1、公共英语三级-12 及答案解析(总分：110.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：2，分数：10.00)BPart A/BI You will hear 10 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answer- A, B, C or D, and mark it in your test booklet. You will have 15 seconds to answer the ques
2、tion and you will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE.Now look at Question 1./I（分数：5.00）(1).Whats the man going to do?（分数：1.00）A.Leave the errors in the paper.B.Let the woman use the typewriter.C.Read the newspapers again.D.Check the paper for mistakes.(2).What does the woman mean?（分数：1.00）A.Mary doesnt kn
3、ow the way.B.Mary will be late.C.Mary is too far away.D.Shell send Mary away.(3).What conclusion can we draw from the conversation?（分数：1.00）A.Both speakers think half of the staff are efficient.B.The man has an unfavorable opinion of the staff, but the woman does not.C.Neither of them has a favorabl
4、e opinion of the staff.D.The woman is a restaurant manager herself.(4).Who is the man?（分数：1.00）A.A policeman.B.A porter.C.A customs officer.D.A hotel clerk.(5).What do we learn from the mans reply?（分数：1.00）A.He doesnt care if it is turned off.B.He thinks the woman is right.C.He is reluctant to turn
5、it off.D.He wants the woman to watch the game, too.（分数：5.00）(1).How does the man feel about the result?（分数：1.00）A.He thinks it is unbelievable.B.He thinks it was too hard for Tom.C.He thinks Tom worked too hard.D.He thinks Tom was not given a chance.(2).What time of the year does the conversation ta
6、ke place?（分数：1.00）A.In the spring,B.In the summer.C.In the fall.D.In the winter.(3).What does the man offer to do for the woman?（分数：1.00）A.He will go to the airport to meet the woman.B.He will reserve a hotel room for the woman.C.He will Vent a car to take her around the place.D.He will help her fin
7、d her way around.(4).What does the woman want to do?（分数：1.00）A.To borrow some money.B.To ask for some help.C.To get some information about the apartment.D.To buy an electric heater.(5).What do you know about the woman?（分数：1.00）A.She plays all sports but she never watches games.B.She neither plays sp
8、orts nor watches games.C.She often plays sports and watches games.D.She doesnt play any sports but she watches all kinds of games.二、BPart B/B(总题数：4，分数：15.00)Questions 11 13 are based on the following dialogue between an employer and an employee.（分数：3.00）(1).Why did the womans family move to Oxford?（
9、分数：1.00）A.Because she was already ten.B.Because she was Ms. Peter.C.Because she was born in Brighton.D.Because her father got a new job there.(2).Where did the woman stay after she finished secondary school?（分数：1.00）A.She went to business.B.She stayed in London.C.She stayed in Fendale.D.She stayed i
10、n France.(3).Which city did this woman prefer?（分数：1.00）A.Liverpool.B.London.C.Fendale.D.Pads.Questions 14 17 are based on the following dialogue on culture differences.（分数：4.00）(1).Where are these two speakers from respectively?（分数：1.00）A.The man is from the US and the woman is from Turkey.B.The man
11、 is from Turkey and the woman is from the US.C.Both are from the US.D.Both are from Turkey.(2).What trouble did the woman have in Turkey?（分数：1.00）A.The Turkish people played tricks on her.B.She didnt know how to ask for more food.C.She ate too much and became fat.D.She liked the Turkish tea and dran
12、k too much.(3).How can you stop the host from offering you food?（分数：1.00）A.To refuse the offer directly.B.To throw the food out of the window.C.To tell them the truth.D.To leave some food on your plate.(4).Which one is the Americans custom?（分数：1.00）A.Offering the guest again and again is. not polite
13、.B.Offering nothing to the guest.C.Believing whatever the guest says.D.Offering tea to the guest.Questions 18 21 are based on the following dialogue about buying tickets.（分数：4.00）(1).What are the man and the woman doing?（分数：1.00）A.Trying to telephone someone.B.Attending a concert.C.Waiting in line.D
14、.Canceling reservations.(2).How long has the woman been in the line?（分数：1.00）A.55 minutes.B.3 minutes.C.33 minutes.D.45 minutes.(3).When does the conversation take place?（分数：1.00）A.Before breakfast.B.Late in the morningC.Afternoon.D.Late in the evening.(4).When will the ticket office be closed?（分数：1
15、.00）A.In 30 minutes.B.In 20 minutes.C.In 2 hours.D.In 3 hoursQuestions 22 25 are based on the following conversation between a daughter and her father.（分数：4.00）(1).Why did Alice call her father?（分数：1.00）A.She wanted to tell him that everything was OK.B.She wanted to know if everything was OK with he
16、r parents.C.She wanted to tell him that she was coming to see him in July.D.She wanted to invite her parents to Billys birthday party.(2).Who was Jack?（分数：1.00）A.Alices son.B.Mr Davis boss.C.Alices brother.D.Alices husband.(3).How many children did Alice have?（分数：1.00）A.Two boys and one daughter.B.O
