1、公共英语(三级)40 及答案解析(总分：2.02，做题时间：120 分钟)(1).Why was the woman kept waiting so long?（分数：-0.10）A.Because the man failed to find a parking lot.B.Because the man waited 20 good minutes at a parking lot.C.Because the man had to park his car two blocks away.D.Because the man had to drive two more blocks.(2).
2、Where does this conversation probably take place?（分数：-0.10）A.At a movie theatre.B.At a cafeteria.C.At a supermarket.D.At a laundry.(3).Which of the following statements is true?（分数：-0.10）A.They will go to the stadium.B.The game wont be worth seeing.C.The tickets are too expensive.D.They will watch t
3、he live broadcast on TV.(4).What did the woman do?（分数：-0.10）A.She got a new job.B.She asked the man to help her.C.She helped the man.D.She did nothing.(5).Where does this conversation most probably take place?（分数：-0.10）A.In a hospital.B.In the army.C.In a restaurant.D.In the classroom.(6).What does
4、the woman mean?（分数：-0.10）A.She is free tomorrow night.B.She will not have time on Thursday.C.She is free on Thursday.D.She doesnt want to go this week.(7).What is the woman doing?（分数：-0.10）A.Looking for water.B.Planting something.C.Looking for something.D.Getting dirty.(8).Where is the woman going f
5、irst?（分数：-0.10）A.To attend a party.B.To the barbershop.C.To the school.D.Go back home.(9).Why is the man moving?（分数：-0.10）A.He likes to play the guitar.B.He needs a quieter place.C.The new apartment is cheaper.D.The present apartment is too small.(10).What does the man mean?（分数：-0.10）A.Theres no tim
6、e to buy a magazine.B.They dont have to pay for the magazine.C.The woman can read the magazine on the train.D.The woman left the magazine in the waiting room.(1).Where is the library?（分数：-0.25）A.It is the big white building.B.It is next to their building.C.It is in the school.D.It is very far from t
7、heir home.(2).Where are the reading rooms located?（分数：-0.25）A.They are on the first and second floors.B.They are on the first floor.C.They are on the second floor.D.They are in the white building.(3).When is the library open?（分数：-0.25）A.It is open on Sundays.B.It is not open on Sundays.C.It is open
8、every day except Sunday.D.It is open every day except Saturday.(4).What does “T“ stand for according to the woman?（分数：-0.25）A.Mark Twain.B.The name of the book.C.The writer.D.The time.(1).How would the woman go home?（分数：-0.33）A.By plane.B.By train.C.By bus.D.By car.(2).Whose family is a close-knit (
9、和睦的) family?（分数：-0.33）A.The man.B.The woman.C.Both.D.Neither.(3).What can we learn from the conversation?（分数：-0.33）A.Both man and womans mothers love cooking.B.The mans family is larger than the womans.C.Both man and womans family are far away.D.During the holiday season, a lot of people go home by
10、plane.(1).According to the conversation, what kind of weather is usual for March?（分数：-0.33）A.Cold.B.Very hot.C.Cooler than on the day of this conversation.D.Drier than on the day of this conversation.(2).Where does this conversation take place?（分数：-0.33）A.Florida.B.New York.C.California.D.Indiana.(3
11、).How often is the bus scheduled to pass their stop?（分数：-0.33）A.Every ten minutes.B.At twenty to one.C.Every half hour.D.Once a day.(1).Why is the woman worried about the washing machine?（分数：-0.20）A.It doesnt work at all.B.Its making a funny noise.C.It can wash the clothes well.D.It needs repairing
12、again.(2).What exactly does she want Tom to do about it?（分数：-0.20）A.She wants him to listen to the noise.B.She wants him to examine the machine.C.She wants him to wash the clothes.D.She wants him to repair it.(3).What does Tom want the woman to do?（分数：-0.20）A.He asks the woman to ignore the noise.B.
