1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 96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 dialogue
2、 ONLY ONCE. 1 How much does the stereo cost now? （ A） $1000 （ B） $800 （ C） $820 （ D） $960 2 What do we learn from the conversation? （ A） Henry doesnt like the color. （ B） Someone else painted the house. （ C） There was no ladder in the house. （ D） Henry painted the house himself. 3 What does the man
3、mean? （ A） David only does half of the work. （ B） David gets the promotion earlier than Carol. （ C） Carol works more than David. （ D） Carol should get the promotion. 4 What country does Suzanne presently call her home? （ A） America. （ B） England. （ C） Switzerland. （ D） Sweden. 5 What will the woman
4、do? （ A） Go to the airport anyway. （ B） Make a new reservation at the hotel. （ C） Take another plane. （ D） Go there by train instead. 6 What does the woman mean? （ A） She goes to the theatre occasionally. （ B） She doesnt like going to theatres. （ C） She goes to theatres very often. （ D） She goes to
5、theatres only when she is off duty. 7 Why was he late? （ A） Laziness. （ B） Missed the bus. （ C） Car trouble. （ D） Heavy traffic. 8 How does Susan feel? （ A） Satisfied. （ B） Happy. （ C） Tired. （ D） Discouraged. 9 What do we learn from this conversation? （ A） Jack is dependable. （ B） Tom always tells
6、the truth. （ C） Jack is wealthy. （ D） Tom is sometimes more foolish than Jack. 10 What kind of a person is Bob? （ A） He is shy. （ B） He is quiet. （ C） He is talkative. （ D） He is helpful. Part B Directions: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 sec
7、onds 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 Who is the woman? （ A） A landscape artist. （ B） A teacher. （
8、C） A student. （ D） A school register. 12 What does a student usually have to do before taking the advanced sketching course? （ A） Write a book. （ B） Attend an afternoon meeting, （ C） Enroll in another class. （ D） Go to the art museum. 13 What does the man give the woman? （ A） A texbook. （ B） Some pa
9、intbrushes. （ C） A bouquet of flowers. （ D） Some drawings. 14 What does the story tell us about the old woman? （ A） She was found stealing in a bookstore. （ B） She caught someone in the act of stealing. （ C） She admitted having stolen something. （ D） She said she was wrongly accused of stealing. 15
10、What was said to have been stolen? （ A） A book. （ B） $3,000. （ C） A handbag. （ D） A Christmas card. 16 What happened to Ms. White after she was taken back to the store? （ A） She was questioned by the police. （ B） She was shut in a small room for 20 minutes. （ C） She was insulted by the shopper aroun
11、d her. （ D） She was body-searched by the store manager. 17 What was nm4 the attitude of the department store in this legal case? （ A） They refused to apologize for having followed her through the town. （ B） They regretted having wrongly accused her of stealing. （ C） They still suspected that she was
12、 a thief. （ D） The agreed to pay her $ 3, 000 damages. 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. 17 Traveling can be funny and easy. A vacation trip to another part of
13、 the country is especially【 C1】 _when the traveling conditions are good. Good traveling conditions【 C2】 _a comfortable and familiar mode of transportation,【 C3】_of the countries language and system of money,【 C4】 _with the customs and habits of the people in the country, and nice travel【 C5】 _. All
14、of us have had nice trips like this. We have good【 C6】 _of an enjoyable .relaxing trip. Most of us have also had trips that we【 C7】 _like to forget. Many conditions can produce a bad【 C8】 _experience. Take a simple example,【 C9】 _the four conditions listed above do not【 C10】 _, we will probably have
15、 a bad experience, or【 C11】 _best a difficult one. Students who want to travel to【 C12】 _country to study often have a difficult trip. They usually travel【 C13】_, they dont know the language of the new country【 C14】 _,they are not familiar with the money system and so on. They often arrive in the ne
16、w country at a huge【 C15】 _airport. From the airport,they need to【 C16】 _their way to the city where their school is. Maybe they need to【 C17】 _airplanes, to take a bus, a train, or a taxi. They need to do all this in a country【 C18】 _everything is unfamiliar: the language, the money, the people, th
17、e cities, and the weather. Later,after the【 C19】 _are over,they can laugh. But at the【 C20】 _,they feel terrible. 18 【 C1】 （ A） enjoyable （ B） amusing （ C） happy （ D） favorable 19 【 C2】 （ A） include （ B） exclude （ C） conclude （ D） contain 20 【 C3】 （ A） information （ B） knowledge （ C） skill （ D） mast
18、er 21 【 C4】 （ A） probability （ B） possibility （ C） similarity （ D） familiarity 22 【 C5】 （ A） friends （ B） companions （ C） colleagues （ D） classmates 23 【 C6】 （ A） memories （ B） impressions （ C） opinions （ D） pictures 24 【 C7】 （ A） would （ B） should （ C） might （ D） will 25 【 C8】 （ A） trip （ B） tour （
