英语三级测试试题
Part II Reading Comprehension (30%)
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the following paages:
He was in the first third-grade cla I taught at Saint Mary’s School in Morris, Minnesota.All
34 of my students were dear to me, but Mark Eklund was one in a million.Very neat in appearance, he had that happy-to-be-alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievous
delightful.
One morning my patience was growing thin when Mark talked once too often, and then I made a novice-teacher’s mistake.I looked at Mark and said, “ If you say one more word, I am going to tape your mouth shut!” But he talked again.Without saying a word, I proceeded to Mark’s desk, tore off two pieces of tape and made a big X with them over his mouth.After cla he said to me, “Thank you for correcting me, Sister!”
The years flew by, and before I knew it Mark was in my cla again.One Friday, things just didn’t feel right.We had worked on a new concept all week, and I sensed that the students were growing frustrated with themselves—and edgy with one another.So I asked them to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name.Then I told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their clamates
and write it down.
It took the remainder of the cla period to finish the aignment, but as the students left the room, each one handed me the papers.Charlie smiled.Mark said, “ Thank you for teaching me, Sister.Have a good weekend.”
That Saturday, I wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and I listed what everyone else had said about that individual.On Monday I gave each student his or her list.Some of them ran tow pages.Before long, th4e entire cla was smiling.“Really?” I heard whispered.“I never knew that meant anything to anyone!” “I didn’t know others liked me
so much!”
No one ever mentioned those papers in cla again.Several years later, after I returned from a vacation, my parents met me at the airport.From them I knew that Mark was killed in Vietnam.So I attended the funeral.After the funeral, Mark’s father took a wallet out of his pocket.“They found this on Mark when he was killed.We thought you might recognize it.”
Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times.I knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which I had listed all the good things each of Mark’s clamates had said
about him.
Mark’s clamates started to gather around us.Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, “I still have my list.It’s in the top drawer of my desk at home.” Chuck’s wife said, “ Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album.”
That’s when I finally sat down and cried.I cried for Mark and for all his friends who would
never see him again.
1.When Mark was in the third grade, he ＿＿＿.
A) was very shy and quiet
B) was rough and disobedient
C) never talked without permiion
D) often talked without permiion
2.One Friday, the students were growing frustrated with themselves because ＿＿＿.
A) the new concept they had been working on was too difficult
B) they were not interested in learning the new concept
C) the teacher was not familiar with the new concept
D) the teacher became very impatient with them
3.After the funeral, Mark’s mother thanked the author for ________.
A) correcting Mark for misbehaving at school many times
B) giving Mark the list of all the good things said about
C) teaching Mark for such a long period of time
D) asking Mark’s clamates to have dinner with them
4.The reason why the students kept the lists of all the good things is that ＿＿＿.
A) they mied each other after they departed
B) they wanted to show the lists to their husbands or wives
C) they valued the teacher’s effort for copying all the good things about them
D) they treasured what made them feel good about themselves
Paage II
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the following paage:
There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling.No school I have taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill.There are, however, vastly different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority it must be given over general language development and writing ability.The problem is, how to encourage a child to expre himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the
complexities of spelling?
If spelling becomes the only focal point of his teacher’s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to “play safe”.He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to avoid adventurous language.That’s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.
I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal
experience: “This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is illegible.” It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil’s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted to read the eay, which contained some beautiful expreions of the child’s deep feelings.The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the error, but if his priorities had centered on the child’s ideas, an expreion his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more motivation to seek
improvement.
5.Teachers differ in their opinions about _____.
A) the difficulties in teaching spelling
B) the role of spelling in general language development
C) the complexities of the basic writing skills
D) the neceity of teaching spelling
6.The expreion “play safe” probably means _____.
A) to write carefully
B) to do as teachers say
C) to use dictionaries frequently
D)to avoid using words one is not sure of
7.Teachers encourage the use of dictionaries so that _____.
