2017年公共英语三级试题
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SECTION 11 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 your ANSWER SHEET.
It is an unfortunate fact of today's life that most people are growing up unable to see the stars.
The prime night sky exists only 26pictures. This is true not only in cities and suburbs, but al-so in 27areas. We have lost our view of the stars and 28our nighttime environment as well.
Such a loss29be acceptable if light pollution were the inevitable price of progress, 30it is not. Most sky glow is 31 . It comes mainly from lighting sources that do little to increase32 safety, security or utility. They produce only glare,33over one billion dollars annually in the U.S. alone.
34science, the impact has been even more dramatic. Scientists require observations of extremely faint objects that can only be 35 with advanced devices at sites 36of air pollu-tion and urban sky glow. For example, some images of the objects can 37information about faraway comers of the universe, helping us understand the way in 38our world was actually formed.39 , the light from these objects can be lost at the very end of its 40 in the glare of our own sky.
Reducing light pollution is not difficult. It 41that public officials and citizens be 42of the problem and act to counter it. As 43people can help reduce sky glow just by 44 lighting only when necessary.
The stars above us are a 45heritage. We must do our best to preserve it.
26. A. on
B. fromC. inD. at "
27. A. local
B. rural
C. industrial
D. scenic
28. A. mined
B. reduced
C. dirtied
D. wasted
29. A. should
B. may
C. might
D. will
30. A. but"
B. as
C. because
D. though
31. A. inadequate
B. invisible
C. unpredictable
D. unnecessary
32. A. nighttime
B. lifetime
C. peacetime
D. longtime
33. A. costing
B. making
C. putting
D. raising
34. A. At
B. From
C. For
D. Over
35. A. accepted
B. made
C. pushed
D. sent
36. A. worthy
B. typical
C. critical
D. free
37. A. collect
B. offer
C. share
D. save
38. A. that
B. what
C. when
D. which
39. A. Besides
B. Instead
C. Therefore
D. Yet
40. A. march
B. visit
C.journey
D. flight
41. A. indicates
B. proves
C. requires
D. shows
42. A. ashamed
B. aware
C. independent
D. tired
43. A. individuals
B. natives
C. residents
D. victims
44. A. fixing
B. providing
C. taking
D. using
45. A. cosfless
B. priceless
C. valueless
D. worthless
SECTION III Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)
Part A
Dilrections:
Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
Text 1
Sometime in the middle of the 15th century, a well-to-do merchant from London buried more than 6,700 gold and silver coins on a sloping, hillside in Surrey. He was fleeing the War of the Ro-ses and planned to return during better times. But he never did. The coins lay undisturbed until one September evening in 1990, when local resident Roger Mintey chanced upon them with a metal de-tector, a device used to determine the presence of metals. Mintey's find much of.which now sits in the British Museum-earned him roughly $350,000, enough to quit his job with a small manu- facturer and spend more time pursuing lost treasure.
But digging up the past is controversial in Britain. In many European countries, metal detecto- fists, or people using metal detectors, face tough regulations. In the U. K., however, officials in- troduced a scheme in 1997 encouraging hobbyists to report their discoveries (except for those fall- ing under the definition of treasure, like Mintey's find, which they are required to report)--but al- lowing them to keep what they find, or receive a reward. Last year, a hidden store was uncovered
in a field outside Birmingham. It consists of more than 1,500 gold and silver objects from the sev- enth century and was valued at more than $4.5 million. While local museums hurry to raise enough money to keep the find off the open market, it sits in limbo, owned by the Crown but fa- cing claims by the landowner and the metal detectorist who found it.
The find marks the latest battleground in the increasingly heated conflict between the country's 10,000-20,000 metal detectorists and the museum workers determined to protect its precious old objects. Supporters say the scheme stems the loss of valuable information about precious old ob-jects, while opponents argue that metal detectorists don't report everything.
The debate centers on the larger question of who owns the past. "There's been a slow move over the centuries that precious old things belong to us all," says Professor Christopher Chippindale of Cambridge University. But in Britain at least, the temptation of buried treasure could change all that.
