大学英语第三册练习题及参考答案.docx

第一套练习题一、选择题1. It was once a difficult time, but in the end everything all right.A. turned out B. put up C. carried away D. gave in2. You can fly to London this evening you don t mind changing the flight in Paris.A. until B. if C. where D, before3. Food, clothing and shelter are the needs for all of us.A. careful B. attractive C. strange D. basic4.1 feel it is my responsibility you of our decision.A. inform B. to inform C. informing D. informed5. The staff members were asked to arrive a few minutes earlier before the meeting A. will start B. starts C. started D. would start6. Think over our proposal and let me know whether you agree it.A. for B. in C. with D. at7. Could you please why you can t come to attend the meeting?A. explain B. understand C. give D. reach>8. It is a fact most deaths from lung cancer are caused by smoking.A. that B. how C. what D. which9. The manager s reply that he was not really interested in the project.A. offered B. showed C. advised D. described10. She didn t tell the reason she was absent from the important lecture. A. what B. which C. how D. why11. Western culture has been greatly by contact with the civilizations of Asia and Africa.A. grasped B. enriched C. intrigued D. fascinated12. My aunt almost fainted when she was told that what she bought at a very high price was notthe drawing, but just a copy of it.A. original B. continual C. indispensable D. relevant13. In the of any substantial evidence, the suspect was found not guilty.A. focus B. identity C. complaint D. absence14. It s important that everyone on the project keeps to the .A. prelude B. schedule C. manufacture D. underline15. The mountain acted as a natural to the spread of the highly infectious disease.A. barrier B. alien C. dimension D. entity16. The key— for the prosecution was offered police protection after she receiveddeath threats.A. fate B. accent C. witness D. trial17.1 thought that was the end of the matter but — events proved me wrong.A. brilliant B. subsequent C. magic D. learned18. Bob didn, t turn up at the party; I had a/an— that something must have gonewrong.A. intuition B. pace C. loan D. reflection19. The article provides a detailed of the root causes of the accident.A. analysis B. circumstance C. belief D. profession20. A beautiful newly constructed highway its way along the coast of the island.A. affects B. winds C. twists D. wanders二、完形填空Many people in the literary world say that British literature has lost its (1) nowadays.Many others disagree with this opinion. But what is not (2) doubt is that a lot of theexciting new literature published in Britain in recent years has been written by people from outside Britain. Since 1981, nine of the fourteen winners of the Booker Prize, an important prize(3) a work fiction, were writers from former British colonies like India.(4) many of the best “serious” British writers manage to be popular as well asprofound, the vast (5) of the books could not be classified as “serious" literature.Britain is the home of (6) might be called “middlebrow” literature, that is, mid-waybetween serious and popular fiction. Many British authors write novels classified as “ romances ”, one of the middlebrow type. The British publisher which sells more books than any other is Mills & Boon, (7) books are exclusively of this type.Poetry at the end of the twentieth century is (8) popular in Britain after it stoppedbeing the normal mode of literary self-expression 200 years ago. Books for poetry sell (9) comparatively large numbers. Their sales are not nearly as large as sales of novels, but they are large (10) for a few small publishers to survive entirely on publishing poetry.Many of these poems are not academic and they are accessible to non-specialists. Perhaps the “ pop " idiom and the easy availability of sound recording have made more people comfortable with spoken verse.1. A. way B. route C. road D. path2. A. at B. on C. in D. withD. SinceD. numberD. whatD. whomC. decreasingly D. increasingly4. A. Because B. However C. Although5. A. majority B. amount C. deal6. A. that B. which C. where7. A. who B. whose C. that8. A. increased B. decreased9. A. at B. in C. for D. out10. A. sufficiently B. abundantly C. as D. enough三、阅读理解Passage 1We all know that exercise is good for your health. But some kinds of exercise may be better than others. Running, for example, may help to protect against heart disease and other health problems. Running may also help you live longer.Recently, researchers studied more than 55,000 adults. About a quarter of the adults have a good habit of running. The study found these runners were much healthier than non-runners. In fact, the runners lived, on average, three years longer than the non-runners.Running may be good exercise, but it can be difficult on the body. Here are commonly shared ideas among fi。