1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 317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 these people planning to do? （ A） To see a movie. （ B） To make some coffee. （ C） To borrow money. （ D） To prepare a dinner party. 2 What are these two talking about? （ A） An appointment. （ B） School hours. （ C） A part-time job. （ D） Vacation plans. 3 What does the man mean? （
3、 A） There s been nothing but rain for quite some time. （ B） He s bored with the changing weather. （ C） He thinks that itll rain for three more weeks. （ D） He s bored about the topic on weather. 4 How did the man feel about the course? （ A） He wishes to have more courses like it. （ B） He finds it har
4、d to follow the teacher. （ C） He wishes the teacher would talk more. （ D） He doesn t like the teacher s accent. 5 Where is the conversation most probably taking place? （ A） At a news stand. （ B） At a car dealer s. （ C） At a publishing house. （ D） At a newspaper office. 6 What would the man probably
5、do? （ A） To save $300. （ B） To have the mechanic repair the car. （ C） To repair the car himself. （ D） To buy a new car. 7 Why doesnt the woman want to go for an outing? （ A） Because she is afraid of bad weather. （ B） Because the temperature is too low. （ C） Because it is going to snow. （ D） Because
6、outings are risky. 8 How much does the man owe the woman? （ A） 64 cents. （ B） 18 cents. （ C） 80 cents. （ D） 16 cents. 9 When will they visit the National Library? （ A） On Tuesday. （ B） On Wednesday. （ C） On Thursday. （ D） On the weekend. 10 What do we learn from the conversation? （ A） The woman is s
7、ick. （ B） The woman is worried about her interview. （ C） The woman is confident. （ D） The woman is feeling better. Part B Directions: 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, a
8、nswer 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 kind of weather is normal for March? （ A） Cold. （ B） Very hot. （ C） Cooler than that day. （ D） Drier than that day. 12 Where was
9、the man born? （ A） Florida. （ B） New York. （ C） California. （ D） Indiana. 13 How often is the bus scheduled to pass their stop? （ A） Every ten minutes. （ B） At twenty to one. （ C） Every thirty minutes. （ D） Once a day. 14 What will the man do tonight? （ A） He will return to his hometown. （ B） He wil
10、l play tennis. （ C） He will join the woman for dinner. （ D） He will go to a coffee shop with the woman. 15 Why cant the woman join the man for coffee? （ A） Because she doesnt drink coffee. （ B） Because she has a plane to catch. （ C） Because she has to go to a lesson. （ D） Because she doesnt like the
11、 man. 16 Which of the following did the man agree to do? （ A） He will postpone the trip. （ B） He will marry the woman. （ C） He will cook dinner for the woman. （ D） He will take tennis lessons. 17 How will the man go to Miami? （ A） By train. （ B） By bus. （ C） By plane. （ D） By car. 18 How did the wom
12、an know about the Student Action Union? （ A） She knew about it by reading a booklet. （ B） She knew about it by reading a student union introduction. （ C） She knew about it by reading a newspaper. （ D） She knew about it by reading a magazine. 19 Why is the Student Action Union opposing the parking lo
13、t plan? （ A） Because they want to preserve the natural beauty of the campus. （ B） Because they want to protect the students right for living space. （ C） Because they want to conserve the place for future use. （ D） Because they want to sell the place for a better price. 20 What is the Student Action
14、Union going to do on Thursday? （ A） They will organize a meeting to discuss a proposal. （ B） They will organize a protest to express their opposition. （ C） They will organize an appeal-letter signing activity. （ D） They will organize a march around the campus. 21 What will the woman probably do on T
15、hursday afternoon? （ A） She will participate in the protest. （ B） She will sign the appeal letter. （ C） She will take part in a meeting of the Student Action Union. （ D） She will attend her class as usual. 22 How did the name of “computer virus“ come into being? （ A） It resembles the biological viru
16、s. （ B） It works the same way as the human virus. （ C） It influences the human as the biological viruses do. （ D） It spreads to people who use the infected computers. 23 What is the way that the computer viruses infect the computer systems? （ A） They invade the computer and make it a place for manuf
17、acturing. （ B） They spread throughout the whole system by quickly copying themselves. （ C） They infect the hard disc and the whole system. （ D） They spread viruses inside the computer system. 24 What is a “benign“ virus? （ A） It is a virus that causes great damage. （ B） It is a virus that once infec
