英语三级考试试卷真题及答案

Part ⅠDialogue Completion (15 points)

Directions: There are 15 short incomplete dialogues in this part, each followed by 4 choices marked A, B, C, D. Choose the best one to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

1. Rita: You said we could discuss a problem you had when you first came to the U．S．Would you like to tell me your problem Anna:___A________

,of course. , I’d love to . , as you said. don’t think so.

2. Jack:Hello, this is Jack London. May I speak to Dr．Lee Receptionist:I’m ’s with a

A. What’s up I help you？

you wait do you want to see her？

:’m Peter ’t you new here Wendy: _____A_____ I transferred from UCLA.

,I once was here. ’m Wendy Chan. don’t know you. ,fist time here

:Hey,Larry!Good to see you!____A______

Larry:Terrible!I just found out I failed my math test,and I studied all night for it! ’s it going do you do are you about you？

5. Wife:How about picking up some soft drinks on your way home Husband:___D____ Anything else？

’d love to . don’t mind. pleasure. problem.

6. Sian: Let’s eat out don’t feel like cooking. Vincent:___A____ What do you fancy？

Sian:I think Japanese food would make a nice change. too. B. Do you , why not D. So what？

7. Kato:Shall we have Chinese or American food Mori:_____D_________

Kato:There is a good steak house around the corner.

have nothing in mind doesn’t matter. have no choice! you say!

: How are things going with you and your roommate？

Jon:Not very well. We’re _____A___,but I end up feeding him three meals a day. to divide the house work B. supposed to share the groceries C. on good terms D. kind of broke :Shall I pick you up at 5 or 6 Joei:____A____

Mike:OK,I will pick you up at 5.

doesn’t make any difference. B. It’s fine with me. you said. bothers me.

:Sue,can you drive Jane and me to the doctor on Monday Sue: when you need help.

can always count on me B. I’ll be glad to ’ll mark it on my calendar D. You can think of me

11. Mei:Is joining us for dinner Susie:____D_________

Mei:I was hoping she would come with us.

think so . B. Not that I know of. said so. that she said.

:Sorry,I clock didn’t go off this morning. Francie:__Ａ_____ Perhaps you should buy a new one.

should put that right. clock never works. you set the alarm

:Hi,’t seen you for a whileHow is Cathy Mike:We’re not seeing each other any more. Ryan:What happened ____Ｂ_________

you fire her you break up believe it. ’s fine.

14. Jack:I heard you’re going out with Jane. Fred: Where did you get that idea？

Jack:______Ｄ___ Jane is a very nice girl,someone you meet only once in a

lifetime. ,come on . mean you aren’t. ,forget it . kidding.

: Did you ever think of working somewhere else Janice:Yeah. In fact, I have an interview next Monday. Eddie:____Ａ_______

luck! idea! way! !

Part ⅡReading Comprehension (40 points)

Directions:There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C,D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

Passage One

I knew a man who was asked to be the new dean(院长)of the College of Business of a large university. When he first arrived, he studied the situation the college faced and felt that what it needed most was recognized that he had a unique capacity to raise money,and he developed a real sense of vision about fund-raising as his primary function.

This created a problem in the college because past deans had focused mainly on meeting day-to-day faculty new dean was never there. He was running around the country trying to raise money for research. But he was not attending to the day-to-day things as the previous dean had. The faculty,who were used to working with the person at the top,had to work through his administrative assistant.

The faculty became so upset with his absence that they sent a delegation to the president of the university to demand a new dean or a fundamental change in his leadership style. The president,who knew what the dean was doing, said,”has a good administrative him some more time.”

Within a short time, the money started pouring in and the faculty began to recognize the vision. It wasn’t long until every time they saw the dean, they would say,”Get out of here!We don’t want to see you. Go out and bring in more administrative assistant runs this office better than anyone else.”

This man admitted to me later that the mistake he made was not doing enough team building ,enough explaining, enough educating about what he was trying to him I learned a powerful lesson. We need to constantly be asking ourselves,”What is needed out there, and what is my unique strength”

16. The new dean thought that the most important thing for him to do was to _Ｄ____. a sense of vision up a primary goal the trust of the faculty D. raise money

new dean was different from the past deans in that ___Ｂ_____.

was less responsible didn’t attend to daily things had an administrative assistant didn’t like to talk with others

can learn from the passage that the faculty __Ｂ___. not well paid for their work

’t understand the new dean’s ideas at first a conflict with the president of the university ’t want to work with the administrative assistant

19. The faculty would ask the new dean to get out because they ____Ａ___. upset by his leadership style to get rid of him

unhappy with his explanation him to bring back more money

was the mistake the new dean realized he had madeＣwas absent all the year around.

was insensitive to the faculty’s needs. didn’t communicate well with the faculty. didn’t work hard to accomplish his goal.

