2012下半年大学英语3的期终考试题型如下：
第1部分：阅读理解3篇文章（单选题），共15题，每题3分，共45分。难度接近大英3课本课文难度。
第2部分：词汇与会话技能20题（单选题），共20分。难度参考大英3课文后所布置的选项练习。
第3部分：完形填空1 篇（单选题），共10分。
第4部分：中译英3 句，共15分。句子来自大英3课本课文A后的中译英练习。
第5部分：作文--题目参考统考的作文练习，80个字。10分
1、我从他家经过时，瞥见门口站了一个陌生人。
I caught a glimpse of a stranger standing in front of the door when I walked across his house.
2、除了离家比较远之外，他对新的办公室还是满意的。
Aside from being a little far from home, he was quite satisfactory with the new office.
3、在瘟疫流行之前，预防和保护工作和重要。
Prevention and protection work are very important before the plague spreads out.
4、历史上众多的科学家都成为不朽的传奇人物
Numerous scientists in history become immortalized legends.
5、一家房地产公司在这座小城市里创立了他们的分公司。
A real estate company set up their branch (company) in the small city.
1、战士们渡河前进。
The soldiers made their way across the river.
2、全世界人民都渴望和平。
People all over the world are longing for peace.
3、他伸出手邀请那位漂亮的女士跳一支舞
He held out his hand to invite the pretty lady for a dance.
4、今晚我能请你去看电影吗？
May I ask you out to a movie this evening?
5、学习英语不只是来上课和记笔记
Learning English is more than attending the classes and taking notes.
1、教师常被比作蜡烛。
A teacher's work is often compared to a candle.
2、老师往往容易偏袒成绩优良的学生。Teachers tend to be partial towards students with good scores.
3、校方在设法多给学生开设一些阅览室。
The university is trying to make more reading-rooms available for students.
4、所有学生毫无例外，都必须参加英语考
试。
All students without exception must take the English examination.
5、我表示他的帮助不受欢迎。
I indicated that his help was not welcome.
1、现在，许多发展战略都把农业和农村的发展放在优先地位。
Many development strategies now give priority to agricultural and rural development.
2、你读那篇文章时可略去第三段。
Y ou may miss out the third paragraph of the article while reading it.
3、我的医生说我应该少吃含盐高的食物，
以降低血压。
My doctor says I should cut back on sodium-rich foods to lower my blood pressure.
4、我宁可写一篇论文，也不要参加考试。For me, writing a paper is preferable to sitting in for an examination.
我们应该进一步关注这一方面并努力。
We should pay closer attention and devote
greater efforts to this.
1 If he had worked harder, he __C ___the
exams.
A. must have got through
B. would get through
C. would have got through
D. could get through
2 I wish I__A___longer this morning, but I had to get up and come to class.
A. could have slept
B. slept
C. might have slept
D. have slept
3 __C__right now, she would get there on Sunday.
A. Would she leave
B. If she leaves
C. Were she to leave
D. If she had left
4 It is vital that enough money__A___to fund the subject.
A. be collected
B. must be collected
C. is collected
D. can be collected
5 That tree looked as if it___B___for a long time.
A. hasn't watered
B. hadn't been watered
C. didn't water
D. wasn't watered
6 The young driver looked over the engine carefully lest it___B_____on the way. A. goes wrong B. should go wrongC. went wrongD. would go wrong
7 It's already 5 o'clock now. Don't you think it's about time___C____?
A. we are going home
B. we go home
C. we went home
D. we can go home
8 I'd rather you__D_____make any comment on the issue for the time being.
A. don't
B. wouldn't
C. shouldn't
D. didn't
9 We didn't know his telephone number, otherwise we__A____him.
A. would have telephoned
B. must have telephoned
C. would telephone
D. had telephoned
10 __B___,we will set off as we planned.
A. Were it good or bad
B. Be it good or bad
C. Being good or bad
D. Whether good or bad
11 It is politely requested by the hotel management that radios ___C_after 11 o'clock at night.
A. were not played
B. not to play
C. not be played
D. did not play
12 __D___for my illness, I would have lent him a helping hand.
