1、2006年 3月国家公共英语（三级）真题试卷及答案与解析 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. 1 Researchers stress that we need diet and exercise to drop pounds. “The most 【 26】_ way to lose
2、 weight is with a combination, “says Rena Wing, head of the National Weight Control Center. 【 27】 _ experts also admit that many 【 28】 _ losers find it helps to 【 29】 _ on one or the other. “A lot of people feel helpless at the thought of 【 30】 _ everything-diet, lifestyle,“ says Bess Marcus, profes
3、sor of human behavior at Brown University Medical School. “So ask yourself, 【 31】 _ do I want to start? What am I willing to focus on?“ The 【 32】 _ depends on everything from what you hope to 【 33】 _ to how your life is 【 34】 _ . If you are in a big hurry to drop pounds 【 35】 _ dieting is the way to
4、 go. Decades of 【 36】 _ have shown its the surest and quickest method. If you are more 【 37】 _ with how you look than with numbers on the scale, though, 【 38】 _ may be the way to go. By increasing physical activity, youll 【 39】 _ fat and build muscle tissue. 【 40】 _ often end up losing both fat and
5、muscle tissue. Your 【 41】 _ approach is one that suits your lifestyle. If youve tried and 【 42】 _ at one approach, consider the other. “A lot of people have become so disappointed that they begin to think theyll 【 43】 _ be able to lose weight, “says Marcus. “Thats when its time to try some thing new
6、. 【 44】 _ a small step forward can help people 【 45】 _ confidence and convince them selves they can make even bigger changes.“ 1 【 26】 （ A） active （ B） effective （ C） comprehensive （ D） productive 2 【 27】 （ A） Then （ B） Still （ C） Moreover （ D） But 3 【 28】 （ A） grown-up （ B） would-be （ C） poor （ D）
7、unfortunate 4 【 29】 （ A） concentrate （ B） dwell （ C） insist （ D） stress 5 【 30】 （ A） changing （ B） combining （ C） developing （ D） practicing 6 【 31】 （ A） How （ B） When （ C） Where （ D） Why 7 【 32】 （ A） alternative （ B） answer （ C） choice （ D） solution 8 【 33】 （ A） achieve （ B） acquire （ C） address （
8、D） adopt 9 【 34】 （ A） settled （ B） organized （ C） formed （ D） composed 10 【 35】 （ A） eventually （ B） hard （ C） completely （ D） fast 11 【 36】 （ A） summary （ B） research （ C） inspection （ D） survey 12 【 37】 （ A） confused （ B） troubled （ C） concerned （ D） acquainted 13 【 38】 （ A） exercise （ B） operatio
9、n （ C） diet （ D） activity 14 【 39】 （ A） discharge （ B） consume （ C） digest （ D） burn 15 【 40】 （ A） Activists （ B） Practitioners （ C） Dieters （ D） Exercisers 16 【 41】 （ A） simplest （ B） best （ C） easiest （ D） quickest 17 【 42】 （ A） failed （ B） aimed （ C） paused （ D） arrived 18 【 43】 （ A） ever （ B） ra
10、rely （ C） never （ D） nearly 19 【 44】 （ A） Naturally （ B） Simply （ C） Almost （ D） Even 20 【 45】 （ A） reserve （ B） regain （ C） return （ D） recover Part A Directions: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 21 Burn
11、 rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. My rate was $ 75,000 a month. Four months after my company was set up, I had only a quarter of the starting capital left in the bank. Looking for guidance, I went to talk to my friend, Arthur Walworth about my new venture. “Times of grea
12、t change always bring out the risk-takers,“ he said. “And they leave winners and losers. My grandfather invested a lot of money in a project of Thomas Edisons that ended up in failure.“ I was lost in thought at the notion of a Thomas Edison project ending in failure. Damn. It could happen to anybody
13、! I must continue. At that time CD-ROM sales had bombed, so investors were fleeing from the field. I didnt turn away from mine entirely, but instead linked it to the Internet. My plan was to offer consumers descriptions of home-design products by using a special soft ware and let them modify the des
14、igns. Then we can enable them to get online professional and constructional help to have their houses built, decorated and furnished according to their own choice. To realize my plan I needed investors, so I continued to meet regularly with venture capitalists. One said I had a great idea. But I nee
15、ded to test it. Get the money somewhere. To get this money from a VC is going to cost .my wife and my children! He turned down my request. Wife? Children? I barely remembered them. I was working nonstop-struggling to turn the key in the lock, to find the right way ahead. The pressure was terrible. I
16、t was just at this time that my parents and sisters stepped up. Two hundred thousand dollars. A lot of money to them, invested in this crazy son and brother without a moment s hesitation. Dad and Mom had driven out from Chicago and seen the passion in my little office and the trouble at home. With t
17、heir help my company survived and has been prospering ever since. 21 When the authors company started operation, he had _. （ A） $ 450,000 （ B） $ 400,000 （ C） $ 350,000 （ D） $ 300,000 22 Arthur implies that to start a business in times of change, people have to _. （ A） rely on famous people all the t
