2017年公共英语三级试题（英语知识运用）4套（4）
The rocket engine, with its steady roar like that of a waterfall or a thunderstorm, is an impressive symbol of the new space age.Rocket engines have 1 powerful enough to shoot astronauts 2 the earth’s gravitational pull and 3 them on the moon.We have now become 4 space.
Impressive and complex 5 it may appear, the rocket, which was 6 in China over 800 years 7 , is a relatively simple device.Fuel that is 8 in the rocket engine changes 9 gas.The hot and rapidly 10 gas must escape, but it can do so only 11 an opening that 12 backward.As the gas is 13 with great force, it 14 the rocket in the 15 direction. Like the kick of a gun 16 it is fired, it 17 the laws of nature 18 by Sir Isaac Newton when he discovered that“ 19 every action, there is 20 equal and opposite reaction.”
1.A.shown B.been C.appeared D.proved
2.A.against B.despite C.beyond D.from
3.A.send B.land C.take D.carry
4.A.travelers B.astronauts C.researchers D.explorers
5.A.that B.so C.as D.sometimes
6.A.made B.discovered C.developed D.invented
7.A.in advance B.before C.earlier D.ago
8.A.round B.contained C.stored D.burned
9.A.as B.into C.for D.the
10.A.heating B.escaping C.expanding D.conducting
11.A.in B.at C.by D.through
12.A.turns B.goes C.faces D.directs
13.A.transmitted B.dispersed C.erected D.radiated
14.A.attracts B.leads C.pulls D.pushes
15.A.same B.other C.opposite D.wrong
16.A.that B.when C.if D.although
17.A.states B.proves C.follows D.breaks
18.A.described B.discussed C.considered D.made
19.A.like B.as C.with D.for
20.A.no B.an C.another D.theCloze
1.【答案】D
2.【答案】C
【解析】根据意思判断，beyond意为“超出，超过”。
3.【答案】B
4.【答案】A
【解析】根据意思判断，travelers正确.
5.【答案】C
【解析】原句是表示让步的状语从句，而且是一个倒装句，故只能选C as。
6.【答案】D
【解析】根据词的意思区分，invented(指发明)合乎题意。
7.【答案】D
8.【答案】D
【解析】根据句子意思判断，burned正确。
9.【答案】B
【解析】change into是固定短语，“变成”的意思。
10.【答案】C
【解析】根据句子意思判断，应选expanding gas膨胀的气体。
11.【答案】D
【解析】through的意思为“穿过，通过”。
12.【答案】C
【解析】faces意为“朝着”。
13.【答案】D
14.【答案】D
【解析】根据句子意思判断，应为push“推”。
15.【答案】C
【解析】朝相反的方向，故选C。
16.【答案】B
【解析】when引导的定语从句。
17.【答案】C
【解析】根据句子意思判断, follow在这里是遵循的意思。
18.【答案】A
19.【答案】D
20.【答案】B
本文导航第1页完型填空一第2页完型填空二第3页完型填空三第4页完型填空四Historians tend to tell the same joke when they are describing history education in America. It’s the one 61 the teacher standing in the schoolroom door 62 goodbye to students for the summer and calling 63 them, "By the way, we won World War II."
The problem with the joke, of course, is that it’s 64 funny. The recent surveys on 65 illiteracy (无知) are beginning to numb(令人震惊): nearly one third of American 17-year-olds cannot even 66 which countries the United States 67 against in that war. One third have no 68 when the Declaration of Independence was 69 . One third thought Columbus reached the New World after 1750. Two thirds cannot correctly 70 the Civil War between 1850 and 1900. 71 when they get the answers right, some are 72 guessing.
Unlike math or science, ignorance of history cannot be 73 connected to loss of international 74 . But it does affect our future 75 a democratic nation and as individuals. The 76 news is that there is growing agreement 77 what is wrong with the 78 of history and what needs to be 79 to fix it. The steps are tentative (尝试性的) 80 yet to be felt in most classrooms.