46. According to the first paragraph, the coins in Surrey were
A. worth roughly $350,000
B. possessed by a local resident
C. unearthed about 500 years ago
D. left by a merchant during a war
47. What do we know about Roger Mintey?
A. He produces metal detectors.
B. He owns a manufacturing firm.
C. He works for the British Museum.
D. He seeks buried treasure as a hobby.
48. In the U. K., metal detectorists
A. are rewarded for whatever they find
B. are forced to obey tough regulations
C. may keep what they have discovered
D. should report whatever they discover
49. As for the find outside Birmingham, it is still unclear
A. how much it is worth
B. how it was discovered
C. who is entitled to it
D. what it is made up of
50. According to Professor Christopher Chippindale, buried treasure
A. is owned by the public
B. is debated in a heated way
C. remains a big temptation
D. turns precious over time
Text 2
Every year for more than a decade I've gone with some good male friends to the music festi- val. Women are not invited, but they do prepare a picnic for our trip. The better the food, the more likely we are to continue our annual tradition and give them peace at least one week out of the year.
When we're not eating, we sit around in circles and talk about manly stuff: women, mostly.After years of this special journey I have figured out women are different from us, especially when it comes to how we communicate. Women don't need to manufacture reasons to chat, but guys need excuses like outings or organized events.
And I've noticed that when women are in groups there can be several conversations going on at once. When men are in a group, one man talks, and everybody else listens. It's like bluegrass jamming in a way; one musician plays the lead, and the rest try to follow.
I've had more heartfelt conversations with other men at the festival than I've had at any other time in my life, partly because there are no women there, and partly because we're all a little drunk. It was males bonding over whatever parts we still had left. The festival is also the only place I've ever cried in front of other men.
As the years have slipped by, some in our group have lost parents and grandparents, some have divorced, and others have changed careers, not always on purpose. It seems that every year something distressing has happened to at least one member of our crew, and the rest of us are there to listen and offer support.
I hope that this column can offer some comfort to women: if your man heads out on a bowling or poker night with the guys, be happy. Chances are good he's not fleeing you and the kids, but he's running toward the conversations he can only have with other men, and he'll come home the better for it.
51. It is implied in the first paragraph that
A. the trip is a relief for both men and women________
B. the trip will continue in spite of everything
C. the quality of the picnic needs improvement
D. the women can rarely get peace themselves
52. Men and women differ in the way they talk in that________
A. men like to play the lead in conversations
B. women can strike up a talk for any reason
C. men can be engaged in several talks at once
D. women are good listeners in conversations
53. That the author cried in front of other men reveals________
A. the effect of bluegrass music upon men
B. the effect of alcohol on men's behaviors
C. men's need to release their deep emotions
D. men's need to cultivate intimate friendship
54. What is the idea that the author wants to convey in paragraph 5 ?
A. Life is doomed to be full of distresses.
B. Changes are the constant theme of life.
C. Friendship stays despite changes in life.
D. Life consists of sweating and harvesting.
55. In the last paragraph, the author advises women to________
A. encourage their husbands to improve their life style
B. encourage their husbands to go bowling or play poker
C. give their husbands chances to flee from housework
D. give their husbands chances for male communication
Text 3
Given the choice, younger professionals are most interested in working at tech companies like Apple and government agencies like the State Department, but they are comparatively disinterested in working in the financial industry, according to a survey conducted by Universum, a researchf'trrn.
What attracts college graduates to big tech companies like Apple is mainly the cool factor sur-rounding these companies and their products, as the survey found young professionals were most influenced by the strength of the corporation's brand when picking their most desired companies.
"Companies that have appealing consumer brands generally also succeed in being perceived as attractive employers. People nowadays love to work for companies that produce their favorite prod-ucts and services," said Kortney Kutsop, employer branding specialist for Univer sum. "Also,market success is an important factor: The company needs to be generally seen as innovative and best-in-class in whatever they do--that's the recipe for success."
By contrast, financial institutions like Citigroup, whose brands have been spoiled in recent years by the collapse of the financial industry, ranked in the lower half of the list of 99 companies desired by young professionals.
Beyond the power of a company's brand, college graduates were also heavily influenced by the perceived financial stability of each company, which may explain why major corporations like Apple would rank at the top, since they are constantly expanding and hiring new employees. On the other hand, government agencies, which fared slightly worse than the tech companies, may have been hurt by perceived weaknesses in recent years, given that the public sector as a whole has been forced to freeze wages and lay off employees.
