大学英语三级(A级)-试卷538

1、 大学英语三级（a级）-试卷538(总分：134.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、 listening comprehension(总题数：10，分数：38.00)1.part i listening comprehension (20 minutes)directions： this part is to test your listeningability. it consists of 4 sections._解析：2.section adirections: this section is to test your ability to understand short dialogue

2、sthereare 5 recorded dialogues in itafter each dialoguethere is a recorded questionboth the dialoguesand questions will be spoken only oncewhen you hear a questi_解析：（分数：10.00）a.at a bank.b.at a restaurant. c.at a friend s house.d.at a hotel.解析：解析：根据文中“order soup”，“vegetable soup”等关键词可知，两个人是在餐馆里，故选b。

3、a.get some changes from jane.b.go to look for a pay phone.c.use the womans phone. d.pay for the phone call.解析：解析：根据女士的回答“why not use my mobile phone?”可知，女士建议男士用她的手机打电话，故选c。a.five. b.four.c.six.d.seven.解析：解析：根据文中“ten copies”，“five would be enough”等关键词句可知，多了五份，故选a。a.10:30. b.10:00.c.10:50.d.10:40解析：解析

4、：根据文中“10：50”，“10：40”和“still twenty minutes left”等关键词句可计算出现在是十点半，故选a。a.because henry has no time. b.because someone else decorated the house.c.because there was no instruments in the house.d.because henry decorated the house himself.解析：解析：根据女士的回答“because he has no time”可知，henry是由于没时间才请人装修的，故选a。3.sect

5、ion bdirections: this section is to test your ability to understand shortconversationsthere are 2 recorded conversations in itafter each conversation，there are somerecorded questionsboth the conversations and questions will be spoken two timesw_解析：（分数：4.00） a.booking a theatre ticket.b.reserving a r

6、oom.c.booking an air ticket. d.reserving a seat.解析：解析：根据文中开头提示信息“will you book a plane ticket to london for me?”这一关键句可知，男士准备订飞机票，故选c。a.wife and husband.b.teacher and student.c.clerk and guest. d.employer and employee.解析：解析：根据上一题的信息可推知他俩是客户与代理人之间的关系，故选c。（分数：6.00）a.at leech s school.b.in the police st

7、ation.c.on the phone. d.at mrs. smith s home.解析：解析：根据男士说的前两句话可判断出他们是在打电话，因为公司、机构等接电话一般都是先自报名称。而且由常识可知，一般出事后会先打电话报警，而不是直接去警察局，故选c。a.two days.b.the whole afternoon.c.a whole day. d.the whole morning.解析：解析：根据女士所说的“he went to the school this morning but hasnt been back yet and its6：00 pmnow”可知，男孩已经失踪了一整

8、天，故选c。a.yellow and white.b.blue and green. c.green and black.d.blue and black.解析：解析：根据女士所说的“a blue shirt，and white shoes，carrying a green school bag”可知，男孩穿的是蓝衬衫，背的是绿书包，故选b。4.section cdirections: in this section you will hear a recorded short passagethe passage isprinted in the test paper，but with so

9、me words or phrases missing the passage will be read twotimes_解析：the word horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. james watt had made the worlds first1 used steam engine. he had no way of telling people 2 how powerful it was, for at that time therewere no units for measuring power. watt dec

10、ided to 3 how much work one 4 horse could do in oneminute. he called that unit one horsepower. with this unit he could measure the work his steamengine could do. he 5 that a horse could lift a 3,300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in oneminute. his engine could lift a 3,300-pound weight 100 feet i

11、n one minute. because his enginedid ten times as much work as the horse, watt called it a ten horsepower engine.the word horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. james watt had made the worlds first6 used steam engine. he had no way of telling people 7 how powerful it was, for at that time t

12、herewere no units for measuring power. watt decided to 8 how much work one 9 horse could do in oneminute. he called that unit one horsepower. with this unit he could measure the work his steamengine could do. he 10 that a horse could lift a 3,300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in oneminute. his e

13、ngine could lift a 3,300-pound weight 100 feet in one minute. because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, watt called it a ten horsepower engine.（分数：10.00）填空项1:_ （正确答案：widely）填空项1:_ （正确答案：exactly）填空项1:_ （正确答案：find out）填空项1:_ （正确答案：strong）填空项1:_ （正确答案：discovered）解析：6.section ddirectio

14、ns: this section is to test your ability to comprehend short passagesyouwill hear a recorded passageafter that you will hear five questionsboth the passage and thequestions will be read two timeswhen you hear a question，you should_解析：who was the most important person in the speakers childhood? the s

