综合英语3期末试卷 得分_________ Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension Passage A Since Insight exposed the U.S. Postal Service’s program “Under the Eagle’s Eye”, the eyes of many privacy advocates have focused like a laser on the agency. “Warning! The post office c ould report YOU as a drug dealer or terrorist,” reads a press release from the Libertarian Party. Until the Postal Service drops its orders to postal clerks to report certain legal financial transactions as “suspicious activity”, the Libertarian Party and others are urging consumers to purchase money orders, wire transfers and cash cards elsewhere. But now Insight has learned that it’s not just purchases of these financial instruments that the post office reports as suspicious. In a training video obtained by Insight, after a jewelry store owner hands a postal clerk ＄50,000 cash to put on his postage meter, the clerk is told to report this as suspicious transaction. Even though it may be perfectly legal, using this much cash is “strange”, the video says. “If putting a lot of money on your postage meter is a sign of criminal activity, I’m afraid we’re going to have to have a little talk with our own office manager,” says George Getz, spokesman for the Libertarian Party, which uses a postage meter to send mass mailings. “It seems unbelievable. Do you launder money 32 cents at a time? That’s crazy.” According to the Postal Service, even transactions of a few thousand dollars in cash should arouse suspicion. But privacy advocates say it is normal, for instance, for restaurant or store owners who want to send out promotional mailings to go to the post office and put the cash receipts for that day on their postage meters. “Under the Eagle’s Eye” does not apply to purchases of stamps and “philatelic” it ems. But why, then, does the program apply to postage on meters, which is merely “electronic stamps”, asks Rick Merritt, director of Postal Watch. 1) Insight is most probably ________. A) a journal密封线内不要答题B)a writerC)an employee of postal serviceD)one of privacy advocates2)“Under the Eagle’s Eye” is ________.A)a kind of postal serviceB)a suggestion of Libertarian PartyC)designed to find suspicious activities from common postal practiceD)designed to arrest drug dealer or terrorist3)Which of the following activities would be repor ted as “suspicious”?A)Post letters in the postal office.B)Send mass mailings.C)Purchase stamps in cash.D)Put a lot of money on your postage meter.4)According to the passage, what are postage meters?A)Money orders.B)Wire transfers.C)Cash cards.D)Electronic stamps.5)Which of the following might be the topic of the passage?A)Much cash on postage meter may arouse suspicion.B)Under the eagle’s eye.C)Privacy and public safety.D)Postage meters work perfectly.Passage BFifteen-year-old freshman Charles “Andy” Williams, who is being held in the shooting in California that left two students dead and 13 wounded, was reportedly the butt of jokes, a weekend drinker and one who hung out at a local skate park with kids who did drugs. Had he and his peers received meaningful instructi on in “character formation”, there’s a good chance their sense of respect for themselves and others would have held back the ridiculing and created a better atmosphere.Many youngsters have a difficult time seeing any moral dimension to their actions. Cons equently, schools stress academic achievement but don’t always identify and reinforce the habits that students need to become virtuous.But there’s hope. More and more schools, from the rich suburbs to the inner cities, are realizing that good test scores aren’t enough if students aren’t taught to be responsible members of society.High expectations for good behavior also have helped students academically at Cleveland Elementary, the Washington school that holds the weekly classes. Last year, it scored in the 70th percentile in reading on the Stanford-9, a national achievement test, and in the 86th percentile in math---well above the average for many prosperous suburbs.I also wove character education into my lessons as a third-grade teacher at Disney Elemen tary in Burbank, Calif. We had a “virtue of the month”, and each day after lunch, my class read a story demonstrating that virtue. The lessons produced academic benefits, too. After reading Aesop’s “The Tortoise and the Hare”, one student who was having tr ouble learning multiplication raised his hand and said: “Learning the times tables is really hard, but I know I need to persevere.”We can’t afford to lose any more children to actions that spring from moral ignorance.Parents and schools must provide children with a strong academic foundation, but they need to teach them common values as well. Virtue is a lesson that ladies and gentlemen in all schools can---and must---learn now.6) The fifteen-year-old freshman Charles “Andy” Williams is ________.A)shot deadB)shot woundedC) a drug-takerD)arrested7)Many youngsters have a difficult time because ________.E)they fail to apply moral principle to their behaviorF)they can’t playing trick on othersG)they fail to create a healthy atmosphereA)they abuse drugs8)“Times tables” in Line 5, Para. 5 probably mean ________.a)multiplication tablesb)time sheetsc)time tablesd)tables and charts9) That the students in weekly class at Cleveland Elementary get highermarks in reading and math illustrates that ________.A) rich neighborhood helped students make academic progressB) academic achievement could result from character educationC) “virtue of the month” project was the key to the academic benefitsD) students benefited a lot from story-telling10) It can be inferred from the passage that the writer ________.A) calls on people in every line to take moral lessonsB) is a parent of school childC) is a teacher in a primary schoolD) is a moral lesson teacherPassage CBig Ben is one of London’s best-known landmarks, and looks most spectacular at night when the clock faces are lighted. You even know when parliament is in session, because a light shines above the clock face.The four dials of the clock are 23 feet square, the minute hand is 14 feet long and