1、公共英语三级-(无听力原文 4 及答案解析(总分：110.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Listening (总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part A(总题数：2，分数：10.00)（分数：5.00）(1).What does the woman mean?（分数：1.00）A.Tony should continue taking the course.B.She approves of Tony“s decision.C.Tony can choose another science course.D.She can“t meet Tony so early in t
2、he morning.(2).How many people suffered in the air crash?（分数：1.00）A.88.B.83.C.67.D.15.(3).What does the woman mean?（分数：1.00）A.She does not agree with Jack.B.Jack“s performance is disappointing.C.Most people will find basketball boring.D.She shares Jack“s opinion.(4).What do we learn from the convers
3、ation?（分数：1.00）A.Some students at the back cannot hear the professor.B.The professor has changed his reading assignment.C.Some of the students are not on the professor“s list.D.The professor has brought extra copies of his assignment.(5).What do we learn from the conversation?（分数：1.00）A.The woman is
4、 a close friend of the man.B.The woman has been working too hard.C.The woman is seeing a doctor.D.The woman is tired of her work.（分数：5.00）(1).What will the woman probably do?（分数：1.00）A.She will go home.B.She will telephone home.C.She will write home.D.She won“t do anything.(2).Where are they to meet
5、 each other?（分数：1.00）A.At the gate of the station.B.On the station.C.At the airport.D.In a shop.(3).What price is the coat now?（分数：1.00）A.$200B.$400C.$3,000D.$100(4).What time is it now?（分数：1.00）A.Midnight.B.Twelve at noon.C.Ten.D.Before nine.(5).What will the man do after he has succeeded?（分数：1.00）
6、A.He will invite all his friends to a dance party.B.He will express his gratitude to all his friends.C.He will hold a party to all his friends.D.He will ask all his friends to hold a party for him.三、Part B(总题数：4，分数：15.00)Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. （分数：3.00）(1).What did th
7、e speaker do for a living?（分数：1.00）A.He ran a village shop.B.He worked on a farm.C.He worked in an advertising agency.D.He was a gardener.(2).What do we know about the speaker“s life in the past?（分数：1.00）A.It was stressful.B.It was colorful.C.It was peaceful.D.It was boring.(3).What made the speaker
8、 change his life style?（分数：1.00）A.His desire to start his own business.B.The crisis in his family life.C.The decline in his health.D.His dream of living in the countryside.Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following dialogue. （分数：4.00）(1).Who are the two speakers in the conversation?（分数：1.00）A.A s
9、tudent and a professor.B.A physicist and a biologist.C.Two students.D.Two professors.(2).Why is the woman glad when she meets the man?（分数：1.00）A.She wants to meet his professor.B.She wants to ask for his advice.C.She enjoys talking about scientific things.D.She wants to thank the man.(3).What is the
10、 name of the course the man and the woman are discussing?（分数：1.00）A.Physical chemistry.B.Life experience.C.Introduction to Science.D.Biology.(4).What is the man interested in?（分数：1.00）A.Physics.B.Chemistry.C.Mathematics.D.Biology.Questions 18 to 21 are based on the following dialogue. （分数：4.00）(1).W
11、here is the library?（分数：1.00）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 their home.(2).Where are the reading rooms located?（分数：1.00）A.They are on the first and second floors.B.They are on the first floor.C.They are on the second floor.D.
