大學英語III第5次作業(yè)

1、此題0.0dema nding on occasi onthe evening.The第5次作業(yè)i. 單項選擇題此題1.0分A、had been trickedB、was trickedC、had not been trickedD、was not tricked學生答案:C標準答案:C解析：得分：i2. 單項選擇題 George can at least be thankful that.分A、the telephone itself is workingB、he can use the directory in the box to find the numberC、the call bo

2、x is in a convenient positionD、he is able to give his message to the hotel receptionist學生答案：A標準答案：A解析：得分：03. 單項選擇題 The main purpose of the passage is to provide.題0.0分A、instructions about how to use a public call boxB、advice about how to deal with public telephone problemsC、criticism of the efficienc

3、y of telephone systemD、an account of possible annoyances in using a public telephone學生答案：D標準答案：D解析：得分：04. 閱讀理解題Using a public telephone may well be one of the minor irritations of life, patie nee,determ in ati onand a strong possibility of failure, togetherwith con siderable un popularity.The hopefu

4、l caller shall we call him George? waits till six o' clock in to take advantage of the so-called“ cheap rates for a Iong-distanee callteleph one box, with two broke n panes of glass in the side, sta nds at the junction of two main roads with buses, lorries and cars roaring past. It is pouring wi

5、thrain as George joins a queue of four depressed-look ing people. Time passes slowly and seems to come to a standstillwhile the person immediately before George carrieson an en dless con versati on, paus ing only to in sert ano ther coin every minute orso.Even tually the receiver is replaced and the

6、 caller leaves the box. George en ters and picks up one of the directories in side, only to discover that some one unknown has torn out the very page he needs. Nothing for it but to dial directoryEnquiries,wait patie ntly for a reply dow n the nu mber give n.At last George can go ahead with his call

7、. Just as he is startingto dial, however,the door ope ns and an un pleasa nt-look ing face peers in with the dema nd,“ Can't you hurry up? Ignoring such barbarity, George con ti nues to dial and his unwan ted companion withdraws. At last he hears the burr-burr of the ringing tone, immediately fo

8、llowed by rapid pips dema nding his mon ey, but he is now so upset that he kno cks dow n the coins he has placed ready on the top of the box. Having at last located them, he dials aga in: the pips are repeated and he hastily in serts the coins. A cold voice in forms him, “ Grand Hotel,Chalfo nt Well

9、s. “ I ' ve an urge nt messagefor a Mr. Smith who is a guest in your hotel. Could you put me through to him? I'm afraid I don ' t know his room number. The response appears less than enthusiastic and a long long silenee follows. George in serts more coins. The n the voice in forms him,“

10、I ' ve bee n tryi ng to locate Mr.Smith but the hall porter reports hav ing see n him leave about a minute ago.Breath ing heavily, George replaces the receiver, just as the knocking on the door starts aga in.5. 單項選擇題 The theme of this passage is to tell the readers.此題2.0分A、what people should do

11、on Valentine ' s DayB、the reason people choose Cupid to be the symbol of Valentine' s DayC、the tradition people always follow on Valentine' s DayD、the origin and significance of St. Valentine' s Day學生答案：D標準答案：D解析：得分：26. 單項選擇題It can be inferred from the passage that.此題0.0 分A、the Roman

12、 Emperor, Claudius n , was a ChristianB、in spite of the Emperor ' s prohibition, many people still held the desire for loveC、the Roman Emperor himself experienced a painful marriageD、in Christianity, Cupid is the god of Love學生答案：B標準答案：B解析：得分：07. 單項選擇題Which of the followingstatementsis NOTtrue ac

13、cording to thepassage?此題 0.0 分A、Valentine is a person ' s name.B、On Valentine ' s Day, cards are usually used by people to express love.C、On Valentine ' s Day, everyone can take one day break from work to be with their lovers.D、Cupid is often used to symbolize love.學生答案：C標準答案：C解析：得分：08.

14、單項選擇題The word “anonymous in the first paragraph means.此題0.0分A、people do something by leaving false nameB、people do something by leaving no nameC、people do something by leaving real nameD、people do something by leaving nickname學生答案：B標準答案：B解析：得分：09. 單項選擇題St. Valentine' s Day is a holiday for.此題 0.

