公共英语三级真题无听力.docx

1、公共英语三级真题无听力2011年03月公共英语三级真题(无听力)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 What might the house of the future be like? Grace can tell. More formally known as the Microsoft Home, her hi

2、gh-tech devices, along with (1) in design and construction, will change the (2) we think about our homes. You enter the house, and Graces (3) , coming from hidden speakers, passes on your messages. In the kitchen, you set a bag of flour on the intelligently (4) stone counter. Grace sees what youre (

3、5) , and projects a list of flour-based food on the counter. (6) you choose one, Grace repeats instructions for cooking. She (7) knows whats in the cupboard. The day when your house will be like a family member is not that far off. This (8) of seamless computing, in which technology is everywhere ye

4、t nowhere ( (9) when we want it), is emphasized in most future-home thinking. Microsoft, (10) , isnt the only one exploring (11) technology can make our homes more (12) and comfortable. At the Georgia Institute of Technology, scientists are (13) systems that will allow older people to continue livin

5、g (14) . So Grandmas home can be intelligently wired to (15) her patterns of wake, sleep and movement; family members would be (16) of any changes via computer. Does spying on Grandma sound (17) ? Director Beth Mynatt says A good bit of our (18) has been working on how to convey information without

6、(19) privacy. We also dont want to create (20) anxiety. Maybe she just took a quiet day to read, and the system would have to recognize that. ApromotionsBapplicationsCpracticesDadvances【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查名词词义辨析。promotion晋升，宣传；application应用，使用；practice实践，做法，惯例；advance改进，改善。此处意为设计和建筑的改进，所

7、以只有advance符合题意，故选D。第2题 AwayBmannerCstyleDscope【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查名词常用搭配。the way后接从句，表示的方式。其他选项没有这种用法。故选A。第3题 AimageBfigureCvoiceDsound【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查名词词词义辨析。image形象；figure身材；voice(特指某人的)声音；sound声音(泛指)故选C第4题 AdisposedBshapedCengineeredDconditioned【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析

8、】精析 本题考查动词辨析。dispose处理处置；shape使成为形状，塑造；engineer设计；condition调节。此处意为智能设计，故选C。第5题 AsayingBfeelingCsearchingDdoing【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查动词辨析。say说；feel感觉；search搜寻；do做。根据上下文可知，此处意为看到你正在做什么。故选D。第6题 ABeforeBOnceCSinceDUnless【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查连词辨析。before在之前；once 一旦；since自从以来；unless如果不

9、，除非。根据上下文可知，此处意为一旦选定一种食品，故选B。第7题 AevenBthusCyetDonly【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查副词词义辨析。even甚至；thus因此；yet然而；only仅仅，只。根据上下文可知，此处意为甚至知道碗柜里有什么。故选A。第8题 AhopeBpassionCfaithDnotion【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查名词词义辨析。hope希望；passion激情，热爱；faith信念；notion理念。根据上下文可知，此处意为电脑技术天衣无缝的理念。故选D。第9题 AperhapsBexcept

10、CprovidedDespecially【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查副词和连词词义辨析。perhaps也许；except除了；provided假如；especially尤其。根据上下文可知，此处意为电脑技术无处不在，却又不露痕迹(除了你想使用它的时候)。故选B。第10题 AthereforeBlikewiseChoweverDmoreover【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查连词词义辨析。therefore所以，likewise相似地，however然而，moreover此外，而且根据上下文可知，此处意为然而，微软并不是唯一一个

11、探索如何使用技术让我们的房子变得更加高效和舒适的公司。故选C。第11题 AhowBwhetherCwhatDwhy【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查连词辨析。how如何，可引导方式状语从句。whether是否，what什么，why为什么，常用于引导原因状语从句。根据上下文可知，此处意为如何使用技术让我们的房子变得更加高效和舒适。故选A。第12题 AfashionableBcomplicatedCefficientDattractive【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查形容词辨析。fashionable时髦的；complicated复杂

12、的；efficient高效的；attractive迷人的。根据上下文可知，此处是指让家庭变得更加高效。故选C。第13题 AdecoratingBdesigningCdeliveringDdebating【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查动词辨析。decorate装修；design设计；deliver投递；debate争论。根据上下文可知，此处是指科学家们正在设计一种使老年人能够独立生活的系统。故选B。第14题 AindependentlyBenthusiasticallyCcolorfullyDsatisfactorily【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分【答

13、案解析】精析 本题考查副词辨析。independently独立地；enthusiastically热情地；colourfully色彩鲜艳地；satisfactorily满意地。根据上下文可知，此处是指使老年人能够独立生活。故选A。第15题 AreceiveBrecognizeCrepresentDreview【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查动词辨析。receive收到；recognize识别；represent代表；review复习，审查。根据上下文可知，此处是指能够识别她睡觉、睡醒和运动的形态。故选B第16题 AwarnedBrelievedCadvisedD

