1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 152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 dialogu
2、e ONLY ONCE. 1 What did the man win in his dream? （ A） A holiday. （ B） A new ear. （ C） Some money. （ D） A desert. 2 Will the woman come to the party? （ A） Maybe. （ B） Yes, she will. （ C） Yes, certainly. （ D） No, she will not. 3 How long has the woman been an author? （ A） About 30 years. （ B） About 4
3、0 years. （ C） About 60 years. （ D） About 70 years. 4 What does the woman want? （ A） A radio. （ B） Some pens. （ C） Some radios. （ D） Some batteries. 5 What is the woman doing? （ A） Asking for information. （ B） Asking for an apology. （ C） Asking for help. （ D） Asking for a taxi. 6 When does this conve
4、rsation take place? （ A） At 5:00. （ B） At 5:15. （ C） At 4:45. （ D） At 4:15. 7 What can we learn about the mans enperiment ? （ A） It is going on well. （ B） It has failed several times. （ C） It will soon be finished. （ D） It may have to be stopped. 8 How long will the man stay in this hotel? （ A） Just
5、 one month, （ B） 32 days. （ C） 33 days. （ D） 34 days. 9 Where does this conversation take place? （ A） In a post office. （ B） In a hotel. （ C） In a bank （ D） In a school. 10 What do we know about Toms secretary? （ A） Shes not efficient. （ B） Shes often late. （ C） Shes capable. （ D） Shes honest. Part
6、B Directions: 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 que
7、stion. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. 11 Who was Miss Richards? （ A） A chemistry teacher. （ B） A science teacher. （ C） An art teacher. （ D） A physics teacher. 12 How did Miss Richards feel before Dick raised his hand? （ A） Excited. （ B） Disappointed and unhappy. （ C） Angry and annoyed. （ D） Con
8、fused. 13 What can we learn from the passage? （ A） Dick s answer was not what Miss Richards had expected. （ B） Dick s answer was quite scientific. （ C） Miss Richards was satisfied with Dick s answer. （ D） Dick was the top student in class. 14 Why did Peter go to the Union Trust bank? （ A） To withdra
9、w his deposit. （ B） To cash a cheek. （ C） To get his prize. （ D） To rob the bank. 15 What was Peters job? （ A） A radio announcer. （ B） A bank employee. （ C） A car mechanic. （ D） A movie actor. 16 What did the guards do when Peter started gathering the money? （ A） They let him do what he wanted to. （
10、 B） They called the police. （ C） They helped him find large bills. （ D） They pressed the alarm. 17 Why didnt Peter take more money from the bank? （ A） He was afraid that be would be caught on the spot. （ B） The maximum sum allowed was 5,000. （ C） He was limited by time and the size of his pockets. （
11、 D） Large bills were not within his reach. 18 Why does the speaker say that picking somebodys pocket is an honorable job in southeast London? （ A） It takes skill, （ B） Its a full-time job. （ C） Its admired worldwide. （ D） It pays well. 19 According to the speaker, who is most likely to become a vict
12、im of pickpockets? （ A） A woman whose bag is hanging in front. （ B） A lone female with a handbag at her right side. （ C） An old lady carrying a handbag on the left. （ D） A mother with a baby in her arms. 20 In the speakers opinion, what is the best place for a man to keep his wallets? （ A） A side po
13、cket of his jacket. （ B） The top pocket of his jacket. （ C） The back pocket of his tight trousers. （ D） A side pocket of his trousers. 21 What is the perfect setting for picking pockets according to the speaker? （ A） Clothing stores where people are relaxed and off guard. （ B） Airports where people
14、carry a lot of luggage. （ C） Hotels and restaurants in southeast London. （ D） Theater lobbies with uniformed security guards. 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.
15、 21 The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases【 C1】 _the trial of Rosemary West. In a significant【 C2】 _of legal controls over the press. Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a【 C3】 _bill that will propose making paym
16、ents to witnesses【 C4】 _and will strictly control the a mount of【 C5】 _that can be given to a case【 C6】 _a trial begins. In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee, Lord Irvine said he 【 C7】 _with a committee report this year which said that self regulatio
17、n did not【 C8】 _sufficient control.【 C9】 _of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a【 C10】 _of media protest when he said the【 C11】 _of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges【 C12】_to Parliament. The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Right
18、s Bill, which【 C13】_the European Convention on Human Rights legally【 C14】 _in Britain, laid down that everybody was【 C15】 _to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families. “Press freedoms will be in safe hands【 C16】 _our British judges,” he said. Witness
19、 payments became an【 C17】 _after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995.Up to 19 witnesses were【 C18】 _to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised【 C19】 _witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to【 C20】 _guilty verdicts.
