1、2016年 9月国家公共英语（三级）笔试真题试卷及答案与解析 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 dia
2、logue ONLY ONCE. 1 Where is George now? （ A） In America. （ B） Here. （ C） In France. （ D） At home. 2 Where does this conversation probably take place? （ A） At a laundry. （ B） At a supermarket. （ C） At a cafeteria. （ D） At a movie theatre. 3 What does the man say about Tom? （ A） He has lost many of hi
3、s paintings. （ B） He has become a good person. （ C） His fortune has been good recently. （ D） He doesn t make good painting any longer. 4 What is the woman going to do? （ A） To go to another store. （ B） To go to the second floor for the coat. （ C） To buy herself a new coat. （ D） To go up to the third
4、 floor for the coat. 5 How does the woman think of the man s value? （ A） Modern. （ B） Traditional. （ C） Old-fashioned. （ D） Friendly. 6 Why does the woman want to keep the skirt? （ A） It fits her. （ B） She likes it. （ C） It is a gift from the man. （ D） It is cheap. 7 What does the woman mean? （ A） T
5、he fresh air in the country is helpful to health. （ B） People can only feel relaxed when in the country. （ C） She has no time to go to the country. （ D） She is not willing to spend the weekend in the country. 8 What does the woman suggest Jerry do? （ A） Find another place to live. （ B） Sell his apar
6、tment to someone else. （ C） Start looking for some place to live near the campus. （ D） Come back to the campus. 9 Why did the man wake up late this morning? （ A） Because he twisted his ankle the night before. （ B） Because the battery in his alarm clock had run out of electricity. （ C） Because his mo
7、ther forgot to wake him up. （ D） Because he didn t hear the alarm clock. 10 What can we say about the man? （ A） It is the first time he has been in China. （ B） He likes China very much. （ C） He used to be a teacher in China. （ D） He is a young man. Part B Directions: You will hear four dialogues or
8、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. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. 11
9、What will be used to power cars in the next few decades? （ A） Gas. （ B） Electricity. （ C） Solar energy. （ D） Alcohol. 12 What will future news reports focus on when talking about transportation? （ A） Road conditions. （ B） Highway traffic. （ C） Air traffic conditions. （ D） New traffic rules. 13 What
10、will passengers be asked to do when they travel to the moon? （ A） Carry little luggage. （ B） Go through a health check. （ C） Arrive 10 minutes earlier for boarding. （ D） Undergo security check. 14 What is the main purpose of the man s trip? （ A） To improve his skating techniques. （ B） To climb mount
11、ains. （ C） To take a vacation. （ D） To learn to ski. 15 Why does the woman know so much about Albuquerque? （ A） Because her sister lives there. （ B） Because she attends college there. （ C） Because she lives thirty miles from there. （ D） Because she had the vacation there last year. 16 What may cause
12、 most problems in Albuquerque, in the woman s opinion? （ A） The cold weather. （ B） The low humidity. （ C） The high altitude. （ D） The changing climate. 17 What can be inferred about the man from the conversation? （ A） He has ever been to Albuquerque before. （ B） He has just graduated from college. （
13、 C） He is going to New Mexico. （ D） He loves chess. 18 What s wrong with the woman? （ A） She hasn t recovered from her illness. （ B） She can t have a good sleep. （ C） She has a headache. （ D） She can t understand the doctor. 19 What advice did the doctor give the woman? （ A） To take as many tablets
14、as possible. （ B） To rest as much as possible. （ C） To do as much housework as possible. （ D） To lie in bed until she feels better. 20 What made it difficult for the woman to follow the man s advice? （ A） She didn t want to lose her job. （ B） She had to do housework. （ C） She had to look after her c
15、hildren. （ D） Both B and C. 21 In what tone does the man talk to the woman? （ A） Sympathetic. （ B） Scornful. （ C） Cold. （ D） Firm. 22 In Britain, if a man commits some crime, what punishment will he probably get? （ A） He will be hanged. （ B） He will be fined heavily. （ C） He will be sent to an open
16、prison. （ D） He will be ordered to do some community work. 23 What do we know about women prisoners in Britain? （ A） Most of them are very young. （ B） They are kept in closed prisons. （ C） They don t have freedom in prison. （ D） They are a small portion of the prison population. 24 In what way are o