15、peakers 1.who was the most important person in the speakers childhood? the speakers 2.（分数：8.00）(1).where did the speaker like to go during his vacations? the speaker loved to go his 1.（分数：2.00）填空项1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：grandmothers house）解析：解析：根据提示信息可推知该题提问地点，由文章第二句话中的“going to her house”可知，作者常在假期去他祖母家，故此处应

16、填“grandmothers house”。(2).what kind of stories did the speakers grandmother tell him? the stories about 1during worldwar .（分数：2.00）填空项1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：her life）解析：解析：从提供的部分答案来看应该是关于在二战期间的事，而由文中提到的“she would tell me manystories about her life during world war”(她会告诉我很多发生在二战期间的有关于她的生活的故事。)可得到答案。(3).where

17、 did they sometimes go and pick flowers? they often went into 1to pick up flowers.（分数：2.00）填空项1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：forest）解析：解析：根据文中“we often went into the forest to pick up flowers”可以知道，她们采花的地点是“in me forest”。(4).when did the speaker s grandmother die? she died 1ago.（分数：2.00）填空项1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：a fewsevera

18、l years）解析：解析：由文中提到的“she died a few years ago”可知，她几年前就去世了。二、 structure(总题数：18，分数：30.00)7.part ii structure (10 minutes)directions: this part is to test your ability to use words andphrases correctly to construct meaningful and grammatically correct sentencesit consists of2 sections_解析：8.section adir

19、ections: there are 10 incomplete statements hereyou are required to completeeach statement by choosing the appropriateanswer from the 4choices marked a)，b)，c) and d)_解析：9.in spite of what we said, he refused to_to the police station.（分数：2.00）a.give awayb.give offc.give himself away d.give himself up

20、 解析：解析：give sbup意为“自首，表示对没有希望”。例：it was so late that we had given himup已经很晚了，我们认为他不会来了。give away意为“送掉，分发，放弃，泄露，出卖，让步，陷下”。例：he was invited to attend the closing ceremony of the tournament and to give away the prizes他应邀出席锦标赛的闭幕式并颁发奖品。he gave away the secret without meaning to他无意中把秘密泄露了。give off表示“发出，放

21、出(蒸汽、气味等)”。例：this kind of coal gives off dense smoke这种煤烧起来直冒浓烟。根据题意，故选 d。10.it is imperative that the students_writing their papers by the end of the month.（分数：2.00）a.finish b.must finishc.will finishd.are to finish解析：解析：imperative的意思是“必要的，强制的”。当表示建议、指令、愿望、个人意见或判断、要求时，构成 it isthat结构，主语从句要用虚拟语气，动词形式为

22、“should+动词原形”或只用动词原形，故选 a。11.i invited tom and ann to dinner, but_of them came.（分数：2.00）a.bothb.nonec.eitherd.neither 解析：解析：both指两个都，none指没有一个(通常是指三个或三个以上的范围中)，either指两个中的任意一个，neither指两个都不。根据本题的意思，故选 d。12.the heart is an important organ of circulation _function is to pump blood to all partsof the bo

23、dy.（分数：2.00）a.whichb.whose c.of itd.its解析：解析：选项 a的 which应该在定语从句中担任一定的成分，但空格之后的句子是主系表结构，主谓成分已经很齐全，所以不适合；选项 c不能使原句的结构成立；而假如把 its放在空格处，在其前应该加句号将两句分开，故 d也不合适；选项 b的 whose作关系代词时，既可指入，也可指物，符合题意，故选b。13._with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.（分数：2.00）a.when compared

24、 b.comparec.while comparingd.comparing解析：解析：句中 compare是及物动词，其动作的对象是句子的主语 the highest mountain，为此须用表示被动意思的过去分词 compared，而不能用现在分词 comparing，故选 a。14.training astronauts_not an easy thing.（分数：2.00）a.areb.is c.wered.be 解析：解析：当分词短语作主语时，谓语动词用单数，故选 b。15.would you be_by the idea of going to paris?（分数：2.00）a.

