2023年大學英語三級英語A級考前密押卷7

大學英語三級英語A級考前密押卷7

一、語法Ⅰ

1、Allpartsofthehouse______thewindowswereingoodcondition.

A.otherthan

B.ratherthan

C.nomorethan

D.betterthan

2、Heusedtogotoschoolonfoot,______?

A．didn'the

B．wasn'the

C．usedhe

D．isn'the

3、Itseemstohehightimethatthisargument______toanend.

A．willput

B．wasput

C．put

D．havebeenput

4、______withhisassignment,theprofessortoldJacktowriteitagain.

A．Notsatisfying

B．Nothavingsatisfying

C．Nottosatisfy

D．Notbeingsatisfied

5、Havingbeenfoundguilty,themanwasgivenasevere______bythejudge.

A．service

B．crime

C．crisis

D．sentence

6、______foryourlaziness,youcouldhavefinishedtheassignmentbynow.

A．Haditnotbeen

B．Weren'tit

C．Itwerenot

D．Hadnotitbeen

7、______hiseyeswhenshetoldhimthatitwastimeforthemtoleave.

A．Nosoonerdidheopen

B．Hehadnosooneropened

C．Hardlyhadheopened

D．Scarcelydidheopen

8、______today,hewouldgettherebyFriday.

A．Washeleaving

B．Wouldheleave

C．Werehetoleave

D．Ifheleaves

9、______hehasn’tanyformalqualification,hehasmanagedtodoeverythingwell.

A.Although

B.If

C.Despite

D.Whereas

10、Robertisreliable,youcan______him.

A．counton

B．countup

C．countout

D．countfor

二、閱讀理解一

AboutoneintwentyadultsintheUnitedStatescannotreadEnglish.Anewfederalstudyshowsthatadultsmadelittleprogressintheirreadingskillsbetween1992and2022.TheNationalAssessmentofAdultLiteracyisthemostimportanttestofhowwelladultAmericanscanread.Researcherstestednineteenthousandpeopleovertheageofsixteen.Thestudyrepresentsanadultpopulationoftwohundredtwenty-twomillion.Thosewhotookpartweretestedonhowwelltheycouldreadandunderstandinformationusedineverydaylife,Thestudyfoundthatelevenmillionadults,orfivepercent,cannotreadEnglish.Theycouldnotanswereventheeasiestwrittenquestions.FourmillionofthemmostlikelycannotspeakEnglisheither.Thestudyshowsthatmorethanfortypercentofadultscanperform.onlysimplereadingactivities.Formany,eventhatcanbedifficult.Fifty-sixpercentofadultscanperform.moderateorcomplexactivities.Moderatecanmeanfindinginformationinabook.Ofthatnumber,plextaskslikecomparingtwodifferentnewspapercommentaries(評論).ResearcherssaypartoftheproblemisthatmanyyoungAmericansdonotreadasmuchforpleasureanymore.Also,therearegreaternumbersofnon-Englishspeakingimmigrants.Readingskillscandirectlyaffecttheabilitytoearnaliving.Thebestreaderswerefoundtoearnuptotwenty-eightthousanddollarsayearmorethanthosewholackedsimplereadingskills.Yet,comparedtothelaststudyin1992,adults’readingskillswereaboutthesameorloweracrosseverylevelofeducation.Thiswastrueevenamongpeoplewhohavecompletedcollege.Byraceandethnicgroup,blacksandAsianshadthebiggestincreasesinEnglishreadingskills.ButlevelsdecreasedamongHispanics.Experts,say,however,thatwhilemanyHispanicsareunabletoreadinEnglish,theymayreadwellinSpanish.Overall,Americanadultsimprovedthemostinansweringquestionsthatinvolvednumbers.Evenso,thetestfoundthattheaverageadultcannotdomuchmorethanperform.simple,everydaymath.

1、Task1

Directions:Afterreadingthefollowingpassage,youwillfind5questionsorunfinishedstatements,numbered36through40.Foreachquestionorstatementthereare4choicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.Youshouldmakethecorrectchoice.

AboutoneintwentyadultsintheUnitedStatescannotreadEnglish.Anewfederalstudyshowsthatadultsmadelittleprogressintheirreadingskillsbetween1992and2022.

