新视野英语3试卷

NEW HORIZON college English

新视野大学英语3英语试卷

ⅠFill in the blans with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.（10%）

1 With his index finger, Patterson pointed toward a plain color-coded box _____ a long wooden table.

2 He ____ himself as a waiter and watched what was going on around.

3 He often ____ a tune during the moring tea break when his boss is not around.

4 And again she shouted in a high-pitched voice, word by word, wirh no attemp to ____ herself, “I connt stand any more.”

5 There were certain people in that room, like Peter and John, who had failed to ____ what I was saying.

6 During that time I was overwhelmed with ____ for those innocent days of early childhood.

7 I’m just ____ for that the board of direct takes steps before it is too late.

8 She was the direct’s ____ assistant in whom he could have absolute confidence.

9 These developers ____ to build low-income housing units when the supply of affordable housing for poor people continues to shrink.

10 People have been mobilized to build defenses and ____ glooded land as heavy rains continue to fall.

ⅡClose. (20%)

Jim Fixx had been a heavy smoker and weighed 214 pounds when he 1__ running in the 1960’s. He soon 2__ the benefits from the running. His weight decrease 3__ 60 pounds by the time his book, The Complete Book of Running, was published. His book 4__ millions of people. In his book and on television talk shows, he extolled(赞美) the benifits of physical exercise and how it 5__ increased the average people’s life expectancy. His readers and audience became more health-conscious. However,6__ their shocked, Fixx died at age of 52 after his daily run. Many who opposed his beliefs said this was 7__ that running was harmful. However, his supporters 8__ that the real cause of Fixx’s death was a heart attack. He came from a family where men had poor health stories. His father 9__ a heart attack at the age of 35 and died of one at 42. 10__ Fixx’s unhealth lifestyle until he took up running, many argued that running added many years to his life.

“Running does have its shortcomings,”11__ heart specialist Paul Thomas, in a recent medical journal. “The 12__ can be hard on your knees. Runners are more at risk during their training, 13__ if they rn marathons(马拉松). 14__, the news for runner isn’t all bad. Evidence can actually 16__ a longer, improved life.”

Dr. Dale Macdonald, a certified Strengh and Condition spcialist once 17__ a discussion by saying, “18__ all athletic endeaors, running come with both great 19__ and inherent risk. More than 60% of runners will suffer an injury that causes them to take time off running – each year!” He also said that improving one’s balance can reduce the 20__ of injury.

1. A took down B took in C took on D took up

2. A praised B favored C reaped D applied

3. A at B in C by D for

4. A inspired B disappointed C awarded D rewarded

5. A compatible B advisable C agreeable D considerable

6. A to B for C by D with

7. A endurance B evidence C supplement D allowance

8. A rewrote B revised C reversed D revealed

9. A obtained B sustained C suffered D surpassed

10.A Despite B Given C For D Because of