2010全国三级难Aa

College English Test

Band Three

Form A

Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 marks)

Section A

Directions: In this section you will hear ten short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the

conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each

question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four

suggested answers marked A), B), C) and D) and decide which is the best

answer.

1. A) In a library.

B) In a book store.

C) In a classroom.

D) In a post office.

2. A) It attracts a lot of students.

B) It’s going to be a lot of fun.

C) It requires a lot of reading.

D) It seems to be working out quite well.

3. A) The woman can’t use his electronic dictio nary.

B) The battery will run out if the dictionary is kept on.

C) The electronic dictionary has run out of battery.

D) The woman should leave the electronic dictionary on.

4. A) He should run more.

B) He asks too many questions.

C) He wants to be chairperson.

D) He has a good imagination.

5. A) He was very tired.

B) He hasn’t finished his homework yet.

C) He wanted to get ready for a plane trip.

D) He was moving to a new apartment.

6. A) He doesn’t want to read the letter any more.

B) He wants to memorize the letter.

C) He wants to review the letter one more time.

D) He wants to think about the letter.

7. A) He likes to touch his family.

B) He makes phone calls often.

C) He has plenty of free time.

D) He has a large family.

8. A) The sun is very dangerous to the skin.

B) The woman should be careful not to injure her eyes.

C) The weather is definitely sunny.

D) Protection is definitely expensive.

9. A) He accepts the woman’s offer.

B) He will drink a little wine.

C) He wants some more wine.

D) He will not take a drop of wine.

10.A)He is still searching for a job.

B) He’s been working on his paper recently.

C) He’s complaining about his job.

D) He hasn’t slept well recently.

Section B

Directions:In this section you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages and the questions will

be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best

answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).

11. A) Certified Public Accountant.

B) Career consultant.

C) Manager.

D) Professor.

12. A) Loss of interest.

B) Lack of responsibility.

C) Improper job descriptions.

D) Mismatch of job and specialty.

13. A) She got an MA degree at university.

B) She felt disappointed with her courses at university.

C) She used to work for a top firm.

D) She enjoyed long travels.

14. A) It is advisable to know the actual duties of the job before accepting it.

B) People should take some measures to right their career at any time of their life.

C) People may be disappointed due to lack of professional knowledge.

D) Proper lifestyles are important for correct career choices.

15. A) She was not satisfied with her salary.

B) She was tired of dealing with people and situation.

C) She was not appreciated by her manager.

D) She did not work hard enough in her current role.

16. A) Everyone of them became rich.

B) Incomes of the rich rose faster than those of the poor.

C) Many of them were able to enjoy a middle-class lifestyle.

D) They often complained about the income gap.

17. A) In the 1970s.

B) Right after World War II.

C) In the 1990s.

D) About 60 years ago.

18. A) The growth of the suburbs.

B) The growth of high-tech industries.

C) The growth of traditional industries.

D) The aging of the population.

19. A) Unpredictable.

B) Unsteady.

C) Undesirable.

D) Unhealthy.

20. A) 15%.

B) 10%.

C) 9%.

D) 5%.

Section C

Directions: In this section you will hear a talk about The Finger Lakes Region. Then you are required to complete the outline of the talk given below. You’ll

hear the talk three times.

PartⅡ Reading Comprehension (30 minutes, 30 marks)

Directions: Read the following passages and choose the best answer to each of the questions following the passage.

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

About 4,000 Americans with ambitions to become physicians are studying for their M.D.s abroad. Many were rejected by U.S. medical schools simply because there was no room. Last year, for example, some 13,000 of 35,000 would-be physicians who applied to U.S. schools were accepted. Of those who were turned down, well over 600 are trying the foreign route.

But gaining admittance to a good foreign school may be a problem. British medical schools give priority to Britons, and Canada’s world-renowned McGill University School of Medicine takes only a handful of well qualified Americans annually. But several schools do welcome U.S. medical students---if they can master the local language. More than 500 Americans are enrolled in the Belgian universities at Brussels and Louvain, for example. Some 800 attend the Italian University at Bologna; 175 at Rome. Mexico’s Autonomous University of Guadalajara numbers 1,300 American students among its 4,000 students.

Despite difficulties abroad, many Americans complete their medical educations, and manage to win the respect of their professors and classmates. One second-year student at Louvain has a simple explanation for those successes: “Anyone who comes here is motivated. You have to learn a new language, the school is constant hard work, and it’s difficult to get back into the States to practice.”

