1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 171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 are the speakers talking about? （ A） Study of English. （ B） An advanced English course. （ C） A part-time job. （ D） Summer vacation plans. 2 What do we learn from the mans reply? （ A） The woman should get another job. （ B） The woman was mistaken. （ C） The man wont have to wait muc
3、h longer. （ D） The man was waiting in the wrong place. 3 How does the man feel about the interview? （ A） He thinks it is easy. （ B） He thinks it is difficult. （ C） He thinks it is not fair. （ D） He thinks he did it well. 4 What does the man mean? （ A） It will take about one month to repair the watch
4、. （ B） The woman should have saved more money. （ C） h is a good idea to keep the old watch. （ D） The watch is no longer worth repairing. 5 What does the woman suggest the man should do? （ A） Buy a car. （ B） Buy a tie. （ C） Buy a jacket. （ D） Buy a book. 6 Why did the man invite the woman to his home
5、? （ A） There was a get-together. （ B） It was his birthday. （ C） They hadnt seen each other for long. （ D） It was his wifes birthday. 7 What do we learn from the womans remark about Allen? （ A） Allen wont attend the meeting. （ B） Allen has to go to another meeting. （ C） Allen wont want to speak at th
6、e meeting. （ D） Allen likes to make public speeches. 8 What is the weather like on Tuesday? （ A） It is foggy. （ B） It is clear. （ C） It is cold. （ D） It is rainy. 9 What is the most probable relationship of the two people? （ A） Doctor and patient. （ B） Boss and employee. （ C） Receptionist and touris
7、t. （ D） Teacher and student. 10 What are the man and the woman talking about? （ A） British literature. （ B） Language studies. （ C） American schools. （ D） New courses. Part B Directions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of
8、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 Why did Mary call? （ A） Because she wanted to know if everything was OK with her p
9、arents. （ B） Because she wanted to invite her parents to Billys birthday party, （ C） Because she wanted to tell her parents that everything was OK with her children. （ D） Because she wanted to tell her parents that she would go and visit them in July. 12 Who is Tom? （ A） Marys son. （ B） The mans son
10、-in-law. （ C） Marys fiance. （ D） The mans son. 13 How many children does Mary have? （ A） One son and one daughter. （ B） Two sons and one daughter. （ C） One son and two daughters. （ D） Two sons and mo daughters. 14 Whats the main purpose of the mans trip? （ A） To improve his skating techniques. （ B）
11、To take a vacation. （ C） To climb mountains. （ D） To learn to ski. 15 Where is the man planning to visit? （ A） New Mexico. （ B） New England. （ C） New Jersey. （ D） New Zealand. 16 Why does the woman know so much about Albuquerque? （ A） Her sister lives there. （ B） She attended college there. （ C） She
12、 lives thirty minutes from there. （ D） She visited there last year. 17 According to the woman, what may cause the man the most problems in Albuquerque? （ A） The low humidity. （ B） The changing climate. （ C） The high altitude. （ D） The extreme temperatures. 18 What are the speakers doing ? （ A） They
13、are discussing about their job. （ B） They are having a job interview. （ C） They are talking about a company. （ D） They are talking about business with Germany. 19 Why did the woman give up her present job? （ A） Because she was not interested in her present job. （ B） Because she wanted to find more c
14、hances to be promoted. （ C） Because the company she worked for went bankrupt. （ D） Because she wanted to find a well-paid job. 20 What is the advantage that the woman has to get the new job? （ A） She majors in economics. （ B） She has working experience. （ C） She can speak French. （ D） She is good at
15、 Germany. 21 How does the man get in touch with the woman? （ A） By telephone call. （ B） By fax. （ C） By E-mail. （ D） By paying a visit. 22 What are the speakers talking about? （ A） How to increase ones speed in a bicycle race. （ B） Major American bicycle races. （ C） The contributions of cycling to h
16、ealth. （ D） An annual cycling event. 23 According to the woman, what is different every year? （ A） Tile length of the course. （ B） The route the cyclists take. （ C） The number of the participants. （ D） The month in which the tour is held. 24 What does the woman imply about the participants? （ A） The
17、y are not competing with each other. （ B） They have to pay a high fee. （ C） They tend to be beginning cyclists. （ D） Most of them fail to finish the route. 25 How many participants does the woman expect this year? （ A） 45,000. （ B） 44,000. （ C） 46,000. （ D） 47,000.00 一、 Section II Use of English (15
