1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试历年真题试卷汇编 2及答案解析(总分：114.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Listening Comprehens(总题数：9，分数：50.00)1.Section I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)Directions: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the quest
2、ions that accompany them. There are TWO parts in this section, Part A and Part B. Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 3 minutes to transfer your answe_2.Part ADirections:
3、 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 dialogue ONLY ONCE._What is the woman doing at the m
4、oment?（分数：10.00）A.Having a break.B.Having a coffee.C.Writing a report.D.Visiting the man.(2).What does the woman ask the man to do?（分数：2.00）A.Repair her windows.B.Take care of her house.C.Take a rest for a few days.D.Go to the seaside with her.(3).What do we learn about the woman from the dialogue?（
5、分数：2.00）A.She bought a suitable skirt.B.She wanted to purchase a skirt.C.She returned a skirt to the shop.D.She complained about the service.(4).What does the man say to the woman?（分数：2.00）A.He envies her a lot.B.He enjoys cooking.C.He usually eats out.D.He runs a restaurant.(5).What are the speaker
6、s talking about?（分数：2.00）A.Gardening.B.Air quality.C.Hot weather.D.Lack of rain.Why is the woman angry with her son?（分数：10.00）A.He ignored traffic signals.B.He failed to repair her car.C.He didnt attend his class.D.He didn t take her advice.(2).Why does the man feel sorry?（分数：2.00）A.He forgot his Da
7、d s birthday.B.He didn t buy a birthday present.C.He didnt put the cake in the fridge.D.He arrived late for his dad s birthday.(3).Where is the man s house located?（分数：2.00）A.Near a park.B.By a restaurant.C.Close to a highway.D.In a Chinese neighborhood.(4).What does the woman say about the data in
8、the article?（分数：2.00）A.It is original.B.It is reliable.C.It is questionable.D.It is authoritative.(5).What does the man tell the woman?（分数：2.00）A.The best time for job interviews.B.The strategies for job interviews.C.His comments on her recent work.D.His congratulations on her good luck.3.Part BDire
9、ctions: 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 your answer to each question.
10、 You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE._What is the man s first tip on a productive workday?（分数：6.00）A.Arrive at the office earlier.B.Jump into paper work first.C.Start with less difficult tasks.D.Get ready within 15 minutes.(2).Why should personal phone calls be avoided?（分数：2.00）A.They may take a lot
11、of time.B.They may reduce social time.C.They may spoil a great mood.D.They may cause errors in work.(3).Why should an alarm be set?（分数：2.00）A.To give a go-home signal.B.To remind people to relax.C.To make people work fast.D.To warn people of an emergency.What news does Renee share with Tom?（分数：8.00）
12、A.She met a high school classmate.B.She found an old friend s address.C.She paid a visit to her high school.D.She got in touch with an old friend.(2).Why did Renee and her friend lose contact?（分数：2.00）A.Her friend s family left for another city.B.Her friend transferred to another school.C.They had a
13、n argument and drifted apart.D.They were too busy to write to each other.(3).What does Tom say about his old friends?（分数：2.00）A.He has lost touch with all of them.B.He maintains contact with most of them.C.He has regained contact with a few of them.D.He keeps in touch with one or two of them.(4).How
14、 did Renee s friend get her email address?（分数：2.00）A.From an old address book.B.From one of their former teachers.C.From another high school classmateD.From the website of Renee s company.Why did the woman decide to cancel her vacation?（分数：8.00）A.She had trouble with her health.B.She had trouble wit
15、h her investment.C.She had to attend a financial course.D.She had to attend a conference in Paris.(2).What did the woman do after she graduated from college?（分数：2.00）A.She worked as a stock trader.B.She worked as a stock analyst.C.She worked as a finance teacher.D.She worked as a company manager.(3)
16、.Why did the woman want to start her own company?（分数：2.00）A.To make more money.B.To have more time for herself.C.To find more business opportunities.D.To know more about the stock market.(4).How does the woman feel about the present economic stimulating package?（分数：2.00）A.Relieved.B.Optimistic.C.Unc
17、onfident.D.Disappointed.Which industry is the man s website concerned with?（分数：8.00）A.News.B.Music.C.Education.D.Television.(2).Whom is the man s website mainly meant for?（分数：2.00）A.College students in Asia.B.English learners of all ages.C.Teenagers and young adults.D.Any visitors for entertainment.
