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1、2018年3月公共英语三级考试真题及答案SECTION Listening (25 minutes) Directions: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a section of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are two parts in this section, Part A and Part B. Reme

2、mber, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your text booklet. At the end of the listening section, you will have 3 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET. If you have any questions, you may raise your hand now as you will not be allowed to spea

3、k once the test has started. Now look at Part A in your test booklet. Part A Directions: You will hear 10 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answer-A, B, C or D, and mark it in your test booklet. You will have 15 seconds to answer

4、the question and you will hear each dialogue only once. 1. What will the woman do tomorrow? A Hold a party. B See Mr. Smith. C Work overtime. D Attend a wedding. 【答案】A 【解析】由“John and I are holding a party for the 5th anniversary of our wedding.”可以得出答案。 2. Who is Mr. Johnson according to the speakers

5、? A Their former colleague. B Their former neighbor. C Their former teacher. D Their former client. 【答案】B 【解析】由“He used to live in the building next to ours.”可以得出答案。 3. What are the speakers talking about? A A job interview. B A reporters work. C How to impress people. D How to handle an interview.

6、【答案】A 【解析】由“Ive just been interviewed for a reporters job”可以得出答案。 4. How many flights to Sydney will there be next Tuesday afternoon? A One. B Two. C Four. D Five. 【答案】B 【解析】由“there is a flight at 6: 45 and one at 18: 00”可以得出答案。 5. What did the mans teacher tell him to do? A Polish his essay. B Hand

7、 in his essay. C Rewrite his essay. D Write a shorter essay 【答案】C 【解析】由“She told me to do it all over again.”可以得出答案。 6. What can we learn about the womans son? A He often talks with his mother. B He often drives in a careless way. C He is willing to listen to his mother. D He is worried about his dr

8、iving skills. 【答案】B 【解析】由“Im worried about my son at driving, but he wont listen to me.”可以得出答案。 7. What do we know about Jack? A He is a company manager. B He makes emergency calls. C He records emergency calls. D He is a company technician. 【答案】D 【解析】由“he is the only technician available to go out

9、and deal with them”可以得出答案。 8. What can we learn from this conversation? A The woman is paying the bill. B Bills phone number is 510-1520-20. C The man pays 20 dollars to the woman. D The woman has a 20-dollar bill changed. 【答案】D 【解析】由“change the bill for me； OK, 20.”可以得出答案。 9. What does the woman me

10、an? A The dentists is at a convenient place. B The dentists is close to Times Square. C It was comfortable to sit at the dentists. D It was not so terrible a visit to the dentists. 【答案】D 【解析】由“I got a terrific view of Times Square down below. He finished the job before I knew it.”可以得出答案。 10. What do

11、 we know about the woman? A She is going to deliver a lecture. BShe spent a year in the rain forest. C She is looking forward to the lecture. D She will finish her report this weekend. 【答案】C 【解析】由“Great. Maybe I can get some new information to add to it”可以得出答案。 Part B Directions: You will hear four

12、dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear the recordin

13、g only once. Questions 11-13 are based on the following conversation between a reporter and a female writer. 11. What do we know about the womans family? A They kept a lot of birds. B They lived in a big house. C They owned a small farm. D They suffered from poverty. 【答案】D 【解析】由“Though we were poor

14、for most of part”可以得出答案。 12. What did the womans mother impress her with? A Her love. B Her success. C Her ambition. D Her knowledge. 【答案】A 【解析】由“I think her greatest contribution was simply that she loved me very much.”可以得出答案。 13. What did the womans mother wish her to do? A Go to college. B Become

15、 a writer. C Have a better life. D Support her family 【答案】C 【解析】由“She just wanted me to be able to do things that she couldnt do even she didnt know what they were. ”可以得出答案。 Questions 14- 17 are based on the following conversation. 14. Whom is the man probably complaining to? A A receptionist. B A t

16、ravel agent. C A coach driver. D A hotel staff member. 【答案】B 【解析】由“make a complaint about my holiday in Paris”可以得出答案。 15. Why did the man wait in the heat for two hours? A The coach had to be replaced. B The coach driver felt sick. C The hotel rooms were full. D The hotel had to be cleaned. 【答案】A 【解

