1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 20（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 ON
2、LY ONCE.1 What does the woman mean?（A）They dont have to go the concert.（B） The mans brother should let them use the car.（C） The subway is fine with her.（D）A car wouldnt be any faster.2 Where did the man work before?（A）In a court.（B） On the farm.（C） In a bank.（D）In a shop.3 Whats the womans occupatio
3、n?（A）A doctor.（B） A clerk.（C） a professor.（D）A waitress.4 What does the man mean?（A）Some people pretend to know what they really dont.（B） What the woman said is true.（C） What the woman said is wrong.（D）He knows more than the woman does.5 What reason is given for Janes not teaching?（A）She is tired of
4、 teaching.（B） She was dismissed from her job.（C） Shes changing jobs.（D）The school is too hot.6 Why isnt Helen present?（A）She decided not to come.（B） She forgot to come.（C） She wasnt invited.（D）She altered her decision.7 How did the woman get her suit?（A）She made it herself.（B） She had a tailor make
5、it.（C） She bought it a long time ago.（D）She had an old one re-made.8 What is the man suggesting?（A）Coming back for a later show.（B） Waiting in a queue.（C） Coming back in five minutes.（D）Not going to the movie today.9 What are they talking about?（A）The effects of the flood.（B） The heroic fight agains
6、t a flood.（C） The cause of the flood.（D）Floods of the past twenty years.10 What happened to Mike?（A）His car was hit by another car.（B） He was hurt while playing volleyball.（C） He fell down the stairs.（D）While crossing the street, he was hit by a car.Part BDirections: You will hear four dialogues or
7、monologues. Before 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
8、Why did the Romans build so many roads?（A）They wanted Rome to become the center of the world.（B） They wanted to pave important roads with large, flat stones.（C） They needed to keep their soldiers busy by making them build roads.（D）They needed the roads to move large armies and trade goods.12 What di
9、d the Romans do to dig tunnels for mountain roads?（A）They cracked the rock with fire and cold water.（B） They used explosives to break up the rock.（C） They dug through mountains with machinery.（D）They did it the way we do in modern times.13 What conclusion can we make from the passage?（A）Building roa
10、ds without machinery was almost impossible 2,000 years ago.（B） It took a long time for the Romans to build roads by hand.（C） People still use the old Roman way of building roads.（D）Stones were used only in roads in Asia.14 What is the phone number of Mr. Randall in Chicago?（A）341-4355.（B） 555-1212.（
11、C） 341-1212.（D）555-4355.15 What is the address of Mr. Randall?（A）1212 Smith Street.（B） 1141 Smith Street.（C） 4355 Smith Street.（D）1341 Smith Street.16 What does the woman do?（A）A receptionist.（B） An operator.（C） A secretary.（D）A clerk.17 How does one make a long distance call to Boston?（A）First dial
12、 555-2121, next the area code and last the number.（B） First dial 555-1212, next the city code and last the number.（C） First dial 555-1212 and then the phone number.（D）First dial 555-1212, next the area code and last the number.18 Whats the length of the bridge across the Mavudayer River?（A）600 inche
13、s.（B） 600 feet.（C） 300 inches.（D）15 meters.19 What was the time of the accident?（A）2:05 am.（B） 8:45 pm.（C） 8:45 am.（D）4:45 am.20 How many passengers were on the train?（A）About 1,070.（B） Less than 1,070.（C） More than 1,070.（D）1,000 or so.21 What were the casualties according to the report?（A）214 were
14、 killed, 319 injured, 75 seriously.（B） 75 were killed, 139 injured, 214 seriously.（C） 25 were killed, 214 injured, 139 seriously.（D）139 were killed , 214 injured, 25 seriously.22 What are the two speakers talking about?（A）The benefits of strong business competition.（B） A proposal to lower the cost o
15、f production.（C） Complaints about the expense of modernization.（D）Suggestions concerning new business strategies.23 What does the woman say about the equipment of their factory?（A）It cost much more than its worth.（B） It should be brought up-to-date.（C） It calls for immediate repairs.（D）It can still
16、be used for a long time.24 What does the woman suggest about human resources?（A）The personnel manager should be fired for inefficiency.（B） A few engineers should be employed to modernize the factory.（C） The entire staff should be retrained.（D）Better-educated employees should be promoted.25 Why does
17、the woman suggest advertising on TV?（A）Their competitors have long been advertising on TV.（B） TV commercials are less expensive.（C） Advertising in newspapers alone is not sufficient.（D）TV commercials attract more investments.一、Section II Use of English (15 minutes)Directions: Read the following text
