1、公共英语(三级)24 及答案解析(总分：2.01，做题时间：120 分钟)(1).What color of clothes the woman is going to wear?（分数：-0.10）A.A brown dress.B.A blue dress.C.A suit.D.An overcoat.(2).Why cant Tom have the suit cleaned?（分数：-0.10）A.Because he is too busy.B.Because he has some work to do.C.Because he is working at his homework
2、.D.Because he does not want to.(3).How many hours does his father work on Saturdays?（分数：-0.10）A.Five hours.B.Six hours.C.Seven hours.D.Two hours.(4).How does the woman feel about the exam?（分数：-0.10）A.She thinks it to be very easy.B.She thinks it difficult.C.She thinks that she will not pass it.D.She
3、 thinks it is just so-so.(5).At what time does Mary always come?（分数：-0.10）A.At half past three.B.At four oclock.C.At two oclock.D.At three oclock.(6).At what time does the boy arrive at school according to himself?（分数：-0.10）A.He is sometimes late for the class for thirty minutes.B.For three hours.C.
4、Twenty-five minutes late for the class.D.Ten minutes earlier for the school.(7).How is the second speaker?（分数：-0.10）A.She lives a sad life.B.She is living a happy life.C.She is happy.D.She says it is right.(8).What has happened to George?（分数：-0.10）A.He has had an accident.B.He saw a serious accident
5、.C.He has gone to the hospital.D.Hes decided to stay in the hospital for months.(9).What does the woman think the man should do?（分数：-0.10）A.She thinks that the man should be more interested in sports.B.She thinks that the man should work harder on his studies.C.She thinks it is worthwhile for him to
6、 do so.D.She thinks he is right.(10).Will the woman get the book she wants?（分数：-0.10）A.No, she wont.B.Yes, she will.C.Yes, but after Friday.D.Yes, but she must return it.(1).How do fans imitate rock stars?（分数：-0.25）A.They play music.B.They behave badly.C.They wear the same kind of clothes.D.They go
7、to their concerts.(2).Why are rock stars famous?（分数：-0.25）A.Its because of their music.B.Its because of their fans.C.Its because of their clothes.D.Its because of their money.(3).What did Zed Hawks do during the TV interview?（分数：-0.25）A.He behaved much better.B.He wore very strange clothes.C.He sang
8、 a song angrily.D.He walked out during the interview.(4).Why does David say rock stars are like politicians and film stars?（分数：-0.25）A.Because they behave well in public.B.Because they like the public criticism.C.Because they earn their money from the public.D.Because they complain when they are cri
9、ticized.(1).Where does the woman work?（分数：-0.25）A.At McDonalds.B.For Jackson and Sons.C.With the man.D.For a construction company.(2).Why does the woman want to change her job?（分数：-0.25）A.Because her present job is too hard.B.Because she doesnt just want to be an assistant manager.C.Because she want
10、s to have a job where she can use her knowledge.D.Because she wants to earn more money.(3).When will Jackson and Sons hire new workers?（分数：-0.25）A.In September.B.In May.C.In August.D.In June.(4).When will the man tell his father about the woman?（分数：-0.25）A.Tonight.B.Tomorrow.C.This afternoon.D.The d
11、ay after tomorrow.(1).When was he born?（分数：-0.25）A.On January 15, 1929.B.On January 15, 1920.C.On June 15, 1929.D.On July 15, 1920.(2).Where did he grow up?（分数：-0.25）A.Northwestern part of the U. S.B.Southeastern part of the U. S.C.Southwestern part of the U. S.D.Northeastern part of the U. S.(3).Wh
12、at gave him many ideas about freedom?（分数：-0.25）A.The writings of Thoreau.B.The writings of Washington.C.The writings of Coretta.D.The writings of Martin Luther King.(4).When did he win the Nobel Peace Prize?（分数：-0.25）A.1968.B.1918.C.1964.D.1946.(1).Whom did the man and the woman talk about?（分数：-0.33
13、）A.Their neighbors.B.Their children.C.Their schoolmates.D.Their parents.(2).According to the conversation, why did Peter and Pat get divorced?（分数：-0.33）A.Because Peter had a new girlfriend.B.Because Peter no longer cared for the children.C.Because Pat didnt want any children.D.Because Pat didnt want
14、 to give up working.(3).How long did it take them to get divorced?（分数：-0.33）A.A few years.B.A few months.C.A few days.D.Three days.三、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：1.00)Generations of Americans have been brought 【26】 to believe that a good breakfast is important for health. Eating breakfast at the 【27】