17、析】由“the coach taking us to the hotel broke down and we had to wait for over 2 hours in the terrible heat before our replacement arrived”可以得出答案。 16. What did the man mention in his complaint? A Impolite hotel cleaners. B Dark light and dirty rooms. C Rude people living downstairs. D Disturbing noise

18、and poor food 【答案】D 【解析】由“The people in room above sounded like they were having all night parties every night. And the worst thing was the food in the restaurant was awful.”可以得出答案。 17. How did the man feel about the womans apology? A Amusing. B Annoying. C Desirable. D Reasonable. 【答案】B 【解析】由“A 20%

19、 discount? You must be joking. I want to see the manager.”可以得出答案。 Questions 18-21 are based on the following interview with John Smith, chairman of National Weight and Health Association (NWHA). 18. What did the NWHA survey aim to explore? A The incidences of obesity. B Popular views on obesity C Wa

20、ys to fight obesity. D The causes of obesity. 【答案】B 【解析】由“We wanted to explore how people around the world view obesity or being overweight.”可以得出答案。 19. How many people in the world are rated as being overweight? A 16 million. B 18 million. C 1.6 billion. D 1.8 billion. 【答案】C 【解析】由“We interviewed 16

21、 000 people in 16 countries.”可以得出答案。 20. In which country do people feel the most pressure to be thin? A Brazil. B India. C France. D America. 【答案】A 【解析】由“people in Brazil feel the most pressure to be thin”可以得出答案。 21. Who are most likely to blame their parents for obesity? A The French. B The Swiss.

22、 C Germans. D Russians. 【答案】D 【解析】由“Russians are most likely to blame their parents for obesity.”可以得出答案。 Questions 22-25 are based on the following interview with Emily Galash, a high school student who works part-time as a trendspotter. 22. What do trendspotters do? A Take pictures of youth culture

23、. B Write reports on youth culture. C Sell products to young people. D Create websites for young people. 【答案】A 【解析】由“Take digital photos of youth culture and send them to my company.”可以得出答案。 23. What does Look-Look concentrate on? A Recruiting trendspotters for its clients. B Providing advice to you

24、ng trendspotters. C Organizing sales networks for its clients. D Dealing in information about youth trends. 【答案】D 【解析】由“Its a youth culture marketing and trend forecasting film in Hollywood； Look-Look gets a lot of information about the ever shifting tastes of the youth market by these images.”可以得出答

25、案。 24. Why do some companies use Look-Looks images on their websites? A To promote visits to Look-L. B To attract young people to their new products. C To learn about what makes young people buy. D To encourage young people to be photographed. 【答案】B 【解析】由“They also use their images of Look-Look on t

26、heir websites to impress young people and promote their newly designed products.”可以得出答案。 25. Why is it difficult for trendspotters to catch original styles? A Many young people like to show off. B Many young people stick to the rules. C Many young people try to copy trends. D Many young people refus

27、e to take pictures. 【答案】C 【解析】由“You have to be able to find the difference between someone who is copying trends and someone who is truly inventing a new look.”可以得出答案。 You now have 3 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to your ANSWER SHEET. That is the end of listening sectio

28、n. SECTION Reading (50 minutes) Part A Directions: Read the following two texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET. Text 1 In 1997, 25 Japanese citizens, all older than 60, launched Jeeba ( the name means “ old man and old woman”）to ma

29、ke senior-friendly products. They knew they were making history when they coined their company motto： “Of the elderly, by the elderly and for the elderly.” They do not hire young people, and the oldest of their workers is 75. Firms run by senior citizens are still a rarity, in Japan and worldwide. B

30、ut the elderly have numbers on their side. Healthier and longer-living seniors, born immediately after World War , are reaching retirement age in huge numbers all over the developed world. Extremely low birthrates in those same countries mean there are far fewer young workers to take their place. On

31、e likely consequence is now clear: shrinking work forces. While the streamlining effects of international competition are focusing attention on the need to create and keep good jobs, those fears will eventually give way to worries about the growing shortage of young workers. One unavoidable solution

