[外语类试卷]国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷174及答案与解析.doc

1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 174及答案与解析 Part A Directions: 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 to answer the question and you will hear each dialogu

2、e ONLY ONCE. 1 On what day of the week will the magazine arrive? （ A） Monday. （ B） Tuesday. （ C） Wednesday. （ D） Thursday. 2 What is the man going to do after graduation? （ A） He will become a teacher. （ B） He will become a lawyer. （ C） He will try a lot of jobs. （ D） He has not decided yet. 3 What

3、do we learn from this conversation? （ A） The man thought the essay was easy. （ B） The woman had a hard time writing the essay. （ C） The woman thought the essay was easy. （ D） Neither of them has finished the essay yet. 4 What does the woman mean? （ A） The clerk doesnt like to be bothered. （ B） The m

4、achine was just repaired. （ C） She can teach the man to operate the machine. （ D） The man shouldnt make any more copies. 5 Whats the relationship of the two people? （ A） Teacher and student. （ B） Father and son. （ C） Mother and son. （ D） Sister and brother. 6 Whats the probable relationship between

5、the two speakers? （ A） Receptionist and customer. （ B） Waitress and customer. （ C） Salesperson and customer. （ D） Nurse and patient. 7 What are the man and woman talking about? （ A） Fashion. （ B） Music. （ C） A film. （ D） A book. 8 What will the man do? （ A） To play basketball. （ B） To go out for a w

6、alk. （ C） To go to the library. （ D） To prepare for the presentation. 9 What does the man imply? （ A） He cant go now. （ B） He want to call someone. （ C） He cant wait any longer. （ D） He wants to drink a cup of coffee very much. 10 Whats the woman? （ A） An operator. （ B） A manager. （ C） A student. （

7、D） A secretary. Part B Directions: 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 listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check yo

8、ur answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. 11 Whats the topic of the discussion? （ A） Bringing up children. （ B） Helping children with their problems. （ C） Training children to be calm. （ D） Training children to speak up. 12 According to Dr. Jolly, what should a mother do with h

9、er child quietly playing on his own? （ A） Talking with the child. （ B） Working in the kitchen. （ C） Getting on with her own work. （ D） Staying with the child. 13 According to Dr. Jolly, which can explain a childs always shouting? （ A） His mother trained him to do so. （ B） The child is hungry. （ C） T

10、he child is bored. （ D） The child is scared. 14 What are the speakers talking about? （ A） Movies. （ B） Cars. （ C） Robots. （ D） Fictions. 15 What is the origin of traditional image of robots? （ A） Industrial requirements. （ B） Computer development. （ C） Scientific drawings. （ D） Science fiction. 16 A

11、ccording to the woman ,why are robots becoming more widely used? （ A） They are smarter than human workers. （ B） They are more productive than human workers. （ C） They are hard-wearing. （ D） They are easy to design. 17 What does the man mean at the end of the dialogue? （ A） He wants to see the woman

12、again this evening. （ B） He wants the woman to tell him about the Industrial Revolution. （ C） He thinks the woman already understands his topic very well. （ D） He thinks the woman should give him some suggestions. 18 In which parts of the world are video games forbidden? （ A） Philippines and Japan.

13、 B） Indonesia and Hong Kong. （ C） Philippines and Indonesia. （ D） The United States and Indonesia. 19 Why are actions being taken by various governments on video games? （ A） Because schoolchildren waste time and money on them. （ B） Because too many adults spend working hours playing them. （ C） Beca

14、use they can easily be turned into a form of gambling. （ D） Because they are becoming a social problem, affecting both adults and children. 20 What can we learn from the passage? （ A） People, regardless of their age, are crazy about video games. （ B） Those over 15 can use the machines during the day

15、 in most countries. （ C） Schoolchildren in uniforms are not allowed into amusement centers in many countries. （ D） Many adults and children play video games at home. 21 What is the speakers attitude towards video games? （ A） Positive. （ B） Negative. （ C） Doubtful. （ D） Indifferent. 22 Whats the cros

16、s-cultural specialists view about the difficulty in adjusting to life in a new culture? （ A） Extremely difficult. （ B） Not difficult. （ C） Extremely easy. （ D） Not easy. 23 Why did Miss Moor feel uneasy about the traffic patterns while visiting London? （ A） Because British people drive on the right

