大学英语（4）（本）阶段练习3华东理工大学网络教育学院大学英语（4）（本）阶段练习三Part I Vocabulary and Structure1. Not satisfied with his handwriting, the mother asked her son to copy the article _____ second time.A) another B) a C) the D) every2. What could you imagine Shanghai will be in ______?A) the 2010s B) the 2010 C) 2010s D) 2010’s3. The volunteers of EXPO are _____ young people between age of 16 and 28.A) most of B) most C) mostly D) at most4. The fridge I bought at the second-hand shop is almost new. _____, it works quite well.A) Furthermore B) Instead C) Though D) Nevertheless5. I have decided to go on holiday _____.A) with myself B) of my own C) lonely D) on my own6. The conference _____ a full week by the time it ends.A) must have lasted B) would have lastedC) will have lasted D) has lasted7. ______ when she started complaining.A) Not until arrived he B) No sooner had he arrivedC) Hardly did he arrive D) Scarcely had he arrived8. He cannot but _____ home because his car broke down on his way home.A) walk B) walking C) to walk D) walked9. Much to our regret, the proposal _____ health food production was rejected for the lack of fund required,A) concerned B) concerningC) which was concerned D) which concerning10. Tim seldom failed in his exam, _____?A) did Tim B) didn’t Tim C) did he D) didn’t he11. You and I could hardly understand what he said, _____ ?A) could we B) could you C) couldn’t we D) couldn’t you12. Two hundred dollars _____ a small sum to pay for the second-hand refrigerator.A) have been B) has been C) are D) is13. _____ we’ll go camping tomorrow has kept us all excited the whole day.A) If B) Whether C) That D) Where14. He is seriously ill; there is _____hope for him.A) a few B) few C) little D) a little15. -- Can you come on Friday or Saturday?--I'm afraid _____day is possible.A) either B) some C) any D) neither16. ______the maths problem is difficult, I'll try very hard to work it out.A) Though B) When C) Before D) After17. The car accident happened at ____ crossroad a few meters away from _____ bank.A) the; / B) /; a C) /; the D) the; the18. Either the shirts or the sweater _____ a good buy.A) is B) has C) are D) was19. There isn't any difference between the two. I really don't know _____.A) where to choose B) which to chooseC) to choose what D) to choose which20. It is high time that we _____ working to take a break.A) should stop B) would stop C) stopped D) stop21. _____ you stop making so much trouble, I will tell you an interesting fairy story.A) But B) So long as C) However D) Wherever22. As the bus came round the corner, it ran _____ a big tree by the roadside.A) into B) on C) over D) up23. You _____ your books before they are due.A) had better to renew B) would rather to renewC) had better renew D) would rather renew24. I was about to go to school _____ a man with a mask broke into the house.A) when B) which C) that D) but25. When Lily came home at 5 p.m. yesterday, her mother _____ dinner in the kitchen.A) cooked B) was cooking C) cooks D) has cooked26. I’d love to go on holiday but I can’t _____ the time.A) affect B) effect C) afford D) effort27.It was quite an _____ when a woman first became prime minister.A) case B) event C) accident D) incident28. He _____ his failure to his laziness.A) contributed B) attributed C) devoted D) distributed29. Eventually I _____ to temptation and had an ice cream.A) gave in B) gave up C) turned in D) took in30. I wish y ou’d stop trying to find _____ with everything I do.A) defect B) faultC) flaw D) shortcomings31.The stress of losing his job contributed _____ his death.A) to B) towards C) on D) in32. _____ her and then try to copy what she does.A) Mind B) See C) Stare at D) Watch33. The computer system _____ suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet.A) broke down B) broke out C) broke up D) broke in34. Tom, what did you do with my documents? I have never seen such a ___ and disorder!A) mass B) mess C) guess D) bus35. If she wants to stay thin, she must make a ______ in her diet.A) change B) turn C) run D) goPart II Use of English1. - Hello, how are you?- ______A) Hello, how are you? B：How do you do?C) fine, thank you. D) That's OK.2. -I have lost my new English dictionary.- _________A) What a pity! B) It's nothing.C) It doesn't matter. D) Not at all.3. -Excuse me, is there any grocery store around here?-Yes, _________on Pine street. It's not far from here.A) you like it B) there is oneC) you'll catch it D) it's warm and foggy4. -I went to the beach and got plenty of rest.-___________. You looked tired last time I saw you.A) I hope so B) ReallyC) I'm glad you did D) The sound was nice5. -How can I get to the nearest post office?-_______________A) It is a long way from here. B) Sorry, I am new here.C) Why don't you walk? D) Here it is.6. -My brother fell off his bike and hurt himself.-______A) How careless he was! B) I'm sorry to hear that.C) That's too bad. D) I'm bad to hear that.7. - Please help yourself to the seafood- _______A) No, I can’t. B) Sorry, I can’t help.C) Well, seafood don’t suit for. D) Thanks, but I don’t like the seafood.8. Excuse me, would you lend me your car?____________________________.A) Certainly. B) Please don’ t do it.C)It’s nothing.D) Yes, I have a car.9. I don’t like the sports programs._____________________________.A) So do I. B) Neither do I.C) So am I. D) Neither am I.10. - Can you go to the concert with us this evening?