2015年公共英語(yǔ)三級(jí)(pets3)考前強(qiáng)化試題2

　　Part B

　　You are going to hear four conversations. Before listening to each conversation, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. After listening, you will have time to answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear each conversation ONLY ONCE. Mark your answers in your test booklet.

　　Questions 11—13 are based on a lecture about education in America.

　　11. What controls the public schools of the United States?

　　[A] the national government

　　[B] the church authorities

　　[C] the local communities

　　[D] the state laws

　　12. How many percentage did the American young people graduate from high school by 1970?

　　[A] forty percent

　　[B] forty five percent

　　[C] seventy percent

　　[D] seventy five percent

　　13. Why is education made various in form in the United States?

　　[A] Because students vary in needs.

　　[B] Because schools offer different subjects.

　　[C] Because teaching methods vary greatly.

　　[D] Because there are different aids at school.

　　Questions 14—17 are based on a conversation you are going to hear.

　　14. Why did the man decide to go to the library?

　　[A] One of his classes finished early.

　　[B] He wanted to get some studying done.

　　[C] The library had a special display on the Industrial Revolution.

　　[D] His books were ten days overdue.

　　15. After getting the books, what did the man do?

　　[A] checked them out

　　[B] took notes on them

　　[C] returned them to the shelves

　　[D] put them in his book bag

　　16. According to the man, what happens to all the books in the library?

　　[A] They are marked with colored labels.

　　[B] They are specially coded.

　　[C] They are checked out.

　　[D] They are inspected by the guard.

　　17. According to the man, what does the librarian behind the desk do?

　　[A] copies down the name and the address of each borrower

　　[B] checks all books for missing pages

　　[C] demagnetizes the books as they are checked out

　　[D] helps students use the card catalog

　　Questions 18—21 are based on a conversation you are going to hear.

　　18. What does the man need to do at the travel agency?

　　[A] purchase her plane ticket

　　[B] change her plane ticket

　　[C] pick up a passport application form

　　[D] arrange for her accomodations in Europe

　　19. Why doesn't the woman want to give up her apartment entirely?

　　[A] She doesn't have time to move.

　　[B] She would have difficulty finding another apartment.

　　[C] She's paid her rent for the summer in advance.

　　[D] She doesn't want to paint another apartment.

　　20. How long would the women be in Europe?

　　[A] three weeks

　　[B] one month

　　[C] three month

　　[D] over a year

　　21. What will the woman most likely do about her apartment?

　　[A] leave it vacant

　　[B] rent it to the man she's talking with

　　[C] sublet it to Jim Thomas

　　[D] ask her landlord to sublet it

　　Questions 22—25 are based on a conversation you are going to hear .

　　22. Where does this conversation take place?

　　[A] at a hotel

　　[B] at a motel

　　[C] at a restaurant

　　[D] at a shopping centre

　　23. Why can the man and his family stay at this motel?

　　[A] They have a reservation.

　　[B] The motel has several vacancies.

　　[C] They are friends of the owner.

　　[D] Someone else cancelled a reservation.

　　24. When does the motel want its guests to pay?

　　[A] before they arrive

　　[B] while they register

　　[C] when they reserve a room

　　[D] just before their departure

　　25. What is the reason for the motel's policy on payments?

　　[A] Some guests may not be honest.

　　[B] The policy is required by law.

　　[C] No.61 is a luxury unit.

　　[D] The owners are simply greedy.

　　Part B

　　11—13 [C][D][A]

　　本段是由一名教授作的講座。講座介紹了美國(guó)的教育情況。第一段主要講美國(guó)民眾特別重視教育。第二段講美國(guó)的教育其實(shí)受當(dāng)?shù)厣鐓^(qū)的控制。第三段講了高中生的畢業(yè)率和上大學(xué)的升學(xué)率以及學(xué)校教育出現(xiàn)不同形式的原因。

　　問題的答案可從下面三句話中得出：“The public schools of the United States are not controlled by the national government nor by church authorities but by the local communities themselves. ” “75% were graduating from high school. ”

　　“Education is made various in form, to meet the students' various needs.”

　　14—17 [A][D][B][C]

　　根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容，本段對(duì)話的第一道問題可由下面這句話得出答案：“Dr. Brown's class finished ten minutes early, so I went to the library between classes. ”

　　“So I put them (books) in my book bag. ”告訴了我們第二道題的答案。

　　第三、四道題的答案分別可從下面這兩句話得出：“The books in the library are all magnetically coded”和“The librarian behind the desk demagnetizes them.

　　18—21 [A][B][A][C]

　　本段對(duì)話的主要內(nèi)容是：第一說(shuō)話人問及第二說(shuō)話人去歐洲的事。三星期之后，第二說(shuō)話人將去歐洲旅行。在她臨走之前，她要去續(xù)護(hù)照，去旅行社買飛機(jī)票，以及處理好她的公寓。她不想退掉房子，因?yàn)樵僮庖惶椎脑挷蝗菀?，但是她也不想讓房子空著，白交三星期房租。第一說(shuō)話人于是把他的朋友介紹給她，說(shuō)他朋友可以向她轉(zhuǎn)租房子。

　　以上四道題的答案均可從主要內(nèi)容中得出。

　　22—25 [B][D][B][A]

　　這是在一個(gè)汽車旅館發(fā)生的對(duì)話。從談話中得知汽車旅館本來(lái)很擠，不事先約定是住不上的。幸好有人臨時(shí)退房，所以對(duì)話人之一得以住進(jìn)去。在登記時(shí)就得交租金，這是旅店的規(guī)矩，其原因沒有在文中明說(shuō)，但可以通過(guò)排除法把其他三個(gè)備選答案排除掉，只有A 最合適。