2011年12月浙江省大学英语三级考试试卷

2011年12月浙江省大学英语三级考试试卷

Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks, 30 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will

be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once.

After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the 4 choices marked A),

B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the

Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

1. A) The man can sleep in the office. B) The man can do his work in the office.

C) She can work without air conditioner. D) She will have the air conditioner repaired.

2. A) He doesn’t like going to town. B) He doesn’t like going shopping.

C) He doesn’t like French films. D) He doesn’t like going to France by air.

3. A) In a shop. B) In a restaurant.

C) At a market. D) In a bookstore.

4. A) Their phone may not have rung. B) Their neighbours’ windows are open.

C) Their phone does not work well. D) Their neighbours’ phones often ring.

5. A) He quit teaching in June. B) He opened a restaurant near the school.

C) He has left the army recently. D) He has taken over his brother’s business.

6. A) It is bigger. B) It has a prettier garden.

C) It is prettier. D) It has a larger garden.

7. A) The man thinks the zoo is far away.

B) The man will take a bus to go to the zoo.

C) The woman does not know the way to the zoo.

D) The woman does not like animals in the zoo.

8. A) At 8:45. B) At 8:35. C) At 8:25. D) At 8:00.

9. A) The man is quite positive. B) The questions were easy to answer.

C) The man is very disappointed. D) The questions were strange and crazy.

10. A) It is too expensive. B) He will see it again.

C) He doesn’t like it. D) It is difficult to understand.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 1 long conversation and 2 short passages. At the end of each

conversation or passage, you will hear some questions. The conversation or passage will be read

twice and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During

the pause, you must read the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best

answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the

centre.

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. A) Blue. B) Gray. C) Colorless. D) Red.

12. A) Because airplanes need air to lift them.

B) Because airplanes engines need air to work.

C) Because the pilots can’t breathe without air.

D) Because the pilots need air to see thins far ahead.

13. A) The sky is space. B) High in the sky the air is thin.

C) There is nothing in the sky. D) The sky is all around the world.

Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. A) In the middle of November. B) In the middle of December.

C) At the end of November. D) At the beginning of December.

15. A) Churches. B) The government. C) Store owners. D) Common families.

16. A) Go to work. B) Help each other. C) Play games. D) Go to traveling.

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17. A) There are many small businesses.

B) There are people from all over the world.

C) There are many job opportunities.

D) There are restaurants of different kinds.

18. A) Many people there come from Africa.

B) There are not many international restaurants.

C) People there can enjoy foods of different nations.

D) People there especially like foods of Far East.

19. A) They are usually small businesses. B) The dishes there have a strange flavor.

C) They can be found only in big cities. D) Many Americans like the food there.

20. A) People like foods of their native lands.

B) Large cities offer international sample of foods.

C) Even small cities offer various international foods.

D) People eat foods of other nations to understand their culture.

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage 3 times. When the passage is read for the first time, you

should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are

required to fill in the blanks numbered from 21 to 27 with the exact words you have just heard. For

blanks numbered from 28 to 30 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks,

you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own

words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

For Americans, time is money. They say, “You only get so much time in this life; you’d better use it