Universum, which surveyed more than 10,000 young professionals who graduated from col- lege in the last eight years, also found that many of them are looking to switch jobs in the near fu- ture. In fact, half of those surveyed claimed to have applied to other jobs in the past year and a quarter plan to switch jobs within six months, suggesting that the organizations at the top of this list may be flooded with new applications in the coming months.
56. The Universum survey found that college graduates________
A. are sponsored by government agencies
B. refuse to work in the financial industry
C. are given better choices in employment
D. prefer to work at major tech companies
57. According to Kortney Kutsop, young professionals nowadays________
A. are brand-oriented in job hunting
B. are brand-conscious in consumption
C. are eager to be innovative employees
D. are eager to get the recipe for success
58. Citigroup has become less appealing to young job seekers due to________
A. its inadequate service
B. its mined reputation
C. its lack of creativity
D. its heavy workload
59. Compared with those at tech companies, jobs at government agencies in recent years________
A. are better paid
B. are better rated
C. are less secure
D. are less demanding
60. In the survey, a majority of young professionals who graduated from college in the last eight years________
A. are influenced by f'mancial instability
B. are employed by big tech companies
C. have decided to change their careers
D. have found jobs in the public sector
Part B
Directions:
Read the texts from a magazine article in which five people talked about the future of reading.
For questions 61-65, match the name of each person (61-65) to one of the statements (A-G)given below. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
Paul:
I think books will be more affordable. They are pretty expensive. Publishers are so silly be-cause they focus on "We're not going to be selling so many hardcover books at $26. " But you're going to sell infinitely more electronically, so what are you complaining about? I view it as a grea-ter opportunity. My e-reader is great because I travel, and I don't want to carry a billion things with me.
David:
I don't own an e-reader, and I've never read a page on an e-reader. I do everything I can to avoid more screen time. Not to play down the value of a physical book, when it comes to somebody investing in one, it's something you want to keep. You have to give readers a choice, between a ric- her experience with physical books, and a more lifeless experience through an electronic reader.
James:
The new immigrants don't shoot the old inhabitants when they come in. One technology tends to supplement rather than substitute. How you read is not as important as: Will you read? Will you read something that's a book-the sustained train of thought of one person speaking to another?
Search techniques are embedded in e-books that invite people to dip into something rather than follow a full train of thought.
Alex:
We've maintained in the last few years there will be fewer bookstores. We have the best busi-ness model in the world. Books are still a majority of what we sell in stores, but they are becoming less and less. About 50 percent of physical books are sold in non-bookstore outlets, like drugstores and club stores. There are people with agendas in this industry, but the physical book is going no- where.
William:
E-readers take out the paper middleman and give me what I want from books: the words. My e-reader has allowed me to read more than ever. When I travel I can take five books with me all without cutting down a single tree or using any extra jet fuel. Books made of paper can be beautiful, but they are never as beautiful as the words in the best of them.
Now match the name of each person (61 to 65) to the appropriate statement.
Note: there are two extra statements.
Statements
61. Paul
62. David
63. James
64. Alex
65. William
A. I prefer physical books to e-books.
B. E-books are environmentally friendly.
C. The market for physical books is shrinking.
D. What counts is not how but how well you read.
E. E-reading will benefit, rather than harm, publishers.
F. The price of hardcover books will be greatly lowered.
F. Non-bookstore outlets add to the growth of physical books.
SECTION IV Writing (40 minutes)
Directions:
You should write your responses to both Part A and Part B of this section on your ANSWER SHEET.
Part A
66. You are the organizer of an English speech contest, and you want to invite a foreign teacher in your school to be a judge. Write an email to him,
1) telling him about the contest(time, location, topic, etc. );
2) expressing your hope for his participation and his reply to your message.
You should write approximately 100 words. Do not use your own name at the end of your email. Use "Wang Lin" instead.
Part B
67. Below is a picture showing a young woman who works at home. Write an essay of about 120 words making reference to the following points:
1) the possible reasons why some people choose to work at home;
2) the strengths and weaknesses of working at home.
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