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大学英语三级期中试卷 Nov. 2011 Major _______ Name _______ Code _______ Score ______ Part I Reading Course 2 (0%) Directions: Choose the best answer according to passages in Reading Course 2. Passage 1 How to Write a Personal Letter 1. According to the text, which of the following is not true? _________ A To shy persons, writing letters is a good way to be known by others. B Love letters should be answered immediately. C When writing a letter to a friend, we should make it as impressive as possible. D Keeping writing stuff at one place helps us write fast and it will improve with age (L.97) From this sentence, we can infer __. A Your writing skill will be improved gradually. B Because it will be read again and again, your friendship will improve. C The letter will become more valuable as time goes on. D You will exchange letters with your friends more frequently. Passage 2 Courtesy: Key to a Happier World “It’s not so much what my husband says”, a tearful wife confides, “as the way he says it. ...” (L.6 – 7) What does the wife mean? A. She can’t bear what her husband says to her. B. The manner in which her husband says to her matters more to her than what he says. C. Her husband often treats her unfairly. D. Her husband can’t share her feelings. Passage 4 Ambition 4. Which of the following statement is NOT true? Ambition may help people look after their own interests. Fame and fortune drive people to be ambitious. Ambition always makes people enjoy the process of success. D. Ambition will encourage people to work hard. 5. According to the writer, which of the following about the ambition in the career-strategy course is NOT true? A. It can be achieved step by step. It is about the grandiose dream It is more practical. D. It is down-to-earth. Passage 5 Human Intelligence Isn’t What We Think It Is 6. Which of the following is NOT true ? A. It’s too difficult to assess kids’ intellectual propensities at an early age though it