2011公共英語(PETS)考試三級全真模擬試題(三)

    考生注意事項

    1.嚴格遵守考場規則。考生得到監考人員指令后方可開始答題。

    2答題前考生須將自己的姓名和準考證號寫在試卷和答題卡上。

    3.一律用2B鉛筆涂寫，按照答題卡上的要求答題。如要改動答案，必須用橡皮擦干凈。

    4.答寫作題時，必須用鉛筆或圓珠筆在主觀題答題卡上答題。

    5.注意字跡清楚，保持卷面整潔。

    6.考試結束時將試卷和答題卡放在桌上。不得帶走。待監考人員收畢清點后，方可離場。

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    Section I Listening Comprehension

    （25 minutes）

    Directions：

    This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are two parts in this section， Part A and Part B.

    Remember， while you are doing the test， you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section， you will have 3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet onto your ANSWER SHEET I.

    If you have any questions， you may raise your hand NOW as you will not be allowed to speak once the test has started.

    Now look at Part A in your test booklet.

    Part A

    You will hear 10 short dialogues. For each dialogue， there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answer-A， B， C or D， and mark it in your test booklet. You will have 15seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE.

    Example：

    You will hear：

    W： Could you please tell me if the Beijing flight will be arriving on time？

    M：Yes， Madam. It should be arriving in about ten minutes.

    You will read：

    Who do you think the woman is talking to？

    [A] A bus conductor.

    [B]A clerk at the airport.

    [ C] A taxi driver.

    [D]A clerk at the station.

    From the dialogue， we know that only a clerk at the airport is most likely to know the arrival time of a flight， so you should choose answer [ B ] and mark it in your test booklet.

    Sample Answer： [A] [B] [C] [D] Now look at question 1.

    1. What does the woman say about the book？

    [A] She thinks it' s too difficult.

    [ B] She thinks it ' s very interesting.

    [C] She hasn't quite decided what she thinks.

    [ D] She hasn' t actually read it yet.

    2. What does the woman mean？

    [A] She has totaled up the figures correctly already.

    [B] She hopes the man will do the calculations as soon as possible.

    [C] Tomorrow will be too late to submit the figures.

    [D] They should finish the calculations tomorrow.

    3. What does the woman say about Tom？

    [A] He got off the bus at the wrong stop. [ B] He has a good reason to be angry.

    [C] He isn't careful with his belongings. [D] He doesn't have an extra umbrella.

    4. What does the professor mean？

    [A] She has another meeting all day.

    [ B ] She feels the grade is all right.

    [ C ] She thinks it would be wrong to change the grade.

    [D] She can meet with the student that afternoon.

    5. What does the woman suggest the man to do？

    [ A] Finish the first half of the project right away.

    [B] Make an effort to reach a compromise.

    [ C ] Have the teacher review the project.

    [D] Meet his partner in the middle of the town.

    6. Where will the man probably go？

    [A] To a real estate agency. [B] To a car rental agency.

    [C] To a computer store. [D] To a videocassette store.

    7. What does the man mean？

    [A] They always agreed on the same points.

    [B] They both arrived at the same moment.

    [C] He met with Amanda five more times.

    [D] He took Amanda to both plays.

    8. What does the man mean？

    [ A] Paul will go out of his way to help.

    [B] Paul passes by the dry cleaner's anyway.

    [C] Paul picks out the right clothes.

    [D] Paul makes himself right at home.

    [ A ] there is a connection with some natural event

    [ B ] there is not necessarily an attempt to explain an event in nature

    [ C ] there are angry gods and goddesses

    [ D ] there exists some religious teaching

    58. According to the passage， the story of Pygmalion and Galatea _________.

    [A] has something to do with the explanation of nature

    [B] is pure entertainment

    [ C ] has something to do with science

    [D] is closely related to religion

    59. Myths are early science because they __________.

    [ A ] explain the natural events

    [ B ] teach about the history

    [ C ] have nothing to do with religion

    [ D ] reflect people ' s expectations

    60. The author， in regard to modern ideas on myth _________.

    [A] is impressed and agrees with them

    [ B ] refuses to accept any of them

    [ C ] adds to them new points of view

    [ D ] none of the above

    Part B

    Directions：

    Read the following article in which five people talk about their ideas of education. For questions 61 to 65， match name of each speaker to one of the statements （A to G） given below. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.

    Alien

    I 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 education－new schools， more teachers， new equipment. And yet still you find people who can' t read properly， can't even write their names and don ' t know what two and two is without a calculator. I think it ' s downright disgraceful. I remember when I was young you went to school to learn. You did as you were told and respected your teachers. Nowadays you get long-haired kids who aren ' t interested in anything. No wonder they don ' t learn anything.

    Martha

    Well， there are 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. It may surprise some people that there has not been an obvious and dramatic increase in the standard of education， given the vast amounts of money spent in this area by successive governments in recent years. But unfortunately， most improvements in education are intangible.

    Pritt

    Well， 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 that you had to do and you did it－and you kept quiet. Nowadays， my god， the noise in most schools is deafening especially primary schools. The children wander around－do more or less what they want to as far as I can see. The teacher just sits there or wanders around with them， talking to them. Informal teaching they call it.Discovery methods. Sounds more like a recipe for discovering disaster to me.

    Symons

    Many people talk about how to improve education and a lot suggest raising the salaries of teachers 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 love of knowledge and reading. Even if the teachers are devoted， it will make no sense if the students are not willing to learn.

    Wilbert

    The 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 students 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.

    Now match each of the persons to the appropriate statement.

    Note： there are two extra statements.

    Statements

    61. Alien [A] Education is a gradual extension of oneself.

    [B] Students should get satisfaction out of education.

    62. Martha [C] Education standards are higher than in the past.

    [ D ] Education involves learning as well as teaching.

    63. Pritt [E] Many students are spoilt by our present-day educational system.

    64. Symons [F] Schools should emphasize practical skills.

    65. Wilbert [G] Educational standards are declining.

    Section IV Writing

    （ 40 minutes ）

    You should write your responses to both parts on ANSWER SHEET 2.

    Part A

    66. Write a note to explain why you were absent from the night class.

    Part B

    67. For this part， you are required to write a composition based on the following table of The Brain and the Computer. Your composition should be no less than 150 words.

The Brain and the Computer