3月公共英语考试三级模拟试题二及答案

1、姓名：_ 班级：_ 学号：_-密-封 -线- 3月公共英语考试三级模拟试题二及答案考试时间：120分钟 考试总分：100分题号一二三四五总分分数遵守考场纪律，维护知识尊严，杜绝违纪行为，确保考试结果公正。section i listening comprehension(25 minutes) （略）section 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 don

2、your answer sheet 1. textmost young people enjoy physical activities, walking, cycling, football, or mountaineering. these who have a passion 26 climbing high and difficult mountains are often 27 with astonishment. why are men and women 28 to suffer cold and hardship, and to 29 on high mountains? th

3、is astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activities 30 which men give their leisure.there are no man-made rules, as there are for 31 as golf and football. there are, of course, rules of different kinds which it would be dangerous to 32 , but it

4、 is this freedom from man-made rules 33 makes mountaineering attractive to many people. those who climb mountains are free to their own 34 .if we 35 mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is 36 mountaineering is not a “team work”. however, it is only o

5、ur misunderstanding. there are, in fact, no :matches” 37 “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may 38 , obviously, there is teamwork.a mountain climber knows that he may have to fight with natural 39 that ate stronger and more powerful than m

6、an. his sport requires high mental and 40 qualities.a mountain climber 41 to improve on skill year after year. a skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions 42 in their early twenties. but it is not 43 for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest m

7、ountains in the alps. they may take more 44 than younger men, but they probably climb more skill and less 45 of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.26. afor bin cto d of27. alooked up to blooked forward clooked into d looked upon28. awilling breluctant cunwilling d probable29.atake

8、 pains brun risk c take a risk d make efforts30. ato bwith cfor dtowards 31. aso b various c different dsuch32. a apply b worry c ignore d notice33. a which b that c how d why34. a methods b forms c rules d activities35. a correlate b relate c compare d contrast36. a for b what c which d thatl42. aw

9、ill be bappear care dis43. aunusual bnormal ccommon dstrange44. astrength befforts cenergy dtime45. ashortage black crubbish dwastesection reading comprehension(40 minutes) 科目名称 精讲班 报名 主讲 课时 试听 公共英语一级 30 公共英语二级 公共英语三级 古老师 公共英语四级 特别提醒：基于安全需要，通过上门收费或学习卡支付的用户不能赠送vip，通过上支付、银行转帐、邮局汇款方式汇款将赠送vip。 . part ad

10、irections:read the following three texts. answer the questions on each text by choosing a, b, c or d. mark your answers on the answer sheet by drawing a thick line across the corresponding letter in the brackets.text i fifteen years ago, i entered the boston globe, which was a temple to me then. it

11、wasnt easy getting hired. but once you were there, i found, you were in.globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement. for 15 years i had prospered there moving from an ordinary reporter to foreign correspondent and finally to senior editor. i would have a lifetime of security is i struck wit

12、h it. instead, i had made a decision to leave. i entered my bosss office. would he rage? i wondered. he had a famous temper. “matt, we have to have a talk,” i began awkwardly. “i came to the globe when i was twenty-four. now im forty. theres a lot i want to do in life. im resigning.” “to another pap

13、er?” he asked. i reached into my coat pocket, but didnt say anything. i handed him a letter that explained everything. it said that i was leaving to start a new media company. we were at a rare turning point in history. i wanted to be directly engaged in the change. “im glad for you,” he said, quite

14、 out of my expectation. “i just came from a board of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news. some of that we can deal with. but much of it we cant, ” he went on. “i wish you all the luck in the world,” he concluded. “and if it doesnt work out, remember, your star is alwa

15、ys high here.”then i went out of his office, walking through the newsroom for more good-byes. everybody was saying congratulations. everybody even though id be risking all on an unfamiliar venture: all the financial security i had carefully built up.later, i had a final talk with bill taylor, chairm

16、an and publisher of the boston globe. he had turned the globe into a billion-dollar property. “im resigning, bill, ”i said. he listened while i gave him the story. he wasnt looking angry or dismayed either. after a pause, he said, “golly, i wish i were in your shoes.”46. from the passage we know tha

17、t the globe is a famous _.a newspaper b magazinectemple d church47. if the writer stayed with the globe _. a he would be able to realize his lifetime dreams. b he would let his long-cherished dreams fade away. c he would never have to worry about his future life. d he would never be allowed to devel

