1、Module 3综合技能测试时间90分钟满分100分.单项填空(每小题1分,共15分)从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。1Instead of_, Hawing went on with his research, got his PhD and married the girl.Agiving inBgiving outCgiving away Dgiving up答案:Dgiven in“投降”;give out“分配;用完”;give away“送给;泄露”;give up“放弃”。2My father made me a promise_I got a good m
2、ark he would buy me a present.Athat BwhichCthat if Dif答案:Cpromise后面的句子是promise的同位语从句,同位语从句中含有条件状语从句。3_the farmers were pleased the good harvest of this year.AA great deal of BA great manyCA great many of DA large amount of答案:Ca great deal of与a large amount of只能修饰不可数名词;因farmers前有the修饰,故应选C。4This vase
3、 wasnt_properly before it was put away.Awiped up Bwiped overCwiped off Dwiped out答案:Dwipe out指“擦掉(油渍等);擦试(盆、碗等)的内部”,wipe up/off虽也有“擦干净;抹掉”之意,但其主语多是油渍等污物,如:The paint wont wipe off.这油漆擦不掉。故选D。5Well have to find a job, _.Along it takes howeverBit takes however longClong however it takesDhowever long it
4、 takes答案:Dhowever引导让步状语从句,语序为:howeveradj./adv.主语谓语,故选D。6The victim was still_what had happened when the doctor arrived but he lost_soon after that.Aunconscious for; consciousnessBconscious of; consciousnessCconscious of; consciousDconscious for; unconscious答案:B根据句意:第一个空格应该用concious of,而后面则应该用名词。7Wha
5、t would you do if it_tomorrow?We have to carry it on, since weve got everything ready.Arain BrainsCwill rain Dis raining答案:B时间状语从句中,主句用将来时,从句用一般现在时表示将来。8At the_of audience, the famous singer sang another one.Asuggestion BrequestCrequirement Ddemand答案:Bat the request of为固定短语,意为“应的要求”。9_to be the best
6、 among the competitions, he was given $ 20,000 as a reward.AJudging BJudgedCJudgement DTo be judged答案:B此处judge表示“被裁定;被判定”,过去分词表被动。10Although we live in the same city, we havent_with each other for a long time.Aassisted BcomparedCcommunicated Dcontacted答案:Ccommunicate with意为“与沟通”。11Dont_the dictionar
7、y_you meet with a new world while reading.Arefer; every timeBlook up; each timeClook at; wheneverDrefer to; every time答案:Dlook up虽然可以表示查阅,但是它的宾语是要查的词,如look up this word in the dictionary。12Will you_me_favour to carry the box upstairs, boy?Agive; the Bdo; theCoffer; a Ddo; a答案:Bdo sb. a favour中的do为固定
8、搭配,而当favour后面接不定式的时候,其前面要用定冠词the。13By the end of the next month, we_what we are required to learn.Ahave learned BlearnedChad learned Dwill have learned答案:Dby the end of next month是谓语动词将来完成时的标志。14Would you like some bread?Oh, no, thanks. I had a big breakfast this morning, so I am_hungry.Anot a bit B
9、much tooCnot least Dnot a little答案:C根据句意,第二个说话人早晨吃得很多,现在一点也不饿。15Do remember me to your wife._.AYes, I do BNo, I wontCYes, I will DNo, I dont答案:C这里可以看成一个句子后面省略了一个反意疑问句will you。.完形填空(每小题1分,共20分)阅读下面短文,理解大意,从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。When I was fifteen years old, I made my first visit to the United Sta
10、tes. It wasnt the first time I had been_16_. Like most English children I learned_17_at school I had often been to France, so I_18_speaking a foreign language to people who didnt understand English. _19_when I went to America I was really looking forward to_20_a nice easy holiday without any_21_prob
11、lems._22_wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a_23_telephone to give my American friend Danny a_24_and tell her I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked_25_he could help me. “Yes”, I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”“Well, thats_26_,
12、”he exclaimed. “Are you getting_27_? But arent you a bit_28_?” “Who is talking about marriage?”I replied. “I_29_want to give my friend a ring to tell her Ive arried. Can you tell me_30_theres a phoe box?“Oh!”he said, “Theres a phone downstaris.”When at last we_31_meet each other, Danny explained the
