College English Test for Non-English Majors of Adult Education
（英语三）
I. Vocabulary and Structure
There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the One answer that best completes the sentence.
1. Do you want to come for a B on my motorbike
A. run
B. ride
C. drive
D. walk
2. The repairs to my car C me a lot of money.
A. worth
B. prize
C. cost
D. spend
3. ____A_____ there is no opposition, I will act as representative of our class.
A. provided (that)
B. supposed (that)
C. opposed (that)
D. proved (that)
4. She _____D____ (up ) her forehead in disgust.
A. looked
B. pushed
C. pulled
D. wrinkled
5. Something has to be done D the recent rise in unemployment.
A. to counter
B. to count
C. to account
D. to encounter
6. The party leader is an extreme left-winger, but his deputy is more B in his views.
A. modest
B. moderate
C. monitor
D. modern
7. In ____A_____ of her apology, we decided to take no further action.
A. view
B. fact
C. idea
D. opinion
8. The boy’s ______B______ development was very advanced for his age.
A. intelligent
B. intellectual
C. internal
D. external
9. You may keep the book a further week _____D_______ no one else requires
it.
A. as if
B. even if
C. even though
D. provided that
10. The writer _____C______ the question of environmental pollution in his article.
A. kept from
B. kept to
C. kept up
D. kept in
11. The teacher said Tom is ______B______ average in his lessons.
A. on
B. above
C. over
D. up
12. Friendly ____C______ between different peoples facilitate the cultural
and economic interchange.
A. contests
B. contents
C. contacts
D. concerts
13. He noted ____A_____ her address on a piece of paper.
A. down
B. on
C. up
D. in
14. This is a private dining room where members could ____C_____ groups of friends.
A. welcome
B. accept
C. entertain
D. receive
15. We _______A_______ to the hotel manager that the room was too noisy.
A. complained
B. told
C. talked
D. spoke
16. He was told that he was ___B______ to inquire into the cause of the accident.
A. posted
B. assigned
C. sent
D. placed
17. The amount of sleep a person needs also increases if he/she has been
deprived of sleep in previous days. (A)
A. taken away
B. cured
C. rid
D. ensured
18. What is really abnormal sleepiness is now almost the norm. (C)
A. unique
B. regular
C. unusual
D. odd
19. The microscope can ____C_____ the object 100 times in diameter.
A. intensify
B. strengthen
C. magnify
D. expand
20. Eating too much sugar can lead ____D____ all sorts of health problems.
A. in
B. on
C. until
D. to
21. Some people like to own a car as a symbol of ___ C_____.
A. place
B. post
C. status
D. position
22. The old lady is friendly. She feels no ____D____ towards anybody.
A. capability
B. probability
C. possibility
D. hostility
23. ____D__________ good weather, our ship will reach Shanghai Monday evening.
A. Provided
B. Despite
C. Considered
D. Given
24. The children are _______A_______ computer games.
A. addicted to
B. attempted to
C. adopted to
D. associated to
25. You’ll have to work harder to _____A______ up with the top students in your class.
A. catch
B. take
C. hold
D. make
26. The political leader was defeated at last. His scandal ____D_______ his resignation.
A. led away
B. led off
C. led up
D. led to
27. I think that she must be a relation of A .
A. theirs
B. them
C. their
D. they’s
28. I can’t B you up—you’re a big boy now!
A. raise
B. lift
C. elevate
D. high
29. Do you know what chemical ____B_____ are involved when food is digested
A. courses
B. processes
C. approaches
D. stages
30. Be sure to ____A_____ your car _______ as you approach that dangerous curve.
A. slow…down
B. flow…down
C. speed…down
D. rate…down
II. Cloze
There are 20 blanks in the following passage(s). For each blank are provided four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the passage(s)
Aging is the 31 of growing old. It occurs eventually in 32 living thing provided, of course, that an illness or 33 does not kill
it prematurely. The most familiar 34 signs of aging may be seen 35 old people, such as the greying of the hair and the 36 of the skin. Signs
of aging in a pet dog or cat include 37 of playfulness and energy, a decline in hearing and eyesight, or even a slight greying of the 38 . Plants age too, but the signs are much 39 to detect.
