2012年5月成人英语三级考试真题、答案、解析

A. that B. which C. as D. what

20．答案为C. as引导的从句与such呼应， 形成“It wasn’t such a good one ___promised by the boss/宴会不如老板承诺的那么好”

21. So many people ______ the meeting had to be put off. A. being absent B. to be absent

C. were absent D. had been absent

21.答案为A. so many people being absent构成独立主格结构， 在句中作原因状语。

22. We often advise him not to drink more is good for his health.

A. as B. that C. than D. but 22． 答案为C. more than…比…多

23.—Did Charles vote in the last election? —No, he wasn’t .

A. enough old then B. then enough old

C. old then enough D. old enough then

23． 答案为D. enough修饰形容词要出现在形容词的后面。

24. By no means look down on those who are less lucky in life than we are. A. we should B. should we

C. we should not D. should we not 24． 答案为B.该题考部分倒装。

25. He didn’t feel like that day so he stayed indoors reading.

A. working B. works C. to work D. worked 25． 答案为A. feel like + doing

26. No sooner had we started on the road it began to rain.

A. when B. than C. then D. whenever 26.答案为B. no sooner…than…/一…就…

27. He decided to go for a sailing holiday the fact that he was usually Seasick (晕船).

A. because of B. in spite of C. in case of D. as a result of 27.答案为B. in spite of是“尽管”

28. What you do in your spare time is your own . However it should not be harmful to others.

A. business B. purchase C. bargain D. sale 28.答案为A. one’s business/某人的事情

29. As a gardener, Jim has to water the flowers and the grass in the garden

every morning.

A. trim B. improve C. refine D. repair 29． 答案为A(修整)。

30. The firemen are still the small fires started by the plane crash. A. taking off B. setting aside

C. getting along with D. putting out 30．答案为D(扑灭)。

31. He didn’t live up to had been expected of him.

A. that B. what C. which D. all

31． 答案为B.介词后面出现的从句是宾语从句。 从句缺少主语， 因此B或C是答案。 which引导的名词从句空格后常出现单数名词，但题干中空格后没有出现单数名词，因此答案为B.

32. The old couple decided to a boy and a girl though they had three of their own.

A. adapt B. bring C. receive D. adopt 32． 答案为D(收养)。

33. The relationship between employers and employees has been studied .

A. originally B. extremely C. violently D. intensively 33． 答案为D(集中地)。

34. The car halfway for no reason.

A. broke off B. broke down C. broke up D. broke out 34． 答案为B(坏掉)。

35. The police that he committed a series of crimes in the north of the city.

A. swelled B. submitted C. surveyed D. suspected 35． 答案为D(怀疑)。

36. The manager lost his just because his secretary was ten minutes late.

A. mood B. temper C. mind D. passion 36． 答案为B。 lose one’s temper/发火

37. We gave out a cheer when the red roof of the cottage came view.

A. from B. in C. before D. into 37． 答案为D, come into view看得见

38. I have kept that portrait I can see it every day, as it always reminds me of my university days in London.

A. which B. where C. whether D. when

38. 答案为B(…的地方)。 空格所在的从句是where引导的地点状语从句。

39. The room is in a terrible mess; it cleaned. A. can’t have been B. mustn’t have been

C. shouldn’t have been D. wouldn’t have been

39． 答案为A(不可能已经…).. can not have done表示“不可能已经…”,用于对过去发生的事情进行推测。

40. You see the lightning it happens, but you hear the thunder later. A. the instant B. for an instant

C. on the instant D. in an instant

40． 答案为A. (一…就…). The instant（ = the moment）用于连接时间状语从句。

41. it or not, his discovery has created a stir in scientific circles. A. Believe B. To believe

C. Believing D. Believed

41.答案为A. believe it or not是固定搭配,意义为”信不信由你”

42. The medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at chemist’s.

A. other B. some C. certain D. any 42.答案为D(任何的).

43. Your hair wants . You’d better have it done tomorrow.

A. cut B. to cut C. cutting D. being cut

43.答案为C. “want/require/need +动名词”以主动形式表达被动意义.