25、excitingb.excitablyc.excited d.excitedly解析：解析：动词变成形容词有两种形式：主动和被动。主动形式一般用来表达物的性质；被动形式一般用来表达人的态度、情绪等特征。例：the book is interestinghe is interested in politics根据题意，故选 c。16.there is no_that women are playing an important role in the world today.（分数：2.00）a.of denyb.to denyingc.denying d.of denying解析：解析：no作

26、限定词时后面接名词，相当于 not a(n)或 not any。denying为动名词，具有名词的性质，故选 c。17.i am rather concerned_ her, for i havent heard from her since last winter.（分数：2.00）a.ofb.atc.withd.about 解析：解析：be concerned about是固定搭配，意为“担心，挂念”，故选 d。18.look at the terrible situation i am in! if only i_your advice.（分数：2.00）a.had followed b

27、.would followc.followd.have followed解析：解析：if only引导的句子，表示说话人的一种愿望，希望过去发生的事能与事实相反。由此可见，在本题中，事实上说话人并不曾听劝告，用过去完成时表达对过去的一种愿望，故选 a。19.section bdirections: there are also 5 incomplete statements hereyou should fill in eachblank with the proper form of the word given in the brackets_解析：20.it would allow ti

28、me for (consider) 1even if new evidence was found.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：consideration）解析：解析：根据句义和空格前的介词for可知，此处应填写一个名词作介词宾语，而所给的consider是动词，它派生的名词为 consideration。21.when i was a girl, i dreamed of becoming a poet; who would have thought id end up an (engine)1?（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：engine

29、er）解析：解析：根据语法结构，原句空格处需填写一个表示人的名词作宾语，依据所给名词engine可派生出其另一个表示人的名词 engineer。 22.the doctor saw at the first sight that the lady (suffer) 1from heart trouble.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：was suffering）解析：解析：该句表示过去正在进行的动作，应该用过去进行时。23.i can forgive a mistake but i cant forgive (honest) 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正

30、确答案：正确答案：dishonesty）解析：解析：空格中应是一个作forgive宾语的名词，但根据句意可知，所给形容词honest派生出的名词honesty不符合题意，所以应填写其反义名词 dishonesty。24.a passport is a document (issue) 1by a country to its citizens that permits them to leave andre-enter the country.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：issued）解析：解析：分词作定语，根据句意应用过去分词。三、 reading compreh

31、ension(总题数：11，分数：50.00)25.part iii reading comprehension (40 minutes)directions: this part is to test your readingability. there are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. you should read the reading materials carefullyand do the tasks as you are instructed._解析：26.task 1directions: after reading the following

32、passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinishedstatements, numbered 36 through 40. for each question or statement there are 4 choices markeda, b, c, and d. you should make the correct choice_解析：thus far, there is little evidence to suggest that technology will reduce inequality; indeed itmay only i

33、ntensify inequality. technology is costly and it is generally impossible to introduceadvances to everyone at the same time. so who gets this access first? as we travel further andfurther along the electronic frontier through advances such as telecommuting在(家办公) and theinternet, the poor may be isola

34、ted from mainstream society in an information ghetto (贫民窟).drawing on a survey, the census bureau(国家调查局) estimated that only 6.8 percent of householdsearning less than $ 10,000 had home computers, compared to 61.7 percent of those with incomesof $ 75,000 or more. this issue goes beyond individual in

35、terest or lack of interest in computers.the technological advances of the present and future may not be equally beneficial to men andwomen. many studies have shown that computer games, which serve as an important means of earlysocialization to computers, typically involve sports or skills associated

36、 with the traditionalmale role. as a result computers camps have become mainly male settings. like money, food, andother resources, technology is unevenly distributed within societies and throughout the world.the technology gap is widening rather than narrowing. although nations are exchanging techn

37、icaldata more freely than before, critical technology transfer is often kept back. the technologyexported to developing countries may be poorly suited to the conditions of their economies andworkplaces.（分数：10.00）(1).according to the writer, information ghetto is caused by_.（分数：2.00）a.the strict cont

38、rol of informationb.the rapid technological advances c.the complete isolation of the poord.the existence of mainstream society 解析：解析：题干意为“信息贫民窟是由引起的”。由第一段第一句“技术增加了人与人之间的不平等”以及后面讲到的“总是富人先获得使用先进技术的权利”可知，这样的不平等是由技术的迅速发展而造成的，故选 b。(2).the data the census bureau collected indicates that_.（分数：2.00）a.techno

39、logy has widened the gap between the rich and the poor b.individual interest in computers might be a significant reasonc.the survey has covered more than enough investigation samplesd.the estimation by the census bureau is subject to correction解析：解析：题干意为“国家调查局的数据显示”。由第二段可知，国家调查局根据一份调查，估出在收入不到 10，000

