1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 186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 does the man suggest? （ A） Exercising just after getting up. （ B） Eating something good for breakfast. （ C） Buying the larger-size clothes. （ D） Not exercising so many times a day. 2 What does the woman advise the man to do? （ A） To save money. （ B） To run. （ C） To buy a secondha
3、nd car. （ D） To buy a new ear. 3 What time is it now? （ A） 8:00. （ B） 7:45. （ C） 7:55. （ D） 7:50 4 What does the man want to have? （ A） A single room with a bath. （ B） A double room with two baths. （ C） A double room without bath. （ D） A double room with a bath. 5 What happen to the man? （ A） His ba
4、by is sick. （ B） He was next door the whole night. （ C） He didnt sleep. （ D） His baby cried all night. 6 When did the two people see each other last? （ A） More than two years ago. （ B） Last Christmas. （ C） Last birthday party. （ D） A long time ago. 7 For what is Carolina Coffee Shop famous? （ A） Bre
5、akfast. （ B） Coffee. （ C） Get-together of the football and basketball fans. （ D） Tasty food. 8 How much money does the clerk owe the woman? （ A） $ 3. （ B） $ 15. （ C） $ 11. （ D） $4.00 9 How did Mrs. Wilson respond? （ A） She was annoyed. （ B） She was apologetic. （ C） She was understanding. （ D） She wa
6、s careless. 10 Where does the conversation most probably take place? （ A） At the gas station. （ B） At the department store. （ C） At the railway station. （ D） At the police station. Part B Directions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to
7、 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 According to this passage, which factor influenced the Roman way of
8、communication most? （ A） The amount of weapons. （ B） The tower height. （ C） The weather condition. （ D） The voice volume. 12 What was the similarity between the Roman and African way of communication? （ A） People had to shout. （ B） People could send complicated messages. （ C） The messages could be s
9、ent out over a long distance within a time. （ D） Both of the ways relied on messages in the form of sound. 13 What can be inferred about the French way of communication? （ A） It could send speech sounds. （ B） It could send complicated messages. （ C） It could be understood by any French person. （ D）
10、It could carry messages over a long distance in just a few seconds. 14 What is the main topic of this talk? （ A） Televisions effects on the movie industry. （ B） The relationships between different media. （ C） Radio news as a substitute for newspapers. （ D） The role of print media. 15 According to th
11、e speaker, what is the relationship between radio and the newspaper industry? （ A） People who listen to the radio also buy newspapers. （ B） Radio is a substitute for newspapers in the radio industry. （ C） Newspapers discourage people from listening to the radio. （ D） Many newspaper reporters also wo
12、rk in the radio industry. 16 According to the speaker, how did the introduction of television affect motion pictures? （ A） Movie attendence increased due to advertising on television. （ B） Old motion pictures were often broadcast on television. （ C） Television had no effect on movie attendance. （ D）
13、 Motion picture popularity declined. 17 Why does the speaker mention a football game? （ A） To illustrate another effect of television. （ B） To demonstrate the importance of televised sports. （ C） To explain what television replaced radio broadcasting. （ D） To provide an example of something motion p
14、ictures cant present. 18 What do we learn from the conversation about Miss Rowlings first book? （ A） It was about a little animal. （ B） It took her six years to write. （ C） It was adapted from a fairy tale. （ D） It was about a little girl and her pet. 19 Why does Miss Rowling consider her so very lu
15、cky? （ A） She knows how to write best-selling novels. （ B） She can earn a lot of money by writing for adults. （ C） She is able to win enough support from publishers. （ D） She can make a living by doing what she likes. 20 What dictates Miss Rowlings writing? （ A） The characters. （ B） Her ideas. （ C）
16、The readers. （ D） Her life experiences. 21 According to Miss Rowling where did she get the ideas for the Harry Porter books? （ A） She doesnt really know where they originated. （ B） She mainly drew on stories of ancient saints. （ C） They popped out of her childhood dreams. （ D） They grew out of her l
17、ong hours of thinking. 22 What does the passage say about the secondhand smoke? （ A） It threatens public health. （ B） It gets more serious in the United States. （ C） It is more dangerous than AIDS. （ D） It is a topic of public debate. 23 What can be inferred from the passage? （ A） If the parents are