- _______A) No, I already have plans.B. I’d love to, but I’m busy tonight.C) No, I really don’t like being with you.D. I’m ill, so I shouldn’t go out.Part III Reading ComprehensionPassage OneSnowflakes look like white stars falling from the sky. But there have been times when snow has looked red, green, yellow, or black. There have been snowflakes of almost every color. Thinkhow it would seem to have colored snowflakes coming down all around you.Black snow fell in France one year. Another year grey snow fell in Japan. It was found that the snow was mixed with ashes. This made it look dark. Red snow had come down in other countries. When this happened, the snow was mixed with red dust.Most snow looks white, but it is really the color of ice. Snow is ice that comes from snow cloud. Each snowflake begins with a small drop of frozen water. More water forms around this drop. The way the water freezes gives the snowflakes its shape.No two snowflakes are ever just the same size or shape. Sometimes the snowflakes are broken when they come down. Other snowflakes melt as they fall. All snowflakes are flat and have six sides, if they are not broken or melted. When the air is cold and dry, the falling snowflakes are small and hard. If the air wet and warm, the snowflakes are big and soft.Would you be surprised to see snowflakes as big as your head falling from the sky? It happened once in the United States. It could happen again.1. The first two paragraphs mainly tell us that sometimes snow has different colors.A) T B) F2. No two snowflakes are just the same size, but all snowflakes are hard.A) T B) F3. Snowflakes begin with cloud.A) T B) F4. The bigger the snowflakes are, the softer they are.A) T B) F5. Black snow fell only in European Countries.A) T B) FPassage TwoOne day in 1965, when I was a library worker at school, a teacher came to me. She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed something more difficult for him to do. "Could you help me in the library?" she asked. I said, "Send him along."Soon, a golden-haired boy appeared. "Do you have a job for me?" he asked. I told him about a system for sorting books. He picked up the idea immediately. Then I showed him some cards for some unreturned books that I thought had been returned but not recorded. Maybe some books were put on wrong places. He said, "Is it a kind of a detective （侦探）job?" I answered yes, and then began his work.He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened thedoor and said, "Time for rest!" he argued for finishing the finding job, but the teacher won.The next morning, he arrived early, "I want to finish these books," he said. At the end of the day, when he asked to work with me more often, it was easy for me to say yes. After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy's home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother declared that the family would be moving to another school. Her son's first concern, she said, was leaving the library. "Who will find the lost books?" he asked. When the time came, it was hard to say goodbye. Though at the beginning he had seemed an ordinary boy, his strong feeling of interest had made him different.Do you know who he is? This boy became a great man of the Information Age: Bill Gates.6. The teacher went to the library to find a job for Bill Gates.A) T B) F7. The librarian was too busy to have a rest.A) T B) F8. The sentence "He picked up the idea immediately" means that he learned that system quickly.A) T B) F9. Bill Gates was expected to find books with wrong cards.A) T B) F10. Bill Gates felt sad when his family would move to another school area.A) T B) FPassage ThreeMany people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the c ountry with a garden of one’s own.Then, in the country one can really get away from the noise and hurry of busy working lives. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which areneeded in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has got the reward together with those who have shared the secret of Nature.Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.11. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A) People who love Nature prefer to live outside the city.B) All the people who work in London prefer to live in the country.C) Some people enjoying city life prefer to work and live inside London.D) Many nature lovers, though working in London, prefer to live outside the city.12. With the same money needed for ____, one can buy a little house with a garden inthe country.A) getting a small flat with a gardenB) having a small flat with a gardenC) renting a small flat without a gardenD) buying a small flat without a garden13. When the garden is in blossom, the one _____ has been rewarded.A) living in the countryB) having spent time working in the gardenC) having a garden of his ownD) having been digging, planting and watering14. People who think happiness lies in the city life would feel that _____ if they hadto live outside London.A) their life was meaninglessB) their life was invaluableC) they didn’t deserve a happy lifeD) they were not worthy of their happy life15. The underlined phrase get away from in the 3rd paragraph refers to ____.A) deal with B) do away withC) escape from D) prevent fromPassage FourAmong the more interesting things to observe as you travel the world are the ways in which people conduct themselves at parties. In some countries men and women move to opposite ends of the room and talk to one another; in others they sit in large chairs around the edge of the room and talk only to the people on either side of them, or silently eat and observe the scene.As you would imagine, Americans move about a great deal at parties. At small gatherings they may sit down, but as soon as there are more people than chairs in the room –or better yet, a little before this point –you would see first one and then another make some excuses to get to his feet (to fetch a drink or greet a friend or open a window) until soon everyone is standing, moving around, chatting with one group and then another. Sitting becomes inactive beyond a certain point. We expectpeople to move about and be “self-starters.”It is quite normal for Americans to introduce themselves and their companions. If this happens, you are expected to reply by giving your name and introducing the person with you. After such an informal introduction, you talk together for a little while, here come those questions: “Are you new here?”