Passage Two

Is new technology damaging our ability to communicateFingers flying ,we can blog(写博客文章),email,and enter chat ,as we type our millions of words, something is being our virtual skills increase,I wonder if our ability to communicate using speech is on the decline.

Young people send me dozens of emails from schools and universities. They often attach long lists of questions,to which they want detailed responses. Time is short, so my reply is usually that they can phone me and I’ll do my best to answer.

They very rarely do,at least partly because their oral and telephone skills are less developed than their ability to type,text and to adapt an old business saying,a meeting is worth five phone calls and a phone call is worth five emails.

Direct communication can quickly lead to bonding and are more likely to reveal what they are thinking when they actually speak to another are wary of committing themselves in writing.

The great tragedy, of course,is that the phone was invented before the it had been the other way around,Internet forums would now be filled with the news:”Have you heard (type,type,type)There is this amazing new device(type,type).Now you can talk directly with people(type,type,type).Without all this typing.”Marketing would do the rest and college would be rushing to develop new course in telephone skills.

But,as it is ,we are stuck with the supremacy of the typed word and it is getting in the way of our ability to look people in the eye and talk. We should reconsider the technology in which the speed of our fingers is more important than the quality of our voices.

to the author, young people today don’t ___Ａ___. A. like to communicate using speech to communicate with people

how to communicate with people

how to ask questions in communication

22. According to Paragraph 3, compared with meetings, e-mails are __Ｃ___. efficient B. more interesting efficient interesting

23. In Paragraph 4,”wary of ”can be replaced by “____B___”

at about to about

24. The author believes that if the phone had been invented after the computer,people would ___A________.

eager to learn how to use the phone

glad to have both means of communication prefer typing words on the computer little interest in the phone

of the following can best describe the author’s attitude towards the communication using typed words todayA

. B. Curious. . .

Passage Three

Most Americans are very conscious of their health and try to maintain a nutritious diet and daily routines to maintain good , for many years the tobacco and liquor industries have tried to project the image of style and fashion for those who use their products.

Most have learned, however , that the dangers caused to health by tobacco and alcohol can no longer be denied or campaigns to alert the public to the evils of these two social drugs have been intense and effective .However,most people dislike being warned that they shouldn’t do is a

kind of psychological

resistance.

Yet, all tobacco and liquor products must now contain a warning on the warning is simple,but the message is clear:smoking and drinking are hazardous to health. The wording may vary, but it is phrased in such a way as to draw the attention of the consumer to the TV all tobacco advertising is legally banned, and every ad in a magazine must display the are many public notices on trains and buses giving out the warning that smoking is linked to lung cancer and other lung and heart diseases.

The warning against alcohol consumption is of a different goes out especially to women who are pregnant and anyone operating a car or electrical machinery. A pregnant woman can cause damage to her baby by drinking anyone operating a machine runs the risk of an accident which could be warnings appear on all wine bottles and even an appatently harmless can of beer.

and liquor ads try to make people believe that smoking and drinking will ________C______.

them look fashionable them keep a nutritious diet them conscious of their health their healthy images to others

the case of smoking and drinking, most people __B______. the campaigns against them aware of the dangers they cause not really believe their dangers in campaigns against them

can be inferred from the passage that the campaign against smoking is _____B_.

organized

advertising is __B_______.

against drinking are usually directed at ____D_____. drivers

people groups of people

Passage Four

Today,there is no such thing as a “typical”college of all ages are enrolled in colleges.

Though the concept of college may be the same for all students,the stress and future goals are college students most people think of usually range in age from 18-21,and are most often away from home for the first a result,they now have choices and no parent to tell them what to do. They are responsible for their own lives,needing to learn to manage their time and find a job,while attending enter this new world with the anticipation of freedom, fun and a good job after graduation.

The new faces in the college are usually 30 years old or older, and are returning to school after several years are starting their college education, after raising a family and now ready to do something for lives are considerably different from their younger have been on their own for a while,and are concerned about family, responsibilities, work, and the adjustment of being back in school after some years. Most important to them are the hopes of a new career or a job promotion after they graduate.

Though they may come to college for different reasons, the result is the same, It is their chance to make a better life for themselves or their the younger generation is looking for freedom in their lives, those who are returning to school also see same opportunities were not available 20 years ago.

So in our college and universities, there is a new sense of hope and once stood only the youth of our future, they are now joined by people of all ages who share the dreams of a better life.

passage is mainly concerned with the change of ______B__. administration students courses life

32. In the past college students usually __C______.

with their parents good jobs easily

much time to spare no burden of raising a family

students of the new type ____C______.

freedom once again worried about their parents at a new job or promotion harder than other students

thing that the younger and older college students share is ____A__. hope for a better life job opportunities

future plans to get promotion

author seems to approve of ___c_____. students raising a family

students living on their parents people going back to college students’struggle for freedom

Part ⅢVocabulary and Structure (20 points)

Directions:There are 40 incomplete sentences in this each sentence there are 4 choices marked A,B,C, the one that best completes the your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

suffer from stage ___B____ whenever I have to make a presentation in front of the class.

