远程教育第一学期大学英语四第三次作业

1、大学英语（四）（19000004）课程作业2012年上半年大学英语四第三次作业名称2012年上半年大学英语四第三次作业分数得100分，满分100分说明问题1得3分，满分3分第一部分：交际用语（共10小题：每小题3分，满分30分）此部分共有5个未完成的对话，针对每个对话中未完成的部分有4个选项，请从a、b、c、d 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项1. could i borrow your car for a few days?而选答案: c. sure, here your are. enjoy your journey.问题2得3分，满分3分2. thank you for invit

2、ing me.所选答案：c. thank you for coming.问题3得3分，满分3分3. may i see your tickets, please?所选答案：c. sure.问题4得3分，满分3分4. please help yourself to the seafood.所选答案： d. thanks, but i don*t like the seafood.问题5得3分，满分3分5. can you go to the concert with us this evening?所选答案：b.rd love to, but tm busy tonight.问题6得3分，满分3

3、分6. congratulations! you won the first prize in toda/s speech contest.所选答案：c. thank you.问题7得3分，满分3分7. i had a really good weekend at my uncle s.所选答案： d. oh, t m glad to hear that问题8得3分，满分3分8. 一 susan, will you please go and empty that drawer?所选答案： a. what for问题9得3分，满分3分9. what do you want to do next

4、? we have half an hour until the basketball game.-. whatever you want to do is fine with me.所选答案：b. if s up to you问题10得3分，满分3分10. how about putting some pictures into the report?a picture is worth a thousand words.所选答案：b.sounds great.问题11得2分，满分2分第二部分:阅读理解（每小题2分，满分40分）此部分共有4篇短文，在第一篇短文后有5个正误判断题，从每题后的两

5、个选项中选出正确答案; 在第二篇短文后有5个问题。请从每个问题后的a.b.c.d四个选项中选出正确选项。passage 1if you travel by air across the center of africa or south america, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometers. these great forests are the oceans of trees. there are thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals.ho

6、wever, the worlds forests are getting smaller all the time. we are cutting down the trees because we need wood, and we need more farmland. some people say that there will not be any forests like these in 20 or 30 years. what will happen if they disappear?if we cut down our forests, a lot of plants a

7、nd animals will disappear from the world. in a lot of places the new farmland will soon look like the old deserts. crops will not grow there. it will not rain very often, and the weather will get very hot. perhaps the climate of the world will change. this will be dangerous for everyone in the world

8、. that is why we must take care of our forests.1、the passage mainly tells us about the importance of taking care of plants.所选答案：a. t问题12得2分，满分2分2、forests are homes for different kinds of animals.所选答案：a. t问题13得2分，满分2分3、the need for more wood and more land help to protect our forests.所选答案：b. f问题14得2分，

9、满分2分4、well have more and greater forestsn in 20 or 30 years in some peoples view.所选答案：b. f问题15得2分，满分2分5、the writer thinks it necessary to protect the forests.所选答案：a. t问题16得2分，满分2分passage 2paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. wide spread use of written language would not

10、have been possible without some cheap and practical material to write on. the invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed and distributed. together with the printing press, paper provided an extremely important way to communicate knowledge.how much

11、 paper do you use every year? probably you cannot answer that question quickly. in 1900 the worlds use of paper was about one kilogram for each person a year. now some countries use as much as 50 kilograms of paper for each person a year. countries like the united states, england and sweden use more

12、 paper than other countries.paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in china. in egypt and the west, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. the egyptians wrote on a kind of material made of a water plant. europeans used parchment for many hun-dreds of years. p

13、archment was very strong; it was made from the skin of certain young ani-mals. we have learnt of the most important facts of european history from records that were kept on parchment. (208words)6. whars the meaning for the word parchment”？j而选答案：b. a kind of paper made from the skin of certain young

14、animals.问题17得2分，满分2分7. which of the following is not mentioned about the invention of paper?所选答案： a. more jobs could be provided than before.问题18得2分，满分2分8. when did the egyptians begin to use paper widely?所选答案：a. around 1400.问题19得2分，满分2分9. which of the following countries uses more paper for each pe

15、rson a year?所选答案：b.sweden.问题20得2分，满分2分10. what is the main idea of this short talk?所选答案：c.the invention of paper is of great significance to man.问题21得2分，满分2分passage 3what makes one person more intelligent than another? what makes one person a genius, like the brilliant albert einstein, and another p

