1、公共英语三级-33 (1)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
2、 question and you will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE./I（分数：5.00）(1).When did the man graduate?（分数：1.00）A.In 2005.B.In 2003.C.In 2004.D.In 2002.(2).Where does the conversation most likely take place?（分数：1.00）A.At home.B.In a hotel.C.In a restaurant.D.In a store.(3).What is the man complaining about?（分
3、数：1.00）A.Not knowing what he wants.B.The weather that he does not like.C.The plane.D.Flying to the North.(4).What does the man mean?（分数：1.00）A.He doesnt want to see any movie,B.He doesnt like the movie Star Wars.C.He doesnt feel well.D.Hed like to see Star Wars with the woman.(5).What does the man s
4、ay about the car?（分数：1.00）A.He used to have one like that.B.He didnt think it looked good.C.He would like to have one.D.He couldnt drive it.（分数：5.00）(1).What do we learn from the conversation?（分数：1.00）A.The police wants to talk to the main actor.B.The main actor forgot to comeC.The main actor is del
5、ayed by traffic.D.The main actor is busy buying jam on his way.(2).What does the woman want from Microsoft?（分数：1.00）A.She needs them to help her resolve some software problems.B.She doesnt know its website.C.She needs them to take care of her.D.She needs them to help her resolve some hardware proble
6、ms.(3).What does John think of the womans sister?（分数：1.00）A.She is not old enough to get married.B.She is too old to get married.C.She is older than expected.D.She should get married.(4).How long will they wait till the train leaves?（分数：1.00）A.22 minutes.B.32 minutes.C.12 minutes.D.2 minutes.(5).Wha
7、t did the man do with the extra paper?（分数：1.00）A.He threw half of it away and kept the rest.B.He threw half of it away.C.He kept all the paper.D.He gave half of it to his friend.二、BPart B/B(总题数：4，分数：15.00)Questions 11 14 are based on the following dialogue.（分数：4.00）(1).What are the two speakers doin
8、g?（分数：1.00）A.Watching ads on TV.B.Listening to ads on radio.C.Reading job ads in a newspaper.D.Being interviewed for a job in a company.(2).What kind of person does the advertisement say they need?（分数：1.00）A.A general manager.B.A junior sales manager.C.A secretary.D.A sales assistant.(3).What kind o
9、f company is it?（分数：1.00）A.A large international textile company.B.A large international chemical company.C.A small textile company.D.A small chemical company.(4).What will the hum most probably do later?（分数：1.00）A.Go on looking for jobs.B.Go to the company and have a try.C.Work in the company.D.Sta
10、y at home and do nothing but watch TV.Questions 15 18 are based on the following dialogue.（分数：4.00）(1).Where is this conversation taking place?（分数：1.00）A.In a classroom.B.In a library.C.At a secondhand bookstore.D.In a museum.(2).How much does the book of nineteenth-century plays cost?（分数：1.00）A.50
11、cents.B.75 cents.C.5 dollars.D.A million dollars.(3).What do we know about Harold Dickinson from this conversation?（分数：1.00）A.He was a famous writer.B.He was a politician.C.He died in 1856.D.He once gave a book as a present.(4).What will the man buy?（分数：1.00）A.The book with the signature.B.A novel p
12、ublished six years ago.C.A novel which costs 60 cents.D.A nineteenth-century book.Questions 19 21 are based on the following monologue.（分数：3.00）(1).Why couldnt the man open the door?（分数：1.00）A.His friend gave him the wrong key,B.He didnt know where the back door was.C.He couldnt find the key to his
13、mailbox.D.It was too dark to put file key in the lock.(2).Why did the man feel desperate?（分数：1.00）A.It was getting dark.B.He was afraid of being blamed by his friend.C.The birds might have flown away.D.His friend would arrive any time.(3).Why did the man feel like a fool?（分数：1.00）A.He looked silly w
14、ith only one leg inside the window.B.He knew the policeman wouldnt believe him.C.The torchlight made him look very foolish.D.He realized that he had made a mistake.Questions 22 25 are based on the following dialogue.（分数：4.00）(1).What bothers Tom about his neighbors son?（分数：1.00）A.He drives too fast.
15、B.He plays his guitar too loudly,C.His radio wakes the children.D.His friends are too noisy.(2).When does the noise stop?（分数：1.00）A.At midnight.B.In the morning.C.When the car is turned off.D.When the neighbors son leaves for work.(3).Why is Tom reluctant to speak to the neighbors about the problem?
