大学英语泛读教程3(第三版)期末试卷Reading Master 3 – Final Exam A

A. Vocabulary

Directions: Use the words from the box to complete sentences 1 to 12. Each is used one time.

1. John D. Rockefeller was a business _______________ who made his fortune from oil

investments.

2. Katy Perry’s song, Roar, has been _______________ named one of the best songs of 201

3.

3. In order to _______________ some diseases, doctors need to inject people with an antivirus.

4. Spiderman is a(n) _______________ character who swings overhead the streets of New York

using his web.

5. At the _______________ leading the protest was a politician demanding more money for

education.

6. The song for the commercial was _______________, so I couldn’t get it out of my head all day.

7. On the international _______________ scene, the Rockefeller family has donated hundreds of

millions of dollars for various causes.

8. After completing law school and passing the bar exam, you may become a(n)

_______________ lawyer.

9. When I got back to my car after going to the mall, I realized someone had _______________

my door.

10. Bruce Banner’s _______________ turns in the Hulk, a large muscular monster who is green

with anger.

11. My name didn’t appear in the final _______________ of the soccer team so that means I am

out.

12. Adam’s teacher gave him some _______________ and feedback on his writing, so he could

improve his essay.

13. I ______ out of bed in th e middle of the night because I thought I’d heard a strange noise.

a. lived through

b. stumbled

c. desired

d. stayed

14. It was very ______ of me to forget my passport at home when I knew I needed it to leave the

country.

a. daft

b. excessive

c. morbid

d. protracted

15. I was late for class, so I ______ some down some toast and a glass of milk.

a. stumbled

b. commissioned

c. stimulated

d. gobbled

16. As I entered the haunted house, I thought it was frightening, dark and ______.

a. daft

b. protracted

c. morbid

d. prominent

17. Professor Black gained ______ after discovering a new and inexpensive power source.

a. desire

b. prestige

c. methodology

d. terrestrial

18. The Green family has a small farm, so they ______ the fruit and vegetables they grow.

a. live out

b. live off

c. live down

d. live through

19. Jasmine couldn’t ______ the fact she had seen her boyfriend with another woman.

a. live on

b. live out

c. live off

d. live down

20. People who are of Dutch origin come from ______.

a. The Netherlands

b. Denmark

c. Argentina

d. Brazil

21. It ______ so hard last night that the streets were flooded this morning.

a. blasted off

b. rained down

c. broke up

d. touched down

22. Ten seconds before ______, the rocket blew up on the launch pad.

a. giving off

b. searching out

c. touching down

d. blasting off

23. In November, 1989 the Berlin wall came ______ as more than a million people rallied for

change.

a. coming in

b. crashing down

c. washing up

d. putting out

24. The ocean tide ______ just as we could see the moon rising in the evening.

a. crashed down

b. put out

c. swept out

d. came in

B. Grammar

25. The army general was ______ to retreat because he was losing the battle.

a. enabled

b. caused

c. got

d. forced

26. The manager ______ her assistant take notes at the annual meeting.

a. had him

b. had

c. have

d. made her

27. My dad ______ me study abroad as long as I promised to keep in touch regularly.

a. made

b. let

c. got

d. had

28. Chocolate cake should always be made with high quality chocolate, ______ with the cheap

stuff.

a. never

b. X

c. only rather

d. opposed to