17、side of the road. （ B） Because British people drive on the left side of the road. （ C） Because Americans drive on the right side of the road. （ D） Because British people dont obey traffic rules. 24 How to reduce the degree of discomfort while in foreign countries? （ A） Learn the language, history an

18、d customs of the new culture. （ B） Stay at home. （ C） Avoid communicating with local people. （ D） Live with ones country fellows. 25 Whats the proper attitude to take when people encounter a different culture? （ A） Sensitive and doubtful. （ B） Appreciative and accepting. （ C） Tolerant and understand

19、ing. （ D） Unfriendly and hostile. 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: 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. 25 It is, everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and

20、 the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation. Language learning begins with【 C1】 _. Individual children【 C2】_greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and【 C3】_starters are often long listeners. Most children will “obey“ spoken【 C4】_some

21、time before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly【 C5】_as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by【 C6】 _and by making questioning noises. Any【 C7】 _to trace the development from the nois

22、es babies【 C8】 _to their first spoken words leads to【 C9】 _difficulties. It is【 C10】 _that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises【 C11】_themselves out as particularly【 C12】 _of delight, distress, sociability, and so on. But since these cannot be said to show

23、 the babys intention to【 C13】 _, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they【 C14】 _with sounds for enjoyment, and【 C15】 _by six months they are able to add new sounds to their【 C16】 _. This self-imitation leads on to【 C17】 _imitation

24、of sounds made or words spoken to them【 C18】_other people. The problem then【 C19】 _as to the point at【 C20】_one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech. 26 【 C1】 （ A） listening （ B） speaking （ C） reading （ D） writing 27 【 C2】 （ A） vary （ B） change （ C） differentiate （ D） transform

25、28 【 C3】 （ A） late （ B） early （ C） later （ D） earlier 29 【 C4】 （ A） obstructions （ B） instructions （ C） constructions （ D） abstractions 30 【 C5】 （ A） precious （ B） precision （ C） accurate （ D） articulate 31 【 C6】 （ A） vibration （ B） generation （ C） capture （ D） gesture 32 【 C7】 （ A） treat （ B） attem

26、pt （ C） contempt （ D） trial 33 【 C8】 （ A） make （ B） produce （ C） generate （ D） do 34 【 C9】 （ A） considering （ B） considerate （ C） considerable （ D） considered 35 【 C10】 （ A） disagreed （ B） agreed （ C） approved （ D） disapproved 36 【 C11】 （ A） choose （ B） sort （ C） select （ D） take 37 【 C12】 （ A） iden

27、tical （ B） indicative （ C） incredible （ D） individual 38 【 C13】 （ A） compute （ B） commute （ C） mute （ D） communicate 39 【 C14】 （ A） tackle （ B） deal （ C） play （ D） amuse 40 【 C15】 （ A） what （ B） which （ C） that （ D） where 41 【 C16】 （ A） repertoire （ B） reservoir （ C） reserve （ D） preserve 42 【 C17】

28、 A） deliberate （ B） unintentional （ C） arranged （ D） random 43 【 C18】 （ A） to （ B） and （ C） with （ D） by 44 【 C19】 （ A） rises （ B） arises （ C） raises （ D） arouses 45 【 C20】 （ A） when （ B） that （ C） which （ D） where Part A Directions: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text

29、 by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 45 Raymond A. Moody, Jr. , a Georgia physician, credits his sense of humor for getting him through the terrible grind of medical school. Yet not once, in all those years of training, did professor Moody bring up the health benefits of l

30、aughter? “As time went on,“ Moody relates in his book Laugh After Laugh: The Healing Power of Humor, “I came to feel that a human being s ability to laugh is just as valid an indicator of his health as are all those other things that doctors check.“ Gradually, many members of the medical establishme

31、nt are coming around to the same thinking. Dr. William Fry,Jr. , a Stanford University researcher, has studied the beneficial effects of laughter for more than 30 years. “When we laugh,“ Fry explains, “muscles are activated. When we stop laughing, these muscles relax. Since muscle tension magnifies

32、pain, many people with arthritis, rheumatism and other painful conditions benefit greatly from a healthy dose of laughter. Many headache sufferers feel the same relief.“ How can we all get more laughter into our lives? Here s what the experts prescribe: Mix with people who laugh. Nancy Alguire, a te

33、acher in Clifton Park, N.Y. was once painfully shy and had a hard time laughing. Then she married a circus enthusiast. “I became intrigued with the clowns,“ she recalls. “One day I put on a costume and asked a clown to paint my face. That afternoon my whole life changed. I learned to laugh and enjoy

