公共英语三级考前冲刺试题二.docx

1、公共英语三级考前冲刺试题二公共英语三级考前冲刺试题(二)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 Before the 20th century the horse provided day to day transportaition in the United States. Trains were used only

2、 for long distance transportation. Today the car is the most popular (1) of transportation in all of the United States. It has completely (2) the horse as a means f everyday transportation. Americans use their car for (3) 90 percent of personal (4) Most Americans are able to (5) cars. The average pr

3、ice of a (6) made car was 2, 050 in 1950, 2, 740 (7) 1975. During this period American car manufacturers set about (8) their products and work efficiency. As a result, the yearly income of the (9) family increased from 1950 to 1975 (10) than the price of cars. For this reason (11) a new car takes a

4、smaller (12) of a familys total earnings today. In 1951 (13) it took 8 months of an average familys (14) to buy a new car. In 1962 a new car (15) 8.3 of a familys annual earnings. By 1975 it only took 4.75 (16) income. In addition, the 1975 cars were technically (17) to models from previous years. T

5、he (18) of the automobile extends throughout the economy (19) the car is so important to Americans. Americans spend more money to (20) their cars running than on any other item.AkindsBsortCmeanDtypes【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分第2题 AdeniedBreproducedCreplacedDreduced【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分第3题 AhardlyBnearlyCcerta

6、inlyDsomehow【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分第4题 AtripBworksCbusinessDtravel【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分第5题 AbuyBsellCraceDsee【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分第6题 AquicklyBregularlyCrapidlyDrecently【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分第7题 AonBinCbehindDabout【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分第8题 AraisingBmakingCreducingDimproving【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分第9题 AunusualBinterest

7、edCaverageDbiggest【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分第10题 AslowestBequalCfasterDless than【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分第11题 AbringingBobtainCboughtDpurchasing【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分第12题 ApartBhalfCnumberDside【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分第13题 AclearlyBproportionatelyCpercentageDsuddenly【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分第14题 AincomeBworkCplansDdebts【正确答案】：

8、A【本题分数】：1.0分第15题 AusedBspentCcostDneeded【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分第16题 AmonthsBdollarsCfamilyDyear【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：1.0分第17题 AfamousBsuperiorCfasterDpurchasing【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分第18题 ArunningBnoticeCinfluenceDdiscussion【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分第19题 AthenBasCsoDwhich【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分第20题 AstartBleaveCkeepDrepair【正

9、确答案】：C【本题分数】：1.0分二、Reading Comprehension（共10小题,共20.0分）Read the following three textsAnswer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D 第1题 In November 1965, New York was blacked out by an electricity failure. The authorities promised that it would not happen again. Pessimists were certain th

10、at it would occur again within five years at the latest. In July 1977, there was a repeat performance which produced varying degrees of chaos throughout the city of eight million people. In 1965, the failure occurred in the cool autumn and at a time of comparative prosperity. In 1977, the disaster w

11、as much more serious because it came when unemployment was high and the city was suffering from one of its worst beat waves. In 1965, there was little crime or looting during the darkness, and fewer than a hundred people were arrested. In 1977, hundreds of stores were broken into and looted. Looters

12、 smashed shop windows and helped themselves to jewelry, clothes or television sets. Nearly 4,000 people were arrested but far more disappeared into the darkness of the night. The number of policemen available was quite inadequate and they wisely refrained from using their guns against mobs which far

13、 outnumbered them and included armed men. Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windows. Banks and most businesses remained closed the next day. The black-out started at 9:30 p.m., when lightning hit and knocked out vital cables. Many stores were thus caught by surprise. T

14、he vast majority of New Yorkers, however, were not involved in looting. They helped strangers, distributed candles and batteries, and tried to survive in a nightmare world without traffic lights, refrigerators, elevators, water and electrical power. For twenty-four hours, New York realized how helpless it was without electricity.Look at the first paragraph. Who were right: The authorities or the pessimists?AThe authorities.BThe pessimists.CBoth.DNeither.【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：2.0分第2题 In what way was the blackout of 1977 not really a repeat performance?AThere was much more disorder.BThis t