61. A) about B) in C) for D) by
62. A) shaking B) waving C) nodding D) speaking
63. A) in B) after C) for D) up
64. A) rarely B) so C) too D) not
65. A) historical B) educational C) cultural D) political
66. A) distinguish B) acknowledge C) identify D) convey
67. A) defeated B) attacked C) fought D) struck
68. A) sense B) doubt C) reason D) idea
69. A) printed B) signed C) marked D) edited
70. A) place B) judge C) get D) lock
71. A) Even B) Though C) Thus D) So
72. A) hardly B) just C) still D) ever
73. A) exclusively B) practically C) shortly D) directly
74. A) competitiveness B) comprehension C) community D) commitment
75. A) of B) for C) with D) as
76. A) fine B) nice C) surprising D) good
77. A) to B) with C) on D) of
78. A) consulting B) coaching C) teaching D) instructing
79. A) done B) dealt C) met D) reached
80. A) therefore B) or C) and D) as
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61.A about 62. B waving 63.B after 64.D not 65.A historical
66.C identify 67.C fought 68.D idea 69.B signed 70.A place
71. A Even 72.B just 73. D directly 74. A competitiveness 75.D as
76. D good 77.C on 78. C teaching 79. A done 80.C and
本文导航第1页完型填空一第2页完型填空二第3页完型填空三第4页完型填空四One day a police officer manager to get some fresh mushrooms.He was so 1 what he had bought that he offered to 2 the mushrooms with his brother officers.When their breakfast arrived the next day, each officer found some mushrooms on his plate.
“Let the dog 3 a piece first,”suggested one 4 officer who was afraid that the mushrooms might be poisonous.The dog seemed to 5 his mushrooms, and the officers then began to eat their meal saying that the mushrooms had a very strang 6 quite pleasant taste.
An hour 7 , however, they were all astonished when the gardener rushed on and said 8 the dog was dead. 9 , the officers jumpedsintostheir cars and rushedsintosthe nearest hospital.Pumps (泵) were used and the officers had a very 10 time getting rid of the mushrooms that 11 in their stomachs.When they 12 to the police station, they sat down and started to 13 the mushroom poisoning.Each man explained the pains that he had felt and they agreed that 14 had grown worse on their 15 to the hospital.The gardener was called to tell the way 16 the poor dog had died.“Did it 17 much before death?”asked one of the officers, 18 very pleased that he had escaped a 19 death himself.“No,”answered the gardener looker rather 20 .“It was killed the moment a car hit it.”
1.A.sure of B.careless aboutC.pleased with D.disappointed at
2.A.share B.grow C.wash D.cook
3.A.check B.smell C.try D.examine
4.A.frightened B.shy C.cheerful D.careful
5.A.refuse B.hate C.want D.enjoy
6.A.besides B.but C.and D.or
7.A.later B.after C.past D.over
8.A.cruelly B.curiously C.seriously D.finally
9.A.Immediately B.Carefully C.Suddenly D.Slowly
10.A.hard B.busyC.exciting D.unforgettable
11.A.stopped B.dropped C.settled D.remained
12.A.hurried B.drove C.went D.returned
13.A.study B.discuss C.record D.remember
14.A.this B.these C.it D.they
15.A.road B.street C.way D.direction
16.A.how B.in that C.which D.in which
17.A.suffer B.eat C.harm D.spit
18.A.to feel B.feeling C.felt D.having felt
19.A.strange B.painful C.peaceful D.natural
20.A.happy B.interested C.surprised D.Excited
1.【答案】C【解析】从上文中managed to get(表示好不容易买到新鲜蘑菇)，及后文offer to (=express willingness to)可知此处应选C项，意为：对……感到满意(=satisfied with)。
2.【答案】A【解析】有下文所发生的一切可知，此处应选A项，表示要与brother officers一起分享蘑菇的美味。
3.【答案】C【解析】try a piece = try eating a piece.蘑菇的毒性是闻不出来的，故排除B项，另外可参见下文(这只狗吃了蘑菇)。
4.【答案】D【解析】这位军官建议先让狗吃吃看，担心蘑菇会有毒，由此可见他很细心。
5.【答案】D【解析】从下文“the officers then began to eat their meal”可知，这只狗enjoy (eating)his mushroom。
6.【答案】B【解析】修饰名词taste的两个形容词之间存在转折关系，故应选but, besides是介词不能连接形容词。
7.【答案】A【解析】An hour later = After an hour表示一个小时后。
8.【答案】C【解析】警官们大为吃惊，因为园丁冲进来，很严肃很认真地说那条狗死了。
9.【答案】A【解析】一听到狗死了，警官们立刻跳进车内，急驶向医院，C项表示没有思想就发生了，故应排除。
10.【答案】A【解析】用洗胃器清除胃里的蘑菇，肯定是不好受的。Have a hard time (in) doing sth. = have difficulty (in) doing sth.。
11.【答案】D【解析】remained in their stomachs = were left in their stomachs残留在胃里的蘑菇。
12.【答案】D【解析】Return = go back表示从医院回到警察局。
13.【答案】B【解析】有下文可知，他们回来后开始讨论所吃蘑菇的毒性。
14.【答案】B【解析】these指代pains,而they指代警官。
15.【答案】C【解析】on one?s way to在去某地的途中。
16.【答案】D【解析】当先行词为way时，其定语从句引导词不用how,而应用in which。that在从句中也可表方式作状语，亦可将引导词省去。
17.【答案】A【解析】警官们以为狗是中毒死的，所以问：“狗死前，它遭受了很多痛苦吗?”
