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12秋学期《大学英语(三)》在线作业1
试卷总分：100 测试时间：--
一、阅读理解（共4道试题，共40分。）
1. Brazil has become one of the developing world’s greatest successes at reducing population growth-but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard.
Brazil’s population growth rate has dropped from 2.99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.
Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas（通俗电视连续剧）and installment（分期付款）plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world’s biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil’s most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.
“Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values-not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working,” says Martine. “They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behavior and other values, which were put into a very attractive package.”
Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. “This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was incompatible（不相容的）with unlimited reproduction,” says Martine.
1).According to the passage, Brazil has cut back its population growth _________.
A. by educating its citizens
B. by careful family planning
C. by developing TV programmers
D. by chance
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2).According to the passage, many Third World countries _________.
A.
haven’t attached much importance to birth control
B. would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rate
C. haven’t yet found an effective measure to control their population
D. neglected the role of TV plays in family planning
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3).The phrase “puts it down to” (Line 1, Pars.3) is closest in meaning to “_________”.
A. attributes it to
B. finds it a reason for
C. sums it up as
D. compares it to
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4).Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil’s birth rate because _________.
A. they keep people sitting long hours watching TV
B. they have gradually changed people’s way of life
C. people are drawn to their attractive package
D. they popularize birth control measures
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5).What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth
A. The increase in birth rate will promote consumption.
B. The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.
C. Consumption patterns and reproduction patterns are contradictory
D. A country’s production is limited by its population growth.
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2.If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it and account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question.
It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write.
Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something of the past. They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations. For most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call “remembered history”. Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is, because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful.
1). Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage
A. “Remembered history”, compared with written history, is less reliable.
B. Written records of the past play the most important role in our learning of the human history.
C. A written account of our daily activities helps us to be able to answer many questions.
D. Where there are no written records, there is no history.
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2).We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because _______.
A. there was nothing worth being written down at that time
B. the people there ignored the importance of keeping a record
C. the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire
D. the people there did not know how to write
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3).“Remembered history” refers to _______.
A. history based on a person’s imagination
B. stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouth
C. songs and dances about the most important events
D. both B and C
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4).“Remembered history” is regarded as valuable only when _______.
A. it is written down
B. no written account is available
C. it proves to be true
D. people are interested in it
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5).The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if the ancient people had _______.
A. kept a written record of every past event
B. not burnt their written records in wars
C. told exact stories of the most important happenings
D. made more songs and dances
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3.The appeal of advertising to buying motives can have both negative and positive effects. Consumers may be convinced to buy a product of poor quality or high price because of an advertisement. For example, some advertisers have appealed to people’s desire for better fuel economy for their cars by advertising automotive products that improve gasoline mileage. Some of the products work. Others are worthless and a waste of consumers’ money.
Sometimes advertising is intentionally misleading. A few years ago a brand of bread was offered to dieters（节食者）with the message that there were fewer calories（热量单位，大卡）in every slice. It turned out that the bread was not dietetic（适合于节食的）, but just regular bread. There were fewer calories because it was sliced very thin, but there were the same number of calories in every loaf.
On the positive side, emotional appeals may respond to a consumer’s real concerns. Consider fire insurance. Fire security of knowing that property is protected by insurance makes the purchase of fire insurance a worthwhile investment for most people. If consumers consider the quality of the insurance plans as well as the message in the ads, they will benefit from the advertising.
Each consumer must evaluate her or his own situation. Are the benefits of the product important enough to justify buying it Advertising is intended to appeal to consumers, but it does not force them to buy the product. Consumers still control the final buying decision.
1).Advertising can persuade the consumer to buy worthless products by _________.
A. keeping a balance between quality and price
B. convincing him of their low price
C. appealing to his buying motives
D. stressing their high quality
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2).The reason why the bread advertisement is misleading is that ________.
A. the total number of calories in the loaf remained the same
B. thin slices of bread could contain more calories
C. the loaf was cut into regular slices
D. the bread was not real bread
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3).The passage tells us that _______.
A. advertisements occasionally force consumers into buying things they don’t need
B. the buying motives of consumers are controlled by advertisements
C. sometimes advertisements really sell what the consumer needs
D. fire insurance is seldom a worthwhile investment
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4).It can be inferred from the passage that a smart consumer should _________.
A. be familiar with various advertising strategies
B. think carefully about the benefits described in the advertisements
C. guard against the deceiving nature of advertisements
D. avoid buying products that have strong emotional appeal
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5).The passage is mainly about ________.
