1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 323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） Theres been nothing but rain for quite some time. （ B） He s bored with the changing weather. （ C） He thinks that it 11 rain for three more weeks. （ D） Hes 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 hard
4、 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 dealers. （ C） At a publishing house. （ D） At a newspaper office. 6 What would the man probably do
5、? （ 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 ou
6、tings 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 sic
7、k. （ 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, ans
8、wer 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 When did Miss Green become a swimming star? （ A） At the age of 15. （ B） At the age of 20. （ C） At the age of 18. （ D） At the age of 16.
9、12 How old is Miss Green now? （ A） 15. （ B） 20. （ C） 18. （ D） 16. 13 Why is the woman going to give up swimming? （ A） She doesnt enjoy swimming. （ B） She thinks she will never win in an international competition. （ C） She can t bear the hard training. （ D） She wants to do something other than swimmi
10、ng in her life. 14 What does Sally do in the supermarket? （ A） Working at the meat counter. （ B） Working in the produce section. （ C） Carrying groceries out of the store for customers. （ D） Checking the quality of the milk products. 15 Why does Tom do the yard work? （ A） To earn money for school. （
11、B） To keep his yard nice. （ C） To be able to work outdoors. （ D） To get exercise while working. 16 Why doesnt Tom like his job? （ A） Because he doesnt earn very much money. （ B） Because he has to work for quite a long time. （ C） Because he doesnt have time for lunch. （ D） Because sometimes he has to
12、 work under bad weather. 17 What is Tom going to do in the afternoon? （ A） Finish his homework. （ B） Cut grass. （ C） Plant trees. （ D） Buy groceries. 18 What does the woman want to buy? （ A） A sweater. （ B） An expensive pen. （ C） A microwave oven. （ D） A dishwasher. 19 What are they discussing about
13、? （ A） The price. （ B） The style. （ C） The manufacture date. （ D） The delivery. 20 Why does the woman want to make the purchase in that store? （ A） The article is cheap in the store. （ B） The article is of good quality in the store. （ C） The store is near her place. （ D） The store has free delivery
14、service. 21 How much does the shop assistant offer to reduce at first? （ A） Fifty dollars. （ B） Five dollars. （ C） Two hundred dollars. （ D） Seventy-five dollars. 22 How long will the adults and teenagers in this program live together? （ A） Five weeks. （ B） Six weeks. （ C） Seven weeks. （ D） Eight we
15、eks. 23 When and where was the special program offered? （ A） Every summer in New York City. （ B） Every winter in New York State. （ C） Every summer in New York State. （ D） Every winter in New York City. 24 What will people do when someone breaks the rule? （ A） Criticize him or her. （ B） Have a group
16、discussion about it. （ C） Make more rules. （ D） Ask him or her to work more in the woods. 25 Whats the purpose of the program? （ A） To keep all the members in the group work together. （ B） To make the people there understand the meaning of work. （ C） To find a way to solve the generation gap. （ D） T
17、o help people enjoy their work. 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 whole of the United States cheered its latest hero, Ashley Smith, with the Federal Bur
18、eau of Investigation saying it was planning to give a big reward to her for having a brave heart and wise mind. 【 B1】 _ She was moving into her apartment in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man followed her to her door and put a gun to her side. “I started walking to my door
19、, and I felt really, really afraid,“ she said in a TV interview last week. The man was Brian Nichols, 33. He was suspected of killing three people at an Atlanta courthouse (法院 ) on March, 11 and later of killing a federal agent.【 B2】_ Nichols tied Smith up with tape, but released her after she repea
20、tedly begged him not to take her life. “I told him if he hurt me, my little girl wouldnt have a mummy,“ she said. In order to calm the man down, she read to him from The Purpose-Driven Life, a best-selling religious boot. He asked her to repeat a paragraph“ about what you thought your purpose in lif
21、e was what talents were you given.“【 B3】 _ “I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his trust,“ Smith said. Smith said she asked Nichols why he chose her. “He said he thought I was an angel sent from God, and we were Christian sister and brother,“ she said. “And that he was lost, and that G
22、od led him to me to tell him that he had hurt a lot of people.“【 B4】 _She said Nichols was surprised when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage (报道 ) of the police hunt for him. “I cannot believe thats me,“ Nichols told the woman. Then, Nichols asked Smith what
23、she thought he should do. She said, “I think you should turn yourself in. If you dont, lots more people are going to get hurt. Eventually, he let her go.【 B5】 _A $60,000 reward had been posted for Nichols capture. Authorities said they did not yet know if Smith would be eligible (有资格的 )for that mone
24、y. A She even cooked breakfast for the man before he allowed her to leave. B Smith thanked the man for his kindness. C Smith tried very hard to kill Nichols. D The local police were searching for him. E And the two of them discussed this topic. F Then she called the police. G Smith is a 26-year-old
25、single mother with a daughter. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 30 One in six. Believe it or not, thats the number of Americans who struggle with hunger. To make tomorrow a little better, Feeding America, the nations largest【 C1】_ hunger relief organization , has chosen September as Hung
26、er Action Month. As part of its 30 Ways in 30 Days program, it s asking【 C2】 _across the country to help the more than 200 food banks and 61,000 agencies in its network provide low income individuals and families with the fuel they need to【 C3】 _ Its the kind of work thats done every day at St. Andr
27、ews Episcopal Church in San Antonio. People who【 C4】 _at its front door on the first and third Thursdays of each month arent looking for God theyre there for something to eat. St. Andrews runs a food pantry (食品室 ) that 【 C5】 _the city and several of the【 C6】_towns. Janet Drane is its manager. In the