18.【答案】B【解析】feeling作谓语动词asked的伴随状语。to feel可作目的状语，但不用逗号;felt缺少连词and,以构成并列谓语;having left表示发生在谓语的动作之前的动作，作原因或时间状语。
19.【答案】B【解析】中毒死是痛苦的，且上下文中用了suffer一词。
20.【答案】C【解析】园丁对警官问的问题感到吃惊，因为他知道狗死的真相——被撞死的。
本文导航第1页完型填空一第2页完型填空二第3页完型填空三第4页完型填空四The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is one of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name. But Gregory Cochran is 1 to say it anyway. He is that 2 bird, a scientist who works independently 3 any institution. He helped popularize the idea that some diseases not 4 thought to have a bacterial cause were actually infections, which aroused much controversy when it was first suggested.
5 he, however, might tremble at the 6 of what he is about to do. Together with another two scientists, he is publishing a paper which not only 7 that one group of humanity is more intelligent than the others, but explains the process that has brought this about. The group in 8 are a particular people originated from central Europe. The process is natural selection.
This group generally do well in IQ test, 9 12-15 points above the 10 value of 100, and have contributed 11 to the intellectual and cultural life of the West, as the 12 of their elites, including several world-renowned scientists, 13. They also suffer more often than most people from a number of nasty genetic diseases, such as breast cancer. These facts, 14, have previously been thought unrelated. The former has been 15 to social effects, such as a strong tradition of 16 education. The latter was seen as a (an) 17 of genetic isolation. Dr. Cochran suggests that the intelligence and diseases are intimately 18. His argument is that the unusual history of these people has 19 them to unique evolutionary pressures that have resulted in this 20 state of affairs.
1. [A] selected [B] prepared [C] obliged [D] pleased
2. [A] unique [B] particular [C] special [D] rare
3. [A] of [B] with [C] in [D] against
4. [A] subsequently [B] presently [C] previously [D] lately
5. [A] Only [B] So [C] Even [D] Hence
6. [A] thought [B] sight [C] cost [D] risk
7. [A] advises [B] suggests [C] protests [D] objects
8. [A] progress [B] fact [C] need [D] question
9. [A] attaining [B] scoring [C] reaching [D] calculating
10. [A] normal [B] common [C] mean [D] total
11. [A] unconsciously [B] disproportionately
[C] indefinitely [D] unaccountably
12. [A] missions [B] fortunes [C] interests [D] careers
13. [A] affirm [B] witness [C] observe [D] approve
14. [A] moreover [B] therefore [C] however [D] meanwhile
