公共英语三级试题.docx

1、公共英语三级试题SECTION I Listening Comprehension(25minutes)Directions： This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken EnglishYou will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany themThere are two parts in this section，Part A and Part BRemember

2、，while you are doing the test，you should first put down your answers in your test book letAt the end of the listening comprehension sectionyou will have 3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1If you have any questionsyou may raise your hand now you will not be all

3、owed to speak once the test has startedNow look at Part A in your test bookletPart ADirections：You will hear lo short dialoguesFor each dialogue，there is one question and four possible answersChoose the correct answerA，B，C or D，and mark it in your test bookletYou will have 15 seconds to answer the q

4、uestion and you will hear each dialogue only once1What will the man buy for his fathers birthday?AA tie BA shirt CA book DA wallet2What do we know about Ted?AHe is a history teacher BHe is a geography teacherCHe is the womans neighbor DHe is the womans colleague3What does the woman suggest the man s

5、hould do?AHave a healthy diet BGet rid of his angerCStop asking questions DKeep his feelings back4What do we know about the cheese?AIt is on the shelf BIt is too expensiveCIt is in short supply DIt is no longer flesh5What does the man ask the woman to do?AAnswer the phone for himBAsk MrMiller to pho

6、ne laterCAsk MrMiller to hold on a momentDTell MrMiller he will phone back later6Why is the woman in London?AShe is on holidayBShe is on a business tripCShe is working for a company thereDShe wants to establish a company there7What do we learn about the womans sister from the dialogue?AShe likes wat

7、ching football gamesBShe is a fan of a local football teamCShe is a keen football player herselfDShe likes the local women football players8What happened to the woman yesterday?AShe was almost cheated by a telephone callBShe got a phone call from a special numberCShe was overcharged by the phone com

8、panyDShe prepared for her vacation with her friend9Why does the man recommend rowing?AIt requires few professional skillsBIt exercises many parts of the bodyCIt is a new item of fitness programsDIt is popular with most club members10What do we know about the company?AIt needs new employees badlyBIt

9、gives quick responses routinelyCIt is a newly established businessDIt is very cautious in decision。makingPart BDirections：You will hear four dialogues or monologuesBefore listening to each one，you will have 5seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it.While listening,answer each questio

10、n by choosing A，B，C or DAfter listening，you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each questionYou will hear the recording only onceQuestions1113 are based on a conversation between a woman and her neighbor11What does the woman want the man to do for her?ADeliver her package BSign for her pac

11、kageCFind the property manager DTalk to the property manager12How long has the man lived in the apartment?ATwo days BOne weekCSix months DOne year13What problem does the woman have?AShe has run out of flour for baking cakesBShe is ignorant of how to operate the stoveCSomething is going wrong with he

12、r stoveDSomething is going wrong with her timerQuestions1417 are based on the following conversation between a man and woman about taking a vacation14What does the man think of Curacao?AIt is difficult to reach BIt is a tourist paradiseCIt is a perfect place for sports DIt is an ordinary tropical is

13、land15Why does the woman hesitate to make her decision to go to Curacao?AShe thinks it is too farBShe thinks it is too crowdedCIt is not safe to go thereDIt is not the right time to go there16What is the woman probably going to do?APack up for the trip BMake her reservationsCBook her airline ticket

14、DContact her travel agent17Who is the woman talking to?AHer friend BHer husbandCHer travel agent DHer health advisorQuestions1821 are based on the following conversation about renting handba918Why does the woman want to buy a handbag?ATo celebrate her birthdayBTo carry it on her weddingCTo give it t

15、o Mary as a giftDTo attend Marys wedding with it19What do we learn about Handbag Hire?AIt is the largest handbag dealerBIt is a famous handbag companyCIt designs expensive handbagsDIt specializes in renting handbags20How will the woman place her order?ABy post BIn person CBy telephone DOn the Intern

