(24秋新生)大学英语3
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问题 1: 1. Listening - Spot Dictation
1. General Information
The ________________________(专有名词,注意单词首字母大写) was not underground. Because escaping ___________ and the people who helped them were technically breaking the law, they had to stay out of sight. They went “underground” in terms of concealing their actions. Sometimes they even _________ in unusual places. Many ___________________ ideas helped slaves during their escape. When abolitionist (废奴主义者) John Fairfield needed to sneak (偷偷摸摸地进行) 28 slaves over the roads near Cincinnati, he hired a hearse (灵车) and disguised the group as a funeral procession.
Henry “Box” Brown, a slave, had himself shipped from Richmond to Philadelphia in a wooden box.
2. Routes to Freedom
The routes the slaves traveled ____________ in this map. The trip is 560 miles (900 kilometers) long.
A strong, lucky runaway might have made it to freedom in two months. For others, especially in bad weather, the trek (跋涉) might have ____________ a year.
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答案: Underground Railroad
问题 2: 1. Just like Uncle Tom in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Josiah Henson was a long-suffering slave who was unwilling to stand up for himself.
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答案: 错误
问题 3: 2. All the men and women who forged the Underground Railroad were blacks.
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答案: 错误
问题 4: 3. These railroad conductors were frequently faced with death threats and warnings from the local government.
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答案: 正确
问题 5: 4. Many fugitives chose Canada as their primary destination because slavery had been abolished there.
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答案: 正确
问题 6: 1. Complete the sentences, using the words or phrases in brackets. Make additions or changes where necessary. (注意英语使用规范性:大小写,名词单复数,动词时态和语态等)
1) ____________ the protection of these endangered species, many countries ______________________ fishermen to report accidental ___________________ small cetaceans (鲸目动物) in their nets, so significant catches may go unnoticed for years. To deal with this problem, animal protectionists _______________________ an international alliance (联盟). On the other hand they have urged the United Nations to lay down more specific laws to save these animals. (forge, as for, capture, compel)
2) It was reported that food supplies would soon run out and most of the victims of the earthquake would starve to death. ___________________, a group of volunteers from the Red Cross took on __________________ to transport food, clothes and medicine to the most seriously hit areas. Shortly after they got there, they sent back the message that tents were also in great need to _____________ the survivors. (mission, shelter, at huge risk)
3) A rally was going to be held in honor of the 16th US President Abraham Lincoln _______________________ slavery in 1863 and liberated the slaves in the South. _____________________ many African-Americans who suffered a lot from __________________ discrimination, Lincoln was America's greatest president thanks to his outstanding exploits. (racial, abolish, in the eyes of)
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答案: As for
问题 7: 1. Fill in each gap in the sentences with an appropriate -ly adjective from the box.
friendly lonely monthly weekly lovely
cowardly saintly kindly lively motherly
1. Beethoven was _________________ and often unhappy, but in contrast to this, he wrote joyful music, such as his last symphony(交响乐), The Ninth.
2. Japanese engineers throughout the company appreciated their American counterpart (对应的人) George's expertise and his ________________ help.
3. The term "wage" is commonly reserved for ____________ payment, and "salary" for ______________ payment and both types are covered by the term "pay". (2个答案之间用逗号 “,”隔开)
4. With the unanimous (一致的) agreement of our family, we finally spent $500,000 purchasing a _____________ big house with a big garden out the back.
5. Those who refused to fight in the war were considered _________________ and were badly treated.
6. The boy was rescued by a ___________________ fisherman, who nursed him back to health.
7. What we need for this job is someone with a ______________ and enquiring mind who will have lots of new ideas.
8. She took care of many homeless children in a _________________ manner.
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问题 8: 1. 微风 ____________________________
2.支持 ____________________________
3.有原则的人____________________________
4.历史遗迹 ________________________________
5.解放奴隶 ________________________________
6.决定要做某事 ____________________________
7.轻轻的敲门声 ____________________________
8.铸铁 ____________________________________
9.传播消息 _________________________________
10.宗教信仰 ________________________________
11.寻得庇护 ________________________________
12.下一段行程____________________________
13.主要路线 ________________________________
14.面临危险 ________________________________
15.课以罚金 ________________________________
16.记录 _____________________________________
17.路标 _____________________________________
18.出殡队伍 _________________________________
19.未开垦的土地 ____________________________
20.在(某人)看来 ___________________________
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问题 9: 1. Peter took me in his boat and raised me on board. About four o’clock, we _________(1) three miles to the swamp (沼泽). My great ___________(2) of snakes had been increased by the bite I had received. But I was in no situation to choose, and I gratefully accepted the best that my poor friends could do for me.
