1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 351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 does the man mean? （ A） Nobody can be the best. （ B） Do as well as you can. （ C） It s difficult to do something important. （ D） It s impossible to do something important. 2 What does the man mean? （ A） He can help the woman. （ B） The machine was just repaired. （ C） The clerk does
3、n t like to be troubled. （ D） The machine is broken. 3 What are the speakers talking about? （ A） A flight timetable. （ B） The way to Union Street. （ C） Hiring a taxi. （ D） None above. 4 What do we know about Peter Schmidt? （ A） He has lost his ticket. （ B） He is expecting a ticket. （ C） He went out
4、to buy a ticket. （ D） He collects tickets. 5 What s the probable relationship between the two speakers? （ A） Husband and wife. （ B） Father and daughter. （ C） Doctor and patient. （ D） Strangers. 6 Why is the woman upset? （ A） Because she cant watch TV. （ B） Because her ears were hurt. （ C） Because sh
5、e cant hear the words on the telephone. （ D） Because her eyes were hurt. 7 What do we learn about William from this conversation? （ A） William is just starting the violin lessons. （ B） William can t play the violin. （ C） William is very modest about his performance. （ D） William is very proud of his
6、 performance. 8 What conclusion can be drawn from this conversation? （ A） Children learn by example. （ B） Children must not tell lies. （ C） Children dont like discipline. （ D） Children must control their temper. 9 Where is Mr. Kunts now? （ A） At the Computer Center. （ B） At home. （ C） In the company
7、. （ D） At the Oak Street. 10 What does the man mean? （ A） He has refused another dinner appointment. （ B） He doesn t eat out very often. （ C） He knows the way to the restaurant. （ D） He does not like to eat out either. Part B Directions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening t
8、o 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. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. 11 What information did the man h
9、ear 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 visit his grandma. （ B） Because hes on his honeymoon. （ C） Because hes g
10、oing 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 are the speakers doing as the conversation begins? （ A） Looking at so
11、me photographs. （ B） Selling cameras. （ C） Teaching a photography class. （ D） Repairing camera equipment. 15 Why doesnt the man carry a camera with him? （ A） He has a professional photographer. （ B） He knows nothing about film processing. （ C） He doesnt have a flash attachment. （ D） He thinks a big
12、camera would bring too much trouble. 16 What is the major advantage of the womans camera? （ A） It focuses automatically. （ B） It has a lot of specialized lenses. （ C） It is easy to load. （ D） It advances the film automatically. 17 What problem does the man have in taking pictures? （ A） He cant find
13、good subjects to photograph. （ B） His indoor shots are too dark. （ C） His pictures are often blurry. （ D） His camera is too big for good detail. 18 How many courses did the woman take last semester? （ A） 3. （ B） 4. （ C） 5 （ D） 6 19 What year is the woman going to be in? （ A） The junior year. （ B） Th
14、e freshman year. （ C） The senior year. （ D） The sophomore year. 20 Which subject is taken as a general background course? （ A） English sociology. （ B） Journalism. （ C） Freshman French. （ D） Writing. 21 Who is the man in this conversation? （ A） Dean of Students. （ B） Lecturer in Speech Communication.
15、 （ C） Professor of Business Administration. （ D） Chairman of the Journalism Department. 22 When do people usually wear T-shirts? （ A） When they take part in sports. （ B） When they watch a film. （ C） When they go shopping. （ D） When they read a book. 23 Why do people like to wear T-shirts so much tod
16、ay? （ A） T-shirts are suitable for home wear. （ B） T-shirts are smart and comfortable. （ C） T-shirts go well with trousers. （ D） T-shirts feel soft and wash well. 24 What kind of T-shirt is the most popular one? （ A） The silk T-shirt in white color. （ B） The nylon T-shirt worn on the playground. （ C
17、） The wool T-shirt worn for work. （ D） The cotton T-shirt with a slogan or a picture. 25 What is being done to make the T-shirts more attractive? （ A） New technology. （ B） Advertisements. （ C） New designs. （ D） More artificial materials. 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the
18、 following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. 25 In shopping malls, the assistants try to push you into buying “a gift to thank her for her unselfish love“. When you log onto a website, a small pop-up invites you to book a bouquet fo
19、r her. Commercial warmth and gratitude are the atmosphere being spread around for this special Sunday in May. 【 C1】 _The popularity of Mother s Day around the world suggests that Jarvis got all she wanted. In fact, she got more enough to make her horrified. 【 C2】 _They buy, among other things, 132 m
20、illion cards. Mother s Day is the No. 1 holiday for flower purchases. Then there are the various commodities, ranging from jewelry and clothes to cosmetics and washing powder, that take advantage of the promotion opportunities. Because of this, Jarvis spent the last 40 years of her life trying to st
21、op Mother s Day. One protest against the commercialization of Mother s Day even got her arrested for disturbing the peace, interestingly. 【 C3】 _As Ralph Fevre, a reporter at the UK newspaper The Guardian, observed, traditionally “ motherhood is something that we do because we think it s right. “ Bu
22、t in the logic of commercialism, people need something in exchange for their time and energy. A career serves this purpose better. 【 C4】 _So they work hard and play hard. Becoming a mother, however, inevitably handicaps career anticipation. 【 C5】 _According to The Guardian, there are twice as many c
23、hild-free young women as there were a generation ago. Or, they put off the responsibility of parenting until later in their lives. So, Fevre writes that the meaning of celebrating Mother s Day needs to be updated: “It is to persuade people that parenting is a good idea and to honor people for their
24、attempt to be good people. “ AAccording to a research by the US card company Hallmark, 96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday. BBut what s more, commercialism changes young people s attitude towards motherhood. CObviously, the best gift will be a phone call or a visit. DThe American
25、version of Mother s Day was thought up as early as 1905, by Anna Jarvis, as a way of recognizing the real value of motherhood. EIn addition, women are being encouraged to pursue any career they desire. FAs a result, motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s. GNowadays Mother s Da
