Practice Tests For Book 8 Unit 3
第一部分（非选择题，共30分）
一、用所给单词的首字母填空。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
1.Can you d_________ the different musical instruments playing now? .
2.We are waiting at the train station in e________ of his coming.
3.The teacher is m_________ an examination .
4.The drug p__________ to be practical in this area last year .
5. The c___________ are so strict that few students passed the basketball trial.
二、运用所给的短语翻译句子。（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
6．他一到那里就着手解决问题。（set about）
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7.把你的雨伞带着，以防下雨。(in case)
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8.对这份工作，我们接到了400份申请。(application for sth)
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9.他不能忍受在工作时被打扰。(bear)
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10.你应该辨别黑白是非。(distinguish…… from……)
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三、用所给单词的正确形式填空。（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）
11. The secretary worked late into the night, _________ (prepare) a long speech for the president.
12. I can hardly imagine Peter ________ (sail) across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.
13. —The light in the office is still on.
—Oh, I forgot __________ (turn) it off.
14. John was made _________ (wash) the truck for a week as a punishment.
15. Little Jim should love _________ (take) to the theatre this evening.
16. _________ (not receive) a reply, he decided to write again.
17. How about the two of us __________ (take) a walk down the garden? (1993)
18. The computer center, _________ (open) last year, is very popular among the students in this school.
19. Charles Babbage is generally considered _________ (invent) the first computer.
20. The food _________ (eat) was meant for tomorrow.
第二部分（选择题,共85分）
一、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. People who cannot distinguish____ colors are said to be color-blinded .
A. in B. for C. between D. among
22.The new government should ____ finding solutions to the country’s economic problems.
A. set out B. set off C. set in D. set about
23. His scores in the chess game didn't come up to the audience’s ____ that he would win the first place .
A. recognition B. criterion C. expectation D. application
24. I called up Mr. Johnson last nigh only to find that the line was engaged and the operator asked if I’d like to ____ .
A. get trough B. ring in C. hang on D. ring up
25. ______ in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United States.
A. Being founded B. It was founded C. Founded D. Founding
26. Will it be____ for you to start work tomorrow? I hope you are not occupied.
A. convenient B. practical C. occasional D. passive
27. Returning home , ____.
A. my watch was missing B. my watch was gone
C. my watch was lost D. I found my watch missing
28. Linda worked for the Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining Company,____ as 3M.
A. knowing B. known C. being known D. to be known
29. ____on the freeway, his car was carried away by the police.
A. Broken down B. Brake down C. Having broken down D. Braking down
30. The first book____ for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16 th century..
A. have written B. to be written
C. being written D. written
31. He received a letter the day before yesterday ____ him to go back to his home as soon as possible.
A. asking B. to ask C. asked D. having asked
32. Though I can't make the model ship____ faster, the model plane can be made____ higher by any of the boys here.
A. sail; to fly B. to sail; fly
C. to sail; to fly D. sail; fly
33. He was scared to death by a (an) ____ entrance when he is absorbed in reading.
A. abrupt B. swift C. valid D. stable
34. —How do you deal with the agreement between the company and the customers?
—The key _________ the problem is to meet the demand ________ by the customers. A. to solving, making B. to solving, made
C. to solve, making D. to solve, made
35. The boy fell down to the ground, his eyes ____ and his hands ____.
A. close, tremble B. closed, trembled
C. closing, trembling D. closed, trembling
二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one.
I had seen an agency (中介机构) advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the __36_ in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as _37_ as if I were going on the stage. Finding the 38 quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”
The simple atmosphere of the office 39 me. The woman looked carefully at me __40_ through her glasses, and then 41 me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather 42 She wondered why I was looking for this sort of 43 I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be 44 to get a job without 45 I wondered whether I ought to leave, 46 the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say:
“ 47 , I’ve got someone in the 48 at this very moment who might 49 .” She wrote down a __50 , and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady. She wants a 51 immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”
“Oh yes,” said I — 52 having cooked for more than four in my life. I 53 her again and again, and rushed out to the 54 telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for.
I spent the next few hours 55 cook books.
