04+秋大学英语三第四次作业.docx

1、04+秋大学英语三第四次作业2012年秋季大学英语三第四次作业一、交际英语 （每题3分，共30分）1. Would you like another slice of Christmas cake? _. Im full. A. Yes, please. B. No more, thanks. C. Why not? D. Nothing more. 答案： B2、- Let me introduce myself. Im steward - _ A：What a pleasure. B：Pleased to meet you. C：I dont know. D：Thanks a lot.答案

2、： B3、-_?-Hes a tall man with short hair. A：How is he B：What does he like C：What is he D：What does he look like答案： D4、Would you like the baked potato with butter or sour cream or both? _, so only butter. A. That sounds good B. I like sour cream C. Sorry, Im on diet D. I dont care答案：C5、- Havent seen y

3、ou for ages! What are you busy with now?- _ A：I hate the weather here. B：My hair is getting a bit longer. C：Yeah, thanks for coming. D：I am working part time in a bookshop, you know.答案： D6、-Will you be free tomorrow morning? -_. A：No, Ill be busy B：What is the matter? C：Im sorry I wont be free then

4、D：No, Ill have no time答案： C7、 Excuse me, Im afraid youve overcharged me. _ A：Oh, really? B：Thats all right. C：Thats fine. D：Youre welcome.答案： A8、 Are you ready to order, sir? _. A. Im not sure. B. Sorry, not yet. C. Id rather order it now. D. No, I cant.答案：B9、-Morning, sir._-Ive learnt that silk is

5、famous here. Can I get some? A：Can you help me? B：Whats the matter with you? C：Can you give me a hand? D：Anything I can do for you?答案： D10、-Hello! Can I get a seat on the 8 pm flight to Detroit?-_.A：Hello! International Airline B：Youd better look up the schedule first C：Im sorry, but its completely

6、booked D：Im afraid you have to change答案： C 二、阅读理解 （每题2分，共40分）1、 Chess must be one of the oldest games in the world. An Arab traveller in India in the year 900 wrote that it was played long, long ago. Chess was probably invented in India, and it has been played everywhere from Japan to Europe since 1

7、400. The name chess is interesting. When one player is attacking the others king, he says in English, check. When the king has been caught and cannot move anywhere, he says check mate. These words come from Persian Shah mat means the king is dead. That is when the game is over, and one player has wo

8、n. Such an old game changes very slowly. The rules have not always been the same as they are now. For example, at one time the queen could only move one square at a time. Now she is the strongest piece on the board. It would be interesting to know why this has happened. Chess takes time and thought,

9、 but it is a game for all kinds of people. You dont have to be a champion in order to enjoy it. It is not always played by two people sitting at the same table. The first time the Americans beat the Russians was in a match played by radio. Some of the chess masters are able to play many people at th

10、e same time. The record was when one man played 400 games! It is said that some people played chess by post. This must make chess the slowest game in the world.(1)、Chess was played in India long before 900. A：T B：F答案： A(2)、One player has won the game when he attacks the other players king. A：T B：F答案

11、： B(3)、Chess is a game for all sorts of people. A：T B：F答案： A(4)、Only two people can play chess sitting at the same table. A：T B：F答案： B(5)、According to the old rules of the game, the king could not move anywhere. A：T B：F答案： B2、Pubs are supposed to be the Englishmans favorite meeting place, where he c

12、an get together with a few friends over a pint of beer and talk about football, or horse racing, or business. You may notice that the pub is the place for men, but not for women. Even now it is still not quite respectable for a woman to go into a pub alone; she must have a man to escort(护卫) and prot

13、ect her. Perhaps that is partly why pubs depress me - they are intended mainly to provide for male interests, which are often pretty narrow. I think this male-dominated atmosphere also reminds me of my life back at school, or in the army, neither of which is an experience I much want to relive. Howe

14、ver, Im obviously in the minority. Most Englishmen have their local pubs, where they can escape from the pressures of family life or work, and if they are lucky, tell their troubles to a pretty barmaid. Indeed, many men dream of retiring from their 9 - 5 jobs and buying a little country pub, where t

15、hey imagine theyll be the host of a seven-night-a-week party. This dream usually dies when cleaning up spilled beer at one oclock in the morning.Still, theres pub for every type of man, from the city sophisticate to the rural primitive, and a man for every type of pub. And I must admit that, for som

16、eone who doesnt like them, I spent a lot of time in pubs of various kinds.BCADD 1. For what do Englishmen go to the pubs?A. They go there to make friends.B. They go to meet and talk with their friends over some beer.C. They go there to see the pretty barmaid.D. They go there to do business dealings.

17、答案：B2. What doesnt the speaker like about the pubs?A. The smell of alcohol and tobacco.B. The complaints men make about their family life.C. The male-dominated atmosphere.D. The spilled beer all around.答案：C3. What are many men dreaming of?A. Owning a pub and living like having a party every night.B.

18、 Taking their female friends to their own favorite pubs.C. Retiring from their present jobs.D. Freeing themselves from the pressures of their family life and work.答案：A4. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. The speaker is a feminist.B. The speaker is nostalgic about his school d

19、ays.C. The speaker never goes to pubs with his female friends.D. The speaker was once an armyman.答案：D5. What can you conclude from the passage?A. The speaker doesnt like the atmosphere in the pubs very much, so he hardly goes there.B. More and more women are now going to pubs.C. Pubs are the only pl

20、ace where Englishmen can complain about their pressures of life and work.D. Different types of pubs in Britain cater to the taste of different types of men.答案：D3、A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiance （未婚妻）. The man was very poor while the girl

21、was rich. The young man wanted to make her a present on her birthday. He wanted to buy something beautiful for her, but he had no idea how to do it, as he had very little money. The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there: gold watches, diamond but all these things were too

22、 expensive. There was one thing he could not take his eyes off. It was a beautiful vase. That was a suitable present for his fiance. He had been looking at the vase for half an hour when the manager of the shop noticed him. The young man looked so pale, sad and unhappy that the manager asked what ha

23、d happened to him.The young man told him everything. The manager felt sorry for him and decided to help him. A bright idea struck him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great surprise the young man saw a vase broken into many pieces. The manager said: When the servant enters the

24、room, he will drop it.On the birthday of his fiance the young man was very excited.Everything happened as had been planned. The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was horror on everybodys face. When the box was opened, the guests saw that each piece was pac

25、ked separately.(1)、The story took place in the United States. A：T B：F答案： B(2)、The young mans family was poor while the beautiful girl is rich, according to the passage. A：T B：F答案： A(3)、The young man wanted to buy a present as a Christmas gift for the girl. A：T B：F答案： B(4)、The shop manager came to ta

26、lk to the young man, because he was poorly dressed. A：T B：F答案： B(5)、On the birthday of his fiance, the young man was excited because the girl was in love with him. A：T B：F答案： B4 America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10

27、 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways education, medicine, and business. Quietly the graying of America. has made us a very different society one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable

28、at various ages. A persons age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position, marriage or health. Theres no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family.The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get

29、 a job, or stop working isnt as strong as it used to be. It doesnt surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public notions are changing. Many people say, I am much younger than my mother o

30、r my father was at my age. No one says act your age anymore. Weve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.6. It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America _.A. has made people feel youngerB. has changed peoples social positionC. has changed

31、 peoples understanding of ageD. has slowed down the countrys social development答案：C7. The underlined word “one” refers to_ .A. a society B. America C. a place D. population答案： A8. We can infer from the text that if a 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer would most probably consider it _.A. normal B. wonderful C. unbelievable D. unreasonable答案：A9. “Ac