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1、书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘学子：学业有成，金榜题名！语言类考试复习资料大全公共英语三级分类模拟题22公共英语三级分类模拟题22Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1 Text 1 I dont ever want to talk about being a woman scientist

2、 again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what its like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape

3、of space-time and the nature of black holes. At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph. D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me My every achievementjobs,

4、 research papers, awardswas viewed through the lens of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind. Then one day a few y

5、ears ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations: I dont talk about that anymore It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didnt want to deal with gender issues. Why should sexism be yet another terribl

6、e burden on every female scientist? After all, I dont study sociology or political theory. Today I research and teach at Barnard, a womens college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answ

7、er, 45I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I dont dismiss those concerns. Still, I dont tell them war stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments.

8、And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And thats a sight worth talking about. 1. What the author finds interesting is _.A.telling stories to peopleB.her study about astrophysicsC.working in field dominated by menD.teaching at school答案:B解析 细节题。题干意为“令作者感兴趣的是”

9、。根据interesting一词定位至第一段最后一句，即作者感兴趣的是对天体物理学方面的研究。因此，B选项(她对天体物理学的研究)符合题意。故B为正确答案。2. From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute the authors failures to _.A.the very fact that she is a womanB.her involvement in gender politicsC.her over-confidence as a female astrophysicistD.the burden sh

10、e bears in a male-dominated society答案:A解析 推理题。题干意为“根据第二段，我们可以推断出，人们将作者的失败归咎于”。根据failures一词定位至第二段第四句，联系前一句可知，作者的失败与成功都会被人归咎于作者性别为女性。因此，A选项(作者是女性这一事实)符合题意，故A为正确答案。3. While doing her Ph.D. and postdoctoral research, the author is bothered by _.A.Lack of confidence in succeeding in space scienceB.Unfair

11、 accusations from both inside and outside her circleC.Peoples discriminationagainst female scientistsD.Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurtured答案:C解析 细节题。题干意为“读博士和博士后期间，作者受到的困扰”。根据题干Ph.D. and post-doctoral research定位原文至第二段第二句，句中的the issue即指上句中的to be the only woman in the classroom。由此推知，困扰

12、作者的是人们对女科学家持有偏见。C选项(人们对女科学家的歧视)与其意思一致，故C为正确答案。4. The author feels great satisfaction when talking about her class because _.A.Female students no longer have to bother about gender issuesB.Her students performance has brought back her confidenceC.Her female students can do just as well as male studen

13、tsD.More female students are pursuing science than before答案:D解析 推理题。题干意为“谈到她的授课班级时，作者感到莫大的欣慰是因为”。根据satisfaction一词定位至第四段第二、三句，由此推知，作者对班里有如此多的女同学从事科学研究感到欣慰。D选项(相比于从前有更多的女同学从事科学研究)与其意思一致，故D为正确答案。5. In the last paragraph, the image the author presents to her students suggest _.A.Women students neednt ha

14、ve the concerns of her generationB.Women have more barriers on their way to academic successC.Women can balance a career in science and having a familyD.Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career答案:C解析 推理题。题干意为“在最后一段中，作者展现给她的学生的形象暗示了”。根据题干定位原文至最后一段，其中倒数第三句提到，作者试图呈现给学生的形象是为了消除第四句中提到的学生们的

15、担心，即如何才能在做科学研究的同时照顾好孩子。C选项(女人能够协调好科研工作和家庭之间的关系)与其意思一致，故C为正确答案。Text 2 As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing diseaseespecially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to

16、exercise. The line of thought involved in this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very nutritious (有营养的) foods, who feels OK but exercises only occasionally, who goes to work every day, but is not an outstanding worker, who drinks a few bee

17、rs at home most nights but does not drive while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts, but sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person is not ill. He may not even be at risk for any particular disease. But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier. The field o

18、f medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely not ill and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the bodys special needs. Both types have simply been called well. In recent years, however, some health specialists have begun to apply the terms well and

19、 wellness only to those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their health. People who are well are concerned with nutrition and exercise, and they make a point of monitoring their bodys condition. Most important, perhaps, people who are well take active responsibility for all matters re

20、lated to their health. Even people who have a physical disease or handicap (缺陷) may be well in this new sense, if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations. Wellness may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve, b

