大学英语3试题(含答案)

English Test

I. Multiple Choice

Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. (115 points)

1. This young woman would have ________ curiosity because she was well dressed and

looked very attractive.

A. risen

B. stimulated

C. caused

D. woken

2. A recent ________ was that about 20 per cent of college graduates joined the army of the

unemployed last year.

A. estimate

B. number

C. figure

D. statistic

3. He said he was a policeman and therefore had the ________ to stop speeding drivers.

A. control

B. influence

C. authority

D. priority

4. On the coast the weather is ________ with day after day of hot sun, in the mountains,

however, the air cools quickly and until the end of June you can still find snow on the

mountain tops.

A. funny

B. interesting

C. romantic

D. good

5. The door closed behind Tom as he scanned the handsomely furnished (装饰的) double

room which ________ Albemarle Street.

A. saw

B. overlooked

C. watched

D. sighted

6. The same question was usually set in two forms: one that had ________ answers to choose

from, and the other where the pupil had to supply their own answer.

A. some

B. weak

C. strong

D. different

7. Some artists are able to ________ a likeness in a sketch while others are gifted to ________

a fleeting expression.

A. grasp… get

B. hold… capture

C. catch… capture

D. capture… catch

8. The boy ________ his friend out of the apple by insisting that it was rotten, if not

poisonous.

A. deceived

B. fooled

C. misled

D. cheated

9. I would like to ________ you of the following changes we’ve made in the plans for the

development of our company.

A. notice

B. note

C. inform

D. suggest

10. Once you have made your booking and paid a ________, then the cost of your holiday

cannot be changed.

A. fee

B. saving

C. money

D. loan

11. The ________ of the man who beat the girl to death was not money but sheer killing.

A. intention

B. reaction

C. push

D. drive

12. By the fact that he stayed in the United States for more than ten years, he developed an

American ________.

A. stress

B. sound

C. voice

D. accent

13. The criminal ________ himself so well as an old lady that he escaped the sharp eyes of the

policemen.

A. hid

B. covered

C. deceived

D. disguised

14. A phenomenon is ________ if it has elements that stimulate one’s curiosity and make it

difficult to explain it.

A. odd

B. curious

C. unknown

D. strange

15. A soap ________ is a popular television series about the daily lives and problems of a

group of people.

A. drama

B. play

C. opera

D. program

16. Will you go to the party ________ me, so that our host won’t be too offended?

A. instead of

B. rather than

C. no other than

D. except for

17. I feel that when there are so many better people for the chairmanship, I should step

________.

A. apart

B. outside

C. off

D. down

18. In response to my wish that he go to the party, he said he would like to ________ his

headache.

A. apart from

B. besides

C. but

D. except for

19. Now that the director has a good ________, you can talk to him about more money for your

project.