1、Unit 3 綜合技能測試時間：90分鐘，滿分：100分.單項填空(每小題1分，滿分15分)1Excuse me, Professor Smith, I was wondering if I could leave a quarter earlier today._A. Sure, go ahead.B. Nothing the matter.C. Oh, why not? D. Of course, no problem.答案：A本題考查交際用語，表示許可時，肯定回答常用“Yes, please./ Of course, you may./ Go ahead, please./ Not at

2、 all./ Just help yourself.”等表示。C和D(表邀請答語)選項前后矛盾。2His wife is constantly finding_with him, which makes him very angry. Aerrors B. shortcomingsCfault D. flaw 答案：C名詞習語搭配題。find fault with sb“挑剔sb”是一個固定成語，其它選項A“錯誤”；B“缺點”和D“瑕疵， 缺陷”均不能套用。句意為“她老婆老是對他挑剔，這使他非常生氣”。3I'll look into the matter as soon as poss

3、ible. Just have a little_.Await BtimeCpatience Drest答案：C本題考查的是patience的含義，patience意為“耐心”，詞組have patience解釋為“耐心一點”。4This painting is splendid, but_we actually need it is a different matter.A. that B. whatC. whether D. how答案：C考查名詞性從句。此處為whether引導的主語從句(注意句中并不缺成分)。5_his resolution in opposing the other

4、jurors' position, a young man's life was saved.ASince BAs forCThankful to DThanks to答案：D詞義辨析題。since“從至今，既然”；as for“關于，至于”；thankful to“無此搭配”；thanks to“幸虧，因為”。句意為“幸虧他堅決反對其它陪審員的立場，一個年青人的生命才得以挽救。” 因此答案為D。6Why can't I smoke here?On no account_in the meeting room.A. is smoking permitted B. smo

5、king is permitted C. does smoking permit D. smoking does permit答案：A句中否定介詞短語on no account“決不”位于句首，表明了句子的主謂結構應采用部分倒裝的形式，即將句中的助動詞調至主語之前。根據句子意思該句為被動語態，排除選項B、C、D。7 What do you think of last night's lecture?_speaking, I thought it was rather boringA. Real B. GeneralC. Fair D. Honestly答案：D考查搭配。honestly

6、 speaking相當于to tell (you) the truth。類似的短語有：strictly speaking“嚴格說來”；generally speaking“一般說來”；roughly speaking“大體說來”。8Now he has_money, and can do anything he wants to. Aa great number of Ba great many ofCa large amount of Da good plenty of答案：Ca large(great)number/many of與可數名詞復數連用；a great(good)deal of

7、, a large amount of與不可數復數名詞連用 ；plenty of前不加冠詞。9We decided to_a chance on the weather and have the party outdoors.A. make B. takeC. have D. pick 答案：B考查短語。take a chance“冒一冒險， 碰碰運氣”；have a chance“有機會”；A、D一般不和chance構成搭配。句意為“我們決定懷著天氣可能會好的僥幸心情去野餐。”10Some college students are seen doing_work they can find

8、to support themselves.A. that B. whichC. whatever D. no matter what答案：C根據句子結構及句子意思可知，該句為一賓語從句，選項A、B不符合句子意思；選項D只可引導狀語從句，只有whatever work 符合句子結構及句子意思，相當于any work that 引導的定語從句。11Your ability has never been in doubtthe question is_you are prepared to work hard.A. that B. whetherC. if D. how答案：B根據題干意義“問題是

9、你是否準備努力學習”，因此選項A、D不符合句子意思；if在名詞性從句中僅可以連接賓語從句，不可引導其它名詞性從句，故應排除。12She has been working hard day and night, which of course，_her pale face.A. accounts for B. stands forC. goes for D. answers for答案：A考查短語。account for “解釋，說明”；stand for“代表，象征，忍受，容忍”；answer for“負責”；go for“擁護”。13Columbus's discovery of t

10、he “New World” took place _.A. on purpose B. by accidentC. by heart D. by mistake答案：B考查短語。by accident“偶然；無意中”；on purpose“故意地”；by heart “牢記，憑記憶”；by mistake “錯誤地”，根據句意“哥倫布發現新大陸是出于偶然。”應選B。 14His parents died in the strong earthquake, so he was_in the SOS Village.A. grown up B. taken upC. fed up D. brou

11、ght up答案：D考查動詞短語。bring up“培養，養大”。A不用于被動；B無本句詞義；C一般不用于人。15He is said to be very wealthy, but I don't understand why he is always _.A. in uniform B. in fashionC. in trouble D. in rags答案：D(be)in rags“穿得破破爛爛；衣衫襤褸”。.完形填空(每小題1分，滿分20分)閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題的四個選項(A 、B、C 和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。If you have a watch, d

