1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 190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 How much is the red one? （ A） 2. （ B） 3. （ C） 12. （ D） $4.00 2 What does the man want? （ A） The computer. （ B） Screen. （ C） Frame. （ D） Nothing. 3 Where does the conversation take place? （ A） In the classroom. （ B） In front of a desk. （ C） In a hotel. （ D） In a singers room. 4 Who is
3、in the US now? （ A） Tom. （ B） Jane. （ C） Jane and Janes boyfriend. （ D） Tom and Janes boyfriend. 5 What is the relationship between the two speakers? （ A） A native and a visitor. （ B） A waitress and a customer. （ C） Classmates. （ D） Colleagues. 6 What kind of the room does the woman like to have? （
4、A） A quiet room （ B） A room not too big. （ C） A room with a bath （ D） All above. 7 What does the man mean? （ A） He cant go to the park because he has no time. （ B） He will go to the park. （ C） He has time. （ D） He agrees with the woman. 8 Why was Jack absent this morning? （ A） He had a headache. （ B
5、） He had some medicine. （ C） He went to see the doctor. （ D） He was feeling cold. 9 Whats the mans intention? （ A） They will have a match with Class Three tomorrow. （ B） They will beat Class Three. （ C） They must have more practice. （ D） There is some question in they will beat Class Three. 10 What
6、can we learn from the conversation? （ A） The shop doesnt work. （ B） The button cant be pushed. （ C） The woman wants to change her MP3. （ D） The woman has lost her receipt. Part B Directions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read eac
7、h 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 The Chinese satellite is supposed to return to the earth_. （ A） within 16 mon
8、ths （ B） soon （ C） in 6 months time （ D） on Thursday 12 When is part of the satellite likely to splash down? （ A） On Tuesday. （ B） On Wednesday. （ C） On Thursday. （ D） On Friday. 13 Why are London taxi drivers very efficient? （ A） Because they have a driving license. （ B） Because they have received
9、special training. （ C） Because the traffic system of the city is not very complex. （ D） Because the traffic conditions in London are good. 14 How long does the training period last? （ A） About three weeks. （ B） At least half a year. （ C） Two years or more. （ D） Two to four months. 15 Why does the sp
10、eaker think the driving test is a terrible experience? （ A） Government officers are hard to please. （ B） The learner usually fails several times before he passes it. （ C） The learner has to go through several tough tests. （ D） The driving test usually last two months. 16 Why do learner drivers have
11、to keep their present jobs? （ A） They dont want their present bosses to know what theyre doing. （ B） They cannot earn money as taxi drivers yet. （ C） They want to earn money from both jobs. （ D） They look forward to further promotion. 17 What is the main topic of the conversation? （ A） How to treat
12、minor aches and pains. （ B） How to sharpen the senses. （ C） How to predict the weather. （ D） How to select a good umbrella. 18 What does the woman say about how distant objects look to her before a storm? （ A） They look smaller. （ B） They look cloudier. （ C） They look clearer. （ D） They look darker.
13、 19 What does the man say seems to happen to his sense of smell? （ A） It confuses orders. （ B） It detects fewer orders. （ C） It becomes sharper. （ D） It stops working. 20 What problem did the speaker have at this time? （ A） They have no umbrella. （ B） They both have leg injuries. （ C） They ye seen n
14、o signs to give them directions. （ D） They are too tired to walk any further. 21 What does the man want to do this summer? （ A） Stay at home. （ B） Go to an evening class. （ C） Take a vacation. （ D） Get a job and earn some money. 22 What did the Dodds do when they went on vacation? （ A） They rented t
15、heir house to a student. （ B） They asked their gardener to take care of their house. （ C） They hired someone to stay in their home. （ D） They left their pets to neighbors. 23 Which of the following jobs is not supposed to be done by a house - sitter? （ A） Watering the house plants. （ B） Taking care
