四川省大学英语三级考试模拟试题
Part I Listening Comprehension (15%) (20 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 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 choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Example: You will hear:
You will read:
A) At the office.
B) In the waiting room.
C) At the airport.
D) In the restaurant.
From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) “At the office” is the correct answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.
Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]
1. A) She’ll post the letter on her way to work.
B) She works at the post office.
C) She won’t do favors for others.
D) She can’t post the letter for the man.
2. A) He likes it better than the new one.
B) He dislikes it.
C) He doesn’t know which one is better.
D) He feels that it is not as good as the new one.
3. A) Go to ask Jack for advice.
B) Buy a new camera.
C) Buy a new camera from Jack.
D) Ask Jack to lend the camera to her.
4. A) At an airport
B) In a noisy shop
C) In the street
D) In an American hotel
5. A) His father told him to go to law school.
B) His father taught in a law school.
C) His father studied law when young.
D) His decision surprised his father.
6. A) Those trees can be made into air conditioners.
B) The number of the trees should be cut down.
C) People will feel cool under the trees.
D) Air conditioners are necessary.
7. A) Finish the job right now.
B) Travel in Italy.
C) Finish the job during he is on business.
D) Fulfill his promise after he comes back.
8. A) Find an easy job in the job market.
B) Quit his job to work for her.
C) Continue with his present job.
D) Have a break.
9. A) by plane B) by bus C) by train D) by car
10. A) He will join her exercise class.
B) He will teach the woman how to climb.
C) He will climb the mountain with her.
D) The weather is good.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. At the end of the passage, you will hear two questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken twice. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line though the centre.
Question 11 and 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
11. A) How to skate in a funny way.
B) A strange person.
C) People’s ways to enjoy themselves in the party in the 18th century.
D) How roller skating began.
12. A) He broke a mirror.
B) He knocked into some people.
C) He fell down on the ground many times.
D) He couldn’t stop his roller skates.
Section C Spot Dictation
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. Listen carefully for the first reading. Then listen to the passage again. When it is being read the second time, you should fill in the six blanks numbered from S1) to S6) with the exact words or phrases you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
The Great Wall of China is S1______ to be the only man－made project seen from the moon. Although it was once thought to have been built entirely during the Qin Dynasty between 221 and 208 BC, it is now believed to have been started earlier.
The 15－foot－high, 25－foot－wide, 1,500－mile－long S2 ______was undoubtedly built to keep out invading enemies. To the S3 ______ people of the empire, who had been forced to build the wall, it was not worth it, however. The wall, and other public works S4 ______ by the Qin Dynasty, had caused great losses on the wealth and human life of the country. As a result, an angry S5 ______ rose up in rebellion（反抗）against the Qin Dynasty, and in 207 BC the Han Dynasty began.
Because of its rich history and magnificent appearance, the Great Wall attracts S6______, scientists, and historians to this day and will continue to do so for generations.
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 that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
13. Cathy couldn’t _______ the different climate in London quickly.
A) see to B) adapt to C) belong to D) stick to
14. He _____ me to give up the holiday in Spain next month.
A) persuaded B) convinced C) suggested D) made
15. He raised his arm as a ______ for us to stop.
A) mark B) signal C) symbol D) sign
16. It’s not _______ to expect a child to understand such a difficult question.
A) reasonable B) valuable C) superior D) evident
17. They are holding a meeting to __________ against the war.
A) protect B) protest C) prevent D) promote
18. ______ the bad weather, they still plan to go traveling tomorrow.
A) On account of B) In spite of C) Because of D) Instead of
19. We have _____ to school for a change of our classroom facilities.
A) arranged B) appointed C) applied D) approached
20. He _____ me with neglecting my duty.
A) accused B) blamed C) criticized D) charged
21. The boy immediately cloze the door to _____ the dirty water.
A) keep out B) keep down C) keep up D) keep back
22. The monitor _____ the new textbooks to the class for his teacher.
A) delivered B) presented C) handed D) distributed
23. In learning a language teachers should not ______ students of their mistakes all the time.
A) remain B) respond C) remind D) remark
24. In order to buy his car Mike had to obtain a __________ from the bank.
A) finance B) debt C) loan D) capital
25. When people talk about the animals in Sichuan, the first _____ comes into mind is panda.
A) one B) which C) that D) what
26. The manager suggested that we ______ off early the next day.
A) started B) start C) starting D) to start
27. Dr. Smith, together with his students, _____ to arrive on the morning flight.
A) is B) are C) be D) were
28. He left the room__________.
A) with windows closed B) with windows being closed
C) with windows closing D) with windows to be closed
29. Only after the war ______ the sad news.
A) learned he B) he learn C) would he learn D) did he learn
30. I find ____ impossible to finish the task within the time given by the teacher.
A) that B) it C) this D) them
31._______ straight on and you’ll see a shopping mall. You won’t miss it.
