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《大学英语三》复习题

一、单项选择题（本大题共300小题，每小题1.5分，共450分）

1. We can obtain knowledge from other sources ___ books..

A．beside

B．besides

C．apart

D．in addition

2. This movie is not ___ for children to see; it contains too much violence and too many love scenes..

A．profound

B．valid

C．upright

D．decent

3. Without proper lessons, you could ___ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano..

A．keep up

B．catch up

C．pick up

D．draw up

4. When she heard the bad news, she ___completely..

A．broke away

B．broke down

C．broke out

D．broke through

5. As you have seen, the value of a nation’s currency is a ___ of its economy..

A．response

B．revelation

C．reaction

D．reflection

6. We’ll visit Europe next year ___ we have e nough money..

A．lest

B．until

C．unless

D．provided

7. She was so angry that she felt like ___ something at him..

A．to throw

B．throwing

C．to have thrown

D．having thrown

8. A mother naturally feels ___ towards her children..

A．protective

B．protestant

C．prospective

D．prosperous

9. These areas rely on agriculture almost ___, having few mineral resources and minimum of industrial development..

A．respectively

B．extraordinarily

C．incredibly

D．exclusively

10. Young people are not ___ to stand and look at works of art; they want art they can participate in..

A．content

B．generous

C．confident

D．conservative

11. Usually there is ___ traffic in the streets on weekdays than on Sundays..

A．little

B．less

C．few

D．fewer

12. It’s a pleasure for him to ___ his energy and even his life to research work..

A．dedicate

B．dictate

C．decorate

D．direct

13. In no country ___ Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day..

A．better than

B．more than

C．other than

D．rather than

14. Many people like white color as it is a ___ of purity..

A．sign

B．symbol

C．signal

D．symptom

15. The financial problem of this company is further ___ by the rise in interest rates..

A．increased

B．aggravated

C．reinforced

D．strengthened

16. A visitor to a museum today would notice ___ changes in the way museums are operated..

A．cognitive

B．rigorous

C．conspicuous

D．exclusive

17. The students laughed ___ the silly answers they had put on their tests..

A．at