2019年上半年成人英语三级考试练习及答案(10)

2019年上半年成人英语三级考试练习及答案(10)

Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)

Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.

Passage 1

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:

When Christopher Columbus "discovered" the New World in 1492, he thought he had reached the continent of Asia and had landed in India. He called the people he found in this new land "Indians"—the ancestors of the American.

Indians had come from Asia thousands of years before Columbus saw them.

Thousands of years ago, the Earth was in an ice age. (76)People who lived in northeastern Asia found their homeland growing colder. Huge sheets of ice were spreading over the land, and animals people hunted for food were being forced away. The people also had to move, to stay near the animals. Some groups of people crossed Bering Strait from Asia to North Pacific Ocean, which separates northeastern Asia from Alaska. (77)These people slowly traveled east and south, searching for areas where hunting was good. Their children and all those who came after them continued to spread throughout the New World.

The Indians do not have yellowish skin that many Asian people have. Their skin is reddish brown. But like the people of Japan and other countries of Asia, Indians usually have high cheekbones and straight black hair.

1. In 1492, Christopher Columbus __

A. found American Indians in Asia B. thought he had reached India

C. landed in India D. reached the continent of Asia

2. Thousands of years ago people were forced to leave their homeland because __

A. the earth was in an ice age

B. they found their homeland getting colder

C. huge sheets of ice were spreading over the land

D. they had to stay near the animals they hunted for food

3. Bering Strait is __

A. part of the largest ocean in the world

B. in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean

C. a river which separates Asia and North America

D. a river which separates northeastern Asia and Alaska

4. According to the writer, the New World means __

A. Asia B. Alaska

C. North America D. the land on the both sides of the Bering Strait

5. Which of the following statements is not correct?

A. The Indians have yellowish skin B. The Indians have straight black hair

C. People of Japan have high cheekbones D. The Indians have reddish brown skin

Passage 2

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.

What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old question and the answers to them are still not clear.

We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental (done with the mind) exercise is particularly important for young children. (78)Many child psychologists (心理学家) think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. (79)The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.

Parents should also be careful what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive (helpful) things to their children, such as "That was a very clever thing you did." or "You are such a smart child."

6. The words "intelligent" and "brilliant" in the first paragraph probably mean __ while "dull" in the second paragraph means __

A. bright and splendid.., slow in thinking and understanding

B. pretty and handsome.., ordinary-looking

C. great and important.., common

D. hopeful and helpful.., careless

7. According to the context we can guess that a genius is __ while an idiot is___.

A. a normal person.., a funny person

B. a strong person.., a weak person

C. a highly intelligent person.., a foolish or weak-minded person

D. a famous person.., an ordinary person

8. A person __ is more likely to become a genius.

A. whose parents are clever

B. often thinking about difficult problem

C. often helped by his parents and teachers

D. born with a good brain and putting it to active use

9. It is better for parents_____________

A. to praise and encourage their children more often

B. to be hard on their children

C. to leave their children alone with nothing to do

D. to give their children as much help as possible

10. Which of the following is not true according to the article?

A. Parents play an important part in their children's growth.

B. The less you use your mind the duller you may become.

C. Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live.

ID. Parents should always encourage their children.

Passage 3

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

Scientists were embroiled(使…卷入) last week in an international row over genetically modified cotton (GM cotton).

A study in China suggested for the first time that the crop was permanently damaging the environment and that insects were building up resistance to it.

The study, by the Nanjing institute of Environmental Science, combined the laboratory and field work from four Chinese scientific institutes. The study was done over a several-year period.

GM cotton had a gene resistance to the cotton bollworm棉铃虫) and isolated from the bacterium (细菌) named Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), but the study found that it harms the natural parasitic (寄生的) enemies of the cotton bollworm.

It also indicated that populations of pests besides the bollworm had increased in Bt cotton fields and some had replaced the bollworm as the primary pest.

However, the leading GM company, the US's Monsanto, which controls more than 80 per cent of the Bt cotton grown worldwide, dismissed the research.

It said that the industry has always cited GM cotton as its biggest success, because it can increase yields by up to 60 per cent and reduce the need for pesticides(杀虫剂) by 80 per cent.

But, unfortunately for the industry, (80) the scientists also found that the resistance of Bt cotton to bollworm decreased significantly over time.

