公共英语三级-537及答案解析.doc

1、公共英语三级-537 及答案解析(总分：102.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Listening (总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part A(总题数：2，分数：10.00)(1).What does the woman mean?A. She likes to attend the show with the man.B. She is angry because the man will not take her along.C. She wants to see the mans sister.D. She wont work tomorrow.（分数：1.00）A.

2、B.C.D.(2).What does the woman mean?A. The record player is still useful.B. The man shouldnt have thrown it away.C. The man should abandon his bad habit.D. She is going to use the record player.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How does the man react to the womans statement?A. He feels sorry for those students.B.

3、 He thinks it right to punish those students.C. He thinks those students should be expelled from college.D. He thinks the punishment is too severe.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What does the woman mean?A. Two evenings is enough to do the computer programming.B. Dr. Davis is going to check their work on the c

4、omputer programming in a week time.C. It will take no less than a week to complete the computer programming.D. It will take at least two evenings to do the computer programming.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In the supermarket. B. In the restaurant.C. In

5、 the mans home. D. In the womans home.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).What does the man mean?A. He lent his 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.(2).What are they talking about?A. Their best friend.B. Their favourite colo

6、ur.C. The clothes the woman is wearing.D. A present the man has bought.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).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.(4).How many apples will she

7、buy?A. 8. B. 12.C. 36. D. 24.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What is the address given by the man?A. 1120, 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、Part B(总题数：4，分数：15.00)(1).Why doesnt the woman buy the book?A. Because its too expensive

8、B. Because she doesnt need it.C. Because she cant buy it everywhere.D. Because she already has got one.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why did the man suggest the woman read the book?A. The professor had written it.B. It is the major text for the course.C. It contains new sociological evidence.D. The students

9、 from last year liked it.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why cant the woman get the book from the library?A. It wasnt published recently.B. It is in great demand.C. It was sold out already.D. It isnt owned by the library.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).How did the woman react to Toms idea?A. She wonders if she can afford

10、 it.B. She doesnt want to bother Toms roommate.C. She thinks it wont work.D. She thinks its a good one.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).what does the woman find in her book?A. A photograph.B. An inscription.C. An old envelope.D. A list of prices.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why does the woman mention William Shakespear

11、e?A. He gave gifts to millions of people.B. He was a very wealthy man in his time.C. A sample of his writing is worth a lot of money.D. She has a copy of one of his books.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How much money is the woman going to spend now?A. Fifty cents.B. Seventy-five cents.C. One dollar.D. Several

12、 dollars.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).Who was the speaker?A. A airline hostess.B. A former airline hostess.C. A bus hostess.D. A bus driver.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What was she doing?A. She was working on a plane.B. She was working on a bus.C. She was taking a bus trip.D. She was making egg-salad sandwiches.（分

13、数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why did the bus hostess go to another bus?A. To compare experience with the hostess on that bus.B. To get some orders.C. To find if there were some vacant seats.D. To fetch some more egg-salad sandwiches.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What did the bus hostess mean by asking, “Could you do t

14、hat on a plane7“A. Air travel does not offer enough services.B. Ground travel can offer as many services as air travel.C. Ground travel can sometimes offer more services than air travel.D. Air travel offers more and better services than ground travel.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).When was the annual astronom

15、y society meeting held?A. Last year. B. Last month.C. Two days ago. D. Two months ago.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why did it take the scientists a long time to locate the planets?A. Because there are too many of them.B. Because they are much dimmer than their parent stars.C. Because the scientists method w

16、as wrong.D. Because they are moving all the time.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What does Doctor Cole say the scientists hope to learn about the planets with the new telescope?A. The small spots of light. B. Their chemical composition.C. Their age. D. Their size.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is the purpose of the

17、 interview?A. TO make Doctor Cole well-known.B. To do some research on space technology.C. To introduce a new telescope.D. To report what has been discussed at an astronomy meeting.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)A special lab at the University of Chicago is busy only (26) It is

18、 a dream (27) where researchers are at work (28) dreamers. Their findings have concluded that (29) dreams from three to seven times each night, (30) in ordinary life a person may (31) none or only one of his dreams.While the (32) sleep, special machines (33) their brain waves and eye movements as we

