英语三级考试真题:2004年11月真题(2)
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Part I  Reading Comprehension  (30%) 
Directions:  There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 
Passage 1 
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: 
(76)The agriculture revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things: the invention of labor1-saving machinery2 and the development of scientific agriculture. Labor-saving  machinery naturally appeared first where labor was scarce. "In Europe", said Thomas Jefferson, "the object is to make the most of their land, labor being sufficient; here it is to make the most of our labor, land being abundant". It was in America, therefore, that the great advances in nineteenth-century agricultural machinery first came. At the opening of the century, with the exception of a crude(粗糙的) plow3, farmers could have carried practically all of the existing agricultural tools on their backs. (77)By 1860,most of the machinery in use today had been designed in an early form. The most important of the early inventions was the iron plow. As early as 1890 Charles Newbolt of New Jersey4 had been working on the idea of a cast-iron plow and spent his entire fortune in introducing his invention. The farmers, however, would home none of it, claiming that the iron poisoned the soil and made the weeds grow. Nevertheless, many people devoted5 their attention to the plow, until in 1869, James Oliver of South Bend, 
Indiana, turned out the first chilled-steel plow. 
1. The word "here" (Para. 1, Line 6) refers to__________. 
A. Europe                 B. America 
C. New Jersey              D. Indiana 
2. Which of the following statement is NOT true? 
A. The need for labor helped the invention of machinery in America. 
B. The farmer rejected Charles Newbolt's plow for fear of ruin of their fields. 
C. Both Europe and America had great need for farm machinery. 
D. It was in Indiana that the first chilled-steel plow was produced. 
3. The passage is mainly about__________. 
A. the agriculture revolution 
B. the invention of labor-saving machinery 
C. the development of scientific agriculture 
D. the farming machinery in America 
4. At the opening of the nineteenth-century, farmers in America__________. 
A. preferred light tools 
B. were extremely self-reliant (自给的) 
C. had many tools 
D. had very few tools 
5. It is implied but not stated in the passage that __________. 
A. there was a shortage6 of workers on American farms 
B. the most important of the early invention was the iron plow 
C. after 1869, many people devoted their attention to the plow 
D. Charles Newbolt had made a fortune by his cast-iron plow 
Passage 2 
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage: 
By adopting a few simple techniques, parents who read to their children can greatly increase their children's language development. It is surprising but true. (78) How parents talk to their children makes a big difference in the children's language development. If a parent encourages the child to actively7 respond to what the parent is reading, the child's language skills increase. 
A study was done with 30 three-year-old children and their parents. Half of the children participated in the experimental study; the other half acted as the control group. In the experimental group, the parents were given a two-hour training session in which they were taught to ask open-ended questions rather than yes-or-no questions. For example, the parent should ask, "What is the doggie doing?" rather than "Is the doggie running away?" (79) The parents in the experimental group were also instructed in how to help children find answers, how to suggest alternative possibilities and how to praise correct answers. 
At the beginning of the study, the children did not differ in measures of language development, but at the end of one month, the children in the experimental group showed 5.5 months ahead of the control group on a test of verbal8 expression and vocabulary. Nine months later, the children in the experimental group still showed an advance of 6 months over the children in the control group. 
6. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? 
A. Children who talk a lot are more intelligent. 
B. Parents who listen to their children can teach them more. 
C. Active children should read more and be given more attention. 
D. Verbal ability can easily be developed with proper methods. 
7. What does "it" in line 2 can most probably be replaced by? 
A. Parents increasing children's language development 
B. Reading techniques being simple 
C. Parents reading to children 
D. Children's intelligence development 
8. According to the author, which of the following questions is the best type to ask children about? 
A. Do you see the elephant?     B. Is the elephant in the cage? 
C. What animals do you like?    D. Shall we go to the zoo? 
9. The difference between the control group and the experimental group was __________. 
A. the training that parents received 
B. the age of the children 
C. tile9 books that were read 
D. the number of the children 
10. The best conclusion we can draw from the passage is that __________. 
A. parents should be trained to read to their children 
B. the more children read, the more intelligent they will become 
C. children's language skills increase when they are required to respond actively 
D. children who read actively seem six months older  #p#