A) students will be able to expre their ideas more freely
B) teachers will have le trouble in correcting mistakes
C) students will have more confidence in writing
D) students will learn to be independent of teachers
8.The major point discued in the paage is ______.
A) the importance of developing writing skills
B) the complexities of spelling
C) the correct way making compositions
D) the relationship between spelling and the content of a composition
Paage III
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the following paage:
Population tends to grow at an exponential rate.This means that they progreively double.As an example of this type of growth rate, take one penny and double it every day for one month.After the first week, you would have only 64 cents, but after the fourth week you would have
over a million dollars.
This helps explain why the population has come on “all of a sudden”.It took form the beginning of human life to the year 1830 for the population of the earth to reach one billion.That represents a time span of at least two million years.Then it took from 1830 to 1930 for world population to reach 2 billion.The next billion was added by 1960, only thirty years, and in 1975 world population reached 4 billion, which is another billion people in only fifteen years.
World population is increasing at a rate of 9,000 per hour, 220,000 per day, 80 million per year.This is not only due to higher birth rates, but to lower death rates as well.The number of births has not declined at the same rate as the number of deaths.
Some countries, such as Columbia, Thailand, Morocco, Costa Rica, and the Philippines, are doubling their populations about every twenty-one years, with a growth rate of 3.3 percent a year or more.The United States is doubling its population about every eighty-seven years, with a rate of 0.8 percent per year.Every time a population double, the country involved needs twice as much of everything, including hospitals, schools, resources, food and medicines to care for its people.It is easy to see that this is very difficult to achieve for the more rapidly growing
countries.
9.This paage chiefly discued_______.
A) the growth of world population
B) one type of the exponential rate
C) the population problem of more rapidly growing countries
D) the poible ways of dealing with the rapid population growth
10.According to the paage, what helps to explain why the population problem has come
on “all of a sudden”?
A) The penny which doubles itself every day for one month.
B) The time span of at least two million years in human history.
C) An illustration of the exponential growth rate given by the author.
D) The large amount of money you would luckily make after the fourth week.
11.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A) World population is increasing at a rate of 150 per minutes.
B) Lower death rate also contributes to world population growth.
C) The population of Columbia has been doubling every year for 21 years.
D) The United States is usuall6y doubling its population about every 87 years.
12.When a population doubles, the country involved needs twice as much of everything,
including ______.
A) hospitals and medicines B) schools and students
C) food and manpower resources D) all of the above
Paage IV
Questions I3 to 15 are based on the following paage:
For years it has been poible to set up cameras to take pictures of cars as they speed along highways, jump lights or drive too fast down the street.
However even if the pictures are taken automatically, someone still has to do all the paperwork of iuing fines.But now a British company called EEV has come up with a computerized video system that can do it all automatically.
They suggest that all number plates have a bar code as well as the usual number.The bar
codes are just strips of lines like those you see on food packets but bigger.EEV’s high speed video camera system can read a bar coded number plate even if the car is doing over 100 miles per hour.The computer controlling the system could then use the information from the bar code to find out the name and addre of the driver (from vehicle records), print out the fine and send it off automatically.The inventors also suggest that the system could watch traffic to help catch
stolen cars.
The new electronic system could be watching everyone that paes the cameras! Many people find the idea that “big brother is watching you” is more of a worry than a few motorists getting away with driving too fast.Moreover, some people will be very unhappy to realize that with new system the police could find out where a particular car has been.
13.The best title for the article could be ______.
A) People Who Drive Too Fast
B) Stop People from Driving Too Fast
C) EEV and the Police System
D) Implications of Computerized Systems for Motoring Offense
14.A traditional function of the camera as used by the traffic police system is to ______.
A) take snapshots of cars on highways
B) catch cars violating traffic rules
C) send fines to fast motorists
D) make the traffic system fully automatic
15.The newly-invented system functions more efficiently with the aid of __________.
