[大学英语考试复习资料]大学三级(A)模拟509

1、大学英语考试复习资料大学三级(A)模拟509大学英语考试复习资料大学三级(A)模拟509大学三级(A)模拟509Part Listening ComprehensionDirections: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections.Section ADirections: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After

2、each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C), D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer

3、 Sheet with a single line through the centre. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1.A.Ten.B.Ten-twenty.C.Eleven.D.Eleven-twenty.答案:C解析M: Ill drive you to the station, then you can catch the ten-twenty train.W: Impossible. Its already ten. I think I can take the train starting at eleven.Q: Which train the woman is

4、likely to catch?数字题。这道题是关于火车的时刻，现在已经是ten，所以赶不上ten-twenty火车，只能乘坐eleven的火车了。2.A.Because she has got an appointment.B.Because she doesnt want to.C.Because she has to work.D.Because she wants to eat in a new restaurant.答案:C解析M: The students English club is having a party on Saturday night. Can you come?

5、W: I would like to, but I work at a restaurant on weekends.Q: Why cant the woman go to the party?推理判断题。本题的关键在于听清but后的信息。女士先表示愿意去，但又用but转折说明她因为要工作而不能去，故答案是C。3.A.Continue to read.B.Meet the woman at the library.C.Make some coffee.D.Go out with some friends.答案:A解析W: Hey, Larry. Do you want to meet a fe

6、w of us for coffee in a little while?M: Hmm. I would if I werent so far behind in this reading I m doing.Q: What will the man probably do?虚拟语气题。男士回答道“I would if I werent so far behind in this reading Im doing.”这是一个典型的虚拟语气的句子，意思是“如果我没在这份阅读材料上落后这么多的话，我就会去的。”言外之意就是他不能去，因为他还要继续做阅读。4.A.Two years.B.Three

7、years.C.Four years.D.Five years.答案:B解析W: Your spoken English is very good. I like it very much.M: Thank you! You see, Ive ever stayed in America for three years and during that time my oral English was improved a lot.Q: How long did the man stay in America?数字判断题。对话中男士直接给出答案“Ive ever stayed in Americ

8、a for three years.”，因此答案选B。5.A.At a hotel.B.At an airport.C.At a restaurant.D.At a bank.答案:D解析M: Id like to open a savings account, please.W: All fight, please fill out the forms and sign your name on the line.Q: Where does the conversation most likely take place?地点判断题。对话中出现的关键词是“open a savings acco

9、unt”(开个储蓄账户)，因此可判断出对话地点是银行。Section BDirections: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken two times. When you he

10、ar a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A) , B) , C) , D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Conversation 1 (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1.A.Because Washington D. C. lies i

11、n the district of Columbia.B.Because there is a state named Washington in America.C.Because it was connected with President Washington.D.Because they want to show their admiration and love for President Washington.答案:D解析 6-7W: We are now in Washington D.C., the capital city of America.M: It must be

12、the political centre of America.W: Thats for sure. People name it Washington D.C. since it lies in the district of Columbia. You know there is also a state named Washington in America. But it is in the Northwest of our country.M: I think this citys name must be connected with President Washington.W:

13、 Yes. George Washington has been highly respected by the American people. To show their admiration and love for President Washington, they name their capital city Washington D.C.M: Oh, I see.W: Look, there is the Washington Monument. It is the highest needle shaped building in the world. The height

14、is 55 feet.M: Will we visit the Library of Congress?W: Yes. The Library of Congress is the largest Library in the world. The glass ceiling makes the library very bright.M: Your interpretation is so helpful.6. Q: Why did people name this city Washington D. C.?细节题。这位女士明确说出人们为了表示他们对华盛顿的钦佩和爱戴而把该城市命名为Was

15、hington DC。因此正确答案为D。2.A.Tour guide and guest.B.Friends.C.Colleagues.D.Teacher and student.答案:A解析Q: Whats the relationship between the two persons?判断题。这位女士一直在给这位男士介绍华盛顿这一城市，因此可以判断这位女士是导游，而这位男土是游客，所以应选A。Conversation 2 (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1.A.Before summer vacation.B.During summer vacation.C.After sum

