1、国家公共英语（三级）笔试模拟试卷 237（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 What does the woman mean?（A）She figured the problem out in her head.（B） She was ahead of the other students until today.（C） She didnt think careful about the problem.（D）She used her calculator to do the problem.2 What does the man mean?（A）He doesnt like museums.（B） Hes tired of touring th
3、is museum.（C） He thinks a hundred miles is too far to go for a tour.（D）He is excited about going to the museum.3 What does the man think Karen should do?（A）Get a better doctor.（B） Go to see a doctor.（C） Try not to hurt her shoulder.（D）Look carefully at her shoulder.4 Which evenings is the library op
4、en?（A）Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.（B） Saturday and Sunday.（C） Tuesday and Saturday.（D）Tuesday and Thursday.5 What are the speakers doing?（A）Moving office furniture.（B） Hanging a poster.（C） Painting a room.（D）Reading a news bulletin.6 What did the woman think about the man?（A）He isnt a selfish man.
5、（B） Hes her loving son always thinking of her.（C） Hes a helpful young man.（D）Hes loved by others.7 What are they going to do?（A）Go abroad.（B） Move to another place.（C） Make a two-week long trip.（D）Look for their next-door neighbours house.8 What will the woman probably do?（A）Lock the computer lab la
6、ter.（B） Leave with the man.（C） Buy a new lock for the computer lab.（D）Show the man where the lab is.9 What kind of job does the woman prefer?（A）Any job with a high salary.（B） An average job with a low salary.（C） A boring job with a high salary.（D）An exciting job with an average salary.10 How does th
7、e woman like the concert?（A）She doesnt like the concert.（B） She likes the concert.（C） She cant make up her mind.（D）She thinks the musicians are very good.11 Who is the speaker?（A）A television announcer.（B） A member of a research team.（C） A teacher.（D）A network executive.12 What is the main purpose o
8、f the television?（A）To present information about several Hawaiian volcanoes.（B） To explain a research project about an underwater volcano.（C） To demonstrate the latest use of underwater cables.（D）To discuss a study of ocean life near underwater Volcamoes.13 How will information get from the observat
9、ory to the mainland?（A）Geologists will bring it back.（B） It will be sent back by cable.（C） It will be sent by mail.（D）It will be sent back through seismometers(地震仪 )14 Why does the speaker recommend watching the program?（A）Because it is related to work being done in class.（B） Because she helped prod
10、uce it.（C） Because she is excited about it.（D）Because it is a public television broadcast.Part ADirections: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.14 The biographer has to dance between two shaky positions with
11、respect to the subject(研究 对象). To close a relation, and the writer may lose objectivity. Not close enough, and the writer may lack the sympathy necessary to any effort to portray a mind, a soulthe quality of life. Who should write the biography of a family, for example. Because of their closeness to
12、 the subject, family members may have special information, but by the same token, they may not have the distance that would allow them to be fair. Similary, a kings servant might not be the best one to write a biography of that king. But a foreigner might not have the knowledge and sympathy necessar
13、y to write the kings biographynot for a readership from within the kingdom, at any rate.There is no ideal position for such a task. The biographer has to work with the position he or she has in the world, adjusting that position as necessary to deal with the subject. Every position has strengths and
14、 weaknesses: to thrive, a writer must try to become aware of these, evaluate them in terms of the subject, and select a position accordingly.When their subjects are heroes or famous figures, biographies often reveal a democratic motive:they attempt to show that their subjects are only human, no bett
15、er than anyone else. Other biographies are meant to change us, to invite us, to become better than we are. The biographies of Jesus(耶稣)found in the Bible are in this class.Biographers may claim that their account is the “authentic“one. In advancing this claim, they are helped if the biography is “au
16、thorized“by the subject; this presumably allows the biographer special access to private information. “Unauthorized“biographies also have their appeal, however, since they can suggest an independence of mind in the biographer. In book promotions, the“unauthorized“characterisation usually suggests th
17、e prospect of juicy gossip that the subject had hoped to suppress. A subject might have several biographies, even sev-eral“authentic“ones. We sense intuitively that no one is in a position to tell the story of a life, perhaps not even the subject, and this has been proved by the history of biography
18、.15 According to the author, an ideal biographer would be one who_.（A）knows the subject very well and yet maintains a proper distance from him（B） is close to the subject and knows the techniques of biography writing（C） is independent and treats the subject with fairness and objectivity（D）possesses s
19、pecial private information and is sympathetic toward the subject16 The author cites the biographies of Jesus in the Bible in order to show that_.（A）the best biographies are meant to transform their readers（B） biographies are authentic accounts of their subjects lives（C） the best biographies are thos
20、e of heroes and famous figures（D）biographies can serve different purposes17 Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?（A）An authentic biography seldom appeals to its readers.（B） An authentic biography is one authorized by the subject.（C） No one can write a perfect biography
21、.（D）Authorized biographies have a wider readership.18 An unauthorised biography is likely to attract more readers because_.（A）it portrays the subject both faithfully and vividly（B） it contains interesting information about the subjects private life（C） it reveals a lot of accurate details unknown to
22、outsiders（D）it usually gives a sympathetic description of the subjects character19 In this passage, the author focuses on_.（A）the difficulty of a biographer in finding the proper perspective to do his job（B） the secret of a biographer to win more readers（C） the techniques required of a biographer to write a good biography.（D）the characteristics of different kinds of biographies
