1、国家公共英语三级（日常生活）练习试卷 9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 In United States it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you call him early in the day, whil
2、e he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p. m. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assures it is a matter of life or death. The
3、 time chosen for the call communicates its importance. In social life, time plays a very important role. In United States, guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But this is not true in all count
4、ries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The understanding of time differ in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstanding arise between people
5、from cultures that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example, if people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the U. S. , no one would think of keeping a business associate waiting for an hour, it would be too impolite.
6、When equals meet, a person who is five minutes late is expected to make a short apology. If he is less than five minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence. To Americans, forty minutes of waiting is the beginning of the “insult period“. No
7、matter what is said in apology, there is little that can remove the damage done by an hour s wait. Yet in some other countries, a forty minutes waiting period was not unusual. Instead of being the very end of the allowable waiting scale, it was just the beginning. Americans look ahead and are concer
8、ned almost entirely with the future. However, the American idea of the future is limited. It is the foreseeable future and not the future of South Asian, which may involve, centuries. Someone had said: “Time is like a museum with endless halls and rooms. You, the viewer, are walking through the muse
9、um in the dark, holding a light to each scene as you pass it. God is in charge of the museum, and only he knows all that is in it. One lifetime represents one room. “ Since time has different meanings in different culture, communication is often difficult. We will understand each other a little bett
10、er if we can keep this fact in mind. 1 In terms of promptness, Americans _ . （ A） wait longer than in other countries （ B） apologize for being late for 40 minutes （ C） are more polite than people in other countries （ D） give an explanation for being a little bit late 2 For South Asians, time _ . （ A
11、） is endless （ B） is limited （ C） is controlled by man （ D） is a road 3 It can be inferred from the passage that in some countries _ . （ A） it is common to wait for an hour for an appointment （ B） explanations for being late are cut short （ C） apologies are never made for being late （ D） people are
12、irresponsible 4 When Americans send an invitation they often send it _ . （ A） 3 or 4 days in advance （ B） a week in advance （ C） 1 day in advance （ D） more than 10 days in advance 5 This passage mainly concerns _ . （ A） time and manners （ B） promptness （ C） cultural differences between the East and
13、the West （ D） rules of time Part B Directions: Read the text, match the items (61-65) to one of the statements (A to G) given below. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 5 Shelly She s absolutely adorable. I think she s very pretty, she makes me laugh a lot, um. she tells terrible jokes but I like t
14、he way she tells them. She s a bit naughty sometimes and I curse her when she gets me up at six o clock in the morning, but when I hear her singing in the morning, well, all is forgiven. She can twist me round her little finger, of course. Terry Well, he s quite well-dressed and punctual. Sometimes
15、he s cheerful and tells us jokes, but other times we have to do a lot of work. We don t really know him very well. Oh, I know he s married, but I ve never met him socially or anything like that. He seems very professional. Angel I ve never actually spoken to him. Mumm, I see him everyday, of course,
16、 as he leaves his car and gets in the lift to his office on the top floor. He s always terribly well-dressed, and he must wear expensive after-shave because you can still smell it ten minutes after he s gone. Cherry People are generally very nice, but well, there are some difficult ones. They shout
17、at you for walking on the garden, or for not shutting the gate, or because you have shut the gate, or they park their cars so that you can t actually get to their front door. And of course there are the dogs. I prefer dogs, the ones, but, when there s one going for me I m terrified of them: Victoria
18、 He was very boring and predictable. The kind of person who remembered birthdays and anniversaries, but who made you angry because there was absolutely nothing spontaneous about him. His ideas of fun were too unadventurous. Well, the first few years were OK, but after that I d just had enough. Relia
19、ble, stable, dependable, and boring. Now match each of the persons with the appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra statements. StatementsA doctor and patient B husband and wife C mailman and customer D parent and child E colleagueF employer and employeeG student and teacher 6 Shelly 7 Terr
20、y 8 Angel 9 Cherry 10 Victoria 国家公共英语三级（日常生活）练习试卷 9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】 日常生活 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 本题考查细节题，句中 “.less than fine minutes,.say a few words of explanati
21、on”。 【知识模块】 日常生活 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查细节题， “.with endless halls and rooms”。 【知识模块】 日常生活 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查细节题， “.not unusual”。 【知识模块】 日常生活 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题考查细节题。文中有句子 “只提前三四天是不礼貌的 ”， “亚洲人觉得提前一个星期多的时间通知很容易被忘记 ”，故选 B。 【知识模块】 日常生活 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考查主旨题，本文讲的是时间与人们所形成的行为方式的不同。 【知识模块】 日常生活 Part B Directions: Read the text, match the items (61-65) to one of the statements (A to G) given below. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 【知识模块】 日常生活 6 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 日常生活 7 【正确答案】 E 【知识模块】 日常生活 8 【正确答案】 F 【知识模块】 日常生活 9 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 日常生活 10 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 日常生活
