东北农业大学《大学英语Ⅲ》作业题5(middle)答案
作业题5(middle)Part I Vocabulary and Structure
Directions:
There are 30 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET .
1. Although scientists still cannot ____ earthquakes, they are learning a great deal about how earthquakes work.
A) predict B) precast C) precede D) precept
2. The majority of the people at the meeting were ____ to the proposal.
A) reactant B) resistant C) readable D) ready
3. The world has learned something ____ earthquake prediction from the Chinese.
A) concerning with B) concerning in C) concerning D) concerning at
4. It is advisable for every family to make earthquake emergency plans and all the family members should know how to leave the are during the chaos ____ an earthquake.
A) followed by B) with followingC) followingD) followed
5. If we say some food is ____, we mean it is safe to eat.
A) ideal B) editable C) ideate D) edible
6. You will ____ your health if you work too hard.
A) enable B) endear C) endanger D) enlighten
7. Although he had looked through all the reference material on the subject, he still found it hard to understand this point and her explanation only ____ to his confusion.
A) extendedB) amounted C) added D) turned
8. ____ before we depart the day after tomorrow, we should have a wonderful dinner party.
A) Had they arrived B) Would they arrive C) Were they arriving D) Were they to arrive
9. The point in ____ by correspondence is not whether we should do it but whether we can do it.
A) argument B) debate C) dispute D) controversy
10. Henry’s news report covering the conference was so ____ that nothing had been omitted.
A) comprehensive B) comprehensible C) understanding D) understandable
11. He thought that ____.
A) the effort doing the job was not worth B) the effort was not worth in doing the job
C) it was not worth the effort doing the job D) it was not worth the effort by doing the job
12. We ____ Edison’s success to his intelligence and hard work.
A) subject B) attribute C) owe D)refer
13. Since the matter was extremely ____ , we dealt with it immediately.
A) tough B) urgent C) tense D) instant
14. Don’t ____ this news to the public until we give you the go-ahead.
A) release B) relate C) relieve D) retain
15. The ceremony was not for the ____ of the dead, but for the comfort of the living.
A) sake B) purpose C) impression D) respect
16. She accused the man _____ breaking into her house.
A) at B) of C) for D) with
17. When Mr. Jones gets old, he will ____ his business to his son.
A) take over B) hand over C) think over D) get over
18. The police accused him of setting fire to the building but he denied ____ in the area on the might of the fire.
A) to beB) to have been C) having beenD) be
19. Don’t let the opportunity____ away from you.
A) disappear B) go C) slip D) glide
20. The early pioneers had to ____ many hardships to settle on the new land.
A) go into B) go through C) go back onD) go about
21. ____ their difference, the couple were developing an obvious and genuine affection for each other.
A) But for B) For all C) Above all D) Except for
22. Most people came to realize that it was about time the government ____ further measures to control the population.
A) must take B) is takingC) takesD) took
23. You have cut the material in the wrong place. It ought ____ just here but it wasn’t.
A) to cut B) to be cut C) to have cut D) to have been cut
24. Scientists continue to speculate ____ causes sunspots.
A) for whatB) what for C) whateverD) about what
25. She never laughed, ____ lose her temper.
A) or she ever did B) not did she ever
C) or did she eve D) nor she ever did
26. My camera can be ____ to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditions.
A) treated B) adjusted C) adopted D) remedied
27. I always ____ what I have said.
A) get to B) hold to C) lead to D) see to
28. He can’t run a hundred yard, ____ a mile.
A) less thanB) still less C) no lessD) less even
29. I told him how to get there but perhaps I ____ him a map.
A) should have given B) ought to give
C) had to give D) must have given
30. ____ is know to the world, Mark Twain is a great American writer.
A) That B) Which C) As D) It
Part Two Reading Comprehension
Direction:
There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five question, for each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET.
