1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 196（无答案）Part ADirections: 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 O
2、NLY ONCE.1 How should the woman pay for the books as the man suggests?（A）In cash（B） By check（C） In mortgage（D）By credit card 2 What does the man want to do?（A）To rent a car（B） To go to the airport（C） To ask about road tax（D）To have a discount on cab fare 3 What does the woman think of group travelin
3、g?（A）It s safer（B） It s cheaper（C） It s more flexible（D）It s more exciting 4 What are the speakers going to do?（A）To go to a restaurant（B） To find a city map（C） To visit a museum（D）To find a guide 5 What did Bill do after he answered a call?（A）Hewatched TV（B） He washed his shirts（C） He turned on the
4、 washing machine（D）He put his shirts in the washing machine 6 What is the man s problem?（A）He has missed his flight （B） His flight will arrive late（C） He has to take another flight（D）His flight has been cancelled 7 What conclusion can be drawn from the conversation?（A）The woman did not answer the ph
5、one（B） The woman called the man s sister（C） The man s sister made a wrong call（D）The man s sister did not call him 8 What do we know about the man?（A）He gets along well with his boss（B） He wants to have a promotion（C） He has a promising career（D）He is unfit for his job 9 Where does the conversation
6、take place?（A）In a car（B） In a theater（C） On a plane（D）On a boat 10 Why is the woman upset?（A）She saw a ghost in her dream（B） She encountered a traffic jam（C） She almost had a traffic accident（D）She hit a bus full of school children Part BDirections: You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Befor
7、e 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. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. 11 Why did Susan and
8、 Michael interview children aged between 9 and 11?（A）To find out whether they take music lessons in their spare time（B） To find out whether they can name four different musical instruments（C） To find out whether they enjoy playing musical instruments in school（D）To find out whether they differ in th
9、eir preference for musical instruments 12 why do many of t11e boys avoid certain Instruments?（A）They find them too hard to play（B） They think it silly to play them（C） They find it not challenging enough to play them（D）They consider it important to be different from girls 13 Which group of children h
10、as a bias when choosing musical instruments?（A）Children who have private music tutors（B） Children who are 8 or older（C） Children who are between 5 and 7（D）Children who are well-educated 14 What are the speakers mainly discussing?（A）The man does research for his chemistry paper（B） The way to use a co
11、mputer can affect one s eyes（C） Why does the man need new glasses?（D）The computers are useful for research 15 Why is blinking important, according to the conversation?（A）It helps to keep the eyes fired（B） It helps to keep the eyes moist（C） It causes eyes to move fast（D）It helps to clean the eyes 16
12、What causes eye problem when using a computer?（A）Blinking eyes less（B） Using fewer eye-drops（C） Moving eyeballs fast（D）Concentrating on work 17 What can we learn about Jerry from the conversation?（A）He has finished his chemistry paper（B） He has no interest in studying（C） He knows a lot about compute
13、r and eye problems（D）He has been working for a long time 18 What is the living-room like?（A）It s small but bright and airy（B） It s big, bright and airy（C） It s bright but small and not airy（D）It s big, airy but not bright 19 What s true about the heating?（A）It s only available during the day（B） It s
14、 only available for bedrooms（C） It s not in good condition（D）It s available all day 20 How far is the nearest market?（A）Ten minutes by bike（B） Ten minutes by car（C） Ten minutes on foot（D）Ten minutes by subway 21 What does the man decide to do?（A）To talk it over with his wife（B） To consult with his f
15、riend（C） To see another apartment（D）To move in within a week 22 What was the weather like today?（A）Sunny（B） Cloudy（C） Rainy（D）Windy 23 What was the high temperature for most of the state today?（A）97F.（B） 95F.（C） 90F.（D）77F. 24 What is Saturday evening s weather forecast for the state?（A）Light rain o
16、ver the entire state（B） Heavy showers over the northern part（C） Some rain in parts of the state（D）Strong wind from a storm front 25 What should the weather be like for Sunday night?（A）Coo1（B） Rainy（C） Windy（D）Fair 一、Section II Use of English (15 minutes)Directions: Read the following text. Choose th
17、e best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.25 Medical experts have【C1】_suspected a link between the health of the mind and the health of the body. From time to time researchers have reported【C2】_of much a link. One such report now comes from the University
