[語言類考試復(fù)習(xí)資料大全]公共英語三級真題2006年03月

1、書山有路勤為徑，學(xué)海無涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘學(xué)子：學(xué)業(yè)有成，金榜題名！語言類考試復(fù)習(xí)資料大全公共英語三級真題2006年03月公共英語三級真題2006年03月Section Listening Comprehension（暫缺）Section Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. Text Researchers stress that we

2、 need diet and exercise to drop pounds. The most 1 way to lose weight is with a combination, says Rena Wing, head of the National Weight Control Center. 2 experts also admit that many 3 losers find it helps to 4 on one or the other. A lot of people feel helpless at the thought of 5 everything-diet,

3、lifestyle, says Bess Marcus, professor of human behavior at Brown University Medical School. So ask yourself, 6 do I want to start? What am I willing to focus on? The 7 depends on everything from what you hope to 8 to how your life is 9 . If you are in a big hurry to drop pounds 10 dieting is the wa

4、y to go. Decades of 11 have shown it s the surest and quickest method. If you are more 12 with how you look than with numbers on the scale, though, 13 may be the way to go. By increasing physical activity, youll 14 fat and build muscle tissue. 15 often end up losing both fat and muscle tissue. Your

5、16 approach is one that suits your lifestyle. If you ve tried and 17 at one approach, consider the other. A lot of people have become so disappointed that they begin to think theyll 18 be able to lose weight, says Marcus. That s when it s time to try some thing new. 19 a small step forward can help

6、people 20 confidence and convince them selves they can make even bigger changes. 1.A.activeB.effectiveC.comprehensiveD.productive答案:B解析 本題考查形容詞的用法。active積極的；effective有效的；comprehensive易理解的，全面的；productive多產(chǎn)的；這里說的是“最有效的減肥方法”。故選B。2.A.ThenB.StillC.MoreoverD.But答案:D解析 本題考查連詞的用法。then當(dāng)時，然后；still還，仍，更；盡管如此；m

7、oreover而且，此外；but而是，但是。前面說“with a combination”，從后文的“on one or another”可以推測前后文是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故選but。3.A.grown-upB.would-beC.poorD.unfortunate答案:B解析 本題考查語境的把握。would-be表示“想要的人”，此處表示“想要減肥的人”。類似的短語有“a would-be learner想上學(xué)的人”，“a would-be suicide未遂的自殺”。4.A.concentrateB.dwellC.insistD.stress答案:A解析 本題考查對上下文語義的綜合理解。conce

8、ntrate on集中，全神貫注于；dwell on細(xì)想，詳述；insist on堅持，堅決要求； stress on著重，強(qiáng)調(diào)。前文說到“with a combination”，指的是把節(jié)食和做運(yùn)動結(jié)合起來。由上題可知后面的意思與前文相反，所以應(yīng)該是說把注意力集中在其中一種方法上。故選A。5.A.changingB.combiningC.developingD.practicing答案:A解析 本題考查動賓搭配。change改變；combine結(jié)合；develop發(fā)展，建立；practice練習(xí)；combine常用于combine A with B/ combine A and B結(jié)構(gòu)，故應(yīng)

9、排除。此空后面所接賓語everything的指代對象是“飲食，生活習(xí)慣”，飲食和生活習(xí)慣只能是“改變”而不可能是“發(fā)展或者練習(xí)”。故選A。6.A.HowB.WhenC.WhereD.Why答案:A解析 本題考查語境的把握。這段話都在說兩種減肥的方法，所以此處的兩個問題應(yīng)該與采取哪種減肥方式有關(guān)，且后面的問題也給出了線索，對方式的提問常用how，故選A。7.A.alternativeB.answerC.choiceD.solution答案:B解析 本題考查上下文語義的銜接，應(yīng)該結(jié)合前文來看，這里是承接上文最后提出的兩個問題的，所以此空應(yīng)選擇與ask相對的 answer。故選B。8.A.achie

