北邮大学英语3期末考试总复习题

大学英语3词汇选择练习题

第一单元选择题

1. It __________that the necklace was made of glass.

A. turned out

B. made out

C. looked out

D. took out

解析：该题选A，题目大意是“原来那串项链是用玻璃做的”。

turn out: 结果是；证明是

The party turned out to be very successful. 晚会结果开得很成功。

2. ___________, he can finish the work in a couple of weeks.

A. Giving good health

B. If give good health

C. Given good health

D. If he is good given health

解析：该题选C，题目大意是“倘若身体好，他能在一两周内完成这项工作”。given 引导方式状语，意为“倘若，假设，考虑到”。如：

1. Given their inexperience, the y’ve done a good job.考虑到他们缺乏经验，他们

的工作已经做得不错了。

2. Given some more time, I would do the job better.假如时间再多些，我能把工作

做得更好。

3. Given good health, the old lady can look after her grand-daughter for her son.假

如身体好的话，这位老太太能帮她儿子照看孙女。

3. ___________ to speak at the meeting, I couldn’t very well refuse.

A. Called up

B. Called off

C. Called at

D. Called on

解析：该题选D，题目大意是“要让我在会上发言，我是不会拒绝的”。

call on sb. to do st h：invite/require sb. to do sth.请/要求某人做某事

1. A teacher can call on individual students to compose similar questions.

老师可以要求每个学生提出类似的问题。

2. The chairman called on his people to organize so that they could be more

powerful.主席号召他的民众组织起来，这样才能更有力量。

4. The poor police had never __________ of winning.

A. made a chance

B. took a chance

C. stood a chance

D. kept a chance

解析：该题选C，题目大意是“可怜的警察毫无胜诉的机会”。

stand a chanc e：have a prospect (of sth.) 有…希望

1. stand a chance of winning the game有可能赢得这场比赛

2. I think you stand a good chance of being elected president.我认为你极有可能

当选为公司总裁。

3. Weak and lame in one leg, he never stood a chance of getting the job of

taxi-driver.由于身体虚弱，并且有一条跛腿，他从未有机会得到出租车司机的工作。

5. If our neighbor continues to refuse to keep his dog under control, we have to take him to ___________.

A. solicitor

B. brush

C. prisoner

D. court

解析：该题选D，题目大意是“如果我们的邻居仍然拒绝看管好他的狗，我们就不得不法庭上见了”。

take sb. to court：控告某人，对某人提出诉讼

1. If you don't pay up, I'll take you to court. 如果你不还清欠款, 我就到法院告

你.

2. He is taken to court for the brush with the police.他因为与警察发生小冲突而

被带上法庭。

3. You can take me to court if you want to. There is nothing in writing. 如果愿意

你可以起诉我, 但是没有任何书面文件.

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

A. a bunch

B. a pair

C. a flock

D. a pack

解析：该题选B，题目大意是“我在床下发现两只鞋,但却不是一双的”。

a pair：一对；一双；一对搭档；一副

1. I want a pair of sunglasses.我想要一副太阳镜。

2. Construct a pair of rotating orthogonal cardioids.作一对相互正交的旋转心脏

线。

3. A pair of stage sisters did a pantomime in costume.一对舞台姐妹演了一出化

装的哑剧。

7. In the past few years my aunt ___________ enough money to buy a house.

A. has saved up

B. has kept up

C. has set up

D. has saved aside

解析：该题选A，题目大意是“我的婶婶在前几年存了足够的钱去买了一所房子”。save u p：储存起来；储蓄

1. I worked hard to save up for a new house.我努力工作存钱来买新房子。

2. I'm opening an account to save up for a new car.我正要开立账户，以便存钱买辆

新车。

3. I am looking for a temporary job so that I can save some money to study abroad.

我在找一份临时的工作，以便攒上一些钱出国留学。

8. Our train is __________ in Beijing at 9 a.m.

A. late

B. due

C. early

D. sure

解析：该题选B，题目大意是“我们的列车预定早晨九时到达北京”。

due a. (车、船、飞机、人、物等)预定应到的，预期应到的，约定的，到期的

1. When is the train due? 火车什么时候到?

2. Phil's train is due at 7:00 p.m. 菲尔的火车预计划下午七点钟到。

3. The baby is due in the middle of January. 婴儿预计1月中旬出生。

4. His next book is due out shortly.他的下一本书预计很快将出版。

5. He was due back (at work) Friday morning. 他预定于周五早晨回来（上班）。

6. Their plane is due in Chicago at 7p.m.他们的飞机定于晚上七点钟到达。

7. The plane was due（in）at six．It is an hour overdue．飞机应该是6点到，现

在已误点一小时了。

9. A few workers were promoted, but meanwhile hundreds of workers were

_______.

A. settled

B. committed

C. dismissed

D. proposed

解析：该题选C，题目大意是“少数工人得到提升，与此同时却有数百名工人被解雇”。

dismiss:vt.