Test 1 for Unit 3

Part I、Grammar and Vocabulary.

Section A

Directions: Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.

1. As far as I know, magnolias are _______the most ancient of all shrubs.

??A. among ?????B. across??C. in ????D. for

2. People _______garden flowers for their scent and colour for thousands of years and there are now countless different varieties.

??A. are cultivating ???B. had cultivated ??C. cultivated ??D. have cultivated

3. Some fruits simply burst, _______seeds in all directions.

??A. to shower ??????B. shower ?????C. showering ?????D. showered

4.Coconuts can float thousands of kilometers across the ocean before______upon the shore.

??A. being washed up ???B. washing up ???C. washed up ??D. having washed up

5. He could remember a time______he had worked that himself.

??A. why ???????????B. where ?????C. which ?????D. when

6. The flowers o f a flowering plant contain the parts that create the seeds and fruit _______new plants will eventually grow.

??A. from which ?????B. in which ????C. under which ???D. on which

7.Carnations last a long time once cut and that’s the reason _________they are popular as cut flowers.

??A. which ??????????B. why ????????C. who ?????D. that

8. In another episode the woman _______he was on a date burst into tears when he called her by another contestant’s name.

??A. from whom ???B. to whom ?????C. with whom ??D. of whom

9. If a shop has chairs________women can?park their men ,women will spend more time in the shop .

??A. that ??????????B. which ??????C. when ?????D. where

10.---What do you think of the plan? ???

???---I feel ___that we ought to give it up at once. ????

??A. strong ????B. stronger ???C. strongly ????D. it strong

11.. ---Did you enjoy the movie last night? ???

???---Yes, I didn’t expect it ______ wonderful. ??

A. more ????B. as ????C. most ????D. much

12.The technical college education is playing an important part today and its role will be ____ important. ??

A. no less ???B. no more ???C. none the less ???D. not more

Section?B

Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

Vegetarians are people who don’t eat any animals . In the past , vegetarianism was uncommon, but recently more and more people are choosing a vegetarian diet. In the USA alone there are about 13million people ___13_____(call) themselves vegetarians and that number is expected to reach 25million by the year 2015. There are many reasons why people think it makes sense not to eat animals. They can be related to religion ,health, ethical or ecological concerns.

People with a religious?background?avoid__14____(eat) meat. Buddhists(佛教徒)believe that human being ___15____not kill animals. Muslims and Jews don’t have pork. Some people are becoming worried about the safety of eating meat because of the way it is farmed. Certain chemicals are used to make animals grow fast and many animals are fed food__16___is not part of their natural diet.

Another reason for choosing to give up meat is __17___they consider farming animals for food is wrong and that animals have rights to live on as man does.

The last major reason is ecological.Raising animals wastes natural resources __18___(fast ) than growing crops. Much rainforest has been cleared to make farmland to raise animals for food,

Human beings have always eaten meat,__19____there is a growing movement towards vegetarianism.____20___the reason you have for not eating meat, vegetarianism can make much sense.

Section C:

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

I bought a jasmine plant for my office. When I bought it, I was told it would bloom（開花） and the sweet __21__?would fill my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked at it, but there weren't any flowers or __22____smell. I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda.
???One day, another friend Mary called and invited me to her office. When I walked in, her jasmine flowers ____23___?me. I reached out to touch the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn't help smelling them. __24____?by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers, I __25_____?understood something.
???Mary bought her __26____the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine to bloom. I was so __27____?for mine to bloom; ____28____, I gave it away.
???In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need to be patient and let things happen.
???Last Sunday Linda told me that she was going abroad the next week. Before she left, she ___29____the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I have learned that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient. I am slowly learning to have that __30_____?to wait for my jasmine to bloom.

Part II、Reading Comprehension ?

Section A：

Directions:?For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,?B,?C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

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One of the most remarkable things about the human mind is our ability to imagine the future. In our minds we can see what has not yet happened. For example, while we are looking forward to 31_____a new place or country, we 32._____what it will be like. We predict( 預(yù)料) the habit people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things 33._____. Things are often very different from the way we 34._____them to be.
???One of the 35._____ dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been 36._____ to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had studied and analyzed(分析) the problem from every angle(角度) for days, but there 37._____ to be no way of 38._____ out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreamed. When he 39._____ up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had solved the problem in his 40._____.
???The hypnotist(催眠者) sat in the chair opposite him and spoke 41._____: I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about 42._____. You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your 43._____ will get heavier. Soon you’ll be asleep.
???You will hear my voice and understand my words, but your body will be asleep, your eyes are too heavy. You are almost asleep, and when you wake up you will 44._____ nothing.
You will forget everything. Now I am going to 45._____ slowly from one to five. One, two, three, four, five.

