1、大学英语三级 B 级-专项技能提高篇(六)及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)As we know, if we want to keep our health and have a strong body, our eating habits are very important in our daily life. There are times when most of us would rather eat sweets and ice cream than meat and rice. Actually, sweets and ice cream are not b
2、ad for the stomach if we eat them at the end of a meal. If we eat them before a meal, they may take away our appetite. Meanwhile, it is important for us to eat our meal at the same time each day. When we feel hungry, it shows that our bodies need food. When we feel angry or excited, we may not want
3、to eat. When we are worried, we may not want to eat, either. A long time ago, in England, some judges used to decide whether a man was telling the truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow the bread, it was a sign that he wasnt telling the truth. Although this seems very stran
4、ge and rather foolish, it is indeed an excellent way of finding out the truth. A man who is worrying about something has difficulty in swallowing anything dry. He loses his appetite and does not want to eat anything if he is worrying something.（分数：15.00）(1).We have to develop good eating habits beca
5、use _.A. we want to be healthy and strong B. we want to enjoy our foodC. we want to eat more D. we want to save time（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2)._ may take away our appetite before we have our meal.A. Either meat or rice B. Neither sweets nor ice creamC. Not only meat but also rice D. Both sweets and ice cr
6、eam（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).We had better have our meals _.A. when our work is over B. at the same time each dayC. when the meal is still hot D. when we go back home（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A man who is angry has _.A. a better appetite B. to eat more foodC. a poor appetite D. to eat nothing（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.
7、(5).The judges in old England considered that a man could _ if he didnt tell a truth.A. swallow dry bread easily B. eat a lot of dry breadC. drink milk or hot water D. hardly swallow dry bread（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.British newspapers are much smaller than they used to be and their readers are often in a h
8、urry, so newspapermen write as few words as possible. They tell their readers at once what happened, where, when and how it happened and what was the result, how many people were killed, what damage was done and so on. Readers want the fact set out as fully and accurately as possible. Readers are al
9、so interested in the people who have seen the accident. So a newspaperman always likes to get some information from someone who was there, which can be given in the persons own words. Because he can use only a few words, the newspaperman must choose those words carefully, every one must be effective
10、. Instead of “he called out in a loud voice“, he writes “he shouted“; instead of “the loose stones rolled noisily down the side of the mountain“, he will write “they thundered down the mountainside“. Because many of the readers arent very clever, and most of them are in a hurry.（分数：15.00）(1).From th
11、e text, we learn that newspapermen write as few words as possible, because readers _.A. want to know more about the newsB. take no interest in what has happenedC. have no time to read the news carefullyD. pay much attention to the result（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The underlined word “one“ in the text refe
12、rs to _.A. person B. newspaperman C. reader D. word（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following would best complete the text?A. .he will keep his writing short.B. .he wont care about his writing.C. he will give nothing but information.D. .he wont make his writing good enough.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(4).In w
13、hat way do you think British newspapers have become smaller?A. In page size. B. In number of readers.C. In number of pages. D. In number of copies.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following is true?A. Readers are not satisfied with the short news.B. Not many people have time to read the long messag
14、es in newspapers.C. Readers find the language of the newspapers exciting.D. Newspapermen try to report as fully as possible.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.There are many ways to learn about people of other lands. One way is to study the clothing other people wear. For thousands of years, people in different parts
15、 of the world have worn very different types of clothing. There are four big reasons for this. One reason might be religion. In many Moslem countries, women must wear veils (面纱) to hide their faces. The veils must be worn in public. Veils are part of the Moslem religion. The second reason is that di
16、fferent materials are used in different countries. For instance, in France the materials used in clothing may be cotton, silk, wool, or many other man-made materials. Most people in China wear cotton. The way clothes are made is also very different. This is another reason why people dress differentl
17、y. Western countries rely on machines to make most of their clothing. Someone living in India can use only hand power to make the clothing he needs. Worldwide differences in customs also lead to differences in clothing. A Mexican farmer wears a straw hat with a brim up. In China, a farmer wears a st
18、raw hat with a brim down. Both hats are used to protect the farmers from the sun. Some of these customs have come down through thousands of years.（分数：15.00）(1).If you want to learn about the differences about people in the world you _.A. should know the ways to study other landsB. should know the fo
19、ur big reasons given in the passageC. may study the different types of clothing people wearD. may be surprised by the ways people wear hats（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2).In many Moslem countries, women have to _ in public.A. wear more clothes than menB. cover their faces with veilsC. protect their faces from
20、being hurtD. wear religious clothing（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following is the reason for the differences in clothing?A. Materials used for clothes differ from country to country.B. Cotton is the common material for clothing.C. Man-made materials are invented to make clothes.D. Most people l
21、ike silk clothes.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The third reason for the differences in clothing is _.A. different materials B. different ways of making clothesC. different styles of dressing D. different religions（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The two examples of wearing hats are given in the last paragraph to show _.
