大学英语3综合测试2

1、中国地质大学(武汉)远程与继续教育学院大学英语3 课程综合测试2学习层次：专升本 时间：90分钟Part I Vocabulary and StructureDirections: There are four choices in the following. Read each of the incomplete sentences and make the best choice. （每题1分）1.Two days is not enough for him to finish the work. He needs D day.A. other B. the other C. the t

2、hird D. a third2.The red flower goes from one to C in the class.A. the other B. others C. another D. other3.The computer system A suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet.A. broke down B. broke out C. broke up D. broke in4.Theres lots of fruit D the tree. Our little cat is als

3、o in the tree.A. in B. at C. under D. on5.How can he B if he is not ?A. listen; hearing B. hear; listeningC. be listening; heard D. be hearing; listened to6.In C , the northerners have a particular liking for dumplings while the southerners are fond of rice.A. common B. total C. general D. particula

4、r7. D no need the radio as Im used to studying with it on.A. Its; to turn down B. Its; turning upC. Theres; to turn off D. Theres; turning off8.How much has the company A this year?A. brought in B. brought downC. brought out D. brought about9.The old houses are being pulled down to A a new office bl

5、ock.A. make room for B. make use ofC. take the place of D. supply with10.The Chinese women volleyball players B both in and out of China.A. are thought good of B. are highly thought ofC. are well thought D. are ill thought of11.Would you like something B ?A. drink B. to drink C. drinking D. for drin

6、king12.The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket A the desert.A. covering B. covered C. cover D. to cover13. D is the population of Paris?A. How many B. How much C. How D. What14.As the busiest woman there, she made D her duty to look after all the other peoples affairs in that town.A. this

7、 B. that C. one D. it15.It was getting C , he had to stop to have a rest.A. very darker B. dark and darkC. darker and darker D. darkest and darkest5uPart II Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are four passages in the part. Read them and make the best choice based on what you read. （每题2分）(1)Thoug

8、h some people have suggested that women should return to housework in order to leave more jobs for men, the idea has been rejected by both women and men in public opinion polls.Lately some union officials have suggested that too many women are employed in types of work more suitable for men and that

9、 women should step aside to make way for unemployed young men. They argue that women-especially women in their childbearing tears actually delay economic development and result in lower productivity, poor quality and inefficiency.To solve the problem, they have suggested that the working women stay

10、at home while their husbands or brothers wee given double wages. They argue that under these circumstances, families would retain their same level of income, and women could run the house and raise children much better.The suggestion has been flatly rejected by 9 out of 10 people polled. A hundred p

11、ersons in a big city were questioned last summer. Out of 50 women, 46 said they were unwilling to leave their jobs, no matter what the situation. The other 4 said they would like to return home if their jobs could be taken by their sons or daughters. Of 50 men polled, only 6 said they would like to

12、see their wives resign their jobs, if it meant higher wages for themselves.Some other people have suggested another way called “phased employment” theory. The theory suggests that a woman worker take leave from her job when she is seven months pregnant and stay off the job until her baby reaches the

13、 age of 3. It suggests that women on leave receive 75 percent of their normal salary and be allowed to return to work after the 3-year period. This will benefit children, women, their families and the society. Some of those polled, both women and men, felt the idea is a good one. It definitely seems

14、 to be more acceptable than the suggestion that women return to home forever.16. Some union officials have suggested that women should return home because C .A. all of them are employed in unsuitable types of workB. most skilled male workers are now unemployedC. their participation in work has a bad

15、 influence on the economic developmentD. nowadays no one can take care of children except women17. Some union officials have suggested that if women give up their jobs, D .A. they should be allowed to attend school to be trainedB. their jobs should be taken over by the male members of their families

16、C. their children should also leave their kindergartens D. the male employees in their families should receive double wages18. According to the passage, the suggestion that women should return to housework was D .A. welcomed by both men and womenB. welcomed by men onlyC. welcomed by women only D. op

17、posed by most men and women19. From the passage we can see “phased employment” means D .A. two or more women share the same jobB. women stay at home on weekdays and go to work on weekends or holidaysC. a woman should resign her job forever if she has a childD. women are allowed to take leave from th

18、eir jobs during their childbearing years20. According to the “phased employment” theory, during a womans leave from her job D .A. her work should be done by her husband or brothersB. either her husband or her brothers will be given double wagesC. her family can still keep the normal level of incomeD

19、. her familys income level will be a little lower than it normally is(2)Much of the worlds coffee is grown in Brazil. Not long ago an unseasonable frost swept through coffee plantations there. The result affected people in many countries for a long time to come.At first, reports of serious damage we

20、re received. These led to a sharp rise in the price of coffee, which had not been a highly profitable crop. Growers in other countries made extra efforts to increase their exports to profit from the expected shortage. However, they were hampered by smugglers who wished to avoid government controls.

