2017年公共英语三级模拟题及解析（完整版）第四套

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Historians tend to tell the same joke when they are describing history education in America. It’s the one 1 the teacher standing in the schoolroom door 2 goodbye to students for the summer and calling 3 them, "By the way, we won World War II."

The problem with the joke, of course, is that it’s 4 funny. The recent surveys on 5 illiteracy (无知) are beginning to numb(令人震惊): nearly one third of American 17-year-olds cannot even 6 which countries the United States 7 against in that war. One third have no 8 when the Declaration of Independence was 9 . One third thought Columbus reached the New World after 1750. Two thirds cannot correctly 10 the Civil War between 1850 and 1900. 11 when they get the answers right, some are 12 guessing.

Unlike math or science, ignorance of history cannot be 13 connected to loss of international 14 . But it does affect our future 15 a democratic nation and as individuals. The 16 news is that there is growing agreement 17 what is wrong with the 18 of history and what needs to be 19 to fix it. The steps are tentative (尝试性的) 20 yet to be felt in most classrooms.

1. A) about B) in C) for D) by

2. A) shaking B) waving C) nodding D) speaking

3. A) in B) after C) for D) up

4. A) rarely B) so C) too D) not

5. A) historical B) educational C) cultural D) political

6. A) distinguish B) acknowledge C) identify D) convey

7. A) defeated B) attacked C) fought D) struck

8. A) sense B) doubt C) reason D) idea

9. A) printed B) signed C) marked D) edited

10. A) place B) judge C) get D) lock

11. A) Even B) Though C) Thus D) So

12. A) hardly B) just C) still D) ever

13. A) exclusively B) practically C) shortly D) directly

14. A) competitiveness B) comprehension C) community D) commitment

15. A) of B) for C) with D) as

16. A) fine B) nice C) surprising D) good

17. A) to B) with C) on D) of

18. A) consulting B) coaching C) teaching D) instructing

19. A) done 　 B) dealt C) met D) reached

20. A) therefore B) or C) and D) as

[完形填空答案]

1.A about 2. B waving 3.B after 4.D not 5.A historical

6.C identify 7.C fought 8.D idea 9.B signed 10.A place

11. A Even 12.B just 13. D directly 14. A competitiveness 15.D as

16. D good 17.C on 18. C teaching 19. A done 20.C and

Packaging is a very important form of advertising. A package can sometimes motivate people to buy products. For example, a little child might ask for a breakfast food contained in a box with a picture of a TV character. The child is more interested in the picture than in breakfast food. Pictures for children to color or cut out, games printed on a package, or a small gift inside a box also motivate many children to buy products - or to ask their parents to buy for them.

Some packages suggest that a buyer will get something for nothing. Food products sold in reusable containers are examples of this. Although a similar product in plain container might cost less, people often prefer to buy the product in a reusable glass or dish, because they believe the container is free. However, the cost of the container is added to the cost of the product.

The size of a package also motivates a buyer. Maybe the package has"Economy Size"or"Family Size"printed on it. This suggests that the larger size has the most product for the least money. But that is not always true. To find it out, a buyer has to know how the product is sold and the price of the basic unit.

The information on the package should provide some answers. But the important thing for any buyer to remember is that a package is often an advertisement. The words and pictures do not tell the whole story. Only the product inside can do that.

1."A buyer will get something for nothing"in paragraph 2 may probably mean ________.

A) a buyer will not get what he pays for

B)a buyer will get more than what he pays for

C) a buyer will get something useful free of charge

D) a buyer will get more but pay less

2. From the pasage we know the buyer pays more attention to ________.

A) the size of a container

B) a container with attractive picture

C) a well-designed container

D) a plain container with low cost

3. What suggestion does the writer give in the passage?

A) It's not good to buy the product which is sold in a glass or dish.

B) The quality of a container has nothing to do with the quality of the product.

C) The best choice for a buyer is to buy a product in a plain package.

D) A buyer should buy what he needs most rather than a well-designed package.

4. Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?

A) In fact glasses or dishes used for packaging do not cost money at all.

B)"Family Size"printed on the package means that it is rather economic.

C) To a child, even to an adult, the form is far more important than the content.

