四川省大学英语三级考试
1.
A) She is waiting for the call at the moment.
B) She will be home soon.
C) She is going to take a message.
D) She is not at home.
2.
A) 8:33
B) 8:30
C) 7:33
D) 8:27
3.
A)Bob likes gold
B)Bob will help
C) Bob is unkind
D)Bob won’t help.
4.
A) In the office
B) In a shop
C) On the street
D)At home
5.
A) $100
B)$80
C)$50
D)$40
6.
A)To meet Mr. Green
B)To see the women
C) To go out
D)To have a meeting
7.
A)To return to his own money
B)To book a plane ticket
C)To leave his own money
D)To go to a foreign country
8.
A)Teacher –student
B)Doctor-patient
C)Manager-secretary
D)Doctor-patient
9.
A)By bike
B)By car
C)By taxi
D)By subway
10.
A) The rent is too much
B) It is too small for patients
C)There is no parking place
D)The service is not good
11.
A) In a hotel
B) In a net bar
C)In a fire
D)In an office
12.
A)To contact the firm
B) To check the letter for mistakes
C) To find a room with net connection
D)To check the e-mail

Part III Reading Comprehension (40%)(35 minutes)
Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each question, there are four choices marked A), B),C) and D). You should choose the best answer. Then mark the corresponding
letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One
Questions 33 to 37 are based on the following passage.
When you have completed your college education, you will look for a job suited to your training, interests, and ambitions(志向). In most cases, you will visit a likely employer’s office and complete an application form for the position in which you are interested. The employer may then make a decision regarding your ability on the basis of the application form and a personal interview.
Throughout your lifetime, however, you may find yourself in other job-seeking situations in an attempt to improve your position. As you gain experience, you are likely to become ambitious for better and better jobs. These better jobs often request written letters of application and summaries of your background and experience. Your writing skills may an important part in obtaining the job you desire.
In any job-seeking situation, there are a number of ways you may use your writing skills: to complete an application form, prepare a resume, write an application letter, or write employment follow-up letters. As an ambitious job-seeker, therefore , you should be able to prepare all the written material that will help you obtain the job you want.
33. According to the passage, in seeking a job ,the students_____.
A)will follow their interests and ambition
B)like to visit every employer’s office
C)can make an arrangement for an interview
D)will surely get a chance to improve position

34. If you want to improve your position and find a good job, it is important to_____.
A)understand the application form of the company
B)improve your writing skills
C)make a decision on the basis of your own desire
D)get a job related to your education

35. To find a job, it is not necessary to supply_____.
A) a letter of application
B) a letter for an interview
C) an application form
D) a resume

36. Your application for a job should mainly inform the employer of your______.
A) present position and income
B) ability in letter writing
C) background and experience
D) decision to apply for the job

37. What may be the best title for this passage?
A) How to Complete a Job Application Form
B) An Introduction to Job-seeking Situations
C) An Attempt to Find Better Jobs
D) Writing Skills Help Job-seeking

Passage Two
Questions 38 to 42 are based on the following passage.
A credit card can be useful. You could take it into a store and buy a television set or new furniture or clothing or anything you wanted. All you would have to do is to sign your name and take what you wanted out of the store without paying cash.
But there is a problem with the cards---they can be financial poison. These cards are just like the poisons we use on insects. If we use them carefully, they can be helpful; but if we use them too much, they can kill us. These cards can kill us financially just as real poison can kill our body.
For any money that the user does not pay each month, the credit card company changes a percentage of that amount in interest. The insect is added every month, so a bill that is not paid gets bigger and bigger.
Over 10 percent of the families in the United States are “overextended”. That is, they have more debt on their credit cards than they can pay.
Credit cards can be used for almost anything that money can buy. And they can even be used to pay for funerals. For some credit card users, a funeral may be the only solution to the debt problems they have caused for themselves by using credit cards.
38. A credit card is so useful in daily life that if you have one _______.
A) you can borrow money with no interest
B) you don’t have to pay anything you want.
C) you don’t have to bring cash with you
D) you can take anything free of charge

39. What is the result of using the credit card too much?
A) Causing financial problems to cards users
B) Leading to the death of credit card users.
C) Increasing the rate of interest of the bills.
D) Killing card users like real poison.

40. Which of the statement is true according the passage?
A) Card users have to pay interest for the money that is not paid in time
B) Interest will be charged for any money paid with a credit card.
C) Ten percent of the money used by card users is charged as the interest.
D) Card users will pay lower interest if they return the money in time.

41. If people are “overextended”(in Paragraph 4) with their credit, it means ______.
A) they can no longer use credit cards for anything
B) they have to pay off debts with their money on their cards
C) they have used more money than they can pay off
D) they will be overcharged ten percent of interest

42. What does the author mean by saying “a funeral may be the only solution to the debt problems…by using credit cards”?
A) Some credit card users even use credit cards to pay for their funerals.
B) Using credit cards to pay for funerals may solve debt problem.
C) No interest will be charged for the money paid for funerals.
D) Some credit card users owe too much debt to pay off in their lifetime.

Passage Three
Questions 43 to 47 are based on the following passage.
As a kid, Kacey Long would dream of becoming a professional woman. While studying human resources management successfully at university. Long decide to change her look. So, at 19,she decided to get her breasts enlarged, “I was all about doing anything I could to improve myself,” she says.
With that decision, Long joined thousands of young patients who are surgically altering their appearance each year. Teenagers even younger than Long are having breasts enlarged, noses and ears reshaped and skin changed.
In 2003, almost 336,000 American teens 18 or younger had some kind of cosmetic (美容) surgery or procedure, a 50% increase over 2002.
Patient-safety advisers believe that many of the teens having surgery are unnecessarily putting themselves at risk of injury or even death. Teens are at the greatest risk of making a decision they will regret as Long did. Long had her breasts enlarged to size D, felt sick and weak within months after the $4,500-cost plastic surgery, and had her breast fillings removed two years later. She is still suffering from the long, painful recoveries. “I wish I had never done it,” says Long. She is just one of those thousands who are actually risking their future beauty by going under the knife when they are still growing.
43. Which of the following is true about Kacey Long?
A) She had a successful breast surgery
B) She had a regretful breast surgery
C) She studied cosmetic surgery at university.
D) She had become a professional woman.

44. When Long decided to have her breasts enlarged, she_________.
A) knew what risking she was taking
B) was actually risking her future beauty
C) had tried several times to change her look
D) knew all about the effect of breast surgery

45. The number of the American teens having cosmetic surgery_______.
A) had an increasing of 224,000 in the year 2003
B) was about 224,000 in 2002 but doubled in 2003
C) amounted to approximately 224,000 in 2002
D) amounted to approximately 168.000 in 2002

46. When Long says “I wish I had never done it,” she expresses her _______.
A) regretfulness for her decision to have the breast surgery
B) regretfulness for having paid $4,500 for the surgery
C) satisfaction with the removal of the breast fillings
D) satisfaction with her good shape after the surgery

47. The author of the passage uses Long’s case to _________.
A) stop the American teenagers from having painful surgery
B) call our attention to the American teenagers’ health
C) express sympathy towards the American teenagers
D) inform the teenagers of the danger of the cosmetic surgery

Passage Four
Questions 48 to 52 are based on the following passage.
Scientists in the United States have

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