18、. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.26 The business of advertising is to invent methods of addressing massive audiences in an effective way. The language used in an ad should be easily accessible and immediately 【 26】_ . No advertising age
19、ncy wants to put 【27】_ an ad that is neither clear nor convincing. But these agencies disagree when it 【28】_ to the most effective methods of doing so. 【29】_ the years, advertising firms have developed a variety of distinctive styles 【30】_ on their understanding of the different kinds of audiences t
20、hey want to 【31】_ . No two agencies would handle the same product 【33】_ . For the advertisers, advertising is 【32】_ more than a sophisticated sales pitch, an attractive verbal and 【34】_ device to serve manufacturers. In 【35】_ , ads often 【36】_ their products, and in the 【37】_ of early ads for produc
21、ts that are no longer available, we cannot help 【38】_ consider the advertisement independently of our responses 【39】_ those products. Therefore, some people suggest we should examine ads apart 【40】_ their announced subjects. However, it does not mean that we should 【41】_ the products completely; ins
22、tead, we should try to see the product only 【42】_ it is talked about and portrayed in the full 【43】_ of the ad. Of course, it is not necessary to have tried a particular 【44】_ to be able to 【45】_ the technique section and design used in its advertisement.26 【26】（A）comprehensible（B） persuasive（C） att
23、ractive（D）competitive27 【27】（A）off（B） down（C） aside（D）out28 【28】（A）puts（B） settles（C） goes（D）comes29 【29】（A）In（B） Over（C） During（D）By30 【30】（A）counted（B） dependent（C） based（D）decided31 【31】（A）reach（B） face（C） touch（D）interview32 【32】（A）greatly（B） differently（C） identically（D）faithfully33 【33】（A）many
24、（B） no（C） much（D）less34 【34】（A）lingual（B） visual（C） audio（D）oral35 【35】（A）theory（B） affect（C） contrast（D）practice36 【36】（A）destroy（B） help（C） outlive（D）compete37 【37】（A）point（B） association（C） term（D）case38 【38】（A）than（B） but（C） rather（D）not39 【39】（A）at（B） to（C） by（D）with40 【40】（A）from（B） beyond（C）
25、away（D）to41 【41】（A）trust（B） forget（C） dislike（D）ignore42 【42】（A）as（B） like（C） alike（D）likely43 【43】（A）picture（B） text（C） context（D）look44 【44】（A）ad（B） product（C） technique（D）machine45 【45】（A）appreciate（B） read（C） see（D）likePart ADirections: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on eac
26、h text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.46 Burn rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. My rate was $ 75,000 a month. Four months after my company was set up, I had only a quarter of the starting capital left in the bank.Looking for guidance, I went
27、 to talk to my friend, Arthur Walworth about my new venture.“Times of great change always bring out the risk-takers,“ he said. “And they leave winners and losers. My grandfather invested a lot of money in a project of Thomas Edisons that ended up in failure.“I was lost in thought at the notion of a
28、Thomas Edison project ending in failure. Damn. It could happen to anybody! I must continue.At that time CD-ROM sales had bombed, so investors were fleeing from the field. I didnt turn away from mine entirely, but instead linked it to the Internet.My plan was to offer consumers descriptions of home-d
29、esign products by using a special software and let them modify the designs. Then we can enable them to get online professional and constructional help to have their houses built, decorated and furnished according to their own choice.To realize my plan I needed investors, so I continued to meet regul
30、arly with venture capitalists. One said I had a great idea. But I needed to test it. Get the money somewhere. To get this money from a VC is going to cost my wife and my children! He turned down my request.Wife? Children? I barely remembered them.I was working nonstop-struggling to turn the key in t
31、he lock, to find the fight way ahead.The pressure was terrible. It was just at this time that my parents and sisters stepped up. Two hundred thousand dollars. A lot of money to them, invested in this crazy son and brother without a moments hesitation. Dad and Mom had driven out from Chicago and seen
32、 the passion in my little office and the trouble at home.With their help my company survived and has been prospering ever since.46 When the authors company started operation, he had _.（A）$300, 000（B） $350, 000（C） $400, 000（D）$450, 00047 Arthur implies that to start a business in times of change, peo
33、ple have to _.（A）face the risks of possible failure（B） invest as much money as possible（C） rely on famous people all the time（D）think about nothing but success48 The authors company was engaged in _.（A）furniture design and production（B） home decoration business（C） traditional home designing（D）online