13、He asks the woman to let him finish his reading.C.He asks the woman to ring the shop and ask them to repair it.D.He asks the woman to stop washing.(4).Who repaired the machine last time when there was something wrong with it?（分数：-0.20）A.The man himself.B.The woman herself.C.The man from the shop.D.T
14、he repairman from the repair shop.(5).Why was Tom very angry last time?（分数：-0.20）A.The man from the shop charged them two pounds.B.The man from the shop refused to repair the machine.C.The man from the shop repaired the machine carefully.D.The man from the shop overcharged them for his work.三、Sectio
15、n Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：1.00)The evolution of artificial intelligence is now proceeding so rapidly that 【26】 the end of the century cheap computers 【27】 larger than portable typewriters will 【28】 that will be able to solve almost any 【29】 faster and more efficiently than we can. “Intelligence“ in a ma
16、chine, 【30】 in a human, is best 【31】 as the ability to solve complex problems swiftly. This 【32】 involve medical analysis and prescriptions, 【33】 legal matters 【34】 short, replacing the profession of lawyers completely or in 【35】 war-games: in other words 【36】 governments whether 【37】 not to go to w
17、ar. 【38】 computers have already intensified the deadlines of weapons, the prospect for the future is that they will 【39】 the more beneficial role of preventing wars. 【40】 asked to estimate the chances of victory, the computer will analyze facts 【41】 from the life-long military expert with his optimi
18、stic sense and military enthusiasm. When the same figures are fed into the emotionless machine each to be weighed with 【42】 objective and then judged 【43】 each other, the 【44】 , far more often than 【45】 in human decision-making, will be:“ You start this war you will lose.“ （分数：1.00）A.atB.byC.inD.onA
19、.noB.notC.someD.anyA.installB.happenC.existD.showA.difficultyB.troubleC.caseD.problemA.asB.likeC.sameD.similarA.takenB.consideredC.definedD.thoughtA.mustB.mightC.mayD.willA.resolvingB.issuingC.settingD.finishingA.inB.forC.asD.atA.havingB.playingC.alsoD.makingA.arguingB.promisingC.takingD.advisingA.a
20、ndB.orC.statingD.butA.UnlessB.IfC.WhileD.ThoughA.makeB.possessC.getD.assumeA.AfterB.BeforeC.IfD.WhileA.differentlyB.accordinglyC.directlyD.consistentlyA.hotB.coldC.goodD.badA.forB.withC.againstD.betweenA.solutionB.resultC.keyD.answerA.yesB.notC.noD.all四、Section Reading Co(总题数：3，分数：3.00)By the time w
21、e had completed our preparations, the sky was beginning to grow rapidly lighter, although the sun was not yet above the horizon. We waited unpatiently, hardly daring to move or to whisper to one another. Suddenly, we heard the quick beating of wings and one of the birds we were looking for flew up f
22、rom the valley beyond. He flied straight to the tree and settled on a thin branch, stripped bare of leaves, which grew diagonally upwards from the main trunk. Immediately he began to clean himself, combing with his beak the long soft feathers which grew from beneath his wings and extended past his t
23、ail in a glorious red cloud. Charless camera, on a trial run, sounded unexcepted loud, but the bird took no notice and continued with his cleaning until at last he drew himself up and shook himself. Then, head held high, he called a single, loud, sharp note which resounded over the valley. He seemed
24、 in no hurry to begin his dance, as he continued to call for a quarter of an hour. Two other birds flew from the valley and settled in other parts of the tree. They were hens, uninteresting brown creatures, which, attracted by his call, had come to watch his dance. He paid no attention to them, and
25、continued his unmusical cries, occasionally cleaning some more feathers. The hens kept silent, moving from branch to branch. Once one of them drew too near his dancing ground, but he beat his wings and she drew back. His calls began to increase frequently, and I carefully fixed the recording machine
26、 so that they produced the highest reading on the scale. With electrifying suddenness, the bird lowered his head and throwing his fine tail feather over his back, he ran down his branch, a shaking flame of color, making his loud love cries. Up and down the branch he danced in a state of wild excitem
27、ent. After half a minute he seemed to get out of breath, for his cries stopped and he danced silently. （分数：1.00）(1).The writer of this passage wanted to_.（分数：0.20）A.take a photograph of the birdB.make a recording of the birds callsC.catch the birdD.watch the sunrise(2).The particular bird they were
28、watching_.（分数：0.20）A.danced with the two hen birdsB.fell off a branchC.was afraid of the two hen birdsD.cleaned himself in frequency(3).The bird began to dance_.（分数：0.20）A.as soon as they saw himB.as soon as he had finished cleaning himselfC.as soon as he settled downD.some time after they first saw
29、 them(4).Soon after the two hen birds had arrived_.（分数：0.20）A.they settled down with the maleB.the male drove one of them offC.they make unmusical cries like the maleD.they lost interest in the male(5).While the male bird was dancing _.（分数：0.20）A.he showed off his tail feathersB.he shook leaves off
30、the treeC.he threw away some feathersD.he cried more frequentlyPackaging is a very important form of advertising. A package can sometimes motivate people to buy products. For example, a small child might ask for a breakfast food contained in a box with a picture of a TV character. The child is more
31、interested in the picture than in breakfast food. Pictures for children to color or cut out, games printed on a package, or a small gift inside a box also motivate many children to buy products or to ask their parents to buy for them. Some packages suggest that a buyer will get something for nothing