16、mer vacation.D.In class.答案:A解析 8-10W: Its almost vacation time. Have you found a summer job yet?M: I suppose I can work at the boys camp where I worked last summer. But camp jobs dont pay much.W: I think I can get a job at the Edgewater Hotel. A friend of mine was a waiter there last summer. The pay

17、 wasnt good, but he got lots of tips.M: My sister worked there last summer, making beds and cleaning bathrooms. She didnt like it, but she earned quite a lot of money.W: A friend of my sisters did that one summer.M: What I want is a job outside. After sitting in college classes all winter, Id like a

18、 job in the open air.W: The high school kids earn a lot of money every summer cutting grass. My brother is only fourteen, but he gets five dollars every time he cuts somebodys grass, and it only takes him an hour. He just rides around on the machine that he bought, and the machine does all the work.

19、M: Thats pretty good. I used to cut grass when I was in high school. But now I thought I might work for a road-building company, or something like that.W: It would be a good experience. You could earn a lot, too.8. Q: When did the conversation take place?细节题。对话开始时，这位女士说“Its almost vacation time”也就是说

20、，还没有放暑假，是在暑假前的一段对话。因此正确答案为A。2.A.Camp jobs.B.A job at a hotel.C.A job in the open air.D.Cutting grass.答案:C解析Q: What kind of job does the man prefer?细节题。这位男士说喜欢在户外工作，所以应选C。3.A.Camp jobs are very attractive.B.Customers at hotels usually give tips to waiters.C.High school kids usually help their parents

21、 cutting grass.D.The man wants a job outside because machines do all the work.答案:B解析Q: what do we learn from this conversation?综合推断题。这位女士说她的一个朋友在旅馆工作，工资不高，但是能够得到很多小费。因此正确答案为B。Section CDirections: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded. passage. Af

22、ter that you will hear 5 questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should complete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase ( in no more than 3 words ). The questions and incomplete answers are printed both in your test paper and on t

23、he Answer Sheet. You should write your answers on the Answer Sheet. Now the passage will begin. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. What are in Mrs. Clarks handbag?答案:Money and keys解析 11-15 On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Clark got dressed for going out. She took her handbag, with her money and keys inside it and le

24、ft her house, pulling the door behind her to lock it. At six oclock she came home and got into the house with her key. At once she smelled cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? Had anybody broken in while she was at the club? She checked the back doors and all the downstairs windows. T

25、hey were all securely fastened. There was no sign that anyone had forced his way in. But one thing was certain: a cigarette had been smoked in her house that afternoon. 11. Q: What are in Mrs. Clarks handbag? 细节题。短文中第二句告诉我们“She took her handbag，with her money and keys inside it and left her house(她拿

26、起装有钱和钥匙的手提包出门了)”。2. When did she come home?答案:At six oclock解析Q. When did she come home?细节题。短文中第三句告诉我们“At six oclock she came home and got into the house with her key(她六点钟回家，用钥匙开门进屋)”。3. When she smelled cigarette smoke, what did she associate with it?Somebody had _.答案:broken in解析Q: When she smelled

27、cigarette smoke, what did she associate with it?细节题。短文中第七句告诉我们“Had anybody broken in while she was at the club?”(难道当她在俱乐部时有人曾闯入她家?)4. After she smelled cigarette smoke, what did she do?She checked the _.答案:doors and windows解析Q: After she smelled cigarette smoke, what did she do?细节题。短文中第八句告诉我们“She ch

28、ecked the back doors and an the downstairs windows(她查看了后门和楼下所有的窗户)”。5. What was certain according to the passage?_ had been smoked in her house that afternoon.答案:A cigarette解析Q: What was certain according to the passage?细节题。短文中最后一句告诉我们“But one thing was certain：a cigarette had been smoked in her hou

29、se that afternoon(但是有一件事是可以肯定的：那天下午的确有人在她家里吸烟了)”。Part StructureDirections: This part is to test your ability to construct grammatically correct sentences. It consists of 2 sections.Section ADirections: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by decid