A very small garret (顶楼) was between the boards and the roof. The garret was only nine feet long and seven feet wide. The air was stifling (沉闷的); the darkness total. The_________(3) and mice ran over my bed. It seemed horrible to sit or lie in a cramped (狭促的) position day after day, without one _____________(4) of light. Yet I would have chosen this, rather than my lot as a slave ...
After seven years in my _______________________(5), I finally secured a passage to New York in a boat with the help of my friends and family. However, I was rather ________________(6) when I got to New York: It made me _______(7) to find the north followed the customs of __________(8). We were carried away in a large, rough car. It was crowded with people. _______________________(9) babies were on the beds. The fumes of the whiskey and the__________(10) tobacco smoke were sickening to my senses.
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问题 10: 1. Castles were built in places where they could be easily 1) ____________. A position on high ground 2)____________ the defenders with a view of the 3) ____________ countryside, making attacks more difficult. In 4) ____________ areas, castles were surrounded by a 5) ____________ moat.
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问题 11: 2. Crime rates in the United States have been 1)____________ for a number of years. Rates of violent crime have fallen to their lowest levels since the 1970s. President Bush 2)____________ this in his declaration in April for National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. But this week, a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation 3) ____________ new evidence that violent crime may be on the rise. Early numbers for the first half of the year show 4)___________ crime was up three and seven-tenths percent over the same period last year. The F.B.I. reported earlier that violent crime increased more than two 5)____________ in all of 2005. That was the largest increase in fifteen years.
The new report says the number of 6) ____________ nationwide increased nine and seven-tenths percent between January and June of this year. And there were seven percent more arson fires 7) ____________ to the first half of last year. The number of murders increased almost one and one-half percent. Other violent 8) ____________ were also up more than one percent. But the F.B.I. says the number of rapes decreased, though by less than one-tenth of one percent. The report shows that violent crime rose 9) ____________, especially in cities with populations between half a million and a million. But the 10) ____________ increase was in the West. Violent crime in that part of the country rose almost five percent. Northeastern states had the smallest increase. It was three percent over the same period last year. While violent crime increased nationally, most 11) ____________ crimes fell in the first half of the year. In all, property crime decreased more than two and one-half percent. The information in the F.B.I. report comes from more than eleven thousand law enforcement 12) ____________.
Researchers from the Justice Department are studying a number of cities to look for 13) ____________ why violent crime is up nationally. Experts suggest a number of possible reasons. These 14) ____________ too many illegal guns and not enough law enforcement officers on the streets of American cities. Also 15) ____________ are reductions in federal money for local law enforcement agencies over the past ten years. Yet 16) ____________agencies have more duties since the attacks of September 11th, 2001. Now they are expected to fight terrorism in addition to 17) ____________crime. At the federal level, the F.B.I. and other agencies that often help local officers investigate crimes have seen their duties change as well.
But other researchers believe an increase in young males and other population changes have played a 18) ____________in the rise in violent crime. And some point to increases in the 19) ___________ of street gangs. In any case, the F.B.I. notes that in the years leading up to 2005, violent crime kept 20) ____________. So officials say it is still too early to say if new trends are developing.
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问题 12: 3. The Great Wall is a 1) ____________name fo a semi-legendary wall built to 2) ____________ China’s northern border in the 3rd century BC, and for 3) ____________ stone and earthen fortifications built along a different northern 4) ____________ in the 15th and 16th centuries AD, long after the 5) ____________ structure had disappeared. 6) ____________ of the later wall are found today along 7) ____________ border areas from Bo Hai in the east to Gansu Province in the west.
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问题 13: 1. Now put an appropriate adverb into each gap in the sentences.
1) We used to shout his name outside his house until he came out and chased us _________.
2) She smiled at the guests in a friendly way and started to usher them ____________.
3) He had to push his way __________________ to get off the train as there were so many people on board.
4) The wind that had been pushing him, now began to drag him ________, making everything seem heavy.
