公共英语三级考试阅读冲刺练习题及答案Word文档下载推荐.docx

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　　Directions：

　　Readthefollowingthreetexts.AnswerthequestionsoneachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersontheANSWERSHEETbydrawingathicklineacrossthecorrespondingletterinthebrackets.

　　TextI

　　Fifteenyearsago,IenteredtheBostonGlobe,whichwasatempletomethen.Itwasn’teasygettinghired.Butonceyouwerethere,Ifound,youwerein.

　　Globejobswereforlife-guaranteeduntilretirement.For15yearsIhadprosperedthere—movingfromanordinaryreportertoforeigncorrespondentandfinallytosenioreditor.IwouldhavealifetimeofsecurityisIstruckwithit.Instead,Ihadmadeadecisiontoleave.Ienteredmyboss’soffice.Wouldherage?

Iwondered.Hehadafamoustemper.“Matt,wehavetohaveatalk,”Ibeganawkwardly.“IcametotheGlobewhenIwastwenty-four.NowI’mforty.There’salotIwanttodoinlife.I’mresigning.”“Toanotherpaper?

”heasked.Ireachedintomycoatpocket,butdidn’tsayanything.Ihandedhimaletterthatexplainedeverything.ItsaidthatIwasleavingtostartanewmediacompany.Wewereatarareturningpointinhistory.Iwantedtobedirectlyengagedinthechange.“I’mgladforyou,”hesaid,quiteoutofmyexpectation.“Ijustcamefromaboardofdirectorsmeetinganditwasseventy-fivepercentdiscouragingnews.Someofthatwecandealwith.Butmuchofitwecan’t,”hewenton.“Iwishyoualltheluckintheworld,”heconcluded.“Andifitdoesn’tworkout,remember,yourstarisalwayshighhere.”

　　ThenIwentoutofhisoffice,walkingthroughthenewsroomformoregood-byes.Everybodywassayingcongratulations.Everybody—eventhoughI’dberiskingallonanunfamiliarventure：

allthefinancialsecurityIhadcarefullybuiltup.

　　Later,IhadafinaltalkwithBillTaylor,chairmanandpublisheroftheBostonGlobe.HehadturnedtheGlobeintoabillion-dollarproperty.“I’mresigning,Bill,”Isaid.HelistenedwhileIgavehimthestory.Hewasn’tlookingangryordismayedeither.Afterapause,hesaid,“Golly,IwishIwereinyourshoes.”

　　46.FromthepassageweknowthattheGlobeisafamous_______.

　　[A]newspaper[B]magazine

　　[C]temple[D]church

　　47.IfthewriterstayedwiththeGlobe_________.

　　[A]hewouldbeabletorealizehislifetimedreams.

　　[B]hewouldlethislong-cherisheddreamsfadeaway.

　　[C]hewouldneverhavetoworryabouthisfuturelife.

　　[D]hewouldneverbeallowedtodevelophisambitions.

　　48.Thewriterwantedtoresignbecause_________.

　　[A]hehadserioustroublewithhisboss.

　　[B]hegotunderpaidathisjobfortheGlobe.

　　[C]hewantedtobeengagedinthenewmediaindustry.

　　[D]hehadfoundabetterpaidjobinapublishinghouse.

　　49.WhenthewriterdecidedtoresigntheGlobewasfacedwith_______.

　　[A]atroublewithitsstaffmembers

　　[B]ashortageofqualifiedreporters

　　[C]anunfavorablebusinesssituation

　　[D]anuncontrollablebusinesssituation

　　50.By“：

IwishIwereinyourshoes.”（inthelastparagraph）BillTaylormeantthat_______.

　　[A]thewriterwastofail.

　　[B]thewriterwasstupid

　　[C]hewoulddothesameifpossible

　　[D]hewouldrejectthewriter’srequest

　　Text2

　　Doyoufinditverydifficultandpainfultogetupinthemorning?

Thismightbecalledlaziness,butDr.Kleitmanhasanewexplanation.Hehasprovedthateveryonehasadailyenergycycle.

　　Duringthehourswhenyourlaborthroughyourworkyoumaysaythatyou’re“hot”.That’strue.Thetimeofdaywhenyoufeelmostenergeticiswhenyourcycleofbodytemperatureisatitspeak.Forsomepeoplethepeakcomesduringtheforenoon.Forothersitcomesintheafternoonorevening.Noonehasdiscoveredwhythisisso,butitleadstosuchfamiliarmonologuesas：

“Getup,Peter!

You’llbelateforworkagain!

”ThepossibleexplanationtothetroubleisthatPeterisathistemperature-and-energypeakintheevening.Muchfamilyquarrellingendswhenhusbandsandwivesrealizewhattheseenergycyclesmean,andwhichcycleeachmemberofthefamilyhas.

　　Youcan’tchangeyourenergycycle,butyoucanlearntomakeyourlifefitifbetter.Habitcanhelp,Dr.Kleitmanbelieves.Maybeyou’resleepyintheeveningbutfeelyoumuststayuplateanyway.Counteractyourcycletosomeextentbyhabituallystayinguplaterthanyouwantto.Ifyourenergyislowinthemorning,butyouhaveanimportanttodoearlyintheday,risebeforeyourusualhour.Thiswon’tchangeyourcycle,butyou’llgetupsteamandworkbetteratyourlowpoint.

　　Getofftoaslowstartwhichsavesyourenergy.Getupwithaleisurelyyawnandstretch.Sitontheedgeofthebedaminutebeforeputtingyourfeetonthefloor.Avoidthetroublesomesearchforcleanclothesbylayingt