1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 313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 this conversation probably taking place? （ A） In a post office. （ B） At an insurance agency. （ C） On an airplane. （ D） In a moving company. 2 What does the woman mean? （ A） She lent her notes to a classmate. （ B） She forgot to borrow the notes. （ C） She doesn t have an exam.
3、（ D） She left her notes in class. 3 Why does the woman ask about the time? （ A） She does not have a watch. （ B） She is nervous about the appointment. （ C） Tom s watch keeps good time. （ D） Tom is afraid to be late. 4 What are they talking about? （ A） Their best friend. （ B） Their favorite color. （ C
4、） The clothes the woman is wearing. （ D） A present the man has bought. 5 Where did the conversation most probably take place? （ A） In a library. （ B） In a classroom. （ C） In a bookstore. （ D） In a hotel. 6 What does the man mean? （ A） It s hard to find a room. （ B） He always walks around in the dorm
5、itory. （ C） It s his turn to clean the dormitory. （ D） His dormitory is quite small. 7 Whom is the man speaking to? （ A） Electrician. （ B） Plumber. （ C） Guard. （ D） Mechanic. 8 How many apples will she buy? （ A） 8. （ B） 12. （ C） 36 （ D） 24 9 What is the woman trying to do? （ A） Get directions to the
6、 bus station. （ B） Get to the grocery store. （ C） Give the man directions to the bus station. （ D） Find out where the stoplight is. 10 What is the address given by the man? （ A） 1120, East 42nd Street. （ B） 1120, East 32nd Street. （ C） 1220, East 32nd Street. （ D） 1220, East 42nd Street Part B Direc
7、tions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. 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.
8、You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. 11 What information did the man hear from the broadcast? （ A） The plane is going to take off. （ B） The plane is arriving in Beijing. （ C） It is cloudy in Beijing. （ D） The woman is on her honeymoon. 12 Why does the man come to Beijing? （ A） Because he wants to vis
9、it his grandma. （ B） Because hes on his honeymoon. （ C） Because hes going to watch the Olympics in Beijing. （ D） Because he wants to do some sightseeing in Beijing. 13 Where is the woman going after arrival? （ A） The Olympic Village. （ B） A hotel. （ C） The mans home. （ D） A shopping street. 14 What
10、will the woman do for the man? （ A） Buy some food for him. （ B） Send him to the hospital. （ C） Give him some medicine. （ D） Bring some vegetables to him. 15 Who is the man working with? （ A） The woman. （ B） Young people. （ C） Frank. （ D） The media. 16 What is the woman asking the man for? （ A） His o
11、pinions on juvenile crime. （ B） His opinions on social system. （ C） His opinions on the prevention of young people crime. （ D） His opinions on the behaviors of media and school. 17 According to Frank, why do kids get violent? （ A） Because the media teach them. （ B） Because the school is like a jail.