TheNationalAssessmentofAdultLiteracyisthemostimportanttestofhowwelladultAmericanscanread.Researcherstestednineteenthousandpeopleovertheageofsixteen.Thestudyrepresentsanadultpopulationoftwohundredtwenty-twomillion.Thosewhotookpartweretestedonhowwelltheycouldreadandunderstandinformationusedineverydaylife,Thestudyfoundthatelevenmillionadults,orfivepercent,cannotreadEnglish.Theycouldnotanswereventheeasiestwrittenquestions.FourmillionofthemmostlikelycannotspeakEnglisheither.Thestudyshowsthatmorethanfortypercentofadultscanperform.onlysimplereadingactivities.Formany,eventhatcanbedifficult.Fifty-sixpercentofadultscanperform.moderateorcomplexactivities.Moderatecanmeanfindinginformationinabook.Ofthatnumber,plextaskslikecomparingtwodifferentnewspapercommentaries(評論).

ResearcherssaypartoftheproblemisthatmanyyoungAmericansdonotreadasmuchforpleasureanymore.Also,therearegreaternumbersofnon-Englishspeakingimmigrants.

Readingskillscandirectlyaffecttheabilitytoearnaliving.Thebestreaderswerefoundtoearnuptotwenty-eightthousanddollarsayearmorethanthosewholackedsimplereadingskills.

Yet,comparedtothelaststudyin1992,adults"readingskillswereaboutthesameorloweracrosseverylevelofeducation.Thiswastrueevenamongpeoplewhohavecompletedcollege.Byraceandethnicgroup,blacksandAsianshadthebiggestincreasesinEnglishreadingskills.ButlevelsdecreasedamongHispanics.Experts,say,however,thatwhilemanyHispanicsareunabletoreadinEnglish,theymayreadwellinSpanish.

Overall,Americanadultsimprovedthemostinansweringquestionsthatinvolvednumbers.Evenso,thetestfoundthattheaverageadultcannotdomuchmorethanperform.simple,everydaymath.

Whenwasthearticleprobablywritten?

A．Between1992and2022..

B．After1992.

C．Around2022.

D．In1992,

2、

WhowastestedbytheNationalAssessmentofAdultLiteracy?

A．Twohundredtwenty-twomillionadultsinAmerica.

B．Elevenmillionimmigrants.

C．NineteenthousandpeopleoversixteeninU.S.

D．Blacks,AsiansandHispanicslivinginthecountry.

3、

Accordingtothetext,plexEnglishreadingtasks?

A．Alittlebitmorethansevenpercent.

B．Fifty-sixpercent.

C．Morethanfortypercent.

D．Thirteenpercent.

4、

Thestudyfindsoutthat______.

A．elevenmillionadultscouldansweronlytheeasiestwrittenquestions

B．morethanfortypercentofadultsfinditdifficulttoperform.simplereadingactivities

C．blacks,AsiansandHispanicshadthebiggestincreasesinEnglishreadingskills

D．thebestreadersearnmoremoneythanthosewholacksimplereadingskills

5、

Sincetheseyears,Americanadultshaveimprovedthemostin______.

A．performingmathproblems

B．findinginformationinabook

C．a(chǎn)nsweringquestionsinvolvednumbers

D．comparingtwodifferentnewspapercommentaries

三、閱讀理解二

Themeaningsoftimedifferindifferentpartsoftheworld.Thus,misunderstandingsarisebetweenpeoplefromculturesthattreattimedifferently.PromptnessisvaluedhighlyinAmericanlife,forexample,ifpeoplearenotprompt,theymayberegardedasimpoliteornotresponsible.IntheU.S.,noonewouldthinkofkeepingabusinessassociatewaitingforanhour,itwouldbetooimpolite.Thiswayoftreatingtimeisquitedifferentfromthatofseveralothercountries.ThishelpstoexplaintheunfortunateexperienceofacertainagriculturistfromtheUnitedStatesassignedtodutyinanothercountry.Afterwhatseemedtohimasuitablewaitingperiod,heannouncedthathewouldliketocallontheministerofagriculture.Forvariousreasonsthesuggestedtimedidnotsuittheminister,therewereindirectindicationsthatthetimewasnotyetsuitable.TheAmerican,however,pressedforanappointment,whichwasfinallygranted.Arrivingalittlebeforetheappointedhour(accordingtotheAmericanwayofshowingrespect),theagriculturistwaited.Thehourcomeandpassed:fiveminutes,tenminutes,fifteenminutes.Atthispointhesuggestedtothesecretarythatperhapstheministerdidnotknowhewaswaitingintheoutsideoffice.Thisgavehimthefeelingofhavingdonesomethingtosolvetheproblem,buthehadnot.Twentyminutespassed,thenthirty,thenforty-five.ToanAmerican,thereislittlethatcanremovethedamagedonebyanhourswaitinanouteroffice.Yetinthecountrywherethisstorytookplace,aforty-five-minutewaitingperiodwasnotunusual.Insteadofbeingtheveryendoftheallowablewaitingscale,itwasjustthebeginning,thus,whentheAmericanagriculturistlefttheoffice(aftergivingthesecretaryanangrymessagefortheminister),hisactionseemedasunreasonableasitwasimpolite.