Most body parts grow bigger and 40 , and function more efficiently 41 childhood. They reach their 42 at the time of maturity, or 43 adulthood. After that, they begin to 44 . Bones, for example, gradually become 45 and more brittle. In the aged, the joints 46 the bones also become rigid and more inflexible. This can make moving very 47 .
All the major organs of the body 48 signs of aging. The brain, for example, works less efficiently, and even gets smaller in size. Thinking processes of 49 sorts are slowed down. Old people often have 50 in remembering recent events.
(B)31. A. progress B. process C. program D. procedure
(C)32. A. some B. all C. every D. many
(A)33. A. accident B. incident C. event D. story
(D)34. A. toward B. inward C. onward D. outward
(A)35. A. in B. of C. at D. for
(D)36. A. reducing B. creeping C. crawling D. wrinkling (C)37. A. lost B. losing C. loss D. loosing
(B)38. A. jacket B. coat C. suit D. costume
(A)39. A. harder B. heavy C. harsh D. hurried
(C)40. A. great B. younger C. stronger D. powerful (B)41. A. among B. during C. for D. of
(D)42. A. length B. mount C. hill D. peak
(C)43. A. late B. last C. early D. final
(B)44. A. deflate B. decline C. decrease D. deduce
(A)45. A. lighter B. smaller C. bigger D. heavier
(B)46. A. to B. between C. of D. with
(D)47. A. flexible B. easy C. playful D. painful (A)48. A. show B. reveal C. detect D. allow
(C)49. A. every B. each C. all D. single
(D)50. A. trust B. suspect C. doubt D. trouble
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A There are two reading passages in this section. Each passage is followed by 5 questions. Each question is provided with four answers marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that best answers the question.
Passage 1
A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. “Is this your car, Mister” he asked.
Paul nodded. “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was astounded. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing Boy, I wish….” He hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.
“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.”
Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he adde d, “Would you like to take a ride in my automobile”
“Oh yes, I’d love that.”
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes aglow, said, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are” the boy asked.
He ran up the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car.
“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m gonna give you one just like it…, then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”
Paul got out and lifted the lad to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride. That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he had said: “It is more blessed to give….”
51. “…a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it”
implies that he an automobile of this kind. C
A. often saw
B. had often seen
C. had rarely seen
D. had
never thought of
52. Paul looked at the boy…, then impulsively he added, “….” A
A. he did this without planning and thinking
B. he did this with careful thinking
C. he was impelled by his brother to do this
D. he was forced by his mother to do this
53. He…squeezed up against him and pointed to the car. D
A. moved closer and touched him
B. held him tightly in his arms
C. pushed him nearer to the car
D. pulled him closer and supported him
54. That Christmas Eve, Paul learned…. B
A. For that Christmas Eve
B. On that Christmas Eve
C. After that Christmas Eve
D. At that Christmas Eve
55. …, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he had said: “….” D
A. gained knowledge of what Jesus meant to say
B. was able to study what Jesus meant to say
C. memorized what Jesus meant in saying
D. came to know what Jesus meant in saying
Passage 2
Britain has laws to make sure that women have the same opportunities as men in education, jobs and training. But it’s still unusual to find women doing dirty or heavy jobs.
Nikki Henriques is a car maintenance engineer in London. She used to be a secretary. Barty Phillips, a journalist with The Observer, a Sunday newspaper, asked her why she wanted to work with cars.
“My first reason was independence,” she said. “I also wanted to use my hands, and I like learning about how things work. Many people prefer to have a woman repair their cars, too.”
