2015中国石油大学(华东)第一学期期末考试题《大学英语3》

I. Use of English(A)1. — What would you like to have, meat or fish?—Either will do(B)2. — Thank you very much for giving me so much help.—You’re welcome.(A)3. — Must I be home before seven?—No, you needn’t.(D)4. — Would you rather come on Friday or Saturday?—Friday.(C)5. — I doubt whether the Chinese Football Team can win the game this time. —It’s hard to say.(A)6. — Excuse me, when is the next flight from London due to arrive?—In half an hour.(A)7. —I’m glad you like it. Please drop in an y time you like.—Yes, I will.(C)8. —I believe we’ve met somewhere before.— No, I don’t think so.(B)9. —You’ve given us a wonderful Chinese dinner, Mrs. Wang.—I’m glad you enjoyed it.(D)10.—I’m sorry. Bob’s not in his office.—Can you take a message for me?(C)11. — I'm afraid I've got a terrible flu.—Better go and see a doctor.(C)12. —It’s cold in here. Do you mind if I close the door?—Of course not.(D)13. —I’m going to America for a holiday next week.—That’s great!(B)14. — What a beauti ful dress you’re wearing!—Thank you.(A)15. — Would you like a cup of coffee?—Yes, please.(B)16.— Could I borrow your CD of English songs?—I’m sorry. It’s not at hand now.(D)17.—Hello, Sally. How’s everything?—Just so-so.(A)18.— Waiter!—Yes, sir?—I can’t eat this. It’s too salty.(C)19.—I’ll be away on a business trip. Would you mind looking after my cat?— Not at all. I’d be happy to.(D)20.—I’m taking my driving test tomorrow.—Good luck!II. Reading ComprehensionPassage 1Mr. Young ran his own business and worked very hard. His wife was afraid that he would get sick if he continued like that, so she often tried to get him to take a vacation. At last she managed to persuade him to do so, and she hoped that he would be able to enjoy his vacation without any disturbance, so before they left, Mrs. Young went to see her husband's secretary. She said to her, "My husband needs a vacation very much, so whatever happens, please don't bother him with telegrams and letters about business problems while we are away. Just wait till we get back."After Mr. and Mrs. Young had been away about a week, Mr. Young received a letter from his secretary which said, "Something terrible happened to your business, but I'm not going to bother you with it while you are enjoying your vacation."(T)1. Mr. Young was the owner of a private business.(F)2. Mrs. Young worried about her husband's business.(T)3. Mrs. Young was afraid that her husband's vacation might be spoilt.(T)4. The secretary didn't explain in her letter what had happened to Mr.Young's business, because she didn't want to spoil Mr.Young's vacation.(T)5. You can learn from the story that Mr. Young had a stupid secretary.Passage 2Here is a story told about an American general who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the United States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.Soon after the war the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in shops at $5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label with the name of the general and words: "buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home." The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.The officers went out and visited every shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth.(F)1. Many families wanted to have a signature of the general.(T)2. The general came back to Washington after the First World War.(T)3. The general ordered his men to look for all his teeth and buy all of them.(T)4. The fact that the general's name was on the label of each tooth shows that the general was famous.(F)5. The teeth they collected most probably cost $1150.Passage 3The word "horsepower" was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world's first widely used steam engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there were no units for measuring power.Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He calledthat unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine could lift a 3300-pound weight 100 feet in one minute.Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horsepower engine.(T)1. The passage says that Watt made the first widely used steam engine.(F)2. Watt wanted to find a way to lift a 3300-pound weight.(T)3. He made up a unit of measurement based on the strength of a horse.(F)4. One horsepower would equal the weight of one horse.(T)5. The possible title for this passage is The Origin of the Term "Horsepower".Passage 4In the world, soccer or football is the most popular sport. This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup. The World Cup is held every four years.To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup, children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called "Dream World Cups" in Japan. The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a blue bright sky. They wished each football team good luck by drawing the flags of all the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama. Some football teams will have games there.Are you a football fan？The World Cup makes more and more people interested in football. Teenagers like playing and watching football. Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the pictures of their favorite players on the walls of their rooms. That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as children in Japan.(F)1. If a country wants to take part in the World Cup, she must have many football players. (T)2. The next World Cup will be held in 2006.(F)3. From the passage, in the picture children drew many things except pictures of some football stars.(F)4. In "Dream World Cup", the children drew the flags of some countries to tell the people their stories.