18、op his ambitions.48. the writer wanted to resign because _.a he had serious trouble with his boss. b he got underpaid at his job for the globe. c he wanted to be engaged in the new media industry. d he had found a better paid job in a publishing house.49. when the writer decided to resign the globe

19、was faced with _. a a trouble with its staff members b a shortage of qualified reporters c an unfavorable business situation d an uncontrollable business situation 50. by “:i wish i were in your shoes.” (in the last paragraph) bill taylor meant that _. a the writer was to fail. b the writer was stup

20、id c he would do the same if possibled he would reject the writers requesttext 2do you find it very difficult and painful to get up in the morning? this might be called laziness, but dr. kleitman has a new explanation. he has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.during the hours when your l

21、abor through your work you may say that youre “hot”. thats true. the time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. for some people the peak comes during the forenoon. for others it comes in the afternoon or evening. no one has discovered why this is

22、so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: “get up, peter! youll be late for work again!” the possible explanation to the trouble is that peter is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and

23、which cycle each member of the family has.you cant change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit if better. habit can help, dr. kleitman believes. maybe youre sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying u

24、p later than you want to. if your energy is low in the morning, but you have an important to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. this wont change your cycle, but youll get up steam and work better at your low point.get off to a slow start which saves your energy. get up with a leisurel

25、y yawn and stretch. sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hour

26、s.51. if a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably _.a he is a lazy person. b he refuses to follow his own energy cycle.c he is not sure when his energy is low.d he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening.52. which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passa

27、ge?aj unawareness of energy cycles.b familiar monologues.ca change in a family members energy cycle.d attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.53. if one wants to work efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should _.achange his energy cycle b overcome his lazinesscget up

28、 earlier than usual d go to bed earlier54. you are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will _.a help to keep your energy for the days work.b help you to control your temper early in the dayc enable you to concentrate on your routine workd keep your energy your energy cycle under contr

29、ol all day55. which of the following statements is not true?a getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save ones energy.b dr. kletman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day.c habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle.d children have energy cycles, too. 科目名称 精

30、讲班 报名 主讲 课时 试听 公共英语一级 30 公共英语二级 公共英语三级 古老师 公共英语四级 特别提醒：基于安全需要，通过上门收费或学习卡支付的用户不能赠送vip，通过上支付、银行转帐、邮局汇款方式汇款将赠送vip。 . text 3there was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy automobile traffic. at present, we realize that although th

31、ese are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. on several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the east of the united states and brought health warnings in rural areas away from any major concentration of manufacturing and au

32、tomobile traffic. in fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be infected by air pollution. some scientists consider that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels (coal and oil) is creating a “greenhouse effect” conserving heat reflec

33、ted from the earth and raising the worlds average temperature. if this view is correct and the worlds temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as new york, boston, miami, and new orleans will be in water. another view, less widely held, is that in

34、creasing particular matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earths temperature a result that would be equally disastrous. a drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age, and would mane agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming a

35、reas. today we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen (though one recent government report drafted by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very possible) perhaps, if we are lucky enough, the two tendencies will offset each other and the worlds temper

36、ature will stay about the same as it is now. driven by economic profits, people neglect the damage on our environment caused by the “advanced civilization”. maybe the air pollution is the price the human beings have to pay for their development. but is it really worthwhile?56. as pointed out at the

37、beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollution _. a cause widespread damage in the countryside b affected the entire eastern half of the united states c had damaged effect on health d existed merely in urban and industries areas 57. as to the greenhouse effect, the author _. a sha

38、re the same view with the scientist. b is uncertain of its occurrence c rejects it as being ungrounded d thinks that it will destroy the world soon58. the word “offset” in the second paragraph could be replaced by _. a slip into b make up for c set up d catch up with59. it can be concluded that _. a

39、 raising the worlds temperature only a few degrees would not do much harm to life on earth. b lowering the worlds temperature merely a few degrees would lead major farming areas to disaster.c almost no temperature variations have occurred over the past decade.d the worlds temperature will remain con

40、stant in the years to come.60. this passage is primarily about _.athe greenhouse effect. b the burning of fossil fuels.c the potential effect of air pollution. d the likelihood of a new ice age.part bdirections:read the following article in which five people talk about their ideas of dieting. for qu

41、estions 61 to 65 , -match name of each speaker to one of the statements (a to c ) given below. mark your answers on your answer sheet.abbeyyou can always recognize dieters from the sour expression on their faces. they spend most of their time turning their noses up at food. they are forever consulti

