken the place of jordan.(d) nba cannot maintain its high level of competition now参考答案： a29)

36、.whenthewritertalkedof“homesoil”,hewasreferringto_.(3.5分 )(a) farms in the states(b) native americans(c) the nba training center(d) the usa参考答案： d30). which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage?(3.5分)(a) the non-american basketball players(b) nba is coming to china(c) the f

37、oreign ties that bind the nba(d) nba is making big progress参考答案： cthe british psychoanalyst john bowlby maintains that separation from the parents during thesensitive “ attachment ” period from birthtothree mayscar achild s personalityand ipredispose to emotional problems in later life some people h

38、ave drawn the conclusion frombowlby s work that children should not besubjected today care before theage of threebecause of the parental separation it entails， and many people do believe this. but there arealso arguments against such a strong conclusion firstly ， anthropologists point out that thein

39、sulated love affair between children and parents；found in modem societies does not usuallyexist in traditional societies for example ，in some tribal societies， such as the ngoni， thefather and mother of a child did not rear their infant alone far from it secondly ， common;.sense tells us that day ca

40、re would not be so widespread today if parents care-takers foundchildren had problems with itstatistical studies of this kind have not yet been carried out，and even if they were， theresultswouldbecertaintobecomplicatedandcontroversial thirdly inthe lastdecade there have been anumber ofcarefulamerica

41、nstudies of children in day care ， and they have uniformly reported that day care had a neural orslightly positive effecton children s development buttests thathave had tobe usedtomeasure this development are not widely enough accepted to settle the issue.but bowlby s analysis raises the possibility

42、 that earlyday care has delayed effectsthepossibility that such care might lead to， say ，more mental illness or crime 15 or 20 years latercan only be exploredbythe useof statistics whatever thelong termeffects ， parentssometimes find the immediate effects difficult to deal with。 children under three

43、 are likely toprotest at leaving their parents and show unhappinessat the age of three or three and a halfalmost all children find the transition to nursery easy， and this is undoubtedly why more andmore parents make use of child care at this timethe matter ， then ， is far from clear-cuff，though exp

44、erience and available evidence indicate that early care is reasonable for infants (17.5 分 )31).which of the following statements would bowlby support?(3.5分 )(a) statistical studies should be carried out to assess the positive effect of day carfor children at the age of three or older(b) early day ca

45、re can delay the occurrence of mental illness in children(c) the first three years of one s life is extremely important to the later development of personality(d) children under three get used to the life at nursery schools more readily than children over three.参考答案： c32). which of the following is derivable from bowlby s work?(3.5 分)(a) mothers should not send their children to day care centers before the age of three(b) day care nurseries have positiv