30、ing on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single the line through the center.问题:1. Id rather that you _ the operation right away.A.performB.should performC.will performD.performed答案:

31、Dwould rather或had rather后的从句中动词谓语应用虚拟形式。如果指的是现在或将来的事，动词用过去时；如果指过去的事，动词用过去完成时。问题:2. Weather _, the sports meet will be held as scheduled.A.permitsB.permittingC.will permitD.should permit答案:B不达意分词独立结构，其主语是weather；句子的主语是the sports meet。问题:3. There is every evidence to show that the price of flats in Sh

32、anghai _ from 10 to 15 during the last month.A.has been raisedB.had been raisedC.has risenD.had been aroused答案:C价格的上涨用不及物动词rise。问题:4. Have you ever considered _ to live in the country?A.goingB.to goC.to have goneD.go答案:Aconsider doing sth用动名词。动词后必须接动名词的动词还有：admit，advise，allow， avoid，delay，deny，enjoy

33、，escape，fancy，favor，finish，forbid，imagine，mind， mean，miss，permit，postpone，practice，recommend，risk，suggest等。问题:5. It is no good _ this morning. Come back tomorrow morning.A.to waitB.waitC.waitingD.talked答案:CIt is no good/use/point等句型后面常用doing。问题:6. _ all his students, Ann is the one he likes best.A.O

34、nB.ByC.WithD.Of答案:D最高级常用在山介词of，in或among引起的短语中。问题:7. He said that he had _ to do with the crime, so he should not be imprisoned.A.nothingB.anythingC.somethingD.everything答案:Ahave nothing to do with sth是常用的短语，意思是“和某事不相干”。问题:8. No one except Kenny and Ann _ to New York before.A.have beenB.are goingC.ha

35、s beenD.is going答案:C测试主谓一致的用法。except Kenny and Ann是主语的附加成分，句子的主语是no one，before暗示应用现在完成时态。问题:9. Have you finished your homework? Lesson One is _ than Lesson Three.A.more easierB.very easierC.more easyD.much easier答案:Dmuch可以修饰形容词或副词的比较级。问题:10. His oral English was so poor that he fond it impossible to

36、 make himself _.A.understandB.understoodC.to understandD.understanding答案:B宾语后的动词understand和宾语himself是逻辑上的动宾关系，而不是主谓关系，所以用过去分词表示被动。make oneself understood/heard意思是“使自己让人家明白/听到”。Section BDirections: There are 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word

37、 given in the brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.问题:1. In the listening section, you will learn the (important) _ of saying thank you.答案:importance定冠词后用名词。问题:2. The customers made (complain) _ about the high prices.答案:complaints名词作宾语。问题:3. Believe it or

38、not, our foreign teacher is quite (skill) _ at cooking Chinese dishes.答案:skilledbe skilled at擅长。问题:4. A neat (science) _ always put his equipment back into place.答案:scientist形容词后用表示职业的名词“科学家”。问题:5. Last week he promised that he (come) _ today, but he hasnt arrived yet.答案:would comepromised后面的宾语从句表示从

39、过去看将来发生的事，故用过去将来时。问题:6. My dormitory is very (convenience) _ for getting to work as it is only a few minutes walk from the subway.答案:convenientvery后用形容词作表语。问题:7. How close parents are to their children (have) _ a strong influence on the character of their children.答案:hasHow close parents are to thei

40、r children是从句作主语，看作单数，用has。问题:8. I got terribly (nerve) _ and dropped a spoon on the floor.答案:nervousget作系动词，后面用形容词作表语。问题:9. We have such a variety of (choose) _ when we go to a card shop.答案:choicesa variety of意为“很多”，后面接名词。问题:10. He hurried to station only (find) _ that the train for Tokyo had left.

