2023年新視野大學(xué)英語(yǔ)三級(jí)模擬試題及答案

新視野大學(xué)英語(yǔ)三級(jí)模擬試題及答案

PartIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhave15minutestogooverthep

assagequickly.

Forquestions1-7,markY(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinfbr

mationgiveninthepassage;N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictsthe

informationgiveninthepassage;NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformati

onisnotgiveninthepassage.Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswit

htheinformationgiveninthepassage.

YouthofToday

一Nosavings,nopension,hugedebts一

Leavingschooloruniversitymeansfinancialindependence——butdoesita

1someandebt?Someexpertssaytheyoungshouldtakesomecare.

Itislife,butnotasweknowit.Asthisyear'sschoo11eavers

andgraduatesinBritainmoveontofurthereducationorwork,tasting

financialindependeneeforthefirsttime,theyshowsignsofbeingenti

relydifferenttopreviousgenerationsintheirattitudestomoney,according

toinformationcol1ectedbyCash.Usedtodebtbutmoreaff1uentthan

previousgenerations,thecurrentcropof16—to24-year-oIdsisac

omplexsectorofsociety.Butiftheycanhandletheirdebts,these7.5mi

11ionyoungadu1tshavethepotentialtobecomequitesophisticatedo

nmoneymatters.

Cash1ookedforthefinancialhallmarksofthisgroup.

Theyaregoingtobebigspendersandwi11betargetedheavilybyret

ai1ers."Themarketforproductsandservicesaimedatthisgr

ouphascontinuedtothrive,“concludesresearchorganizationMinte1

initsrecentreportforretailers“SellingtoandProfitingf

romtheUnder25s”.Thisispartlybecausetheperiodduringwhich

peopleareyoung,freeandsingle,unencumbered（不受妨礙的）byparents

and/orchildrenhasexpandedtothelatetwentiesandearlythirties,it

says.

While13percentofthepopulationregular1ypaystheiruti1ity（公共設(shè)

施），creditcardandotherbil1s1ate,thisproportionrisestoaremarka

ble64percentfor18-to24-year—olds,accordingtoresearchconducted

among1,000adu1tsbyuS.Intheory,thissuggeststhat

morethan4mil1ionofthemareheadingforsuchpoorcreditratingsthat

theywi11finditdifficulttoborrowinthefuture.Butlendersm

aybecomemoreflexibleintheirlendingtermsratherthanloseout

onthishugesectoroftheconsumermarket.

Nearlyoneinthree（28percent）ofpeopleunder35"donotcon

sidertheirfuturefinancialpositiorT,accordingtoresearchfrom

AccentureHRServices.

A1thoughhalfof18-to25-year—oldswanttoowntheirhomesome

day,theyseealmostinsurmountablehurdles,accordingtoMintel:

“Forthosewhohadnotyetboughttheirownproperty,theprospect

oftryingtodososeemeddaunting-ifnotimpossib1e—financiaHy.”

Orcoulditbethattheirfutureprosperitywilldependonwhetherthey

inheritpropertyfromtheirparents?

Theyregardasnecessitiesmanyitemswhichwereseenasluxuriesby

theirparentsatthesameage.Morethannineoutof10havetheir

ownmobi1ephone."Some1ookedontheirphoneasakindofsecurityb

lanket,feelinglostwithoutitsaysMintel.Acarisseenas“vitai”

by64percentof18-to25—year—o1ds,anddesignerclothesarewornby4

4percentofmenand35percentofwomeninthisagegroup,addsM

inte1.Computerequipmentisahighpriorityfbrmanytwenty-year-o1d

s.Audio-visua1equipmentisparticu1arlyvaluedbyyoungmen.

Creditcardownershipisincreasing.Nearlytwothirdsofyoungadultshave

acard.MorethanhaIf(58percent)oftheunder-25sdonotpayofftheircredit

cardbillinfulleachmonth,accordingtoMinte1—including16perce

ntwhoowemorethan￡500.Withcreditcardownershippredictedtoincrease

near1y20percentby2023,theyoungeragegroupcouldbeincreasingly

targeted,astheyaremoreaccustomedtoborrowingthanoldergroups.

Debliscommonplaceinthisagegroup.Barclayspredictsthat

graduatedebtwil1average￡17,500in2023,risingtonear1y￡34,0

00by2023.