1、Task2

Directions:ThistaskisthesameasTask1.The5questionsorunfinishedstatementsarenumbered41through45.

Themeaningsoftimedifferindifferentpartsoftheworld.Thus,misunderstandingsarisebetweenpeoplefromculturesthattreattimedifferently.PromptnessisvaluedhighlyinAmericanlife,forexample,ifpeoplearenotprompt,theymayberegardedasimpoliteornotresponsible.IntheU.S.,noonewouldthinkofkeepingabusinessassociatewaitingforanhour,itwouldbetooimpolite.

Thiswayoftreatingtimeisquitedifferentfromthatofseveralothercountries.ThishelpstoexplaintheunfortunateexperienceofacertainagriculturistfromtheUnitedStatesassignedtodutyinanothercountry.Afterwhatseemedtohimasuitablewaitingperiod,heannouncedthathewouldliketocallontheministerofagriculture.Forvariousreasonsthesuggestedtimedidnotsuittheminister,therewereindirectindicationsthatthetimewasnotyetsuitable.TheAmerican,however,pressedforanappointment,whichwasfinallygranted.

Arrivingalittlebeforetheappointedhour(accordingtotheAmericanwayofshowingrespect),theagriculturistwaited.Thehourcomeandpassed:fiveminutes,tenminutes,fifteenminutes.Atthispointhesuggestedtothesecretarythatperhapstheministerdidnotknowhewaswaitingintheoutsideoffice.Thisgavehimthefeelingofhavingdonesomethingtosolvetheproblem,buthehadnot.Twentyminutespassed,thenthirty,thenforty-five.ToanAmerican,thereislittlethatcanremovethedamagedonebyanhour"swaitinanouteroffice.Yetinthecountrywherethisstorytookplace,aforty-five-minutewaitingperiodwasnotunusual.Insteadofbeingtheveryendoftheallowablewaitingscale,itwasjustthebeginning,thus,whentheAmericanagriculturistlefttheoffice(aftergivingthesecretaryanangrymessagefortheminister),hisactionseemedasunreasonableasitwasimpolite.

Whatdoes"tobeprompt"meaninthispassage?

A.Itmeans"tokeepone"sword".

B.Itmeans"tomakegooduseofone"stime".

C.Itmeans"tobepunctual".

D.Itmeans"tokeepgoodtime".

2、

TheministerkepttheAmericanwaitingbecause______.

A.theministerdidn"tthinkitwaswrongtokeeppeoplewaiting

B.theappointedtimedidnotsuittheminister

C.theministerintendedtoInsulttheAmerican

D.theministerforgottheappointmenttime

3、

Whenfifteenminuteshadpassedaftertheappointedtime,theAmerican______.

A.toldthesecretarythatheshouldnothavebeenkeptwaiting

B.urgedthathewaswaitingforhim

C.putforwardasuggestionthatthesecretarygoandtelltheministerthathewaswaiting

D.wentaboutfindingoutwhethertheministerknewthathewaswaitingforhimintheouteroffice

4、

TheAmericangotangryafterbeingkeptwaitingfornearlyanhourfortheappointedmeetingbecause______.

A.hefeltdisappointed

B.hefeltdisrespected

C.hefeltembarrassed

D.hefeltfrustrated.

5、

WhowouldthinktheAmerican"sactionofleavingtheofficeangrilytobeunreasonableasitwasimpolite?

A.PeopleintheUnitedStates.

B.Thereaderofthepassage.

C.Theauthorofthepassage.

D.Peopleintheminister"scountry.

四、英譯漢

1、Aftertheinvestigation,itwasco