Nikki didn’t find it easy to become a car maintenance engineer. She went to a Government Skill Centre—a special sort of college where people can learn a new job—for twenty weeks. “For ten weeks I was the only woman among four hundred men, and some of them were rude to me, just because of my sex. It was also very tiring—from 8 in the morning to 5 at night, with only 30 minutes for lunch.” Now Nikki works free-lance—that is, she’s self-employed, working for herself and not for a garage or a company.
Barty Phillips also spoke to Rose, who works as a general builder in Sheffield, an industrial town in the north of England. Like Nikki, Rose used
to be a secretary. “I didn’t enjoy it at all,” she said. “I wanted to do more practical work, and I wanted to be self-employed.”
Rose joined a women’s building co-operative, and she learnt her job from other people and from experience. However, many of the women in her group have been specially trained. Most of the jobs they do are improvements to buildings and general repairs.
“People often say, ‘Oh, women aren’t strong enough,’ but I don’t think strength is important,” said Rose. “The important thing is to get used to doing a different sort of work.”
Rose would like more women to come into the building industry. “Everything built at the moment is a product of man’s world. If women become builders, they will be able to understand the production of their houses and their towns.”
56. There are laws in Britain to help women _____ D .
A. get higher pay than men
B. enjoy more freedom than men
C. do whatever they like to do
D. have equal chances with men in education and work
57. The work of ____B__ is considered dirty or heavy.
A. a newspaper journalist
B. a car maintenance engineer
C. a company manager
D. an office secretary
58. The job of a car maintenance engineer is to ___D______.
A. manufacture cars
B. sell cars
C. keep cars for others
D. repair cars
59. The most important reason for Nikki to be a car maintenance engineer is that ____A__ .
A. she wants to be independent
B. she has to make her own living
C. she likes to use her hands
D. she wants to get the same pay as men
60. Rose, who works as a general builder, ______ C .
A. believes women are as strong as men
B. admits women are much weaker than men
C. wants more women to become builders
D. thinks women can learn more from practical work
College English Test for Non-English Majors of Adult Education
（英语三）
I. Vocabulary and Structure
There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the One answer that best completes the sentence.
1. I think the team’s performance was B by the sudden rain.
A. effected
B. affected
C. defected
D. infected
2. Tourism has A agriculture as the nation’s main industry.
A. replaced
B. placed
C. taken place
D. substituted
3. This district has changed so much since I was last here that I hardly _____B_____ it now.
A. see
B. recognize
C. organize
D. admit
4. Reducing unemployment will be the main ______A_______ for the new government.
A. challenge
B. struggle
C. war
D. fighting
5. The old machine won’t _____A______ properly if you don’t oil it
regularly.
A. affect
B. effect
C. function
D. practice
6. I’m sorry to _______B_______ you, but can you direct me to the railway station
A. worry
B. bother
C. upset
D. hurry
7. The crowd started to ______A_______ when the night fell.
A. break out
B. break in
C. break over
D. break up
8. _____A______ another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park.
A. On
B. For
C. To
D. In
9. He came here for a ___B_____ aim.
A. regular
B. specific
C. especial
D. famous
10. In learning a foreign language, various forms of practice are good ____D______.
A. disciplines
B. theories
C. techniques
D. skills
11. Yesterday I went shopping and found a lot of _____B______ in the sale.
A. barges
B. bargains
C. barrages
D. barracks
12. There is no ___C_ ___ for air conditioners during the winter.
A. sale
B. selling
C. purchase
D. buy
13. Eventually, your body will demand that the debt be repaid. (D)
A. Otherwise
B. However
C. Nevertheless
D. Ultimately
14. Sleep deprivation also magnifies alcohol’s effects on the body. (A)
A. intensifies
B. weakens
C. reduces
D. expands
15. In a ten-year ___D______ from 1976 to 1985, the total world fish catch increased 29%.
A. expanse
B. expense
C. stance
D. span
16. He quickly ____B____ to the climate in the high mountains and finally
became an outstanding soldier.