Athirdofthisgroupbe1ievetheyare“tooyoung,,tostartthinkinga

boutapension,accordingtoAccenture."Thereisaseachangein

behaviorgoingonhere,“saysMervynKohlerofHelptheAged.

46Forrecentgraduateswhoaresadd1edwithdebtandstrugg1ingto

buyahome,the1astthingtheywouldcareaboutispensionplanning.They

haveaIsoheardthemessagethattheywillhavetoworkunti1theydrop,

sotheywonderwhytheyshouldbotherwithapension.Butwhent

heyretire,theywi11expectthestatetobailthemout.^^

Thereisevidencetobackuptheirinstincts.Morethan73percentofthecu

rrentcropofforty-year-oldsareoncoursetobeonPensionCreditand

othermeans—testedbenefitswhentheyretire,accordingtotheInstiluteof

FiscalStudies.Uniesschangesaremadetothesystem,thisproporti

onwillincrease.

Despitethesedisturbingfindings,thereis1ightattheendofthe

tunnelfortheyoung.HelenBowman,we1fareofficeratDeMontfort

University'sStudentFinanceAdviceCentre,believesthatmany18-ye

ar-o1dsgetintofinancia1difficultyoutofignorancebutthat“the

ytendtobevery,verygood“atdealingwithproblemswhentheyfaceupto

reality.

Partoftheproblemisthatmanyhavereceived1itt1efinancialeducat

ionfromtheirparents.Someyoungadu1tsdonotevenknowhowto

shopforfoodandmanydonotrealizethatconveniencefoodfromcor

nershopswil1bemoreexpensivethanfruitandvegetabiesandotherbasici

ngredientsboughtinmarketsorbylookingfbrbargains,valueranges

anddiscountsinsupermarkets.

Thegenerosityofparentscanalsobackfire."Theredoescomeapoint

whereparentshavetostophelping,“saysBowman.

Creditcardcompanieshavemadedebtfartooaccessible,shebelieves.

ItcouIdbethatlendingismorestrictlyregulatedbytheauthoritiesi

nfuture.TheLiberalDemocratsareincreasinglyconcernedattheeasy

avai1abilityofcreditandthisissuecouldwellmoveupthepolit

ica1agenda.The1ocationofcashmachinesinpubsdoesnothelp,esp

ecia11yforagenerationthatdrinksheavi1y.Budgetingishard

forstudentswhohavetopaymobilephoneandmanyotherbillsmonth1y

butwhoseincomeintheformofStudentLoanscomesinatthestartof

term.

Buttherearemanycasesofstudentsgettingintodebtand

thenfindingawayoutofthemess,usual1ybygettingajob.Along

theway,they1earnhowtobudgetandhowtoavoidtemptationby,forin

stance,1eavingtheirplasticathome.

Parentsmaynotevenbeaware,inmanyofthesecases,thattheirc

hi1drenhavegotintodebtandthenscrapedtheirwayout.And

peoplelikethese,who1eamtthehardway,haveanunderstandingofmoney

whichisprobablydeeperthanthatofpeoplewhohaveneverhad

difficu1ties.

1.AccordingtotheCashstudy,theyoungaduItsinBritaintodayfb

rmacomp1exsectorofsocietybecausethey1eadamoreaff1u

en11ifebyoverdrawingtheircreditcard.

2.Thereare13pereentofyoungadultswhoregularlypayth

eirbi11slate.

3.Overninetypercentof18-to25-year-oIdshavegotthei

rownmobi1ephones.

4.Itispredictedthattherewillbemorecreditcardusersamong

youngpeoplethanamongolderpeopie.

5.Theaveragegraduatedebtwillbegreatlyincreasedinthecoming

fiveyears.

6.Mostyoungpeop1edidn'treceiveenoughfinancialeducationfrom

theirparents.

7.Thepassagesuggeststhatparentsshou1dalwayshelptheirch

iIdreninpayingtheirdebt.

8.Comparedwithpreciousgenerations,thecurrentgraduateshavever

ydifferentattitudesto.

9.Atthetimewhentheirparentswereyoung,a1otofmodernnec

essaryequipmentownedbyyoungpeoplenowwasregardedas

10.The1astthingmostyoungpeopiethinktheyarestilltooyoungtobother

aboutis.

