1、公共英语三级-571 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)When do you think this conversation took place?（分数：5.00）(1).When do you think this conversation took place?ABefore six. BAt six. CAfter six. DAfter seven.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why does the woman like the
2、brick house better than the white house?AIt is bigger. BIt has a prettier color.CIt has a larger yard. DIt is brighter.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?AAustralian and American. BGuest and host.CHusband and wife. DProfessor and student.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.
3、(4).When will the meeting be closed?A1:30. B11:00. C9:30. D10:00.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What will the man probably do?AWait for the sale to start.BGet further information about the sale.CCall the TV station to be sure if the ad is true.DBuy a new suit.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.What does the man mean?（分数：5.00）(
4、1).What does the man mean?AHe thinks she should visit her cousin.BHer cousin doesnt visit very often.CHer cousin is feeling a lot better today.DHe doesnt think her cousin has been at home today.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why does the woman plan to go to town?ATo pay her bills in the bank.BTo buy books in
5、a bookstore.CTo get some money from the bank.DTo meet someone in the town.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What does the woman suggest Gordon do?AHe should start to find a new apartment right now.BHe should buy an apartment right away.CHe should start to find a new apartment in a few weeks.DHe should buy an apa
6、rtment near the campus.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What does the man say about Judy?AHes surprised she chose that agency.BHe wonders why she is still keeping the job.CHe doesnt know when her classes started.DHe doubts if she makes much money now.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What is the woman probably doing now?AWr
7、iting an essay. BStudying for a test.CShopping for shoes. DReading a magazine.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.三、Part B(总题数：4，分数：15.00)Where do you think does the dialogue take place?（分数：3.00）(1).Where do you think does the dialogue take place?AIn a shop. BAt home. CIn the street. DIn a car.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Who
8、 do you think Anne and Dick are?ATheir children. BTheir niece and nephew.CTheir friends children. DTheir neighbors kids.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What will they buy for Dick?ASome records. BA toy suit.CA space suit. DA toy.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.What are the two speakers talking about?（分数：4.00）(1).What are the
9、 two speakers talking about?AHow to arrange for a trip.BHow to book a satisfactory room.CWhen the shop will be closed.DWhat the weather is like.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why is it not necessary for the man to take a taxi to the hotel?ABecause there is an excellent bus service.BBecause there is an excelle
10、nt railway service.CBecause there is an excellent subway system.DBecause taxi system there isnt convenient.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Whats the weather like at this season?AUsually warm but sometimes very cold and wet.BAlways warm.CUsually cold and wet but sometimes warm.DAlways cold.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).
11、When will the man go on the trip?AAt once. BFifteen days later.CBy the 15th of this month. DIn the middle of this year.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.What is the first word the baby learned to say?（分数：4.00）(1).What is the first word the baby learned to say?ATruck. BOK. CDuck. DTuck.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How old wa
12、s the baby when he learned to say that word correctly?AAbout 18 months. BAbout 21 months.CAbout 24 months. DAbout 12 months.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What did the father do when the baby screamed that word at the airport?AHe corrected the baby.BHe tried to stop the baby.CHe hid himself somewhere.DHe didn
13、t do anything.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Why did the mother pretend not to know the baby?AShe got angry with the father.BShe was frightened by the noise.CShe felt uneasy about the noisy baby.DShe didnt like the baby.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Who is the speaker?（分数：4.00）(1).Who is the speaker?AA sales representativ
14、e. BA store manager.CA committee chairperson. DA class president.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What is the purpose of the meeting?ATo determine who will graduate this year.BTo discuss the seating arrangement.CTo choose the chairperson of the ceremonies.DTo begin planning the graduation ceremonies.（分数：1.00）A.
15、B.C.D.(3).What should the students write on the paper?ATheir names, phone numbers and job preference.BThe names and addresses of their guests.CThe names of the committee they worked on last year.DTheir dormitory name, address and phone number.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).When is the next meeting?AIn an hour
16、. BNext week. CIn one month. DNext year.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)What impressions are you making on the people around you? Your words, phrases, even your message may soon be forgotten but believe me, good or (26) , your melody music.The dictionary (27) melody as a success
17、ion of sounds. Just as music affects the moods and emotions of people, so does the way you live your (28) Think of your life as a (29) sheet of manuscript paper. Only the rhythm is there-it is (30) to you to create the harmony. Naturally you will want your composition to be a (31) So where to (32) ?
