大学英语第三册练习题及参考答案

第一套练习题
一、选择题
1.It was once a difficult time, but in the end everything ________ all right.
A.turned out
B. put up
C. carried away
D. gave in
2.You can fly to London this evening ________you don' t mind changing the flight in Paris.
A.until
B. if
C. where D, before
3.Food, clothing and shelter are the ________needs for all of us.
A.careful
B. attractive
C. strange
D. basic
4.1feel it is my responsibility _______ y ou of our decision.
rm
B. to inform
C. informing
D. informed
5.The staff members were asked to arrive a few minutes earlier before the meeting _________
A.will start
B. starts
C. started
D. would start
6.Think over our proposal and let me know whether you agree it.
A.for
B. in
C. with
D. at
7.Could you please why you can' t come to attend the meeting?
A.explain
B. understand
C. give
D. reach>
8.It is a fact most deaths from lung cancer are caused by smoking.
A.that
B. how
C. what
D. which
9.The manager' s reply that he was not really interested in the project.
A.offered
B. showed
C. advised
D. described
10.She didn' t tell the reason she was absent from the important lecture. A. what B. which C. how D. why
11.Western culture has been greatly _______by contact with the civilizations of Asia and Africa.
A. grasped
B. enriched
C. intrigued
D. fascinated
12.My aunt almost fainted when she was told that what she bought at a very high price was not the ______ drawing, but just a copy of it.
A. original
B. continual
C. indispensable
D. relevant
13.In the _____ of any substantial evidence, the suspect was found not guilty.
A. focus
B. identity
C. complaint
D. absence
14.It' s important that everyone on the project keeps to the __________ .
A. prelude
B. schedule
C. manufacture
D. underline
15.The mountain acted as a natural ______ to the spread of the highly infectious disease.
A. barrier
B. alien
C. dimension
D. entity
16.The key—__________ f or the prosecution was offered police protection after she received death threats.
A. fate
B. accent
C. witness
D. trial
17.1thought that was the end of the matter but — ___________ events proved me wrong.
A. brilliant
B. subsequent
C. magic
D. learned
18.Bob didn, t turn up at the party; I had a/an—_____________ that something must have gone wrong.
A. intuition
B. pace
C. loan
D. reflection
19.The article provides a detailed ___________ o f the root causes of the accident.
A. analysis
B. circumstance
C. belief
D. profession
20.A beautiful newly constructed highway ___________ its way along the coast of the island.
A. affects
B. winds
C. twists
D. wanders
二、完形填空
Many people in the literary world say that British literature has lost its (1) ____________ nowadays. Many others disagree with this opinion. But what is not (2) ____________ d oubt is that a lot of the exciting new literature published in Britain in recent years has been written by people from outside Britain. Since 1981, nine of the fourteen winners of the Booker Prize, an important prize
(3)________ a work fiction, were writers from former British colonies like India.
(4)________ many of the best “serious” British writers manage to be popular as well as profound, the vast (5) _________ o f the books could not be classified as “serious" literature.
Britain is the home of (6) ________ might be called “middlebrow” literature, that is, mid-way between serious and popular fiction. Many British authors write novels classified as “ romances ”, one of the middlebrow type. The British publisher which sells more books than any other is Mills & Boon, (7) _______________ b ooks are exclusively of this type.
Poetry at the end of the twentieth century is (8) ____________ popular in Britain after it stopped being the normal mode of literary self-expression 200 years ago. Books for poetry sell (9) ________ c omparatively large numbers. Their sales are not nearly as large as sales of novels, but they are large (10) ____________ for a few small publishers to survive entirely on publishing poetry. Many of these poems are not academic and they are accessible to non-specialists. Perhaps the “ pop " idiom and the easy availability of sound recording have made more people comfortable with spoken verse.
1.A. way B. route C. road D. path
2.A. at B. on C. in D. with
4. A. Because B. However C. Although
5. A. majority B. amount C. deal
6. A. that B. which C. where
7. A. who B. whose C. that
8. A. increased B. decreased
9. A. at B. in C. for D. out 10. A. sufficiently B. abundantly C. as D. enough
三、阅读理解
Passage 1
We all know that exercise is good for your health. But some kinds of exercise may be better than others. Running, for example, may help to protect against heart disease and other health problems. Running may also help you live longer.
Recently, researchers studied more than 55,000 adults. About a quarter of the adults have a good habit of running. The study found these runners were much healthier than non-runners. In fact, the runners lived, on average, three years longer than the non-runners.
Running may be good exercise, but it can be difficult on the body. Here are commonly shared ideas among fitness experts to lower the risk of injury for people who are new to running.
