英语考试B级真题及答案x

2009年12月英语三级考试B级真题及答案
SectionA
Directions:
Thereare10
incompletestatementshere。
You
arereq
uiredto
complete
each
statement
bychoosing
theappropriateanswer
fromthe4choicesmarked
A),
B),C)
andD).
You
shouldmarkthecor
respondingletterontheAnswerSheet
with
asinglelinethrough
thecen
ter.
16.Howmuch
doesit________to
takethe
onlinetraining
cour??
A)cost
B)
give
C)pay
D)
spend?
17。Ifyou
need
moreinformation,
pleacontact
us________telephone
or
em
ail。
?
A)in
B)
by
C)
on
D)for?
18。Mr。
Smith
udto
smoke________
buthehas
givenituprecently。
A)immediately
B)
roughly
C)
heavily
D)complet
ely
19.Hewasspeaking
sofast________we
could
hardlyfollow
him.
A)what
B)as
C)but
D)that
20.
Pleacallme
back________you
ethis
message.?
A)
as
wellas
B)aarlyas
C)asfaras
D)
assoonas?
21.
We
haven’tneoughrooms
for
everyone,sosomeofyouwill
haveto
_______
_aroom.
A)share
B)stay
C)spare
D)live?
22。Befo
re________forthe
job,youwillbe
requiredto
takealanguagetest。
A)
apply
B)applying
C)applied
D)
to
apply
23。
Ifyou,you'llhave
to________thisform
first。
?
A)
putu
p
B)try
out
C)
fillin
D)tup
24.________therainstopsbefore12o’clock,wewillhavetocancelthe
game.?
A)As
B)
Since
C)While
D)Unl
ess?
25.
As
theprice
of
oil
keeps________,people
have
topay
morefordrivingacar.
A)togoup
B)goingup
C)gone
up
D)goup
SectionB?
Directions:Therearealso
10
incomplete
statements
here.Youshouldfill
ineach
blankwiththeproperformof
thewordgivenin
brackets。Write
the
word
or
words
inthecorresponding
space
on
the
AnswerSheet。2
?6。Whata
(wonder)________
party
it
was!
Iofit.
27。The
filmturned
outtobe
(successful)
________thanwehad
expected.?
28.
Readersare
not
allowed(bring)
________foodand
drinksintothe
Library
atany
time。?
29.Themanagerhaspromidtha
tshe
will
dealwiththematter
(immediate)________。
30.Wearelookingforwardto(work)________
with
you
in
the
future。
31。Todayemail
has
becomeanimportantmeansof
(communicat
e)________
in
dailylife。
32。The
visitors
were
(disappoint)________tofindthemu
umclodwhentheyrushedthere.
33。Becauofthe(improve)________intheroadconditions,
accidentsrecently.
34.Whenyouarrivetomorrow,mycretary(meet)________youatth
eairport.
35.Johnhasworkedasasalesmanagersincehe(join)________thi
companyin2002.
PartIIIReading
Comprehension(40
minutes)
Directions:
This
partisto
test
yourreading
ability.Thereare5
tasksforyou
to
fulfill。Youshouldreadthe
readingmaterials
carefully
and
dothetasksasyouare
instructed.
Task1
Directions:After
readingthe
following
passage,you
willfind5
questions
orunfinished
statements,numbered36
to
40.
Foreach
question
or
statementthereare4choicesmarkedA),B),C)and
D)。Youshouldma
ke
the
correctchoiceandmarkthecorresponding
letteronthe
AnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthe
center。
Thank
youforyour
interestinCalibreCastte(盒式录音带)library。Th
islettertells
you
about
ourrvice.With
itweare
ndingyouan
application
form,sothatyou
canjoinif
youwould
liketo
tryit。?
Calibre
library
aimstoprovide
thepleasure
ofreadingto
anyone
whocannotread
ordinaryprintbooks
becau
of
sightproblems。W
ecurrentlyhave
over7,000
booksavailable
forreading
forpleasure,includ
ing1,000
specially
for
children。Allour
booksare
recorded
cover—to—coveronordinary
casttesandcan
be
playedonanycas
tteplayer.Theyarent
and
returnedbypost,freeofcharge。?
Whenwe
receiveyour
application,wewill
ndyoua
bookandaninformationtape。
Theywillexplainhow
tou
thervice.
Theeasy
waytouCalibreli
brary
isto
tellus
whatsorts
ofbooks
you
like,andwewillkeep
yousuppliedwith
bookswe
think
you
will
enjoy.Or
youcan
ndusalistofbooks
youwouldliketoread,and
wewill
thens
endyoubooks
from
thislistwheneverpossible.Inthatcayouwill
needtou
ourwebsite,orbuyoneormoreofour
catalogues
(目录)。
36.Accordingtothefirst
paragraph,thelibraryndstheapplica
tionformtothereaders
sothatthey
can________.?
A)read
ordinarybooks
B)ordercastteplayers
C)
buy
Calibre
casttes
D)uthelibraryrvice?
37。Calibre
library
providesrvicemainlyfor
peoplewho
sufferfrom
________。?
A)
hearingdifficulties
B)mental
illness?
C)sightproblems
D)hearttroubles
38?.
Therviceofs
endingandreturning
booksbypost
is
________.
A)
notavailabletochildren
B)paidby
theurs?
C)freeofc
harge
D)not
provided
39.
The
easywaytouthe
library
rviceis
to____
____。?
A)inform
thelibraryofyour
nameand
address
B)tellthe
librarythesortsof
booksyoulike?
C)
buythecatalogues
of
thelibrary
D)ask
thelibraryto
buythebooks?
40.Themainpurpoofthis
letteristo________。?
A)introducethelibrary’srvicetoread
ers
B)recommendnew
bookstothereaders?
C)
ndafewc
ataloguestoreaders
D)expressthankstothereaders?
Task2
Directions:Thistaskisthe
sameasTask
1。The5questionsorunfinishedstat
ementsare
numbered
41to45.
Peopleinsomecountriescannot
utheirnativelanguageforWe
baddress。
NeithercanChinespeakers,who
havetorelyon
pinyin。But
last
Friday,
ICANN,
theWeb’sgoverningbody,approved
theuofup
to16languagesforthenewsystem。Morewill
followinthe
comingyears。?
The
Internetis
abouttostartusingthe16
languages
oftheworld.People
willsoonbe
able
to
uaddress
incharacters
(字符)other
than
thoof
theRoman
alphabet(字母表).The
chan
gewillalsoallow
thesuffix
(后缀)tobeexpresdin16otheralphabets,
i
ncludingtraditionalandsimplifiedChinecharacters.
Buttherearestillsomeproplemstoworkout。Expertshavediscusdwha
ttodowithcharactersthathaveveraldifferentmeanings.Thisispart
icularlytrue

