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Now match the name of each person (36- 40) to the appropriate statement.
Note: there are two extra statements.
Statements
36. Jennifer
37. Paul
38. Mike
39. Henry
40. Jeff
A. I'll buy online only when I have to.
B. You can enjoy steep discounts with most online sellers.
C. I shift between buying on or off line depending on what suits me.
D. Shopping is not only a necessary task but a sociable pleasure.
E. Online selling helps to satisfy my special needs in buying.
F. Buying online is far from being as good as it is boasted to be.
G. Buying online can save you a lot only if you find the right online sellers.
阅读Part C)
Directions:
Read the following text from which five sentences have been removed, choose from the sentences A-G the most suitable one to fill each numbered gap in the text (41-45). There are Two extra sentences that you do not need to use. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
“Any apples today?” Effie asked cheerfully at my window. I followed her to her truck and bought a kilo. On credit,of course. 41 "Pay me whenever you like," said Effie, climbing back into her truck.
All pretense of payment was dropped when our funds, food and fuel decreased to alarming lows. Effie came often, always bringing some gift: a jar of peaches or some firewood. There were other generosities. Our baby was not doing well, so Effie financed my wife's trip to New York for consultation with a specialist.
42 Her income, derived from investments she had made while running an interior decorating shop, had never exceeded $ 200 a month, which she supplemented by selling her apples. But she always managed to help someone poorer.
Years passed before I was able to return the money Effie had given me from time to time. She was. ill now and had aged rapidly in the last year. "Here, darling," I said, “is what I owe you.””Don' t give it to me all at once,” she said. "43" I think she believed there was magic in the slow discharge of a love debt.
The simple fact is that I never repaid the whole amount to Effie, for she died a few weeks later. 44 But a curious thing began to happen.
Whenever I saw a fellow human in financial trouble, I was moved to help him. I can't afford to do this always, but in the ten years since Effie's death, I have indirectly repaid my debt to her.
The oddest part of the whole affair is that people whom I help often help others later on. 45 So the account can never be marked closed, for Effie's love will go on in hearts that have never known her.
A.At that time, it seemed that my debt would forever go unsettled.
B. Give your help to those in greater need.
C. Effie was not a rich woman.
D. Effie worked diligently all her life.
E. Cash was the one thing in the world I lacked just then.
F. By now, the few dollars Effie gave me have been multiplied many times.
G. Give it back as I gave it to you--a little at a time.
阅读Part D)
Directions:
Read the following text from which 10 words have been removed. Choose from the words A-0 the most suitable one to fill each numbered gap in the text (46-55). There are FIVE extra words that you do not need to use. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
It can be a special experience to go on a family trip during the holiday season, but one reason that many parents 46 to stay home is the cost of travel. Here are some ways of reducing your travel 47
Flying is a fast way to arrive at your destination, but the cost of airline tickets can really add up if you are buying flights for the whole family. Often, it is cheaper to pay for gas 48 the whole family can fit in the car, 49 with the current decreases in gas prices.
If your destination is too far to drive to, you should look at a variety of 50 for your flight times. For example, it is often cheaper to fly on Christmas day instead of flying a few days before Christmas. Also, 51 early morning flights is cheaper than traveling during peak times during the day.
Eating out 52 you are on the road can quickly increase the trip cost, and it's much cheaper to stop at the grocery store, planning your own food 53 If you plan to eat out, then it' s usually cheaper to eat at a restaurant during breakfast or lunch, 54 you to skip the higher dinner prices.
Also, it might be cheaper to visit an all-inclusive resort. These resorts include all the meals and a variety of activities, and many of them have children's activities so that the kids can 55 entertained during the trip.
A.Allowing
B. if
C. begin
D. choose
E. driving
F. Especially
G. Expenses
H. instead
I. before
J. options
K. Stay
L. Taking
M. too
N. Troubles
O. while
参考答案：
31.B32.D33.C34.B35.
37.D37.E38.C39.A40.G
41.E 42.C 43.G 44.F 45.A
参考译文：
节假日和家人一起出游是一种特别的体验，但是许多家长(46)选择待在家的原因是因为旅行花费较多。以下是一些减少你的旅行(47)费用的.方法。
坐飞机是到达目的地的一种快速方式。但是如果全家人购买机票的话会大大增加旅行的费用。通常，(48)如果汽车可以承栽的话，开车旅行会更便宜，(49)特别是最近油价也下降了。
如果你的目的地太远，开车无法到达时，你应该查看各个航班时间的(50)选择性。例如，圣诞节当天的航班要比节前几天的航班便宜。同样，(51)乘坐早班机要比高峰期出行班机便宜。
(52)在旅途间吃饭也会增加旅行成本，途中在杂货店准备自己的食物(53)替代会更便宜。如果你们计划外食，那么在酒店吃早餐或午餐会比较便宜，(54)允许你避开收费高的晚餐。
另外，去费用全包的度假酒店也会比较便宜。这些度假酒店包括所有餐食和一系列活动，其中许多度假酒店还有儿童活动。所以孩子在旅行中能(55)保持开心。
46.D47.G48.B49.F50.J
51.L52.O53.H54.A55.K
随风来雨
2015年3月公共英语三级考试真题(阅读理解B)
阅读理解B
Directions:
Read the texts from a magazine article in which five people talked about the future of reading.
