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2016
年
9
月公共英语三级考试真题
SECTION
I Listening
( 25 minutes)
Directions
：
This
section
is
designed
to
lest
your
ability
to
understand
spoken
will
hear a se-
lection of recorded materials and you must answer
the questions that
accompany are two
parts in this section
，
Part A
and Part B.
Remember
，
while
you are doing the test
，
you
should first put down your answers in
your test the end of the listening
section
，
you will have 3
minutes to
transfer all your answers
from your test booklet to your ANSWER SHEET.
If you have any
questions
，
you may raise your
hand no was you will not be allowed
to
speak once the test has started.
Now
look at PartAin your test booklet.
Part
A
Directions
：
You wll hear 10 short each
dialogue
，
there is one
question and four
possible
the
correct
answe
r
—
A
，
B<
/p>
，
CorD
，
a
nd
mark
it
in
your
test
booklet
You
will
have
15
seconds
to
answer
the
question
and
you
wil
hear
each
dialogue
only
once.
is George now?
[A] In America. [B] Here.
[C] In France [D] At home.
does this conversation probably take place?
[A] At a laundry. [B] At a supermarket.
[C] At a cafeteria. [D] At a movie
theatre.
does the man say about Tom?
[A] He has lost
many of his paint gs.
[B] He has become
a good person.
[C] His fortune has been
good recently.
[D] He doesn't make good
painting any longer.
is the woman
going to do?
[A] To go to another
store.
[B] To go to the second floor
for the coat.
[C] To buy herself a new
coat.
[D] To go up to the third floor
for the coat.
does the woman think of
the man's value?
[A] Modern. [B]
Traditional
[C] Old-fashioned [D]
Friendly.
does the woman want to keep
the skirt?
[A] It fits her. [B] She
likes it.
[C] It is a gift from the man
[D] It is cheap.
does the woman mean?
[A] The fresh air in the country is
helpful to health.
[B] People can only
feel relaxed when in the country.
[C]
She has no time to goto the country.
[D] She is not willing to spend the
weekend in the country.
does the woman
suggest Jerry do?
[A] Find another
place to live.
[B] Sell his apartment
to someone else.
[C] Start looking for
someplace to live near the campus.
[D] Comeback to the campus.
did the man wakeup late this mom ing?
[A] Because he twisted his ankle the
night before.
[B] Because the battery
in his alarm clock had run out of electricity.
[C] Because his mother forgot to wake
him up.
[D] Because he didn'the ar the
a lamm clock.
can we say about the
man?
[A] It is the first time he has
been in China.
[B] He likes China very
much.
[C] Hc used to be a teacher in
China.
[D] He is a youngman.
Part B
Directions
：
You
will
hear
four
dialogues
or
listening
to
each
one
，
you
will
have 5 seconds to read
each of the questions which accompany
listening
，
answer
each question by choosing A
，
B
，
listening
，
you will have IO
seconds
to
check
your
answer
to
each
will
hear
the
recording
only
once.
Questions 11-13
are based on the
follow ig
passage about the
transportation in the
future.
will be used to
power cars in the next few decades?
[A]
Gas. [B] Electricity.
[C] Solar energy.
[D] Alcohol.
will future news reports
focus on when talking about transportation?
[A] Road conditions. [B] Highway
traffic.
[C] Air traffic conditions.
[D] New traf fc rules.
will passengers be asked to do when
they travel to the moon?
[A] Carry
little luggage.
[B] Go through a
healthcheck.
[C] Arrive 10 minutes
earlier for boarding.
[D] Undergo
security check.
Questions 14-17 are
based on the following dialogue.
is
the main purpose of the man'strip?
[A]
To improve his skating techniques.
[B]
To climb mountains.
[C] To take a
vacation.
[D] To learn to ski.
does the woman know so much about
Albuquerque?
[A Because her sister
lives there.
[B] Because she attends
college there.
[C] Because she lives
thirty miles from there.
[D] Because
she had the vacation there last year.
may cause most problems in
Albuquerque
，
in the woman's
opinion?
[A] The cold weather. [B] The
low humidity
[C] The high altitude. [D]
The changing climate.
can be inferred
about the man from the conversation?
[A] He has ever been to Albuquerque
before.
[B] He has just graduated from
college.
