1、公共英语三级-198 及答案解析(总分：97.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BPart A/B(总题数：2，分数：9.00)（分数：5.00）(1).What would the man probably do? A. To save $ 300. B. To have the mechanic repair the car. C. To repair the car himself. D. To buy a new car.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why doesnt the woman want to go
2、for an outing? A. Because she is afraid of bad weather. B. Because the temperature is too low. C. Because it is going to snow. D. Because outings are risky.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How much does the man owe the woman? A. 64 cents. B. 18 cents. C. 80 cents. D. 16 cents.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).When will they
3、 visit the National Library? A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday. D. On the weekend.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What do we learn from the conversation? A. The woman is sick. B. The woman is worried about her interview. C. The woman is confident. D. The woman is feeling better.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分
4、数：4.00）(1).What has George suggested? A. That they take the children to an amusement park after giving them cake and ice - cream. B. That they let the children amuse themselves after giving them cake and ice -cream. C. That they arrange some games for the children and then give them cake and ice - c
5、ream. D. That they let the children amuse themselves and then give them cake and ice -cream.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(2).What career does Mary probably plan to follow? A. Politics. B. Physics. C. Business administration. D. Geography.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(3).What does the woman want the man to do? A. Travel a l
6、ot when young. B. Be more responsible for his home. C. Change the idea of getting married. D. Make up his mind to be married.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(4).What will the man probably do? A. Borrow a pen from the woman. B. Lend a pen to the woman. C. Buy a new pen. D. Use a pencil instead.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(5).
7、What does the woman mean? A. She doesnt like the seaside very much. B. She thinks they should go somewhere else. C. She agrees with the man. D. She doesnt mind going anywhere.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.三、BPart B/B(总题数：4，分数：15.00)（分数：4.00）(1).In which parts of the world are video games forbidden? A. Philippine
8、s and Japan. B. Indonesia and Hong Kong. C. Philippines and Indonesia. D. The United States and Indonesia.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why are actions being taken by various governments on video games? A. Because schoolchildren waste time and money on them. B. Because too many adults spend working hours pla
9、ying them. C. Because they can easily be turned into a form of gambling. D. Because they are becoming a social problem, affecting both adults and children.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What can we learn from the passage? A. People, regardless of their age, are crazy about video games. B. Those over 15 can us
10、e the machines during the day in most countries. C. Schoolchildren in uniforms are not allowed into amusement centers in many countries. D. Many adults and children play video games at home.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is the speakers attitude towards video games? A. Positive. B. Negative. C. Doubtful.
11、 D. Indifferent.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：4.00）(1).What does the woman want to buy? A. A sweater. B. An expensive pen. C. A microwave oven. D. A dishwasher.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What are they discussing about? A. The price. B. The style. C. The manufacture date. D. The delivery.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why do
12、es the woman want to make the purchase in that store? A. The article is cheap in the store. B. The article is of good quality in the store. C. The store is near her place. D. The store has free delivery service.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).How much does the shop assistant offer to reduce at first? A. Fifty
13、dollars. B. Five dollars. C. Two hundred dollars. D. Seventy-five dollars.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：4.00）(1).Where have the family decided to go in the vacation this summer? A. They havent reached a decision yet. B. They have decided to go hunting bears. C. They want to go camping. D. They want to go exp
14、loring the country.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Who do you think saw the bear first? A. Susie. B. Tom. C. The speaker. D. The speakers husband.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What did they do when they saw a bear enter their tent? A. They chased the bear away. B. They stayed outside the tent and did nothing. C. They c
15、limbed up a tree. D. They put some honey outside for the bear to eat.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What did the hear do in the tent? A. He ate the honey. B. He drank the beer. C. He chased the people away. D. He turned things upside down.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：3.00）(1).What do we know about German motorways ac
16、cording to the talk? A. People pay a lot to travel on them. B. People can drive very fast on them. C. There are often traffic jams on them. D. There is a strict speed limit for them.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How are Germanys airports linked to major population centers? A. By high speed rail services. B.
17、By underground services. C. By motorway services. D. By inter-city bus services.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Of the German National Tourist Boards total budget, how much is granted by the federal government? A. 20%. B. 30%. C. 40%. D. 50%.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)BText/BThe whole sub
18、ject of childrens thinking is a fascinating one. How do their minds work? Exactly what takesU U 1 /U /Uwhen they learn? How by whatU U 2 /U /Ulogic do they reach conclusions perfectlyU U 3 /U /Uto them but illogical to us?Much excitingU U 4 /U /Uis going on in an effort to findU U 5 /U /Uto these qu
19、estions. Foremost is theU U 6 /U /Uof Jean Piaget, the Swiss psychologist who pioneered the UU 7 /U /Uand whose theories have had an unparalleledU U 8 /U /Uon education, especially in Europe. He hasU U 9 /U /U(in French) over twenty - five books and 150 articlesU U 10 /U /Uare a goldU U 11 /U /Uof i
20、deas about the development of a childsU U 12 /U /U. About half the books and aU U 13 /U /Uof the articles have been translated into English,U U 14 /U /Uhis style of writing and theU U 15 /U /Utechnical vocabulary make him a veryU U 16 /U /Uauthor to read in any language.Following Piagets lead, there
21、 has been aU U 17 /U /Uof research in a number of countries,U U 18 /U /Uthe United States. Reports of theseU U 19 /U /U, too, are often so hedged about with a thicket of professional jargon that they areU U 20 /U /Uto the nonspecialist.（分数：20.00）(1). A. part B. along C. place D. position（分数：1.00）A.B
22、.C.D.(2). A. confidential B. queer C. special D. private（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. valid B. reasonable C. workable D. correct（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. analysis B. research C. undertaking D. effort（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A. answers B. solutions C. resolutions D. conclusions（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6). A. operati
23、on B. attempt C. offering D. work（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7). A. theory B. matter C. profession D. field（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8). A. impact B. effort C. significance D. importance（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9). A. compiled B. written C. dictated D. made（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10). A. that B. whose C. those D. all（分数：1.00）A.B.