12、They are in the white building.(3).When is the library open?（分数：1.00）A.It is open on Sundays.B.It is not open on Sundays.C.It is open every day except Sunday.D.It is open every day except Saturday.(4).What does “T“ stand for according to the woman?（分数：1.00）A.Mark Twain.B.The name of the book.C.The w
13、riter.D.The time.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the following dialogue. （分数：4.00）(1).What is the purpose of the reporter to have the interview?（分数：1.00）A.To gather information for the astronomy class.B.To do some research work on space technology.C.To report finds from an astronomy conference.D.To
14、learn about the latest development in astronomy.(2).When was the astronomy society meeting held?（分数：1.00）A.A month ago.B.Last year.C.Two weeks ago.D.Two months ago.(3).What does Dr. Cole say they might learn about the planets with the new telescope?（分数：1.00）A.The small spots of light.B.Their chemica
15、l composition.C.Their temperature.D.Their age.(4).Why did it take the scientists so long a time to find the new planets?（分数：1.00）A.Because they are much darker than their parent stars.B.Because there are too many of them.C.Because there is too much light in the universe.D.Because they are next to a
16、huge explosion.四、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Today, most countries in the world have canals. Many countries have built canals near the coast, and parallel 1 the coast. Even in the twentieth century, goods can be moved more cheaply by boat than by any other 2 of transport. These 3 make it possi
17、ble for boats to travel 4 ports along the coast without being 5 to the dangers of the open. Some canals, such as the Suez and the Panama, save ships weeks of time by making their 6 a thousand miles shorter. Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not 7 on the coast, still other canals 8 l
18、ands where there is too much water, help to 9 fields where there is not enough water, and 10 water power for factories and mills. The size of a canal 11 on the kind of boats going through it. The canal must be wide enough to permit two of the largest boats using it to 12 each other easily. It must b
19、e deep enough to leave about two feet of water 13 the keel of the largest boat using the canal. When the planet Mars was first 14 through a telescope, people saw that the round disk of the planet was criss-crossed by a 15 of strange blue-green lines. These were called “canals“ 16 they looked the sam
20、e as canals on earth 17 are viewed from an airplane. However, scientists are now 18 that the Martian phenomena are really not canals. The photographs 19 from spaceships have helped us to 20 the truth about the Martia “canals“.（分数：20.00）A.offB.withC.toD.byA.wayB.meansC.methodD.approachA.waterwaysB.wa
21、terfrontsC.channelsD.pathsA.amongB.betweenC.inD.toA.revealedB.exposedC.openedD.shownA.tripB.journeyC.voyageD.routeA.lainB.stationedC.setD.locatedA.escapeB.drainC.dryD.leakA.waterB.wetC.soakD.irrigateA.furnishB.affordC.offerD.giveA.focusesB.basesC.dependsD.takesA.crossB.passC.moveD.advanceA.downB.bel
22、owC.beneathD.offA.studiedB.researchedC.surveyedD.observedA.fewB.numberC.dealD.supplyA.althoughB.becauseC.soD.ifA.thatB.whereC.whenD.asA.exactB.definiteC.certainD.decisiveA.heldB.takenC.gotD.developedA.findB.exposeC.uncoverD.discover五、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Text 1(总
23、题数：1，分数：10.00)I long to that classification of people known as wives. I am a wife. And, not altogether incidentally, I am a mother. Not too long ago a male friend of mine appeared on the scene fresh from a recent divorce. He had one child, who is, of course, with his exwife. He is obviously looking
24、for another wife. As I thought about him while. I was cooking one evening, it suddenly occurred to me that I, too, would like to have a wife. Why do I want a wife? I would like to go back to school so that I can become economically independent, support myself, and, if need be, support those dependen
25、t upon me. I want a wife who will work and send me to school. And while I am going to school I want a wife to take care of my children. I want a wife to keep track of the children“s doctor appointments. And to keep track of mine, too. I want a wife to make sure my children eat properly and are kept
26、clean. I want a wife who will wash the children“s clothes and keep them mended. I want a wife who arranges for their schooling, makes sure that they have an adequate social life with their peers, takes them to the park, the zoo, etc. I want a wife who will take care of my physical needs. I want a wi
27、fe who will keep my house clean. I want a wife who will keep my clothes clean, mended, replaced when need be and who will see to it that my personal things are kept in their proper place so that I can find what I need the minute I need it. I want a wife who cooks the meals, a wife who is a good cook
28、. I want a wife who will plan the menus, do the necessary grocery shopping, prepare the meals, serve them pleasantly, and then do the washing up while I do my studying. I want a wife who will care for me when I am sick and sympathize with my pain and loss of time from school. I want a wife to go alo
29、ng when our family takes a vacation so that someone can continue to care for me and my children when I need a rest and change of scene. If, by chance, I find another person more suitable as a wife than the wife 1 already have, I want the liberty to replace my present wife with another one. Naturally
30、, I will expect a fresh, new life. My wife will take the children and be solely responsible for them so that I am left free. When I am through with school and have a job, I want my wife to quit working and remain at home so that my wife can more fully and completely take care of a wife“s duties. My