“How long have you been in America?”Within a moment or two, you will havestruck some common ground, conversation will move along for a while, and then either couple can feel free to say something informal like: “Well, it’s been nice to meet you” or “I hope we see you again soon.” This is the signal for both couples to say their good-byes and move off to another group.The basic rule at big parties is: don’t st ay in one place for too long. Pick out people you think look interesting, then go to talk to them. Women should not gather themselves in a group with each other or hide themselves away in a corner. They too should move around the room either with their husbands, or with friends or alone, whichever they prefer, unless they are strategically located (and attractive!) so that people keep coming up to them. The point of a party in this country is to meet and talk with people; the fact that you are all there together under your host’s roof is in itself a form of introduction in our view. Asa result anyone can feel free to talk to anyone else.16. The possible title for this passage might be ______.A) Parties in the World B) Differences of Parties in Different CountriesC) Parties in America D) A Party I Attend in America17. According to the author, the major difference between an American party and that in other countries lies in the fact that ______.A) Americans move about a great deal at partiesB) Americans never sit down at partiesC) women usually come with their husbands to a partyD) women and men talk in different groups18. Americans expect ______ at a party.A) people to stop talking and observe the sceneB) women to move around alone to attract peopleC) people to find some excuses to stand upD) to introduce themselves and feel free to talk19. In the second paragraph, the sentence “…you will have struck some common ground” means you will have ______.A) struck together the ground that both of you are standing onB) met each other so unexpectedly that you hit each other to the groundC) shaken hands and touched each other as ordinary people usually doD) talked about something that both of you are interested in and like to talk about20. If a lady is strategically located in a party, then, which of the following sentencesis not true?A) She is not moving around any more.B) She must be alone, hiding herself in a corner.C) She must be very attractive.D) People will continuously go to her place.Part IV ClozeGlasses protect people's eyes from bright light. Microscopes make tiny things larger __1__ we can examine them. Telescopes make objects that are far away appear __2__ closer to us. Howeverin recent years plastics have replaced glass __3__conditions where glass might be easily broken there are new uses to be developed for glass that were never imagined in the __4__. Perhaps the greatest __5__ of glass is that its constituent (构成的) parts are inexpensive and can be found all over the world.1. A) much B) so that C) advantage D) past E) on2. A) much B) so that C) advantage D) past E) on3. A) much B) so that C) advantage D) past E) on4. A) much B) so that C) advantage D) past E) on5. A) much B) so that C) advantage D) past E) onPart V Translation1. Why, do you want me to change the channel?2. Yeah, I'm anxious to hear all the songs from her new album.3. This street will be widened.4. She likes Mike a lot, but she doesn't want to get married so early.5. When I was young, I'd listen to the radio, waiting for my favorite songs.6. He keeps looking at himself in the mirror.Part VI Sample WritingHow to achieve success of distance learning 如何取得网络学习的成功Distance learning has many advantages over regular courses. You should follow a certain set of rules or guidelines to achieve success especially in IT training courses learnt via distance learning mode.First, you should devote much time in recollecting and going through the study materials and brushing up your skills without getting complacent or lazy. Since distance learning does not involve human intervention personally, you should make it apoint to get the human touch to it by discussing it with the fellow students or teachers whenever it is possible to make it better to learn and to improve your skills. Since IT training courses require practical methods to learn, you should make it a point to put in practice of whatever you have learnt theoretically as this will make your skills grow laterally rather than in one direction. And thus you would also be able to apply what you have learnt in real time situation which is what required when it comes to IT learning Living in a Big city 生活在大城市Thousands of people stream into cities, especially big cities. Big cities have special attractions for many people. First, in big cities, people can easily get a job to make a living . Then, there are many facilities which make people feel very convenient in life. Third, people have more into big cities by all means. I like living in a big city because it can provide me with move convenient living conditions and a good job. Besides , living in a big city, I can get the latest information coming from every field which will make you wiser. However, Big cities are facing problems and the biggest one is traffic . There are too many people and cars. The traffic is heavy, especially during the rush hours. Every street is crowded. Cars are running fast, they may cause traffic accidents easily. What is more , as a daily commuter , Everyone wastes a lot of time on commuting. Time is valuable. So traffic is a big problem which has irritated everyone much.Key to ThreePart I Vocabulary and Structure1-5 BACAD 6-10 CDABC 11-15 ADCCD 16-20 ADABC21-25 BACAB 26-30 CBBAB 31-35 ADABAPart II Use of English1-5 CABCB 6-10 BDABBPart III Reading Comprehension1-5 ABBAB 6-10 ABAAB 11-15 BCBAC 16-20 CADDB Part IV Cloze1-5 BAEDCPart V Translation1.怎么了，你要我换个频道吗？2.是的，我也很急着听她新唱片里所有的歌。
