2012年9月公共英语三级考试考前预测卷6

Section II Use of English? (15 minutes)???中 华 考 试 网

Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.

There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter, a globe or an encyclopedia set.?

Now those 21 seem hopelessly old _ fashioned: this Christmas, there were a lot of22computers under the tree. 23 that computers are their key to success, parents are also frantically insisting that children24taught to use them on school-as early as possible.?

The problem for schools is that when it25computers, parents don’t always know best. Many schools are 26 parental impatience and are purchasing hardware without 27 educational planning so they can say, “OK, we’ve moved into the computer age." Teachers 28 themselves caught in the middle of the problem-between parent pressure and 29 educational decisions.?

Educators do not even agree30how computers should be used. A lot of money is going for computerized educational materials 31 research has shown can be taught32with pencil and paper. Even those who believe that all children should33to computer warn of potential34to the very young.?

The temptation remains strong largely because young children 35 so well to computers. First graders have been 36 willing to work for two hours on math skills. Some have an attention span of 20 minutes.?

37 school, however, can afford to go into computing, and that creates 38 another problem: a division between the haven s and have _ note s. Very few parents ask 39 computer instruction in poor school districts,40there may be barely enough money to pay the reading teacher.??A21.[A] items [B] toys[C] sets [D] series?

D22.[A] private [B] children [C] school [D] personal?

A23.[A] Given [B] Provided [C] Convinced [D] Believed?

C24[A] are [B] be[C] are being[D]were?

B25.[A] talks about [B] comes to[C] turns to[D] mentions?

C26.[A] ignorant of [B] blaming [C] yielding to [D] improving

B27.[A] reason [B] sound[C] hard [D] some?

A28.[A] relied on[B] relaxed[C] freed [D] found?

B29.[A] wise [B] clever[C] slow [D] enough?

C30.[A] on[B] with[C] to[D] among?www.examｗ.com

A31.[A] however [B] where[C] what [D] that?

A32.[A] equally [B] the same way [C] just as well[D] not as well

B33.[A] be open [B] have access[C] look [D] turn?

A34.[A] approaches[B] exposures [C] dangers[D] laziness

C35.[A] adopt [B] keep [C] adapt [D] devote?

B36.[A] watched[B] seen[C] told [D] taught

B37.[A] High [B] Not every[C] No[D] Any?

B38.[A] already[B] of course[C] in addition [D] yet生活日记网

A39.[A] for [B] against[C] to buy [D] to use?

D40.[A] in that [B] in any case[C] although [D] whereKEYS：

Section II?

21.根据原文第一段的内容，本小题空白处所填入的词语指的就是第一段中所例举的与教育有关的礼物，诸如打字机、地球仪、百科全书这些东西。toys 专指玩具，sets 指的是一套或一组的东西，series 用于表示丛书之类的东西，这几个词都过于具体，不能囊括上述作为与教育子女有关的礼物。items 常用来指一组事物或一清单中的一项，正好可以填入本小题空白处。因而，选项A为正确答案。

22.这道小题主要是区分private 与personal 的具体用法。前者强调的是"归私人所有的"，经常译成汉语的"私有的"，"私人的"，如a private letter(私人信件)，for private reasons(出于私人原因)。而 personal 虽然在某些方面与private 的含义及用法相同，如也可以说 personal affairs(私事)。但是personal主要强调是"个人的"，"个人用的"。所以本小题正确选项应当为D。 personal computer 指个人用计算机。?

23.given 为过去分词，可用来引导条件状语，意思为"在有......的情况下"，"如果有......"，"假定......"，例如Given good health, I hope to finish the work this year.(在身体好的情况下，我希望今年把工作干完。)Given that he can get the same treatment again, he is sure to get well.(如果他能再得到同样的治疗，他肯定会好起来。)provided (that) 或 providing (that) 可以用来作从属连词，作用相当于if，引导条件状语从句， 意思为"如果......的话"，"只要......"，如Provided that there is no opposition, we shall hold the meeting here.(如果没有反对意见的话，会就开到此为止。)believe 为动词，意思为"相信"，"认为"，后面直接跟宾语，很少用过去分词的形式作状语。而convince 意为"使相信，说服"，常用于句型convince sb. of sth. 和 convince sb. that (从句)，而且常常用过去分词形式表示"相信"，如Covinced of the truth of the report, he told his colleagues about it.(他相信了报道的真实性，把这件事告诉了同事们。)根据本小题空白处前后词语的意思以及结构，正确选项应当为C。?

