公共英语三级阅读理解试题及答案.docx

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公共英语三级阅读理解试题及答案

公共英语三级阅读理解试题及答案

公共英语三级阅读理解试题及答案

　　PETS第三级的阅读量大于高教自考和大英四级的阅读量，题型除了多项选择还有选择配伍，即要求考生阅读几个案例后选择出相关的归纳总结句与各案例相匹配。

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　　SECTIONIIIReadingComrehep

　　（40minutes）

　　PartA

　　Directions·

　　Readthefollowingthreetexts.AnswerthequestionsoneachtextbychoosingA，B，CorD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET。

　　Text1

　　Backintheearly1990s，Iknewlittleaboutcomputersbeyondwhatittooktogetthroughaworkingday.Buthere’swhatIdidknow：

somethinghugewashappening.ItwasstirringeconomiesandimaginationsandpossibilitieslikenothingIhadeverknown.IknewtheworldwaschanginginwaysthatmeantIshouldn’tcountonoldassumptions.AndIknewIhaddreamsIstillhadn’tfulfilled.ButIdidn’tknowhowtorealizethemuntilImetwithmyoldfriend，RollysRouse，whenwehappenedtomoveintothesameneighborhood.

　　Rollyoftencalledmewithastreamofideas.Hisrateofideaproductionpersecondseemedal-mostincredible.Soonwewereonthephonewitheachothereveryday.TalkingabouttheInternet.

　　TalMngaboutstartinganewonlinecompany-maybetogether.

　　Hewasthendevelopingaplanandhewantedmetobeapartofit：

wewouldgivepeoplewonderful，wholeelectronichousesonaCD-ROMandletthemmodifythosehomestotheirownneeds.Tryoutdifferentwindowsanddoors，differentpaintcolorsandfurnishings.Whentheyweresatisfied，wewouldenablethemtogoonlinetomaketheprojecthappen，togettheproducts

　　andthefinancingandthe。

professionaldesignandconstructiontohelptodoitoutright.

　　BuildingBlockswasthenameRollycameupwithforhisnewenterprise.Rollytooktheplungefirst.Hesimplydroppedhisprofitableenergy—consultingbusinesstocommithimselffulltimetoBuildingBlocks.IsoonjoinedhimafterIquitmywell—paidjobatanewspaper.

　　TogetherwedevelopedademotoshowthefeaturesofourCD—ROM，“TheNewAmericanDreamHome”.ThenwetookittotheannualconventionoftheNationalAssociationofHomeBuildersinBoston.Allthebigcompanieswerethereshowingofftheir。

latestproducts.

　　Toourdelight，nearlyeveryonewaseagertoseewhatwewereshowing，.includingthetopexecutivesofsomeenormouscompanies.Whenweleft，wehadinvitationsfromthemtocometotheirofficestotellthemmoreaboutBuildingBlocks.

　　ThatwasthestartofmyreallifetimedreamandBuildBlocks，ourcompany，hasbeenprosperingeversince.

　　46.By“somethinghugewashappening”，thewriterrefersto_________.

　　[A]housedesigning

　　[B]homedecoration

　　[C]furnitureproduction

　　[D]high-techdevelopment

　　47.ThetextshowsthatRollyRouseis________.

　　[A]creative

　　[B]cautious

　　[C]considerate

　　[D]conservative

　　48.BuildingBtocksisacompanythathelpspeopleto________.

　　[A]rentidealhouses

　　[B]buyidealhouses

　　[C]findidealhouses

　　[D]ownidealhouses

　　49.Rollyandthewriterdecidedtostartacompanytogetherbecausetheywereboth________.

　　[A]expeginarchitecture

　　[B]underRaidattheirjobs

　　[C]outofworkatthetime

　　[D]interestedine-business

　　50.AttheBostonconvention，Rollyandthewriterwerehappybecause_________.

　　[A]theyarousedpeople’sinterestintheirproducts

　　[B]theysoldsomeoftheirownproductsrightthere

　　[C]theygottheirfirstordersfromsomefamousbuildingfirms

　　[D]theyhadtheopportunitytovisitsomefamousbuildingfirms

　　Text2

　　Anxietydisordersarecommonandrangefromlopercentt020percentofchildrenandteens.Girlareusuallymorelikelythanboystoreportanxietysymptomsorsigns.Anxietyrunsinfamilies，duetoacombinationofinherentandenvironmentalfactors.Anxiousparentsmayproduceanxiouschildren.Whensignsaresoseverethattheyinterferewithdailylifeactivities，itistimetoseekanevaluationfromamentalhealthprofessional.

　　Considerthefollowingexampleofachildwhosufferedstressdisorder.Maria，agel2，wasatherphysician’sofficeawaitingheryearlycheckup.Abulletfromagunbattleinthenextbuildingtorethroughthewallandstruckhermotherintheshoulder.severelywoundingher.Themotherwasrushedtothehospital，butMariadidnotknowherfateforseveraldays.

　　Unableorunwillingtospeak，visiblyanxiousandfearful，MariawasevaluatedbyachilddoctorintheSalllehospitalseveraldayslater.HerecommendedabrieftreatmentandbeganbytakingMariatohermother’sbedside.

　　Maria，reassuredthathermotherwasalive，neveRhelesscouldnotbeseparatedfromher.Duringthefollowingweekssheinsistedonsleepingwithhermotherandwouldnotletheroutofher

　　sight.Hermotherwasequallyshocked，andtoldherdaughtershewassufferinggreatpain.

　　ThedoctorbeganaseriesofplaytreatmentsessionsusingdollsandpalysurgicalinstrumentsinwhichMariaperformedoperationsinherdollhospital.Shebegantogetgreatpleasureinhersessions.Hermotherdidnotrecoversoquickly，sothedoctorrecommendedindividualtreatmentforher.

