2004年6月大学英语三级B真题及答案
大学英语四级考试2024年6月真题(第一套)及答案解析
大学英语四级考试2024年6月真题(第一套)Part I Writing(30minutes) Directions:Suppose your university is seeking students'opinions on whether university libraries should be open to the public.You are now to write an essay to express your view.You will have30minutesfor the task.You should write at least120words but no more than180words.PartⅡListening Comprehension(25minutes) Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear three news reports.At the end ofeach news report,you will hear two or three questions.Both the news report and the questions will bespoken only once.Afier you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet1with a single line through the centre.Questions1and2are based on the news report you have just heard.1.A)Due to a fire alarm in their apartments.B)Because of the smoke and heat damage2.A)Investigating the cause of the incident.B)Helping search for the suspect of the crime.C)Due to the water used to extinguish the flames.D)Becauseof the collapse of the three-story building.C)Rescuing the businessmen trapped in the building.D)Checking town records for the property developer.Questions3and4are based on the news report you have just heard.3.A)It plays a less important role in one's health than nutrient intake.B)It impacts people's health to a lesser degree than sun exposure.C)It is associated with people's mental health conditionsD)It is linked with older adults'symptoms ofdepression4.A)It was indefinite C)It was straightforward.B)It was systematic.D)It was insignificant. Questions5to7are based on the news report you have just heard.5.A)It has helped solve several murder cases.B)It has become a star police dog in Beijing6.A)To speed up investigation into criminal cases.B)To test the feasibility of cloning technology.7.A)Cloning is too complicated a processB)The technology is yet to be accepted C)It has surpassed its mother in performance.D)It has done better than naturally born dogs.C)To cut down training expensesD)To reduce their training time.C)Cloning is ethically controversial.D)The technology is too expensive.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end ofeach conversation,you will hear four questions.Both the conversation and the questions will bespoken only once.After you hear a question,you1·2024年6月四级真题(第一套)·must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.Questions8to11are based on the conversation you have just heard.8.A)He read it somewhere online.B)He heard about it from a coworker.9.A)His publications.B)His first book.10.A)Collect a lot more data.B)Relax a bit less often.11.A)Find out the show's most interesting episodesB)Watch the series together with the woman.C)He read an article reviewing it.D)He watched a TV series based on it.C)His addressD)His name.C)Clarify many new conceptsD)Read more reference books.C)Get an e-Copy of the book to read.D)Check to see when the show starts.Questions12to15are based on the conversation you have just heard.12.A)To check the prices of his farm produce.B)To ask the way to the Newcastle City Hall.13.A)Bakers.B)Vendors14.A)The issuing of certificates to vendors.B)The completion of the baking task.15.A)The closing date of submission.C)To inquire about the vegetarian food festival.D)To seekthe man's help with her work on the farm.C)Vegetarians.D)OrganisersC)The festival they are organising.D)The deadline for application.C)The details of the ceremonyB)The website of his company.D)The organiser'saddressSection CDirections:In this section,you will hearthre passages.At the end ofeach passage,you will hear three or four questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.Afteryou hear a question,you must choose the bestanswer from the four choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centreQuestions16to18are based on the passage you havejust heard.16.A)Most scenic sites have been closed.B)Access to official campsites is limited17.A)It is strongly opposed by nearby residentsB)It leads to much waste of public money18.A)Look for open land in ScotlandB)Leave no trace of their camping C)Health experts advise going outdoors.D)People have more time during the summer.C)It has caused environmental concernsD)It has created conflicts among campers.C)Avoid getting close to wilderness.D)Ask for permission from authorities.Questions19to21are based on the passage you have just heard.19.A)They outcompete mythical creatures.B)They usually mind their own business.·2024年6月四级真题(第一套)·C)They truly exist in the AmazonregionD)They resemble alarmingly large snakes 220.A)Scar tissue from dolphins'fighting.B)Skin infection from water pollution.21.A)It has been shrinking at an astonishing pace.C)Unhealed wounds from snake bites.D)Swimming along in seasonal floods.B)It has been placed under international protection.C)It has been appealing to both freshwater and sea dolphinsD)It has been abandoned as a battleground for male dolphins.Questions22to25are based on the passageyou have just heard.22.A)About58%of young adults call parental support the new normal.B)Most adult children enjoy increasing sources of financial supportC)A full70%of the young adults cannot afford to buy a car by themselves.D)Most early adults cannot sustain their lifestyles without parental support23.A)It renders them dependent.C)It makes them mentally immature.B)It causes them to lose dignity.D)It hinders them from getting ahead.24.A)It challenges one's willpower C)It calls for due assistance.B)It results from education.D)It defines adulthood.25.A)Current lifestyles C)College loansB)Poor budgeting.D)Emergency expensesPartⅢReading Comprehension(40minutes) Section ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one wordfor each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter:Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.It's well known that physical exercise is beneficial not just to physical health but also to mental health.Yet whereas most countries have26evidence-backed guidelines on the type and intensity of exercise27for various physical health benefits,such guidelines do not yet exist for exercise and mood. This is28due to a lack of necessary evidence.However,a new systematic review brings us usefully up-to-date on the current findings in this area.Before29into some of the key take-aways,an important30made in the review is between aerobic exercise and anaerobic.The former31such things as walking,jogging and cycling and means exercising in such a way that your body is able to use oxygen to burn fat for energy.In contrast,anaerobic exercise—such as lifting heavy weights—is of such32intensity that your body does not have time to use oxygen to create energy and so instead it breaksdown glucose(葡萄糖)in your blood or muscles.Beginning first with the influence of exercise intensity on the mood benefits of aerobic exercise,the researchers,led by John Chan at Shenzhen University,found33resultsfrom19relevant studies.Some3·2024年6月四级真题(第一套)·favoured higher intensity,others low,while seven studies found that intensity made no34_to mood benefits.In relation to the intensity of anaerobic exercise,however,the results were far clearer—the optimum (最佳选择)for improving mood is35intensity,perhaps because low intensity is too dull while high intensity is too unpleasantA)constitutesB)contradictoryC)decisionD)detailedE)differenceF)dippingG)distinctionH)falling I)involves J)moderate K)notified L)partlyM)required N)traditionally O)vigorousSection BDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by markingthe corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2.Why DoAmericans Work So Much?A)How will we all keep busy when we only have to work15hours a week?That was the question that worriedthe British economist John Maynard Keynes when he wrote his short essay“Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren”in1930.Over the next century,he predicted,the economy would become so productive that people would barely need to work at all.For a while,it looked like Keynes was right.In1930the average working week was47hours in the United States.But by1970,the number of hours Americans worked on average had fallen to slightly less than39.B)But then something changed.Instead of continuing to decline,the duration of the working week remainedstable.It has stayed at just below40hours for nearly five decades.So what happened?Why are people working just as much today as in1970?C)There would be no mystery in this if Keynes had been wrong about the power of technology to increase theeconomy's productivity,which he thought would lead to a standard of living“between four and eight times as high as it is today.”But Keynes got that right:Technology has made the economy massively more productive.According to Benjamin M.Friedman,an economistat Harvard,the U.S.economy is right ontrack to reach Keynes's eight-fold(八倍)multiple by2029.That is a century after the last data Keynes wouldhave had access to.D)In a new paper,Friedman tries to figure out why that increased productivity has not translated into increasedleisure time.Perhaps people just never feel materially satisfied,always wanting more money to buy the next ·2024年6月四级真题(第一套)·4new thing.This is a theory that appeals to many economists.“This argument is,at best,far from sufficient,”he writes.If that were the case,why did the duration of the working week decline in the first place?E)Another theory Friedman considers is that,in an era of ever fewer settings that provide effectiveopportunitiesfor personal connections and relationships,people may place more value on the socializing that happens at work.There is support for this theory.Many people today consider colleagues as friends.But Friedman argues that the evidence for this theory is far from conclusive.Many workers report that they would like to spend more time with family,rather than at work.Furthermore,this theory cannot explain the change in trend in the U.S.working week in the1970s.F)A third possibility proves more convincing for Friedman.That is:American inequality means that the gainsof increasing productivity are not widely shared by everyone.In other words,most Americans are too poor to work less.Unlike the other two explanations Friedman considers,this one fits chronologically(按年代).Inequality declined in America during the period following World War II,along with the duration of the working week.But since the early1970s it has risen dramatically.G)Keynes's prediction of a shorter working week rests on the idea that the standard of living would continuerising for everyone.But Friedman says that this is not what has happened.Although Keynes's eight-fold figure holds up for the economy as a whole,it is not at all the case for the median(中位数的)American worker.For them,output by2029is likely to be around3.5times what it was when Keynes was writing.This is a bit below his four-to eight-fold predicted rangeH)This can be seen in the median worker's income over this time period,complete with a shift in1973that fitsin precisely with when the working week stopped shrinking.According to Friedman,between1947and1973 the average hourly wage for normal workers(those who were not in management roles)in private industries other than agriculture nearly doubled in terms of what their money could buy.But by2013the average hourly wage for ordinary workers had fallen5percent from the1973level in terms of actual purchasing power.Thus,though American incomes may have gone up since1973,the amount that American workers can actually buy with their money has gone down.For most Americans,then,the magic of increasing productivity stopped working around1973.Thus,they had to keep working just as much in order to maintain their standard of livingI)What Keynes predicted was a very optimistic version of what economists call technological unemployment.This is the idea that less labor will be necessary because machines can do somuch.In Keynes's vision,the resulting unemployment would be distributed more or less evenly across society in the form of increased leisure.But Friedman says that,for Americans,reality is much darker.Americans now have a labor market in which millions of people—those with fewer skills and less education—are seeking whatever poorly paid work they can get.This is confirmed by a recent poll that found that,for half of hourly workers,their top concern is not that they work too much but that they work too little.This is most likely not because they like their jobs so much.Rather,we can assume it is because they need the money.J)This explanation leaves an important question.If the very rich—the workers who have reaped above-average gains from the increased productivity since Keynes's time—can afford to work less,why do they continue to work so much?(Indeed,research has shown that the highest earners in America tend to work the most.)5·2024年6月四级真题(第一套)·Friedman believes that for many top earners,work is a labor of love.They are doing work they care about and are interested in,and doing more of it is not necessarily a burden.For them,it may even be a pleasure.These top earners derive meaning from their jobs and work is an important part of how they think of themselves.And,of course,they are compensated for it at a level that makes it worth their while.K)Friedman concludes that the prosperity(繁荣)Keynes predicted is here.After all,the economy as a whole has grown even more brilliantly than he expected.But for most Americans,that prosperity is nowhere to be seen.And,as a result,neither are those shorter working weeks.36.Some people view socializing at the workplace as a chance to develop personal relationships.37.As ordinary American workers'average hourly pay had decreased despite increasing productivity,they had towork just as manyhours as before to keep their living standards.38.American workers'average weekly workingtime has not changed for nearly half a century.39.Friedman believes inequality in the rgely explains why increasing productivity has not resulted inreduced working hours.40.Many economists assume people's thirst for material things has prevented them from enjoying more leisuretime.41.An economist'sprediction about a shorter average working week seemed to be correct for a time in the20thcentury.42.In the bor market,the primary concern of people with less schooling and fewer skills is to secure anyemployment even if it is low-paid.43.Keynes was right in predicting that technology would make the economy much more productive.44.Many of the highest earners have a keen interest in and love for what they are doing45.According to Keynes,there would be a shorter working week with everyone's standard of living continuingtorise.Section CDirections:There are2passages in this section.Eachpassage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C)and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions46to50are based on the following passage.Lao Zi once said,“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”People-pleasing,or seeking self-worth through others'approval,is unproductive and an exhausting way to go through life.Why do we allow what others think of us to have so much power over how we feel about ourselves?If it's true that you can't please all people all of the time,wouldn't it make sense to stop trying?Unfortunately,sense often isn't driving our behavior.For social beings who desire love and belonging, wanting to be liked,and caring about the effect we have on others,is healthy and allows us to make connections.·2024年6月四级真题(第一套)·6However,where we get into trouble is when our self-worth is dependent upon whether we win someone's approval or not.This need to be liked can be traced back to when we were children and werecompletely dependent on others to take care of us:Small children are not just learning how to walk and communicate,they are alsotrying to learn how the world works.We learn about who we are and what is expected of us based on interactions with others so,to a four-year-old,if Mommy or Daddy doesn't like him or her,there is the danger that they will abandon them.We need to understand that when we desperately want someone to approveof us,it's being driven by that little kid part of us that is still terrified of abandonment.As you become more capable of providing yourself with the approval you seek,your need for external validation will start to vanish,leaving you stronger,more confident,and yes,happier in your life.Imagine how much time we lose each moment we restrainour authentic selves in an effort to be liked.If we base our worth on the opinions of others,we cheat ourselves of the power to shape our experiences and embrace life not only for others but also for ourselves,becauseultimately,there is no difference.So embrace the cliché(老话)and loveyourself as it's highly doubtful that you'll regret it.46.What can we conclude from Lao Zi's quotation?A)We should seethrough otherpeople's attempt to make a prisonerof us.B)We can never really please other people even if we try as hard as we can.C)We can never be truly free if taking to heart others'opinion of us.D)We should care about other people's view as much as they care about our own.47.What will happen if we base our self-worth on other people's approval?A)Our desire to be loved will be fulfilled.C)Our identity as social beings will be affected.B)Our life will be unfruitful and exhausting D)Our sense of self will be sharpened and enhanced.48.What may account for our need to be liked or approved of?A)Our desperate longing for interactions with others.C)Our knowledge about the pain of abandonment.B)Our understanding of the workings of the world.D)Our early childhood fear of being deserted.49.What can we do when we become better able to provide ourselves with the desired approval?A)Enjoy a happier life.C)Receive more external validation.B)Exercise self-restraint.D)Strengthen our power of imagination.50.What does the author advise us to do in the last paragraph?A)Embrace life for ourselves and for others.C)See our experiencesas assets.B)Base our worth on others'opinions.D)Love ourselves as we arePassage TwoQuestions51to55are based on the following passage.Some people have said aging is more a slide into forgetfulness than a journey towards wisdom.However,a growing body of research suggests that late-in-life learning is possible.In reality,education does an aging brain good.7·2024年6月四级真题(第一套)·Throughout life,people's brains constantly renovate themselves.In the late1960s,British brain scientist Geoffrey Raisman spied growth in damaged brain regions ofrats through an electron microscope; their brains were forging new connections.This meant brains may change every time a person learns something new.Of course,that doesn't mean the brain isn't affected by the effects of time.Just as height usually declines over the years,so does brain volume:Humans lose about4percent every decade starting in their40s.But that reduction doesn't necessarily make people think slower;as long as we are alive and functioning,we can alter our brains with new information and experiences.In fact,scientists now suspect accumulating novel experiences,facts,and skills can keep people's minds more flexible.New pathways can strengthen our ever-changing mental structure,even as the brain shrinks.Conventional fixes like word puzzles and brain-training apps can contribute to mental durability.Even something as simple as taking a different route to the grocery store or going somewhere new on vacation can keep the brain healthy.A desire for new life challenges can further boost brainpower.Research about aging adults who take on new enterprises shows improved function and memory as well as a reduced risk of mental disease.Openness—a characteristic defined by curiosity and a desire for knowledge—may also help folks pass brain tests.Some folks are born with this take-in-the-world atitude,but those who aren't as genetically gifted aren't necessarily out of luck.While genes can encourage an interest in doing new things,a2012study in the journal Psychology and Aging found completing reasoning tasks like puzzles and number games can enhance that desire for novel experiences,which can,in turn,refresh the brain.That's why brain scientist Richard Kennedy says“It's not that old dogs can't learn new tricks.It's that maybe old dogs don't realize why they should.”51.What do some people think of aging adults?A)Their wisdom grows as time goes by.C)They can benefit from late-in-life learning.B)Their memory gradually deteriorates D)They are likely to have mental health issues.52.What can we conclude from Geoffrey Raisman's finding?A)Brain damage seriously hinders one'slearning.C)Brains can refresh and improve with learning.B)Brain power weakens slower than we imagine D)Brains forge connections under new conditions53.What is one thing that helps maintain the health of our brain even as it shrinks?A)Doing daily routines by conventional means.C)Imitating old dogs'way of learning new tricksB)Avoiding worrying about our mental durability.D)Approaching everyday tasks in novel ways.54.What does the author say can contribute to the improvement of brain function?A)Being curious and desiring knowledge.C)Rising to life's challenges and avoiding risks.B)Being eager to pass brain tests at an old age.D)Boosting immunity to serious mental diseases55.What is the finding of the2012study in the journal Psychology and Aging?A)Wishing to solve puzzles enhances one's reasoning power.B)Playingnumber games unexpectedly stimulates one's memory.·2024年6月四级真题(第一套)·8C)Desiring new experiences can help to renovate thebrain.D)Learning new tricks shouldnot beconfined to old dogs only.Part IV Translation(30minutes) Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on AnswerSheet2.四合院(siheyuan)是中国一种传统的住宅建筑，其特点是房屋建造在一个院子的四周，将院子合围在中间。