13、 misunderstanding to me. “Dont worry,”she said to me. “I had so many_32_at first. There are lots of words which are Amercians_33_differently in meaning from us British. Youll soon get used to all the_34_thing they say. Most of the_35_British and American people understand each other!”16A.out BawayCo
14、utside Dabroad答案:D从前后文提示知应该是出国。17A.Chinese BJapaneseCFrench DItalian答案:C从后面提示的“France”可知是法语。18A.get used to Bwas used toCused to Dwas able to答案:Bbe/get used to doing sth.是习惯表达,意为“习惯于干某事”,这里应该用一般过去时态。19A.Once BButCSo DThen答案:B前后句意应该是转折关系,故用but。20A.having BbuyingCgiving Dreceiving答案:A构成have a nice hol
15、iday的搭配。21A.time BhumanClanguage Dmoney答案:C人上下文知应该是语言(language)问题。22A.Too BQuiteCWhat DHow答案:D空格后是形容词,故用how引导感叹句。23A.cheap BpopularCpublic Dgood答案:Cpublic telephone意为“公用电话”。24A.letter BringCnews Dinformation答案:B构成give sb. a ring搭配,意为“给某人打电话”。25A.if BthatCwhere Dwhen答案:Aif此处意为“是否”。26A.well BoverCnice
16、 Dring答案:C对方以为作者要送结婚戒指给自己心爱的人,他当然出于礼貌只能说“Thats nice”了。27A.changed BexpectedCpalnned Dmarried答案:D从后面提示的名词“marriage”可知。28A.small BlittleCold Dyoung答案:D显然对方是认为作者太小了,文章首句提到作者才15岁。29A.ever BjustCnever Dalways答案:Bjust此处相当于only。30A.where BhowCwhy Dwhat答案:Awhere表示地点,引导宾语从句。31A.did BdoCcould Dhad答案:Adid表示对谓语
17、meet的强调,意为“终于与朋友见面了”。32A.wishes BdifficultiesCthings Dideas答案:B显然是语言交流上有困难。33A.write BspeakCuse Dread答案:C美国人使用的词汇。34A.terrible BnecessaryCuseful Dfunny答案:D从作者的经历来看应该是“有趣的(funny)”最恰当。35A.chance BsituationCcondition Dtime答案:D指大多数的时候。.阅读理解(每小题2分,共40分)阅读下面的短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。AThe human nose
18、has given to the language of the world many interesting expressions. Of course this is not surprising. Without the nose we could not breathe or smell. It is the part of the face that gives a person special character. Cyrano De Bergerac said that a large nose showed a great manbrave, polite, manly, a
19、nd bright. A famous woman poet wished that she had two noses to smell a rose. Blaise Pascal, a French philosopher(哲学家)made an interesting comment about Cleopatras nose. “If it had been shorter,”he said,“it would have changed the whole face of the world.”Historically, mans nose has had an important r
20、ole in his imagination. Man has referred to the nose in many ways to express his feelings. Expressions about the nose refer to human weakness, anger, pride, jealousy(嫉妒)and revenge(报复). In English there are a number of phrases about the nose. For example, “To_hold_up_ones_nose”expresses a basic huma
21、n feelingpride. People can hold up their noses at people, things and places. The phrases, to be led around by the nose, shows mans weakness. A person who is led around by the nose lets other people control him. On the other hand, a person who follows his nose, lets his instinct guide him.For the hum
22、an emotion of rejection, the phrase to_have_ones_nose_put_out_of_joint is very descriptive. The expression applies to persons who have been turned aside because of a competitor. Their pride is hurt and they feel rejected. This expression is not new. It was used by Erasmus in 1542.This is only a samp
23、ling of expressions in English dealing with the nose. There are a number of others. However, it should be as plain as the nose on your face that the nose is more than an organ for breathing and smelling!36This passage is about_.Athe human nose, an organ for breathing and smellingBthe nose giving var
24、ious expressionsCa woman poets wish was to have two nosesDinteresting comments made on Cleopatras nose答案:B主旨大意题。文章主要涉及了与人体器官鼻子相关的短语。37According to Blaise Pascal, “Cleopatras nose”_Adid change the whole face of the worldBshould be shorterCrepresents her powerful characterDhad been cut shorter答案:C38“T
25、o hold up ones nose”is an expression of_.Acontempt BrevengeCanger Djealousy答案:A虽然不知道A项的含义;但是可以根据文章中的pride排除掉其他三个答案。39A man who is described as“to have ones nose put out of joint”_Ais happyBwants to sell a flowerCis illDfeels hurt and rejected答案:D根据倒数第二段第三句“Their pride is hurt and they feel rejected.
