公共英语三级全真模拟试卷三
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Section I Listening Comprehension
(25 minutes)
Directions:
This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are TWO parts in this section, Part A and Part B.
Part A
Your will hear 10 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question and four 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 ONLY ONCE.
Example:
You will hear:
W: Could you please tell me if the Beijing flight will be arriving on time?
M: Yes, Madam. It should be arriving in about ten minutes.
You will read:
Who do you think the woman is talking to?
[A] A bus conductor [B] A clerk at the airport. [C] A taxi driver. [D] A clerk at the station.
From the dialogue, we know that only a clerk at the airport is most likely to know the arrival time of a flight, so you should choose answer [B] and mark it in your test booklet.
Sample Answer: [A] [B] [C] [D]
Now look at question 1.
1. When do you think this conversation took place?
[A] Before six. [B] At six [C] After six. [D] After seven
2. Why does the woman like the brick house better than the white house?
[A] It is bigger. [B] It has a prettier color. [C] It has a larger yard. [D] It is brighter.
3. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
[A] Australian and American. [B] Guest and host. [C] Husband and wife. [D] Professor and student.
4. When will the meeting be closed?
[A] 1:30 [B] 11:00 [C] 9:30 [D] 10:00
5. What will the man probably do?
[A] Wait for the sale to start. [B] Get further information about the sale.
[C] Call the TV station to be sure if the ad is true. [D] Buy a new suit.
6. What does the man mean?
[A] He thinks she should visit her cousin. [B] Her cousin doesn’t visit very often.
[C] Her cousin is feeling a lot better today. [D] He doesn’t think her cousin has been at home today.
7. Why does the woman plan to go to town?
[A] To pay her bills in the bank [B] To buy books in a bookstore.
[C] To get some money from the bank. [D] To meet someone in the town.
8. What does the woman suggest Gordon do?
[A] He should start to find a new apartment right now.
[B] He should buy an apartment right away.
[C] He should start to find a new apartment in a few weeks.
[D] He should buy an apartment near the campus.
9. What does the man say about Judy?
[A] He’s surprised she chose that agency. [B] He wonders why she is still keeping the job.
[C] He doesn’t know when her classes started. [D] He doubts if she makes much money now.
10. What is the woman probably doing now?
[A] Writing an essay. [B] Studying for a test. [C] Shopping for shoes. [D] Reading a magazine.
Part B
You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of th question 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 piese ONLY ONCE.
Questions 11~13are based on the following dialogue.
11. Where do you think does the dialogue take place?
[A] In a shop [B] At home [C] In the street [D] In a car
12. Who do you think Anne and Dick are?
[A] Their children [B] Their niece and nephew [C] Their friend’s children [D] Their neighbor’s kids
13. What will they buy for Dick?
[A] Some records [B] A toy suit [C] A space suit [D] A toy
Questions 14~17are based on the following dialogue.
14. What are the two speakers talking about?
[A] How to arrange for a trip [B] How to book a satisfactory room
[C] When the shop will be closed [D] What the weather is like
15. Why is it not necessary for the man to take a taxi to the hotel?
[A] Because there is an excellent bus service [B] Because there is an excellent railway service
[C] Because there is an excellent subway system [D] Because taxi system there isn’t convenient
16. What’s the weather like at this season?
[A] Usually warm but sometimes very cold and wet [B] Always warm
[C] Usually cold and wet but sometimes warm [D] Always cold
17. When will the man go on the trip?
[A] At once [B] Fifteen days later [C] By the 15th of this month [D] In the middle of this year
Questions 18~21 are based on the following dialogue.
18. What is the first word the baby learned to say?
[A] Truck [B] Ok [C] Duck [D] Tuck
19. How old was the baby when he learned to say that word correctly?
[A] About 18 months [B] About 21 months [C] About 24 months [D] About 12 months
20. What did the father do when the baby screamed that word at the airport?
[A] He corrected the baby [B] He tried to stop the baby
[C] He hid himself somewhere [D] He didn’t do anything
21. Why did the mother pretend not to know the baby?
[A] She got angry with the father [B] She was frightened by the noise
[C] She felt uneasy about the noisy baby [D] She didn’t like the baby
Questions 22~25 are based on the following monologue.