A. Not being
B. Without being
C. Not having been
D. Had it not been
13 He told me how he had given me shelter and food without which I ___A___of hunger.
A. would have died
B. would die
C. would be died
D. will die
14 If only the committee_B___he regulations and put them into effect as soon as possible.
A. approve
B. would approve
C. can approve
D. sill approve
15 The juvenile offender was released from custody on condition that he__D_____a job immediately and____________out of trouble for six months.
A. found ... stayed
B. finds ... stay
C. find ... stays
D. find ... stay
1 All things___C___, the planned trip will have to be called off.
A. considering
B. be considered
C. considered
D. having considered
2 The speech___D__, a lively discussion started.
A. to be delivered
B. was delivered
C. be delivered
D. having been delivered
3 All examination paper__D__, the teacher let the students leave.
A. handing in
B. having handed in
C. to be handed in
D. having been handed in
4 __C_, he slipped through the window.
A. With anyone noticing
B. With anyone noticed
C. Without anyone noticing
D. Without nobody noticed
5 The question_____finally, we went home.
A. to be settled
B. settling
C. having settled
less is more 翻译
D. settled
6 __B___, they made their way through the street.
A. He guided
B. With his guiding
C. He is guiding
D. He had guided
7 ___A___, the rivers were open and navigable.
A. Being summer
B. Been summer
C. To be summer
D. It was summer
8 The meeting__B__over, the representatives went to visit the farm.
A. been
B. being
C. is
D. to be
9 Her children____B__far away from her, the old lady feels lonely sometimes.
A. to live
B. living
C. lived
D. having lived
10 I can't do my homework with all this noise__D.
A. is going on
B. to go on
C. gone on
D. going on
11 We redoubled our efforts, each man___C_like two.
A. worked
B. been working
C. working
D. to be worked
12 With John__C____there's more room in the house.
A. to be away
B. been away
C. away
D. was away
13 The temperature__C__, the chemical reaction is being speeded up.
A. raised
B. being risen
C. rising
D. raising
14 The country is faced with great problems, starvation___C__the top of them.
A. has been
B. is
C. being
D. is being
15 The soldiers jumped into the river__A__past their ears.
A. with bullets whistling
B. with bullets whistled
C. with bullets to whistle
D. with bullets being whistling
1 Boris has brains. In fact,I doubt whether anyone in the class has _B__IQ.
A. a high
B. a higher
C. the higher
D. the highest
2 How beautifully she sings!I have never heard__D___.
A. the better voice
B. a good voice
C. the best voice
D. a better voice
3 The more he tried to help her,__B__she seemed to appreciate it.
A. less
B. the less
C. the least
D. the lesser
4 Frank plays___B___Alex.
A. a lot more better than
B. a lot better than
C. much more better than
D. much more well than
5 This room is__A__much larger than that one. 正确答案解析
A. no
B. not a
C. no a
D. as
6 — What was his performance like? —Oh, it couldn't have been____B__.
A. much wonderful
B. more wonderful
C. less wonderful
D. the most wonderful
7 The patient isn't out of danger. He is __A_____than how he was yesterday.
A. no better
B. worst
C. not worse
D. not more
8 Liu Fang studies much better than __B_student in his class.
A. any
B. any other
C. the other
D. other
9 This year the farmers have produced twice _C____grain____________they did last year.
A. as less ... as
B. fewer ... than
C. as much ... as
D. as many ... as
10 Rather than _A__to see the film he would prefer___A___stay at home.
A. go ... to
B. to go ... to
C. went ... to
D. would go ... to
11 This western restaurant is superior___B__the one we went to last week.
A. than
B. to
C. as
D. for
12 When spring comes, it gets _C___.
A. warm and warm
B. warm and warmer
C. warmer and warmer
D. more and more warm
13 His father is __C___than his mother.
A. older four years
B. as four years older
C. four years older
D. four years bigger
14 I think English is__C__than Japanese.
A. much important
B. important
C. much more important
D. more much important
15 Of the two cups, he bought___A__one.
A. the smaller
B. the smallest
C. small
D. smaller
1 Economics, several courses of which I have taken thus far, _B__to be difficult but useful for almost all students.
A. prove
B. proves
C. have been proved
D. are proved
2 A thousand miles no longer__B__much to us today, for modern jets can easily get us to a great distance within a matter of a few hours.
