四川省大学英语三级考试模拟试题

四川省大学英语三级考试模拟试题 Part II: Vocabulary and structure (20%) II. Vocabulary and Structure (20%)

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. For miles around me there was nothing but a desert, without a single plant or tree _____.

A. on earth B. at a distance C. in sight D. in place

14. This case is quite _____ today with the great development of science and technology.

A. common B. general C. simple D. alike

15. _____ the dog, we should have reached our destination in time.

A. Because of B. In spite of C. But for D. In case of

16. Lucy changed her major from physics to computer, _____.

A. with hopes to be able to locate employment more easilyB. hoping she can easily get a job

C. with the hope for the ability to find a better jobD. hoping to find a job more easily

17. That tree looked as if it _____ for a long time.

A. hasn't watered B. didn't wateredC. hadn't been watered D. wasn't watered

18. Though the long-term _____ cannot be predicted, the project has been approved by the committee.

A. affect B. effect C. effort D. afford

19. One must live in the United States for five years in order to _____ citizenship.

A. appeal to B. accept C. approve of D. apply for

20. Can you tell me _____ ?

A. who is that gentlemen B. that gentleman is who

C. who that gentleman is D. whom is that gentle man

21. Only in this way _____ progress in your English.

A. you make B. can you make C. you be able to make D. will you able to make

22. It's a fine day. Let's go fishing, _____ ?

A. won't we B. will we C. don't we D. shall we

23. The building _____ roof we can see is the Western Church.

A. its B. which C. whose D. who's

24. The first software of Windows _____ by Bill Gates became very popular with

computer lovers immediately.

A. made B. had made C. was made D. had been made

25. I could easily have imagined her _____ him as a man of fine quality.

A. thinking B. regarding C. talking D. admitting

26. He has no choice but _____ to see him.

A. to go B. go C. going D. goes

27. _____ left before the meeting, it doesn't seem likely that they will come.

A. In such a short time B. Only such a short time

C. With such a short time D. Without such a short time

28. She listened carefully _____ she might discover exactly what he wanted.

A. so as that B. in case C. providing D. in order that

29. I remember her and her brother _____ to our office.

A. coming B. to come C. come D. to have come

30. I don't think anyone can accuse her _____ not being frank.

A. with B. in C. of D. at

31._____ , the people in the flooded areas could not have rebuilt their homes.

A. If the Party didn't offer its timely helpB. Hadn't the Party offered its timely help

C. Should the Party offered its timely help D. If the Party offered its timely help

32. The moon shines brightly, as if it _____ light by itself.

A. gave off B. gave away C. gave up D. gave in

Part III: Reading Comprehension (40%)

Directions

There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. Fro each question, there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should chose the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage 1

Questions 33 to 37 are based on the following passage:

In the past, operations were difficult. Until the middle of the eighteen fifties, surgery was very dangerous. Many patients died after even the smallest operations. This was because bacteria

entered the cuts in the patients’ bodied and started infection. In some countries, up to 90 percent of patients died from infection after operations. In 1865, however, Joseph Lister, a British surgeon, found an answer to the problem. He used an “antiseptic” during and after operations. This killed the dangerous bacteria and most of his patients lived. Since then, surgeons have used antiseptics in all operations.

Surgery has developed in many important ways since the day of Joseph Lister. Today, when patients go to hospital for an operation, they can expect the best treatment, in clean and hygienic conditions.

33. Operations were difficult and dangerous until_______.

A.1850 B. the middle of 1850C. the middle of the fifties of the eighteenth century

D. the middle of the fifties of the nineteenth century

34. In the passage, surgery means__________.

A. The performing of an operation B. cureC. treatment D. medicine

35. In the past, up to 90 percent of patients died after operations mainly because__________.

A. bacteria entered the cuts in the patients’ bodies and infection took place

B. the conditions in hospitals were badC. the skill of surgeons was not so good

D. there were no good medicine at that time

36. Which topic of the following best suits the passage?

A. Operations were difficult in the pastB. The devotion of Joseph Lister to medical science

C. Surgery has become saferD. Developments in surgery

37. Joseph Lister was________.

A. a Frenchman B. a German C. an Englishman D. an American

Passage 2

Questions 38 to 42 are based on the following passage:

Some 4000 Americans 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 gringos 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 to be 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.

38. Which of the following is true about U.S. would-be physicians?

A. America medical schools have superfluous applicants

B. language is a big problem all the American students applying to foreign medical schools have to face.

C. Graduates from both American and foreign medical schools should take the same test before practice

D. As many as one-third of last year’s applicants of medical schools are now applying to foreign schools

39. Which is following is true about foreign medical education ?

A. A lot of foreign medical schools do not welcome U.S. students simply because they have to consider the applicants form their own countries first.

B. To enter foreign medical schools is much easier than to gain admittance into American medical schools if the problem of language is not regarded.

C. There are not many good foreign medical schools according to American students

D. There are so many difficulties in studying abroad that not many American students become successful in foreign medical schools

40. Which of the following is one of the difficulties the American students at foreign, medical schools have to face.

A. Living and medical conditions in foreign countries are not so good as those in America.

B. There is racial discrimination against them.

C. They are given no opportunities to practice at local places.

D. They are treated the same as foreign physicians and medical school graduates when trying to go back to America to practice.

