23秋学期（高起本：1709-2103、专升本/高起专：2003-2103）《大学英语（三）》在线作业-00003

试卷总分:100  得分:91

一、单选题 (共 20 道试题,共 60 分)

14.He knows that the ( )of social status can consume vast amounts of his time and effort.

A.pursue

B.pursuit

C.purse

D.pure

2.The happiness in his marriage did not mean he （ ） tragedy: He lost his daughter Katia 10 years later.

A.be immune to

B.be immune from

C.be let through

D.be let out

3.Children should be allowed to ( ) those few years of innocence before they have to learn the truth about the real world.

A.cherish

B.chase

C.chemist#perish

4.One of the biggest problems for immigrants everywhere is whether they will be about to ( )with the local people effectively.

A.imitate

B.terminate

C.stimulate

D.assimilate

20.The doctors are at a loss because so far no medicine has been found to ( ) the spread of the disease.

A.inhibit

B.exit

C.exist#exhibit

7.We see many special education directors trying to ( )the quality of their programs with much less money and much smaller staff.

A.maintain

B.attain

C.attach

D.retain

7.（ ） is defined as the inability to pay for your basic needs.

A.Poor

B.Poverty

C.Power

D.Powder

8.By the time we got to the sale, all the good ( )was gone.

A.staff

B.stuff

C.stock

D.stack

8.He is a child with a vivid ( ).

A.imagining

B.imagination

C.imaginable

D.unimaginable

10.The whole department is suffering because of her ( ).

A.stupidity

B.stupid

C.tiresome

D.tireless

11.Listening to Larry’s stories just made me feel ( ).

A.asleep

B.to sleep

C.sleepy

D.slept

10.For people who live in industrialized countries, it is hard to conceive ( )living without electricity and other modern conveniences.

A.from

B.of

C.at

D.with

13.We were completely ( ) by the final result.

A.overwhelming

B.overwhelmed

C.estimated

D.estimating

14.The court ruled that this man ( ) his political rights for a future four years after he has served his 13-year sentence.

A.be got rid of

B.be turned down

C.be deprived from

D.be deprived of

4.Researchers have shown that ( ) can elevate mood, improve creativity and enhance sleep in many but not all people.

A.fabric

B.fragment

C.fragrance

D.facility

16.After the war, Audrey and her mother left Holland,( ) London as poor immigrants.

A.arriving in

B.arrived in

C.arriving

D.arrived

17.He tests the ways young chess players and athletes ( ）their brains while playing, so that he can evaluate each one’s potential for success.

A.utilize

B.employ

C.apply

D.appoint

18.He has been ( ) by a horrible disease, from which one of his best friends died two weeks ago.

A.convicted

B.confronted

C.conflicted

D.afflicted

6.The mother tried to comfort her little boy who was( )about going to school for the first time.

A.tamed

B.imitative

C.timid

D.intimate

18.Throughout the war years they lived （ ）.

A.horrifying

B.horrible

C.in horror

D.of horror

二、阅读理解 (共 2 道试题,共 20 分)

25.Earthquakes may rightly be ranked as one of the most destructive forces known to man: since records began to be written down, it has been estimated that earthquake-related fatalities have numbered in the millions, and that earthquake-related destruction has been beyond calculation. The greater part of such damage and loss of life has been due to the collapse of buildings and the effects of rockslides, floods, fire, disease, tsunamis (gigantic sea waves), and other observable events resulting from earthquakes, rather than from the quakes themselves. The great majority of all earthquakes occur in two specific geographic areas. One such area covers the Pacific Ocean and its bordering landmasses. The other extends from the East Indians to the Atlas Mountains, including the Himalayas, Iran, Turkey, and the Alpine regions. It is in these two great belts or zones that ninety percent of all earthquakes take place; they may, however, happen anywhere at any time. This element of the unknown has for centuries added greatly to the dread and horror surrounding earthquakes, but in recent times there have been indications that earthquake forecast may be possible. By analyzing changes in animal behavior, patterns of movements in the earth’s shell, variations in the earth’s force of attraction, and the frequency with which minor earth shakes are observed, scientists have shown increasing success in predicting when and where earthquakes will strike. As a result, a worldwide earthquake warning network is already in operation and has helped to prepare for (and thus lessen) the vast destruction that might otherwise have been totally unexpected. It is doubtful that man will ever be able to control earthquakes and get rid of their destructiveness altogether, but as how and why earthquakes happen become better understood, man will become more and more able to deal with their possible damage before they occur.

(1).Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A.Earthquake destruction is declining.

B.Earthquake forecast is improving.

C.Man is no longer fearful of earthquakes.

D.Man is capable of conquering earthquakes.

(2).We can infer from the passage that quakes ______.

A.may not happen anywhere at any time

B.mostly strike in oceans and mountains

C.are unobservable in masses of land

D.are hardly the direct cause of fatalities

(3).The phrase “this element of the unknown” (Line 1, Paragraph 3) refers to ______.

A.the extension of earthquake zones

B.the percentage of earthquake occurrences

C.when and where earthquakes may occur

D.what big damage earthquakes may cause

(4).Man’s research on earthquake forecast at present is to ______.