PartIIListeningComprehension

SectionAConversations

Directions:Inthissection,youwil1hear8shortconversationsand2

1ongconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,oneormore

questionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationand

thequestionswi11bespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestionthere

wi11beapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesm

arkedA),B),C)andD),anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.

11.A)Shewon9tdofavorsforothers.

B)SheUIreturnthebookonherwaytowork.

C)Shecan9treturnthebookfortheman.

D)Sheworksattheschool1ibrary.

12.A)Toputhiscallthroughtothedirector.

B)Toarrangeanappointmentforhimtoseethedirector.

C)Totellthedirectorabouttheworkheisdoing.

D)Togoandseeifthedirectorcanmeethimrightnow.

13.A)Shewantstofurtherherstudyrightaway.

B)Shewantstoquithergraduatecourse.

C)Shehasn'tdecidedifsheU1studyforhermaster'sdegree.

D)She'llfindajobrightaftergraduation.

14.A)He,11drivethewomantoschool.

B)He'llridehisbicycletoschoo1,too.

C)He'lljoinherinherexerciseclass.

D)He'llteachthewomanhowtorideabicycle.

15.A)They'reco1leagues.

B)They'refriends.

C)TheyTeclassmates.

D)They'retwins.

16.A)Waterherflowerswhi1eshe'saway.

B)Buyhersomeflowersandtakecareofthem.

C)Cleanherhousewhi1esheisonbusiness.

D)Waterherflowersinhissparetime.

17.A)Hedoesn,thaveanyquestionsforher.

B)Hewon'tbeab1etotakeatrip.

C)Hecanstudyduringthespringbreak.

D)Hehasn'tdecidedifhecantakeatrip.

18.A)Hisfathertoldhimtogotomedicalschool.

B)Hisfatherstudiedmedicinewhenyoung.

C)Hisfathertaughtinamedica1school.

D)Hisdecisionsurprisedhisfather.

Questions19to22arebasedontheconversationyouhavejusthear

d.

19.A)Becauseshedoesn'twanttogiveuphermajor.

B)Becauseshedoesn'tlovehimanymore.

C)Becauseshedoesn'twanttoquitherjob.

D)Becauseshedoesn'twanttohavekids.

20.A)Togotocollege.

B)Tostayathome.

C)TobearachiId.

D)Toworkatacompany.

21.A)She?sgoingfishingwithherfather.

B)She'sgoingfishingwithTom.

C)She'sgoingtohaveadate.

D)She'sgoingtohaveapicnic.

22.A)Tohaveaparty.

B)Tohaveapicnic.

C)Tohavedinnertogether.

D)Tomeetsomefriends.

Questions23to25arebasedontheconversationyouhavejustheard.

23.A)“Howmuchdoyouknow?”

B)“Whatcanyourboyfrienddo?”

C)“Whogetsthecorrectanswer?”

D)“Whichsportsstardoyouknowbest?”

24.A)Toseehowmuchyourea11ytakecareofothers.

B)Toseehowmuchyoureallyloveyourfamily.

C)Toseehowmuchyoureallyunderstandyourboyfriendoryourhusband.

D)Toseehowmuchyourea1lyknowaboutafriendorafamilymember.

25.A)1fhecansing.

B)Ifhecanfixacar.

C)Ifhelikessports.

D)Ifhecaniceskate.

SectionBShortPassages

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages.Attheend

ofeachpassage,youwil1hearsomequestions.Boththepassage

andthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestio

n,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),

C)andD).

PassageOne

Questions26to28arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

26.A)In1978.B)In1987.C)In1996.D)I

n2023.

27.A)EnglishandSpanish.B)Englishand

Italian.

C)SpanishandPortuguese.D)SpanishandJapa

nese.

28.A)About30miles.B)Almost20

23miles.

C)At1east7000miles.D)About9000

miles.

PassageTwo

Questions29to31arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

29.A)Theyaresymbolsofshowinglove.

B)Theymeaneterna1friendship.

C)Theyaremeantforroomdecoration.

D)Theyrepresentahappy1ife.

30.A)Becauseitiswe11knownasasymbo1.

B)BecauseCharlesIIofSwedenintroducedittoEurope.