20、 22 【 C1】 （ A） as to （ B） for instance （ C） in particular （ D） such as 23 【 C2】 （ A） tightening （ B） intensifying （ C） focusing （ D） fastening 24 【 C3】 （ A） sketch （ B） rough （ C） preliminary （ D） draft 25 【 C4】 （ A） illogical （ B） illegal （ C） improbable （ D） improper 26 【 C5】 （ A） publicity （ B） p
21、enalty （ C） popularity （ D） peculiarity 27 【 C6】 （ A） since （ B） if （ C） before （ D） as 28 【 C7】 （ A） sided （ B） shared （ C） complied （ D） agreed 29 【 C8】 （ A） present （ B） offer （ C） manifest （ D） indicate 30 【 C9】 （ A） Release （ B） Publication （ C） Printing （ D） Exposure 31 【 C10】 （ A） storm （ B）
22、rage （ C） flare （ D） flash 32 【 C11】 （ A） translation （ B） interpretation （ C） exhibition （ D） demonstration 33 【 C12】 （ A） better than （ B） other than （ C） rather than （ D） sooner than 34 【 C13】 （ A） changes （ B） makes （ C） sets （ D） tunas 35 【 C14】 （ A） binding （ B） convincing （ C） retraining （ D）
23、 sustaining 36 【 C15】 （ A） authorized （ B） credited （ C） entitled （ D） qualified 37 【 C16】 （ A） with （ B） to （ C） from （ D） by 38 【 C17】 （ A） impact （ B） incident （ C） inference （ D） issue 39 【 C18】 （ A） stated （ B） remarked （ C） said （ D） told 40 【 C19】 （ A） what （ B） when （ C） which （ D） that 41 【
24、 C20】 （ A） assure （ B） confide （ C） ensure （ D） guarantee 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. 41 Medicine comes in many forms. In its liquid form, medicine affects the body very quickly. B
25、ut the effects of liquid medicine arch t usually long-lasting. This is why pills and capsules (胶囊 ) are also used. The pills and capsules being sold today arch t perfect, either. Pills dissolve in the stomach. The medicine in the pills is released when the pills dissolve. But often, the pills dissol
26、ve too quickly. Scientists have been trying to develop a pill that can release medicine slowly over a long period of time. They have applied their knowledge of plants to produce the “osmotic (渗透的 ) pump pill“. The cell walls of plants are made of cellulose (纤维素 ). Cellulose is a very porous substanc
27、e. Their holes are big enough to allow water through the cell walls. As water enters a cell, pressure builds up in the cell. The pressure pumps other substances out of the cell. These substances leave the cell through the cellulose wall. This slow, steady process is called osmosis. The osmotic pump
28、pill is coated with synthetic cellulose. Liquid medicine is contained in the pill. The holes in the cellulose coating of the pill are big enough to allow water in the pill. As water from the body enters the pill, pressure builds up in the pill. The medicine is then slowly pumped out of the pill. 42
29、The passage implies that the osmotic pump pill is better than other pills and capsules because_. （ A） it releases medicine slowly over a long period of time （ B） it helps to build pressure in the body （ C） the medicine in the pill can affect the body quickly （ D） the coating doesnt dissolve in the s
30、tomach 43 The way that the osmotic pump pill works is based on a process called_. （ A） synthesis （ B） pressure （ C） cellulose （ D） osmosis 44 The passage implies that medicine in an osmotic pump pill will leave the pill when _. （ A） the pill is swallowed （ B） the medicine is dissolved with water fro
31、m the body （ C） enough pressure builds up in the pill （ D） the cellulose coating is dissolved 45 As it is used in paragraph 4 of the passage, the word “porous“ means_. （ A） having or full of holes （ B） lacking physical strength, energy, or vigor （ C） easily broken or hurt （ D） powerful against harm.
