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1、2021年天津公共英语考试模拟卷（3）本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1. The speaker, a teacher from a community college, addressed a sympathetic audience. Heads nodded, in agreement when he said, High school English teachers are not doing their jobs. He described the inadequa
2、cies of his students, all high school graduates who can use language only at a grade 9 level. I was unable to determine from his answers to my questions how his grade 9 level had been established. My topic is not standards nor its decline. What the speaker was really U (26) /U is that he is no longe
3、r young; he has been U (27) /U for sixteen years, and is able to think and speak like a mature adult. My U (28) /U is that the frequent complaint of one generation about the one immediately following U (29) /U is inevitable. It is also human nature to look for the reasons U (30) /U our dissatisfacti
4、on. Before English became a school subject in the late nineteenth century, it was difficult to find the target of the blame for language U (31) /U. But since then, English teachers have been under constant U (32) /U. The complainers think they have hit upon an U (33) /U idea. As their own command of
5、 the language U (34) /U, they notice that young people do not have this same ability. U (35) /U that their own ability has developed through the years, they U (36) /U the new generation of young people must be hopeless in this U (37) /U. To the eyes and ears of U (38) /U adults the language of the y
6、oung always seems U (39) /U. Since this concern about the U (40) /U and fall of the English language is not U (41) /U as a generational phenomenon but rather as something new and U (42) /U to todays young people, it naturally U (43) /U that todays English teachers cannot be doing their jobs. U (44)
7、/U, young people would not commit U (45) /U against the language. AHoweverBButCMoreoverDOtherwise 2. The speaker, a teacher from a community college, addressed a sympathetic audience. Heads nodded, in agreement when he said, High school English teachers are not doing their jobs. He described the ina
8、dequacies of his students, all high school graduates who can use language only at a grade 9 level. I was unable to determine from his answers to my questions how his grade 9 level had been established. My topic is not standards nor its decline. What the speaker was really U (26) /U is that he is no
9、longer young; he has been U (27) /U for sixteen years, and is able to think and speak like a mature adult. My U (28) /U is that the frequent complaint of one generation about the one immediately following U (29) /U is inevitable. It is also human nature to look for the reasons U (30) /U our dissatis
10、faction. Before English became a school subject in the late nineteenth century, it was difficult to find the target of the blame for language U (31) /U. But since then, English teachers have been under constant U (32) /U. The complainers think they have hit upon an U (33) /U idea. As their own comma
11、nd of the language U (34) /U, they notice that young people do not have this same ability. U (35) /U that their own ability has developed through the years, they U (36) /U the new generation of young people must be hopeless in this U (37) /U. To the eyes and ears of U (38) /U adults the language of
12、the young always seems U (39) /U. Since this concern about the U (40) /U and fall of the English language is not U (41) /U as a generational phenomenon but rather as something new and U (42) /U to todays young people, it naturally U (43) /U that todays English teachers cannot be doing their jobs. U
13、(44) /U, young people would not commit U (45) /U against the language. AoffersBoffensesCthundersDblunders 3.What does the man meanAThey want to go downtown.BHe doesnt know where to park the car.CHe wants to go to the park, but she doesnt.DHe wants to find out where the park is. 4.Why does the woman
14、refuse to go the partyABecause she has got an appointment.BBecause she doesnt want to.CBecause she has to work.DBecause she wants to eat in a new restaurant. 5.Where does the conversation probably take placeAIn an office.BAt the doctors.CAt home.DNone of the abov 6.At what time does the train to Lee
15、ds leaveA3:00.B3:15.C5:00.D6:10. 7.Whats the woman doingAVisiting the Browning.BWriting a postcard.CLooking for a postcard.DFilling in a form. 8.What are the two speakers talking aboutAA football player.BA football team.CA football match.DNone of the abov 9.What can we know about the two speakersATh
16、e woman is a nurse.BThe man doesnt know how to take care of himself.CThe woman is having a cold.DThe man is sick in be 10.What is the probable relationship between the two speakersALibrarian and student.BOperator and caller.CBoss and secretary.DCustomer and repairman. 11.What does the woman do about
17、 the mans headacheAShe calls the secretary.BShe calls the doctor at last.CShe tells him to go to bed:DShe takes some hot water for him. 12.Where does this conversation probably take placeAIn a bookstore.BIn a reading room.CIn a furniture store.DIn the mans study. 13.What can we learn from the dialog
18、ueAThe man didnt want the woman to have her hair cut.BThe woman followed the mans advice.CThe woman is wearing long hair now.DThe man didnt care if the woman had her hair cut or not. 14.What are they talking aboutAA holiday.BLuck.CWork.DAn accident. 15.Which of the following is not mentioned by the
19、woman to help the manAPut the cigarrette out.BDrink some hot water.CWrap a piece of cloth around his neck.DPut his nose over the hot water. 16.How many kinds of travel books are mentioned in the passageA2.B3.C4.D5. 17.According to this passage, which factor influenced the Roman way of communication
20、mostAThe amount of weapons.BThe tower height.CThe weather condition.DThe voice volum 18.Why doesnt Peter drive a car to workAHis car is broken.BHis car is stolen.CHis working place is not far from his home.DThe road is full of small stones. 19.I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car. Com
21、ing my way from across the parking lot was (26) society would consider a bum (无业游民). From the (27) of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no money. He sat down in front of the bus stop but didnt look like he could have enough money to even (28) the bus. Thats a very pretty car, he sai
22、d. He was (29) but he had a (n) (30) of dignity around him. I said, thanks, and (31) wiping off my car. He sat there (32) as I worked. The (33) beg for money never came. As the silence between us widened something inside said, ask him if he needs any help. I was (34) that he would say yes. Do you ne
23、ed any help I asked. He answered in three (35) but profound (深远的) words that I shall never (36) Dont we all he said. I had been feeling high, successful and important (37) those three words (38) me like a shotgun. Dont we all I needed help. Maybe not for bus fare or a place to sleep, but I needed he
