四川省大学英语三级考试模拟试题

四川省大学英语三级考试模拟试题 Part II: Vocabulary and structure (20%) II. Vocabulary and Structure (20%) Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 13. For miles around me there was nothing but a desert, without a single plant or tree _____. A. on earth B. at a distance C. in sight D. in place 14. This case is quite _____ today with the great development of science and technology.  A. common B. general C. simple D. alike 15. _____ the dog, we should have reached our destination in time. A. Because of B. In spite of C. But for D. In case of 16. Lucy changed her major from physics to computer, _____. A. with hopes to be able to locate employment more easilyB. hoping she can easily get a job C. with the hope for the ability to find a better jobD. hoping to find a job more easily  17. That tree looked as if it _____ for a long time. A. hasn't watered B. didn't wateredC. hadn't been watered D. wasn't watered 18. Though the long-term _____ cannot be predicted, the project has been approved by the committee. A. affect B. effect C. effort D. afford 19. One must live in the United States for five years in order to _____ citizenship. A. appeal to B. accept C. approve of D. apply for  20. Can you tell me _____ ? A. who is that gentlemen B. that gentleman is who  C. who that gentleman is D. whom is that gentle man 21. Only in this way _____ progress in your English. A. you make B. can you make C. you be able to make D. will you able to make 22. It's a fine day. Let's go fishing, _____ ? A. won't we B. will we C. don't we D. shall we 23. The building _____ roof we can see is the Western Church. A. its B. which C. whose D. who's 24. The first software of Windows _____ by Bill Gates became very popular with computer lovers immediately.  A. made B. had made C. was made D. had been made 25. I could easily have imagined her _____ him as a man of fine quality. A. thinking B. regarding C. talking D. admitting 26. He has no choice but _____ to see him. A. to go B. go C. going D. goes 27. _____ left before the meeting, it doesn't seem likely that they will come. A. In such a short time B. Only such a short time C. With such a short time D. Without such a short time 28. She listened carefully _____ she might discover exactly what he wanted. A. so as that B. in case C. providing D. in order that  29. I remember her and her brother _____ to our office. A. coming B. to come C. come D. to have come 30. I don't think anyone can accuse her _____ not being frank. A. with B. in C. of D. at 31._____ , the people in the flooded areas could not have rebuilt their homes. A. If the Party didn't offer its timely helpB. Hadn't the Party offered its timely help C. Should the Party offered its timely help D. If the Party offered its timely help 32. The moon shines brightly, as if it _____ light by itself. A. gave off B. gave away C. gave up D. gave in Part III: Reading Comprehension (40%) Directions There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. Fro each question, there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should chose the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage 1 Questions 33 to 37 are based on the following passage: In the past, operations were difficult. Until the middle of the eighteen fifties, surgery was very dangerous. Many patients died after even the smallest operations. This was because bacteria entered the cuts in the patients’ bodied and started infection. In some countries, up to 90 percent of patients died from infection after operations. In 1865, however, Joseph Lister, a British surgeon, found an answer to the problem. He used an “antiseptic” during and after operations. This killed the dangerous bacteria and most of his patients lived. Since then, surgeons have used antiseptics in all operations. Surgery has developed in many important ways since the day of Joseph Lister. Today, when patients go to hospital for an operation, they can expect the best treatment, in clean and hygienic conditions. 33. Operations were difficult and dangerous until_______. A.1850 B. the middle of 1850C. the middle of the fifties of the eighteenth century D. the middle of the fifties of the nineteenth century 34. In the passage, surgery means__________. A. The performing of an operation B. cureC. treatment D. medicine 35. In the past, up to 90 percent of patients died after operations mainly because__________. A. bacteria entered the cuts in the patients’ bodies and infection took place B. the conditions in hospitals were badC. the skill of surgeons was not so good D. there were no good medicine at that time 36. Which topic of the following best suits the passage? A. Operations were difficult in the pastB. The devotion of Joseph Lister to medical science C. Surgery has become saferD. Developments in surgery 37. Joseph Lister was________. A. a Frenchman B. a German C. an Englishman D. an American   Passage 2 Questions 38 to 42 are based on the following passage: Some 4000 Americans ambitions to become physicians are studying for their M. D. s abroad. Many were rejected by U.S. medical schools simply because there was no room. Last year, for example, some 13,000 of 35,000 would-be physicians who applied to U.S. schools were accepted. Of those who were turned down, well over 600 are trying the foreign route. But gaining admittance to a good foreign school may be a problem. British medical schools give priority to Britons , and Canada’s world-renowned McGill University School of Medicine takes only a handful of well qualified Americans annually. But several schools do welcome U.S. medical students---if they can master the local language. More than 500 Americans are enrolled in the Belgian universities at Brussels and Louvain , for example. Some 800 attend the Italian University at Bologna; 175 at Rome. Mexico’s Autonomous University of Guadalajara numbers 1,300 gringos among its 4,000 students. Despite difficulties abroad, many Americans complete their medical educations, and manage to win the respect of their professors and classmates. One second-year student at Louvain has a simple explanation for those successes: “ Anyone who comes here to be motivated. You have to learn a new language, the school is constant hard work, and it’s difficult to get back into the States to practice”. Before they can intern or practice in the United States, graduates of foreign schools must pass a special examination required by medic