41、答案:to findonly与不定式连用常表示一种意外的、令人失望的结果。Part Reading ComprehensionDirections: 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 1 The structure of an essay includes four parts: tit

42、le, opening paragraph, body and conclusion. Your title should reflect the thesis or central argument of your essay. Avoid repeating the topic as assigned (or selected). Begin with a statement about the general topic and proceed to your particular thesis(论文) and approach to it. This structure will or

43、ient(使确定方向) your reader. Avoid giving a summary of what is to follow. Avoid writing about your essay; write only about your subject. (In other words, avoid such statements as: In this section I shall discuss x. Simply discuss x. ) The middle section of the essay should be divided into carefully conn

44、ected paragraphs, each consisting of four to eight sentences. Avoid overly long or short paragraphs. Each paragraph should contain one major point, and must be related logically and grammatically to the preceding and following ones. Use connecting words (such as: however, therefore, in addition, nev

45、ertheless, and so on) to ensure smooth and clear transitions(过渡) between points and paragraphs. Never apologize. Avoid too such statements as in my opinion, since the entire essay is assumed to be your opinion - that is, an opinion based upon and supported by material from the texts. Since the argum

46、ent has built up to your strongest point, your conclusion should begin with what your argument proved - your thesis. A brief and reworded summary of your main points could follow for emphasis, but a plodding(单调乏味的) repetition should be avoided. End with an opening outwards to the general implication

47、s of your findings, remembering that the reader should be left with a feeling of your conviction, not your doubt or hesitation. 1. In the opening paragraph, you should avoid _.A.orienting your readerB.discussing xC.writing only about your subjectD.writing about your essay答案:D第三段的第四句告诉我们论文的第一段要与论文主题相

48、关。2. Which paragraph in this passage talks about the body of the thesis?A.The second paragraph.B.The third paragraph.C.The fourth paragraph.D.The fifth paragraph.答案:C文章的第四段讲述了如何写论文的正文部分。3. In order to ensure smooth and clear transitions between points, you can use _.A.in additionB.in my opinionC.in

49、this section I shall discuss xD.Both B and C.答案:A第四段的第四句列举了起承接作用的词语，A选项就在具中。4. Which of the following should be included in your conclusion?A.A plodding repetition.B.Your doubt or hesitation.C.Connecting words.D.A brief and reworded summary of your main points.答案:D最后一段的第二句话说明在结论段中，对文章主要论点的简短重述是必要的。5

50、. The best title of the passage is _.A.The Structure of an EssayB.How to Write the Body of the ThesisC.How to Write the Structure of the EssayD.The Opening Paragraph and the Conclusion答案:A综观全文，可以发现选项A(论文的结构)最能概括大意。Task 2 Increasing numbers of international students are choosing Australia as their ov

51、erseas study destination. Each year we welcome 80,000 international students from all over the world. Australia is an attractive and safe place to live and we enjoy a very high standard of living. Australias major cities all have something special to offer. Brisbane and other cities in Queensland bo

52、ast(以有而自豪) the best weather, welcoming and friendly people, competitive living and tuition costs, opportunities for adventure tourism and modem cities with thriving arts and cultural scenes, brilliant sunsets and great beaches. Sydney is our biggest city with bright lights, great people and an excit

53、ing lifestyle built around the magnificent Sydney Harbor. Having hosted the 2000 Olympics and the 2003 Rugby World Cup - and being the home of the famous Opera House and Bondai Beach - Sydney is an excellent city with many varied options for entertainment. More and more exciting things will be happe

54、ning in this already vibrant (充满生气的) city. Melbourne is literally littered with international restaurants and street cafes, and produces some of Australias best musicians. Melbourne is actually quite European in its flavor with a distinct multicultural population. This is reflected again in the vari

55、ety of restaurants around Melbourne and the cultural displays that are present everywhere. Melbourne also celebrates its diversity (多样性) in festivals throughout the year. Finally, Perth seems to have a little bit of everything and claims to be the worlds biggest kept secret. Situated on the Swan Riv

56、er, Perth is famous for its cleanliness and great weather. Certainly, Perth and Melbourne and Brisbane have proven to be very popular choices for international students. 1. Brisbane and other cities in Queensland are proud of the following EXCEPT _.A.the best weatherB.opportunities for adventure tourismC.welcoming and friendly peopleD.being the biggest city答案:DD选项在第三段的第一句话，它描述的是悉尼，不是布里斯班。2. Which city held the Rugby