31、God, who wouldn“t want a wife?（分数：10.00）(1).What is the author“s attitude toward being a wife?（分数：2.00）A.Attentive.B.Sympathetic.C.Tolerant.D.Pleasant.(2).According to the passage, a man wants a wife because _.（分数：2.00）A.he needs someone to help with his studiesB.he feels lonely without herC.he cann
32、ot have clean clothes to wear without a wifeD.material comforts can not be attained without a wife(3).According to the author, a husband usually wants all of the following EXCEPT _.（分数：2.00）A.being able to marry a new wife whenever he pleasesB.being bound for life with his wife by marriageC.being ab
33、le to insist that his wife takes a job while he is at schoolD.having the right to demand that his wife performs a wife“s duties entirely at home when he has got a job(4).What is implied in the last paragraph?（分数：2.00）A.The wife is often in great despair.B.The wife is a little disappointed.C.The wife
34、 feels disillusioned.D.The wife feels her sacrifice unpaid for.(5).The author“s style of writing in the passage is _.（分数：2.00）A.instructiveB.informativeC.ironicalD.objective八、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people
35、? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child, or even an animal, such as a pigeon, can learn to recognize faces, we all take this ability for granted. We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk
36、about someone“s personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different from others. Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone“s personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you w
37、ere asked to describe what a “nice face“ looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a “nice person“, you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth. There are many words to describe how a person th
38、inks, feels and acts. Fordin Allport, an American psychologists, found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in people“s behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing, or typing his personality. Bookworms, conservatives, military types people and deserved w
39、ith such terms. People have always tried to “type“ each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villains or the hero“s role. In fact, the words “person“ and “personality“ come from the Latin persona, meaning “mask“. Today, most television and movie
40、actors do not wear masks. But we can easily tell the “good guys“ from the “bad guys“ because the two types differ in appearances as well as in actions.（分数：10.00）(1).By using the example of finger prints, the author tells us that _.（分数：2.00）A.people can learn to recognize facesB.people have different
41、 personalitiesC.people have difficulty in describing the feature of finger printsD.people differ from each other in facial features(2).According to this passage, some animals have the gift of _.（分数：2.00）A.telling people apart by how they behaveB.typing each otherC.telling good people from bad people
42、D.recognizing human faces(3).Who most probably knows best how to describe people“s personality?（分数：2.00）A.The ancient Greek audience.B.The movie actors.C.Psychologists.D.The modern TV audience.(4).According to the passage, it is possible for us to tell one type of person from another because _.（分数：2
43、.00）A.people differ in their behavioral and physical characteristicsB.human fingerprints provide unique informationC.people“s behavior can be easily described in wordsD.human faces have complex features(5).Which of the following is the major point of the passage?（分数：2.00）A.Why it is necessary to ide
44、ntity people“s personality.B.Why it is possible to describe people.C.How to get to know people.D.How best to recognize people.九、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Astronaut Jim Voss has enjoyed many memorable moments in his career, including three space flights and one space walk. But be recalls with special fon
45、dness a decidedly earthbound (为地球引力所束缚的) experience in the summer of 1980 when he participated in the NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program. Voss, then a science teacher at West Point, was assigned to the Marshall Space Flight Center“s propulsion lab in Alabama to analyze why a hydraulic fuel
46、pump seal on the space shuttle was working so well when previous seals had failed. It was a seemingly tiny problem among the vast complexities of running the space program. Yet it was important to NASA because any crack in the seal could have led to destructive results for the astronauts who relied
47、on them. “I worked a bit with NASA engineers,“ says Voss, “but I did it mostly by analysis. I used a handheld calculator, not a computer, to do a thermodynamic (热力学的) analysis.“ At the end of the summer, he, like the other NASA-ASEE fellows working at Marshall, summarized his findings in a formal pr
48、esentation and detailed paper. It was a valuable moment for Voss because the ASEE program gave him added understanding of NASA, deepened his desire to fly in space, and intensified his application for astronaut status. It was not an easy process. Voss was actually passed over when he first applied f
49、or the astronaut program in 1978. Over the next nine years he reapplied repeatedly, and was finally accepted in 1987. Since then he has participated in three space missions. The 50-year-old Army officer, who lives in Houston, is now in training for a four-month mission as a crew member on the International Space Station starting in July 2000. Voss says the ASEE program is wonderful for all involved. “It brings in people from the academic world and gives NASA a special property for a particular period of time. It brings some fresh eyes and fresh ideas to NASA
