上半年大学英语三第四次作业.docx

1、上半年大学英语三第四次作业复查测验提交: 2016年上半年大学英语（三）第四次作业 分数得 100 分，满分 100 分 问题 1 得 25 分，满分 25 分Fire can help people in many ways. Fire can heat water, 1 your house, give light and cook food. But fire can burn things too. Nobody knows 2 people began to use fire. One story from Australia tells about a man a very lon

2、g time ago. He went up to the sun by a rope and brought fire down. Today people know how to 3 a fire with matches. Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. Fire kills people every year. So you must be careful about matches. You should also learn to 4 fires. Fires

3、 need oxygen. Without oxygen they die. There is oxygen in the air. Cover a fire with water, sand, or in an emergency, with your coat or a blanket. This keeps the air 5 a fire and kills it. Be careful with fire, and it will help you. Be careless with fire, and it might hurt you. 所选答案：Fire can help pe

4、ople in many ways. Fire can heat water, warm your house, give light and cook food. But fire can burn things too. Nobody knows how people began to use fire. One story from Australia tells about a man a very long time ago. He went up to the sun by a rope and brought fire down. Today people know how to

5、 make a fire with matches. Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. Fire kills people every year. So you must be careful about matches. You should also learn to put out fires. Fires need oxygen. Without oxygen they die. There is oxygen in the air. Cover a fire wi

6、th water, sand, or in an emergency, with your coat or a blanket. This keeps the air from a fire and kills it. Be careful with fire, and it will help you. Be careless with fire, and it might hurt you. 问题 2 得 25 分，满分 25 分Many people would agree that stress is a major problem in modern life. It is cert

7、ainly true that worry and quarrel can cause all kinds of illnesses, 1 backache to severe headaches, or even more serious complaints such as high blood pressure. Many of us think 2 stress as something that other people impose on us. We often complain about how other people put us 3 pressure. But we s

8、hould try not to let such pressure affect us. We should not forget that we are largely responsible for some of the stress ourselves. We sometimes take 4 more work than our bodies and our minds can handle. We should learn to 5 our limitations. We should be aware of which things are really important a

9、nd which are not. 所选答案：Many people would agree that stress is a major problem in modern life. It is certainly true that worry and quarrel can cause all kinds of illnesses, from backache to severe headaches, or even more serious complaints such as high blood pressure. Many of us think of stress as so

10、mething that other people impose on us. We often complain about how other people put us under pressure. But we should try not to let such pressure affect us. We should not forget that we are largely responsible for some of the stress ourselves. We sometimes take on more work than our bodies and our

11、minds can handle. We should learn to accept our limitations. We should be aware of which things are really important and which are not. 问题 3 得 25 分，满分 25 分Keep an eye on Esther. Ill be back in a second, Joy Warren said to her three-year-old son Stephen, who was sitting in the back of the Buick. She

12、didnt like leaving the children alone in the car, but the baby was sleeping soundly. And it would only be a moment.She had hardly walked 40 yards when she saw the car moving. It headed straight towards the river. Unable to swim, Joy shouted, My babies are in that car!Daniel Whitehead, a 17-year-old

13、student, was walking by the river when the Buick crashed into the water just yards ahead. Without thinking, Daniel jumped in. Though a competitive swimmer, he was shocked by the icy chill.Two minutes earlier, Skip Womack had pulled to a halt as the Buick ran in front of him. Now seeing it hit the wa

14、ter and hearing Joys cries, Skip got out of his truck and jumped into the water. He had only one thought: If I dont get them out, theyll drown.Daniel reached the car and grabbed a door handle. But the water was only four inches beneath the window, and the door wouldnt open. With one powerful punch,

15、Daniel and Skip broke a window. Daniel reached inside and lifted Stephen out. He placed him on his back and set out for shore. At the same time, Skip squeezed himself through the window. He managed to free Esther from beneath her seat belt. After he got out of the car with the baby, he held her over

16、 the water and swam toward the shore. All this took place just seconds before the Buick disappeared beneath the water.Later, driving home, Skip thought of his wife and children-how close hed come to leaving them behind. He thought of the miracle hed lived through, and how two children were still ali

