北外大学英语3练习题.doc

单选题1. When we talk about “parts of speech”, we know that a describing word we use to describe a noun is a/an ______; a word that can be used instead of a noun is a/an _______; a word used in front of a countable or uncountable noun is a/an ___________. A、 pronoun, article, adjective B、 article, adjective, pronoun C、 adjective, article, pronoun D、 adjective, pronoun, article 答案与解析：D TB Task 3, p 6 本句直接出自课本，考查“词性”的定义。 2. The new secretary is quick and _____. Since she came, the ______ of the department has been increased. A、 efficient, efficiency B、 efficiency, efficient C、 effective, effect D、 efficient, effect 答案与解析：A 这句主要考查了词类和近似词的区别。Efficient是形容词，意思是“效率高的”；而efficiency是名词，意思是“效率”。Effect是名词，“效果，结果”。Effective, “有效的”，一般是某物做主语，或者修饰“物”，比如：The new medicine is very effective in treating cough. 3. The following sentence has four underlined parts marked with A, B, C, and D. Please choose the one that is not appropriately used. It pays off to spend time and money on physical exercises. ??????????? A???? ??????????????? ?B???????????????????????????????????????? ??? C????????????????????????????? ?? D A、 pays off B、 spend C、 on D、 exercises. 答案和解析：A It pays to do sth. 意为“做…是有益的”，是较为固定的说法。而pay off表示“还清、做成功”，比如：He finally paid his overdraft off. (他最后终于还清了透支额。) Teamwork paid off. (团队合作很有成效。) 4. The following sentence has four underlined parts marked with A, B, C, and D. Please choose the one that is not appropriately used. A group of volunteers is going to swim cross the English Channel tomorrow to raise money 牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋 A牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋 B牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋?牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋?C for the blind people. 牋牋牋牋牋牋牋牋 D .) Teamwork paid off. (团队合作很有成效。)  very effective in treating cough. able or uncountable nA、 is B、 swim cross C、 raise D、 the blind people 答案和解析：B cross可用作动词或者名词，这里应该用介词across（穿过，越过），本句把二者混淆在一起。raise money是“募款”的意思。 5. I found it _______ to concentrate on my work at the weekend. I _______ had an idea when the p