24、C.D.(11). A. pole B. post C. pillar D. mine（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12). A. brain B. wisdom C. intellect D. education（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13). A. few B. some C. bit D. many（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14). A. and B. for C. since D. but（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15). A. much B. highly C. too D. largely（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16). A. di
25、fficult B. easy C. popular D. unpopular（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17). A. rush B. demand C. surge D. call（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18). A. include B. included C. including D. inclusive（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19). A. outcomes B. findings C. efforts D. consequences（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20). A. familiar B. accessible C. unfamili
26、ar D. inaccessible（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、BSection Readi(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、BPart A/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、BText 1/B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed in- credible 50 years ago. And we can expect the rate of change to accelerate rather than slow down wi
27、thin our lifetime. The developments in technology are bound to have a dramatic effect on the future of work. By 2010, new technology will have revolutionized communications. People will be transmitting messages down telephone lines that previously would have been sent by post. Not only postmen but a
28、lso clerks and secretaries will vanish in a paper-free society. All the routine tasks they perform will be carried on a tiny silicon chip so that they will be as obsolete as the horse and cart after the invention of the motor car. One change will make thou-sands, if not millions, redundant.Even peop
29、le in traditional professions, where expert knowledge has been the key, are unlikely to escape the effects of new technology. Instead of going to a solicitor, you might go to a computer which is programmed with all the most up-to-date legal information. Doctors, too, will find that an electronic com
30、petitor will be able to carry out a much quicker and more accurate diagnosis and recommend more efficient courses of treatment. In education, teachers will be largely replaced by teaching machines far more knowledgeable than any human being. Most learning will take place in the home via video confer
31、encing. Children will still go to school though, until another place is created where they can make friends and develop social skills.What can we do to avoid the threat of unemployment? We shouldnt hide our heads in the sand. Unions will try to stop change but they will be fighting a losing battle.
32、People should get computer literate as this just might save them from professional extinction. After all, there will be a few jobs left in law, education and medicine for those few individuals who are capable of writing and programming the software of the future. Strangely enough, there will still b
33、e jobs like rubbish collection and cleaning as it is tough to programme tasks which are largely unpredictable.（分数：4.00）(1).According to the writer, the rate of change in technology _. A. will remain the same. B. will slow down C. will speed up D. can not be predicted（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(2).The writer e
34、xpects that by 2010 new technology will have revolutionized communications and _. A. bookshops will not exist B. the present postal system will have disappeared C. people will no longer send letters D. the postmen will have been replaced by the motor cars.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(3).From the passage, we ca
35、n infer that _. A. professionals wont be affected by new technology B. doctors wont be as efficient as computers C. computers can not replace lawyers D. experts will know less in the future（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(4).The passage tells us that in the future _. A. children will not be taught in schools B. no
36、 teachers will be needed C. teachers will be less knowledgeable D. children will learn life skills at school（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(5).In the writers view, _. A. people should be prepared for the future B. there exists no threat of unemployment C. unions can stop the unfavorable change D. people had bette
37、r become cleaners（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.八、BText 2/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)The Man of Many SecretsHarry Houdiniwas one of the greatest American entert-ainers in the theater this century. He was a man famous for his escapesfrom prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He
38、 appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic“ tricks.Of course, his secret was not magic or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost a
39、ny position he wanted.Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in a club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assista
40、nt. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.It was the publicity (宣传) that came from Uthis/U that started
41、Harry Houdinis success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape ankle chins. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luckand a small skeleton key, which is a key that fit
42、s many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local
43、 theater would be full. What was the result? World-wild fame and a name remembered today.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the passage, Houdinis success in prison escapes depends on_. A. his special tricks and supernatural powers B. his unusual ability and a skeleton key C. his magic tricks and unhuman pow
44、ers D. his wisdom and magic tricks（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “this“ refers to_. A. his first prison escape B. the year 1898 C. the publicity D. Harry Houdinis success（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following statements is true? A. Houdini was put into prison
45、for several times because of crime. B. Houdini achieved great success once he entered entertainment world. C. Houdini performed prison escape in an effort to draw peoples attention. D. Houdini had super magic power to twist his body into almost any position he wanted.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).It can be i
46、nferred from the passage that Houdini became famous_. A. in 1894 B. before he married C. at the age of 17 D. when he was about 24（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. A Skeleton Key B. A Man of Many Secrets C. World-wild Fame D. Great Escape（分数：2.00）A.B.C.
47、D.九、BText 3/B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)It is hard to track the blue whale, the oceans largest creature, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling and is now listed as an endangered species. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult, and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior
