公共英语三级-21及答案解析.doc

1、公共英语三级-21 及答案解析(总分：110.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BPart A/B(总题数：2，分数：10.00)I You will hear 10 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answer- A, B, C or D, and mark it in your test booklet. You will have 15 seconds t

2、o answer the question and you will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE.Now look at Question 1./I（分数：5.00）(1).Where is this conversation probably taking place? A. In a post office. B. At an insurance agency. C. On an airplane. D. In a moving company.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does the man mean? A. He lent hi

3、s notes to a classmate. B. He forgot to borrow the notes. C. He doesnt have an exam. D. He left his notes in class.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why does the woman ask about the time? A. She does not have a watch. B. She is nervous about the appointment, C. Toms watch keeps good time. D. Tom is afraid to be

4、late.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What are they talking about? A. Their best friend. B. Their favourite colour. C. The clothes the woman is wearing. D. A present the man has bought.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Where did the conversation most probably take place? A. In a library. B. In a classroom. C. In a bookstore

5、 D. In a hotel.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：5.00）(1).whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Receptionist and customer. B. Waitress and customer. C. Salesperson and customer. D. Nurse and patient.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Whom is the man speaking to? A. Electrician. B. Plumber. C. Repairman

6、 D. Mechanic.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How many apples will she buy? A. 8. B. 12. C. 36. D. 24.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is the size of the cardigan the woman wants? A. Fourteen inches. B. Fifteen inches. C. Forty inches. D. Fifty inches.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What is the address given by the man? A. 1120

7、 East 42nd Street. B. 1120, East 32nd Street. C. 1220, East 32nd Street. D. 1220, East 42nd Street.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.三、BPart B/B(总题数：4，分数：15.00)I You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While

8、listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE./IIQuestions 11-13 are based on the following dialogue./I （分数：3.00）(1).What is one thing the apartment building which the woma

9、n describes does not have? A. Tennis courts. B. A recreation area. C. A sauna. D. A swimming pool.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).If the student decides to rent an apartment from the woman, what will his deposit be? A. One hundred dollars. B. Thirty-five dollars. C. Fifty dollars. D. One hundred fifty dollars.

10、分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).When is the man going to meet the woman? A. 3:30 this afternoon. B. 4:00 this afternoon. C. 5:00 this afternoon. D. 5:30 this afternoon.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.IQuestions 14-17 are based on the following dialogue./I （分数：4.00）(1).What is Sally doing now? A. Typing letters for Mr. Black.

11、 B. Typing a report for Mrs. Farnsworth. C. Typing a report for Mr. Black. D. Typing letters for Mrs. Farnsworth.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Where is Mr. Black going? A. Detroit. B. Chicago. C. New York. D. Boston.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).When will Sally finish the report? A. Pretty quick, B. By 8:00. C. In a

12、little while. D. First thing in the morning.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What kind of watch is Sally going to buy? A. A Rolex. B. A Bulova. C. A Seiko. D. An Elgin.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.IQuestions 18-21 are based on the following dialogue./I （分数：4.00）(1).What is the largest ethnic group in San Francisco? A. The

13、blacks. B. The whites. C. The Chinese. D. The Japanese.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Where do most of the Chinese people live in San Francisco? A. In China-town. B. In the northern part of the city. C. All over the city. D. In Japan-town.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What is the Japanese population in San Francisco?

14、A. 12 000. B. 700 000. C. 50 000. D. 20 000.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).How does the man know so much about San Francisco? A. He thinks the city is pretty. B. He likes to talk about it. C. He travels a lot in the city. D. He teaches ethnic history at a university.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.IQuestions 22-25 are based

15、 on the following dialogue./I （分数：4.00）(1).How did the woman do on her driving test? A. She failed. B. She barely passed. C. She passed easily. D. She wouldnt say.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does the woman believe she did well? A. Changing lanes. B. Starting on a hill. C. Parking at the curb. D. Keepi

16、ng a proper distance.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What was the womans problem when making a turn? A. Not using her signal. B. Being in the wrong lane. C. Driving too slowly. D. Not looking over her shoulder.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Why did the woman bump a car in traffic? A. It hit her from behind. B. She rolle

17、d backwards. C. She shifted into reverse. D. She went through a red light.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)BDirections:/BI Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1./IIf you want to stay young, sit down and

18、 have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercises and as a result, we are aging unnecessarily soon.Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why U U 1 /U /Uhealthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to

19、he losing their ability to U U 2 /U /Uand reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of U U 3 /U /Ucould be slowed down.With a team of U U 4 /U /Uat Tokyo National University, he set U U 5 /U /Umeasuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and U U 6 /U /Uoccupations.Compu

20、ter technology U U 7 /U /Uthe researchers to obtain precise measurements of the U U 8 /U /Uof the front and side sections of the brain, U U 9 /U /Urelate to intellect and emotion, and determine the human character. (The U U 10 /U /Usection of the brain, which controls U U 11 /U /Ulike eating and bre

21、athing, does not U U 12 /U /Uwith age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional U U 13 /U /U.)Contraction of front and side parts as cells die U U 14 /U /U was observed in some U U 15 /U /Uin their thirties, but it was still not U U 16 /U /Uin some sixty-and seventy-year-olds.Ma

