1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 175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 As the conversation begins, what are the man and woman doing? （ A） Teaching a photography class. （ B） Looking at some photographs. （ C） Repairing camera equipment. （ D） Selling cameras. 2 What is the womans suggestion? （ A） He should be sure that no parts are missing. （ B） He might no
3、t use the parts again. （ C） He should put the equipment somewhere else. （ D） He cant count on finishing first. 3 What does the man say about his new job? （ A） He doesnt have time to learn to do his job well. （ B） He has some problems with his job. （ C） Hes not familiar with the work yet. （ D） Hes no
4、t satisfied with his new job. 4 What does the man feel about the womans red skirt? （ A） He doesnt like it. （ B） He likes it better. （ C） It matches her shoes. （ D） It doesnt match her shoes. 5 When did the woman leave the office? （ A） About eleven oclock. （ B） After eleven oclock. （ C） Eleven oclock
5、. （ D） Nearly twelve oclock. 6 What are these people doing? （ A） Swimming in the channel. （ B） Changing their news programs. （ C） Listening to radio. （ D） Watching television, 7 What does Tom often do in class? （ A） He listens to the teacher carefully. （ B） He takes notes. （ C） He talks with his des
6、kmate. （ D） He falls asleep. 8 How long has Barbara been waiting? （ A） Fifty minutes. （ B） Fifteen minutes. （ C） Forty-five minutes. （ D） Thirty minutes. 9 Which of the following best describes the Boston University? （ A） A public school. （ B） An independent university in the nation. （ C） The third-
7、largest one in the world. （ D） An international college. 10 When will the library be open on Saturday? （ A） From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m （ B） From 8 a.m. to 9 p.m （ C） From 5 a.m. to 9 p.m （ D） From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m Part B Directions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one,
8、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 habit has the woman recently had? （ A
9、） Telling jokes. （ B） Falling asleep in classes. （ C） Staying later after classes. （ D） Eating in the cafeteria. 12 How do the students demonstrate that they really enjoy professor Hawls classes? （ A） They complete all their assignments. （ B） They study hard for his tests. （ C） They compete for the
10、best seats in the class. （ D） They read all his books. 13 How does professor Hawl feel about the visitors at his lectures? （ A） Bored. （ B） Indifferent. （ C） Angry. （ D） Happy. 14 How is the woman going home? （ A） By train. （ B） By plane. （ C） By car. （ D） By ship. 15 What can we learn about the man
11、s sister from the conversation? （ A） She is married. （ B） She is younger than the man. （ C） She earns her living by teaching. （ D） She is a strange person. 16 Whose family is a close-knit family? （ A） The mans. （ B） The womans. （ C） Both. （ D） Neither. 17 What can we infer from the conversation? （ A
12、） The woman is married. （ B） The woman feels crazy about her big family. （ C） The mans family members never get together. （ D） The woman feels excited about going home for the holidays. 18 What are the two speakers talking about? （ A） Italian lifestyle. （ B） Their school life. （ C） Holiday plans. （
13、D） Cultural holiday. 19 When will the man arrive at the airport? （ A） 9 in the morning. （ B） 11 in the morning. （ C） About 10 in the morning. （ D） 12 at noon. 20 What is the man going to do in Italy? （ A） Lie on the beach. （ B） Draw pictures. （ C） Visit museums. （ D） Visit some friends. 21 What do w
14、e know about the woman from the dialogue? （ A） She decides to stay at home during the holiday. （ B） She has never gone to the countryside to visit her grandparents. （ C） She is hard-working. （ D） She doesnt enjoy her life. 22 What is the probable relationship between the man and the woman? （ A） Mana
15、ger and assistant manager. （ B） Teacher and student. （ C） Interviewer and interviewee. （ D） Employer and employee. 23 What is the man interested in at the beginning of the conversation? （ A） How the woman became an assistant manager so young. （ B） How the woman would deal with problems of authority.