2004年6月大学英语四级真题及参考答案
2004年6月四级试题Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Passage OneQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.A is for always getting to work on time.B is for being extremely busy.C is for the conscientious (勤勤恳恳的) way you do your job.You may be all these things at the office, and more. But when it comes to getting ahead, experts say, the ABCs of business should include a P, for politics, as in office politics.Dale Carnegie suggested as much more than 50 years ago hard w ork alone doesn’t ensure career advancement. You have to be able to sell yourself and your ideas, both publicly and behind the scenes. Yet, despite the obvious rewards of engaging in office politics—a better job, a raise, praise—many people are still unable—or unwilling—to play the game.People assume that office politics involves some manipulative (工于心计的) behavior, says Deborah Comer, an assistant professor of management at Hofstra University. But politics derives from the word “polite”. It can mean lobbying and forming associations. It can mean being kind and helpful, or even trying to please your superior, and then expecting something in return.In fact, today, experts define office politics as proper behavior used to pursue one’s own self-interest in the workplace. In many cases, this involves some form of socializing within the office environment—not just in large companies, but in small workplaces as well.The first thing people are usually judged on is their ability to perform well on a consistent basis, says Neil P. Lewis, a management psychologist. But if two or three candidates are up for a promotion, each of whom has reasonably similar ability, a manager is going to promote the person he or she likes best. It’s simple human nature.Yet, psychologists say, many employees and employers have trouble with the concept of politics in the office. Some people, they say, have an idealistic vision of work and what it takes to succeed. Still others associate politics with flattery (奉承), fearful that, if they speak up for themselves, they may appear to be flattering their boss for favors.Experts suggest altering this negative picture by recognizing the need for some self-promotion.11. Office politics (Line 2, Para. 4) is used in the passage to refer to ________.A) the code of behavior for company staffB) the political views and beliefs of office workersC) the interpersonal relationships within a companyD) the various qualities required for a successful career12. To get promoted, one must not only be competent but ______.A) give his boss a good impressionB) honest and loyal to his companyC) get along well with his colleaguesD) avoid being too outstanding13. Why are many people unwilling to “play the game” (Line 4, Para. 5) ?A) They believe that doing so is impractical.B) They feel that such behavior is unprincipled.C) They are not good at manipulating colleagues.D) They think the effort will get them nowhere.14. The author considers office politics to be ________.A) unwelcome at the workplaceB) bad for interpersonal relationshipsC) indispensable to the development of company cultureD) an important factor for personal advancement15. It is the author’s view that __________.A) speaking up for oneself is part of human natureB) self-promotion does not necessarily mean flatteryC) hard work contributes very little to one’s promotionD) many employees fail to recognize the need of flatteryPassage TwoQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.As soon as it was revealed that a reporter for Progressive magazine had discovered how to make a hydrogen bomb, a group of firearm (火器) fans formed the National Hydrogen Bomb Association, and they are now lobbying against any legislation to stop Americans from owning one.The Constitution, said the association’s spokesman, gives everyone the right to own arms. It doesn’t spell out what kind of arms. But since anyone can now make a hydrogen bomb, the public should be able to buy it to protect themselves.Don’t you think it’s dangerous to have one in the house, particularly where there are children around?The National Hydrogen Bomb Association hopes to educate people in the safe handling of this type of weapon. We are instructing owners to keep the bomb in a locked cabinet and the fuse (导火索) separately in a drawer.Some people consider the hydrogen bomb a very fatal weapon which could kill somebody.The spokesman said, Hydrogen bombs don’t kill people—people kill people. The bomb is for self-protection and it also has a deterrent effect. If somebody knows you have a nuclear weapon in your house, they’re going to think twice about breaking in.But those who want to ban the bomb for American citizens claim that if you have one locked in the cabinet, with the fuse in a drawer, you would never be able to assemble it in time to stop an intruder (侵入者).Another argument against allowing people to own a bomb is that at the moment it is very expensive to build one. So what your association is backing is a program which would allow the middle and upper classes to acquire a bomb while poor people will be left defenseless with just handguns. 16. According to the passage, some people started a national association so as to ______.A) block any legislation to ban the private possession of the bombB) coordinate the mass production of the destructive weaponC) instruct people how to keep the bomb safe at homeD) promote the large-scale sale of this newly invented weapon17. Some people oppose the ownership of H-bombs by individuals on the grounds that _____.A) the size of the bomb makes it difficult to keep in a drawerB) most people don’t know how to handle the weaponC) people’s lives will be threatened by the weaponD) they may fall into the hands of criminals18. By saying that the bomb also has a deterrent effect the spokesman means that it _____.A) will frighten away any possible intrudersB) can show the special status of its ownersC) will threaten the safety of the owners as well2D) can kill those entering others’ houses by force19. According to the passage, opponents of the private ownership of H-bombs are very much worried that_____.A) the influence of the association is too powerful for the less privileged to overcomeB) poorly-educated Americans will find it difficult to make use of the weaponC) the wide use of the weapon will push up living expenses tremendouslyD) the cost of the weapon will put citizens on an unequal basis20. From the tone of the passage we know that the author is _______.A) doubtful about the necessity of keeping H-bombs at home for safetyB) unhappy with those who vote ;against the ownership of H-bombsC) not serious about the private ownership of H-bombsD) concerned about the spread of nuclear weaponsPassage ThreeQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Sign has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are unique—a speech of the hand. They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific controversy whether language, complete with grammar, is something that we are born with, or whether it is a learned behavior. The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the world’s only liberal arts university for deaf people.When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English, the school enrolled him in a course in signing. But Stokoe noticed something odd among themselves, students signed differently from his classroom teacher.Stokoe had been taught a sort of gestural code, each movement of the hands representing a word in English. At the time, American Sign Language (ASL) was thought to be no more than a form of pidgin English (混杂英语). But Stokoe believed the hand talk his students used looked richer. He wondered might deaf people actually have a genuine language and could that language be unlike any other on Earth It was 1955, when even deaf people dismissed their signing as substandard. Stokoe’s idea was academic heresy (异端邪说).It is 37 years later. Stokoe—now devoting his time to writing and editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf culture—is having lunch at a cafénear the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started a revolution. For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English, French and Japanese. They assumed language must be based on speech, the modulation (调节) of sound. But sign language is based on the movement of hands, the modulation of space. What I said, Stokoe explains, is that language is not mouth stuff—it’s brain stuff.21. The study of sign language is thought to be ________.A) a new way to look at the learning of languageB) a challenge to traditional views on the nature of languageC) an approach to simplifying the grammatical structure of a languageD) an attempt to clarify misunderstanding about the origin of language22. The present growing interest in sign language was stimulated by _______.A) a famous scholar in the study of the human brainB) a leading specialist in the study of liberal artsC) an English teacher in a university for the deafD) some senior experts in American Sign Language23. According to Stokoe, sign language is ________.3A) a substandard languageB) a genuine languageC) an artificial languageD) an international language24. Most educators objected to Stokoe’s idea because they thought _______.A) sign language was not extensively used even by deaf peopleB) sign language was too artificial to be widely acceptedC) a language should be easy to use and understandD) a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds25. Stokoe’s argument is based on his belief that _________.A) sign language is as efficient as any other languageB) sign language is derived from natural languageC) language is a system of meaningful codesD) language is a product of the brainPassage FourQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. “I knew the statistics”, she said. “But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13- year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her.”The Princess concluded with a simple message: “We must stop landmines”. And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as very ill-informed and a loose cannon (乱放炮的人).”he Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms. “This is a distraction (干扰) we do not need. All I’m trying to do is help.”Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess’s trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government’s policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkidnd, claimed that the Princess’s views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was working towards a worldwide ban. The Defense Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was a misinterpretation or misunderstanding.For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems.26. Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997 ________.A) to voice her support for a total ban of landminesB) to clarify the British government’s stand on landminesC) to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims thereD) to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims427. What did Diana mean when she said “ ... putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me(Line 5, Para.1)” ?A) She just couldn’t bear to meet the landmine victims face to face.B) The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home.C) Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics.D) Seeing the pain of the victims made her realize the seriousness of the situation.28. Some members of the British government criticized Diana because ______.A) she was ill-informed of the government’s policyB) they were actually opposed to banning landminesC) she had not consulted the government before the visitD) they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola29. How did Diana respond to the criticisms?A) She paid no attention to them.B) She made more appearances on TV.C) She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.D) She rose to argue with her opponents.30. What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola?A) It had caused embarrassment to the British government.B) It had brought her closer to the ordinary people.C) It had greatly promoted her popularity.D) It had affected her relations with the British government.Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)31. I went along thinking of nothing ______, only looking at things around me.A) in particular B) in harmony C) in doubt D) in brief32. Critics believe that the control of television by mass advertising has ______ the quality of the programs.A) lessened B) declined C) affected D) effected33. I must congratulate you ______ the excellent design of the new bridge.A) with B) of C) at D) on34. There is a fully ______ health center on the ground floor of the main office building.A) installed B) equipped C) provided D) projected35. For more than 20 years, we’ve been supporting educational programs that _____ from kindergartens tocolleges.A) move B) shift C) range D) spread36. The ______ at the military academy is so rigid that students can hardly bear it.A) convention B) confinement C) principle D) discipline37. The test results are beyond______; they have been repeated in labs all over the world.A) negotiation B) conflict C) bargain D) dispute38. I was so ______in today’s history lesson. I didn’t understand a thing.A) amazed B) neglected C) confused D) amused39. It ____ you to at least 50% off the regular price of either frames or lenses when you buy both.A) presents B) entitles C) credits D) tips40. Deserts and high mountains have always been a ______ to the movement of people from place to place.A) barrier B) fence C) prevention D) jam41. In order to make things convenient for the people, the department is planning to set up some ______shops in the residential area.A) flowing B) drifting C) mobile D) unstable542. Mr. Smith says the media are very good at sensing a mood and then ______ it.A) overtaking B) enlarging C) widening D) exaggerating43. This is not an economical way to get more water; ______, it is very expensive.A) on the other hand B) on the contrary C) in short D) or else44. It was the first time that such a ______had to be taken at a British nuclear power station.A) presentation B) precaution C) preparation D) prediction45. ______ that he wasn’t happy with the arrangements, I tried to book a different hotel.A) Perceiving B) Penetrating C) Puzzling D) Preserving46. The board of the company has decided to ______ its operations to include all aspects of the clothingbusiness.A) multiply B) lengthen C) expand D) stretch47. His business was very successful, but it was at the ______ of his family life.A) consumption B) credit C) exhaustion D) expense48. First published in 1927, the charts remain an ______ source for researchers.A) identical B) indispensable C) intelligent D) inevitable49. Joe is not good at sports, but when it______mathematics, he is the best in the class.A) comes to B) comes up to C) comes on to D) comes around to50. Doctors warned against chewing tobacco as a ______ for smoking.A) relief B) revival C) substitute D) succession51. When carbon is added to iron in proper ______the result is steel.A) rates B) thicknesses C) proportions D) densities52. You should try to ______ your ambition and be more realistic.A) reserve B) restrain C) retain D) replace53. Nancy is only a sort of ______ of her husband’s opinion and has no ideas of her own.A) sample B) reproduction C) shadow D) echo54. Now that spring is here, you can ______ these fur coats till you need them again next winter.A) put over B) put away C) put off D) put down55. There is a _____ of impatience in the tone of his voice.A) hint B) notion C) dot D) phrase56. Please ______dictionaries when you are not sure of word spelling or meaning.A) seek B) inquire C) search D) consult57. At yesterday’s party, Elizabeth’s boyfriend amused us by ______ Charlie Chaplin.A) copying B) following C) imitating D) modeling58. She keeps a supply of candles in the house in case of power ______.A) failure B) lack C) absence D) drop59. The group of technicians are engaged in a study which ______ all aspects of urban planning.A) inserts B) grips C) performs D) embraces60. The lecture which lasted about t hree hours was so ______ that the audience couldn’t help yawning.A) tedious B) bored C) clumsy D) tiredPart IV Cloze (15 minutes) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Historians tend to tell the same joke when they are describing history education in America. It’s the one 61 the teacher standing in the schoolroom door 62 goodbye to students for the summer and calling 63 them, By the way, we won World War II.6The problem with the joke, of course, is that it’s 64 funny. The recent surveys on 65 illiteracy (无知) are beginning to numb (令人震惊) nearly one third of American 17-year-olds cannot even 66 which countries the United States 67 against in that war. One third have no 68 when the Declaration of Independence was 69 . One third thought Columbus reached the New World after 1750. Two thirds cannot correctly 70 the Civil War between 1850 and 1900. 71 when they get the answers right, some are 72 guessing.Unlike math or science, ignorance of history cannot be 73 connected to loss of international 74 . But it does affect our future 75 a democratic nation and as individuals. The 76 news is that there is growing agreement 77 what is wrong with the 78 of history and what needs to be 79 to fix it. The steps are tentative (尝试性的) 80 ; yet to be felt in most classrooms.61. A) about B) in C) for D) by62. A) shaking B) waving C) nodding D) speaking63. A) in B) after C) for D) up64. A) rarely B) so C) too D) not65. A) historical B) educational C) cultural D) political66. A) distinguish B) acknowledge C) identify D) convey67. A) defeated B) attacked C) fought D) struck68. A) sense B) doubt C) reason D) idea69. A) printed B) signed C) marked D) edited70. A) place B) judge C) get D) lock71. A) Even B) Though C) Thus D) So72. A) hardly B) just C) still D) ever73. A) exclusively B) practically C) shortly D) directly74. A) competitiveness B) comprehension C) community D) commitment75. A) of B) for C) with D) as76. A) fine B) nice C) surprising D) good77. A) to B) with C) on D) of78. A) consulting B) coaching C) teaching D) instructing79. A) done B) dealt C) met D) reached80. A) therefore B) or C) and D) asPart V Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled A Brief Introduction to a Tourist Attraction. You should write at least 120 words according to the following guidelines:Your role: a tour guideYour audience: a group of foreign touristsYour introduction should include:1. some welcoming words2. the schedule for the day3. a description of the place the tourists will be visiting (e.g. a scenic spot or a historical site, etc.)You should make the introduction interesting and the arrangements for the day clear to everybody.解析：Passage 1全文翻译A. 总是准时上班B. 总是非常忙碌C. 勤勤恳恳做自己的工作7也许在办公室里你符合上述的所有情况，甚至有过之而无不及。
2018年6月大学英语三级考试B真题及答案解析
2018年6月B 级考试全真试题Par t I Listening Comprehension [25 minutes]Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 4 sections.Sect ion ADirections: 兀is section is to test your ability to give proper responses. There are 7 recorded questionsin it. After each question, t加·e is a pause. 吓e questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you slwuld decide on the co rrect answer from the 4 choices markedA ), B), C) and D) given in your test pap 砑;Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer . Sheet with a single line through tlie center.Exam ple: You wil l hear:You will read: A) I'm not sure.�) Yo u'r e rig htC) Yes, certainly .., D) That's interesting. From the question we learn that t加speaker is asking . the listener ·to leave a message. Therefore, C) Yes, certai11ly is the cor r ect answe r . You should mark CJ on the Answe r Sheet with a single line through the center.[A][BJ图[D JNow the test will begin.1. A ) Fine. And you?B)I like it very much.2.A) Take care.B)It's great.3.A) See you tomorrow. :)B)Ok, it doesn't matter.4.A) Yes, please.B)Have a nice day.5.A) H urry up .B)So long.6.A ) Coffe e, please .B)Yes. Here you are.7.A) Don't worry.B )G ood luck!C)Sit down please.C)My ple asu re.D)Oh, yes. Please.D)Th is w ay , please.C)Here is the room ·key.D)Sorry, all our rooms are booked.C)Don't do it.D)Let's go.C)Certainly. Is Friday OK?D)Mind ·your steps.C)Your telephone number, please.D)I'm fine, thank you.C)Al l rig _扯·\D)Never . mind./,1; I ,, ,Sect ion BD irections: This s ec tion势tq ... t est::. y qur: a bility . to . understa叫S加7i�(l.ialpgues.There ar e 7 1-e co讨ed ,. , . , , ·dialogues i n 札A 府r .,e cu;fi 1,ialo匹e,.there is a戏co,;<f,.f!<t.q'H�stion,1,B o t h t he dialogues and1;ques t io 邓W�f t �e SP.Q妇印o times .. :Whe?i you he a:r,..;a ,.!J'µe sfi,o 叫\ur u should q.ecide •. Q肛妒corr ect a 吩w er from the 4 choices ma rk ed A ), BJ_,:.(;) a叫\;J)入航ven in . your t est pa p织The n you shou ld,_1;11迈忱，加,,p orres p on <!,in g .. l etter叨：，加l!心叩红;;Sheet叭th ,a, 戏ngle line;, lfrt, ,,,,. t h r p四h t he C 叩陌;o N.o 初l 树邻1.t o f h f:l ; di 咄妞兀{:!S,I 儿）1;'i<, 小沁，r !、l '. '.', I'' I 、8.A ) By bus. 9.A ) A repo rt.10.A) H. e IS an engm eer.B) By taxi . B)A design.C) On foot.D)By bicycle.,.0)-A p )皿·旧叩）Jo•, lH .'/O D,),�p � 担��,..,,., C)He is a manager.B)He is a doctor.11.A) Writing work reports.B)Working on weekends.12.A) To do business.B)To see a doctor.13.A) It had a flat tire.B)It was out of fuel.14.A) Read newspapers.B)Attend a job fair.D)He is a programmer.C)Giving presentations.D)Dealing with angry customers.C)To take a holiday.D)To visit friends.C)Its front window was broken.D)The engine didn't work C)Visit the website.D)Ask her friends for help.Section CDirections: In this section, ther e are 2 recorded co1ive1·sations. After each conversation, t加噜e are somerecorded questio 邓.Both t加conve1·sations and questions will be spoken two times. W酝youhear a question, you slwuld decide on the co 订ect answe1·from the 4 choices marked A), B.入CJ a叫D)given in your test paper. 吓en you slwu囚mark the c01Tesponding letter on theAnswer S. 如et with a single l!ne through the center. Now listen to the conversations.C onversation 115.A) To report a case.B)To book a hotel room.16.A) Her srnartphone .B)Her passport.C o nversatmn 217.A) She has coughed a lot.B)She has a high fever.18.A) This morning.B)This afternoon19.A) Take her blood pressure.B)Give her some m edicine .C)To ask for sick leave.D)To order a meal.C)Her watch.D)Her computer.C)She has got a bad cold.D)She has got a pain in the stomach.C)Last night.D)Yesterday.C)Send her to the emerge ncy room.D)Perfor m an operat ion on her at once.S e ction DDirections: In this section you will hea1j ; a ·recorded short passage. The passage is printed in the testpa p er , but with some words or phrases mi ssing. The passage will be read three times.Durin g the second reading , you are required to put the missing words or phrases on the Answer Sheet in or如of .the numbered blanks according to what you hear. The thirdreading is for you to check your writing. Now the passage will be g in.,,.,,,pV o lwite e rs are our heart and . soul.'lease come an d he ip us b叫d homes for 20 low-inc ome famili es. There is no experience needed and w e supply the 21 . Jus t v olunt eer for a day. It's fun,rewarding and you can learn some '·122·-'!I ! . :',!. , ;, !)If building isn't your !ihfn g ,·:c o m e ·· 的d 1·voluntee r for 1 o ne of '如r even 区面�'i 23•'''' ,;': I i'You must be 24·:i 14·years of 'a ge ··to vol unteer ·antl those'15 y e 邮邸d under 11\llS t'come .,• with .aparent.l" . ; .·; j ..'', •• ll 1l. ,,, C o m e and sign up now I t.o : ,vo lunte e r : 1y our tim e . .. •;.•'I 'I . I •.Part II Vocabulary & Struct ure [10 minute s] Directions: 77iis par t is to test yoiir ability t o conslntct correct and meaningful s切阮ces.It consist,s of2 secti01岱．Section ADirections: In thi.s section勺there a re 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete e砒hone by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A), BJ, CJ andDJ. 77砌i you should mark the con-esponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single linethrough the center.25.Employees would like to work m1der·team leaders wh o good examples.A)tum B)p ut C)do _D)set26.Turn to us for legal advice at any tin1e you need it.A)whe n'B) how·C) where27.Your pay raise w ll in part your work e x perience and skills.A)ca ny on B)take on C)depend on D)wh y D)put on28.You are required to enter the name of the city in which your company.A)locates B)located C)is locating D)is located29.Tourists can get the latest information of our city the help of our local tour gui妇A)on B)with C)under.D) for30.Let's find people with computer skills to_ a team for the project.A)look up B) rin g u p C) g iv e up . D) m ake up31.If I were you, I·the company's website for more detailed information.A)would visit,. B) will visit C)visit D)h a ve visited32.No company can afford to bear the of customer confidence.A)stress B)loss C)worry D)h u rry33.she has been working in China for only two years, she speaks fluent Chinese.A)W h en B)I f C)Althou g h D)Until34.We have read this instruction many times and we are with all the ste p s we shouldtake.A)similar··, ·B) u s e ful -·C) hel pful· D)familiarSec tion BDirections: There are 5 incomplete statements here. You s h ould ill in each blank wi th th e严per Jo n 。
大学英语三级B听力理解专项强化真题试卷1(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语三级B听力理解专项强化真题试卷1(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1.听力原文：Q: How is everything going?1．A．See you later.B．In July.C．Hurry up.D．Not too bad.正确答案：D解析：考查对问候用语的回答。
“How is everything going?”用于见面时询问对方的近况，句意为“你近来怎么样”，回答时通常用“Fine，thanks．／Very well，thanks．／Not bad．”等。
因此D项Not too bad(不太坏，还不错)是正确回答。
听力原文：Q: Did you go to the lecture yesterday?2．A．No, I didn’t.B．He’s fine.C．You are right.D．No worry.正确答案：A解析：考查对一般疑问句的回答。
句子的意思是“昨天你去听讲座了吗?”A项No，I didn’t(不，我没有去)是对此问句的否定回答。
听力原文：Q: What do you think of our new design?3．A．I don’t think so.B．Very good.C．Of course not.D．Not at all.正确答案：B解析：考查询求对方意见的回答。
句意为“你觉得我们的新设计怎么样?”B项Very good(非常好)是表示赞赏、肯定的回答。
听力原文：Q: May I have your passport, please?4．A．Never mind.B．Take care.C．Here it is.D．This way, please.正确答案：C解析：考查对请求的回答。
May I…是表示请求的句型。
此句意为“我能看一下你的护照吗?”若表达肯定回答可以直接给对方出示护照。
因此C项Here it is(在这里；给你)为正确答案。
大学英语三级B语法专项强化真题试卷3(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语三级B语法专项强化真题试卷3(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1.1．It was not until yesterday ______they decided to re-open the business talk.A．whenB．whichC．thatD．as正确答案：C解析：本句型意为“直到…才…”其中包含了强调句式it is…that从句，故选C。
2．Please______us of your decision and we will act according to it.A．giveB．informC．takeD．make正确答案：B解析：本题考查动词的辨析。
在代词us后面接由介词of引导的短语，四个备选动词中只有inform能和of搭配，构成inform sb．of sth．的结构，意为“通知某人某事”。
由此确定本题答案为B)。
3．______our great surprise, our company has made much more profit than we expected last year.A．ForB．InC．WithD．To正确答案：D解析：本题考查固定短语的用法。
“to+one’s+情感名词”是固定短语，主要表示某人由于某事的发生而被唤起内心的某种情感，意为“令人……的是”。
常用的情感名词有admiration(敬佩)，amazement(惊奇)，amusement(愉悦)，annoyance(烦恼)，astonishment(惊奇)，delight(欣喜)，despair(绝望)，disappointment(失望)，embarrassment(尴尬)，happiness(快乐)，horror(恐怖)，joy(高兴)，puzzlement(困惑)，regret(遗憾)，relief(宽慰)，satisfaction(满意)，shame(羞愧)，sorrow(悲伤)，surprise(惊讶)等。
2004年6月大学英语四级考试真题及参考答案
2004年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语（湖北卷）本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。
共150分。
考试时间120分钟。
第一卷（三部分，共115分）第一部分：听力理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话你将听一遍。
例：How much is the shirt ?A．£19.15 B．£9.15 C．£9.18.答案是B.1．What did the boy finally get ?A．A colorful bike . B．A blue bike . C．A white bike .2．How long does the woman plan to stay ?A．About seven days . B．About five days . C．About twelve days . 3．What do we know about the man ?A．He is making coffee.B．He has a pain in his hands .C．He is busy painting .4．What did the woman do last night ?A．She saw a movie . B．She went to her sister’s .C．She watched a football game .5．What time will Cathy go to the party ?A．Before seven . B．Around six thirty . C．After seven .第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。
大学英语三级B阅读理解专项强化真题试卷5(题后含答案及解析)
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2004年6月浙江省大学英语三级考试真题
2004年6月浙江省大学英语三级考试真题一、Reading Comprehension（共15小题,共30.0分）There are serval passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.第1题One of the best-known proverbs must be “early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” The promise of health, wealth, and wisdom to those who join the ranks of the early retirees and risers must be particularly appealing to many people in our contemporary society. There is no doubt that one of the greatest concerns of modern man is his health. It is estimated that in the United States $200 billion are spent on health care each year. The medical field has grown into such a big business that it employs 4.8 million people.Much more interest has been shown in preventive medicine in recent years. This is probably due to the increasing costs of medical treatment, but the writings of such people as Dr. Kenneth Cooper have also played an important role. In his book Aerobics, Dr. Cooper communicated his message of the benefits of exercise so effectively that many other authors have followed in his trail, and literally millions of readers have put on their sports shoes and taken to the highways and byways of America. A recent survey showed that over 17 million people are jogging. Many of these are so serious that they trained themselves to run the 26 miles and 385 yards of the hard and tiring marathons (马拉松) that are organized all over the country. The last time I was in Honolulu, I was amazed to see hundreds of people, young and old, running for their lives. And I discovered many of them have run in the Hawaiian Marathon. Exercise has also become a major part of conversation. At a dinner party recently, the president of a bank asked me, “You look like a runner; how far do you run each day?” A few days later when I appeared on a national television show, the host suddenly asked me if I was a regular runner. On both occasions the conversation turned to the subject of exercise and I found that this is a subject on many people’s minds.The “early risers” mentioned in Paragraph 1 are __________.A people who go to bed earlyB people who have a lot of moneyC people who get up earlyD people who give up their work early【正确答案】：C【本题分数】：2.0分第2题What does the writer think of the $200 billion spent on health care each year?A It’s a big sum of moneyB It’s a huge waste of money.C Most people can’t afford the expensive medical treatment.D The medical field provides a lot of job opportunities.【正确答案】：A【本题分数】：2.0分第3题According to the passage, nowadays what people are most interested in is __________.A how to be a millionaireB how to keep fitC how to win the Hawaiian MarathonD how to develop aerobics in America【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：2.0分第4题Why are the examples of conversation in the last paragraph used?A To show a usual way of starting a conversation.B To show the change in people’s conversation topics.C To show the importance of running.D To show people’s interest in exercise.。
大学英语三级B阅读理解专项强化真题试卷6(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语三级B阅读理解专项强化真题试卷6(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1.Apteryx Company Ltd. Apteryx Ltd. is a software development company. We create and develop software applications and systems, which are the leading products in the business fields. Our current products include medical imaging solutions and applications for independent medical practices and large medical suppliers both at home and abroad. We also provide software development services. Apteryx Ltd. believes in a fun and creative company culture and offers great benefits to its employees including in-service career training, free lunch, coffee or tea breaks, great retirement package, and a relaxed atmosphere. Apteryx Ltd. is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities and attractive salaries. Join our team! Apteryx Ltd. 313 S High St Ste 200 Akron, OH 44308 Web: http: //www. apteryx. com/careers Apteryx Company Ltd. Type of company: a【R1】______company Products: software applications and systemsService intended for: independent【R2】______practices and suppliers, both at home and abroad Company culture: fun and【R3】______Benefits offered:1)in-service career【R4】______2)free lunch, coffee or tea breaks3)great【R5】______package4)a relaxed atmosphereCompany website: http://www. apteryx. com/careers 1．【R1】正确答案：software development解析：本题考查Apteryx有限公司的类型。
2006年6月大学英语三级(B级)真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)
2006年6月大学英语三级（B级）真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Listening Comprehension 2. V ocabulary and Structure 3. Reading Comprehension 4. Translation from English to Chinese 5. WritingPart I Listening Comprehension (15 minutes)Directions：This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections.Section ADirections: This section is to test your ability to give proper answers to questions. There are 5 recorded questions in it. After each question, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D.1．A．Yes, I like it.B．Thank you.C．Yes, of course.D．So do I.正确答案：C解析：Excuse me, can I see your boss?本题问的是“can I see your boss?”，回答要么是“当然可以”，要么是“抱歉，现在不行”。
故答案只能选C。
2．A．Yes, I have.B．Yes, it is.C．I like the city.D．It’s a famous city.正确答案：B解析：Is this your first trip to Beijing?本题问的是“Is this your first trip to Beijing?”，回答要么是“Yes，it is。
大学英语三级B级真题2014年6月答案
大学英语三级B级真题2014年6月答案:D[听力原文]Hello! Is this your manager's office?本题考查对一般疑问句的回答。
问题为“你好!这里是你们经理的办公室吗?”D项Yes, but he's not in(是，但他不在)是肯定回答，故正确。
一般疑问句的肯定回答用Yes，否定回答用No。
A项Quite a lot(很多)用于回答how many或how much开头的特殊疑问句。
B项My pleasure(是我的荣幸)是对感谢用语的客气回答。
C项Thank you very much(非常感谢)表示感谢。
答案:B[听力原文]Do you have an appointment with Mr. Brown?本题考查对一般疑问句的回答。
句子意思是“你跟布朗先生约好了吗?”have an appointment with sb.意为“与某人有预约”。
本句的助动词是do，故肯定回答是B项Yes, I do(是的)。
A项Wait a minute(等一下)是对请求或要求的回答。
C项See you later(待会儿见)是在道别时使用。
D项Fine, thanks(很好，谢谢)一般用于回答How are you或How are you doing等问候语。
答案:C[听力原文]Do you like your new job in this small town?本题也是一般疑问句。
句子意思是“你喜欢这座小镇上的新工作吗?”C项Very much(非常)为肯定表达，故正确。
A项Take it easy(别紧张，放轻松)用于安抚对方。
B项Mind your step(留心脚步；走好，慢走)是让对方注意脚下安全，或作为道别时的客气话，如：Mind your step, Thank you for coming.(慢走，感谢您的光临。
)D项So am I(我也是)表明前面所说情况也同样适用于自己。
2004年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷B卷及答案
2004年6月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷B卷及答案Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both theconversation and the question will be spoken only once. After eachquestion the re will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the fourchoices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single linethrough the centre.Example:You will hear:You will read:A) 2 hours.B) 3 hours.C) 4 hours.D) 5 hours.From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9 o‟clock in the morning and have to finish by 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]1. A) Dick has bad taste in clothes.B) The color of Dick‟s jacket is too dark.C) Dick‟s trousers don‟t match his jacket.D) Dick looks funny in that yellow jacket.2. A) Get the wallet for the man.B) Call the police station.C) Show the man her family pictures.D) Ask to see the man‟s driver‟s license.3. A) She is afraid the new epidemic SARS will soon spread all over town.B) The temperature is not as high as the man claims.C) The room will get cool if the man opens the windows.D) She is following instructions not to use the air-conditioning.4. A) She was never persistent in anything she did.B) She had a unique way of staying healthy.C) She stopped exercising two years ago.D) She lost a lot of weight in two years.5. A) The application arrived a week earlier than expected.B) The job has been given to someone else.C) The man is not suitable for the position,D) She had received only one application letter.6. A) He thinks his mother should get the clothes back.B) He will go before the laundry is closed.C) He‟s unwilling to fetch the laundry.D) He has already picked up the laundry.7. A) At an international trade fair.B) At an electronics company.C) At a DVD counter in a music store.D) At a shopping center.8. A) The woman regrets going to the movie.B) The woman prefers light movies before sleep.C) The woman saw a comedy instead of a horror movie.D) The woman hated the man talking throughout the movie.9. A) He is a man with professional expertise.B) He is not likely to get the job.C) He is not easy to get along with.D) He is the fight man to get the job done.10. A) It is a very good place to relax.B) It should revolutionize its technology.C) It should change its concept of operation.D) It is being forced out of the entertainment industry.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage,you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the bestanswer from the four choice marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark thecorresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A) He was the most distinguished diplomat in American history.B) He set up the first university in America.C) He was one of the earliest settlers in America.D) He can best represent the spirit of early America.12. A) He represented Washington in negotiations with Britain.B) He provided Washington with a lot of money.C) He persuaded France to support Washington.D) He served as a general in Washington‟s army.13. A) As one of the founding fathers of the United States.B) As one of the greatest American scholars.C) As one of America‟s most ingenious inventors.D) As one of the most famous activists for human rights.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) Because we might meet many successful executives in the media industry.B) Because we might be offered a dish of insects.C) Because nothing but freshly cooked insects are served.D) Because some yuppies like to horrify guests with insects as food.15. A) On the Internet.B) In the supermarket.C) In the seafood market.D) From yuppie clubs.16. A) It‟s safe to eat.B) It‟s easy to prepare.C) It‟s exotic in appearance.D) It‟s tasty and healthful.17. A) It is unlikely to be enjoyed by most People.B) It will have to be changed to suit local tastes.C) It will become the first course at dinner parties.D) It will be consumed by more and more young people.Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A) They don‟t have enough service windows.B) Their business hours are limited.,,C) Their safety measures are inadequate.D) Their banking procedures are complicated.19. A) People who have computers at home.B) Young people who are fond of modern technology.C) Young people who are wealthy and well-educated.D) People who are in the habit of switching from one bank to another.20. A) To provide services for distant clients.B) To compete for customers.C) To reduce the size of their staff.D) To expand their operations at a lower cost.