18、(3).What does the website want its visitors to get familiar with?（分数：2.00）A.Classic films.B.Western music.C.English accents.D.Public speeches.(4).What does the man hope his website will do in three years?（分数：2.00）A.Fulfill its short-term goal.B.Get a big market in Asia.C.Become self-financed.D.Get m
19、ore investments.二、Use of English(总题数：3，分数：30.00)4.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._In 2009, the number of hungry people in the world reached one billion for the f
20、irst time. It s difficult not to be shocked by the fact that more than one in seven people in the world do not have enough to eat. 1Hunger kills more people per year than diseases such as AIDS, malaria and TB combined. The UN estimates that almost two thirds of the world s hungry people are in Asia,
21、 which is of course the world s most populous continent. 2Although this region has a much lower population than Asia, it has the highest percentage of hungry people. Almost all of the rest are in Latin America, North Africa and the Caribbean. In the richest regions of the world there are only a tiny
22、 number of people who don t have enough to eat. There are many reasons for world hunger. They include wars, droughts, floods, and the overuse of farming land. 3Many people also blame greedy businessmen for pushing up the prices of basic foods in the global market. But the most important reason, quit
23、e simply, is poverty, which has increased recently due to the financial crisis of 2008. Although many people make the obvious point that there would be less hunger if the global population were smaller, few people would argue that there is not enough food to go around. 4In the last 50 years, global
24、food production has risen even more quickly than the global population. There are many areas of the world in which people generally have more than enough food. 5The answer to world hunger, therefore, may be a balanced food distribution around the whole world. Everyone will have enough to eat, but no
25、t overeat.AThe basic problem seems to be not a lack of food, but its distribution.BMore than a quarter are in sub-Saharan Africa.CAll these factors affect food production.DIt takes the effort of every country to fight against world hunger.EIn those places, obesity is a far bigger problem than hunger
26、.FThose places need far more food than they actually get.GBy the end of this year, more than 35 million people will have died as a result of not having enough to eat.（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_I cant believe the kind of rubbish that some people call art. Yesterday, my girlfriend dr
27、agged me to a modern art 1to see an exhibition she had read about in the paper. It was five or six so-called installations made of bits of plastic, wood and paper that 2just to have been thrown on the floor. It was a mess, basicallyjust like the floor in my sister s house when my two-year-old nephew
28、 s left all his toys out, but less 3. Come to think of it, 4you had given those bits of plastic, wood and paper to my nephew, he could probably have 5something just as good. I guess, sometimes, the cleaners end up throwing art like that in the bins at the end of the day, 6they must find it hard to w
29、ork out what s an exhibit and what s just 7. I think that if a painting or an installation looks like something I could have done myself in fifteen minutes, it doesnt 8to be called art. But when I say that, people like my girlfriend say Im “uncultured. “ I think a lot of the people who say they 9the
30、 kind of stuff we saw yesterday are just pretendingdeep down they know it s rubbish but they dont want to be the first one to admit it because, unlike me, they re 10of being looked down on.AafraidBappreciateCbecauseDcolorfulEcreatedFdeserveGdislikeHgalleryIifJlitterKobjectLprovedMseemedNseriousOwhen
31、（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：6，分数：30.00)7.Section III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)_8.Part ADirections: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on
32、ANSWER SHEET 1._Isabel has turned down two job offers in the past year. In 2006, she started her own consulting practice, but by 2008, most of her larger clients had to drop her because of the economy. In 2011, she was undertaking irregular assignments and knew she needed a steady job. The first job
33、 she considered was Director of HR for a company in Utah. After the initial interviews, she felt the job fit her except for the location. Still, she flew west to meet the hiring manager. The hiring manager explained that Isabel was the top candidate for the job but that, before she continued with th
34、e process, she should better understand the firm s culture. She directed Isabel to several videos of the company s CEO, who regularly appeared in front of the company in costume as part of morale building exercises and expected his senior leaders to do the same. “Even though I was desperate for a jo
35、b, I knew I couldn t do that,“ Isabel says. She called the recruiter to turn down the job and explained that she didn t feel there was a cultural fit. A few months later, she interviewed for another job: a director of employee relations at a local university. After several interviews, the hiring man
36、ager told her the job was hers if she wanted it. The job had many positives: it was a low-stress environment, it offered great benefits, and the university was an employee-friendly place. But the job was relatively junior despite the title and Isabel worried it wouldn t be challenging enough. Finall
37、y, she turned it down. “It would be great to have a paycheck and great benefits but I would definitely have trouble sleeping at night,“ she says. In both cases, she was frank with the hiring managers about why she wasn t taking the jobs. “In the past, it felt like dating, I was worried about hurting
38、 people s feelings,“ she says. However, they appreciated her frankness and thanked her for her honesty. She says it was hard to turn down the jobs and it was a risk for her financially but she felt she had to.（分数：10.00）(1).In 2011, Isabel_.（分数：2.00）A.did consulting now and thenB.found a job close to
39、 her homeC.refused several job interviewsD.ran a successful consulting firm(2).Isabel turned down the first job offer mainly because of its_.（分数：2.00）A.CEOB.cultureC.locationD.recruiter(3).Isabel was dissatisfied with the second job due to its_.（分数：2.00）A.junior titleB.low benefitsC.environmentD.lac
40、k of challenge(4).Isabel believed that her rejection of the jobs was_.（分数：2.00）A.harmfulB.surprisingC.justifiableD.troublesome(5).According to Isabel, it is important to .（分数：2.00）A.look for jobs with little stressB.look for jobs with great benefitsC.be truthful in declining job offersD.be cautious
41、in declining job offersYou do not usually get something for nothing. Now, a new study reveals that the evolution of an improved learning ability could come at a particularly high price: an earlier death. Past experiments have demonstrated that it is relatively easy through selective breeding to make
42、 rats, honey bees andthat great favourite of researchersfruit flies a lot better at learning. Animals that are better learners should be competitive and, thus, over time, come to dominate a population by natural selection. But improved learning ability does not get selected amongst these animals in
43、the wild. No one really understands why. Tadeusz Kawecki and his colleagues at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland have measured the effects of improved learning on the lives of fruit flies. The flies were given two different fruits as egg-laying sites. One of these was laced with a bitter add
44、itive that could be detected only on contact. The flies were then given the same fruit but without an additive. Flies that avoided the fruit which had been bitter were deemed to have learned from their experience. Their children were reared and the experiment was run again. After repeating the exper
45、iment for 30 generations, the children of the learned flies were compared with normal flies. The researchers report in a forthcoming edition of Evolution that although learning ability could be bred into a population of fruit flies, it shortened their lives by 1.5% . When the researchers compared th
46、eir learned flies to colonies selectively bred to live long lives, they found even greater differences. Whereas learned flies had reduced their life spans, the long-lived flies learned less well than even average flies. The authors suggest that evolving an improved learning ability may require a gre
47、ater investment in the nervous system which takes resources away from processes that delay ageing. However, Dr. Kawecki thinks the effect could also be a by-product of greater brain activity increasing the production of Reactive Oxygen Species(ROS), which can increase oxidation in the body and damage hea
