2020年3月公共英語等級考試三級真題

1、2020 年 3 月公共英語等級考試三級真題SECTION I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)Directions：This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English.You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them.There aretwo parts in this sectionPart A and

2、 Part B.Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your testbooklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 3 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET l.If you have any questions, you may, raise your

3、hand now as you will not be allowed to speakonce the test has started.Now look at PartAin your test booklet. Part ADirections.You will hear 10 short dialoguesFor each dialogue, there is one question and four possibleanswers.Choose the correct answer-A, B,C or D, and mark it in your test booklet.You

4、willhave 15 seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue only once. .What does the man want to do?A Learn how to dance BDance with the woman.C Invite the woman to a party. DAsk for the womans adviceWhat do we learn about the man?A He is health-conscious. BHe is sensitive to taste.

5、,C He often catches colds. DHe likes eating onions. 3.Where is the woman talking with the man?AAt her workplace. BAt her home.C In a hospital. DIn a hotel.What do we learn about Davids sister? A She is living in Paris now. B.She is moving to Paris soon.C She will leave her husband. DShe will work in

6、 Paris soon,What does the woman say to the man?AShe must change her driving habits. BShe must learn the new traffic rules. C She must renew her drivers license. D She must improve her driving skills.What is the man mainly talking about? A A long-lost friend. B Preparations for a trip. C An extraordi

7、nary experience. D Wild animals inSouth Africa.What is the woman s purpose in speaking to the man? A To tell him about a bank robbery. B Torecommend a good Book to him. C To give him some advice on safety. D To ask him to help her with banking.What is the most important quality a parent should have

8、according to the man? A To be patient. B To be consistent. C To be supportive. D To be considerate.Why is the woman happy? A Her present rent is much lower. B Her room is bigger than before. C She has got rid of her dull work. D She has left her former roommate.What are the speakers going to do? A C

9、hange to another flight. B Take a rest while waiting. C Take their seats on the flight. D Complain about the flight delay.Part B Directions：You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it.While listenin

10、g, answer each questionby choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have10 seconds to check your answer to eachquestion. You will hear the recording only once.Questions 11-13 are based on the following conversation between a man and a woman whohave just arrived at the cinema.Why did the speak

11、ers go to the cinema early? A To get ideal seats. B To buy some drinks. C To avoid traffic jams. D To meet some friends.Where was the man when he offered to get something to drink? A At the cinema Box office. B Between the rows of seats. C In the line to get into the cinema. D In the lobby when they

12、 had a rest.What can we learn about the ticket? A It was for a seat in the front row. B It could be used by two holders. C It could be used repeatedly. D It showed no seat number.Questions 14-17 are based on the following conversation between a reporter and a pop singer.Why did the company put the t

13、wo singers together as a group? A They are B。th talented singers. B They are B。th popular among fans. C Their voices make a good match. D Their appearances make a good match.What are the two singers best at? A Soft rock. B Slow music, C Love songs. D Country music.Why does the company like the song

14、Studying? A It displays a different singing style. B It has some distinguishing features. C It adapts to audiences different tastes.D It brings out the best of the singersvoice.What is the main idea of the song Believe according to the man? A Make music part of your life. B Share your happiness with

15、 others. C Trust yourself before others trust you. D Learn to interpret the power of music.Questions 18-21 are based on the following discussion about job applicants at an employment agency.What kind of position is to be offered? A A teacher. B A director. C An operator. D A programmer.What do the t

16、wo speakers say about Anderson? A He is dependable. B He is well-trained.He is experienced. D He is hard-working.Why does the man think Logan is the best candidate? A She is devoted. B She is intelligent. C She is considerate. D She is enthusiastic.How many applicants do the speakers mention? A 2. B

17、 3. C 4. D 5.Questions 22-25 are based on part of an interview on setting and reaching goals.What does the woman say about everybody s life? A It s like a road. B It s like a struggle. C There s much business. D There s much happiness.Why do most people fail to reach goals according to the woman? A

18、They give in to a lot of interruptions. B They tend to set too ambitious goals. C They change their goals very often. D They have too many goals at once.What does the woman think of the goals that some people claim to have?A Serious. B Sensible. C Interesting. D Impractical.What does the woman sugge

19、st those with goals do? A Make important decisions about life first. B Remind oneself of the goals frequently. C Think of the goal in its best interests.D Take necessary actions in one s life.You now have 3 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test Booklet to ANSWERSHEET l.That is the end

20、of Listening Comprehension.SECTION lI Use of English ( 15 minutes) Directions：Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B,C, or D on ANSWER SHEET l.I dont know what it is about English pubs that I find so disappointing. 26 , pubs aresupposed to be th

21、e Englishman s 27 meeting place, where he can get together with a few friends 28 a glass of beer and talk about football or horse racing, or business or whatever else29 his thoughts. You notice that the pub is the Englishman s meeting place, not the English-woman s. Even in our liberated times it is