　　ThefinalsessionsinvolvedMafiaperformingtheoperationon，notadoll，buthermother，whosubmittedtopatientstatusonceagain.Playingoutthepainfulthemewasextremelybeneficial，andwithaminimumofinterpretation，bothwerebacktotheirnormalfunctioningbythemonth’send.Mariadidnotneedanymedication.

　　Therearemanywaysofhelpinganxiouschildrencopewiththeirfearsandworries.Acarefa，tevaluationandspecifictreatmentplancanhelpthesechildrengetbackonthepathofnormaldevelopment.

　　51.Welearnfromthetextthatanxietyinafamilyatmosphereisoften________.

　　[A]analyzable

　　[B]unavoidable

　　[C]uncontrollable

　　[D]communicable

　　52.Peopleshouldseekprofessionalhelpwhenanxietybeginsto________.

　　[A]appearintheirkids

　　[B]affecttheirjudgments

　　[C]appearintheirfamilies

　　[D]affecttheirlifeactivities

　　53.Accordingtothetext.Mafiasufferedfromstressdisorderbecause_______.

　　[A]shewitnessedagunbattle

　　[B]shewaswoundedbyabullet

　　[C]sheworriedabouthermother

　　[D]shewasscaredofhercheckup

　　54.Mariawastakentohermother’sbedsideinthehospitalto_______.

　　[A]startherinitialtreatment

　　[B]keephermominhersight

　　[C]sleeptogetherwithhermom

　　[D]helpwithhermom’srecovery

　　55.Tohelpallanxiouskidout，itissuggestedto_______.

　　[A]toleratehisfearsandworries

　　[B]pointouthisnormalgrowpath

　　[C]puthiminaparticulartreatment

　　[D]askhimtomakeaself-evaluation

　　Text3

　　Lately，presidentsofsomeAmericanuniversitieshaveaddedinflationtotheirworrylist.Theyarenotconcemedaboutinflationofprices，butofacademicgrades.LarrySummers，presidentofHarvard.recentlycausedastormwhenhetoldoneoftheuniversity’sprofessorshedidn’tlikegradeinflation.

　　InsiderssaythatnearlyhalfthegradesHarvardawardshavelatelybeenAorAminus—alotmoremaninthel980s.Isthistrendabadthing，infact2Andisthisgradeinflationreally“inflation”?

　　Totakethesecondquestionfirst，theanswerisN0，notstricdyspeaking.”Inflation”ingradesoughttomeanthatworkofagivenstandardwouldbeawardedaneverhighergrade，yearbyyear.Thehighestpermissiblegradewouldthereforehavetokeeprisinginaceaselessprocesslonofnon-improvement.Becauseinrealitythetopgradeisfixed，theprocessisnotsomuchgradeinflationasgradecompression.Thisisworse：

adistortioninrelativepricesismoreconfusingthanauniformupwarddrift.Gradecompressionsqueezesinformationoutofthesystem.

　　Butisgradeinflationnecessarilyabadthing?

Theanswerdependsonwhoyouare.WhenstudentsleaveHarvard,theycarrygradesasasortofcurrency：

apocketfulofintellectualcapital，tobidforjobsorplacesingraduateschoolsagainstgraduatesfromotheruniversitieswithothercurrencies.Thesepositionsgotothosewhocanputthemostacademiccashonthetable。

Employersandgraduateschoolsmustdecideontheexchangerate,asitwere，betweenaHarvardCstudent

　　andanAstudentfromalessdistinguishedplace.

　　Again.overallgradeinflation-theuniformdevaluationofthestudents’capital-wouldbetelativelyeasytocopewith，workinginprincipleneithertotheadvantageordisadvantageofHarvard

　　graduates.Recruiters.inapositiontoseethemarketforgraduatesasawhole，wouldsimplyadjusttheirexchangerate.Compression，however，hasdistributionalconsequences.ThebestHarvardstudentsseetheirgradesdevaluedrelativetothoseofsecond.rateHarvardstudents.Thatisbadwithrespecttoencouragingstudentstoworkharder.

　　56.ThetexttalksabouttherecentstormconcerninggradeinflationinAmericanuniversitiesbyfocusingon_________.

　　[A]itscauses

　　[B]itsfeatures

　　[C]itsimpacts

　　[D]itspurposes

　　57.Inthewriter’sopinion，realgradeinflationcanoccurwhenthehighestpermissiblegrade_______

　　[A]israisedaccordingly

　　[B]iscautiouslygranted

　　[C]isstrictlyadministered

　　[D]islimitedappropriately

　　58.Thewriterthinksthatgradecompressioncharacterizes________.

　　[A]ajustpolicyinevaluation

　　[B]adistortedgradingsystem

　　[C]afixedcriterionfortheworkdone

　　[D]arelativedifferenceamongstudents

　　59.Asfarasjob—seekingisconcerned，Harvardgradeinflationwillbenefit________.

　　[A]itsbestgraduates

　　[B]itsordinarygraduates

　　[C]thejobrecruiters

　　[D]theschoolauthorities

　　60.WithgradeinflationgoingoninHarvard，itislikelythat________.

　　[A]itsbeststudentswilllacktheurgetomakeprogress

　　[B]itsrankingintheUSuniversitieswillgoingdown

　　[C]itsadvantageswillbeovertakenbyitsdisadvantages

　　[D]itssystemofschoolscoredistributionwillbeinchaos

　　PartB

　　Directions：

　　Readthetextsinwhichfivepeoplearecommentingonamagazinearticlecalled“TheGlobalFishCrisis”。

Forquestion61to65，matchthenameofeachperson（61to65）tooneofthestatements（AtoG）givenbelow.MarkyouranswersANSWERSHEET.

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