(T)5. Many teenagers own the pictures of some football stars because they are football fans.Passage 5By definition, heroes and heroines are men and women distinguished by uncommon courage, achievements, and self-sacrifice made most for the benefits of others----they are people against whom we measure others. They are men and women recognized for shaping our nation’s consciousness and development as well as the lives of those who admire them. Yet, some people say that ours is an age where true heroes and heroines are hard to come by, where the very idea of heroism is something beyond us ---- an artifact of the past. Some maintain that because the Cold War is over and because America is at peace, our age is essentially an unheroic one. Furthermore, the overall crime rate is down, poverty has been eased by a strong and growing economy, and advances continue to be made in medical science.Cultural icons are hard to define, but we know them when we see them. They are people who manage to go beyond celebrity（明星）, who are legendary, who somehow manage to become mythic. But what makes some figures icons and others mere celebrities? That’s hard to answer. In part, their lives have the quality of a story to tell. For instance, the beautiful young Diana Spencer who at 19 married a prince, renounced marriage and the throne, and died at the moment she found true love. Good looks certainly help. So does a special indefinable charm, with the help of the media. But nothing confirms an icon more than a tragic death – such as Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Princess Diana.(C)1. The passage mainly deals with heroes and icons.(D)2. Heroes and heroines are usually all of the above.(D)3. Which of the following statements is wrong? Heroes and heroines can only emerge in war times..(C)4. Beautiful young Diana Spencer found her genuine love just before her death.(B)5. What is more likely to set an icon’s status? Tragic and early death.Passage 6What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others? The answer is ―no‖. It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that make him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate, how to discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further, he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer can be confirmed by other persons. He also works to fit the answer he gets to many questions into a large set of ideas about how the world works.The scientist’s knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason that investigations are important in science. Albert Einstein, who developed the theory of relativity, arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracy of this mathematics was later tested through investigations, Einstein’s ideas were shown to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may test his investigations.(B)1. What makes a scientist according to the passage? The way he uses his tools.(C)2. ―The scientist, however, goes one step further…‖. The author says this to show the difference between scientists and ordinary people.(A)3. A sound scientific theory should be one that works not only under one set of conditions at one time, but also under the same conditions at other times.(C)4. The author quotes the case of Albert Einstein to illustrate that the investigations are important in science.(D)5. What is the main idea of the passage? Exactness and ways of using tools are the keys to the making of a scientist.Passage 7There are three kinds of goals: short-term, medium-range and long-term goals.Short-term goals are those that usually deal with current activities, which we can apply on a daily basis. Such goals can be achieved in a week or less, or two weeks, or possibly, months. It should be remembered that just as a building is no stronger than its foundation, long-term goals cannot amount to very much without the achievement of solid short-term goals. Upon completing our short-term goals, we should date the occasion and then add new short-term goals that will build on those that have been completed.The intermediate goals build on the foundation of the short-term goals. They might deal with just one term of school or the entire school year, or they could even extend for several years. Any time you move a step at a time, you should never allow yourself to become discouraged or overwhelmed. As you complete each step, you will enforce the belief in your ability to grow and succeed. And as your list of completion dates grow, your motivation and desire will increase.Long-term goals may be related to our dreams of the future. They might cover five years or more. Life is not a static thing. We should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action.(B)1. Our long-term goals mean a lot If we complete the short-term goals.(D)2. New short-term goals are built upon the goals that have been completed.(C)3. When we complete each step of our goals, we should build up confidence of success. (C)4. What is the main idea of this passage? Different kinds of goals in life.(C)5. Which of the following statements is wrong according to the passage? Life is a static thing, thus we should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action.Passage 8How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thought and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to present those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.The power of words, then, lies in their associations-the thing they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something increases.Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar.(D)1. The origin of language is a problem not yet solved.(C)2. What is true about words? They are simply sounds.(D)3. The real power of words lies in their representative function.(B)4. By ―association‖, the author means a joining of ideas in the mind.(A)5. Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true? He is no more than a master of words.III. Vocabulary and Structure(C)1. As soon as they reached the fishing area, the fisherman __ cast__ their nets into the sea. (B)2. I will give this book to __ whoever __ wants to have it.