A) car number plates C) bar coded numbers on number plates
B) vehicle speeding records D) print-out fines
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20%)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part.For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D).Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1.There is no ______ in insisting on the impoible.
A) mind C) meaning
B) sense D) help
2.She asked that the letter be ______ in order that the contents should remain a secret..
A) eliminated C) ruined
B) destroyed D) spoiled
3.In spite of the thunderstorm, the children slept______ all night.
A) soundly C) sensitively
B) noisily D) quickly
4.These books were very dear to him and he bought them at ______ expense when he was studying abroad.
A) considerate C) considering
B) considerable D) considered
5.Nothing that I can see ______ what you have described.
A) compares C) resembles
B) relates D) consists
6.Now the income of the family was ______ more than one-third.
A) dropped off C) cut down
B) returned to D) reached for
7.I was very tired.Otherwise, I ______ to the theatre with you.
A) had gone C) would go
B) went D) would have gone
8.Do you consider ______ more people over?
A) any good sending C) that any good sending
B) any good to send D) it any good sending
9.It was raining hard, but by the time cla was over, the rain ______ .
A) had stopped C) might have stopped
B) stopped D) would stop
10.Without enough air, the fire will easily ______.
A) go out C) go over
B) go off D) go though
11.The paper parcel ______ a clean shirt, socks, and a handkerchief.
A) composed C) constituted
B) contained D) was made up of
12.______ , he’ll make a first-cla tennis player.
A) Giving time C) Being given time
B) Given time D) To give time
13.It is desired that he ______ his plan right away.
A) would carry out C) carries out
B) had carried out D) carry out
14.The child was ______ to open the refrigerator door.
A) barely enough tall C) barely tall enough
B) tall barely enough D) enough barely tall
15.He found a number of men already ______ .
A) worked C) work
B) working D) to work
16.If it ______ yesterday afternoon, I would have gone fishing.
A) had not been raining C) were not raining
B) would not be raining D) should not be raining
17.Is there anyone who ______ the plan put forward by the committee?
A) objects C) opposes
B) disagrees D) differs
18.She told her children that they must not _______ play with matches.
A) by no means C) on any account
B) in no sense D) to good account
19.Any student who ______ his homework is unlikely to pa the examination.
A) practices C) neglects
B) reduces D) offends
20.Do you feel ______ for a cup of tea?
A) sure C) intended
B) inclined D) likely
21.The ______ outside the house says “No Parking”.
A) notice C) paper
B) note D) signal
22.This rough life ______ to injure his health.
A) expected C) threatened
B) enforced D) promised
23.My aunt never married because her father didn’t ______ to her marriage to a man she lived.
A) content C) conceive
B) confirm D) consent
24.The employer is ______ to ask for references.
A) entitled C) refrained
B) conceited D) condemned
25.The general _______ the tourists safe paage to the American embay during the war.
A) consented C) granted
B) registered D) led
26.Summers in the south of France are ______ dry and sunny.
A) in the most part C) in good part
B) for the most part D) in part
27.It’s the end of September and the National Day is ______.
A) on hand C) by hand
B) in hand D) at hand
28.The book has been well reviewed, but ______ actual sales it hasn’t been very succeful..
A) in need of C) in place of
B) in terms of D) in contrast to
29.After the harvest, the peasants began to _______ and enjoy the results of hard work.
A) set back C) settle down
B) sit back D) load down
30.You don’t have to have this telephone in your new car: it’s a(n) ______ extra..
A) optional C) radical
B) alternative D) abnormal
31.Redolfi’s interest in meages from the ocean floor comes from ______ by the Mediterranean.
A) being growing up C) he growing up
B) his growing up D) he grew up
32.There is a ______ to the amount of time I’m prepared to spend on this.
A) restriction C) limit
B) extent D) limitation
33.The book will be published by Cambridge University Pre in ______ with the British Museum.
A) aociation C) aociation
B) collaboration D) correlation
34.They have had three ______ days of heavy rain.