18、 somkers, infants may suffer from breathing problems. （ B） If the parents are smokers, their children will die. （ C） If the parents are smokers, their children may have a fast lung growth. （ D） If the parents give up smoking, their children will recover from lung diseases. 24 What is the estimated n
19、umber of adults killed by secondhand smoke each year in the United States? （ A） 40,000. （ B） 50,000. （ C） 430. （ D） 15,000.00 25 Which of the following is NOT a solution to preventing the harm of secondhand smoke? （ A） We should stay away from smokers. （ B） We should clean the air in buildings. （ C）
20、 We should establish smoke-free area. （ D） We should lay a ban on tobacco production. 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 The conception of poverty and what t
21、o【 C1】 _about it have changed over the decades. Under Social Darwinism the lazy and the【 C2】 _were supposed to be at the bottom of the economic ladder as a result of the “law of【 C3】 _of the fittest“. Society was【 C4】 _as a network of self-sufficient families which provided for their own.【 C5】 _pers
22、ons outside a household(orphans, the【 C6】_elderly,and the crippled)were provided outdoor relief grudgingly and as a temporary expedient. Although it was【 C7】 _that “the poor will always be with us“, the individual was expected to improve himself【 C8】 _acts of his own will. Charity was thought to be
23、the【 C9】 _of idleness. By keeping wages low, labourers would be【 C10】 _to work harder. At about the turn of the century, the beginning of concern about natural【 C11】_brought uneasiness about the possible spread of beggary. There was a potentially dangerous class in【 C12】 _of disease and disorder. Th
24、e “poor“ were【 C13】_as different from “paupers“. Paupers were individuals well【 C14】 _to being on the low end of the socioeconomic【 C15】 _. Without shame or bitterness, they would not seek independence and a “【 C16】 _“ life. For the mountaineers, the subsistence dwellers, and some slum dwellers, the
25、 lack of wealth,【 C17】 _has been argued,reflects a preference not to pay the psychological costs of the struggle for the riches or of adopting the middle-class work ethic of surviving. In【 C18】 _,the worthy poor struggled to【 C19】 _their lot against circumstances beyond their control: low wages, sic
26、kness, industrial【 C20】 _, widowhood and so on. 26 【 C1】 （ A） find （ B） do （ C） work （ D） deal 27 【 C2】 （ A） ineffieient （ B） invalid （ C） ineffective （ D） inaccessible 28 【 C3】 （ A） secure （ B） rescue （ C） restore （ D） survival 29 【 C4】 （ A） defined （ B） estirnated （ C） coneeived （ D） guessed 30 【
27、C5】 （ A） Pity （ B） Needy （ C） Shabby （ D） Greedy 31 【 C6】 （ A） childless （ B） ehildly （ C） ehildllke （ D） childish 32 【 C7】 （ A） agreed （ B） disagreed （ C） assented （ D） consented 33 【 C8】 （ A） through （ B） by （ C） with （ D） on 34 【 C9】 （ A） nurse （ B） evil （ C） patient （ D） ward 35 【 C10】 （ A） prom
28、oted （ B） admired （ C） encouraged （ D） excited 36 【 C11】 （ A） resource （ B） source （ C） origin （ D） resources 37 【 C12】 （ A） respects （ B） terms （ C） regards （ D） views 38 【 C13】 （ A） seen （ B） notieed （ C） watched （ D） predicted 39 【 C14】 （ A） admitted （ B） adjusted （ C） applied （ D） adapted 40 【 C
29、15】 （ A） measure （ B） scale （ C） standard （ D） seales 41 【 C16】 （ A） poor （ B） better （ C） humble （ D） miserable 42 【 C17】 （ A） it （ B） what （ C） that （ D） which 43 【 C18】 （ A） analogy （ B） contrast （ C） comparison （ D） contrary 44 【 C19】 （ A） increase （ B） enrich （ C） improve （ D） develop 45 【 C20】
30、 （ A） accidents （ B） disasters （ C） incident （ D） event 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 Men and women use the Internet in completely different ways, and have distinct styles of writ
31、ing emails, according to new research. “There are pretty good odds at being able to guess the gender of someone just by reading their emails,“ said David Silver, an assistant professor in the school of Communications at the University of Washington. “Many studies have found that men using email tend
32、 to supply answers that shut down the dialogue. Women are more prepared to open up the discussion. Theyre also more prepared in a chatroom to say I dont, know. What does everyone else think?“ Male messages tend to offer solutions to problems. Women tend to keep conversations going and ask more quest
33、ions. They arent afraid to admit ignorance. A study by Dr Susan Herring, a linguistic expert at Indiana University, has also shown that men tend to express strong opinions. By contrast, women tend to use diplomatic language along with questions, offers, suggestions and polite expressions. Silver sai
34、d a huge change had occurred in global Internet use in the past few years as women find their place in a medium previously dominated by men.“ Many women in the mid-90s lost interest in the Internet by slang,“ Silver said. “The old Internet chatrooms were racist, and often sexist. So women simply sta