18、ted the IBM s computer system. （ C） It is a virus that carries a Christmas greeting. （ D） It is a virus that causes no harm to the computer systems. 25 What can a “malignant“ virus do to your computer? （ A） It can cause no damages at all. （ B） It can cause damages to the computer systems. （ C） It ca
19、n copy your files in computers. （ D） It can format your hard drive. 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 About 10 years ago I met an advertising executive in N
20、ew York who explained the difficulty of advertising a new brand of deodorant(除臭剂 )to consumers. “Most people never change their deodorant, “I remember him saying. “They pick one brand when they are young, and stick with it for a long, long time. If it works, why switch?“ 【 B1】 _Once they have picked
21、 a type of phone, whether it s Apple iOS, Google Android or something else, it s difficult, and often expensive, to switch. Consumers become comfortable with the interface and design of the phone and the apps they have purchased on that platform. 【 B2】 _ That is why the race to pull in smartphone bu
22、yers is going to be especially severe over the next 18 to 24 months.【 B3】 _there are still hundreds of millions of mobile phone owners around the world who have yet to move from a standard mobile or feature phone to its smarter, more intelligent big brother:the smart phone. Yet the change is happeni
23、ng at a much quicker pace than technology analysts and companies originally theorized. A report issued this week by Nielsen, the market research firm, found that among Americans【 B4】 _55 percent opted for a smart phone. This is up from 34 percent a year ago. At this point, who will lead that market
24、is not up for debate. Android has been growing at a pace no one could have imagined, even Google. The company said this week that it now activates more than 500,000 Android devices each day. Mr. Llamas said Apple, which changed the smart phone game in 2007 when it introduced the iPhone, potentially
25、has a ceiling with consumers as its mobile phone is often more expensive than those of its competitors. Although millions of customers flock to Apple products for their beauty, simplicity and powerful brand, many cant afford a new iPhone. This could change【 B5】 _as some analysts expect. “ Right now
26、the iPhone only comes in one flavor; it s not like other Apple products like the iPod where there are several different sizes, shapes and prices, “ Mr. Llamas said. AAlthough it may seem that everyone owns a smart phone these days, Bif Apple offers a less expensive model of the iPhone later this yea
27、r, CIf it works, why switch? Dwho purchased a new mobile phone in the last three months, EThe smart phone race is still raging. FThe same theory can be applied to customers who are making the switch to smart phones today. GiPhone is too expensive for most people. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】
28、30 【 B5】 30 When Carly Fiorina became Hewlett Packards first female chief executive officer, the existence of her househusband, Frank Fiorina, who had retired early from AT now this arrangement isn t【 C1】_at all. Seven of the 18 women who are【 C2】 _CEOs of Fortune 500 companies including Xerox s Urs
29、ula Burns and PepsiCo s Indra Nooyi have, or at some point have had, a stay at home husband. So do scores of【 C3】 _CEOs of smaller companies and women in other senior executive jobs. This role change is【 C4】 _more and more as women edge past men at work. Women now【 C5】 _a majority of jobs in the US,
30、 including 51. 4 percent of managerial and professional【 C6】 _, according to US Census Bureau data. Some 23 percent of wives now earn more than their husbands. And this earnings trend is more dramatic among younger people. Women 30 and under make more money, on【 C7】_than their male counterparts(年 龄相
31、当的人 )in many large cities in the US. During the recent【 C8】 _, three men lost their jobs for every woman. Many unemployed fathers have ended up caring for their children full-time while their wives are the【 C9】 _wage earners. The number of men in the US who【 C10】_care for children under age five inc
32、reased to 32 percent in 2010 from 19 percent in 1988, according to Census figures. AappealingBaverage CconflictDcurrently EelementaryFensure GfemaleHfill IoccupationsJoccurring KpositionsLprimary MrecessionNregularly Ounusual 31 【 C1】 32 【 C2】 33 【 C3】 34 【 C4】 35 【 C5】 36 【 C6】 37 【 C7】 38 【 C8】 39
33、 【 C9】 40 【 C10】 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 When a 13-year-old Virginia girl started sneezing, her parents thoughtit was merely a cold. But when the sneezes continued for hours
34、, they called in a doctor. Nearly two months later the girl was still sneezing, thousands of times a day, and her case had attracted worldwide attention. Hundreds of suggestions, ranging from“put a clothes pin on her nose“to “have her stand on her head“poured in. But nothing did any good. Finally, s