A. adopted
B. adapted
C. addicted
D. added
17. Would you please ___D_____ your visit for a few days, stay a few days longer
A. expand
B. lengthen
C. stretch
D. extend
18. The more dangers we ___B_____, the harder should we push forward.
A. deal
B. encounter
C. account
D. dispose
19. Please ____A______ sure that the house is locked before you leave.
A. make
B. take
C. do
D. let
20. Their traveling expenses amount ______C______ seven hundred dollars.
A. for
B. with
C. to
D. about
21. Shall I ____B_____ you up at the airport tomorrow morning
A. send
B. pick
C. see
D. look
22. The managing director’s only _____A_____ was how to improve the quality of their products.
A. concern
B. confirm
C. conclude
D. confess
23. Do you mind D for him for a few minutes
A. have waited
B. being waited
C. to wait
D. waiting
24. There are some famous sayings in D of the magazine.
A. the face
B. the beginning
C. the initial
D. the front
25. We ___A______ with you as to the precise meaning of this phrase.
A. distinguish
B. differentiate
C. differ
D. disintegrate
26. All the students must wear ____C_____ at our school.
A. costumes
B. hats
C. uniforms
D. shoes
27. The young man managed C from his parents where he was going.
A. concealing
B. concealed
C. to conceal
D. having concealed
28. Hawthorne was chosen to A one of the country’s leading travel firms.
A. lead
B. cover
C. behead
D. head
29. A lot of people have ______C______ on the similarity between them.
A. said
B. told
C. remarked
D. remade
30. There was _____B_______ agreement that it was a splendid wedding.
A. ordinary
B. universal
C. anniversary
D. reversal
II. Cloze
There are 20 blanks in the following passage(s). For each blank are provided four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the passage(s)
People tend to sleep more lightly and for shorter time spans as they get older, although they generally need about the same 31 of sleep as they 32 in early adulthood. About half of all people over 65 have 33
sleeping problems, such as insomnia, and deep sleep 34 in many 35 people often become very short or 36 completely. This 37 may be
a normal part of aging, 38 it may result from medical problems that are common in elderly people and 39 the medications and 40 treatments for those problems.
Experts say that if you feel drowsy during the 41 , even during boring activities, you 42 had enough sleep. If you routinely fall 43 within 5 minutes of lying down, you probably have severe 44 deprivation, possibly even a sleep 45 . Microsleeps, or very brief episodes of sleep in an otherwise 46 person, are another mark of sleep deprivation. In many cases, people are not 47 that they are experiencing microsleeps. The widespread 48 of “burning the candle
at both ends” in western industrialized societies has 49 so much sleep deprivation that 40 is really abnormal sleepiness is now almost the norm.
(C)31. A. account B. number C. amount D. quantity
(D)32. A. demanded B. required C. requested D. needed
(A)A33. A. frequent B. often C. once D. almost
(B)34. A. steps B. stages C. stances D. status
(A)35. A. elderly B. oldly C. older D. elder
(D)36. A. state B. stay C. start D. stop
(B)37. A. shift B. change C. transfer D. vary
(A)38. A. or B. and C. but D. else
(D)39. A. at B. in C. with D. from
(C)40. A. another B. the other C. other D. others (A)41. A. day B. night C. evening D. morning
(D)42. A. didn’t B. hasn’t C. hadn’t D. haven’t
(B)43. A. sleepy B. asleep C. drowsy D. fainted
(C)44. A. asleep B. rest C. sleep D. drowsy
(D)45. A. symptom B. disease C. illness D. disorder (B)46. A. wake B. awake C. waking D. awaking
(A)47. A. aware B. away C. wary D. wearing
(C)48. A. work B. exercise C. practice D. drill
(A)49. A. created B. contributed C. conducted D. conduced (D)50. A. it B. this C. which D. what