16、erson a fool? are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? these are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.we know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. in some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm

17、 muscle. it needs exercise. mental exercise is particularly important for young children. many child psychologists （心、理学家）think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. the children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. if; on t

18、he other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to dot they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. according to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idi

19、ot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. so it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as that was a very clever thing you did. or you are such a smart child.”11、the word intelligent in the 1st paragraph probably mean bright

20、.所选答案：a. t问题22得2分，满分2分12、according to the context we can guess that a genius is a normal person while an idiot is a funny person.所选答案：b. f问题23得2分，满分2分13、a person born with a good brain and putting it into active use is more likely to become a genius.所选答案：a. t问题24得2分，满分2分14、it is better for parents t

21、o praise and encourage their children more often.所选答案：a. t问题25得2分，满分2分15、intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live.所选答案：b. f问题26得2分，满分2分passage 4 global warmingglobal warming may or may not be the great environmental crisis of the 21st century, but regardless of whether it is or

22、 isnt we wont do much about it. we will argue over it and may even, as a nation, make some fairly solemn- sounding commitments to avoid it. but the more dramatic and meaningful these commitments seem, the less likely they are to be observed.a1 gore calls global warming an inconvenient truth, as if m

23、erely recognizing it could put us on a path to a solution. but the real truth is that we dont know enough to relieve global warming, and without major technological breakthroughs we cant do much about it.from 2003 to 2050, the worlds population is predicted to grow from 6.4 billion to 9.1 billion, a

24、 42% increase. if energy use per person and technology remain the same, total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (mainly, co2) will be 42% higher in 2050.but thats too low, because societies that grow richer use more energy. we need economic growth unless we leave the worlds poor to their prese

25、nt poverty and freeze everyone elses living standards. with modest growth, energy use and greenhouse emissions will more than double by 2050.no government will adopt strict restrictions on economic growth and personal freedom (limits on electricity usage; driving and travel) that might cut back glob

26、al warming. still, politicians want to show theyre doing something consider the kyoto protocol. it allowed countries that joined to punish those that didnt. but it hasnt reduced co2 emissions (up about 25% since 1990), and many signatories didnt adopt tough enough policies to hit their 2008-2012 tar

27、gets.the practical conclusion is that if global warming is a potential disaster, the only solution is new technology. only an aggressive research and development program might find ways of breaking our dependence on fossil fuels or dealing with it.the trouble with the global warming debate is that i

28、t has become a moral problem when its really an engineering one. the inconvenient truth is that if we dont solve the engineering problem, were helpless.16. what is said about global warming in the first paragraph?所选答案：d.very little will be done to bring it under control.问题27得2分，满分2分17. according to

29、the author? s understanding, what is al gore* s view on global warming?所选答案：c.it is a problem that can be solved once it is recognized.问题28得2分，满分2分18. greenhouse emissions will more than double by 2050 because of所选答案：a.economic growth问题29得2分，满分2分19. the author believes that, since the signing of the

30、 kyoto protocol,所选答案：b.few nations have adopted real tough measures to limit energy use问题30得2分，满分2分20. what is the message the author intends to convey?所选答案：b.the ultimate solution to global warming lies in new technology.问题31得2分，满分2分第三部分:词汇与结构（每小题2分，满分20分）此部分共有5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

31、个选项中选出正确选项。1. the manager will notus to use his car.所选答案：d. allow问题32得2分，满分2分2. her and then try to copy what she does.所选答案：d.watch问题33得2分，满分2分3. please be quiet! if s rude to people when they are speaking.所选答案：d.interrupt问题34得2分，满分2分4. friendly and staff are essential for a successful company.所选答案：

32、c. efficient问题35得2分，满分2分5. its a good idea. but who*s going tothe plan?i think john and peter will.所选答案： a. carry out问题36得2分，满分2分6. the great wall is tourist attraction that millions of people pour in every year.所选答案：b.such a well-known问题37得2分，满分2分7. bob is always ready to help others and he never our request.所选答案：d. turns down问题38得2分，满分2分in the class.8. the red flower goes from one to所选答案： c. another问题39得2分，满分2分9. the computer systemsuddenly while he was searching for information on theinternet.所选答案：a. broke down问题40得2分，满分2分10. the students were all entertained in a mexi