大学英语II第3次作业

39. Laura forgot ________ the money and asked her father for more. (A) receive (B) received (C) to receive (D) receiving

正确答案：D 解答参考：[第三单元]D forget/remember to do sth.“忘记/记得要做??”，forget/remember doing sth.“忘记/记得已做过??”。【译文】劳拉忘记了已收到钱，又向她爸爸要。

40. His uncle’s work is ________ the building.

(A) clean (B) cleans (C) to clean (D) cleaning 正确答案：D

解答参考：[第三单元]D 考查动名词作表语的用法。【译文】他叔叔的工作是打扫这幢大楼。

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41. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “The Course I Hate Most of the Long-distance Education”. You should write no less than 80 words. 参考答案：

三、阅读理解、完形填空题(共5道小题) 42. Leading a dog’s life in America isn’t such a bad thing. Many grocery stores sell pet foods to owners eager to please their pets. In Houston, Texas, dogs can have their dinner delivered to their homes, just like pizza. Well-to-do canines can attend doggy daycare centers while their owners work. Pets can even accompany their owners on vacation. Fancy hotels are beginning to accommodate both man and beast. Furry guests in hotels can enjoy gourmet meals served on fine china and sleep in soft beds.

Beneath the furry luxuries, there lies a basic American belief: Pets have a right to be treated well. At least 75 animal welfare organizations exist in America. These provide care and adoption services for homeless and abused animals. Vets can give animals an incredible level of medical care for an incredible price. To pay for the high-tech health care, people can buy health insurance for their pets. And when it’s time to say good-bye, owners can bury their pets in a respectable pet cemetery.

The average American enjoys having pets around, and for good reason. Researchers have discovered that interacting with animals lowers a person’s blood pressure. Dogs can offer protection from burglars and unwelcome visitors. Cats can help rid the home of unwanted pests. Little creatures of all shapes and sizes can provide companionship and love. In many cases, having a pet prepares a young couple for the responsibilities of parenthood. Pets even encourage social relationships: They give their owners an appearance of friendliness, and they provide a good topic of conversation.

Pets are as basic to American culture as hot dogs or apple pies. To Americans, pets are not just property, but a part of the family. After all, pets are people, too. (1) The word “please” in paragraph 1 line 2 means__________. (A) to make somebody glad (B) to make somebody unhappy

(C) to invite somebody (D) to treat somebody badly 正确答案：A (2) The topic sentence in paragraph 2 is__________.

(A) At least 75 animal welfare organizations exist in America

(B) Vets can give animals an incredible level of medical care for an incredible price

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(C) To pay for the high-tech health care, people can buy health insurance for their pets

(D) Beneath the furry luxuries, there lies a basic American belief: Pets have a right to be treated well 正确答案：D

(3) “When it’s time to say good-bye” in paragraph 2 line 5 means__________. (A) when the pet says “good-bye” to the host (B) when the host says “good-bye” to the pet (C) when the pet dies (D) when the pet has to leave 正确答案：C (4) Paragraph 3 mainly tells us__________.

(A) every American enjoys having pets (B) having pets can do people something good

(C) dogs and cats are people’s good friends (D) pets do not encourage social relationships 正确答案：B

(5) The author writes the last paragraph to show__________.

(A) pets are the same as hot dogs and apple pies (B) pets are people (C) pets are just property (D) pets are important 正确答案：D

参考答案：[第三单元]; 第5小题：D 最后一段的写作目的是为了表明宠物在美国人生活中的重要地位，故D项正确。

43. One of the most successful, influential, and beloved women in American history, Eleanor Roosevelt once said that she had one regret: She wished she had been prettier. Who hasn’t felt the same way? We are all too awake to our physical imperfections. To overcome them, we spend billions upon billions of dollars every year on cosmetics, diet products, fashion, and plastic surgery.

Why do we care so much about how we look? Because it matters. Because beauty is powerful. Because even when we learn to value people mostly for being kind and wise and funny, we are still moved by beauty. No matter how much we argue against it or pretend to be immune, beauty exerts its power over us. There is simply no escape.