A) Going B) If you go C) Go D) When going
32.______ he had followed the teacher’s advice, John would have passed the exam.
A) If B) Since C)Though D) When
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40%) (35 minutes)
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.
The sale of alcohol in Britain is strictly controlled by licensing laws. These restrict where, when and by whom alcohol may be sold. In order to open a pub or wine bar the owner must obtain the approval of the local magistrates who must be satisfied that he or she is a suitable person to sell alcohol. If the application is approved the owner obtains a license to sell alcohol and becomes the licensee. The name of the licensee is displayed above the front door. If magistrates are not happy with the way a pub is being run they can cancel the license.
Pubs are only allowed to sell alcohol during official opening hours. They are allowed to remain open all day from 11a.m. to 11p.m. though many close in the afternoon. If they wish to stay open after 11p.m., they must obtain a special late license. Pubs open for a shorter time on Sundays, and in some parts of Wales they are closed altogether.
In the US, there are local laws about when and where alcohol can be sold. Some towns are dry, i.e., no alcohol can be sold there at all. In general, restaurants and bars need a license to sell beer and wine. In some states alcohol for drinking at home is sold only in special liquor stores; in other places it is sold in any food shop. There are fewer restrictions on when alcohol can be sold than there are in Britain, and bars can stay open very late. The most common restriction is that alcohol may not be sold early on Sunday mornings.
33. According to the passage, the laws concerning the sale of alcohol in Britain restrict the following aspects EXCEPT______.
A) where alcohol can be sold.
B) by whom alcohol may be sold
C) the way alcohol can be sold
D) the time people can buy alcohol
34. If a person wants to open a pub or a wine bar, he must________ first.
A) display his name on the front door
B) show his place is big enough to hold a certain number of people
C) try his best to make magistrates happy
D) apply to the local magistrates to get their approval
35. What can be learnt from the passage about the pubs in Britain?
A) Pubs are allowed to sell alcohol at any time.
B) Many pubs are closed in the late evening.
C) If the pubs want to open early before 11 a.m., they must get approved.
D) Some pub can stay open a little longer than others if they obtain the special license.
36. What is the difference between Britain and America in controlling alcohol?
A) The restrictions on the time alcohol can be sold in America are fewer.
B) Alcohols can not be sold on Saturday morning in America.
C) There are more places in America allowed to sell alcohol than in Britain.
D) The time during which pubs stay open in America is shorter than that in Britain.
37. What is the main idea of the passage?
A) The control on the sale of alcohol in Britain and America
B) How to manage a pub in Britain and America
C) How to obtain a pub license in Britain and America
D) The pubs in America
Passage two
Questions 38 to 42 are based on the following passage.
China’s education system can be divided into the following stages:
Pre-school education is for 3 to 5 year olds and takes place in kindergartens.
Primary education is from 6 to11. Primary schools are usually run by local educational authorities and over free tuition, although there are some private schools owned by enterprises and individuals.
Secondary schooling is for children from 12 to17 years of age. Education of this kind is run by local governments and various business authorities. State-run secondary schools include junior middle schools and senior middle schools, both with three grades or years. The first three years of secondary school are compulsory and tuition is free. Senior middle school is not compulsory and students must pay minimal tuition fees. Private secondary schools often offer specialized education and have a more vocational bent, but the qualifications they offer are considered to be on the same level as those of state-run middle schools.
For higher education there are vocational courses as well as undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral degrees. Bachelor’s degrees usually require 4 to 5 years of study, master’s degrees need 2 to3 years and Ph.D.s are granted after 3 years. Higher education is offered in universities, colleges, institutes, and vocational colleges. These institutes conduct academic and scientific research and provide social services as well as offering courses to students. To enter a university or college, students have to take the national entrance examination, which takes place every June and is now open to people of all ages. Selection is based on each student’s marks in this exam, and due to the number of people sitting the exam, getting into university is highly competitive. Those who fail to get selected have to go to private colleges if they want to continue their education.
38. According to the passage, how many stages of China’s education system can be divided into?
A) one B) two C) three D）four
39. In what way, private secondary schools are different from state-run ones?
A) The tuition in private secondary schools is free.
B) The qualifications they offer are of different levels as those of state-run ones..
C) The students in private ones have a more vocational bent.