17、ve because he and Daniel happened to be in the right place at the right time.11. Why did Joy leave her children in the car? _A_A)She did not like shopping with a child in hand.B) She did not like waking up her baby.C) Stephen was big enough to take care of his sister.D) It was icy cold outside.12. D

18、aniel and Skip, who saved the lives of the two kids, _B_.A) had been good friendsB) were two close friends of Joy WarrensC) were Joy Warrens neighborsD) were strangers before the accident13. How did Daniel get Stephen out of danger? _CA) He squeezed into the car and carried him out.B) He pulled him

19、out through the broken window.C) He freed him from his seatbelt before he got him out.D) He held him over the water and swam back to shore.14. What happened to Joy Warrens Buick? _D_A) It had four inches of water in it.B) One of its windows could not be opened.C) It was pulled out of water and set o

20、n the shore.D) It sank to the bottom of the river.15. How did Skip feel on his way home? _E_A)He felt lucky to be still alive after having saved the lives of two kids.B) He missed his wife and children, whom he had left behind in the morning.C) He felt very thankful to Daniel, without whom he would

21、not have made it.D) He wondered how he and Daniel could be in the right place at the right time.所选答案：Keep an eye on Esther. Ill be back in a second, Joy Warren said to her three-year-old son Stephen, who was sitting in the back of the Buick. She didnt like leaving the children alone in the car, but

22、the baby was sleeping soundly. And it would only be a moment.She had hardly walked 40 yards when she saw the car moving. It headed straight towards the river. Unable to swim, Joy shouted, My babies are in that car!Daniel Whitehead, a 17-year-old student, was walking by the river when the Buick crash

23、ed into the water just yards ahead. Without thinking, Daniel jumped in. Though a competitive swimmer, he was shocked by the icy chill.Two minutes earlier, Skip Womack had pulled to a halt as the Buick ran in front of him. Now seeing it hit the water and hearing Joys cries, Skip got out of his truck

24、and jumped into the water. He had only one thought: If I dont get them out, theyll drown.Daniel reached the car and grabbed a door handle. But the water was only four inches beneath the window, and the door wouldnt open. With one powerful punch, Daniel and Skip broke a window. Daniel reached inside

25、and lifted Stephen out. He placed him on his back and set out for shore. At the same time, Skip squeezed himself through the window. He managed to free Esther from beneath her seat belt. After he got out of the car with the baby, he held her over the water and swam toward the shore. All this took pl

26、ace just seconds before the Buick disappeared beneath the water.Later, driving home, Skip thought of his wife and children-how close hed come to leaving them behind. He thought of the miracle hed lived through, and how two children were still alive because he and Daniel happened to be in the right p

27、lace at the right time.11. Why did Joy leave her children in the car? _B_A)She did not like shopping with a child in hand.B) She did not like waking up her baby.C) Stephen was big enough to take care of his sister.D) It was icy cold outside.12. Daniel and Skip, who saved the lives of the two kids, _

28、D_.A) had been good friendsB) were two close friends of Joy WarrensC) were Joy Warrens neighborsD) were strangers before the accident13. How did Daniel get Stephen out of danger? _BA) He squeezed into the car and carried him out.B) He pulled him out through the broken window.C) He freed him from his

29、 seatbelt before he got him out.D) He held him over the water and swam back to shore.14. What happened to Joy Warrens Buick? _D_A) It had four inches of water in it.B) One of its windows could not be opened.C) It was pulled out of water and set on the shore.D) It sank to the bottom of the river.15.

30、How did Skip feel on his way home? _A_A)He felt lucky to be still alive after having saved the lives of two kids.B) He missed his wife and children, whom he had left behind in the morning.C) He felt very thankful to Daniel, without whom he would not have made it.D) He wondered how he and Daniel coul

31、d be in the right place at the right time. 问题 4 得 25 分，满分 25 分At 26, Jane Goodall had no college education or science training. But since childhood, she had been dreaming of working closely with animals in Africa. All through my childhood people said you cant go to Africa. Youre a girl. Goodall says. But my mother used to say, if you really want to, theres nothing you cant do.In 1957, the 26-year-old Goodall went to Kenya to work as a secretary. She also arranged to meet the famous scientist Louis Leakey, who was so impressed by her enthusiasm that he hired her as his assistant. She wen