Passage 3 
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage: 
In the United States, 30 percent of the adult population has a "weight problem". To many people, the cause is obvious: they eat too much. But scientific evidence does little to support this idea. Going back to the America of the 1910s, we find that people were thinner than today, yet they ate more food. In those days people worked harder physically10, walked more, used machines much less and didn't watch television. 
Several modem11 studies, moreover, have shown that fatter people do not eat more on the average than thinner people. In fact, some investigations12, such as the 1979 study of 3, 545 London office workers, report that, on balance, fat people eat less than slimmer people. 
Studies show that slim people are more active than fat people. A study by a research group at Stanford University School of Medicine found the following interesting facts: 
The more the men ran, the more body fat they lost. 
The more they ran, the greater amount of food they ate. 
(80) Thus, those who ran the most ate the most, yet lost the greatest amount of body fat. 
11. The physical problem that many adult Americans have is that__________. 
A. they are too slim         B. they work too hard 
C. they are too fat           D. they lose too much body fat 
12. According to the article, given 500 adult Americans, __________ people will have a "weight problem". 
A. 30             B. 50                    C. 100           D. 150 
13. Is there any scientific evidence to support that eating too much is the cause of a "weight problem"? 
A. Yes, there is plenty of evidence. 
B. Of course, there is some evidence to show this is true. 
C. There is hardly any scientific evidence to support this. 
D. We don't know because the information is not given. 
14. In comparison with the adult American population today, the Americans of the 1910s __________. 
A. ate more food and had more physical activities 
B. ate less food but had more activities 
C. ate less food and had less physical exercise 
D. had more weight problems 
15. Modem scientific researches have reported to us that__________. 
A. fat people eat less food and are less active 
B. fat people eat more food than slim people and are more active 
C. fat people eat more food than slim people but are less active 
D. thin people run less, but have greater increase in food intake 
Part II  Vocabulary and Structure  (30%) 
Directions:  In this part there are 30 incomplete13 sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, Bi C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 
16. __________, we decided14 to leave at once, as we didn't want to risk missing the bus. 
A. As it being pretty late     B, It being pretty late 
C. It was being pretty late    D. Being pretty late 
17.  __________ was once regarded as impossible has now become a reality. 
A. What                 B. That 
C. Which                 D. As 
18. Mr. Smith, together with his wife and children, __________ going to the party this weekend. 
A. am                     B. is 
C. are                      D. will 
19. Would you mind __________ the computer game in your room? 
A. him playing             B. his playing 
C. him to play              D. him play 
20. By next year he __________ in New York for five years. 
A. has worked              B. has been working 
C. works                   D. will have worked 
21. Henry is often seen __________ English aloud every morning in the classroom. 
A. read                   B. reads 
C. reading                D. to read 
22. Without heat and sunlight, plants on the earth __________ well. 
A. would not grow          B. will not grow 
C. had not grown           D. would not be grown 
23. Only recently __________ to deal with the environmental problems. 
A. something has done       B. has something done 
C. has something been done  D. something has been done 
24. The question __________ at the meeting tomorrow is very important. 
A. to discuss               B. being discussed 
C. to be discussed           D. will be discussed 
25. Since this road is wet and slippery this morning, it __________ last night. 
A. must rain               B. was raining 
C. must have rained         D. may rain 
26. The mother didn't know __________ to blame for the broken glass as it happened while she was out. 
A. who                    B. when 
C. how                    D. what 
27. I believe that every crime, __________ the circumstance, should be severely15 punished. 
A. in spite16 of               B. because of 
C. instead of               D. on account of 
28. The workers are busy __________ models for the exhibition. 
A. to make                B. with making 
C. being making            D. making 
29. Yesterday Mr. Smith gave a vivid __________ of his recent visit to China. 
A. dialogue               B. idea 
C. tale                    D. account 
30. The definition leaves __________ for disagreement. 
A. a small room            B. much room 
C. great deal room          D. not so big a room 
31. By the time you arrive this evening,  __________ for two hours. 
A. I will study              B. I will have been studied 
C. I had studied            D. I will have been studying 
32. I would have joined him in a picnic, but I __________ his company. 
A. will not like            B. don't like 
C. had not liked            D. might not like 
33. Let's finish our homework in a few seconds; it's time we __________. 
A. played football          B. will play football 
C. play football             D. are playing football 
34. __________ at Harvard, he began again to write his essay. 
A. Busy was as he           B. Busy as was he 
C. Busy as he was           D. As was he busy 
35. Pierre often makes himself __________ by gesturing with his hands. 
A. to understand             B. understanding 
C. to be understood          D. understood 
36. The bridge was named __________ the hero who gave his life for the cause of the people. 
A. after                   B. for 
C. because of              D. before 
37. There was a large crowd in the square __________ against the war. 
A. protecting               B. protesting 
C. preventing               D. promoting 
38. We have __________ to the government for a home improvement loan. 
A. arranged                B. approached 
C. applied                  D. appointed 
39. Tom __________ the shopkeeper with overcharging him for the articles he had bought. 
A. accused                 B. charged 
C. blamed                  D. criticized 
40. The idea sounds very good but will it work in __________? 
A. practice                 B. place 
C. advance                 D. company 
41. He got a job so that he could be independent __________ his parents. 
A. on                       B. in 
C. of                      D. from 
42. We had to wait a long time to get our passports, __________? 
A. won't we                B. don't we 
C. didn't we                D. shouldn't you 
43. Do you feel like __________ today? 
A. having something eaten    B. having something to eat 
C. to have something eaten   D. to have something to eat 
44. It's vital that enough money __________ collected to get the project started. 
A. is                      B. be 
C. must be                 D. can be 
45. We consider __________the instrument be adjusted each time it is used. 
A. that it necessary          B. it necessary that 
C. necessary that            D. necessary of it that  #p#

