大学英语三级B级-专项技能提高篇(五)及答案解析.doc

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1、大学英语三级 B 级-专项技能提高篇(五)及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)With the living standard improving rapidly, peoples demand upon food and catering (餐饮) service is also changing rapidly. Such changes reflect the improvement of modern lifestyle and life quality.Firstly, people demand that the food should provide overa

2、ll and balanced nutrition. Now people have realized that food with high protein (蛋白质) and fat is harmful to their health, and hence begin to take in more different nourishment.Secondly, people pay more attention to the sanitation of the food and the catering service. The focus on “green food“, “gree

3、n material“ and “fresh material“ can be taken as the prime instance to show peoples consciousness of the importance of sanitation.At last, the catering service industry has been increasingly standardized (标准化). Now most restaurants can provide their guests with standardized food and service. On the

4、other hand, many restaurants have come up with a lot of special food and services in order to meet various needs of different guests.（分数：20.00）(1).What is this passage mainly about?A. Living standard of modern people.B. Food and catering services.C. Modern lifestyle and life quality.D. The demands o

5、f modern people on food and catering service.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What do people want most from food?A. Fat and calorie. B. Overall and balanced nutrition.C. High protein. D. Both A and C（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What does “sanitation“ (Line 1, Para. 3) mean?A. Clean. C. Green.B. Fresh. D. All of the abo

6、ve.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What can we learn from the passage?A. Restaurants that offer traditional food will disappear.B. Restaurants that play green and standardization will survive.C. Restaurants that offer limited services will get lost in the market.D. Restaurants that offer special food and servi

7、ces make small profits.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Why do restaurants offer special food and services?A. To be different from other restaurants.B. To make more money.C. To attract guests of different tastes.D. To show off.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.Womens fashions tend to change more rapidly than mens. In the early

8、1900s all women wore their skirts down to the ankle. Today, skirt length varies from floor- length to ten inches above the knee. Womens shoes have also gone through all sorts of changes in the last ninety years. For instance, boots for women were very common at the beginning of this century. Then, f

9、or a few years, they were not considered fashionable. Today they are back in style again in all colors, lengths, and materials. In fact, todays women can wear all types of clothes, even T-shirts and shorts on almost any occasion. While all of these changes were taking place in womens fashions, mens

10、clothing remained pretty much the same until a couple of years ago. And, in fact, most men still wear the traditional suit, jacket, shirt, tie, though bright colors, patterns, and a variety in cut are now more common.（分数：20.00）(1).Nowadays women wear _.A. short skirtsB. both long skirts and short sk

11、irtsC. not only skirts but also long bootsD. longer skirts than those women used to wear at the beginning of this century（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Today, women think that boots are _.A. cheap B. in the fashionC. uncomfortable D. too heavy（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(3).When women go out today, they wear _.A. overco

12、ats B. short skirtsC. formal dresses D. anything they like（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Mens clothes are more colorful than _.A. womens B. ties and shoesC. they used to be D. traditional jackets（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following statements is true?A. Men never wear jackets and ties at all.B. Mens fa

13、shion changed as rapidly as womens.C. Mens clothing hasnt changed so much for several years.D. Great changes have taken place in mens clothing recently.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.When people print a stamp, any error made on a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage sta

14、mp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value.More than one hundred years ago in the British colony of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean, the mistake was made. In 1847 an order for stamps was sent to a London printerMauritius was to become the fourth country i

15、n the world to issue stamps.Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball was planned at Mauritiuss Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was instructed to copy the design for the stamps.He accidentally inscribed the words “Post Office“ instead of

16、“Post Paid“ on the several hundred stamps that be printed.Today there are only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps leftfourteen One Penny Orange-Reds and twelve Two Penny Blues. Because of the Two Penny Blues rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as $16,800 for it.（分数：20.00）(1).Over a cen

17、tury ago, Mauritius _.A. was an independent countryB. was a small island in the Pacific OceanC. belonged to IndiaD. was one of the British colonies（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The mistake on the stamps was made _.A. in MauritiusB. at Mauritius Government HouseC. in a post officeD. in London（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.