16、et21How many days will the woman have to wait for her order?A2 B3 C 4 D5Questions2225 are based on the following conversation on communication22What does the man think of good communication?AIt stops people from hurting each otherBIt brings glory to ones careerCIt improves many situationsDIt solves

17、all problems23How does the man describe himself?AIll-tempered BAgreeable CDecisive DNatural24What is necessary for a large group to make a final decision?AConsulting with other groupsBLetting everyone have his sayCGoing through a voting processDReviewing past business activities25What does one have

18、to do to be successful in business?AGet help from other group membersBHave the patience to talk with peopleCStop seeing the world in twisted waysDShare their achieved results with othersYou have3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET lThat is the end of Listening Co

19、mprehensionSECTION Use of English(15minutes) Directions：Read the following textChoose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A，B，C，or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.Bluejeans are probably the single most representative article of American clothingThey were originally 26by Jacob Davis，a tailor

20、 from Nevada， 27，together with dry-goods sales man Levi Strauss，patented the idea as 28clothing for miners in l873Blue jeans，also 29as work clothing，spread among workers of all kinds in the late l9th and early 20th centuries， 30among cowboys，farmers，loggers，and railroad workersDuring the 1950s， 31Ma

21、rion Brando and James Dean made blue jeans 32 by wearing them in movies，and jeans be。came part of the 33of teenagersrebellingIn the l960sand 1970s，this fashion statement exploded as Levis 34a fundamental part of the youth 35 focused on both civil rights and antiwar protests 36the late1970s，almost ev

22、eryone in the United States wore blue jean, 37youths all around the world sought after them 38designers began to create more complicated 39of blue jeans and to 40 their fit，jeans began to express the American emphasis 41informality and the importance of detailBy stressing the right label and 42the r

23、ight look，blue jeans， 43their worker origins，satirically。Represented the status consciousness of American fashion and the 44to get close to the 45fashionIn 1971，Levi StraussCoreceived the Coty Fashion CriticsAward，the highest award of the American fashion industry26Ainvented Bintroduced Cdeveloped D

24、delivered27Awhich Bwhere Cthat Dwho28Acustom-made Blong-wearing Cwell-tailored Dnice-looking29Arealized Baccepted Cknown Didentified30Aespecially Bnormally Cobviously Dexclusively31Acowboys Bactors Cwriters Ddirectors32Aeconomical Btypical Cfashionable Dvaluable33Aimage Bfigure Cpicture Dcharacter34

25、Atook Bplayed Chad Dbecame35Acharacter Bculture Canxiety Deducation36ABefore BSince CBy DTill37Aand Bso Cthen Dfor38AAlthough BUntil CAs DWhereas39Astyles Bexamples Csizes Dmaterials40Acreate Badjust Cdetermine Dpursue41Aabout Bin Cof Don42Amaintaining Bimproving Cexpressing Dachieving43Abesides Bde

26、spite Cexcept Dfrom44Aanxiety Beagerness Cambition Dpromise45Atemporary Bgrand Cbrightest DlatestSECTION III Reading Comprehension(40minutes)Part ADirectionsRead the following three textsAnswer the questions on each text by choosing A，B，C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET。Text 1 Back in the ear

27、ly 1990s，I knew little about computers beyond what it took to get through a working dayBut heres what I did know：something huge was happeningIt was stirring economies and imaginations and possibilities like nothing I had ever knownI knew the world was changing in ways that meant I shouldnt count on

28、old assumptionsAnd I knew I had dreams I still hadnt fulfilled.But I didnt knowhow to realize them until I met with my old friend，Rollys Rouse，when we happened to move into the same neighborhoodRolly often called me with a stream of ideasHis rate of idea production per second seemed al- most incredi

29、bleSoon we were on the phone with each other every dayTalking about the InternetTalMng about starting a new online company-maybe together He was then developing a plan and he wanted me to be a part of it：we would give people wonderful，whole electronic houses on a CD-ROM and let them modify those homes to their own needsTry out different windows and doors，different paint colors and furnishingsWhen they were satisfied，we would e