Before they can intern or practice in the United States, graduates of foreign schools must pass a special examination required by medical-education authorities. The tough test is designed primarily to weed out those who are unable to speak English or whose medical education is not up to U.S. standards.

31. Which of the following is the reality that U.S. would-be physicians have to face?

A) As many as one-third of last year’s applicants of medical schools are now

applying to foreign schools.

B) American students applying to foreign medical schools have to master a new

language in two years.

C) Graduates from foreign medical schools have to pass a very tough test before

practicing in the United States.

D) American applicants are not given priority when they apply to Belgian medical

schools.

32. Some foreign medical schools reject American applicants because ___________.

A) they have to consider the applicants from their own countries first

B) they offer the courses in English

C) American applicants are not well qualified

D) not many American students become successful in foreign medical schools

33. Which of the following is one of the difficulties for all the American students at

foreign medical schools?

A) The quality of medical education in foreign countries is not as good as that in

America.

B) There is brutal racial discrimination against them when they apply for interns in

foreign countries.

C) They are not given any opportunities to practice at local places if they cannot

speak a foreign language.

D) They are not treated the same as graduates from American medical schools

when trying to go back to America to practice.

34. Why American students who study at Louvain should be motivated?

A) Because they have gained respect from their classmates and professors.

B) Because they have to overcome a lot of difficulties.

C) Because the medical education is not up to U.S. standards.

D) Because success comes much easier than when they are in the U.S.

35. Which of the following can be the title of this passage?

A) Medical Schools in America

B) Life at Medical Schools

C) The Tough Foreign Route

D) American Would-be Physicians

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

Schools expect textbooks to be a valuable source of information for students. My research suggests, however, that textbooks that address the place of Native Americans within the history of the United States distort history to suit a particular cultural value system.

In some textbooks, for example, settlers are pictured as more humane, complex, skillful, and wise than Native American. In fact, textbooks stereotype and look down upon the numerous Native American cultures while reinforcing the attitude that the Europeans who reached the New World are superior in their culture. Although textbooks evaluate Native American architecture, political systems, and home-making, I contend（坚信）that they do it from a European perspective without recognizing that other perspectives are possible.

One argument against my contention asserts that, by nature, textbooks are culturally biased and that I am simply underestimating children’s ability to see through these biases. Some researchers even claim that by the time students are in high school, they know they cannot take textbooks literally. Yet much evidence exists to the contrary. Two researchers, for example, have conducted studies that suggest that children’s attitudes about particular culture are strongly influenced by the textbooks used in schools. Given this, an ongoing, careful review of how school textbooks depict Native American is certainly needed.

36. Which of the following explanations is closest in meaning to the italicized word

“distort” in the first paragraph?

A) To describe in an appropriate way.

B) To describe in an honest way.

C) To describe in a misleading way.

D) To describe in a favorable way.

37. What is the primary purpose of the passage?

A) To prove how children’s attitudes and beliefs about certain cultures are formed.

B) To describe how to make changes in school textbooks in the U.S.

C) To discuss the difficulty of presenting an accurate history of the U.S.

D) To argue that history textbooks impress a stereotyped image of Native

Americans on children.

38. The author mentions two researchers’ studi es in the third paragraph most likely in

order to________.

A) suggest how children’s political attitudes are formed primarily through

textbooks

B) argue against the claim that children are able to see through stereotypes in

textbooks

C) indicate that chil dren’s attitudes change when they grow older and there is no

need to worry about . textbooks

D) show that textbooks are not biased in terms of their political attitudes

39. The author’s attitude toward the content of the history textbooks discussed in the

passage is best described as ________.

A) indifference B) neutrality C) amusement D) disapproval

40. Which of the following would most logically be the topic of the paragraph right

after the passage?

A) Specific ways to review the biases of United States history textbooks.

B) The importance of the teacher’s role in influencing students in the U.S.

C) Nontraditional methods of teaching United States history.

D) How parents can influence children’s political attitudes at home.

Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:

The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health. Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps 80 percent of cancer is related to the diet as well, especially cancer of the colon (结肠).

Different cultures are more prone to contract certain illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures. That food related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, government researchers in the U.S. realized that nitrates (硝酸盐), commonly used to preserve color in meats, and other food additives (添加剂), caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more

difficult all the time to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful.