A. ways to protect the interests of the consumer
B. how to make a wise buying decision
C. the function of advertisements in promoting sales
D. the positive and negative aspects of advertising
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4. In the last 500 years, nothing about people—not their clothes, ideas, or languages—has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500’s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.
The potato is also from the new world. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the “potato famine” of 1845-1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their motherland and move to America.
There are many other foods that have traveled from South American to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400’s.
According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a person named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berried on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the wide-awake feeling that one–third of the world’s population now starts the day with.
1).According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years
A. Food
B. Clothing
C. Ideas
D. Languages
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2).In the last sentence of the first paragraph “some” refers to ______.
A. some cocoa trees
B. some chocolate drinks
C. some shops
D. some South American Indians
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3).Thousands of Irish people starved during the “potato famine” because _______.
A. they were so dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat anything else
B. they were forced to leave their motherland and move to America
C. the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing potatoes
D. the potato harvest was bad
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4).Which country is the largest coffee producer
A. Brazil
B. Colombia
C. Ethiopia
D. Egypt
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5).Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage
A. One–third of the world’s population drinks coffee.
B. Coffee is native to Colombia.
C. Coffee can keep one awake.
D. Coffee drinks were first made by Arabs.
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二、单选题（共15道试题，共45分。）
1.---- What can I do for you, madam
---- ____________________.
A. I want a kilo of apples
B. You can go your own way
C. Thanks
D. Excuse me. I’m busy
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2.It is thought to be a wise way to have some money ________ for old age.
A. put aside
B. given in
C. taken off
D. set out
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3.
17. Fifty years ago, wealthy people liked hunting wild animals for fun _______ sightseeing.
A.
rather than to go
B. more than going
C.
other than going
D. than to go
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4.—_____________
—I’d like to place an order please.
A. Can I help you
B. I can help you.
C. What are you doing
D. Why are you doing
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5.5. Who would you rather ______ with you, George or me
A. going
B. to go
C. have gone
D. went
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6.8. _______in the office had a mistake, and the firm regretted causing the customer inconvenience.
A.
Someone
B. Some
C. Anyone
D. One
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7.He wasn’t in the first place, but he wasn’t in the last, ________.
A. too
B. also
C. neither
D. either
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8.— Hello, I'd like to speak to Mark, please.
— ___________________ .
A. Yes, I'm Mark
B. This is Mark speaking
C. It's me here
D. It's me here
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9.16 Mobile telecommunications ________ is expected to double in Shanghai this year as a result of a contract signed between the two companies.
A. capacity
B. potential
C. possession
D. impact
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10.14. The children are ________ in a great deal of outdoor activities.
A.
occupied
B.
entered
C.
dealt
D.
engaged
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11.18. I was halfway back to the cottage where my mother lived _______ Susan caught up with me.
A. when
B. while
C. until
D. though
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12.Many factories ______ during the economic recession.
A. closed down
B. put down
C. went down
D. knocked down
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13.20. During the process, great care has to be taken to protect the ______ silk from damage.
A. sensitive
B. tender
C. delicate
D. sensible
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14.I am looking forward _______ you soon.
A. to hear from
B. hear from
C. to hearing from
D. heard from
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15.2. He didn’t have time to read the report word for word: he just ______ it.
A. skimmed
B. observed
C. overlooked
D. glanced
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三、完型填空（共1道试题，共15分。）
1.When people from two cultures meet, they often borrow objects and __1__ from one another. Sometimes, this __2__ changes in both cultures. China and Europe have been __2__ with each other for more than 2000 years. Europe borrowed much more from China than China __3__ from Europe. From the Chinese, the Europeans obtained silk, tea, paper, printing and new __4__ such as oranges. Before the Europeans __5__ China, they did not have or use such things.
1).
A. causes
B. did
C. visited
D. ideas
E. plants
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2).
A. causes
B. did
C. visited
D. ideas
E. plants
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3).
A.
causes
B. did
C. visited
D. ideas
E. plants
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4).
A. causes
B. did
C. visited
D. ideas
E. plants
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5).
A. causes
B. did
C. visited
D. ideas
E. plants
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12秋学期《大学英语(三)》在线作业2
试卷总分：100 测试时间：--
一、阅读理解（共4道试题，共40分。）
1.The resources of the library can be helpful even when we are doing something very informal, such as trying to devise a better way to measure attitudes toward music or looking for a better way to teach mathematics. The library can be equally helpful when we are doing something very formal, such as writing a dissertation (学位论文) or preparing an article for publication in a professional journal. In either case, our goal should be to use the library as a useful tool to help us understand and solve our problem.
