2016年成人英语三级考试每日一练(5月3日)
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单项选择题
1、
It' s reported that by the end of last month the sales of the company__________ by 10%.
A． has risen
B． had been rising
C． had risen
D． has been rising
2、
All my neighbors tried to help in some way．But they turned out to be actually （ ）the way．
A．in
B．on
C．with
D．beyond
3、
We've （ ） paper and ink. Ask Mrs. Edward to lend us some.
A． run away with
B． run out of
C． run off
D． run down
4、 根据短文内容，回答题。
Increasingly, over the past ten years, people--especially young people--have become aware of the need to change their eating habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly processed food, is not good for the health. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in natural foods.
Foods which do not contain chemical additives(添加剂) and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers, widely used in farming today.
Natural foods, for example, are vegetables, fruit and grain which have been grown in soil that is rich in organic(有机的) matter. In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with essential vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which is to increase the amount but not the quality of foods grown in commercial farming areas.
Natural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move freely in healthy pastures(牧场). Compare this with what happens in' the mass production of poultry: there are farms, for example, where thousands of chickens live crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is little better than rubbish. Chickens kept in this way are not only tasteless as food, they also lay eggs which lack important vitamins.
There are other aspects of healthy eating which are now receiving increasing attention from experts on diet. Take, for example, the question of sugar. This is actually a non-essential food! Al-though a natural alternative, such as honey, can be used to sweeten food if it is necessary, we can in fact do without it. It is not that sugar is harmful in itself. But it does seem to be addictive : the quantity we use has grown steadily over the last two centuries and in Britain today each person consumes an average of 200 pounds a year ! Yet all it does is to provide us with energy, in the form of calories. There are no vitamins in it, no minerals and no fiber.
It is significant that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet. In white bread, for example, the fiber has been removed. But it is present in unrefined flour and of course in vegetables. It is interesting to note that in countries where the national diet contains large quantities of unrefined flour and vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare. Hence the emphasis is placed on the eating of whole meal bread and more vegetables by modern experts on "healthy eating".
People have become more interested in natural foods because __________.
A．they are more health conscious
B．they want to taste all kinds of foods
C．natural foods are more delicious than processed foods
D．they want to return to nature
5、 根据短文内容，回答题。
As any middle-class parent knows, unpaid work experience can give youngsters a valuable introduction to a secure job. The government has recognized it too, abandoning rules in 2011 that had formerly stopped 16 to 24-year-olds from doing unpaid work while claiming unemployment benefit. But moving from that to forcing them to work without pay in order to collect these benefits has proved a big step.
More than one million young people in Britain are unemployed, the highest number since the mid-1955s. Keen both to cut the welfare bill and to avoid the depressed future wages that may result from early unemployment, the government has introduced an ambitious program of reform to get youngsters off welfare and into work. A key part of it is ensuring that no one gets benefit from the government for long; ministers are keen to avoid what happened after the early-1955s recession( 衰退), when unemployment continued in some parts of the country for a long time after the economy began to improve.
To help young people into work, ministers had persuaded lots of employers, including bakery chains, bookshops and supermarkets, to take on unemployed youths, who receive work experience but no pay, with the prospect of a proper job for those who shine. Some 35,000 youngsters participated last year; half found paid work soon after finishing the scheme.
The idea of getting young adults used to showing up for work is popular with voters: according to a survey published in February, about 60% of people support the program. Equally attractive was the option of compelling them to work: Under the existing arrangements youngsters could choose whether or not to accept a place, but if they dropped out after the end of the first week, they stood to lose up to two weeks' benefits.
Yet the scheme has also polarized(两极分化的) opinion: a third of people are consistently opposed. Following a noisy "Right to Work" campaign that accused employers of co-operating secretly with the government in "forced labor", several firms dropped out of the program. To pre-vent this from getting worse, Chris Grayling, an employment minister, admitted that young people could leave their work experience at any time without being punished for doing so. This not only halted the flight of employers ( for now, at least) but also enabled him to announce that new firms have agreed to take part in the program.
According to the passage, young people in Britain__________.
A．are used to showing up for work
B．value unpaid work very much
C．are always opposed to unpaid work
D．could learn something about job security through unpaid work
6、 No Sooner had he sat down to lunch_______ there was a knock at the door.
A．when
B．that
C．as
D．than
7、Milk turnseasily in the summer, so it is often kept in a refrigerator.
