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1、第二学期大学英语3阶段性作业1(第二学期)大学英语3阶段性作业1中国地质大学(武汉)远程与继续教育学院大学英语3 课程作业1（共 4 次作业）学习层次：专升本 涉及章节：第一单元第二单元一、Make a suitable choice for the underlined word or phrase(选择与划线词或词组意思相同的选项)1. We should not complain about taxes. A) feel unhappy B) say bad things C) care D) praise 2. What were the effects of the decision

2、 she made? A) reasons B) results C) causes D) bases 3.People dont realize how serious this recession has actually been. A) know B) think C) doubt D) remember 4.First editions of certain popular books cannot be obtained for love or money.A) at any placeB) at any priceC) in any languageD) in any count

3、ry5. About a quarter of the workers in the United States are employed in factories.A) thirdB) fourthC) tenthD) fifteenth6. In a bullfight, it is movement, not the color, of subjects that arouses the bull.A) confusesB) excitesC) scaresD) diverts7. Passenger ships and planes are often equipped with sh

4、ip-to-shore or air-to-land radio telephones.A) highwaysB) railroadsC) sailboatsD) aircraft8. The firemen acted quickly because lives were at stake.A) in dangerB) in despairC) out of conditionD) out of danger9.Mary called me up very late last night.A) shouted at meB) visited meC) telephoned meD) wake

5、d me10. Mary gets up at the same time every morning.A) arisesB) raisesC) arrivesD) stands up11. Helen will leave immediately.A) far awayB) right awayC) right hereD) soon12.Susan is looking for the dictionary, which she lost yesterday.A) findingB) looking upC) looking atD) trying to find13. John talk

6、ed over the new job offer with his wife.A) discussedB) mentionedC) acceptedD) rejected14. While I sympathize, I cant really do very much to help.A) whenB) butC) althoughD) where15.A beautiful woman attended to me in that store yesterday.A) waited onB) talked toC) spoke toD) stayed with二、Make a suita

7、ble choice according to what you read (根据阅读材料进行恰当的选择)(1)Beldon and Canfield are two seaside towns, not far apart. Both towns have many hotels; and in the summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists.Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon. The next day, the f

8、ollowing news appeared on page two of the towns newspaper, The Beldon Post:FIRE AT SEABREEZELate last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitor: “Please dont smo

9、ke cigarettes in bed.” This was Beldons first hotel fire in five years.The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one:ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRELast night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel. An angry holiday-maker said

10、, “An electric lamp probably started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels. When I turned my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield. What are the facts, then? It is not

11、 easy to find out the exact truth about the fire.Now what do you think of the “news”?16. Many people spend their summer holidays in Beldon and Canfield because the towns are .A. in the northB. by the seaC. in the mountainsD. on the island17. When the hotel caught fire, .A. the visitors went out swim

12、mingB. there were no people in it C. there were few people in itD. there were many people in it18. Which of the following is probably a fact?A. The fire was in a bedroom at the hotel.B. A cigarette started the fire.C. An old lamp started the fire.D. Hotels in Beldon often catch fire.19. Which of the

13、se is probably a fact?A. Firemen hurried to the hotel and quickly put out the fire.B. Firemen were too late to save clothing, and some furniture at the hotel.C. Firemen went to the hotel.D. Firemen didnt appear at the hotel.20. Using the headline (标题): ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE, the write wa

14、nted readers to think that .A. this was the second fire at the Beldon hotelsB. hotels in Beldon often catch fireC. too many people smoke in bed at the Beldon hotelsD. two hotels in Beldon caught fire at the same time(2)The greatest recent changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth

15、 century there was an unusual shortening of the time of a womans life spent in caring for children. A woman who got married at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were f

16、ive years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which custom, chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women get married at a younger age and have fewer children. Usu

17、ally a womans youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has the care of children ,her work is lightened by household appliances（家用电器）and convenience foods. This important change in womens way of life has only recen

18、tly begun to have its full effect on womens economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they got married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen,

19、 many girls stay at school after that age, and though women tend to get married young, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Many more return afterwards to a full-time or part-time job. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with b

20、oth husband and wife accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfaction of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and running the home, according to the abilities and interest of each of them.21. We are told that in an average family about 1890_

21、.A. many children died before they were fiveB. the youngest child would be fifteen years younger than the oldestC. seven of eight children lived to be more than fiveD. the child death rate was rather high22. When she was over fifty, the late 19th century mother_.A. would expect to work until she die

22、dB. was usually expected to take up paid employmentC. would be healthy enough to take up paid employmentD. was unlikely to find a job even if she is now likely23. Many girls, the passage says, are now likely to _.A. get married so that they can get a jobB. leave school as soon as they canC. give up

23、their jobs for good after they are marriedD. continue working until they are going to have a baby24. According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to _.A. stay at home after leaving schoolB. marry men younger than themselvesC. start working again later in lifeD. get married while still a

24、t school25. The best title for this passage is _.A. Great Changes in Womens LifeB. 19th-Century Family C. Modern Girls ChoiceD. Equal Duties in Family Life(3)Some radio signals were heard in 1967. They were coming from a point in the sky where there was no know star. They were coming very regularly

25、too: about once a second. It was as if they were controlled by a clock.The scientists who heard the signals did not tell anybody else. They were rather afraid to tell in case they frightened people. The signals were coming from a very small body-no bigger, perhaps, than the earth. Was that why no li

26、ght could be seen from it? Or were the signals coming from a planet that belonged to some other star?There was no end to the questions, but the scientists kept the news secret. “Perhaps there are intelligent beings out there,” they thought, “who are trying to send messages to other planets, or to us

27、!” So the news was not given to the newspapers. Instead, the scientists studied the signals and searched for others like themWell, all that happened in 1967 and 1968. Since then scientists have learnt more about those strange, regular, radio signals. And they have told the story, of course. The sign

28、als do not come from a planet; they come from a new kind of star called a “pulsar”. About a hundred other pulsars have now been found, and most of them are very like the first one.Pulsars are strong radio stars. They are the smallest but the heaviest stars we know at present. A handful of pulsar wou

29、ld weigh a few thousand tons. Their light-if they give much light-is too small for us to see. But we can be sure of this: no intelligent beings are living on them.26. The radio signals discussed in this passage .A. were regularB. were controlled by a clockC. were heard in 1967 only D. were secret me

30、ssages27. The radio signals were sent by . A. a satellite B. a planet C. a sky body which was unknown at that time D. intelligent beings who were unknown at that time28. The scientists did not tell people about the signals because . A. the signals stood for secret messagesB. people would ask them to

31、o many questions C. they did not want to frighten people D. they stood for unimportant messages29. A pulsar is .A. a small heavy star which sends out strong radio signals and cannot be seenB. a small heavy planet which sends out strong radio signals and cannot be seenC. a small heavy satellite which sends out strong radio signals and cannot be seenD. a small intelligent being who sends out strong radio signals and cannot be seen30. W