英语三级试题

Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (15%) (20 minutes) Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure (20%) (20 minutes) Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 13. He adopted the name after reading the book which _______him greatly. A) inspected B) informed C) indicated D) influenced 14. I read this article again and again, trying hard to understand it but___________. A) in vain B) in detail C) in effect D) in general 15. The little girl is terribly___________, because her parents give her everything she asks for. A) bothered B) spoiled C) attended D) troubled 16. Frank has to live with his parents if _______he cannot find a job to support himself after graduation. A) unfortunately B) occasionally C) obviously D) surprisingly 17. Children and family are always popular__________of conversation for some middle-aged women. A) titles B) thoughts C) ideas D) topics 18. Tom is a _______customer of this restaurant; he almost comes every other day. A) specific B) standard C) regular D) normal 19. When I was at college, I could not get any ________support from my parents or other people. A) commercial B) artificial C) financial D) beneficial 20. The major roads have been _____so there are now four lanes instead of two. A) enlarged B) deepened C) extended D) widened 21. We tried very hard to figure out why the new machine was always ______down. A) breaking B) coming C) cutting D) putting 22. We are sure that tickets for the concert are always________, so we needn’t book in advance. A) portable B) available C) possible D) reliable 23. The rapid development of economy also brings us some environment problems, which should be taken_____________. A) seriously B) sincerely C) severely D) significantly 24. We will put______ our party until next Thursday so that everyone can take part in it. A) away B) off C) up D) through 25. How I wish I _______ my cell phone! I only made it worse. A) have repaired B) had repaired C) hadn’t repaired D) didn’t repair 26. With the development of the Internet, there is no doubt _______ newspapers in many parts of the world are having a hard time. A) what B) if C) that D) whether 27. ________, we had to stay in the room equipped with air conditioning. A) It was a hot day B) Being a hot day C) Which was a hot day D) The day being hot 28. It was reported _______ more than 170 thousand people died in the 2004 disaster. A) when B) which C) that D) where 29. The two elements _______ water is made are the gases oxygen and hydrogen. A) which B) with which C) that D) of which 30. Dr. Smith, together with his wife and two sons, ________ to arrive on the evening flight. A) is B) are going C) are D) will be 31. It was because of the traffic jam ________ he was late for the discussion. A) to cause B) that C) why D) which 32. It rained heavily in southern China this summer, _________ serious floods in several provinces. A) to cause B) causing C) having caused D) caused Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40%) (35minutes) Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Passage One Questions 33 to 37 are based on the following passage. Experiments show that dolphins (海豚) can remember whistles of other dolphins they’d lived with after 20 years of separation. Each dolphin has a unique whistle that functions like a name, allowing the dolphins to keep close social bonds. Researcher shows that dolphins have the longest memory yet known in any species other than people. Elephants are thought to have similar abilities, but they haven’t yet been tested, said study author Jason Bruck, an animal behaviorist at the University of Chicago. Bruck came up with the idea to study animal memory when his brother’s dog remembered and greeted him four years after last seeing him. He chose dolphins for study because their social bonds are extremely important. Bruck first played recordings of lots of unfamiliar whistles to the dolphins in the study until they got bored and stopped inspecting the underwater speaker making the sounds. At this point, he played the whistles of the listening dolphins’ old friends. When the dolphins heard these familiar whistles, they would look up and approach the speakers, often whistling their own name and listening for a response---suggesting they recognized their former companions. Why dolphins --- which live an average of 20 years in the wild --- need long-term memory is still unknown. But it may have to do with maintaining relationships, since over time dolphin groups often break up and reorganized into new groups. Coincidence (巧合) ? Bruck suspects not: “It seems that maybe complex cognition (认知) comes from a place of trying to remember who your friends are,” he said. 33. A dolphin can produce a special whistle that ___________. A) identifies itself to other dolphins B) makes other dolphins stay away C) tells other dolphins where it is D) shows friendliness to other dolphins 34. The word “behaviorist” (Line 3, Para. 2) can be best defined as _______. A) a specialist who works underwater to observe ocean animals B) a scientist who studies action patterns of a human or an animal C) a psychologist who researches on the mental conditions of a social group D) a professional who devotes himself to the protection of animals 35. The experiments and research have shown that ___________. A) elephants have long memory B) dogs have short memory C) dolphins have long memory D) people have long memory 36. In the experiment, when the whistles of the dolphins’ old friends were played, the dolphins would______________. A) become bored B) get away from the speakers C) stop responding D) answer by whistling back 37. Bruck thinks dolphins have the ability to remember former companions because it is extremely important for them to ___________. A) live as long as they can B) maintain social relationships C) know where they have been D) tell friends from enemies Passage Two Questions 38 to 42 are based on the following passage. A recent U.S. Census (人口统计) Bureau report found that 32% of fathers with working wives routinely care for their children under age 15, up from 26% in 2002. “Fathers are no longer seen as just providers or occasional babysitters (保姆), but as actively engaged in their children’s emotional and daily lives, down to their routine care,” says Lauren Rinelli McClain, an assistant professor at Savannah State University. The subject is a fast-growing area of research. One recent study found that not only are men’s personal identities increasingly linked to being fathers, but so is their health. Researchers from Ohio State University