1、大学英语三级（ A级）模拟试卷 400及答案与解析 Section A Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. The dialogues and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should
2、decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices A , B, C, and D. （ A） She will go to the beach. （ B） She will go to France. （ C） She will drive to see her brother. （ D） She will drive her mother to the airport. （ A） On the grass. （ B） Near the pool. （ C） On his bike. （ D） At home. （ A） She wanted to
3、 make everyone else interested. （ B） She found the meeting uninteresting. （ C） She was listening attentively to the other people. （ D） She wanted everyone at the meeting to be quiet. （ A） The book was hard to find. （ B） The book cost too much money. （ C） The book was difficult to read. （ D） The book
4、 was not worth reading. （ A） The man is concerned about the color choice. （ B） The man doesnt care which color is chosen. （ C） The woman has chosen a nice color. （ D） The mans choice is different from the womans. Section B Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversa
5、tions. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should choose the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. （ A） 40 days a year. （ B
6、） 4 days a year. （ C） 14 days a year. （ D） 15 days a year. （ A） A manager. （ B） A job interviewer. （ C） A waitress. （ D） A doctor. （ A） Its wet. （ B） Its foggy. （ C） Its wet and foggy. （ D） Its cool and dry. Section C Directions: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You
7、 will hear a recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. The passage will be spoken twice. When you hear a question, you should complete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase. 9 What do whales do about those harmful plants and animals? They_ enormous amounts of these harmful
8、plants and animals. Section A Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A , B, C, and D. 10 Li Ming knows a lot about Canada.He must _ a lot of books about that cou
9、ntry. （ A） had read （ B） have read （ C） read （ D） have readed 11 Lying on the floor _. （ A） my naughty brother was （ B） did my naughty brother be （ C） be my naughty brother （ D） was my naughty brother 12 _ no gravity, there would be no air around the earth. （ A） Were there （ B） Was there （ C） There
10、were （ D） There be. 13 Youre very sefish. Its high time you _. that youre not the most important person world. （ A） would realize （ B） realize （ C） are realizing （ D） realized 14 By no means_ready to quit her study. （ A） will she （ B） she will （ C） she is （ D） is she 15 Youll have to spend _ whiting
11、 your report here. （ A） one day or two days （ B） one day or two （ C） a day or two （ D） two days or one 16 Mr. Smith lives in the house _ is leaking. （ A） of which the roof （ B） which of the roof （ C） the roof of which （ D） of which roof 17 This time next week Ill be on vacation. Probably I _ on a be
12、autiful beach. （ A） am lying （ B） have lain （ C） will have lain （ D） will be lying 18 Mary has got a full mark in the test. She _ very hard all these days. （ A） will work （ B） may work （ C） must have worked （ D） could have worked 19 The conference _ in Beijing next week is bound to be a great succes
13、s. （ A） holding （ B） being held （ C） to hold （ D） to be held Section B Directions: There are 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each bland with the proper form of the word given in the brackets. 20 My father (read) _ your thesis all the afternoon. 21 The villagers found a lot of (foss
14、il) _ of unknown animals in that area last week. 22 Hardly he (finish) _ his speech when the audience started sheering. 23 The man (talk) _ with the teacher was Xiao Wangs father. 24 He got the car ( start) _ at last by asking everyone to push it. 25 Because of its (prefer) _ for lower temperatures,
15、 this is an ideal plant for the garden pool. 26 There has been little research considering early retirement among women and its (society) _ meaning. 27 Mark (visit) _ China more than ten times. 28 He heard some children (laugh) _ when he passed the door. 29 If you want to be (success) _ in life, you
16、 should be honest and self-confident. Task 1 Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should make the correct choice. 29 Ours has become a
17、 society of employees. A hundred years or so ago only one of every five Americans at work was employed, i. e., worked for somebody else. Today only one out of five is not employed but working for himself. And when fifty years ago “being employed“ meant working as a factory laborer or as a farmhand,
18、the employee of today is increasingly a middle-class person with a substantial formal education, holding a professional or management job requiring intellectual and technical skills. Indeed, two things have characterized American society during these last fifty years; middle-class and upper-class em
19、ployees have been the fastest-growing groups in our working populationgrowing so fast that the industrial worker, the oldest child of the Industrial Revolution, has been losing in numerical importance despite the expansion of industrial production. Yet you will find little if anything written on wha
20、t it is to be an employee. You can find a great deal of very dubious advice on how to get a job or how to get a promotion. You can also find a good deal of work in a chosen field, whether it be the mechanists trade or bookkeeping. Every one of these trades requires different skills, sets different s
21、tandards, and requires a different preparation. Yet they all have employeeship in common. And increasingly, especially in the large business or in government, employeeship is more important to success than the special professional knowledge or skill. Certainly more people fail because they do not kn
22、ow the requirements of being an employee than because they do not adequately possess the skills of their trade; the higher you climb the ladder, the more you get into administrative or executive work, and the greater the emphasis on ability to work within the organization rather than on technical ab
23、ilities or professional knowledge. 30 It is implied that fifty years ago . （ A） eighty percent of American working people were employed in factories （ B） twenty percent of American intellectuals were employees （ C） the percentage of intellectuals in the total work force was almost the same as that o
24、f industrial workers （ D） the percentage of intellectuals working as employees was not so large as that of industrial workers 31 According to the passage, with the development of modern industry, . （ A） factory laborers will overtake intellectual employees in number （ B） there are as many middle-cla
25、ss employees as factory laborers （ C） employers have attached great importance to factory laborers （ D） the proportion of factory laborers in the total employee population has decreased 32 The word “dubious“ (Line 2, Para. 2) most probably means （ A） valuable （ B） useful （ C） doubtful （ D） helpful 3