22、 still not quite 30 for a woman to go into a pubalone; she must have a man to 31 and protect her. Perhaps that s partly 32 pubsdisappoint me-they are 33 mainly to provide for male interests, which are often pretty 34 . I think this male- dominated atmosphere 35 reminds me of being back at school, or

23、 inthe army, neither of which is an 36 I much want to relive.However, I m 37 in the minority. Most Englishmen have their local, where they can escape from the 38 0f family life or work, and if they are 39 , tell their troubles to a prettybarmaid. 40 , many men dream of retiring from their nine- to-f

24、ive jobs and 41 a little country pub, where they imagine they11 be the 42 0f a seven-nights-a-week party. This 43usually dies when they think of having to clean up spilled beer at one o clock in the morning.Still, there s a pub for every type of man, and a man for every type of pub. And I must 44 th

25、at, for someone who doesnt like them, Ive 46 a lot of time in pubs of various kinds. A After all B In addition C As a resultFor example A favorite B proper C formal D exclusive A by B over C upon D toA forms B influences C occupies D troubles A lawful B meaningful C impressive D respectable A accomp

26、any B comfort C encourage D support A how B when C where D why A forced B enabled C intended D claimed A narrow B noble C practical , D personal A also B hence C yet D t only A existence B experience C interest D incident A naturally B normally C obviously D oddly A needs B objectives C pressures D

27、requirements A careful B honest C doubtful D lucky A Still B Indeed C Thus D Nevertheless A decorating B buying C designing D visiting A host B member C servant D sponsor A hobby B project C habit D dream A recognize B remember C believe D admit A found B recovered C spent D saved SECTION i!I Readin

28、g Comprehension(40 minutes) Part A Directions：Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Markyour answers on ANSWER SHEET l. Text 1Researchers at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California found that a 12-minute bed-side visit with a dog can help

29、ease anxiety levels by 24 percent in heart failure patients, comparedto a 10 percent drop when patients had a visit from a human volunteer, and no drop in patients whohad no visit.Results of the 76-patient study were presented last week at the American Heart Association s annual Scientific Sessions

30、in Dallas, Texas. The study was funded by the Pet Care Trust Founda-tion, a non-profit organization which promotes human- animal interaction and B。nding. In the study, effects of dog and volunteer visits were compared with those of volunteers only, and withpatients who had no visits and remained at

31、rest. Heart pressures were monitored and patients wereasked to answer a list of anxiety assessment questions before and after the visits. Although criticalpressure measures also decreased, suggesting improved cardiac function, the most marked response was seen in anxiety levels.The first thing you n

32、otice is that the patient s facial expression changes to a smile and thestress of the world seems to be lifted off their shoulders, study author Kathy Cole said. Feelingsof depression and helplessness are common among heart patients, Cole said, and just three nightsin a hospital is enough to make so

33、me patients feel anxious and unsettled. During the visit, the furry friend is allowed tO lie on the bed next to the patient With its head within two feet of he patient s. Most patients petted the dog, while others engaged human volunteers in conversation about the dog.Dogs used in the study are spec

34、ially trained animal- assisted therapy dogs that undergo a series of trainings, evaluations and certifications to qualify as therapy dogs. Dog breeds varied. Researchers used everything from Bemese mountain dogs to small schnauzers. However, a dog doesn t have to be specially trained to have a calmi

35、ng effect on its human counterparts. In fact, the animal doesn t even have to be a dog in order to help. As long asthe animal has meaning to the patient, or a relationship with the patient, it can help calm the patient, Cole said.We learn from the text that heart patients benefit most from visits A

36、by a volunteer with a dog B by a volunteer on his own C by a well-trained dog alone D by a non-profit organizationThe study shows that, for heart patients, . . A their anxiety is reduced if they stay longer in hospital B their contact with animals improves their conditionC their heart pressure decre

37、ases if they remain at restD their recovery relies on contact with animalsAccording to Cole, the change of patientsfacial expression indicates that A they are happy with the experiment B they are psychologically comfortedC their hospitalization may be shortenedD their heart function is returning to

38、normalCole believes that dogs are helpful to the patientsif A they are limited to certain breeds B they are specially trained ones C they have meaning to them D they stay with them all dayThis report focuses onA the healing power of animals B the treatment of heart disease C the relationship between

39、 dogs and humansD the promotion of human-animal interaction Text 2In many respects, Katsura Okiyama is a typical Japanese woman in her 20s. She enjoysspending time with her friends and loves Disney. But, less typically, she is a writer. And, quiteexceptionally, her medium is a cell phone.In Japan, n

40、ot only are people reading novels on their cell phones; they re also writing novels with themmuploading SMS-length chapters to specialist websites where they are in turn downloaded to the phones of millions of readers. The most popular are printed as Books and sell in the hundreds ofthousands. In Bo