The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and poultry to cure some diseases, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows. Sometimes similar drugs are administered to animals not for medicinal (医疗的) purposes, but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market in a faster way. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.

41. What is the main topic of the passage?

A) Food and our health.

B) Food and additives.

C) Food and cancer.

D) Food and culture.

42. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A) More than half of cancer may be caused by problems related to food.

B) Researchers have known about the potential danger of food additives for many

years.

C) We eat some food additives directly and some indirectly.

D) Penicillin is given to animals not for medicinal purposes but for financial

reasons.

43. Why do farmers give drugs to their animals according to the passage?

A) To speed up the growth of animals.

B) To force the animals to produce more milk.

C) To make the animals’ meat fit to eat.

D) To make the animals’ meat more tasty.

44. It can be inferred from the passage that_________.

A) scientists have made all the food fit to eat thanks to the advance in science

B) only in recent years have people found that nitrates are related to the cancer of

colon

C) all kinds of cancer are related to the diet that are characteristic of a certain

culture

D) some additives harmful to our health are in a way not so obviously noticed

45.The word “carcinogenic” in the second paragraph most probably means________.

A) very healthy

B) quite nutritious

C) cancer-causing

D) disease-curing

Part III Short Answer Questions (10 minutes, 10 marks)

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions briefly.

To many, eyes are otherwise known as the windows to the soul. Nothing stops one’s heart like gazing into another’s eyes-connecting on such an intense, intimate level that the world stops spinning for a moment and it seems everything is as it should be. Your eyes meet and you two alone are the only people in the room, whether you really are or not... Eyes are precious!

Wearing makeup seems pointless if your eyes are bloodshot, swollen or just plain weary. By keeping your eyes in great condition, you make them look wonderful not just by putting makeup on, but also by allowing them to exude their natural energy.

Staring at a computer for hours on end can cause much strain to eyes. For this dilemma, you can invest in a polarized monitor filter for your computer that will lessen the stress put upon your eyes by reducing reflections. Excessive reading or straining to see something without your glasses or contact lenses also causes stress to the eyes.

To keep your eyes healthy, try to avoid excessive smoke, chemicals and other irritants. Take the time as needed to relax your eyes. When you have downtime, close them while you are awake and just rest for a moment. To relieve your eyes from irritation caused by a foreign particle or eyelash, apply one or two eye drops.

Especially during allergy season, a cool or cold compress may be necessary to soothe eyes and restore their vitality. Sometimes something as simple as a soft washcloth soaked in cool water, gently squeezed out, can renew tired, swollen and itchy eyes. Turn on some music, recline comfortably and place the cool cloth over your eyes for a relaxing respite from a long day.

46. What can eyes be compared to?

47. What’s the side effect of staring at a computer for hours?

48. How can a polarized monitor filter for your computer lessen the stress put upon

your eyes?

49. What should be avoided to keep eyes healthy?

50. Why may a cool or cold compress be necessary during allergy season?

Part IV Vocabulary and Structure (25 minutes, 25 marks)

Section A

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 answer that

best completes the sentence.

51. When she didn’t answer the telephone, I __________ standing outside her

window and calling up to her.

A) resorted to B) appealed to C) insisted on D) resisted from

52. Eye contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication

_________.

A) barrier B) tragedy C) question D) message

53. Had he not been the son of the famous Lord Randolph Churchill, he probably

would have been ________from the school.

A) expelled B) exposed C) escaped D) expired

54. It is very strange that the customers don’t ________ about prices in that city.

A) debate B) signal C) bargain D) communicate

55. Because of a ________ e ngagement, Lora couldn’t attend my birthday party last

Saturday.

A) prior B) prompt C) past D) polar

56. Marketers are interested in young people’s _______ on other purchasers.

A) signal B) caution C) impact D) negotiation

57. When I said that some people were snobbish, I was not __________ to you.

A) applying B) referring C) perceiving D) specifying

58. Innocent people are being arrested and ________ to inhumane treatment.

A) subjected B) inclined C) liable D) apt

59. Some confusion has ________ about who can join the club.

A) aroused B) arisen C) raised D) risen

60. Owls ________ on birds at night, and blue birds recognize them as enemies.

A) torture B) prey C) thrive D) attack

61. Harry could scarcely ________ a smile when he heard about the news of getting

promoted.

A) suppress B) impress C) press D) compress

62. He said that developed countries had a responsibility to ________ global

economic growth to help new democracies.