26、3 According to the writer, professional knowledge or skill is . （ A） less important than awareness of being a good employee （ B） as important as the ability to deal with public relations （ C） more important than employer-employee relations （ D） as important as the ability to cooperate with others in
27、 organization 34 From the passage we know that the employeeship helps one （ A） to be more successful in his career （ B） to be more specialized in his field （ C） to solve technical problems （ D） to develop his professional skill Task 2 Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or u
28、nfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45. 35 Education has acquired a kind of snob (诌上骄下的势利鬼 )value in modern times. We are no longer content to be honest craftsmen (工匠 ), skilled at our work through years of patient practice. Nowadays if we want promotion in even the humblest (卑微的 ) job, we
29、have to obtain a certificate or a diploma first. We may know that we would be better at the job than the man with the paper qualifications, but our experience and practical skills are often regarded as relatively unimportant. “Johnson would have been manager by now if hed taken the trouble to get a
30、degree,“ his colleagues say, “hes a clever man. He could have done anything if hed had a proper education.“ I wonder if, as time goes on, we shall discover that many people, whose practical experience and ability would have been enormously useful to their employers, have been rejected form hire or p
31、romotion on the grounds that they were insufficiently qualified. Would it not be better to allow people to become expert in the way most suited to them, rather than oblige them to follow a set course of instruction which may offer no opportunity for them to develop skills in which they would have be
32、come expert if left it to themselves? 35 By the first sentence in Para.1, the writer probably means _. （ A） education has acquired a pleasant value （ B） education is ignored by the public （ C） too much attention is paid to degrees in the workplace （ D） too little attention is paid to degrees in the
33、workplace 36 According to the passage, if we want to get promotion nowadays we have to _. （ A） produce proof of our qualifications （ B） write a paper about our qualifications （ C） apply for a certificate （ D） apply for a diploma course 37 From the passage we understand that his colleagues think John
34、son _. （ A） should have been given a degree （ B） would have been able to get a degree （ C） couldnt have done anything without a degree （ D） would become manager even without a degree 38 The writer fears that without paper qualifications many people _. （ A） wont get proper education （ B） will prove u
35、seless in their job （ C） will be dismissed from their job （ D） wont be considered for a job 39 In the writers opinion it would be better if people _. （ A） were forced to take a diploma （ B） were free to become educated in their own way （ C） attended more practical courses （ D） attended courses inten
36、ded for experts Task 3 Directions: The following is a passage. After reading it, you are required to complete the outline in the table below (No. 46 through 50). You should write your answers briefly (in no more than 3 words) on the blanks. 40 Fire Instruction The person discovering a fire will: 1.
37、operate the nearest fire alarm; 2. attack the fire with available equipment, if it is safe to do so. On hearing a fire alarm: 1. those in class: will go to the assembly area under instructions given by the teacher; 2. those elsewhere: will go to the assembly area by the most sensible route. Assembly
38、 area: The assembly area is the playing field which is south of the sports hall. Here names will be checked. Procedure: 1. move quickly; 2. do not stop to collect your personal belongings; 3. do not attempt to pass others on your way to the assembly area; 4. do not use the lift. Fire alarms: Fire al
39、arms are situated as follows: 1. A Block At the reception desk; at east end of connecting corridor; outside the kitchen door; 2. B Block At the bottom of both stairways and on each landing; 3. C Block Inside entrance room of sports hall. Fire Instruction Discovering a fire: the first thing to do is
40、to operate the (46) . Hearing the fire alarm: to go to (47) . Assembly area: in south of (48) . During the fire alarm: 1. Do not stop to collect your personal belongs. 2. Do not pass others. 3. Do not use the (49) Locations of fire alarms: if you are now in C Block, you should use the firealarm insi
41、de (50) of sports hall. Task 4 Directions: The following is a list of terms. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to those given in Chinese in the table below. Than you should put the corresponding letters in the brackets of question NO. 51-55. 45 A-An E-mail Account B-Web
42、 Site Design C-Identifying Your Audience D-Selecting a Domain Name E-Affiliate Programs E-Customer Research Online G-E-mail Etiquette H-Contribute to Newsgroups I-Contact the Online Media J-Seek Reciprocal Links K-Selling Online Advertising Space L-Web Rings M-Brand Power N-Developing E-mail Policie
43、s O-Internal E-mailing Lists P-Setting up Shop Online 45 ( )向网络新闻组投稿 ( )选定域名 46 ( )联号程序 ( )与网上媒体接触 47 ( )寻求交互式链接 ( )网站环 48 ( )电邮礼仪 ( )内部电邮列表 49 ( )出售网络广告空间 ( )网 站设计 Task 5 Directions: The following is a passage. After reading the passage you should give brief answers to the 5 questions (No.56 throug
44、h No.60) following them. 50 In this section, youll read a passage about a famous painter in the 20th century. Read it carefully and then answer the questions after it in the fewest possible words. Grandma Moses is among the most celebrated twentieth century painters of the United States, yet she had
45、 barely started painting before she was in her late, seventies. As she once said of herself: “I would never sit bank in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.“ No one could have had a more productive old age. She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys an
46、d five girls. (“We came in bunches, like radishes.“)At twelve she left home and was in domestic service until at twenty- seven, she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had te
47、n children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927. Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery (刺绣 )pictures a hobby, but only switched to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first
48、sold at the local drugstore and at a fair, and were soon spotted by a dealer who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures were exhibited in the museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930s and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals (绘画 ) of the rural life she had known far so long, with a marvelous sense of color and form. “I think real hard till think of this real pretty, and then I painted it,“ she said. 50 What would be the