18、of California at San Diego School of Medicine. The study shows that the mental disorder known as depression【C3】_to harm the bodys natural defense system against disease.【C4 】_of severe depression generally have a low opinion of themselves. They often lose【C5】_in everything. They seem vary sad. They
19、have trouble【C6 】_. And they generally lose their【 C7】_to eat. In most extreme examples, depressed persons【C8】_want to kill themselves.The University of California study was【C9】_by Dr. Michael Irwin. He began the study two years ago at a hospital in the city of Los Angeles. The study involved 37 wom
20、en,【C10】_husbands were dying of lung cancer. Dr. Irwin studied the women for【C11】_of depression. He took some of their blood both before and after the death of their husbands. He examined the blood for【C12】_that help the body fight disease. These are the substances scientists call natural killer cel
21、ls. T suppressor cells, and T helper cells. Dr. Irwin then looked for the same【C13】_of cells in the blood of women whose husbands【C14】_healthy. Dr. Irwin【C15 】_that disease- fighting cells were not very active in the women whose husbands were dying or had just【C16】_. The rate of activity was【C17】_th
22、an in women whose husbands were healthy. Dr. Irwin also found that the rate of activity was【C18】_linked to the【C19 】_of each womans depression【C20】_the death of her husband.26 【C1 】（A）ever（B） never（C） long（D）always 27 【C2 】（A）evidence（B） aspect（C） mark（D）test 28 【C3 】（A）emerges（B） appears（C） has（D）i
23、ssues 29 【C4 】（A）Survivors（B） Disasters（C） Victors（D）Victims 30 【C5 】（A）interested（B） interesting（C） interest（D）interests 31 【C6 】（A）sleeping（B） sleeps（C） asleep（D）slept 32 【C7 】（A）desert（B） dessert（C） desire（D）design 33 【C8 】（A）could（B） may（C） will（D）must 34 【C9 】（A）produced（B） caused（C） got（D）done
24、 35 【C10 】（A）whose（B） and（C） their（D）with 36 【C11 】（A）expressions（B） phenomena（C） signs（D）signals 37 【C12 】（A）atoms（B） cells（C） elements（D）vessels 38 【C13 】（A）models（B） species（C） kinds（D）standards 39 【C14 】（A）are（B） were（C） being（D）was 40 【C15 】（A）learned（B） invented（C） looked（D）found 41 【C16 】（A）d
25、ead（B） died（C） death（D）dying 42 【C17 】（A）lower（B） higher（C） looser（D）tighter 43 【C18 】（A）actually（B） instantly（C） directly（D）gravely 44 【C19 】（A）signs（B） severeness（C） stages（D）worthiness 45 【C20 】（A）from（B） over（C） of（D）to Part ADirections: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on ea
26、ch text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.45 When John Rothas got into the hydraulics (水力学) business 18 years ago he never dreamed hed see his work up on the silver screen. But today he is, essentially, a Hollywood veteran.Rothas is a sales representative with Mayo Hydrau
27、lics, based in California. He has worked with special effects teams to move sets on some major Hollywood films. “Designing the systems needed for such projects makes for challenging and exciting work,“ says Rothas. “but Mayo Hydraulics most recent project-sinking the Titanic for Paramout Pictures (派
28、拉蒙影片公司) takes the cake“.“It was thrilling because it was the Titanic and it was the largest moving set ever built,“ says Rothas, with whom company President Mark Force, partnered with engineers at Parker Hannifin Corp. to design and build the systems needed to sink the set. I was engineers at Parker
29、 Hannifin the first time Mayo has ever gotten its name in the credits (导演、演员、制片人等名单).Titanic director James Cameron needed to achieve unique special effects for the film. Those included moving three massvie structures-the biggest of which was about the size of the 77-story building tipped on its sid
30、e. Rothas and Force worked with Greg Paddocking tipped on its side. Rothas and Force worked with Greg Paddock of Parker Hannifin to design the hydraulic systems that would sink a 775-foot, 2-million pound scale model of the original ship; move a 200-foot long interior set; and tilt a 100-foot long p
31、oop (船尾) deck set form 6 degrees to 19 degrees.“I dont think anyone in Hollywood has ever moved anything this big,“ says Rothas, who has made quite a name for himself and his company in Hollywood circles.The movie industry makes up a significant portion of Mayo Hydraulics business, according to busi
32、ness developer Hearty Chambers. Rothas adds that the industry is “Mayos niche market“ that not all companies are equipped to serve. “Movie studios are demanding Mayotype service,“ he says. But despite the high demands, Mayo Hydraulics has been able to deliver time and again and plans to continue to
33、penetrate the profitable market.“Its a lot of fun and its out of the norm and theres good money in it if youre prepared to put a lot of hours in,“ Rothas says.In addition to being called late at night and early in the morning to deal with problems that arose during filming, Rothas says he spent a co
