2021年成人英语三级模拟练习题13

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2021年成人英语三级模拟练习题13

Passage 1:

In America Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. On that day we send our mothers a special Mother’s Day card, and perhaps some flowers or candy, to show our love and appreciation for all they have done for us. Although Mother’s Day is a relatively new holiday in America, more and more other countries are also setting aside a day to honor their mothers.

I want to tell you today how the idea of having a special day for mothers began. It all started over a hundred years ago with a woman named Anna May Jarvis.

Anna was born on May 1, 1864, just before the end of the Civil War and the assassination of President Lincoln. She was the daughter of a “minister”, which in American English means a church leader. She was a quiet girl who liked to study in school, but she liked everyone and was liked by everyone as well.

After she became an adult, Anna worked for a life insurance company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-a city about halfway between New York City and Washington, D.C. then, in 1906, just two weeks after Anna’s 42nd birthday, her mother died. It was the second Sunday in May.

In the months that followed, Anna began to change. No longer was she so gentle, so relaxed and easy-going. Instead she now had just one goal for her life-to have her mother and all other mothers honored throughout the whole world on the second Sunday of May.

After more than a year of careful planning, Anna arranged the first Mother’s Day church service, on May 10, 1908, in Grafton, West Virginia. The next year Anna was able to get the city of Philadelphia, where she lived and worked, to proclaim the second Sunday of May as an official Mother’s Day-the first city to do so. After three more years, the state of West Virginia, where Anna’s mother had lived, made Mother’s Day a statewide observance – not a holiday in the normal sense, but still a day to remember what mothers have done for their children and society.

1. Which answer is right about Mother’s Day?

A) In America, Mother’s Day is a holiday with a very long history.

B) More and more countries are put aside their tradition of celebrating Mother’s Day.

C) In America, Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday in May.

D) Throughout the world, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the same day.

答案： D

解析： 细节题。根据第一段的内容可以知道A、B、C是正确的，C错在the same day和文章的意思不一样，仅仅是说其它的国家抽出一天但是没有说是在同一天。

2. Choose the right explanation of the word “observance” in the last paragraph

A) remark made by people

B) action in accordance with custom

C) performance of certain tradition

D) notice paid widely

答案： C

解析： C的含义是传统的履行，实际上是过节日。根据上下文的含义应该是庆祝母亲节选择C较合适。

3. How long in all had Anna spent to establish Mother’s Day in West Virginia?

A) from May 10, 1908 to May 10, 1911

B) for more than four years

C) for more than three years

D) for about three years

答案： B

解析： 细节题。这题有一定的推算性，on May 10, 1908然后After three more years可以知道应该至少是四年。B是正确的答案。

4. Choose the right understanding of this passage.

A) Anna was born just before the assassination of President Lincoln which ended the Civil War.

B) Anna was a daughter of a minister which in English means a church worker.

C) Anna’s mother’s death had done a little damage to him easy life.

D) The Mother’s Day celebrated in West Virginia is not a normal holiday, but a day with special meaning.

答案： D

解析： 细节题.最后一段的Mother's Day a statewide observance – not a holiday in the normal sense, but still a day to remember what mothers have done for their children and society.可以知道答案。

5. According to the passage, what most probably happened in the paragraph following?

A) The United States Congress proclaimed the Second in May as Mother’s Day forever in the United States.

B) Mother’s Day gradually became a conventional celebration.

C) Anna retired from her job with a fortune of over a hundred thousand dollars.

D) People stopped buying candy to their mothers.

答案： B

解析： 文义推论题。本文的作者主要是说母亲节的来历，到文章的最后只是说明了这个节日的历史，但尚没有说出在以后的时间里渐渐成为一个conventional(惯常的、惯例的)节日。

Passage2:

Many of us believe that a person’s mind becomes less active as he grows older. But this is not true, according to Dr Jarvik, professor of psychiatry at the University of California. She has studied the mental functioning of aging persons for several years. For example, one of her studies concerns 136 pairs of identical twins, who were first examined when they were already 60 years old. As Dr Jarvik continued the study of the twins into their 70s and 80s, their minds did not generally decline as was expected.