21、The price of coffee fell slightly.Then large restaurants and hotels began to buy coffee to build up stocks for future use. The price rose sharply and public resistance developed. Housewives organized a boycott of coffee. This led to a rise in the price of tea and a fall in the price of coffee. Much

22、to the dismay of growers, the price fell sharply. Their response was rather surprising. Instead of selling their stocks of coffee, they began to buy on the open market. Their motive was clear. They wanted to force the price of coffee up, and one way of doing this was to reduce the amount of coffee a

23、vailable for sale to the public.Luckily for coffee-drinkers, this move failed. Restaurants and hotels stopped buying coffee. Large numbers of small growers had to sell their crops to keep alive. The large growers found that they were buying more coffee than they were growing. They abandoned their ef

24、forts and let the normal law of supply and demand decided the price. Meanwhile, millions of people had changed to cheaper drinks and would not switch back to coffee.21. Who suffered most from the recent unseasonable frost? BA. The restaurants and hotels.B. The coffee growers in Brazil.C. Smugglers.D

25、. The coffee growers in other countries.22. Financially, who gained most from the crop failure in Brazil? DA. the public as a whole.B. The coffee growers in Brazil.C. The housewives.D. The coffee growers in other countries23. This passage mainly deals with C .A. the effect of weather on a crop such

26、as coffeeB. the housewives reaction to the rise in the price of coffeeC. the reasons for changes in the price of coffeeD. the methods the coffee growers adopted to raise the price of coffee24. the outcome of the changes in the price of coffee was that A .A. the demand for coffee decreased B. there w

27、as a fall in the price of teaC. many people switched back to coffeeD. the growers decided not to grow coffee in future25. Which of the following factors made the coffee price fall? CA. The building up of stocks by restaurants and hotels.B. The reducing amount of coffee available for sale.C. The boyc

28、ott of coffee organized by housewives.D. The news of the great damage caused by the bad weather.(3)In the past twenty years, there has been an increasing tendency for workers to move from one country to another. While some newly independent countries have understandably restricted most jobs to local

29、 people, other countries have attracted and welcomed migrant workers. This is particularly the case in the Middle East, where increased oil incomes have enabled many countries to call in outsiders to improve local facilities. Thus the Middle East has attracted oil-workers from the U.S.A. and Europe.

30、 It has brought in construction workers and technicians from many countries, including South Korea and Japan.In view of the difficult living and working conditions in the Middle East, it is not surprising that the pay is high to attract suitable workers. Many engineers and technicians can earn at le

31、ast twice as much money in the Middle East as they can in their own country, and this is a major attraction. An allied benefit is the low taxation or complete lack of it. This increases the net amount of pay received by visiting workers and is very popular with them.Sometimes a disadvantage has a co

32、mpensating advantage. For example, the difficult living conditions often lead to increased friendship when workers have to depend on each other for safety and comfort. In a similar way, many migrant workers can save large sums of money partly because of the lack of entertainment facilities. The work

33、 is often complex and full of problems but this merely presents an increased challenge to engineers who prefer to find solutions to the problems rather than do routine work in their own country.One major problem which affects migrant workers in the Middle East is that their jobs are temporary ones.

34、They are nearly always on contract, so it is not easy for them to plan ahead with great confidence. This is to be expected, since no country welcomes a large number of foreign workers as permanent residents. In any case, migrant workers accept this disadvantage, along with others, because of the con

35、siderable financial benefits which they receive.26. The countries in the Middle East have welcomed migrant workers because C .A. they cant find enough hands in their own countriesB. they can save money by employing migrant workersC. they want the migrant workers to help to improve their facilitiesD.

