精选电大《综合英语(3)》期末考试试题及答案

I. Vocabulary and Structure

Directions： Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)

1. I he ________ of mankind has taken thousands of years.

A. realization C. civilization

B. circumstance D. circulation

2. We want especially to thank the _ _____ friends who gave us encouragement.

A. numerous C. ridiculous

B. nutritious D. anxious

3. They are the sort of friends who are so close they ______________ each other with their lives.

A. depend C. trust 4. Their the mouniain.

A. disability

B. forgive D. believe

served each of them well over the two brutal weeks they struggled up

B. possibility D. friendship

as one of history's most famous child prodigies.

congratulations

5. W. A. Mozart will be

A. memorized remembered

6.'】'o many people? lasers are very

I), reminded

but a laser is simply a device that produce

a very strong light.

A. mysterious C, terrific

7. Dennis Joyce is a 30-year

A. embroidery C. employment 492

B. fantastic I), amazing

of an electric company in New York.

B. employee D. enjoyment

& It had to be done, otherwise I

A. would have done C. wouldn't have done 9. By the age of eight. he A. has performed C. will perform

B. hadn't done D. had done

in half the great cities of Europe.

B. had performed D. performs

10. ________ a man. holding the bear with a long leash.

A. Following would be behind C. Behind following would be

B. Would be following behind D. Following behind would be

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Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there arc four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one nnd mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)

Exercise is good for you* but most people really know very little about how to exercise properly. So when you try* you can run into trouble.

Many people 11 that when specific muscles arc exercised, the fat in the neighboring area is %up”. Yet the 12 is that exercise burns fat from all over the body. Studies show muscles which are not 13 lose their strength very quickly. To regain it needs 48 to 72 hours and exercise every other day will keep a normal level of physical strength.

To __14_ weight you should always ** work up a good sweatM when exercising. No sweating only 15 body temperature to prevent over heating. This is nothing but water loss. 16 you replace the liquid* you replace the weight.

Walking is the best and easy-to-do exercise. It helps the circulation of blood 17 the body, and has a direct effect on your overall feeling of health. Experience says that 20 minutes a day is 18 amount. 19 your breathing doesn't return to normal state within minutes after you finish exercising, you've done 20 . 493

11. A. understand B. insist 12. A. reply

B. possibility B. examined

B. lose

B. raises

C. hope C. reason C. protected

C. keep

D. know D. truth D. cured

D. burn

D. keeps up

13. A. exercised

14. A. gain 15. A. reduces

c. destroys

16. A. While 17. A. over

】8. A. fortunate

B. Once B. around B. possible B. But B. much

c. As c. with c. minimum c. If c. too much

D. Whenever D. throughout D. minute D. And if D. much too

19. A. But if

20. A. enough

Hl. Reading Comprehension

Directions： Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked A, B, C and 1). Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points) Questions 21 ?25 are based on the following passage.

Banks are not ordinarily prepared to pay out all accountsj they rely on depositors (储户) not to demand payment all at the same time. 1( depositors should come to fear that a bank is not safe, that it cannot pay off all its depositors, then that fear might cause all the depositors to appear on the same day. If they did, the bank could not pay all accounts. However, if they did not all appear at once, then there would always be enough money to pay those who wanted their money when they wanted it.

Mrs. Elsie Vaught has told us of a terrifying bank run that she experienced. One day in December of 1925 several banks failed to open in a city where Mrs. Vaught lived. The other banks expected a run the next day, and so the officers of the hank in which Mrs Vaught worked as a teller had enough money on hand to pay off their depositors. The officers simply told the tellers to pay on demand. The next morning a crowd gathered in the bank and on the sidewalk outside. The length of the line made many think that the bank could not possibly 494

pay off everyone. People began to push and then to fight for places near the tellers' windows. The power of the panic atmosphere was such that two tellers, though they knew that the bank was quite all right and could pay all depositors* drew their own money from the bank. Mrs Vaught says that she had difficulty keeping herself from doing the 5ame.

21. A bank run happens when ______ ___ . A. a bank is closed (or one or more days

B. too many depositors try to draw out their money at one time C. there is not enough money to pay all its depositors at one time D. tellers of a bank take their own money from the bank

22. The tellers in Mrs. Vaught's bank were told to _ A. explain why they could not pay out all accounts B. pay out accounts as requested

C. make the depositors believe that the bank was safe D. pay out money as slowly as possible 23. The main cause of a bank run is _________ . A. loss of confidence C. crowds of people

B. lack of money D. inexperienced tellers

24. Which of the following did Mrs. Vaught say? ___________ A. She knew that the bank was not sound.

B. She feared that too many depositors drawing their money would close the bank. C. She was not able to draw out her money. D. She was tempted to draw out her money.

25. According to the passage, the actions of the depositors of Mrs, Vaught's b.ink were affected mainly by the ___ _____ .

A. ease with which they could get their money B. confidence that Mrs. Vaught showed C. failure of several other banks to open

D. confidence shown by other depositors of the bank

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Questions 26?30 are based on the following passage.

We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. \really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?\friendly just because I had a car?\wc look back, it's too late.

Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if wc don't really listen we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “You're a lucky dog. * That's being friendly. But a **lucky dog”? There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the \saying is that he doesn't ihink you deserve your luck.

\means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life

as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. Jt*s telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night.

How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words? One way is xo take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says agree with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.

26. This passage is mainly about _________ .

A. how to interpret what people say

B. what to do when you listen to others talking

C. how to avoid mistakes when you communicate with people I), why we go wrong with people sometimes 496

27. According to the author, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that

A. we fail to listen carefully when they talk

B. people lend to be annoyed when we check what they say C. people usually state one thing but means another D. we tend to doubt what our friends say

28. In the sentence \ the pronoun \.

A. being friendly C. lucky dog

B. a bit of envy D. your luck

29. When we listen to a person talking* the most important thing for us to do is

A. notice the way the person is talking B. take a good look at the person talking

C. mind his tone, his posture and the look in his eyes

D. examine the real meaning of what he says based on his manner, his tone and his posture 30. The author most probably is a __________ .