1、公共课程系列大学英语三作业集西安交通大学网络教育学院许 梅 编Unit 1 LoveI. Communicative English （ Choose the best Answer）1. Shall we sit up here on the grass or down there near the water? _ A. Id rather stay here if you dont mind.B. Sorry, I dont like neither.C. Certainly, why not?D. Yes, we like these two places.2. Madam, do a
2、ll the buses go downtown? _ A. Wow, you got the idea. B. No, never mind.C. Pretty well, I guess. D. Sorry, Im new here.3. How about going to dinner at the Mexican restaurant tonight?_A. Forget it. B. Sorry, I like Mexican food.C. Thats great! D. Glad you like it.4. How often do you go dancing? _. A.
3、 I will go dancing tomorrow. B. Yesterday.C. Every other day. D. I ve been dancing for a year.5. If you like I can mail this letter for you _.A. Thats very kind of you. B. You are so kindC. Please give me a hand. D. You are great.II. Vocabulary and structure (Choose the ONE that best completes the s
4、entence from the four choices given under each sentence.)6. We came finally _ the conclusion that she has been telling lies all the time.A. of B. into C. to D. at7. At that time, she _ on a journey with her friend.A. is B. was C. has been D. is being8. You dont mind _ you Xiao Li, do you?A. call B.
5、to call C. to calling D. calling9. When shall we meet again? _it any day you like. Its all the same to me. A. Do B. Get C. Meet D. Make10. He is not only my classmates_ also my good friend.A. or B. but C. and D. tooIII. Cloze In the old days, in London, the smog was very thick. Car and bus drivers _
6、11_ to drive very slowly. They _12_ saw the road in front of them even during the daytime. People did not like going out in the smog. _13_ they had to go out, they wore “smogmask“ over their faces.In December 1952, a very _14_ dark cloud came down over London. It was the _15_ smog Londoners had ever
7、 had. _16_ of it was bad factory smoke. Nearly fifty people died in road accidents. But many more people became unhealthy. The smog was very _17_ for old people and children. One man said, “The streets were almost _18_ because people stayed at home as much as possible. The air was very thick, and yo
8、u could almost cut it with a knife.“After three weeks, the smog began to _19_. But in the following weeks and months over 4000 people died as a _20_ of the smog.11. A. hurried B. stayed C. had D. stopped12. A. easily B. hardly C. already D. freely13. A. If B. So C. Though D. Because14. A. clear B. t
9、hick C. thin D. small15. A. hottest B. nicest C. worst D. best16. A. Much B. Many C. A few D. A little17. A. favourite B. strong C. dangerous D. weak18. A. empty B. full C. dirty D. clean19. A. remember B. forget C. arrive D. lift20. A. part B. usual C. end D. resultIV. Reading Comprehension (Choose
10、 the best answer for each of the questions or unfinished statements after the reading passages.)Passage 1When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used fur
11、niture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of Americas fastest growing businesses.What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are interna
12、tional business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couples - people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture whe
13、n they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.On
14、e family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people dont like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure wh
15、at their neighbors might think. 21. Which of the following has become one of Americas fastest growing businesses? _A.Selling home furnishings. B.Renting furnished apartments.C.Selling used furniture. D.Renting home furnishings.22. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?_A.Because the furniture
16、they get in this way is new.B.Because it saves them a lot of money.C.Because it saves them much trouble and money.D.Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.23. What can you infer from the passage?_A.The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.B.Renting furniture is not p
17、opular in the couples home town.C.Only those who dont have enough money to rent furniture.D.People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.24. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?_A. Rent or Buy? B. A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings.C. Furnished Apartmen
18、ts. D. A New Idea.25. Young people liked renting home furniture in that_A.They have less money. B.They dont want to buy old furniture.C.The new furniture is of good quality.D.They dont have much money and dont want to buy the cheap furniture.Passage 2A characteristic of American culture that has bec
19、ome almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man - the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the comm
20、unity than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.This attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home
21、that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it h
22、erself and will wash dishes afterward; furthermore, the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A
23、 professional may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work wi
24、th a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.26. From Para. 1, we know that in America _.A.people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made manB.people can always rise to the top through their won effortsC.college professors win great respect from common workersD.people f
25、eel painful to mention their fathers as labors27. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _.A.servants in America are hard to get B.she takes pride in what she can do herselfC.she can hardly afford servants D.It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food28. The unde
26、rlined expression “wait on table“ in Para. 2 means “_“.A.work in a furniture shop B.keep accounts for a barC.wait to lay the table D.serve customers in a restaurant29. The authors attitude towards manual labor is _.A.positive B.negative C.humorous D.critical30. Which of the following could be the be
27、st title of the passage? _A.A Respectable Self-made Family B.American Attitude toward Manual LaborC.Characteristics of American Culture D.The Development of Manual LaborV.Translation 31 Transistors are small in size and light in weight. _32. There was no choice next morning but to paint the room again. _33. If you decided to learn a new language, you would have to dedicate yourself wholeheartedly to the cause._
