1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 337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） Its 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 th
6、e 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 Dire
7、ctions: 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 Why is the woman in New York? （ A） Because she likes the city. （ B） Because she wants to visit the man. （ C） Because she has a project there. （ D） Because the man is ill. 12 Whats wrong with the man? （ A） He has got a cold. （ B） He wants to die. （ C） His dog i
9、s sick. （ D） He throws up seriously. 13 Where does the man live? （ A） At 904 Haven Avenue in the 168th Street. （ B） At 904 Haven Avenue in the 116th Street. （ C） At 903 Haven Avenue in the 116th Street. （ D） At 903 Haven Avenue in the 168th Street. 14 What will the man do tonight? （ A） He will retur
10、n to his hometown. （ B） He will 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 doesn t drink coffee. （ B） Because she has a plane to catch. （ C） Because she has to go to a lesson. （
11、 D） Because she doesnt like the 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.
12、（ D） By car. 18 How did the woman 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 Actio
13、n Union opposing the parking lot 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.
14、 20 What is the Student Action 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
15、will the woman probably do on Thursday 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） I
16、t resembles the biological virus. （ 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 compute
17、r and make it a place for manufacturing. （ 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
18、） It is a virus that once infected 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 t
19、he computer systems. （ C） It can 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 Everywhere you look, yo
20、u see kids bouncing a basketball or waving a tennis racquet (网球拍 ). And these kids are getting younger and younger. In some countries, children can compete on basketball, baseball, and volleyball teams starting at age nine.【 B1】 _ And swimming and gymnastics classes begin at age four, to prepare chi
21、ldren for competition. Its true that a few of these kids will develop into highly skilled athletes and may even become members of the national Olympic teams.【 B2】 _ This emphasis on competition in sports is having serious negative effects. Children who get involved in competitive sports at a young a
22、ge often grow tired of their sport. Many parents pressure their kids to choose one sport and devote all their time to it.【 B3】 _ But 66 percent of the young athletes wanted to play more than one sport for fun. Another problem is the pressure imposed by over-competitive parents and coaches. Children
23、are not naturally competitive. In fact, a recent study by Paulo David found that most children dont even understand the idea of competition until they are seven years old.【 B4】 _ The third, and biggest, problem for young athletes is the lack of time to do their homework, have fun, be with friends in
24、 short, time to be kids. When they are forced to spend every afternoon at sports practice, they often start to hate their chosen sport. A searchers found that 70 percent of kids who take part in competitive sports before the age of twelve quit before they turn eighteen.【 B5】 _ Excessive competitive
25、away all the enjoyment. Need to remember the purpose of youth sports to give kids a chance to have developing strong, healthy bodies. A Survey found that 79 percent of parents of young athletes wanted their children to concentrate on one sports. B Many of them completely lose interest in sports. C V
26、ery young kids dont know why their parents are pushing them so hard. D The young soccer organization has teams for children as young as five. E children should have a regular time for sports. F But what about the others, the average kids? G Sports for children have two important purposes. 26 【 B1】 2
27、7 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 30 Just when you had figured out how to manage fat in your diet, researchers are now warning against another common mealtime pitfall (陷阱 ) salt. A study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Stanford University and Columbia Universit
28、y shows that even a【 C1】 _ decrease in daily salt intake (摄入 ) can lead to dramatic health benefits. The authors【 C2】 _ an annual drop of as many as 120,000 cases of heart disease, 66,000【 C3】 _ of stroke and 99,000 heart attacks【 C4】 _ by high blood pressure after a 3-g-per-day reduction in salt. T
29、he advantages, not surprisingly, were greater for African Americans, who are more likely to【 C5】 _ high blood pressure than other ethnic groups, and for the elderly, since blood vessels stiffen with age, which can lead to higher blood pressure. “Everyone in the U. S. is consuming salt far in【 C6】 _
30、of what is good for them,“ says lead author Dr. Kirsten Bibbins Domingo of UCSF. “ What we are suggesting is that a population wide effort to reduce salt intake, even【 C7】 _ , will have health benefits. “ The team conducted a computer-based analysis to determine the【 C8】 _ of a 3-g-per-day reduction
31、 in salt intake on rates of heart disease and death. They also calculated the cost savings emerging from the amount of disease that would be【 C9】 _ because of lower blood pressure. The conclusion: by cutting salt intake nationwide, the U. S. could save $ 10 billion to $ 24 billion 【 C10】 _ in health
32、 care costs. A accidents B annually C avoided D caused E considerable F develop G documented H dramatically I excess J impact K instances L modest M revised N slightly O undertake 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 f
33、ollowing 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 thought it was merely a cold. But when the sneezes continued for hours, they called in a doctor. Nearly two months
34、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, she was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital whe
35、re 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 bodily reaction we call the sneeze. It was
36、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 troubled; and he began to treat the girl accordi
37、ngly. “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 subject of wonder, awe and puzzlement. Dr. K
38、anner 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 sneezer was possessed of an evil spirit. Strang
39、ely, 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. When you need to sneeze you sneeze, this b
40、eing natures 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 mental burden （ D） had attracted world-wide at
41、tention 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 Dr. Kanner cured the girl by_. （ A） using A
42、ristotles 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 person is ill （ D） God will bless those who sne
43、eze 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 area immediately around large cities with fact
44、ories 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 the United States and brought health warnin
45、gs 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 air resulting from the burning of fossil fu
46、els (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 and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, a
47、nd 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 earths temperature a result that would be equally disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age, and
48、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 effect is very possible). Perhaps, if we are l
49、ucky 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 out at the beginning of the passage, people used to