19、ll as the body movements that (34) the end of a dream. Surprisingly, all subjects (35) soundly.(36) say that a person usually fidgets(烦躁) before a dream. (37) the dream has started, his body relaxes and his eyes (38) more active, as if the curtain (39) on a show. When the machine (40) that the dream

20、 is over, a buzzer wakes the (41) . He sits up, records his dream, and goes back to sleepperhaps to (42) some more.Researchers have found that if the dreamer, is (43) immediately after his dream, he can usually recall the entire dream. If he is allowed to sleep even (44) his (45) of the dream will h

21、ave faded. That s why most people have many dreams at night, but forget most of them in the morning.（分数：20.00）(1).A. at noon B. in the morning C. at night D. in spring（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. mill B. laboratory C. hospital D. classroom（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. studying B. studied C. to study D. having

22、studied（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. everyone B. anyone C. someone D. no one（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A. therefore B. if C. despite D. although（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6).A. miss B. remember C. realize D. notice（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7).A. objects B. experiments C. goals D. subjects（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8).A. manufacture B. i

23、nitiate C. prepare D. record（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9).A. signal B. sign C. sigh D. assign（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10).A. work B. wake C. sleep D. remain（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11).A. Subjects B. Examiners C. Computers D. Observers（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12).A. Once B. Never C. Hardly D. Frequently（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13).A. s

24、tart B. produce C. become D. appeal（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14).A. had gone up B. has gone up C. goes up D. is going up（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15).A. decides B. pronounces C. refers D. indicates（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16).A. researcher B. body C. sleeper D. on-looker（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17).A. remember B. forget C. imagi

25、ne D. dream（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18).A. asleep B. wakened C. wakening D. slept（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19).A. more five minutes B. five more minuteC. five minutes D. five more minutes（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20).A. colour B. record C. memory D. description（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、Part A(总

26、题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Text 1(总题数：1，分数：10.00)When a 13-year-old Virginia girl started sneezing, her parents thought it was merely a cold. But when the sneezes continued for hours, they called in a doctor. Nearly two months later the girl was still sneezing, thousands of times a day, and her case had attract

27、ed worldwide attention.Hundreds of suggestions, ranging from “put a clothes pin on her nose“ to “have her stand on her head“ poured in. But nothing did any good. Finally, she was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital where Dr. Leo Kanner, one of the worlds top authorities on sneezing, solved the baffling

28、难以理解的) problem with great speed.He used neither drugs nor surgery, curiously enough, the clue for the treatment was found in an ancient superstition about the amazing bodily reaction we call the sneeze. It was all in her mind, he said, a view which Aristotle, some 3,000 years earlier, would have ag

29、reed with heartily.Dr. Kanner simply gave a modem psychological interpretation to the ancient belief that too much sneezing was an indication that the spirit was troubled; and he began to treat the girl accordingly.“Less than two days in a hospital room, a plan for better scholastic and vocational a

30、djustment, and reassurance about her unreasonable fear of tuberculosis quickly changed her from a sneezer to an ex-sneezer,“ he reported.Sneezing has always been a subject of wonder, awe and puzzlement. Dr. Kanner has collected thousands of superstitions concerning it. The most universal one is the

31、custom of begging for the blessing of God when a person sneezesa practice Dr. Kanner traces back to the ancient belief that a sneeze was an indication that the sneezer was possessed of an evil spirit. Strangely, people over the world still continue the custom with the traditional, “God bless you“ or

32、 its equivalent.When scientists look at the sneeze, they see a remarkable mechanism which, without any conscious help from you, takes on a job that has to be done. When you need to sneeze you sneeze, this being natures clever way of getting rid of an annoying object from the nose. The object may be

33、just some dust in the nose which nature is striving to remove.（分数：10.00）(1).The girl sneezed continuously because she_.A. was illB. was mentally illC. had heavy mental burdenD. had attracted world-wide attention（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).When the girl began to sneeze continuously,_.A. a lot of people offe

