2024年3月16日发(作者：)

大学英语三级-33

(总分85,考试时间90分钟)

Part Ⅰ Vocabulary and Structure

Directions:There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence

there are four choices marked A, B, C and D . You must choose the one answer that

**pletes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet

with a single line through the center.

1. We were all______the way he behaved at the meeting.

A. dismissed from B. disappointed at

C. disabled by D. discharged from

2. Don"t try to______for Tom"s behavior. He won"t get away with it this time.

A. make a mistake B. make an excuse

C. make a search D. make an effort

3. When he was asked about the missing camera, Jimmy______ever seeing it.

A. denied B. complained

C. refused D. opposed

4. She arranged a party to help put the strangers at their______.

A. comfort B. pleasure

C. peace D. ease

5. You can make your **e______as long as you work hard.

A. actual B. true

C. possible D. visible

6. The managing director took the______for the accident, although it was not

really his fault.

A. charge B. crime

C. blame D. guilt

7. The key to our room was______to a large plastic plate with the room number

on it.

A. connected B. attached

C. joined D. related

8. The restaurant near our campus is superior______the one we went to last

week.

A. to B. as

C. than D. with

9. He made a______sum of money in real estate and then invested it in the

stock market.

A. conscious B. considerate

C. considerable D. conservative

10. Higher taxes are likely to______importing expensive cars into the country.

A. encourage B. discourage

C. protect D. persuade

11. Tom is kindhearted, thoughtful, hard working and clever,______, I can"t

speak too highly of him.

A. On the contrary B. In a word

C. As a result D. By the way

12. It would make great______for the parents to be involved in children"s

activities.

A. idea B. sense

C. significance D. meaning

13. President Bush, together with his wife and daughter, ______at the opening

ceremony of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing.

A. are present B. is present

C. were present D. was present

14. It was reported that only one tourist was fortunate to escape______in the

attack.

A. to be killed B. having killed

C. killing D. being killed

15. ______there are few jobs available in the rural areas, many young people

move to the cities in search of employment.

A. Since B. While

C. After D. Although

16. By the time I got to the cinema, all the tickets for " The Merchant of

Venice"______out.

A. were sold B. was sold

C. had been sold D. have been sold

17. It is recommended that the project______until all the preparations have

been made.

A. is not started

B. is not to be started

C. not be started

D. will not be started

18. I could have paid______for the suit if the salesman had insisted, because I

really wanted it.

A. twice as much B. as much twice

C. two time D. much twice

19. ______is often the case, the calls from our customers are for help with

**puter systems.

A. that B. this

C. what D. as

20. There was so much noise that the speaker couldn"t make himself______.

A. hearing B. to hear

C. being heard D. heard

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

Directions:There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by

five questions or unfinished statements. For each question, there are four choices

marked A, B, C and D . You should choose the best answer. Then mark the

correspondingletter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the

e One Questions 33 to 37 are based on the following passage.

Passage One

BEIJING, Aug. 11 (XinhuA. -- Chinese weightlifter Chen Yanqing retained her

women"s 58kg Olympic title in Beijing on Monday with a total result of 244kg.

Chen, 29, has become the first strongwoman in the world to successfully

defend her Olympic title since the women"s weightlifting entered summer

Olympics in Sydney eight years ago.

"The Athens gold belongs to me, but this one belongs to all the people

supporting me," she said.

Chen made her fame in 1997 by claiming the jerk and total gold in the world

championships and ruled the class by keeping smashing the world records.

Chen didn"t try to break the world record during **petition and she has an

explanation.

"The world record in the snatch and the total belongs to me, so to win the gold

was more important," the veteran said.

It"s the third gold for the Chinese weightlifting team, after Chen Xiexia won

the women"s 48kg class on Saturday and Long Qingquan claimed the title in the

men"s 56kg category Sunday, and the eighth gold for the Chinese delegation at

the Games.

Chen retired three times from the national team in 2000, 2005 and late 2006

but returned not long after each retirement and claimed the national and Asian

titles. She qualified for the Olympics after claiming again the national champion in

her **eback last April.

"I want to thank my coach Cao Xinmin for accompanying me for 18 years," she

told the press conference after Sunday"s event.

1. The first paragraph tells us that ______.

A. Chen Yanqing lost women"s 58 kg Olympic title on Monday.

B. Chen Yanqing won her first women"s 58 kg Olympic gold medal.

C. Chen Yanqing broke the record for women"s 58 kg Olympic title.

D. Chen Yanqing won women"s 58 kg Olympic gold medal again.

2. Which of the following statements is true according to Paragraph 2?

A. Chen Yanqing won her first women"s 58 kg Olympic title at the age of 29.

B. Women"s weightlifting is a traditional event of the Olympic Games.

C. Chen Yanqing is the first women to defend the Olympic title.

D. Women"s weightlifting didn"t enter the Olympic Games till 8 years ago.

3. Chen Yanqing has been admired by people for all of the following

except______.

A. having retires three times from the national team.

B. winning Olympic gold medals in Athens and Beijing.

C. keeping breaking the world records in the jerk and total.

D. claiming the jerk and total golds in the world championships.

4. According to the passage, Chen Yanqing won her gold in Beijing______.

A. which is the second gold for her team

B. after Long Qingquan won his gold

C. which is the third gold for China

D. before Long Qingquan won his gold

5. The best title for this news report might be ______.

A. China"s Olympic Weightlifting Gold Medalists

B. Veteran Weightlifter Chen Yanqing Wins New Medal

C. Chen Yanqing Says Thanks to All the People Supporting Her

D. Chen Yanqing, a Weightlifter in the 18th Year of the Career

Passage Two

What is happiness? Most researchers agree that it involves an assessment of

the good and bad in our lives. It"s the emotional balance sheet we keep that allows

us to say honestly whether we"re living a happy life, in spite of bad things now and

then..

Marriage has taken a lot of hits since the 1960s. It"s been said to hold many

people, especially women, back from their full potential to be happy. Don"t believe

it.

In 2004, 42 percent of married Americans said they were very happy. Just 23

percent of never-married people said this.

The happiness numbers were even lower for other groups: Only 20 percent of

those who were widowed(死了丈夫或妻子的), 17 percent of those who were

divorced, and 11 percent of those who were separated but not divorced said they

were happy.

Overall, married people were six times more likely to say that they were very

happy than to report that they were not too happy. And generally speaking,

married women say they"re happy more often than married men.

Marriage isn"t just associated with happiness -- it brings happiness, at least for

a lot of us. One 2003 study that followed 24,000 people for more than a decade

documented a significant increase in happiness after people married. For some,

the happiness increase wore off in a few years, and they ended up back at their

premarriage happiness levels. But for others, it lasted as long as a lifetime.

1. According to most researchers, whether people feel happy or not depends

on ______.

A. how they deal with bad things

B. how they think about their lives

C. whether they are married or not

D. whether they are emotional or not

2. What is the effect of marriage on most people"s feeling of happiness?

A. Neutral B. Unclear

C. Positive D. Negative

3. Which of the following statements is true according to Paragraph3?