15、0分A、people celebrating the new year ' s comingB、people fooling othersC、people getting a family reunionD、people expressing love to their lovers學生答案：D標準答案：D解析：得分：010. 閱讀理解題February 14th is a complicated but interestingholiday. First of all, St. Valentine 's Day is not a holiday from work. No o

16、ne gets a day off. On Valentine ' s Day people usually send roma ntic cards to some one they love or want to be loved by. The cards are called“valentines . They are very colorful, often decorated with hearts,flowers, or birds, and have humorous or sen time ntalverses prin ted in side.The basicme

17、ssage of the verse is always “ Be MyValentine ， “ Be MySweet Heart or“ Lover .A valentine is often anonymous, or sometimes signed“ Guess who . The personreceiving it has to guess who sent it. This can lead to interesting speculation.And that ' s half the fun of valentines.One of the symbols of S

18、t. Valentine' s Day is the Roman god of Love, called Cupid.Cupid is often printed on the card; he is a winged infant, not wearing anything,poised to shoot his arrow into a heart. He would shoot an arrow of love into a person ' s heart to make the person fall in love immediately, maybe with t

19、he first person to come along. Sometimes one arrow would go through two hearts, holding them together. So on February 14th not only do we have pictures of the Christia n St. Vale nti ne but we also have pictures of the non-Christian Cupid, the Roman god of Love.But it is from the Christians that we

20、get the stories about St. Valentine' s Daythat most people have come to believe. One story is about a Christian man whosename sounded something like “ Valentine. He lived around AD250. At that time the Roman Emperor, Claudius II, refused to allow any Romansoldiers to get married for any reas on

21、whatsoever. Christia n couples came to Vale nti ne to be married. SoValentine would marry them in a Christianway. He was discovered and put in prisonby the Emperor. One tradition says that he wrote notes to his friends by marking on leaves and then throwing them out the window of his prison. And the

22、 leaves were shaped like a heart.11. 單項選擇題The best title for the passage is.此題 2.0 分A、The Origin of Thanksgiving DayB、How to Celebrate Thanksgiving DayC、The Tradition of Thanksgiving DayD、The Significance of Thanksgiving Day學生答案：A標準答案：A解析：得分：212. 單項選擇題 According to the passage, what happened to the

23、Pilgrims duringtheir first winter in America?此題 0.0 分A、American Indians helped them plant crops.B、Due to the cold and hunger, about 50 of them died.C、They invited nearby Indians to have dinner together.D、They began to raise ducks, geese and turkeys.學生答案：B標準答案：B解析：得分：013. 單項選擇題 Based on the passage,

24、we can learn that.此題0.0 分A、American Indians were very brutalB、the Pilgrims came to America to make friends with IndiansC、the Pilgrims came to America to look for new foodD、in England, the Pilgrims suffered cruel religious oppression學生答案：D標準答案：D解析：得分：014. 單項選擇題Which of the followingstatementsis TRUE

25、about the passage?此題0.0分A、ThanksgivingDay is a holiday celebrated by people all over the world.B、ThanksgivingDay is a holiday with special religious significance only.C、ThanksgivingDay is a holiday with a history of more than 300 years.D、ThanksgivingDay is a holiday coming from Europe.學生答案：C標準答案：C解析

26、：得分：015. 單項選擇題 Thanksgiving Day is originally celebrated by people for.此題0.0分A、healthB、freedomC、harvestD、safety學生答案:C標準答案:C解析：得分：016. 閱讀理解題Thanksgivingis celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of November. The monthof November is in autu mn, the main seas on for harvesti ng crops.The writer O.

