大学英语三级考试试题1

16.Thelocalgovernmentwarnedthecitizens

boiled.

waterdirectlyfromthetapunlessitis

A)notdrinkB)notdrinkingC)donotdrink

D)nottodrink

17.Hisfacelooks

A)similarB)alike

18.Iwenttothedentist’syesterday,andhadtwoteeth

A)pullingB)pulledC)bepulledD)topull

19.Onemanwasinstantlykilledandthreewereinatrafficaccidentlastnight.

A)damagedB)harmedC)injuredD)ruined

20.Thisisyourlettertome.Doyouobjecttothewholeclass?

A)tomyreadingitB)toreaditC)metoreaditD)mereadingit

21.Theeconomicstudyonmarketmustlayanemphasisontherelationshipbetweensupply

and

A)demand

22.Thepopulationoftheregionhas

A)largerthanB)asgreatas

23.Thecompanydecidedto

A)adjustB)adapt

24.ThisisMr.Evans,

A)whoseB)which

25.ThereisalwaysexcitementattheOlympicGameswhenapreviousrecordis

butIcan’trememberhisname.

C)likelyD)familiar

.

.

B)asgreatas

C)shortage

D)sale

doubledinthepasttenyears.

C)morethan

D)asmanyas

anewmanagingsystemforhigherefficiency.

D)admit

C)adopt

inventionhashelpedhundredsofdeafpeople.

C)thatD)whom

.

A)matched

26.

B)broken

C)kept

D)announced

thestory,Marydecidedthatthenewfilmwasnotreallyworthseeing.

A)Havebeentold

27.Wemust

B)Havingbeentold

ourmindswheretogoforourholidaythisyear.

B)makeforC)makeoffD)makeup

C)Beingtold

D)Beentold

A)makeout

28.Onlywhenhefinishedthetask

A)hethenrealizedB)didherealize

thathehadmadeamistake.

C)doesherealize

D)hedidrealize

29.Thepolicemanstoppedmycarbecausetheengine

A)gaveoffB)gaveoutC)gaveupD)gaveaway

myoldhouseyet,soatthemomentIhavetwo

heavysmoke.

30.Iboughtanewhouselastyear,butI

houses.

A)didn’tsell

B)hadn’tsold

C)haven’tsold

ahelpfulperson

B)such…asC)such…that

D)don’tsell

31.Ourneighboris

hewouldberighttherewhenyouneedhelp.

A)so…that

D)so…as

32.Hecannotplaytennishereuntilthemanagerrecommendsthathe

club.

amemberofthe

A)is

B)hasbeen

C)willbe

D)be

33.Taketheraincoatwithyou

A)inanycaseB)incaseofC)inthecaseof

34.

beensowonderfulasitistoday.

itrains.

D)incase

paperandprintinginventedbytheChinese,theworldcivilizationwouldnothave

A)Iftherewasnot

B)Therehadnotbeen

C)Hadtherenotbeen

D)Iftherewerenot

35.Wehadtoputthemeetingoff

somanypeoplewereabsent.

A)since

B)unless

Reading

C)lest

D)though

PartIII

Comprehension

(40%)

(35minutes)

Directions:Therearefourshortreadingpassagesinthispart.eachpassageisfollowedbyfive

questionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)and

D).YoushoulddecideonthebestanswerandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet

withasinglelinethroughthecenter.

PassageOne

Question36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Naturalrubberisobtainedfromrubberasawhite,milkyliquidknownaslatex(橡桨).Thisis

treatedwithacidanddried,beforeitissenttocountriesthroughouttheworld.Astherubber

industrydeveloped,moreandmorerubberwasrequired.Rubberplantations(种植园)weresetup

incountrieswithahot,humidclimate,butthesestillcouldnotsupplysufficientrawrubberto

satisfytherequirementsofdevelopingindustry.

Itwasunsatisfactoryforindustrytodependonsuppliescomingfromsofarawayfromthe

industrialareasofEurope.Itwasalwayspossiblethatsuppliescouldbestoppedbywarsor

shippingtrouble.

Formanyyears,attemptsweremadetoproduceasubstitute,buttheywereunsuccessful.Finally,

awmethodwasdiscoveredofproducingartificialrubberwhichisinmanywayssuperiorandin

somewaysinferior（劣的）tonaturalrubber.Artificialrubberisproducedinfactoriesbya

complicatedchemicalprocess.Itisusuallycheaperthannaturalrubber.

Atpresent,theworldrequirementsforrubberaresogreatthatbothnaturalandartificialrubberare

usedinlargequantities.