42、ng calorie charts, gazing at themselves in mirrors, and leaping on to weighing-machines in the bathroom. they spend a lifetime fighting a losing battle against spreading hips, protruding tummies and double chins. what a miserable lot dieters are!marlini began making some dietary and lifestyles chang

43、es during my second year of college and have been eating this way ever since. i like the way i feel when i dont eat animal foods so much more than the pleasure i used to get from eating them. i have much more energy; i need less sleep; i feel calmer; i can maintain an ideal body weight without worry

44、ing about how much i eat, and i can think more clearly.maggieduring my first year of college, i gained forty pounds when i began throwing the javelin. for the next twenty years, i carried all of this extra weight and kidded myself that i was in good shape since thats what i weighed in college. now t

45、hat ive lost all that extra weight, i feel great! people say all the time, “well, how do you live without eating cheeseburgers or this or that?” and i say, “you just dont. it s not even an option. its not that hard once you get on it. “belindaif you are on a diet, youre always hungry. you cant be hu

46、ngry and happy at the same time. all the horrible concoctions you eat instead of food leave you permanently dissatisfied. a complete food it may be, but not quite as complete as juicy steak. so at least three times a day you will be exposed to temptation. how miserable to watch others tucking into p

47、iles of mouth-watering food while you munch a water biscuit and sip unsweetened lemon juice! and if hunger just proves too much for you, in the end you will lash out and devour five huge guilt-inducing cream cakes at a sitting. then things will turn out to be even worse. 科目名称 精讲班 报名 主讲 课时 试听 公共英语一级

48、30 公共英语二级 公共英语三级 古老师 公共英语四级 特别提醒：基于安全需要，通过上门收费或学习卡支付的用户不能赠送vip，通过上支付、银行转帐、邮局汇款方式汇款将赠送vip。 . woodi went on diet when my doctor told me that my blood pressure tended to be high. only at that time did i realize the danger of being overweight. since i began making dietary changes in 1982, eating this wa

49、y has become increasingly accepted. i dont feel ive lost something after dieting. instead, ive got something valuable. that is good health.now match each of the persons to the appropriate statement.note: there are two extra statements. statements61. abbey a being on a diet is a torture.62. marlin b

50、i feel better with vegetarian food.63. maggie c i lost weight after dieting. d i began dieting for the sake of health.64. belinda e dieting elpart a66. suppose you have got the news that the university of science and technology of china is offering a scholarship for chemistry majors and that you hav

51、e just received an ms degree in chemistry and are eager to have a personal interview with dr. wu han wei , the chairman. write a letter of application for the scholarship. your letter should include:1.your performance at university2.your eagerness for the personal interview3.you should write approxi

52、mately 100 words. do not sign your own name at the end of your letter. use “wang lin” instead. you do not need to write the address.part b67. write an essay of about 1龄大应该使用更多的时间。45. d shortage“短缺”, waste“浪费”46. a 第二段老板提到“是不是到另一家报纸去”根据此推测这是一家报社。47. c 第二段提到“假如留下，会有生活保障”从而推断若不离开未来生活无忧。 科目名称 精讲班 报名 主讲

53、课时 试听 公共英语一级 30 公共英语二级 公共英语三级 古老师 公共英语四级 特别提醒：基于安全需要，通过上门收费或学习卡支付的用户不能赠送vip，通过上支付、银行转帐、邮局汇款方式汇款将赠送vip。 . 48. c 第二段提到“我要离开公司去开一家新传媒公司”49. c 第二段提到“老板说从董事会那里得到的75%的消息都是坏消息”从而推断，报社商业处境艰难。50. c be in ones shoes 为“处于某人的地位”文中指老板赞同的看法，表示假如他处于和相同的情况，他自己也会做出相同的事。51. d 第二段“the possible explanation to the troub

54、le is that peter is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening”。52. a 第二段最后一句53. c 第三段“if your energy is low in the morning, but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour”。54. a 最后一段第一行55. b 文章开头提到可莱曼特博士有一种新的解释，证明每个人都有一个每日的能量周期，但是后文也提到了每人能解释这个周期。56. d 由第一段第一句话可推知。57. b 第一段最后一句“if this view is correct -”表明只是引用这种现象并不确定其正确性。58. b offset补偿, make up for弥补, set up建立, catch up with赶上59. b 根据第二段第二句话“a dr