18、(3).The mistake on the locally printed postage stamps was in the _.A. price B. colorC. carelessness D. inscription（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Stamp collectors have paid $16,800 for _.A. one Two Penny Blue B. twelve Two Penny BluesC. One Penny Orange-Red D. fourteen One Penny Orange-Reds（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(5)

19、.A stamp is worth a million and a half times its original value because _.A. it was misprinted a hundred years agoB. of its rareness and ageC. few collectors have itD. it was made in British colonies（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.In an effort to make a largest, fastest and most beautiful ship, the British governm

20、ent built the Titanic. It was so superior to anything else on the sea that it was called “unsinkable“. So sure of this were the owners that they provided lifeboats for only 950 of its possible 3,500 passengers.Many passengers were aboard the night it rammed (撞) an iceberg, only two days at sea and m

21、ore than half way between England and the New York destination. Because the great liner was travelling so fast, it was impossible to avoid the ghostly-looking iceberg. An extinguished (扑不灭的) fire also contributed to the ships submersion. Panic increased the number of casualties (伤亡人数) as people jump

22、ed into the icy water or fought to be among the few to board the lifeboats. Four hours after the accident, another ship, the Carpathia, saved the survivorsless than a third of those originally aboard.The infamous Titanic enjoyed only two days of sailing glory on its maiden voyage in 1921 before plun

23、ging into 12,000 feet of water near the coast of Newfoundland where it lies today.（分数：20.00）(1).Which of the following is false?A. Only a third of those aboard were not saved.B. The Titanic sank near Newfoundland.C. It was the Carpathia that saved the survivors.D. The Titanic was the fastest ship at

24、 that time.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How many days was the Titanic at sea before sinking?A. One day. B. Ten days. C. Two days. D. Fifteen days.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(3).When did the Titanic make her maiden voyage?A. In 1900. B. In 1935.C. In 1921. D. Not mentioned.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(4).In which country was the

25、 Titanic made?A. The United States. B. The Great Britain.C. Japan D. France.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The word “liner“ in the second paragraph may probably mean _.A. the plane B. the ship C. the lorry D. the train（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.Because of the energy crisis, scientists in the oil-consuming nations have

26、become increasingly interested in the potential (潜在的) solar energy. Some experts estimate that the present supply of fossil (化石) fuel (燃料) will not last until the end of the twentieth century. The problem that solar energy researchers face is how to use the suns energy effectively and inexpensively.

27、 One of the most popular methods currently being tested is to use rooftop solar collectors and underground storage tanks. An advantage of a properly working system of this type is that it will not create any environmental pollution. Another advantage of using solar energy is that the cost of the sun

28、s rays is zero. When a solar heating system is working at maximum efficiency, it can provide up to 80 percent of winter heating needs.（分数：20.00）(1).The main topic of this passage is _.A. the shortage of fossil fuelB. the problem that energy researchers faceC. an environmental pollution problemD. an

29、inexpensive energy source（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(2).One popular solar heating system makes use of _.A. roof collectors and underground storageB. fossil fuel conversionC. underground oil tanksD. water collection and evaporation（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The cost of using the suns rays for heating is _.A. about t

30、he same as the cost of fossil fuelsB. several hundred dollars per yearC. negligible compared with other energy sourcesD. determined by the severity of the winter（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following describes an advantage of using solar energy?A. There is little or no environmental pollution.B

31、. A large percentage of fuel costs can be saved.C. Fossil fuels will become more plentiful.D. The oil-consuming nations will not be allowed to import oil.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.(5).According to some experts, the supply of fossil fuel will not last _.A. one more century B. an indeterminable timeC. until th

32、e end of this century D. indefinitely（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D.大学英语三级 B 级-专项技能提高篇(五)答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)With the living standard improving rapidly, peoples demand upon food and catering (餐饮) service is also changing rapidly. Such changes reflect the improvement of modern lifestyle and life quality.Firs

33、tly, people demand that the food should provide overall and balanced nutrition. Now people have realized that food with high protein (蛋白质) and fat is harmful to their health, and hence begin to take in more different nourishment.Secondly, people pay more attention to the sanitation of the food and t

34、he catering service. The focus on “green food“, “green material“ and “fresh material“ can be taken as the prime instance to show peoples consciousness of the importance of sanitation.At last, the catering service industry has been increasingly standardized (标准化). Now most restaurants can provide the

35、ir guests with standardized food and service. On the other hand, many restaurants have come up with a lot of special food and services in order to meet various needs of different guests.（分数：20.00）(1).What is this passage mainly about?A. Living standard of modern people.B. Food and catering services.