36.Thedemandforrawrubberhasbeenontherisealongwiththedevelopmentof

world.

inthe

A)plantations

37.Rawrubberusedtobeproducedmainly

A)withinEuropeB)indrycountries

38.Comparedwithartificialrubber,naturalrubberis

A)expensiveB)cheapC)inferior

B)transportation

C)industry

D)trade

.

C)inindustrialcountries

D)outsideEurope

.

D)superior

39.Thedirectcauseoftheproductionofartificialrubberwas

A)A)thegreatdifficultyofshippingrawrubber

.

B)B)thehighqualitiesofartificialrubber

C)C)theinsufficientsuppliesofnaturalrubber

D)D)thegreatcostofnaturalrubber

40.Thebesttitleforthispassageshouldbe

.

A)NaturalRubberB)TheCostforRubberC)ArtificialRubber

PassageTwo

D)TheValueofRubber

Questions41to45arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Noise,commonlydefinedasunpleasantsound,isakindofenvironmentalpollution.Particularly

incrowdedurbanareas,thenoiseproducedasaby-productofouradvancingtechnologycauses

physicalandpsychologicalharm,andseriouslyaffectsthequalityofthethosewhoaresuffering

fromit.

Unliketheeye,theearhasnolid;thereforenoisepenetratesiteasily.Loudnoisessignalabig

dangertohumanbeings.Inresponse,theheartwouldbeatfaster,theskinwouldbecomepale,and

themuscleswouldgettense.Asamatteroffact,someoftheseresponsespersistevenlongerthan

thenoise,occasionallyaslongasthirtyminutesafterthesoundhasceased.

Becausenoiseisunavoidableinacomplex,industrialsociety,weareconstantlyrespondinginthe

samewaysthatwewouldrespondtodanger.Recently,researchershaveconcludedthatnoiseand

ourresponsemaybemuchmorethananannoyance.Itmaybeaseriousthreattophysicaland

psychologicalhealthandwell-being(安乐)，causingdamagenotonlytotheearandbrainbut

alsototheheartandstomach.Wehavelongknownthathearinglossisanumberonenonfatal(非

致命的)healthproblem,butnowwearelearningthatsomeofuswithheartdiseaseandcancers

maybeaffectedbynoisepollutionaswell.

41.Whatistheauthor’smainpoint?

A)A)Loudnoisessignalabigdanger.

B)B)Noisemaybeaseriousthreattoourhealth.

C)C)Hearinglossisanumberonenonfatalhealthproblem.

D)D)Noiseisunavoidableindailylife.

42.Whatdoestheword“noise”meaninthispassage?

A)A)Aby-productoftechnology.

B)B)Unpleasantsound.

C)C)Physicalandpsychologyharm.

D)D)Adangertopeople’slife.

43.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?

A)A)Noiseisournumberoneproblem.

B)B)Ourresponsemightlastlongerthanthenoiseitself.

C)C)Ourbodycouldresistthenoisequiteeffectively.

D)D)Noiseislimitedtourbanareas.

44.Accordingtothepassage,thehumanbeing’simmediateresponsetonoisemaybethe

followingEXCEPTthat

.

A)A)theheartwouldbeatfaster.

B)B)Theskinwouldbecomepale

C)C)Themuscleswouldgettense

D)D)Thehandswouldcoveruptheears

45.Theword“it”(Line4,Paragraph1)refersto

.

A)harm

B)life

C)technology

D)noise

PassageThree

Questions46to50arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Anyonewhodoubtsthatglobal(全球性的)financialmarketscontrolnationaleconomiesneed

onlylookatthecrisisfacingthe“tigers”oftheFarEast。ThesituationinAsiashowshowpower

hasshiftedfromindividualgovernmentstothemarkets。

Thetrendtowardsglobalisationbeganintheearly1970swhenthesystemoffixedexchange

rates,setupafterWorldWarII,stoppedfunctioning.Thismeantthatthevalueofcurrencies（货

币）wouldnowbedeterminedbythemarketsinsteadofindividualgovernments.By1990,nearly

allworld’smajoreconomieshadgotridofrestrictionsonhowmuchmoneycouldbemovedin

andoutoftheircountries.

Otherfactorscontributingtotheriseofglobalisationarenewcommunicationstechnologies,and

bettertransportationsystems.Thesehaveenabledcompaniestogrowintomultinationals—

producinggoodsononesideoftheplanetandsellingthemontheother.

