大学英语3试卷及答案

大学英语3

一、单项选择题(本大题共20小题，每小题3分，共60分)

1）My son failed to come back home last night. This morning the police came to our house and ___my worst fears that he was injured in a car accident.

A. advocated

B. confirmed

C. insured

D. promised

2) Parks and open spaces are essential to the quality of life in dense ________ areas such as New York City.

A. agricultural

B. rural

C. suburban

D. urban

3) I just wonder if ________ ever ________ that you could have your own enterprise and run it yourself when you were still a student.

A. it … occurred

B. you … occurred to it

C. it … occurred to you

D. you… occurred

4) Since this factory adopted the newly-invented managerial system, they have increased their annual income by a large________.

A. emerge

B. merge

C. part

D. margin

5) She picked up the receiver card,________ asking the caller to hold on, went off to tell Jack that he was wanted on the phone.

A. without so much as

B. without so many as

C. with so much as

D. with so many as

6) Some epidemics that happen in this modern world are ________ by environmental pollution rather than natural disasters.

A. brought about

B. brought back

C. brought forward

D. brought in

7) The initials VAT stand________ Value Add Tax, which is a type of tax pain by the person who buys the goods or services.

A. for

B. /

C. up

D. at

8) The villa__ grand design and artistic atmosphere can cost any buyer more than 10 million Yuan, so you’d better give it a second thought before you make

up your mind.

A. unique

B. featuring

C. lighting

D. blowing

9) Uncle Tom is never a/an__ guy. Unlike what they said about him, he’s always generous and kind to others.

A. friend

B. friendly

C. unfriend

D. unfriendly

10) Experts suggest that students should consult dictionaries when they want to learn a new English word rather than ________ dictionaries.

A. electronic

B. electrical

C. electricity

D. electrician

11）Compared to the urban areas of New York, the countryside is a preferable place to live as it is more ________ and less polluted.

A. tranquil

B. Crowded

C. developed

D. primitive

12) The police________ the entrance to the building with road blocks so that no one can be allowed to enter orexit.

A. pasted

B. barricaded

C. barrier

D. sideways

13) The landlord________ the supply of electricity and water since his two poor tenan ts hadn’t paid him a penny for months.

A. cut back

B. cut in

C. cut down

D. cut off

14) Pupils have to receive education in other cities before new schools are _______ at a new place in about 2years.

A. put up

B. put up with

C. put off

D. put down

15）She wishes her parents to________ of her boy friend.

A. accept

B. approve

C. admit

D. permit