大学英语精读-第三册题目及答案

1.From her accent I guess she’s from the Northeast.

2.It wad very clever of her to turn his argument against himself.

3.I found a couple of shoes under the bed but they don’t make a pair.

4.Dr. Bright always take his time as he examines his patients and treats them with extreme care.

5.British companies are trying to avoid the fate their American counterparts have already suffered.

6.Wilfred ’s remarks confirmed me in my opinion that he was an honorable young man.

7.The key witness for the prosecution was offered police protection after she received death

threats.

8.I thought that was the end of the matter but subsequent events proved me wrong.

9.Having practiced for so long, the New York baseball team stands a chance of winning the World

Series this year.

10.At the tried, Bob’s teacher, who was called as a character witness, said he was a quiet boy who

had never been in trouble before.

Unit Two

1.We’ve just had a very fruitful meeting with the management and we’re now much more hopeful

about the pay rise.

2.The book I’m re ading explains the evolution of plant and animal life on earth.

3.living in a flat is all right, but it has its limitations—for example, you don’t have your own

garden.

4.The two witnesses gave contradictory versions of what had happened that night .

5.Despite the fact that there was almost no hope of finding the missing boy, the search party still

went on looking.

6.Alice intends to go back to work after she has had her baby.

7.The report is a bit lengthy; In short, it says that more money should be spend on education.

8.Without an official pass, the guides will deny you access to the courthouse.

9.Amy was trying to persuade her father to lat her drive but she was getting nowhere.

10.Simon has done a super job and deserver to be promoted.

11.Sorry the place is so messy; I have n’t had time to clean up .

12.Mr. White found to his dismay that his son had been spending far too much time chatting with

his key pals online.

Unit Three

1.In terms of population, Greater New York City is the largest urban center in the United State.

2.The article provides a detailed analysis of the root causes of the accident.

3.Many young girls like to keep a diary for recoding their private thought their private thoughts

and feelings.

4.There are obvious benefits in allowing each student to go at his own pace.

5.The dredger represents a major technological advance in keeping the river clear.

6.The tired traveler stopped to catch his breath and make sure of his direction.

7.Bob didn’t turn up at the party; I had an intuition that something must have gone wrong.

8.Roger was quite stubborn and it was almost impossible to convince him of his mistakes.

9.In history the war between the Union and the eleven Southern states (1861-1865)is called

American civil War.