26、”可以很容易找出答案。BTears are natures way making us feel comfortable. When our eyes are made uncomfortable by some small pieces of pollution, or when we are cutting onions, or when we are exhausted and“redeyes”from overwork and late hours, tears from in our eyes to clean and refresh them.Tears are also a si
27、gn of strong emotion. We cry when we are sad and we cry when we are happy.And tears seem to be uniqueness(唯一)of human. We know that animals also experience emotionfear, pleasure, lonelinessbut they do not shed(流)tears. From this we can conclude that tears are closely related to the emotional and bio
28、logical makeup of the human species.Biologically speaking, tears are actually drops of saline fluid, which is a little bit salty, produced by a gland(腺)in the body. Because salt is an important component, tears may actually constitute the most conclusive evidence that the human animals are the end p
29、roduct of a long evolutionary(进化的)process that began in the sea.And it is clear that, in addition to(除了)the emotional benefits, the shedding of tears has a specific biological function as well. Through tears, we can eliminate from our body certain chemicals which build up in response to stress and c
30、erate a chemical imbalance in the body. Crying actually makes us feel better by correcting that imbalance and making us feel good again. And thus the emotional and the biological functions of tears merge(合并)into one and make us even more“human”than we would otherwise be.40According to the passage, h
31、uman beings may have originated in_.Athe sea Bthe saltCchemicals Danimals答案:A细节题。文章第四段最后:眼泪是咸的可能是人类从大海里进化而来的有力证据。41Which of the following is NOT a function of tears?ABiological. BEmotional.CPolitical. DChemical.答案:C文章中没有涉及眼泪与政治有什么关系。42According to the article, which of the following is unique to hum
32、ans?AThe feeling of loneliness.BThe state of feeling good.CThe ability to shed tears.DThe feeling of fear.答案:C文章第三段首句。43The word“aliminate”probably means_.Aadd BproduceCreplace Dremove答案:D该句含义为:通过眼泪,我们可以消除身体中由于紧张而产生的一种化学物质。CIn early October, thousands of people around the globe stepped outside to ga
33、ze at their local night sky. As part of an event called the Great World Wide Star Count, adults and kids of looked for one of two constellations(星群)Cygnus in the Northern Hemisphere and Sagittarius in the Southern Hemisphere. The observers recorded how many stars they saw and how bright the stars we
34、re, and then posted their results online.The Star Count was part of global effort to help scientists learn more about how light pollution affects our view of the night sky. Whether participants saw thousands of starsor just a dozendepended a lot on whether they were surrounded by darkness or by twin
35、kling city lights.Dark spots on the map, above, show the locations of people who partcipated in the first annual Great Worldwide Star Count. Over 2 weeks, people in 64 countries made 6,624 observations.On a clear night, with no clouds, moonlight, or artificial lights to block the view, people can se
36、e more than 14,000 stars in the sky, but when people are surrounded by city lights theyre lucky to see 150 stars.If youve ever driven toward a big city at night and seen its glow from afar, youre witnessed light pollution. It occurs when light from streetlights, office buildings, signs, and other so
37、urces streams into space and illuminates the night sky. This light makes many stars invisiable to people on Earth.Dust and particles of pollution from factories and industries worsen the effects of light pollution. When these particles float into the atmosphere, light ricochets(跳飞)off of them and sc
38、atters even more.Light pollution doesnt fly affect star visibility. It can harm wildlife too. Scientists dont entirely understand how animals navigate at night, but its clear that artificial light can attract them, making them go off course. Theres increasing evidence, for example, that migrating bi
39、rds use sunsets and sunrises to help find their way.44Why did do many people look at the local sky?ATo enjoy the beauty of the stars.BTo develop their interest in Astronomy.CTo help scientists do a research on light pollution.DTo get the exact number of star in the sky.答案:C根据第二段首句“The Star Count was
40、 part of global effort to help scientists learn more about how light pollution affects our view of the night sky.”判断。45When people are surrounded by artificial lights, _.Athey can find more stars in the skyBthe stars might appear more clearlyCthe stars seem to be biggerDthey can find far fewer stars
41、答案:D正常情况下人们能看到14,000颗星星,但是在有人造光时只能看到150颗,所以要少得多。46What does the word“illuminates”probably means in this passage?Amake.brightBmake.invisibleCmake.beautifulDmake.clear答案:A根据倒数第三段第二句“It occurs when light from streelights, office buildings, signs, and other sources streams into space.”可以推测出,从“这些光进入到太空中”
42、看,这些光使得太空“明亮了”。47How does light pollution affect birds?AIt does great harm to their eyes at night.BIt mistakes them the way when they migrate.CIt can enable them to see their routes clearly.DIt can make them find their way easily.答案:B人造光吸引鸟类,使它们偏离飞行路线,因为它们迁徙时靠的是日出和日落,所以说“人造光能误导它们迁徙的路线”。48According t
43、o the maps above, which continent has fewest participants in the Star Count?ANorth America.BAustralia.CSouth America.DAfrica.答案:D根据上面地图中的黑点可以看出非洲参加的人数最少。DDr Wiseman started“the laugh lab”project in September 2001. It is the largest study of humour. Participants(参加者)are invited to log onto the laugh
44、lab website, give a few personal details, tell their favourite jokes and judge the jokes told by other people.The project will last for a year, and the organizers hope to finally discover the worlds funniest joke. But there is aslo a serious purpose. The researchers wnat to know what people from dif
45、ferent nations and cultures find funny. And they want to find out the differences between the male and female sense of humour. The idea is that if we want to understand each other, we have to find out what makes us laugh.This is a subject that has long interested psychologists(心理学家)and philosophers(哲学家). Most of the time, people are not completely honest. We do things that society expects us to and say things that help us get what we want. But laughi