12、 （ C） Because the education system has problems. （ D） Because the environment makes them so. 18 How can we prevent juvenile crime? （ A） Create a more caring environment. （ B） Improve the education system. （ C） Make the school less like a jail. （ D） Educate kids on a one-to-one basis. 19 What didnt t
13、he man get from the conversation? （ A） A postcard. （ B） A questionnaire. （ C） Free samples of tinned meat. （ D） Some work. 20 Why the man insists on filling out the questionnaire right away? （ A） Because they have promised to do so. （ B） Because he doesnt like the sample. （ C） Because he wants more
14、free samples. （ D） Because he wants to mail it on his way to work. 21 Why doesn t the woman like the tinned meat? （ A） Because its tasteless. （ B） Because she doesnt want to fill in the questionnaire. （ C） Because it makes her cat ill. （ D） Because its free. 22 What are the guests comments? （ A） It
15、has no taste. （ B） It makes the cat ill. （ C） The cat doesnt like eating it. （ D） The cat didnt touch it. 23 Why are mothers fed up with their jobs? （ A） Because the jobs are difficult. （ B） Because the jobs make them have little time for their children. （ C） Because their children and family are in
16、 trouble. （ D） Because they dont like the jobs. 24 How many women work for themselves now? （ A） Two thousand. （ B） Twenty thousand. （ C） A million. （ D） Two million. 25 What do we learn about Tanya Rostron? （ A） She doesnt work. （ B） She works as head of marketing in a major company. （ C） She has li
17、ttle time with her new baby daughter. （ D） She employs 11 people in her company. 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 When Carios Westez died at the age of 76,
18、 a language died, too. Westez, more commonly known as Red Thunder Cloud, was the last speaker of the Native American language Catawba. Anyone who wants to hear the songs of the Catawba can contact the Smithsonian Institution in Washington , D . C . , where, back in the 1940s, Red Thunder Cloud recor
19、ded a series of songs for future generations.【 B1】 _They are all that is left of the Catawba language. The language that people used to speak is gone forever. We are all aware of the danger that modern industry can do to the world s ecology(生态 ). However, few people are aware of the impact widely sp
20、oken languages have on other languages and ways of life. English has spread all over the world. Chinese, Spanish, Russian, and Hindi have become powerful languages as well.【 B2】 _When this happens, hundreds of languages that are spoken by only a few die out. Scholars believe there are around 6,000 l
21、anguages around the world, but more than half of them could die out within the next 100 years. There are many examples. Araki is the language of the island of Vanuatu, located in the Pacific Ocean. It is spoken by only a few older adults, so like Catawba, Araki will soon disappear. Many languages of
22、 Ethiopia will have the same fate because each one has only a few speakers.【 B3】 _In the Americas, 100 languages, each of which has fewer than 300 speakers, are dying out. Red Thunder Cloud was one of the first to recognize the danger of language death and to try to do something about it. He was not
23、 actually bomb into the Catawba tribe, and the language was not his mother tongue.【 B4】 _The songs he sang for the Smithsonian Institution helped to make Native American music popular. Now he is gone, and the language is dead. What does it mean for the rest of us when a language disappears? When a p
24、lant, insect, or animal species dies, it is easy to understand what has been lost and to appreciate what it means for the balance of the natural world. However, language is only a product of the mind. To be the last remaining speaker of a language, like Red Thunder, must be a peculiarly lonely desti
25、ny, almost as strange and terrible as being the last surviving member of a dying species. 【 B5】 _ ASome people might want to learn some of these songs by hearts. BMost languages have become less and less speakers. CHowever, he was a frequent visitor to the Catawba reservation in South Carcinoma wher
26、e he learned the language. DThese languages dont have many native speakers. EFor the rest of us, when a language dies, we lose the possibility of a unique way of seeing and describing the world. FAs these language become more powerful, their use as tools of business and culture increase, as well. GP
27、apus New Guines is an extremely rich source of different language, but more than 100 of them are in danger of extinction(灭绝 ). 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 30 To get a sense of how women have progressed in science, take a quick tour of the physics department at the University of Cali
28、fornia, Berkeley. This is a storied place, the【 C1】 _of some of the most important discoveries in modern science-starting with Ernest Lawrence s invention of the cyclotron(回旋加速器 )in 1931. A generation ago, female faces were【 C2】 _and, even today, visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte H
29、all will see a full corridor of exhibits【 C3】 _the many distinguished physicists who made history here,【 C4】 _all of them white males. But climb up to the third floor and you 11 see a【 C5】 _display. There, among the photos of current faculty members and students, are portraits of the【 C6】_head of th
30、e department, Marjorie Shapiro, and four other women whose research【 C7】 _everything from the mechanics of the universe to the smallest particles of matter. A sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago. Although they re still only about 10 percent of the physics faculty, women are clearly a presence h