C)Becauseitisaspecialtermin"thelanguageofflowers

D)BecauseitisthefavoriteflowerofVenus,goddessoflove.

31.A)Lacehandkerchiefswereusedforpassingmessageoflove.

B)Lacehandkerchiefswouldencouragemantoexpresshislove.

C)Lacehandkerchiefswereusedbywomanasanintroductiontoman.

D)Lacehandkerchiefswereusedasasymbolofbeautyandpass

ion.

PassageThree

Questions32to35arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

32.A)Itstopicanddetai1.

B)Itsbrevityandfreesty1e.

C)Itsoccasionandlength.

D)Itsdurationandfocus.

33.A)Whentheyareinameeting.

B)WhentheyaiTiveattheoffice.

C)Whentheyareonthee1evator.

D)Whentheyarerepairingequipment.

34.A)Tostoptheconversationabrupt1y.

B)Tosaythatyoudon'tlikethetopic.

C)Tostatethatit'snottherighiplacetotalk.

D)Tomakesomeexcusesto1eavepo1itely.

35.A)Suggestanothertimeforthetalk.

B)Tel1himyouarenotinterested.

C)Stoptota1kwiththepersonforawhile.

D)Askthepersonto1eaveimmediately.

SectionCCompoundDictation

Directions:Inthissection,youwil1hearapassagethreetimes.Whent

hepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshould1istencarefullyforits

generalidea.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,youarerequi

redtofillintheblanksnumberedfrom36to43withtheexactwordsy

ouhavejustheard.Forblanksnumberedfrom44to46youarerequiredto

fillinthemissinginformation.Fortheseblanks,youcaneitherusethe

exactwordsyouhavejustheardorwritedownthemainpointsinyour

ownwords.Fina1ly,whenthepassageisreadforthethire!time,youshould

checkwhatyouhavewritten.

Toomuchsuncancauseskincancer.ToomuchvitarninDcan

alsomakeyousick.Yetastudy(36)thatsunlighlandvitamin

DmayheIpsomepeoplewithlungcancer1ivelonger.

VitaminDheIpsbui1dstrongteethand(37).Foodssucha

soilyfishandeggyo1ksarehighinvitaminD.Butnotmanyfoods(38)

are.SoextravitaminDisoften(39)tomilkprodu

cts.Somepeoplegetmorewithvitaminproducts.

Anotherwayisfromthesun.VitaminDisknownasthe“sunshinev

itaThebody(40)itthroughtheskinfromtheultra-violet

radiationofthesun.

ResearchersfromHarvardUniversity(41)astudyof

fourhundredfifty-sixpeopie.Thesemenandwornenhadbeen(42)

for1ungcancer.Thecancershadbeenfbundearly.Doctorsop

eratedto(43)them.

Itwasfoundthatthose(44)______________________________________

______________________________________________.Otherswhowereoperatedon

inwinterhadlowleve1s.

(45)___________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________.Seventy-twopercentwerest

i11aliveafterfiveyears.(46)_______________________________________________

PartI11ReadingComprehension(ReadinginDepth)

SectionA

Directions：Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.

Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofch

oicesgiveninawordbankfoliowingthepassage.Readthepassageth

roughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceintheblankisid

entifiedbya1etier.Pieasemarkthecorresponding1etterforeachitem.

Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsintheblankmorethanonee.

Questions47to56arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

“Home,sweethome”isaphrasethatexpressesanessential

attitudeintheUnitedStates.Whetherthe____47oflifeinthefami

1yhouseinsweetornotsosweet,thecherished（珍愛(ài)的）idealof

homehasgreatimportanceformanypeop1e.

Thisidealisa48partoftheAmericandrea

m.Thisdream,dramatizedinthehistoryofnineteenth-centuryEurope

settlersoftheAmericanWest,wastofindapieceofland,bui1da

houseforone?sfamily,andstartafarm.Thesesmall49wer

eportraitsofindependence：theentirefamily-mother,father,children,

evengrandparents—livinginasma11houseandworkingtogetherto

supporteachother.Everyoneunderstoodthe50importanceof

familycooperationandhardwork.A1thoughmostpeop1einthe

UnitedStatesnolonger1iveonfarms,theidealofhome51

isjuststronginthetwentiethcenturyasitwasinthenineteenth.WhenU.S.