16、of the house owners pets. （ C） Paying gas and electricity hills. （ D） Mowing the lawn. 24 What do homeowners do before hiring a house-sitter? （ A） Interview the house-sitter and look at his or her references. （ B） Interview the house-sitter s friends. （ C） Look at the house-sitter s transcripts. （ D
17、） Attend the house - sitter s party to see whether he or she is a responsible person. 25 What kind of man was the artist? （ A） Neither rich nor kind. （ B） Not rich but kind. （ C） Rich and kind. （ D） Rich but mean. 26 Where did his last few coins go? （ A） He gave them to a beggar. （ B） He used them t
18、o pay for the lunch. （ C） He used them to pay for his taxi home. （ D） He lost them. 27 Who paid the bill for the lunch? （ A） Each paid his own bill. （ B） The beggar. （ C） The artist. （ D） Neither of them paid. 28 What did the artist offer to the beggar in the end? （ A） He invited the beggar to anoth
19、er lunch. （ B） He gave the beggar more money. （ C） He invited the beggar to spend the money. （ D） He took the beggar home and gave him back the money. 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,
20、C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. 28 Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we “fit“ in society. As we go about our everyday lives, we mentally attempt to place people in terms of their statuses. For example, we must judge whether the pers
21、on in the library is a reader or a librarian, and whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a thief or a meter reader. The statuses we assume often【 C1】 _with the people we encounter, and change throughout life. Most of us can, at very high speed,【 C2】 _the statuses that various situations re
22、quire. Much of social【 C3】 _consists of identifying and selecting among【 C4】 _statuses and【 C5】 _other people to assume their statuses【 C6】 _relation to us. This means that we【 C7】 _our actions to those of other people based on a constant mental process of【 C8】 _and interpretation. Although some of
23、us find the task more【 C9】 _than others, most of us perform【 C10】 _rather effortlessly. A status has been【 C11】 _to ready-made clothes. Within certain limits, the buyer can choose style and【 C12】 _. But an American is not【 C13】 _to choose the costume of a Chinese peasant or【 C14】 _of a Hindu prince.
24、 We must choose from among the clothing【 C15】 _by our society. Furthermore, our choice is limited to a size that will fit,【 C16】 _by our pocketbook. Having made a choice within these limits we can have certain【 C17】 _made, but apart from minor【 C18】 _, we tend to be limited to what the stores have o
25、n their【 C19】 _. Statuses too come ready made, and the【 C20】 _of choice among them is limited. 29 【 C1】 （ A） vary （ B） stabilize （ C） differentiate （ D） maintain 30 【 C2】 （ A） subsume （ B） assume （ C） resume （ D） presume 31 【 C3】 （ A） interview （ B） interference （ C） interaction （ D） interpretation
26、32 【 C4】 （ A） appreciate （ B） approximate （ C） approve （ D） appropriate 33 【 C5】 （ A） making （ B） disallowing （ C） helping （ D） allowing 34 【 C6】 （ A） from （ B） of （ C） in （ D） on 35 【 C7】 （ A） apply （ B） fit （ C） assign （ D） comply 36 【 C8】 （ A） appraisal （ B） approval （ C） approach （ D） appointmen
27、t 37 【 C9】 （ A） difficult （ B） overwhelming （ C） burdenless （ D） different 38 【 C10】 （ A） it （ B） them （ C） these （ D） those 39 【 C11】 （ A） liked （ B） compared （ C） analyzed （ D） contrasted 40 【 C12】 （ A） fiber （ B） fabric （ C） fable （ D） fare 41 【 C13】 （ A） frequent （ B） fresh （ C） free （ D） fragil
28、e 42 【 C14】 （ A） those （ B） this （ C） that （ D） these 43 【 C15】 （ A） presented （ B） preserved （ C） prepared （ D） proclaimed 44 【 C16】 （ A） as much as （ B） as good as （ C） as long as （ D） as well as 45 【 C17】 （ A） products （ B） alternations （ C） things （ D） alterations 46 【 C18】 （ A） adjustments （ B）
29、 advantages （ C） administration （ D） adventures 47 【 C19】 （ A） rags （ B） shelf （ C） racks （ D） rage 48 【 C20】 （ A） orange （ B） range （ C） raid （ D） rail 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.