31. A. visiting?B.?seeking?C.?reaching?D. discovering
32. A.?imagine?B. know C. feel D. guess
33.. A.?quickly?B. simply?C. correctly?D. neatly
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34.. A. required B. wished C. left D. expected
35.?A. funny?B. dull C. famous?D. silly
36.?A. managing?B.?trying?C. thinking D. hoping
37.. A. used?B. ought?C. seemed?D.?had
38.. A. making?B. finding?C. turning D. letting
39.. A. gave B. sat C. woke D. got
40. A. dream?B.?lesson?C. research D. exercise
41. A. softly B. loudly C. slowly D. firmly
42.. A. everything??B. something?C. nothing?D. anything
43. A. eyes?B. feet?C. head?D.?body

?44.. A. accept B. receive C. hear D. remember
45. A.?count?B. say C. add?D. speak

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.

I no longer consider myself the center of universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I was ?a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows(誓約)mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.

So here’s what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who loves you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking for granted.

It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.

I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.

46. How did the writer form her view of life?

???A. Through social experience ????????????B. By learning from her friends

???C. Through an unfortunate experience ?????D. From her children and husband

47. The sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live.” means that people tend to _________.

???A. waste a lot in life ???????????????????B. work rather than enjoy life

???C. make a living rather live a real life ?????D. forget the most important lessons in life

48. It can be inferred from the passage that_________.

???A. The author likes travelling very much ??????

B. The author did not try her best to work well

???C. The author spent all her time caring for children ?

D. the author is a success in personal life

49. The best title for this passage probably is______.

???A. Love your friends ??????????????????B. Live a real life

???C. Don’t waste time ???????????????????D. Be a good wife and mother

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The ocean can be divided into three zones based on the amount of light each receives.

1.The Sunlit Zone.This is the top zone,nearest the surface,with enough light entering the water to support photosynthesis (光合作用).

The sunlit zone goes down about 600 feet.Because photosynthesis occurs here,more than 90 percent of all marine life in the ocean lives in it,including most fish.

2.The Twilight Zone.Only a small amount of light gets through the water to reach this zone.As the water becomes deeper,the pressure increases.Plants do not grow here;only animals that have adapted to having little light survive.

This part of the ocean extends from about 600 feet to about 3,000 feet under the water.Some of the fish that live here have adapted to being able to make light themselves.

3.The Midnight Zone.90 percent of the ocean is in this zone,which is completely dark,and under extreme water pressure.The temperature is near freezing.

What can live in the midnight zone? The living things found here live close to cracks in the earth’s crust (地殼).These cracks give off mineral-rich materials from the center of the earth itself.Special kinds of bacteria (細(xì)菌) live here,and all other things living in the midnight zone feed on these bacteria.

50.Why does most marine life live in the sunlit zone??

A.?Because this zone is under extreme water pressure.

B.?Because many special kinds of fish live in this zone.

C.?Because photosynthesis takes place in this zone.

D.?Because this zone is rich in minerals.

51.Which of the following charts is correct according to the text??

52.The twilight zone is about 　　　?feet.?

A.600 B.300

C.3,600 D.2,400

53.Which of the following would be the best title for the text??

A.?Light Zones in the Ocean

B.?Living Things in the Ocean

C.?The Depths of the Ocean

D.?The Secret of the Ocean

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???????????????????????????????????????C

A car made from a banana

Have you experienced a car made from a banana or a pineapple？It's not a joke.Scientists in Brazil have developed a new way to use fibers from fruit plants to reinforce?car plastics.

By using fibers from seemingly delicate fruits such as bananas and pineapples,the scientists claim that they can strengthen new plastics,making them not only stronger and lighter,but more sustainable(可持續(xù)的)as well.

“They(the new plastics)are light,but very strong—30 percent lighter and three to four times stronger than old plastics,”research leader Alcides Leao from Sao Paulo State University in Brazil told the American Chemical Society.Some of the fibers can be as strong ?as Kevlar,a super-strong material used to make bulletproof vests.Besides,the plastics are also more resistant to damage from heat,water,oxygen and even spilled gasoline.

