Unit3單元測試卷答案

大學英語綜合教程3單元檢測題答案

Unit 3 Security

I. Compound Dictation(2x10)

Listen and fill in the blanks with the missing words.

Planning for Safer Buildings

Experts are beginning to study ways to(1) cure large buildings against (2)terrorist attacks. They are reacting to

the attacks that (3)destroyed the World Trade Center buildings in New York September eleventh.

The American Institute of Steel Construction has created a working group of experts to(4) investigate the reasons

the buildings fell. The A-I-S-C is the organization(5) responsible for developing the rules for the design of (6)steel buildings

in the United States. (7) Information developed by the working group will help A-I-S-C decide if the design rules should be

changed.

The south World Trade Center building fell fifty-six minutes after a(8) pasnger plane crashed into it. The north

building fell about one hundred minutes after a (9) similar crash. Each building was four hundred ten meters tall. Experts

say the buildings could not (10)survive the extremely hot fires caud by the airplane fuel.

II. Translate the phra into English(2x20)

1. （門）關(guān)著但沒上鎖 on the latch (para.1)

2. 帶鑰匙carry keys(para.1)

3. （暫時）關(guān)閉 clo up(para.1)

4. 巡邏嚴密的城區(qū)街道well-patrolled urban streets([p?'tr?ul])(para.3)

5. 據(jù)稱很寧靜的地區(qū) the allegedly tranquil areas(para.3)[?'led??dl?]['tr??kw?l]

6. …的時代結(jié)束了the era of … is over(para.3)

7. 電子報警系統(tǒng) electronic alarm systems(para.4)

8. 連接到hook up to[huk](para.4)

9. 內(nèi)置，嵌入 build in(para.4)

10. 處于監(jiān)控下under surveillance [s?:'veil?ns](para.5)

11. 設(shè)置路障 put up barricades[,b?ri'keid](para.8)

12. 保安curity guards(para.10)

13. 不讓靠近 hold/keep (sb.) at bay [bei] (para.13)

14. 電子搜查器electronic friskers(para.13)

15. 看都不看一眼 without so much as a sideways glance(para.13)

16. 代表；表示，象征stand for(para.13)

17. 沉浸于，沐浴于 be bathed in [bɑ:(?)θ](para.14)

18. 誤差率很小/大with/by a small/large margin of error['mɑ:d?i?n](para.15)

19. 在人類文明的歷史上 in the history of civilized man['sivilaizd] (para.17)

20. 聰明反被聰明誤outsmart onelf (para.18)

III. Cloze(2x10)

hooked determined exposing barrier common

switched sophisticated latch discourage both

It is almost impossible to keep a (1)determined burglar out. All you can do is (2)discourage him for a few minutes, thus

(3)exposing him to police patrols or tho wandering around.(4) Common n tells us that lighting is a (5)barrier to

criminal activity. A light should be fixed in the doorway and (6)switched on at night. Make sure yourlf that you don’t

leave the door on the (7)latch if you happen to be the last to come in. If you decide to buy a (8)sophisticated electronic

alarm system, be sure to ask for its signs and put them up on(9) both windows and doors. In addition you may have it

(10)hooked up to a police station.

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IV Reading(2x10)

Passage one

Questions 1to 5 are bad on the following passage. 1-5 ACBDB

Children are a delight. They are our future. (1)But sadly, hiring someone to take care of them while you go to work

is getting more expensive by the year.

Earlier this month, it was reported that the cost of enrolling an infant or small kid at a childcare center ro 3% in 2012,

faster than the overall cost of living. There are now large strips of the country where daycare for an infant costs more than a

tenth of the average married couple's income.

This is not necessarily a new trend, but it is a somewhat puzzling one. The price of professional childcare has been

rising since the 1980s. (2)Yet during that time, pay for professional childcare workers has stood still. Actually

caregivers make less today, in real terms, than they did in 1990. Considering that labor costs are responsible for up to

80% of a daycare center's expens, one would expect flat wages to have meant flat prices.

So who's to blame for higher childcare costs?

Childcare is a carefully regulated industry. States lay down rules about how many children each employee is allowed to

watch over, the space care centers need per child, and other minute details. (3)And the stricter the regulations, the higher

the costs. If it has to hire a caregiver for every two children, it can't really achieve any economics of scale on labor to save

money when other expens go up. (4) In Massachutts, where childcare centers must hire one teacher for every three

infants, the price of care averaged more than $16,000 per year. In Mississippi, where centers must hire one teacher

for every five infants, the price of care averaged less than $5,000.

