四川省2009年12月大学英语三级试题试题
Part   Vocabulary and Structure(20%)                (20 minutes)
1.As I am sure Jenny is very honest, I don’t ____that she stole the money.
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A. suspect      B. doubt      C. believe      D. guess
2.  I’m very sorry to have ______you with so many questions on such an occasion.
  A. bothered      B. offended    C. impressed    D. interfered
3.  He has to appear at court tomorrow morning as he is _____speeding.
  A. reported as    B. accused of  C. blamed for    D. cursed  for
4.  The teacher asked a difficult question, and finally Todd ______with a good answer.
  A. came along    B. came up    C. came out    D. came down
5. Important people don’t often have much free time because their work ____all their time.学案导学
  A. takes over    B. takes away    C. takes in    D. takes up
6. When he applied for a ______ in the office of the local newspaper, he was told to see the manager.
  A. career      B. location    C. profession    D. position
7. After 5 years of hard working, he was promoted as a division manager in ____ of thirty employees.
  A. charge      B. management  C. direction    D. leadership
8. There is not much time left; so I’ll tell you about it ______.
  A. in detail    B. in brief    C. at least  D. at length
9. He prefers American examples______ British ones when he is comparing educational systems.
A. above    B. with    C. to    D. for
10. While admitting that the forecast was_____ uncertain, the scientists warned against treating in as a cry of wolf.
  A. somewhere    B. anyhow    C. somewhat    D. anyway
11. If you have gone through such a disaster, the experience will stay with you for the ______ of your life.
A. rest    B. part    C. other    D. all
12. They took_____ measure to prevent poisonous gases from escaping in the chemical plant.
  A. influential    B. beneficial    C. fruitful    D. effective
13. They haven’t decided______ the microscope themselves or buy one from the United States
  A. if to build    B. whether to build    C. either to build  D. neither to build
14. The old man came upstairs with great efforts, his right hand _____ a stick for support.
  A. having held    B. held    C. being held    建筑设备工程技术D holding
15. I don’t understand______ he should have done something like that.
  A. why      B. what    C. how    D. when
16. Prisons in the country are short of staff, _____ means prison officers are overworked and underpaid.
A. where    B. who    C. which    D. when
17. If the United States had built more homes for poor people in 1955, the housing problem now in some parts of the country____ so serious.
智取威虎山电视剧  A. wouldn’t have been        B. will not be 
C. wouldn’t be        D. will not have been
18. It will be warmer and warmer, _____more and more trees are turning green.
  A. for    B. where    C. before    D. that
19. Not until most of the people had left the airport_____ his sister was there.
  A. had he seen        B. did he see   
青岛实验中学C. that he saw        D. that he had seen
20. I_____ there only for one minute when the manager arrived at the station.
  A. have been    B. was    C. would be    D. had been
Part  第一届政协会议Reading Comprehension40%)                              35 minutes
Passage one
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
  Getting an online degree through distance learning has become possible because of the increased availability of the Internet throughout the world. However, what are the actual benefits and disadvantages of distance education?
  Potential Benefits: The most obvious reason for trying to get an online degree are time and money. With an online course, you can join a class, do assignment on the Internet, and even communicate with classmates in chat rooms or on bulletin board. Technology has even reached the point where students can interact with other students and the teacher through high-quality web conferencing. All of these activities can be done from the comfort of your home or laptop: any time, any place.
  Second, getting such a degree can, in some cases, be cheaper because you don’t have to pay costs related to an overseas adventure: air-tickets, housing, local transportation, etc.
  Potential Disadvantages: For all these benefits, there are a number of disadvantages to this kind of learning. Above all else, you have to consider how a degree form an online sc
hool will be received by future employers because they might fell that the academic standards of such an online institution are not as high as a regular program.