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Directions: There tire 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choicesmarked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and markthe corresponding letter on the, Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Given the lack of fit between gifted students and their schools, it is not surprising that such students often have little good to say …about their school experience. In one study of 400 adults who had achieved distinction in all areas of life, researchers found that three-fifths of these individuals either did badly in school or were unhappy in school.Few MacArthur Prize fellows, winners of the MacArthur Award for creative accomplishment, had good things to say about their precollegiate schooling if they had not been placed in advanced programs. Anecdotal (名人轶事) reports support this. Pablo Picasso, Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, Oliver Goldsmith, and William Butler Yeats all disliked school. So did Winston Churchill, who almost failed out of Harrow, an elite British school. About Oliver Goldsmith, one of his teachers remarked, “Never was so dull a boy.” Often these children realize that they know more than their teachers, and their teachers often feel that these children are arrogant, inattentive, or unmotivated.Some of these gifted people may have done poorly in school because their gifts were not scholastic. Maybe we can account for Picasso in this way. But most fared poorly in school not because they lacked ability but because they found school unchallenging and consequently lost interest. Yeats described the lack of fit between his mind and school: “Because I had found it difficult to attend to anything less interesting than my own thoughts, I was difficult to teach.” As noted earlier, gifted children of all kinds tend to be strong-willed nonconformists. Nonconformity and stubbornness (and Yeats‟s level of arrogance and self-absorption) are likely to lead to Conflicts with teachers.When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. A writing prodigy (神童) studied by David Feldman and Lynn Goldsmith was taught far more about writing by his journalist father than his English teacher. High-IQ children, in Australia studied by Miraca Gross had much more positive feelings about their families than their schools. About half of the mathematicians studied by Benjamin Bloom had little good to say about school. They all did well in school and took honors classes when available, and some skipped grades.21. The main point the author is making about schools is that ________.A) they should enroll as many gifted students as possibleB) they should organize their classes according to the students‟ abilityC) they are often incapable of catering to the needs of talented studentsD) they should satisfy the needs of students from different family backgrounds22. The author quotes the remarks of one of Oliver Goldsmith‟s teachers ________.A) to show how poor Oliver‟s performance was at schoolB) to illustrate the strong will of some gifted childrenC) to explain how dull students can also be successfulD) to provide support for his argument23. Pablo Picasso is listed among the many gifted children who ________.A) could not cope with their studies at school successfullyB) paid no attention to their teachers in classC) contradicted their teachers much too oftenD) behaved arrogantly and stubbornly in the presence of their teachers24. Many gifted people attributed their success ________.A) less to their systematic education than to their talentB) mainly to parental help and their education at homeC) both to school instruction and to their parents‟ coachingD) more to their parents‟ encouragement than to school training25. The root cause of many gifted students having bad memories of their school years isthat ________.A) they were seldom praised by their teachersB) school courses failed to inspire or motivate themC) their nonconformity brought them a lot of troubleD) teachers were usually far stricter than their parentsPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.It‟s hardly news that the immigration system is a mess. Foreign nationals have long been slipping across the border with fake papers, and visitors who arrive in the U.S. legitimately often overstay their legal welcome without being punished. But since Sept. 11, it‟s become clear that terrorists have been shrewdly factoring the weaknesses of our system into their plans. In addition to their mastery of forging passports, at least three of the 19 Sept. 11hijackers (劫机者) were here on expired visas. That‟s been a safe bet until now. The Immigration and Naturalization Service(INS) (移民归化局) lacks the resources, and apparently the inclination, to keep track of the estimated 2 million foreigners who have intentionally overstayed their welcome.But this laxness (马虎) toward immigration fraud may be about to change. Congress has already taken some modest steps. The U.S.A. Patriot Act, passed in the wake of the Sept. 11 tragedy, requires the FBI, the Justice Department, the State Department and the INS to share more data, which will make it easier to stop watch-listed terrorists at the border.But what‟s really needed, critics say, is even tougher laws and more resources aimed at tightening up border security. Reformers are calling for a rollback of rules that hinder law enforcement. They also want the INS to hire hundreds more border patrol agents and investigators to keep illegal immigrants out and to track them down once they‟re here. Reformers also want to see the INS set up a database to monitor whether visa holders actually leave the country when they are required to.All these proposed changes were part of a new border-security bill that passed the House of Representatives but died in the Senate last week. Before Sept. 11, legislation ofthis kind had been blocked by two powerful lobbies: universities, which rely on tuition from foreign students who could be kept out by the new law, and business, which relies on foreigners for cheap labor. Since the attacks, they‟ve backed off. The bill would have passed this time but for congressional maneuverings and is expected to be reintroduced and to pass next year.Also on the agenda for next year: a proposal, backed by some influential law-makers, to split the INS into two agencies-a good cop that would tend to service functions like processing citizenship papers and a bad cop that would concentrate on border inspections, deportation and other functions. One reason for the division, supporters say, is that the INS has in recent years become too focused on serving tourists and immigrants. After the Sept, 11 tragedy, the INS should pay more attention to serving the millions of ordinary Americans who rely on the nation‟s border security to protect them from terrorist attacks.26. Terrorists have obviously taken advantage of ________.A) the irresponsibility of the officials at border checkpointsB) the legal privileges granted to foreignersC) the excessive hospitality of the American peopleD) the low efficiency of the Immigration and Naturalization Service27. We learn from the passage that coordinated efforts will be made by various U.S.government agencies to ________.A) limit the number Of immigrants to the U.S.B) prevent the forgery of immigration papersC) ward off terrorist suspects at the borderD) refuse the renewing of expired visas28. It can be inferred from the passage that before Sept. 11, aliens with expired visas________.A) might stay on for as long as [hey wishedB) would be closely watched by FBI agentsC) would live in constant fear of deportationD) might have them extended without trouble29. It is believed by many that all these years the INS ________.A) has been serving two contradictory functionsB) has ignored the pleas of the two powerful lobbiesC) has over-emphasized its service functions at the expense of the nation‟s securityD) has been too liberal in granting visas to tourists and immigrants indiscriminately30. Before Sept. 11, the U.S. Congress had been unable to pass stricter immigrationlaws because ________.A) education and business circles cared little about national securityB) resources were not available for their enforcementC) it was difficult to coordinate the efforts of the congressmenD) they might have kept away foreign students and cheap laborPassage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.It was the worst tragedy in maritime (航海的) history, six times more deadly than the Titanic. When the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes (鱼雷) fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of World War II, more than 10,000 people-mostly women, children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany-were packed aboard. An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go down. Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down. Some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way aboard. Most people froze immediately. I‟ll never forget the screams,” says Christa Ntitzmann, 87, one of the 1,200 survivors. She recalls watching the ship, brightly lit, slipping into its dark grave-and into seeming nothingness, rarely mentioned for more than half a century.Now Germany‟s Nobel Prize-winning author Gtinter Grass has revived the memory of the 9,000 dead, including more than 4,000 children-with his latest novel Crab Walk, published last month. The book, which will be out in English next year, doesn‟t dwell on the sinking; its heroine is a pregnant young woman who survives the catastrophe only to say later: “Nobody wanted to hear about it, not here in the West (of Germany) and not at all in the East.” The reason was obviou s. As Grass put it in a recent interview with the weekly Die Woche: “Because the crimes we Germans are responsible for were and are so dominant, we didn‟t have the energy left to tell of our own sufferings.”The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoidable-and necessary. By unreservedly owning up to their country‟s monstrous crimes in the Second World War, Germans have managed to win acceptance abroad, marginalize (使…不得势) the neo-Nazis at home and make peace with their neighbors. Today‟s unified Germany is more prosperous and stable than at any time in its long, troubled history. For that, a half century of willful forgetting about painful memories like the German Titanic was perhaps a reasonable price to pay. But even the most politically correct Germans believe that they‟ ye now earned the right to discuss the full historical record. Not to equate German suffering with that of its victims, but simply to acknowledge a terrible tragedy.31. Why does the author say the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was the worst tragedyin maritime history?A) It was attacked by Russian torpedoes.B) It caused the largest number of casualties.C) Most of its passengers were frozen to death.D) Its victims were mostly women and children.32. Hundreds of families dropped into the sea when ________.A) the badly damaged ship leaned toward one sideB) a strong ice storm tilted the shipC) the cruise ship sank all of a suddenD) the frightened passengers fought desperately for lifeboats33. The Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy was little talked about for more than half a centurybecause Germans ________.A) were eager to win international acceptanceB) had been pressured to keep silent about itC) were afraid of offending their neighborsD) felt guilty for their crimes in World War II34. How does Gunter Grass revive the memory of the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy?A) By describing the ship‟s sinking in great detail.B) By giving an interview to the weekly Die Woche.C) By presenting the horrible scene of the torpedo attack.D) By depicting the survival of a young pregnant woman.35. It can be learned from the passage that Germans no longer think that ________.A) the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy is a reasonable price to pay for the nation‟s pastmisdeedsB) Germany is responsible for the horrible crimes it committed in World War IIC) they will be misunderstood if they talk about the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedyD) it-is wrong to equate their sufferings with those of other countriesPassage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.When we worry about who might be spying on our private lives, we usually think about the Federal agents. But the private sector outdoes the government every time. It‟s Linda Tripp, not the FBI, who is facing charges under Maryland‟s laws against secret telephone taping. It‟s our banks, not the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), that pass our private financial data to telemarketing firms.Consumer activists are pressing Congress for better privacy laws without much result so far. The legislators lean toward letting business people track our financial habitsvirtually at will.As an example of what‟s going on, consider U.S. Bancorp, which was recently sued for deceptive practices by the state of Minnesota. According to the lawsuit, the bank supplied a telemarketer called Member Works with sensitive customer data such as names, phone numbers, bank-account and credit-card numbers, Social Security numbers, account balances and credit limits.With these customer lists in hand, Member Works started dialing for dollars-selling dental plans, videogames, computer software and other products and services. Customers who accepted a “free trial offer” had 30 days to cancel. If the deadline passed, they were charged automatically through their bank or credit-card accounts. U.S. Bancorp collected a share of the revenues.Customers were doubly deceived, the lawsuit claims. They, didn‟t know that the bank was giving account numbers to MemberWorks. And if customers asked, they were led to think the answer was no.The state sued MemberWorks separately for deceptive selling. The company denies that it did anything wrong. For its part, U.S. Bancorp settled without admitting any mistakes. But it agreed to stop exposing its customers to nonfinancial products sold by outside firms. A few top banks decided to do the same. Many other banks will still do business with MemberWorks and similar firms.And banks will still be mining data from your account in order to sell you financial products, including things of little value, such as credit insurance and credit-card protection plans.You have almost no protection from businesses that use your personal accounts for profit. For example, no federal law shields “transaction and experience” informat ion-mainly the details of your bank and credit-card accounts. Social Security numbers are for sale by private firms. They‟ve generally agreed not to sell to the public. But to businesses, the numbers are an open book. Self-regulation doesn‟t work. A firm might publish a privacy-protection policy, but who enforces it?Take U.S. Bancorp again. Customers were told, in writing, that “all personal information you supply to us will be considered confidential.” Then it sold your data to MemberWorks. The bank even claims that it doesn‟t “sell” your data at all. It merely “shares” it and reaps a profit. Now you know.36. Contrary to popular belief, the author finds that spying on people‟s privacy________.A) is practiced exclusively by the FBIB) is more prevalent in business circlesC) has been intensified with the help of the IRSD) is mainly carried out by means of secret taping37. We know from the passage that ________.A) the state of Minnesota is considering drawing up laws to protect privateinformationB) most states are turning a blind eye to the deceptive practices of privatebusinessesC) legislators are acting to pass a law to provide better privacy protectionD) lawmakers are inclined to give a free hand to businesses to inquire intocustomers‟ buying habits38. When the “free trial” deadline is over, you‟ll be charged without notice for aproduct or service if ________.A) you happen to reveal your credit card numberB) you fail to cancel it within the specified periodC) you fail to apply for extension of the deadlineD) you find the product or service unsatisfactory39. Businesses do not regard information concerning personal bank accounts as privatebecause ________.A) it is considered “transaction and experience” information unprotected by l awB) it has always been considered an open secret by the general publicC) its sale can be brought under control through self-regulationD) its revelation will do no harm to consumers under the current protection policy40. We can infer from the passage that ________.A) banks will have to change their ways of doing businessB) “free trial” practice will eventually be bannedC) privacy protection laws will soon be enforcedD) consumers‟ privacy will continue to be invadedPart III Vocabulary (20 minutes)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that bestcompletes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerSheet with a single line through the centre.41. For many years the Japanese have ________ the car market.A) operatedB) occupiedC) presidedD) dominated42. The bank is offering a ________ to anyone who can give information about therobbery.A) prizeB) rewardC) bonusD) compliment43. His illness first ________ itself as severe stomach pains and headaches.A) manifestedB) displayedC) expressedD) reflected44. These continual ________ in temperature make it impossible to decide what to wear.A) fluctuationsB) transformationsC) transitionsD) exchanges45. Before we move, we should ________ some of the old furniture, so that we canhave more room in the new house.A) cancelB) concealC) discardD) dissipate46. As we know, computers are used to store and ________ information efficiently.A) reclaimB) reassureC) reconcileD) retrieve47. It is a(n) ________ that the French eat so much rich food and yet have a relativelylow rate of heart disease.A) paradoxB) correlationC) analogyD) illusion48. The police are trying to ________ what really happened.A) assertB) avertC) ascertainD) ascribe49. The ________ they felt for each other was obvious to everyone who saw them.A) adherenceB) affectionC) sensitivityD) sensibility50. The relatives of those killed in the crash got together to seek ________.A) compensationB) refundC) premiumD) repayment51. He tried to hide his patch by sweeping his ________ hair over to one side.A) bleakB) barrenC) baldD) bare52. Years after the accident he was still ________ by images of death and destruction.A) submergedB) dippedC) twistedD) haunted53. In spite of the ________, it seemed that many of the invited guests would still showup.A) comparisonB) controversyC) distinctionD) deviation54. The government ________ a heavy tax on tobacco, which aroused opposition fromthe tobacco industry.A) imposedB) compliedC) prescribedD) pronounced55. The subject of safety must be placed at the top of the ________.A) routineB) bulletinC) agendaD) timetable56. The old couple now still ________ for their beloved son, 30 years after his death.A) mournB) groanC) cherishD) immerse57. The post-World War II baby resulted in a 43 percent increase in the number ofteenagers ________ in the 1960s and 1970s.A) productionB) boostC) prosperityD) boom58. High grades are supposed to ________ academic ability, but John‟s actualperformance did not confirm this.A) clarifyB) classifyC) certifyD) notify59. You cannot imagine how I feel ________ with my duties sometimes.A) overthrownB) overwhelmedC) overflowedD) overturned60. Coffee is the ________ of this district and brings local farmers a lot of money.A) eliteB) majorityC) spiceD) staple61. Although he was on a diet, the delicious food ________ him enormously.A) distractedB) stimulatedC) temptedD) inspired62. When construction can begin depends on how soon the ________ of the route iscompleted.A) surveyB) identityC) orientationD) conviction63. He said that ending the agreement would ________ the future of small or family-run shops, lead to fewer books being published and increase prices of all but a few bestsellers.A) ventureB) jeopardizeC) legalizeD) expose64. The boxer ________ and almost fell when his opponent hit him.A) scatteredB) shatteredC) staggeredD) stamped65. At first everything went well with the project but recently we have had a number of________ with the machinery.A) disturbancesB) distortionsC) outputsD) setbacks66. Anyone not paying the registration fee by the end of this month will be ________ tohave withdrawn from the program.A) deemedB) anticipatedC) contemplatedD) acknowledged67. It is generally known that New York is a city for ________ and a center for odd bitsof information.A) veteransB) eccentricsC) victimsD) pedestrians68. In mountainous regions, much of the snow that falls is ________ into ice.A) compiledB) dispersedC) embodiedD) compacted69. Henry went through the documents again carefully for fear of ________ anyimportant data.A) relayingB) revealingC) overlookingD) deleting70. Elisabeth did not enter the museum at once, but ________ in the courtyard.A) dwelledB) lingeredC) residedD) delayedPart IV Error Correction (15 minutes)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word,add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections。