34、red their adviceB. she was taken to Johns Hopkins HospitalC. she was given a treatment found in ancient superstitionD. many doctors treated her in different ways（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Dr. Kanner cured the girl by_.A. using Aristotles methodB. giving her psychological treatmentC. practicing superstitio

35、nD. treating her tuberculosis（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).When a person sneezes, we say “God bless you“ because_.A. its a traditionB. the person is possessed of an evil spiritC. the person is illD. God will bless those who sneeze（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).According to scientists ,people sneeze because_.A. they ar

36、e illB. to sneeze is human natureC. they do not need any conscious helpD. there are unwanted things in their noses（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.八、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：6.00)Britain has laws to make sure that women have the same opportunities as men in education, jobs and training. But its still unusual to women doing

37、dirty or heavy jobs.Nancy Florey is a car maintenance engineer in London. She used to be a secretary. Jessica Human, a journalist with The Observer, a Sunday newspaper, asked her why she wanted to work with cars.“My first reason was independence,“ she said. “I also wanted to use my hands, and I like

38、 learning about how things work. Many people refer to have a woman repair their cars, too. “Nancy didnt find it easy to become a car maintenance engineer. She went to a Government Skill Center-a special sort of college where people can learn a new job-for twenty weeks. “For ten weeks I was the only

39、woman among four hundred men, and some of them were rude to me, just because of my sex. It was also very tiring -from 8 in the morning to 5 at night, with only 30 minutes for lunch.“Now Nancy works freelance-that is, shes self-employed, working for herself and not for a garage or a company.Jessica H

40、uman also spoke to Marina, who works as a general builder in Sheffield, an industrial town in the north of England. Like Nancy, Marina used to be a secretary. “I didnt enjoy it at all,“ she said, “I wanted to do more practical work, and I wanted to be self- employed.“Marina joined a womens building

41、co-operative, and she learnt her job from other people and from experience. However, many of the women in her group have been specially trained. Most of the jobs they do are improvements to buildings and general repairs.“People often say, Oh, women arent strong enough, but I dont think strength is i

42、mportant,“ said Marina. “The important thing is to get used to doing a different sort of work.“Marina would like more women to come into the building industry. “Everything built at the moment is a product of mans world, ff women become builders, they will be able to understand the production of thei

43、r houses and their towns./（分数：6.00）(1).According to the passage, what do British laws ensure women?A. They ensure that women get higher pay than men.B. They ensure that women enjoy more freedom than men.C. They ensure that women do whatever they like to do.D. They ensure that women have equal chance

44、s with men in education and work.（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(2).What is a car maintenance engineer supposed to do at work?A. To manufacture cars. B. To sell cars.C. To keep cars for others. D. To repair cars.（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(3).What does “to work free-lance“ mean in Paragraph 5?A. “To work on any day one lik

45、es“.B. “To do any job one likes“.C. “To work for a company“.D. “To work for oneself and not for a company“.（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following is Marinas opinion?A. She believes that women are as strong as men.B. She admits women are much weaker than men.C. She wants more women to become bui

46、lders.D. She thinks women can learn more from practical work.（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(5).According to Marina, a woman wishing to be a general builderA. must be specially trainedB. should be strong enoughC. can learn her job either from others or by experienceD. must get used to doing a different sort or wo

47、rk（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.九、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：6.00)Last week I visited one of my old neighborhoods in Washington D. C. I hadnt been there for twenty years and as I walked along the street, my mind was flooded by memories of the past. I saw the old apartment building where I had lived and the playground where

48、 I had played. As I viewed these once familiar surroundings, images of myself as a child there came to mind. However, what I saw and what I remembered were not the same. I sadly realized that the best memories are those left untouched.My old apartment building, as I remember, was bright and alive. I

49、t was more than just a place to live. It was a movie house, a space station, or whatever my young mind could imagine. I would steal away with my friends and play in the basement. This was always exciting because it was so cool and dark, and there were so many things there to hide among. There was a small river in the back of the building. We would go there to lie in the shade of trees and enjoy ourselves.However, what I saw was completely different. The apartment building was now in disrepair. What was once more than a pla