22. Who is the speaker?
[A] A sales representative [B] A store manager [C] A committee chairperson [D] A class president
23. What is the purpose of the meeting?
[A] To determine who will graduate this year [B] To discuss the seating arrangement
[C] To choose the chairperson of the ceremonies [D] To begin planning the graduation ceremonies
24. What should the students write on the paper?
[A] Their names, phone numbers and job preference
[B] The names and addresses of their guests
[C] The names of the committee they worked on last year
[D] Their dormitory name, address and phone number
25. When is the next meeting?
[A] In an hour [B] Next week [C] In one month [D] Next year
Section II Use of English
(15 minutes)
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text
What impressions are you making on the people around you? Your words, phrases, even your message may soon be forgotten but believe me, good or __26__, your melody music.
The dictionary ___27____ melody as a succession of sounds. Just as music affects the moods and emotions of people, so does the way you live your___28___.
Think of your life as a __29___ sheet of manuscript paper. Only the rhythm is there - it is __30__to you to create the harmony. Naturally you will want your composition to be a ___31___. So where to __32__? YOU MUST BEGIN __33__YOURSELF.
Be really ___34___ in other people. Make a conscience effort to bring peace and happiness into other people’s lives. ___35____situations that generate excessive ambition, envy, anger, and pride. They are all__36__ of peace and will play havoc with your harmony.
__37__has been said that if these emotions or feelings were forgotten, the world would live in permanent peace. Well, to banish them from the world is probably aiming a bit high but it shouldn’t be too __38___ to rid them from your own life.
Develop features such as smart and social. Everything you do has an __39__ on those around you, capable of making someone’s day bright or _40__. Besides take time to __41__other people. If there are not enough harmony in their lives, __42__ them to have a __43___ outlook.
From the family unit ___44___ around the dinner table to world leaders at the conference table, the name of the game is the pursuit of ___45___.
26. [A] wrong [B] false [C] bad [D] harmful
27. [A] defines [B] defined [C] regards [D] regarded
28.[A] school [B] home [C] life [D] college
29.[A] blank [B] used [C] full [D] deserted
30.[A] ready [B] decided [C] possible [D] up
31.[A] failure [B] success [C] model [D] mess
32.[A] do [B] start [C] make [D] begin
33. [A] with [B] to [C] on [D] off
34. [A] enthusiastic [B] mild [C] interested [D] cautious
35. [A] Choose [B] Choosing [C] Avoid [D] Avoiding
36. [A] enemies [B] friends [C] conditions [D] helps
37. [A] Which [B] It [C] What [D] That
38. [A] easy [B] willing [C] difficult [D] terrifying
39. [A] effort [B] mark [C] damage [D] effect
40.[A] miserable [B] dark [C] shadowy [D] interesting
41. [A] attack [B] listen to [C] change [D] interview
42. [A] encourage [B] encouraging [C] help [D] helping
43. [A] brighter [B] bright [C] happier [D] happy
44. [A] sat [B] sitting [C] seated [D] seating
45. [A] peace [B] war [C] dreams [D] unison
Section III Reading Comprehension
(40 minutes)
Part A
Directions:
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.
Text1
Flying over a desert area in an airplane, two scientists looked down with trained eyes at trees and bushes. After an hour’s flight, one of the scientists wrote in his book, “Look here for probable metal.” Scientists in another airplane, flying over a mountain area, sent a message to other scientists on the ground, “Gold possible.” Walking across hilly ground, four scientists reported, “This ground should be searched for metal.” From an airplane over a hilly wasteland a scientist sent back by radio one word:”Uranium.”
None of the scientists had X-ray eyes: they had no magic power of looking down below the earth’s surface. They were merely putting to use one of the newest methods of locating minerals in the ground…trees and plants as signs that certain minerals may lie beneath the ground on which the trees and plants are growing.
This newest method of searching for minerals is based on the fact that minerals deep in the earth may affect the kind of bushes and trees that grow in the surface.