34、uple of 24-hour on the project. All told, Mayo Hydraulics spent about two months on the project.46 John Rothas seems to be _ about the cooperation with the film industry in the production of the Titanic.（A）excited（B） special（C） outstanding（D）motivated 47 How many companies were involved in producing
35、 the hydraulic part for the film Titanic?（A）Three.（B） Only one.（C） Two.（D）Four. 48 What might happen to your company if you do business with movie studios?（A）You might become famous as well.（B） You have to be special.（C） You will do hydraulic work.（D）You might be thrilled all the time. 49 What is it
36、 likely to be part of the movie industry according to Rothas?（A）You will be excited.（B） You will have a lot of fans.（C） It will be easy to make money.（D）You have to work many hours longer to earn as much money. 50 What can be inferred from this passage?（A）It is fascinating to sink the Titanic.（B） Hi
37、gh tech is involved in Hollywood s film production.（C） Rothas actually worked on special effects.（D）It is very competitive in movie industry. 50 Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness
38、about which humans had anything more than the vaguest of insight. It is impossible to know today just what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants, but from what we can observe of preindustrial societies that still exist, a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient
39、. This is logical. Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all living things, even for other plants. The have always been enormously important to the welfare of people, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons, tools, dyes, medicines, shelter, and a great many other purposes. Tribes li
40、ving today in the jungles of the Amazon recognized literally hundreds of plants and know many properties of each. To them botany, as such, has no name and is probably not even recongnized as a special branch of knowledge at all.Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become the farther away we mov
41、e from direct contact with plants, and the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone comes unconsciously on an amazing amount of botanical knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize a rose, an apple, or an orchid. When our Neolithic ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10
42、,000 years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer yields the next season, the first great step in a new association of plants and humans was taken. Grains were discovered and from the flowed the marvel of agriculture-. cultivated crops. From then o
43、n, humans would increasingly take their living from the controlled production of a few plants, rather than getting a little here and a little there from many varieties that grew wildand the accumulated knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and intimacy with plants in the wild would b
44、egin fade away.51 Which of the following assumptions about early humans is expressed in the passage?（A）They probably had extensive knowledge of plants.（B） They thought there was no need to cultivate crops.（C） They did not enjoy the study of botany.（D）They placed great importance on the ownership of
45、property. 52 What does the comment “This is logical“ mean?（A）There is no clear way to determine the extent of our ancestor s knowledge of plants.（B） It is not surprising that early humans had a detailed knowledge of plants.（C） It is reasonable to assume that our ancestors behaved very much like peop
46、le in preindustrial societies.（D）Human knowledge of plants is well organized and very detailed. 53 According to the passage, why has general knowledge of botany begun to fade?（A）People no longer value plants as a useful resource.（B） Botany is not recognized as special branch of science.（C） Research
47、is unable to keep up with the increasing numbers of plants.（D）Direct contact with a variety of plants has decreased. 54 In Para. 2, what is the author s purpose in mentioning “a rose, an apple, or an orchid“?（A）To make the passage more poetic.（B） To cite examples of plants that are attractive.（C） To
48、 give botanical examples that all readers will recognize.（D）To illustrate the dirversity of botanical life. 55 According to the passage, what was the first great step toward the practice of agriculture?（A）The invention of agricultural implements and machinery.（B） The development of a system of names
49、 for plants.（C） The discovery of grasses that could be harvested and replanted.（D）The changing diets of early humans. 55 Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable occupations. Personal consultants give them better ad