18、 YOU MUST BEGIN (33) YOURSELF.Be really (34) in other people. Make a conscience effort to bring peace and happiness into other peoples lives. (35) situations that generate excessive ambition, envy, anger, and pride. They are all (36) of peace and will play havoc with your harmony.(37) has been said
19、that if these emotions or feelings were forgotten, the world would live in permanent peace. Well, to banish them from the world is probably aiming a bit high but it shouldnt be too (38) to rid them from your own life.Develop features such as smart and social. Everything you do has an (39) on those a
20、round you, capable of making someones day bright or (40) Besides take time to (41) other peo ple. If there are not enough harmony in their lives, (42) them to have a (43) outlook.From the family unit (44) around the dinner table to world leaders at the conference table, the name of the game is the p
21、ursuit of (45) .（分数：20.00）(1).Awrong Bfalse Cbad Dharmful（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Adefines Bdefined Cregards Dregarded（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Aschool Bhome Clife Dcollege（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Ablank Bused Cfull Ddeserted（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Aready Bdecided Cpossible Dup（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6).Afailure Bsuccess
22、 Cmodel Dmess（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7).Ado Bstart Cmake Dbegin（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8).Awith Bto Con Doff（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9).Aenthusiastic Bmild Cinterested Dcautious（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10).AChoose BChoosing CAvoid DAvoiding（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11).Aenemies Bfriends Cconditions Dhelps（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12).AWhich
23、 BIt CWhat DThat（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13).Aeasy Bwilling Cdifficult Dterrifying（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14).Aeffort Bmark Cdamage Deffect（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15).Amiserable Bdark Cshadowy Dinteresting（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16).Aattack Blisten to Cchange Dinterview（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17).Aencourage Bencouraging Chelp Dhe
24、lping（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18).Abrighter Bbright Chappier Dhappy（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19).Asat Bsitting Cseated Dseating（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20).Apeace Bwar Cdreams Dunison（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.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(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Flying over a desert area in an airplane
25、, two scientists looked down with trained eyes at trees and bushes. After an hours flight, one of the scientists wrote in his book, “Look here for probable metal. “ Scientists in another airplane, flying over a mountain area, sent a message to other scientists on the ground, “Gold possible. “ Walkin
26、g across hilly ground, four scientists reported, “This ground should be searched for metal. “ From an airplane over a hilly wasteland a scientist sent back by radio one word: “Uranium. “None of the scientists had X-ray eyes: they had no magic power of looking down below the earths surface. They were
27、 merely putting to use one of the newest methods of locating minerals in the ground, trees and plants as signs that certain minerals may lie beneath the ground on which the trees and plants are growing.This newest method of searching for minerals is based on the fact that minerals deep in the earth
28、may affect the kind of bushes and trees that grow in the surface.At Watson Bar Greek, a brook(小溪) six thousand feet high in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, a mineral search group gathered bags of tree seeds. Boxes were filled with small branches from the trees. Roots were dug and put into
29、 boxes. Each bag and box was carefully marked. In a scientific laboratory, the parts of the forest trees were burned to ashes and tested. Each small part was examined to learn whether there were minerals in it.Study of the roots, branches, and seeds showed no silver. But there were small amounts of
30、gold in the roots and a little less gold in the branches and seeds. The seeds growing nearest to the tree trunks had more gold than those growing on the ends of the branches.（分数：10.00）(1).Scientists were flying over a desert or a hilly wasteland or a mountain area in order to search for _ in the gro
31、und.Agold Bsilver Curanium Dminerals（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The study of trees, branches and roots shows thatAthere were larger amounts of gold in the branches than in the seedsBthere were smaller amounts of gold in the roots than in the branchesCthere were less amounts of gold in the seeds growing on
32、the ends of branches than seeds growing nearest to the tree trunksDthere Was more gold in the branches than in the roots（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which is the best title suggested below?AScientists Searching for Metals with Special PowerBNew Methods of Searching for MineralsCGold Could Be Found by Trees
33、and PlantsDA New Method of Searching for Minerals-Using Trees and Plants（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following is NOT mentioned as part of a tree that can help find minerals?ALeaves. BRoots.CBranches. DSeeds.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The scientists were searching for minerals by usingAX-ray Bmagic p
34、owerCa special instrument Dtrained eyes（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.八、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：10.00)The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down. “ You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day 1 was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in t
35、he ticket office said, “Im sorry, I cant sell you a ticket. Our computer is down. “If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket. “I cant write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so. “I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking
36、coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all you people do?“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not. “So when it goes down, you go down with it. “Thats good, sir. “How long will the computer be down?“ I w
37、anted to know.“I have no idea. Sometimes its down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. Theres no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since its down it wont answer us. “After the girl told me they had no backup computer, I said, “Lets forget the computer. What about your planes?
38、Theyre still flying, arent they ?“I couldnt tell without asking the computer. “Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if hes flying to Washington,“ I suggested.“I wouldnt know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldnt take you if you didnt have a ti
39、cket. “Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?“I wouldnt know,“ she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only ITknows. It cant tell me. “By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The words soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down
40、. Some people went white; some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.（分数：10.00）(1).The best title for the article isAWhen the Computer Is DownBThe Most Frightening WordsCThe Computer of the AirportDAsking the Computer（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What could the girl in the ticket office
41、 do for the passengers without asking the computer?AShe could sell a ticket.BShe could write out a ticket.CShe could answer the passengersquestions.DShe could do nothing.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why do you think they had not a backup computer?ABecause it was easy down.BBecause it was very expensive.CBec
42、ause it was not advanced enough.DBecause it was not as big as the main computer.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The last paragraph suggests thatAa modern computer wont be downBcomputers can take the place of humansCsometimes a computer may bring suffering to peopleDthere will be great changes in computers（分数：2
43、.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What did passengers do when the computer was down?AThey left home and went home.BThey drank coffee and stared at the black screen.CThey began to talk to each other.DNone above.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.九、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Among characters of Leadvilles golden age were H. A. W. Tabor and h
44、is second wife, Elizabeth McCourt. Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West. He went to Kansas in 1855. Perhaps he was lured by rumors of fortunes to be made in Colorado mines. So a few years later he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, wh
45、ich he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. “Great deposits of lead are sure to be found here. “ he said.As it turned out, it was silver that was to make Leadvilles fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store. It was his custom to “
46、grubstake“ prospective miners to supply them with food and supplies, or “grub“, while they looked for ore, in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered. He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.Finally one day in the year
47、1878, two miners came in and asked for “grub“. Tabor had dec ded to quit supplying it for having lost too much money that way. They were persistent, however, and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. “Oh help yourself. One more time wont make any difference,“ he said and went on selling shoes and h
48、ats. The two miners took 17 worth of supplies, in return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alo
49、ne. This mine, known as the “Pittsburgh Mine,“ made 1,300,000 for Tabor in return for his 17 investment.Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for 117,000. This turned out to be even more fabulous than the Pittsburgh, yielding 35,000 wor:h of silver per day at one