17、pen prisons different from closed prisons? （ A） They have a longer history. （ B） All of their prisoners are expected to work. （ C） Their prisoners can visit their families and friends. （ D） Some of their prisoners are allowed to study or work outside prisons. 25 What do we learn about prisoners in B
18、ritain from the passage? （ A） They live a comfortable life in prisons. （ B） Most of them get paid for their work. （ C） They have to cook their own meals. （ D） They are locked up most of the time. 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word or p
19、hrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. 25 Entrepreneurs and small business owners are typically buried in demands and obligations. So, learning to say “no“ and focus on the right things is critically important. Vickie Milazzo, a very successful businessman and author
20、of Wicked Success Is Inside Every Woman, has some useful advice that could certainly benefit just about anyone, not just women. Use your time wisely.【 C1】 _You have to work hard at them every day, sometimes in very small steps, so you should commit to doing something every day toward your goal and r
21、each it in separate but related stages. Abandon perfectionism. When you get there, success may not look like what you expected._ 【 C2】 _You all have your own idea of how success will look and feel when you get there, so your ability to be flexible and adjust your goals could get you to a place of su
22、ccess much earlier than you otherwise might. 【 C3】 _If you are struggling to achieve a goal, you cannot learn much from someone else who is struggling to achieve that same goal. Therefore, you should look around for other people who have achieved what you want. In other words, you should find those
23、whose work you admire and model yourself after them. Keep it fresh.【 C4】 _Tap back into the frame of mind you had when you were just starting out. Finding that passion again will often renew your energy and engagement. Finally, give yourself a break. If you stepped back and looked at your daily rout
24、ine objectively, as if it were happening to your best friend, what would your advice be? Would it be: Slow down? 【 C5】 _Or spend a few moments enjoying the day? AMore haste, less speed. BHang on to your dreams. CTake a few deep breaths? DDo you remember why you wanted the career you have? EYou canno
25、t achieve big goals overnight. FFind successful people to learn from and imitate. GSo, you should adjust your expectations and definition of success along the way. 26 【 C1】 27 【 C2】 28 【 C3】 29 【 C4】 30 【 C5】 30 When I tell people that I work from wherever I am, whether it is home or a friend s offi
26、ce, I am generally met with a bit of scorn or a response that points out how “lucky“ I am. Actually, I m just getting to【 C6】 _what millions of people are already living: the mobile office. Office space has undergone marked changes in the past few decades, with wooden desks being【 C7】 _by customizab
27、le cubicle walls and desks, then shifting to many of the new open-office designs we see now. This evolution is continuing as【 C8】_realize that mobile technology is keeping workers away from the office more than ever. Perhaps the most【 C9】 _change this yeas is something that has already begun. Thanks
28、 to increasing【 C10】 _on mobile devices, professionals can make a seamless transition from home to meetings to the office, with clients and【 C11】_never realizing the change in location. Phones can easily be routed to cell phones, and cloud-based file storage means documents can be【 C12】 _from any de
29、vice with an Internet connection. As the “work anywhere“ trend continues to grow, professionals will have more【 C13】 _than ever. Theyll no longer be chained to a desk eight hours a day, allowing them to be more【 C14】 _and more reachable when they re needed. In time, this will most likely【 C15】 _the
30、definition of the office to include any location where an Internet connection is available. AaccessedBbusinessesCconfidence DconsiderateEcreatedFcustomers GefficientHengineersIexperience JfreedomKnotableLprovide MrelianceNreplacedOreshape 31 【 C6】 32 【 C7】 33 【 C8】 34 【 C9】 35 【 C10】 36 【 C11】 37 【
31、C12】 38 【 C13】 39 【 C14】 40 【 C15】 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. 40 Late last year, I needed to transport some furniture from our house in Sussex to my son s flat in central London.