D) Words and pictures written on the package are thought to be an advertisement.

5. What do you think is the best title for the passage?

A) How to Package a Product.

B) How to Make an Advertisement.

C) How to Sell Product.

D) How to Attract More Buyers.

答案及精解

1.【答案精解】A。推理题。这句话的意思是"有的购买者买一件东西，却什么也不图。"隐藏的意思是他们只看包装不看实物，是物非所值的购物方式。只有选项A是表达的这种意思，其他几个选项意思近似。

2.【答案精解】C。推理题。整篇文章讲的是包装就是广告。包装诱惑人进行购买，为什么人们会购买呢，主要是因为人们对好的包装感兴趣，通常认为他们是免费的。

3.【答案精解】D。推理题。最后一段，作者提示读者The words and pictures do not tell the whole story.Only the product inside Call do that.也就是说不要太相信广告词和图，要看产品本身。

4.【答案精解】A。判断题。第二段最后一句However，the cost of the container is added to the cost of the product，说明所有包装的成本都是算入产品价格的，选项A说包装的玻璃碟子不花钱，这是不正确的。

5.【答案精解】A。主旨题。本文是讲包装让购物者产生购物冲动的问题，它包含了两层意思，一是对于消费者来说，要注意不要只看包装不看内容;二是对于卖家来说，就是要注意如何包装产品了。因此A更符合这篇文章的标题。

By the time the Montgomery Improvement Association chose the 26-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. as its leader, the hours-old bus boycott by the black citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, was already an overwhelming success. King would later write that his unanticipated call to leadership "happened so quickly that I did not have time to think in through." "It is probable that if I had, I would have declined the nomination."

Although press reports at the time focused on his inspiring oratory, King was actually a reluctant leader of a movement initiated by others.(The boycott began on Dec. 5 1955.) His subsequent writings and private correspondence reveal man whose inner doubts sharply contrast with his public persona. In the early days of his involvement, King was troubled by telephone threats, discord within the black community and Montgomery's "get tough" policy, to which king attributed his jailing on a minor traffic violation. One night, as he considered ways to "move out of the picture without appearing a coward," he began to pray aloud and, at that moment, "experienced the presence of the God as I had never experienced Him before."

He would later admit that when the boycott began, he was not yet firmly committed to Gandhian principles. Although he had been exposed to those teachings in college, he had remained skeptical. "I thought the only way we could solve our problem of segregation was an armed revolt," he recalled. "I felt that the Christian ethic of love was confined to individual relationships."

Only after his home was bombed in late January did king reconsider his views on violence. (At the time, he was seeking a gun permit and was protected by armed bodyguards.) Competing with each other to influence King were two ardent pacifists: Bayard Rustin, a black activist with the War Resisters League, and the Rev. Glenn E. Smiley, a white staff member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Rustin was shocked to discover a gun in King's house, while Smiley informed fellow pacifists that King's home was "an arsenal."

1. What did King think of his nomination as leader of the Montgomery Boycott?

A) He hadn't expected it. www.yingyusanji.com

B) He had to think about it carefully.

C) He would refuse to accept it.

D) He was prepared to accept it.

2. Why was King unwilling to lead the movement at first?

A) Because he doubted if the boycott would be successful.

B) Because he was troubled with a traffic accident at that time.

C) Because he thought he was too young to be a leader.

D) Because he himself didn't start the boycott.

3. Which of the following is Not mentioned as something that happened at the beginning of the black people's movement?

A) King was put into prison.

B) Black people disagreed with each other.

C) King's armed revolt proposal was turned down.

D) Black people found it hard to accept the policy pursued in Montgomery.

4. Which of the following was the immediate cause that made King change his view on violence?

A) The education he received in college.

B) The attack of his home.

C) The influence of two active non-violence advocates.

D) The verdict of the Supreme Court.

5. In Paragraph 4, the last sentence "King's home was 'an arsenal'" means

A) King's home was a place where people got together.

B) King's home was a place where people tested bombs.

C) King's home was a place where weapons were stored.

D) King's home was a place where bombs exploded.

