2023年大学三级B模拟考试.doc

Practical English Test for Colleges
Level B
Test Two
part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (15 minutes)
Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections.
Section A
Directions: This section is to test your ability to give proper responses. There are 5 recorded questions in it. After each question, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. A. That's OK. B. I'm sorry. C. Impossible. D. Wonderful.
2. A. He came to our company last year. B. I think he is a nice person.
C. He was in London 5 years ago. D. I have met him somewhere before.

3. A. It doesn't matter. B. Yes, it is.
C. No, it isn't. D. So do I.
4. A. About 50 pages. B. It is very long.
C. About two hours. D. It is two hours.
5. A. About 15 minutes. B. On the fight side.
C. About two kilometers. D. The National Park.
Section B
Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
6. A. Jack can't answer the call. B. The man has misdialed.
C. The woman doesn't like Jack. D. Jack has got the wrong number.
7. A. Because he was naughty. B. Because he asked for it.
C. Because he finished his homework. D. Because he didn't finish his homework.
8. A. Father and daughter. B. Waiter and customer.
C. Teacher and student. D. Doctor and patient.
9. A. In a hotel. B. In a bank.
C. At a meeting. D. At a post office.
10. A. A party she attended. B. The place she wanted to go.
C. The restaurant she ate in. D. A trip she took.
Section C
Directions: In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. The passage is printed in the test paper, but with some words or phrases missing. The passage will be read three times. During the second reading, you are required to put the missing words or phrases on the Answer Sheet in order of the numbered blanks according to what you hear. The third reading is for you to check your writing. Now the passage will begin.
Reading is pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like sport: your eagerness and (11) and quickness make you a good reader. Reading is (12) , not because the writer is telling you some- thing, but because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works (13) the author's or even goes beyond his. Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas (14) as you understand his. As a result of reading, you will become better, (15) kinder or more gentle.
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary ＆ 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: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences here. You are required to complete each statement by choosing the appropriate answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
16. The building was named ______ the hero who once worked in it.
A. after B. with C. by D. from
17. The medical team consists of at first 10, ______ of 15 members.
A. late B. lately C. later D. latter
18. Where could she ______ the key? I couldn't find anywhere.
A. put B. have put C. has put D. had put
19. How many computers will the factory ______ this year?
A. turn up B. turn out C. turn on D. turn over
20. Would you please ______ me of that important appointment with Jane this Sunday?
A. remind B. remember C. warn D. inform
21. I hope they ______ this road by the time we come back next summer.
A. have repaired B. will repair C. are to repair D. will have repaired
22. In that country, the cost of living ______ quickly after the war broke out.
A. raced B. raised C. arose D. rose
23. It's because he helped you ______ I'm ready to help him.
A. why B. since C. so D. that
24. I would rather you ______ them to those who appreciate them.
A. give B. gave C. will give D. have given
25. The boring book ______ I've completely forgotten cost me 18 dollars.
A. what name B. the name of that
C. that name D. the name of which
Section B
Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences 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. ______ (not prepare) tomorrow's lessons, I have no time to chat with you.
27. His ______ (fail) to answer the teacher's question made his face red for shyness.
28. You should hire a(n) ______ (efficient) manager than the one you currently have.
29. I came to a ______ (conclude) that the housewife was lazy.
30. To my ______ (amaze), the parrot can imitate a dog's barking.
31. Of the two colors, I'd prefer blue ______ (well).
32. There has been a large ______ (grow) of light industry during these years.
33. I saw the man ______ (knock) down by a car in the street.
34. Don't you think their price ______ (reason)?
35. Living in the country is less ______ (expense) than living in the city.
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading materials 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 to 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Electronic pets are sweeping China's large cities as they have elsewhere in Asia, as increasing numbers of young people go crazy about the imitation chickens, dogs and dinosaurs (恐龙).
The electronic pets, about the size of a watch, have the same qualifies as living animals. They eat, sleep and they can feel happy, angry and sad. When they are hungry, they call their owners to feed them. If the owners do not respond quickly, they get angry and refuse to eat. If the owners continuously neglect them, they refuse to eat and play with their owners until they die.