36. A. bed B house C. agency D. office
37. A. proud B. please C. nervous D. worried
38. A. family B. door C. place D. stage
39. A. calmed B. excited C. frightened D. disturbed
40. A. as usual B. for a while C. in a minute D. once again
41. A. advised B. examined C. informed D. questioned
42. A. encouraged B. dissatisfied C. hopeless D. pleased
43. A. place B. job C. advice D. help
44. A. difficult B. helpless C. possible D. unusual
45. A. ability B. experience C.knowledge D. study
46. A. after B. since C.until D. when
47. A. Above all B. As a matter of fact
C. As a result D. In spite of that
48. A. family B. house C.office D. restaurant
49. A. hire B. accept C.suit D. offer
50. A. letter B. name C.note D. number
51. A. cook B. help C.teacher D. secretary
52. A. almost B. never C.nearly D. really
53. A. answered B. promised C.thanked D. told
54. A. outside B. local C.closest D. nearest
55. A. borrowing B. buying C.reading D. writing
三、阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
A
I fell in love with England because it was quaint (古雅)—all those little houses, looking terribly old-fashioned but nice, like dolls’ houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I loved London. I’ve slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it’s an ugly town now.
Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play, and good manners. The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good manners—people shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing.
I regret that there are so few comfortable meeting places. You’re forced to live indoors. In Paris I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafes are not terribly nice.
As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a bomb on taxis because I will not take public transport after 10 p. m. I used to use it, but now I’m afraid.
The idea of family seems to be more or less non-existent in England. My family is well united and that’s typically French. In Middlesex I had a neighbour who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone.
56. The writer doesn’t like London because she ______.
A. is not used to the life there now
B. has lived there for seventeen years
C. prefers to live in an old-fashioned house
D. has to be polite to everyone she meets there
57. Where do people usually meet their friends in England?
A. In a cafe. B. In a restaurant.
C. In a nightclub. D. In a pub.
58. The underlined part “it” (in Para. 4) refers to______.
A. a taxi B. the money C. a bomb D. public transport
59. The writer took her neighbour to France for Christmas because he ______.
A. felt lonely in England B. had never been to France
C. was from a typical French family D. didn't like the British idea of family
B
A thief who dropped a winning lottery ticket (彩票) at the scene of his crime has been given a lesson in honesty. His victim, who picked up the ticket, then claimed the $25,000 prize, managed to trace him, and handed over the cash, The robbery happened when maths professor Vinicio Sabbatocei. 58. was changing a tyre on an Italian motorway. Another motorist, who stopped “to help”, stole a suitcase from his car and drove off. The professor found the dropped ticket and put it in his pocket before driving home to Ascoli in eastern Italy.
Next day, he saw the lottery results on TV and, taking out the ticket, realized it was a winner. He claimed the 60 million lire (里拉) pcize. Then he began a battle with his conscience. Finally, he decided he could not keep the money despite having been robbed. He advertised in newspapers and on radio, saying: “I’m trying to find the man who robbed me. I have 60 million lire for him-a lottery win. Please meet me, Anonymity (匿名) guaranteed.”
Professor Sabbatucei received hundreds of calls from people hoping to trick him into handing them the cash. But there was one voice he recognized –and he arranged to meet the man in a park. The robber, a 35-year-old unemployed father of two, gave back the suitcase and burst into tears. He could not believe what was happening. “Why didn’t you keep the money?” he asked. The professor replied: “ I couldn’t because it’s not mine.” Then he walked off, spurning the thief’s offer of a reward.
60. The sentence “ Then he began a battle with his conscience,” in paragraph 2 implies all of the following EXCEPT that .
A. he knew what he should do as soon as he saw the lottery results
B. he hesitated about keeping the money for some time
C. he thought for a moment of avenging himself on the robber
D. he came to realize that honesty is more important than money
61. Hundreds of people phoned professor Sahhatucci because they .
A. wanted to make fun of him
B. hoped to get the money
C. knew who the robber was
D. lost the lottery ticket
62. The word “spurning” in the last sentence can be replaced by .
A. accepting B. claiming C. rejecting D. canceling
63. If the story appears in a newspaper, the best title might be .
A. A Thief’s Lucky Day
B. A Popular Maths Professor
C. A Magic Lottery
D. A Reward of Honesty
C
Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand (品牌) of product on the shelf.
Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged (包装) in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours. Ice cream packets are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.
When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently, researchers found that the colours turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package—blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm.
The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.
It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 per cent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!
The most successful producers know that it’s not enough to have a good product. The founder of Pears soap, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote (推销) their goods, came to the conclusion: “Any fool can make soap, but it takes a genius (天才) to sell it.”
64. Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text?
A. The cost of its package. B. The price of the product.
C. The colour of its package. D. The brand name of the product.
65. The underlined part “the colours turned the customers off”(in Para. 3 ) means that the colours _____.
A. attracted the customers strongly
B. had weak effects on the customers
C. tricked the customers into shopping
D. caused the customers to lose interest
66. Which of the following is the key to the success in product sales?
A. The way to promote goods.
B. The discovery of a genius.
C. The team to produce a good product.
D. The brand name used by successful producers.
67. Which of the following would be the best title for this text?
A. Choice of Good Products B. Disadvantages of Products
C. Effect of Packaging on Shopping D. Brand Names and Shopping Tricks
D
Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially when you’re a thin 14-year-old. That was me in 1940—the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City’s Pennsylvania Railway Station.
