dismissed2014年12月大学英语三级考试真题答案

2021年1月9日发(作者：蒋大经)

2014年6月和12月大学英语三级考试试题
1. In the wife’s eyes, his _____ to their marriage life is far from perfect.
A) requirement B) commitment C) participation D) reflection
2. In the event of SARS, some _____ it while others lost their courage to do
anything about it.
A) came up to B) lived up to C) faced up to D) caught up to
3. Experts have _____ with some effective measures to prevent the disease from
spreading.
A) caught up B) put up C) come up D) kept up
4. If people feel hopeless, they don’t bother to _____ the skills they need to
succeed.
A) require B) inquire C) acquire D) enquire
5. As a result of his hard work, he has gained ______ to the Beijing University.
A) admission B) commitment C) opportunity D) reward
6. In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly ____.
A) gaps B) lengths C) distances D) intervals
7. Only when one is ______ of one’s getting behind is one more likely to catch
up.
A) critical B) aware C) visual D) effective
8. He had a ____ look in his eyes. He must have been shocked.
A) empty B) bare C) blank D) hollow
9. As an ideal _____ to the spread of SARS, this medicine is now in great
demand.
A) barrier B) commitment C) challenge D) access
10. When her business goes wrong, she tends to _____ for advice.
A) get access to B) come across C) reach out D) speak up
11. The most important for us now is to _____ what is to be done next.
A) allow of B) reflect on C) feel like D) remind of
12. American women were ____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of
hard struggle.
A) ignored B) refused C) neglected D) denied
13. Good habits of living have proved to be of much _____ to our health.
A) barrier B) benefit C) immunity D) commitment
14. The medicine the doctor gave me ____ my headache.
A) reduced B) improved C) released D) relieved
15. As a(n) _____ job, it requires much time and commitment and persistence.
A) unwilling B) demanding C) embarrassing D) frustrating
16. The _____ to be better than others drives him to work harder than before.
A) uniqueness B) eagerness C) awareness D) effectiveness
17. While studying he was financially dependent ____ his wife.
A) on B) of C) to D) from
18. Anyone that goes against the social order is _____ to answer for his action.
A) possible B) probably C) likely D) normally





19. There is much that can be done about the accidents _____ from carelessness.
A) arose B) arisen C) arising D) arise
20. _____ his sister, Jack is quiet and does not easily make friends with others.
A) Dislike B) Unlike C) Alike D) Liking

Part Ⅱ Structure (15 minutes)
Directions: This part is to test your ability to use words and phrases correctly
to construct meaningful and grammatically correct sentences. It consists of 2
sections.
Section A
Directions: There are 10 incomplete statements here. You are required to
complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices
marked A), B), C) and D). You should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer
Sheet with a single line through the center.
16. All students are eager to know _C_______they wilt pass the exam or not.
A) if
B) that
C) whether
D) why
17. When the couple ____D___ here, they ________ to the park.
A) will come；will go
B) come；go
C) will come；go
D) come；will go
18. —I cannot find Tom anywhere.
—He ____B_____ have been off long. I heard him make a call just now.
A) shouldn't B) can't C) mustn't D) needn't
19. No matter who he is, young or old, people's state of mind tends to keep
D______ with the rapid change of society.
A) contact
B) progress
C) touch
D) pace
20. To tell you the truth, it's very hard for us to help them get rid of Internet
addiction. But we __C_______ on this problem trying to improve the situation.
A) worked
B) had worked
C) are working
D) had been working
21. There was an earthquake happened, ___B____ 100 people and with more
than 300
A) killed; injured
B) killing; injured
C) killed; injuring

D) killing; injuring
22. 50miles southwest of the country ___C_____ the famous beautiful
mountain.
A) laying
B) lie
C) lies
D)lays
23. Everyone has periods in their lives ______A__ everything seems so hard.
A) when
B) where
C) which
D) that
24. Miss Liu doesn't mind __B_____ your homework as long as it is done by
yourself.
A) you to delay handing in
B) your delaying handing in
C) your delaying to hand in
D) you delay to hand in
25. By no means ____D___ ready to quit her study.
A) will she
B) she will
C) she is
D) is she
Section B
Directions: There are also 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in
each blank with the proper form of the word given in the brackets. Write the word
or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.
26. The New York Times ___is_______ (be) popular with those statesmen.
27. The people in your town are far __more friendly_______ (friendly) than we
expected.
28. Injury problem could ____shorten______ (short) basketball player's career.
29. I will tell Mary the truth instead of you, but I'd rather you __told_______
(tell) her.
30. By the time I graduate from university, I ____will have been______ (be) a
student for 15 years.
31. This famous poem should ___be translated______ (translate) into Chinese
because it is really worth reading.
32. According to the latest report, more and more young people intend to learn
____economics______ (economy) and social science.
33. The dancer might have been killed in the crash if she ___had gone______
(go) to American by plane.
34. (catch) ___Caught______ by the host for stealing, the boy felt rather
ashamed.
35. It's obvious that you hurt my feeling on purpose, so it's no use

_making________ (make) an apology.
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to
fulfil. You should read the material carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.
Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage，you will find 5 questions or
unfinished statements，numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement
there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) or D).You should make the correct choice and
mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the
center.
It is known to us that English is not as old as Chinese, but it is widely used by
most people all over the world. English speakers enjoy creating new words. In fact, a
majority of words are traceable and each of them may have an interesting story.
However, no one will really care where a word comes from because it makes
little difference in using them in our dally life. Did you ever feel confused about why
hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham?
About a hundred years ago, some men went to American from Europe, coming
from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They didn't know how to use English
properly. Seen them eating round pieces of beef and asked what it was, the Germans
didn't understand the questions exactly, they answered: “we come from Hamburg.
“One of the Americans was an owner of a restaurant and got an idea. He cooked
some round pieces of bread with beef and began selling them. Such bread came to
be called “hamburgers”. Today, hamburgers are welcomed by lots of people coming
from different nationalities.
36. According to the text, English is __C_____.
A) older than Chinese
B) as old as Chinese
C) not so old as Chinese
D) very hard to learn
37. Hamburg originally is _____C___.
A) a kind of food
B) a round piece of beef
C) a city in Germany
D) the name of a village
38. Which statement is correct according to the passage.'?D
A) At first hamburgers was a kind of bread.
B) Few Americans like hamburgers.
C) Hamburgers are made of ham.
D) Hamburgers were first sold a century ago.
39. ___A____ begin to sell hamburgers to people.
A) Americans
B) The author
C) Germans
D) Europeans