2020年公共英語三級考試模擬試題

1、2020年公共英語三級考試模擬試題Directions：Readthefollowingthreetexts.AnswerthequestionsoneachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersontheANSWERSHEETbydrawingathicklineacrossthecorrespondingletterinthebrackets.TextIFifteenyearsago,IenteredtheBostonGlobe,whichwasatempletomethen.Itwasnteasygettinghired.Butonceyouwere

2、there,Ifound,youwerein.Globejobswereforlife-guaranteeduntilretirement.For15yearsIhadprosperedtheremovingfromanordinaryreportertoforeigncorrespondentandfinallytosenioreditor.IwouldhavealifetimeofsecurityisIstruckwithit.Instead,Ihadmadeadecisiontoleave.Ienteredmybosssoffice.Wouldherage?Iwondered.Hehad

3、afamoustemper.“Matt,wehavetohaveatalk,”Ibeganawkwardly.“IcametotheGlobewhenIwastwenty-four.NowImforty.TheresalotIwanttodoinlife.Imresigning.”“Toanotherpaper?”heasked.Ireachedintomycoatpocket,butdidntsayanything.Ihandedhimaletterthatexplainedeverything.ItsaidthatIwasleavingtostartanewmediacompany.Wew

4、ereatarareturningpointinhistory.Iwantedtobedirectlyengagedinthechange.“Imgladforyou,”hesaid,quiteoutofmyexpectation.“Ijustcamefromaboardofdirectorsmeetinganditwasseventy-fivepercentdiscouragingnews.Someofthatwecandealwith.Butmuchofitwecant,”hewenton.“Iwishyoualltheluckintheworld,”heconcluded.“Andifi

5、tdoesntworkout,remember,yourstarisalwayshighhere.”ThenIwentoutofhisoffice,walkingthroughthenewsroomformoregood-byes.Everybodywassayingcongratulations.EverybodyeventhoughIdberiskingallonanunfamiliarventure：allthefinancialsecurityIhadcarefullybuiltup.Later,IhadafinaltalkwithBillTaylor,chairmanandpubli

6、sheroftheBostonGlobe.HehadturnedtheGlobeintoabillion-dollarproperty.“Imresigning,Bill,”Isaid.HelistenedwhileIgavehimthestory.Hewasntlookingangryordismayedeither.Afterapause,hesaid,“Golly,IwishIwereinyourshoes.”46.FromthepassageweknowthattheGlobeisafamous_.AnewspaperBmagazineCtempleDchurch47.Ifthewri

7、terstayedwiththeGlobe_.Ahewouldbeabletorealizehislifetimedreams.Bhewouldlethislong-cherisheddreamsfadeaway.Chewouldneverhavetoworryabouthisfuturelife.Dhewouldneverbeallowedtodevelophisambitions.48.Thewriterwantedtoresignbecause_.Ahehadserioustroublewithhisboss.BhegotunderpaidathisjobfortheGlobe.Chew

8、antedtobeengagedinthenewmediaindustry.Dhehadfoundabetterpaidjobinapublishinghouse.49.WhenthewriterdecidedtoresigntheGlobewasfacedwith_.AatroublewithitsstaffmembersBashortageofqualifiedreportersCanunfavorablebusinesssituationDanuncontrollablebusinesssituation50.By“：IwishIwereinyourshoes.”(inthelastparagraph)BillTaylormeantthat_.Athewriterwastofail.BthewriterwasstupidChewoulddothesameifpossibleDhewouldrejectthewritersrequest參考答案：46.A第二段老板提到“是不是到另一家報(bào)紙去”根據(jù)此推測這是一家報(bào)社。47.C第二段提到“假如留下，會有生活保障”從而推斷若不離開未來生活無憂。48.C第