41、ok form, K, Okiyama s first cell-phone novel, is 235 pages long. I think I was writing 20 pages in two hours per day at the most, and it took me almost a month,she says.Although she was used to writing around 100 text messages daily, Okiyama never expectedthat thumbing her keypad would enable her to

42、 become one of the country s hot new writers. I hadnever written a story, she says. I never had the idea of how a real novel should be, so thatmight be why I could do it. Cell-phone novels are created and consumed by a generation of young people in Japan thatdemands to be heard, says John Possman, a

43、n entertainment consultant. It is truly pop culture. Ithas also become big business, shaking up a publishing industry whose sales have been declining for a decade. Individual voices are hard to find, however. As dictated by the medium, the language of cellphone novels is simple and peppered with emo

44、ticons-signs that represent various attitudes or emotions. Dialogue and description are scarce.Subject matter is always the same. Typically, a heroine loses her first love and then later struggles to find love again.The stories are often told in the first person and lack diversity, agrees Possman. B

45、ut thathasn t been a problem with consumers yet. Why don t you write a novel and move me? readone angry schoolgirl s recent online post, in response to a fierce opponent of cell-phone novels. So far, Japan s literary establishment hasnt come up with an answer.In Japan, cell-phone writers A upload th

46、eir stories bit by bit to websites B pay to have their novels printed as Books C spend almost one month to finish a novel D send SMS-length texts to readers phonesAccording to Katsura Okiyama, she is able to write because A she has an insight into literature B she has training in storytelling C she

47、is skilled in text messaging D she is free from literary rulesAccording to John Possman, the Japanese publishing industry A is pushed forward by the pop culture B is strengthened by cell-phone novels C has been shrinking for many yearsD has been creating a generation of young readersWe learn from th

48、e text that cell-phone novelsfeature moving dialogues E B J have different writing styles C lack variety in subject matter D encourage readers to read othersIt can be inferred that Japan s literary establishment can t A settle the dispute between the two sidescompete with cell-phone novelsadapt to t

49、he new technologies D change their writing styles Text 3Too many people fear failure. Some of us let it keep us from trying new things, telling our-selves we d be no good at it. Some limit our goals to only what we feel absolutely sure we can accomplish. Othersamong us try something once and when it

50、 doesnt work out, we decide thatcourse is not for us.That s unfortunate because, according to many top scientists, failure is nothing to fear. Notonly is it inevitable, they say, it is even an indispensable ally. In the research lab, says John Polanyi, the Nobel prize-winning chemist, failure is a g

51、ood thing. If everything you try is very successful, it means you re playing it safe; you re not out on the edge. Failure means that you relearning. To ask a scientist whether he has experienced failure is like asking an artist whether hehas ever made a sketch. The answer is, a million times. That i

52、s the price of success. Failure is not the opposite of success. It s more like an ingredient. In Hollywood, thousandsof ideas for new TV shows are pitched each year, but only a select few get to the screen, let alonesurvive their first season. In real life, misses outnumber hits whenever people try

53、something new.Nina Spencer, a motivational speaker and author of Getting Passion out of Your Profession, likes to remind audiences that whenever we try a new skill, we go through four stages. There sthe point when you don t know about the skill, and because you don t know about it, you re nogood at

54、it. Eventually, you come to know about the skill, but you re incompetent to perform it.Then, as long as you think carefully and go slowly, you can do it. Eventually, it becomes so practiced, it s easy. The secret is not to give up at stage two.In short, the seeds of success almost always flourishbes

55、t in the well-turned soil of failure. As Charles Kettering, inventor of the modern electric ignition system for cars and the holder of nearly 200 patents, once said, failures, repeated failures, are fmger-posts on the road to achievements-one fails forward towards success. According to John Polany,

56、a seemingly all-time successful person may in factA be very adventurous B be very competitiveC be very sensitive D be very cautiousThe Hollywood example is used to show that to succeed you shouldA avoid mistakes B live with failuresC avoid competition D live with new ideasWhen it comes to trying new

57、 things, people should know it is natural thatA success results from trial and error B they might miss something importantC success requires safety guarantees D they will hit more than they missAccording to Nina Spencer, the key to acquiring a new skill lies inA practice B persistence C competence D

58、 performanceThe writer of the text wants to tell people not toA be frightened by failure B repeat the same failure C underestimate failure D be misled by failure Part BDirections：Read the texts from a magazines LETTERS section in which five people wrote about education. For questions 61 to 65, match

59、 the name of each person to one of the statements ( A to G)given below. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET l. Charles Swecker：Thank you for getting it fight in your articles on how to make a better student. As an educator, I m sure I speak for others in saying parents who encourage learning at home u

60、ltimately have kids who perform at a higher level in class. School systems have been trying to get that message out for years. Imagine, excellent teachers working with students who have a drive and desire to learn. What a perfect world!Sandy Simonson：The students you pictured have positive attitudes