2022年下半年公共英语三级考试阅读理解试题

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公共英语三级考试阅读练习一：

Directions: Read the following text from which five sentences have removed. Choose from the sentences A -G the most suitable one to fill each numbered gap in the text（41-45）. There are Two extra sentences that you do not need to use. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET 1.

The whole of the United States cheered its latest hero, Ashley Smith, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation saying it was planning to give a big reward to her for having a brave heart and wise mind.

1_____ She was moving into her apartment in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man followed her to her door and put a gun to her side. "I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really afraid," she said in a TV interview last week. The man was Brian Nichols, 33. He was suspected of killing three people at an Atlanta courthouse（法院）on March, 11 and later of killing a federal agent. 2_____

Nichols tied Smith up with tape, but released her after she repeatedly begged him not to take her life. "I told him if he hurt me, my little girl wouldn' t have a mummy," she said. In order to calm the man down, she read to him from The Purpose-Driven Life, a best-selling religious boot.

He asked her to repeat a paragraph " about what you thought your purpose in life was--what talents were you given. " 3_____ "I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his trust," Smith said. Smith said she asked Nichols why he chose her. "He said he thought I was an angel sent from God, and we were Christian sister and brother, " she said. "And that he was lost, and that God led him to me to tell him that he had hurt a lot of people. " 4_____ She said Nichols was surprised when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage（报道）of the police hunt for him. "I cannot believe that' s me, " Nichols told the woman. Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he should do. She said, "! think you should turn yourself in. If you don' t, lots more people are going to get hurt. "

Eventually, he let her go. 5_____ A $ 60,000 reward had been posted for Nichols' capture. Authorities said they did not yet know if Smith would be eligible（有资格的）for that money.

[A] She even cooked breakfast for the man before he allowed her to leave.

[B] Smith thanked the man for his kindness.

[C] Smith tried very hard to kill Nichols.

[D] The local police were searching for him.

[E] And the two of them discussed this topic.

[F] Then she called the police.

[G] Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter.

参考译文

整个美国都在为它的最新英雄Ashley Smith欢呼喝彩，联邦调查局示由于Smith的勇敢和睿智计划要予以她很大的奖励。

Smith是一个26岁的单身妈妈，有一个女儿。3月12日一早她正往佐治亚州亚特兰大市的公寓搬家，一个男人跟随她进了家门并用枪对着她。“我开始朝门的方向走去，心里真的非常非

常害怕，”她上周在一个电视采访节目中说。这个男人是Brian Nichols，33岁。他被怀疑3月11日在亚特兰大法院杀害三个人，后来又杀了一名联邦特工，当地警方正搜捕他。

Nichols用带子把Smith绑起来，但在她苦苦哀求下才放开她。她说：“我跟他说如果他伤害我，我的小女儿就没有妈妈了。”为了让这个男人安静下来，她给他读了一本畅销的宗教书籍

《充满目的的生活》。他让她重复其中一段“你的人生目的是什么——你有什么才能”。他们两个还就此话题展开讨论。 .

“我所做的就是和他聊天，获取他的信任，”Smith说。

Smith问Nichols为什么选中她，“他说他认为我是上帝派来的天使，我们都是基督的兄弟姐妹”，她回忆，“他迷失了，上帝让他来找我，让我告诉他，他曾经伤害了一些人。”她甚至

在这个男人允许她离开前给他做了早饭。她说Nichols很惊讶看到她为他做了早饭，然后他们一起收看电视上警察搜寻他的报道。“我无法相信那个人是我，”他对Smith说。然后Nichols问S

mith她认为他应该怎么做。她告诉他：“我认为你应该自首。如果你不这样，会有更多的人受到伤害。”

最后他放走了她。Smith报了警。官方悬赏6万美元缉拿Nichols，但是官方不确定Smith是否有资格领取这笔钱。

答案及解析

1.【答案】G

【解析】文章第二段是对事件发生背景的介绍，选项G介绍了当事人的年龄和身份，因此选项G是正确。

2.【答案】D

【解析】文章第二段是对事件发生背景的介绍，空格上一句提到“他被怀疑3月ll日在亚特兰大法院杀害三个人，后来又杀害一名联邦特工”，只有选项D“当地警方正搜捕他”符合内容

的衔接，故选D.

3.【答案】E

【解析】空格上一句是“他让她重复其中一段‘你的人生目的是什么?你有什么才能’”，而选项中只有E和这一句内容相关。故选E.

4.【答案】A

【解析】空格下一句是“她说Nichols很惊讶看到她为他做了早饭”，因此上一句应该是有关Smith为Nichols做早饭的内容，故选A.