Aristotle said, “Beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction.” It’s not fair, but it’s true. We simply treat beautiful people better than we do others. Attach a photograph of a beautiful author to an essay, and people will think that it is more creative and more intelligently written than exactly the same essay accompanied by the photo of a homely author.

As children, beautiful people are more likely to become favorites with parents and teachers. Later, they’re more likely to get good jobs and promotion. Beautiful lawyers get paid more than their less attractive colleagues. Good-looking criminals are more likely to win the sympathy of judges and juries. Attractive people in need are more likely to receive help from strangers. (1) Eleanor Roosevelt’s regret shows__________.

(A) she was one of the most successful, influential, and beloved women in American history (B) she was not pretty (C) she has many regrets (D) even she was pretty, she wanted to be prettier 正确答案：D

(2) “It matters” in paragraph 2 line 1 means__________.

(A) It is a matter (B) It doesn’t matter (C) It is important (D) It is not important 正确答案：C

(3) According to paragraph 2 and paragraph 3, which of the following is not true? (A) We learn to value people mostly for being kind and wise and funny. (B) We can be immune to beauty.

(C) Aristotle meant beauty is the best recommendation.

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(D) People think a beautiful author’s essay is more creative and more intelligently written. 正确答案：B

(4) Paragraph 4 is written to show__________.

(A) beauty is powerful (B) beautiful children are favorites with parents and teachers (C) beautiful lawyers get higher pay than their homely colleagues (D) attractive people receive more help from strangers 正确答案：A

(5) The word “good-looking” in paragraph 4 line 3 may mean__________.

(A) beautiful or handsome (B) lovely (C) careful (D) kind-hearted 正确答案：A 参考答案：[第三单元]; 第5小题：A “good-looking”指相貌好看的，故选A“美丽或英俊的”。

44. Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages.

In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one. With a TV set in the family people don’t have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre, the cinema, or the opera. All they have to do is to push a button or turn a knob, and they can see plays, films, operas and shows of every kind. Some people, however, think that this is where the danger lies. The television viewers need do nothing. He does not even have to use his legs if he has a remote control. He makes no choice and exercises, no judgment. He is completely passive and has everything presented to him without any effort on his part.

Television, it is often said, keeps one informed about current events and the latest developments in science and politics. The most distant countries and the strangest customs are brought right into one’s sitting room. It could be argued that the radio performs this service as well; but on television everything is much more living, much more real. Yet here again there is a danger. The television screen itself has a terrible, almost physical charm for us. We get so used to looking at the movements on it, so dependent on its pictures that it begins to control our lives. People are often heard to say that their television sets have broken down and that they have suddenly found that they have far more time to do things and that they have actually begun to talk to each other again. It makes one think, doesn’t it?

There are many other arguments for and against television. We must realize that television itself is neither good nor bad. It is the uses that it is put to that determine its value to society.

(1) The main idea of the passage is __________.

(A) television has some advantages (B) television has some disadvantages

(C) why people like watching television (D) both A and B 正确答案：D (2) In paragraph 2, the author points out a problem about television. What’s that? (A) A TV set is expensive. (B) Watching TV is not convenient.

(C) People do nothing when watching TV. (D) People take too much time watching TV. 正确答案：C

(3) According to paragraph 3, which of the following is not true?

(A) Watching TV helps people know what is happening. (B) TV programs are more colorful and more real than broadcast programs. (C) The television screen attracts people very much. (D) When one’s TV set breaks down, he has not any time to talk with his family. 正确答案：D

(4) Which of the following is not the advantage of watching TV?

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(A) It does something good to one’s health. (B) It is convenient. (C) It is cheap. (D) It is a fast means to get news. 正确答案：A (5) The author’s attitude towards television is __________.