31、ere. And the real【 C8】_may be in the smaller photos to the right; graduate and undergraduate students, about 20 percent of them female. Every year Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the country s top universities. That makes Shapiro optimistic, but also【 C9】_“ I believe things are getti
32、ng better,“ she says,“ but they re not getting better as【 C10】 _as I would like.“ AcircumstanceBconfidence CcoversDcurrent EdealsFdifferent GexposingHfast IhonoringJhope KpresentlyLrare MrealisticNsite Ovirtually 31 【 C1】 32 【 C2】 33 【 C3】 34 【 C4】 35 【 C5】 36 【 C6】 37 【 C7】 38 【 C8】 39 【 C9】 40 【 C
33、10】 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. 40 Flying over a desert area in an airplane, two scientists looked down with trained eyes at trees and bushes. After an hour s flight, one of the sc
34、ientists wrote in his book, “Look here for probable metal. “ Scientists in another airplane, flying over a mountain area, sent a message to other scientists on the ground, “Gold possible. “ Walking across hilly ground, four scientists reported, “This ground should be searched for metal. “ From an ai
35、rplane over a hilly wasteland a scientist sent back by radio one word: “ Uranium. “ None of the scientists had X-ray eyes: they had no magic power of looking down below the earth s surface. They were merely putting to use one of the newest methods of locating minerals in the ground . trees and plant
36、s as signs that certain minerals may lie beneath the ground on which the trees and plants are growing. This newest method of searching for minerals is based on the fact that minerals deep in the earth may affect the kind of bushes and trees that grow in the surface. At Watson Bar Greek, a brook(小溪 )
37、six thousand feet high in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, a mineral search group gathered bags of tree seeds. Boxes were filled with small branches from the trees. Roots were dug and put into boxes. Each bag and box was carefully marked. In a scientific laboratory, the parts of the forest
38、 trees were burned to ashes and tested. Each small part was examined to learn whether there were minerals in it. Study of the roots, branches, and seeds showed no silver. But there were small amounts of gold in the roots and a little less gold in the branches and seeds. The seeds growing nearest to
39、the tree trunks had more gold than those growing on the ends of the branches. 41 Scientists were flying over a desert or a hilly wasteland or a mountain area in order to search for_in the ground. （ A） gold （ B） silver （ C） uranium （ D） minerals 42 The study of trees, branches and roots shows that_.
40、（ A） there were larger amounts of gold in the branches than in the seeds （ B） there were smaller amounts of gold in the roots than in the branches （ C） there were less amounts of gold in the seeds growing on the ends of branches than seeds growing nearest to the tree trunks （ D） there was more gold
41、in the branches than in the roots 43 Which is the best title suggested below? （ A） Scientists Searching for Metals with Special Power （ B） New Methods of Searching for Minerals （ C） Gold Could Be Found by Trees and Plants （ D） A New Method of Searching for Minerals Using Trees and Plants 44 Which of
42、 the following is NOT mentioned as part of a tree that can help find minerals? （ A） Leaves. （ B） Roots. （ C） Branches. （ D） Seeds. 45 The scientists were searching for minerals by using_. （ A） X-ray （ B） magic power （ C） a special instrument （ D） trained eyes 45 The most frightening words in the Eng
43、lish language are, “ Our computer is down. “ You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “Im sorry, I cant sell you a ticket. Our computer is down. “ “ If your computer is down, just
44、 write me out a ticket. “ “I cant write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so. “ I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all you people do?“ “We give the computer t
45、he information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not. “ “So when it goes down, you go down with it. “ “Thats good, sir. “ “How long will the computer be down?“ I wanted to know. “I have no idea. Sometimes it s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There s n
46、o way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it s down it wont answer us. “ After the girl told me they had no backup computer, I said. “Let s forget the computer. What about your planes? They re still flying, aren t they?“ “I couldn t tell without asking the computer. “ “Maybe I cou
47、ld just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he s flying to Washington, “ I suggested. “I wouldn t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn t take you if you didn t have a ticket. “ “Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?“
48、 “I wouldnt know, “ she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only IT knows. It cant tell me.“ By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white; some people started to cry and still others kicked th
49、eir luggage. 46 The best title for the article is_. （ A） When the Computer Is Down （ B） The Most Frightening Words （ C） The Computer of the Airport （ D） Asking the Computer 47 What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer? （ A） She could sell a ticket. （ B） She could write out a ticket. （ C） She could answer the passengers questions. （ D） She could do n