10、veB.acquireC.addressD.adopt答案:A解析 本題考查動詞的用法。achieve取得成就，達(dá)到；acquire獲得，得到；address向致辭，演說；adopt采納，收養(yǎng)。文章的意思是“想要達(dá)到什么目的”，故選A。9.A.settledB.organizedC.formedD.composed答案:B解析 本題考查主謂搭配。settle解決，定居；organize組織，安排；form形成；compose由組成。此處應(yīng)填動詞的主語是life (生活)，能與之搭配的只有organize。故選B。10.A.eventuallyB.hardC.completelyD.fast答案

11、:D解析 本題考查對語境的把握。從前面的hurry可知這句話的意思是“急于減肥，想要快速減肥”，四個選項中與hurry意思一致的是fast。故選D。11.A.summaryB.researchC.inspectionD.survey答案:B解析 本題考查詞語的辨析。summary總結(jié)；research研究；inspection檢查，檢測；survey調(diào)查。這里講的是數(shù)十年的研究。故選B。12.A.confusedB.troubledC.concernedD.acquainted答案:A解析 本題考查固定短語。confuse with混淆，迷惑；trouble為及物動詞，后面不與with搭配；b

12、e concerned with與有關(guān)；ac quaint with熟悉，了解。這里表達(dá)的意思是“注重/在意自己的體型”，故A正確。13.A.exerciseB.operationC.dietD.activity答案:A解析 本題考查上下文語義的銜接。文章共介紹了節(jié)食和做運(yùn)動兩種減肥方式，前文已經(jīng)介紹了節(jié)食的效果，所以這里該說做運(yùn)動會有什么效果了。故選A。14.A.dischargeB.consumeC.digestD.burn答案:B解析 本題考查動賓搭配。discharge卸下，放出；consume消費(fèi)，消耗；digest消化；burn燃燒。burn為不及物動詞，后面不能直接跟賓語，故排除

13、。A、B、C三項中只有consume能與fat搭配，表示“消耗脂肪”，故B正確。15.A.ActivistsB.PractitionersC.DietersD.Exercisers答案:C解析 本題考查語境的把握。前文說做運(yùn)動會消耗脂肪增長肌肉，而此空后面說既會減掉脂肪也會減掉肌肉組織，由此可知作者是在將兩種減肥方法的效果進(jìn)行比較，故這里選dieter (節(jié)食者)。16.A.simplestB.bestC.easiestD.quickest答案:B解析 本題考查語境的把握。由后面的適合自己生活方式的方法推斷出應(yīng)為最好的方法。故選B。17.A.failedB.aimedC.pausedD.arr

14、ived答案:A解析 本題考查上下文語義的銜接。fail失??；aim以為目標(biāo)；pause暫停；arrive到達(dá)。從后文“consider the other”可以推測出前面所用的方法失敗了。故選A。18.A.everB.rarelyC.neverD.nearly答案:C解析 本題考查對語境的把握。由前面的disappointed可知后面是否定，never從未，永不；符合題意。故選C。19.A.NaturallyB.SimplyC.AlmostD.Even答案:D解析 本題考查副詞的用法。naturally自然地；simply簡單地； almost幾乎，差不多。從語氣來看，這里表示一種強(qiáng)調(diào)的語氣

15、， even作副詞表示“甚至”，有加強(qiáng)語氣的作用。故選D。20.A.reserveB.regainC.returnD.recover答案:B解析 本題考查動詞的用法。reserve保留；regain重新獲得；re turn返回，還回；recover恢復(fù)。結(jié)合文意，這里說的是“幫助人們重建信心”。故選B。Section Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your

16、 answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. Text 1 Burn rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. My rate was $ 75,000 a month. Four months after my company was set up, I had only a quarter of the starting capital left in the bank. Looking for guidance, I went to talk to my friend, Arthur Walwor

17、th about my new venture. Times of great change always bring out the risk-takers, he said. And they leave winners and losers. My grandfather invested a lot of money in a project of Thomas Edison s that ended up in failure. I was lost in thought at the notion of a Thomas Edison project ending in failu

