1、大学英语三级（ B级）模拟试卷 159及答案与解析 Section A Directions: This section is to test your ability to give proper answers to questions. There are 5 recorded questions in it. After each question, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct an
2、swer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） No, I wont. （ B） Not at all. （ C） In no way. （ D） Oh, never. （ A） Yes, you can turn it on. （ B） No, everything is fine. （ C） Should I listen to it7 （ D） There is no hurry. （ A） I dont think so. （ B） Take your seat, please. （ C） Its very nice. （ D） W
3、hat about staying here? （ A） Yes, I saw him. （ B） Youre right. （ C） He is very interesting. （ D） Lecture begins at eight. （ A） Yes, Id like to listen to it. （ B） Yes, the topic is interesting. （ C） No, I cant hear anything. （ D） No, he is not a teacher. Section B Directions: This section is to test
4、your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. The dialogues and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. （ A） A
5、 television set. （ B） A washing machine. （ C） A public telephone. （ D） A candy machine. （ A） At school. （ B） At home. （ C） At the dentists. （ D） In a restaurant. （ A） School fee. （ B） Flower prices. （ C） Apple prices. （ D） Milk prices. （ A） Sheet. （ B） Shirt. （ C） Scarf. （ D） Curtain. （ A） Roses sis
6、ter. （ B） The woman. （ C） The man. （ D） Rose. Section C Directions: In this section you will hear a short recorded passage. The passage has some words or phrases missing. The passage will be read three times. During the second reading, you are required to put the missing words or phrases on the blan
7、k in order of numbered blanks according to what you hear. The third reading is for you to check your writing. Now the passage will begin. 11 Before the invention of agriculture men were hunters. They went out every day. Sometimes they killed animals; sometimes animals killed them. Life was hard and
8、dangerous. Women (11) go out every day, too. They collected roots, fruit and grasses. Then, one day, (12) years ago, a woman dropped some grass seeds. She dropped them near her home. They grew and the first wheat (13) . The idea grew, too. Women planted roots and fruit tree. Then they could stay at
9、home and (14) the children and the animals. Women liked baby animals. They kept the baby animals: dogs, cows, sheep and goats. That idea grew, too. Then their husbands did net have to go hunting for meat. They stayed at home. They (15) villages and cities. Civilization began. Men began civilization
10、after women invented agriculture. 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. 16 Youd better deal with the problem while it is still _. （ A
11、） managed （ B） manageable （ C） managing （ D） management 17 Everybody including the White Brothers _ to have a holiday there. （ A） wants （ B） want （ C） will want （ D） do want 18 Dolly might have been _ responsible far the traffic accident. （ A） partly （ B） part （ C） apart （ D） partial 19 Reading is a
12、n excellent way of _ your experience. （ A） enrich （ B） enriching （ C） enriched （ D） to enrich 20 Up to now not only the students but also their teacher _ the football club. （ A） joined （ B） has joined （ C） have joined （ D） joins 21 When taking a shower, please _ that the shower curtain is inside the
13、 bath. （ A） sure （ B） ensure （ C） insurance （ D） ensue 22 Do you often look out of the windows while you _ lessons? （ A） have （ B） had （ C） are having （ D） has 23 After Janes husband died, she suffered a good deal of _ over the years. （ A） unfortunate （ B） fortunate （ C） misfortune （ D） misfortunate
14、 24 Have you ever spent a lot of time _ for a perfect Christmas present? （ A） search （ B） to search （ C） searching （ D） searched 25 _ around our city, the foreigners were invited to have attend an evening party. （ A） Have shown （ B） Having been shown （ C） Been shown （ D） Being showing Section B Dire
15、ctions: There are 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each bland with the proper form of the word given in the brackets. 26 We were all _ (astonishment) by the news that Michael had killed a woman. 27 The injured soldier was still _ (lively) when the local peasants found him. 28 Dont _
16、 (blameless) the little child if he made some minor mistakes. 29 Last-minute studying is not so _ (effect) as working hard from day to day. 30 _ (collect) information is very important to journalists. 31 The things which are urgent should be given _ (prior) during the conference. 32 Its no need to g