32、 46 The passage implies that cellulose is a very porous substance because it contains_. （ A） a substance that creates pressure （ B） millions of tiny holes （ C） a substance that dissolves it （ D） liquid medicine 46 Adam Smith, a writer in the 1770s, was the first person to see the importance of the d
33、ivision of labor and to explain part of its advantages. He gives as an example the process by which pins were made in England. “One man draws out the wire, another strengthens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top to prepare it to receive the head. To make the head re
34、quires two or three distinct operations. To put it on is a separate operation, to polish the pins is another. And the important business of making pins is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen distinct operations, which in some factories are all performed by different people, though in others
35、 the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them.“ Ten men, Smith said, in this way, turned out twelve pounds of pins a day or about 4 800 pins a piece. But if all of them had worked separately and independently without division of labor, they certainly could not turn out any pin, each of t
36、hem have made twenty pins in a day and perhaps not even one. There can be no doubt that division of labor is an efficient way of organizing work. Fewer people can make more pins. Adam Smith saw this but he also took it for granted that division of labor is in itself responsible for economic growth a
37、nd development and that it accounts for the difference between expanding economies and those that stand still. But division of labor adds nothing new; it only enables people to produce, more of what they already have. 47 According to the passage, Adam Smith was the first person to_. （ A） take advant
38、age of the division of labor （ B） explain the causes of the division of labor （ C） understand the effects of the division of labor （ D） introduce the division of labor into England 48 Adam Smith saw that the division of labor _. （ A） enabled each worker to make pins more quickly and more cheaply （ B
39、） increased the number of people employed in factories （ C） increased the possible output per worker （ D） improved the quality of pins produced 49 Adam Smith mentioned the number 4 800 in order to _. （ A） show the advantages of the division of labor （ B） emphasize how powerful the individual worker
40、was （ C） show the advantages of the old craft system （ D） emphasize the importance of increased production 50 According to the writer, Adam Smith s mistake was in believing that division of labor_. （ A） inevitably led to economic development （ B） was an efficient way of organizing work （ C） increase
41、d the production of existing goods （ D） was an important development in methods of production 51 Which of the following could serve as an appropriate title for the passage ? （ A） The Theory of Division of Labor （ B） Adam Smith as the Discoverer of Division of Labor （ C） Adam Smith, the English Econo
42、mist （ D） Division of Labor, an Efficient Way of Organizing Work 51 The principal factor depressing life expectancy in developing countries has always been the high death rate for infants and children. The World Bank studies suggest that as much as two thirds of the difference in life-spans between
43、people in developed countries and those in developing ones can be traced to differences in survival rates for children under five. It is here where the most improvement has come. According to UN estimates, significant regional drops in infant mortality - ranging from 25 percent to 60 percent and cen
44、tering near 40 percent - appear to have taken place between the late 1950s and the late 1970s in northern Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Although sub-Saharan Africa s mortality trends cannot be quantified with confidence, there is reason to believe that life expectancy has risen and infant mortali
45、ty has declined in that region as well. There is little doubt that population growth has accelerated in sub-Saharan Africa since the 1950s; in fact, sub-Saharan Africa is widely thought to have the highest rate of population growth of any major region in the world. Only a small portion of that accel
46、eration is likely to have been caused by increases in fertility (and increases in fertility, insofar as they have occurred, may also imply improvements in health and nutrition). Mortality, of course, is not a perfect measure of nutritional change. Improved nutrition is only one of a number of forces
47、 that have been pushing down death rates in developing countries. Others include the upgrading of hygiene and sanitation; the extension of public health services; medical innovations; improvements in education, communications, transportation, and, in some areas, civil order. Even so, the extent to w
48、hich improvements innutritionboth direct and indirecthave reduced mortality in developing countries has frequently been underestimated. For example, Sri Lanka experienced an abrupt jump in life expectancy shortly after the Second World War. Whereas this was long described as a “technical fix“a trium
49、ph of DDT over the anopheles mosquitoyears later researchers realized that abrupt and rapid drops in mortality had also taken place in Sri Lanka s highlands, or “dry zones“, where malaria had never been a serious problem. In both highlands and lowland regions health improved in tandem with access to food. 52 According to the author, life expectancy in developing countries is not high mainly because developing cou
