Unit 3 能力提升训练

Unit 3 能力提升训练第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）21. Everybody knows the saying that you may know a man by the _________ he keeps.A. partnerB. neighbourC. companyD. friend22.She is trying her best to acquire the __________ to be a middle school teacher.A. levelB. qualificationC. pointD. permit23. After _________ the luggage at the railway station, we left for the exhibition hall in a taxi.A. claimingB. demandingC. deservingD. obtaining24. I’m afraid that piece of music is too old-fashioned to _________ to our tastes any longer.A. referB. appealC. setD. lead25. Thanks to our ________ schedule, we got our task accomplished ahead of time.A. activeB. flexibleC. positiveD. fixed26. At first he refused to admit his guilt but when he was shown the evidence he __ and confessed.A. broke downB. lay downC. got downD. fell down27. The investigation is sure to ________ some surprising things, which we have never thought of.A. bring forwardB. bring upC. bring inD. bring out28. _________ the fact that he was not a trained economist, his achievements were remarkable.A. In spite ofB. In case ofC. In view ofD. In favor of29. _________ you are a college student, you should learn to be independent of your parents’ help.A. Even thoughB. The momentC. Provided thatD. Now that30. You can’t go out because it is a stormy night; _________, your homework hasn’t been done.A. anyhowB. neverthelessC. thereforeD. moreover第二节：完成句子:31. Jenny sat motionless in front of the TV set, with ________________________ (眼睛盯着) onthe screen. (fix)32. The father, rather than the brothers ________________（负责）for what has happened. (blame)33. Such was the force of the explosion ______________________(所有的窗户都破了). (break)34. If only he _______________________________________ (去看电影) yesterday. (movie)35. The media can help solve problems and draw attention to situations_________________________________________________________ (需要帮助). (need)36. Is there any doubt __________________________（他出席会议）tomorrow? (attend)37. It was _________________________ (一直到战争结束) that he could get back to work. (end)38. They _____________________（不应该来）so early. We didn’t get everything ready. (should)39. Abraham Lincoln was considered __________________________（最伟大的总统之一）inAmerican history. (great)40. The stolen bus is said ______________________________ (找到) in a deserted house. (find) 第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）Mother’s Day was coming, but John had been visiting customers. He was now in a small town just outside a flower shop and he knew what to do.He went into the shop and saw a young man 41 the clerk to sell him some roses for six dollars, but the clerk just explained that roses were 42 .The clerk looked up at John, 43 her head. Something inside of John was _44 by the boy’s voice. John had been 45 in his business, and he looked at the clerk and 46 mouthed that he would pay for the roses.The clerk looked at the young man and told him to get the roses for six dollars. The youngman almost jumped into the 47 and ran from the store with the _48 . It was worth the extra dollars just to see that kind of 49 .John ordered his own flowers and made sure that the 50 would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her. He drove away from the shop, feeling very _51_ . He caught a light about two blocks away. As he 52 at the light, he saw the young boy walking down the sidewalk. He watched him cross the street and enter a park through two huge gates. Suddenly, he 53 that it wasn’t a park but a cemetery(公墓).The light 54 , and John slowly crossed the intersection. He 55 and on an impulse(冲动) got out and began to follow the boy. The young man stopped by a small monument and went to his 56 . He began to cry after he carefully 57 the roses on the grave. He stared at the little boy’s heaving（起伏的）body and listened to his crying.John turned with 58 , and walked back to his car. He drove 59 to the shop and told her he would 60 the flowers personally. He wanted to tell his mother one more time just how much he loved her.41. A. begging B. ordering C. forcing D. urging42. A. cheap B. beautiful C. expensive D. special43. A. shaking B. waving C. nodding D. holding44. A. recalled B. touched C. hurt D. lightened45. A. influenced B. ruined C. buried D. blessed46. A. loudly B. silently C. gently D. calmly47. A. river B. air C. lake D. hole48. A. money B. flowers C. basket D. cards49. A. surprise B. horror C. excitement D. sadness50. A. delivery B. message C. transportation D. transfer51. A. relaxed B. disappointed C. good D. sorry52. A. sang B. waited C. looked D. stood53. A. remembered B. found C. discovered D. realized54. A. flashed B. changed C. disappeared D. shone55. A. drove back B. pulled over C. broke down D. burst out56. A. arms B. palms C. feet D. knees57. A. laid B. decorated C. set D. grew58. A. laughter B. anger C. tears D. astonishment59. A. slowly B. quickly C. carefully D. excitedly60. A. bring B. fetch C. take D. catch第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）In this fast-shifting world, there can be no guarantees attached to any particular job. But there is much that you can do to protect yourself from the change of society, by equipping yourself with the skills to manage your career more effectively. You need to be a career activist.If you lost your main source of income tomorrow, could you find an different source to replace it? The most important thing in protecting yourself now and in the future is ensuring that you have choices. Don’t let yourself be held back by a lack of skill development, or fe ar of change. Some people have been good performers in their own organization but discovered that they are stuck. Because they are so closely related to a particular company or industry, their skills are not readily transferred to other jobs.Don’t put al l your eggs