However, there was some decline in their psycho-motor speed. This means that it took them longer to accomplish mental tasks than it used to. But when speed was not a factor, they lost very little intellectual ability over the years. In general, Dr Jarvik’s studies have shown that there is no decline in knowledge or reasoning ability. This is true not only with those in their 30s and 40s, but with those in their 60s and 70s as well.

It is true that older people themselves often complain that their memory is not as good as it once was. However, much of what we call “loss of memory” is not that at all. There usually was incomplete learning in the first place. For example, the older person perhaps had trouble hearing, or poor vision, or inattention, or was trying to learn the new thing at too fast a pace. In the cases where the older person’s mind really seems to decay, it is not necessarily a sign of decay due to old age. Often it is simply a sign of a depressed emotional state.

6.This passage is mainly about ____.

A) how Dr Jarvik studied mental functioning of the twins.

B) what caused mental decay.

C) the results evidenced by Dr Jarvik’s studies.

D) the difference between middle – aged and older persons

答案： C

解析： 大意题。本文主要向读者传达了人的记忆和分析能力不是随着年龄的增大而消退，主要是通过.Dr Jarvik的研究成果来显示的。其它选项不是文章的主旨意思。

7. The word “psychiatry” in paragraph 1 most probably means ____.

A) the study of human behavior.

B) the study of disease of the mind.

C) the study of problems with aging persons.

D) the study of twins growth.

答案： B

解析： 大意题。同上题的解释。主要的是disease of the mind和年龄的区别。

8. A long – term study of 136 pairs of twins showed that ____.

A) they lost a little ability to reason over the years.

B) the only factor which declined over the years was their speed with which to perform mental tasks.

C) their memory was not as good as it had once been.

D) their minds became is not considered as they grew older.

答案： B

解析：　细节和推论.文章的第一段最后一句和第2段的前两句都是说明这样的一个实验说明研究结果.即，仅仅和速度有关系，课文的下面部分也相应作了解释.

9. Which of the following is not considered as an instanced of “incomplete learning”?

A) Poor hearing.

B) Bad eyesight.

C) Lack of attention.

D) The attempt to learn too many new things at the same time

答案： D

解析：最后一句的中间部分For example, the older person perhaps had trouble hearing, or poor vision, or inattention, or was trying to learn the new thing at too fast a pace没有提到D项的内容.D项仅仅说的是心理原因造成的结果.

10. What we call mental decay is usually a sign of ____.

A) a low – spirited state.

B) a worsening state of health.

C) old age.

D) nervous tension

答案： A

解析：　细节题.文章的最后两句都是说明这个问题a sign of a depressed emotional state是说明的mental因素.

16. It wasn’t such a good present _____ he had promised me.

A. that

B. as

C. which

D. what

17. Perhaps the day will come _____ people will be able to breathe clean air in cities.

A. when

B. while

C. as

D. since

18. To make up an objective test, the teacher writes a series of questions, _____ has only one correct answer.

A. each of which

B. some of which

C. which

D. what

19. A higher crime rate exists in cities _____ a large percentage of unemployment.

A. where have

B. that have

C. which they have

D. that having

20. Scientists call Newton’s idea _____ gravitation reaches throughout the universe the law of universal gravitation.

A. when

B. which

C. that

D. where

参考答案：

1. B 她为没能参加那次聚会而道歉。apologize for　为……而道歉;for 为介词，后跟名词或动名词，动名词的否定式是其前面直接加否定词not，故B正确。

2. A 我再次建议他不要再吸烟了，但他好像没有听到一样。turn sb a deaf ear 不听某人的话。advise sb (not) to do sth 建议某人(不要)做某事。注意：不定式的否定式也是其前面直接加否定词not, 故A正确。

3. C cupboard 小橱，碗橱; 那个碗橱有五百磅重，要想移动对于个人来说是太重了。我们看B选项：she could not move the cupboard. 这句本身没有错误，但是分词Weighing five hundred pounds，的逻辑主语不是她(she)，而是the cupboard。分词短语做状语时，其逻辑主语要和主句主语保持一致.