17、o any _ (far) to make a phone call since theres a phone booth hem. 33 The baby _ (cry) non-stop for the past hour. 34 You should try to make some _ (adjust) of your plan to make it more workable. 35 If no one has any _ (object), well continue to move to another issue. Task 1 Directions: After readin
18、g 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. 36 Do you want to know something about the history of weather? Dont look at the sky. Dont
19、 look for old weather reports. Looking at tree rings is more important. Correct weather reports date back only one century, but some trees can provide an exact record of the weather even further back. It is natural that a tree would grow best in a climate with plenty of sunlight and rainfall. It is
20、also expected that little sunlight or rainfall would limit the growth of a tree. The change from a favorable to an unfavorable climate can be determined by reading the pattern of rings in a tree trunk. To find out the weather of ten years ago, count the rings of a tree trunk from the outside to the
21、inside. If the tenth ring is far from the other rings, then it is certain that plenty of sunny and rainy weather occurred. If the rings are close together, then the climate was bad for the tree. Studying tree rings is important not only for the history of weather, but also for the history of man. In
22、 a region of New Mexico you can find only sand - no trees and no people. However, many centuries ago a large population lived there. They left suddenly. Why? A scientist studied patterns of dead tree rings which had grown there. He thought that the people had to leave because they had cut down all t
23、he trees. Trees were necessary to make fires and buildings. So, after the people destroyed the trees, they had to move. In this instance, studying tree rings uncovered an exciting fact about the history of man. 36 It is understood that in a favorable climate _. （ A） tree rings grow close together （
24、B） tree rings grow far apart （ C） people can cut down most of the trees in New Mexico （ D） trees in New Mexico will grow big and tall 37 Why did ancient people usually live where there were plenty of trees? （ A） Trees indicated plenty of sunlight and rainfall. （ B） Trees provided them with shades. （
25、 C） Trees were material for burning and building houses. （ D） Trees provided them with fruit and food. 38 The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because they can tell _. （ A） whether in that area the climate was favorable or not （ B） whether people took good care of the trees or not （
26、C） whether a particular tree was healthy or not （ D） how old the trees were 39 Studying dead tree rings show _. （ A） what the people had to cat （ B） where the people had to go （ C） how the people left （ D） why people had to leave 40 The people had to leave the region of New Mexico because_. （ A） the
27、y had cut down all the trees （ B） there were many trees there （ C） they had no water （ D） bad weather stopped the growth of trees Task 2 Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45. 41 Football is, I believe, the most popular game
28、in England: one has only to go to one of the important matches to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting for one side or the other. To a stranger, one of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the small
29、est boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He has pictures of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he expects will win such and such a match, and his opinion is usually as good as that of men three or four t
30、imes his age. Most schools in England take football seriously - much more seriously than nearly all European schools, where lessons are all that are important, and games are left for the children themselves. In England, it is believed that education is not only a matter of filling a boys mind with f
31、acts in the classroom, education also means the training of character; and one of the best ways of training character is by means of games, especially team games, where the boy or girl has to learn to work with others for his team, instead of working for himself alone. The school therefore plans gam
32、es and matches for its pupils. Football is a good team game, it is good both for the body and the mind. That is why it is every schools game in England. 41 In the first sentence, by “this“ the author means _. （ A） people often go to a football game （ B） people, rich and poor, young and old, play foo