18、re. Damn. It could happen to anybody! I must continue. At that time CD-ROM sales had bombed, so investors were fleeing from the field. I didn t turn away from mine entirely, but instead linked it to the Internet. My plan was to offer consumers descriptions of home-design products by using a special

19、soft ware and let them modify the designs. Then we can enable them to get online professional and constructional help to have their houses built, decorated and furnished according to their own choice. To realize my plan I needed investors, so I continued to meet regularly with venture capitalists. O

20、ne said I had a great idea. But I needed to test it. Get the money somewhere. To get this money from a VC is going to cost .my wife and my children! He turned down my request. Wife? Children? I barely remembered them. I was working nonstop-struggling to turn the key in the lock, to find the right wa

21、y ahead. The pressure was terrible. It was just at this time that my parents and sisters stepped up. Two hundred thousand dollars. A lot of money to them, invested in this crazy son and brother without a moment s hesitation. Dad and Mom had driven out from Chicago and seen the passion in my little o

22、ffice and the trouble at home. With their help my company survived and has been prospering ever since. 1. When the author s company started operation, he had _.A.$ 450,000B.$ 400,000C.$ 350,000D.$ 300,000答案:B解析 推理題。本題需要就第一段提供的數(shù)據(jù)進(jìn)行計算。作者說每月花75，000美元，四個月之后賬戶里只剩下四分之一的資金。由此我們用75，000乘以4得出的300，000美元應(yīng)該是總共用掉

23、的錢，這個數(shù)額占總資金的四分之三，計算可得總資金是 400，000美元。故選B。2. Arthur implies that to start a business in times of change, people have to _.A.rely on famous people all the timeB.invest as much money as possibleC.face the risks of possible failureD.think about nothing but success答案:C解析 細(xì)節(jié)題。從第三段Arthur所說的話“they leave winn

24、ers and losers(不是成功就是失敗)”可以看出，前面所說的事情是有風(fēng)險的。故選C。3. The author s company was engaged in _.A.furniture design and productionB.online home-design serviceC.traditional home designingD.home decoration business答案:B解析 推理題。從文章第六段第一句話“offer consumers descriptions of home-design products”以及后面的“have their house

25、s built，decorated and furnished”可知，選項A、D都只是公司業(yè)務(wù)的一部分，C項文中沒有提及，只有B項才是完整的答案。4. Faced with a very unfavorable market situation, the author decided _.A.to improve his serviceB.to start a new businessC.to withdraw his moneyD.to reduce his investment答案:A解析 細(xì)節(jié)題。由文章第五段第二句“I didnt turn away from mine entirely

26、，but instead linked it to the Internet”可知，作者沒有放棄而是開辟了新的路徑，這與A項表述一致。5. It is implied that venture capital is often _.A.riskyB.timelyC.secureD.abundant答案:A解析 推理題。由文章倒數(shù)第五段倒數(shù)第二句“to get this money from a VC is going to cost my wife and my children!”可知，作者如果向投機(jī)資本家借錢的話就會失去自己的妻子和孩子，由此可推測出向投機(jī)資本家借錢有很大的風(fēng)險。故選A。T

27、ext 2 When we think about happiness, we usually think of something extraordinary, a peak of great delight-and those peaks seem to get rarer the older we get. For a child, happiness has a magical quality. I remember making hide-outs in newly cut hay, playing cops and robbers in the woods, getting a s

28、peaking part in the school play. Of course, kids also experience lows, but their delight at such peaks of pleasure as winning a race or getting a new bike is unreserved. For teenagers, or people under twenty, the concept of happiness changes. Suddenly it s conditional on such things as excitement, l

29、ove, and popularity. I can still feel the agony of not being invited to a party that almost everyone else was going to. But I also recall the great happiness of being invited at another event to dance with a very handsome young man. In adulthood the things that bring great joy-birth, love, marriage-

30、also bring responsibility and the risk of loss. Love may not last, sex isn t always good, loved ones die. For adults, happiness is complicated. My dictionary explains happy as lucky or fortunate, but I think a better explanation of happiness is the capacity for enjoyment. The more we can enjoy what