The following sections of this chapter will describe specific resources available in many libraries. In some cases you may already be aware of a resource and may use it frequently and successfully. In other cases you may be completely unfamiliar with a resource. Your goal should be to become aware of what is available and to know how to use each of these resources to help you solve the problem they are designed to solve.
When educators have a piece of information that they want to share with their colleagues, they often make this information available in professional journals or at professional meetings. It would often be useful to have access to such information, and this chapter will describe the special services that enable us to locate such information.
1).The library resources can be helpful when we _______.
A. want to find a better way to measure attitudes toward music
B. are preparing a paper for a professional journal
C. are writing a dissertation
D. All of the above
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2).The familiarity of readers with different resources _______.
A. is more or less the same
B. varies slightly
C. differs greatly
D. should not be different
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3).The author believes that _______.
A. library resources should be used frequently and completely
B. library resources cannot be made good use of if they are not available to us
C. one is supposed to be aware of the library resources that are usually not available
D. one is supposed to have good knowledge and make good use of resources
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4).When educators wish to share some information with their colleagues, they often _______.
A. publish it in a professional journal
B. attend professional meetings
C. get access to it in the library
D. make use of some library services
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5).The chapter in question _______.
A. mainly deals with the ways of dissertation writing
B. presents information on publishing papers in professional journals
C. introduces some library services
D. describes some professional meetings
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2.The comprehension passages on this course are designed to help you increase your reading speed. A higher reading rate, with no loss of comprehension, will help you in other subjects as well as English, and the general principles apply to any language. Naturally, you will not read every book at the same speed. You would expect to read a newspaper, for example, much more rapidly than a physics or economics textbook, but you can raise your average reading speed over the whole range of materials you wish to cover so that the percentage gain will be the same whatever kind of reading you are concerned with.
The reading passages that follow are all of an average level of difficulty for your stage of instruction. They are all about 500 words long. They are about topics of general interest that do not require a great deal of specialized knowledge. Thus they fall between the kind of reading you might find in your textbooks and the much less demanding kind you will find in a newspaper or light novel. If you read this kind of English, with understanding, at 400 words per minute, you might skim through a newspaper at perhaps 650-700, while with a difficult textbook you might drop to 200 or 250.
Perhaps you would like to know what reading speeds are common among native English-speaking university students and how those speeds can be improved. Tests in Minnesota, U.S.A., for example, have shown that students without special training can read English of average difficulty, for example, Tolstoy’s War and Peace in translation, at speeds of between 240 and 250 w.p.m. with about 70% comprehension. Minnesota claims that after 12 half-hour lessons, once a week, the reading speed can be increased, with no loss of comprehension, to around 500 w.p.m. It is further claimed that with intensive training over seventeen weeks, speeds of over 1000 w.p.m. can be reached, but this would be quite exceptional.
1).According to the passage, a higher reading rate of English depends on ______.
A. a large vocabulary
B. learning other subjects well besides English
C. a good comprehension of the reading texts
D. different reading speeds for different types of texts
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2).According to the article, the reading passages on this course are ______.
A. more difficult than a textbook on a particular subject.
B. easier than a light novel
C. more demanding than news stories
D. of the same category as novels and newspapers
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3).You can expect to read your textbooks ______.
A. more quickly than you read the passages on this course
B. re quickly than you read a newspaper
C. more slowly than you read the passages on this course
D. faster than any other kind of material
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4).For a book of average difficulty the average untrained native speaker at the university of Minnesota ______.
A. reads at 500 w.p.m.
B. reads at 400 w.p.m.
C. reads at about 1,000 w.p.m.
D. reads at about 245 w.p.m.
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5).An untrained student’s reading speed can be ______ with intensive training over twelve weeks.
A. increased four times
B. doubled
C. tripled
D. increased a little
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3.Education in the United States is usually divided into four levels. These are early children, elementary, secondary and higher education. School attendance is required in every state of the country, and in most states students must attend school from the age of 6 to 16.
The first level is early childhood education. Its main purpose is to prepare children for school.
The second level is elementary education. Education at this level is divided into six or eight grades, and children learn reading, arithmetic, writing, social studies and science. They also have art, music and physical education.