21、ut as an ideal that people can strive for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes. And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways in which people face the challenge

22、s of daily life. 1. Today medical care is placing more stress on _.A.keeping people in a healthy physical conditionB.monitoring patients body functionsC.removing peoples bad living habitsD.ensuring peoples psychological well-being答案:C解析 细节题。题干意为“今天的医疗保健更注重”。根据题干today the medical care定位至第一段，当今社会医疗保健的

23、侧重点已经从治疗疾病转向预防疾病，尤其是注重改变我们的一些不健康的行为。C选项(改变人们不好的生活习惯)符合题意，故C为正确答案。2. Which of the following behaviors is not healthy according to the writer? _A.eating nutritious foodB.taking cigarettesC.doing proper exercisesD.having regular dinners答案:B解析 细节题。题干意为：“作者认为以下哪种行为是不健康的?”根据题干behaviors和not healthy定位至第一段后半

24、部分，其中讲到，不健康的行为包括不良的饮食习惯、吸烟和缺乏体育锻炼。显然B选项(吸烟)符合题意，故B为正确答案。3. Traditionally, a person is considered well if he _.A.does not have any unhealthy living habitsB.does not have any physical handicapsC.is able to handle his daily routinesD.is free from any kind of disease答案:D解析 细节题。题干意为“传统意义上讲，一个人被认为是健康的，如果他

25、”。根据题干traditionally定位原文至第三段第一句，传统医学界并没有明确区分“不生病”和“身体健康”，即认为“不生病”就是“健康的”。由此推断，D选项(不生病)符合题意，故D为正确答案。4. According to the author, the true meaning of wellness is for people _.A.to best satisfy their bodys special needsB.to strive to maintain the best possible healthC.to meet the strictest standards of b

26、odily healthD.to keep a proper balance between work and leisure答案:B解析 释义题。题干意为“根据作者，健康的真正含义是对人们来讲能够”。根据题干wellness定位原文至第三段最后一句，其中those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their health对wellness作出解释，即“健康”的人应是那些积极努力维持并且改善他们健康状况的人。文章第四段对这一观点作了进一步的详细阐释。B选项(努力保持最健康的状态)与其意思一致，故B为正确答案。5. Accord

27、ing to what the author advocates, which of the following groups of people would be considered healthy? _A.People who have strong muscles as well as slim figures.B.People who are not presently experiencing any symptoms of disease.C.People who try to be as healthy as possible, regardless of their phys

28、ical limitations.D.People who can recover from illness even without seeking medical care.答案:C解析 是非判断题。题干意为“根据作者所倡导的，下面哪群人被认为是健康的?”。A“拥有发达肌肉和苗条身材的人”；B“当前没有表现出任何生病征兆的人”；C“尽管有身体局限但仍努力保持健康的人”；D“即使没有医疗保健也能恢复健康的人”。根据第四段最后一句可推知c选项符合题意，其他三项在原文均未提及，故C为正确答案。Text 3 In a country that defines itself by ideals, n

29、ot by shared blood, who should be allowed to come work and live here? In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks these questions have never seemed more pressing. On Dec. 11, 2001, as part of the effort to increase homeland security, federal and local authorities in 14 states staged Operation Safe Travel ra

30、ids on airports to arrest employees with false identification (身份证明). In Salt Lake City there were 69 arrests. But those captured were anything but terrorists, most of them illegal immigrants from Central or South America. Authorities said the undocumented workers illegal status made them open to bl

31、ackmail (讹诈) by terrorists. Many immigrants in Salt Lake City were angered by the arrests and said they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods. Mayor Anderson said those feelings were justified to a certain extent. Were saying we want you to work in these places, were going to look

32、 the other way in terms of what our laws are, and then when its convenient for us, or when we can try to make a point in terms of national security, especially after Sept. 11, then youre disposable. There are whole families being uprooted for all of the wrong reasons, Anderson said. If Sept. 11 had

33、never happened, the airport workers would not have been arrested and could have gone on quietly living in America, probably indefinitely. Ana Castro, a manager at a Ben Jerrys ice cream shop at the airport had been working 10 years with the same false Social Security card when she was arrested in th