35、rted their own chatrooms. “Silver pointed to a series of studies into the differences between male and female behavior Online. One study showed women were a lot less status-oriented (强调身份的 ) in their use of the Internet. In one chatroom for academics it was noticed that female undergraduates, gradua
36、tes are all treated each other equally. In the same chatroom, researchers noticed women were a lot quicker to share information. The news comes as the gender balance in Internet use shifts towards women. In the UK, women account for 40 percent of those online at present and this is expected to rise
37、to 60 percent by 2005. In the United States, a recent study shows that 51 percent of Internet users are women. 46 What is the theme of the essay? （ A） How to surf on the Internet. （ B） How to write entails on the Internet. （ C） How to chat on the Internet. （ D） How to use the Internet differently by
38、 men and by women. 47 What is the difference between women and men in using the Internet? （ A） Men using email tend to ask for answers that shut down the dialogue. Women are more prepared to open up the discussion. （ B） Male messages tend to offer solutions to problems. Women tend to stop conversati
39、ons going and ask no questions. （ C） Men show that they are ignorant of everything. Women arent afraid to admit ignorance. （ D） Men tend to express strong opinions. By contrast, women tend to use mild language along with questions, offers, suggestions and polite expressions. 48 What does the phrase
40、“account for“ in the paragragh 9 mean? （ A） Explain. （ B） Tell about. （ C） Have a share. （ D） Calculate. 49 According to the passage a great change has taken place on the Internet. It is that （ A） there are more racist and sexist messages on the Internet （ B） there are more women users than men user
41、s on the Internet （ C） there are more men chatting with women on the Internet （ D） there are more women users now than before on the Internet 50 What is the most suitable title for the passage? （ A） Hemail or Shemail. （ B） Email. （ C） Internet. （ D） Chatting. 50 Hemingway in his early works depicted
42、 the lives of two types of people. One type consisted of men and women deprived, by World War I, of faith in the moral values in which they had believed. The other type was men of simple character such as prizefighters and bullfighters. His earliest works include the collections of short stories Thr
43、ee Stories and Ten poems. The novel that established Hemingways reputation, The Sun Also Rises, is the story of a group of morally irresponsible Americans and Britons living in France and Spain, members of the so-called lost generation of the post-World War I period. Hemingways second important nove
44、l, A Farewell to Arms, is a story of a deeply moving love affair in wartime Italy between an American officer and a British nurse. The OM Man and Sea is his greatest novel that earned him the Nobel Prize for literature. The novel tells how man is faced with nature, and how man straggle against natur
45、e. Death in the Afternoon and Green Hills of Africa are Hemingways two nonfiction works. Hemingways economical writing style often seems simple and almost childlike, but his method is used to show complex effect. In his writing, Hemingway used simple nouns and verbs to describe scenes wonderfully. B
46、y doing so he avoided describing his characters feelings and thoughts directly. Instead, in providing the reader with the raw materials of an experience, Hemingway made the reading of a story as close to the actual experience as possible. Hemingway was also deeply concerned with authenticity (真实性 )
47、in writing. He believed that a writer could treat a subject honestly only if the writer had observed the subject closely. In addition, Hemingway believed that an author writing about a familiar subject is able to write economically. Hemingways stylistic influence on American writers has been enormou
48、s. The success of his plain style in expressing basic, yet deeply felt, emotions contributed to the decline of the elaborate (浮夸的 ) Victorian-era style that is typical of American writing in the early 20th century. Many American writers have regarded Hemingway as an influence on their own work. 51 T
49、he novel that brought Hemingway greatest fame is_ . （ A） The Sun Also Rises （ B） The Old Man and Sea （ C） Death in the Afternoon （ D） Green Hills of Africa 52 Which of the following can best describe Hemingways writing style? （ A） Elaborate. （ B） Economical. （ C） Childlike. （ D） Complex. 53 In Hemingways writing, he and the readers remain at a scene _ . （ A） where the readers know about the story directly from his description （ B） where the readers can sen