ofChine。
Mostexpertsdoubtthechangewillhaveamajoreffectonhowthe
Internetisud.“Therewillbesomecompetitionbetweencompani
estoobtainpopularwordsforaddress。”
41。ForWebaddress,Chinespeakersnowhavetou
________.?A)pinyinB)signsC)numbersD)characters
42。Theapprovaloftheuof16languagesbyICANNwillallo
wwebursto________。
A)changetheiremailaddressB)emailtheirmessages
incharacters?C)havethechancetolearnotherlanguagesD)u
addressintheirownlanguage?43。Thenewsystemwillallowth
suffixofaWebaddresstobeexpresdby________。
A)
anynativelanguage
B)figures
and
numbers?
C)Chinecharacters
D)symbolsandsigns
?
44。W
hichof
the
followingisoneofthe
problemsinusing
the
newsyst
em??
A)Certaincharactershaveveral
differentmeanings。
B)Chineisatrulydifficult
languagetolearn。
C)Peoplefinditdifficulttotypetheiraddressin
characters.
D)
Someexpertsthinkit
isimpossibletouChinechar
acters.45
?。Manyexpertsdonotbelievethat________.?
A)there
arestill
some
proplemstoworkout?
B)therewill
be
competition
togetpopular
address
)companiesarewillingtochangetheirwebaddress
D)thechangewillaffecttheuoftheInternetgreatly
Task3?Directions:Thefollowingisanadvertiment.Afterreadingit,you
shouldcompletetheinformationbyfillingintheblanksmarked46to
50(innomorethan3words)inthetablebelow.
HardWork,GoodMoney?Weneed:
Staff(员工)toworkinabusyoperationscenter。?Youtobew
rkinginHangzhou.Weare:
ArapidlyexpandinginternationalITcompany。
Bad

in

the

UKandUSA,

with

500employeesworldwi

de

.