D) The time of education in private schools is longer than that of state-run ones.
40. In which of the following stages, the education tuition is for free?
A) pre-school education and primary education
B) primary education and junior middle school
C) senior middle school and higher education
D) primary education and secondary schooling
41. What can you learn from the passage?
A) People are not allowed to enter universities when they are retired.
B) Those who fail to get selected in national entrance exam have no opportunity to
study in college.
C) Generally speaking, the time to get Master’s degrees is longer to get Doctor’s degrees.
D) The function of the institutes in higher education is not only to offer courses to students.
42. What is the main idea of this passage?
A) the stages of China’s education system
B) the compulsory education in China
C) the advantages of Chinese education
D) the prospects of Chinese education
Passage three
Questions 43 to 47 are based on the following passage.
Bombay wasn’t the ideal place to get sick — not when my doctor, family and friends were half a world away. I was alone, quite ill and had to delay my flight home. Luckily, when booking my ticket months before, I had bought travel insurance. So my illness didn’t cost me a cent.
It’s actually pretty simple. A lot of unforeseen things can happen to you when you’re traveling. Make sure you’re prepared for all of them.
A good health insurance policy will get you proper medical attention anywhere in the world outside your home province — at the insurance company’s expense. The company will send you home if it is considered medically necessary and, if you’re sick enough, it will send a nurse to accompany you. If you end up in a hospital and a doctor recommends that a family member come to your bedside, the insurance company will pay for it. You may even get pocket money to make your hospital stay more comfortable.
When I was sick in Bombay, I called the insurance company collect. It paid for a doctor (who came to my hotel room), all my medication, an extra night in the hotel and all my meals.
Picture it: the day before your big trip to Vancouver, you wake up with appendicitis (阑尾炎). You have no choice — you have to cancel your trip. Your ticket, like most, is non-refundable and you can’t make any changes. You’re about to lose all the money you put out for the ticket — unless you bought cancellation insurance beforehand.
Most travel plans include some form of non-refundable element: your deposit, your flights, your cruise, your stay at the all-inclusive resort. That non-refundable portion is what you’ll lose if you have to cancel your trip in the event that you get sick and you don’t have cancellation insurance.
43. What happened to the writer when he was in Bombay?
A) He forgot to buy travel insurance.
B) He failed to book the plane ticket.
C) His illness cost him a large amount of money.
D) He was seriously ill.
44. According to the passage, the following are the benefits of a good health insurance policy you buy EXCEPT____.
A) The company would send a nurse to take care of you if necessary.
B) You will be cured by the best doctor in the local place.
C) You can get certain amount of pocket money.
D) The expense of the family member who comes to look after the patient is paid by the insurance company.
45. Which of the following is paid by the insurance company after the author was ill?
A) plane ticket B) pocket money
C) all the medication D) traveling expenses
46. How can you make up the losses of the plane ticket when you have to cancel the trip because of some emergency?
A) Buy cancellation insurance in advance.
B) Negotiate with the airport.
C) Make a call to the travel agency.
D) All of the above.
47. What can you learn from the passage?
A) There is some form of non-refundable element in every travel plan.
B) With cancellation insurance, all of your medication can be paid by the insurance company if you are ill.
C) Some losses can be made up if you buy some insurance beforehand.
D) With a good health insurance policy, all of your needs will be satisfied.
Passage Four
Questions 48 to 52 are based on the following passage.
Women head governments, run companies and comprise about half the world's workforce, but a global poll shows that one in four people, most of them young, believe a woman's place is in the home.
The survey of over 24,000 adults in 23 countries, conducted by Reuters/Ipsos and released on the eve of International Women's Day, showed that people from India (54 percent), Turkey (52 percent), Japan (48 percent), China, Russia, Hungary (34 percent each) and South Korea (33 percent) were most likely to agree that women should not work.
And, perhaps surprisingly, people aged between 18 and 34 years are most likely to hold that view, not those from the older, and more traditional generation.
However, the majority, or 74 percent, of those polled believe a woman's place is certainly not at home.
"Over the past century, women, collectively, have made great gains not only in terms of societal participation - from politics to the workplace to sports and the media and to intellectual pursuit - but there are still barriers to many," said John Wright, senior vice president of market research company Ipsos.
"This poll has a fundamental expression embraced by a full majority that women, individually or otherwise, should have the ability to choose to do what and where they believe they can make their greatest contribution," he said.
In countries where most people believed women should stay at home, or where the majority held the opposite view, there was little difference between the sexes, the survey showed. For example, in India, the country where more than half of those polled said women should stay home, an almost equal number of men and women held this view.