34、 life in a way I had never done before.“ She went on to teach clowning at a local community college. To this day, she says, “I still make a point of mixing with people who enjoy life and laughing-because their joy rubs off on those around them.“ To help get humor-minded people together, several “lau

35、ghter clubs“ have sprung up around the country. Virginia Tooper, who publishes a newsletter called “Laugh Lovers News,“ tells of four typical women who gather for a restaurant lunch every Thursday in Phoenix. Each comes armed with at least one funny experience from the week, and the storyteller who

36、receives the biggest laugh gets a free lunch-paid for by the others. 46 Which is the best title for this text? （ A） Get Humor-minded People Together. （ B） Laugh Lovers News. （ C） Take Time To Laugh. （ D） Mix With People Who Laugh. 47 Which of the following statements is true according to Dr. Moody?

37、 A） Those who laugh are healthy people. （ B） A doctor may diagnose a patient by checking his ability to laugh. （ C） Those who dont laugh are unhealthy people. （ D） Laughter alone can get people through hard work. 48 Which does NOT explain that laughter helps relieve pain according to Dr. William Fr

38、y? （ A） Laughter makes them forget the pain. （ B） When we stop laughing, these muscles relax. （ C） When we laugh, muscles are activated. （ D） The cycle of laughing and stopping laugh makes muscles relax and relieve the pain. 49 Among the four words from paragraph 5, which doesn t fall into the same

39、category as the other three? （ A） Circus. （ B） Enthusiast. （ C） Costume. （ D） Clown. 50 What do you think the next paragraph will probably discuss? （ A） Explain the healing power of humor. （ B） Prof. McCarty shared fun and laughter with his children. （ C） Summarize the whole text. （ D） Describe a hu

40、morous story told by one of the four typical women. 50 Comics in America have broadened their appeal by marketing to adults. Prior to World War II , usually only adolescents bought comics. During World War I1, the comic book industry in the United States began to undergo a major change. When the war

41、 started, the government subsidized the comics industry in order to take advantage of the powerful propaganda effects, regulating them for purposes of military defense. By the time the war was over, the taste for comic books had reached the adult population. Publishers from this point on expanded th

42、is portion of the market that was to become the largest sales increase in the history of the comic industry. The editor of Exciting Comics, Ed O Donnell, was important in extending the success of this marketing drive. Here organized comic drawing to encourage artists innovation. The market had decli

43、ned slightly since the late forties. O Donnell, against conventions, hired adroit illustrators. He abandoned the low-cost budget publication, a step considered risky to his peers in the publication industry; however, his begin environment for artistic creation eventually proved successful. Kenny Bar

44、 was one of the artists that helped spawn the most innovative titles to come out of Exciting Comics. He insisted on revising the concept of the comic book radically; he proposed to create characters designed to capture markets that had previously not been successfully explored by comic books. This r

45、evolutionary idea laid the foundation for the now thriving market for sophisticated adult-oriented comic books. 51 What is the best title for this passage? （ A） Kenny Barby s Contribution to the World of Comics. （ B） The Publishing World of Edward O Donne . （ C） The Birth of the Comic Book. （ D） The

46、 Comic Book Since World War . 52 When did major changes begin in the U.S. comic industry? （ A） Before the start of World War . （ B） After the end of World War . （ C） During World War . （ D） Several years after World War . 53 Why did the government use comics during the war? （ A） To increase the adul

47、t market for comics. （ B） To encourage sales of a domestic product. （ C） To enhance the confidence of the troops. （ D） To try to develop a better form of entertainment for the troops. 54 The largest increase in comic industry sales happened _. （ A） after World War （ B） when the government subsidized

48、 comics （ C） after the introduction of color printing （ D） when Ed O Donnell arranged a new team of artists 55 What segment of the population supported the largest sales increase in comic books? （ A） Adolescents. （ B） Adults. （ C） Children. （ D） Women. 55 By far the most common snake in Britain is t

49、he adder. In Scotland, in fact, there are no other snakes at all. The adder is also the only British snake with a poisonous bite. It can be found almost anywhere, but prefers sunny hillsides and rough open country, including high ground. In Ireland there are no snakes at all. Most people regard snake bites as fatal misfortune, but net all bites are serious, and very few are fatal. Sometimes attempts at emergency treatment turn out to be d