东北大学15秋《大学英语(三)》在线作业试卷总分：100 测试时间：--一、阅读理解（共4道试题，共40分。
）1. New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has shrunk. It’s now a “global village” where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or satellite link. And. of course, our ability to benefit from this high-tech communications equipment is greatly enhanced by foreign language skills.Deeply involved with this new technology is a breed of modern businesspeople who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modern markets, success overseas often helps support domestic business efforts.Overseas assignments are becoming increasingly important to advancement within executive ranks. The executive stationed in another country no long er need fear being “out of sight and out of mind.” He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is central to the company’s plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad. If an employee can succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superiors will have greater confidence in his or her ability to cope back in the United States where cross-cultural considerations and foreign language issues are becoming more and more prevalent (普遍的).Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets.English is still the international language of business. But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language. A second language isn’t generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equalThe employee posted abroad who speaks the country’s principal language has an opportunity to fast-forward certain negotiations, and can have the cultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly. The employee at the home office who can communicate well with foreign clients over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset to the firm.1).What is the author’s attitude toward high-tech communications equipmentA. Critical.B. Indifferent.C. Prejudiced.D. Positive.满分：2分2).With the increased use of high-tech communications equipment, businesspeople ______.A. have to get familiar with modern technologyB. are gaining more economic benefits from domestic operationsC. are attaching more importance to their overseas businessD. are eager to work overseas满分：2分3).In this passage, “out of sight and out of mind” (Lines 2-3, Para. 3) probably means____.A. being unable to think properly for lack of insightB. being totally out of touch with business at homeC. missing opportunities for promotion when abroadD. leaving all care and worry behind满分：2分4).According to the passage, what is an important consideration of international corporations in employing people todayA. Connections with businesses overseas.B. Ability to speak the client’s language.C. Technical know-how.D. Business experience.满分：2分5).The advantage of employees having foreign language skills is that they can _______.A. better control the whole negotiation processB. easily find new approaches to meet market needsC. fast-forward their proposals to headquartersD. easily make friends with businesspeople abroad满分：2分2.Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about giving-away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in an unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard (无意中听到) our conversation. “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home” I said yes. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints.”1).From the passage, we understand that _________ .A. the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirtiesB. the author was like most people who were mostly receivers rather than giversC. the author received the same education as most people during his childhoodD. the author liked most people as they looked upon life as a process of getting满分：2分2).According to the author ___________ .A. giving means you will lack moneyB. the excitement of giving can bring you moneyC. you don't have to be rich in order to giveD. when you give away money, you will be rich满分：2分3).The author would make the suggestion to the storekeeper___________ .A. in writingB. in personC. in the window displayD. about the neighborhood满分：2分4).When the author needed a post-office box, _________ .A. he had to put his name on a waiting listB. he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciationC. many people had applied for post-office boxes before himD. he asked the postmaster to make one for him满分：2分5).In reply to the postmaster's question, the author said _________ .A. it was the special deliveryB. C. D.B. it was the post-office boxC. it was the note of appreciation he wroteD. it was he who wrote him a letter a year ago满分：2分3.Ask Steveland Morris and he’ll tell you that blindness is not necessarily disabling(残疾的). Steveland was born prematurely(早产) and totally without sight in 1950. He became Steve Wonder --- composer, singer, and pianist. The winner of ten Grammy Awards(格莱美奖), Steve is widely acclaimed for his outstanding contributions to the music world.As a child, Steve learned not to think about the things he could not do, but to concentrate on the things that he could do. His parents encouraged him to join his sighted brothers in as many activities as possible. They also helped him to sharpen his sense of hearing, the sense upon which the visually disabled are so dependent.Because sound was so important to