Cellulose(纖維素)is the main component(成分)of wood and has been used for centuries to make paper.Recently scientists have discovered that intensive(密集的)processing of wood releases tiny or nano-cellulose fibers,so tiny that 50,000 could fit across the width of a single human hair.When mixed with other raw materials,these nano-cellulose fibers can make plastics stronger.

According to Leao,pineapple leaves and stems(莖),and a plant related to the pineapple in South America,called curaua,rather than wood may be the most promising source for nano-cellulose.To create the plastics,researchers put the leaves and stems of pineapples and other plants into a device similar to a pressure cooker.Then they added certain chemicals and heated the mixture over several cycles,producing a powder that was then added to the plastics.

The process is costly,but it takes just 1 pound of nano-cellulose to produce 100 pounds of super-strong,lightweight plastics,Leao pointed out.

Some car makers have already tested these nano-cellulose plastics and scientists have predicted the plastics would be in use within two years,mainly for bodies for cars.

54．The underlined word “reinforce”in ?the first paragraph is closest in meaning to“________”．

A．take the place of

B．make something stronger

C．increase the percentage of

D．get rid of

55．Which of the following statements about the nano-sized fruit fiber is TRUE?

A．It is used to make bulletproof vests.

B．It is used to replace steel and aluminum automotive parts.

C．It can resist damage from heat,water or oxygen.

D．Leao thinks it is better than nano-cellulose from wood.

56．The writer holds ________ attitude toward the new plastics.

A．positive ??????B．negative ?????C．indifferent ?????????D．objective

Section C

Directions: Read the passage carefully and then answer the questions or complete the statements in no more than ten words.

??When the 5^th??century B. C. Greek doctor Hippocrates made a bitter powder from willow tree bark , he certainly had no idea that he was taking the first step towards what is now a multi-billion-dollar industry . Today , over 200 billion aspirins are taken annually and more uses for the pill are being found each year.

???Throughout history , there have been mentions of the pain-killing uses of willow bark . It was mentioned by the Roman writer Pliny during the first century A. D., and in the Mid ?Ages ?it was a popular folk medicine for fever. However , ?during the?fifteenth century , stripping the bark off willows was declared illegal-----to protect the new wicker (柳條編織) industry ---and so its use died out.

It wasn’t until 1763 that aspirin was rediscovered by a British vicar(牧師),?Edward Stone . During an afternoon walk , Stone felt like chewing a bit of tree bark and started nibbling on a twig broken off from a local willow. He discovered that it tasted like a Peruvian tree bark that was often used as a painkiller. In one of the earliest clinical trials of aspirin, Stone gave the bark to fifty fever sufferers in his parish (教區(qū))。 It worked.

Over the next century , scientists in many different countries tried to make a purer and more pleasant version of willow bark powder. The original stuff worked , but it tasted ?like ,well , tree bark . It made many people feel stomach-turning and some found it just too unpleasant to take. Finally , in 1853, a French chemist called Charles Gerhardt managed to produce acety1 salicylic acid , or aspirin. But it was not until nearly fifty years later, in Germany , that the drug finally took off in popularity.

57. ?Willow bark has the property of _____________.

58 . ?The reason for banning the legal use of willow bark during the fifteenth century was to ________________.

59. ??Since when has aspirin been popularly used as a pain-killer?

60.What can be a proper title for the passage?

Part III、Translation. ???????????????????????????????????????????????

Directions:?Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

61.有些學(xué)生不喜歡學(xué)校食堂提供的飯菜。（ serve）

62.說到假期計(jì)劃,?我們暑假想去臺(tái)灣旅游觀光。 （ speak of ）

63.她經(jīng)常生病的原因是因?yàn)樗辉趺礋嶂杂谶\(yùn)動(dòng)。（ reason）

64.雖然蜘蛛看上去有點(diǎn)嚇人,但卻是很有用的一種生物。（while）

65.這個(gè)營(yíng)地為學(xué)校社會(huì)實(shí)踐項(xiàng)目提供了一個(gè)理想的場(chǎng)所,?在那里學(xué)生們可以學(xué)習(xí)關(guān)愛他人,培養(yǎng)生活技能。（where）

Part IV、Guided Writing?(25分)

.Directions:?Write an English composition in over 120 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

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