44. I don’t think it advisable that Tom to the job since he has no experience. A. be assigned B. will be assigned

C. is assigned D. has been assigned

44.答案为A. advisable是个态度词,该词后面出现的从句谓语结构需要使用虚拟语气((should) +动词原形)

45. The goals he had fought all his life no longer seemed important to him. A. after which B. with which

C. for which D. at which

45.答案为C. which在定语从句中替代先行词the goals, 因此for which (= for the goals)意义为”为了实现那些目标”.该句意义为”他奋斗了一生为实现的那些目标似乎对他而言已经不再重要了”.

Part III Identification (10%)

Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one that is not correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the

Answer Sheet.

46. The sun gives off light and warmth, that makes it possible for plants to grow.

A B C D 答案为B. that应改为which.

47. Sand painting has also called dry or earth painting and is practiced by A B C several American Indian artists. D

答案为A. has also called应改为has also been called. Call是双宾语动词。

48. Humans, like many other animals, are warm-blooded with a fairly constantly A B C D

body temperature.

答案为D。 fairly constantly应改为fairly constant。 副词不能修饰名词

49. Now that the stress of examinations and interviews are over, we can all relax A B C D

for a while.

答案为B。 are应改为is.主语是stress(压力)， 是不可数名词。

50. The tallest of the twins went to search for the missing jewels, the picture of A B which you saw in today’s newspaper. C D

答案为A. tallest应改为taller. 比较范围是Twins， twins是两个人。

51. They are going to havethe serviceman to be installed an electric fan in the A B C D

office tomorrow.

答案为C. to be installed应改为install

52. Only under special circumstances freshmen are permitted to take make-up tests. A B C D 答案为C. freshmen are应改为are freshman

53. It’s already 5 o’clock now. Don’t you think it’s about time we are going home?

A B C D

答案为D. are going应改为went. It’s about time句型中需要使用虚拟语气。

54. Despite the wonderful acting and well-developed plot the three-hours’ movie A B C could not hold our attention. D

答案为C. the three-hours’应改为the three-hour.“数词 +单数名词”形成复合形容词。

55. People appreciate to have worked with him because he has a good sense of A B C humor. D

答案为A. to have worked应改为having working。 appreciate + doing

Partly Cloze (10%)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

By the time I finished high school, my interest in animals had grown, and I enrolled at a university to study biology. I learned soon enough that studying animals 56 this level was not in the animals’ best 57. I remember one midterm exam in 58 each student was handed a large, freshly-killed frog and 59 to dissect (解剖)and mark a set of body parts. I looked at the 60 frog in front of me and was saddened that her life was 61 away for such a slight 62.

A year later, in the same lab 63 I dissected the frog, I performed a small act of animal 64. We were 65on fruit flies, and it was time to record the distribution of characteristics in their next generation. Flies were 66 in small plastic bottles. Counting the number of flies with white or red eyes required first exposing them to ether (乙醚) 67 they could not move. The flies were then spread onto a piece of white paper 68 and counted. When the data collection was 69, the flies had no further use, and our instructions were to 70 them into a small glass dish of oil at the center of each desk, which was to be their final resting 71.

Once my little pile of flies had been counted, I pushed them off the edge of the paper. As we recorded our data, I kept one eye 72them. Within minutes the pile was humming (嗡嗡叫) as tiny legs and wings beat their way out of the ether fog. I was extremely excited as they 73 flight. That was my first 74 in refusing to conduct scientific research that treated nonhuman life in a(n) 75 way. 56. A. at B, with C. for D. off

57. A. duties B. interests C. rates D. hobbies 58. A. what B. that C, where D. which

59. A. dismissed B. drawn C. instructed D. mended 60. A. alive B, dead ~ C. living D. wounded 61. A. made B. brought C. taken D. passed 62. A. reason B. spirit