C. fright

whole new policy has proved a ____D___ and should be abandoned.

should consider all such projects from a scientific ___C____

B. perfection

C. prospect

bought the company because they were __B_____ about its long-term prospects.

___B_____ cultural features of the tribe can be easily observed from this video tape.

B. remote

other words,there are one million __C______ customers for the new product.

does not __D_____ mean material reward,but recognition of some sort-preferably measurable.

stored up some food and water ____D___ things got worse.

though if that case

should learn from this lesson and consider the long-term influence of dams ___A____ the short-term benefits.

than to of D. or else

only thing to do now is to ____C____ yourself in some efficient work.

committee members, ___B___ from middle-school teachers to college professors, wrote a 500-page report.

people who objected to the new airport were told that since the work had already started,there was no point in ____D______.

single lecture is not long enough to __D____ fully the roles played by the scouts in the war.

sometimes become _____C___ when their efforts appear to produce less obvious results.

asked out one girl and she walked away as quickly as she could without even _____A____.

your defence he would have been given a sentence of 10 years. for of spite of for

reason for this note is that at the moment I haven’t got that much spare time on my hands to thank you __A_______.

person place C. in return sight

53. Most middle-aged female white collars face constant stress as they ____C___ their family and make important decisions.

for for for for

54. Even with the measures the Government has been forced to take today,unemployment will __B______ rising.

up on up on

55. It was a wonderful meal __C_____ bits of food left over from the day before. for from of into

hair was golden when she was a child, but it went darker __B____ she grew up.

the university operator,____C____ you will find the phone number of Professor Smith.

58. The instructor won’t give them any help ___C_____ absolutely necessary.

of the people ___B____ refused to answer to answer any questions. questioned

boy denied __C_____ anything to do with that bank raid. have had

number of the employees in our company is ____A__ that in theirs. as large as as many than twice many as twice as

62. I wish I ___B_____ in the sun by a swimming pool instead of sitting in this classroom.

lain lying

is essential that all the reports to be published _____A____ twice. checked be checked checked be checked

life could be found on Mars was once believed by scientists.

65. __A______ food was rotting in the warehouses,the poor did not have enough to eat.

researchers of the project have to be very careful with every part if it ___D_____ a success.

to be be be

,Bob still went on with the experiment. he was tired was he tired as he was tired as he

response to the concerts was not warm enough so I decided to postpone booking tickets ____A_____ later in the year.

asked a second time,but I couldn’t remember ___D__ any of these works. read have

read read

teacher _____D__, they went on with their discussion.

left leaving left

companies in smaller cities are offering such great professional opportunities that some graduates have a hard time __B______ them down.

turn

until the mid-1950s ____A____ most automakers begin offering seat belts as optional safety features.

the police and tell them all __C______ you know about the accident.

the fall the cattle ____B____ from the high country back down to the farm. driven driven

a long walk,we finally found a shelter ____C_____ for the night. stay stay in in

Part ⅣCloze Test (10 points)

Directions:There are 10 blanks in the following each numbered blank,there are 4 choices marked A,B,C, the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

If you feel you have a closer relationship with your grandmother on your mother’s side than on your father’s side,it is no surprise to researchers at the universities of Newcastle and on studies in the Netherlands, they claim that maternal grandparents(外祖父母)are likely to make greater efforts to maintain frequent contact ____D77__ their grandchildren than paternal grandparents(祖父母).

They ___78_B__that psychological behaviors related to human evolution are involved: women are always sure of their relationship to their sons or daughters,___79B___men can never be wholly certain they are their children’s biological fathers.

Furthermore,maternal grandparents are always more certain than paternal grandparents __80B__ a grandchild is related to them:”Thus maternal grandparents may go the extra mile to visit their grandchildren.”

The study, ___81D___ by Thomas Pollet and his colleagues,found that for grandparents __82C__ within 30 km of their grandchildren ,more than 30 per cent of maternal grandmothers and 25 per cent of maternal grandfathers had __8D3__ daily or a few times a __84_D_ ,this fell to 15 per cent for paternal grandparents.

Mr．Pollet said:”Even in families where there has been divorce,we found _A_85__ differences. Grandparents on your mother’s side make the extra effort.”

across back up out

试卷二

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Directions:You are to write in 100-120 words about the title “Olympic Torch Bearer”.You should base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below: 1. 你认为什么样的人可以成为奥运火炬手2. 你是否愿意成为奥运火炬手3. 为什么