《大学英语三》作业及参考答案(2)

One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don’t like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think.

6. Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses?

A. Selling home furnishings.

B. Renting furnished apartments.

C. Selling used furniture.

D. Renting home furnishings.

7. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture?

A. Because the furniture they get in this way is new.

B. Because it saves them a lot of money.

C. Because it saves them much trouble and money.

D. Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.

8. What can you infer from the passage?

A. The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.

B. Renting furniture is still not popular with the majority of Americans.

C. Only those who don’t have enough money rent furniture.

D. People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.

9. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

A. Rent or Buy? B. A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings

C. Furnished Apartments D. A New Idea

10. Young people like renting home furniture in that_________

A. They have less money.

B. They don’t want to buy old furniture.

C. The new furniture is of good quality.

D. They don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture.

Passage 3

Spending 50 minutes with a cell phone close to your ear is enough to change brain cell activity in the part of the brain closest to the antenna(天线). But whether that causes any harm is not clear, scientists at the National Institute of Health said at a conference last month, adding that the study will not likely settle concerns of a link between cell phones and brain cancer. “What we

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陕师大网络教育第一次作业

showed is glucose (葡萄糖) metabolism(代谢)(a sign of brain activity) increases in the brain in people who were exposed to a cell phone in the area closest to the antenna,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, whose study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study was meant to examine how the brain reacts to electromagnetic(电磁的) fields caused by wireless phone signals.

Volkow said she was surprised that the weak electromagnetic radiation(辐射) from cell phones could affect brain activity, but she said the findings do not shed any light on whether cell phones cause cancer. “This study does not in any way indicate What the study does is to show the human brain is sensitive to electromagnetic radiation from cell phone exposures.” Use of the devices has increased dramatically since they were introduced in the early 1980s, with about 5 billion cell phones now in use worldwide.

Some studies have linked cell phone exposure to an increased risk of brain cancers, but a large study by the World Health Organization did not offer a clear answer to this. Volkow’s team studied 47 people who had their brain examined while a cell phone was turned on for 50 minutes and another while the phone was turned off. While there was no complete change in brain metabolism, they found a 7 percent increase in brain metabolism in the region closest to the cell phone antenna when the phone was on.

Experts said the results were interesting, but urged that they be understood with great care. “Although the biological significance, if any, of increased glucose metabolism from too much cell phone exposure is unknown, the results require further investigation,” Henry Lai of the University of Washington in the U.S. and Dr. Lennart Hardell of University Hospital in Sweden, wrote in an article in JAMA. “Much has to be done to further investigate and understand these effects.” They wrote.

11. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Cell phone use is dangerous.

B. Cell phone use causes cancer.

C. The human brain is an electromagnetic field.

D. There are about 5 billion cell phone users in the world right now.

12. Doctor Volkow was astonished because ______.

A. her research has shed light on her understanding of cell phone

B. she found that cell phone exposure is harmful to human brain

C. she found that using a cell phone for about 50 minutes could influence or change brain activity

D. human brain is not responsive to electromagnetic radiation

13. According to the passage, cell phones were launched _______。

A. in the late 1970s B. between 1980 and 1985

C. in the late 1980s D. in the early 1990s

14. What does the word “that” stand for in the second paragraph?

A. Brain activity.

B. Her research findings.

C. The fact that cell phone use may cause cancer.

D. Her research progress.

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15. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?

A. Cell Phone Radiation: Is It Harmful?

B. Cell Phone Radiati0n: Is It Useful?

C. Cell Phone Radiation: Is It Healthy?

D. Cell Phone Radiation: Is It Weak?

Passage 4

Millions of hamburgers are eaten by people in every corner of the world every day. Together with hot dogs and Coca-Cola, hamburgers have been the most important American contribution to international eating habits.

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