Asweapproachthecentury,thetrendofglobalisationseemsunstoppable.However,alookat

historysuggeststhatthingsmaynotgothatsmoothly.Thelasttimetheworldtriedtocreatea

globaleconomy,itseffortswerespoiledbyaworldwarandtheworstdepression（经济大萧条）

inhistory.Howsuccessfulitwillbethistimedependsonhowmuchwehavelearntfromthepast.

46.Whatwouldhappenalongwiththeglobaleconomy?

A)A)Freemovementofgoodsandcapitalbetweencountries.

B)B)Firmcontrolofnationaleconomiesbythegovernments.

C)C)Thegreatdepressionsinmanycountries.

D)D)Economiccrisesindevelopingcountries.

47.Theword“multinationals”mostprobablymeans

.

A)A)companiesproducingmanykindsofgoods

B)B)companiescontrollingeconomiesofseveralcountries

C)C)companieshavingbranchesinseveralcountries

D)D)companiesoperatingmanyfactorieswithinadistrict

48.Accordingtothispassage,nationaleconomiesinmostcountriesarenowcontrolledby

A)globalmarkets

C)largecompanies

B)individualgovernments

D)severalmultinationals

49)WhichofthefollowingdoesNOTappearintheprocessofglobalization?

A)A)Newcommunicationstechnologies.

B)B)Bettertransportationsystems.

C)C)Globalfinancialmarkets.

D)D)Fixedexchangerates.

50.Tocreateaglobaleconomy,itisveryimportantforus

A)A)tokeepworldpeace

.

B)B)todevelopmultinationals

C)C)topromotetransportation

D)D)tocontrolnationaleconomies

PassageFour

Questions51to55arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

ELNino（厄尔尼诺）hasexistedforalongtime.ItwasfirstobservedbyPeruvianfishermen,

whonoticedthattheseawarmedupeveryfewyearsaroundChristmastime.Theynamedthe

phenomenonELNino,whichisSpanishfor“thechild”,andreferstotheyoungChrist.

Inmorerecentyears,scientistshaveestablishedthatELNinoappearseverytwotosevenyears.

Itscauseisstillunknown,butit’sclearthatwhenitdoesappear,itcandisrupt（扰乱）weather

patternsoverthreequartersoftheearth,inaffectstheworld’sweathersystemmorethananyother

phenomenonexcepttheseasons.ThatELNinokilledover2,000peopleinfloodsanddrough（ts旱

灾）andcaused$13billionworthofdamage.

PlentyisnowknownaboutELNino’sdestructivepotential,butthephenomenonitselfremains

mysterious.Despiteyearsofresearch,scientistsarestillunabletopredicthowdestructiveanEL

Ninowillbewhenitarrives.However,progressisbeingmadeonforecastingwhenonewilloccur.

Thisisveryimportantbecause,ifenoughwarningisgiven,stepscanbetakentolimitthe

destructionandsufferingthatfollowingabadELNino.Attheveryleast,farmerswouldknow

whethertoplantdry-orwet-weathercrops.

51.PeruvianfishermennamedthephenomenonELNinoprobablybecause

A)A)itappearedeveryfewyears

.

B)B)theyobserveditfirst

C)C)itappearedaroundChristmastime

D)D)theseanoticeablywarmedup

52.Whichofthefollowingaffectstheworld’sweathersystemmostpowerfully?

A)A)ELNinos.B)Theseasons.C)Floods.D)Droughts.

53.Despitetheeffortsmadebyscientists,theyarestillunable

A)A)topredictELNino’sdestructivepotential

B)B)toforecastwhenanELNinowilloccur

C)C)towarnpeopleofanWLNino’sarrival

D)D)todeterminethecauseofELNino

.

54.ElNinoaffectstheworld’sweathersystemby

A)A)disruptingweatherpatterns

B)B)causingfloodsanddroughts

C)C)changingtheseasons

.

D)D)destroyingthecrops

55.ForecastinganELNinohelps

A)A)toplantdry-weathercrops

.

B)B)tounderstandthephenomenonbetter

C)C)todecreaseitsdestructiveeffects

D)D)topreventitspossibledestruction

PartIV

(10%)

TranslationfromEnglishintoChinese

(15minutes)

Directions:Inthispart,therearefoursentenceswhichyoushouldtranslateintoChinese.These

arealltakenfromtheReadingPassagesyouhavejustreadinPartThreeoftheTestPaper.Youare

allowed15minutestodothetranslation.Youcanreferbacktothepassagessoastoidentifythe

meaninginthecontext.WriteyourtranslationontheTranslationSheet.

1.

1.

