英语III(2)#-0001（课程代码：3309034-浙江电大）

英语III(2)#-0001

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1.

Do not do that! It will be ______ you do itlike this.

though

if

although

whether

2.

I have a fellow _____ daughter gets fever.

who

his

whose

that

3.

The car you are taking is the third ___.

one

car

fastest

fast

4.

Students are not ___ shy ____ they used tobe.

like, as

as, like

so, that

as, as

5.

I am sorry I ____ your birthday as I doevery year.

break up

deny

forget

regret

6.

Teachers are supposed to ____ students ____help others.

teaches, how to

teach, how to

deny, how to

/, /

7.

Millions of voter are enjoying the ____ ofher victory.

sadness

delights

delight

delighting

8.

Mill has worked ___ a doctor for a longtime.

be

like

is

as

9.

Society ______ a choice over the bestenergy sources.

steps

towards

faces

sings

10.

Comparing pony and ____, I prefer thelatter though they are similar to each other.

puppy

mule

cat

monkey

11.A lot has been written about youngtravelers, but a possibly bigger impact on our society is being made by olderpeople who are choosing to leave the place where they live, and were possiblyborn, in order to move to where the climate is better when they retire. This ishappening in richer countries as improved travel and communication networksmean that moving no longer means losing contract with friends and family. Inthe USA, many people choose to retire to Florida or California, both areas thatare famous for their sunshine. In Europe, the European Union means that movingfrom one country to another country is easy for a member. Many people fromBritain head for Spain when they retire, and Portugal is now becoming just aspopular. Cheap flights mean that getting to Spain by air can often be cheaperthan getting a train from London to Scotland! People from other northernEuropean countries, such as Holland and Germany, are also moving south. Croatiais very popular with Germans, whole family benefits from these moves—the olderparents are able to live in a warmer, healthier climate, while their children areable to visit them for cheap holidays in the sun!

People retiring and living in othercountries_______.

might be having more of an impact onsociety than young people traveling

is having more of an impact on society thanyoung people traveling

is not having more of an impact on societythan young people traveling

is influenced on society than young peopl

People are happy to live in other countriesbecause they_______.

can live very cheaply

don't have to do any work there

can still stay in contact with friends andfamily

cannot stay to do a lot of work

Within the European Union ________.

people can move easily to another country

house prices are cheap

the climate is good

house prices are expensive

Travelling from London to Scotland________.

is cheaper than travelling to Spain

can often be more expensive than travellingto Spain

is always more expensive than travelling toSpain

is as expensive as travelling to Spain

The benefits of retiring to a differentcountry include______.

healthier climate and cheap food

cheaper heating bills and travel

a healthier climate and being able toprovide cheap holidays for your family

a healthier climate and fresh food

12.Almost every family buys at least onecopy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe to as many as two or threedifferent newspapers. But why do people read newspapers？　Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings－battles lost and won, kings orrulers overthrown or killed－took months and even years to travel from one country to another.The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read inour newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the sameday they happen. Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapersgive us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radio,television and film guides, book reviews, stories, and of course,advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bringattention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars forthe advertising space, but it is worth the money for news of their productsgoes into almost every home in the country. For those who produce newspapers,advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertisements makesit possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make aprofit.

The phrase “subscribe to” in the firstparagraph means _______________.

go to the newspaper stand and buy

send their own news stories to

agree to buy for a specific period of time

become faithful readers of

The habit of reading newspapers is_________________.

widespread

found among a few families

not popular

uncommon

Before the time of the newspaper___________________.

bad news traveled quickly and good newsslowly

few people cared about events that tookplace in far away countries

kings and rulers were often overthrown orkilled

news was passed from one person to another.

The author seems to agree that money spenton advertisements is _______________.

wasted

not much

well spent

of no use to anyone

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Five hundred years ago it took a long timefor news to reach other countries

Newspaper advertisements turn people’sattention away from their products.

The news that we read in newspapers ismainly about new products.

When newspapers are sold at a low

13.

Thank you dor your email, which I gotyesterday. 译文：谢谢你的邮件，我昨天拿到了。

14.

It is bound to rain tomorrow. 译文：明天被下雨绑定了。

15.

The Goddess A-Ma's protection of Macaodates back, according to some books, to the very beginning of the settlement ofMacao. 译文：根据一些书籍的记载，妈祖对于澳门的护佑可以追溯到澳门开发之初。

16.

Astronauts insist that the view is neverboring. 译文：宇航员们坚持认为这样的景象是永远不会令人生厌的。

17.

It may be difficult for us to remember whatlife was like before the Internet gave us the World Wide Web. 译文：在互联网为我们提供万维网之前，我们可能很难想象之后的生活将是什么样的。

18.

What you want from the gap year could be athrilling adventure, a new qualification or an exciting experience in aspecialized area. 译文：你从上大学前的那一年空档时期可以做一次惊心动魄的冒险活动，可以去获取新的一个资格证书，也可以在某一个特殊领域中体验一次令人激动的经历。

19.

In the short term, I think there is boundto be much more wireless access, which will be a lot more conveniet. 译文：长期看来，我觉得一定会有更多的雅线接入，上网会更加便利。

20.

The relative price of products like tea,cocoa, coffee, bananas and sugar is 30% lower than it was 20 years ago. 译文：农产品价格如茶、可口、咖啡、香蕉和糖比20年前的价格相对来说要低。

21.

Their strategy had always been to advertisethat their products were one hundred percent UK manufactured. 译文：他们的计划之前一直在宣传他们的产品是百分之百在英国制造的。

22.

The ISS serves as a base for observationand experiments. 译文：国际空间站可以用来当做观察和实验。

23.

Every year in November, the Icehotel forthat winter season is built form ice which has been harvested the previousspring from the Torne and stored in the Icehotel Art Center throughout thesummer. 译文：每年十一月，人们用当年夏天从Torne 河采集的冰修建用于冬季的冰旅馆而且这些冰整个夏天都储藏于艺术中心

24.

The use of a cell from a foetus (胚胎) also added fuel to the debateabout the ethics of cloning itself. 译文：这种胚胎细胞加油后，争论的就是关于克隆本身所涉及的伦理问题。

25.

Very soon we will be able to use theInternet without a direct phone connection. 译文：我们马上就能不通电话线而使用互联网了。

26.

Three days were suggested, namely Monday,Wednesday and Saturday. 译文：有人建议就三天，周一、周二和周三。

27.

Many of the foods we buy in the supermarketevery day are genetically modified for one reason or another. 译文：我们每天在超市买的所有食物由于种种原因均作了转化。

28.

After winning awards in 1985 for hisstudent work, Ang Lee spent the next six years working on screenplays. 1985年李安学生时期的作品获奖，接下来他花了六年时间研究电影剧本。

29.

With the bridge destroyed, there wasnothing for it but swim. 译文：桥被破坏了，除了游过去别雅他法。

30.

The most important thing that young gapersmust do is decide what they want out of their gap year. 译文：最重要的是那些年轻的跨越者必须决定自己想从那一年中得到什么。

31.

Although high in the mountains, LakeIssyk-Kul (伊塞克湖) neverfreezes in winter, providing a year-round resort for rest and relaxation and arange of health cures. 译文：尽管伊塞克湖高居在山上，但是冬天从来不结冰，常年为人们提供资源，还可提供一系列的健康治疗。

32.

Nowdays, Hollywood blockbusters, watched byfilmgoers worldwide, earn hugh revenues. 译文：如今被时间范围的人们观赏的好莱坞大片获得了巨大的收益。