A．sour
B．sweet
C．bitter
D．Delicious
8、 A recent poll suggested that if money were not an issue, most people___________ not to work at all.
A．should prefer
B．prefer
C．would prefer
D．preferred
9、 Finally we made a________that I should cook dinner and she would wash up after.
A．trip
B．bargain
C．Face
D．fool
10、根据下面材料，回答题：
Archaeology，like many academic words，comes from Greek and mealls，more or less，“the study of old things”．So，it is really a part of the study of history．However，most historians use paper evidence，such as letters，paintings and photographs，but archaeologists(考古学家)learn from the objects left behind by the humans of long a 90．Normally．these are the hard materials that don’t breakdown or disappear very quickly-things like human bones and objects made from stone and metal．It is very unusual to find anything more than the hard evidence of history--normally，the bacteria(细菌)in the air eat away at soft materials，like bodies，clothes and things made of wood．Occasion-ally，things are different．
In 1984，two men made an amazing discovery while working in a bog called Lindow Moss，in the north of England．A bog is a very wet area of earth，with a lot of plants growing in it．It can be like a very big and very thick vegetable soup--walk in the wrong place and you can sink and disappear for-ever．The men were working when one of them saw something sticking out-a human foot! Naturally，the men called the police，who then found the rest of the body．Was it a case of murder? Possibly-butit was a death nearly two thousand years old．The two men had found a body from the time of the Ro-mall invasion of Britain．Despite being so old，this body had skin，muscles，hair and internal organs the scientists who examined him were able to look inside the man’s stomach and find the food that he had eaten for his last meal!
Why was this man so well preserved?(76)It was because he was in a Very watery enVironment，safb fromle bacteria that need oxygen to live．Als0，the water in the bog was very acidic．The acid preserved the mall’s skin in the way that animal skin is preserved for leather coats and shoes．
How did he die? Understandably，archaeologists and other scientists wanted to know more about the person that they called，“Lindow Man”．(77)His hands and fingernails suggested that he hadn't done heavy manual work in his life he could have been a rich man．They found that he hadn’t died by accident．The archaeologists believe that he was sacrificed to three different gods．
Which language does the word“archaeology” come from?
A．French．
B．Greek．
C．Roman．
D．German．
1、
It' s reported that by the end of last month the sales of the company__________ by 10%.
A． has risen
B． had been rising
C． had risen
D． has been rising
2、
All my neighbors tried to help in some way．But they turned out to be actually （ ）the way．
A．in
B．on
C．with
D．beyond
3、
We've （ ） paper and ink. Ask Mrs. Edward to lend us some.
A． run away with
B． run out of
C． run off
D． run down
4、 根据短文内容，回答题。
Increasingly, over the past ten years, people--especially young people--have become aware of the need to change their eating habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly processed food, is not good for the health. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in natural foods.
Foods which do not contain chemical additives(添加剂) and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers, widely used in farming today.
Natural foods, for example, are vegetables, fruit and grain which have been grown in soil that is rich in organic(有机的) matter. In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with essential vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which is to increase the amount but not the quality of foods grown in commercial farming areas.
Natural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move freely in healthy pastures(牧场). Compare this with what happens in' the mass production of poultry: there are farms, for example, where thousands of chickens live crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is little better than rubbish. Chickens kept in this way are not only tasteless as food, they also lay eggs which lack important vitamins.
There are other aspects of healthy eating which are now receiving increasing attention from experts on diet. Take, for example, the question of sugar. This is actually a non-essential food! Al-though a natural alternative, such as honey, can be used to sweeten food if it is necessary, we can in fact do without it. It is not that sugar is harmful in itself. But it does seem to be addictive : the quantity we use has grown steadily over the last two centuries and in Britain today each person consumes an average of 200 pounds a year ! Yet all it does is to provide us with energy, in the form of calories. There are no vitamins in it, no minerals and no fiber.
It is significant that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet. In white bread, for example, the fiber has been removed. But it is present in unrefined flour and of course in vegetables. It is interesting to note that in countries where the national diet contains large quantities of unrefined flour and vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare. Hence the emphasis is placed on the eating of whole meal bread and more vegetables by modern experts on "healthy eating".
People have become more interested in natural foods because __________.