40、美元的家庭中，拥有电脑的家庭只占 68，而收入在 75，000美元及以上的家庭中，拥有电脑的家庭占 617。也就是说，穷人家庭中电脑拥有率很低，而富人家庭电脑拥有率很高。电脑代表先进的技术。所以可以说，技术拉大了穷人与富人之间的差距，故选 a。(3).according to the writer, one supposed function of computer games is_.（分数：2.00）a.to divide social roles between boys and girlsb.to build up settings for sports or other male s

41、killsc.to make the public get familiar with the computer d.to intensify the inequality between men and women解析：解析：题干意为“根据作者所说，人们认为电脑游戏的功能是”。由第三段中的“many studies haveshown that computer games，which serve as an important means of early socialization to computers可知，电脑游戏是早期使公众了解电脑的一个重要手段。sever as与题干中的 fu

42、nction相对应，socialization与 be familiar with相对应，故选 c。(4).it seems that critical technology is often_.（分数：2.00）a.unavailable to the importing countries b.unavailable to the exporting countriesc.not suitable to the developing countriesd.keeping back the exporting countries economy解析：解析：题干意为“似乎关键技术经常”。由最后

43、一段的最后一句可知，出口到发展中国家的技术可能不太适合当地的经济状况和工作环境，所以应该是对进口国没用，故选 a。(5).the writer s attitude towards the development of technology is_.（分数：2.00）a.negativeb.indifferentc.exciting and praisingd.concerned and critical 解析：解析：题干意为“作者对技术发展的态度是”。根据第一段的前两句话可知，技术只会增加人与人之间的不平等，下文也在谈论技术进步如何增加人与人之间的不平等，所以作者的态度是关切的、批判性的，故

44、选 d。27.task 2directions：this task is the same as task 1 the 5 questions or unfinished statementsare numbered 41 through 45_解析：the human brain contains 10 thousand million cells and each of these may have a thousand connections.such enormous numbers used to discourage us and cause us to dismiss the p

45、ossibility of makinga machine with human-like ability, but now that we have grown used to moving forward at such apace we can be less sure. quite soon, in only10 or 20 years perhaps, we will be able to assemblea machine as complex as the human brain, and if we can we will. it may then take us a long

46、 timeto render itintelligent by loading in the right software (软件) or by altering the architecturebut that too will happen. i think it is certain that in decades, not centuries, machines of silicon(硅) will arise first to rival and then exceed their human ancestors. once they exceed us theywill be ca

47、pable of their own design. in a real sense they will be able to reproduce themselves. silicon will have ended carbons long control. and we will no longer be able to claim ourselvesto be the finest intelligence in the known universe. as the intelligence of robots increases tomatch that of humans and

48、as their cost declines through economies of scale we may use them toexpand our frontiers, first on earth through their ability to withstand environments, harmfulto ourselves. thus, deserts may bloom and the ocean beds be mined. further ahead, by a combinationof the great wealth this new age willbrin

49、g and the technology it will provide, the constructionof a vast, man-created world in space, home to thousands or millions of people, will be withinour power.（分数：10.00）(1).in what way can we make a machine intelligent?（分数：2.00）a.by making it work in such environments as deserts, oceans or space.b.by

50、 working hard for 10 or 20 years.c.by either properly programming it or changing its structure. d.by reproducing it.解析：解析：题干意为“通过什么方法我们可以使机器更加智能化?”由第一段最后一句“it may then takeus a long time to render it intelligent by loading inbut that too will happen”可以看出：为它安装合适的软件或改变其构架可以使它智能化，故选c。(2).what does the

51、writer think about machines with human-like ability?（分数：2.00）a.he believes they will be useful to human beings. b.he believes that they will control us in the future.c.he is not quite sure in what way they may influence us.d.he doesn t consider the construction of such machines possible.解析：解析：题干意为“作

52、者怎样看待智能机器?”由最后一段中“thus，deserts may bloom and the oceanbeds be minedwill be within our power”可以看出：使用机器可以为我们拓展和改善环境，沙漠可以变绿洲，海底还可以采矿，由此可以推断出作者认为具有人的智慧的机器将会给人类带来福利，故选a。(3).the word carbon (line 3, para. 2)stands for_.（分数：2.00）a.intelligent robotsb.a chemical elementc.an organic substanced.human beings 解析：解析：题干意为“carbon代表”。由第二段最后两句“silicon will have ended carbonslong controland we will no longer be able to claim ourselves to be the finest intelligence inthe known universe”可以看出，carbon指代human beings，故选d。(4).a robot can be used to expand ou