1、公共英语三级-553 及答案解析(总分：102.00，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)(1).What color of clothes the woman is going to wear?A. A brown dress. B. A blue dress. C. A suit. D. An overcoat.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why cant Tom have the suit cleaned?A. Because he is too busy.B. Beca
2、use he has some work to do.C. Because he is working at his homework.D. Because he does not want to.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How many hours does his father work on Saturdays?A. Five hours. B. Six hours. C. Seven hours. D. Two hours.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).How does the woman feel about the exam?A. She thinks
3、 it to be very easy.B. She thinks it difficult.C. She thinks that she will not pass it.D. She thinks it is just so - so.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).At what time does Mary always come?A. At half past three. B. At four oclock.C. At two oclock. D. At three oclock.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).Which days does the man s
4、 son not work?A. Monday, Friday, and Saturday.B. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.C. Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday.D. Saturday and Sunday.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What is the woman planning to do?A. Play bridge.B. Make up her physics exam.C. Wait and see what happens.D. Go across the bridge.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.
5、D.(3).What can be concluded about Linda?A. She likes teaching very much.B. She has no desire to teach.C. She doesnt know what she will do after graduation.D. She is already a teacher.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What does the man mean?A. He refuses to answer the womans question.B. He is pretty sure that Bob
6、 is paying more for rent.C. He doesn t know where Bob moved to.D. He doesnt know about the rent of Bobs new house.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What does the man say about Rosa?A. She failed the exam.B. She did very well on the exam.C. She managed to pass the exam.D. She has already taken the exam.（分数：1.00）A
7、.B.C.D.三、Part B(总题数：4，分数：15.00)(1).What is the woman looking for?A. A free-time job.B. A part-time job.C. A well-paid job.D. A comfortable job.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What is the woman s major?A. American literature.B. English literature.C. Teaching method.D. Mathematics.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How does t
8、he woman feel about her new job?A. Interesting.B. Boring.C. Inspiring.D. Challenging.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).How often will the woman correct the students assignment?A. Once a week.B. Once two weeks.C. Once a month.D. Once three weeks.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).Who is the woman?A. She is a teacher.B. She is
9、a school registrar.C. She is a gardener.D. She is a student.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does a student usually need to do before taking the advanced sketching course?A. Get familiar with some professors who teach the sketching course.B. Write a book about sketches.C. Master some knowledge about art.D.
10、 Complete the prerequisite sketching course.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What does the student give to Professor Weston?A. Some paintbrushes.B. A bouquet of flowers.C. Some drawings.D. A textbook.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).How does the student feel after talking with Professor Weston?A. Confused.B. Annoyed.C. Sur
11、prised.D. Encouraged.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).Which of the following isn t allowed to do in the apartment?A. Park in front of the building.B. Install a telephone.C. Hold evening parties.D. None of the above.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).When could the man use the washer and the dryer?.A. Before 10 p.mB. Anytime.
12、C. Before midnight.D. After 10 p.m（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How much money should the man deposit more in advance?A. $10.B. $40.C. $5o.D. $55.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).When does this conversation most probably take place?A. At the beginning of the semester.B. At the middle of the semester.C. During the vacati
13、on.D. At the end of the semester.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does the woman suggest the man to do?A. Study hard. B. Take his mind off his test.C. Go to get his tennis bats. D. Try to take every exam.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What are both speakers planning?A. To play tennis. B. To discuss the test.C. To pl
14、ay table tennis. D. To go swimming.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is the result of their last game?A. The man lost his bail. B. The woman won.C. The man won. D. The woman was a beginner.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)What kinds of people often give drugs to their children? Where in
15、the world do people take drug before going to work? The answers are simpleordinary people, just about (26) . And the drug (27) question is caffeine. Scientists estimate that over 70% of the worlds population takes caffeine daily. (28) drink it in tea and coffee. Children drink in tin Coca Cola and (
16、29) soft drinks. It is also found in chocolate. (30) , most people in the most places at any time are under the (31) of the drug.There have been many scientific investigations (32) the exact effects of caffeine. Most people agree that it (33) the nervous system and helps the body make efficient use
17、of energy. This is why many people (34) Asia drink tea with food and why westerners often end their meals (35) a cup of coffee.Because the effect of caffeine is so (36) , there have been (37) attempts to stop people using it. A U. S. religious group which (38) the use of caffeine is generally regard
18、ed as eccentric (反常的). But because nearly everybody takes it, the total effect of caffeine (39) people is huge. Caffeine is the drug that changed the world.Both tea and coffee were introduced to the West around 300 years ago. The effect of these new drinks was felt (40) . In New York, coffee houses
19、were (41) with people making plans, (42) business and doing deals. And the deals done in the coffee houses were partly responsible (43) a rapid increase in American trade. History was moving (44) that direction anyway. But the arrival of coffee (45) everything up.（分数：20.00）(1).A. everything B. every
20、one C. everyday D. everywhere（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. in B. out of C. of D. at（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. People B. Adults C. Housewives D. Men（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. familiar B. popular C. similar D. regular（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A. Otherwise B. However C. Moreover D. As a result（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6).A. co
21、ntrol B. impression C. influence D. effect（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7).A. to B. in C. about D. into（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8).A. stimulates B. blocks C. closes D. connects（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9).A. crossing B. passed C. across D. cross（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10).A. by B. with C. after D. before（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11).A. str
22、ong B. hard C. identical D. mild（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12).A. many B. more C. few D. a few（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13).A. preach B. forbids C. spreads D. starts（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14).A. in B. about C. under D. on（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15).A. immediately B. differently C. hardly D. anxiously（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16).A. cr