A．they are more health conscious
B．they want to taste all kinds of foods
C．natural foods are more delicious than processed foods
D．they want to return to nature
5、 根据短文内容，回答题。
As any middle-class parent knows, unpaid work experience can give youngsters a valuable introduction to a secure job. The government has recognized it too, abandoning rules in 2011 that had formerly stopped 16 to 24-year-olds from doing unpaid work while claiming unemployment benefit. But moving from that to forcing them to work without pay in order to collect these benefits has proved a big step.
More than one million young people in Britain are unemployed, the highest number since the mid-1955s. Keen both to cut the welfare bill and to avoid the depressed future wages that may result from early unemployment, the government has introduced an ambitious program of reform to get youngsters off welfare and into work. A key part of it is ensuring that no one gets benefit from the government for long; ministers are keen to avoid what happened after the early-1955s recession( 衰退), when unemployment continued in some parts of the country for a long time after the economy began to improve.
To help young people into work, ministers had persuaded lots of employers, including bakery chains, bookshops and supermarkets, to take on unemployed youths, who receive work experience but no pay, with the prospect of a proper job for those who shine. Some 35,000 youngsters participated last year; half found paid work soon after finishing the scheme.
The idea of getting young adults used to showing up for work is popular with voters: according to a survey published in February, about 60% of people support the program. Equally attractive was the option of compelling them to work: Under the existing arrangements youngsters could choose whether or not to accept a place, but if they dropped out after the end of the first week, they stood to lose up to two weeks' benefits.
Yet the scheme has also polarized(两极分化的) opinion: a third of people are consistently opposed. Following a noisy "Right to Work" campaign that accused employers of co-operating secretly with the government in "forced labor", several firms dropped out of the program. To pre-vent this from getting worse, Chris Grayling, an employment minister, admitted that young people could leave their work experience at any time without being punished for doing so. This not only halted the flight of employers ( for now, at least) but also enabled him to announce that new firms have agreed to take part in the program.
According to the passage, young people in Britain__________.
A．are used to showing up for work
B．value unpaid work very much
C．are always opposed to unpaid work
D．could learn something about job security through unpaid work
6、 No Sooner had he sat down to lunch_______ there was a knock at the door.
A．when
B．that
C．as
D．than
7、Milk turnseasily in the summer, so it is often kept in a refrigerator.
A．sour
B．sweet
C．bitter
D．Delicious
8、 A recent poll suggested that if money were not an issue, most people___________ not to work at all.
A．should prefer
B．prefer
C．would prefer
D．preferred
9、 Finally we made a________that I should cook dinner and she would wash up after.
A．trip
B．bargain
C．Face
D．fool
10、根据下面材料，回答题：
Archaeology，like many academic words，comes from Greek and mealls，more or less，“the study of old things”．So，it is really a part of the study of history．However，most historians use paper evidence，such as letters，paintings and photographs，but archaeologists(考古学家)learn from the objects left behind by the humans of long a 90．Normally．these are the hard materials that don’t breakdown or disappear very quickly-things like human bones and objects made from stone and metal．It is very unusual to find anything more than the hard evidence of history--normally，the bacteria(细菌)in the air eat away at soft materials，like bodies，clothes and things made of wood．Occasion-ally，things are different．
In 1984，two men made an amazing discovery while working in a bog called Lindow Moss，in the north of England．A bog is a very wet area of earth，with a lot of plants growing in it．It can be like a very big and very thick vegetable soup--walk in the wrong place and you can sink and disappear for-ever．The men were working when one of them saw something sticking out-a human foot! Naturally，the men called the police，who then found the rest of the body．Was it a case of murder? Possibly-butit was a death nearly two thousand years old．The two men had found a body from the time of the Ro-mall invasion of Britain．Despite being so old，this body had skin，muscles，hair and internal organs the scientists who examined him were able to look inside the man’s stomach and find the food that he had eaten for his last meal!
Why was this man so well preserved?(76)It was because he was in a Very watery enVironment，safb fromle bacteria that need oxygen to live．Als0，the water in the bog was very acidic．The acid preserved the mall’s skin in the way that animal skin is preserved for leather coats and shoes．
How did he die? Understandably，archaeologists and other scientists wanted to know more about the person that they called，“Lindow Man”．(77)His hands and fingernails suggested that he hadn't done heavy manual work in his life he could have been a rich man．They found that he hadn’t died by accident．The archaeologists believe that he was sacrificed to three different gods．
Which language does the word“archaeology” come from?
A．French．
B．Greek．
C．Roman．
D．German．
