| 成人英语三级考试易错题（2019/8/28） |
| 第1题：Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage A．One third of the world's population drinks coffee. B．Coffee is native to Colombia. C．Coffee can keep one awake. D．Coffee drinks were first made by Arabs. |
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| 第2题：I expected a more enthusiastic welcome, especially ______ it is the first time I have come here. A. providing C. comparing B. supposing D. considering |
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| 第3题：Passage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:Archaeology, like many academic words, comes from Greek and means, more or less, “the study of old things”. So, it is really a part of the study of history. However, most historians use paper evidence, such as letters, paintings and photographs，but archaeologists (考古学家) learn from the objects left behind by the humans of long ago. Normally, these are the hard materials that don’t break down or disappear very quickly—things like human bones and objects made from stone and metal.It is very unusual to find anything more than the hard evidence of history--normally, the bacteria (细菌) in the air eat away at soft materials, like bodies, clothes and things made of wooD、Occasionally, things are different.In 1984, two men made an amazing discovery while working in a bog called Lindow Moss, in the north ofEnglanD、 A、bog is a very wet area of earth, with a lot of plants growing in it. It can be like a very big and very thick vegetable soup—walk in the wrong place and you can sink and disappear forever. The men were working when one of them saw something sticking out—a human foot! Naturally, the men called the police，who then found the rest of the body. Was it a case of murder Possibly--but it was a death nearly two thousand years olD、The two men had found a body from the time of the Roman invasion ofBritain.Despite being so old, this body had skin, muscles, hair and internal organs—the scientists who examined him were able to look inside the man’s stomach and find the food that he had eaten for his last meal!Why was this man so well preserved (77) {{U}}It was because he was in a very watery environment, safe fi:om the bacteria that need oxygen to live{{/U}}.Also, the water in the bog was very acidi C、The acid preserved the man’s skin in the way that animal skin is preserved for leather coats and shoes.How did he die Understandably, archaeologists and other scientists wanted to know more about the person that they called,“Lindow Man”. (78) {{U}}His hands and fingernails suggested that he hadn’t done heavy manual work in his life—he could have been a rich man{{/U}}. They found that he hadn’t died by accident. The archaeologists believe that he was sacrificed to three different gods. The word “these” in the first paragraph refers to_______. A、letters B．photographs C、paintings D．objects |
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| 第4题：It took me a long time to ______ the disappointment of losing the match. A．get over B．get up C．get into D．get down |
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| 第5题：Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:According to a recent surv, ey, employees in many companies today work longer hours than employees did in 1979. They also take shorter vacations than employees in 1979. It seems thatAmericans are working harder today than ever before. Or are they A、management consultant,Bill Meyer, decided to find out. For three days, he observed an investment banker hard at work. Meyer wrote down everything the banker did during his long workday.At the end of the three-day period, Meyer reviewed the banker’s activities with him. What did they find out They discovered that the man spent 80 percent of his time doing unnecessary work. For example, he attended unnecessary meetings, made redundant (多余的) telephone calls, and spent time packing and unpacking his two big briefcases. (76) {{U}}Apparently many people believe that the more time a person spends at work, the more he or she accomplishes. {{/U}}When employers evaluate employees, they often consider the amount of time on the job in addition to job performance.Employees know this.Although many working people can do their job effectively during a regular 40-hour work week, they feel they have to spend more time on the job after normal working hours so that the people who can promote them see them. A、group of headhunters (猎头) were asked their opinion about a situation. They had a choice of two candidates for an executive position with an important company. The candidates had similar qualifications for the joB、For example, they were both reliable. One could do the job well in a 40-hour work week. The other would do the same job in an 80-hour work week just as well.According to a headhunting expert, the 80-hour-a-week candidate would get the joB、The time this candidate spends on the job may encourage other employees to spend more time at work, too.Employers believe that if the employees stay at work later, they may actually do more work.However, the connection between time and productivity (生产率) is not always positive. (77) {{U}}In fact. many studies indicate that after a certain point, anyone’s productivity and creativity begin to decrease. {{/U}}Some employees are not willing to spend so much extra, unproductive time at the office. Once they finish their work satisfactorily, they want to relax and enjoy themselves. For these people, the solution is to find a company that encourages people to do both.The 80-hour-a-week candidate would get the job because employers believe_____. A、that he is more reliable B．his example would lead other employees to work longer hours C．he has better qualifications D．he could encourage other employees to do a better job |
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