23、owded B. satisfied C. busy D. confused（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17).A. speaking B. talking C. dealing D. developing（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18).A. as B. with C. in D. for（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19).A. to B. in C. for D. with（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20).A. gave B. fixed C. speeded D. build（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、Section Reading Co(总
24、题数：0，分数：0.00)六、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Text 1(总题数：1，分数：6.00)A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good people.Day after day my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave
25、of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability.Accountability isnt hard to define. It means that every person is responsible for his or her actio
26、ns and liable for their consequences.Of the many values that hold civilization together-honesty, kindness, and so on-accountability may be the most important of all. Without it, there can be no respect, no trust, no law-and, ultimately, no society.My job as a police officer is to impose accountabili
27、ty on people who rerun, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on peoples behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.Fortunately there are still communities-smaller towns, usually-where s
28、chools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim: “In this family certain things are not tolerated-they simply are not done!“Yet more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has gone. He considers yo
29、ur property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage him.The main cause of this break-down is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, its the criminal who is considered vi
30、ctimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didnt teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didnt provide a stable home.I dont believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal a
31、ctivities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything.We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.（分数：6.00）(1).What the
32、 wise man said suggests that _.A. its unnecessary for good people to do anything in face of evilB. its certain that evil will prevail it good men do nothing about itC. its only natural for virtue to defeat evilD. its desirable for good men to keep away from evil（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the
33、author, if a person is found guilty of a crime, _.A. society is to be held responsibilitiesB. modern civilization is responsible for itC. the criminal himself should bear the blameD. the standards of living should be improved（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(3).Compared with those in small towns, people in large ci
34、ties have _.A. less serf-discipline B. better sense of disciplineC. more mutual respect D. less effective government（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(4).The writer is sorry to have noticed that _.A. people in large cities tend to excuse criminalsB. people in small towns still stick to old discipline and standardsC.
35、 todays society lacks sympathy for people in difficultyD. people in disadvantaged circumstances are engaged in criminal activities（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(5).The key point of the passage is that _.A. stricter discipline should be maintained in schools and familiesB. more good examples should be set for peo
36、ple to followC. more restrictions should be imposed on peoples behaviorD. more people should accept the value of accountability（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.八、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：6.00)People seldom feel neutral about poetry(诗). Those who love it sometimes give the impression that it is an adequate substitution for f
37、ood, shelter, and love. It isnt. Words, no matter how satisfying, are never an equivalent for life itself and its human experiences. Those who dislike poetry on principle sometimes claim, on the other hand, that poetry is only words and good for nothing. Thats not true either. It is easy to become f
38、rustrated by wordsin poetry or in lifebut when words represent and recreate genuine human feelings, as they often do in poetry, they can be very important. Poetry is, in fact, more than just words. It is an experience of words, and those who know how to read poetry can easily ex- tend their experien
39、ce of life, their sense of what other people are like, their awareness of themselves, and their range of human feelings.One reason poetry can be so important is that it is so closely concerned with feelings. Poetry is often full of ideas, too, and sometimes poems can be powerful experiences of the m
40、ind, but most poems are primarily about how people feel rather than how people think. Poems provide, in fact, a language for feeling, and one of poetrys most insistent merits involves its attempt to express the inexpressible. How can anyone, for example, put into words what it means to be in love or
41、 what it feels like to lose someone one cares about? Poetry tries, and it often captures exactly the shade of emotion that feels just right to a reader. No single poem can be said to express all the things that love or death feels like, or means, but one of the joys of experiencing poetry occurs whe
42、n we read a poem and want to say, “Yes, that is just what it is like; I know exactly what that line means but Ive never been able to express it so well “ Poetry can be the voice of our feelings even when our minds are speechless with grief or joy.（分数：6.00）(1).“People seldom feel neutral about poetry
43、“ (in Para. 1) in this context means that_.A. few people think that poetry is neutralB. people always differ in their views about poetryC. people rarely take a biased opinion about poetryD. people generally think of poetry as extremely important or totally useless（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(2).The author sugg
44、ests that_.A. poetry tends to make the reader disappointedB. poetry makes its readers sentimentalC. poetry is more important than wordsD. poetry often captures real human feelings（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the author, poetry_.A. is more than just wordsB. is the poets feelings about wordsC. is
45、 anything but patterns of linesD. is an experiment on the use of words（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(4).Poetry tries, persistently, to express_.A. what love and death meanB. what people think about themselvesC. what people feel but find it hard to describeD. how people go through life（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.(5).This pa
46、ssage is mainly about _.A. the structure of poetry B. the components of poetryC. the nature and importance of poetry D. the appreciation of poetry（分数：1.20）A.B.C.D.九、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Whenever I see anyone buying a National Lottery ticket I want to stop them and ask if they know just where their
47、money is going.The lottery money is supposed to go to charitybut it makes me angry to see some of the socalled “good causes“ its being used to support. Also, Camelot, the organizers, have made a profit of 3 10.8 million in five months. We hear now that a lot of that money is boosting the pay packets
48、 of the companys bosses.For the past 10 years Ive been helping to raise funds for a cancer research charity called Tenovus. My husband, Sandy, died from cancer 11 years agohe was only 51. Theres been a long line of deaths in our family through cancer and its been devastating. Ive also lost two siste
49、rs-in-law, my brother, Michael, my father-in-law and my father. Thats apart from several close friends.The charity is 50 years old now and raises money mainly for breast cancer research. It also runs a support line for the families of cancer sufferers. Our local group raises money through dances, sales and coffee morning, and all the funds go directly to cancer research. In 1993 Tenovus raised 13 million-and half that money came from sales of our own lottery tickets at supermarkets. But