31、we have, the happier we are. It s easy to overlook the pleasure we get from loving and being loved, the company of friends, the freedom to love where we please, even good health. Nowadays, with so many choices and such pressure to succeed in every area, we have turned happiness into one more thing w

32、e gotta have. We re so self-conscious about our right to it that it s making us extremely unhappy. So we chase it and consider it to be the same as wealth and success, without noticing that the people who have those things arent necessarily happier. While happiness may be more complex for us, the so

33、lution is the same as ever. Happiness isn t about what happens to us-it s about how we perceive what happens to us. It s the ability to find a positive for every negative, and view a setback as a challenge. It s not wishing for what we don t have, but enjoying what we do possess. 1. According to the

34、 author, happiness lies in the ability to _.A.think of something extraordinaryB.experience delight at an old ageC.feel the magic quality of pleasureD.enjoy what one has at the moment答案:D解析 細(xì)節(jié)題。由文章最后一句“Its not wishing for what we dont have，but enjoying what we do possess”可知，快樂是要享受我們所擁有的，與此對應(yīng)的選項是D。2.

35、According to the passage, a teenager looks at happiness mainly in terms of _.A.material gainsB.social distinctionC.spiritual satisfactionD.academic achievements答案:C解析 推理題。文章提到teenager的是第三段，所以本題由第三段推斷。第三段第二句說青少年的快樂以興奮、愛和受歡迎的程度為條件，這些都是精神方面的。故選C。3. As is suggested in the passage, failure to feel happy

36、often results from _.A.lack of company of friendsB.lack of freedom to love and be lovedC.taking everything one has for grantedD.ignoring the choices one is given in life答案:C解析 推理題。從文章倒數(shù)第二段“The more we can enjoy what we have，the happier we are”和“Its easy to overlook the pleasure we get from loving an

37、d being loved，the company of friends”可知，我們并沒有把生活中的普通事情當(dāng)成快樂的條件，換句話說，就是我們忽略了生活中那些可以帶給我們快樂的事情，不把它們看作是快樂的源泉，而把一切當(dāng)作是理所當(dāng)然的。故選C。4. The author implies that when one chases wealth and finally gets it _.A.he can realize what happiness isB.he may not end up with happinessC.he may consider it extreme happinessD

38、.he should not feel content with himself答案:B解析 推理題。此題答案可從文章倒數(shù)第二段最后一句話推測出來。這句話前半部分說我們追求財富和成功，以為那就是快樂，卻沒注意到那些擁有財富和成功的人并不一定快樂。說明追求財富和成功并不等于就能擁有快樂。故選B。5. The passage aims to tell _.A.the real meaning of happinessB.the great importance of happinessC.the constant pursuit of happinessD.the changing concept

39、 of happiness答案:A解析 主旨題。本題考查考生對全文的整體理解。文章列舉了我們關(guān)于快樂的普遍觀點，而后對其錯誤之處進(jìn)行了剖析，旨在糾正我們對快樂含義的誤解(例如不把生活中的普通事情看作是快樂)，告訴我們什么才是真正的快樂。故選A。Text 3 Whenever advertisers want you to stop thinking about the product and to start thinking about something bigger, better, or more attractive than the product, they use that v

40、ery popular word like. The word like is the advertiser s equivalent of the magician s use of misdirection. Like gets you to ignore the product and concentrate on the claim the advertiser is making about it. For skin like peaches and cream claims the ad for a skin cream. What is this ad really claimi

41、ng? It doesn t say this cream will give you peaches-and-cream skin. There is no verb in this claim, so it doesn t even mention using the product. How is skin ever like peaches and cream ? Remember, ads must be read exactly according to the dictionary definition of words. This ad is making absolutely

42、 no promise for this skin cream. If you think this cream will give you soft, smooth, and youthful-looking skin, you are the one who has read the meaning into the ad. The wine that claims It s like taking a trip to France wants you to think about a romantic evening in Paris as you walk along the stre

43、et after a wonderful meal in an intimate cart. Of course, you don t really believe that a wine can take you to France, but the goal of the ad is to get you to think pleasant, romantic thoughts about France and not about how the wine tastes or how expensive it may be. That little word like has taken

