1、国家公共英语三级（旅游）练习试卷 5及答案与解析 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. 0 We recently sailed with our research ship through the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean where we did research work for about a year
2、. Our main objectives (目标 ) were the little-known Maldive Islands. The Maldives consist of several thousand little islands, some so small that they are hardly a mile in diameter, some as large as twenty or thirty miles across. All the islands in the Maldives have developed on coral reefs (珊瑚礁 ). A c
3、oral reef is a flower garden of stone, growing like a wall or like a tower from the depths, and filled with the most confusing and most colourful varieties of life. The colours are very beautiful, especially in the shallow region down to sixty feet, where some of the red and yellow light of the suns
4、 rays still penetrates. But most corals are greenish, brown, bluish or yellow. Coral reefs offer shelter and food to thousands of creatures. The warmer the climate, the greater the variety of species there is. In the tropics, it is easier to find, in one place, ten different species than ten specime
5、ns of the same species, and a coral reef provides ample proof of that rule. Living conditions are most favourable so that many forms are able to develop and survive in their struggle for existence. Here is wide field for the diving biologist. The value of aqualung (水中呼吸器 ) diving for the biologist i
6、s that he can watch and collect on the spot. If men have not until recently ventured diving in the tropical seas, this has been mainly because of sharks. In the last twenty years I have encountered most of the really dangerous varieties of shark. There is always a certain risk, but, in general, shar
7、ks are much less dangerous than people think. You must not show fear or swim quickly away when they come into view. This attracts them, just as a cat is attracted by something on a string. Keep quiet, and, if the shark really heads towards you, then you can scare him off by swimming towards him your
8、self. 1 The colours of a coral reef are most beautiful _ . （ A） near the bottom of the sea （ B） above the water level （ C） within twenty meters under the water level （ D） below twenty meters from the water level 2 Large varieties of creatures can be found around a coral reef because _ . （ A） the cor
9、al reef exists in regions with warm climate （ B） the coral reef provides favorable living conditions for them （ C） the creatures are away from the danger of being eaten by sharks （ D） most sea creatures feed on the colourful coral 3 From the authors point of view, _ . （ A） the shark is a fierce anim
10、al and dangerous to a certain extent （ B） the shark looks fierce but is rarely dangerous （ C） when a diving man sees a shark the best way for him to do is to swim away quickly （ D） a diving man should swim toward the shark and scare it off as soon as he sees it 4 Which of the following statements is
11、 TRUE according to the passage? （ A） The author already knew a lot about the Maldive Islands before he did research work there. （ B） The climate has nothing to do with the varieties of sea creatures around the coral reef. （ C） It is more difficult to find ten different kinds of animals than to find
12、ten animals of the same kind around a tropical coral reef. （ D） It was not until recently that people began to dive in the tropical seas. 5 The author of this passage is most likely to be _ . （ A） a biologist （ B） an athlete （ C） a reporter （ D） a sailor 5 Are you worried by the rising crime rate? I
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21、r night 国家公共英语三级（旅游）练习试卷 5答案与解析 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. 【知识模块】 旅游 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 参看该句 “The colours are very beautiful， especially in the shallow region down to sixty feet”。
22、【知识模块】 旅游 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 文章第二段说明珊瑚礁可以给许多生物提供生息地，故选 C。 【知识模块】 旅游 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 文中 “There is always a certain risk， but， in general， sharks are much less dangerous than people think.”意思是说，鲨鱼远非人们所说的那样危险，故选 A。 【知识模块】 旅游 4 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 参考文章最后一段。 【知识模块】 旅游 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据 “In the last twent
23、y years I have encountered most of the really dangerous varieties of shark.”和 “We recently sailed with our research ship through the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean where we did research work for about a year Our main objectives (目标 ) were the little-known Maldive Islands.”这几句话， A是正确答案。 【知识模块】 旅游 【知识模块】
24、 旅游 6 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 文章第一段第二句说，现在破门而入、撬门别锁者不断增多，所以选 D。 【知识模块】 旅游 7 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 参考文章 “it is only too easy to imagineit will never happen to me”，人们常常认为，这样的事情不会发生在自己身上，因此，选 D。 【知识模块】 旅游 8 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 文章第二、三段说明，购买报警器很便宜，所以选 D。 【知识模块】 旅游 9 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 文中说明拥有报警器，并不是暗示你有许多有价值的东西，而是告诉盗贼不易进入。故选 B。 【知识模块】 旅游 10 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 参考文中 “Send now for our free leaflet telling you how we can protect your house quickly， easily and cheaply Complete and tear off the slip below and post it to us Postage is free.”一句话， B为正确答案。 【知识模块】 旅游
