四川省大学英语三级考试真题2011.6月.doc

2011年6月四川省大学英语三级考试真题I. Derections: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. 13. Coal was formed out of dead forests by chemical_.A. process B. progress C. procedure D. practice14.Over one hundred soldiers have been called in to guard the embassy_further attacks.A. on B. for C. with D. against15.As we have expected, this new concept was quickly_by post-80s and post-90s.Aobtained B. acquired C. received D. accepted16.I really hope that we shall have an opportunity to meet again on another_.A. occasion B. environment C. situation D. condition17.Id like to take_ of this opportunity to thank you all for your cooperation.A. benefit B. profit C. ocaasion D. advantage18.Mr. Phil Fogg didnt have to work. _, he went to his club every day, doing the same thing at the same time.A. Despite B. Despite of C. Instead D. Instead of19.We regret to inform you that the chemistry textbooks you wished to order are out of_.A. reach B. place C.stock D.order20.In recent years, the tourist industry_ greatly to the economy of our country.A. contributes B. benefits C.assists D. supports21.In this university, the best students are_special scholarships.A. honored B. awarded C.favored D. qualified22.Youd better employ a more_ sales manager than the one you currently have.A. representative B. sufficient C.respective D. efficient23.We are thinking about a water-tank with a _ of 2000 M to hold all that water.A. volume B.capacity C. standard D.dimension24.The management finally agreed to _ with the union about wage raise.A. fight B. argue C.negotiate D.associate25.John and Susan have agree to come to our party, _ has made Lucy very happy.A. what B. that C. which D.who26._ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.A. When compared B.While comparing C.Comparing D.Compare27.Several of these washers and dryers are out of order and need_.A.to be repairing B.to be repaired C. repaired D. to repair28.I put the picture of my most admired basketball stars_ I can see it every day.A. whether B. which C. where D. when29.How long_ in this city? It seems that you know every place of it.A. would you have been staying B.have you been stayingC.had you been staying D.are you staying30.As my mother _ here before, I went to meet her at the railway station.A.has never been B.had been never C.never was D.had never been31.But for the excellent performance of the pilot, the air crash _ many more deaths.A.has caused B.would have caused C.would cause D.had caused32.Nobody but Jack and Jane in the class _ visited the elderly home recently.A.has B. have C.has been D. hadII. Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is follwed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter.Passage OneQuestions 33 to 37 are based on the following passge.Dong Yuanqing, a 22-year-old animation(动漫) major at Wuhan University of Technology, took the Best Short Film Award for cellphone movies at the 2009 Beijing Student Film Festival last month. The latest cellphones allow people to carry around a cinema in their pocket. And amateur(业余) filmmakers like Dong are beginning to crreate entertainment that fits this new demand. “Cellphone films have to tell the story in a quick, tight way,” says Dong, “ for most people only watch them in their spare time and I have to catch their attention in the shortest span of time.” Dongs five-minute film, Extending a Hand, tells the story of a group of thieves who pass a stolen purse from one to another. He says the title is a pun(双关语)。It (extending a hand) could either reger to the bad behavior of a thief or the loving act of someone trying to help. The key thing about a cellphone film is that it must have an unexpected plot or ending, and hence you cant allow the story to go flat. In fact, Dong did his first film as part of his homework, but he plans to make more for fun, and maybe for some money. “Its more of a commercial way of catching peoples attention. Its not like an art film,” Dong says of his first cellphone film. His next, he hopes, will be a romantic kungfu story.33. The 2009 Best Short Film Award was won by_.A. a student who makes cellphone moviesB. a student majoring in movie technologyC. an animation major from Wuhan UniversityD. a cellphone producer from Benjing34.Stories for cellphone films should be told in a quick and tight way in order to_.A. help filmmakers create entertainmentB. catch peoples attention immediatelyC. make them into short animationsD. fit young peoples immediate demand35.According to paragraph 4, Extending a Hand is_A. a story about a group of