17、ne boy and two daughters.C.Two boys and two daughters.D.One boy and one daughter.(4).What can we infer from the conversation?（分数：1.00）A.Alice didnt often visit her parents.B.Alice was homesick.C.Two of Alices children were part-time students.D.Alice and her family usually visited her parents in summ
18、er.三、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Man cannot continue U(26) /Uhis numbers U(27) /U the present rate. In the U(28) /U thirty years man will face a period of crisis. U(29) /U experts believe that there will be a widespread food U(30) /U Other experts think this is U(31) /U pessimistic, and that man c
19、an keep things U(32) /U worse than they are now. But U(33) /U that two thirds of the people in the world are undernourished or starving now. One thing that man can do is to limit U(34) /U of babies born. The need U(35) /U this is obvious, but it is not easy to achieve. People have to U(36) /U to lim
20、it their families. In the countries of the population U(37) /U ,many people like big families. The parents think that this U(38) /U a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the family who will look U(39) /U them in old age. Several governments have U(40) /U birth control p
21、olicies in recent years. U(41) /Uthem are Japan, China, India and Egypt. In some U(42) /U the results have not been U(43) /U . Japan has been an exception. The Japanese adopted a birth control policy in 1948. People U(44) /U to limit their families. The birth rate fell from 34.3 per thousand per yea
22、r to about 17.0 per thousand per year U(45) /U.（分数：20.00）A.increasingB.to increaseC.and increaseD.with increasingA.inB.atC.onD.withA.secondB.recentC.nextD.lateA.AnyB.SomeC.MoreD.AllA.needB.wantC.absenceD.shortageA.soB.muchC.tooD.enoughA.gettingB.from gettingC.to getD.getA.rememberB.rememberingC.to r
23、ememberD.remembersA.an amountB.a numberC.the amountD.the numberA.forB.inC.toD.aboutA.persuadeB.be persuadingC.be persuadedD.persuadingA.burstingB.explosionC.raisingD.extensionA.takesB.bringsC.makesD.earnsA.uponB.forC.intoD.afterA.adjustedB.createdC.adoptedD.presentedA.OfB.AmongC.BetweenD.Out ofA.exc
24、eptionsB.examplesC.eventsD.casesA.successB.succeededC.successfulD.succeedingA.were encouragedB.encouragedC.are encouragedD.encourageA.right nowB.at presentC.in timeD.on time四、BSection Readi(总题数：3，分数：30.00)BText 1/BOn the night of May 7, 1942, a plane took off from an Air Force base in England to sto
25、p German fighters over the English Channel. Pilot of the plane was Captain Thomas Nash. Looking eastward, Nash saw twelve orange lights in a row, moving at a fantastic rate of speed. As a sophisticated flyer, he had never seen anything like them. Thinking that they might be a new German weapon, he d
26、ecided to chase them. But when he Swung the plane around and headed directly for the lights, they vanished.Captain Nash may have been the first to see such orange lights but he wasnt the last. His experience was repeated several times by pilots during World War in Europe and the Far East. What were
27、they?No one knows for sure, but there is an interesting theory to explain them. According to this theory, the orange lights are space animals-animals specially adapted to life in the upper atmosphere just as some creatures are adapted to life at the bottom of the sea. These space animals, the theory
28、 says, live so far up in the atmosphere that they are invisible from earth. They feed in part on the water in air and partly on energy from sunlight. Being almost pure energy themselves, they can adjust their bodies to glow at night. During the day they become invisible.Before World War , continues
29、the theory, there was little radiated energy available on the earths surface. Then there came the development of rockets, atomic reactors, and hydroelectric plants. The space creatures are attracted by these sources of energy. At night when no energy emitted from sunlight, they go down into the lowe
30、r levels to search a meal. They may even drift into the scope of human eyesight. This explains the fact that they have been sighted periodically from the earth since 1942.（分数：10.00）(1).The best statement of the main idea of this passage if that _.（分数：2.00）A.Captain Nash saw twelve orange lights movi
31、ng at a fantastic rate of speedB.Captain Nash may have been the first to see lights in spaceC.according to an interesting theory, the orange lights are space animalsD.the mysteries of nature can be completely explained(2).The strange orange lights were first seen _.（分数：2.00）A.from the groundB.from a
32、 rocket shipC.during World War D.during World War (3).The theory says that during the daytime the space animals _.（分数：2.00）A.glow brightly in the skyB.are invisibleC.can be seen from earthD.visit the earths surface(4).If the space animal theory is true, the creatures go down to the lower regions in