soldierscamehomeafterWorldWarII,forexamp1e,theydrearnedof

buyinghousesand___52families.Sotherewasatremendous

boominhomebuilding.Thenewhouses,typica1lyinthesubur

bs,wereoftensma11andnearly53,buttheysatisfiedadeep

need.Manysawthesingle-familyhouseasthebasisoftheirwayof

life.j

Asmorewomenenteredthe1aborforce,thefamilyspenteven1

esstimetogether.Butthepictureischanging:peoplecannowtelecommute,

orworkathome,whilebeing54totheofficebymeansoftheir

computer.Moreandmorepeoplecannowstayathome.Sotheold

_55couIdchangefromuHome,sweethome^^to“Home,sweetofflee”，but

the56onthecherishedhomewil1most1ikelystaythesame.

A)households

I)identical

B)complex

J)ownership

C)reality

K)rea1

D)emphasis

L)lifeanddeath

E)starting

M)vital

F)aspect

N)expression

G)cooperation

O)linked

H)connecting

SectionB

Directions：Thereare3readingpassagesinthissection.Eachp

assageisfol1owedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.For

eachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C),andD).You

shoulddecideonthebestchoice.

PassageOne

Questions57toGlarebasedonthefoilowingpassage.

Perhapsthemostimportantdefiningcharacteristicofahuman

beingiscu1ture.Thetermcu1tureasusedhereisnot1imitedto

operas,paintings,andotherartisticendeavors.Theseareseenby

anthropologists(J、類學(xué)家)asexamplesofculture:cultureitselfisthecusto

marymannerinwhichhumangroupslearntoorganizetheirbehaviora

ndthoughtinrelationtotheirenvironment.Definedinthismanner,c

uIturehasthreeprincipa1aspects：behavioral,perceptualandmater

ial.Thebehavioralcomponentreferstohowpeopleact,especial1yhowthey

interactwitheachother.Inchi1drearing(養(yǎng)育)，forexample,parentsand

chi1drentendtointeractinarelativelypatternedfashion.Thenthere

isthemannerofperception,thewayspeopleperceivetheworid.For

examp1e,parentshavealimitedrangeofideasabouthowtheyshouldact,a

ndwhatsignificanceparenthoodcarriesintheschemeofthings.Finally,there

isthematerialcomponentofcuIturethephysicalobjectsthatwe

produce.

Mostofwhatgoesintomakingupcultureisaresulto

flearning—modifyingbehaviorinresponsetoexperieneewithinanenv

ironment.Leamingispractica11yuniversalamongorganisms.Butnoo

therorganismhasagreatercapacityfor1earningthanahuman,or

dependsasmuchonlearnedbehaviorforitssurviva1.

Whilethesurviva1ofmostotherorganismsistosomeextentsafeguard

edbyinstincts,humansrelyheavilyoncu1turefortheirsurvival.

Peoplemustlearnhowtoliveinaparticu1arsocialandphysicalse

tting,bio1ogyplayingbutaminima1(最小限度的)role.

Theideasandmodesofbehaviorthatconstitutecu1turearetransmit

ted1arge1ybyacomplexsystemofsymboIsthatincludeslanguage.

Humanshaveevolvedanextremelycomp1exsystemofcommunicatio

nthatisuniquetoourspecies.Withoutitthecreationofhumancultureas

weknowitwou1dbeimpossib1e.

57.Whatisthedefinitionofcu1turebyanthropologists?

A)Operas,paintingsandmayotherartisticactivitiesasawho

le.

B)Customarymannersofbehaviorandthoughtrelatedtothee

nvironment.

C)Behavioral,perceptualandmaterialcomponentsinteract

ingwitheachother.

D)Thedifferentwayspeop1eperceivethephysicalworld.

58.Accordingtothepassage,thebehaviorofmakingtooIsforproducing

materia1objectsshouldfallwithinthecategoryofcompo

nentofculture.

A)behavioralB)perceptualC)materialD)

artiStic

59.Learningismostessentialfor.

A)a11theorganismstosurvive

B)alltheorganismstoacquireleamedbehavior

C)humanbeingstorespondtoexperiencewithinanenvironment

D)humanbeingstosurviveandliveinasociety

60.What'sthee1ementtohumanculture?

A)Communicationinlanguage.

B)Biologica1adaptationtoth