Passage 1
It has been said that no town grows up until it is home to a college or university. Knowing this, as early as 1944, far-sighted community leaders began to plan for and raise money for the creation of a junior college in Columbus. In February of 1958 the Georgia Legislature passed the Junior College Bill(法案), which stipulated that all colleges qualifying for state funding must be in operation by September of 1958.
It was a challenge to meet the deadline, but on September 22, 1958, Columbus came of age: Columbus College began classes in the old Shanon Hosiery Mill, with 13 faculty members, five academic programs and 227 students. The phenomenal growth of the college began. In 1960, the first class of graduates received their associate degrees. In 1963, the college relocated to its present site. In 1965, the college was authorized to move up to the four-year status, and 1966 saw the first enrollment in a bachelor’s degree program. In 1973, the first graduate students began classes leading to the Master of Education degree and finally, two years ago, Columbus College became Columbus State University.
Some of the benefits from the university to our town are obvious—the spreading of knowledge and culture, skills and technology through college and advanced courses that students are able to take locally.
A major benefit from the university to our town is not so obvious, perhaps. Hundreds of highly educated and talented faculty and staff have become citizens of our area, contributing their skills, expertise and viewpoints to the common good of the community and generally promoted the progress of the area in a number of diverse ways.
Looking back over 40 years of growth, and forward into the next century, the dream of those leaders who had the foresight to bring the college to Columbus has been fulfilled beyond their dreams.
31. The idea that prompted the community leaders in Columbus to plan for the creation of a college is that __________.
A) towns can grow very large if they have a college
B) the town must have a college for their own benefit
C) a town cannot be fully developed without a college
D) foresight is essential when they plan for the college
32. Columbus College began classes in September, 1958 so that it obtained financial support from __________.
A) citizens of the Columbus area B) the state government
C) private companies D) students’ tuition
33. How-many years did it take the students at Columbus College to receive an associate degree?
A) Two years. B) Three years. C) Four years. D) Seven years.
34. The meaning of the word “phenomenal” (Para. 2) can be expressed by ________.
A) remarkable B) surprising C) far-sighted D) hasty
35. The writer’s purpose in writing this article is most likely to
A) recount the university’s history
B) celebrate the university’ s 40th anniversary.
C) ask more students to attend the university
D) show the importance of the university to the town’s residents
Passage 2
With a net worth of ＄4.8 billion, he is the 26th richest man in America—but he drives his own car (Ford Taurus), avoids using air conditioning at his residences as much as possible and once almost injured himself reaching for a dime beneath a revolving door.
A product of Southern military schools who lionizes (崇拜) Alexander the Great, he took as his third wife actress Jane Fonda, who made wartime propaganda (宣传) broadcasts for the North Vietnamese—and they see eye to eye.
For many years he declared that he “hated the news,” that it was “evil” bemuse it made people feel bad. But he founded CNN (Cable News Network), the most influential television news channel in the world, and he is now vice-chairman of the world’s biggest media conglomerate (集团公司), Time Warner Inc.
In high school he lacked the hand-eye coordination to compete in sports. But he became famous for winning boat-sailing’s American Cup, and bought a baseball team and steered it to victory in the 1995 World Series; he owns an .NBA basketball team and has a new NHL hockey franchise.
He wants to change the national anthem of the U.S. because it is a “war song,” and makes public speeches regularly about world peace—his main motivation is to give $1 billion to the United Nations. But he also believes that Christianity is a “religion for losers”, and makes his greatest CNN profits when violence or war breaks out.
He is Robert Edward Turner III—also known as Ted Turner—a mass of contradictions. Dismissed as “the Mouth of the South” for his over-the-top public behavior, Ted Turner has often been seriously underestimated. A man of vision, he has transformed the television industry. With CNN he created not only a channel through which the world gets its news, but also a force so powerful it shapes ‘the very events it covers.
For everyone else, that would have been enough, but not for Turner. By repeatedly reinventing himself, he has achieved what would take others many lifetimes. Like him or hate him, he is an American original.
6. What does the first paragraph show about Ted Turner?
A) He is very rich. B) He is unpretentious.