him, Steve began at an early age to experiment with different kinds of sound. He would bang things together and then imitate(模仿) the sound with his voice. Often relying on sound for entertainment, he sang, beat on toy drums(鼓),played a toy harmonica(口琴), and listened to the radio.Steve soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments. He first learned to play the drums. He then mastered the harmonica and the piano. He became a member of the junior church choir and a lead singer. In the evenings and on weekends, Steve would play different instruments and sing popular rhythm and blues (布鲁斯音乐)tunes on the front porches of n eighbors’ homes.One of Steve’s sessions was overheard by Ronnie white, a member of a popular singing group called The Miracles. Ronnie immediately recognized Steve’s talent(才华) and took him to audition (试演) for Berry Gordy, the president of Hitsville USA, a large recording company now known as Motown. Steve recorded his first smash hit(极为轰动的) “fingertips” in 1962 at age twelve, and the rest of Steve’s story is music history.1).This passage can be entitled (取名为)______ .A. The Music WorldB. Steve WonderC. Great MusiciansD. Blind People满分：2分2).By saying “Steve soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments”, the author means that ______ .A. Steve finished his study at a toy instrument school.B. Steve began to study in a real instrument school.C. Steve gave up all his toy instruments and began to buy many real instruments.D. Steve started to play real instruments.满分：2分3).Which of the following statements is NOT true about Steve’s childhoodA. Steve often tells people that a blind person is not necessarily disabled.B. He learned to concentrate on things that he could do.C. He played as often as possible with his brothers, who had normal sight.D. He tried very hard to train his sense of hearing.满分：2分4).The author mentions all the following facts EXCEPT that ______ .A. Steve’s neighbors could often enjoy his playing and singing.B. It was Ronnie White that recognized Steve’s talent and led him to a successful career.C. Berry Gordy helped him set up his own recording company.D. Steve’s parents played a very important role in training his sense of hearing.满分：2分5).The “Fingertips” ________ .A. recorded Steve’s musical performance that won him instant fameB. was a record that turned out to be a great successC. carried the message that the blind could work miracles with their fingertipsD. all of the above满分：2分4. People living on parts of the south coast of England face a serious problem. In 1993, the owners of a large hotel and of several houses discovered, to their horror, that theirgardens had disappeared overnight. The sea had eaten into the soft limestone cliffs on which they had been built. While experts were studying the problem, the hotel and several houses disappeared altogether, sliding down the cliff and into the sea.Erosion（侵蚀）of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has always been a problem but it has become more serious in recent years. Dozens of homes have had to be abandoned as the sea has crept farther and farther inland. Experts have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecasting the year in which their homes will be swallowed up by the hungry sea.Angry owners have called on the Government to erect sea defenses to protect their homes. Government surveyors have pointed out that in most cases, this is impossible. New sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go further along the coast, shifting the problem from one area to another. The danger is likely to continue, they say, until the waves reach an inland area of hard rock which will not be eaten as limestone is. Meanwhile, if you want to buy a cheap house with an uncertain future, apply to a house agent in one of the threatened areas on the south coast of England. You can get a house for a knockdown price but it may turn out to be a knockdown home.1).What is the cause of the problem that people living on parts of the south coast of England faceA. The rising of the sea level.B. The experts’ lack of knowledge.C. The washing-away of limestone cliffsD. The disappearance of hotels, houses and gardens.满分：2分2).The erosion of the white cliffs in the south of England __________.A. will soon become a problem for people living in central EnglandB. has now become a threat to the local residentsC. can be stopped if proper measures are takenD. is quickly changing the map of England满分：2分3).The experts’ study on the problem of erosion to __________.A. warn people whose homes are in dangerB. provide an effective way to slow it downC. head to its eventual solutionD. lead to its eventual solution满分：2分4).It is not feasible to build sea defenses to protect against erosion because __________.A. house agents along the coast do not support the ideaB. it is too costly and will endanger neighbouring areasC. the government is too slow in taking actionD. they will be easily knocked down by waves and currents满分：2分5).According to the author, when buying a house along the south coast of England, people should _________.A. take the quality of the house into considerationB. guard against being cheated by the house agentC. examine the house carefully before making a decisionD. be aware of the potential danger involved满分：2分二、单选题（共15道试题，共45分。