(Lines2–3,Paragraph3,Passage1)

Finally,awmethodwasdiscoveredofproducingartificialrubberwhichisinmanywayssuperior

andinsomewaysinferior（劣的）tonaturalrubber.Artificialrubberisproducedinfactoriesbya

complicatedchemicalprocess.Itisusuallycheaperthannaturalrubber.

2.

2.

(Lines1–2,Paragraph3,Passage2)

Becausenoiseisunavoidableinacomplex,industrialsociety,weareconstantlyrespondinginthe

samewaysthatwewouldrespondtodanger.

3.

3.

(Lines2–4,Paragraph2,Passage3)

Thismeantthatthevalueofcurrencie（s货币）wouldnowbedeterminedbythemarketsinsteadof

individualgovernments.

4.

4.

(Lines4–6,Paragraph3,Passage4)

…ifenoughwarningisgiven,stepscanbetakentolimitthedestructionandsufferingthat

followingabadELNino.

PartV

Writing

(15%)

(30minutes)

Directions:

Forthispartyouareallowed30minutestowriteacompositionofnolessthan

80wordsonFamilyCarsinChinaR.ememberyourcompositionmustbewrittenaccordingto

thefollowingoutline.WriteyourcompositionontheCompositionSheet.

Outline:

1．

2．

1．

2．

小汽车正在进入中国家庭。

家用汽车的利和弊。

Wordsforreference:

Convenience,travel,cost,trafficjam,pollution,fuel

试卷二

听写填空

SpotDictation

SectionC

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Listencarefullyduringthefirst

reading.Thenlistentothepassageagain.Whenitisbeingreadthesecondtime,youshouldfillin

thesixblanksnumberedfrom13a)to15b)withtheexactwordsorphrasesyouhavejustheard.

Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.

Intheeighteenthcentury,citiesbecamelargerandlarger.Peoplemovedfromthecountrysideand

smalltownstothecities,13a)

OnSundaysandholidays,theylikedtoleavethecitiesandhaveagoodtimeinthecountryside.

Butnoteveryfamilyhadahorseand13b).Peopleneededanotherformof

therewasmoreworkforthemtodo.

transportation.14a)

appeared14b)

inmanycountriestriedtomeetthisneed.Thefirstbicycle

.Peoplecalledit“thehorseonwheels”.

Peoplelikedbicyclesbecausetheyweren’tas15a)ashorses.Theydidn’tneedtobuildaspecial

housetokeepthemin,andtheydidn’thave15b)them.Theycould

ridetheminthecityandinthecountryside.

Everybodyinthefamilycouldride---menandwomen,girlsandboys.

Todaypeopleineverycountryintheworldridebicycles.

翻译纸

TranslationSheet

PartIV

TranslationfromEnglishintoChinese

(15minutes)

(10%)

Directions:

Inthispart,therearefoursentenceswhichyoushouldtranslateintoChinese.

ThesearealltakenfromtheReadingPassagesyouhavejustreadinPartThreeoftheTestPaper.

Youareallowed15minutestodothetranslation.Youcanreferbacktothepassagessoasto

identifythemeaninginthecontext.WriteyourtranslationonthisTranslationSheet.

1.(Lines2–3,Paragraph3,Passage1)

Finally,awmethodwasdiscoveredofproducingartificialrubberwhichisinmanywayssuperior

andinsomewaysinferior（劣的）tonaturalrubber.Artificialrubberisproducedinfactoriesbya

complicatedchemicalprocess.Itisusuallycheaperthannaturalrubber.

2.(Lines1–2,Paragraph3,Passage2)

Becausenoiseisunavoidableinacomplex,industrialsociety,weareconstantlyrespondinginthe

samewaysthatwewouldrespondtodanger.

3.(Lines2–4,Paragraph2,Passage3)

Thismeantthatthevalueofcurrencie（s货币）wouldnowbedeterminedbythemarketsinsteadof

individualgovernments.

4.(Lines4–6,Paragraph3,Passage4)

…ifenoughwarningisgiven,stepscanbetakentolimitthedestructionandsufferingthat

followingabadELNino.

作文纸

CompositionSheet

PartV

Writing

(15%)

(30minutes)

Directions:

Forthispartyouareallowed30mintestowriteacompositionofnolessthan

100wordsonFamilyCarsinChina.Rememberyourcompositionmustbewrittenaccordingto

thefollowingoutline.WriteyourcompositionontheCompositionSheet.

Outline:

1．1．小汽车正在进入中国家庭

2．2．家用汽车的利和弊。

Wordsforreference:convenience,travel,cost,trafficjam,pollution,fuel

FamilyCarsinChina

四川省大学英语三级考试样题

参考答案

Keyto1-55

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PartII

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PartIII

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