A) flourish B) foster C) fabricate D) formulate

63. She was a bright and eager student and, __________, did well in school.

A) surprisingly B) appreciatively C) consequently D) subsequently

64. It’s __________ that they go with a clearly defined goa l in mind.

A) confident B) advisable C) persistent D) worthy

65. Some teachers tend to have __________ opinions about naughty pupils.

A) pointless B) stereotyped C) immeasurable D) potential

66. I can’t understand ______ a decision until it is too late.

A) his postponing to make B) him to postpone to make

C) his postponing making D) him to postpone making

67. I should hate to be _________ within the four walls of an office all day.

A) limited B) confined C) restrained D) prohibited

68. The accident __________ a lot of public interest in the nuclear power issue.

A) assembled B) generated C) sought D) gathered

69. Has it ever ________ to you that coal may one day be replaced by some other

form of energy?

A) occurred B) happened C) came D) stricken

70. We understand that violence and drug abuse are _________ problems.

A) potential B) genuine C) dependent D) behavioral

71. A joke can be very ________ of what someone is really thinking.

A) demonstrating B) indicating C) disclosing D) revealing

72. What happens in the film bears little ________ to what actually happened.

A) reservation B) resentment C) resemblance D) resistance

73. Tom was scared because he suddenly realized that he had little ________ in his

right leg.

A) sentiment B) sense C) sensation D) sensitivity

74. She expressed her strong determination that nothing could ________ her to give

up her career as a teacher.

A) commission B) induce C) attempt D) attract

75. They ________ that Nike shoes appeal to diverse market segments.

A) contest B) contend C) concern D) conceive

76. Vehicle manufacturers want to reduce noise and __________ for the sake of both

comfort and safety.

A) navigation B) resemblance C) tremble D) vibration

77. The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause ______ of vegetables in

the coming days.

A) rarity B) scarcity C) invalidity D) variety

78. They live for school, so they spend all their ______ hours in pursuit of an

education.

A) wakening B) awakening C) awoken D) waking

79. An anonymous businesswoman _______ one million dollars to the fund.

A) designated B) designed C) defined D) donated

80. Would you say he was ________ solely by a desire for power?

A) pressed B) confronted C) motivated D) induced

Section B

Directions:Complete the following sentences with appropriate forms of words or phrases according to the meaning of the expressions given in Chinese in

brackets. Be sure to write your answers on Answer Sheet (2).

81. It’s dangerous to ________ another car on a bend. (超越)

82. The sewing machine is operated by a foot _________. (踏板)

83. He is working for us on ________. (佣金，回扣)

84. I think we need to _________ the first scene again. (排演)

85. The king was forced to adopt a new _______ which reduced his powers. (宪章)

86. Her legs were partly ________ in the crash. (瘫痪的)

87. They have officially announced their ________. (订婚)

88. The bar has become ________ as a meeting place for drug dealers. (臭名昭著的)

89. The first child died in ________ . (婴儿期)

90. The ten richest women in the U.K. all ________ their wealth. (继承)

Part V Guided Writing (30 minutes, 15 marks）

Directions:In this part, you are going to write a short composition on the topic The

Necessity of Mental Health Education. You should write no less than

120 words on the Answer Sheet and base your composition on the

outline given in Chinese below:

1. 现在很多大学都提供了心理健康课程或心理辅导教师。

2. 分析它的原因和必要性。

3. 我的看法。

Answer Sheet (2)

Form A

Name ____________ Student No. ________ Class ________ Instructor __________ Part I

Section C

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Part III

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Part IV

Section B

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Part IV Guided Writing

Key：

1-10）ACBCC ABBDB

11-20) BCCBD CABAD

21) countless opportunities

22) good life

23) finest wines

24) golfing

25) each season

26) artistic and cultural experiences

27) preserved

28) art shows

29) legend

30) special features

31-45) CADBC CDBDA ADADC

46) The windows to the soul.

47) It can cause much strain to eyes.

48) By reducing reflections.

49) Excessive smoke, chemicals and other irritants.

50) Because it can soothe eyes and restore their vitality.

51-60) AAACA CBABB

61-70) ABCBB CBBAD

71-80) DCCBB DBDDC

81. overtake 82. pedal 83. commission 84. rehearse 85. constitution 86. paralyzed 87. engagement 88. notorious 89. infancy 90. inherited