大学英语三级填空题一
21. Arguing about small details _______ them a lot of time and so some of the people left before the meeting ended.
A) spent B) took
C) charged D) paid
22. Don’t look up in the dictionary every new word that you _________ in reading.
A) come across B) come about
C) come along D) come up with
23. Because he was fired last week, he has to ________ another job now.
A) seal B) seize
C) seek D) share
24. On American highways the speed _________ is usually 70 miles an hour.
A) permission B) limit
C) control D) condition
25. As he is always busy with academic studies, he can hardly find time for his _________.
A) habits B) hobbies
C) affairs D) instance
26. Hurry up, ________ you’ll miss the last train to town.
A) otherwise B) so
C) but D) and
27. He has changed a lot since I saw him last. I can hardly _________ him.
A) receive B) recite
C) realize D) recognize
28. The meeting started on time. 30 minutes ________ the chairwoman declared it closed.
A) after B) later
C) late D) latter
29. The retired worker lives by himself on the state pension, but he does not feel ________.
A) along B) alone
C) lonely D) lively
30. She is indeed too tall __________ the fact she is a promising young dancer.
A) except B) in spite of
C) besides D) except for
31. “Why didn’t you use that printer?”
“Because it wasn’t _________ to fit it.”
A) as enough good B) good enough
C) enough good D) good as enough
32. The boy looked at the stranger carefully, _________ who he could be.
A) to wonder B) wondered
C) wondering D) having wondered
33. The city has now over ten 5-star hotels, almost _________ there were 6 six years ago.
A) as many as 3 times B) 3 times as many as
C) as 3 more times as D) as 3 times many as
34. __________ people say about him, I’m sure he is innocent.
A) whoever B) Whatever
C) However D) Whenever
35. He spoke English confidently and fluently, _________ impressed me most.
A) so that B) it
C) that D) which
36. Try to imagine _________ the Pacific Ocean in a small sailing boat.
A) crossing B) to cross
C) to be crossed D) on crossing
37. Dream of the Red Chamber is said to _________ into several foreign languages in the last decade.
A) be translated B) translate
C) have been translated D) have translated
38. ________ is now the northern Sahara Desert fed much of the civilized world 2500 years ago.
A) This B) That
C) What D) It
39. Please inform me of the time __________ Flight A45321 takes off from London.
A) which B) why
C) as D) when
40. __________ smart you may be, you have to be modest.
A) No matter what B) No matter when
C) No matter how D) No matter why

21.B 22.A 23.C 24.B 25.C 26.A 27.D 28. B 29.C 30.D 31.B 32.C 33.B 34.B 35.D 36.D 37.C 38.C 39.D 40.C