32、. Food products sold in reusable containers are examples of this. Although a similar product in a plain container might cost less, people often prefer to buy the product in a reusable glass or dish, because they believe the container is free. However, the cost of the container is added to the cost o
33、f the product. The size of a package also motivates a buyer. Maybe the package has“ Economy Size“ or“ Family Size” printed on it. This suggests that the larger size has the most product for the least money. But that is not always true. To find it out, a buyer has to know how the product is sold and
34、the price of the basic unit. The information on the package should provide some answers. But the important thing for any buyer to remember is that a package is often an advertisement. The words and pictures do not tell the whole story. Only the product inside can do that. （分数：1.00）(1).“A buyer will
35、get something for nothing “in Paragraph 2 most probably means that _.（分数：0.20）A.a buyer will not get what he pays forB.a buyer will get more than what he pays forC.a buyer will get something useful free of chargeD.a buyer will get more but pay less(2).From the passage we know the buyer pays more att
36、ention to _.（分数：0.20）A.the size of a containerB.a container with attractive pictureC.a well-designed containerD.a plain container with low cost(3).What suggestion does the author give in the passage?（分数：0.20）A.It s not good to buy the product which is sold in a glass or dish.B.The quality of a conta
37、iner has nothing to do with the quality of the product.C.The best choice for a buyer is to buy a product in a plain package.D.A buyer should buy what he needs most rather than a well-designed package.(4).Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?（分数：0.20）A.In fact glasses
38、 or dishes used for packaging do not cost money at all.B.Family Size printed on the package means that it is rather economic.C.To a child, even to an adult, the form is far more important than the content.D.Words and pictures written on the package are thought to be an advertisement.(5).What is the
39、best title for the passage?（分数：0.20）A.How to Package a ProductB.How to Make an AdvertisementC.How to Sell ProductD.How to Attract More BuyersWhen a 13-year-old Virginia girl started sneezing, her parents thought it was merely a cold. But when the sneezes continued for hours, they called in a doctor.
40、 Nearly two months later the girl was still sneezing, thousands of times a day, and her case had attracted world-wide attention. Hundreds of suggestions, ranging from “put a clothes pin on her nose“ to “have her stand on her head“ poured in. But nothing did any good. Finally, she was taken to Johns
41、Hopkins Hospital where Dr. Leo Kanner, one of the worlds top authorities on sneezing, solved the baffling problem with great speed. He used neither drugs nor surgery for, curiously enough, the clue for the treatment was found in an ancient superstition about the amazing bodily reaction we call the s
42、neeze. It was all in her mind, he said, a view which Aristotle, some 3000 years earlier, would have agreed with heartily. Dr. Kanner simply gave a modern psychological interpretation to the ancient belief that too much sneezing was an indication that the spirit was troubled; and he began to treat th
43、e girl accordingly. “Less than two days in a hospital room, a plan for better scholastic and vocational adjustment, and reassurance about her unreasonable fear of tuberculosis quickly changed her from a sneezer to an ex-sneezer, “he reported. Sneezing has always been a subject of wonder, awe and puz
44、zlement. Dr. Kanner has collected thousands of superstitions concerning it. The most universal one is the custom of begging for the blessing of God when a person sneezes - a practice Dr. Kanner traces back to the ancient belief that a sneeze was an indication that the sneezer was possessed of an evi
45、l spirit. Strangely, people the world over still continue the custom with the traditional,“ God bless you“ or its equivalent. When scientists look at the sneeze, they see a remarkable mechanism which, without any conscious help from you, takes on a job that has to be done. When you need to sneeze yo
46、u sneeze, this being natures clever way of getting rid of an annoying object from the nose. The object may be just some dust in the nose which nature is striving to remove. （分数：1.00）(1).The girl sneezed continuously because she_.（分数：0.20）A.was illB.was mentally illC.was afraid of falling illD.had at
47、tracted world-wide attention(2).When the girl began to sneeze continuously_.（分数：0.20）A.a lot of people offered their adviceB.she was taken to Johns Hopkins HospitalC.she was given a treatment found in ancient superstitionD.many doctors treated her in different ways(3).Dr. Kanner cured the girl by_.（
48、分数：0.20）A.using Aristotle s methodB.giving her psychological treatmentC.practicing superstitionD.treating her tuberculosis(4).When a person sneezes, we say“ God bless you“ because_.（分数：0.20）A.its a traditionB.the person is possessed of an evil spiritC.the person is illD.God will bless those who snee
49、ze(5).According to scientists, people sneeze because_.（分数：0.20）A.they are illB.to sneeze is human natureC.they do not need any conscious helpD.there are unwanted things in their noses五、Part B(总题数：1，分数：1.00)Mrs. Sue Pearson: We dont want to be here, but what can we do? You see, last year my husband found out that he had cancer. Doctors advised us to leave Darling. We planned to buy a farm 50 miles away. But before we could save enough money for the deposit, h