24、lp. I (39) my wallet and gave him not only enough for bus fare, but enough to get a warm meal and (40) for the day. Those three little words still ring (41) . No matter how much you have, no matter how much you have (42) , you need help too. No matter how (43) you have, no matter how (44) you are wi
25、th problems, even without money or a place to sleep, you can (45) help.AthatBwhatCwhichDhow 20.Everyone chases success, but not all of US want to be famous. South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is well-known for keeping himself to himself. When the 63-year-old was named the 2003 Nobel Prize win
26、ner for literature earlier this month, reporters were warned that they would find him particularly difficult to catch. Coetzee lives in Australia but spends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago. He seemed shocked by the news that he won the US1.3 million prize. I wasnt even aware t
27、hey were due to make the announcement, he said. His love of privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend the prize-giving in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 10. But despite being described as difficult to track down the critics agree that his writing is easy to get to know. Born in Cape To
28、wn South Africa to all English-speaking family, Coetzee made his breakthrough in 1980 with the novel Waiting for the Barbarians. He took his place among the worlds leading writers with two Booker prize victories, Britains highest honor for novels. He first won in 1983 for the Life and Times of Micha
29、el K, and his second title came in 1999 for Disgrace. A major theme in his work is South Africas former apartheid (种族隔离) system, which divided whites from blacks. Dealing with the problems of violence, crime and racial division that still exist in the country, his books have enabled ordinary people
30、to understand apartheid from within. I have always been more interested in the past than the future. he said in a rare interview. The past casts its shadow over the present. I hope I have made one or two people think twice about whether they want to forget the past completely. In fact this purity in
31、 his writing seems to be mirrored in his personal life. Coetzee is a vegetarian, a cyclist rather than a motorist and doesnt drink alcohol. But what he has contributed to literature, culture and the people of South Africa is far greater than the things he has given up. In looking at weakness and fai
32、lure in life, the Nobel Prize judging panel said, Coetzees work expresses the divine spark in man.When the news came that he won the 2003 Nobel Prize for literature, Coetzee was_.AexcitedBsurprisedCfrightenedDsatisfied 21.How does the woman feelAWorried.BAngry.CSurprised.DSa 22.BernalWell, there are
33、 a lot of different views on this, but I think it is probably wrong to imagine that there was some golden age in the past when everything was perfect. It all depends, of course, on what you measure and how you measure it. Some people might be surprised that there has not been an obvious and dramatic
34、 increase in the standard of education, given the vast amounts of money spent in this area by successive governments in recent years. Unfortunately, most improvements in education are intangible.CarlosMany people talk about how to improve education and a lot suggest raising the salaries of teachers
35、and professors. Of course, this is very important to education. However, increasing the salary of teachers is just one way to improve education. It will not work without the cooperation of the other determinants, such as student’s interest in gaining knowledge and in reading. Even if the teach
36、ers are devoted, it won’t make any difference if the students are not willing to learn.StevensWell, if you asked me, it’s all these modern methods that is the problem. In the old days you sat in rows at desks and you did as you were told. You knew what you had to do and you follow the wa
37、y as the teachers instructed and you kept quiet. Nowadays, my god, the noise in most schools is deafening especially in primary schools. As far as I am concerned the children wander arounddo whatever they would like to. The teacher just sits there or wanders around with them, talking to them. Inform
38、al teaching they call it. Discovery methods sounds more like a recipe for discovering disaster to me.IngersollThe criticism that what students learn today is not adapted to present-day society is utterly wrong because education can never be seen only in terms of how useful the subjects are when stud
39、ents leave school. We ought to evaluate education in terms of how much the students enjoy those subjects and how much they mean to those students. Instead of being trained to be utilitarian, students should be encouraged to do things for their own sake, and study what they are interested in.JessicaI
40、 think it’s a great shame people don’t learn anything today. I mean, good heavens, when you think of all the millions of pounds the Government have spent on educationnew schools, more teachers, new equipment. And yet still you find people who can’t read properly, can’t even w
41、rite their names and don’t know what two and two is without a calculator. I think it’s downright disgraceful. Think of the time when we were young, we went to school to learn and did as the teachers told and respected our teachers. Nowadays we get long-haired kids who aren’t intere
42、sted in anything. No wonder they don’t learn anything.Now match each of the persons to the appropriate statement.Note: there are two extra statements.StatementsBernal（）A. The modern methods of teaching should be responsible for the deafening noise in primary schools.B. It’s shameful of s
43、ome people not to learn anything with provided conditions.C. We should evaluate education from the students’ aspect, how much they enjoy is what counts most.D. Raising salary of teachers and professors is the only way to improve education.E. Students’ own willingness to learn really matt
44、ers in terms of education.F. There is no improvement in education.G. Most of the improvements in the standard of education are intangibl23.Disposing (处理) of waste has been a problem since humans started producing it. As more and more people choose to live close together in cities, the waste-disposal
45、 problem becomes increasingly difficult. During the eighteenth century, it was usual for several neighboring towns to get together to select a faraway spot as a dumpsite. Residents or trash haulers (垃圾托运者) would transport household rubbish, rotted wood, and old possessions to the site. Periodically
46、(定期的) some of the trash was burned and the rest was buried. The unpleasant sights and smells caused no problem because nobody lived close by. Factories, mills, and other industrial sites also had waste to be disposed of. Those located on rivers often just dumped the unwanted remains into the water. Others built huge