A.reduce the loss from earthquake disasters

B.lower the frequency of earthquakes

C.release the energy that causes earthquakes

D.analyze the relationship between different earthquakes

(5).Which of the following describes the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A.Inform the reader.

B.Entertain the reader.

C.Disprove a concept.

D.Question a concept.

30.The “standard of living” of any country means the average person’s share of the goods and services which the country produces. A country’s standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth. “Wealth” in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy: “goods” such as food and clothing, and “services” such as transport and entertainment. A country’s capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country’s natural resources, such as coal, gold, water supply and so on. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a favorable climate; other regions possess perhaps only one of these things, and some regions possess none of them. The U.S.A. is one of the wealthiest regions of the world because she has vast natural resources within her borders, her soil is fertile, and her climate is varied. The Sahara Desert, on the other hand, is one of the least wealthy. 　 Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well off as the U.S.A. in natural resources, but having suffered for many years from civil and external wars, she was unable to develop her resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well served by nature but less well ordered. Another important factor is the technical efficiency of a country’s people. Old countries that have, through many centuries, trained up numerous skilled craftsmen and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilled. Wealth also produces wealth. As a country becomes wealthier, its people have a large margin for saving, and can put their savings into factories and machines which will help workers to turn out more goods in their working day.

(1).A country’s wealth depends upon_______.

A.its standard of living

B.its money

C.its ability to provide goods and services

D.its ability to provide transport and entertainment

(2).The word “foremost” means________.

A.most importantly

B.firstly

C.largely

D.for the most part

(3).The main idea of the second paragraph is that________.

A.a country’s wealth depends on many factors

B.the U. S. A. is one of the wealthiest countries in the world

C.the Sahara Desert is a very poor region

D.natural resources are an important factor in the wealth or poverty of a country

(4).The third paragraph mentions some of the advantages which one country may have over another in making use of its resources. How many such advantages are mentioned in this paragraph?

A.Two

B.Three

C.Four

D.Five

(5).The U. S. A. is one of the wealthiest regions of the world because_______.

A.she has vast natural resources within her borders

B.her climate is changing all the time

C.she has not many disasters

D.she has not much land

三、完型填空 (共 2 道试题,共 20 分)

40.It isn’t very often that the media lead (1)## the same story everywhere in the world. Such an event would have to be of enormous international (2)##. But this is exactly what (3)## in September 2001 (4) ## the terrorist attack on the TwinTowers of the World Trade Center in New York. It is probably not (5)## to say that from that moment the world was a different place. But it is not just the (6)## and international dimension that made 9/11 (7)## and newsworthy. It was the shock and horror too. So striking, so sensational, was the news (8)##, years after the event, many people can still remember exactly (9)## they were and what they were doing when they first heard it. They can remember their own reactions: For many people across the globe their first instinct was to go and tell someone else about it, thus providing (10)## of the old saying that bad news travels fast.

(1).

A.to

B.in

C.with

D.towards

(2).

A.significance

B.significant

C.significantly

D.signify

(3).

A.occurs

B.occurred

C.occurrence

D.occupation

(4).

A.as

B.when

C.to

D.with

(5).

A.examined

B.examination

C.exaggerated

D.exaggeration

(6).

A.history

B.historic

C.historical

D.historically

(7).

A.memory

B.memorable

C.memorize

D.memorial

(8).

A.that

B.which

C.what

D.when

(9).

A.what

B.when

C.which

D.where

(10).

A.confirm

B.confirmation

C.claim

D.confidence

40.I have two older brothers, Matt and Martin. They love me very much. Perhaps it is because I am the (1)## child and the only sister they have. Both Matt and Martin have thick and dark hair. They look alike with (2)##short hairdos and big eyes. They are also very tan(晒黑的）because they enjoy outdoor (3)##. For example, Matt likes football and Martin is a tennis player. They are much taller than me and I always have to look up when I (4)## to them. They both love to (5)##, so Mum often says that they could eat a horse. Their personalities are very (6)##. Matt is very active and lively. He often takes part in club activities and gets along (7)##with people. He also likes to play jokes on others, especially Martin! Sometimes Mum is not very (8)## with Matt because he plays so much and does not listen to his teachers carefully when he is in class. Martin, on the other hand, is the quiet one. He is less active than Matt, (9)##he has a really close group of friends. He also does well in his (10)## because he works very hard on his studies. Mum never has to worry about Martin.

(1).

A.fattest

B.youngest

C.rudest

D.strongest

(2).

A.their

B.our

C.your

D.her

(3).

A.trips

B.picnics

C.sports

D.risks

(4).

A.talk

B.write

C.bow

D.fly

(5).

A.sing

B.eat

C.laugh

D.drive

(6).

A.important

B.difficult

C.dangerous

D.different

(7).

A.loudly

B.easily

C.suddenly

D.recently

(8).

A.nervous

B.honest

C.happy

D.angry

(9).

A.whether

B.if

C.or

D.but

(10).

A.exams

B.hobbies

C.interviews

D.adventures