34、 home-design service49 Faced with a very unfavorable market situation, the author decided _.（A）to with draw his money（B） to start a new business（C） to improve his service（D）to reduce his investment50 It is implied that venture capital is often _.（A）secure（B） timely（C） risky（D）abundant51 To get a cho
35、colate out of a box requires a considerable amount of unpacking: The box has to be taken out of the paper bag in which it arrived, the cellophane wrapper has to be torn off, the lid opened and the paper removed, the chocolate itself then has to be unwrapped from its own piece of paper. But this over
36、use of wrapping is not confined to luxuries. It is now becoming increasingly difficult to buy anything that is not done up in beautiful wrapping.The package itself is of no interest to the shopper, who usually throws it away immediately. Useless wrapping accounts for much of the refuse put out by th
37、e average London household each week. So why is it done? Some of it, like the cellophane on meat, is necessary, but most of the rest is simply competitive selling. This is absurd. Packaging is using up scarce energy and resources and messing up the environment.Recycling is already happening with mil
38、k bottles which are returned to the dairies, washed out, and refilled. But both glass and paper are being threatened by the growing use of plastic. More dairies are experimenting with plastic bottles.The trouble with plastic is that it does not rot. Some environmentalists argue that the only solutio
39、n to the problem of ever increasing plastic containers is to do away with plastic altogether in the shops, a suggestion unacceptable to many manufacturers who say there is no alternative to their handy plastic packs.It is evident that more research is needed into the recovery and reuse of various ma
40、terials and into the cost of collecting and recycling containers as opposed to producing new ones. Unnecessary packaging, intended to be used just once, and make things look better so more people will buy them, is clearly becoming increasingly absurd. But it is not so much a question of doing away w
41、ith packaging as using it sensibly. What is needed now is a more advanced approach to using scarce resources for what is, after all, a relatively unimportant function.51 “This overuse of wrapping is not confined to luxuries. “(line 4, paragraph 1) means _.（A）too much wrapping is used for both luxury
42、 and ordinary products（B） more wrapping is used for luxuries than for ordinary products（C） more wrapping is needed for ordinary products（D）the wrapping used for luxury products is unnecessary52 Packaging is important to manufacturers because _.（A）they want to attract more shoppers（B） shoppers are in
43、terested in beautiful packaging（C） it is easy to use it again（D）packaged things will not go rotten53 According to the passage, dairies are _.（A）increasing the use of plastic bottles（B） giving up the use of glass bottles（C） experimenting with the use of paper bottles（D）re-using their paper containers
44、54 Some environmentalists think that _.（A）plastic packaging should be made more convenient（B） shops should stop using plastic containers（C） too much plastic is wasted（D）no alternative can be found to plastic packaging55 The author thinks that _.（A）enough research has been done into recycling（B） peop
45、le will soon stop using packaging altogether（C） packing is actually useless and could be ignored（D）it is better to produce new materials than to re-use old ones56 Everyone knows how the story of Cinderella ends, but did you ever really think about how she spent her days before she met the prince? He
46、r daily routine was not fascinating. She did everything from sweeping the floor to cooking the meals. If someone had asked Cinderella,“ Are there any kinds of household work that you particularly hate?“ She probably would have answered,“ Why, none, of course. Housework is my duty!“ In the real world
47、, however, most people have definite dislikes for certain sorts of household work. Two of these tasks are ironing clothes and washing dishes.Ironing clothes is most hated because it is not a task that can be completed quickly or thoughtlessly. Each piece of clothing must be handled individually, so
48、ironing a basket of laundry can take hours! After ironing a piece of clothing with great caution, which requires smoothing out the fabric, and following the seams, you need to place it on a hanger as soon as possible. If you do not follow these directions carefully, it might become wrinkled and you
49、have to start over. Perhaps that is why ironing is not a favorite thing to do. It calls for extreme attention to detail from beginning to end.Another household job that many people dislike is washing dishes. Of course, some people claim that this work is no longer a problem because we have dishwashers now! However, no one would argue that dishes, silverware, and especially pots and pans washed in a dishwasher dont com
