1998年英语三级考试真题及答案.docx

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1998年英语三级考试真题及答案

1998年6月英语三级考试真题及答案

PartIReadingComprehension（40%）

Directions:

Therearefourpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandremarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Almosteveryfamilybuysatleastonecopyofanewspapereveryday.Somepeoplesubscribe（订阅）toasmanyastwoorthreenewspapers.Butwhydopeoplereadnewspapers?

Fivehundredyearsago,newsofimportanthappenings——battleslostandwon,kingsorrulersoverthrown（推翻）orkilled——tookmonthsandevenyearstotravelfromonecountrytoanother.Thenewspassedbywordofmouthandwasneveraccurate.Todaywecanreadinournewspapersofimportanteventsthatoccurinfarawaycountriesonthesameytheyhappen.

Apartfromsupplyingnewsfromallovertheworld,newspapersgiveusalotofotherusefulinformation.Thereareweatherreports,radio,televisionandfilmguides,bookreviews,storiesand,ofcourse,advertisements.Thebiggeronesareputinbylargecompaniestobringattentiontotheirproducts.Theypaythenewspapersthousandsofdollarsfortheadvertisingspace,butitisworththemoney,fornewsoftheirproductsgoesintoalmosteveryhomeinthecountry.Forthosewhoproducenewspapers,advertisementsarealsoveryimportant.Moneyearnedfromadvertisementsmakesitpossibleforthemtoselltheirnewspapersatalowpriceandstillmakeaprofit.

Newspapersoftenhaveinformationongardening,cookingandfashionaswellasasmallbutverypopularsectiononjokesandcartoons（漫画）.

1.Thehabitofreadingnewspapersis_________

A.uncommonintheworldB.notpopularinU.S.A.

C.widespreadintheworldD.foundedamongafewfamilies

2.Afewhundredyearsagonewsdidnot________

A.receiveattentionB.travelfast

C.spreadtoothercountriesD.takelongtoreachothercountries

3.Inthepast,newswas________

A.sentbytelegraphB.passedfromonepersontoanother

C.sentbyletterD.sentbytelephone

4.Themoneyspentonadvertisementsis

A.wastedB.notmuch

C.worthwhileD.useless

5.Thesectiononjokesandcartoonsis_________

A.readonlybychildrenB.ofnovalue

C.nothelpfulD.readbymany

Passage2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

PepysandhiswifehadaskedsomefriendstodinneronSunday,September2nd,1666.TheywereupverylateontheSaturdayevening,gettingeverythingreadyforthenextday,andwhiletheywerebusytheysawtheglowofafirestartinthesky.By3o’clockontheSundaymorning,itsglowhadbecomesobrightthatJanewokeherhusbandtowatchit.Pepysslippedonhisdressing—gownandwenttothewindowtowatchit.Itseemedfairlyfaraway,oafteratimehewentbacktobed.Whenhegotupinthemorning,itlooked,asthoughthefirewasdyingdown,thoughhecouldstillseesomeflames.Sohesettoworktotidyhisroomandputhisthingsbackwherehewantedthem.

Whilehewasdoingthis,Janecameintosaythatshehadheardthefirewasabadone;hundredhouseshadbeenburneddowninthenightandhefirewasstillburning.Pepyswentouttoseeforhimself.HewenttotheTowerofLondonandclimbedup‘onahighpartofthebuildingssothathecouldseewhatwashappening.Fromthere,Pepyscouldseethatitwas,indeed,abadfireandthateventhehousesonLondonBridgewereburning.ThemanoftheTowertoldhimthatthefirehadstartedinabaker’sshopinPuddingLane;thebaker’shousehadcaughtfirefromtheover—heatedovenandthentheflameshadquicklyspreadtotheotherhousesinthenarrowlane.SobegantheGreatFireofLondon,afirethatlastednearlyfivedays,destroyedmostoftheoldcityandended,soitissaid,atPieCorner.

6.Whatisthepassageabout?

A.TheGreatFireofLondon.

B.Whowasthefirsttodiscoverthefire.

C.WhatPepyswasdoingduringthefire.

D.Thelossescausedbythefire.

7.Theywereupverylatebecause________

A.itwasSundaymorningB.theywerenotverysleepy

C.theywerepreparingforthedinner.D.theysawthegreatfirestart.

8.WhatwasPepysdoingwhenhiswifetoldhimaboutthefire?

A.Hewasasleep.B.Hewaswritingsomething.

C.Hewasputtingthingsback.D.Hewaslookingoutofthewindow.

9:

“Pepysslippedonhisdressinggown.“Tosliponmeans

A.tobewearingB.tobepushing

C.totakeoffD.toputon

10.Whydidtheflamesspreadquickly?

A.Theovenbecameveryhot.

B.Thehouseswereclosetogether.

C.Thebakerdidnothingtostopit.

D.Thebaker’shousewasburningquickly.

Passage3

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassages

AnewreportoftheUnitedNationsshowsthat,ifthepresentgrowthrateof2percentperyearcontinues,today’sworldpopulationof5.1willhit6.4billionbytheyear2000.