36、 they can increase their incomes by employing migrant workers27. What attracts the visiting workers most in the Middle East is B .A. the fast-developing economy thereB. the high pay with low taxationC. the working conditionsD. the entertainment facilities28. Which of the following statements is TRUE

37、 according to the passage? DA. To attract suitable workers from foreign countries the work should be easy.B. Migrant workers usually have good working conditions in a foreign country.C. Migrant workers spend a lot of money in a foreign country.D. The number of migrant workers has been increasing yea

38、r after year. 29. The migrant workers have established a friendly relationship among themselves because B .A. they come from the same countryB. they have to help each other to cope with difficult living conditionsC. they often go to the entertainment facilities togetherD. they are all engineers and

39、technicians 30. According to the writer, engineers like to do work which is B . A. routine B. complicated C. easy D. temporary(4)The process by means of which human beings can arbitrarily make certain things stand for other tings may be called the symbolic process. Everywhere we turn, we see the sym

40、bolic process at work. Stripes on the sleeve can be made to stand for military rank; rings of gold or pieces of paper can stand for wealth; crossed sticks can stand for a set of religious beliefs. There are few thing that men do or want to do, possess or want to possess, that have not, in addition t

41、o their mechanical or biological value, a symbolic value.All fashionable clothes are highly symbolic: materials, cut, and ornament are dictated only to a slight degree by considerations of warmth, comfort or practicability. The more we dress up in fine clothes, the more we restrict our freedom of ac

42、tion. Food is also highly symbolic. Specific foods are used to symbolize specific festivals. For example, moon cakes are eaten to celebrate the Chinese mid-autumn festival as the Chinese think that on the Mid-Autumn Day (August 15th of the lunar year), the moon is at its brightest. We select our fur

43、niture to serve as visible symbols of our taste, wealth, and social position. We trade in perfectly good cars for later models not always to get better transportation, but to give evidence to the community that we can afford it.I once had an eight-year-old car in good running condition. A friend of

44、mine, a repairman who knew the condition of the car, kept urging me to trade it for a new model. “But why?” I asked, “The old cars in fine shape still.” The repairman answered scornfully, “Yeah, but what the hell. All youve got is transportation.”Recently, the term “transportation car” has begun to

45、appear in advertisements, for example, “4B Dodge-Runs perfectly well: transportation car. Leaving, must sell. $100”. Apparently it means a car that has no symbolic value and is good only for getting you there and bringing you back-a poor kind of vehicle indeed!31. According to the passage, people dr

46、ess themselves in fashionable clothes chiefly to D .A. comfort and warm themselvesB. display their well-developed figuresC. restrict their freedom of action D. show that they are rich enough to buy them32. Nowadays people often sell their old cars in good running condition and buy new ones C .A. jus

47、t to hold more people B. because they want to celebrate specific festivalsC. just to show their wealthD. because they are moving to a new place33. The term “transportation car” we now often come across in advertisements refers to a car which C .A. is made by a transport companyB. transports goods on

48、lyC. has only practical valueD. is transported by other vehicles34. According to the writer, people eat specific food at specific time simply to C .A. show their high social positionB. keep themselves healthyC. celebrate a certain traditional occasionD. prove that they are wealthy35. In the last par

49、agraph of the passage, “Leaving, must sell.” Means that D .A. the advertiser is on his way to the market for selling his carB. the car has not any symbolic value at allC. the car is ready to leave and has to be sold D. the owner is going to leave the place so he has to sell the carPart III. ClozeDir

50、ections: There is a passages in the part. Read this passage and make the best choice for each of the blanks. （每题1分）The central problem of economics is to satisfy the peoples and nations wants.The problem we are faced with is that our resources, here identified as money, are _36_. The only way we can

51、 resolve our problem is to make choices. After looking at our resources, we must examine our list of _37_ and identify the things we need immediately, those we can postpone, and _38_ we cannot afford. As individuals, we face the central problem involved in economics-deciding just how to allocate our

52、 limited our limited resources to provide _39_ with the greatest satisfaction of our wants.Nations face the same problem. As a countrys population _40_, the need for more goods and services grows correspondingly. Resources necessary to production may increase, but there _41_ are enough resources to

53、satisfy the total desires of a nation. Whether the budget meeting is taking place in the family living room, in the conference room of the corporation _42_ of directors, or in the chamber of the House of Representatives in Washington, the basic problem still exists. We need to find _43_ of allocatin

54、g limited resources in order to satisfy unlimited wants.A short time ago economists divided goods into two categories, free and economic. The former, like air and water, were in _44_ abundance that economists had no concern for them. After all, economics is the _45_ of scarcity and what to do about

55、it. Today many of these free goods are _46_ very expensive to use. Pollution has made clean air and water expensive for producers extra costs, and _47_ taxpayers who pay for the governments involvement in cleaning the environment.In the 1990s, almost all goods are _48_. Only by effort and money _49_ obtained in the form people wish.Meeting needs of people and the demands from resource available _50_ the basic activity of production.