新概念英语Book 3试卷(A)

《新概念英语》Book 3（A）卷
I.Fill in a(n) or the where necessary. If not, mark “X”: (1X10=10%)
___1___ Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through ___2___ Green Channel and have nothing to declare.
Even ___3___really honest people are often made to feel guilty. ___4___ hardened professional smuggler, on ___5___ other hand, is never troubled by such ___6___ feelings, even if he has ___7___ five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase.
When I returned from ___8___ abroad recently, ___9___ particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as ___10___ smuggler.
II.Supply the correct prepositions or adverbs: (1X10=10%)
1.People who work in offices are frequently referred to as “white-collar wor kers”
_____ the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work.
2.Mr Smith used to be an ordinary dustman. Now he was prompted to the post of
manager. His rise _____ status certainly has given a surprise to all his friends.
3.Editors of newspapers and magazines often provide their readers _____
unimportant facts and statistics.
4.The Bank of England has a special team to deal _____ accidentally damaged
banknotes.
5.The famous monastery of St Bernard lies about a mile _____.
6.Most cats remain suspicious _____ humans all their lives.
7. A cat’s ability to survive falls is based _____ the fact that cats have nine lives.
8.The old man who fell from the stairs suffered _____ a broken tooth.
9.Seeing the gold ring on the road, the girl’s face lighted _____.
10.“Did you go out to play computer games?” mother asked, looking the boy _____
the eyes.
III.Give the correct forms, tenses, or voices of the verbs in parentheses: (1X20=20%)
Our vicar ___1___ (always raise) money for one cause or another, but he ___2___ (never manage) ___3___ (get) enough money ___4___ (have) the church clock ___5___ (repair). The big clock which used to ___6___ (strike) the hours day and night ___7___ (damage) many years ago and ___8___ (be silent) ever since.
One night, however, our vicar ___9___ (wake up) with a start: the clock ___10___ (strike) the hours! ___11___ (Look) at his watch, he ___12___ (see) that it ___13___ (be) one o’clock, but the bell ___14___ (strike) thirteen times before it ___15___ (stop). ___16___ (Arm) with a torch, the vicar ___17___ (go up) into the clock tower ___18___ (see) what ___19___ (go on). In the torchlight, he ___20___ (catch) sight of the figure of Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.
IV.Choose the best answers. (Most of the sentences are made up according to the stories in the text book): (1X15=15%)
1. So faint _____ that no one thought that the ship had been damaged.
A. the noise was
B. had been the noise
C. it was the noise
D. it had been the noise
2.The great ship _____ sharply to avoid a direct collision.
A. cornered
B. changed
C. went back
D. veered
3.We sometimes think of a desert island _____ a sort of paradise.
A. to be
B. as being
C. is
D. be
4._____ were scarce there and there was no water.
A. The trees
B. Trees
C. any trees
D. Trees on the island
5.The goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman.
A. appeared
B. resolved
C. proved
D. changed
6.Alf was _____ anything to his wife.
A. so embarrassed he said
B. very embarrassed and said
C. very embarrassed, so he said
D. so embarrassed that he did not say
7.Manual workers often receive much higher _____ than people who work in offices.
A. gains
B. fees
C. payments
D. wages
8.The magazine would soon go to press. It would soon be _____.
A. pressing
B. printed
C. typed
D. impressed
9._____ the first sentence, the editor refused to publish the article.
A. Having read
B. Read
C. He read
D. Being read
10.He informed the journalist he would be fired unless he _____.
A. the reply
B. was replied
C. no reply
D. a reply
ing bars made _____ iron, the thieves smashed the shop window.
A. of
B. from
C. by
D. with
12.Even if the bridge were packed with cars, it could still _____ three times the load.
A. be able to carry
B. be carrying
C. only carry
D. carried
13.The bridge is located in a very agreeable situation with two small hills lying _____.
A. on either side
B. on every side
C. besides
D. side by side
14.The notice prohibited people _____ the exhibits.
A. to touch
B. from touching
C. touching
D. not to touch
15.She searched for him but could not find him _____.
A. nowhere
B. somewhere
C. everywhere
D. any where
V.Translate the following sentences into Chinese: (2X5=10%)
1. There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago had to pay large
sums of money to gangsters in return for “protection”.
2. She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before
she was impatient to try it on.
3.Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island. We sometimes
imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
4.The officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils. He was greeted by an
unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth.
5.“Cat behave like well-trained paratroopers,” a doctor said. It seems that the further cats
fall, the less they are likely to injure themselves.
VI.Translate the following sentences into Egnlish: (2X5=10%)
1. 啊，一瓶香水！你确实使我感到意外。