C) He loves driving. D) He hates air conditioning.
7. What attitude are the graduates of military schools most likely to hold toward the Vietnam War?
A) Speak for the North Vietnamese. B) Support the US war policy.
C) Go to war courageously. D) Be against the Vietnam War.
8. It can be inferred from the passage all of the following EXCEPT __________.
A) Ted loves sports and is good at sports himself
B) Ted’ s TV news channel attracts world attention
C) Ted is not a highly religious person
D) Ted often speaks in the interests of the American South
9. In conclusion, Ted Turner seems to be a person who _________.
A) changes his mind frequently B) says one thing and does another
C) has two conflicting aspects D) cares about his public behavior
10. The tone of the passage is __________.
A) objective B) favorable C) critical D) ironic
Passage 3
The U.S. Army Infantry (步兵), which calls Fort Benning home, has fought in every major conflict involving the nation’ s military. Yet developing a program for effective infantry training came neither quickly nor easily. The first movement to shape the country’s foot soldiers into a superior force came more than 200 years ago at the request of the general who became the first president of the United States.
Revolutionary forces commanded by General George Washington were barely surviving as they camped at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, during the winter of 1777. Washington realized that his soldiers, shivering in rags and tatters, needed better training if there were to be any hope of winning against the well-schooled British army. He sought advice from the respected Prussian (普鲁士) general, Baron Frederic Wilhelm von Steuben.
Von Steuben agreed to help, but recognized the huge challenge he faced to change the loose band of rebels into a disciplined, wall-organized force. As one observer at the time noted, the colonial army “was the finest body of troops he had ever seen out of step”. Von Steuben’s own assessment was that the Continental Army was a shame. “There was no uniformity of drill, no similarity of organization, and no teamwork of any kind”, wrote Leroy Yarborough, first lieutenant (中尉) of infantry, in an unpublished 1931 history of Fort Benning. No two companies drilled alike, and they all drilled poorly.
But von Steuben was resourceful and energetic and known for his persuasiveness. He established standard drill exercises and taught them patiently, but persistently to the troops. Once he saw progress, he chose those most adept at military formations to demonstrate for the rest to emulate. This practice of using the best troops to model techniques and tactics became fundamental in military, training, continuing long after the Revolutionary. War. For his efforts, von Steuben is known as the “Father of the U.S. Infantry.”
41. The first two paragraphs tell us _____________.
A) how von Steuben became the general of the American infantry
B) how the revolutionary forces came to be commanded by Washington
C) how Washington set about asking von Steuben to train his soldiers
D) how poorly organized the Americans were compared to the British army
42. It can be inferred from the passage that training programs for the American infantry started at _______.
A) Valley Forge B) Fort Benning C) Prussia D) Washington’s hometown
43. The main problems with the American revolutionary, forces seemed to be lack of the following EXCEPT ___________.
A) standardization in training and organization B) coordination between various units
C) strict discipline and unity D) shame and challenge
44. The writer of this passage refers to Washington’s troops as all of the following EXCEPT _____________.
A) revolutionary forces B) the US Army infantry C) the colonial army D) the Continental Army
45. What proved to be an effective training method?
A) To use the best troops as a model for other units. B) To establish rules and drill relentlessly.
C) To continue training without stop. D) To show what little progress there may be.
Passage 4
One of the most daring deep-space missions NASA has ever launched is turning out to be one of the least publicized. The target is a large asteroid (小行星) named 1992KD, which orbits the sun millions of miles from Earth. But that destination is almost incidental to the performance of the spacecraft that will make the trip. Though it looks little different from countless other unmanned probes NASA has launched, the ship will be navigated by an electronic brain that has been likened to HAL, the independent-minded computer in the film 2001, and will move through space under power of a system that has long been the stuff of technological fantasies: an ion propulsion (离子推进) engine.
