2004年3月公共英语三级考试真题及答案a

SECTION  I  Listening  Comprehension(25 minutes)

1～25略

SECTION  Ⅱ Use  of  English(15 minutes)

Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.

Text
After 20 years of marriage, a husband may still not understand his wife. How is it that she is never at a  26  for words? How can she  27  the names of a couple they met on  28  years ago? Now we know  29  to tell him: it's her brain.

Although there are obviously cultural   30   for the differences in emotions and behavior,  31   breakthrough research reveals that the   32   of many puzzling differences between men and women may  33  in the head. Men's and women's brains  34   much in common, but they are definitely not the same  35   size, structure or insight. Broadly speaking, a woman's brain, like her body, is ten to fifteen per cent smaller than a man's,  36   the regions dedicated to language may be more densely  37   with brain cells.

Girls generally speak earlier and read faster. The reason may be  38  females use both sides of the brain when they read. In  39  , males rely only on the left side.

At every age, women' s memories   40   men' s, They have a greater ability to   41___names with faces than men do, and they are  42   at recalling list. The events people remember best are those that an emotion is attached to.   43   women use more of their right brains, which   44   emotions, they may do this automatically.

While we don't yet know what all these findings imply, one thing is  45 : male and fe-male brains do the same things, but they do them differently.

26. [ A ] slip          [ B ] puzzle           [ C ] loss            [ D ] failure

27. [ A ] recall        [ B ] understand       [ C ] realize         [ D ] perceive

28. [ A ] festival      [ B ] event            [ C ] occasion        [ D ] holiday

29. [ A ] what          [ B ] how              [ C ] when            [ D ] where

30. [ A ] senses        [ B ] reasons          [ C ] purposes        [ D ] meanings

31. [ A ] present       [ B ] instant          [ C ] recent          [ D ] immediate

32. [ A ] bottom        [ B ] basis            [ C ] root            [ D ] stem

33. [ A ] hide          [ B ] set              [ C ] fix             [ D ] lie

34. [ A ] have          [ B ] share            [ C ] divide          [ D ] store

35. [ A ] in            [ B ] at               [ C ] with            [ D ] for

36. [ A ] yet           [ B ] hence            [ C ] thus            [ D ] then

57. [ A ] wrapped       [ B ] rested           [ C ] gathered        [ D ] packed

38. [ A ] which         [ B ] why              [ C ] that            [ D ] whether

39. [ A ] fact          [ B ] contrast         [ C ] addition        [ D ] consequence

40. [ A ] top           [ B ] match            [ C ] equal           [ D ] challenge

41. [ A ] mix           [ B ] combine          [ C ] join            [ D ] associate

42. [ A ] shier         [ B ] better           [ C ] keener          [ D ] easier

43. [ A ] Since         [ B ] While            [ C ] Although        [ D ] Unless

44. [ A ] process       [ B ] promote          [ C ] perceive        [ D ] produce

45. [ A ] important     [ B ] mysterious       [ C ] special         [ D ] clear