(A)3. Having lived in the area for years, he has __acquired__ a great deal of first-handinformation on the feature of the local dialect.(B)4. Why don’t you ha ve your sister __ do__ it for you?(D)5. The question then __ arises__, what manner of men and women are we to describe in our books?(A)6. Not only __ does the sun give__ us light, but it gives us heat.(C)7. I don’t want to __ impose__ my ideas on you but I think it would not be good for you tostart the business.(D)8. When she criticized the boss before me, I suggested that we go to him and explore howthings might be __ improved__.(B)9. It won’t make much __ difference _ whether you agree or not.(C)10. Students in his class cannot understand __what this sentence means__.(A)11. Great changes have taken place since then in the factory __ where__we are working. (C)12. This is one of the best films _ that have been shown this year_.(C)13. In our factory there are 2,000 workers, two thirds of _ whom _are women.(D)14. The Olympic Games can _ date _ back to 776 B.C.(B)15. A great book is one that __ raises__ and tries to answer great fundamental questions. (B)16. I wonder whether the machine can be made __ to turn__ faster.(A)17. If we had followed his plan, we could have done the job better with _ less_ money and __fewer_ people.(D)18. That product you bought at the lower price is __ inferior to__ this one.(A)19. The students will take winter vacation __ sometime__ in February.(C)20. _ Now that_ you’ve got a chance, you might as well make full use of it.(C)21. Billy has difficulty __ keeping up with _ the rest of the class.(D)22. Darwin points out that animals or plants will be __eliminated__ if they are physicallyweak and cannot protect themselves.(B)23. Most students enjoy __ asking__ questions in English.(B)24. I was _ inspired__ to work harder than ever before by his encouraging remarks.(D)25. The child is looking forward to __ being given__ a gift.(A)26. Sports, __ which_ perhaps you don’t like very much, may make you strong.(B)27. He came to the airport in a hurry, only __ to find__ that the plane had taken off.(D)28. If Columbus hadn’t discovered America, somebody else _ would have discovered_ it. (C)29. It was __ such a big job__ that he had to ask for help.(B)30. Let’s concentrate ourselves on the main subject; don’t talk about anything that is not __relevant to_ our major concern.(B)31. __ Whether__ we’ll go camping tomorrow depends on the weather.(B)32. Don’t put off till tomorrow _ what_ you can do today.(D)33. I would like to have the film _ developed_. Can I pick it up tomorrow?(C)34. The young man has worked very hard to __ maintain__ his family.(A)35. ―What would you prefer, cola or sprite?‖―__ Either__ will do.‖(C)36. The more he tried to help her, __ the less___ she seemed to appreciate it.(C)37.__In spite of__ the heavy rain, she went to the shop to buy Christmas gifts for her children.(A)38. I would have been able to help him, but I __ was__ so busy then.(B)39. The reason for the traffic accident was __ that__ one of the drivers lost control of his car.(B)40. John’s car has a flat tire. __ All that he can do__ is to walk to the nearest telephone booth.IV. Cloze Test (10%)Cloze 1Everyone has hobbies. A hobby can be almost anything a person likes to do in his spare time. People who take up hobbies are hobbyists. They paint pictures, sing pop songs, __C__music instruments and collect stamps or other things. They grow flowers, ___D___ fishing and hunting. They climb mountains, swim, skate and play games.People today have ___B___ time than ever for hobbies. In early times, people were ___E___ busy making a living to have hobbies. Nowadays machines have taken the place of many workers. More people retire at an earlier age. They have hobbies ___A___these activities offer them enjoyment, friendship, knowledge, and relaxation.A. becauseB. moreC. playD. goE. tooCloze 2Traffic accidents killed more than 104,000 people in China last year. Chinese cities have more cars than before. Every day many people are ___A___ while they cross the road. Most of ___E___ are old people and children. Old people are often killed because they usually can't see clearly or hear very well. ___C___ are killed because they are careless.A car, truck or bus can't stop very quickly if it is going very fast. The faster a car is traveling, the longer it takes to stop. But people walking in the street do not always understand this. It's ___D___ for people to know how fast a car is traveling.The new traffic laws were put into use ___B___ May 1st, 2004. The new traffic laws will make the streets safer for walking and driving.A. killedB. onC. ChildrenD. difficultE. themCloze 3Water is very important to living things. Without water there can be ___E___ life on earth. All animals and plants need water. Man needs water, too. We need water to drink, to cook our food and to clean ___A___.Water ___B___ almost everywhere. Even in the driest part of the world there is some water in the air. You can not see it or feel it when it is part of the air. The water ___D___ seas and riversis a liquid. The water in the air is not a liquid but a gas.Clouds are made of water. They may ___C__ made of very small drops of water. Water, you have found, is very useful, so we must save water.A．ourselves B．is found C．be D．in E．noCloze 4Glasses protect people's eyes from bright light. Microscopes make tiny things larger __B__ we can examine them. Telescopes make objects that are far away appear __A__closer to us. However in recent years plastics have replaced glass __E__conditions where glass might be easily broken there are new uses to be developed for glass that were never imagined in the __D__. Perhaps the greatest __C__ of glass is that its constituent (构成的) parts are inexpensive and can be found all over the world.A．much B．so that C．advantage D．past E．onV. Translation (15%)1. According to our records, the books you have borrowed should now be returned to the library. 根据我们的记录，你借的书应该现在还给图书馆。