24.本小题空白处前面的谓语动词是insist。这个动词常用的句式中有insist that(从

句)，表达两种意思：1)表示"坚持认为(说)"，从句应该用陈述语气，如Though all his friend criticized him, he insisted that he had done nothing wrong.(虽然朋友们都批评他，但他坚持说他没有做错。)2)表示"坚决要求"，"坚决主张"，这时从句应该用虚拟语气，无论主语是什么人称，动词都用原形或should 原形，如He insisted that she (should) go at once.(他坚持要求她马上就走。)本小题句子的意思是"父母们深信计算机是使孩子走向成功的必备之品，所以，他们坚决主张应尽早教孩子们学会使用电脑。"因此本小题应选答案B。?25.when 和it comes to 搭配在一起使用时，表示"当说到......"，或"当涉及到......"，如He is not good at sports, but when it comes to English he is the best one in the class.(他虽然不擅长于体育运动，但是谈到英语，班里没有人能比得上他。)本小题正确选项应当为B。?

26.本小题要求根据题意选择一个合适的词组或词。be ignorant of 的意思为"不知道"，"对......无知"，如What his plans are I am quite ignorant of. (我对他的计划一无所知。)blame的意思为"责怪"，常用的句式为blame sth. on sb. 或者blame sb. for. sth. 如He blamed his failure on her. 或 He blamed her for his failure.(他把失败怪罪到她的头上。) yield to 的意思为"屈服于......"，"让步"，如We will never yield to force.(我们是决不会屈服于武力的。)improve 的意思为"改进"，"改善"。句中谈到"由于家长们急不可耐，许多学校迫于压力，在没有做出任何慎重合理的教学计划的情况下便购买了计算机。"所以从意思上讲，本小题的正确选项为C。?生活日记网

27.本小题空白处与上面的小题同属一个句子，显然应当选择选项B。sound 作形容词时，除可表示"健全的"，"完好的"，还可表示"可靠的"，"合理的"，相当于reasonable。?

28.分析小题涉及的句子可以看出，本小题空白处后面是一个复合宾语结构，而四个选项提供的词语中，只有find这个词可以跟复合宾语。因此，本小题正确选项应当为D。

29.这道小题的正确选项为A。wise 的意思是"明智的"，"聪明的"，经常用来指行动上或决定等方面的正确性，如He was wise enough not to drive when he was feeling ill.(他很明智，在感到身体不适时不去开车。)选项B] clever的意思也是"聪明"，但是其一般强调的是智力上的聪明，如He is clever at making excuse. (他很会找借口。)

30.本小题的选项给出了四个介词，显然是一道搭配题。除了选项D] among之外，动词agree和这其余介词搭配使用时，都可表示"同意"，但是各自的侧重点却有所不同。agree on表示"就......取得一致意见"，如We all agree on (making) an early start.(我们一致同意及早出发。)agree with 表示"与......意见一致"，"与......相符"，后面既可以跟表示人的名词或人称代词，也可以跟表示意见、看法的名词或what引出的从句，如I agree with you without reservation.(我毫无保留地同意你的意见。)We agree with what you said just now.(我们同意你刚才所说的意见。)agree to 表示"同意某一建议或安排并参与执行"，如They all agree to our plan.(他们都同意我们的计划<并要参与执行>。)根据题意，本小题正确选项应当为A。

31.根据小题空白处所在的句子结构，这里需要填入一个引导定语从句的关联词。选项A] however和选项C]what不能引导定语从句，可以排除。选项B]where虽然可以引导定语从，但其先行词应当是表示地点的词语，故也可以排除。因而本小题的正确选项为B。这个句子的结构比较复杂，关系代词that 引导的定语从句本身又是一个复合句，that指代先行词material，在定语从句中的宾语从句里作主语。32.本小题空白处所在的句子的意思是"大量的资金被花在用计算机实施教育的材料上了，而这些材料用普通的纸和笔来教给学生，也能取得同样好的效果。"根据本小题句意，显然选项C是正确的答案。?