大学英语三级B阅读理解专项强化真题试卷2(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语三级B阅读理解专项强化真题试卷2(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1.On deciding to buy your first home, you’re likely to be excited and full of enthusiasm(热情). However, you should take care to plan well and understand the process to avoid any unexpected problems. Here are some things you’ll need to consider to help you get started. First, think about what you need and what you want from your new home. Perhaps you need to be close to your place of work because you don’t drive. It may be that you want a large garden to satisfy your gardening hobby. Be sure to understand the differences between needs and wants as it’s likely you’ll need to give up some of your wants. Then, use the internet, your local library and your friends and family to find out all you can about the buying process. You’ll need to make decisions down the line and it will help if you understand the buying process. At this stage, you will normally need to contact a mortgage(按揭)advisor to see how much money you can borrow. Of course, there are lots of costs related to buying a home which may not be immediately clear to first time buyers.1．If you want to buy your first home, you are advised to______.A．borrow some money from a bankB．save enough money in advanceC．understand the buying processD．get to know the housing agent正确答案：C解析：细节辨认题。
全国大学生英语竞赛试题及答案
2003年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试题2003 National English Contest for College Students（Preliminary）Part I Listening Comprehension（30 minutes，30 points）Section A Dialogues（10 points）Directions：In this section ，you will hear 10 short dialogues．At the end of each dialogue，a question will be asked about what was said．Both the dialogue and the question will be read only once．After each question there will be a pause．during the pause，you must read the four choices marked A，B，C and D，and decide which is the best answer．Then m ark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center．1．A．A sales clerk．B．A police officer．C．A tailor．D．A nurse．2．A．By train．B．She walks．C．By car．D．By bus．3．A．Fish is the only dish left．B．Chicken is the only dish left．C．Vegetarian meals are not offered．D．There aren't any vegetarian meals left．4．A．He starts work next weekend．B．He'll be away．C．He'll be in the mountains．D．He's moving to Florida．5．A．In an elevator．B．At a dress store．C．On the seventh floor．D．At a department store．6．A．They felt it was disorganized．B．They were pleased with its Asian content．C．They felt it lacked Asian content．D．They felt it ignored recent events．7．A．He doesn't have enough time．B．He doesn't have a watch．C．The library doesn't have the articles he wants．D．He can't find the library．8．A．He wants the woman to dine out with them．B．He wants to work tomorrow．C．He wants the woman to finish dinner first．D．He wants to pay for the dinner．9．A．Twice a day．B．Twice a week．C．Once a week．D．Daily．10．A．At two o'clock．B．At four o'clock．C．At three thirty．D．At eight o'clock．Section B News Items（10 points）Directions：In this section，you will hear 10 pieces of short news from BBC or VOA．There will be a question following each piece of news．Write down the answer to each question in no more than 15 words．11．_______________________________________12．_______________________________________13．_______________________________________14．_______________________________________15．_______________________________________16．_______________________________________17．_______________________________________18．_______________________________________19．_______________________________________20．_______________________________________Section C Compound Dictation（10 points）Directions：In this section，you will hear a passage three times．When the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general idea．Then listen to the passage again．When the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 21 to 28 with the exact words you have just heard．For blanks numbered from 29 to 30，you are required to fill in the missing information．You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words．Finally，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you have written and rewrite the correct answers on the Answer Sheet．Although general Motors and General Electric are large multinational companies with operations around the globe，there are numerous smaller companies that engage in international trade．Because 95percent of the world's population and two-thirds of its (21)_____ power are located outside the United States，it is important for American (22)_____to be present in foreign markets．However，before we explain the different methods by which a company may (23)_____in international trade，we might first consider some important (24)_____that U.S．companies often fail to study before they sell products in a foreign country．These factors are (25)_____with differences in language，in values and attitudes，and in political (26)_____．When (27)_____Coca-Cola into the Chinese market in 1920，the company used a group of Chinese symbols that，when spoken，sounded like Coca-Cola．However，when read，these symbols meant，“a female horse fattened with wax”．Upon reentering the Chinese market in the 1970s，Coca-Cola used a series of Chinese (28)_____that translates into“happiness in the mouth”．(29)_________________________．Culture is the total pattern of human behavior that is practiced by a particular group of people．(30)_________________________．Part II Vocabulary and Structure（15 minutes，30 points）Section A Multiple Choice（20 points）Directions：Questions 31-50 constitute a complete passage．There are 20blanks in the passage．For each blank there are four choices marked A，B，C and D．Choose the one that best completes the sentence．Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre．31．Senior Metropolitan police officers tried to dismiss the Noting Hill race riots which raged for five nights over the August bank holiday in 1958 as the work of“ruffians，both colored and white”hell-bent on hooliganism ，according to __B___ official files．A．recent revealed B．newly releasedC．previous disclosing D．earlier exposing32．But police eyewitness reports in the secret papers_D___ that they were overwhelmingly the work of a white working class mob out to get the“niggers”．A．contain B．convinceC．consist D．confirm33．The ferocity of the Noting Hill“racial riots”，as the press called them at the time，shocked Britain into_A_C___ for the first time that it was not above the kind of racial conflict then being played out in the American deep south．A．realizing B．witnessingC．watching D．identifying34．The carnival，which will__C___ the streets of west London _____more than 1.5 million people this weekend，was started in 1959 as a direct response to the riots．A．crowd；of B．pour；forC．fill；with D．emerge；in35．While senior officers tried to play down the racial aspects of the riots，the internal Metropolitan police files released this month at the public record office confirm that the disturbances were overwhelmingly _C__A__ by 300 to 400 strong“Keep Britain White”mobs ，many of them Teddy boys armed with iron bars ，butcher's knives and weighted leather belts，who went“nigger-hunting”among the West Indian residents of Noting Hill and Noting Dale．A．erupted B．commencedC．triggered D．inaugurated36．The first night left five black men _A__D__ on the pavements of Noting Hill．A．lying unconscious B．there diedC．feel faint D．serious hurt37．The battles raged over the bank holiday weekend as the black _D____responded in kind with counterattacks by large groups of“men of color”similarly armed．A．column B．armyC．brigade D．community38．Thomas Williams was stopped by the police as he came out of Bluey's Club on Talbot Road，Noting Hill．He __B___a piece of iron down his left trouser leg，a petrol bomb in his right pocket and a razor blade in his inside breast pocket：“I have to protect myself，”he told the arresting officer．A．found to have B．was found to haveC．found having D．was found having39．The _A_B___ files，which were sealed under the 75-year rule but have been released early，show that senior officers tried to convince the then home secretary，“Rab”Butler，that there was not a racial element to the rioting．A．forbidden B．confidentialC．incredible D．strict40．In his official report，Detective Sergeant M.Walters of the Notting Hill police said the national press had been wrong to portray the“widespread series of street disturbances”as“racial”riots：“Whereas there certainly was some __A___ feeling between white and colored residents in this area，it is abundantly clear much of the trouble was caused by ruffians，both colored and white，who seized on this opportunity to indulge in hooliganism．”A．ill B．sickC．painful D．hurt41．But the police witness statements and private statistics __B_D__ ．A．told differently B．interpreted in a different wayC．existed m any differences D．told a different story42．The Met commissioner was told that _C_D___ the 108people who were charged with offences ranging from grievous bodily harm to affray and riot and possessing offensive weapons，72 were white and 36 were “colored”．A．for B．fromC．of D．in43．It is popularly believed that the riot began on the night of Saturday，August 20，when a 400-strong crowd of white men，_B D____“Teds”，attacked houses occupied by West Indians．A．they are all B．many of themC．some were D．most of them belong to44．Among the __C__ was Majbritt Morrison ，a young white Swedish bride of a Jamaican．A．offenders B．riotersC．victims D．residents45．She was pelted with stones，glass and wood，and _B_D___ in the back with an iron bar as she tried to get home．A．bruised B．struckC．patted D．scratched46．The internal police witness statements provide graphic evidence of the motives of the mobs—at one point crowds several thousand strong roamed the streets of Notting Hill，_B____ homes and attacking any West Indian they could find．A．plunging into B．breaking intoC．seeking for D．searching for47．PC Richard Bedford said he had seen a mob of 300 to 400 white people in Bramley Road _C__A__：“We will kill all black bastards．Why don't you send them home？”A．shouting B．to cryC．utter D．announced48．PC Ian McQueen on the same night said he was told：“Mind your own __D___，cops．Keep out of it．We will settle these niggers our way．We'll murder the bastards．”A．matters B．affairC．things D．business49．The disturbances continued night after night until they finally petered out on September 5．At the Old Bailey Judge Salmon later handed down exemplary __D___ of four years each on nine white youths who had gone“nigger hunting”．A．decisions B．statementsC．trials D．sentences50．While those dealt with by the courts were overwhelmingly white ，the large number of black people also arrested and the official _C____ there had not been a racial motive ensured a legacy of black mistrust of the Metropolitan police that has never really been eradicated．A．persistence B．perseveranceC．insistence D．instanceSection B Error Correction（10points）Directions：The following passage contains 9 errors．In each case only one word is involved．You should proofread the passage on the Answer Sheet and correct it in the following way：EXAMPLEOne night，quite late，I was still awake in the room I am shared with 1. ammy husband．I was lying on my right side and can hear a child crying． 2. couldGetting up，I went ∧see if our son was all right． 3. toHe was sleeping soundly，breathing deeply and gently． 4. √The ZipperWhatever did we do before the invention of the zipper？In 1893 the world's first zipper was produced in Chicago．Although the inventor claimed that it was a reliable fasteningfor clothing，this was not the case．The Chicago zipper sprang 51．______open without warning，or jammed shut，and it swiftly lostpopularity．Twenty years ago a Swedish-born engineer called 52．______Sundback solved the problem．He attached tiny cups to thebacks of the interlocked teeth，and this meant that the teeth 53．______could be enmeshed more firmly and reliably．At first zippers were made of metal．They were heavy，andif they got stuck it was difficult to free．Then came nylon 54．______zippers which were lighter and easier to use，and had smallerteeth．The fashion industry liked the new zippers far betterbecause they didn’t distort the line of the garment or weighing 55．______down light fabrics．They were also easier for the machiniststo fit into the garment．Meanwhile a new fastening agent made its appearance atthe end of the twenty century: velcro. Velcro is another product 56．______made from nylon．Nylon is a very tough synthetic fibre firstdeveloped in the 1930s，and bearing a name to mind the wearer 57．______of the two places where it was developed：NY for New York andLON for London．Velcro is made with very small nylon hooks onone side of the fastening which caught tiny looped whiskers on the 58．______other side of the fastening．It is strong and durable．Velcro is used on clothing，luggages and footwear．It is quick 59．______and easy to fasten and unfasten，and has taken a large part ofthe zipper's share of the market．It is also used in ways a zippercannot be used—for instance as an easily changed fastening onplaster casts，and to hold furnishing fabrics in a position．60．______Part III Situational Dialogues（5 minutes，10 points）Directions：Complete the following dialogues by choosing the best answer．Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre．61．Rob：Hey Jill，you're looking great．Jill：Thanks，Rob．____________Rob：Well，you did it．How？Jill：I jog every morning，and I go to aerobics every other day．A．I bought this dress yesterday．Really smart．B．You are looking fine too．C．I'm recovering my strength after the flu．D．My New Year's resolution was to get in shape．62．Bob：Hi Jane．How are you？Jane：____________I didn't sleep a wink last night．The people next door were making a lot of noise again till very late at night．A．I'm feeling a bit out of sorts this morning．B．Fine，thank you．And you？C．I slept like a log and didn't want to get out of bed．D．It seems a bit unusual，you know．63．Ann ：Aah！He's gorgeous！Look at those big，golden paws．When did you get him？Roger：Yesterday．____________Ann ：Oh，right．What kind is she？Roger：A Labrador．A．Susan's got a more beautiful one．B．What's up？C．It's a she actually．D．Isn't it right？64．Tina：Wow，look at all the things on sale．____________Andrew：Yes，look，this shirt is 50 ％off．Tina：And look at these shoes．They are 30 ％off the normal price．A．I'd like to buy a skirt．B．There are some real bargains．C．Are the prices reasonable？D．These shoes are the same as mine．65．Woman：Have you finished the packaging？Man ：____________Woman：Good．Because the truck will be coming soon，this is a rush job．A．Don't hurry m or I'll break the glass．B．Almost．I just have to wrap the glass and put it into boxes．C．No，I haven't．Why didn't you help me with it？D．Yes，I have．What else can I do for you？66．Customs Officer ：________________________Mrs．John son ：No，nothing at all．Customs Officer ：No perfume，alcohol or cigarettes？Mrs．John son ：Well，I have 200 cigarettes；that's all．A．Do you have anything in the bag，ma'am？B．Do you have anything to declare，ma'am？C．Do you want to buy something，ma'am？D．Is there anything I can do for you，ma'am？67．Linda：Hello．I'd like to send this package，please．Clerk：____________________________________Linda：First class．How long will that take？Clerk：About three days．A．How would you like to send it？B．Which class are you in？C．Where do you want to send it to？D．Which class is it in？68．Assistant：Can I help you？Colin ：Yes，it's about this sports shirt．I washed it the other day．The colour ran and it shrank．Assistant：Oh dear，I see．________________________Colin ：I'm afraid not．Assistant：I'm sorry，but I'm not allowed to change anything without a receipt．A．Did you buy it here？B．Would you want to change it？C．Do you have the receipt？D．Could you tell me who sold it to you？69．James：Could I have my bill，please？Can I pay by credit card or eurocheque？Receptionist：____________James：I'll pay by credit card，then．Receptionist：That's fine．I hope you enjoyed your stay here．A．Here's your bill．B．Sorry，we don't take credit card．C．You can pay by eurocheque．D．Yes，we take both．70．Husband：When is our anniversary？Wife：________________________Husband：No，it's just that I bought these flowers for you and I was hoping today was the day．A．Hmm ．．．I can't remember either．Why？B．Hey，are these flowers for me？C．Who cares？Do you want to give me a surprise？D．Are you joking？Have you really forgotten again？Part IV Reading Comprehension（25 minutes，40 points）Section A Multiple Choice（10 points）Directions：There is one reading passage in this part．The passage is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A，B，C and D．You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre．Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage：Taking a peep at what's going on in your headCARL Filer，18，a star salesman at a B＆Q hardware store in the UK，was called up for promotion within one week of starting work．But，instead of being made supervisor，he was sacked—after his employers saw the results of his psychometric test．You might think that anyone who answers that he“strongly disagrees he is an over-achiever is asking for trouble，but Mr Filer already thought he had proved himself more than capable．This year，nearly half of UK firms—46 percent—will use psychometric tests to select trainees，compared with just 17 percent in 2000，according to a report for GTI，a publisher of graduate career guides．These tests，which rate candidates’ability and gauge their personality，have been used in the UK since the 1980s．But assorted studies have shown most people—graduates in particular—are wholly cynicalabout the idea of their personality being“measured．“People tend to see them as either too silly or too clever，says Clive Fletcher，professor of occupational psychology at University of London．“But all the evidence indicates the tests do have some value．The first personality test as we know it，was developed by the American army in 1917 to filter out weak recruits．But it was not until the 1980s that the tests became popular in Britain．With a rising number of graduates going for a decreasing number of jobs，organizations began to see psychometric testing as a cheap，reliable alternative to the expensive，time-consuming interview．But today the tests are becoming alarmingly sophisticated and are edging towards probing the“dark side：pathology and personality disorders．Increasingly，tests are being used to try to detect promising young graduates who may，later in life，fly off the rails（go crazy）；or to stop psychopaths（having mental disorder）getting recruited．In the future，interviewees could even be given a mouth swab to reveal the genetic and biological markers of personality．“We are heading for the era of genetic screening，”warns Carolyn Jones，of the Institute for Employment Rights．“I think these tests are very flawed．And there are other problems with the tests．For starters，it is possible to fake it—even the test producers agree on this．But they have made it as hard as possible．For example，look at whether you agree or disagree with the following two statements：“New ideas come easily to me and“I find generating new concepts difficult．How long did it take you to realize they both could mean the same thing？The main argument，however，is that the tests are invalid and cannot quantify（put a numerical value on）something as changeable as personality．The golden rule is then，that a psychometric test should never be used as the sole basis of selection，but should always be followed by interviews．71．Most people's attitude towards the psychometric test is ______．A．contemptuous B．favorable C．tolerant D．confounded72．Which of the following is one of the reasons why psychometric testing wins an advantage over interviews？A．It doesn't cost any money．B．It requires no equipment．C．It is time-saving．D．It can be done within seconds．73．Which of the following statements is the author's idea？A．Psychometric tests are defective．B．Psychometric tests should not be the only way to recruit promising young graduates．C．Psychometric tests are invalid and cannot quantify something changeable as personality．D．Psychometric tests are golden rules．74．The test producers make the tests very complicated to ______．A．avoid cheating B．