27、 Henry called Than ksgivi ng the one holiday that is purely America n.It is not a religious holiday. But it has spiritual meaning.Thanksgivingbegan with the firstEuropean settlers in America. They gathered theircrops, celebrated and gave tha nks for the food.Traditionsays Pilgrim settlers from Engla

28、nd celebrated the first Thanksgiving in1621. There is evidence that settlers in other parts of America held earlierThan ksgivi ng celebrati ons. But the Pilgrims' Than ksgivi ng story is the mostpopular.The Pilgrims were religious disside nts who fled oppressi on in En gla nd. They wentfirst to

29、the Netherlands.Then they left that country to establish a colony in NorthAmerica. The Pilgrims Ian ded in 1620 in what later became known as Plymouth, Massachusetts.Their voyage across the Atla nticOcea n was difficult. Their firstmon ths in Americawere difficult, too. About one hun dred Pilgrims I

30、an ded just as autu mn was turning to win ter. During the cold mon ths that followed, about half of them died.Whenspring came, the Pilgrims began to plant crops. An American Indian named Squanto helped them. When summer en ded, the Pilgrims had a good harvest of corn and barley. There was eno ugh fo

31、od to last through the win ter.The Pilgrims decided to hold a celebration to give thanks for their harvest. Writings from that time say Pilgrim leader William Bradford set a date late in the year.He invited members of a nearby Indian tribe to take part. There were many kindsof food to eat. The meal

32、included wild birds such as ducks, geese and turkeys. That than ksgivi ng celebrati on lasted three days.As the America n colonies grew, many tow ns and settleme nts held tha nksgiv ing or harvest celebrati ons.17. 問答題 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to writea composition on th

33、e topic“ Online Shopping . You should write no less than 80words.此題2.0分答：代碼語言學生答案：標準答案：略解析：得分：o點評：18. 單項選擇題 At a press conference after the award ceremony, the18-year-old girl spoke in alow voice.此題 2.0 分A、optionallyB、relativelyC、legallyD、identically學生答案：B標準答案：B解析：得分：219. 單項選擇題 The reason for George

34、 having to dial a second time is that.此題0.0分A、he has used up all the moneyB、he can ' t find the number he wants in the directoryC、he forgets to put the money in the boxD、he has got to find the money to put in the box學生答案：D標準答案：D解析：得分：0此題0.020. ( 單項選擇題 )How is George feeling when he completes his

35、 call?( 分)A、He is very disappointed at missing his family and friends.B、He feels hard to control his annoyance.C、He is angry with himself for being so stupid.D、He is depressed at the thought of having to try again to get through.學生答案：B標準答案：B解析：得分：021.單項選擇題)(此題1.0分A、wroteB、had writtenC、would have wri

36、ttenD、write學生答案：D標準答案：D解析：得分：122.單項選擇題)(此題1.0分A、bearableB、bearablyC、unbearableD、unbearably學生答案：C標準答案：C解析：得分：123.單項選擇題)(此題1.0分A、innocentB、innocenceC、innovateD、innovation學生答案：B標準答案：B解析：得分：124.單項選擇題)(此題1.0分A、fromB、viaC、overD、under學生答案：B 標準答案：B 解析：得分：125.單項選擇題)(此題1.0分A、made a planB、made a jokeC、made a f

37、ussD、made a story學生答案：C標準答案：C解析：得分：126.單項選擇題)(此題1.0分A、in caseB、in the caseC、in case ofD、in any case學生答案：A標準答案：A解析：得分：127.(單項選擇題)(此題1.0分A、either orB、neither norC、both andD、none of學生答案:B標準答案:B解析：得分：128.(單項選擇題)(此題1.0分A waitedB、had waitedC、had been waitingD、waiting學生答案：D標準答案：D解析：得分：129. (單項選擇題)(此題1.0分)A

38、、on her mindB、in her mindC、at her mindD、with her mind學生答案：A標準答案：A解析：得分：130. (閱讀理解題)Julie had turned 8 in October and as Christmas approached, SantaClaus was more and more _(1)_. During the week before Christmas, every night she announced to her father,“ I know who really brings the presents. You do!

