英语函授考试 英语三

Final Exam Paper I. Choose the best answer for the blank. ( 共20分，每题1分) 1. The company is placing an advertising _______. A. activity B. campaign C. movement D. development 2. One of the achievements of the 20th century has been that the condition are _____ for direct communication with each other far in the distance. A. favorite B. backward C. favorable D. healthy 3. She did not go out because of the _____ cold. A. tense B. intense C. intensive D. extensive 4. The _____ stuck on the envelop says “By Air”. A. diagram B. label C. signal D. mark 5. His opinion _____ that can be discussed on the issue. A. implies B. interprets C. represents D. indicates 6. Switzerland is well-known for its impressive mountainous _____. A. views B. scenery C. scenes D. sights 7. He’s not a man that can be ____ on, you can’t rely on him A. reliable B. imposing C. dependent D. independent 8. After the bell, the students went back to their ______ classroom. A. respective B. respectful C. respectable D. individual 9. Do you feel ____ to drink a cup of tea? A. obliged B. intense C. thoughtful D. inclined 10. Despite technical progress, food production is still completely__on weather. A. reliable B. dependable C. dependent D. inseparable 11. When you are traveling you should put ______ on your luggage. A. signatures B. labels C. signs D. marks 12. Which party will be in ____ after the next general election? A. position B turn C. authority D. office 13. The department is fortunate in having the most _____ equipment with which to complete its research. A. desirable B. preferable C. up-to-date D. latest 14. It is not polite to ______ a speaker when he is making a speech. A. cease B. interrupt C. oppose D. inquire 15. The singer came into _____ through appearing on television. A. complacency B. authority C. prominence D. contentment 16. John has never been _____ a plane. A. abroad B. above C. absorb D. aboard 17. She _____ that the doctor charged too much for the treatment. A. broadcast B. stated C. blamed D. complained 18. The speaker’s words ______ in her mind. A. sounded B. repeated C. echoed D. copied 19. ______ criminals is an offense in law. A. Guarding B. Defeating C. Harboring D. Protecting 20. He had lost his _____ card and was being questioned by the police. A. status B. identify C. figure D. resident II. 优劣判断 （共20分，每题2分，请选择最佳答案） 1. He relaxed himself by playing chess at the end of an arduous day’s work. A. 一天劳累的工作结束时，他下棋放松一下。 B．他工作了一天非常劳累，下班后下棋放松一下。 C．他在劳累地工作一天以后，下棋放松一下。 2. She is an absolutely one-man wife. A．她是一个绝对地只要一个男人的妻子。 B．她是一个忠实的妻子，绝对地只有一个男人。 C．她是一位忠实的妻子，坚信从一而终的信念。 3. She is a good washer. A．她是一个好洗衣人。 B．她洗衣服洗得好。 C．她洗衣服总是洗得很干净。 4. The children are always up to amusing tricks. A．孩子们总是喜欢调皮捣蛋寻开心。 B．孩子们总是喜欢一些逗人笑的恶作剧。 C．孩子们总是喜欢玩一些引起兴趣的诡计。 5．Failure to answer half the question the questions they asked made the police. A．由于他未能回答他们所问问题的一半，使得警察对他产生了怀疑。 B．他未能回答他们所问问题的一半，警察对他怀疑了。 C．未能回答他们所问问题的一半，使警察对他起了疑心。 6. His preoccupation with business left little time for his family. A．他全神贯注于事业， 为他的家庭留下了很少的时间。 B．他对事业的全神贯注留给家庭的时间很少。 C．他全神贯注于事业，因而与家人在一起的时间很少。 7. She makes a good teacher, as she has a good student. A．她原先是个好学生， 现在是个好老师。 B．她制造好老师， 正像她有一个好学生一样。 C．她为好老师，正像她有一个好学生。 8. This is an “egg-and-hen” question. A．这是一个“鸡蛋和鸡”的问题。 B．这是一个“先有鸡还是先有蛋”问题。 C．这是一个长期争论不休的问题。 9. His words are worth taking with a grain of salt. A．他的话不能全信，应该打些折扣。 B．他的话值得保留看法。 C．他的话值得不全信。 10. Business took me to town. A．公务把我带到了城里。 B．公务伴我进城。 C．我因事进城去了。 III. Reading Comprehension (共20分， 每题2分) Some years ago the captain of a ship was very interested in medicine. He always took e medicine books to sea and liked to talk about different diseases. One day a lazy sailor on his ship pretended to be ill. He lay on his bunk and groaned as if he were very sick. The captain came to see him and was very pleased to have to look after. He told the man to rest for a few days and made the other sailors do his work. Three days later another sailor pretended that he had something wrong with his chest. Once more the captain looked in his medical books and told the “sick’ man to have a rest. The other sailors were very angry became they had more work to do. The patients had the best food and laughed at their friends when the captain was not looking. At last the mate decided to cure the “sick” men. He mixed up some soap, soot, glue and other unpleasant things. Then he obtained permission from the captain to give his new medicine to the patients jumped put of his bunk, ran up on deck and climbed the highest mast on the ship. He did not want any more medicine. The mate told both of the men that they must take the medicine every half an hour, night and day. This soon cured them. They both said they felt better and wanted to start work again. The captain realized that the man had tried to deceive him so he made them work very hard for the rest of the voyage. Questions: The first sailor pretended to be ill because he wanted to ____________. test the captain’s knowledge of medicine. Be free from work Have the best food on the ship Play a joke on his friends When the captain knew a sailor was ill, he __________ didn’t care much set for a doctor looked after him and told him to have a rest gave him some medicine The patients felt better quickly because __________. they had been given proper treatment they learned that the captain had found put the truth they were laughed at by their friends the medicine the mate gave them was horrible When the captain knew he had been deceived, he _________ A. told them not to do so again B. lost his temper C. made them work harder D. fried them 5. Which of the following best summarizes the passage? _________ A. A Sudden Cure B. Two Patients C. Captain and Sailors D. A Different Voyage Recently the World Health Organization announced that the disease of smallpox had almost been wiped out in most parts of the world, thanks to widespread vaccination. Most people are vaccinated at least once in their lives and if they wish to travel from one country to another they must be able to show a certificate proving that they have had a recent vaccination. In this way the disease has been prevent