improve genetic screeningC．find out the best ideas D．generate new concepts75．Which of the following is not true according to the passage？A．The American army developed the first personality test to screen out weak recruits．B．In the future，interviewers could give a mouth swab to reveal interviewees’symptoms．C．There are possibilities for starters to cheat in the psychometric tests．D．Interviews still play an important role in evaluating interviewees．Section B Short Answer Questions（30 points）Directions：In this part there are 3 passages with 15 questions or incomplete statements．Read the passages carefully．Then answer the questions in the fewest possible words（not exceeding 10 words）．Remember to rewrite the answers on the Answer Sheet．Questions 76 to 80 are based on the following passage：The 8 Steps of Social Invention1．Get ready to play．Like other types of creativity，social inventiveness flourishes when you begin thinking outside conventional boundaries．Charlie Girsch，a St．Paul，Minnesota-based creativity consultant，suggests that you start by playing with obviously absurd explanations for everyday events．“If traffic is slow，you'll be tem pted to say，‘Hmm．Must be an accident up ahead．’Instead，try saying，‘Must be a family of turtles crossing the highway’or‘I expect there's some kind of alien abduction going on．’You'll be amazed how soon you will be looking at familiar problems in new ways．”Girsch's book，Fanning the Creative Spirit（Creativity Central，1999）has scores of other exercises for limbering up the inventive part of your brain．2．Generate a zillion far-fetched ideas．Concerned about the homeless in your neighborhood？Imagine a Homeless Parliament，a Homeless Circus，homeless families forming an orchestra，a homeless museum ．．．and on and on．Generate like mad with no regard for feasibility in order，as social invention pioneer Nicholas Albery advises，to “overcome e worthy-but-dull ideas．”Eventually the two or three best ideas will begin to stand out．3．Take your wildest idea and bring it down to earth．How about that Homeless Circus？Could it turn into a forum for homeless people to display their creative talents？A performance series about homelessness？A neighborhood carnival with the homeless as guests of honor？Your flakiest idea may have a germ of brilliance that actually makes it more attractive，and thus more feasible（and fundable），than its worthy-but-dull cousins．4．Look for in venations that solve more than one problem．The Slow Food Movement，born in Italy，boosts local farmers and regional cuisine traditions and restaurateurs and the same time that it“feeds”our hunger for authentic tastes，healthy eating，and a more leisurely，saner style of life．5．Accentuate the positive．“A very common question that I get when I work with people in communities is‘Why doesn't anybody care about our problems？’”notes M chael Patterson，a social inventor and activist in Massachusetts．“What a worthless question．‘Why’？questions are for philosophers．Ask‘How’？and‘What’？questions—they are a lot more practical．”For instance，Patterson asks，“What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail？”6．Give it a rest．Walk away from your favorite idea for a while，forget about it，let it sleep．With your conscious mind out of the way，your subconscious gets to fiddle with the concept for a while，and you just might have an unexpected insight or breakthrough．7．Practice“yes and”in stead of“yes but”．No matter how tempted you are to say“Yes，but this will be hard because，”or“Yes，but a million other people are doing this，”shift the conjunction to“and”and see what sort of positive refinement or change emerges．“Yes，and we could concentrate on immigrants．”“Yes，and we can make it open to all ages．”8．Get your idea into the world．This is the tough part．You might seek out the help of activists who will take a shine to your ideas．Orbecome an organizer yourself．Paul Glove，a New York social inventor，coun-sels：“If you have an idea you believe in，write a pamphlet with your phone number on it and post it in Laundromats and bookstores．If three people call you，have lunch with them and call yourselves an organization．If five people call，meet with them and issue a press release．”Presto，you're launched．76．To generate far-fetched ideas helps to ______．77．Michael Patterson wants us to come up with“How”？and“What”？instead of“Why”？questions because he considers they are more practical than ______．78．The purpose to practice“yes and”instead of“yes but”is to make yourself more ______．79．According to the article，when one has difficulty developing his favorite idea，he should ______．80．One should not only generate far-fetched ideas but also ______ because the latter step is the nearest to reality．Questions 81 to 85 are based on the following passage：Thin Slice of TV Has Big MarketIt is too early to write an obituary for bulky picture tubes，which will remain the most affordable TV sets for years to come．But，analysts and industry executives insist that thin screens already have started to become the dominant format for TV sets in the digital era．Sharp price cuts have brought plasma sets and other thin，flat televisions out of high-end electronic boutiques and into thousands of mass-market outlets such as Cosco，a wholesale buying club in the US，best known for offering members bulk items and big discounts．The least expensive plasma sets still cost a hefty US ＄3，000or more ，yet sales are growing so rapidly that many manufacturers are racing to boost production．That increase，combined with expanding production capacity and improved technology，could push the price of plasma sets down by one-third next year，according to analyst Richard Doherty of Envisioneering Group，a US research firm．But manufacturers are not just competing with each other；they are also trying to fend off challenges from competing thin-screen technologies，such as liquid crystal displays（LCD）．The demand for thin screens is fuelled in part by the advent of DVDs and digital TV broadcasts，which offer more detailed pictures and more lifelike colors than conventional analog TV signals．To see the difference，consumers need a set that can pack more information onto the screen than their current TVs can．This sharpness is most vivid on screens that are 40inches diagonal or larger．At that size，however，traditional direct view and projection TVs are so bulky that many consumers have trouble finding a place for them at home．Hence the interest in thin screens—models slender and light enough to hang on a wall．The glass panels at the heart of plasma and LCD sets come mainly from about a dozen companies with factories in Japan，South Korea and，increasingly，China．About 800，000 plasma panels will be shipped this year around the world，analysts say．That is a tiny amount compared with the overall market for TVs，which was about 140 million sets last year．But，industry experts said 2003would be a“breakout year”or plasma because shipments should double．Helping drive the growth are new or expanded manufacturing facilities．For example，Japanese electronics giant NEC last year doubled the capacity of its Japanese factory—reaching 300，000to 400，000 plasma panels．And it plans to double it again in 2003，officials said．As competition has heated up during the last four years，prices have fallen more than 50 percent．According to“NPD Tec world”，the average price of a plasma display sold in the US dropped from US ＄12，700in January 1999 to US ＄6，100in October 2002．The best markets for plasma screens have been in Asia，and about half of the sets have gone to businesses instead of homes．LCD TVs carry a premium price—they can be 10 times as expensive as a comparable tube-driven television—that knocks them out of most buyers’budgets．But LCD panels are quickly taking over the market for computer monitors，and the tens of millions of panels being produced for that segment will help push down prices for LCD TVs，analysts predicted．Sharp Electronics，for one，is betting heavily on LCDs．Its chairman，Toshiaki Urushisako，has predicted that Sharp will switch completely from conventional tube sets to LCD TVs in Japan by 2005．Flat-panel refers to wafer-thin（3 inches or less）TVs，whereas flat-screen may actually describe traditional cathode-ray-tube sets（CRTs）whose glass front lacks the distorting curve that TVs have had for 50 years．Be aware of two things：One，flat-panel technology may not be high-definition TV；for eventual HDTV reception，some of these sets will require a separate HD tuner．Two，some flat-panel TVs are just the panel and lack speakers and sometimes a built-in tuner．Price range：US ＄700－2，000LCD vs plasmaIn general，LCD technology is used for smaller screens because of the enormous number of transistors needed to turn the glasslike liquid crystals into color images．The larger the display，the more transistors，the more chance of failed connections．A plasma screen is found in TV sets larger than 20 inches．Color is comparable to an LCD's．LCDs do not deteriorate over time，while a plasma display averages 30，000 hours（a traditional TV screen can go for 20，000），after which it fades over a period of years．Earlier problems with the quality of plasma's contrast have been addressed，and current screens are cleaner and better defined．Price range：US ＄600－2，800HDTVSimply put，high-definition TV is 10 times as sharp as traditional TV，and the sound is digital，like CD sound，not FM ，which is what traditional TV provides．HD technology achieves its visual clarity with more immage lines on the screen．Where analog TVs have 480 horizontal lines，HDTV has 720 or 1，080lines．Be aware ：m any HDTV sets being sold now are in fact only HDTV monitors ，offering a crisp picture ．To receive genuine high-definition television signals，owners must buy a separate HDTV receiver．Price range：US ＄1，000－6，000LOS ANGELEST IMES81．According to the article，TV sets with _____will still be the most popular in the coming years．82．The factors that stimulate the thin screens to be more and more popular include _____，_____，and_____．83．The rapidly expanding market for LCD panels and their large-scale production will help lower _____．84．When a wealthy customer wants to buy a very large TV，he should select _____and _____according to the passage．85．We can infer from the passage that among all kinds of TV sets _____is of the best quality．。
大学英语四级考试2024年6月真题(第三套)及答案解析
大学英语四级考试2024年6月真题(第三套)Part I Writing (30minutes)Part I Directions :Suppose your university is seeking students'opinions on whethe university canteens should be open to the public.You are now to write an essay to express your view.You will have 30minutes for the task.You should write at least 120words but no more than 180words.I Listening Comprehension (25minutes)特别说明：由于多题多卷，官方第三套真题的听力试题与第二套真题的一致，只是选项顺序不同，因此，本套试卷不再提供听力部分。
Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40minutes)Section A Directions:In this section,thereis a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one wordfor each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Over the coming decades,millions of jobs will be threatened by robotics and artificial intelligence.Despite intensive academic 26_on these developments,there has been little study on how workers 27_to being replaced through technologyTo find out,business researchers at TUM and Erasmus University Rotterdam conducted 11studies and surveys with over 2,000persons from several countries.The findings show:In principle,most people view it more 28when workers are replaced by other people than by robots or intelligent software.This preference 29_,however,when it refers to people's own jobs When that is the case,the majority of workers find it less upsetting to see their own jobs go to robots than to other employees.In the long term,however,the same people see machines as more threatening to their future role in the workforce.These effects can also be observed among people who have recently become unemployed.The researchers were able to identify the causes behind these 30paradoxica results,too:Peopletend to 31_themselves less with machines than with other people.Consequently,being replaced by a robotor so ftware 32less of a threat to their feeling of self-worth.This reduced self-threat could even be observedwhe n participants assumed that they were being replaced by other employees who relied on technological abilities such as artificial intelligence in their work.“Even when unemployment results from the 33of new technologies,people still judge it in a social context,”says Christoph Fuchs,one of the authors of the study.“It is important to understand these 34effects when trying to manage the massive changes in the working world to minimize 35in society.”19·2024年6月四级真题(第三套)·A)compareB)contradictsC)conventionalD)debateE)disruptionsF)drasticallyG)favorablyH)guarantee I)introduction J)modifications K)posesL)psychological M)reactN)reverses O)seeminglySection BDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet2.No escape as'snow day'becomes fe-learning day’A)Certain institutions,such as schools,are likely to close when bad weather,such as snow,flooding or extreme heat or cold,causes travel difficulties,power outages(断供),or otherwise endangers public safety.When snowy weather arrives in the US,it means the chance of school children benefiting from the long-standing tradition of the“snow day”,when schools are forced to close and students get an unexpected day off.B)The criterion for a snow day is primarily the inability of school buses to operate safely on their routes and danger to children who walk to school.Often,the school remains officially open even though buses do not run and classes arecanceled.Severe weather that causes cancellation or delayis more likely in regions that are less able to handle the situation.Snow days are less common in more northern areas of the United States that are used to heavy winter snowfall,because municipalities are well equipped to clear roads and remove snow.In areas less accustomed to snow even small snowfalls of an inch ortwo may render roads unsafe. C)Snow days are a familiar theme in American film and TV shows,with children getting the good news and then running outside for some seasonal snowman-building and snowball throwing,against a background ofjoyful pop music.But the tradition is now over for pupils in several US states such as South Carolina, Nevada,Georgia and Indiana.This academic year,many school boards have introduced policies which require students to work from home if the school is shut by snow or extreme weather.They are known as “e-learning days”,which certainly sounds less fun than a snow day.D)Teachers are also losing their snow days and instead will be expected to be on hand to take a virtual register and answer students'questions online.A pilot programme in a school district in Anderson County,South Carolina,has supplied students with electronic tablets loaded with assignments to complete in the event of a school closure.If it is successful,it could be rolled out across the state.E)But some parents object to the new policy if the vigorous debate on the Facebook page of Anderson County school district is anything to go by.“When it snows,let the kids enjoy it,”said one commenter.Another said the decision would“ruin school even more”,and someone else called snow days“a fun part of childhood”. But supporters of the policy say it means children will miss fewer days of school.It will also bring to an end a less popular US high school tradition:the“make-up day”,which requires students in many states to make up the time lost due to weatherby working during school holidays.·2024年6月四级真题(第三套)·20F)Students in North Carolina already have several make-up days scheduled because of school closures duringHurricane Florence,which struck in September.Tom Wilson,the superintendent(主管)of Anderson County school district,said the change away from snow days makes practical and financial sense.He said technology has changed every profession,so it makes sense to use it to“eliminate”make-up days.Adam Baker of the Department of Education in Indiana said e-learning days were proving a“great success”.He said most Indiana schools already use digital devices during lessons,so it was an“easy decision”to extend this to days when schools are closed.He denies the decision is depriving children of the chance to enjoy the snow.“Students are still able to enjoy snow days and outside time,”he said.“Many have PE and science assignments that have them out enjoying the weather.”But local school superintendents in Ohio are resisting proposals to adopt e-learning days.They fear that students without internet access at home will be disadvantaged by the policy,and superintendent Tom Roth is concerned that e-learning days will offer a lower quality of education.G)There are also so-called“blizzard bags”,with assignments that children take home ahead of an expected snowclosure.But Mr Roth says it is not sufficient as a replacement.“I think we still need the class time to give our kids the education that they deserve,”he said.“Youcan't get that with a blizzard bag or doing the work from home like that.It's not going to be as effective.”H)There is a long-running debate on whether missing days of school affects attainment.In England,there hasbeen a focus on tackling absenteeism(旷课)from school.The Department for Education(DFE)published research in2016arguing that missing any days at school could have a negative impact on results.Even a few days lost in a year could be enough to miss out on getting a good exam grade,the DFE's research concluded.This differed from the findings of a study from Harvard University in the US,which concluded that missing a few occasional days because of the weather did not damage learning.I)The Harvard study examined seven years of school results data and could not find any impact from snowclosures.What caused moredisruption was when schools tried to stay open in bad weather,even though many staff and pupils were absent.But weather can make a difference to school results,according to another piece of Harvard research published last summer.It's hot weather that has the negative impact.The results of 10million school students were examined over13years and researchers found a“significant”link between years with extremely hotweather and lower results.J)It's obvious that students should go to school every day to get the most out of education.In cases of extreme weather students don't always have that option.However,research shows that authorised absences from school such as during extreme weather are less problematic for students than absences that are not authorised.This is because unauthorised absences tend to reflect patterns and behaviours of student disengagement,or the possible negative attitudes of parents towards education that students adopt and carry with them through schooling.The level of impact on students'educational performance is all to do with the length of time that a student is absent from school and how regularly this occurs.36.There is opposition to the practice of giving children assignments to take home before extreme weather forcesa school closure.37.New policies adopted by many US schools require students to do online learning at home in case of a schoolclosure38.According to some research,extreme hot weather negatively affects students'performance.39.There is a time-honoured tradition in the US for school kids to stay at home on“snow days”.21·2024年6月四级真题(第三套)·40.Debates on social media show some parents are opposed to ending the“snowday”tradition.41.In more northern regions of the US,school is less likely to be affected by snowy weather.42.Research indicates absences from school with permission do not cause as many problems as those withoutpermission.43.There is objection to e-learning days owing to fear that students with no access to the Internet at home willsuffer44.In a pilot programme,students are given electronic devices to doassignments when schools areclosed.45.A long-standing debate is going on over the impact of school absences on students'academic performance.Section CDirections:There are2passages in this section.