44、you away from crushed grapes into a world of your own imaginative making. Who knows, maybe the next time you buy wine, youll think those pleasant thoughts when you see this brand of wine, and youll buy it. How about the most famous like claim of all, Winston tastes good like a cigarette should? Igno

45、ring the grammatical error here, you might want to know what this claim is saying. Whether a cigarette tastes good or bad is a subjective judgment because what tastes good to one per son may well taste horrible to another. There are many people who say that all cigarettes taste terrible, other peopl

46、e who say only some cigarettes taste all right, and still others who say all cigarettes taste good. 1. The word like in an ad often focuses the consumer s attention on _.A.what the advertiser says about the productB.what magic the product really possessesC.why the advertiser promotes the productD.wh

47、y the product is as good as promised答案:A解析 細(xì)節(jié)題。由文章第一段第三句“Likegets you to ignore the product and concentrate on the claim the advertiser is making a bout it”可知，“l(fā)ike”一詞將觀眾的注意力集中在了廣告詞上。故選A。2. The author suggests that language in ads should be understood _.A.according to its dictionary definitionB.acco

48、rding to its contextsC.imaginativelyD.impartially答案:A解析 細(xì)節(jié)題。從文章第一段倒數(shù)第三句“Remember，ads must be read exactly according to the dictionary definition of words”可見，作者認(rèn)為觀眾應(yīng)該根據(jù)字典的解釋來看待廣告詞，故A正確。3. To promote sales, advertisers often exploit consumers _.A.economic statusB.practical needC.emotional needD.social

49、 status答案:C解析 推理題。本題應(yīng)從第二段推測，第二段主要意思是廣告怎樣使你沉浸在美好的想象中，且從文章的用詞(pleasant，romantic)我們可知，所產(chǎn)生的聯(lián)想都是與精神和情緒有關(guān)的。故C正確。4. Advertisers often use ambiguous language to _.A.promise excellent qualityB.cash in on grammatical errorsC.appeal to consumers rational judgmentsD.take advantage of consumers imagination答案:D解析

50、 推理題。題干為“廣告商通常使用暖昧、不明確的語言來”，本文說的是廣告詞使觀眾產(chǎn)生聯(lián)想，與此有關(guān)的選項是D。5. The best title for the passage would be _.A.The Magic of Like in AdvertisingB.The Promise of Like in AdvertisingC.The Definition of Like in AdvertisingD.The Application of Like in Advertising答案:D解析 主旨題。文章主要說的是“像”一詞在廣告詞中的應(yīng)用， B，C與文意無關(guān)。且從作者的語氣我們可

51、以判斷作者對廣告商的這種做法是持反對態(tài)度的，從而排除A。故選D。Part BDirections: Read five students talks about traveling around Europe using an Inter-Rail ticket. The ticket allows people under the age of twenty-six to travel wherever they want within Europe for one month. For questions 61 to 65, match the name of each student (

52、61 to 65) to one of the statements (A to G) given below. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. Patricia: I went by Inter-Rail this summer with a group of friends from university. I think it worked very well, although a few of them said they d never do it again-I guess it wasn t quite like they though

53、t it was going to be-not as comfortable probably. We usually slept in hostels or on the train so we were completely exhausted but I think we had a great time. Next year Ill see if I can per haps visit fewer places and not get so worn out. Davis: I traveled about 6,000 kilometres in four weeks with a

54、 couple of friends from college. We spent weeks planning out the route and all the places we were intending to go to. Would I do it again? Well, I d have to think carefully about that but, on the whole the trip was good for me as I was the official translator, which was great as I m normally a bit s

55、hy of talking to people I don t know. On the last night of the holiday they treated me to a really expensive meal for helping them out. It was terrific! Jenise: Well, I guess I had a good time now when I look back on it, and I saw eight countries in four weeks. Everything went well but I think that from now on Ill probably choose to do something else. I want to meet local people rather than just people who work for the train service ! I did get to know quite a few other English and American students and *.hey were great but it didn t do mu