Unfortunately, I don't have all the daycare-center regulations handy. But I wouldn't be surprid if as the rules have

become more elaborate, prices have rin. The trade off(交換)might be worth it in some cas; after all, the health and

safety of children should probably come before cheap rvice. (5)But certainly, it doesn't em to be an accident that

some of the cheapest daycare available is in the least regulated South.

1. What problem do parents of small kids have to face?

A) The ever-rising childcare prices. B) The budgeting of family expens.

C) The balance between work and family. D) The lection of a good daycare center.

2. What does the author feel puzzled about?

A) Why the prices of childcare vary greatly from state to state.

B) Why incread childcare prices have not led to better rvice.

C) Why childcare workers' pay has not incread with the rising childcare costs.

D) Why there is a vere shortage of childcare professionals in a number of states.

3. What prevents childcare centers from saving money?

A) Steady increa in labor costs. B) Strict government regulations.

C) Lack of support from the state. D) High administrative expens.

4. Why is the average cost of childcare in Mississippi much lower than in Massachutts?

A) The overall quality of rvice is not as good. B) Payments for caregivers there are not as high.

C) Living expens there are comparatively low. D) Each teacher is allowed to care for more kids.

5. What is the author’s view on daycare rvice?

A) Caregivers should receive regular professional training. B) Less elaborate rules about children might lower costs.

C) It is crucial to strike a balance between quality and costs. D) It is better for different states to learn from each other.

elaborate[?'l?b(?)r?t]adj. complicated/complex/detailed/full精心制作/復雜/詳盡/煞費苦心的

Passage Two

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Questions 6 to 10 are bad on the following passage. 6-10 DDCBC

(6)Alex Pang's amusing new book The Distraction Addiction address tho of us who feel panic without a

cellphone or computer. And that, he claims, is pretty much all of us. When we're not online, where we spend four months

annually, we're engaged in the stressful work of trying to get online.

The Distraction Addiction is not framed as a lf-help book. (7)It's a thoughtful examination of the dangers of our

computing overdo and a historical overview of how technological advances change consciousness. A “professional

futurist”, Pang urges an approach which he calls “contemplative (沉思的) computing.” He asks that you pay full attention to

“how your mind and body interact with computers and how your attention and creativity are influenced by technology.”

Pang's first job is to free you from the common misconception that doing two things at once allows you to get more

done. (8)What is commonly called multitasking is, in fact, switch-tasking, and its harmful effects on productivity are

well documented. Pang doesn't advocate returning to a pre-Internet world. Instead, he asks you to “take a more ecological

(生態(tài)的) view of your relationships with technologies and look for ways devices or media may be making specific tasks

easier or faster but at the same time making your work and life harder.”

The Distraction Addiction is particularly fascinating on how technologies have changed certain fields of labor—often

for the wor. For architects, (9) computer-aided design has become esntial but in some ways has cheapened the

design process. As one architect puts it,(9) “Architecture is first and foremost and drawing is a more

productive way of thinking” than computer-aided design. Somewhat less amusing are Pang's solutions for kicking the

Internet habit. (10)He recommends the usual behavior-modification approaches, familiar to anyone who has

completed a quit-smoking program. Keep logs to study your online profile and decide what you can knock out,

download a program like Freedom that locks you out of your browr, or take a “digital Sabbath (安息日)”: “Unless

you're a reporter or emergency-department doctor, you'll discover that your world doesn't fall apart when you go

offline.”

6. Alex Pang's new book is aimed for readers who________.

A) find their work online too stressful B) go online mainly for entertainment

C) are fearful about using the cellphone or computer D) can hardly tear themlves away from the Internet

tear onelf away from 舍不得離開,愛不釋手

7. What does Alex Pang try to do in his new book?

A) Offer advice on how to u the Internet effectively. B) Warn people of the possible dangers of internet u.

C) Predict the trend of future technological development. D) Examine the influence of technology on the human mind.

8. What is the common view on multitasking?

A) It enables people to work more efficiently. B) It is a way quite similar to switch-tasking.

C) It makes people's work and life even harder. D) It distracts people's attention from uful work.

9. What does the author think of computer-aided design?

A) It considerably cuts down the cost of building design. B) It somewhat restrains architects' productive thinking.

C) It is indispensable in architects' work process. D) It can free architects from laborious drawing.

restrain /r??stre?n/ vt. control/stop/prevent抑/控制；約束；制止

10. What is Ales Pang's recommendation for Internet urs?

A) They u the Internet as little as possible. B) They keep a record of their computer u time.

C) They exerci lf-control over their time online. D) They entertain themlves online on off-days only.

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