2009年黑龙江成人英语三级考试真题及答案

2009 年黑龙江成人英语三级考试真题及答案 Directions: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then, mark your answer by blackening the letter of your choice on the Answer Sheet. 1. When you come back from London, would you please buy me ______of a small radio? A. ten dollar's worth B. worth ten dollars C. ten dollars of worth D. ten dollars' worth 2. Although she ______law for only a little over eight years, Florence Allen became in 1992 the first woman to sit on a state supreme court. A. would practice B. practices C. had practiced D. has practiced 3. It was necessary that he ______his mother, otherwise she would have known this from someone else, and been very angry with him. A. told. B. had told C. tell D. would tell 4. The school was named ______the hero who gave his life for the cause of the revolution. A. after B. for C. with D. about 5. The news media ______radio, television and newspapers. A. compose of B. are consisted of C. are composed of D. consist 6. They turned a deaf ear to our demands, ______enraged all of us. A. that B. which C. as D. this 7. He is so sick today that he does not ______having anything to eat. A. turn out B. tend to C. make for D. feel like 8. Age is not important. It's brains and knowledge that______. A. judge B. impress C. count D. survive 9. We haven't the ______idea of what you meant. A. smallest B. dimmest C. weakest D. slightest 10. Many things ______impossible in the past are common today. A. to consider B. considered C. considering D. being considered 11.When asked ______they needed most, the kids said they wanted to feel important and loved. A. what B. why C. whom D. which 12. ______the project as planned, we’ll have to work two more hours a day. A. Completing B. Complete C. To complete D. Completed 13. ______hungry I am, I never seem to be able to finish off this loaf of bread. A. Whatever B. Whenever C. Wherever D. However 14. — How can the problem be solved? — Well, we must ______it to the president’s own judgment. A. depend B. leave C. suggest D. realize 15. He is very popular among his students as he always tries to make them ______in his lectures. A. interested B. interesting C. interest D. to interest 16. The present situation is very complex, so I think it will take me some time to ______its reality. A. make up B. figure out C. look through D. put off 17. In those days, our ______concern was to provide people who were stopped by the snow storm with food and health care. A. normal B. constant C. permanent D. primary 18. As he works in a remote area, he visits his parents only______. A. occasionally B. anxiously C. practically D. urgently 19. Nowadays the Chinese are becoming more familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things, ______is often the case in other countries. A. what B. as C. who D. that 20. We have been told that under no circumstances ______the telephone in the office for personal affairs. A. may we use B. we may use C. we use D. do we use Part II Cloze Test (10 points, 20 minutes) Directions: Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D for each blank in the passage. Blacken the corresponding letter of the word or phrase you have chosen on the Answer Sheet. Cars are an important 21 of life in the United States. 22 most people feel that they are poor. And 23 if a person is poor he doesn't feel really poor 24 he has a car. There are three main reasons the car became so 25 in the United States. 26 of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move 27 in it. The car provides the most comfortable and 28 form of transportation. 29 a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money. The second reason cars are popular is the fact 30 the United States never developed 31 and inexpensive form of public 32 . Long-distance trains have never been 33 common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air-service 34 planes. But it is 35 expensive to be used frequently. The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is 36 really made cars popular. Americans don't like to wait 37 a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don't like to have to 38 an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule 39 time. And this is the freedom that Americans want 40 to have. 21. A. role B. part C. effect D. basis 22. A. Without a car B. Not with a car C. Without no car D. With not a car 23. A. ever B. still C. even D. quite 24. A. although B. when C. whether D. but 25. A. qualified B. increasing C. developing D. popular 26. A. First B. Firstly C. At first D. The first 27. A. around B. on C. along D. forth 28. A. cheap B. most cheap C. cheapest D. cheaper 29. A. Through B. By C. With D. As 30. A. which B. that C. where D. what 31. A. an interested B. an affected C. an efficient D. a satisfied 32. A. movement B. carriage C. shipping D. transportation 33. A. quite B. very C. too D. as 34. A. providing B. to provide C. provided D. provides 35. A. very B. so C. too D. as 36. A. that B. what C. how D. which 37. A. for B. on C. beside D. about 38. A. run B. further C. chase D. follow 39. A. their own B. their self C. theirs own D. theirs self 40. A. best B. most C. worst D. least Part III Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(40 points; 55 minutes) Section 1 Directions: Each of the following passages is followed with five questions. For each question there are four choices. Choose the best answer to each question. