新视野大学英语3 考试中的阅读理解unit6

新视野大学英语3 考试中的阅读理解

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Part 5 Vocabulary and Structure
(Each item: 1)
Directions:Choose the best one to complete each sentence.




31.One of his eyes was injured in an accident, but after a ______ operation, he quickly recovered his sight.

A. delicate

B. considerate

C. precise

D. sensible



32.Could you please _____ an appointment for me to see Mr. Smith?

A. manage

B. arrange

C. take

D. prepare



33.The Americans set a new world ______ in the sprint relay.

A. mark

B. standard

C. level

D. record



34.Last year the advertising rate ________ by 20 percent.

A. rose

B. raised

C. aroused

D. arose



35.Our holiday was _______ by showers of rain.

A. spoiled

B. destroyed

C. crashed

D. discouraged



36.Students or teachers can participate in excursions to lovely beaches around the island at regular ________.

A. gaps

B. rate

C. intervals

D. length



37.We were tired of hearing him ________ about how strong he was.

A. comment

B. remark

C. refer

D. boast



38.I'd rather read than watch television; the programs seem ________ all the time.

A. to get worse

B. to be getting worse

C. to have got worse

D. getting worse



39.It is vital that enough money ________ to fund the project.

A. be collected

B. must be collected

C. is collected

D. can be collected



40.If only the committee ________ the regulations and put them into effect as soon as possible.

A. approve

B. will approve

C. can approve

D. would approve

Part 6 Reading Comprehension
(Each item: 1)
Directions:Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.

Questions 41 to 45 are based on the same passage or dialog.
The great river Nile（尼罗河）flows gently in its course through the hot plains in the first half of the year but later on when the melting (融化) snows and the rains on the mountains far to the south swell its tributaries (支流), the Nile overflows (泛滥). It spreads rich, muddy (泥泞的) soil from Ethiopia over its valley and forms deep stretches of green, fertile (肥沃的) lands along its banks. The settlers found that in the soft rich earth wheat and other crops could be planted, even without the use of the plough, and they began to make many settlements of farmers.
In these early times they did not of course understand why the river overflowed each year. But they knew that their crops and, therefore, their lives, depended upon its magic (魔术似的) floods, and they explained the miracle as the work of gods.
But there came some years when there was a "bad Nile". Sometimes the floods were not full and did not bring enough soil; the crops were poor an
d the people starved. At other times the waters were so great that they destroyed houses and villages, and drowned men and beasts (牲畜). It took

新视野大学英语3 考试中的阅读理解

perhaps many centuries before the farmers learned how to control the Nile waters.
Wise men among them watching the position of the stars year by year found that they could predict when the annual rising of the Nile would come. Thus they began to learn about the scientific study of the sun, earth, moon, and stars and could make a calendar of the years. They also learnt how to measure out the land so that it could be pided fairly again after the boundaries of the farms had been washed away by great floods. In this way, there came about ancient knowledge of engineering and of geometry. (words: 300)

41.We can learn from this passage that the Nile is ______.

A. always a gentle flowing river

B. hot in the first half of the year but cold later on

C. likely to overflow at various times of the year

D. a life-giving river

42.The settlers began farming in the Nile valley because ______.

A. they discovered that their crops could grow well in the soil there

B. they did not realize that the river would overflow sometimes

C. it was not necessary for them to use the plough when cultivating the soil

D. they realized that their crops depended on the floods

43.The Nile was a "bad Nile" when _______.

A. the floods destroyed the crops

B. the floods were empty

C. the river did not flood enough or overflowed

D. the river overflowed all the people

44.The Egyptians of that time learned to be able to predict when the annual rising of the Nile would come by _______.

A. studying the flooding of the Nile year by year

B. observing the position of the stars year by year

C. inventing some maps of the Nile floods

D. digging canals and making reservoirs

45.According to the passage, the ancient Egyptians ________.

A. had studied the stars and made their own calendar of the years

B. watched the fall and rise of the Nile and learned how to control the flood

C. created their gods to protect the Nile when it was necessary

D. learned a lot about geometry and spread the knowledge all over the world
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the same passage or dialog.
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