15. [A] given up [B] got over [C] carried on [D] put down
16. [A] assessing [B] supervising [C] administering [D] valuing
17. [A] development [B] origin [C] consequence [D] instrument
18. [A] linked [B] integrated [C] woven [D] combined
19. [A] limited [B] subjected [C] converted [D] directed
20. [A] paradoxical [B] incompatible [C] inevitable [D] continuous
参考答案
1、答案：B
解析：本题测试语义逻辑衔接。 " selected" 意为 "挑选"; "prepared"意为 "准备"; "obliged"意为"迫使，责成";"pleased"意为"高兴地，满足地"， 前一句"人们不敢说"，本句中由"but "一词可推出意思与上句相反，即"Cochran 准备说"， 所以选B.摘自考试吧http://www.kaoshiba.com/
2、答案：D
解析：本题测试词义辨析 。"unique"意为"唯一的， 独特的";"particular"意为"特殊的， 独特的";"special"意为"特别的， 特殊的";"rare"意为"稀罕的，珍贵的"，rare bird 意为"稀有的人"，空格相关意思是"只有Cochra准备说"， 而且 "rare bird" 是固定搭配,所以选D
3、答案：A
解析：本题测试介词的语意搭配, independently of 意为"不依赖于， 独立"，所以选A
4、答案：C
解析：本题测试词义辨析。由"actually"推出本句是对现在和以前对疾病看法的对比，所以选C
5、答案：C
解析：本题测试副词的用法及语段的连贯性。Even 做程度副词，表示递进关系，意为"即使他自己也…".所以选C
6、答案：A
解析：本题测试词义搭配。空格相关意思是"一想到他即将要做的，即使他自己也…." "At thought of "意为"一看到…"; at sight of意为年"一看见";at cost of 意为"以…的代价";at risk of意为"冒着….的危险"，所以选A
7、答案：B
解析：本题测试动词辨析。advice意为 "建议"; suggest意为"建议，提出’"; protest"主张，断言"; object"反对"，此句指"在论文中， 他建议…"，所以选B
8、答案：D
解析：本题测试词组搭配，in progress 意为"进行中";in fact 意为"事实上"; in need意为"在危难中"; in question 意为"正在被讨论的"，前一句正在谈论 " group群体" ,本句衔接上一句表达"正在被讨论的这个群体"，所以选D
9. 答案：B
解析：本题考查动词辨析。从该句中的12-15 points 可知，前面的动词是与分数相关的。score的意思是得分，打分，而其他三项没有这层意思。故答案为B。
10. 答案：C
解析：本题考查形容词辨析。文中提到这组人IQ测试得分比100分高12-15分，按照常识，100分是平均分，mean的意思是平均的。所以答案为C。
11. 答案：B
解析：本题考查上下文的逻辑关系和副词辨析。disproportionately的意思是不成比例地，不相称地，比例太大(或太小的)。这句话要传达的意思是这组人做贡献的比例非常大，故答案选B。
12. 答案：D
解析：本题考查上下文的逻辑关系和名词辨析。as引导的状语从句用一些精英(包括科学家)的职业证明前面提到的这组人所做的贡献非常大，career的意思是职业，事业，符合此意，故选D。
13. 答案：A
解析：本题考查动词辨析。选项[A]affirm意为确认，肯定，符合题意。而[B]witness常用作及物动词，表示见证，表明;[C]observe, 表示观察，评论，以人作主语;[D]意思为批准，通过的意思，也是人作主语。故答案为A。
14. 答案：C
解析：本题考查逻辑关系。前文同时叙述了关于这组人的两种现象，这两种现象明显是有关联的，但是这句话说到先前人们认为两者没有关系，上下文构成转折关系，故选C。
15. 答案：D
解析：本题考查固定搭配。get down to的意思是归因于，符合句意。而give up to的意思是让给，get over to的意思是让某人明白某事，carry on的意思是继续开展，坚持，均不合题意。故答案为D。
16. 答案：D
解析：本题考查动词辨析。此处要传达的意思是重视教育的传统，只有[D]valuing符合题意。
17. 答案：C
解析：本题考查名词辨析。此句的意思是后者是由genetic isolation导致的结果，consequence的意思是结果，后果，故答案为C。
18. 答案：A
解析：本题考查动词辨析。此句Dr. Cochran的观点是这两者是密切关联的。link表示两者之间的关联或联系;integrate表示两者结合为一个整体;wave表示两者交织在一起;combine表示两者结合。只有link符合题意。故选A。
19. 答案：B
解析：本题考查动词辨析。subject to意为使…经受或遭受;limit to表示限制;convert to表示转变;direct to表示指向。本句的意思是说这些人不同寻常的历史使他们经受了独特的进化压力，只有B符合题意。
20. 答案：A
解析：本题考查形容词辨析。此处要传达的意思是独特的进化压力导致了这种似乎矛盾的状况。paradoxical 表示似乎矛盾的，似是而非的;incompatible表示不兼容的，不协调的;inevitable表示不可避免的;continuous表示连续的。只有A符合题意。
