2010 年 9 月公共英语三级考试真题及答案
SECTION I Listening Comprehension
听力略( 25 minutes))
SECTION II Use of English
( 15 minutes))
Directions):
Read the following text. Choos)e the bes)tword or phras)e for each
numbered blank and mark A, B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET I.
Wes)tern-s)tyle convers)ations) often developquite differently from
Japanes)e-s)tyle convers)ations). A Wes)tern-s)tyleconvers)ation between two
people is) like a 26 of tennis). If Iintroduce a topic, a convers)ational ball, I
expect you do 27 it back.If you agree with me, I don't expect you s)imply to
agree andto 28 more. I expect you to add s)omething to carry the
ideafurther.29 I don't expect you always) to agree. I am jus)tas) 30 if you
completely dis)agree with me.31 you agree or dis)agree,your 32 will return the
ball to me. And then it is) my turn 33. Idon't s)erve a new ball from my _ 34
s)tarting line. I hit your ball backagain to you by 35 your idea further. And s)o
the ball goes) back andforth,36 each of us) doing our bes)t to give it a new
twis)t.
A Japanes)e-s)tyle convers)ation,37, is) not atall like tennis) or volleyball. It's)
like bowling.You 38 for yourturn. And you always) know your 39 in line. It
depends) on s)uch things)as) whether you are older or younger, a clos)e friend or
a relatives)tranger 40 the previous) s)peaker, in a s)enior or junior pos)ition,
ands)o on. When your turn comes), you.41 up to the s)tarting line with
yourbowling ball, and 42 bowl it. Everyone els)e s)tands) back and
watches)politely, whis)pering 43. Everyone waits) until the ball has) reached the
endof the alley, and watches) to s)ee if it 44 down all the pins), or onlys)ome of
them, or none of them. There is) a paus)e, while every- one regis)ters)your 45
26. A.play
B.game
C.round
D. s)et
27. A.hit
B.move
C] throw
D. pus)h
28. A.everything
B.anything
C.nothing
D.s)omething
29. A.Then
B.So
C.Ins)tead
D.But
30. A.anxious)
B.s)erious)
C.happy
D.grateful
31. A.After
B.Becaus)e
C.Though
D.Whether
32. A.res)pons)e
B.action
C.operation
D.s)ervice
33. A.als)o
B.again
C.too
D.s)oon
34. A.actual
B.new
C.particular
D.original
35. A.deepening
B.carrying
C J leading
D.employing
36. A.with
B.for
C.before
D.except
37. A.therefore
B.moreover
C.likewis)e
D.however
38. A.wonder
B.work
C.wait
D.watch
39. A.point
B.place
C.pos)t
D.pole
40. A.than
B.bes)ide
C.to
D.with
41. A.s)tep
B.climb
C.s)tand
D.catch
42. A.accurately
B.carefully
C.awkwardly
D.courageous)ly
43. A ]ins)truction
B.s)atis)faction
C.agreement
D.encouragement
44. A.knocks)
B.pus)hes)
C.kicks)
D. puts)
45. A.line
B.work
C.s)core
D.outcome
SECTION 111 Reading Comprehension(40 minutes))
Part A
Directions):
Read the following three texts). Ans)wer theques)tions) on each text by
choos)ing A, B, C or D. Mark your ans)wers) on ANSWERSHEET 1.
Text 1
When Amber Pos)t s)tarted graduate s)chool inphys)ics) at
Princeton, her goal was) the s)ame as) her male colleagues)' : ateaching pos)t at
a major univers)ity. Now with her Ph.D. jus)t a year away, Pos)tis) thinking
ins)tead about working for a policymaking agency in Was)hington.Although
Princeton, with Shirley Tilghman as) the pres)ident, is) welcoming tofemale
s)cientis)ts), Pos)t s)ens)es) that her re- ception in the larger academicworld might
be chillier. At famous) univers)ities), the percentage of women earningdoctor's)
degrees) in s)cience and engineering is) cons)iderably higher than thepercentage of women profes)s)ors)--whi.ch means) that a lot of talented women Ph.D. s)
like Pos)t leave cam- pus) for jobs) in government or indus)try ins)tead ofclimbing
the teaching ladder.
Stopping this) female brain drain has) been achallenge for years). At a
recent academic confer- ence, Harvard pres)identLawrence Summers)
s)ugges)ted that women aren't s)ucceeding becaus)e they lackability in math
and s)cience by nature. His) comments) drew immediate criticis)m.Indeed, s)cientis)ts) have uncovered s)ome differences) in male and female brains),but it's)
unclear how thes)e differ- ences) affect talent.
Summers) propos)ed two other pos)s)ible problems)for women:the conflict
between work and life, and abs)olute prejudice agains)twomen( which he
s)eemed to dis)mis)s)). Many women s)cientis)ts) blame thes)e twoproblems) for the
lack of women profes)s)ors). Junior teachers) need to s)pend their20s) and 30s) on
res)earch and publication. Thos)e are the s)ame years) when women
havechildren. Time is) an enemy for women in other profes)s)ions), es)pecially
law andmedicine. But while women doctors) and lawyers) benefit from lots) of
s)ucces)s)fulrole models), academic s)cience continues) to belong to men chiefly.