These chickens, dogs and dinosaurs are happy when their owners stop working to play games with them or feed them snacks. However, if they are fed too many snacks, they will get fat and sick.
By raising an electronic dog, animal lovers can be somewhat satisfied. However, as with real pets, not everyone loves these electronic animals.
Invented in Japan, electronic pets are gaining great popularity in Asian countries.
36. This passage is mainly about ______.
A. the qualities of electronic animals B. the intelligence of electronic animals
C. the value of electronic animals to its owners D. the popularity of electronic animals in Asia
37. Electronic animals are very popular in China's large cities because ______.
A. it is small in size and easy to take care of B. it can eat and feel like real animals
C. it can in a way satisfy animal lovers D. it is invented in Japan
38. It is indicated in the passage that electronic animals have ______.
A. the same growth rate as living animals B. the same life habit as living animals
C. the same food habit as living animals D. the same appearances as living animals
39. Electronic animals are different from living animals in that ______.
A. they enjoy the company of their owners
B. they like eating snacks and play games
C. they have some simple intelligence of human beings
D. they do not like to be left alone at home
40. The electronic animal would die when ______.
A. it gets angry and refuses to be fed B. it is continuously neglected by its owners
C. it is fed too many snacks D. its owner refuses to play games with it
Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 to 45.
Peter Fern was mad on mountains. Climbing was the love of his life. Church towers, seaside cliffs, rock faces, ice mountains, anything-- "if it's there" he used to say, "then I want to climb it." So the news of his marriage gave me a surprise. I'd never known him to take much interest in girls. Well, well, Peter Fern a married man. I couldn't get over it. I wondered whether his wife would try to stop some of his risky adventures. She was French perhaps--from that place where he usually spent his holidays. Chamonixm, wasn't it?
From Chamonix he's climbed Mont Blanc on his 17th birthday, and one of the Aifuilles the day after. That was it, then: she was French from a family, most of whom like climbing. No doubt. No other explanation.
A month later I met them both in town. Anna surprised me because she was English. She was a dancer in the theatre. "Never climbed more than 60 steps in my life." She told me. "Peter has his interests, and I've got mine. No problems." "No problems." "None at all," Peter said, smiling. "Where did you spend your honeymoon?" "I flew to New York to see the Drake Dancers on Broadway. A wonderful show." Peter said, "I didn't want to miss the good weather. So I went to Switzerland and climbed the north face of the Eiger with Allen Dunlop. Great fun, the Eiger. Grand place a honeymoon. I'll show you the photographs we took one day."
41. "Peter was mad on mountains." means ______.
A. he enjoyed to climb mountains B. he was angry on mountains
C. he lost his senses on mountains D. he enjoyed climbing mountains very much
42. "The risky adventures" means ______.
A. expensive adventures B. dangerous adventures
C. terrible adventures D. unkind adventures
43. According to the passage, after Peter's marriage ______.
A. he would stop mountain climbing because his wife didn't like it
B. his wife would stop him from mountain climbing
C. he himself would give up his love
D. Peter would continue to keep his love and so he did
44. The writer had thought the only mason why Fern was married was that the girl ______.
A. might be French living near the mountain, and from a mountaineer family
B. would not stop his climbing
C. perhaps came from French
D. might live near the mountain
45. Peter and Anna's marriage is probably ______.
A. a failure because neither of them likes the other's love
B. happy because each of them respects the other's love
C. painful because either of them would do one's own thing
D. a mistake because either of them wouldn't care the other's love
Task 3
Directions: The following is an advertisement. After reading it, you should complete the information by filling in the blanks marked 46 to 50 in not more than 3 words in the table below.
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Task 4
Directions: The following is a list of computer. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to (和……等同) those given in Chinese in the list below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in brackets on the Answer Sheet, numbered 51 to 55.
A.-- computer language
B.-- integrated circuit
C.-- symbolic language

D.-- digital computer
E.-- microcomputer
F.-- data processing
G.-- monitor
H.-- to update
I.-- compact disc
J.-- magnetic storage
K.-- printed circuit
L.-- printout
M.-- online processing
N.-- terminal unit
O.-- keyboard
P.-- machine language
Q.-- flow chart
R.-- input
S.-- time sharing
51．( )符号语言 ( )更新
52．( )打印输出 ( )集成电路
53．( )数字计算机 ( )键盘
54．( )数据处理 ( )输入
55．( )显示屏 ( )磁盘寄存器
Task 5
Directions: Read the following advertisement carefully. After r