The third level is secondary education. It is for junior and senior high school students. Some students take courses to prepare themselves for college. Other students take technical or vocational courses that prepare them for jobs after they graduate from high school.
Higher education continues after high school. There are many kinds of institutes of higher education. Technical institutes offer two-year programs in electronics, engineering, business and other subjects. After two years at a junior college, students receive an associate degree and then they can continue at a four-year college.
1).Is school attendance required in the USA
A. Yes, in the whole country.
B. Yes, in some states.
C. Yes, in most states.
D. Yes, only in a couple of states.
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2).At what levels are programs of technical courses offered
A. Levels 1 and 2.
B. Levels 2 and 3.
C. Levels 3 and 4.
D. Level 4 only.
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3).What degree is awarded to students at a junior college
A. Associate degree.
B. Bachelor’s degree.
C. Master’s degree.
D. Doctor’s degree.
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4).What would be most probably talked about in the next paragraph
A. Undergraduate education.
B. Post-graduate education.
C. Pre-school education.
D. Adult education.
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5).What is the passage mainly about
A. Education policy in the USA.
B. The four levels of education in the USA.
C. The purpose of education in the USA.
D. The subjects offered at schools in the USA.
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4.For any Englishman, there can never be any discussion as to who is the world’s greatest dramatist (剧作家). Only one name can possibly suggest itself to him: that of William Shakespeare. Every Englishman has some knowledge, however slight, of the work of our greatest writer. All of us use words, phrases and quotations from Shakespeare’s writings that have become part of the common property of the English-speaking people. Most of the time we are probably unaware of the source of the words we used, rather like the old lady who was taken to see a performance of Hamlet and complained that it was full of well-known proverbs and quotations.
Shakespeare, more perhaps than any other writer, makes full use of the great resources of the English language. Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal use of English; Shakespeare in his works used about twenty-five thousand.
There is probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare used it. Such a study is well worth the effort (it is not, of course, recommended to beginners) even though some aspects of English usage, and the meaning of many words, have changed since Shakespeare’s day.
1).English people _______.
A. have never discussed who is the world’s greatest dramatist
B. never discuss any issue concerning the world’s greatest dramatist
C. are sure who is the world’s greatest dramatist
D. do not care who is the world’s greatest poet and dramatist
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2).Every Englishman knows _______.
A. more or less about Shakespeare
B. Shakespeare, but only slightly
C. all Shakespeare’s writings
D. only the name of the greatest English writer
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3).Which of the following is true
A. We use all the words, phrases and quotations from Shakespeare’s writings.
B. Shakespeare’s writings have become the property of those who are learning to speak English.
C. It is likely to be true that people often do not know the origins of the words they use
D. All the words people use are taken from the writings of Shakespeare.
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4).What does the word “proverb” mean
A. Familiar sayings.
B. Shakespeare’s plays.
C. Complaints.
D. Actors and actresses.
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5).Why is it worthwhile to study the various ways in which Shakespeare used English
A. English words have changed a lot since Shakespeare’s time.
B. By doing so one can be fully aware of the richness of the English language.
C. English words are now being used in the same way as in Shakespeare’s time.
D. Beginners may have difficulty learning some aspects of English usage.
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二、单选题（共15道试题，共45分。）
1.The more learned (有学问的) a man is, _________ modest (谦虚的) he is.
A. much
B. the much
C. more
D. the more
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2.10. _______in the United States, St. Louis has now become the 24th largest city.
A. being the fourth biggest city
B. It was once the fourth biggest city
C. Once the fourth biggest city
D. The fourth biggest city it was
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3.There were not many people who dared to predict the ______ of World Cup 2012.
A. egree
B. manner
C. result
D. means
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4.— Hello, I'd like to speak to Mark, please.
— ___________________ .
A. Yes, I'm Mark
B. This is Mark speaking
C. It's me here
D. It's me here
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5.The secretary will get everything ready before the manager ______ back.
A. come
B. comes
C. will come
D. has
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6.4 Sometimes children have trouble ________ fact from fiction and may believe that such things actually exist.
A. to separate
B. separating
C. for separating
D. of separating
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7.— Can you go out with us for dinner this evening
— _____________________ .
A. No, I already have plans
B. Thanks a lot, but I'm busy tonight
C. No, I really don't like being with you
D. I'm ill, so I shouldn't go out for dinner
满分：3分
8.1. By the time he arrives in Beijing, we _______ here for two days.
A.
will have stayed
B. shall stay
C.
have been staying
D. have stayed
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9.12. Purchasing the new production line will be a _______ deal for the company.