33.be open to意思为"对......开放"，turn to 意思为"转向"，"求助于"，look to 意思为"照顾"，"照料"，这几个词语填入小题空白处显然意思不通。只有have access to正确，其意思为"进入"，"能接近、了解、使用......"，如Students have access to the library during the vacation.(假期学生们可以使用图书馆。)根据本小题句子的意思，应选择选项B。?

34.在本小题四个选项里，选项A]approach，选项B]exposures和选项C]dangers都可以和介词to 搭配使用。approach to 意思为"接近"，"处理......的方式(方法)"，如There is no easy approach to this question.(没有处理这个问题的简单方法);exposure to 意思为"暴露于......"，如Her skin was dry after exposure to the wind.(经过风吹后她的皮肤很干。)danger to 意思为"对......有危险"，如Narrow and winding roads are a danger to drivers. (狭窄而迂回的路对司机来说是危险的。)根据本小题的意思，正确选项应当为C。?

35.选项中adopt是一个及物动词，意思为"采纳"，"采用"，"通过"，如The board adopted the proposal in the end after much debate.(经过许多争论后，董事会最终通过了这个提议。)adapt 表示"适应"，常和介词to 搭配使用，如He has not adapted himself to the climate here.(他还没有适应这里的气候。)devote 也可以和to 搭配使用，表示"致力于......"，如Every spare moment of his was devoted to English study.(他把自己所有的空闲时间都用来学习英语了。)Mary devotes much of her time to cooking.(玛利把她大部分的时间都用在做吃的上了。)根据本小题的意思，正确选项应当为C。?

36.本小题主要是要求辨别选项A]watched 和选项B]seen 的含义。前者主要着眼于观看比赛、电视等动态的事物，如I am sure they are watching the football game in the dorm.(我敢肯定他们正在宿舍里观看足球比赛。)而后者则着眼于"看到"之意，如Have you ever seen him play football?(你看到过他踢足球吗?)本小题正确选项应当为B。

37.在前面，作者谈到各个学校都在买电脑。但是本段的话题发生了变化，作者谈到并不是所有的学校都买得起电脑。所以从逻辑上看，此处应填答案B。?生活日记网

38.本小题要求根据上下文的内容选择填入空白处在意义和结构上都正确的词语。already 意思为"已经"，of course 意思为"当然"，in addition 意思为"除此之外还......"。而yet 的用法比较复杂，应注意以下几点：1)用在否定句中，表示"还(没有)"，如I m not quite clear yet about this question.(我还不太明白这个问题。)2)用在疑问句中，表示"已经"，如Have you finished it yet?(你已经做完了吧?)3)表示"仍然"，"还在"，"还得"，如Father rose early and is working yet.(父亲起得很早，现在还在工作。)4)和比较级连用，表示"更加"，如This is bad; that is yet

worse.(这个不好，那个更糟。)5)和another 或more连用，表示"还有"如I ve had yet another bill.(我还有一份账单。)根据本小题句意，正确的选项应当为D。?

39.从上下文来看，本小题句子的意思是"在贫困地区，几乎没有哪位父母要求计算机教学"。选项B]意思不对，选项C]，D]不能和后面的instruction衔接，都可以排除。因而，本小题正确选项应当为A。

40.很明显，这个句子是对上一句话的原因进行说明的，因而选项A为正确答案。in that 是从属连词，用在这里引导状语从句表示原因，相当于because。例如I like the city, but I like the county better in that I have more friends in the county.(我喜欢城市，但我更喜欢乡村，因为我有更多的朋友在那里。)In any case 表示"不管怎么样"，如：In any case I shall return in a day or two.(无论如何，我会在一两天内回来。)