18、 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 Generations of Americans have been brought【 C1】 _to believe that a good breakfast is important for health. Eating breakfast at the【 C2】 _of the day, we ha
19、ve all been【 C3】 _,is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car【 C4】_starting a trip. But for many people the thought of food first in the morning is by【 C5】_pleasures. So【 C6】 _all the efforts, they still take no【 C7】 _. Between 1978 and 1983, the latest years for which figures are【 C8】 _,
20、 the number of people who didnt have breakfast increased【 C9】 _33 percent from 8.8 million to 11.7 million【 C10】 _the Chinese-based Market Research Corporation of America. For those who feel pain of【 C11】 _about not having breakfast,【 C12】 _, there is some good news. Several studies in the last few
21、years【 C13】 _that, for adults especially, there may be nothing【 C14】 _with omitting breakfast. “Going【 C15】 _breakfast does not affect【 C16】 _“Said Arnold E. Bendoer, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London,【 C17】 _does giving people breakfast improve performance. 【 C18】 _
22、evidence relating breakfast to better health or【 C19】_performances is surprisingly inadequate, and most of the recent work involves children, not【 C20】 _“The literature,“ says one researcher, Dr. Ernesto Pollitt at the University of Texas, “is poor.“ 26 【 C1】 （ A） about （ B） into （ C） up （ D） from 2
23、7 【 C2】 （ A） start （ B） end （ C） morning （ D） begin 28 【 C3】 （ A） said （ B） believed （ C） reported （ D） told 29 【 C4】 （ A） after （ B） before （ C） when （ D） as 30 【 C5】 （ A） some （ B） any （ C） no （ D） all 31 【 C6】 （ A） despite （ B） in spite （ C） though （ D） however 32 【 C7】 （ A） brunch （ B） breakfast
24、 （ C） lunch （ D） supper 33 【 C8】 （ A） available （ B） used （ C） got （ D） estimated 34 【 C9】 （ A） with （ B） at （ C） by （ D） from 35 【 C10】 （ A） from （ B） according to （ C） through （ D） out of 36 【 C11】 （ A） guilt （ B） happiness （ C） sadness （ D） eagerness 37 【 C12】 （ A） however （ B） therefore （ C） whe
25、reas （ D） but 38 【 C13】 （ A） indicate （ B） report （ C） announce （ D） declare 39 【 C14】 （ A） wrong （ B） right （ C） correct （ D） incorrect 40 【 C15】 （ A） without （ B） with （ C） from （ D） out of 41 【 C16】 （ A） performance （ B） health （ C） heart （ D） brain 42 【 C17】 （ A） not （ B） neither （ C） either （ D
26、） nor 43 【 C18】 （ A） Science （ B） Scientist （ C） Scientific （ D） Scientists 44 【 C19】 （ A） better （ B） good （ C） well （ D） worse 45 【 C20】 （ A） people （ B） men （ C） humans （ D） adults Part A Directions: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark
27、your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 45 As my father grew old he became odd. He became mean where once he had been open-handed, and complained about the bills run up by the students who sometimes lived with him. He often woke up at four in the morning and started to go out of the house. And he mislaid th
28、ings, but he had never in his life had to find anything or file anything. He told the same stories, but he had always repeated stories, absorbed in the telling and unaware of the listeners expression of recognition or boredom. Now he had fewer stories to tell. But the structure of his personality re
29、mained intact and his mind was as keen and fresh, as alert to anything new and interesting as it had ever been. The spring before he died I gave a seminar to a group who thought of themselves as avant-guard (先锋派 ), but he was the most searching questions. In the summer of 1956, after he had to move
30、from the little house in which all the mementos of his life were in place, he was obviously failing. Although his grandchildren found a hotel in which he could live independently and still cause little trouble by leaving his door open or the bath running, because there was someone to watch out for s
31、uch things, he felt close to the end. When summer school was over, his club, which he had founded and in which he ate lunch every day, closed. He was more alone, but the nephew of an old friend had breakfast with him to be sure that he had one good meal a day, and he himself made a last effort to se
32、e those of his old friends who were still alive. He died in his sleep the night he knew I was crossing the Atlantic on my way home. It was my father whose career was limited by the number of his children and his health, who defined for me my place in the world. Although I have acted on a wider stage
33、 than either my mother or my father, it is still the same stage the same world, only with wider dimensions. I have been fortunate in being able to look up to my parents minds well past my own middle years. And I watched my father grow he rejected his earlier racial prejudices and came to respect new
34、 institutions of the federal government, such as Social Security and public ownership. Watching a parents grow is one of the most reassuring experiences anyone can have, a privilege that comes only to those whose parents live beyond their children s early adulthood. 46 It can be concluded from the p