A.
forceful
B. tremendous
C. favorite
D. profitable
满分：3分
10.—I must apologize to you for the delay.
—_____________
A. That’s all right.
B. No trouble at all.
C. All the best.
D. You are welcome.
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11.—How was your final exam
—_____________
A. Take it easy.
B. You are right
C. I am not sure.
D. Let’s have a drink.
满分：3分
12.16. No one had told Smith about _______ a lecture the following day.
A. there being
B. there be
C. there would be
D. there was
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13.That young man has made so much noise that he ______ not have been allowed to attend the concert.
A. need
B. must
C. would
D. should
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14.—How do you like the dress
—_____________
A. I’m fine, thank you.
B. The price is reasonable.
C. I bought the dress at a sale.
D. It’s my sister’s.
满分：3分
15.13. The bank is reported in the local newspaper _______ in broad daylight yesterday.
A. being robbed
B. having been robbed
C. to have been robbed
D. robbed
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三、完型填空（共1道试题，共15分。）
1.The way that people greet each other differs from one country to another, but all greetings are __1__ to show friendship and respect. In Japan, whether meeting someone for the first time or __2__ an old friend, people usually greet each other with a bow. In France, the way to greet friends is with a kiss on both __3__. But possibly the most __4__ way to greet a friend is the one used by Eskimos in Alaska---an enthusiastic rubbing of noses! More and more, however, the __5__ is becoming the most popular greeting around the world.
1).
A. cheeks
B. meant
C. handshake
D. unusual
E. seeing
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2).
A. cheeks
B. meant
C. handshake
D. unusual
E. seeing
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3).
A. cheeks
B. meant
C. handshake
D. unusual
E. seeing
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4).
A. cheeks
B. meant
C. handshake
D. unusual
E. seeing
满分：3分
5).
A. cheeks
B. meant
C. handshake
D. unusual
E. seeing
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12秋学期《大学英语(三)》在线作业3
试卷总分：100 测试时间：--
一、阅读理解（共4道试题，共40分。）
1. Brazil has become one of the developing world’s greatest successes at reducing population growth-but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard.
Brazil’s population growth rate has dropped from 2.99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.
Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas（通俗电视连续剧）and installment（分期付款）plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world’s biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil’s most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.
“Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values-not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working,” says Martine. “They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behavior and other values, which were put into a very attractive package.”
Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. “This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was incompatible（不相容的）with unlimited reproduction,” says Martine.
1).According to the passage, Brazil has cut back its population growth _________.
A. by educating its citizens
B. by careful family planning
C. by developing TV programmers
D. by chance
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2).According to the passage, many Third World countries _________.
A.
haven’t attached much importance to birth control
B. would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rate
C. haven’t yet found an effective measure to control their population
D. neglected the role of TV plays in family planning
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3).The phrase “puts it down to” (Line 1, Pars.3) is closest in meaning to “_________”.
A. attributes it to
B. finds it a reason for
C. sums it up as
D. compares it to
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4).Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil’s birth rate because _________.
A. they keep people sitting long hours watching TV
B. they have gradually changed people’s way of life
C. people are drawn to their attractive package
D. they popularize birth control measures
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5).What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth
A. The increase in birth rate will promote consumption.
B. The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.
C. Consumption patterns and reproduction patterns are contradictory
D. A country’s production is limited by its population growth.
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2.
Geniuses look at problems in many different ways. Genius often comes from finding a new perspective that no one else has taken. Leonardo da Vinci believed that, to gain knowledge about the form of a problem, you begin by learning how to restructure it in many different ways. He felt that the first way he looked at a problem was too biased toward his usual way of seeing things. He would restructure his problem by looking at it from one perspective and move to another perspective and still another. With each move, his understanding would deepen and he would begin to understand the essence of the problem.
Geniuses make their thought visible. The explosion of creativity in the Renaissance was closely tied to the recording and conveying of vast knowledge in drawings, graphs, and diagrams, as in the famous diagrams of da Vinci and Galileo. Galileo revolutionized science by making his thought graphically visible while his contemporaries used only conventional mathematical and verbal approaches.