30、 48 Last week ,on a flight to Washington, I met a self-assured businessman who asked me about my profession when sitting himself comfortably next to me. I told him that I am an educator, and for twelve years I have been trying to develop and promote critical thinking about learning in general educat
31、ion. “That must be the most difficult task in the world ! “He thought for a moment. “Why do you do this?“ I talked about how I had started teaching geography. I told him about the struggles of being a headmaster. And then I told him what I have come to regard as my real turning-point experience. It
32、was back in 1984,when I visited what was known at the time as one of the most outstanding high schools on the Eastern seaboard. After two days there I was totally amazed. I had never met such a fine collection of young people, every one of them apparently confident, enthusiastic, sensitive and well
33、able to manage their futures. I asked head of the school how this had been achieved and he smiled broadly. “We believe in functional literacy for all young people; that is, the ability to feel confident that you can handle the cballenges of modern society. That confidence comes when you know that yo
34、u are able to manage your own learning and will be able to handle that throughout a lifetime. And that, “he concluded, “requires the highest possible skills in thinking, communicating, collaborating and decision-making.“ “But, for goodness sake, those are just the skills Im looking for among my empl
35、oyees,“ cried my companion. “Thats just what industrys been trying to tell the academic world for years. Instead of listening, you continue to keep going a set of practices which are counter-productive to those very skills needed in employment. You teachers think that life is about working alone on
36、some piece of academic research in an ivory tower far removed from the daily routines and the need to consult other people. You just dont understand about working with confusion, nor do you accept the importance of use based on experience or even plain guesswork ! This is the real world. There are r
37、eal issues. What are you or anyone else going to do about just that?“ 49 The turning point in the authors teaching career was_. （ A） his encounter with a self-assured businessman （ B） his visit to a high school on the Eastern seaboard （ C） his appointment as a headmaster （ D） his teaching of geograp
38、hy 50 When the writer visited a high school on the Eastern seaboard he was impressed most by _. （ A） the confidence of the students in managing their own future （ B） the enthusiasm of the headmaster in experimenting with new methods （ C） the students critical attitude toward traditional education （
39、D） the quality of teaching and the intelligence of the students 51 The head of the high school thinks functional literacy is the ability to_. （ A） read, write and make calculations （ B） do every assignment on ones own （ C） communicate and collaborate with others （ D） feel confident in the face of ch
40、allenges 52 The businessman prefer to see in his employees_. （ A） the willingness to work alone on academic research （ B） the ability to do simple calculations and plain guesswork （ C） the willingness to take business risks （ D） the ability to solve problems in the real world 53 We can infer from th
41、e passage that the businessman_. （ A） is critical of the way students are taught in schools （ B） attaches great importance to work experience （ C） thinks highly of the teaching profession （ D） is not satisfied with the performance of his employees 53 Poverty exists because our society is an unequal
42、one ,and there are extremely strong and powerful political pressures to keep it that way. Any attempt to redistribute wealth and income in the United States will inevitably be opposed by powerful middle and upper class interests. People can be relatively rich only if others are relatively poor, and
43、since power is concentrated in the hands of the rich, public policies will continue to reflect their interests rather than those of the poor. As Herbert Gans (1973) has pointed out, poverty is actually functional from the point of view of the non-poor. Poverty ensures that“ dirty“ work gets done. If
44、 there were, no poor people to scrub floors and empty waste, these jobs would have to be rewarded with high incomes before anyone would touch them. Poverty creates jobs for many of the non-poor, such as police officers, welfare workers, pawnbrokers, and government bureaucrats. Poverty makes life eas
45、ier for the rich by providing them with cooks, gardeners, and other workers to perform basic chores while their employers enjoy more, pleasurable activities. Poverty provides a market for inferior goods and services, such as day-old bread, run-down automobiles, or the advice of incompetent physician
46、s and lawyers. Poverty makes middle-class values seem acceptable. To the middle class, the fate of the poor who are supposed to lack the virtues of thrift, honesty, and a taste for hard work only confirms the desirability of qualities the poor are thought to lack. Poverty also provides a group that
47、can be made to absorb the costs of change. For example, the poor suffer the main part or force of unemployment caused by automaton, and it is their homes, not those of the wealthy, that are demolished when a route has to be found for a new highway. There is no intentional, conscious “secret plan“ of
48、 the wealthy to keep the poor in poverty. It is just that poverty is an inevitable outcome of the American economic system; which the poor are politically powerless to influence change. 54 Poverty exists in American society because_. （ A） the wealthy find it hard to change it （ B） the great majority
49、 of the non-poor are totally not concerned about it （ C） the rich think they are powerless to do anything about it （ D） the poor lack such desirable qualities as honesty 55 The poor take on“ dirty work“ because they do it _. （ A） under political pressures （ B） for the high pay offered （ C） as they are reasonably paid （ D） for low salary to raise themselves and their families 56 Poverty makes life easier for _.