(A) skeptical (B) neutral (C) positive (D) negative 正确答案：B 参考答案： [第三单元]; 第5小题：B 根据文章的最后一段。

45. Sports and games make our bodies strong, prevent us from getting too fat, and keep us healthy. But these are not their only use. They give us valuable practice in making eyes, brain and muscles work together. In tennis, our eyes see the ball coming, judge its speed and direction and pass this information on to the brain. The brain then arms, legs, and so on, so that the ball is met and hit back where it ought to go. All this must happen with very great speed, and only those who have had a lot of practice at tennis can carry out this complicated chain of events successfully. For those who work with their brains most of the day, the practice of such skills is especially useful. Sports and games are also very useful for character-training. In their lessons at school, boys and girls may learn about such virtues as unselfishness, courage, discipline and love of one's country; but what is learned in books cannot have the same deep effect on a child's character as what is learned by experience. The ordinary day-school cannot give much practical training in living, because most of the pupils' time is spent in classes, studying lessons. So it is what the pupils do in their spare time that really prepares them to take their place in society as citizens when they grow up. If each of them learns to work for his team and not for himself on the football field, he will later find it natural to work for the good of his country instead of only for his own benefit.

(1) Besides keeping us healthy, how many other good points of sports and games are mentioned in the passage?

(A) One. (B) Two. (C) Three. (D) Four. 正确答案：B (2) The topic sentence of paragraph 2 is __________.

(A) Sports and games are also very useful for character-training

(B) The ordinary day-school cannot give much practical training in living

(C) What the pupils do in their spare time prepares them to take their place in society as citizens (D) None of the above 正确答案：A (3) The main idea of paragraph 1 is __________.

(A) Sports and games make our bodies healthy (B) Tennis is a very good sport

(C) Tennis is a very fast sport (D) Sports and games help us practice many parts of our bodies together. 正确答案：D

(4) The word “effect” in paragraph 2 line 3 may mean __________. (A) affect (B) fact (C) result (D) act 正确答案：C

(5) According to the passage, if a child learns to work for his team on the football field, he will later __________.

(A) become a football star (B) win a football match

(C) work for his own benefit (D) work for the benefit of his country

正确答案：D 参考答案：[第三单元]; 第5小题：D 根据第二段最后一句。

46. Many of the physical features __(1)__ make us attractive to one another are, in fact, signals of our health and fertility. These days, in addition __(2)__ cosmetics (化妆品), women and men both rely on advanced technology to enhance their __(3)__. Wrinkles can be stretched away with a face lift. Special injections can make lips look __(4)__ young and plump. Countless creams and

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chemicals promise clear, glowing skin for men and women. __(5)__ being a sign of youth, good skin also means that the person is likely to be healthy and __(6)__ from parasites(寄生虫).

Our sensitivity to physical beauty is not __(7)__ we can control at will. We are born with it. There are more important things in life than beauty, __(8)__ as Etcoff says, “We have to understand beauty, or we will always prefer to be enslaved by it.” __(9)__ you aim to be wise and kind and funny, it doesn’t mean that you can’t also try your best to look beautiful. There’s __(10)__ reason to feel guilty about being moved by beauty’s power. It moves us all. (1) (A) this (B) that (C) it (D) they 正确答案：B (2) (A) to (B) with (C) for (D) on 正确答案：A

(3) (A) body (B) health (C) power (D) beauty 正确答案：C

(4) (A) attract (B) attracted (C) attractive (D) attractively 正确答案：D (5) (A) Beside (B) Besides (C) Except (D) Exception 正确答案：B (6) (A) free (B) away (C) out (D) / 正确答案：A

(7) (A) nothing (B) anything (C) something (D) everything 正确答案：C (8) (A) and (B) but (C) if (D) just 正确答案：B

(9) (A) If (B) So (C) And (D) Then 正确答案：A (10) (A) a (B) every (C) no (D) one 正确答案：C 参考答案：

[第三单元]; 第10小题：C 从上文来看应为“无须因为自己被美丽打动而内疚”。There is no reason to do“没有理由??”，there is every reason to do“很有理由??”。

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