Geniuses produce. A distinguishing characteristic of geniuses is great productivity. Thomas Edison held 1,093 patents (专利), still the record. He guaranteed productivity by giving himself and his assistants idea quotas (定量). His personal quota was one minor invention every 10 days and a major invention every six months. Bach wrote a cantata (清唱剧) every week, even when he was sick or exhausted. Mozart produced more than 600 pieces of music. Einstein is best known for his paper on relativity, but he published 248 other papers. T.S. Eliot’s numerous drafts of The Waste Land constitute a jumble (混乱一团) of good and bad passages that eventually was turned into a masterpiece.
Geniuses make novel combinations. Like the highly playful child with a bucket of building blocks, a genius is constantly combining and recombining ideas, images, and thoughts into different combinations in their conscious and subconscious minds. Consider Einstein’s equation, E=mc2. Einstein did not invent the concepts of energy, mass, or speed of light. Rather, by combining these concepts in a novel way, he was able to look at the same world as everyone else and see something different.
1).In order to understand a problem thoroughly, da Vinci _______.
A. referred to numerous books
B. compared it with many other problems
C. made use of drawings and graphs
D. approached it from different angles
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2).During the Renaissance, graphs and diagrams _______.
A. were often used to aid scientific researches
B. served as sources of fresh ideas for some scientists
C. could provide scientists with an immense quantity of knowledge
D. were necessary for the expression of creative ideas
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3).What is the main idea of the third paragraph
A. Geniuses make creations or discoveries in large quantities.
B. Geniuses can score many achievements without much effort.
C. Geniuses inevitably experience failures before making a success.
D. Geniuses may just produce something common and ordinary.
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4).In the last paragraph, the author mentions the playful child in order to show _______.
A. that geniuses are fond of playing games, too
B. that geniuses are as creative as most children with a set of interesting toys
C. how geniuses turn ideas into reality in different ways
D. why making different combinations can work wonders
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5).According to the passage, which of the following statements is true
A. Einstein invented the concept of speed of light.
B. The Waste Land is a great work of literature.
C. Edison made one major invention every 10 days.
D. Mozart composed something every day when he was sick.
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3.For any Englishman, there can never be any discussion as to who is the world’s greatest dramatist (剧作家). Only one name can possibly suggest itself to him: that of William Shakespeare. Every Englishman has some knowledge, however slight, of the work of our greatest writer. All of us use words, phrases and quotations from Shakespeare’s writings that have become part of the common property of the English-speaking people. Most of the time we are probably unaware of the source of the words we used, rather like the old lady who was taken to see a performance of Hamlet and complained that it was full of well-known proverbs and quotations.
Shakespeare, more perhaps than any other writer, makes full use of the great resources of the English language. Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal use of English; Shakespeare in his works used about twenty-five thousand.
There is probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare used it. Such a study is well worth the effort (it is not, of course, recommended to beginners) even though some aspects of English usage, and the meaning of many words, have changed since Shakespeare’s day.
1).English people _______.
A. have never discussed who is the world’s greatest dramatist
B. never discuss any issue concerning the world’s greatest dramatist
C. are sure who is the world’s greatest dramatist
D. do not care who is the world’s greatest poet and dramatist
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2).Every Englishman knows _______.
A. more or less about Shakespeare
B. Shakespeare, but only slightly
C. all Shakespeare’s writings
D. only the name of the greatest English writer
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3).Which of the following is true
A. We use all the words, phrases and quotations from Shakespeare’s writings.
B. Shakespeare’s writings have become the property of those who are learning to speak English.
C. It is likely to be true that people often do not know the origins of the words they use
D. All the words people use are taken from the writings of Shakespeare.
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4).What does the word “proverb” mean
A. Familiar sayings.
B. Shakespeare’s plays.
C. Complaints.
D. Actors and actresses.
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5).Why is it worthwhile to study the various ways in which Shakespeare used English
A. English words have changed a lot since Shakespeare’s time.
B. By doing so one can be fully aware of the richness of the English language.
C. English words are now being used in the same way as in Shakespeare’s time.
D. Beginners may have difficulty learning some aspects of English usage.
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4.We can see how the product life cycle works by looking at the introduction of instant coffee. When it was introduced, most people did not like it as well as “regular” coffee, and it took several years to gain general acceptance (introduction stage). At one point, though, instant coffee grew rapidly in popularity, and many brands were introduced (stage of rapid growth). After a while, people became attached to one brand and sales leveled off (stage of maturity). Sales went into a slight decline（衰退）when freeze-dried coffees were introduced (stage of decline).