32、I should have paid a man to do it for me, but foolishly confident in my driving ability , I decided to hire a van and drive it myself. It was a Ford Transit 280, long and wide: you couldn t see out of the back. You never really knew how close you were to anything else on the road. Reversing in my ho
33、me yard, I crashed into a small shed, causing permanent damage. At least I owned the shed. I loaded up the furniture and set out. By now it was rush hour. My nerves broke down, as I steered the huge van through ever-shifting lanes, across oncoming vehicles, between distances of buses, at last to Cha
34、rlotte Street. Here, I found an available parking space. As I reversed into it, I noticed three people at a pavement cafe waving to me. I got out, trembling violently, like one who has just endured a stormy Atlantic crossing. “ You ve shifted the car parked behind you three feet,“ they said, and it
35、belonged to a disabled person. I examined the car. There were white scratches along its front bumper. It bore a disabled sign. So., now I was a bad driver and a bad man. Under the stern gaze of the three, I left an apologetic note on the damaged car s windscreen, giving my phone number. I unloaded t
36、he furniture, dripping with sweat. Wanting only to escape the monster, I drove the van back to its base on the Edgware Road. On arrival, the hire man told me I must fill it up with petrol before returning it. “Just charge me,“ I cried, still shaking with fear. He gazed at me with understanding. No d
37、oubt he d witnessed others in this state before. “ How about I drive you to a petrol station, you fill up, and I drive her back?“ he asked. He danced the great van through the traffic so casually that it would have shamed me if I had not been so grateful. 41 The writer felt regretful that he had_. （
38、 A） hired someone to drive for him （ B） asked his son to do the delivery （ C） rented a small van for his goods （ D） delivered the furniture himself 42 On his way to Charlotte Street, the writer felt_. （ A） frightened （ B） annoyed （ C） relaxed （ D） excited 43 In the parking lot, the writer_. （ A） saw
39、 a disabled man （ B） ran into his friends （ C） hit another vehicle （ D） examined his van 44 The writer uses the word “monster“(Para. 5)to refer to_. （ A） the bad experience （ B） the heavy furniture （ C） the guy at the base （ D） the vehicle he drove 45 Watching the hire man drive, the writer felt_. （
40、 A） doubtful （ B） grateful （ C） ashamed （ D） worried 45 By the time you retire, there s no doubt about it, your brain isn t what it used to be. By 65, most people will start to notice the signs: you forget people s names and the teapot occasionally turns up in the fridge. There is a good reason why
41、our memories start to let us down. At this stage of life, we are steadily losing brain cells in critical areas. This is not too much of a problem at first: even in old age, the brain is flexible enough to compensate. At some point, though, the losses start to make themselves felt. Clearly, not every
42、one ages in the same way, so what s the difference between a happy, intelligent old person and a forgetful, bad-tempered granny? And can we improve our chances of becoming the former? Exercise can certainly help. Numerous studies have shown that gentle exercise three times a week can improve concent
43、ration and abstract reasoning in older people, perhaps by encouraging the growth of new brain cells. Exercise also helps steady our blood sugar. As we age, our blood sugar control worsens, which causes a large increase in blood sugar levels. This can affect an area that helps form memories. Since ph
44、ysical activity helps control blood sugar, getting out and about could reduce these peaks and, potentially, improve your memory. Coordination training could also help. Studies have shown that specifically targeting motor control and balance improves learning function in 60 to 80-year-olds. “ Brain t
45、raining“ was once considered strange, but a study concludes that computerised brain exercises can improve memory and attention in the over 65s. Importantly, these changes were large enough that participants reported significant improvements in everyday activities, such as remembering names or follow
46、ing conversations in noisy restaurants. Avoiding the complaints is even easier. In fact, your brain is doing all it can to ensure a contented retirement. By 65 , we are much better at increasing the experience of positive emotion, says Florin Dolcos, a neurobiologist at the University of Alberta in
47、Canada. In experiments, he found that people over the age of 60 tended to remember fewer emotionally negative photographs compared with positive ones than younger people. 46 It is usual for retired people to have_. （ A） a distant memory （ B） a terrible memory （ C） a painful memory （ D） a changeable
48、memory 47 According to the text, mild exercise helps old people_. （ A） avoid a bad temper （ B） feel happy with their life （ C） practise creative thinking （ D） improve their mental ability 48 It is learned from the text that high blood sugar may_. （ A） encourage brain cells to grow （ B） result in poo
49、r concentration （ C） affect physical activity （ D） lead to memory loss 49 Through “brain training, “ old people can_. （ A） improve their physical balance （ B） cope better with daily activities （ C） cooperate better with each other （ D） become skillful at using computers 50 According to Florin Dolcos, when it comes to retirement, most old people tend to feel_. （ A
