大学英语综合(三) Unit1补充练习及答案

Unit One

Book III

I.

Choose the one that best completes each sentence from the four choices given below.

1. My parents could hardly come up with all the money for me to go to college, but we managed

to ______ with my scholarship.

A. get in

B. get on

C. get by

D. get to

2.

In

order

to

keep

slim,

my

aunt

never

eats

much,

but

she

_____

her

diet

with

a

variety

of

vitamins.

A. compliments

B. supplements

C. implements

D. compensates

3. You’d bet

ter _____ the garden with insecticide to get rid of the pests.

A. spray

B. sprinkle

C. splash

D. scatter

4. The new device, ______, is by far more convenient than the old one.

A. in the balance

B. in parallel

C. on parallel

D. on balance

5. They seldom dine out, ______ an occasional dinner at the local restaurant.

A. aside from

B. beside from

C. except of

D. outside of

6. Caught running away from the spot, he was ______ of the crime by the police.

A. expected

B. doubted

C. guessed

D. suspected

7. To balance your income and expense, you need to set a proper ______.

A. budget

B. limit

C. control

D. check

8. At the sight of that beautiful dress, the poor actress could not_____ the temptation to steal it.

A. attack

B. fight

C. resist

D. assist

9. She assured her mother that it was only a _____ operation and she would be fine soon.

A. major

B. minor

C. minute

D. minimum

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. If you ______ your money in the real estate market now, I’m sure you’ll make great profits.

A. dedicate

B. devote

C. invest

D. spend

11. Books ______ with colored photographs are extremely popular with small children.

A. illustrated

B. demonstrated

C. displayed

D. explained

12. While power plants burn coal to ______ electricity, they are also polluting the air.

A. cause

B. create

C. invent

D. generate

13. I live in the suburb and it takes me three hours to ______ between home and office everyday.

A. communicate

B. commute

C. travel

D. move

14. The Mississippi River forms a natural ____________between Iowa and Illinois.

A. range

B. boundary

C. scope

D

. distance

15. The supply of electric power to Madrid and neighboring districts has had to be ____________.

A. weakened

B. pursued

C. omitted

D. lowered

16 . He worked so late in the office last night that he hardly had time ______ the last bus.

A. to have caught

B. to catch

C. catching

D. having caught

17. Although a little girl of nine, Rose could resist ______ what to do and what not to do.

A. to be told

B. having been told

C. being told

D. to have been told

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II. Reading comprehension

Passage 1

Telecommuting

substituting

the

computer

from

the

trip

to

the

job

—

has

been

hailed

as

a

solution to all kinds of problems related to office work.

For workers it promises freedom from the office, less time wasted in traffic, and help with

child-care

conflicts.

For

management,

telecommuting

helps

keep

high

performers

on

board,

minimizes

tardiness(

缓慢

)

and

absenteeism(

旷工

,

缺勤

)

by

eliminating

commutes,

allows

periods of solitude for high-concentration tasks, and provides scheduling flexibility. In some areas,

such

as

Southern

California

and

Seattle,

Washington,

local

governments

are

encouraging

companies

to

start

telecommuting

programs

in

order

to

reduce

rush- hour

congestion(

堵塞

)

and

improve air quality.

But

these

benefits

do

not

come

easily,

Making

a

telecommuting

program

work

requires

careful

planning

and

an

understanding

of

the

differences

between

telecommuting

realities

and

popular image

Many

workers

are

reduced

by

rosy

illusions

of

life

as

a

telecommuter.

A

computer

programmer

from

New

York

City

moves

to

the

tranquil

Adirondack

Mountains

and

stays

in

contact

with

her

office

via

computer.

A

manager

comes

in

to

his

office

three

days

a

week

and

works at home the other two. An accountant stays home to care for her sick child; she hooks up

her telephone mode connections and does office work between calls to the doctor.

These

are

powerful

images,

but

they

are

a

limited

reflection

of

reality.

Telecommuting

workers soon learn that it is almost impossible to concentrate on work and care for a young child

at the same time. Before a certain age, young children cannot recognize, much less respect, the

necessary boundaries between work and family. Additional child support is necessary if the parent

is to get any work done.

Management,

too,

must

separate

the

myth

from

the

reality.

Although

the

media

has

paid

a

great

deal

of

attention

to

telecommuting,

in

most

cases

it

is

the

employee

’

s

situation,

not

the

availability of technology, that precipitates(

使提前或突然发生

) a telecommuting arrangement.

That

is

partly

why,

despite

the

widespread

press

coverage,

the

number

of

companies

with

work-at-home programs or policy guidelines remains small.

1. What is the main subject of the passage?

A.

Business management policies.

B.

Driving to work.

C. Extending the workplace by means of computers.

D. Computers for child-care purposes.

2. What are the common problems for office employees?

A.

Being restricted to the office.

B.

Taking care of sick children.

C.

Driving in heavy traffic.

D.

All of them.

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a problem for employers that is potentially

solved by telecommuting?

A.

Employees

’

lateness for work.

B.

Employees

’

absence from work.

C. Employees

’

need for time alone to work intensively.

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