Part III  Identification  (10%) 
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 
46. It is in his spare time when Robert teaches himself English and Japanese. 
A    B                  C                     D 
47. People complain that the cost of setting up a company are so great that only  
A            B                 C 
the rich can afford to run a company in that country. 

48. Between you and I, we have had an eye on him for some time, 
A          B             C 
and he might be a runaway17

49. At school Li Ming ran into many problems, such as choosing 
A                       B                            C 
classes and to handle his time.  

50. Comparing with the weather of last winter, it is much milder and  
A                        B                       C 
more pleasant this winter. 

51. Advertising18 gives useful information about which products 
A                                      B      C 
to buying. 
D  
52. In Hawaii, people are friendly and always warmly welcomed 
A                  B                   C       D 
visitors.  
53. Mara Dona will face a possible prison term if finding guilty on 
A                           B     C           D 
the shooting charges.  
54. Fiuving returned from Berlin, he received no telephone call, 
A            B                C 
neither. 
D  
55. "I am looking forward to receive your letter!" she said happily. 
A              B     C                D 
Part IV  Cloze  (10%) 
Directions: there are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 
Can authority be criticized? In  56  of the word, authority is not  57  either out of respect or out of  58  . In such countries children are not expected to  59  their teachers in school and  60  young scholars or  61  industrial mean are hampered19 (受阻) in technical research because they don't feel free to  62  with their superiors. Clever researchers may be considered too  63   to have "any fight" to present  64  that are different from knowledge and wisdom of men of old ages. 
65  , the American is  66  from childhood to question, analyze20 and search. School tasks are  67  to encourage the use of a   68   range of materials. A composition topic like" Write a paper  69   the world's supply of sugar" will send even  70  in search of completely unfamiliar21 ideas.  71  in the primary grades, children are taught to  72  libraries, and to search for  73  ideas of various sorts.   74  the time they are 14, 15 and 16, many young scholars are marking original and 75  contributions in all fields of science. 
56. A. much         B. any        C. such        D. many 
57. A. accepted      B. claimed    C. isolated      D. challenged 
58. A. hate          B. mercy      C. fear         D. sympathy 
59. A. question       B. ask        C. change       D. charge 
60. A. famous        B. brilliant    C. employed    D. curios 
61. A. imaginative    B. sensible     C. original      D. affective 
62. A. disagree       B. complain    C. link         D. cooperate 
63. A. young         B. brave       C. old          D. nervous 
64. A. functions      B. awards      C. rewards      D. findings 
65. A. Secondly      B. Then       C. Therefore     D. However 
66. A. treated        B. trained     C. traced       D. transformed 
67. A. done          B. designed    C. fulfilled      D. neglected 
68. A. wide          B. limited     C. moderate     D. various 
69. A. of            B. on         C. for          D .to 
70. A. a child        B. a boy       C. a girl        D. an adult 
71. A. Since          B. As         C. If           D. Even 
72. A. organize       B. manage     C. clean        D. use 
73.A. conventional    B. same       C. new         D. familiar 
74. A. When         B. Since       C. During       D. By 
75. A. precious       B. valuable    C. worth        D. priceless 
Part V  Translation  (20%) 
Section A 
Directions: In this part there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the 3 passages you have just read in the part of Reading Comprehension. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context22
76. How parents talk to their children makes a big difference in the children's language development. If a parent encourages the child to actively respond to what the parent is reading, the child's language skills increase. (Passage 1) 
77. The parents in the experimental group were also instructed in how to help children find answers, how to suggest alternative possibilities and how to praise correct answers. (Passage 1) 
78. The agriculture revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things: the invention of laborsaving machinery and the development of scientific agriculture. (Passage 2) 
79. By 1860, most of the machinery in use today had been designed in an early form. (Passage 2) 
80. Thus, those who ran the most ate the most, yet lost the greatest amount of body fat. (Passage 3) 
Section B 
Directions: In this part there are five sentences in Chinese. You should translate them into English. Be sure to write clearly. 
81.我们的新产品非常受欢迎,对此我们感到十分自豪。 
82.您能说话大声点好让每个人都听得见吗? 
83.除了英语,你最好再学一门外语。 
84.在教育孩子方面,表扬要比批评有效得多。 
85.每个人都知道,学习对一个人的成长是至关重要的。