19、 C） travel （ D） visit 26 【 C9】 （ A） as （ B） since （ C） although （ D） if 27 【 C10】 （ A） hold （ B） happen （ C） exist （ D） appear 28 【 C11】 （ A） at （ B） in （ C） on （ D） from 29 【 C12】 （ A） different （ B） another （ C） foreign （ D） other 30 【 C13】 （ A） along （ B） alone （ C） lonely （ D） singly 31 【 C14】 （
20、 A） yet （ B） too （ C） either （ D） already 32 【 C15】 （ A） national （ B） international （ C） domestic （ D） local 33 【 C16】 （ A） watch （ B） notice （ C） see （ D） find 34 【 C17】 （ A） pilot （ B） board （ C） take （ D） change 35 【 C18】 （ A） where （ B） when （ C） whom （ D） which 36 【 C19】 （ A） thoughts （ B） ide
21、as （ C） experiences （ D） plans 37 【 C20】 （ A） airport （ B） country （ C） time （ D） day 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. 37 Unbelievable as it sounds, a rain of fish did actually occur in
22、 1817, at Appin, Scotland. It consisted of a downpour for small herrings(青鱼 ), a feat that nature repeated in 1830, at Islay, in Argyllshire. Some sixty years ago there was a shower of small frogs in the west of England and in 1900 a thunderstorm brought down more of the creatures near Liverpool. Ev
23、en this doesnt exhaust the marvels of nature, for many other curious effects have been connected with rainfall. For example, there was a Shower of red rain in 1608 at Aix, during which large red drops of liquid were on the cemetery and the walls of the church. Needless to say, this “shower of blood”
24、 was not taken lightly by the frightened inhabitants. Red rain has been recorded many times since then, for instance at Vienna and in Italy in 1901, in Cornwall and Hamburg in 1902, and in England in 1903. The explanation probably lies in the fact that large quantities of algae(海藻 )were brought down
25、 by the rain. Algae are tiny plants measuring less than one-thousandth of an inch in diameter the simplest forms of vegetable life. Black rain is another oddity that has visited the British Isles. In 1862, four showers of black rain fell in Scotland. They were probably the result of volcano dust bro
26、ught to earth from the higher atmosphere. Yellow rain has also been recorded and pollen is suspected of being the coloring agent. While such curiosities of nature are startling, they all have natural explanations. The herrings and small ones at that were probably picked up by a waterspout at sea. Th
27、e frogs probably enjoyed a similar experience as a result of a whirlwind, either from a swamp or from a meadow. In any event, no rainstorms of. fish of frgs have been recorded far from either seacoasts or swampland. 38 The best title for this passage is:_. （ A） A shower of Fish （ B） A Rain of Frogs
28、（ C） The Marvels of Nature （ D） Curious Rainfalls 39 The main idea of this passage is that_. （ A） a rain offish actually occurred in 1817, at Appin, in Scotland （ B） many curious but natural effects have been connected with rainfall （ C） black rain is an oddity that has visited the British Isles （ D
29、） all curiosities of nature have natural explanations 40 A downpour of frogs occurred near_. （ A） Appin, Scotland （ B） Vienna （ C） Hamburg （ D） Liverpool 41 The author states that such curiosities of nature_. （ A） cannot be explained （ B） have natural explanations （ C） are caused by God （ D） will ce
30、ase as mans knowledge of nature increases 42 You can infer from the passage that Islay, in Argyllshire, is near_. （ A） meadowland （ B） the desert （ C） the seacoast （ D） mountains 42 Every body gets sick. Disease and injury make us suffer throughout our lives until, finally, some attack on the body b
31、rings our existence to an end. Fortunately, most of us in modern industrialized societies can take relatively good health for granted most of the time, In fact, we tend to fully realize the importance of good health only when we or those close to us become seriously ill. At such times we keenly appr
32、eciate the ancient truth that health is our most precious asset, one for which we might readily give up such rewards as power, wealth, or fame (荣誉 ). Because ill health is a universal problem, affecting both the individual and society, the human response to sickness is always, socially organized. No
33、 society leaves the responsibility for maintaining health and treating ill health entirely to the individual. Each society develops its own concepts of health and sickness and authorizes certain people to decide who is sick and how the sick should be treated. Around this focus there arises, over tim
34、e, a number of standards, values, groups, statuses, and roles: in other words, an institution (体系，机构 ). To the sociologist (社会学家 ), then, medicine is the institution concerned with the maintenance of health and treatment of disease. In the simplest pre-industrial societies, medicine is usually an as