39、 Then,_(2)_ a moment, she added, “Right? Jerry did n ' t an swer. _(3)_ heI was sure she really wan ted the truth.And we both were relucta nt to give up Santa Claus ourselves. We got to tell Julieand her youn ger brother, Adam, to put out the cookies _(4)_ Santa was hun gry.We _(5)_about the fir

40、e being out in the fireplace so he wouldn' t get burned.We issued a few threats about his list of good childre n and bad. It was all partof the tension and thrill of Christmas Eve the ni ght the fan tasy comes true.And that fantasy of a fat jolly man who flies through the sky in a sleigh and arr

41、ives _(6)_ chimney with presents- that single belief says everything about the_(7)_ of childre n. How _(8)_ to lose it. For them and for us. So Jerry and I said no thi ng.Christmas Eve Julie appeared with a sheet of paper. At the top she had writte n,“If you are real, sign here. It was, she said, a

42、letter to Santa. She insistedthat on this letter each of us her father, Adamand I _(9)_ the words Santa Claus ' , so if Santa were to sign it, she could compare our handwriting with his.Then she would know she _(10)_.31. ( 單項選擇題)What did the advertisement in a localnewspaper provide? (此題2.0分)A、A

43、n unusual job with a high pay.B、A good job everyone wants to have.C、A chance to be famous.D、A large sum of mon ey.學生答案：A標準答案：A解析：得分：232. ( 單項選擇題 )When the police received the report.(此題 0.0分)A they arrested the advertiser at onceB、they sent a dog to keep watching on himC、they didn ' t arrest him

44、 until they got enough evidenceD、they arrested him after his wife was killed學生答案：C標準答案：C解析：得分：033. 單項選擇題According to the passage, we CANNOT infer that 此題0.0分A、the advertiser gave the man the first instruction through a letterB、it was on the telephone that the man understood what the jobwasC、the two

45、men worked together to fulfill the planD、the man was scared when he knew what he was asked to do,so he reported the police at once學生答案：C標準答案：C解析：得分：0此題0.0the meaning34. 單項選擇題 When a reader saw the advertisement.分A、he was sure he could get itB、he could hardly believe itC、he applied for the job with a

46、 false nameD、Both B and C學生答案：D標準答案：D解析：得分：035. 單項選擇題 Which of the followingstatements can best expressof the opening sentence? 此題 0.0 分A、The murder stories often prefer to leave the doubtful points to the readers.B、While reading, the readers can easily guess who is the real murderer.C、The heroes in

47、 the stories meet with a lot of trouble.D、Usually the stories show the readers who is the murderer at the very beginning.學生答案：A標準答案：A解析：得分：036. 閱讀理解題The writers of murder stories go to a great deal of trouble to keep us guess ing right up to the end. In actual fact, people ofte n behave more stra ng

48、ely in real life tha n they do in stories.The follow ing advertiseme nt once appeared in a local n ewspaper:“ An opport un ityto earn $250 in a few minu tes. A man who is willi ng to take cha nces is wan ted for an out-of-the-ordinary job which can be performed only once. A reader found this offer v

49、ery gen erous and applied to the advertiser, but a bit suspicious, he gave a false n ame. Soon afterwards, he received a reply. En closed in the en velope was a typed note in struct ing him to ring a certa in nu mber if he was still in terested.He did so and lear nt on the teleph one that the advert

50、iser wan ted him to“ get ridof somebody and would discuss it more fully with him next day. But the man told the police and from the n on acted un der theirin struct ions.The police saw the twomen meet and watched them as they drove away together. I n the car the advertiser came to the point at once:

51、 he told the man he wan ted him to shoot his wife. The reas on he gave was that he was sufferi ng from an in curable disease and wan ted tolive in a warmer coun try, but his wife objected to this. Givi ng the man some money, the advertiser told him to buy a gun and warned him to be careful of the do

52、g which, though it would not bite, might attract attention. He also gave him a photograph of his wife so that he would be able to recognize her. After that, the advertiser suggested that the man should “ do the job "next morning. Mean while, he would prepare his wife by telling her that a young

53、 man was going to call. After the murder, they would meet again outside a railway station and the money would be paid as arranged. The sec ond meet ing n ever took place, for the advertiser was arrested shortly afterwards and charged with attempti ng to persuade some one to murder his wife.37. 單項選擇題Which of the followingis NOTtrue about “ cheap rate ?此題2.0分A、People wo uld like to use“cheap rate to have a chat with a good friend in London.B、People would like to use “cheap rate to ask about a friend in hospit