2009年全国公共英语三级专家预测试题(9)-中大网校

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2009年全国公共英语三级专家预测试题(9)

总分：100分 及格：60分 考试时间：120分

从A,B,C,D四个选项中选一个最佳答案.

(1)根据下列文章,请回答{TSE}题。TextFor the __________26 month, mysterious falls of large chunks of ice (冰雹) ________27 rained down on Spain and Italy. Juana Sanchez, a 70-year-old woman in Almeria, southern Spain, was knocked ________ 28 when she was struck on the shoulder by a falling ice chunk ________29 she walked in a street ________30 her home. On January 12, just about 200 miles away in Seville, a man narrowly ________ 31 serious injury when a 9-pound ball of ice ________ 32 into his car. ________33 the evening of January 27 priests at the Salesian monastery in L'Aquila, Italy were startled by a loud crash. _______ 34 the noise, they discovered a large chunk of ice on their yard, _______ 35 intact. Upon examination, the block of ice _______ 36 in at 2 kilograms and no source _______37 . On the same day, about 100 miles northeast in Ancona, Italy, the local officials were called to investigate the report of a man _______38 was struck _______ 39 the head by a 1 kilogram chunk of ice that apparently fell from the sky.Spain and Italy aren't the only European _______40 getting attacked by huge ice blocks in January. On January 2 in Surrey, England (southwest of London), an East Indian man was walking through Newton Athletic Park when he _______ 41 a strange whistling sound overhead. Seconds _______ 42, a large hunk of ice fell out of the clear blue sky and pounded into the soft ground, shattering over a 50-foot-wide area. The ice dug a hole of a foot deep and a foot in diameter. Even the shattered remains of the mystery ice were as large as tennis balls and were described as opaque _______43 no unusual color or smell.Although eyewitnesses to the phenomenon report that they did not see anything in the sky that could account _______ 44 the ice, scientists had to come up with a rationalization. Professor Jesus Martinez Frias, the geologist investigating the ice falls in Spain, told BBC News that the ice pieces had probably been _______ 45 through sudden temperature drops in the stratosphere. This was the most likely explanation, he said, for the \A. last B. past C. passed D. early (2) A. was B. were C. has D. have (3)

A. conscious

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B. consciously C. unconscious D. unconsciously (4)

A. before B. after C. as D. since (5) A. at B. in C. along D. near (6)

A. escaped B. went C. attacked D. got (7)

A. smashed B. broke C. roiled D. fell (8) A. In B. At C. During D. On (9)

A. Investigate B. Investigating C. Investigated

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D. Investigation (10) A. large B. largely C. big D. huge (11)

A. weighs B. weighed C. has weighed D. had weighed (12)

A. determined B. has determined C. was determined

D. had been determined (13) A. which B. who C. whom D. what (14) A. in B. at C. from D. on (15)

A. country B. nation C. countries D. place

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(16) A. saw B. found C. heard D. witnessed (17) A. ago B. before C. after D. later (18) A. in B. with C. has D. have (19) A. / B. for C. with D. on (20)

A. formed B. caused C. made D. fallen

从A,B,C,D四个选项中选一个最佳答案.

(1)根据下列文章,请回答{TSE}题。Text 1Mistakes are the things that nobody wants, but we still make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. Some are about work or jobs. But most mistakes are about people.\got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it as a friend? Or did he envy my luck? And why didn't Andy pick up that I was friendly just because 1 had a car?\these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it's too late.Why do we go wrong about our

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friends or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. We need to listen and think for some time. And if we don't really listen we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, \bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the \you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your luck.\of all the things you have to be thankful for\is another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you haven't got a date for Saturday night.How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says agree with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake.{TS}This passage is mainly about__________. A. how to interpret what people say

B. what to do when you listen to others talking

C. how to avoid mistakes when you communicate with people D. why we go wrong with people sometimes

(2)According to the author, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that__________. A. we fail to listen carefully when they talk

B. people tend to be annoyed when we check what they say C. people usually state one thing but means another D. we tend to doubt what our friends say

(3)In the sentence \he doesn't see it himself\in the second paragraph, the pronoun\refers to__________ A. being friendly B. a bit of envy C. lucky dog D. your luck