34、e December airport raid. Now she and her family are living under the threat of deportation (驱逐出境). Castros case is currently waiting to be settled. While she awaits the outcome, the government has granted her permission to work here and she has returned to her job at Ben Jerrys. 1. According to the

35、author, the United States claims to be a nation _.A.composed of people having different valuesB.encouraging individual pursuitsC.sharing common interestsD.founded on shared ideals答案:D解析 细节题。题干意为“通过作者得知，美国宣称是一个的国家”。文章开头第一句即提出“a country that defines itself by ideals, not by shared blood”，即美国是一个以共同理想而非

36、共同血缘为基石的国家。并且，题干中的claim与define意思相近。因此，D选项(在共同理想基础上建立起来)符合题意。故D为正确答案。2. How did the immigrants in Salt Lake City feel about Operation Safe Travel? _A.They felt guilty.B.They felt offended.C.They felt disappointed.D.They felt discouraged.答案:B解析 推理题。题干意为“盐湖城的移民对安全旅行活动感受如何?”。根据题干中the immigrants in Salt

37、Lake City定位至第三段，通过angered和they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods可推知移民对这项活动感到非常气愤，反应强烈。由此推断，B选项(气愤的，被冒犯的)符合题意，故B为正确答案。而A项意为“有罪的”，C项意为“失望的”，D项意为“气馁的”，均不符合题意。3. Undocumented workers became the target of Operation Safe Travel because _.A.evidence was found that they were potential

38、 terrorists.B.most of them worked at airports under threat of terrorists.C.terrorists might take advantage of their illegal status.D.they were reportedly helping hide terrorists around the airport.答案:C解析 细节题。题干意为“无记录在案的工人成为安全旅行活动的打击目标是因为”。根据题干undocumented workers定位至第二段最后一句，无记录在案的工人的非法处境会使他们成为恐怖分子讹诈的

39、对象。C选项(恐怖分子可能会利用他们的非法身份)是对该句的同义改写，故C为正确答案。4. Which of the following word can describe the attitude of Mayor Anderson toward the immigrants? _A.ignorableB.understandableC.obscureD.negative答案:B解析 推理题。题干意为：“以下哪个词语可以描述Anderson市长对移民的态度?”根据Mayor Anderson定位至第四段，由段中第一句以及后文中的we want you to work in these plac

40、es和were going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are可推断出，Anderson是理解盐湖城的移民的处境的。B选项(理解的)符合题意，故B为正确答案。而A项意为“忽视的”，C项意为“模糊的”，D项意为“消极的”，均不符合题意。5. What do we learn about Ana Castro from the last paragraph? _A.She will be deported sooner or later.B.She is allowed to stay permanently.C.Her case

41、 has been dropped.D.Her fate remains uncertain.答案:D解析 推理题。题干意为：“从最后一段中我们可以了解到Ana Castro处于怎样的处境中?”由段中最后三句可知，Ana Castro的案子正在审理中，面临被驱逐出境的危险，但在等待结果期间，她可以继续工作。由此推断，D选项(她的命运还是个未知数)符合题意，故D为正确答案。Part BDirections: Read the texts from a magazine article in which five people gave their opinions on work and fam

42、ily. For Questions 16 to 17, match the name of the persons to one of the statements given below. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1 Louisa: To me, work is first and my child is second. I work more for myself than for my child because its the only way to be economically independent. Otherwise I may

43、some day lose everything, even my child. I can give everything for the sake of my daughter but never at the cost of my career. Only after I achieve value through work can it be possible for me to raise my baby. I resumed working after a short maternity (产妇的) leave. Now my daughter goes to kindergart

44、en while I am at work. I think that is her first step into society. Marina: Nowadays, economic independence is particularly important to women. The only way to realize self-value is through work. I believe women should first live as a social entity (实体), then as a mother. And there are facts to show

45、 that women are not inferior to men in the working world. Child is just another part of my life, it would be impossible to make her my whole life. I think I will also get a nanny (保姆) to lend me a hand. Ross: When women make their career as their final pursuit, I think they lose their natural maternal instincts. I hope my wife will put most of her energy and time on child care and family. Because she gives birth to the child, she can do a much better job than the father in understanding the child. The mother should be the main educator while father works as her assistant.