1、国家公共英语(三级)笔试模拟试卷 165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 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 his pa
3、intings. ( B) He has become a famous person. ( C) His fortune has been good recently. ( D) He doesnt 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 fl
4、oor for the coat. 5 How does the woman think of the mans 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) The f
5、resh 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 apartmen
6、t 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 mother
7、 forgot to wake him up. ( D) Because he didnt hear the alarm clock. 10 What can we say about the man? ( A) It is the second 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 mono
8、logues. 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 What
9、 is the probable relationship between the two speakers? ( A) Classmates. ( B) A boy and his girl friend. ( C) Husband and wife. ( D) Roommates. 12 We can learn from the dialogue that _. ( A) The man is very busy this week ( B) The woman finds an excuse to decline the mans invitation ( C) Both the ma
10、n and the woman are very busy this week ( D) The woman is very busy this week 13 What is the woman going to do on Wednesday evening? ( A) She is going to come to her fathers birthday dinner. ( B) She is going to finish her term paper. ( C) She is going to help her roommate clean up the apartment. (
11、D) She is going to meet some people in her apartment. 14 What is the main topic of this conversation? ( A) The mans graduation. ( B) The couples engagement. ( C) The mans smoking. ( D) The mans stress. 15 How does the man feel about the womans decision? ( A) Patient. ( B) Worried. ( C) Irritated. (
12、D) Gloomy. 16 What can we infer about the woman? ( A) That she has stopped smoking. ( B) That she does not want to get married. ( C) That she has asked the man to quit smoking many times. ( D) That she is not in love with the man. 17 What does the woman advice the man to do? ( A) To see a psychiatri
13、st. ( B) To see a general practitioner. ( C) To see a dentist. ( D) To get rid of it by himself. 18 Who are likely to treat their only children as “special jewels“? ( A) Those who are themselves spoiled and self-centered. ( B) Those who expected to have several children but could only have one. ( C)
14、 Those who like to give expensive jewels to their children. ( D) Those who give birth to their only children when they are below 30. 19 Why do some only children become “little adults“? ( A) Because their parents want them to share the family burden. ( B) Because their parents are too strict with th
15、em in their education. ( C) Because they have nobody to play with. ( D) Because their parents want them to grow up as fast as possible. 20 What does the passage mainly discuss? ( A) Two types of only children. ( B) Parents responsibilities. ( C) The necessity of family planning. ( D) The relationshi
16、p between parents and children. 21 Why do some only children feel unhappy? ( A) They have no sisters or brothers. ( B) They are overprotected by their parents. ( C) Their parents expect too much of them. ( D) Their parents often punish them for minor faults. 22 What are the man and woman talking abo
17、ut? ( A) About the building of the zoo. ( B) About the lay-out of the zoo. ( C) About the function of the zoo. ( D) About the attractiveness of the zoo. 23 Why does the man think we still need zoos? ( A) To display rare animals. ( B) To prevent rare animals from extinction. ( C) To provide weekend a
18、musement for children. ( D) To improve the environment. 24 Where does the woman think is the right place for animal? ( A) At ones home. ( B) In the zoos. ( C) In cages. ( D) In their natural environment. 25 What kind of function does the man think that zoos and safari parks should serve? ( A) As rec
19、reational centers. ( B) As research centers. ( C) As family picnic centers. ( D) As educational centers. 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. 25 Most radio and te
20、levision stations in the United States are commercial stations,【 C1】 _is to say, they earn their money from【 C2】 _or commercials. Private companies purchase radio and television【 C3】 _from the commercial stations in order to【 C4】 _their products. Cable television stations are also【 C5】 _stations, th
21、ough they do not usually have advertisements.【 C6】_watch cable stations, people must pay the cable TV company a certain amount of money each【 C7】 _. Public radio and television stations, on the【 C8】 _hand, do not have advertisements and people do not have to【 C9】 _to watch them. These stations gain
22、their money【 C10】 _the government, private companies, and from some of the【 C11】 _who watch or listen to their programs. The【 C12】_government and some large corporations give【 C13】 _, large gifts on money, to the public stations. Small businesses and people also【 C14】 _money to their local public ra
23、dio and television stations. ABC, CBS, and NBC are the three【 C15】 _commercial radio and television【 C16】 _in the United States. Most local commercial radio and TV stations【 C17】 _their programs from one of these national networks.【 C18】_example, each network has a TV news program in the evening,【 C
24、19】_the local stations broadcast in addition to their【 C20】 _local news programs. 26 【 C1】 ( A) that ( B) this ( C) it ( D) which 27 【 C2】 ( A) products ( B) programs ( C) produce ( D) governments 28 【 C3】 ( A) place ( B) time ( C) period ( D) hour 29 【 C4】 ( A) sell ( B) purchase ( C) buy ( D) adve
25、rtise 30 【 C5】 ( A) national ( B) public ( C) commercial ( D) local 31 【 C6】 ( A) In order to ( B) So to ( C) As to ( D) So as to 32 【 C7】 ( A) program ( B) month ( C) advertisement ( D) piece 33 【 C8】 ( A) one ( B) another ( C) other ( D) others 34 【 C9】 ( A) provide ( B) offer ( C) buy ( D) pay 35
26、 【 C10】 ( A) from ( B) on ( C) in ( D) with 36 【 C11】 ( A) factories ( B) businesses ( C) companies ( D) audiences 37 【 C12】 ( A) Central ( B) Federal ( C) Official ( D) Public 38 【 C13】 ( A) pay ( B) income ( C) grants ( D) loans 39 【 C14】 ( A) donate ( B) take ( C) bring ( D) carry 40 【 C15】 ( A)