O Take it easy.
Do not run too much, too soon or too fast. Most people get running injuries when they push themselves too hard. The body needs time to get used to increases in distance or speed.
O Get good running shoes.
There is no single best shoe for every runner. You should find the shoe that offers the best fit and support for your feet. More importantly, you should have a new pair of shoes every 500 to 800 kilometers.
O Take good notes.
Take time after each run to write down notes about what you did and how you felt. Look for things that happen again and again. For example, you may find that your knees hurt when you run sometimes. But perhaps you feel great when you have a rest between running days. These notes will help you make the best plan for running.
1. The writer wants to tell us in the first paragraph _
A. good health comes from running
B. running is the best exercise
C. health problem can be solved by good exercise
D. not all exercise is equally good
2. In the second paragraph, we know_____________ .
A. a good habit of running may help you live longer
B. the number of non-runners was getting smaller
C. three quarters of 55,000 adults were new to running
D. Since D. number D. what D. whom C. decreasingly D. increasingly
D.the hope to live three years longer drives people to exercise
3.Increases in distance or speed depend on
A. what the fitness experts say
B. whether you have the best shoes
C. how your body feels
D. why you start running
4.The purpose of taking notes is to _____________ .
A.remind you of where to have new shoes
B.help you find the way of running that fits you
C.take a rest between running days
D.help you do some research on exercise
5.The passage is written to ____________ .
A.provide information for the researchers to work better
B.warn the non-runners of the dangers in running
C.help runners exercise in a scientific way
D.encourage as many people as possible to join in running
Passage 2
Many children spend a lot of time watching or playing with electronic media - from televisions to video games, computers and other devices. So, it is natural that parents should wonder about the time children spend looking at a TV or computer screen. Americans say u screen time,, when they talk about any time children spend in front of an electronic device.
Perhaps parents can stop worrying so much about screen time, at least for older boys and girls. In October 2016, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) listed several suggestions for parents and child care workers. Here are some of the suggestions.
•Avoid digital media use in children younger than 18 to 24 months.
•For children aged 18-24 months, avoid letting the child watch media alone. And avoid using media as a way to comfort your child.
•For children two to five years of age, allow one-hour screen time on u high-quality programming ”
a day and watch it with your child.
•For children aged 6 and older, don, t spend too much time using media. Also, make sure that screen time does not take the place of healthy sleep, exercising, doing homework and other activities. •Make sure to have media-free time together as a family, such as dinner or driving. Also make some areas of the home media-free. Turn off your child' s electronic devices an hour before bedtime.
6.What is “ screen time ” according to Americans?
A.A kind of timing system.
B.A survey on electronic media.
C.Any time children spend in front of electronic media.
D.Any electronic device children like to play with.
7.What did AAP do in 2016?
A.They gave some practical suggestions.
B.They told parents how to reduce their children' s screen time.
C.They trained many child care workers.
D.They raised much money to stop children using electronic devices.
8.How do parents deal with the screen time for children two to five years of age?
A.Choose proper programs and watch with them.
B.Play with them for at least one hour.
C.Avoid letting them watch TV.
D.Don' t worry about them.
9.How does AAP explain too much screen time?
A.An hour or more every day.
ing too many electronic devices.
C.Screen time takes the place of other activities.
ing electronic media to comfort the children.
10.What is media-free time?
A.It is the time you can use media freely.
B.It is the time you cook or drive.
C.It is the time to be with your family.
D.It is the time you stay away from electronic devices.
四、英译汉
1.If you don' t breach the old rules of etiquette and say you want it, they won' t ask you again.
2.As any child of immigrant parents knows, there is a special kind of double bind attached to knowing two languages.
3.English speakers say Chinese is extremely difficult because different words can be denoted by very subtle variations in tone.
4.Even more dangerous, in my view, is the temptation to view the gulf between different languages and behavior in translation.
5.1worry about the power of language: If one says anything enough times, it might become true, with or without malicious intent.
五、汉译英
1.有的人甚至声称地球是一个活的生物体。

