1998年6月英语三级考试真题及答案

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1、PartIReadingComprehension(40%) Directions:Therearefourpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandremarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter. Passage

2、1 Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Almosteveryfamilybuysatleastonecopyofanewspapereveryday.Somepeoplesubscribe(订阅)toasmanyastwoorthreenewspapers.Butwhydopeoplereadnewspapers? Fivehundredyearsago,newsofimportanthappenings——battleslostandwon,kingsorrulersoverthrown(推翻)orkilled——tookmonth

3、sandevenyearstotravelfromonecountrytoanother.Thenewspassedbywordofmouthandwasneveraccurate.Todaywecanreadinournewspapersofimportanteventsthatoccurinfarawaycountriesonthesameytheyhappen. Apartfromsupplyingnewsfromallovertheworld,newspapersgiveusalotofotherusefulinformation.Thereareweatherreports,r

4、adio,televisionandfilmguides,bookreviews,storiesand,ofcourse,advertisements.Thebiggeronesareputinbylargecompaniestobringattentiontotheirproducts.Theypaythenewspapersthousandsofdollarsfortheadvertisingspace,butitisworththemoney,fornewsoftheirproductsgoesintoalmosteveryhomeinthecountry.Forthosewhop

5、roducenewspapers,advertisementsarealsoveryimportant.Moneyearnedfromadvertisementsmakesitpossibleforthemtoselltheirnewspapersatalowpriceandstillmakeaprofit. Newspapersoftenhaveinformationongardening,cookingandfashionaswellasasmallbutverypopularsectiononjokesandcartoons(漫画). 1.Thehabitofreadingnews

6、papersis_________ A.uncommonintheworld     B.notpopularinU.S.A. C.widespreadintheworld     D.foundedamongafewfamilies 2.Afewhundredyearsagonewsdidnot________  A.receiveattention           B.travelfast C.spreadtoothercountries     D.takelongtoreachothercountries 3.Inthepast,newswas________ A.sentb

7、ytelegraph           B.passedfromonepersontoanother  C.sentbyletter              D.sentbytelephone 4.Themoneyspentonadvertisementsis A.wastedB.notmuch C.worthwhileD.useless 5.Thesectiononjokesandcartoonsis_________  A.