Keys: ADCBC

Children learn almost nothing from television, and the more they watch the less they remember. They regard television purely as entertainment, resent programs that demand on them and are surprised that anybody should take the medium seriously. Far from being over-excited by programs, they are mildly bored with the whole thing. These are the main conclusions from a new study of children and television. The author- Cardiac Cullingford confirms that the modern child is a dedicated viewer. The study suggests that there is little point in the later hours. More than a third of the children regularly watch their favorite programs after 9 p.m. all 11-year-olds have watched programs after midnight.

Apart from the obvious waste of time involved, it seems that all this viewing has little effect. Children don't pay close attention, says Cullingford, and they can recall few details. They can remember exactly which programs they have seen but they can rarely explain the elements of a particular plot. Recall was in "reverse proportion to the amount they had watched". It is precisely because television, unlike a teacher, demands so little attention and response that children like it, argues Cullingford. Programs seeking to put over serious messages are strongly disliked. So are people who frequently talk on screen. What children like most, and remember best, are the advertisements. They see them as short programs in their own right and particularly enjoy humorous presentation. But again, they react strongly against high-pressure advertisements that attempt openly to influence them.

On the other hand, they are not emotionally involved in the programs. If they admire the stars, it is because the actors lead glamorous lives and earn a lot of money, not because of their fictional skills with fast cars and shooting villains. They are perfectly clear about the functions of advertisements; by the age of 12, only one in 10 children believes what even favorite ads say about the product. And says Cullingford, educational television is probably least successful of all in imparting attitudes or information.

练习：

1. The study of children and television shows that

A) it is useless for television companies to delay adult viewing to the later hours.

B) It is a waste of time for children to watch adult programs on TV.

C) Children should not watch television programs late into the night.

D) Children are supposed to learn a lot from television programs.

2. "Recall was in reverse proportion to the amount they had watched" (in Paragraph 2) has almost the same meaning as

A) "the more they watch the less they remember".(in Paragraph 1)

B) "Programs seeking to put over serious messages are strongly disliked". (in Paragraph 2)

C) "They see them as short programs in their own right".(in Paragraph 2)

D) "educational television is probably least successful of all in imparting attitudes or information".(in Paragraph 3)

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the new study of children and television?

A) Some children stay up late to watch the programs they like

B) Children enjoy watching challenging programs.

C) Children don't like serious messages and high-pressured ads.

D) Though children like watching ads, most of them don't believe what ads say about the product.

4. Cullingford concludes that www.yingyusanji.com

A) children are excited when they watch TV.

B) Watching TV has little real effect on children.

C) Parents should spend less time watching TV.

D) Parents should be worried about the effect of TV on children.

5. Whom would the result of the new study upset?

A) the advertisers.

B) The children viewers.

C) The movie stars.

D) The educators.

答案：AABBD

Directions:

Read the text below.Write an essay in about 120 words, in which you should summarize the key points of the text and make comments on them. Try to use you own words.

It's the graduation season again. According to a latest survey, most Chinese graduates have high salary expectations, and thus prefer working for foreign companies or state-owned enterprises in first-tier cities.

The survey was conducted by renren.com, a Chinese social media site similar to Facebook.The results show that among 1,510 respondents, more than 64.7 percent want to work in first-tier cities.

In addition, 29.4 percent of the graduates who were born in the 1990s want to work for foreign companies, 25.5 percent for SOEs and 23.5 percent for private companies.

One interesting revelation is that although there are less than 100 days before graduation and more than half of the respondents have yet to get a job offer, they are not lowering their salary expectations. Apparently, 41.2 percent aim for 8000-10000 yuan ( $1279- $1599) per month and 31.4 percent for 4000-6000 yuan.

According to the data released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the average monthly salary in Beijing was 5826 yuan( $ 931 ) last year, while the numbers for Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing were 5380, 4058 and 3995 yuan respectively.

A sample of comments in Weibo: "Are the survey results only jokes for April Fools' Day? Don' t daydream anymore! Please check if you have a good command of English and professional skills that deserve a decent job with a high pay. " On other comments says:" Some of my classmates got offers from foreign banks, international accounting firms and other famous foreign companies. They are told their yearly salary can reach 100,000 yuan ( $15,990). "

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