A. meant
B. means
C. mean
D. will mean
3 The secretary and treasurer of our company__D___the meeting.
A. were to attend
B. are to attend
C. is attend
D. is to attend
4 Cattle___A__to graze on the village common.
A. are allowed
B. is allowed
C. allows
D. allow
5 Mathematics as well as other subjects___B___a science.
A. was
B. is
C. are
D. belong to
6 Either of these young ladies___C___perfectly qualified to teach Greek, Latin and French.
A. were
B. are
C. is
D. have been
7 Large quantities of water ____B___cooling purposes.
A. are needed for
B. is needed to
C. are need to
D. is need for
8 Copper as well as most metals __A__.
A. is a good conductor
B. is a good insulator
C. are good conductors
D. are good insulators
9 There used to be some trees by the lake, __C__?
A. was there
B. were there
C. weren't there
D. wasn't there
10 War and peace __A___a constant theme in the history of the world.
A. is
B. are
C. have been
D. has been
11 E-mail, as well as telephones,__A____an important part in daily communication.
A. is playing
B. have played
C. are playing
D. play
12 Either John or his friends _A__to blame
for the bad results.
A. are
B. is
C. was
D. has been
13 The conductor and composer __B___by a crowd of people.
A. are greeted
B. is greeted
C. greets
D. have been greeted
14 — The trousers__D___you well, madam. —But the color____________me.
A. fit ... don't suit
B. fits ... doesn't suit
C. fits ... don't suit
D. fit ... doesn't suit
15 The Smith's family, which___B___rather
a large one,____________very fond of their old house.
A. were ... were
B. was ... were
C. were ... was
D. was ... was
Cecil B. DeMille was a very famous and successful motion picture businessman among Hollywood's movie pioneers. He was born in Ashfield, Massachusetts in 1881. Both his parents were writers of plays. His father died when he was twelve years old. His mother kept the family together by establishing a theater company. Cecil joined the company as an actor. He continued working in his mother's theater company as an actor and a manager until 1913. That year, he joined Jesse L. Lasky and Samuel Goldfish to form the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company.
The three men started making motion pictures immediately. They loved working in the movie business.
They were deeply interested in its creative and financial possibilities. DeMille, Lasky and Goldfish began working on a movie version of the popular American western play, "Squaw Man". DeMille urged that the movie be made in the real American West. He chose Flagstaff, Arizona. DeMille and the company traveled to Flagstaff by train. When they arrived, DeMille thought the area looked too modern. They got back on the train and keep going until they reached the end of the line. They were in a quiet little town in southern California. The town was called Hollywood. DeMille decided this was the perfect place to film the movie.
"Squaw Man" was one of the first full-length movies produced in Hollywood. It was released in 1913 and was an immediate success. DeMille is considered the man who helped Hollywood become the center of the motion picture business. He quickly became a creative force in the new movie industry.
1、What did DeMille's mother do to support the family after his father's death? 正确答案B
A. She wrote a lot of plays and then sold them.
B. She set up a theater company together with other family members.
C. She worked as an actress.
D. She asked her son to manage the company.
2、When was the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company formed? 正确答案C
A. In 1881.
B. In 1903.
C. In 1913
D. Not mentioned.
3、Why did DeMille and the company finally choose Hollywood as the perfect place to film the movie? 正确答案D
A. Because Hollywood was the end of the line, and they had no choice.
B. Because Hollywood was modern but quiet.
C. Because Hollywood was very famous at that time.
D. Because Hollywood didn't look so modern as Flagstaff and was fit for filming a western.
4、Which of the following is true about the movie "Squaw Man"? 正确答案A
A. The movie was an immediate success as a