helpersB. about the loving act of a studentC. the title of a cellphone filmD. about the bad behavior of a thief36.What is the most important feature for a cellphone film?A. An unexpected endingB. A quick and tight endingC. An unending plotD. A flat plot37.Dong Yuanqings next cellphone movie will be _A. something similar to an art filmB. a part of his homeworkC. a kind of commercial filmD. a romantic kungfu storyPassage TwoQuestions 38 to 42 are based on the following passage.Beijing is experiencing its longest of hot weather in a decade, and it is expected to continue until Friday. This Tuesday, the city has experienced 10 days with the maximum temperature exceeding 35C- the most for the month of July in a decade. “The hot and wet weather will continue until Friday. Rain will cool things down on the weekend,” said Sun Jisong, chief weather forecaster at the Beijing Meteorological(气象的) Station. According to meteorological authorities, hot weather will continue to affect northern parts of China, including Beijing, Tianjin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, as well as the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei, over the next three days. Beijing and Tianjin are recording record high power consumption levels because people have switched on air-conditioners to cool down. Tourism on the grasslands in Inner Mongolia has also suffered from the heatwave. The grasslands usually offer respite from heat for people living in cities. But this month the grasslands have lost this function under temperatures as high as 40C. Ma Yongsheng, vice director of the local tourist bureau, said that the number of tourists to the regions grasslands in July has reduced by half compared with the same period last year, with only about 20 million visitors arriving. He added that in addition to the drought-triggered(干旱触发的) degradation(退化) of the grasslands, the decrease in the number of tourists is also caused by the Shanghai World Expo.38. Beijings longest periond of hot weather in a decade will probably last _.A. the whole month of JulyB. from Tuesday to FridayC. for ten daysD. for thirteen days39.Which of the following is true according to paragraph 2 and 4?A. The hot weather will continue through the weekend.B The hot and wet weather is partly caused by rainC. Rain on the weekend will finally stop this heatwave.D. Shanxi and Hebei are not included in the affected area.40.The word “respite” (line 12) probably means _.A. a temporary place for relaxingB. an exciting experienceC. a temporary relief from discomfortD. an annoying span41.The grasslands can not function as a summer resort for people this month because _.A. there isnt enough power for air-conditionersB. the area has been struck by heat and droughC. the consumption levels have already been highD. tourism on the grasslands has been cooling down.42.It can be concluded from the last two paragrephs that _.A. the Shanghai World Expo decreases the number of tourists by halfB. there were about 40 million visitors in the same period last yearC. the grassland degradation decreases the number of tourists by halfD. there were about 20 million visitors in the same period last yearPassage ThreeQuestions 43 to 47 are based on the following passage.Did humans live at the same time as dinosaurs? The answer is of course no, but about a third of Australians got it wrong in a recent survey. The survey results are being used to highlight what is being described as a disturbing ignorance(无知) about science. Dr Cathy Foley, president of the Australian Scientific and Technological Societies, says Australians have a long way to go before having good scientific literacy(教育)。 “We asked six basic questions in a survey of 1,500 people and only 3 or 4 per cent of them got them all correct.” she said. “Unfortunately 30 per cent of Australians think reptiles(爬行动物) or dinosaurs and humans were alive at the same time, for example. “Also basic things like how much of the Earth is covered by water, how much of the water we have is fresh. “These are things we should probably know just as general knowledge while a significant portion, about 30 per cent, of the population, arent able to answer correctly.” Dr Foley says Australian finds itself in a grey situation where the number of science and mathematics teachers is declining. “30 to 50 per cent of science and mathematics teachers are going to be retiring in the next five to 10 years,” she said. “I think we are in need of investing as much as we can into making sure we have strong teachers, who everyone has to agree are probably one of the most fundamental groups of people in society that make us what we are.”43.The incorrect answers given by many Australian about dinosaurs are seen as _.A. a light, unimportant matter B. a mistake in survey designC. an error in the survey result D. a sign of poor science education44.In a survey conducted by Dr Cathy Foley and her colleagues, _A. six questions are asked about water B. all questions were about animalsC. 