32、: putting older people back to work, whether they like it or not. Indeed, advanced economies like those of Finland and Denmark have already raised their retirement ages. Others are under severe pressure to follow suit, as both the European Commission and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and

33、 Development have recently warned their members that their future prosperity depends on a growing contribution from the elderly. Whether these changes are good or bad news to workers depends on whether they anticipate retirement with eagerness or dread. In the United States, half of working-age Amer

34、icans now expect to work into their 70s, whether by financial necessity or by lifestyle choice, according to a new study by Putnam Investments. Contrary to still widespread assumptions, there is very little hard evidence to suggest that companies cannot stay competitive with a rising share of older

35、workers. At British hardware chain B&Q, its “elder worker” stores in Manchester and Exmouth were 18 percent more profitable than its regular outletsdue in part, the company says, to six times less employee turnover and 60 percent less shoplifting and breakage. 26. Jeebas difference from a convention

36、al company mainly lies in _. A the age of its employees B the number of its owners C the quality of its products D the scope of its operations 【答案】A 【解析】由“They do not hire young people, and the oldest of their workers is 75.”可以得出答案。 27. In the developed world, compared with young people, the elderly

37、_. A are better at business B are greater in number C have healthier lifestyles D have more job opportunities 【答案】B 【解析】由“Extremely low birthrates in those same countries mean there are far fewer young workers to take their place.”可以得出答案。 28. According to the writer, in the current situation compani

38、es are faced with the tough task of _. A creating good positions B employing retired workers C filling vacant positions D replacing unskilled workers 【答案】B 【解析】由“those fears will eventually give way to worries about the growing shortage of young workers. One unavoidable solution: putting older peopl

39、e back to work, whether they like it or not.”可以得出答案。 29. For future prosperity, many European countries will have to _. A increase the number of young workers B offer many senior-friendly jobs C improve services for seniors D raise their retirement ages 【答案】D 【解析】由“Indeed, advanced economies like th

40、ose of Finland and Denmark have already raised their retirement ages. ; their future prosperity depends on a growing contribution from the elderly.”可以得出答案。 30. B&Qs “elder worker” stores are mentioned to show that the employment of older workers _. A does not reduce a companys competitiveness B does

41、 not affect older workers lifestyle choices C is not a usual practice among competitive firms D is not good news to those who are eager to retire 【答案】A 【解析】由“were 18 percent more profitable than its regular outlets”可以得出答案。 Text 2 One important thing during the pre-Christmas rush at our house was the

42、 arrival of my daughters kindergarten report card. She got high praise for her reading, vocabulary and overall enthusiasm. On the other hand, we learnt that she has work to do on her numbers and facility with the computer, though the detailed handwritten report her teachers prepared is absent of any

43、 words that might be interpreted as negative in describing her efforts. A number system indicates how shes measuring up in each area without any mention of passing or failing. All of which seems to make my daughters school neither fish nor fowl when it comes to the debate over the merits of giving f

44、ormal grades to kids. At one level, the advantages and disadvantages are obvious. A grade system provides a straightforward standard by which to measure how your child is progressing at schooland how he or she is getting on compared to other children. But as writer Sue Ferguson notes, “Grades can de

45、ceive.” The aim should be “to measure learning, not simply what a student can recall on a test.” The two arent the same-and if you doubt that as an adult, ask yourself whether you could sit down without any preparation and still pass those high-school-level examinations. If youre old enough, youve l

46、ived through this debate before. At one time, it was considered unfair to put children in direct competition with one another if it could be avoided. The intention behind that may have been good, but it ignored the fact that competition, and the will to come out on top, are essential components of t

47、he human condition. This time around, educators working with a no-grades approach are emphasizing different reasons. The thing is, that approach is much more commonplace in the adult workplace than is the traditional pass-fail system we place on our children. Many workplaces conduct regular employee evaluations. There are usually fairly strict limits to what an employer can tell an employee in those evaluationsand even then, negative evaluations can be challenged by the employee. No matt