What’smore,thegreatpartofthegrowth———9ofevery10p~addedtotheearth’spopulation———willbeinthepoorandundevelopedcountries.Thesearethenationswhereprovidingenoughfoodforbillionsofpeoplealreadyisprovingtobeaheadachingproblem.

Bytheyear2000,today’s“havenot”nationswillhaveatotalpopulationof5billionpeople,nearlyfourfifthsoftheworld’spopulation.

Foodisn’ttheonlyproblemthatsuchapopulationexplosionpresents.Themorepeoplethereareandtheworsetheirlivingconditions,thegreatergrowthepossibilityofallkindsofsocialproblems.

In1830,worldpopulationreached1billion.Ittookonly100moreyearstoaddanotherbilliontoworldpopulationjust30moretoaddathirdbillion.Andittookjust15moreyearstoreachthe4billionmarkin1975.

Actually,theworld’sbirthrateisfalling.Butsoisdeathrate,asmedicaladvanceshavemadeitpossibleformantolivelongerthanbefore.Suchadvanceshavealsoreducedbabydeathrate.Unlesspopulationgrowthisreduced,theworldpopulationmayreach12billioninacentury.Istheearthcapableofprovidingagoodlifeforsolargeapopulation?

11.Apopulationexplosionwillleadto_________.

A.alotofsocialproblems

B.medicaladvances

C.adecreaseinfoodproduction

D.aworselifeineverycountry

12.Ittook_______yearforworldpopulationtogrowform1billionto3billion.

A.100

B.115

C.130

D.145

13.Bytheyear2000,today’s____nationswillhaveatotalpopulationof5billionpeople,nearlyfourfifthsoftheworld’spopulation.

A.biggest

B.Asian

C.developing

D.developed

14.________,theworldmayhaveapopulationof12billioninacentury.

A.Ifmancanlivelongerinthefuture

B.Ifthescienceofmedicineisdevelopingfastenough

C.Ifthepopulationgrowthisnotreduced

D.Iftheearthisabletoprovideagoodlifeformorepeople

15.Thispassagetellsusthat_________

A.theUnitedNationsthinksitpossibletoavoidapopulationexplosion

B.5.1billionpeoplearelivingintheundevelopedcountries

C.inadvancednationsthepopulationgrowthisbeingcontrolled

D.theworld’spopulationisincreasing

Passage4

Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Ascientistwhowantstopredictthewayinwhichconsumers（消费者）willspendtheirmoneymuststudyconsumerbehavior.Hemustobtaindatabothontheresourcesofconsumersandonthemotivesthattendtoencourageordiscouragemoneyspending.

Ifaneconomistwereaskedwhichofthreegroupsborrowmost———peoplewithrisingincomes,Stableincomes,ordecreasingincomes———hewouldprobablyanswer,thosewithdecreasingincomes.Actuallyyears1947—1950,theanswerwas:

peoplewithrisingincomes.Peoplewithdecreasingincomeswerenextandpeoplewithstableincomesborrowedtheleast.Thisshowsusthattraditionalassumptions（假设）aboutearningandspendingarenotalwaysreliable.Anothertraditionalassumptionisthatifpeoplewhohavemoneyexpectpricestogouptheywillhastentobuy.Iftheyexpectpricestogodown,theywillpostponebuying.Butresearchsurveyshaveshownthatthisisnotalwaystrue.Theexpectationsofpriceincreasesmaynotstimulatebuying.Onetypicalattitudewasexpresserbythewifeofamechanicinaninterviewatatimeofrisingprices.“Inafewmonths,”shesaid,“we’llhavepaymoreformeatandmilk;we’llhavelesstospendonotherthings.“Herfamilyhadbeenplanningtobuyanewcarbuttheypostponedthispurchase.Furthermore,theriseinpricesthathasalreadytakenplacemaybedislikedandbuyer’sresistancemaybeproduced.Thisisshownbythefollowingtypicalcomment:

“Ijustdon’tpaytheseprices;theyaretoohigh.”

TheinvestigationsmentionedabovewerecarriedoutinAmerica;conditionmosthelpfultospendingappearstobepricestability.Ifpriceshavebeenstableandpeopleconsiderthattheyarereasonable,theyarelikelytobuy.Thus,itappearsthatthecommonbusinesspolicyofmaintainingstablepricesisbasedonacorrectunderstandingofconsumerpsychology（心理学）。

16.Accordingtothepassage,ifonewantstopredictthewayspendtheirmoney,heshould_______

A.relyontraditionalassumptionsaboutearningandspending

B.trytoencourageordiscourageconsumerstospendmoney

C.carryoutinvestigationsonconsumerbehaviorandgetdataonconsumersincomesandmoneyspendingmotives

D.doresearchesinconsumerpsychologyinalaboratory.

17.Accordingtoparagraph2,onetraditionalassumptionisthatpeoplewith________incomesborrowmost.

A.average

B.stable

C.decreasing

D.rising

18.Accordingtoparagraph2,research