12、on't repair it! I know it_16_. Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch_17_perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to_18_it up. Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to_19_by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said: “The regulator (校

13、準器) is to be pushed up_20_your watch is four minutes_21_.”I tried to stop him, tried to_22_him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.My beautiful watch began to gain time. It_23_faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it

14、_24_all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.What did I have to do? To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately_25_he asked me to come in a week's time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to_26_down. And I began to be la

15、te for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners.Now I went to_27_ watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he_28_it to pieces and said that he could finish this work_29_three or four days. I could do nothing but_30_. That time my watch went for half a day and then

16、stopped.So I kept_31_my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not_32_the time by my watch. The thing was getting_33_. My watch had_34_two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundre

17、d. At last I decided to buy_35_watch, which I did.文章大意：本文是根據美國著名作家馬克·吐溫(Mark Twain)的故事改編的一篇記敘文。故事講述的是“一塊精美、走時準確手表最終成為廢物”的全過程。選項設計上側重訓練學生的英語語感和詞義辨析能力。16A.for reality Bfor truthCfor certain Dfor certainty答案：Cfor certain“無疑地，確定地”，是一個固定用法，22空后也有提示。相當于without doubt, for sure；for certainty應為for a cer

18、tainty才對。17A.kept BtoldCobserved Dstruck 答案：Akeep time“走時準確”，是習慣用法，tell time“報時”，observe time “守時”，strike表“鳴鐘”時，常用結構為“strike the hours(每小時報時一次); strike 12鐘剛敲12點”。18A.turn BwindCpick Dput答案：Bwind sth up“上(鐘或表)的弦；上發條”。19A.be turned Bbe takenCbe put Dbe set 答案：Dset a clock / watch “對鐘；對表；將鬧鐘等定時”。20A.as

19、 Bas ifCwhen Dif 答案：Aas用來引導表原因的狀語從句。21A.fast BslowlyCfaster Dslow 答案：D從上文中的be pushed up得知，手表的時間慢了四分鐘，而不是快了四分鐘。22A.get BpersuadeCmake Dexplain 答案：Cmake sb do sth/get sb to do sth “使某人做某事”，此題之后接了省to的不定式understand，所以用make。23A.gained BlostCwent Dwon答案：A(指鐘表)快(慢)于正確的時間，常用gain或lose。如：This watch neither ga

20、ins nor loses.這表不快也不慢。go只表示“鐘表在走(時)”。24A.had remained Bhad leftChad stayed Dhad fallen答案：Bleave sth far behind“使某事處于落后狀態”，A、C、D都是不及物動詞。25A.however BandCbut Dtherefore答案：C表轉折，意為：我原指望他迅速將表校對，可是他要我一周后才來拿。However是副詞，常用逗號隔開。26A.go BwalkCslow Dtake答案：Cslow作動詞，slow down“減慢速度”。27A.the third Bthe secondCthe

21、first Dthe fourth答案：A通過上下文得知作者已經去過了兩個修表匠，現在要去第三個修表匠那兒。28A.broke BtookCtore Dcut答案：Btake sth to pieces “拆開，拆散”，在這里指把表拆成零碎。broke“打碎”； tore“撕毀”； cut“切碎”。29A.after BbeforeCover Din 答案：D介詞in表示“從當時算起再過多長時間”。30A.to agree BagreeCagreeing Dagreed 答案：Bbut前有實義動詞do時，but后要接省to的動詞不定式。31A.taking BbringingCcarrying

22、 Dfetching答案：Akeep(on)doing sth, 意為“不停地做”。taking “拿去”；bringing“拿來”； fetching“去拿來”； carrying“提起，拿起”，無方向性。32A.recognize BtellCknow Dunderstand答案：Btell the time 指“能夠看懂鐘表上的時間；看鐘表等而說出時間”。不要受中文影響而錯用understand。33A.seriously BpleasantCbadly Dserious 答案：Dget 是連系動詞，其后要接形容詞作表語，可排除A、C，再從邏輯上分析，可排除B項。34A.spent Bt

23、ookCcost Dpaid答案：Ccost表示“某物花費多少錢”，有“等價交換”之意。35A.another Bthe otherCone Done more答案：Aanother表示“另一個(與之不同的一個)”；the other表“兩個當中的另一個”；one表“數量(一個)”；one more“買了一個不夠，還要再買一個”。.閱讀理解(每小題2分，滿分40分)閱讀下面的文章，從題中所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳答案。AMark Twain left school when he was twelve. He had little school education. In spit

