大学英语3阶段作业第一次阶段作业

大学英语3阶段作业第一次阶段作业

一、阅读理解（共1道小题，共50.0分）

1. Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If

both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family

is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车)

A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six

persons but it is very crowded. A van hold seven persons easily, so a

family with three children could ask their grandparents to go on a

holiday travel. They could all travel together.

Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van. The sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases when

they travel.

Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for

holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the

seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All

the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are

traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular.

In America there are many parks for motor homes.

1. From the passage, a motor home is also called ______.

A. a motor car

B. a motorbike

C. a big truck

D. a van

2. A family owns a motor home usually with ______.

A. more than two children

B. interest in vans

C. a baby

D. much money

3. Americans with a small family and with two parents working usually

have ______.

A. a car

B. two cars

C. two vans

D. a van

4. What is the main use of motor homes for Americans?

A. to do some shopping with all the family members

B. to drive their children to school every day

C. to travel with all the family members for holidays

D. to visit their grandparents at weekends

5. The reason why motor homes have become popular is that _______.

A. they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their

holidays

B. they can take people to another city when people are free

C. big families can put more things in motor homes

D. some people think motor homes are cheep

1. 1. From the passage, a motor home is also called ______.

A. a motor car

B. a motorbike

C. a big truck

D. a van

2. 2. A family owns a motor home usually with ______.

A. more than two children

B. interest in vans

C. a baby

D. much money

3. 3. Americans with a small family and with two parents working

usually have ______.

A. a car

B. two cars

C. two vans

D. a van

4. 4. What is the main use of motor homes for Americans?

A. to do some shopping with all the family members

B. to drive their children to school every day

C. to travel with all the family members for holidays

D. to visit their grandparents at weekends

5. 5. The reason why motor homes have become popular is that

_______.

A. they can let families have a happier life when they go out

for their holidays

B. they can take people to another city when people are free

C. big families can put more things in motor homes

D. some people think motor homes are cheep

试题分值：50.0

得分：[10, 10, 10, 10, 10]

提示：1. 细节题。本题问“根据文章，一个房车也被称作______。”答案在最后一段的第一句，该句指出美国人把“van”称作为带马达的家。据此可知答案是D。

2. 细节题。本题问“如果一个家庭买了

一辆房车，那么这个家庭______。”答案

在第二段的前两句，这两句大意是“一辆

小轿车可以坐四个人；一辆大轿车可以

坐六个人，不过会非常拥挤。一辆房车

可以轻松容纳7个人，所以一个有三个

孩子的家庭可以邀请祖父母一起开车度

假了”。据此可知答案是A（有两个以上

的孩子）。

3. 细节题。本题问“美国小家庭中如果父母都工作，则这样的家庭会有______。”答案在第一段

的第二句，该句大意是“如果父母都上班，则他们会买两辆车”。据此可知答案是B。

4. 细节题。本题问“对美国人来说，房车的主要用途是什么？”答案在最后一段的第二句，该句大

意是“房车总是用来度假的”。据此可知答案是C。

5. 细节题。本题问“房车之所以这么受欢迎是因为______。”答案在最后一段的第三句，该句大

意是“在旅行的时候，大家庭的所有成员可以渡过一段快乐的时光”。因此答案是A。

二、单项选择题（共10道小题，共50.0分）

1. The lady was expecting a baby in a__________ of months.

A. pair

B. couple

C. bunch

D. few

2. In the past few years my aunt ___________ enough money to buy

a house.

A. has saved up

B. has kept up

C. has set up

D. has saved aside

3. I found a couple of shoes under the bed but they don?t make

___________.

A. a bunch

B. a pair

C. a flock

D. a pack

4. If our neighbor continues to refuse to keep his dog under

control, we have to take

him to ___________.

A. solicitor

B. brush

C. prisoner

D. court

5. ___________, he can finish the work in a couple of weeks.

A. Giving good health

B. If give good health

C. Given good health

D. If he is good given health

6. Jeanne has decided on law as her _______. She wants to become a

civil rights lawyer and help the poor.

A. employment

B. business

C. profession

D. occupation

7. I?m _________ that he is innocent in the whole affair.

A. convincing

B. believed

C. believing

D. convinced

8. Tom started as an engineering student, but he ________ English

because he liked it.

A. switched off

B. switched on

C. switched on to

D. switched to

9. After running to the bus-stop, I sat down to __________.

A. out of breath

B. catch breath

C. catch my breath

D. lose my breath

10. I teach because teaching is a profession _________ change.

A. building on

B. built on

C. building of

D. built of