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C)and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions46to50are based on the following passage.It may sound surprising,but you don't have to be interested in fashion,or even in history,to enjoy Dress Codes:How the Laws of Fashion Made History.I happen to be interested in both,and ended up enjoying the book for completely different reasons.Richard Thompson Ford is a law professor,and you probably won't forget that for even one page.His carefully reasoned arguments,packed with examples,sound almost like reading a court opinion,only maybe wordier.You will probably never think of fashion as a trifle again.Ford's thesis is that the best way to understand what particular fashions meant in any given era is to look at the restrictions placed on them.Through this lens,he shows us that the first laws passed in the1200s to ensure that only the nobility were allowed to wear certain fabrics,colors and ornaments reflected the rise of the middle class,who were now able to imitate some of these fashions.The status of the upper classes was threatened; fashion was a tool to preserve it.Ford takes the reader through the evolution of fashion while examining the underlying motivations of status sex,power,and personality,which,he assumes,influenced all innovations in fashion in the past and which continue to influence us today.His writing is more than alittle dense—dense with research,clauses,and precise adjectives and nouns.But there's also humor and enough interesting episodes to make the writing appealing.No one is spared his sharp analysis:not the easy targets of19th century women's crippling(伤害身体的)fashions nor the modern uniforms of Silicon Valley T-shirts.But the greatest strength of this book(on fashion!)is its intellectual profoundness.Ford asks us to question unconscious beliefs,to realize thatwe almost never do so,to understand that the simplest choices are charged with meaning,and yet that meaning can and does change all thetime.Consider the fact that a1918catalog insisted that boys and girls be dressed in the appropriate color.We believe our thinking today is evolved;Ford shows us it's not.46.What does the author think of the book Dress Codes:How the Laws of Fashion Made History?A)It is read by people for entirely different reasonsB)It is meant for those interested in fashion history·2024年6月四级真题(第三套)·22C)It makes enjoyable as well as informative reading.D)It converts fashion into something for deliberation.47.How can people best understand a particular fashion in an era,according to Ford?A)By examining the restraints imposed on it.C)By glancing at its fabrics,colors and ornaments.B)By looking at what the nobility were wearing.D)By doing a survey of the upper and middle classes.48.What was the aim of the first laws passed regarding fashion in the1200s?A)To facilitate the rise of the middle class C)To help initiate some novel fashions.B)To loosen restrictions on dress codes.D)To preserve the status of the nobles.49.What does the author think of Ford's writing?A)It uses comparison and contrast in describing fashions of different erasB)It makes heavy reading but is not lacking in humor or appealC)It is filled with interesting episodes to spare readers intolerable boredom.D)It is characteristic of academics in presenting arguments.50.What does the author say is the greatest strength of Ford's book?A)Plentiful information.B)Meaningful choices.C)Evolved thinkingD)Intellectual depthPassage TwoQuestions51to55are based on the followingpassage.The art of persuasion means convincing others to agree with your point of view or to follow your course of action.For some ofus,persuasion is an instinctive quality and the power of influencing comes naturally.For the rest of us,persuasion skills can be learned and developed over time.Employers place a great value on employees with persuasion skills because they can impact several aspects of job performance.Besides,teamwork and leadership rely heavily on the power of persuasion to get things done.Without persuasion skills,employees may not be as committed to or convinced of the importance of an organization's vision and long-term mission.Effective use of persuasion skills will not only help get your coworkers excited about your ideas,it'll also help you motivate them to achieve a common goal.In order to learn the art of persuasion at the workplace,you need to understand how to handle conflicts and reach agreements.Good communication is the first step in effective persuasion,but logic and reasoning are just as important.Before you can get somebody on-board with your goal,you should help them understand why they should pursue ing visual aids to back up your ideas can help communicate your ideas better and make compelling arguments so your listeners will come to a logical choice and become fully committed to your ideas and plans.Successful persuasion skills are based on your ability to have positive interactions and maintain meaningful relationships with people.In order to sustain thoserelationships,you must be able to work in their best interests as well.Your coworkers are more likely to agree with you when they succeed alongside you.The more they achieve and the greaterprogress they make,the more they trust your judgement and strength.We persuade and get persuaded every day—we're either convincing or being convinced.A vast majority of people prefer collaboration and teamwork over traditional organizational structures;no one likes to be told what to do or to be pushed around.Therefore,organizations and leaders should adopt powerful persuasion skills to bring about necessary changes.23·2024年6月四级真题(第三套)·51.What does the author say about the ability to be persuasive in the first paragraph?A)People may either be born with it or be able to cultivate it.B)It proves crucial in making others follow one's course of action.C)It refers to the natural and instinctive power of influencing one's coworkers.D)People may view it as both a means to convince others and an art of communication.52.Why are persuasion skills greatly valued in the workplace?A)They enable employees to be convinced oftheir long-term gains.B)They enable employees to trust their leaders unconditionally.C)They help motivate coworkers to strive for a common goal.D)They help an organization to broaden its vision effectively.53.What should people do to learn the art of persuasion atthe workplace?A)Acquire effective communication skills.C)Understand the reason for pursuing their goalsB)Avoid getting involved in conflicts with others.D)Commit themselves fully to their ideas and plans54.When are you more likely to succeed in persuading your coworkers?A)When they are convinced you work in their interests while sacrificing your own.B)When they become aware of the potential strength of the judgements you make.C)When they become aware of the meaningful relationships you keep with them.D)When they are convinced they will make achievements together with you.55.Why are organizations and leaders advised to adopt powerful persuasion skills to bring about necessarychanges?A)To convince employees of the value of collaboration.B)To allow for the preferences of most people of todayC)To improve on traditional organizational structuresD)To adapt to employees'ever-changing working styles.PartIV Translation(30minutes) Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet2.汉语中的“福”字(the character fu)表示幸福和好运，是中国传统文化中最常用的吉祥(auspicious符号之一。
大学英语三级B听力理解专项强化真题试卷9(题后含答案及解析)
大学英语三级B听力理解专项强化真题试卷9(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1.听力原文：Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. First of all, let me express our thanks to you for coming to the opening ceremony of our new branch office. This branch is the 25th office we have set up so far. We are very happy that we have finally opened a branch in this city. This branch, we believe, will help improve the local economy. And our company will in turn benefit from doing business here. We promise that we will provide the best service to our customers. And, of course, we need your support and cooperation.Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. First of all, let me【B1】______to you for coming to the opening ceremony of our new branch office. This branch is the 25th office we have【B2】______so far. We are very happy that we have finally opened a branch in this city. This branch, we believe, will help【B3】______the local economy. And our company will in turn benefit from doing business here. We promise that we will provide the【B4】______to our customers. And, of course, we need your 【B5】______and cooperation.1．【B1】正确答案：express our thanks解析：空格前是let me…祈使句型，空格后是带to的介词短语，可知此处应填入句子的谓语和宾语成分，谓语需是动词原形。
2004年6月浙江省大学英语三级考试真题_真题-无答案
2004年6月浙江省大学英语三级考试真题(总分100,考试时间120分钟)Part I Listening ComprehensionSection A【点此下载音频文件】1.A. The woman is jokingB. The refrigerator doesn’t work well.C. He’s leaving in three weeks.D. It’s not surprising the milk went bad.2.A. Study math with John.B. Take John to a teacher.C. Discuss the problem with John.D. Grade John’s math test.3.A. He will not eat the food.B. He will take a bite of the cake.C. He will make a wish.D. He will cook a great cake.4.A. Take a walk in the rain.B. Delay their picnic.C. Go on a picnic.D. Call their uncle.5.A. SecretaryB. StudentC. BossD. Customer6.A. At 8:30.B. At 9:30.C. At 9:00.D. At 10:00.7.A. The man is too careful.B. The man shouldn’t have locked the back door.C. The woman would lock the back door herself.D. The man should be more careful.8.A. Starting her vacation.B. Looking for a new job.C. Complaining to her friend.D. Helping her friend to find Mr. Martin.9.A. He is an excellent dancer.B. He doesn’t dance very often.C. He doesn’t talk about dancing very often.D. He goes dancing four times a week.10.A. To the post office.B. To a meeting.C. To the club.D. To Chris’ house.Section BPassage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11.A. To find out who is more intelligent, man or animals.B. To find out which animal is more intelligent than man.C. To find out which animal is the most intelligent.D. To find out the IQs of different animals.12.A. To hide the food lest it be eaten by the monkey.B. To see how the monkey manages to find the food.C. To see how fast the monkey finds the food.D. To see whether monkeys have s imilar taste to man’s.13.A. The monkey was busy looking for the food.B. The monkey was looking at the professor through the keyhole.C. The monkey was moving directly to the box with the food.D. The monkey was looking around in the room.Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14.A. Attractive scenery.B. Nice weather.C. Friendly people.D. Beautiful mountains.15.A. Take a walk.B. Go swimming.C. Go to a concert.D. Go for a lake tour.16.A. People looking for business partners.B. People looking for a place for holiday.C. People interested in music.D. People interested in outdoor sports.Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17.A. Ask for another gift that is useful.B. Exchange it for something useful.C. Return it to the person giving her the gift.D. Keep it for as long as possible.18.A. To make the marriage legal.B. To make the couple richer.C. To honor the couple.D. To express good wishes.19.A. The marriage will not be legal.B. The couple will lead an unhappy life.C. Others will look down upon the couple.D. The marriage will break up soon.20.A. Because he has to work for his three children.B. Because he has to make enough money for his wif e’s family.C. Because it is a necessary ceremony at marriage.D. Because it is a necessary gift to exchange for his marriage.Part II V ocabulary21. We should ________ primary importance to the psychological health of the students.A. payB. placeC. attachD. provide22. The best students are ________ special scholarship.A. rewardedB. awardedC. presentedD. represented23. Yesterday the parties concerned sat together ________ several solutions to the problem.A. exposingB. exploringC. expressingD. exploding24. Experts from all parts of the world meet yearly in Hiroshima to ________ a conference on atomic war threats.A. presentB. attendC. joinD. participate25. The application of the new technology enables the factory to ________ twice as many machines as it did last year.A. turn downB. turn offC. turn toD. turn out26. The car was repaired but not quite to the owner’s ________.A. pleasureB. satisfactionC. joyD. delight27. They had a(n) ________ argument for several hours without reaching an agreement.A. boredB. excitedC. heatedD. interested28. It was not Tom’s ________ that he was late for school, because he was delayed by a traffic accident.A. faultB. errorC. mistakeD. failure29. The students are eager to know what the weather will be like tomorrow because it will ________ their picnic directly.A. effectB. affectC. infectD. influence30. She has been ________ twice since joining **pany one year ago because of her excellent work.A. improvedB. advancedC. promotedD. developed31. The sports meet had to be ________ because of the stormy weather.A. called onB. called forC. called upD. called off32. Even David, the best student in the class, could not solve this problem, ________ other students.A. let aloneB. let outC. let offD. let down33. It was reported that only a five-year-old child ________ the serious traffic accident yesterday.A. enduredB. survivedC. livedD. passed34. If you take this medicine twice a day it should ________ your illness very soon.A. treatB. recoverC. cureD. restore35. I don’t think I know the girl in blue, although she ________ me of someone I know.A. recallsB. remindsC. suggestsD. recognizes36. There is no ________ in applying for the job since you don’t have a BA degree.A. ideaB. pointC. exampleD. cause37. On ________ men smoke more cigarettes than women.A. usualB. generalC. averageD. common38. In order to improve our writing, we must ________ this plan.A. admitB. adviseC. correctD. adopt39. Tom could not ________ his mother that he had told the truth.A. convinceB. confineC. convertD. confess40. I’m afraid that your car won’t be ________ until tomorrow. We have to replace the engine.A. finishedB. presentC. preparedD. readyPart III Structure41. The fellow I spoke to gave no answer, ________ puzzled me.A. thatB. whichC. whatD. who42. He was very busy yesterday, otherwise he ________ to the meeting.A. **eB. cameC. **eD. would **e43. I will go home for a vacation as soon as I ________ my exams.A. am finishedB. finishC. will finishD. finished44. ________ from space, our earth, with water covering 70% of its surface, appears as a “blue planet”.A. SeenB. SeeingC. Having seenD. To see45. She is the only one among the girls who ________ to experiment with snakes.A. are courage enoughB. is courage enoughC. have enough courageD. has enough courage46. Would you mind ________ quiet for a moment, I’m trying ________ my composition in time.A. keeping; finishingB. to keep; to finishC. keeping; to finishD. to keep; finishing47. ________ the boy had said turned out to be true.A. ThatB. WhatC. WhichD. As48. This is the very topic ________ at the meeting tomorrow.A. discussedB. having discussedC. to be discussedD. discussing49. “What do you think of Mary’s work, Bob?” “Well, her work is ________.”A. good, if not better than, oursB. as good as, if not better than, oursC. as good, if not better, than oursD. good, if not better, like ours50. ________ difficulties we might meet with, we will carry out our plan.A. WhateverB. WhicheverC. WheneverD. Wherever51. “I wish we could meet each other again before long.” “________.”A. So I couldB. So could IC. So I doD. So do I52. It is impossible for me to finish so many exercises in ________.A. such a short timeB. so a short timeC. such short a timeD. a so short time53. It was noisy outside and he tried to mak e himself ________, but he couldn’t.A. hearB. heardC. hearingD. be heard54. It was because of his laziness ________ he failed the final exam.A. soB. thatC. so thatD. therefore55. A cold is nothing to you ________ it is merely a cold; but it sometimes becomes a danger.A. so long asB. even thoughC. no matter whenD. unless56. You can find ________ in the book on baby care.A. many adviceB. some advicesC. a lot of advicesD. lots of advice57. He ________ on the essay for an hour but so far has written only a hundred words.A. workedB. has been workingC. worksD. is working58. I would **e sooner, but I ________ that you were waiting.A. did knowB. had knownC. don’t knowD. didn’t know59. They will fail, because I think they ________ a eneral understanding of the situation.A. are lackingB. lackC. lack ofD. have lacked60. The boy was very frightened ________ he gave his watch to the robbers.A. thatB. andC. butD. ifPart IV Reading ComprehensionPassage OneQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage:One of the best-known proverbs must be “early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” The promise of health, wealth, and wisdom to those who join the ranks of the early retirees and risers must be particularly appealing to many people in our contemporary society. There is no doubt that one of the greatest concerns of modern man is his health. It is estimated that in the United States $200 billion are spent on health care each year. The medical field has grown into such a big business that it employs 4.8 million people.Much more interest has been shown in preventive medicine in recent years. This is probably due to the increasing costs of medical treatment, but the writings of such people as Dr. Kenneth Cooper have also played an important role. In his bookAerobics, Dr. **municated his message of the benefits of exercise so effectively that many other authors have followed in his trail, and literally millions of readers have put on their sports shoes and taken to the highways and byways of America. A recent survey showed that over 17 million people are jogging. Many of these are so serious that they trained themselves to run the 26 miles and 385 yards of the hard and tiring marathons (马拉松) that are organized all over the country. The last time I was in Honolulu, I was amazed to see hundreds of people, young and old, running for their lives. And I discovered many of them have run in the Hawaiian Marathon. Exercise has also become a major part of conversation. At a dinner party recently, the president of a bank asked me, “You look like a runner; how far do you run each day?” A few days later when I appeared on a national television show, the host suddenly asked me if I was a regular runner. On both occasions the conversation turned to the subject of exercise and I found that this is a subject on many people’s minds.61. The “early risers” mentioned in Paragraph 1 are __________.A. people who go to bed earlyB. people who have a lot of moneyC. people who get up earlyD. people who give up their work early62. What does the writer think of the $200 billion spent on health care each year?A. It’s a big sum of moneyB. It’s a huge waste of money.C. Most people can’t afford the expe nsive medical treatment.D. The medical field provides a lot of job opportunities.63. According to the passage, nowadays what people are most interested in is __________.A. how to be a millionaireB. how to keep fitC. how to win the Hawaiian MarathonD. how to develop aerobics in America64. Why are the examples of conversation in the last paragraph used?A. To show a usual way of starting a conversation.B. To show the change in people’s conversation topics.C. To show the importance of running.D. To show people’s interest in exercise.65. Aerobics is a book about __________.A. marathonB. preventive medicineC. travelingD. exercisePassage TwoQuestions 66 to 70 are based on the following passage:Teacher evaluations (评价) have been carried out in a lot of schools in recent years. Every term the students are given the opportunity to evaluate their teachers. The students are supposed to judge their teachers’ lectures, interests in students’ problems, methods of exercise, and general ability to condu ct a class. Then, when the teacher has left the classroom, they must write their evaluation on the forms provided. They are not supposed to exchange views or discuss their responses. After everyone **pleted the forms, one student collects and puts them in envelopes.It is very difficult to evaluate another person’s performance fairly. For example, Santa recently wrote irresponsible remarks about her teacher because she was failing the course. Her friend Sam wrote a marvelous description of thesame teacher because he was receiving an A in the course. Both Santa and Sam were not fairly evaluating the teacher. They were influenced by the grades they were earning and were unfair in their judgments.Another irresponsible form of evaluation occurred when James rated his teacher