36、C. Modern lifestyle and life quality.D. The demands of modern people on food and catering service.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：(2).What do people want most from food?A. Fat and calorie. B. Overall and balanced nutrition.C. High protein. D. Both A and C（分数：4.00）A.B. C.D.解析：(3).What does “sanitation“ (Line 1,

37、 Para. 3) mean?A. Clean. C. Green.B. Fresh. D. All of the above.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：(4).What can we learn from the passage?A. Restaurants that offer traditional food will disappear.B. Restaurants that play green and standardization will survive.C. Restaurants that offer limited services will get lo

38、st in the market.D. Restaurants that offer special food and services make small profits.（分数：4.00）A.B. C.D.解析：(5).Why do restaurants offer special food and services?A. To be different from other restaurants.B. To make more money.C. To attract guests of different tastes.D. To show off.（分数：4.00）A.B.C.

39、D.解析：Womens fashions tend to change more rapidly than mens. In the early 1900s all women wore their skirts down to the ankle. Today, skirt length varies from floor- length to ten inches above the knee. Womens shoes have also gone through all sorts of changes in the last ninety years. For instance, b

40、oots for women were very common at the beginning of this century. Then, for a few years, they were not considered fashionable. Today they are back in style again in all colors, lengths, and materials. In fact, todays women can wear all types of clothes, even T-shirts and shorts on almost any occasio

41、n. While all of these changes were taking place in womens fashions, mens clothing remained pretty much the same until a couple of years ago. And, in fact, most men still wear the traditional suit, jacket, shirt, tie, though bright colors, patterns, and a variety in cut are now more common.（分数：20.00）

42、(1).Nowadays women wear _.A. short skirtsB. both long skirts and short skirtsC. not only skirts but also long bootsD. longer skirts than those women used to wear at the beginning of this century（分数：4.00）A.B. C.D.解析：(2).Today, women think that boots are _.A. cheap B. in the fashionC. uncomfortable D.

43、 too heavy（分数：4.00）A.B. C.D.解析：(3).When women go out today, they wear _.A. overcoats B. short skirtsC. formal dresses D. anything they like（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：(4).Mens clothes are more colorful than _.A. womens B. ties and shoesC. they used to be D. traditional jackets（分数：4.00）A.B.C. D.解析：(5).Which

44、 of the following statements is true?A. Men never wear jackets and ties at all.B. Mens fashion changed as rapidly as womens.C. Mens clothing hasnt changed so much for several years.D. Great changes have taken place in mens clothing recently.（分数：4.00）A.B.C. D.解析：When people print a stamp, any error m

45、ade on a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one inexpensive postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value.More than one hundred years ago in the British colony of Mauritius, a small island in the Indian Ocean, the mistake was made. In 1847

46、 an order for stamps was sent to a London printerMauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue stamps.Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball was planned at Mauritiuss Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was instructed to

47、 copy the design for the stamps.He accidentally inscribed the words “Post Office“ instead of “Post Paid“ on the several hundred stamps that be printed.Today there are only twenty-six of these misprinted stamps leftfourteen One Penny Orange-Reds and twelve Two Penny Blues. Because of the Two Penny Bl

48、ues rareness and age, collectors have paid as much as $16,800 for it.（分数：20.00）(1).Over a century ago, Mauritius _.A. was an independent countryB. was a small island in the Pacific OceanC. belonged to IndiaD. was one of the British colonies（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：(2).The mistake on the stamps was made

49、_.A. in MauritiusB. at Mauritius Government HouseC. in a post officeD. in London（分数：4.00）A. B.C.D.解析：(3).The mistake on the locally printed postage stamps was in the _.A. price B. colorC. carelessness D. inscription（分数：4.00）A.B.C.D. 解析：(4).Stamp collectors have paid $16,800 for _.A. one Two Penny Blue B. twelve Two Penny BluesC. One Penny Orange-Red D. fourteen One Penny Orange-Reds（分数：4.00）A. B.C.D.解析：(5).A stamp is worth a mi