22、tsuzawa U U 17 /U /Ufrom his tests that there is a simple U U 18 /U /Uto the contraction normally U U 19 /U /Uwith age U U 20 /U /Uthe head.（分数：20.00）(1). A. otherwise B. clockwise C. likewise D. anywise（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. consider B. meditate C. think D. contemplate（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. age

23、ing B. age C. aged D. to age（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. collegers B. collegians C. colleges D. colleagues（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A. up B. to C. out D. about（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6). A. obtaining B. improving C. changing D. varying（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7). A. made B. enabled C. contributed D. attributed（分数：1.00）A

24、B.C.D.(8). A. volume B. assume C. voluble D. resume（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9). A. that B. which C. who D. what（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10). A. reap B. real C. rear D. ream（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11). A. actions B. functions C. fractions D. uses（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12). A. contract B. contact C. conception D. compact（分数：

25、1.00）A.B.C.D.(13).A. faculties B. existences C. talentsD. capabilities（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14). A. of B. away C. from D. off（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15). A. subjects B. researches C. objects D. searches（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16). A. obscure B. absolute C. evident D. inconspicuous（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17). A. drew B. p

26、resumed C. summarized D. concluded（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18). A. comedy B. repair C. remedy D. comet（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19). A. dissociated B. associated C. dissolved D. resolved（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20). A. extending B. using C. propagating D. spreading（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、BSection Readi(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、BPart A

27、/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、BText 1/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd to gather in the auction room to bid for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as th

28、e buyer of the goods. This is called “knocking down“ the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs a small hammer on a raised platform.The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin “auctic“, meaning “increase“. The Romans usually sold in

29、 this way the spoils taken in the war, these sales were called “sub hasta“, meaning “under the spear“, a spear being stuck in the ground as a signal for a crowd to gather. In England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries goods were often sold “by the candle“, a short candle was lit by the aucti

30、oneer, and bids could be made while it was burning.Practically, all goods can be sold by auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, cocoa, furs, fruit, vegetables and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, antique furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and works of ar

31、t. The auction rooms at Christies and Sothebys in London and New York are world-famous.An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by the buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are print

32、ed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a “lot“, is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot One and continue the numerical order; he may wait until he notices the fact that certain buyers are in the room and then produced the lots they are likely to be interest

33、ed in. The auctioneers services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods arc sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding.（分数：10.00）(1).Auctioned goods are sold _. A. for the highest price offered B. at fixed prices C. at prices lower than

34、 their true value D. at prices offered by the auctioneer（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The end of the bidding is called “knocking down“ because _. A. the auctioneer knocks on the table B. the auctioneer names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods C. the goods are knocked down onto the table D. the auct

35、ioneer bangs the table with a hammer（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In the sentence “The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in the war“ of paragraph 2, the word “spoils“ most probably means _. A. useless goods B. spears C. various kinds of food D. property taken from the enemy（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4)

36、In England a candle was used to burn at the auction sales _. A. because the auction sales took place at night B. as a signal for the crowd to gather C. to keep the auction room warm D. to limit the time when offers of prices could be made（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).An auction catalogue gives buyers _. A.

37、the current market values of the goods B. details of the goods to be sold C. the order in which goods are to be sold D. free admission to the auction sale（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.八、BText 2/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Publicity offers several benefits. There are not costs for message time or space. An ad in prime-time

38、television may cost 250,000 to 5,000,000 or more per minute, whereas a fiveminute report on a network newscast would not cost anything. However, there are costs for news releases, a publicity department, and other items. As with advertising, publicity reaches a mass audience. Within a short time, ne

39、w products or company policies are widely known.Credibility about messages is high, because they are reported in independent media. A newspaper review of a movie has more believability than an ad in the same paper, because the reader associates independence with objectivity. Similarly, people are mo

40、re likely to pay attention to news reports than to ads. For example, Womens Wear Daily has both fashion reports and advertisements. Readers spend time reading the stories, but they flip through the ads. Furthermore, there may be 10 commercials during a half-hour television program or hundreds of ads

41、 in a magazine. Feature stories are much fewer in number and stand out clearly.Publicity also has some significant limitations. A firm has little control over messages, their timing, their placement, or their coverage by a given medium. It may issue detailed news releases and find only portions cite

42、d by the media, and media have the ability to be much more critical than a company would like.A firm may want publicity during certain periods, such as when a new product is introduced or new store opened, but the media may not cover the introduction or opening until after the time it would aid the

43、firm. Similarly, media determine the placement of a story; it may follow a report on crime or sports. Finally, the media ascertain whether to cover a story at all and the amount of coverage to be devoted to it.（分数：10.00）(1).An advertisement in prime-time television _. A. may cost nothing B. is less

44、expensive than a five-minute report on a network newscast C. can make only a few people know the new products or company policies within a short time D. may cost 250,000 or more each minute（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the second paragraph, people are more likely to believe stories _. A. in a ne

45、wspaper than in a womens daily B. in a newspaper than in a magazine C. in an independent newspaper than in a dependent newspaper D. in a magazine than in a local newspaper（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A. Credibility about messages is hig

46、h. B. People are more likely to pay attention to news reports than to ads. C. Readers would like to read the ads first with great interest. D. Media have the ability to be much more critical than a company would like.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage? A. Characteristics of Publicity. B. Characteristics of Advertisements. C. The Company and the Media. D. The Effect of the Media.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The passage implies that _. A. the placement of a story is not quite important B. the report of a crime may not be true C. local newspa