in one basket. If you limit yourself to one particular area or sector, you limit your opportunity, too. In a global market place, many jobs come and go quickly as changes in the stock market. Today’s hottest job may not exist tomorrow. If you l ove computers, then this work represents a great choice. But don’t enter a field just because you think that’s where the hot jobs are; even if the job is available,it may not match well with your own skills and abilities. Start with an entry of your own strengths and interests, then see where you may match up best in the job market.61. How can we ensure that we have choices if we lose the main source of income?A. Be a good performer in our own organization.B. Try to develop our skills and be a career activist.C. Enter a field where the hot jobs are.D. Transfer to other jobs that use computers.62. Some people are afraid of change because _______.A. they have got a hot jobB. they have no other better choicesC. they have got used to a certain jobD. they have no other skills and interests63. “Put you r eggs in one basket” here means ________.A. sticking to only one particular jobB. trying your best to do something wellC. many jobs come and go quicklyD. entering a field where the hot jobs are64. What is the best job for you to choose according to the writer?A. Something that is both hot and interesting.B. Something that brings you good source of income.C. Something that will always exist in the future.D. Something involving your strengths and interests.BA funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another.I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and---I became invisible, absent from the conversation.The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up. You can’t even call a person to get the phone number of another person anymore. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.I am not against modern technology.I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail system, and an e-mail account. Giving them up isn’t wise---they’re a great help to us. It’s some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn’t really have time to talk. The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier --- or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts.So I’ve put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me,no cell-phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I’m at home.65. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?A. The Advance of Communications Technology.B. The Consequences of Modern Technology.C. The Story of Communications RevolutionD. The Automation of Modern Communications.66. The sentence “Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent” means that ________.A. the people sitting beside you have to go away to receive a phone callB. you can hardly get in touch with the people sitting beside youC. modern technology makes it hard for people to have a face-to-face talkD. people can now go to work without going to the office67. The writer feels that the use of modern communications is ________.A. satisfyingB. encouragingC. disappointingD. embarrassing68. The passage implies that ________.A. modern technology is bridging the peopleB. modern technology is separating the peopleC. modern technology is developing too fastD. Modern technology is interrupting our communicationCIt is simple law of business: if an item is scarce and many people want it, the price goes up. It happened with certain kinds of toys during the holiday season. It happens with tickets to important sports events like football and the Olympic Games. But could you imagine it happening to the price of tulips?Tulips weren’t always grown in Holland; the first tulips were transported there from the Turkish Empire in 1593. But the botanist who brought them into the country was very mean with them, refusing to give them away or even sell them. People gradually got their hands on the bulbs, but they remained a rarity that only the rich could afford.Tulips were so bright and beautiful that many people desired them. And so the price kept rising. The most popular tulips of all had mixed broken stripes of two different colors. These so-called odd patterns, which were actually caused by a tulip virus, meant that every single tulip had a unique look. So prized were such tulips that in 1642 certain varieties of them were selling for $1,500 a bulb! A short time later that price had risen sharply to $2,250.Between 1634 and 1637 the market for bi-color tulips went completely mad. Not only the rich but trade and craft people as well were crazily bidding up prices, sometimes paying for one bulb the equivalent of what it would cost to feed and clothe a small town. In fact the highest price ever recorded for a bulb was over $400,000.And then, as you might expect, the market crashed. Just as in the stock market crash of 1929, many people were financially ruined. But among the cries of sorrow, despair, and suicides, the modest tulip continued to beautify the Dutch countryside.77.The most appropriate title for this passage would be ________.A.The Rise and Fall of the Tulip MarketB. Beautiful and ColorfulC.Holland’s Prize FlowerD. A Gift from the Turks78. With “so-called odd” tulips, people ________.A. could not predict what a new bulb would look likeB. often planted hundreds in their gardensC. handed the bulbs down to their grandchildrenD. sometimes became ill from the virus themselves79. The author of this passage mentioned the 1929 stock market crash in order to ________.A. make the tulip story sound more modernB. point out its similarity to the fall of the tulip marketC. show that people from every century are greedyD. emphasize the value of good investments80. The most desirable tulips were ________.A. redB. pinkC. whiteD. bi-colored第二节：短文写作（共1题；满分25分）假设你是李华，你的美国朋友杰克在网上收看了今年的春节联欢晚会（Gala）。