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《新编大学英语-3下》期末考试模拟卷 I.选择填空（30%） 1. They compare modern man __ __ a caged lion. A) at B) in C) on D) to 2. There are concerns that these poor people may not __ __ the winter. A) injure B) survive C) hesitate D) absorb 3. I decided to take a class just for the entertainment _ ___. A) virtue B) scale C) capsule D) value 4. Winning the competition put __ __ to his financial problem. A) an end B) an appeal C) a sample D) a trap 5. A number of studies have been made of identical twins ____ apart. A) rose B) raised C) rising D) raising 6. It is amazing how closely Brine and Steve____ each other. A) alike B) resemble C) similar D) identical 7. His skin cancer was ______ by being exposed to the scorching sun excessively. A) brought on B) brought up C) brought off D) brought up 8. Some of the staff ____ late on Mondays. A) is apt to be B) are apt to be C) are apt to being D) is apt to being 9. The potentials which a person is born with ____in some way what he will do in life. A) exhibit B) determine C) illustrate D) resume 10. Every boy and girl _____ not to swim in the lake, for it is polluted. A. has been warned B. have been warned C. has warned D. have warned II.阅读理解（30%） (I) The octopuss reputation as a human-killer isnt simply an exaggeration --- it is a total myth. The octopus can indeed be a deadly hunter, but only of its natural prey. Clams, mussels, crabs, lobsters and an occasional sick or unwary fish have reason to be frightened of this multi-armed predator, but a person is much too large to interest even the biggest octopus. Even a giant among octopi is much smaller than most people imagine. Far from being large enough to engulf a submarine, as monster octopi in movies have been known to do, the largest octopi, found on the Pacific coast, weigh around 110 pounds and grow to a diameter of no more than ten feet. The hard, parrot-like beak of an octo