1、大学英语三级（ A级）模拟试卷 20及答案与解析 Section A Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. The dialogues and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should d
2、ecide on the correct answer from the 4 choices A , B, C, and D. （ A） Give up smoking forever. （ B） Read the sign carefully. （ C） Open the windows. （ D） Put out his cigarette. （ A） To the movie. （ B） To the station. （ C） To her brothers home. （ D） To the ticket office. （ A） He works long hours. （ B）
3、He is too tired to teach. （ C） Hes found another job. （ D） No one can take his place. （ A） Mr. Smith. （ B） Mr. Smiths secretary. （ C） The woman. （ D） Mr. Kent. （ A） She has a bad working habit. （ B） She wakes up early. （ C） She always goes to bed too late. （ D） Shes an excellent worker. Section B Di
4、rections: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should choose the correc
5、t answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. （ A） Blue. （ B） Black. （ C） Brown. （ D） Green. （ A） $ 5.59. （ B） $ 5.95. （ C） $ 9.59. （ D） $ 9.95. （ A） At the womans home. （ B） In a drug store. （ C） At the doctors. （ D） In a tobacco store. （ A） Taking a Vitamin C. （ B） Relaxing herself. （ C） Havi
6、ng more rest. （ D） Giving up smoking. （ A） A heavy smoker. （ B） A light smoker. （ C） A weak smoker. （ D） A non-smoker. Section C Directions: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. The passage will
7、be spoken twice. When you hear a question, you should complete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase. 11 How does a person rise to the top in a company? The way to the top lies through _ positions. 12 According to the talk, how many people are there in the family? There are _ people in the
8、family. 13 Where does the family have their breakfast, upstairs or downstairs? The family has their breakfast _ 14 What time does the father go to office? He goes to office at _ 15 How do the children go to school? They go to school _ Section A Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete se
9、ntences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A , B, C, and D. 16 How I wish I _ that! Everybody was angry with me. （ A） didnt do （ B） hadnt done （ C） wouldnt do （ D） wasnt doing 17 The news _ to Mount Tai during the summer
10、 holidays delighted us. （ A） we would have gone （ B） which we would go （ C） that we would go （ D） would we go 18 That is one of those books that _ worth reading. （ A） is （ B） are （ C） has （ D） have 19 I know the day breaks now, _ the birds are singing. （ A） for （ B） where （ C） if （ D） when 20 Does _
11、 matter if he cant finish the job on time? （ A） this （ B） that （ C） he （ D） it 21 _, we shall go on a picnic. （ A） The weather is fine （ B） Should weather be fine （ C） The weather being fine （ D） Would weather be fine 22 “Where _ the recorder? I cant see it anywhere.“I _ it right here. But now it is
12、 gone.“ （ A） did you put, have put （ B） have you put, put （ C） had you put, was putting （ D） were you putting, have put 23 She wont believe it until she _ it with her own eyes. （ A） see （ B） has seen （ C） saw （ D） will see 24 Only a student or two _ to clean the classroom after school. （ A） are need
13、ed （ B） need （ C） is needed （ D） needs 25 We cant go into all the details of the case now; I merely mention it _. （ A） in no case （ B） by the way （ C） for a start （ D） at a time Section B Directions: There are 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each bland with the proper form of the w
14、ord given in the brackets. 26 The travelers have (wait) _ in the bus for 2 hours because of the heavy rain. 27 I left a message, saying that I needed him with extreme (urge) _. 28 You should (wash) _ the wound, but you havent. 29 The warehouse win (define) _ collapse if there is a flood. 30 Keep you
15、r mouth (shut) _ and your eyes open. 31 I dont remember ever (talk) _ ill behind your back, 32 We should have (believe) _ in the people. 33 While it is true that you may be among friends in a village, it is also true that you(cut off) _ from the exciting and important events that take place in citie
16、s. 34 Promotion is (depend) _ upon your record of success. 35 The country now has 12 factories (produce) _ TV sets, with an annual output of 30,000 sets. Task 1 Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each quest
17、ion or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should make the correct choice. 36 One of the most authoritative(权威的 ) voices speaking to us today is, of course, the voice of the advertisers. This type of voice dominates our lives. It shouts at us from the television screen and the r