2．驾驶员的粗心导致这场交通事故。

3．在荒岛上，那些不幸的人们相继饿死。

4．实际上Smith夫妇有许多共同之处。

5．更有甚者，他骑着我的自行车跑掉了。

VII.Cloze (1X20=20%)
The native seem to have adopted the mode of living in villages. There is no proportion to ___1___ size of their houses, however, some ___2___ large and commodious --- forty to fifty ___3___ in length and twenty to thirty ___4___ --- while others of them are mere ___5___. The entrance is made either at ___6___ end or side, and is an ___7___ hole, so low that one must ___8___ down on one’s h ands and knees ___9___ creep in. No light enters the ___10___ but at the opening, and though ___11___ close habitations may afford a comfortable ___12___ in bad weather, they seem poorly ___13___ to the hot climate. However, they ___14___ remarkably clean, and their floors are ___15___ with a large quantity of dried ___16___ over which mats are spread to ___17___ and sleep upon. At one end ___18___ a bench about three feet high, ___19___ which their household utensils are placed. ___20___ consist principally of gourds, which they use to hold water and food.
1. A. that B. a C. the D. some
2. A. being B. that C. since D. be
3. A. foot B. foots C. feet D. feets
4. A. long B. wide C. width D. wider
5. A. houses B. buildings C. construction D. huts
6. A. one B. some C. a D. that
7. A. oblong B. enormous C. airy D. awful
8. A. come B. get C. going D. act
9. A. for B. by C. come D. and
10.A. house B. time C. morning D. afternoon
11.A. being B. such C. some D. typical
12.A. house B. room C. return D. retreat
13.A. adapted B. built C. in D. shaped
14.A. come B. feel C. are D. be
15.A. made B. covered C. covering D. over
16.A. roof B. clothes C. grass D. wood
17. A. be B. sit C. talk D. run
18.A. stands B. finds C. there D. were
19.A. over B. on C. from D. to
20.A. Something B. That C. These D. This
VIII.Reading comprehension: (1X5=5%)
Most Englishmen's full names consist of two or three names, but some Spaniards' consist of a lot more.
Once a Spaniard and his wife went to a foreign country in their car and drove around for several days. They always slept in hotels in towns at night. One day something was wrong with their car. They had to do something about it. When they started again, it was already dark. In the middle of the night they came to a small village. They were very tired, and the next town was still far away. They got out of their car and looked for a hotel in the small streets. They walked around the village for a quarter of and hour, and then they found a small hotel. There were not any others in the village.
There were no lights in the hotel, but the Spaniard went to the door and knocked at it. He waited for a minute, but nobody came to answer the door.
He knocked again and waited another minute, but still no one came. Then he found a bell and rang it. He rang it several times, and then a window at the top of the hotel opened. An old man looked out of the window and sai d, “What do you want?”
“Good evening,” the Spaniard said, “Have you got any free rooms? We’re very tied.”
It was very dark in the street, and the old man said “Who are you?”
The Spaniard said, “We are Don (Mr) Ramen Roberts Manuel Claudis Rodriguez Rafeal Eduards de Salas and Dona (Mrs) Maria Con chita Diana Marcelina Roberta Mercedes Manulea de Salas.”
The old man did not speak for a few seconds, and then he said, “There are a lot of you. This is a small hotel, and we haven’t got more than two free rooms.” Then he closed the window.
1. The Spaniard and his wife didn’t reach a town that day because _____.
A. their car had gone wrong
B. they were running out of oil
C. the next town was too far to reach
D. they were too tired to drive
2. How many hotels were there in the village?
A. More than two.
B. Only one.
C. Some.
D. Not clear.
3. Why didn’t the owner of the hotel let them in?
A. The hotel had no spare rooms.
B. The owner was angry with them.
C. It was too late to take them in.
D. The owner thought there were many people outside.
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The Spaniard knocked at the door twice.
B. The window opened as soon as they rang the bell.
C. The old man was unhappy when he opened the window.
D. The old man slept in the top room when they knocked at the door.
5. From the story we know that: _____.
A. the Spaniard couple were stupid to name their names long.
B. the Spaniard husband was stupid to give their full names to the owner of the
hotel
C. the hotel owner was not willing to offer his rooms to the Spaniards
D. the hotel owner did have two rooms to offer, but he was angry with their full
names
KEY TO NCE (3) (A):
I.
1.X
2. the
3. X
4. The
5. the
6. X
7. X
8. X
9. a 10. a
II.
1.for
2. in
3. with
4. with
5. away
6. of
7. on
8. from
9. up 10. in
III.
1.is always raising
2. has never managed
3. to get
4. to have
5. repaired
6. to strike
7. was
damaged 8. has been silent 9. woke up 10. was striking 11. Looking 12. saw 13. was 14.
struck 15. stopped 16. Armed 17. went up 18. to see 19. was going on 20. caught
IV.
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. D
8. B
9. A 10. B 11. A 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. D
V.
VI.
1.Oh, a bottle of perfume. You certainly give me a surprise.
2.The driver’s carelessness led to this traffic accident.
3.ON the desert island those poor people starved to death one after another.
4.In fact, Mr and Mrs Smith have a lot in common.
5.What’s more, he ran away, riding my bike. (Or; he rode my bike to run away.)
VII.
1. C
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. D 10. A 11. B 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. B 16. C 17. B 18. A 19. B 20. C
VIII
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. B。