35、pect of religion. The social arrangements for dealing with sickness are very elementary, often involving only two roles: the sick and the healer (治疗者 ). The latter is typically also the priest (牧师 ), who relies primarily on religious ceremonies, both to identify and to treat disease: for example, bo
36、nes may be thrown to establish a cause, songs may be used to bring about a cure. In modern industrialized societies, on the other hand, the institution has become highly complicated and specialized, including dozens of roles such as those of brain surgeon, druggist, hospital administrator, linked wi
37、th various organizations such as nursing homes, insurance companies, and medical schools. Medicine. in fact, has become the subject of intense sociological interest precisely because it is now one of the most pervasive and costly institutions of. modern society. 43 Which of the following statements
38、is true according to Paragraph 1? （ A） Nowadays most people believe they can have fairly good health. （ B） Human life involves a great deal of pain and suffering. （ C） Most of us are aware of the full value of health. （ D） Ancient people believed that health was more expensive than anything else. 44
39、 The word “authorize“ in Paragraph 2 means“_“ （ A） make way for （ B） give power to （ C） write an order for （ D） make it possible for 45 In Paragraph 2, we learn that the sociologist regards medicine as _. （ A） a system whose purpose is to treat disease and keep people healthy （ B） a universal proble
40、m that affects every society （ C） a social responsibility to treat ill health （ D） a science that focuses on the treatment of disease 46 According to Paragraph 3, which of the following is NOT true?_. （ A） In the past, bones might be used to decide why people fell ill. （ B） In pre-industrial societi
41、es priests sometimes treated patients by singing. （ C） Modern medicine is so complicated that sociology no longer has a place in it. （ D） There were only two roles in an elementary medical system, the patient and the one who tried to cure him. 47 The author of this passage is mainly concerned with_.
42、 （ A） sociological aspects in medicine （ B） medical treatment of diseases （ C） the development of medical science （ D） the role of religion in medicine 47 A number of recent books have reworked subjects, forms and writing techniques. Todays children read stories about divorce, death, drugs, air poll
43、ution, political extremism and violence. Relying on the magic of the illustrator, all kinds of books are being published. Before they know to read, babies can play with books made of cloth or books made to take in the bath. Later on, they are given picture books that may be cubical (立方形的 ) or triang
44、ular, outsized or very small. They also like work-books which come with water colours and paintbrushes, and comic books (漫画册 ) filled with details where they have to spot a figure hidden among thousands of others. Not that the traditional childrens books are being neglected. There are still storyboo
45、ks where the pages pop up (跳起 ) when they are opened; to make a forest or a castle. Among the latest ideas are interactive stories where readers choose the plot (情节 ) or ending they want, and books on CD, which are very popular in rich industrialized countries. The public has enthusiastically greete
46、d the wealth of creativity displayed by publishers. “Previously, giving a child a book is often seen as improper, says Canadian author Marie- France Hebert. Her books, published by a French-language publisher, sell like hot cakes in hundreds of thousands of copies. “Theres a real appetite for readin
47、g these days and I try to get across to children the passion for reading which is food for the mind and the heart, like a medicine or a vitamin. “ 48 “Reworked“ as used in Paragraph 1 means“_“. （ A） reworded （ B） rewritten （ C） processed （ D） revised 49 In the second paragraph the author lists the k
48、inds of books_. （ A） recently published （ B） of various shapes （ C） babies like （ D） popular among children 50 Which of the following statements is true? （ A） Books made of cloth came out earlier than picture books. （ B） When you buy work-books you will be given free comic books. （ C） Traditional ch
49、ildrens books are not being removed from market. （ D） Babies cannot have books while taking a bath. 51 The expression “get across to children“ in the last paragraph probably means_. （ A） pass on to children （ B） make children believe （ C） teach children （ D） get around to children 52 The main idea of the last paragraph is that people have_. （ A） warmly welcomed the abundance of wealth shown by publishers （ B）