11. Why scientists say no to GM cotton?

A. Because the cotton was genetically modified.

B. Because the cotton was found to damage the environment.

C. Because the cotton harms the bollworm.

D. Because Monsanto dismissed the research.

12. The underlined word "yields" means________

A. plants B. giving up

C. establishment D. productions

13. In Bt cotton fields, some pests replaced the bollworm as the primary pest because __

A. their favorite food is Bt cotton

B. the bollworms were killed out by the Bt cotton

C. both their enemies and the bollworm were all killed by Bt cotton

D. people used the pesticides

14. Which of the following is NOT the difference between Bt cotton and common cotton?

A. Bt cotton is stronger than common cotton.

B. Bt cotton yields more than common cotton.

C. Bt cotton needs less pesticides than common cotton.

D. Bt cotton is harm to cotton bollworms.

15. The author imply that __

A. The US's Monsanto agreed with the results of Chinese scientists' study

13. GM cotton is an ideal crop

C. The US's Monsanto dismissed the research for its own profit

D. Cotton bollworm has no resistance to Bt cotton over time

Part II Vocabulary and Structure (30%)

Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

16. If I ___ an umbrella with me, I wouldn't get wet on that rainy day.

A. took B. had taken C. take D. am taking

17. They liked the country ____they are stationed.

A. where B. which C. in which D. what

18. Having been served lunch,___________

A. the problem was discussed by the committee

B. the committee discussed the problem

C. it was discussed by the committee the problem

D. a discussion of the problem was discussed

19. __ bricks, workers must press clay into blocks at first.

A. Being made B. The making of

C. To make D. Made

20. Technology will play a key role in __ future lifestyle.

A. to shape B. shaping

C. shape of D. shaped

21. The customer accused the seller __ fake monkey.

A. to use B. for using

C. of using D. about using

22. You should ask ___ your parent's opinions about this matter.

A. after B. to C. with D. of

23. Mercury (水银) is ___ all metal because it is liquid.

A. more than difference B. most different in

C more difference of D. the most different of

24. Early forms of life on Earth, ___ in absence of oxygen, required other elements.

A. which lived B. that lived

C. lived D. were living

25. __ 1895 did Cornell University begin to offer a degree in ornithology (鸟类学).

A. Not until B. Not since C. Until D. In

26. The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on ___ best in its climate and soil.

A. it grows 13. what grows

C. does it grows D. what does it grow

27. I whish I __ you.

A. am B. was C. were D. be

28. It will be better that we ________the trip the other day.

A. take B. took

C. would have taken D. will take

29. In the United States, a primary election is a method __ voters select the nominees (被提名的候选人) for public office.

A. that B. by which

C. is that D, by those

30. Only rarely __ earthquakes occur in the United States east of the Mississippi River.

A. had B. when

C. that D. do

31. The years of hard work had deep__ on her character.

A. effect B. effort

C. offer D, afford

32. He tried hard to make himself_____ with his broken English.

A. understood B. understand

C. understanding D. understanded

33. He___ the picture on the wall.

A. hanged B. hung

C. has hanged D. was hanged

34. The pie tastes_____, I'd like to try some more.

A. well B good C. bad D. badly

35. Visitors have __ to the City Hall during the vocation.

A. admission B. allowance

C. approval D. access

36. When the president entered the room, everyone ______to welcome him.

A. raised B. rose

C. arose D. aroused

37. I found the______ wallet my father lost.

A. much B. quite

C. very D. too

38. He speaks so clearly that____ students can understand him.

A. average B. ordinary

C. general D. typical

39. The woman ______herself to doing scientific research.

A. took B. assigned

C. arranged D. committed

40. In children's eyes, their parents can______ all sorts of problems.

A. deal in 13. deal with

C. take in D. decide with

41. They are busy __ in their lessons before the exam.

A. going after B. going over

C. going by D. going ahead

42. We_____ having picnic for so long time.

A. have desired B. have hoped

C. have looked forward to D. have expected

43. I can't __ his bad temper any longer.

A. put up with B. put' out

C. put down D. put forward

44. We are______ to prepare for the World Women's Conference.

A. set off B. set up

C. set out D. set aside

45. The party was over. Everyone_____ the exit.

A. made out B. made for

C. made into D. made up

答 案

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