2020年国家开放大学电大专科综合英语(3)期末试题及答案(试卷号:2160)I. Vocabulary and StructureDirectionst Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C andD. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)Example： The homeless coupleat last in finding a flat to rent.A. managedB. didC. finishedD. succeededThe sentence should read, “The homeless couple succeeded at last in finding a flat to rent. Therefore you should choose D.1. Next time you have a headache, rushing to the drugstore* you might wantto try one of these natural remedies.A. replace ofB.instead ofC. without regard toD.inform of2. He is one of the mostrock climbers in the whole town.A. experiencedB.explainedC. explodedD.experimented3. He the bottle he put on the top of the shelf on Friday, but couldntfound it.A. dealt withB. arrived atC. figured outD. reached for4. The light from a laserin a narrow beam.A. connectsB.concentratesC. contactsD.confines5. Fifteen is a little young toa serious long-distance relationship.A. put up withB.be pressed intoC. be convinced ofD.be involved in6. When it was all over, both men spoke as if therea serious problem.A. isntB.hadnt beenC. havenbeenD.wasnt7. By the time youin Beijing. Idinner with Mom and Dad at TianJin.A. arrive will be havingB. arrived will haveC. will arrivewill haveD. arrive have8. He is so sick today that he does notanything to eat.A. feel to like havingB. feel like haveC. feel like to haveD. feel like having9. Can you tell mea post office near here?A. where is thereB. that is thereC. if there isD. what there is10. Not onlypets, they made them do strange things for their entertainment.A. kept rich peopleB. rich people did keepC. did rich people keepD. rich people keptII. ClozeDirections： For each numbered blank in the following passage, there arc four choices marked A, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)When you read a story in English, do you read it for the story or for the English? This is a question that is not so foolish 11 it may seem. For I find that many students of English pay far more attention to the story than to the English. They read and enjoy and for a long time 】2 remember the story, but do not care to study the use of words and phrases in it. For instance, they keep the memory of 13 the eternal triangle is solved, but do not remember a single sentence in the story and cannot tell what preposition is used before or after a 14 word in the speech of a certain character.Of course its all right to read and 15 _ and remember a story, and so long as one wants to know the story only, one needs not 16 about the language. The case is quite different with a student of English. I mean a student as distinguished from a student of stories or 17 is called the general reader.As you may also have gathered from the above you ought to read very carefully. Not only very carefully but aloud, and that again and again 18 you know the passage by heart and can recite it as if it were your own. Positively this will teach you many 19 words and phrases, negatively it will help you to avoid many errors and faults in expression. Incidentally, I have found from experience that intelligent copying is an aid to 20 by heart.11.A.thatB.asC.thanD.as if12.A.afterwardsB.latelyC.latterD.mere13.A.whenB.wherec.whatD.how14.A.simpleB.singlec.onlyD.certain15.A.enjoyB.ignorec.comprehendD.realize16.A.botherB.worryc.concernD.trouble17.A.whichB.whatc.thatD.is18. A. sinceB.forC. tillD. while19. A. usefulB.toughC. desirableD. available20. A. studyingB.learningC. readingD. reviewing皿.Reading ComprehensionDirections： Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked A, B C and D. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points) Questions 2125 are based on the following passage.Deep inside a mountain near Sweetwater in East Tennessee is a body of water known as the Lost Sea. It is listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world s largest underground lake. The Ix)st Sea is part of an extensive and historic cave system called Craighead Caverns.The caverns have been known and used since the days of the Cherokee Indian nation. The cave expands into a series of huge rooms from a small opening on the side of the mountain* approximately one mile from the entrance, in a room called The Council Room, where many Indian artifacts have been found. Some of the items discovered include pottery, arrowheads, weapons, and jewelry.For many years there were persistent rumors of a larg