24、e of this, he became the most famous writer of his time. He made millions of dollars by writing. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he is better known all over the world as Mark Twain, his pen name.Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected t

25、o live through the first winter. But with his mother's tender care, he managed to survive. As a boy, he caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play jokes on all of his friends and neighbours. He didn't like to go to school, and he constantly ran away from home. He always went in the

26、 direction of the nearby Mississippi. He was nearly drowned nine times.After his father's death in 1847, Mark Twain began to work for a printer, who only provided him with food and clothing. Then, he worked as a printer, a riverboat pilot and later joined the army. But shortly after that he beca

27、me a miner. During this period, he started to write short stories. Afterwards he became a full­time writer.In 1870, Mark Twain got married. In the years that followed he wrote many books including Tom Sawyer in 1876, and Huckleberry Finn in 1884, which made him famous, and brought him a great f

28、ortune.Unfortunately, Mark Twain got into debts in bad investments(投資)and he had to write large numbers of stories to pay these debts. In 1904, his wife died, and then three of their children passed away.At the age of 70, his hair was completely white. He bought many white suits and neckties (領帶). H

29、e wore nothing but white from head to foot until his death on April 21, 1910.文章大意：本文介紹了馬克·吐溫小時候的生活，他后來從事的工作，以及他晚年的悲慘經歷。36Mark Twain was_in his childhood.Aa naughty boy Ba good studentCa handsome boy Da strong boy答案：A細節推斷題。根據第二段中對他小時候的表現的介紹可知他當時很淘氣。37Mark Twain began to write short stories when

30、he_.Awas at school Bwas in the armyCworked for a printer Dwas a miner答案：D細節理解題。根據第三段“But shortly after that he became a miner. During this period, he started to write short stories.”可知。38Mark Twain's wife died_.Aafter she gave birth to three childrenBafter Mark Twain had diedCbefore three of her

31、 children diedDat the same time with her children答案：C細節理解題。根據倒數第二段最后一句話可知最佳答案是C。39Before his death, Mark Twain_.Abecame a white manBwas in low spiritsCliked to buy all kinds of clothesDhad nothing on答案：B主觀推斷題。根據文章最后兩段的介紹，馬克·吐溫晚年負債累累，后來妻子死了，三個孩子也相繼死去，他從頭到腳穿著白色。由此可知，他當時的情緒很低落。BWhat do literary gr

32、eats Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Burns have in common? They both lived and wrote in Edinburgh, along with many other big names in the field of literature. This fact helped UNESCO(聯合國教科文組織)award the city the title of world's first City of Literature on October 14.Edinburgh left a lasting im

33、pression on Arthur Conan Doyle(18591930). Although he was born there he went to school in England but returned home for medical school. After graduating he moved to London and began writing his Sherlock Holmes stories. His inspiration for the character came from one of his professors at university.

34、Holmes' methods were so clever that they actually furthered the advance of the study of criminology(犯罪學)Robert Burns(17591796)is still regarded as Scotland's national poet, more than 200 years after his death. He is celebrated all over the world through translations of his work and the annua

35、l Burns Night supper on his birthday. One of his songs, My Love is Like a Red Red Rose ranks among the finest love songs ever written and Auld Lang Syne(友誼地久天長)is sung all around the world.As one of the first literate societies in Europe, the Scottish Parliament passed the world's first compulso

36、ry(義務的)education law in 1496. By the 1790s, almost all Scots could read. Visitors to Scotland often observed that even the lowest members of society had copies of Burns' poems and other books.文章大意：本文講述的是“聯合國教科文組織將文藝氣息濃厚、書香味十足的愛丁堡授為世界首座文學城市”事件。40Edinburgh was awarded the title of world's firs

37、t City of Literature because_.Athe first award ceremony of literature was held there Bmany literary greats like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Burns were born thereCit left a deep impression on many literary greats like Sir Arthur Conan DoyleDmany literary greats like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and R

38、obert Burns often wrote about it 答案：B推斷題。根據短文第一段所表述的：文壇巨匠亞瑟·柯南·道爾和羅伯特·彭斯同文學界的其他一些名人一樣，他們兩人都出生在愛丁堡，筆耕于愛丁堡。在這座城市里誕生了許許多多的作家，正因為這濃郁的書香，聯合國教科文組織于10月14日把“世界首座文學之城”的榮譽授予了愛丁堡。41Arthur Conan Doyle was remembered mainly for his_.Adetective storiesBlove poems and songsCcontribution on the study