16、（分数：1.00）A.He doesnt want to make a bad first impression.B.He is afraid of getting off the subject.C.He is afraid they wont listen.D.He knows that they cant do anything about it.(4).What suggestion does the woman make?（分数：1.00）A.Tom should call the neighbors to complain.B.Tom should help his childre
17、n complain the neighbors.C.Tom should ask the neighbors son to baby-sit.D.Tom should bring the neighbors a gift.三、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)B Text/BIf the sun has enough U(26) /U to warm and light the whole earth, it must have enough power to do other things, U(27) /U. Can we use the suns U(28)
18、/U energy to supply electricity, or at least to perform the function which electricity or other types of power usually perform? The answer is U(29) /U .For example, people have for many years been using the U(30) /U heat of the sun to cook by solar U(31) /U which have been built with several incurre
19、d U(32) /U reflecting the sun and focusing the heat on the cooking element. This U(33) /U can be used like a gas or electric stove; it is more expensive to make but it doesnt need any U(34) /U and so costs U(35) /U to use. Another U(36) /U of using solar energy is in house heating.The U(37) /U of en
20、ergy we use most is electricity, and every day more is U(38) /U . But electricity has to be made too, and to make it huge quantities of fuel is required - oil, coal, gas and nowadays even uranium.The question which U(39) /U everyone today is: how long will these fuels U(40) /U? Nobody knows it for s
21、ure, U(41) /U most experts think it will soon be difficult to obtain sufficient electricity from these sources. It is possible that the sun can make a(n) U(42) /U here, too.Solar power has already been used to produce U(43) /U heat. In Southern France a solar furnace has been built, U(44) /U tempera
22、tures reach more than 3 000 centigrade. This furnace is not only used for experiment U(45) /U, but could be used to produce steam for a power station.（分数：20.00）A.powerB.timeC.heatD.temperatureA.as wellB.tooC.besidesD.eitherA.littleB.richC.smallD.uselessA.negativeB.unknownC.noD.yesA.heatedB.shiningC.
23、producingD.reflectedA.cooksB.cookersC.bath.D.personsA.mirrorsB.platesC.roofs.D.wallsA.bathroomB.machineC.objectD.equipmentA.moneyB.fuelC.materialD.personA.mostB.muchC.everyD.nothingA.possibilityB.dangerC.successD.chanceA.wayB.sortC.kindD.formA.worthB.broughtC.neededD.expensiveA.worryB.worriesC.worri
24、edD.is worriedA.stopB.produceC.workD.lastA.andB.soC.butD.thoughA.contributionB.heatC.lightD.energyA.smallB.tinyC.terrificD.littleA.whichB.whereC.whenD.itA.in the futureB.for everC.in the pastD.at present四、BSection Readi(总题数：3，分数：30.00)BText 1/BIn England recently three foreign gentlemen approached a
25、 bus stop. They studied the information on the sign attached to the concrete post and decided which bus to take. About five minutes later the bus they wanted came along. They prepared to board it. Suddenly there was a clamor behind them. People rushed onto the bus and tried to push them out of the w
26、ay. Someone shouted insulting remarks about foreigners. The bus conductor came rushing down the stairs to see what all the trouble was about. The three foreign gentlemen looked puzzled and embarrassed. No one had told them about the British custom of queuing for a bus so that the first person who ar
27、rived at a bus stop is the first person to get on the bus.Learning the language of a country isnt enough. If you want to ensure a pleasant visit, find out as much as possible about the manners and customs of your hosts. You will probably be surprised just how different they can be from your own. A v
28、isitor to India would do well to remember that people there consider it impolite to use the left hand for passing food at table. The left hand is supposed to be used for washing yourself. Also in India, you might see a man apparently shaking his head at another and assume that he is disagreeing. But
29、 in many parts of India a rotating movement of the head is a gesture that signifies agreement or acceptance. Nodding your head when offered a drink in Bulgaria is likely to leave you thirsty. In that country you shake your head to signify “yes“ pa nod indicates “no“. Arabs are known for their sumptu
30、ous hospitality. At a meal in countries on the Arabian Peninsula, you will find that any drinking vessel is repeatedly refilled as soon as you drain it. The way to indicate that you have had enough is to take the cup or glass in your hand and give it a little shake from side to side or place your ha
31、nd over the top.In Europe it is quite usual to cross your lags when sitting talking to someone even at an important meeting. Doing this when meeting an important person in Thailand, however, could cause offence. It is considered too informal an attitude for such an occasion. Also when in Thailand av
32、oid touching the head of an adult - Uits just not done/U.（分数：10.00）(1).In India the left hand is supposed to be used for _.（分数：2.00）A.passing food at tableB.washing oneselfC.shaking handsD.offering drinks to guests(2).Where do people shake their heads in a rotating movement to signify agreement?（分数：