18、ime （ B） invest as much money as possible （ C） face the risks of possible failure （ D） think about nothing but success 23 The authors company was engaged in _. （ A） furniture design and production （ B） online home-design service （ C） traditional home designing （ D） home decoration business 24 Faced
19、with a very unfavorable market situation, the author decided _. （ A） to improve his service （ B） to start a new business （ C） to withdraw his money （ D） to reduce his investment 25 It is implied that venture capital is often _. （ A） risky （ B） timely （ C） secure （ D） abundant 26 When we think about
20、happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, a peak of great delight-and those peaks seem to get rarer the older we get. For a child, happiness has a magical quality. I remember making hide-outs in newly cut hay, playing cops and robbers in the woods, getting a speaking part in the school
21、 play. Of course, kids also experience lows, but their delight at such peaks of pleasure as winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved. For teenagers, or people under twenty, the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly its conditional on such things as excitement, love, and popularity. I can
22、still feel the agony of not being invited to a party that almost everyone else was going to. But I also recall the great happiness of being invited at another event to dance with a very handsome young man. In adulthood the things that bring great joy-birth, love, marriage-also bring responsibility a
23、nd the risk of loss. Love may not last, sex isnt always good, loved ones die. For adults, happiness is complicated. My dictionary explains happy as “lucky“ or “fortunate“, but I think a better explanation of happiness is “the capacity for enjoyment“. The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier w
24、e are. Its easy to overlook the pleasure we get from loving and being loved, the company of friends, the freedom to love where we please, even good health. Nowadays, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, we have turned happiness into one more thing we “gotta have“. Were so
25、 self-conscious about our “right“ to it that its making us extremely unhappy. So we chase it and consider it to be the same as wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things arent necessarily happier. While happiness may be more complex for us, the solution is the same as
26、 ever. Happiness isnt about what happens to us-its about how we perceive what happens to us. Its the ability to find a positive for every negative, and view a setback as a challenge. Its not wishing for what we dont have, but enjoying what we do possess. 26 According to the author, happiness lies in
27、 the ability to _. （ A） think of something extraordinary （ B） experience delight at an old age （ C） feel the magic quality of pleasure （ D） enjoy what one has at the moment 27 According to the passage, a teenager looks at happiness mainly in terms of _. （ A） material gains （ B） social distinction （
28、C） spiritual satisfaction （ D） academic achievements 28 As is suggested in the passage, failure to feel happy often results from _. （ A） lack of company of friends （ B） lack of freedom to love and be loved （ C） taking everything one has for granted （ D） ignoring the choices one is given in life 29 T
29、he author implies that when one chases wealth and finally gets it _. （ A） he can realize what happiness is （ B） he may not end up with happiness （ C） he may consider it extreme happiness （ D） he should not feel content with himself 30 The passage aims to tell _. （ A） the real meaning of happiness （
30、B） the great importance of happiness （ C） the constant pursuit of happiness （ D） the changing concept of happiness 31 Whenever advertisers want you to stop thinking about the product and to start thinking about something bigger, better, or more attractive than the product, they use that very popular
31、 word “like“. The word “like“ is the advertisers equivalent of the magicians use of misdirection. “Like“ gets you to ignore the product and concentrate on the claim the advertiser is making about it. “For skin like peaches and cream“ claims the ad for a skin cream. What is this ad really claiming? I
32、t doesnt say this cream will give you peaches-and-cream skin. There is no verb in this claim, so it doesnt even mention using the product. How is skin ever like “peaches and cream“ ? Remember, ads must be read exactly according to the dictionary definition of words. This ad is making absolutely no p
33、romise for this skin cream. If you think this cream will give you soft, smooth, and youthful-looking skin, you are the one who has read the meaning into the ad. The wine that claims “Its like taking a trip to France“ wants you to think about a romantic evening in Paris as you walk along the street a
