大学英语3级试题(三套)

大学英语3级试题（三套）

I. Vocabulary (15marks)

1. Just before taking off, the pilot once more _____ about weather conditions.

A. inquired

B. required

C. request

D. demanded

2. The driver _____ at the crossroad as the traffic lights flashed red.

A. pulled off

B. pulled up

C. pulled away

D. pulled round

3. After several days’ discussion, the committee _____ a plan to encourage the export of industrial product.

A. extended

B. enlarged

C. conceived

D. realized

4. “Only a _____ person would believe such a story about intelligent beings from outer space visiting the earth,” said

Jason.

A. credible

B. innocent

C. credulous

D. ignorant

5. Do you really think that he _____ receiving kickbacks (回扣) in business dealings?

A. is justified in

B. is inexcusable in

C. is privileged to

D. has legal protection in

6. Ann ____ sobbing at last, and dried her eyes with her handkerchief.

A. stopped

B. went away

C. continued

D. started

7. She dieted(节食) constantly to____ her youthful figure.

A. reserve

B. keep

C. trim

D. restrain

8. Since all the airline tickets were sold out, we ____ stay in the city for two more days.

A. were constrained to

B. were happy to

C. were grateful to

D. were persuaded to

9. A person tends to _____ his own shortcomings though he may see others’ shortcoming easily.

A. oversee

B. look over

C. forgive

D. overlook

10. Improved consumer confidence is ____ to an economic recovery.

A. of little importance

B. of critical importance

C. necessary

D. unnecessary

11. The method I shall ____ below is the one I have found most successful.

A. outline

B. ask

C. look

D. visit

12. There is less crime now than there used to be. It seems that there is a _____ in the crime rate.

A. slop

B. descend

C. incline

D. decline

13. It is bad policy for the developing countries to sacrifice environmental protection to _____ economic growth.

A. reduce

B. promote

C. discourage

D. weaken

14. The company wanted to close down the railway line, but local residents_____.

A. rejected

B. opposed

C. disregarded

D. defied

15. He could scarcely resist taking another drink of the delicious wine, but remembering the doctor’s advice, he _____.

A. refrained

B. retreated

C. avoided

D. withdrew

II. Close (10marks)

Many of you are studying English and you may be wondering why it is so difficult to learn. It is actually not that difficult to learn __1__ you know some basic facts __2__ the language and culture that __3__ reflects(反映).

Perhaps the first thing you need to __4__ about English is that it is made __5__ of several other languages such __6__ French, German, Latin, Greek and Anglo-Saxon. In addition, there are words __7__ Spanish in English and many American Indian words and names; even some Chinese and Japanese __8__ have found their way into the English language. This borrowing of words from __9__ languages is one of the key reasons for some of the difficulties that people meet with __10__ they are learning English.

1. A. as B. with C. without D. if

2. A. concern B. refer C. about D. like

3. A. they B. he C. it D. its

4. A. know B. knew C. knowing D. knows

5. A. out B. in C. with D. up

6. A. as B. for C. like D. to

7. A. like B. and C. with D. from

8. A. word B. words C. wordy D. saying

9. A. another B. other C. others D. the other

10. A. when B. where C. which D. that

III. Reading (30marks)

Passage 1

The word horsepower(马力) 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.