[C] He is going to New Mexico.
[D] He loves chess.
Questions
18-21
are
based
on
the
following
dialogue
between
a
doctor
and
his
patient.
's
wrong with the woman?
[A] She has n't
recovered from her illness.
[B] She
can't have a good sleep.
[C] She has a
headache.
[D] She can't understand the
doctor.
advice did the doctor give the
woman?
[A] To take as many tablets as
possible.
[B] To rest as much as
possible.
[C] To do as much housework
as possible
[D] To lie in bed until she
feels better.
made it difficult for
the woman to follow the man's advice?
[A] She didn't want to lose her job
[B] She had to do housework
[C] She had to look after her children.
[D] Both Band C.
what tone
does the man talk to the woman?
[A]
Sympathetic. [B] Scom ful.
[C] Cold [D]
Firm
Questions 22-25 are based on the
following passage about prisoners and prisons in
Britain.
Britain
，
if
a
man
commits
some
crime
，
what
punishment
will
he
probably
get?
[A] He will be hanged
[B] He
will be fined heavily.
[C] He will be sent to an open prison.
[D] He wil be ordered to do some
community work
do we know about women
prisoners in Britain?
[A] Most of the
mar every young.
[B] They are kept in
closed prisons.
[C] Theydon't have
freedom in prison
[D] They area small
portion of the prison population
what
way are open prisons different from closed
prisons?
[A] They have a longer history
[B] All of their prisoners are expected
to work
[C] Their prisoners can visit
their families and friends.
[D] Some of
their prisoners are allowed to study or work
outside prisons.
dowel eam about
prisoners in Britain from the passage?
[A] They live a comfortable life in
prisons.
[B] Most of them get paid for
their work
[C] They have to cook their
own meals.
[D] They are locked up most
of the t me.
You now have 3 minutes to
transfer all your answers from your test booklet
to your
ANSWER SHEET.
That
is the end of listening section.
SECTION
Ⅱ
Reading
( 50 minutes)
Part A
Directions
：
Read the
following two the questions on each text by
choosing A
，
B
，
your answers
on your ANSWER SHEET.
Text 1
Late last year
，
I
needed to transport some furniture from our house
in Sussex to
myson's flat in central
London
，
I should have paid a
man to do it for me
，
but
foolishly confident in my driving abi
ity
，
I decided to hire a van
and drive it
was
a
Ford
Transit
280
，
long
and
wide
；
you
couldn't
see
out
of
the
never really knew how close you were to
anything else on the road.
Reversing
in
my
home
yard
，
l
crashed
into
a
small
shed
，
causing
permanent
least
I owned the shed.
I loaded up the
fumiture and set now it was rush nerves broke
down
，
as l
steered the huge van through ever-shifting
lanes
，
across oncoming
vehicles
，
between
distances ofbuses
，
at last
to Charlotte Street.
Here
，
I found an
available parking I reversed into
it
，
I noticed three
people at a pavement cafe waving to
me.I got out
，
trembling
violently
，
like one
who
has
just
endured
a
stormy
Atlantic
crossing.
“
You've
shifted
the
car
parked
behind
you
three
feet
，
”
they
said
，
and
it
belonged
to
a
disabled
person.I
examined
the
were white scratches
along is front bore a disabled
，
now I was a bad
driver and a the stem gaze of the
three
，
I left an
apologetic note on the damaged car's
windscreen
，
giving my phone
number.
I unloaded the
fumiture
，
dripping with g
only to escape the monster
，
I
drove
the
van
back
to
its
base
on
the
Edgware
arrival
，
the
hire
man
told
me I must fill it up with petrol before
retuming it.
“
Just charge
me
，
”
I
cried
，
sill
shaking with gazed at me with doubt he'd
witnessed
others
in this
state before.
“
How about
I drive
you to a
petrol station
，
you
fill
up
，
and I drive
her back?
”
he asked.
He danced the great van through the
traffic so casually that it would have shamed
me if I had not been so grateful.
writer felt regretful that he
had________.
[A] hired someone to drive
for him [B] asked his son to do the delivery
[C] rented a small van for his goods
[D] delivered the furniture himself
his way to Charlotte Street
，
the writer felt________.
[A] frightened
[B] annoyed [C] relaxed [D] excited