A) succeive C) continual
B) gradual D) running
35.My wool sweater ______ when I washed it.
A) decreased C) flooded
B) shrank D) withdrew
36.A lot of people ______ you, so don’t let them down.
A) look down upon C) look over
B) look up to D) look on
37.His behavior merely ______ my dislike of him.
A) enclosed C) reinforced
B) engaged D) enforced
38.______ fabrics usually don’t wrinkle as much as cotton.
A) Synthetic C) Sympathetic
B) Symbolic D) Systematic
39.It seems that nobody knows what consequences will ______ this.
A) give rise to C) arise from
B) rise from D) rise above
40.Tom and Susan ______ with each other just before their marriage, which made their parents very angry.
A) fell off C) fell though
B) fell out D) fell down
Part IV Translation (10%)
Section A (5%)
Directions: In this part, there are five items, each consisting of one or two sentences for you to translate into Chinese.These sentences are all taken from the READING PASSAGES you have learned in BOOK THREE.Please write your translation on the Answer Sheet.
1.The research “ points to the enormous human potential available in each society and the likelihood that only a very small amount of this human potential is fully developed。”
2.In America, plans by the government to allow government agencies and intelligence service easy acce to telephone conversations and electronic mail have caused considerable concern.
3.The problem is not easily solved because it is in the nature of science to question, and it is in the nature of human beings not to want to question the things they believe in.
4.Some people have a better sense of humor than others just as some people have more musical talent, mathematical talent etc.than others.
5.These similarities make the bridge between societies poible, and the American’s characteristic openne to different styles of relationships makes it poible for him to find new friends abroad with whom he feels at home.
Section B (5%)
Directions: In this part, there are five items, each consisting of one or two sentences for you to translate into English.These sentences are all related to the sentence patterns or structures you have learned in BOOK THREE.Please write your translation on the Answer Sheet.
1.政府的计划遭到了民权组织的强烈反对。
2.一个国家未来的繁荣在一定程度上取决于它的人民的教育质量。
3.不同寻常的经历产生了他最近的这部小说。
4.这些产品符合国际标准。
5.从金钱的角度考虑，这项工作没有多少利润。但我从中获得了宝贵的经验。
Part V.Writing (10%)
Directions: For this part, you are asked to write a composition on the topic The Day My Clamate Fell Ill (or Got Injured).You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:
1.简单叙述一下这位同学生病（或受伤）的情况
2.同学、老师和我是如何帮助他/她的
3.人与人之间的这种相互关爱给我的感受是……
Your developing must be logical and convincing and please remember to write
neatly.
Part II Reading Comprehension (30%)
1—4 C A B D 5—8: B D A D 9—12 A C C A 13—15 D B C
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20%)
1—5 B B A B C 6—10 C D D A A 11—15 C B D C B
16—20 A C C C B 21—25 A C D A C 26—30 B D B B A
31—35 B C B A B 36—40 B C A C B
Part IV Translation (10%)
Section A (5%)
1．该项研究显示，“每个社会都存在巨大的人类潜能，很可能只有很小一部分的人类的潜能得到了充分的开发。”
2.在美国，政府允许政府部门和情报机构方便地监听电话和电子邮件的计划引起了相当的不安。
3.这一问题很难得到解决，因为科学的本质是质疑而人类的天性则不容怀疑他们所相信的东西。
4.有些人比别人更有幽默感，就好像有些人更具有音乐、数学等才能一样。
5.这些共同之处使得社会与社会之间的沟通成为可能，而美国人能够接受不同风格的友情，这一特点使他们能够在国外找到新朋友，并与之自在相处。
Section B (5%)
1.The government’s plans have run into strong opposition from civil rights groups.
2.A country’s future prosperity depends, to an extent, upon the quality of education of its people.
3.The extraordinary experience give birth to his latest novel.
4.These products measure up to the national standards.
5.The work is not very profitable in terms of cash, but I am getting valuable experience from it.
Part V.Writing (10%)