?
Wewantto:
Recruit(招聘)staffforourofficeinHangzhou。
Recruit30staffmembersinthefirstyear。?Youshouldbe:
Chine;?Acollegegraduate,majoringinComputerScience;?Flexib
le,efficient,active;
WillingtoworkinHangzhou;?Abletoworkunusualhours,e.g.7
p。m。to3a.m。?Youshouldhave:
GoodbasicEnglishlanguageskills,holdingLevel—ACertificate
ofPractical?EnglishTestforColleges(PRETCO)。
Keyboardskills.?Waytocontactus:?0571—88044066?For
moredetailsaboutthejob,pleavisitourwebsite:www.aaaltd。cn.?
JobAdvertiment
Recruitment:stafftoworkinanoperationscenter
Workplace:

-46-
Qualifications(资格):

?

Education:

college

graduatemajoringin

—47
-
Foreignlanguage:English,withLevel—ACertificateofPRETCO
onalqualities:flexible,—48—,active
Workinghours:—49-,e。g。7p。m。to3a.m。?Way

?Pers
toget
detailsaboutthejob:visitthewebsite:-50—
Task4?Directions:Thefollowingisalist

oftermsrelated
oemployment。Afterreadingit,youarerequiredtofindtheitems
equivalentto(与等同)thogiven
in
Chine
inthetablebelow。
The
nyoushouldputthe
correspondinglettersinthebrackets
onthe
An
swerSheet,numbered
51through55.
A——-————---——---annual
bonus
B
——---—-———--———b
asicsalaryC—--—--—--—--———
benefit
D
—--—-——-———--—-
commission
E-——-——-———--———
head
hunter
F—-—-—-——-—-—-——health
insurance?
G—---—--—-————-—
housingfund
H—-———--———————-
job
center
I
————-————-——-——
jobfair
J-—————-———-———-
joboffer
K
--———-—-—--——-—labor
marketL-——-—-——-——————
laborcontract
M——-—-—-——--—---

minimum

wage

N—-————--———-
—-—retirementinsurance
O——-—————--—————trialperiod
P--——————-——-———unemploymentinsurance
-————welfare?Examples:(A)年关奖(O)试用期51

Q————---—--
?。()招聘
会( )最低薪水?52.()劳动合同( )福利
53。()养老保险
()住所基金
54。()猎头
( )
基本薪水
55。()劳务市场
( )失业保险
?
答案:51。
I,M52.
L,Q53.N,G54。
E,B55。K,
P?
Task5?
Directions:
Herearetwoletters.Afterread
ingthem,you
arerequired
to
complete
theanswersthatfo
llowthequestions
(No.56toNo。60)。Youshouldwriteyouranswers
(innomorethan3
words)on
theAnswerSheetcorrespondingly.
Letter1
December
1,
2009
DearMr。JohnCampbell,
WehavereceivedyourletterofNovember
20,2009aboutyourlatest
modelofmountain
bikes,in
whichweareverymuch
interested。We
believethatthey
will
llwellhereintheU。S。A。Pleandusfur
therdetailsofyourprices
and
terms
ofsales.Your
favorable
quotation(报价)
will
beappreciated.Welookforward
to
hearingfrom
yousoon。?
Yours
sincerely,
Robert
Loftus?Marketing
Manager?
Letter
2
?
December4,
2009?DearMr。RobertLoftus,?Thankyouforyour
letterofDecem
ber1stinquiringaboutourlatestmodelofmountainbikes.Wearep<