18、adio loudspeakers; waves to us from every page of the newspaper; signals to us from the roadside billboards all day and flashes messages to us in coloured lights all night. It has forced on us a whole new conception of the successful man as a man no less than 20% of whose mall consists of announceme
19、nts of giant carpet sales. Advertising has been among Englands biggest growth industries since the war, in terms of the ratio of money earnings to demonstrable achievement. Why all this huge expenditure? Perhaps the answer is that advertising saves the manufacturers from having to think about the cu
20、stomer. At the stage of designing and developing a product, there is quite enough to think about without worrying over whether anybody will want to buy it. The designer is busy enough without adding customer-appeal(讨好顾客的 ) to all his other problems of man-hours and machine tolerances and stress fact
21、ors. So they just go ahead and make the thing and leave it to the advertiser to find eleven ways of making it appeal to purchasers after they have finished it, by pretending that it attracts love, or signifies manliness. If the advertising agency can do this authoritatively enough, the manufacturer
22、is in a favorable position. Other manufacturers find advertising saves them changing their product. And manufacturers hate change. The ideal product is one which goes on unchanged for ever. If, therefore, for one reason or another, some changes seems called for how much better to change the image, t
23、he packet or the pitch made by product, rather than go to all the inconvenience of changing the product itself. 36 According to the passage modem advertising is “authoritative“ because of the way it _. （ A） influences our image of a special person （ B） interferes with the quiet of home life （ C） con
24、tinually forces us into buying things （ D） influences us no matter where we travel 37 The form of advertising which has succeeded in conferring personal status on the individual makes use of _. （ A） coloured lights all night （ B） roadside billboards （ C） the postal service （ D） the wall space beside
25、 escalators 38 Advertisers are appreciated by manufacturers because they _. （ A） advise them on ways of giving a product Customer-appeal （ B） accept responsibility for giving a product customer-appeal （ C） advise them on the best time to go ahead with production （ D） consult them during the design a
26、nd development stages 39 According to the passage customers are attracted to a product because it appears to _. （ A） have a sufficiently attractive design （ B） offer good value for money （ C） fulfill the manufacturers claims （ D） satisfy their personal needs 40 The passage tells us that some manufac
27、turers, instead of changing their product, would prefer to change its _. （ A） product cost （ B） quality （ C） packaging （ D） market value Task 2 Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45. 41 In China phone talk is expensive. If yo
28、u want to make it cheaper, make phone calls using the Internet, which can cost as little as 30% or even 5% of a traditional call. But changing your DDD(domestic direct dial) and your IDD(international direct dial) calls for the net version, called voice over the internet protocol(互联网协议 ) or VOIP, re
29、quires you to choose between different types of technology, with different advantages. If a telephone connection was a road, a regular phone call allows you and the person you are calling to share the road without anyone else. On this empty road, the connection is fast, efficient, and uninterrupted.
30、 But with VOIP technology, your voice is broken into millions of separated packets of information that share the road with all the billions of other bits of information on the Internet. When the packets reach the person you are calling, they are gathered to resemble your voice. Depending on which ty
31、pe of VOIP you are using, the speed of the Internet connection, Internet traffic, and the service provider, the resulting voice quality can vary from quite good to quite awful. The three main ways of using the internet to make calls are PC-to-PC(家用电脑 ) calls, PC-to-Phone calls and Chinas popular IP
32、phone card. VOIP calls are cheapest when they are made between two computers or between a PC and a telephone. For both, make sure you have a computer, an internet connection, a sound card, and most importantly, a headset(套头耳机 ) with a microphone. 41 People prefer IP phone calls to ordinary ones beca
33、use the former is _. （ A） much more convenient （ B） much cheaper （ C） more dependable （ D） more efficient 42 The author of this passage mentions “a road“ in his introduction of the IP phones _. （ A） to make it easier for the reader to understand the new technology （ B） to imply that the phone calls
