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Unit 3 Life in the future Using language

I. 单项选择

1. ____ in ancient times, the book is still welcomed by lots of readers today. A. Though written B. Though it written C. It was written D. Written it was

2. – When can I use your computer? -- Never! ______ should you touch it.

A. In no time B. At no time C. At any time D. At one time

3. American eat _____ as they actually need every day.

A. twice as much protein B. twice protein as much C. twice protein as many D. protein as twice much 4. In the past, there _____ an old temple in that town.

A. used to be B. used to have C. would have D. used to being

5. The African make their musician instruments _____ large oil cans.

A. of B. into C. up D. out of 6. The ____ of that movie is set in Paris in the 1920’s.

A. view B. scenery C. scene D. sight

7. Many a _______ for the young man who is standing for the people’s rights. A. citizen; is B. citizens; are C. citizen; are D. citizens; is

8. He is very good at maths. But _____, he failed last exam.

A. surprisedly B. surprising

C. to everyone’s greatly surprised D. to everyone’s great surprise

9. -- Did you listen to the lecture?

-- Yes, I have never heard a ______ one.

A. more exciting B. more excited C. most exciting D. most excited

10. – What have you been doing? You’ve bought nothing!

-- I arrived at the shop only _____ I’d left all my money at home.

A. found B. to find C. finding D. to have found

11. He tried to _____ his daughter of the danger of spending more than she earned. A. remember B. persuade C. realize D. warn 12. – I’m too busy to go to the cinema with you, John. -- _____ The film is said to be a very good one.

A. That’s all right B. I’m so sorry C. What a shame D. It doesn’t matter.

13. It is no _____ arguing with Bill because he will never change his mind. A. use B. help C. time D. way 14. – Did you take enough money with you?

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-- No. I needed ______ I thought I would.

A. not so much as B. as much as C. much more than D. much less than 15. I know you don’t like _______ music very much. But what do you think of ______ music in the film we saw yesterday?

A. /; / B. the; the C. the; / D. /; the 16. Nobody believed his reason for being absent from the class ______ he had to meet his uncle at the airport.

A. why B. that C. where D. because 17. – How about seeing the new movie at the theatre tonight? -- _______, but I’ve got to over my notes for tomorrow exam.

A. All right B. Sounds great C. I can’t D. No, I am terribly sorry

18. Jenny’s never willing to change any of his opinions. It’s no use _____ with him.

A. to argue B. arguing C. argued D. having argued 19. No matter how frequently _______, the works of Beethoven still attract people all over the world.

A. performed B. performing C. to be performed D. being performed

20. So difficult ______ it to work out the problem that I decided to ask Tom for advice.

A. I did find B. did I find C. I have found D. have I found

21. I’ve tried very hard to improve my English. But by no means _____ with my progress.

A. the teacher is not satisfied B. is the teacher not satisfied

C. the teacher is satisfied D. is the teacher satisfied 22. She was educated at Beijing University, _______ she went on to have her advanced study abroad.

A. after which B. from which C. from that D. after that

23. Faced with a bill for $ 10 000, ________.

A. John has taken an extra job B. the boss has given John an extra job

C. an extra job has been taken D. an extra job has been given to John 24. I was told that there were about 50 foreign students _______ Chinese in the school, most ____ were from Germany.

A. study; of whom B. study; of them C. studying; of them D. studying; of whom 25. It was after he got what he had desired _____ he realized it was not so important. A. that B. when C. since D. as II. 完型填空

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A language is a signaling system which operates with symbolic vocal sounds(语声), and

which is used by a group of people for the purpose of communication.

Let’s look at this 26 in more detail because it is language, more than anything else, 27

distinguishes(区分) man from the rest of the 28 world.

Other animals, it is true, communicate with one another by 29 of cries: for example, many birds utter(发出) 30 calls at the approach of danger; monkeys utter 31 cries, such as expressions of anger, fear and pleasure. 32 these various means of communication differ in important ways 33 human language. For instance, animals’ cries do not 34 thoughts and feelings clearly. This means basically, that they lack structure. They lack the kind of structure that 35 us to divide a human utterance into 36.

We can change an utterance by 37 one word in it with 38 : a good illustration of this is a soldier who can say, e.g., “tanks approaching from the north”, 39 who can change one word and say “aircraft approaching from the north” or “tanks approaching from the west”; but a bird has a single alarm cry, 40 means “danger!”

This is why the number of 41 that an animal can make is very limited: the great tit(山雀) is a case 42 point; it has about twenty different calls, 43 in human language the number of possible utterances is 44 . It also explains why animal cries are very 45 in meaning. 26．A．classification B．definition 27．A．that 28．A．native 29．A．ways 30．A．excited 31．A．same 32．A．But 33．A．about 34．A．infer 35．A．encourages 36．A．speeches 37．A．replacing 38．A．ours 39．A．so 40．A．this 41．A．signs

C．function C．as C．mental C．methods C．warning C．different C．Afterwards C．from C．interpret C．enlarges C．words C．pronouncing C．another C．but C．which C．signals

D．perception D．what D．animal D．approaches D．boring D．unfamiliar D．Furthermore D．in D．express D．ensures D．voices D．saying D．others D．or D．it D．marks

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B．it B．human B．means B．exciting B．exciting B．Therefore B．with B．explain B．enables B．sounds B．spelling B．theirs B．and B．that B．gestures