14、informed【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查动词辨析。warn警告；relieve缓解；advise建议；inform通知。根据上下文可知，此处是指电脑将任何变化即使通知其家人。故选D。第17题 AinterestingBboringCdisturbingDappealing【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查形容词辨析。Interesting有趣的；boring无聊的；disturbing令人担忧的；appealing有趣的。根据上下文可知，此处是指成天监视着祖母是不是听起来非常令人不安。故选C。第18题 AanalysisBr

15、esearchCconcernDfocus【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查名词辨析。analysis分析；research研究；concern关心；focus焦点。根据上下文可知，此处是指我们很大一部分工作就是研究如何既能够传递信息又不会泄露隐私。故选B。第19题 AsacrificingBaffectingCpreventingDlosing【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查动词辨析。sacrifice牺牲；affect影响；prevent防止；lose失去。根据上下文可知，此处是指既能够传递信息又不会牺牲隐私。故选A。第20题

16、AunusualBunfortunateCuncertainDunnecessary【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】精析 本题考查形容词辨析。unusual非同寻常的；unfortunate不幸的；uncertain不确定的；unnecessary不必要的。根据上下文可知，此处是指我们也不想制造不必要的担忧。故选D。二、Reading Comprehension（共15小题,共30.0分）Read the following three textsAnswer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D 第1题 Wh

17、enever Catherine Brown, a 37-year-old journalist, and her friends, professionals in their 30s and early 40s, meet at a London caf, their favorite topic of conversation is relationships: mens reluctance to commit, womens independence, and when to have childrenor, increasingly, whether to have them at

18、 all. With the years passing my chances of having a child go down, but I wont marry anyone just to have a child, says Brown. To people like Brown, babies are greatif the timing is right. But theyre certainly not essential. In much of the world, having kids is no longer a given. Never before has chil

19、dlessness been an understandable decision for women and men in so many societies, says Frank Hakim at the London School of Economics. Young people are extending their child-free adulthood by postponing children until they are well into their 30s, or even 40s and beyond. A growing share are ending up

20、 with no children at all. Lifetime childlessness in western Germany has hit 30 percent among university-educated women, and is rapidly rising among lower-class men. In Britain, the number of women remaining childless has doubled in 20 years. The latest trend of childlessness does not follow historic

21、 patterns. For centuries it was not unusual for a quarter of European women to remain childless. But in the past, childlessness was usually the product of poverty or disaster, of missing men in times of war. Today the decision to haveor not havea child is the result of a complex combination of facto

22、rs, including relationships, career opportunities, lifestyle and economics. In some cases childlessness among women can be seen as a quiet form of protest. In Japan, support for working mothers hardly exists. Child care is expensive, men dont help out, and some companies strongly discourage mothers

23、from returning to work. In Japan, its career or child, says writer Kaori Haishi. Its not just women who are deciding against children; according to a recent study, Japanese men are even less inclined to marry or want a child. Their motivations, though, may have more to do with economic factors.Cathe

24、rine Brown and her friends feel that having children is not_.Atotally wiseBa huge problemCa rational choiceDabsolutely necessary【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：2.0分【答案解析】细节题。从文章第一段最后一句话“But they are certainly not essential”得知，但孩子肯定不是必须的。故选D。第2题 It can be inferred that, for many women, having babies nowadays is_.Aa h

25、ard commitmentBhelpful to their careerCessential for happinessDan understandable decision【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：2.0分【答案解析】精析 推理题。从文章中得知现代社会妇女生育是综合一系列因素之后做出的决定，是艰难的选择。故选A。第3题 In the old days, many women remained childless _.Aas a quiet form of protestBbecause of lack of supportCbecause of unfortunate circums

26、tancesDbecause they lacked social responsibility【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：2.0分【答案解析】精析 细节题。从文章第四段第三句话“But in the past，childlessness was usually the product of poverty or disaster，of missing men in times of war.”可以得知，过去妇女不育是由于一系列不幸的因素。故选C。第4题 We learn that childlessness at present _.Aaffects Europe more than it

27、 does AsiaBproduces more benefits than in the pastCis more a womans decision than a mansDis more complex in its cause than that in the past【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：2.0分【答案解析】精析 细节题。从文章第四段第四句话“a child is the result of a complex combination of factors”得知，不生孩子的原因比过去更复杂。故选D。第5题 According to the text, when a Japan

28、ese man decides not to have children, he probably feels unable to _.Ahelp with houseworkBafford to have a childCbe a responsible fatherDbalance work and family【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：2.0分【答案解析】精析 细节题。从文章第五段第三句话“Child care is expensive ,and men dont help out”得知，原因是财力无法承担。故选B。第6题 Top National Health Service (N

29、HS) nurses will be able to earn $ 40,000 a year without leaving frontline patient care in a modification to salary structures. New super nurse grades will be created to enable the best staff to increase their salaries without having to move into management desk jobs. Currently the most senior NHS nu

30、rses can earn a maximum $ 28,000 a year unless they are willing to withdraw from the frontline and become administrators. Hundreds of experienced and highly-qualified nurses are lost to patient care every year because of this oddity. While only a few thousand of Britains 332,000 NHS nurses will qualify for the $ 40,000-plus salary, fast-track promotion schemes and a simpler grading system will increase the pay of many more. The government announced that a new simplified career structure would see just fo