excellent because the teacher is “easy”. He gives few tests and only assigns (分配) one paper during the entire term. His lectures are often filled with jokes and endless stories about his family. On the other hand, James rated Professor Jones poor because he assigns homework daily, gives pretest previews and post-test reviews, and packs his lectures with information.Santa, Sam, and James have not thought about their teachers’ teaching abilities. They have written unfair evaluations and have not given thought to their evaluations. They have not made fair judgments, but instead have been influenced by their own personality and have equated (使等同) little work with excellence in teaching.66. Santa and Sam judged their teacher by __________.A. his teaching abilityB. his humorous storiesC. the grades that they were earningD. his marvelous remarks67. James’ evaluation was influenced by __________.A. the amount of courseworkB. his own performanceC. the teacher’s abilityD. the teacher’s family background68. The word “easy” in “…the teacher is ‘easy’” (Para 3) most probably means __________.A. not difficultB. not proudC. not strictD. not serious69. The students didn’t evaluate their teachers fairly because __________.A. it was difficult for them to do soB. they didn’t know how to make judgmentsC. their personality affected them a lotD. they received unfair treatment70. The best title for this passage is __________.A. Teacher EvaluationsB. Student JudgmentC. Easy and Tough teachersD. How to be FairPassage ThreeQuestions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage:There is probably no sphere of human activity in which our values and life styles are reflected more vividly than they are in the clothes that we choose to wear. The dress of an individual is a kind of “sign language” **municates a complex set of information and is usually the basis on which immediate impressions are formed. Traditionally, women cared much about their clothes, while men took pride in the fact that they **pletely lacking in clothes consciousness.This type of American culture is gradually changing as men’s dress takes on greater variety and color. Even as early as 1995, a research in Michigan revealed that men attached rather high importance to the value of clothing in daily life. White-collar workers in particular viewed dress as a symbol of control, which could be used to impress or influence others, especially in the work situation. The white-collar worker wasdescribed as extremely concerned about the impression his clothing made on his superiors. Although blue-collar workers were less aware that they might be judged on the basis of their clothing, they recognized that they would be laughed at by their fellow workers if they were any different from the accepted pattern of dress.Since that time, of course, the patterns have changed: the typical office worker may now be wearing the blue shirt, and laborer a white shirt; but the importance of dress has not decreased. Other investigators in recent years have helped to establish its significance in the lives of individuals at various age levels in different social and economic groups.71. Our values and lifestyles are probably reflected most vividly in __________.A. any sphere of human activityB. the clothes that we wearC. the sign language people useD. complex set of information72. In a world of changes, men’s clothes have become __________.A. various and colorfulB. traditional and formalC. fashionable and colorfulD. reasonable and formal73. Traditionally, people thought that __________.A. men were proud of the clothes they woreB. women were concerned greatly with their clothesC. both men and women paid great attention to their clothesD. neither men nor women showed great interest in clothes74. Blue-collar workers were aware of their clothes because __________.A. they were extremely concerned about their impression on their superiorsB. they knew clearly that people would judge them by their clothesC. they wanted to impress and influence their fellow workersD. they didn’t want to be laughed at by their fellow workers75. The passage mainly suggests that __________.A. women pay more attention to their clothes than men doB. women always like beautiful dressesC. people have attached more importance to dressD. American culture is changing greatlyPart V Translation from English into ChineseDirections: In this part there is a passage with 5 underlined sections, numbered 76 to 80. After reading the passage carefully, translate the underlined sections into Chinese. Remember to write your translation on the Translation Sheet.It has been found that less than one shopper in five makes a complete shopping list before going to the store. 76)The reason for this is that seven out of ten of today’s purchases are decided in the store, where the shoppers tend toward impulse (冲动) buying. 77)Buying groceries on impulse has risen for the past forty years, and this rise has coincided (重合) with the growth of self-service shopping. However, in grocery stores where clerks wait on customers there is much less impulse buying. 78)It is hard for people to buy on impulse if they have to address a clerk.Psychologistshave joined forces with merchandising experts. It is their job to persuade people to buy products which they may not need or even want until they see them attractively presented. It was discovered by the psychologists that shoppers want help in their purchases. 79)Having so many choices confuses them, and they prefer the package that attracts them. Therefore, it is now more usual for food packers to pay attention to their package design. 80)Attraction depends heavily on the position of the product on the shelf, however. Thus, persuading the shopper to buy is easier if the product is located at eye-level.76.77.78.79.80.76. The reason for this is that seven out of ten of today’s purchases are decided in the store, where the shoppers tend toward impulse (冲动) buying.77. Buying groceries on impulse has risen for the past forty years, and this rise has coincided (重合) with the growth of self-service shopping.78. It is hard for people to buy on impulse if they have to address a clerk.79. Having so many choices confuses them, and they prefer the package that attracts them.80. Attraction depends heavily on the position of the product on the shelf, however. Thus, persuading the shopper to buy is easier if the product is located at eye-level.Part VI Translation from Chinese into English81. 我喜欢旅游，但我又不愿花钱。
大学英语三级(B)真题2004年04月
大学英语三级(B)真题2004年04月(总分：100.00，做题时间：120分钟)一、{{B}}Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension{{/B}}(总题数：5，分数：10.00)1.The author seems to think that a kid's poor relationship with his classmates would______. （分数：2.00）A.have negative effects on his study √B.develop his individualism but limit his intelligenceC.eventually lead to his leaving schoolD.have nothing to do with his achievements in a course解析：细节题。
第一段第二句提到"Kids who have trouble getting along with their classmates can end up behind academically as well and have a higher chance of dropping out．”，与同学相处不好有可能使学习退步，而且辍学的可能性也变大了。
C最具干扰性，人际关系不好，并不一定都会辍学。
2.In the first paragraph, the word "spot" means______.（分数：2.00）A.teachB.helpC.find √D.treat解析：词汇题。
“...youngsters should be encouraged to work in groups rather than individually so that teachers can spot children who may be having problems making friends．”根据句意，老师鼓励孩子参加集体活动，这样他们才能发现哪些孩子不善于与同学相处。
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2004年6月大学英语三级B真题及答案Part I Listening Comprehension (15 minutes)Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections.Section ADirections: This section is to test your ability to give proper answers to questions. There are 5 recorded questions in it. After each question, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. A. It's open at9 a. m.B. Sorry, I have no idea.C. That's all right.D. Thank you.2. A. She's an English student.B. She's interested in music.C. She's a friend of mine.D. She's tall with dark hair.3. A. Thanks.B. I don't think so.C. Oh, no.D. It doesn't matter.4. A. Sandwich and coffee.B. Beer, please.C. It's my favorite food.D. I don't like this meal.5. A. A good one.B. One dollar.C. Six times a year.D. In a book store.Section BDirections: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.6. A. His bag. B. His tape.C. His cap.D. His book.7. A. It was wonderful. B. It was disappointing.C. It was boring.D. It was unusual.8. A. Manager and secretary.B. Doctor and patient.C. shop assistant and customer.D. Taxi driver and passenger.9. A. At 1:40. B. At 1:50. C. At 2:00. D. At 3:50.10. A. He was killed in an air crash.B. He was wounded in a fight.C. He was injured in an accident.D. He was burnt in a fire.Section CDirections: In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. The passage is printed on the test paper, but with some words or phrases missing. The passage will be read three times. During the second reading, you are required to put the missing words or phrases on the Answer Sheet in order of the numbered blanks according to what you hear. The third reading is for you to check your writing. Now the passage will begin.Tourism (旅游) was not always as important as it is today. In the past only (11) people could travel on vacation to other countries. But in (12) one person in ten visited a country away from home.More people travel today because there is a (13) middle class in many parts of the world. People now have more money for travel. Special airplane fares for tourists make travel (14) and thus more attractive than ever before. One person does not travel for the same reason as another. But most people (15) seeing countries that are different from their own. They also like to meet new people and try new foods.Part II Vocabulary and Structure ( 15 minutes)Directions: This part is to test your ability to use words and phrases correctly to construct meaningful and grammatically correct sentences. It consists of 2 section.Section ADirections: There are 10 incomplete statements here. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.16. --"How about having dinner at Sun Restaurant? --" It ______ good."A. smellsB. looksC. soundsD. appears17. Seldom ______ my boss in such good mood(心情) since I came to work in this company.A. I sawB. I have beenC. have I seenD. do I see18. You'd better ______ the whole article at once.A. copyB. copyingC. to copyD. copied19. The machine will continue to make much noise ______ we have it repaired.A. whenB. becauseC. ifD. unless20. The manager told us never to ______ till tomorrow what we can do today.A. come upB. put offC. turn onD. give out21. The children are getting more and more excited when Christmas is ______ near.A. drawingB. joiningC. takingD. operating22. The old man has two daughters, ______ are doctors.A. both of themB. both of whomC. both whoD. they both23. If you travel in a foreign country, a tour ______ may save you a lot of trouble.A. directorB. helperC. guideD. assistant24. Dinner will be ready ______ Let's go and wash our hands.A. at allB. at leastC. just nowD. fight away25. If you ______ smoking and drinking, your health will improve soon.A. gave upB. give upC. had given upD. will give upSection BDirections: There are also 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in the brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.26. John is the (clever) ______ student I have ever taught.27. His suggestions turned out to be very (effect) ______ in the improvement of our production.28. Sixty people (employ) ______ in this big factory last year.29. It is difficult for a (foreign) ______ to learn Chinese.30. Both of the twin brothers (be) ______ capable of doing technical work at present.31. When Jenny came to Britain, she had to get used to (drive) ______ on the left.32. She is well-known for her excellent (achieve) ______ in her career.33. The chairman required that every speaker (limit) ______ himself to fifteen minutes.34. He is (confidence) ______ even though he has failed several times.35. No student is supposed (spend) ______ so much money in school in a week.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed. Task 1Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.People today are still talking about the generation gap (代沟). Some parents complain that their children do not show them proper respect, while children complain that their parents do not understand them at all.What has gone wrong? Why has the generation gap appeared?One important cause is that young people want to choose their own life style. In more traditional societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to many people that their parents like, and often to continue the family occupation. Parents often expect their children to do better than they do, to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often, however, the high wishes that parents place on their children are another cause of the generation gap.Finally, the high speed of social changes deepens the gap. In a traditional culture, people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society today the knowledge of a lifetime may be out of use overnight(隔夜).36. According to the passage, children today expect their parents to ______.A. give them more independenceB. choose a good job for themC. live together with themD. make more money37. Parents often hope that their children will ______.A. make as much money as they doB. be more successful than they areC. choose jobs according to their own willD. avoid doing what their parents can't do38. The generation gap has become wider than before because of ______.A. the increasing dependence of children on parentsB. the influence of traditional culture on childrenC. the rapid changes of modem societyD. the missing of lifelong occupation39. In today's society, the knowledge of a lifetime ______.A. is still very much valuedB. becomes out of date quicklyC. is essential for continuing family occupationsD. helps the young generation to find a better job40. A proper title for this passage would be ______.A. Parents' Viewpoints On Generation GapB. Relationship Between Family MembersC. Generation Gap Between the Young and the OldD. Difference Between Traditional Culture and Modem KnowledgeTask 2Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.For some employers, the policy of lifelong employment is particularly important because it means that they can put money and effort into their staff(职员) training and make them loyal to the company. What they do is to select young people who have potential(潜能) and who can be trained. They then give the young people the kinds of skills that will make them suitable employees for the company. In other words, they adjust their training to their particular needs.One recently employed graduate says that she is receiving a great deal of valuable training from the company. "This means that I will be a loyal employee," she says, "And it also means that the company will want to keep me. I am an important investment for them. So the policy is a good one because it benefits both the employer and the employee."Recently, however, attitudes towards lifelong employment are beginning to change. Employees are slowly beginning to accept the idea that lifelong employment is not always in their best interest and that changing firms can have career advantages.41. The purpose of lifelong employment is to ______.A. adjust the needs of the company to its employeesB. make employees loyal to their companyC. select the best skilled young employeesD. keep the skilled staff satisfied42. By training its employees, a company can make them ______.A. do their work more easilyB. more interested in their workC. willing to invest money into the companyD. possess the necessary qualities for the job43. Talking about the training she has received, a recently employed graduate has the view that ______.A. it is still well-received by all the staff members todayB. it is valuable to the employer and the employeesC. it is helpful for attracting young employeesD. it is both useful and interesting44. Attitudes towards lifelong employment are changing because ______.A. job changes have career advantagesB. it's boring to work in only one companyC. only the employer benefits from such employmentD. stable employment seldom offers better opportunities45. The passage is mainly about ______.A. lifelong training of employeesB. policies of lifelong employmentC. attitudes towards lifelong employmentD. employers' interest in lifelong employmentTask 3Directions: The following is an advertisement. After reading it, you should complete the information by filling in the blanks marked 46 to 50 in the table below. For each blank, you should write in the table below in no mare than 3 words.Over a million people visit Hawaii (夏威夷) each year because of its beautiful weather and wonderful scenery(景色). The Hawaiian islands have very mild temperatures. For example, August, the hottest month, averages 78.4°F, while February, the coldest month, ave rages 71.9 °F. In addition, the rainfall in Hawaii is not very heavy because mountains on the north of each island stop incoming storms; for instance, Honolulu averages only 23 inches of rain per year. This beautiful weather helps tourists to enjoy Hawaii's wonderful natural scenery, from mountain waterfalls to fields of flowers and fruits. And Hawaii's beautiful beaches are everywhere--from the lovely Kona coast beaches on the large island of Hawaii to Waikiki Beach on Oahu. Warm sunshine and beautiful beaches--it is not surprising that so many people visit Hawaii each year. Are you going to join us? Don't miss the chance!HawaiiFamous for its: 1) (46) , and2) (47)Average Temperature: ranging from (48) to 78.4 °FAnnual rainfall in Honolulu: (49)Attractions for tourists: (50) and beautiful beachesTask 4Directions: The following is a part of the contents of Office Practice. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to (与......等同) those given in Chinese in the list below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in brackets on the Answer Sheet, numbered 51 through 55.A--answer phoneB--burglar alarmC--date-stampD--electronic display materialE--headed paperF--office information systemG--shorthandH--annual reportI--registered deliveryJ--office automationK--time sheetL--computer packageM--handbookN--waste basketO--card-indexP--blueprint51．( )年度报告 ( )电子显示材料52．( )计算机程序包 ( )邮戳日期53．( )办公自动化 ( )废纸篓54．( )印有信头的信纸 ( )录音电话55．( )挂号邮件 ( )办公室信息系统Task 5Directions: There are three advertisements in this task. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to (与......等同) those given in Chinese in the list below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in brackets on the Answer Sheet, numbered 51 through 55. APPOINTMENTSYOUNG Italian girl, student, speaks English and French, seeks post in a school or family, giving lessons or looking after children. --Write Box L. 1367, The Daily--, London, E. C. 4. YOUNG man, once an officer, tired of uninteresting office work, is willing to go to any part of the world and to do anything legal; speaks several languages; drives all makes of cars; exciting work more important than salary. --Write Box F. 238, The Daily--, London, E.C.MARRIED couple wanted Gardener; country house 2 miles from Oxford, good bus service; family three adults, five children; wages ￡ 9; comfortable rooms with central heating. -- Write Box S, 754. The Daily--, London, E.C.56. What kind of work is suitable for the Italian girl?Teach classes or _______________.57. What foreign languages does the Italian girl know?She knows _______________.58. Why is the young man tired of his office work?Because it is _______________.59. What does the young man think of salary?He thinks that salary is _______________ than exciting work60. What kind of helper are the married couple trying to find?They are trying to find _______________.Part IV Translation English into Chinese( 25 minutes)Directions: This part, numbered 61 to 65, is to test your ability to translate English into Chinese. Each of the four sentences (No. 61 to No. 64) is followed by four choices of suggested translation marked A, B, C and D. Make the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Write your translation of the paragraph ( No. 65) in the corresponding space on the Translation/Composition Sheet.61. This is rather for your father to decide than for you.A．这是你父亲的决定而不是你的决定。