(4)When we listen to a person talking, the most important thing for us to do is__________. A. notice the way the person is talking B. take a good look at the person talking

C. mind his tone, his posture and the look in his eyes

D. examine the real meaning of what he says based on his manner, his tone and his posture

(5)The author most probably is a___________. A. teacher

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B. philosopher C. psychologist D. doctor

(6)根据下列文章,请回答{TSE}题。Text 2SMS (Short Message Service) gradually becomes the main service for cell phone users for its great charming. In addition, the development of mobile communications technology and service has created favorable condition for SMS. For example, MMS, multi-media messaging service, is a new type of message service on the basis of SMS. It allows transmission of multi-media messages between cell phone and computer, as well as between cell phones. Communication with SMS is quite convenient. You can write a message after carefully thinking what you want to say with many words without worrying about money. Actually, SMS enjoys the absolute majority utilization among mobile service. In China, the number of short message transmitted is 2,200 billion in 2003.People, however, feel angry and anxious sometimes while enjoying SMS. More and more rubbish short messages that contain such content as erotic, gambling, or advertising are sent to cell phone users, which seriously violated the user's privacy. Because the sender of these rubbish short messages do not take into account whether people need them or not, and do not get the permission from users to transmit these rubbish short messages to them.As we know, everyone has the right to communication freely with other people, and the right to refuse communication with people they don't like to. But these rights were not guaranteed in SMS. Users do not receive rubbish short messages on a voluntary basis. If you fell angry and disgusted with some rubbish message to your cell phone, and do not want to see it again, that means such message is in contradiction with your wish, and violates your privacy. MMS also promote the transmission of unhealthy information on the Internet from computer to cell phone, which must extend the scope and influence of rubbish short message.The rapid development of mobile communications may suffer a lot if there is no change in the way of transmitting SMS. More and more users of cell phone are disturbed by rubbish short messages, and their privacy is violated by mobile communications service, which is also not a benefit for the development of mobile communications service.{TS}_________ has created a good condition for SMS.

A. Multi-media messaging service B. Mobile communications technology C. Mobile communications service

D. Mobile communications technology and service

(7)By MMS, short messages can be transmitted except between_______. A. cell phones B. computers

C. cell phone and computer D. mobile phone and computer

(8)People sometimes don't enjoy SMS because_______.

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A. SMS also sends rubbish short messages B. SMS violates their privacy

C. SMS does not consider whether people need it or not

D. SMS doesn't get people's permission to send them messages

(9)MMS may violate people's privacy because_______. A. SMS doesn't take measures to forbidden it B. SMS doesn't guarantee people's privacy

C. it makes rubbish short messages transmission easier

D. it extends the scope and influence of rubbish short message

(10)From the text we know that_______.

A. people should refuse rubbish short messages

B. SMS should think of a way to get rid of rubbish short messages

C. MMS should not allow people to send messages from the Internet to cell phones D. SMS benefits from rubbish short messages

(11)根据下列文章,请回答{TSE}题。Text 3As regards social conventions, we must say a word about the English class system. This is an embarrassing subject for English people, and one they tend to be ashamed of, though during the present century class-consciousness has grown less and less. But it still exists. Broadly speaking, it means there are two classes, the \\numbers; but some of its members have the right to sit in the House of Lords, and some newspapers take a surprising interest in their private life. ) The middle class consists chiefly of businessmen and professional people of all kinds. The working class consists chiefly of manual and unskilled workers.The most obvious difference between them is in their accent. Middle-class people use slightly varying kinds of \by BBC announcers and taught to overseas pupils. Typical working-class people speak in many different local accents which are generally felt to be rather ugly and uneducated. One of the biggest barriers of social equality in England is the two-class education system. To have been to a so-called \school\immediately marks you out as one of the middle class. The middle classes tend to live a more formal life.Their midday meal is \evening meal called \midday, and his smaller, late-evening meal is called supper.It has been government policy to reduce class distinctions. Working-class students commonly receive a university education and enter the professions, and working-class incomes have grown so much recently. However, regardless of one's social status, certain standards of politeness are expected of everybody, and a well-bred person is polite to everyone he meets, and treats a laborer with the same respect he gives an important businessman. Servility inspires both embarrassment and dislike.Even the word \except in school and in certain occupations (e. g. commerce, the army etc. )sounds too servile to be commonly used.{TS}The \

