大学英语3自测题

Ⅰ.Vocabulary and structure.（40%）

1. My throat is ____. I cannot speak any more.

A. sore

B. purchase

C. glow

D. faint

2. Many years ago, a lot of factories were ___ from big cities to the mountainous areas in case of war.

A. transferred

B. transformed

C. transmitted

D. transported

3. He said in his letter that he would ___ some photographs but I couldn’t find anything in the envelope.

A. case

B. double

C. enclose D nonsense

4. Many English words are ___ from Latin.

A. displayed

B. spread

C. lost

D. derived

5. I feel ___ to say that I can not believe what he said.

A. wanted

B. observed

C. obliged

D. wandered

6. I regret ___ what I said. I shouldn’t have said it.

A. to say

B. saying

C. to be saying

D. said

7. He was lucky and narrowly missed ____.

A. to injure

B. injuring

C. to be injured

D. being injured

8. I understand ___ to discuss the matter.

A. your not wanting

B. not your wanting

C. you not to want

D. you to not want

9. Don’t be late. No one would like ____.

A. to be kept waiting B being kept wanting C. to be kept to wait D. being kept to wait

10. He can’t make himself___. His spoken English really needs____.

A. understand, improving

B. understood, improving

C. understand, to improve

D. understood, to improve

11.This is an ____ that will not be easily forgotten.

A. impact

B. insult

C. academic

D. alternative

12. Please ___ me for my rudeness. I really do not know the custom here.

A. engage

B. comfort

C. forgive

D. execute

13. Water and air are___ to human beings. We can not live without them.

A. harbor

B. function

C. define

D. essential

14. When the airplane takes off, the passengers are told to ___ their seat belt.

A. fountain

B. tight

C. fix

D. fasten

15. This is not what we asked you to do. You can not get more pay for the ___ work.

A. owing

B. device

C. extra

D. tried

16. Certainly I posted your letter – I remember____.

A. posting

B. to post

C. to be posting

D. have posted

17. They must be at home—there’s a light ____ in the bedroom.

A. to shine

B. shining

C. to be shining

D. having shined

18. Mr. Smith dislikes____ such clothes but his wife likes____ them.

A. to wear, to wear

B. wearing, to wear

C. to wear, wearing

D. wearing, wear

19. When you’re learning to drive, ___ a good teacher makes a big difference..

A. having

B. have

C. and have

D. and having

20. ____ this report ___ in such a short time was quite a different exercise.

A. Getting, done

B. Get, done

C. To get, to do

D. Getting, to do

Ⅱ.Cloze（20%）

Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. 1 ___in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always in the heart of a town. This street was 2__ on both sides with many 3 ___ businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. 4___ , some shops offered 5___ .These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. 6 in the 1950s, a change began to 7___ .Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street 8___ too few parking places were 9___ shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces 10___ the city limits. Open space is what their car driving customers needed. And open space is what they got 11___ the first shopping