2.对能源的依赖使美国不但付出了金钱的代价，而且也付出了生命的代价。

3.但是，我们必须记住，保持生物多样性并不意味着要留住每一种物种。

4.重要的是，我们要区分哪些东西对环境保护是根本性的，哪些是非根本性的。

5.理性、明确的环保主义保护环境是为了人类自身，而不是为了自然。

第一套练习题答案
一、选择题
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. A
9. B 10. D
11. B 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. A
16. C 17. B 18. A 19. A 20. B
1. A
2.C
3. A
6. D
7. B
8. D 三、阅读理解（每小题2分,
1. D
2. A
3.C 6. C 7. A 8. A 第二套练习题
一、选择题
1. Human chefs may be _________ b y robot chefs someday.
A. replaces
B. replace
C. replaced
D. replacing
2. Some actions must be _________ to deal with this big change in the labor market.
A. take
B. taken
C. took
D. taking
3.1 suggest you ________ robot staff to save costs.
A. to hire
B. hiring
C. hire
D. hires
4. Last thing a college student wants to face is _________ upon graduation
A. unemployment
B. unemployed
C. employment
D. employed
5. There are robots to ________ this task.
A. automated
B. automating
C. automate
D. automates
6. Ways must be found to _______ o ur children a decent start in life.
A. alert
B. assure
C. aim
D. assume
7. The stream was quite ______ so we were able to wade across it.
A. special
B. shallow
C. splendid
D. strong
8. Dana came back from her holiday with __________ strength and decided to go on with the experiment.
A. strange
B. interested
C. communicated
D. renewed
9. The U.S. dollar fell yesterday against most foreign _______ .
A. companies
B. creatures
C. currencies
D. curiosity
10. Despite _____ pain, he refused all drugs.
二、完形填空（每小题2分, 共20分） 4. C 5. A
9. B
10. D 共30分）
.B 5. C
C 10. D
4. B 9. C
A. countryside
B. continual
C. concept
D. conscious
11. Some of the employees in the company are to work at flexible hours.
A. taken
B. achieved
C. allowed
D. formed
12. _______ , the sales manager began his report with the statistics of last month' s sales.
A. By now
B. As usual
C. So far
D. At most
13. We really appreciate our working environment, in there was open, friendly workplace communication.
A. how
B. what
C. whom
D. which
14. A company meeting provides an opportunity to ideas and discuss any problems that come up with in the workplace.
A. reach
B. share
C. take
D. lead
we should invest in the Internet-related business. D. as
16. The American people _________ a president every four years.
A. choose
B. pick
C. select
D. elect
17. To make him stay, the manager ________ him a pay rise.
A. promised
B. ensured
C. assured
D. declared
18. Realizing the immerse international pressure, the President _________ stepped down.
A. conspicuously
B. gracefully
C. lonely
D. truly
19. This company is a ______ of a British firm that provides textile materials.
A. coworker
B. copartner
C. colleague
D. cooperative
20. We could see he felt _________ a s he pointed and laughed at them.
A. superior
B. stupid
C. lofty
D. advanced
二、完形填空
I am frequently asked the question, “ Can you use chopsticks? ” I have lived in Korea, Japan, and China. In each country, I have, more often than not and without having requested one, been given a fork (1) _______________ one was available. I have politely refused and said that I would be fine with chopsticks. Sometimes, I have to make (2) ______________ explanation. Chopsticks are (3) ________ m y worries when I am eating in an Asian home or restaurant. In fact, learning how to use chopsticks takes me (4) _____________ a few weeks. This is not to say I was skillful, though. Learning how to use chopsticks is easy for me, (5) _____________ learning the rituals and how to conduct myself at the table is quite difficult. (6) _________ times do I have to say " no, thank you " 15. We have reached an agreement
A. what
B. where
C. that
(7) ________ I really mean “no, thank you, I truly am full" ? How do I get away with refusing
more food without offending someone? If I insist and I still get more, is it appropriate just not to eat it? This would be (8) _______________ w here I come from. I have enjoyed many great meals and my
(9) _______ with the people have been great. I am increasingly aware that I will never be able to
(10) ______ as much as I have received. I don' t know how I can ever thank all of the people who introduced me to eating in Asia.
1. A. for B. when
C. after 2. A. more B. further C. another 3. A. the least of B. the worst of C. the most of
D. the greatest of
4. A. more than B. nothing but C. rather than D. instead of
5. A. where B. because C. whereas D. since
6. A. Just how many B. Always so many C. Why so much
7. A. until B. since C. when
D. as 8. A. impatient B. impersonal
C. impolite
D. impossible 9. A. convention B. significance
C. interactions
D. surroundings 10. A. give back
B. give up
C. give away
D. give in 三、阅读理解(每小题2分，共30分)
Passage 1
When people think of improving their diet, they often talk about eating more fruits and vegetables. Others want to eat more fish and less red meat, in addition to reducing the amount of food they eat. But they improve their diets even more with just a simple addition. American researchers have found that a diet rich in spices can help reduce the harmful effects of eating high fat meals.
Pennsylvania State University Associate Professor Sheila West led an investigation of the health effects of a spice-rich diet. Her team knew that a high-fat meal produces high levels of triglycerides, a kind of fat, in the blood. She said, Tf this happens too frequently, or if triglyceride levels are raised too much, your risk of heart disease is increased.v