27、mature ( B) major ( C) minor ( D) mere 41 【 C16】 ( A) programs ( B) projects ( C) nets ( D) networks 42 【 C17】 ( A) take ( B) get ( C) borrow ( D) sell 43 【 C18】 ( A) As ( B) To ( C) In ( D) For 44 【 C19】 ( A) which ( B) that ( C) who ( D) what 45 【 C20】 ( A) personal ( B) private ( C) own ( D) publ
28、ic 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. 45 As the costs of health care continue to rise, employers will ask their employees to pay more for their benefits by the year 2 000. This forecast c
29、omes from a recent survey of 400 executives conducted by the group Insurance Division of Northwestern National Life Insurance Company ( NWNL). A similar NWNL survey in 1986 found that two-thirds of the employers were planning to add benefits. Now, two-thirds are planning to offer fewer choices. Fact
30、ors cited as driving up the cost of health care include hospital and doctor fees, new medical technology, and malpractice suits. Employers also face the expensive prospect of providing health care for the growing number of retirees. Says the employee benefit director of a Boston communication compan
31、y, “With people living longer, and being sicker when older, we could be paying a big sum of money for 30 to 40 years after they retire.“ Compulsory benefits are also likely to increase health-care costs to employers. A majority of the respondents predict that the federal government will demand benef
32、its for all employees. More than one fourth of the employers surveyed think it is very likely that the government will establish a national plan by the year 2000, and a similar number foresee regulation of doctor and hospital fees. However, a large majority doubt such measures are very likely to be
33、effective in controlling health-care costs. Besides holding employees, responsible for a larger share of their benefit costs, more employers will offer flexible benefit plans with limited employer contributions. Health-education programs will grow in the workplace, as employers try to lessen the nee
34、d for expensive medical care. Other employers intent on cutting costs will design their benefit plans to allow their employees fewer choices in when and how they get medical care. Although the survey results reflect uncertainty about the future, they also offer reason for optimism, says U. S. Senato
35、r David Durenberger of Minnesota, “People are starting to come to grips with the question of how we can more effectively provide quality health care that is affordable and accessible,“ he asserts, “We no longer can write blank checks.“ 46 A recent survey conducted by NWNL found that _. ( A) new medi
36、cal technology helps to reduce the cost of health care ( B) employees have to pay more for their benefits ( C) employees will be offered more choices in the benefit plans ( D) two-thirds of the employers are thinking of adding benefits 47 Which of the following will not cause the increase of the cos
37、t of health care cost? ( A) Compulsory benefits demanded by the government. ( B) Health-education program. ( C) Increasing number of retirees. ( D) Hospital and doctor fees. 48 What will the employers do to reduce the health-care cost? ( A) They will not provide health care for the retirees. ( B) Th
38、ey will employ fewer employees. ( C) They will ask their employees to pay most of the cost. ( D) They will depend on the regulation of doctor and hospital fees. 49 The phrase “come to grips with“ in the last paragraph most probably means _. ( A) to understand completely ( B) to deal seriously with (
39、 C) to attack violently ( D) to firmly get hold of 50 Senator David Durenberger implies that _. ( A) people cannot afford the medical fee ( B) it is illegal to write blank cheeks ( C) it s impossible to solve the problem of health-care ( D) people don t take the problem of health-care seriously in t
40、he past 50 Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that its painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle. During the hours when you labour through your work you may say that you re “hot“. That s true.
41、The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as, “Get up, John Yo
42、n 11 be late for work again!“ The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has. You can t change your en
43、ergy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe youre sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning bu
44、t you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won t change your cycle, but you 11 get upstream and work better at your low point. Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute bef
45、ore putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours. 51 If a person finds getting up early a problem, m
46、ost probably_. ( A) he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening ( B) he is not sure when his energy is low ( C) he refuses to follow his own energy cycle ( D) he is a lazy person 52 Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage? ( A) unawareness of energy cycles. ( B)
47、 familiar monologues. ( C) attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members. ( D) a change in a family member s energy cycle. 53 If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning he should _. ( A) get up earlier than usual ( B) change her energy cycles ( C) overcome h
48、is laziness ( D) go to bed earlier 54 You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will_. ( A) keep your energy cycle under control all day ( B) help to keep your energy for the day s work ( C) help you to control your temper early in the day ( D) enable you to concentrate on your rout
49、ine work 55 Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( A) Children have energy cycles, too. ( B) Habit helps one adapt to his own energy cycle. ( C) Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save ones energy. ( D) Dr. Kleitman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day. 55 Legend has it that sometime toward the Civil War (1861 -1865) a government train carrying oxen traveling through the nor