php inside arguments

<?php query_posts('showposts=3&cat=3'); ?>
In that code above how would I insert, just for example
<?php the_title(); ?>

This is what I’m trying to do and I know the syntax is worng in this case, what would be the right way to express it.
<?php query_posts('showposts=3&cat=3&<?php the_title(); ?>'); ?>