新概念第三册自学导读 Lesson27

Multiple choice questions
多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension 理解

1  It is very difficult to estimate the true value of the services people perform for us because ______ .

a．people's needs vary so much according to their circumstances

b．we refuse to admit that surgeons perform a very necessary service

c．we seldom should give everything we possess for such services

d．such services are paid for in the same way as material goods

2  In choosing to lead the life he leads, the tramp has decided ______ .

a．he will never need to ask people for anything

b．to sleep in the open in order to be closer to the world of nature

c．he would rather lead the life of a criminal than do any work

d．his freedom more than compensates for the inconveniences of such a life

3  In moments of truth we feel envious of a tramp's way of life because ______ .

a．we feel that our way of life is undignified compared to a tramp's

b．his life is not burdened with the anxieties we are often troubled by

c．of the freedom he has from the struggle to keep alive

d．we realize that it is better than having to beg for a livelihood

Structure 结构

4  Yet we might grudge ______ a surgeon for offering … (1. 8)

a．a high fee we had paid

b．the high fee we would pay

c．the high fee paying

d．to pay a high fee

5  They ______ require anything from others. (11. 12-13)

a．do not have to sell anything or

b．have nothing to sell nor do they

c．have to sell nothing nor they

d．have not sold anything and do not

6  With so few material possessions, he ______ to move from … (11. 16-17)

a．may be able

b．is able

c．can

d．is possible

7  We often speak contemptuously ______ tramps and … (11. 19-20)

a．for

b．on

c．to

d．of

8  But ______ of us can honestly say … (1. 20)

a．who

b．which ones

c．how many

d．what one

Vocabulary 词汇

9  A surgeon is a man who ______ . (1. 8)

a．saves people's lives

b．gives people financial advice

c．performs operations

d．insures people's lives against sickness or death

10  ---- make it possible for him to move ______ with ease. (11. 16-17)

a．here and there

b．one way or another

c．from square to square

d．in every sense

11  He may hunt, beg or steal occasionally to ______ … (1. 18)

a．make a living

b．survive

c．be living

d．be alive

12  We often ______ tramps and put them down as beggars. (11. 20-21)

a．convict

b．blame

c．look down on

d．condemn