At Watson Bar Greek, a brook(小溪) six thousand feet high in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, a mineral search group gathered bags of tree seeds. Boxes were filled with small branches from the trees. Roots were dug and put into boxes. Each bag and box was carefully marked. In a scientific laboratory, the parts of the forest trees were burned to ashes and tested. Each small part was examined to learn whether there were minerals in it.
Study of the roots, branches, and seeds showed no silver. But there were small amounts of gold in the roots and a little less gold in the branches and seeds. The seeds growing nearest to the tree trunks had more gold than those growing on the ends of the branches.
46. Scientists were flying over a desert or a hilly wasteland or a mountain area in order to search for _____ in the ground.
[A] gold [B] silver [C] uranium [D] minerals
47. The study of trees, branches and roots shows that _______.
[A] there were larger amounts of gold in the branches than in the seeds
[B] there were smaller amounts of gold in the roots than in the branches
[C] there were less amouts of gold in the seeds growing on the ends of branches than seeds growing nearest to the tree trunks
[D] there was more gold in the branches than in the roots
48. Which is the best title suggested below?
[A] Scientists Searching for Metals with Special Power [B] New Methods of Searching for Minerals
[C] Gold Could Be Found by Trees and Plants
[D] A New Method of Searching for Minerals-Using Trees and Plants
49. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as part of a tree that can help find minerals?
[A] Leaves. [B] Roots. [C] Branches. [D] Seeds.
50. The scientists were searching for minerals by using_______.
[A] X-ray [B] magic power [C] a special instrument [D] trained eyes
Text 2
The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “I’m sorry, I can’t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”
“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”
“I can’t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”
I looked down on the computer and every passenger was ust standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her. “What do all you people do?”
“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”
“So when it goes down, you go down with it.”
“That’s good, sir.”
“How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.
“I have no idea. Sometimes it’s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There’s no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it’s down it won’t answer us.”
After the girl told me they had no backup computer, I said. “Let’s forget the computer. What about your planes? They’re still flying, aren’t they?”
“I couldn’t tell without asking the computer.”
“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he’s flying to Washington,” I suggested.
“I wouldn’t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn’t take you if you didn’t have a ticket.”
“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?”
“I wouldn’t know,” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only ‘IT’ knows. It can’t tell me.”
By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white; some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.
51. The best title for the article is ___.
[A] When the Computer Is Down [B] The Most Frightening Words
[C] The computer of the Airport [D] Asking the Computer
52. What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?
[A] She could sell a ticket. [B] She could write out a ticket.
[C] She could answer the passengers’ questions. [D] She could do nothing.
53. Why do you think they had not a backup computer?
[A] Because it was easy down. [B] Because it was very expensive.
[C] Because it was not advanced enough. [D] Because it was not as big as the main computer.
54. The last paragraph suggests that_______.
[A] a modern computer won’t be down [B] computers can take the place of humans
[C] sometimes a computer may bring suffering to people [D] there will be great changes in computers
55. What did passengers do when the computer was down?
[A] They left home and went home. [B] They drank coffee and stared at the black screen.
[C] They began to talk to each other. [D] None above.
Text 3
Among characters of Leadville’s golden age were H. A. W. Tabor and his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt. Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West. He went to Kansas in 1855. Perhaps he was lured by rumors of fortunes to be made in Colorado mines. So a few years later he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. “Great deposits of lead are sure to be found here.” He said.
As it turned out, it was silver that was to make Leadville’s fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store. It was his custom to “grubstake” prospective miners to supply them with food and supplies, or “grub”, while they looked for ore, in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered. He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.
Finally one day in the year 1878, two miners came in and asked for “grub”. Tabor had decided to quit supplying it for having lost too much money that way. They were persistent, however, and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. “Oh help yourself. One more time won’t make any difference,” he said and went on selling shoes and hats. The two miners took $17 worth of supplies, in return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the “Pittsburgh Mine,” made $1,300,000 for Tabor in return for his $17 investment.
Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for $117,000. This turned out to be even more fabulous than the Pittsburgh, yielding $35,000 worth of silver per day at one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became lieutenant governor of the state.
56. Leadville got its name for the following reasons EXCEPT______.
[A] because Tabor became its leading citizen.