33、2.00）A.In Europe.B.In England.C.in India.D.In Thailand.(3).Which of the following is true?（分数：2.00）A.In Bulgaria, you are likely to be left thirsty if you nod when offered a drink.B.In Bulgaria, nodding ones head is a sign of agreement or acceptance,C.Your Arabic host wont refill your drinking vesse
34、l if you dont insist.D.In countries on the Arabian Peninsula you must shake your head to signify “yes“.(4).The last sentence “its just not done“ of the text means that no one in Thailand _.（分数：2.00）A.has ever done itB.can go away after having done itC.can do it nowadaysD.considers it proper to do so
35、(5).What must you do if you wish to ensure a pleasant visit to a foreign country?（分数：2.00）A.Master the language of that country.B.Speak less and watch more.C.Wait and see unless you are sure of success.D.Learn more about the culture as well as ensuring a command of the language.BText 2/BAdam Smith,
36、a writer in the 1700s, was the first person to see the importance of the division of labor and to explain part of its advantages. He gives as an example the process by which pins were made in England. “One man draws out the wire, another strengthens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth g
37、rinds it at the top to prepare it to receive the head. To make the head requires two or three distinct operations. To put it on is a separate operation, to polish the pins is another. And the important business of making pins is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen distinct operations, which
38、 in some factories are all performed by different people, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them,“Ten men, Smith said, in this way, turned out twelve pounds of pins a day or about 4 800 pins a person. But if all of them had worked separately and independently witho
39、ut division of labor, they certainly could not turn out any pin, each of them would have made twenty pins in a day and perhaps not even oneThere can be no doubt that division of labor is an efficient way of organizing work. Fewer people can make more pins. Adam Smith saw this but he also took it for
40、 granted that division of labor is in itself responsible for economic growth and development and that it accounts for the difference between expanding economies and those that stand still. But division of labor adds nothing new: it only enables people to produce more of what they already have.（分数：10
41、.00）(1).According to the passage, Adam Smith was the first person to _.（分数：2.00）A.take advantage of the division of laborB.understand the effects of the division of laborC.explain the causes of the division of laborD.introduce the division of labor into England(2).Adam Smith saw that the division of
42、 labor _.（分数：2.00）A.enabled each worker to make pins more quickly and more cheaplyB.increased the number of people employed in factoriesC.increased the possible output per workerD.improved the quality of pins produced(3).Adam Smith mentioned the number 4 800 in order to _.（分数：2.00）A.show the advanta
43、ges of the division of laborB.emphasize how powerful the individual worker wasC.show the advantages of the old craft systemD.emphasize the importance of increased production(4).According to the writer, Adam Smiths mistake was in believing that division of labor _.（分数：2.00）A.inevitably led to economi
44、c developmentB.was an efficient way of organizing workC.increased the production of existing goodsD.was an important development in methods of production(5).Which of the following could serve as an appropriate title for the passage?（分数：2.00）A.The Theory of Division of Labor.B.Adam Smith as the Disco
45、verer of Division of Labor.C.Adam Smith, the English Economist.D.Division of Labor, an Efficient Way of Organizing Work.BText 3/BFuturists love computers. After all,40 years ago electronic digital computers didnt exist; today microchips as tiny as a babys fingernail are making all sorts of tasks fas
46、ter and easier. Surely the future holds still more miracles.Some of the computer experiments now going on inspire exciting visions of the future. For example, scientists are working on devices that can electronically perform some sight and hearing functions, which could make life easier for the blin
47、d and deaf. Theyre also working on artificial arms and legs that respond to the electric impulses produced by the human brain. Scientists hope that some day a person whos lost an arm could still have near-normal brain control over an artificial arm.Video games, computerized special effects in movies
48、, and real-life training machines now being used by the US Army are causing some people to predict new educational uses for computers. Computers could some day be used to simulate travel to other planets, to explore the ocean floor, or to look inside an atom.Experiments with electronic banking and shopping inspire predictions that these activities will soon be done from home computer terminals. Cars, too, might be equipped with computers to help drivers find their way around (Honda has one in an experimental car) or to communicate with home and office computers. Many people,