15、 of the day, we have ail been 【28】 ,is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car 【29】 starting a trip. But for many people the thought of food first in the morning is by 【30】 pleasure. So 【31】 ail the efforts, they still take no 【32】 . Between 1978 and 1983, the latest year for which figure
16、s are 【33】 ,the number of people who didnt have breakfast increased 【34】 33 percent from 8.8 million to 11.7 million 【35】 the Chinese based Market Research Corporation of America. For those who feel pain of 【36】 about not having breakfast, 【37】 there is some good news. Several studies in the last fe
17、w years 【38】 that, for adults especially, there may be nothing 【39】 with omitting breakfast. “Going 【40】 breakfast does not affect 【41】 “Said Arnold E. Bendoer, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London, 【42】 does giving people breakfast improve performance. 【43】 evidence re
18、lating breakfast to better health or 【44】 performance is surprisingly inadequate, and most of the recent work involves children, not 【45】 “The literature,“ says one researcher, Dr. Emesto Pollitt at the University of Texas, “is poor.“ （分数：1.00）A.aboutB.intoC.upD.fromA.startB.endC.morningD.beginA.sai
19、dB.believedC.reportedD.toldA.afterB.beforeC.whenD.asA.someB.anyC.noD.ailA.despiteB.in spiteC.thoughD.howeverA.brunchB.breakfastC.lunchD.supperA.availableB.usedC.gotD.estimatedA.withB.atC.byD.fromA.fromB.according toC.throughD.out ofA.guiltB.happinessC.sadnessD.eagernessA.howeverB.thereforeC.whereasD
20、.butA.indicateB.reportC.announceD.declareA.wrongB.rightC.correctD.incorrectA.withoutB.withC.fromD.out ofA.performanceB.healthC.heartD.brainA.notB.neitherC.eitherD.norA.ScienceB.ScientistC.ScientificD.ScientistsA.betterB.goodC.wellD.worseA.peopleB.menC.humansD.adults四、Section Reading Co(总题数：3，分数：3.00
21、)Just outside the northern Italian town of Bra, there rises a church tower with a clock that is a half hour slow. In Bra, thats close enough to being right on time. Though not far from the industrial city of Turin, Bra smells of roses, and leisure is the law. It is both the home of an international
22、movement that promotes “slow food“ (the opposite of American fast food) and one of 31 Italian municipalities that have joined a sister cause, the “slow cities. “ These cities have declared themselves paradises from the accelerating pace of life in the global economy. In Bra, population 27,866, the t
23、own fathers have declared that all small food shops be closed every Thursday and Sunday. They forbid cars in the town square. All fruits and vegetables served in local schools must be organic. The city offers cut-rate mortgages to homeowners who do up their houses using a local butter-colored materi
24、al and reserves choice commercial real estate for family shops selling handmade chocolates or specialty cheeses. And if the movement leaders get their way, the slow conception will gradually spread across Europe. The argument for a Slow Europe is not only that slow is good, but also that it can work
25、. The Slow City movement, which started in 1999, has turned around local economies by promoting local goods and tourism. Young Italians are moving from larger cities to Bra, where unemployment is only 5 percent, about half the nationwide rate. Slow food and wine festivals draw thousands of tourists
26、every year. Shops are thriving, many with sales rising at a rate of 15 percent per year. “This is our answer to globalization,“ says Paolo Saturnini, the founder of Slow Cities. France is the favored proving ground for supporters of what might be called slow economics. Most outsiders have long been
27、doubtful of the French model: short hours and long vacations. Yet the French are more productive on an hourly basis than counterparts in the United States and Britain, and have been for years. The mystery of French productivity has fueled a Europe-wide debate about the merits of working more slowly.