16、 （ C） Whether the woman minds him taking notes. （ D） How the woman deals with her boss. 24 Why does the woman think she will be suitable for the post? （ A） Because she has a great deal of experience in senior management. （ B） Because she has a lack of experience in senior management. （ C） Because sh
17、e will bring a new approach to the job. （ D） Because she has a MB 25 What can we learn about the woman from the conversation? （ A） She has just graduated from university. （ B） She became an assistant manager a few years ago. （ C） She will certainly get the job. （ D） She has problems of authority. 一、
18、 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 In the 1950s, accumulating scientific evidence【 C1】 _cigarette smoking and lung cancer made a【 C2】 _impact【 C3】 _the smoking
19、 public. During this period many health agencies declared smoking to be a【 C4】 _hazard. US Surgeon GeneralLeroy E. Burney said in 1957, “The weight of the evidence is increasingly pointing to one direction: that【 C5】 _smoking is one of the causative factors in lung cancer.“ The initial reports had t
20、he heaviest impact, so【 C6】 _total cigarette production【 C7】 _in 1953 and again in 1954.【 C8】 _reports appeared to have less【 C9】 _on smoking habits, and by 1957 cigarette production had【 C10】 _above the 1952 level. 【 C11】 _four voluntary health organizations【 C12】 _president John F. Kennedy to【 C13
21、】 _a commission to study the widespread implications of the tobacco problem, the Surgeon General s Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health was【 C14】 _in 1962 to review and evaluate all【 C15】 _scientific data. When its report, Smoking and Health, was released in early 1964, cigarette【 C16】_again dec
22、lined【 C17】 _. Pipe and cigar smoking increased. More than 350 000 copies of the report were【 C18】 _and sold.【 C19】 _abstracts and pamphlets were prepared by the Public Health Service and other organizations【 C20】_a massive educational campaign on the hazards of cigarette smoking. 26 【 C1】 （ A） link
23、ed （ B） linking （ C） links （ D） link 27 【 C2】 （ A） principal （ B） co-ordinate （ C） distinct （ D） miraculous 28 【 C3】 （ A） at （ B） on （ C） in （ D） of 29 【 C4】 （ A） wealth （ B） health （ C） healthy （ D） reputation 30 【 C5】 （ A） statistical （ B） poisonous （ C） collective （ D） excessive 31 【 C6】 （ A） far
24、 （ B） that （ C） much （ D） long 32 【 C7】 （ A） failed （ B） increased （ C） rose （ D） dropped 33 【 C8】 （ A） More （ B） Many （ C） Several （ D） Few 34 【 C9】 （ A） efficient （ B） effective （ C） effort （ D） effect 35 【 C10】 （ A） declined （ B） raised （ C） risen （ D） dropped 36 【 C11】 （ A） If （ B） Although （ C）
25、 Before （ D） After 37 【 C12】 （ A） forced （ B） told （ C） urged （ D） compelled 38 【 C13】 （ A） maintain （ B） order （ C） establish （ D） supervise 39 【 C14】 （ A） ruled （ B） appointed （ C） tamed （ D） made 40 【 C15】 （ A） available （ B） miserable （ C） possible （ D） reliable 41 【 C16】 （ A） consumption （ B） c
26、onsultation （ C） constitution （ D） construction 42 【 C17】 （ A） seriously （ B） temporarily （ C） permanently （ D） economically 43 【 C18】 （ A） distributed （ B） contributed （ C） compiled （ D） assigned 44 【 C19】 （ A） Numeral （ B） Numerable （ C） Numerate （ D） Numerous 45 【 C20】 （ A） on （ B） through （ C） i
27、n （ D） of 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 Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that mens hearts go into rapid decline when
28、they reach middle age. The largest study of the effects of aging on the heart has found that womens longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age. “We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20 25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,“
29、said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK. “Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,“ said Goldspink. “This is part of the aging process
30、.“ What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old womans heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old ones. “This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men,“ said Goldspink. They studied more than 250 he
31、althy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease. “The team has yet to find why aging takes a greater loss on the male heart,“ said Goldspink. The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exerc
32、ise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age. 46 The underlined word “longevity“ in the second paragraph probably refers to “_“. （ A） health （ B） long life （ C） aging （ D） effect 47 The text mainly talks about_. （
33、A） men s heart cells （ B） women s aging process （ C） the gender difference （ D） hearts and long life 48 According to the text, the UK scientists have known that_. （ A） women have more cells than men when they are born （ B） women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat （ C） the female hea
34、rt loses few of the cells with age （ D） women never lose their pumping power with age 49 If you want to live longer, you should_. （ A） enable your heart to beat much faster （ B） find out the reason for aging （ C） exercise regularly to keep your heart healthy （ D） prevent your cells from being lost 5
35、0 We can know from the passage that_. （ A） the reason why aging takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found out （ B） scientists are on the way to find out why the male heart loses more of the cells （ C） the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater loss （ D） wo
36、men over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20 50 The Man of Many Secrets Harry Houdini was one of the greatest American entert-ainers in the theater this century. He was a man famous for his escapes from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full
37、 of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic“ tricks. Of course, his secret was not magic or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body
38、 into almost any position he wanted. Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in a club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magic
39、ian and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch. It was the publicity (宣传 ) that came from this
40、 that started Harry Houdinis success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape ankle chins. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck and a small skeleton key, which is
41、 a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his. Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every s
42、eat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? World-wild fame and a name remembered today. 51 According to the passage, Houdinis success in prison escapes depends on_. （ A） his special tricks and supernatural powers （ B） his unusual ability and a skeleton key （ C） his magic tricks and
43、 unhuman powers （ D） his wisdom and magic tricks 52 In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “this“ refers to_. （ A） his first prison escape （ B） the year 1898 （ C） the publicity （ D） Harry Houdinis success 53 Which of the following statements is true? （ A） Houdini was put into prison for severa
44、l times because of crime. （ B） Houdini achieved great success once he entered entertainment world. （ C） Houdini performed prison escape in an effort to draw peoples attention. （ D） Houdini had super magic power to twist his body into almost any position he wanted. 54 It can be inferred from the pass
45、age that Houdini became famous_. （ A） in 1894 （ B） before he married （ C） at the age of 17 （ D） when he was about 24 55 Which of the following is the best title for the passage? （ A） A Skeleton Key （ B） A Man of Many Secrets （ C） World-wild Fame （ D） Great Escape 55 Youre busy filling out the applic
46、ation form for a position you really need. Lets assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isnt it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple
47、 of years back at State University? More and more people are turning to utter deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assum
48、es that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university. Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week. Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out
49、 that an applicant is lying, most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them “impostors (骗子 )“; another refers to them as “special cases“. One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by“no such people“. To avoid outright (彻底的 ) lies, some job-seekers claim that they “attended“ or “were associated