33、tball （ C） football is the most popular game in England （ D） people usually shout at each other in a football match 42 At football matches, people often _ one team or the other by shouting. （ A） beat （ B） win over （ C） laugh at （ D） support 43 In almost all European schools, lessons are _. （ A） left
34、 for the children themselves （ B） what the children like best （ C） as important as football games （ D） considered the most important 44 In England, education means _. （ A） filling a boys mind with stories （ B） more than the teaching of knowledge （ C） the teaching of knowledge only （ D） training char
35、acter by means of football games 45 From the passage, we learn that _. （ A） schools in England make use of football games for the training of character （ B） football is the second most popular game in England （ C） football is more important than lessons （ D） only some schools in England have footbal
36、l games 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. 46 When you walk into a National Forest, you really believe youre t
37、he first person whos ever been here. Funny thing is youre not. These forests have been used for over a hundred years. From this timber stand (堆木场 ), settlers used wood to build their homes. And ties (枕木 ) were cut for the railroad. Hard to believe, isnt it? But thats the Miracle of the Forest. With
38、careful management these forests have renewed themselves, year after year providing us with all kinds of benefits. And thats why we call them “Forever Forests“. Come to see for yourself! And get involved with the new “forests for us“ program and tell people all about the Miracle of the Forest. For m
39、ore information, write: Forest for Us, P.O. Box 2000, Washington, DC 20013. Miracle of the Forest In addition to many other things, the National Forests have provided (46) for the building of houses, and (47) for the railroad. The National Forests have renewed themselves because of (48) and so they
40、are now called (49) . This advertisement invites readers to join in the program of (50) . 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 i
41、n the brackets of question NO. 51-55. 51 A potato B carrot C onion D garlic E ginger F tomato G cabbage H cucumber I corn J pepper K broccoli L mushroom M soy Bean N celery O pea P eggplant Q pumpkin R bamboo Shoot S water Chestnut T lotus Root 51 番茄 ( )莲藕 52 玉米 ( )辣椒 53 豌豆 ( )卷心菜 54 南瓜 ( )生姜 55 蘑菇
42、( )胡萝卜 Task 5 Directions: The following is a passage. After reading the passage you should give brief answers to the 5 questions (No.56 through No.60) following them. 56 Workshop to Focus on Grant Process Laura Chin will present a workshop Thursday showing nonprofit groups how to apply for Neighborh
43、ood grants to further their community work. The Neighborhood program will provide several grants, using $20,000 of the district offices community service funds and gifts of $5,000 each from Woodland Medical Center and Pavilion Insurance, Inc. May 18 is the application deadline for the second round o
44、f endowments, which are expected to be awarded twice each fiscal year. Thursdays workshop will deal with application process and will answer questions about the program, which honors groups trying to beautify or improve their neighborhood. Chin established the matching grant program to encourage com
45、munity volunteerism. Groups are required to match the grant amount with contribution of volunteer labor, materials and cash. The workshop will begin at 10 a.m. at the 3rd District Council Office, 19040 market Street. To obtain an application, call 1-800-555-3983. 56 What group will be interested in
46、this workshop? _ . 57 How many times are grants awarded each fiscal year? _ . 58 When is the deadline for applying for the second round of endowments? _ . 59 For what reason did Chin establish the matching grant program? Chin established the matching grant program to promote _ . 60 When will the wor
47、kshop begin? _ . 61 Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. （ A）为男人买衣服和为女人买衣服是两种不同的体验。 （ B）对于男人和女人而言。买衣服的经过是不同的。 （ C）对于男人和女人而言，买衣服是两 种不同的体验。 （ D）为男人买衣服和为女人买衣服需要的经验不同。 62 Modern medicine has become a more exciting field of study as a result of the two recent ch
48、anges. （ A）现代医学成为一个更令人振奋的研究领域的结果就是最近两个变化的发生。 （ B）现代医学使整个研究领域更为令人振奋。并同时引发了最近的两个变化。 （ C）由于最近发生的两个变化，现代医学使整个研究领域都更为令人振奋。 （ D）最近的两个 变化使现代医学成为一个更令人振奋的研究领域。 63 We hope to discuss the terms of payment at your earliest convenience. （ A）我们希望确定付款期限的问题，以尽早给你方带来便利。 （ B）我们希望在你方方便时尽早商讨付款方式的问题。 （ C）我们希望尽早在有利于你方的前提下确定付款方式的问题。 （ D）我们希望在你方方便时尽早讨论付款期限的问题。 64 American university students are usually under pressure because the