For questions 61-65, match the name of each person (61-65) to one of the statements (A-G)given below. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
Paul:
I think books will be more affordable. They are pretty expensive. Publishers are so silly be-cause they focus on "We're not going to be selling so many hardcover books at $26. " But you're going to sell infinitely more electronically, so what are you complaining about? I view it as a grea-ter opportunity. My e-reader is great because I travel, and I don't want to carry a billion things with me.
David:
I don't own an e-reader, and I've never read a page on an e-reader. I do everything I can to avoid more screen time. Not to play down the value of a physical book, when it comes to somebody investing in one, it's something you want to keep. You have to give readers a choice, between a ric- her experience with physical books, and a more lifeless experience through an electronic reader.
James:
The new immigrants don't shoot the old inhabitants when they come in. One technology tends to supplement rather than substitute. How you read is not as important as: Will you read? Will you read something that's a book-the sustained train of thought of one person speaking to another?
Search techniques are embedded in e-books that invite people to dip into something rather than follow a full train of thought.
Alex:
We've maintained in the last few years there will be fewer bookstores. We have the best busi-ness model in the world. Books are still a majority of what we sell in stores, but they are becoming less and less. About 50 percent of physical books are sold in non-bookstore outlets, like drugstores and club stores. There are people with agendas in this industry, but the physical book is going no- where.
William:
E-readers take out the paper middleman and give me what I want from books: the words. My e-reader has allowed me to read more than ever. When I travel I can take five books with me all without cutting down a single tree or using any extra jet fuel. Books made of paper can be beautiful, but they are never as beautiful as the words in the best of them.
Now match the name of each person (61 to 65) to the appropriate statement.
Note: there are two extra statements.
Statements
61. Paul
62. David
63. James
64. Alex
65. William
A. I prefer physical books to e-books.
B. E-books are environmentally friendly.
C. The market for physical books is shrinking.
D. What counts is not how but how well you read.
E. E-reading will benefit, rather than harm, publishers.
F. The price of hardcover books will be greatly lowered.
F. Non-bookstore outlets add to the growth of physical books.
【参考译文】
下面这段文字是关于5个人对于未来阅读方式的不同观点。
保罗：
我认为书的价格太贵了，应该更便宜。出版商愚蠢地将重点放在“我们不会以26美元的价格出售精装书”，但是他们出售更多的电子书，所以有什么好抱怨的呢?我认为这是一个很好的机会。我的电子阅览器很棒，因为我旅游时不想带很多东西。
大卫：
我没有电子阅览器，也从没在电子阅览器上看过书，我尽量避免使用电子屏幕。不是要贬低纸质书的价值，当一个人购买一本纸质书的时候，他是想要收藏。阅读一本丰富多彩的纸质书还是阅读毫无生气的电子书，应该要让读者自己选择。
詹姆士：
就像新来的移民者不会射杀当地居民一样，新科技的发明是一种补充而不是替代。你读书的方式远没有以下几点重要：你会读书吗?你读的书是作者思想对读者进行的一种倾诉吗?电子书所具备的搜索技术能使人们更深入地去阅读而不是盲目跟随某一种思想。
艾利克斯：
在过去几年里，我们一直认为书店会越来越少。我们有世界上最好的销售模式。书籍仍是商店出售的主要产品，但是他们的销量越来越少。大约50%的纸质书都是在非书店(如药店、俱乐部)的打折活动中卖出的。这个产业中人们有自己的El程安排，但是纸质书却无路可走了。
威廉：
电子阅览器没有了中间商，给我的'是我想从书里看到的文字。我的电子阅读器能让我读到更多的内容。当我旅行的时候我可以带5本书，不会多砍一棵树也不会增加飞机燃油消耗。纸质书是很美丽，但是不会比书里面的文字更美丽。
【参考答案】
61.E【精析】主旨题。保罗认为出版商出售电子书是一个很好的机会，会给他们带来利润，与E项“电子阅读会给出版商带来更多的好处而不是坏处”相符，故选E。
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