[B] because great deposits of lead is expected to be found there.
[C] because it could bring good fortune to Tabor.
[D] because it was renamed.
57. The word “grubstake” in paragraph 2 means______.
[A] to supply miners with food and supplies.
[B] to open a general store.
[C] to do one’s contribution to the development of the mine.
[D] to supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine, if one was discovered.
58. Tabor made his first fortune_________.
[A] by supplying two prospective miners and getting in return a one-third interest in the findings.
[B] because he was persuaded by the two miners to quit supplying.
[C] by buying the shares of the other.
[D] as a land speculator.
59. The underlying reason for Tabor’s life career is ______.
[A] purely accidental.
[B] based on the analysis of miner’s being very poor and their possibility of discovering profitable mining site.
[C] through the help from his second wife.
[D] he planned well and accomplished targets step by step.
60. If this passage is the first part of an article, who might be introduced in the following part?
[A] Tabor’ life. [B] Tabor’s second wife, Elizabeth McCourt.
[C] Other colorful characters. [D] Tabor’s other careers.
Part B
Directions:
Read the texts from an article in which five people talked about smoking. For questions 61 to 65, match the name of each person( 61 to 65 ) to one of the statements ( A to G) given below. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Hadley:
If you smoke and you still don’t believe that there’s a definite link between smoking and bronchial troubles, heart disease and lung cancer, then you are certainly deceiving yourself. Just have a look at those people in hospital with these diseases and count how many of them do not smoke, and then you may be surprised at the number. Even these few people might be passive smokers without realizing it.
Randy:
Tobacco is wonderful commodity to tax. It is almost like a tax on our daily bread. In tax revenue alone, the government of Britain collects enough from smokers to pay for its entire educational facilities, So while the authorities point out ever so carefully that smoking may e harmful, it doesn’t do to shout too loudly about it.
Sampson:
The advertising of tobacco is one of the problems. We are never shown pictures of real smokers coughing up their lungs early in the morning. That would never do. The advertisements always depict handsome, clean-shaven young men. They suggest it is manly to smoke, even positively healthy ! Smoking is associated with the great open air life, with beautiful girls, true love and togetherness. What utter nonsense !
Rowley:
Of course tobacco can help government to raise money. However, while money is eagerly collected in vast sums with one hand, it is paid out in increasingly vaster sums with the other. Enormous amounts are spent on cancer research and on efforts to cure people suffering from the disease. Countless valuable lives are lost. In the long run, there is no doubt that everybody would be much better off if smoking were banned altogether.
Bernice:
Smoking can provide constant consolation. When I feel worried or nervous, I just get a cigarette and everything seems to get right. After a day’s hard work, the thing I want to do most is smoking. It can be even better than a cup of coffee. It is so enjoyable and relaxing that it relieves stresses of every day life. So why bother to ban it and take the pleasure from us.
Now match each of the people (61 to 65) to the appropriate statement.
Note: there are two extra statements.
Statements
61. Hadley [A] Smoking brings many psychological benefits.
62. Randy [B] Tobacco is an important source of income to the government.
63. Sampson [C] Smoking is sure to cause diseases.
64. Rowley [D] It’s short sighted policy to depend on tobacco for money.
65. Bernice [E] The advertisement for it is dishonest and harmful.
[F] The tobacco industry makes high quality advertisement for smoking.
[G] It’s doubtful whether there is link between smoking and cancer.
Section IV Writing
(40 minutes)
Direction:
You should write your responses to both Part A and Part B of this section on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Part A
66. You have made an appointment with Prof. Wang, but failed to keep it. Write a letter to your teacher. Your letter should include:
1) apologize for your failure to keep the appointment
2) explain your reason to your teacher
3) express your wish to make another appointment
You should write approximately 100 words. Do not sign your name at the end of your letter. Use “ Li Ming” instead. You do not need to write the address.
Part B
67. Below is a chart showing the lifetime earnings of people with different education and at different ages. Look at the chart and write a composition of about 120 words making reference to the following points:
1) the earnings of different ages
2) the earnings of different education
3) your own conclusion
