2011年12月份全国英语3级考试参考答案

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16. All students are eager to know ________they wilt pass the exam or not.

A) if

B) that

C) whether

D) why

17. When the couple _______ here, they ________ to the park.

A) will come；will go

B) come；go

C) will come；go

D) come；will go

18. —I cannot find Tom anywhere.

—He _________ have been off long. I heard him make a call just now.

A) shouldn't B) can't C) mustn't D) needn't

19. No matter who he is, young or old, people's state of mind tends to keep _______ with the rapid change of society.

A) contact

B) progress

C) touch

D) pace

20. To tell you the truth, it's very hard for us to help them get rid of Internet addiction. But we _________ on this problem trying to improve the situation.

A) worked

B) had worked

C) are working

D) had been working

21. There was an earthquake happened, _______ 100 people and with more than 300

A) killed; injured

B) killing; injured

C) killed; injuring

D) killing; injuring

22. 50miles southwest of the country ________ the famous beautiful mountain.

A) laying

B) lie

C) lies

D)lays

23. Everyone has periods in their lives ________ everything seems so hard.

A) when

B) where

C) which

D) that

24. Miss Liu doesn't mind _______ your homework as long as it is done by yourself.

A) you to delay handing in

B) your delaying handing in

C) your delaying to hand in

D) you delay to hand in

25. By no means _______ ready to quit her study.

A) will she

B) she will

C) she is

D) is she

26. The New York Times __________ (be) popular with those statesmen.

27. The people in your town are far _________ (friendly) than we expected.

28. Injury problem could __________ (short) basketball player's career.

29. I will tell Mary the truth instead of you, but I'd rather you _________ (tell) her.

30. By the time I graduate from university, I __________ (be) a student for 15 years.

31. This famous poem should _________ (translate) into Chinese because it is really worth reading.

32. According to the latest report, more and more young people intend to learn __________ (economy) and social science.

33. The dancer might have been killed in the crash if she _________ (go) to American by plane.

34. (catch) _________ by the host for stealing, the boy felt rather ashamed.

35. It's obvious that you hurt my feeling on purpose, so it's no use _________ (make) an apology.来源:考试

大-国家英语三级考试站Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfil. You should read the material carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.

Task 1

Directions: 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) or D).You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

It is known to us that English is not as old as Chinese, but it is widely used by most people all over the world. English speakers enjoy creating new words. In fact, a majority of words are traceable and each of them may have an interesting story.

However, no one will really care where a word comes from because it makes little difference in using them in our dally life. Did you ever feel confused about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham?

About a hundred years ago, some men went to American from Europe, coming from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They didn't know how to use English properly. Seen them eating round pieces of beef and asked what it was, the Germans didn't understand the qu estions exactly, they answered: “we come from Hamburg. “One of the Americans was an owner of a restaurant and got an idea. He cooked some round pieces of bread with beef and began selling them. Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”. Today, hamburgers a re welcomed by lots of people coming from different nationalities.

36. According to the text, English is _______.

A) older than Chinese

B) as old as Chinese

C) not so old as Chinese