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A. are extremely small in number so that media pays no attention to them B. still uses old words like \C. can sits in the House of Lords D. refers only to the royal family

(12)The middle class mainly refers to people A. who were born as aristocrat

B. who have the right to sit in the House of Lords C. who speak in many different local accents

D. who are prosperous businessmen or who work in some professions

(13)The most obvious difference between the working class and the middle class in English is their A. dress B. work C. accent D. meal

(14)Why isn't the word \

A. Because it sounds too servile and is likely to cause embarrassmen B. Because it can only be used in some certain occupation C. Because it is an impolite wor

D. Because it shows that the speaker is not a well-bred perso

(15)Which of the following is NOT true about the English class system? A. It is an embarrassing subject for English peopl

B. Working-class students cannot receive a university educatio C. The class system is much less rigid than it wa D. The class system still exists below the surfac

从A,B,C,D,E,F,G七个选项中选一个最佳答案.

(1)根据下列文章,请回答{TSE}题。Richard:In my opinion, smoking is only an amusement, like playing cards, reading, etc. Many years ago, when an adult handed me a cigarette and lit it for me, I felt grown up. When I am with friends and have nothing to say, we smoke, consequently we no longer feel embarrassed. Sometimes, I light a cigarette, suffering and nervousness vanishing with the smoke, I can't help saying inwardly: Hello, cigarette, my old friend, I' m coming to meet you again.Stanton:Many people believe smokers have the right to smoke. But they also believe that others shouldn't have to pay a price. The risk of tobacco smoke is greater than the risk of radon gas

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is to non-smokers. We're talking maybe 40 percent greater. And if you're talking about all the carcinogenic air pollutants that EPA regulates, it's 100 times greater.Davis:According to our investigation, tobacco smoke in the home and workplace could be killing 46, 000 non-smokers each year in the United States. That's 3, 000 lung cancer deaths, 11, 000 from other cancers and 32,000 heart disease deaths. That would make passive smoking the leading preventable cause of death in the United States after alcohol and smoking itself. Smoking kills 390,000 while alcohol 120,000.James:Passive smoking has become the principal battleground for the tobacco industry and its opponents in the 1980s, It is no longer merely a health issue, but political and environmental. Cigarette pollution is fouling the air. According to the Environmental Protection Agency's indoor air program's result, we know that the indoor environment is far more polluted than the outdoor environment. We've seen that again and again wherever we've looked all over the United States.Winston:Sir, another fact about smoking is that cigarettes give people a good deal of pleasure. There is considerable evidence, surprisingly little publicized, showing that smoking produces certain beneficial effects in human beings. Smoking counteracts some decrease in efficiency, and smokers improve their performance in complex situations while smoking. There is also evidence showing that nicotine can produce a tranquilizing effect during high emotional and shock situations, while on the other hand stimulating concentration in tedious situations.Now match each of the items(61 to 65)to the appropriate statementNote: There are two extra statements.Statements{TS}Richard

A. Passive smoking is the third preventable cause of deat B. Smokers have the fight to smok

C. Smoking produces some positive effects in some complex situation

D. Second-hand smoke is more harmful to non-smokers than those cancer-inducing air pollutant E. Cigarette pollution has caused outdoor environment even wors F. Smoking can help people get rid of nervousnes G. Smoking is also an environmental issu

(2)Stanton

(3)Davis

(4)James

(5)Winston

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(1)Suppose you are invited to a party at Nancy's home but you can't attend it because you will have an exam on the same day. Write a letter of apology to Nancy. Your letter should include:1 )

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your apology and the reason2) your suggestion for another get-togetherYou should write approximately 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter. Use \instead. You do not need to write the address.

根据提示写作.

(1)Look at the picture below and write an essay about 120 words, making reference to the following points:l ) a description of the picture2) your comments on this

phenomenon

答案和解析

从A,B,C,D四个选项中选一个最佳答案. (1) :B

参考译文

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