大学英语三级考试真题答案

2014年12月大学英语三级考试试题

1. In the wife’s eyes, his _____ to their marriage life is far from perfect.

A) requirement B) commitment C) participation D) reflection

2. In the event of SARS, some _____ it while others lost their courage to do anything about it.

A) came up to B) lived up to C) faced up to D) caught up to

3. Experts have _____ with some effective measures to prevent the disease from spreading.

A) caught up B) put up C) come up D) kept up

4. If people feel hopeless, they don’t bother to _____ the skills they need to succeed.

A) require B) inquire C) acquire D) enquire

5. As a result of his hard work, he has gained ______ to the Beijing University.

A) admission B) commitment C) opportunity D) reward

6. In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly ____.

A) gaps B) lengths C) distances D) intervals

7. Only when one is ______ of one’s getting behind is one more likely to catch up.

A) critical B) aware C) visual D) effective

8. He had a ____ look in his eyes. He must have been shocked.

A) empty B) bare C) blank D) hollow

9. As an ideal _____ to the spread of SARS, this medicine is now in great demand.

A) barrier B) commitment C) challenge D) access

10. When her business goes wrong, she tends to _____ for advice.

A) get access to B) come across C) reach out D) speak up

11. The most important for us now is to _____ what is to be done next.

A) allow of B) reflect on C) feel like D) remind of

12. American women were ____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.

A) ignored B) refused C) neglected D) denied

13. Good habits of living have proved to be of much _____ to our health.

A) barrier B) benefit C) immunity D) commitment

14. The medicine the doctor gave me ____ my headache.

A) reduced B) improved C) released D) relieved

15. As a(n) _____ job, it requires much time and commitment and persistence.

A) unwilling B) demanding C) embarrassing D) frustrating

16. The _____ to be better than others drives him to work harder than before.

A) uniqueness B) eagerness C) awareness D) effectiveness

17. While studying he was financially dependent ____ his wife.

A) on B) of C) to D) from

18. Anyone that goes against the social order is _____ to answer for his action.

A) possible B) probably C) likely D) normally

19. There is much that can be done about the accidents _____ from carelessness.

A) arose B) arisen C) arising D) arise

20. _____ his sister, Jack is quiet and does not easily make friends with others.

A) Dislike B) Unlike C) Alike D) Liking

Part ⅡSt ructure (15 minutes)

Directions: This part is to test your ability to use words and phrases correctly to construct meaningful and grammatically correct sentences. It consists of 2 sections.

Section A

Directions: There are 10 incomplete statements here. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

16. All students are eager to know _C_______they wilt pass the exam or not.

A) if

B) that

C) whether

D) why

17. When the couple ____D___ here, they ________ to the park.

A) will come；will go

B) come；go

C) will come；go

D) come；will go

18. —I cannot find Tom anywhere.

—He ____B_____ have been off long. I heard him make a call just now.

A) shouldn't B) can't C) mustn't D) needn't

19. No matter who he is, young or old, people's state of mind tends to keep D______ with the rapid change of society.

A) contact

B) progress

C) touch

D) pace

20. To tell you the truth, it's very hard for us to help them get rid of Internet addiction. But we __C_______ on this problem trying to improve the situation.

A) worked

B) had worked

C) are working

D) had been working

21. There was an earthquake happened, ___B____ 100 people and with more than 300

A) killed; injured

B) killing; injured

C) killed; injuring