33、order to _.（分数：2.00）A.escape detectionB.arouse curiosityC.search for man-made energyD.make contact with man(5).The space animal theory would seem to indicate that _.（分数：2.00）A.living creatures are extremely adaptableB.life in space is impossible for manC.the fittest creatures always surviveD.life ca
34、nnot exist in the depth of the seaBText 2/BWe can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broken up with Helen?“ “When I got that great job did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend?“ “Or did be envy my l
35、uck?“ “And Paul- why didnt I pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car?“ When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, its too late.Why do we go wrong about our friends or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we dont
36、really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “Youre a lucky dog.“ Is he really on your side? If he says, “Youre a lucky guy“ or “Youre a lucky gal,“ thats being friendly. But “lucky dog“ ? Theres a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesnt see it himself. But bri
37、nging in the “dog“ bit puts you down a little. What be may be saying is that be doesnt think you deserve your luck.“Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for“ is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your proble
38、m as part of you life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isnt important. Its telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you havent got a date for Saturday night.How can you tell the real meaning behind someones words? One way is t
39、o take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says square with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.Note: guy = boy; ga
40、l = girl（分数：10.00）(1).In paragraph 1, when the writer recalls some things that happened between him and his friends, _.（分数：2.00）A.he feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to him.B.he feels he may not have “read“ his friends true feelings correctly.C.he thinks it was a mistake to have br
41、oken up with his girlfriend.D.he is sorry that his friends let him down.(2).In paragraph 2, the writer talks about someone saying, “Youre a lucky dog.“ He is saying that _.（分数：2.00）A.the speaker of this sentence is just being friendlyB.this saying means the same as “Youre a lucky guy“ or “Youre a lu
42、cky gal“C.the word “dog“ shouldnt be used to apply to peopleD.sometimes the words used by a speaker give a clue to the feeling behind the words(3).The main purpose of this passage is to tell us how to _.（分数：2.00）A.avoid mistakes about moneyB.treat your friendsC.avoid mistakes in understanding what p
43、eople tell youD.keep people friendly without trusting them(4).In listening to a person the important thing is _.（分数：2.00）A.to notice his tone, his posture and the look in his eyesB.to listen to how he pronounces his wordsC.to check his words against his manner, his tone of voice and his postureD.not
44、 to believe what he says(5).If you followed the advice of the writer, you would（分数：2.00）A.be careful to weigh what people say to determine their real meaningB.misunderstanding what people sayC.be fortunate enough to have a date on Saturday eveningsD.be able to avoid making mistakes about moneyBText
45、3/BHong Kongs once booming movie industry-one of the worlds biggestfaces extinction as video piracy(盗版)becomes more and more popular. Gone are the days when film fans swarmed to cinemas to see latest-released local movies. “the Hong Kong film industry will disappear in a few years unless something i
46、s done,“ said Woody, chief executive of the Motion Picture Industry Association.The industry started going downhill in the early 1990s when major investors backed off in the face of rising copyright piracy. “since the Taiwanese have stopped investing in or buying the copyright for Hong Kong movies a
47、t very high prices, theres not too much money coming in from Taiwan,“ a director said. “Taiwan money had funded at least half of the industry in the late 1980s and early 1990s“. she said. Hong Kong made 86 movies in 2002, a fifth of the 426 produced in 1994. The industry employs just 5,000 people no
48、w, down from 30,000 in 1994. The industrys fading attraction has also dimmed the careers of its stars. Now, besides making far fewer films, they have turned to other fields, such as drama, television, radio or business.Copyright piracy is at the heart of the problem. The widespread sale of pirated video compact discs has drawn audiences away from the big screen or genuine products. Pirated editions flood Hong Kong, with shops selling VCDs of the latest local and Hollywood movies for as little as HK 100 (US 13) for six discs. By contrast, a movie ticket costs ab