If all goes as planned, Deep Space 1, scheduled for launch later this month, will be the forerunner of a new’ generation of spacecraft. While flight planners hope the ship will make some interesting observations about the target asteroid, including its composition and the structure of its surface, DS1 ‘s primary assignment is to validate a host of new technologies NASA has always considered too risky to try on a mission that may attract a great deal of public attention. Says Mar Rayman of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, DS1’ s chief engineer, “We have an unproven propulsion system,powered by an unproven solar panel, commanded by an unproven navigation system.
What is most remarkable about the spacecraft is how it gets from place to place. After being launched by an ordinary rocket, DS1 will be pushed through space by an engine that works by firing electrons into atoms of xenon gas, stripping each of an electron and giving the atoms an electric charge—ionizing them. The ions are then accelerated through an electric field and emitted from the thrusters at 65,000 m. p. h. Despite that speed, the particles produce little thrust, comparable to the weight of a piece of paper.
46. What is special about NASA’s planned deep-space mission regarding its publicity?
A) It is targeted at a large asteroid. B) It is much less reported by the media.
C) It is the same as other unmanned probes.D) It isn’t certain whether it will be successful.
47. What is the primary, purpose of the DS1 mission?
A) Testing new technologies for future spacecraft. B) Calculating risks for the benefit of other missions.
C) Studying the surface of a large asteroid. D) Proving a new generation of spacecraft.
48. Once launched, whether the spacecraft will reach its destination is incidental to the performance of all the following EXCEPT ___________.
A) the self-navigation system B) the ion-powered engineC) the solar cells D) the flight planners
49. How does the DS1 leave the earth’s orbit?
A) By its special propulsion engine. B) By a conventional rocket engine.
C) By firing electrons into the atoms of xenon gas. D) By accelerating through an electric field.
50. Which of the following is NOT true according to this article?
A) The author likens the DS1’s navigation system to an electronic brain.
B) The DS1 is the first of a new breed of spacecraft.
C) The DS1 chief engineer has nothing to lose in such a mission.
D) The DS1’s power system used to be the dream of scientists.
Part III Cloze
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper, you should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each _51__, however, has its pleasures and _52__ pains, and the happiest person is the _53__ who enjoys what each age gives him _54__ wasting his time in useless _55__. Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make _56__ difficult. A child is usually fed, looked after and loved, _57__ he may do. It is _58__ that he will ever again in his life be given so _59__ without having to do anything in _60__. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child.
Old age, on the other hand, has always been _61__ of as the worst age to be; but with old age _62__ come wisdom and the ability to help others _63__ advice (wisely given). The old can have the _64__ of seeing their sons and daughters _65__ making progress in life; they can _66__ their grandchildren growing up around them; and perhaps _67__ of all, they can feel the happiness of having reached a _68__ when they can lie back and rest, _69__ others to continue the battle _70__ life.
51. A) time B) person C) age D) division
52. A) many B) its C) their D) also
53. A) one B) luckiest C) child D) best
54. A) unless B) without C) except D) beyond
55. A) work B) efforts C) attempts D) regrets
56. A) people B) child C) them D) life
57. A) however B) which C) whatever D) what
58. A) impossible B) unreasonableC) surely D) natural
59. A) few B) many C) little D) much
60.A) fact B) return C) kindness D) thought
61.A) considered B) thought C) concerned D) regarded
62.A) should B) must C) need D) can
63.A) by B) for C) in D) with
64.A) joy B) profit C) advantage D) benefit
65.A) exceedingly B) gradually C) thoroughly D) increasingly
66.A) watch B) make C) bring D) control
67.A) one B) any C) worst D) best
68.A) level B) decision C) point D) time
69.A) helping B) leaving C) inviting D) forcing
70.A) on B) of C) about D) over
Part IV Writing
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition based on the topic “Television”. You must write at least 100 words, the following is the beginning of each part. Remember to write clearly:
1.Television is one of the modern inventions of this century; ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
2.However, television also has some disadvantages; ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
3.A proper attitude towards watching TV is important, especially for the children. ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
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