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1 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
参考例句:
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
2 machinery CAdxb     
n.(总称)机械,机器;机构
参考例句:
  • Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗?
  • Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。
3 plow eu5yE     
n.犁,耕地,犁过的地;v.犁,费力地前进[英]plough
参考例句:
  • At this time of the year farmers plow their fields.每年这个时候农民们都在耕地。
  • We will plow the field soon after the last frost.最后一场霜过后,我们将马上耕田。
4 jersey Lp5zzo     
n.运动衫
参考例句:
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
5 devoted xu9zka     
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
参考例句:
  • He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
6 shortage 1yrwh     
n.缺少,缺乏,不足
参考例句:
  • The city is suffering a desperate shortage of water.这个城市严重缺水。
  • The heart of the problem is a shortage of funds.问题的关键是缺乏经费。
7 actively lzezni     
adv.积极地,勤奋地
参考例句:
  • During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
  • We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。
8 verbal mi9wJ     
adj.口头的,用言辞的,用文字的,动词的
参考例句:
  • Verbal statements are no guarantee.口说无凭。
  • I delivered a verbal protest against their brutal acts.我对他们的暴行提出口头抗议。
9 tile WoFwK     
n.砖瓦;vt.铺以瓦,铺以瓷砖
参考例句:
  • The bathroom is faced with tile.浴室铺着瓷砖。
  • I pointed to a number of scratches in the tile floor.我指向地板砖上的一道道划痕。
10 physically iNix5     
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
参考例句:
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
11 modem sEaxr     
n.调制解调器
参考例句:
  • Does your computer have a modem?你的电脑有调制解调器吗?
  • Provides a connection to your computer via a modem.通过调制解调器连接到计算机上。
12 investigations 02de25420938593f7db7bd4052010b32     
(正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究
参考例句:
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查,但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
13 incomplete L89xt     
adj.不完全的,不完善的
参考例句:
  • The building was left incomplete.那座楼没有完工就停下来了。
  • His novel was incomplete when he died.他死的时候他的小说没有写完。
14 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
15 severely SiCzmk     
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地
参考例句:
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
16 spite uv7wD     
n.(用于短语)虽然,不顾,尽管
参考例句:
  • He has modern ideas in spite of his great age.尽管他年事很高,但思想观念却很入时。
  • In spite of his anger,his remarks were restrained.他尽管生气,说的话还是有节制的。
17 runaway jD4y5     
n.逃走的人,逃亡,亡命者;adj.逃亡的,逃走的
参考例句:
  • The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
  • He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。
18 advertising 1zjzi3     
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的
参考例句:
  • Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
  • The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
19 hampered 3c5fb339e8465f0b89285ad0a790a834     
妨碍,束缚,限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
  • So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。
20 analyze RwUzm     
vt.分析,解析 (=analyse)
参考例句:
  • We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
  • The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。
21 unfamiliar uk6w4     
adj.陌生的,不熟悉的
参考例句:
  • I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
  • The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。
22 context DZnyc     
n.背景,环境,上下文,语境
参考例句:
  • You can always tell the meaning of a word from its context.你常可以从上下文中猜出词义来。
  • This sentence does not seem to connect with the context.这个句子似乎与上下文脱节。
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