The importance of the product life cycle to marketers is this: Different stages in the product life cycle call for different strategies. The goal is to extend product life so that sales and profits do not decline. One strategy is called market modification. It means that marketing managers look for new users and market sections. Did you know, for example, that the backpacks that so many students carry today were originally designed for the military
Market modification also means searching for increased usage among present customers or going for a different market, such as senior citizens. A marketer may re-position the product to appeal to new market sections.
Another product extension strategy is called product modification. It involves changing product quality, features, or style to attract new users or more usage from present users. American auto manufacturers are using quality improvement as one way to recapture world markets. Note, also, how auto manufacturers once changed styles dramatically from year to year to keep demand from falling.
1).According to the passage, when people grow fond of one particular brand of a product, its sales will __________.
A. decrease gradually
B. become unstable
C. improve enormously
D. remain at the same level
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2).The first paragraph tells us that a new product is ___________.
A. usually introduced to satisfy different tastes
B. often more expensive than old ones
C. often inferior to old ones at first
D. not easily accepted by the public
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3).Marketers need to know which of the four stages a product is in so as to __________.
A. work out marketing policies
B. increase its popularity
C. promote its production
D. speed up its life cycle
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4).The author mentions the example of “backpacks” (Line 4, Para.2) to show the importance of ___________.
A. increasing usage among students
B. exploring new market sections
C. pleasing the young as well as the old
D. serving both military and civil needs
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5).In order to recover their share of the world market, U.S. auto makers are ___________.
A. improving product quality
B. modernizing product style
C. re-positioning their product in the market
D. increasing product features
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二、单选题（共15道试题，共45分。）
1.18. I was halfway back to the cottage where my mother lived _______ Susan caught up with me.
A. when
B. while
C. until
D. though
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2.7 Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee ________ to investigate the incident.
A. were set up
B. was set up
C. be set up
D. set up
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3.4. The hours _______ the children spend in their one-way relationship with television people undoubtedly affect their relationships with real-life people.
A. in which
B. on which
C. when
D. that
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4.Mr. Johnson keeps fit by eating less fat and sugar and ______ more exercise.
A. takes
B. take
C. to take
D. taking
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5.— Excuse me, is this the right direction for the school
— __________________ .
A. Well, no, you're going in the wrong direction
B. No, don't ask me
C. No, I don't know
D. Don't go this way
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6.It is generally considered unwise to give a child ______ he or she wants.
A. however
B. whatever
C. whenever
D. wherever
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7.8. We left the meeting, there obviously ______ no point in staying.
A. were
B. being
C. to be
D. having
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8.The meaning of time ______ from country to country.
A. differ
B. differs
C. different
D. difference
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9.20. The bed has been _______ in the family. It was my great grandmother's originally.
A. handed out
B. handed over
C. handed down
D. handed round
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10.—It’s very thoughtful of you to give me a ride.
—_____________
A. It’s my pleasure.
B. Take it easy.
C. Sure.
D. Never mind.
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11.Do you want to try on these shoes to see _______ they’ re the right size
A. as
B. so
C. that
D. if
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12.They are planning to have the machine ______.
A. being repaired
B. repaired
C. repairing
D. to be repaired
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13.14. Cancellation of the flight _______ many passengers to spend the night at the airport.
A. resulted
B. obliged
C. demanded
D. recommended
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14.5 He ________ to his customers and halved the price.
A. leaked
B. drew
C. quoted
D. yielded
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15.The manager needs an assistant that he can ________ to take care of problems in his absence.
A. depend on
B. depend in
C. depend up
D. depend out
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三、完型填空（共1道试题，共15分。）
1.Just as the 1960s ended, a new protest (抗议) movement was beginning. Some women __1__ out that they were being treated unfairly. They were being paid less money __2__ the same jobs as men. Few women __3__ promoted （提升）to important jobs. Women’s groups like the National Organization for Women were formed to work for __4__ treatment for women. Between 1970 and 1976 they were __5__ in forcing banks, insurance companies, and credit companies to stop unfair discrimination (歧视) against women.
1).
A. equal
B. for
C. successful
D. pointed
E. were
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2).
A. equal
B. for
C. successful
D. pointed
E. were
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3).
A. equal B.C. D. E.
B. for
C. successful
D. pointed
E. were
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4).
A. equal
B. for
C. successful
D. pointed
E. were
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5).
A.
equal
B. for
C. successful
D. pointed
E. were
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