公共英语三级真题.docx

1、公共英语三级真题2007年09月公共英语三级真题一、Section Use of English（共20小题,共20.0分）Read the following text Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, Cot Don ANSWER SHEET 1 第1题 The American definition of success is largely one of acquiring wealth and a high material standard of living. It is n

2、ot surprising, (1) , that Americans have valued education for its monetary value. The belief is widespread in the United States (2) the more schooling people have, the more money they will (3) when they leave school. The belief is strongest (4) the desirability of an undergraduate university degree,

3、 or a (5) degree such as medicine or law (6) the undergraduate degree. The money value of graduate degrees in (7) such as art, history, or philosophy is not (8) great. This belief in the monetary value of education is (9) by research outcomes on income. Ben Wattenberg, a social scientist, estimates

4、that in the (10) of a lifetime a man (11) a college school diploma in 1972 could earn about $380,000 more than a man who (12) had a high school diploma. Perhaps this helps to explain survey (13) which showed that Americans who (14) they had lived their lives differently in some way regretted (15) of

5、 all that they did not get more education. The regret is (16) by those who have made (17) to the top and by those who have not. (18) a man like Douglas Fraser, the president of the United Auto Workers Union, a nationally known and successful leader, was (19) by regrets that he did not climb higher o

6、n the (20) ladder.AhoweverBthereforeCmoreoverDthough【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分第2题 AwhichBwhereCthatDwhen【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分第3题 AmakeBsaveCinvestDraise【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分第4题 AregardingBreflectingCrevealingDrepresenting【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分第5题 AtechnicalBvocationalChonorableDprofessional【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分第6题

7、AconcerningBfollowingCfinalizingDensuring【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分第7题 AbranchesBoccupationsCfieldsDclasses【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分第8题 AthusBmuchCasDyet【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分第9题 AsupportedBprovidedCcoveredDobtained【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分第10题 AperiodBdurationCcourseDlength【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分第11题 AofBwithCuponDfor【正确答案】

8、：B【本题分数】：1.0分第12题 AhardlyBonlyCreallyDreadily【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分第13题 AeffortsBobservationsCconsequencesDfindings【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分第14题 ArealizedBfoundCdiscoveredDwished【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分第15题 AleastBbestCmostDlast【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分第16题 AsharedBshownCconcernedDsuffered【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分第17题 AthemB

9、itCthemselvesDitself【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分第18题 AAsBForCSuchDEven【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分第19题 AthreatenedBrejectedCrestrictedDtroubled【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分第20题 AeducationalBpoliticalCcommercialDsocial【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分二、Reading Comprehension（共15小题,共30.0分）Read the following three textsAnswer the questions on e

10、ach text by choosing A, B, C or D 第1题 During the past fifteen years a great deal of attention has been given to letting it all hang out. My impression is that this over-zealous devotion to speaking ones mind has more often led to hurt feelings and mined relationships than to great joy and fulfillmen

11、t. I think we generally agree that holding in real feelings and never expressing less-than-lovely thoughts about each other hardly lead to constructive communication. Its a great relief to allow ourselves the luxury of admitting our human weaknesses and pursuing more honest relationships with others

12、. But we need to strike a balance between telling it all and telling nothing. Recently I received a letter from a mother who had been persuaded by her troubled twenty-five-year-old son to attend a weekend troth marathon with him. Under pressure from the group, her defenses collapsed and she heard he

13、rself telling her son for the first time that he had been an accidentthat she hadnt been planning to have a child. He in turn told her that he couldnt recall a single day in his childhood that hed been happy. At that time, this woman wrote, it seemed helpful. We cried and we made up; I thought telli

14、ng the truth had been good for us. But the trouble is, it wasnt the whole truth. By the time Tommy was born, I did want him, and at times he was happy. Ever since that day, weve both been disturbed by some terrible feelings we shared. I must admit weve come to the conclusion that some things are bet

15、ter left unsaid. Honesty is a fine policy as long as we know what the truth really isbut most of the time we dont. Its a fine goal to encourage children to express their real feelings. But we need a new sense of balance. Telling it all is not a cure-all for every problem nor even an end in itself. Its useful and freeing under some