5) I have to pay a visit to the doctor, so I can give you a ride and drop you ______ at the nearest subway station.
6) I bought the books and took them _________, only to find some pages missing. Nevertheless I found them interesting and still thought they were a bargain.
7) It is on such schemes that they intend to bring the level of unemployment _________ to at least the 1990 low point or even lower.
8) Hong Kong is a free port where people bring goods from all over the world ______ and then ship them_______ to other lands without tax being charged. (两个空答案之间用逗号“,”隔开,如 a, b)
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问题 14: 2. Use the verb in brackets to form an appropriate phrasal verb you have learned and fill in the blanks in each of the sentences.
1) Following a major murder investigation in the local community, the police _______________ their list of suspects. (narrow)
2) In his autobiography, Mr. Johnson_______________ his second career, taken up at the age of sixty, as the happiest time of his life when his creativity was exercised to the full. (look)
3) The heavy rain _______________ the supply of electricity to large parts of the South and caused the polluted rivers to flood, which later contaminated the entire region. (cut)
4) The book is small enough to _______________ your pocket. (fit)
5) Both sides are trying to_______________the other _______________by obstinately (顽固地) sticking to their own positions in the negotiations. (wear)
6) The secret of a successful school_______________ effective co-operation between professional leadership, the government and the local authority. (lie)
7) Many suburban residents in the United States_______________an invisible electronic fence around their premises to prevent their pets from running away. (put)
8) The initials VAT _______________Value Added Tax, which is a type of tax paid by the person who buys the goods or services. (stand)
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问题 15: 1. Translate following phrases into English
1.(门)关着但没上锁 ________________________
2. 带钥匙 ________________________
3.(暂时)关闭 ________________________
4. 巡逻严密的城区街道 ________________________
5. 据称很宁静的地区 ________________________
6. 电子报警系统 ________________________
7. 连接到 ________________________
8. 内置,嵌入 ________________________
9. 处于监控下 ________________________
10. 保安 ________________________
11. 看都不看一眼 ________________________
12. 代表;表示,象征 ________________________
13. 沉浸于,沐浴于 ________________________
14. 误差率很小 ________________________
15. 在人类文明的历史上 ________________________
16. 聪明反被聪明误 ________________________
17. 回首(过去),回顾(以往) ________________________
18. 看不见的恐惧 ________________________
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问题 16: 1. Experts are beginning to study ways to 1. ____________ large buildings against 2. ____________ attacks. They are reacting to the attacks that 3. ____________ the World Trade Center buildings in New York September eleventh.
The American Institute of Steel Construction has created a working group of experts to 4. ____________ the reasons the buildings fell. The A-I-S-C is the organization 5. ____________ for developing the rules for the design of 6. ____________ buildings in the United States. 7. ____________ developed by the working group will help A-I-S-C decide if the design rules should be changed.
The south World Trade Center building fell fifty-six minutes after a 8. ____________ plane crashed into it. The north building fell about one hundred minutes after a similar 9.____________. Each building was four hundred ten meters tall. Experts say the buildings could not 10. ____________ the extremely hot fires caused by the airplane fuel.
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问题 17: 1. Listen to an introduction about Silicon Valley and tell whether the following statements are true or false.
1. Silicon Valley is the northern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California.
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问题 18: 2. The term “silicon valley” refers to the most advanced companies in the field of information technology.
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问题 19: 3. The cutting-edge entrepreneurs, engineers and venture capitalists enable Silicon Valley to remain the leading high-tech hub.
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问题 20: 1. The Great Plague of London
Listen to a passage about The Great Plague of London and fill in the blanks.
The Great Plague of London (1664 — 1666) was an _______(1) of bubonic (鼠疫) plague that ___________(2) London and was particularly violent during the hot months of August and September of 1665. In one week, 7,165 people died of the plague. The total number of deaths was about 70,000 of a total population __________(3) at 460,000. The disease was carried by _________(4) that lived on black rats. It was generally_____________(5), and its effects were terrible — fever and __________(6), swelling of the lymph glands, eventual ____________(7) and death. Most of the______________(8) was in the city’s outskirts, in areas where the poor were densely crowded. Those who could, including most doctors, lawyers and ____________(9), fled the city. All trade with London and other plague towns was stopped, but from 1667 only sporadic cases appeared until 1679. The plague’s decline was___________(10) to various causes, including the Great Fire of London.
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