48. What is the survey conducted by Reuters/Ipsos about?
A) Women’s role in the family
B) The relationship between husband and wife
C) Whether women should work or stay at home.
D) Women’s rights
49.In the survey conducted by Reuters/Ipsos, which country is listed as the first one that holds the largest number people believing women should not work?
A) China B) Japan C) India D) Turkey
50. What surprising result is obtained from the survey?
A) India has the largest number of people that believe women should work.
B) Young generations are most likely to hold the view that women should not work.
C) The majority of those polled believe a woman’s place is at home.
D) People are against the International Women’s Day.
51. Conclusions can be drawn from John Wright EXCEPT________.
A) In the past, women made great achievements in many fields of society.
B) There still exist many barriers in women’s life.
C) A majority of people don’t share the same view as what is expressed in the poll.
D) Women should have the ability to make their own choices.
52. You can learn from the survey that ___________.
A) In India, an almost equal number of men and women shared the same view.
B) Older people are inclined to believe women should stay at home.
C) Women’s role is insignificant in the workforce.
D) There are more Chinese than Japanese that hold the view that women should stay at home.
Part Ⅳ Translation from English into Chinese (10%) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, there are five items, and four of them are taken from the reading passages you have just read. Below each, there are five Chinese sentences translated, which are marked A), B), C),D) and E). Each letter stands for a score varying from 0 to 2. You should decide which is the best translation, and then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
T1. (Line 1-2, paragraph 1, Passage 1)
There are fewer restrictions on when alcohol can be sold than there are in Britain, and bars can stay open very late.
A) 美国卖酒的时间限制比英国少，酒吧开门的时间也很长。
B) 在卖酒的时间限制方面美国要宽松些，酒吧可以保持很长开门时间。
C) 美国在卖酒的时间约束方面政策要比英国宽松，酒吧可以开很长时间。
D) 美国酒类经营店的营业时间比起英国要宽松的多，酒吧也可以营业到很晚。
E) 美国酒类经营店的限制比英国少的多，酒吧营业时间长。
T2. (Line 10-11, Paragraph 5, Passage 2)
Those who fail to get selected have to go to private colleges if they want to continue their education.
A) 如果他们没有被选上但想继续接受教育，只能去私立大学。
B) 那些没考上的人如果想要进大学学习，只能去私立大学。
C) 他们如果没有被选上就只能去私人大学，如果想继续学业的话。
D) 那些没有考上的人只能去读私立学校，如果他们想继续读书。
E) 那些在考试中失败的人如果想继续读书只能去私立大学。
T3. (Line 3-5, Paragraph5, Passage 3)
You’re about to lose all the money you put out for the ticket — unless you bought cancellation insurance beforehand.
A) 你将失去所有你买票花的钱，除非你事先买了旅行取消险。
B) 你买票花的钱将全部损失，除非你之前买了取消保险。
C) 全部你买票的钱就没有了，除非你提前买了取消保险。
D) 除非你事先买了旅行取消险，否则你会损失所有花在买票上的钱。
E) 如果你事先买了旅行取消险，你就不会失去所有的买票钱。
T4. (Line 1-2, Paragraph4, Passage 4)
However, the majority, or 74 percent, of those polled believe a woman's place is certainly not at home.
A) 然而，多数受访者（74%）认为女性的位置肯定不是在家里。
B) 但是，大多数人，或者74%被采访的人认为妇女的位置不应在家里。
C) 但是大多数被采访的人（74%）相信女性的位置不在家里。
D) 然而许多接受采访的人（74%）认为女人的位置肯定不在家里。
E) 但是74%的大多数人相信女性的位置不在家里。
T5. It's important that parents have full understanding of the internet and its risks--younger people need parental direction.
A) 家长大量了解网络和其危害很重要，年轻人需要他们的引导。
B) 家长充分了解网络及其危险是很重要的一件事，年轻人需要父母的指导。
C) 全方位地了解网络及其风险对于家长来说至关重要。年轻人需要家长的引导
D) 对于家长来说全面了解网络的危害是很重要的，年轻人需要他们的指导方向。
E) 很重要的是家长应全面了解网络及其危害。年轻人需要他们的方向。
Part Ⅴ Writing （15%） (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 100 words on How to stay Healthy. Remember your composition must be written according to the following outline. Write your composition on the Composition Sheet.
Outline:
1. 保持健康的重要意义。
2. 怎样保持健康（可以从营养，睡眠和定期锻炼方面叙述）
Words for reference:
Nutrition, adequate, regular
How to stay Healthy