28、 （分数：1.00）(1).The church clock that is a half hour slow serves as a symbol of_.（分数：0.20）A.industrial developmentB.slow movementC.global economyD.city growth(2).In Bra, local specialty businesses_.（分数：0.20）A.are not open on Thursdays and SundaysB.are not allowed in the town squareC.enjoy low-rate loa
29、ns from the bankD.enjoy priority in business sites(3).The low unemployment in Bra is mentioned to prove that_.（分数：0.20）A.unemployment is in proportion to populationB.a good concept works well in its birthplaceC.the Slow City movement is successful in BraD.tourism brings great job opportunities(4).It
30、 can be inferred from the passage that_.（分数：0.20）A.British workers work longer hours than the FrenchB.French workers work longer hours than the ItaliansC.Italian workers are less productive than the AmericansD.American workers are more productive than the British(5).The increased French productivity
31、 tends to_.（分数：0.20）A.throw doubt on slow economicsB.confirm merits of slow economicsC.favor an accelerating pace of lifeD.encourage a slow economic growthThe medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play a significant role in the process of recovery
32、from illness. As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries and into public places, some of the countrys most talented artists have been called in to transform older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2,500 National Health Service hospita
33、ls in Britain, almost 100 now have significant collections of contemporary art in corridors, waiting areas and treatment rooms. These recent initiatives own a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in north-eastern England during the early 1970s. He fe
34、lt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience. A typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 5 ,000 visitors each week. What better place to hold regular exhibitions of art? Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the
35、out-patients waiting area of the Manchester Royal Infirmary in 1975. Believed to be Britains first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates. The effect is striking. Instead of the familiar long, barren corridors and stark waiti
36、ng rooms, the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyards. The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view on to a garden needed half the num
37、ber of strong painkillers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at. （分数：1.00）(1).Compared with the total number of Britains National Health Service hospitals, the hospitals which have art collections is only_.（分数：0.20）A.4%B.5%C.one quarterD.75%(2).What can we say
38、 of Peter Senior?（分数：0.20）A.He is a doctor interested in painting.B.He is an artist who has a large collection of paintings.C.He is a pioneer in introducing art into hospitals.D.He is a faithful follower of hospital art.(3).According to Peter Senior, _.（分数：0.20）A.art should be encouraged in British
39、hospitalsB.art is losing its audience in modern societyC.art galleries should be changed into hospitalsD.patients should be encouraged to learn painting(4).After the improvement of the hospital environment, _.（分数：0.20）A.patients no longer need drugs in their recoveryB.patients are not wholly depende
40、nt on expensive drugsC.patients need good-quality drugs in their recoveryD.patients use no painkillers in their recovery(5).The fact that six young art school graduates joined Peter shows that_.（分数：0.20）A.Peters enterprise is developing greatlyB.Peter Senior enjoys great popularityC.they are talente
41、d hospital artistsD.the role of the quality of hospital environment is being recognizedEvery artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and
42、understand what he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him. What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of sha
43、pes and colors, out of the countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors, or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist. Most artists take their shapes and col
44、ors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and repose; their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is
45、 nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects. If one painter chooses to paint a broken leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something
46、, showing us something, emphasizing something . all of which mean that, consciously or unconsciously , he is trying to teach us.（分数：1.00）(1).What all artists in common is that_.（分数：0.20）A.they use shapes and colors instead of wordsB.they want the public to understand them and get something from thei
47、r worksC.they want to show the public something that is difficult to explainD.they want to learn from the public(2).A painter chooses certain shapes and colors out of the countless billions because he believes they_.（分数：0.20）A.are easy to make outB.can bring delight to himC.are worth showing to the
48、publicD.are particular(3).According to the author, even contemporary artists might choose subjects that only provide an interesting pattern_.（分数：0.20）A.without reference to the character of their subjectsB.there is still something in themC.that there is no meaning in itD.partly for the meaning of th
49、e subjects(4).Comparing the painter who paints a broken leg with the one who paints a lake in moon light, we can draw the conclusion that_.（分数：0.20）A.both convey the same meaningB.both try to show us something and tell us somethingC.the latter is more meaningfulD.the former is more meaningful(5).According to the passage, it is true to say that _.（分数：0.20）A.the public could share the artists feelings through their choice of artistic creation subjectsB.the p