39、 of criminologyDclever writing skill答案：A推理題。根據短文第二段中的描述：柯南·道爾創作了福爾摩斯故事系列，他將探案方法描繪得非常奇妙，這讓犯罪學研究也獲益匪淺，得到了進一步的發展。由此推斷他是以“偵探小說”而出名。42In honour of Robert Burns，_.A“My Love is Like a Red Red Rose”and“Auld Lang Syne”are sung all around the worldBhis works are translated into many languages every yearC

40、a celebration is held more than 200 years after his deathDa celebration is held every year on his birthday答案：D細節理解題。根據短文第三段中的“He is celebrated all over the world through translations of his work and the annual Burns Night supper on his birthday”一句可知：每年，人們在他的誕辰日舉行“彭斯之夜”晚宴，以示紀念。43In the last paragraph

41、, the writer mainly discussed_.Athe impression of visitors to ScotlandBhow Burns' poems are popular in ScotlandCthe possible history reasons for many literary greats in ScotlandDhow was the world's first compulsory education law was made答案：C段意推測題。最后一段的主要內容為：蘇格蘭之所以產生這么多的文學巨匠是有其歷史淵源的。CMark, a

42、young person, tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there's a big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most cases these people are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. “You've got to want to

43、write，” I say to them, “not want to be a writer.” The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor­paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20­year job in the U. S. Coast Guard to become a writer, I h

44、ad no hopes at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn't even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used typewriter and felt like a real writer. After a year or so, however, I still hadn't got a break and

45、began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn't going to be one of those people who die wondering “what if”. I would keep putting my dream to the testeven though it meant living with un

46、certainty and fear of failure. This is the shadow_land of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.文章大意：不少年輕的文學愛好者夢想成為作家。作者以自己的親身經歷告誡他們：“寫點東西”與“當作家”是完全不同的兩碼事，那些成功或出名的作家是通過鮮為人知的艱難跋涉走過來的幸運者。44The passage is meant to_.A. warn young people of the hardship that a successful writer has to ex

47、perienceB. advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writerC. show young people it's unrealistic for writers to seek wealth and fameD. encourage young people to seek good jobs答案： A主旨題。從第二段第一句話“The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor­paying affair

48、. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded”可得到答案。45What can be concluded from the passage?A. Real writers often find their work interesting and rewarding.B. A writer's success depends on luck rather than on effort. C. Famous writers usually live

49、 in poverty.D. The chances for a writer to become successful are small.答案：D主旨題。從文章第二段的第一句可推知答案為 D。46Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing work?AHe wasn't able to produce a single book.BHe hadn't seen a change for the better.CHe wasn't able to have

50、a rest for a whole year.DHe found his dream would never come true.答案：B語義理解題。從第三段第二句話“It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat”中便知。47“Shadow land” in the last sentence refers to_.Athe wonderland one often dreams aboutBthe bright future that one is looking forward toCa world that

51、exists only in one's imaginationDthe state of uncertainty before one's final goal is reached答案：D詞義猜測題。從最后一段的最后兩句不難猜測出shadow land 指的是最終目標得以實現前的那種半信半疑的狀態。DOne of the best­known American writers of children's books is Alfred Strong, or Doctor Strong, as he is better known to readers ev

52、erywhere. Now, an art show called “Doctor Strong From Then to Now” is travelling around the United States. The pictures and drawings show the history of Doctor Strong.Doctor Strong first became famous almost fifty years ago when his first children's book was published. Since then, he has written

53、 forty­five books that have sold more than one hundred million copies around the world.Doctor Strong's books are known for their easy use of words and colorful, hand­drawn pictures. These drawings bring life to his imaginary creatures. The Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, The Grinc

54、h Who Stole Christmas, and hundreds of others.The San Diego Museum, in California, organized the art show. It included about three hundred Doctor Strong's original drawings and some of his writings.Most of Doctor Strong's books, although written in a funny way, have serious messages. For exa

55、mple, in Mc Elligot's Pool, he describes the danger of pollution. He discusses the arms race in The Butter Battle Book, written in nineteen eighty­four.Doctor Strong is almost eighty­four years old now. He says he never planned to write stories just for children. He says he writes stor

56、ies that interest people of all ages. He says he uses easy words so that everyone, even a child, can understand. 文章大意：本文介紹了美國著名作家Strong博士及其作品的風格。48. Alfred Strong is a famous_in the United States.A. doctor B. artistC. writer D. reader答案：C細節題。根據文章第一句“One of the best­known American writers”可推知此題答

57、案為C。49Doctor Strong first became famous in_.A. his eighties when an art show was travelling around the United StatesB. his fifties when his drawings and writings were publishedC. nineteen eighty­four when his book Mc Eligot's Pool was publishedD. his thirties when his first book was published 答案：D推斷題。比較文章第二段第一句中的 fifty years ago 及最后一段的