28、 wake of the【 C7】 _, the number of families in need of food assistance began to grow. It is【 C8】 _that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal. Whats most surprising is that 36% of them live in【 C9】_where at least one adult is working. “It used to be that one job was
29、all you needed,“ says St. Andrews Drane. “The people we see now have three or four part-time jobs and theyre still right on the edge【 C10】 _. A accumulate B circling C communities D competition E domestic F financially G formally H gather I households J recession K reported L reviewed M serves N sur
30、rounding O survive 31 【 C1】 32 【 C2】 33 【 C3】 34 【 C4】 35 【 C5】 36 【 C6】 37 【 C7】 38 【 C8】 39 【 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 Technology has been an encouragement of
31、 historical change. It acted as such a force in England beginning in the eighteenth century, and across the entire Western World in the nineteenth. Rapid advances were made in the use of scientific findings in the manufacture(制造 ) of goods, which has changed ideas about work. One of the first change
32、s was that other forms of energy have taken the place of human power. Along with this came the increased use of machines to manufacture products in less time. People also developed machines that could produce the same parts for a product: each nail was exactly like every other nail, meaning that eac
33、h nail could be changed for every other nail. This means that goods could be mass produced, though mass production required breaking production down into smaller and smaller tasks. Once this was done, workers no longer started on the product and labored to complete it. Instead, they might work only
34、one thousandth of it, other workers completing their own parts in certain order. There is nothing strange about this manufacturing work by todays standards. Highly skilled workers were unable to compare with the new production techniques, as mass production allowed goods of high standard to be produ
35、ced in greater number than could ever be done by hand. But the skilled worker wasnt the only loser, the common workers lost too. Similar changes forced farmers away. The increased mechanization(机械化 ) of agriculture freed masses of workers from ploughing the land and harvesting its crops. They had li
36、ttle choice but to stream toward the rapidly developing industrial centers. Increasingly, standards were set by machines. Workers no longer owned their own tools, their skill was no longer valued, and pride in their work was no longer possible. Workers fed, looked after and repaired the machines tha
37、t could work faster than humans at greatly reduced cost. 41 In this passage, which of the following is NOT considered as a change caused by the use of scientific findings in the production of goods? （ A） Other forms of energy have taken the place of human power. （ B） The increased exploitation of wo
38、rkers in the 19th century. （ C） The increased use of machines to make products in less time. （ D） The use of machines producing parts of the same standard. 42 The underlined word “this“ in the first paragraph refers to_. （ A） the use of scientific findings （ B） the practice of producing the same par
39、ts for a product （ C） the human power being replaced by other forms of energy （ D） the technology becoming the encouragement of historical change 43 The underlined word “this“ in the second paragraph refers to the change that_. （ A） each nail could be taken the place of by every other nail （ B） each
40、 nail was exactly like every other nail （ C） producing tasks became smaller and smaller （ D） goods could be mass produced 44 According to the writer, highly skilled workers_. （ A） completely disappeared with the coining of the factory system （ B） were dismissed by the boss （ C） were unable to produc
41、e goods of high standard （ D） were unable to produce fine goods at that same speed as machines 45 According to the passage, what did the farmers have to do with the coming of mechanization of agriculture? （ A） Many of them had to leave their farmland for industrial centers. （ B） They stuck to their
42、farm work. （ C） They refused to use machines. （ D） They did their best to learn how to use the machines. 45 “We are not about to enter the Information Age, but instead are rather well into it.“ Present predictions are that by 1990, about thirty million jobs in the United States, or about thirty perc
43、ent of the job market, will be computer-related. In 1980, only twenty-one percent of all American high schools owned one or two computers for student use. In the fall of 1985, a new study showed that half of United States secondary schools have fifteen or more computers for student use. And now educ
44、ational experts, administrators, and even the general public are demanding that all students become “computer-literate“. By the year 2000 knowledge of computers will be necessary in over eighty percent of all occupations. Soon those people not educated in computer use will be compared to those who a
45、re print-illiterate today. What is “computer literacy“? The term itself seems to imply some degree of “knowing“ about computers, but knowing what? The present opinion seems to be that this should include a general knowledge of what computers are, plus a little of their history and something of how t
46、hey operate. Therefore, it is important that educators everywhere take a careful look not only at what is being done, but also at what should be done in the field of computer education. Today most adults are able to use a motor car without the slightest knowledge of how the internal combustion engin
47、e (内燃机 ) works. We effectively use all types of electrical equipment without being able to tell their histories or to explain how they work. Business people for years have made good use of typewriters and adding machines, yet few have ever known how to repair them. Why, then, attempt to teach comput
48、ers by teaching how or why they work? Rather, we first must fix our mind on teaching the effective use of the computer as the tool is. “Knowing how to use a computer is whats going to be important. We dont talk about automobile literacy. We just get in our cars and drive them.“ 46 In 1990, the numbe
49、r of jobs having nothing to do with computers in the United States will be reduced to_. （ A） 79 million （ B） 100 million （ C） 30 million （ D） 70 million 47 The underlined part “print-illiterate“ in the text refers to_. （ A） one who has never learnt printing （ B） one who has never learnt to read （ C） one who is not a computer literate （ D） one who is not able to use a typewriter 48 What is the