As part of the study, her team prepared meals on two separate days for six men between the ages of 30 and 65. The men were overweight, but healthy. The researchers added about 30 milliliters of cinnamon biscuit. The meal for the control group was the same, but it did not include any spices.
During the experiment, the researchers removed blood from the men every 30 minutes for three hours. They found that antioxidant activity in the blood of the men who ate spicy meal was 13 percent higher than it was for the men who did not. In addition, insulin activity dropped by about 20 percent in the men who ate the spicy food.
Sheila West says many scientists think that oxidative stress leads to heart disease. And what exactly is oxidative stress? Think of an apple that has been cut in half and set aside for half an hour or so. The cut side of the apple turns brown. That is a simple explanation of what happens when oxidative stress comes in contact with the inside and outside of our bodies.
Professor West says, “Antioxidants, like spices, may be important in reducing oxidative stress and thus reducing the risk of chronic disease.She adds that the level of spices used in the study provided the same amount of antioxidants found in 150 milliliters of red wine or about 38 trams of dark chocolate.
1. What does the author advise people to do in their diets?
A. Eating large amount of food
D. because D. other
D. Not many
B.Eating less fruits and vegetables
C.Eating more vegetables and fish
D.Eating small amount of food with spices
2.What is the function of spices according to the passage?
A.To help people lose weight
B.To cure chronic disease
C.To reduce the risk of heart disease
D.To cause oxidative stress
3.What happened to the men who ate spicy meal according to the experiment?
A.The antioxidant activity in their blood became increased
B.The insulin activity in their body became increased
C.The level of triglyceride in their blood was raised
D.The oxidative stress in their body was strengthened
4.What does Professor West show by siting the example of a half apple?
A.The whole thing can be divided into two parts
B.It implies oxidative stress is harmful to our health
C.An apple is the only food that contains antioxidants
D.We can keep diseases away if we have an apple a day
5.What can be inferred from the passage?
A.Spices are of little help in keeping people healthy
B.Red wine can help to reduce the risk of heart disease
C.Fat people have normal levels of triglycerides in the blood
D.People under the age of 30 eat no spices in meals at all
Passage 2
Companies sometimes receive hundreds of applications for a single job, and it is becoming more common for managers to conduct screening interviews over the phone. This saves them considerable time and money 一especially if a candidate lives out of town.
Don' t take these interviews lightly. It is important to prepare for a telephone interview just as you would do for a regular interview.
The employer will normally call or e-mail you in advance to set up an interview time. If possible, arrange for the interview to be held over a landline phone （座机），as it is more reliable than a mobile phone. Make sure that children, pets and other sources of interruption will be out of the room. Keep a glass of water nearby.
Phone interviews can often last a half-hour to an hour and be sure to have your resume in front of you. Do your best to be personal, but don' t overdo it by, say, trying to tell a joke.
6.Screening interviews over the phone is becoming more common because ________ .
A. it is simple and fair
B. it is easier to prepare
C. it seems more friendly
D. it saves time and money
7.An employer usually arranges the time for the interview by _________ .
A.paying you a personal visit first
B.calling or e-mailing you in advance
C.announcing the date in the newspaper
D.asking you to visit the company' s website
8.A landline phone is preferred for the interview because it is more ________ .
A. reliable
B. economical
C. efficient
D. practical
9.What should you do with your resume during a phone interview?
A. Keep it in front of you.
B. Read it out if required.
C. Post it up online.
D. Send it by e-mail.
10.In the last sentence, by saying “..・butdon' t overdo it••-,,, the author means “don' t be
too _________ ” .
A. nervous
B. proud
C. personal
D. formal
四、英译汉
1.Luxuries are those things that would be nice to have if costless.
2.Ozone depletion and the greenhouse effect are human disasters, and they are urgent because they directly threaten humanity and are not easily reversible.
3.A non-sentimental environmentalism is one founded on Protagoras J s idea that “Man is the measure of all things. ”
4.when humans have to choose between their own well-being and that of nature, nature will have to accommodate.
5.Humanity should accommodate only when its fate and that of nature are inseparably bound up.
五、汉译英
1.美国人待人接物快速迅捷，因为他们没有时间客气来客气去。

2.实际上喜欢修饰和绕弯子只是我母亲个人的说话风格。

3.如果人们认为我们谦虚礼让，就让他们那样想好了。

4.我当然相信每个人在一开始都会把这种描述的话当成称赞。

5.由此看来，那些对中国人的概括性评价并非是对中国文化成分的真实描述，而仅仅是对我们外在行为的一种成见而已。

第二套练习题答案
一、选择题
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. B
8. D
9. C 10. B 11. C 12. B 13. D 14. B 15. C 16. D 17. A 18. B 19. B 20. A
二、完形填空
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. B
5.C
6. A
7. C
8. C
9. C 10. A
三、阅读理解
1. C
2.C
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. D
7. B
8. A
9. A 10. C。