兰州交通大学继续教育试卷大学英语3(E)
I.Dictation (15%)
II.Cloze Test (15%)
明星简介
Passage 1 (5%)
Even (1)___________ harmless falhoods can have
(2)____________ conquences. Philosopher Sisla Bok
(3)____________ us that they can put us on a
(4)_____________ slope. “After the first lie, others can come more
(5)__________,” she wrote in her book Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life. “Psychological barriers
(6)_____________ down; the ability to make more
甲亢的明显症状(7)____________ can coarn; the liar’s
(8)_____________ of his chances of
(9)___________ caught may
(10)____________.”
Passage 2 (10%)
We all know that a magician does not really depend on "magic" to perform his tricks, but
(1)_____ his ability to act at great speed.
(2)______, this does not prevent us from enjoying watching a magician
(3)______rabbits from a hat.
(4)______ the greatest magician of all time was Harry Houdini who died in 1926. Houdini mastered the art of (5)______. He could free himlf from the tight test knots or the most
complicated locks in conds.
(6)______ no one really knows how he did this, there is no doubt
(7)______ he had made a clo study of every type of lock ever invented. He liked to carry a small steel needle like tool strapped to his leg and he ud this in
(8)______ of a key.
Houdini once asked the Chicago police to lock him in prison. They
(9)______ him in chains and locked him up, but he freed himlf
(10)______ an instant. The police
(11)______ him of having ud a tool and locked him up again . This time he wore
(12)_____ clothes and there were chains round his neck, waist, wrists, and legs; but he again escaped in a few minutes. Houdini had probably hidden his "needle" in a wax like
(13)______ and dropped it on the floor in the passage.
(14)______ he went past, he stepped on it so that it stuck to the bottom of his foot. His most famous escape, however, was
(15)______ astonishing. He was heavily chained up and enclod in an empty wooden chest, the lid of
(16)______ was nailed down. The
(17)______ was dropped into the a in New York harbor. In one minute Houdini had swum to the surface. When the chest was
(18)______, it was opened and the chains were found inside.
In 1912, Houdini introduced perhaps his most famous
(19)______, the Chine Water Torture Cell, in which he was suspended upside-down in a locked glass-and-steel cabinet overflowing with water. The act required that Houdini
(20)_____ his breath for more than three minutes. Houdini performed the escape for the rest of his career.
1. A. to B. for C. on D. with
2. A. Generally B. However C. Possibly D. Likewi
3.A. to produce B. who produces C. produce D. how to produce
4. A. Out of the question B. Though C. Probably D. Undoubted
5. A. escaping B. locking C. opening D. dropping
6. A. Surprisingly B. Obviously C. Perhaps D. Although
7. A. if B. whether C. as to D. that
8. A. place B. stead C. substitution D. ca
9. A. involved B. clod C. connected D. bound
10. A. at B. by C. in D. for
11. A. rid B. charged C. accud D. deprived和月亮有关的诗
圣诞节快板
12. A. no B. heavy C. little D. thin
东京奥运会赛程13. A. candle B. mud C. something D. substance别出机杼的意思
14. A. As B. Usually C. Maybe D. Then
段干木
15. A. overall B. all but C. no longer D. altogether
16. A. it B. which C. that D. him
17. A. chest B. body C. lid D. chain
18. A. brought up B. sunk C. broken apart D. snapped
礼貌的意思19. A. acting B. action C. act D. acts
20. A. was to hold B. hold C. holding D. held
III.Paraphra (10%)
1.When others were complimenting him on the new invention, the boss decided to take him down a peg by pointing out that the success was the result of collective effort.
2.It dawned on her that Susan had told the lie to spare her feelings.
3.It will certainly put a damper on your spring festival if you flunk your test this time.
4.The rearchers went out of their way to find information pertinent to this new environmental trend.
5.I finally brought it home to my wife that I have never entertained the notion of spending my holiday in the packed casinos in Macau.
IV.Sentence Rewriting (5%)
1. Though it is an imperfect idea, it is the best we have and it is the work of the reason. (…as…)
2. He has never thought that he would become the leading actor in the play. (occur)
3. It was rather a monologue than an argument.(so much…as)
4. In order that I can get the ammunition I need to make a complaint, I keep a special file for warranty cards and appliance guarantees. (so as to)