After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging passengers. I’d like to join them, thinking, “Everyone else is doing it.”
When I got home that night, I told my dad what I wanted to do. “You give an honest day’s work,” he said, looking at me straight in the eye. “They’re paying you. If they want to do that, you let them do that.”
I followed my dad's advice for the rest of that summer and have lived by his words ever since.
Of all the jobs I've had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me. Now I teach my players to have respect for other people and their possessions. Being a member of a team is a totally shared experience. If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone. I can put up with many things, but not with people who steal. If one of my players were caught stealing, he'd be gone.
Whether you’re on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can’t trust one another, there’s going to be trouble.
68. What can be inferred about the baggage boys?
A. They could earn much, but they had to work hard.
B. Many of them earned money in a dishonest way.
C. They were all from poor families.
D. They were all thin, young boys.
69. What does the father's advice imply?
A. It is wrong to give more pay to the passengers.
B. Don’t believe them if they are paying you more.
C. Don’t follow others to overcharge the passengers.
D. It is difficult to work hard and live as an honest boy.
70. The writer can't put up with stealing because he thinks that ______.
A. it is a totally shared experience
B. it is considered as the most dangerous
C. it does great harm to human relationship
D. it may lead to the loss of his sports team
71. It can be concluded from the text that ______.
A. his father's advice helped him to decide which job to take up
B. working in the sports team was his most important experience
C. he learnt much from his shared experience with his team members
D. his experience as a baggage boy had a great influence on his later life
E
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A. Apollo. B. The Week.
C. New Internationalist. D. The Guardian Weekly.
73. It is possible that most of the readers of the four magazines are ______.
A. men B. women C. children D. grown-ups
74. Which of the following would you most probably read if you want to get information from the world’s most popular newspapers?
A. Apollo & The Week.
B. Apollo & New Internationalist.
C. The Guardian Weekly & The Week.
D. The Guardian Weekly & New Internationalist.
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第三部分、短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
Though great progress has been made in science these years, there 76.____
Are still many people living in poor conditions. They make their lives 77.____
by collecting and selling used thing. Their children cannot go to school 78.____
because they have not enough money to send their children to there. 79.____
Why you think so many people still suffer from poverty now? 80.____
The answer lies on the population explosion. A president 81.____
of a developing country once said; “It is us who are to blame for 82.____
the poverty because we used to ‘produce’ child without limit.” 83.____
Although this few words sound simple enough, they have 84.____
clear pointed out one of the causes of the population explosion. 85.____
第四部分、书面表达。(求职信)（满分25分）
假如你是李华，看到报纸上的招聘广告后，用英文写了一封求职信。要求包括下面内容，字数80~100个词。
(Wanted
Beijing watch company
A secretary of the English language)
自我介绍
姓名: Li Hua 性别： 女
年龄: 21
出生: 1982年5月6日于上海
政治面目: 团员
身体: 健康
技能: 打字、英语说写较好，驾驶汽车
爱好: 喜欢游泳，擅长歌舞
联系电话: 64226648
Book8,unit 3答案
1．distinguish 2.expectation 3. monitoring 4.proved 5. criteria
6.He set about solving the problem as soon as he arrived there.
7.Take your umbrella, in case it rains.
8.We received 400 application for this job.
9.He cannot bear being interrupted when he is working.
10.You should distinguish right from wrong.
11. preparing 12. sailing 13. to turn 14. to wash 15. to be taken
16. Not having received 17. taking 18. opened 19. to have invented
20. eaten
21-25 BDCCC 26-30 ADBAD 31-35 AAABD 36-40 BCCAB 41-45 DCBAB
46-50 DBCCD 51-55 ABCDC 56-60ADDAB
61-65BCACD 66-70 ACBCC
71-75 DADCB
短文改错：
76正确 77 lives----living 78 thing----things 79 去掉第二个to 80 在you前加do 81 on---in 82 us---we 83 child----children
84 this----these 85 clear----clearly
书面表达：Possible version：
Dear Sir,
I have just read in the newspaper that a secretary of the English language is wanted in your company. I am therefore writing to you to introduce myself I'd like to get the job.
I am a girl student of 21 years old. My name is Li Hua. I was born on May 6th 1982 in shanghai. I am a league member. I have some working experience as a typist during my spare time at school. I can speak English well and also drive a car. I am in good health and fond of skating and good at dancing. I am sure I will do a good job if accepted. My telephone number is 64226648 .
Hope for an early reply.
Your faithfully,
Li Hua
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