22、A. the effect of customs on dressing styleB. the function of wearing straw hatsC. the correct way of wearing straw hatsD. the long history of some customs（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused
23、 either by mans release of completely new and often artificial substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance, such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be co
24、ntrolled if only companies, individuals (个人) and governments would make more efforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up three of four times in packages that all have to be disposed of; drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which cant be
25、 reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in terms of glass, metal and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy things we neither want nor need, but also to throw away much of what we do buy. Pollution and waste
26、 combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by cutting out unnecessary buying, excess use and careless disposal of the products we use in our daily lives.（分数：15.00）(1).The main cause of pollution is _.A. the release of artificial or natural substances into the environmentB. the production of
27、 new industrial goodsC. increased amounts of a natural substanceD. our ever-increasing population（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Much of the pollution could be controlled if only _.A. people would pay more attention to the problemB. governments would take effective measuresC. all sides concerned would make mor
28、e effortsD. farmers would use less artificial fertilizers（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Food packages, bottles and tins for drinks can causeA. air and water pollutionB. both a litter problem and a waster of resourcesC. to pay for the serviceD. to produce the receipt（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following
29、cannot help solve the problem of pollution?A. Cutting out unnecessary buying.B. Eating.C. Reduce excess use.D. Carefully dispose our daily products.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What does the underlined word “litter“ mean in Paragraph 2?A. not many B. serious problemC. bits of waste things D. industrial poll
30、ution（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.What will man be like in the future in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred ye
31、ars ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only ab
32、out 20% of the brains capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones. This is likely to bring about a physical change too; the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger. Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fa
33、ct, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over very long period of time it is likely that mans eyes will grow stronger. Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at. This may well be true. Al
34、l the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.（分数：15.00）(1).The passage tells us about _.A. how mans life will be in the futureB. how future man will look likeC. the fact th
35、at mans organs will function differently in the futureD. the fact that man is growing uglier as time passes（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What serves as the evidence that man is changing?A. Man has been growing taller over the past 500 years.B. Man has got stronger eyes than he ever had.C. Mans hair is gettin
36、g thinner and thinner.D. Mans limbs are getting weaker because he tends to make less use of them.（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Mans forehead will grow larger becauseA. he will use of only about 20% of the brains capacityB. the other 80% of his brain will grow in due timeC. he had rather narrow forehead a few
37、 hundred years agoD. he will have to use his brain more and more as time goes on（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Future man will probably _.A. have smaller eyes B. have larger eyesC. see better D. have to wear better glasses（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The reason for believing that future man will be different is that
38、he _.A. is always changing quickly B. never stops changingC. hopes for a change D. will live a different life（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.Sports and games make our bodies strong, prevent us from getting too fat, and keep us healthy. But these are not their only use. They give us valuable practice in making eyes
39、, brain and muscles work together. In tennis, our eyes see the ball coming, judge its speed and direction and pass this information on to the brain. The brain then has to decide what to do, and to send its orders to the muscles of the arms, legs, and so on, so that the ball is met and hit back where
40、 it ought to go. All this must happen with very great speed, and only those who have had a lot of practice at tennis can carry out this complicated chain of events successfully. For those who work with their brains most of the day, the practice of such skills is especially useful.Sports and games ar
41、e also very useful for character-training. In their lessons at school, boys and girls may learn about such virtues as unselfishness, courage, discipline and love of ones country; but what is learned in books cannot have the same deep effect on a childs character as what is learned by experience. The
42、 ordinary day-school cannot give much practical training in living, because most of the pupils time is spent in classes, studying lessons. So it is what the pupils do in their spare time that really prepares them to take their place in society as citizens when they grow up. If each of them learns to
43、 work for his team and not for himself on the football field, he will later find it natural to work for the good of his country instead of only for his own benefit.（分数：15.00）(1).When we play tennis we have to _.A. use, first, our eyes, then the brain and finally the musclesB. make our eyes, brain an
44、d muscles work almost at the same timeC. use mainly the arms and legs to hitD. use mainly the muscles so that the ball is met and hit back（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The “complicated chain of events“ refers to _.A. the passing of information and making of decisionsB. the meeting and hitting back of the bal
45、lC. the coordinated movements of our eyes, brain and musclesD. a lot of practice before playing tennis（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(3).By “character-training“, the author means that sports and games can help children _.A. live a better life when they grow upB. know better how to behave properly in their future
46、lifeC. understand better the virtues they learn in booksD. all of the above（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to the author, a childs character can be most deeply influenced by _.A. what he does out of class B. what he learns in booksC. his place in society D. his lessons in school（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.(5).W
47、hat is of the greatest importance to a football team is _.A. its members B. its team workC. the football field D. the climate（分数：3.00）A.B.C.D.In the United States, 30 percent of the adult (成年人) population has a “weight problem“. To many people, the cause is clear: we eat too much. But scientific evi
48、dence (科学证明) does little to support this idea. Going back to the America of the 1910s, we find that people were thinner than today, yet they ate more food. In those days people worked harder physically (体力地), walked more, used machines much less, and didnt watch television. Several modern studies, m
49、oreover (此外), have shown that fatter people dont eat more on average (平均) than thinner people. In fact, some investigations, such as a 1970 study of 3,545 London office workers, report that, on balance, fat people eat less than slimmer (苗条) people. Studies show that slim people are more active than fat people. A study by a research group at Stanford University School of Medicine found the following interesting facts. The more the men ran, the greater loss (失去) of body
