2020年公共英语三级考试模拟试题

2020年公共英语三级考试模拟试题Directions：Readthefollowingthreetexts.AnswerthequestionsoneachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersontheANSWERSHEETbydrawingathicklineacrossthecorrespondingletterinthebrackets.TextIFifteenyearsago,IenteredtheBostonGlobe,whichwasatempletomethen.Itwasn'teasygettinghired.Butonceyouwerethere,Ifound,youwerein.Globejobswereforlife-guaranteeduntilretirement.For15yearsIhadprosperedthere—movingfromanordinaryreportertoforeigncorrespondentandfinallytosenioreditor.IwouldhavealifetimeofsecurityisIstruckwithit.Instead,Ihadmadeadecisiontoleave.Ienteredmyboss'soffice.Wouldherage?Iwondered.Hehadafamoustemper.“Matt,wehavetohaveatalk,”Ibeganawkwardly.“IcametotheGlobewhenIwastwenty-four.NowI'mforty.There'salotIwanttodoinlife.I'mresigning.”“Toanotherpaper?”heasked.Ireachedintomycoatpocket,butdidn'tsayanything.Ihandedhimaletterthatexplainedeverything.ItsaidthatIwasleavingtostartanewmediacompany.Wewereatarareturningpointinhistory.Iwantedtobedirectlyengagedinthechange.“I'mgladforyou,”hesaid,quiteoutofmyexpectation.“Ijustcamefromaboardofdirectorsmeetinganditwasseventy-fivepercentdiscouragingnews.Someofthatwecandealwith.Butmuchofitwecan't,”hewenton.“Iwishyoualltheluckintheworld,”heconcluded.“Andifitdoesn'tworkout,remember,yourstarisalwayshighhere.”ThenIwentoutofhisoffice,walkingthroughthenewsroomformoregood-byes.Everybodywassayingcongratulations.Everybody—eventhoughI'dberiskingallonanunfamiliarventure：allthefinancialsecurityIhadcarefullybuiltup.Later,IhadafinaltalkwithBillTaylor,chairmanandpublisheroftheBostonGlobe.HehadturnedtheGlobeintoabillion-dollarproperty.“I'mresigning,Bill,”Isaid.HelistenedwhileIgavehimthestory.Hewasn'tlookingangryordismayedeither.Afterapause,hesaid,“Golly,IwishIwereinyourshoes.”FromthepassageweknowthattheGlobeisafamous[A]newspaper[B]magazine[C]temple[D]churchIfthewriterstayedwiththeGlobe.[A]hewouldbeabletorealizehislifetimedreams.[B]hewouldlethislong-cherisheddreamsfadeaway.[C]hewouldneverhavetoworryabouthisfuturelife.[D]hewouldneverbeallowedtodevelophisambitions.Thewriterwantedtoresignbecause.[A]hehadserioustroublewithhisboss.[B]hegotunderpaidathisjobfortheGlobe.[C]hewantedtobeengagedinthenewmediaindustry.[D]hehadfoundabetterpaidjobinapublishinghouse.WhenthewriterdecidedtoresigntheGlobewasfacedwith.[A]atroublewithitsstaffmembers[B]ashortageofqualifiedreporters[C]anunfavorablebusinesssituation[D]anuncontrollablebusinesssituationBy“：IwishIwereinyourshoes.”(inthelastparagraph)BillTaylormeantthat.[A]thewriterwastofail.[B]thewriterwasstupid[C]hewoulddothesameifpossible[D]hewouldrejectthewriter'srequest参考答案：A第二段老板提到“是不是到另一家报纸去”根据此推测这是一家报社。C第二段提到“假如留下，会有生活保障”从而推断若不离开未来生