2011年3月公共英语三级考试真题及答案

2011 年 3 月公共英语三级考试真题及答案 SECTION 1 ListeningComprehension (25 minutes) 1～25 略 SECTIONⅡ Use of English (15 minutes) Directions： Read the following text．Choosethe best word or phrase for each numbered blank and markA，B，C，or D onANSWER SHEET 1． What might thehouse of the future be like? Gracecan tell．More formallyknown as the Microsoft Home，her high—tech devices，along with 26 indesign and construction，will change the 27 we think about our homes． You enter thehouse，and Grace’s 28 ，coming from hidden speakers，passes on your messages；Inthe kitchen，you set a bag of flour on theintelligently 29 stone counter．Gracesees what you’re 30，and projects a list of flour—based food on the counter． 31 you choose on，Gracerepeats instructions tor cooking．She 32 knows what’S in the cupboard． The day whenyour house、viii be likea family member is not that faroff．This 33 0f seamless computing，in which technologyis everywhere yet nowhere(34 when wewant it)，is emphasizedin most future—home thinking． Microsoft， 35 ，isn’t the only one exploring 36 technology can make our homes more 37 andcomfortable．At theGeorgia Institute of Technology，scientists are 38 systems that will allowolder people to continue living 39．SoGrandma’s home can be intelligently wired to 40 her patterns of wake，sleep and movement；family members would be 4l of any changesvia computer． Does spying on Grandma sound 42 ? Director Beth Mynatt says“A good bit ofour 43 has been working on how to convey informationwithout 44 privacy．We also don’t want to create 45 anxiety．Maybe she just took a quiet day to read，and the system would have to recognizethat．” 26． [A]promotions [B]applications [C]practices [D]advances 27． [A]way [B]manner [C]style [D]scope 28 [A]image [B]figure [C]voice [D]sound 29． [A]disposed [B]shaped [C]engineered [D]conditioned 30． [A]saying [B]feeling [C]searching [D]doing 32 [A]Before [B]Once [C]Since [D]Unless 32． [A]even [B]thus [C]yet [D]only 33 [A]hope [B]passion [C]faith [D]notion 34． [A]perhaps [B]except [C]provided [D]especially 35． [A]therefore [B]likewise [C]however [D]moreover 36． [A]how [B]whether [C]what [D]why 37． [A]fashionable [B]complicated [C]efficient [D]attractive 38． [A]decorating [B]designing [C]delivering [D]debating 39． [A]independently [B]enthusiastically [C]colorfully [D]satisfactorily 40． [A]receive [B]recognize [C]represent [D]review 41． [A]warned [B]relieved [C]advised [D]informed 42． [A]interesting [B]boring [C]disturbing [D]appealing 43． [A]analysis [B]research [C]concern [D]focus 44． [A]sacrificing [B]affecting [C]preventing [D]losing 45． [A]unusual [B]unfortunate [C]uncertain [D]unnecessary SECTIONⅢ Reading Comprehension(40 minutes) PartA Directions： Read the following three texts．Answerthe questions on each text by choosing A，B，C orD．Markyour answers on ANSWER SHEET 1． Text 1 WheneverCatherine Brown， a 37-year．old journalist， and her friends，professionals in their 30s and early 40s，meet at aLondon caf6，their favorite topic ofconversation is relationships：men’sreluctance to commit，wo men’s independence，andwhen to have children--or，increasingly，whether to have them at all．“With the years passing my chances of having a child godown，but I Won’t malty anyone just to have achild，”saysBrown．To people like Brown，babiesare great_if the timing is right．Butthey’re certainly not essential． In much of the world，havingkids is no longer a given．“Neverbefore has childlessness been an understandable decision for women and men in so many societies，” says Frank Hakim at the LondonSchool of Economics．Youngpeople are extending their child—freeadulthood by postponing children until they are well into their 30s．or even40s and beyond． A growing share are ending up with nochildren at all．Lifetime childlessness in westernGer-many has hit 30 percent among university— educated women，and is rapidly rising among lower—class men．InBritain，thenumber of women remaining childless has doubled in 20 years． The latesttrend of childlessness does not follow historic patterns．For centuries it was not unusual for a quarter of European women toremain childless．Butin the past．childlessnesswas usually the product of poverty ordisaster．of missingmen in times of war．Today the decision to have—or not have——a child is theresult of a complex combination of factors，includingrelationships，career Opportunities，lifestyleand economics． In some caseschildlessness among women can be seen as a quiet form ofprotest．InJapan，supportfor working mothers hardly exists．Childcare is expensive，men don’t help out，andsome companies strongly discouragemothers from returning to work．“In Japan，it'scareer or child，”says writer KaoriHaishi．It’s not justwomen who are deciding against children；according to a re- cent study，Japanese men are even less inclined to marry or want a child．Their motivations，though，may havemore to do with economic factors． 46．CatherineBrown and her friends feel that having children is not __________． [A]totallywise [B]ahuge problem [C]arational choice [D]absolutelynecessary 47．It Can beinferred that，formany women，havingbabies nowadays is __________． [A]ahard commitment [B]helpfulto their career [C]essentialfor happiness [D]anunderstandable decision 48．In theold days。manywomen remained childless __________ [A]asa quiet form of protest [B]becauseof lack of support [C]becauseof unfortunate circumstances [D]becausethey lacked social responsibility 49．We learnthat childlessness at present __________． [A]affectsEurope more than it does Asia [B]producesmore benefits than in the past [C]ismore a woman’s decision than a man’s [D]ismore complex in its cause than that in the past 50．According to the text，when a Japanese man decides not to have children，he probably feels unable to __________． [A]helpwith housework [B]affordto have a child [C]bea responsible father [D]balancework and family Text 2 Faced with amission．criticaldecision，who would you turn to for advice? Someone you had great confidence in，surely．But several lines of research show thatour instincts about where to mm to for counsel are often not completely correct． My research looksat prejudices that affect how people use advice，including why theyoften blindly follow recommendations from people who—as far as they know—are as knowledgeable as they are．In studies I conducted with Don Moore of Carnegie MellonUniversity，for example，I found matpeople tend to overvalue advice when the problem they’readdressing is hard and to undervalue it when the problem iseasy． In our experiments．subjects were asked to guess the weight of people in various pictures，some of which werein focus and some of which were unclear．For each picture，subjects guessed twice：the first time without