34、fter a wonderful meal in an intimate cart. Of course, you dont really believe that a wine can take you to France, but the goal of the ad is to get you to think pleasant, romantic thoughts about France and not about how the wine tastes or how expensive it may be. That little word “like“ has taken you
35、 away from crushed grapes into a world of your own imaginative making. Who knows, maybe the next time you buy wine, youll think those pleasant thoughts when you see this brand of wine, and youll buy it. How about the most famous “like“ claim of all, “Winston tastes good like a cigarette should“? Ign
36、oring the grammatical error here, you might want to know what this claim is saying. Whether a cigarette tastes good or bad is a subjective judgment because what tastes good to one per son may well taste horrible to another. There are many people who say that all cigarettes taste terrible, other peop
37、le who say only some cigarettes taste all right, and still others who say all cigarettes taste good. 31 The word “like“ in an ad often focuses the consumers attention on _. （ A） what the advertiser says about the product （ B） what magic the product really possesses （ C） why the advertiser promotes t
38、he product （ D） why the product is as good as promised 32 The author suggests that language in ads should be understood _. （ A） according to its dictionary definition （ B） according to its contexts （ C） imaginatively （ D） impartially 33 To promote sales, advertisers often exploit consumers _. （ A） e
39、conomic status （ B） practical need （ C） emotional need （ D） social status 34 Advertisers often use ambiguous language to _. （ A） promise excellent quality （ B） cash in on grammatical errors （ C） appeal to consumers rational judgments （ D） take advantage of consumers imagination 35 The best title for
40、 the passage would be _. （ A） The Magic of “Like“ in Advertising （ B） The Promise of “Like“ in Advertising （ C） The Definition of “Like“ in Advertising （ D） The Application of “Like“ in Advertising Part B Directions: Read the text, match the items (61-65) to one of the statements (A to G) given belo
41、w. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 36 Read five students talks about traveling around Europe using an Inter-Rail ticket. The ticket allows people under the age of twenty-six to travel wherever they want within Europe for one month. For questions 61 to 65, match the name of each student (61 to 6
42、5) to one of the statements (A to G) given below. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. Patricia: I went by Inter-Rail this summer with a group of friends from university. I think it worked very well, although a few of them said theyd never do it again-I guess it wasnt quite like they thought it was
43、going to be-not as comfortable probably. We usually slept in hostels or on the train so we were completely exhausted but I think we had a great time. Next year Ill see if I can per haps visit fewer places and not get so worn out. Davis: I traveled about 6,000 kilometres in four weeks with a couple o
44、f friends from college. We spent weeks planning out the route and all the places we were intending to go to. Would I do it again? Well, Id have to think carefully about that but, on the whole the trip was good for me as I was the official translator, which was great as Im normally a bit shy of talki
45、ng to people I dont know. On the last night of the holiday they treated me to a really expensive meal for helping them out. It was terrific! Jenise: Well, I guess I had a good time now when I look back on it, and I saw eight countries in four weeks. Everything went well but I think that from now on
46、Ill probably choose to do something else. I want to meet local people rather than just people who work for the train service ! I did get to know quite a few other English and American students and they were great but it didnt do much for my French and German. Nigel: I think its definitely the best w
47、ay of getting around Europe even though you have to spend money on the Inter-Rail ticket before you leave. I have a friend who hitch-hikes and he says thats the only way to travel because its free and you see more interesting places. But I knew I could jump on a train wherever I wanted in the mornin
48、g, while he would still be standing in the rain hoping for a lift. So all in all I think I got the better deal, especially as I could take the night train and save on hotel bills. Hawk: Ive done it quite a few times now and Im used to the kind of problems that arise-like hawing to sleep in a park be
49、cause the train arrived too late for me to get a hostel bed, and trying to keep to a tight budget. The mistake people often make is to just get off at the tourist spots. Try getting off the train at the little villages, like I do. Theyre usually fascinating and the people are friendlier, too. Even if they dont understand your miserable attempt at th