35、assage that the authors father _. （ A） usually followed a strict set of rules about diet and exercise （ B） had a penetrating mind （ C） believed he had a right to run risks in his own way （ D） often asked his neighbors to tell him interesting stories 47 The word “open-handed“ in the first paragraph c
36、an be replaced by _. （ A） forgetful （ B） careless （ C） generous （ D） delightful 48 Which of the following statements is FALSE? （ A） The authors father died when he was telling a fairy story. （ B） The authors father seldom got up late when he grew old. （ C） The authors father visited some of his frie
37、nds in his final days. （ D） The authors father was selfish with his money. 49 The last paragraph tells the reader that the authors father _. （ A） fought fearlessly against racial discrimination in his early years （ B） had no say in the management of family affairs （ C） was a racist in his early year
38、s （ D） hated very much new institutions of the federal government 50 The author implies that children _. （ A） often have conflicting ideas about looking up to their parents minds （ B） can benefit a lot from their parents if the parents live beyond their adolescence （ C） never live in harmony with th
39、eir parents （ D） should not look up to their parents minds any more when they pass their adolescence 50 Amphibious vehicles, those that can move on both land and water, have been in use for a number of years, but while most of them were fairly fast on land, they moved quite slowly when they were fun
40、ctioning as boats. The only truly amphibious vehicle that can move with equal ease on both land and water is the hovercraft (气垫船 ). The hovercraft is the invention of an electronics engineer named Christopher Cockerell. Cockerells hobby was sailing and he was interested in the problem of reducing th
41、e friction of water on the body of a boat, and hit on the idea of designing a boat which would travel on a cushion of air. The air cushion under a hovercraft is produced by a large fan which blows air downwards between the craft and the water or ground, and so lifts up the craft. The air is main-rai
42、ned at higher than atmospheric pressure by a flexible rubber “skirt“ around the bottom edge of the hovercraft, preventing leakage of air from the cushion. Because the hovercraft floats on the air cushion with no contact between the craft and the surface below, it can travel over flat, rough ground o
43、r water with ease. Hovercraft are usually driven by air screws like propellers (螺旋桨 ), which face back-wards and “push“ the craft forwards, and can be turned to direct the hovercraft. Since there is no propeller dipping below the craft, hovercraft can travel up slopes out of the water, or land on be
44、aches. Cockerells Air Cushion Vehicles, or ACVs, are now familiar to everyone and like all inventions, they have been improved upon. British Sea speed hovercraft have been carrying passengers and cars across the English Channel since 1968. They now have a “stretched“ version of their Mountbatten Cla
45、ss hovercraft which can carry up to 60 cars and 416 passengers between Britain and France in a little over half an hour. A new, large-sized hovercraft, designed and built in France, called the Sedam N500 of Naviplane, has now goneinto service. The 155 tonne N500 is 50 metres long (162 feet) and 23 m
46、etres wide (76 feet) and can carry 65 cars, plus five coaches, together with 400 passengers. When the sea conditions are ideal the N500 can reach 112 kph (70 mph). A variation of the hovercraft principle is the sidewall ACV, which is more economical than the flexible skirt models, and easier to cont
47、rol, but it cannot be used on land. The United States Navy have been experimenting with warships based on the sidewall principle, and some of these may well reach a speed of 160kph (100mph). 51 The hovercraft _. （ A） are moved forward by propellers （ B） travel on a cushion of air （ C） are lifted up
48、by a flexible rubber “skirt“ （ D） move faster on land than on water 52 According to the passage, Cockerell _. （ A） usually spent his spare time in sailing （ B） was the first person who had the idea of designing amphibious vehicles （ C） liked to sail by ACVs （ D） is familiar with all the ACVs that ha
49、ve been ever produced 53 The biggest hovercraft, which can be used on both land and water, might be _. （ A） the sidewall ACV （ B） Mountbatten Class hovercraft （ C） Cockerells ACV （ D） Sedam N500 54 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? （ A） The hovercraft can travel with ease because there is no contact between the craft and surface below. （ B） The sidewall ACV will travel faster than the Sedam N5