"Theatmos)phere is)n't compelling or welcoming, "Pos)t s)ays). "Too many of
myfemale friends) drop out of graduate programs) s)imply becaus)e the
environment is)dis)appointing, not becaus)e they can't handle the math. "
Even agains)t this) background, there has) beens)ome progres)s). More
univers)ities) are pus)hing hard with s)tepped-up recruitmentefforts) and trying
hard to as)s)is)t s)taff members) with young families). Butultimately, the bes)t
remedy agains)t prejudice would be more women on top,like Princeton's)
Tilghman.
46. Amber Pos)t is) thinking about a job ingovernment becaus)e __
A.it is)the us)ual goal of the Ph.D. s)tudents) at Princeton
B s)he is) doubtful about her future inthe academic world
C.it is)difficult to get a teaching pos)t at major univers)ities)
D.s)hefears) that s)he may not graduate with a Ph. D. degree
47. According to the text, the gap inpercentage between women Ph.D. s)
and women profes)s)ors) indicates) that
A.univers)ities) lack competitivenes)s) in the recruitment market
B.a lotof women profes)s)ors) have chos)en to leave univers)ities)
C.few womenPh. D. s) are qualified for the competitive campus)
D.univers)ities)are faced with the problem of female brain drain
48. According to the writer, Summers)'comments) on women's) ability s)eem
to be bas)ed on
A. his)own attitude towards) women s)cientis)ts)
B.his)recent s)tudy on women's) weaknes)s)es)
C. the lates)t findings) about human brains)
D.the conventional opinion about talents)
49. We can infer that the mos)t s)erious)problem of women teachers) is)
A. theirconflict with male colleagues)
B. thetrouble in balancing work and life
C.theircooperation with male colleagues)
D.thedifficulty in their career advancement
50. The bes)t s)olution to the female braindrain in univers)ities) is) to
A. create more academic pos)ts) for women
B. offerhelp to women with young children
C.dis)mis)s)thos)e with prejudice agains)t women
D. promote more women to leaders)hippos)itions)
Text 2
Recently in the Scottis)h Highlands),260theatergoers) were
led up a well-lit, pin-tree-lined con- crete path. Theirdes)tination? A vacant
water plant. The large concrete s)pace had the impers)onalfeel of an army
camp--exactly the atmos)phere the producers) of Black Watch hopedto
reproduce. The play is) bas)ed on the true s)tory of a Highlands) troop
s)entovers)eas) in 2004.
Es)s)entially, s)ite-s)pecific theater refers) toplays) produced in places) directly
relevant to their ac- tion. At the Mus)eumHotel in Wellington, New Zealand,
audiences) filed into room 217 to watch a taleabout the various) pers)onalities)
who had occupied the room over time. "Ithink people are tired of the s)ame
old plays) in the s)ame confines) of s)pace,"s)ays) Paul McLaughlin, who produced
Hotel."Drama happens) all aroundus)--at the bus) s)top, in a s)upermarket--s)o we
attempted to s)how how people caninteract with the s)pace that s)urrounds)
them. "
To be s)ure, on-s)cene productions) pres)enttheir own s)et of challenges).
Producers) of Black Watch had to s)cout aroundLondon for a location for when
the s)how comes) to the Britis)h capital. But formany audience members),
leaving the comfort of their theater s)eats) makes) for amore meaningful
experience. "A lot of s)ite-s)pecific work challenges) theway you look and think,
"s)ays) Nick Kaye, adrama profes)s)or at theUnivers)ity of Exeter.
Site-s)pecific s)hows) can als)o s)atis)fy thegrowing des)ire for individualized
entertainment fueled by on-demand televis)ionand the Intemet. In Faus)t,
which the London-bas)ed theater group Punch- drunkjus)t wrapped up,
audience members) got to pick what they wanted to s)ee. Hous)edin an old fives)tory s)torehous)e in eas)t London, the play featured different s)ettings).Audience
members) could choos)e to watch a s)cene and follow certain actors)
fromlocation to location. Felix Barrett, the direc- tor of Faus)t, s)ays)
today's)theatergoers) expect more than jus)t the traditional audience-actor
relation-s)hip. "What I wanted to do was) to create a piece where the audience
cancarve out the night they want to have, and it s)tays) with them. "Creating
as)trong s)ens)e of place goes) a long way toward a- chieving that. 51. Recently,260 Scottis)h people went to ades)erted water plant
A.to toura newly-built military bas)e
B. towatch a play about military life
C. to vis)it a military troop back home
D. to attend a military trainingprogram
52. The es)s)ence of s)ite-s)pecific theaterlies) in the idea that drama
A. s)houldbe made as) lifelike as) pos)s)ible
B. s)hould reflect people's) feelings) andideas)
C.s)hould reveal what is) going on in theworld
D.s)hould be acted by thos)e related to thes)tory
53. Compared with the conventional form oftheater, on-s)cene theater to
producers) is) les)s)
A.meaningful
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