35、he was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital where Dr. Leo Kanner, one of the world s top authorities on sneezing, solved the baffling(难以理解的 )problem with great speed. He used neither drugs nor surgery, curiously enough, the clue for the treatment was found in an ancient superstition about the amazing bod
36、ily reaction we call the sneeze. It was all in her mind, he said, a view which Aristotle, some 3, 000 years earlier, would have agreed with heartily. Dr. Kanner simply gave a modern psychological interpretation to the ancient belief that too much sneezing was an indication that the spirit was troubl
37、ed; and he began to treat the girl accordingly. “Less than two days in a hospital room, a plan for better scholastic and vocational adjustment, and reassurance about her unreasonable fear of tuberculosis quickly changed her from a sneezer to an ex-sneezer, “ he reported. Sneezing has always been a s
38、ubject of wonder, awe and puzzlement. Dr. Kanner has collected thousands of superstitions concerning it. The most universal one is the custom of begging for the blessing of God when a person sneezes a practice Dr. Kanner traces back to the ancient belief that a sneeze was an indication that the snee
39、zer was possessed of an evil spirit. Strangely, people over the world still continue the custom with the traditional, “God bless you“ or its equivalent. When scientists look at the sneeze, they see a remarkable mechanism which, without any conscious help from you, takes on a job that has to be done.
40、 When you need to sneeze you sneeze, this being nature s clever way of getting rid of an annoying object from the nose. The object may be just some dust in the nose which nature is striving to remove. 41 The girl sneezed continuously because she_. （ A） was ill （ B） was mentally ill （ C） had heavy me
41、ntal burden （ D） had attracted world-wide attention 42 When the girl began to sneeze continuously, _. （ A） a lot of people offered their advice （ B） she was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital （ C） she was given a treatment found in ancient superstition （ D） many doctors treated her in different ways 43
42、 Dr. Kanner cured the girl by_. （ A） using Aristotles method （ B） giving her psychological treatment （ C） practicing superstition （ D） treating her tuberculosis 44 When a person sneezes, we say “God bless you “because_. （ A） its a tradition （ B） the person is possessed of an evil spirit （ C） the per
43、son is ill （ D） God will bless those who sneeze 45 According to scientists, people sneeze because_. （ A） they are ill （ B） to sneeze is human nature （ C） they do not need any conscious help （ D） there are unwanted things in their noses 45 There was one thought that air pollution affected only the ar
44、ea immediately around large cities with factories and heavy automobile traffic. At present, we realize that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. On several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the east of
45、 the United States and brought health warnings in rural areas away from any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile traffic. In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be infected by air pollution. Some scientists consider that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the
46、 air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels(coal and oil)is creating a “greenhouse effect“ conserving heat reflected from the earth and raising the world s average temperature. If this view is correct and the worlds temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt an
47、d cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be in water. Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particular matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth s temperature a result that would be equally disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could c
48、reate something close to a new ice age, and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming areas. Today we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen(though one recent government report drafted by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse eff
49、ect is very possible). Perhaps, if we are lucky enough, the two tendencies will offset each other and the world s temperature will stay about the same as it is now. Driven by economic profit, people neglect the damage on our environment caused by the “ advanced civilization“. Maybe the air pollution is the price the human beings have to pay for their development. But is it really worthwhile? 46 As pointed ou