26、y become more and more commercialization. 26 【 B1】 27 【 B2】 28 【 B3】 29 【 B4】 30 【 B5】 30 With the world s population estimated to grow from six to nine billion by 2050, researchers, businesses and governments are already dealing with the impact, this increase will have on everything from food and w
27、ater to infrastructure(基础设施 )and jobs. Underling all this【 C1】 _will be the demand for energy, which is expected to double over the next 40 years. Finding the resources to meet this demand in a【 C2】 _, sustainable way is the cornerstone(基石 )of our nation s energy security, and will be one of the maj
28、or【 C3】_of the 21st century. Alternative forms of energy-bio-fuels, wind and solar, to name a few are【 C4】 _being funded and developed, and will play a growing【 C5】 _in the worlds energy supply. But experts say that even when【 C6】_, alternative energy sources will likely meet only about 30% of the w
29、orlds energy needs by 2049. For example, even with【 C7】 _investments, such as the $ 93 million for wind energy development【 C8】 _in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, important alternative energy sources such as wind and bio fuels【 C9】 _only about 1% of the market today. Energy and sustaina
30、bility experts say the answer to our future energy needs will likely come from a lot of【 C10】 _ both traditional and alternative. AstableBsolutions CsignificantDrole EprogressFmarvelous GincludedHgrowth IexactlyJconsist KcompriseLcompetitions McombinedNchallenges Ocertainly 31 【 C1】 32 【 C2】 33 【 C3
31、】 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 “Family“ is of course an elastic word. And in different countries it has different
32、meanings. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of “family“ in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginn
33、ing of a new and independent family hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life. For both man and woman, marriage means leaving one s parents and starting one s own life. The man s first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife s to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for
34、 her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and their alone. Neither the wife s parents nor the husband s, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them they are their own masters. Readers
35、 of novels like Jane Austen s Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times, marriage among wealthy families were arranged by the girl s parents, that is, it was the parents duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him even
36、tually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry(嫁妆 ). It is very different today. Most girls of t
37、oday get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results. A girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry. Every coin has two sides; independence for girls is no exception. But it may be a good thing for all of the girls, as their
38、 social status are much higher and they are no longer the subordinate(部下，下级 )of their parents and husbands. 41 What does the author mean by “Family is of course an elastic word“? （ A） Different families have different ways of life. （ B） Different definitions could be given to the word. （ C） Differen
39、t nations have different families. （ D） Different times produce different families. 42 For an English family, the husband s duty is_. （ A） supporting the family while the wife is working out （ B） defending the family while the wife is running the home （ C） providing financial support while the wife
40、is running the home （ D） independent while his wife is also independent 43 Everything is decided in a family_. （ A） by the couple （ B） with the help of their parents （ C） by brothers and sisters （ D） with the help of aunts and uncles 44 What is TRUE concerning the book Pride and Prejudice? （ A） It i
41、s the best book on marriage. （ B） It is a handbook on marriage. （ C） It gives some idea of English social life in the past. （ D） It provides a lot of information of former-time wealthy families. 45 With regard to marriage in Britain, present-day girls differ from former-time girls in_. （ A） the righ
42、t family （ B） more parental support （ C） choosing husbands （ D） social position 45 Steveland Morris is a household name in America. Ask Steveland Morris and hell tell you that blindness is not necessarily disabling. Steveland was born prematurely(过早地，不到期地 )and totally without sight in 1950s. He beca
43、me Stevie Wonder composer, singer, and pianist. The winner of ten Grammy awards, Stevie is widely acclaimed(喝采 )for his outstanding contributions to the music world. As a child, Stevie learned not to think about the things he could not do, but to concentrate on the things that he could do. His paren
44、ts encouraged him to join in his sighted brothers as many activities as possible. They also helped him to sharpen his sense of hearing, the sense upon which the usually disabled are so dependent. Because sound was so important to him, Stevie began at an early age to experiment with different kinds o
45、f sound. He would bang things together and then imitate the sound with his voice. Often relying on sound for entertainment, he sang, beat on toy drums, played a toy harmonica(口琴 ), and listened to the radio. Stevie soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments. He first learned to play the
46、 drums. He then mastered the harmonica and the piano. He became a member of the junior church choir(唱诗班 )and a lead singer. In the evenings and on weekends, Stevie would play different instruments and sing popular rhythm and blues tunes on the front porches(走廊 )of neighbors homes. One of Stevie s se
47、ssions was overheard by Ronnie White , a member of a popular singing group called The Miracles. Ronnie immediately recognized Stevie s talent and took him to audition(试听 )for Berry Gordy, the president of Hitsville USA, a large recording company now known as Motown. Stevie recorded his first smash h
48、it “Fingertips“ in 1962 at age twelve, and the rest of Stevie s story is music history. 46 This passage could be entitled_. （ A） The Music World （ B） Stevie Wonder （ C） Great Musicians （ D） Blind People 47 Which of the following is NOT true about Stevie s childhood? （ A） Stevie often told people tha
49、t a blind person was not necessarily disabled. （ B） He learnt to concentrate on things that he could do. （ C） He played as often as possible with his brother, who had normal sight. （ D） He tried very hard to train his sense of hearing. 48 By saying “Stevie soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments“, the author means that_. （ A） Stevie finished his study at a toy instruments