the figures are 2 feet high. Minutely regulated with a stack of coins placed on the huge pendulum, Big Ben is an excellent timekeeper, which has rarely stopped.The name Big Ben actually refers not to the clock-tower itself, but to the thirteen-ton bell hung within. The bell was named after the first commissioner of works, Sir Benjamin Hall. This bell came originally from the old Palace of Westminster, and was given to the Dean of St. Paul by William Ⅲ. Before returning to Westminster to hang in its present home, it was refashioned in Whitechapel in 1858. The BBC first broadcast the chimes on the 31st December 1923---there is a microphone in the turret connected to Broadcasting House.During the Second Word War in 1941, a bomb destroyed the Lower Chamber of the Houses of Parliament, but the clock tower remained intact and Big Ben continued to keep time and strike away the hours, its unique sound was broadcast to the nation and around the world, a welcome reassurance of hope to all who heard it.The tower is not open to the general public, but those with a “special interest” may arrange a visit to the top of the Clock Tower through their local (UK) MP.11) When parliament has a meeting ________ .A)Big Ben lights the parliamentB)The clock faces are lightedC) A light is on above the faceD)Big Ben strikes the time12) Which of following statements is true according to the passage?A)Big Ben has only one hand.B)Coins are used to make Big Ben work more precisely.C)Big Ben has never stopped.D)Big Ben has a huge pendulum made of coins.13) The bell was once owned by ________ .A)the old Palace of WestminsterB)Sir Benjamin HallC)The Dean of St. PaulD)the BBC14)The BBC first broadcast the chimes on the eve of ________.A)1858B)1923C)1924D)194115)The word “intact” in Line 2, Para. 4 probably means ________.A)uninjuredB)uncutC)unharmedD)undamagedPart ⅡMultiple Choice1)He left an ________ of over a million dollars to his children.A)estimate B) estate C) esteem D) eternal2)Not that I don’t want to go, ________ that I have no time.A)but B) despite C) although D) for3)The list is arranged according to the ________ professions of theaudience.A)responsible B) respectiveC) respectable D) respectful4)They had food and clothing ________ for their needs.A)sufficient B) efficientC) proper D) considerable5)The ________ of pupils to teachers was 30 to 1.A)rate B) ratio C) race D) rail6) The match was ________ for several minutes when a player wasseverely hurt by another one.A) cancelled B) ended C) suspended D) delayed7) The international situation is very ________ in the Middle East.A) delicious B) perfect C) delicate D) deliberate8) Younger people usually have less ________ ideas than their parentsand they are ready and happy to accept new concepts.A) solemn B) grave C) rigid D) strict9) The greatness of this scientist ________ the ability of combining theory with practice.A) consists of B) consists withC) consists in D) consist up of10) The setting of a ________ to these heroes allows of no delay.A) model B) monument C) building D) grave11) In the country, the desire of an average mother to bear at least twochildren contributes seriously to ____ family size.A) enlargement B) large C) enlarge D) enlarging12) They didn’t take weather into ________ when they made the plan.A) count B) accountant C) account D) counting13) I am writing, ________ my mother, to express her thanks for your gift.A) instead of B) on behalf of C) in favor of D) byway of14) ________ special exhibition, most museums in the United States haveno admission charge.A) Excepting for B) Except for C) Except that D)In addition to15) They finally had to substitute honey ________ sugar.A) to B) for C) onD) ofPart ⅢClozeDo you wake up every day feeling too tired, or even upset? If so, then a new alarm clock could be just for you.The clock, called SleepSmart, measures your sleep cycle, and waits ___1___ you to be in your lightest phase of sleep 2 rousing you. Its makers say that should 3 you wake up feeling refreshed every morning.As you sleep you pass 4 a sequence of sleep states---light sleep, deep sleep and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep ---that 5 approximately every 90 minutes. The point in that cycle at which you wake can 6 how you feel later, and may 7 have a greater impact than how much or little you have slept. Being roused during a light phase 8 you are more likely to wake up energetic.SleepSmart 9 the distinct pattern of brain waves 10 during each phase of sleep, via a headband equipped 11 electrodes and a microprocessor. This measures the electrical activity of the wearer’sbrain, in much the 12 way as some machines used for medical and research 13 , and communicates wirelessly with a clock unit near the bed. You 14 the clock with the latest time at 15 you want to be wakened, and it 16 duly wakes you during the last light sleep phase before that.The 17 was invented by a group of students at Brown University in Rhode Island 18 a friend complained of waking up tired and performing poorly on a test. “19 sleep-deprived people ourselves, we started thinking of 20 to do about it.” Says Eric Shashoua, a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories, a company created by the students to develop their idea.1. A) beside B) near C) for D) around2. A) upon B) before C) towards D) till3. A) ensure B) assure C) require D) request4. A) through B) into C) about D) on5. A) reveals B) reverses C) resumes D) repeats6. A) effect B) affect C) reflect D) perfect7. A) already B) ever C) never D) even8. A) means B) marks C) says D) dictates9. A) removes B) relieves C) records D) recalls10.A) proceeded B) produced C) pronounced D) progressed11. A) by B) of C) with D) over12. A) familiar B) similar C) identical D) same13. A) findings B) prospects C) proposals D) purposes14.A) prompt B) program C) plug D) plan15. A) where B) this C) which D) that16. A) then B) also C) almost D) yet17. A) claim B) conclusion C) concept D) explanation18. A) once B) after C) since D) while19.A) Besides B) Despite C) To D) As20.A) what B) how C) whether D) whenPart ⅣTranslation1．据说，原定于这个月召开的会议将推迟到下个月召开。