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage: All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition: to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her shopping. For this was what the notice just inside the entrance promised. It said: “Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This May Be Your Lucky Day!” For several weeks Mrs. Edwards hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer. Unlike her friends, she never gave up hoping. The cupboards in kitchen were full of things which she did not need. Her husband tried to advise her against buying things but failed. She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would approach her and say: “Madam, this is Your Lucky Day. Everything in your basket is free.” One Friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy any tea. She went back to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the cash-desk. As she did so, she saw the manager of the supermarket approach her. “Madam,” he said, holding out his hand, “I want to congratulate you! You are our lucky customer and everything you have in your basket is free!” 41. The housewives learnt about the free goods _______. A. on TV B. from the manager C. at the supermarket D. from the newspaper 42. Mrs. Edwards ________. A. was always very lucky B. had no friends C. hoped to get free shopping D. got disappointed easily 43. Mrs. Edwards’s husband tried to ________. A. make her unhappy B. cheer her up C. buy things with her D. keep her from buying things 44. Mrs. Edwards went back to the supermarket quickly because she had to __ ____. A. buy another thing B. talk to the manager C. pay for her shopping D. find her shopping 45. Mrs. Edwards must have been ________. A. pleased B. delighted C. proud D. disappointe d Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage: A third of British people are overweight, states a report published in January by the Royal College of Physicians, the result of an 18-month-long study. About 5％of children weigh too much, and are likely to stay that way for life; in the mid-twenties age group the proportion of fat people rises to a third, and of the middle-age population half are overweight. Fat people risk severe health problems, says the report, including high blood pressure, breathlessness, and various forms of heart disease. Smoking is particularly risky for overweight people. The safest way to lose weight is to eat cereals, bread, fruit and vegetables, and cut down on fatty meats, butter and sweet foods. Current diets do far more harm than good; slimming machines that vibrate muscles have not been proved useful; saunas (蒸气浴) merely remove a little body water, and health farms, says the report, serve as expensive holidays. The report emphasizes that exercise is most important to health. Though it doesn’t necessarily reduce weight, it maintains the correct proportion of body fat to body muscle. And it isn’t only for the young. From middle age a minimum of 20 minutes of gentle physical jerks should be practiced three times a week. The report advocates several public health measures to combat the high prevalence of overweight in this country. They include an increase of tax on alcohol to reduce its increasing, and dangerously fattening consumption; and the provision of more sports facilities by local authorities. Britain’s doctors, the report concludes, must learn to be more sympathetic and specific in their advice to the overweight, encouraging a change in eating habits on a longterm basis, and taking into account the many—often complex—reasons why fat people are fat. 46. The passage is mainly about______. A. why many British people are overweight B. how to avoid getting overweight C. British people’ s overweight problem D. the relations between overweight and health 47. According to the report ，a person is most likely to stay fat for the whole of his life if he______. A. gets fat in middle age B. gets fat in his twenties C. gets fat when he is a child D. is born fat 48. The report thinks that exercise________. A. is a way to reduce weight C. can convert fat to muscle B. is a sure way to keep one healthy D. sometimes increases weight 49. The report points out that drinking too much alcohol________. A. will also cause a person to get overweight B. will cause a person to do less sports C. will make a person forget the fact that he is fat D. will lead a person to bad eating habits 50. The report suggests that when treating the overweight, doctors should______. A. encourage a long-term diet for everyone B. first consider why so many people are overweight C. know that there are complex reasons why a person gets overweight D. be more considerate and give detailed advice Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage: A scientist who does research in economic psychology and who wants to predict the way in which consumers will spend their money must study