34、are usually made on the road （ C） because people usually would share a road with each other （ D） because the road you are walking on is usually empty 43 Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ A） With VOIP technology, the phone callers voice will be broken into pieces. （ B） Different types
35、of technology are accompanied with different advantages. （ C） With VOIP technology, the quality of voice will always remain the same. （ D） On the Internet, information will be broken into pieces and then connected again. 44 Which of the following will affect the voice quality through Internet? （ A）
36、The speed of your voice. （ B） The speed of the Internet. （ C） The Internet traffic. （ D） The service of the operator. 45 The main purpose for the author to write this passage is _. （ A） to introduce a new technology called VOIP （ B） to inform that IP phone calls are sometimes quite awful （ C） to tel
37、l us that IP calls are dependent on personal computers （ D） to compare the IP calls with the traditional phone calls Task 3 Directions: The following is a passage. After reading it, you are required to complete the outline in the table below (No. 46 through 50). You should write your answers briefly
38、 (in no more than 3 words) on the blanks. 46 Can you imagine that ice does not melt and is not wet? Have you ever heard of dry ice? Dry ice is made by freezing a gas. It is quite different from ordinary ice which is simply frozen water. Dry ice was first manufactured in 1925. It has since fulfilled
39、the hopes of its inventor. It can be used for making artificial fog in the movies. When steam is passed over dry ice, a very dense vapor rises. It can also be used for destroying insects in grain supplies. It is more practical than ordinary ice because it takes up less space and it is 142 degrees co
40、lder. Since it turns into stream, instead of melting into water, it is cleaner to use. For these masons, it is extremely popular and many people prefer it to ordinary ice. Dry ice is so cold that if you touch it with your bare fingers, it will burn you. Dry Ice Time of invention:【 46】 Uses: to make【
41、 47】 in the movies; to destroy【 48】 Advantages over ordinary ice: takes【 49】 be【 50】 Task 4 Directions: The following is a list of terms. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to those given in Chinese in the table below. Than you should put the corresponding letters in the
42、 brackets of question NO. 51-55. 51 A offer B bargain C sample D contract E insurance F shipment G delivery H payment I packing J purchase K inquiry L catalogue M discount N order O concession 51. ( )询价 ( )购买 52. ( )运输 ( )发货 53. ( )定购 ( )包装 54. ( )付款 ( )让步 55. ( )样品 ( )保险 Task 5 Directions: The foll
43、owing is a passage. After reading the passage you should give brief answers to the 5 questions (No.56 through No.60) following them. 56 12 Feb, 2005 Dear Mr. Stafford, Re: Your order #767,999 for ten CX 99 processors I am sorry to inform you that we have been unable to process this order and I am re
44、turning it to you for your attention. There has recently been an upgrade of the CX99, now renamed the CX99GT, which significantly enhances its performance and reliability. Unfortunately, this upgraded product carries with it a price increase to $145.75 per item. The original version is no longer ava
45、ilable. Prices of equipment and specifications are constantly changing and these are not always reflected in our advertisements, which are prepared some months before they appear in the press. We consider the new product to be well worth the extra money. Please let us know if you wish to proceed wit
46、h the order at the new price. If you would like more information, do please call me. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, ABC Company 56 Who is the receiver of this letter? The receiver is _. 57 Why is the company returning the order to the customer? Because they are not able to _. 5
47、8 What happened to the items requested? The items requested have been _. 59 Whats the price of the present version? The new price is _ per item. 60 What advice does the supplier give to the customer? He hopes that the customer can consider _. 61 If you desire an interview， I shall be most happy to c
48、all in person， On any day and at any time you may appoint （ A）如你想采访，我会极其高兴并亲自随时打电话给你。 （ B）如你有会面的愿望，我会很高兴地在你指定的任何日期和任何时间去拜访你。 （ C）如贵公司有意面试，本人一定遵照所约定之时日，前往拜访。 （ D）如你渴望面试，我会很高兴亲自给你打电话，在你约定的任何日期时间。 62 An airplane can not fly in outer space since there is no air there （ A）飞机在没有空气的太空里不能飞行。 （ B）太空里没有空气，飞机在那不能飞行。 （ C）一架飞机在没有空气的太空里不能飞行。 （ D）一架飞机在没有空气的外部太空里不可能飞行。 63 I havent heard from him since he left for Shanghai （ A）自从他离开前往上海以后，我就再也没有收到他的信了。 （ B）我没有收到他的音信是他住到上海以后的事。 （ C）我没有收到他的信是他在上海住下来以后。 （ D