4.C 被问及这次新的演出时，他回答得很自信。Confidently 是副词，修饰动词answer，放在动词前面后面都可以。过去分词做状语，含被动意义，这里asked的逻辑主语是he, 而不是his answer. 故A, D排除，再看：B, C , “他回答”是主动语态，所以B项被动形式错误，正确答案为：C。

5.C 看到乌云遮盖了天空，他就停下工作回家了。现在分词做伴随状语，其逻辑主语是主句主语：he. 主动语态，故C正确.B被动形式排除.选项A是不定式形式，表目的，将来要发生的动作，译为：为了要看乌云遮盖天空，他......显然不合题意。D.没有这种用法.

6. B fled 的原形是：flee , 意思是"逃走，逃避";这个城市被占领了，居民们就四处逃生了.这是一个独立主格结构，两句的主语不是一个.

7. D 由于被选为主任，他晚上工作到很晚.Being chosen director现在分词短语作原因状语，相当于原因状语从句：Because he was chosen director.

8. C 他在学习英语上有困难吗?have difficulty (in) doing 干什么有困难;其中in 可以省略.固定短语，故C正确.

9. A 冬季我们去山上滑雪.　go skiing 去滑雪;

10.D 她非常喜欢打排球;enjoy doing sth 喜欢干什么事.

11. D 我不能来来的原因是我必须得为马上来临的考试做准备了.reason 原因，why 引导原因状语从句。

12. D 年轻时她在学样学习很用功，这对她在以后的职业生涯中取得成功有很大贡献。这是非限制性定语从句，前面整个句子做先行词，则定语从句只能用关系代词which，故选D。

13. A 声波在空气中的传播跟在水面的传播方式是一样的。As引导方式状语从句。引导方式状语从句的从属连词有：as, as if, as though, just as等。

14. D 我买了一瓶啤酒，但是我没有什么东西用来打开它。句子“I can open it with”中缺少宾语，关系代词前有介词时：指人就用whom，指物就用which，故选择：D。

15. C 作家们能准确地描述出他们曾见过的事物的特征。

16. B 这个礼物并不像他曾许诺我的那样好。such……as…… 如此……像什么一样;

17. A 或许这样的日子就会来临，人们在城市里能够呼吸到新鲜空气。When引导时间状语从句。

18. A 为了组织一场客观的测试，老师写了一系列问题，每个问题只有一个正确的答案。each of which 这些问题中的每一个，非限制性定语从句中“which”这个关系代词代指前面的“a series of questions”。形式也对，但句子谓语用的是has，是单数，故A正确。

19. B 更高的犯罪率存在于城市那些大量的无业游民中。分析：这个选项我们不要被空格前的in cities所迷惑了，否则一下就选用地点状语引导词where了，这样句子就不正确了，因为关系副词是不能做主语的，D排除;关系代词在句子中可以作主语，C选项，我们代入句子看看，主语重复了， which 和they都是充当主语，并列这样用，是根本生不通的。D选项谓语动词不能用分词形式，分词本身词性就是不动词，怎么能充当谓语。答案为：B。

20. C 科学家们称牛顿的引力存在整个宇宙空间的理论思想为万有引力定律。“Call sth sth……” 意为：“称……为……”;我们把句子简化为：Scientists call Newton’s idea the law of universal gravitation. 科学家们称牛顿的思想为万有引力定律;显然，先行词是idea, 而它充当的是宾语，用which或that来引导，在该类题中，如果既给出which又给出that供选择时，应以选that为正确答案。

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