5.【答案】F

【解析】文章最后一句是“官方不确定是否Smith有资格领取这笔钱”，说明Smith做了对警方有利的工作，因此选项F“Smith报了警”是符合逻辑。故选F.

公共英语三级考试阅读练习二：

In shopping malls, the assistants try to push you into buying "a gift to thank her for her unselfish love". When you log onto a website, a small pop-up invites you to book a bouquet for her.Commercial warmth and gratitude are the atmosphere being spread around for this special Sunday in May.

1 The popularity of Mother' s Day around the world suggests that Jarvis got all she wanted. In fact, she got more enough to make her horrified.

2 They buy, among other things,132 million cards. Mother's Day is the No.1 holiday for flower purchases. Then there are the various commodities, ranging from jewelry and clothes to cosmetics and washing powder, that take advantage of the promotion opportunities. Because of this, Jarvis spent the last 40 years of her life trying to stop Mother' s Day. One protest against the commercialization of Mother' s Day even got her arrested--for disturbing the peace, interestingly.

3 As Ralph Fevre, a reporter at the UK newspaper The Guardian, observed, traditionally "motherhood is something that we do because we think it' s right. " But in the logic of commercialism, people need something in exchange for their time and energy. A career serves this purpose better.

4 So they work hard and play hard. Becoming a mother, however, inevitably handicaps career anticipation.

5 According to The Guardian, there are twice as many child-free young women as there were a generation ago. Or, they put off the responsibility of parenting until later in their lives.

So, Fevre writes that the meaning of celebrating Mother' s Day needs to be updated: "It is to persuade people that parenting is a good idea and to honor people for their attempt to be good people. "

A. According to a research by the US card company Hallmark,96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday.

B. But what's more, commercialism changes young people's attitude towards motherhood.

C. Obviously, the best gift will be a phone call or a visit.

D. The American version of Mother's Day was thought up as early as 1905, by Anna Jarvis, as a way of recognizing the real value of motherhood.

E. In addition, women are being encouraged to pursue any career they desire.

F. As a result, motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.

G. Nowadays Mother's Day become more and more commercialization.

参考译文

在购物商场里，售货员极力向你推销，“买一件礼物去感谢她无私的爱吧。”当你登录到一个网站的时候，一个弹出式菜单要你为她订一束花。在这个五月份特别的星期天里，洋溢着充

满商业化的热情和感激的气氛。

美国版本的母亲节在1905年由贾维斯提出，作为一种认同母爱真正价值的方式。母亲节在全世界的流行表明贾维斯成功达到了目的。事实上，她得到的还要多，多得使她感到害怕。

根据美国贺曼卡片公司的调查显示，96%的美国消费者在庆祝这个节日。在各种商品之中，卡片的销售量达到l_32亿张。母亲节的鲜花销售量在所有节日中住列第一。还有其他各种各样

的商品，从珠宝、衣服到化妆品、洗衣粉，都利用这个机会提高销售量。由于这个原因，贾维斯在她生命的最后40年中一直努力阻止庆祝母亲节。有趣的是，在一次抵制母亲节商业化的抗议

中，她竟然以破坏和平的名义被捕。

并且，商业化使得年轻人改变了做母亲的态度。正如英国报纸《卫报》记者劳尔夫·斐吾尔评论的一样，传统意义上“选择做母亲是因为我们认为这是正确的”。但从商业逻辑看来，人们

需要一些东西来交换由此而付出的时间和精力。一份事业更适合这个目标。

另外，女性被鼓励去追求任何她们想要的事业。因此她们努力工作。努力玩。然而成为一个母亲就不可避免地会阻碍事业的发展。

结果是，女性地位自20世纪50年代以来有了巨大的下降。据《卫报》报道，当今没有孩子的年轻女性是上一代的两倍。或者她们把做母亲的责任推迟到更晚一些。

于是斐吾尔写道，庆祝母亲节的意义需要被更新。“它的意义在于说服人们去相信为人父母是一个崇高的信念，并且要尊重有意成为善者的人们。”

答案及解析

1.【答案】D

【解析】选项D中出现了两处词语与空格后句中的词语形成呼应Mother's Day，Javis，因此D可能是答案。空格后句中的she在空格前句中有指代的内容：指代Anna Javis，故选D.

2.【答案】A

【解析】选项A中有两个词与空格后句中的词语呼应：cards，holiday，因此A是答案。

3.【答案】B

【解析】空格处需填一个与后句有转折关系的句子，选项B "But what's more"表示意思的转折，所以选B. ’

4.【答案】E

【解析】选项中只有E有指代人的复数名词（women）能成为空格后句中代词they的指代内容，因此E是答案。

5.【答案】F

【解析】从句意上看，选项F是概括句，空格后句是用具体的数字对F进行解释，F符合题意，故选F.

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