1500 people were involved D. most of the answers were wrong45.The percentage of the population unable to answer basic questions about science is estimated to be _A. 3 to 4 percent B. about 30 percent C. about 70 percent D.about 50 percent46.By “a grey situation” (paragraph 9) Dr. Foley probably means a situation that is _A. depressing B.colorless C. unnoticed D.unclear47.It may be concluded from the passage that _.A. science teachers deserve more respectB. more biology classes should be taught at schoolC. most Australians are poorly educatedD. Australia should enhance its science educationPassage FourQuestions 48 to 52 are based on the following passage.The old saying, necessity is the mother of invention, is still probably the best guide as it is the driving force for two of the most common ways for coming up with ideas for new inventions. The first way comes about when people realize that they need something, or decide that their life would be better if only there was a device that could achieve a result faster and/ or easier than the present manual method. Faced with this obstacle, creative people proceed to invent and build the desired device. The second way people get ideas for new inventions is by observing other people struggle with a task and deciding there has to be a better way. This can be an accidental event where person “A” sees person “B” struggling and gets an idea. Or, it can be deliberate as when Scott Cook, the creator of Intuit Corporation, had money to start a computer software business but knew neither how to write a program nor what program to write. So, he began observing people and looking for ideas. He finally got the idea for a chechbook (支票薄) balancing program when he saw his wife struggling with the monthly work of reconciling(核对) their chechbook with the bank statement. Concluding that others had the same problem, he posted notices at nearby Stanford University seeking a computer science student to write a program. His search led him to Tom Proulx who took Cooks idea and wrote the program for the original Quicken software. Tht two then launched Intuit.48.According to the passage, an invention is usually made _A. out of a need B. by a manual methodC. accidentally D. from an old saying49.The word “obstacle” (line 3, paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to _A. problem B. task C. decision D. barrier50.An idea may occur to you for an invention when you _.A. observe two persons struggling with each otherB. see people have difficulty doing something C. have no idea about how to start a businessD. fortunately get involved in an accidental event51.Which of the following statements is true?A. Scott Cook and Tom Proulx founded Intuit CorporationB. Proulx came to work for Intuit Corporation after graduationC. The software Quicken was programmed by Cook and ProulexD. Cook asked his wife to help with his companys account52.Scott Cook decided to work on a checkbook balancing program because _A. he got a contract to produce it for the bankB. he needed to find a product for his companyC. he believed his wifes problem was universalD. he had hired a computer student from StanfordIII. Directions: In this part, there are five items, and four of them are taken from the reading passages you have just read. Below each, there are five Chinese sentences translated, which are marked A, B, C, D and E. Each letter stands for a score varying from 0 to 2. You should decide which is the best translation, and then mark the corresponding letter. T1. (Lines2-3, Paragraph 4, Passage One) It (extending a hand) could either refer to the bad behavior of a thief or the loving act of someone trying to help.A. “伸手”既可能指小偷扒窃的恶劣行为，也可能指援手助人的善举。B. “伸手”要么指小偷扒窃的恶劣行为，要么就指援手助人的善举。C. “伸手”不仅指小偷扒窃的坏行为，还指帮助他人献爱心的举动。D. “伸手”描述小偷的不良行为举止，也描述帮助他人献爱心的举动。E. “伸手”描述某个爱心人士努力帮助小偷改正不良行为举止的过程。T2.（Lines2-3, Paragraph1, Passage Two） The city has experienced 10 days with the maximum temperature exceeding35Cthe most for the month of July in a decade.A 这个城市已有10天最高气温超过了摄氏35度， 是十年来高温天气在7月出现最多的一次。B 这座城市已经历了10天温度一直高于摄氏35度的天气，十年来7月的大部分天气都很热。C 这座城市已经历了10天最高气温超过摄氏35度的日子，是十年来7月出现高温最多的一次。D 这座城市连续10天与高达摄氏35