江大16秋《大学英语（三）》第三次离线作业

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江南大学现代远程教育 第三阶段测试卷
考试科目:《大学英语（三）》               时间：90分钟
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第一部分：词汇与结构（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
        此部分共有10个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中未完成的部分有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出正确选项。
1.        The ship _____ South America.
A. is bound for                B. bound for                C. bound to                D. is bound to
2.        The lifeboat went out to rescue a ship in _____.
A. disgrace                B. disappointment            C. despair                D. distress
3.        I must _____ my lawyer before I make my final decisions.
A. contrast                B. contact                        C. contract                D. compare
4.        The two cars were broken into pieces in the _____.
A. collision                B. crash                            C. collapse                D. confusion
5.        You’d better _____ the warm weather by going for a walk this afternoon.
A. take use of                                    B. take the advantage of       
C. take advantage of                                        D. take the use of
6.        Jean _____ own a car but I don’t believe her.
A. claims                        B. claims to                C. claims that                D. claims of
7.        We tried to _____ him _____climbing the mountain without a guide.
A. discourage…from                                B. encourage…from
C. persuade….to                                      D. encourage…to
8.        We are _____ to John for bringing the books.
A. grateful                B. capable                C. appropriate                D. owing
9.        The new engine must be thoroughly _____ before being out on the market.
A. tried out                B. tried to                C. tried in                D. tried with
10.        We will not have the picnic unless more people _____.
A. signed in                 B. signed with                C. signed for                D. signed up

第二部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
Passage 1
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.
11. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York.   b. Worked in a bank.        c. Travelled to Texas.
d. Was put in prison.    e. Had a newspaper Job.      f. Learned to write stories.
A. e. c. f. b. d. a    B. c. e. b. d. f. a     C. e. b. d. c. a. f.D. c. b. e. d. a f.
12. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because __________.
   A. they had surprise endings         B. they were easy to understand
   C. they showed his love for the poor        D. they were about New York City
13. O. Henry went to prison because ________ .
   A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
   B. he broke the law by not using his own name
   C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners
   D. people thought he had taken money that was not his
14. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
   A. He was well-educated.        B. He was not serious about his work.
   C. He was devoted to the poor.        D. He was very good at learning.
15. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
   A. His life inside the prison.        B. The newspaper articles he wrote.
   C. The city and people of New York.        D. His exciting early life as a boy.

Passage 2
    One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London’s big medical schools, He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
    He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
    When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
16. Who wrote the story?
   A. Rupert’s teacher.        B. The neighbor’s teacher.
   C. A medical school teacher.        D. The teacher’s neighbor.
17. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?
   A. He needed it for the summer term in London.
   B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.
   C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.
   D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.
18. What happened at the airport?
   A. The skeleton went missing .        B. The skeleton was stolen .
   C. The teacher forgot his suitcase.        D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase .
19. Which of the following best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?
   A. He is very angry .        B. He thinks it rather funny .
   C. He feels helpless without Rupert.        D. He feels good without Rupert .
20. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?
   A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.
   B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.
   C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.
   D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.

Passage 3
A traveler came out of the airport. There were a lot of taxies. He asked every taxi-driver his name. Then he took the third one. It cost 5 dollars from the airport to the hotel. "How much does it cost for the whole day?" the man asked. "100 dollars," said the taxi-driver. This was very expensive, but the man said it was OK.
    The taxi-driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening, they went back to the hotel. The traveler gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars and said, "What about tomorrow?" The taxi-driver looked at the man and said, "Tomorrow? It is another 100 dollars." But the man said, "That's OK! See you tomorrow." The taxi-driver was very pleased.
    The next day, the taxi-driver took the traveler everywhere again. They visited all the parks and museums again. And in the evening, they went back to the hotel. The man gave the tax-driver 100 dollars again and said, "I'm going home tomorrow." The taxi-driver was very sorry because he liked the traveler and, above all, 100 dollars a day was a lot of money. "So you are going home. Where do you come from?" he asked. "I come from New York." "New York!" said the taxi-driver. "I have a sister in New York; her name is Susanna. Do you know her?"
    "Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you!"
21．The traveler came from America.
A.T
B.F
22．The traveler took the third taxi, because the third taxi-driver was a kind-hearted man.
A.T
B.F
23．Usually the cost of traveling one day by taxi may be less than $100.
A.T
B.F
24．The traveler's sister asked the traveler to give the money to the taxi-driver.
A.T
B.F
25．The driver was unhappy when he heard the traveler's last words.
A.T
B.F

第三部分:  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Interviewing, though by no means the only technique for judging the personalities of prospective employees, remains the most widely used. Pencil and paper tests __26__ for many years, but no written technique has gained as wide an acceptance among employers __27__ the traditional dialogue which aims __28__ forecast future behavior by obtaining information about past and __29__.
An interview usually __30__ a conversation, which may take __31__ different forms. At one end of the scale is the directed conversation __32__ on topics selected __33__ by the interviewer. At the other __34__ is the undirected at which the person being __35__ goes on about himself __36__ interruption, making his own choice of __37__. In between, and most common, lies the friendly conversation __38__ the interviewer moves at random from one subject to __39__. The carefully phrased questions of the directed conversation invariably yield the precise information the __40__ is looking for. __41__, the friendly conversation __42__ turns out to be less __43__ since the interviewer often __44__ dominating the exchange. And only in very skilled hands __45__ be an outcome of the uninterrupted talk.
26. A) have existed        B) existed        C) exist        D) existing
27. A) like        B) and        C) as        D) besides
28. A) by        B) toward        C) at        D) to
29. A) recent        B) present        C) now        D) future
30. A) is contained        B) persists in        C) makes up        D) consists of
31. A) some        B) a number of        C) very much        D) plenty of
32. A) centers        B) centering        C) centered        D) center
33. A) in advance        B) before        C) ago        D) ahead
34. A) side        B) part        C) hand        D) end
35. A) interviewed        B) talked        C) mentioned        D) selected
36. A) with        B) without        C) off        D) against
37. A) views        B) ideas        C) topics        D) messages
38. A) at which        B) in which        C) where        D) from which
39. A) other subject        B) subject        C) another        D) the other
40. A) interviewer        B) interviewee        C) director        D) employees
41. A) Meanwhile        B) Though        C) On the other hand        D) However
42. A) certainly        B) mainly        C) usually        D) doubtfully
43. A) production        B) productive        C) product        D) produce
44. A) ends at        B) ends in        C) ends off        D) ends up
45. A) can good result                B) good results can       
C) good results may        D) would good results

第四部分：英译汉（满分15分）
The genetic is out of the bottle. Yet there are clearly some very real issues that need to be resolved. Like any new product entering the food chain, genetically modified foods must be subjected to rigorous testing. In wealthy countries, the debate about biotech is tempered by the fact that we have a rich array of foods to choose from -- and a supply that far exceeds our needs.

第五部分：作文（满分15分）
建议你在30分钟内，根据下面所给的题目和提纲用英语写出一篇不少于100词的短文。
1.英语在当今社会中的作用；
2.学生学习英语的必要性。
Why Do Students Learn English?