41. What does the word “gringos” mean?

A. Americans. B. Foreigners C. Americans in Mexico D. Mexicans

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

A. Foreign Medical Schools. B. Life at Foreign Medical Schools

C. The tough Foreign Route. D. American Would-be Physicians at Foreign Schools.

Passage 3

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage :

Summers with father were always enjoyable. Swimming , hiking , boating , fishing—the days were not long enough to contain all of our activities. There never seemed to be enough time to go to church, which disturbed some friends and relations. Accused of neglecting this part of our education, my father instituted a summer school for my brother and me . However, his summer course included ancient history, which Papa felt our schools neglected ,and navigation, in which we first had a formal examination in the dining room, part of which consisted of tying several knots in a given time limit. Then we were each separately sent on what was grandly referred to as a cruise in my father’s 18-foot knockabout, spending the night on board, and loaded down, according to my mother, with enough food for a week. I remember that on my cruise I was required to formally plot our course, using the tide table, even though our goal was an island I could see quite clearly across the water in the distance.

43. What was the original reasons for holding the summer school?

A. Friends and relatives thought the children should learn religion

B The father wanted the children to learn more about religion

C. The children got poor grades in their regular school

D. The regular school teachers neglected the children

44 The purpose of the cruise mentioned in the passage was to ________.

A. have fun B. test the author’s sailing ability

C. reward the author for completing summer school D. get to the island

45. Why did the author have to plot the course of her cruise ?

A. She had to demostrate her ability to do so. B. The coast was dangerous.

C She was afraid of getting lost. D. The tides were strong

46. How long did the author’s cruise last?

A. all summer B. overnightC. a week D. one day, morning till night

47 Apparently a knockabout is _______.

A. an island B a boat C a cruise D a seaman’s knot

Passage 4

Questions 48 to 52 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 eighty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well, especially cancer of the colon . 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 realized that nitrates and nitrites, commonly used to preserve color in meats, and other food additives, 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, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows. Sometimes similar drugs are administered to animals not for medicinal purposes, but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.

48. What is the main topic of the passage?

A. Food and our health B Food and additivesC. Food and cancer D Food and culture

49 All of the following statements are true EXCEPT_______.

A Forty percent of cancer is caused by problems related to food.

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

C. We eat some of the food additives directly and some indirectly

D Drugs are always given to animals for medicinal purposes

50. Why do farmers give drugs to their animals?

A. to speed up the growth of animals B To make the animals fatter

C to make the animals’ meat fit to eat D To make the animals’ meat rich in nutrients

51. It can be inferred from the passage that_________.

A scientist have made all the food fit to eat

B only in recent years have people found that the food is related to one’s illness

C all kinds of cancer are related to the diet D some additives are harmful to our health

52. The word “ this” in the second sentence of paragraph 2 most probably refers to __________.

A farmer B penicillinC beef and poultryD the fact that farmers often give penicillin to a beef Part IV: Translation from English into Chinese (10%)

Directions: In this part, there are four items which you should translate into Chinese, each item consisting of one sentence. These sentences are all taken from the reading passages you have just read in Part III of the Test Paper. You are allowed minutes to do the translation. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify their meaning in the context. Write your translation on the Translation Sheet in Test Paper Two.

T1.(Line2-3, Paragraph1, Passage1)

This was because bacteria entered the cuts in the patients’ bodied and started infection. T2.(Line2, Paragraph2, Passage2)

Many were rejected by U.S. medical schools simply because there was no room.

T3:.(Line3-4, Paragraph1, Passage3):

Accused of neglecting this part of our education, my father instituted a summer school for my brother and me .

T4:.(Line4-5, Paragraph1, Passage4)

Different cultures are more prone to contract certain illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures.

Part V: Writing (15%)

Directions: For this part ,you are allowed thirty minutes to write a passage under the title

ON-Long-distance Education. You should write at least 120 words in three paragraphs and base your writing on the outline below in Chinese.

1. 科技的发展的信息时代的到来正逐步改变着我们的生活方式。

2. 远程教育有许多优越性。

3. 但是远程教育并不是适合每个人。

Words for reference: information, technology, education, computer, television

Vocabulary:

13.C 14.A 15. C 16. D 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. C 21. B 22. D

23. C 24.A 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. C 31. B 32. A

reading:

33. B 34. A 35. A 36.D 37. C 38. A 39.A 40. D 41. C 42.C

43. A 44. B 45. A 46. B 47. B 48. A 49. D 50. B 51. D 52.D

Translation:

1. 这是因为细菌进入了病人身体的伤口而且开始感染。

2. 许多人没有被录取的原因仅仅是因为医学院没有地方接纳那么多学生。

3. 因为被告知说忽视了我们这部分教育，所以爸爸为我和兄弟开办了暑期学校。

4. 不同的文化由于其独特的观念不同，因而易患的疾病也不同。

Writing:

On Long-distance Education

This is the age of information with the rapid development of science and technology. We should adjust our life style to make use of the new information technology.

Nowadays, computers and televisions have already been used in the field of education .We can go to college whenever we want and learn whatever we like, without leaving our home even. This way of learning is called ”long-distance” education . This new way of learning is probably the most convenient way of learning till now, by which we can save a lot of time and energy.

However, we have to admit that there are still many students who prefer to sit in the library or the classroom to study. For them , learning is not concerned with knowledge itself only. As far as those students are concerned, going to school regularly and studying with the help of the teachers and the classmates is far better than sitting alone in front of computers or television at home. Part V. Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a passage under the title the Value of time. you should write at least 120 words in three paragraphs and Base your writing on the outline given below in Chinese :