PETS5新样卷答案及词汇

1、PETS Level 5A Sample Examination PaperUse of English I. 词汇 Vocabulary II. 语法 Grammar III. 搭配 Collocation IV. 语篇衔接和逻辑关系 Coherence and Logic I. 词汇 1. 复现 recurrence 原词，同义词，反义词，上义词，下义词 Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinehurst to Silbury. The _ covered the distance in 5 minutes. migra

2、te, immigrate, emigrate migrant workers The promise of prosperity in the United States encouraged many people to _. After the Nazis came to power in Germany, many scientists _. 2. 同现 co-occurrence 词汇链 3. 实义词 II. 语法 词法 句法 III. 固定搭配 1. prep. + n. _ show 2. adj. + prep. be different _ 3. v. + prep. dep

3、end _ 4. v. + n. _ the truth IV. 语篇衔接和逻辑关系 contextKey 31. especially / specially / particularly 32. searching / looking / seeking 33. bring 34. happiness 35. unlike 36. survey / study / inquiry / investigation / poll 37. work / it 38. proportion 39. without / to 40. by / for 41. to / with 42. losing

4、 / abandoning / rejecting 43. and 44. to 45. concern 46. toward(s) / to 47. the 48. from 49. those 50. such 51 55 CBDBA 56 60 ABCCD 61 65 BABDC 66 70 CFABD 71 75 AABBC 76 80 D C/D D/C B ASection II Use of English reject: vt. 1) 拒绝, 抵制: reject an offer of help 2) 驳回; 否决, 否认: reject an appeal 驳回上诉 a r

5、ejected suitor 未被接受的求婚者 3) 丢弃, 退掉, 除去: reject poorly written articles abandon vt. 1) 抛弃；舍弃；离弃 abandon ones home He abandoned his wife and went away with all their money. 2) 放弃；停止做（某事） They abandoned the game because of rain. 3)放纵；放任 He abandoned himself to despair.他自暴自弃。 seek for: make a search for;

6、 try to find; look for Thats what I have long sought for. He has been seeking for a new place to live for several months, but he has not found anything he can afford. She had been seeking for a new partner for her business for a long time before finally finding one. 在很长一段时间她一直在寻找一个生意上的新伙伴，最后终于如愿以偿。

7、pursue 1)追；追捕；追杀；追击 The police are pursuing an escaped prisoner. 2) 缠；纠缠 Bad luck pursued us.恶运纠缠着我们。 Illness pursued him till his death, which made us all bitterly painful. 疾病一直纠缠着他,直到他去世,这使我们大家痛苦极了。 3) 追求；寻求；不断努力以取得 to pursue pleasure寻乐 4) 继续；从事；贯彻 She pursued the study of English for five years.她

8、持续不断地学了五年英语。 counterpart The foreign minister is the counterpart of the secretary of state. 外交部长是和国务秘书对等的人 counter- 1) Contrary; opposite; opposing:与相反；相对；对立的： counterclaim反诉; counteract抵消，中和 counterchange使互换位置 countercheck制止，防止 2) Corresponding; complementary:对应；代替： counterfoil.存根; contrast n. (wit

9、h, between) unlikeness or difference shown by comparing objects or people 对照, (对照中的)差异 The contrast between the two ideas is sharp. 这两种想法的差异很明显。 There is a great contrast between summer and winter. 冬夏之间区别极大。 If you compare the weather here with the weather in my country, there is not much contrast.

10、如果把这里的气候与我国的气候作一个比较，两者差别并不大。 Todays rain is a sharp contrast to yesterdays sunshine. She had almost failed the exam, but her sister, by/in contrast, had done very well. 他考试差点不及格，而他妹妹相比之下相比之下考得很好 In contrast to/with your belief that we shall fail, I know we shall succeed. 你以为我们要失败，我的意见则相反相反，我看我们一定成功（

11、与与形成对照）形成对照） survey Generation attribute to over-indulgence material affluence place importance on show concern for lose patience with regardas prefer toSection III Reading ComprehensionPart A Text 1 accuse The police accused him of murder/ stealing. habitat n.(动植物的)生活环境, 产地、栖息地, 居留地 inhabit vt. 居住

12、a district sparsely inhabited人烟稀少的一个区 inhabitant n.居民, 居住者 traverse vt.横过, 穿过, 经过 a bridge that traverses a river.一座横跨河流的桥 annihilate vt. To destroy completely歼灭，毁灭：彻底消灭： The naval force was annihilated during the attack.在这次袭击中海军被彻底消灭了 biodiversity diversity n.多样；不同；千变万化 a great diversity of methods

13、各种不同的方法 One of the advantages of living in big cities is that they have lots of cinemas and other diversions. 生活在大城市里的一个优点就是城里有许多电影院和其他娱乐场所。 meta- 1) At a later stage of development:处于发展的后期阶段的： 2) Beyond; transcending; more comprehensive:超越；超出；更为广泛： metalinguistics 超语言学的 flounder vi.(在水中)挣扎, 困难地往前走,

14、 flounder in the deep snow在深雪中挣扎 The boy floundered in the water till someone jumped in to save him. 男孩在水中拚命挣扎,直到有人跳入水中把他救起。 epidemic adj.流行的, 传染的, 流行性 n.时疫, 疫疾流行, (风尚等的)流行, 流行病 an epidemic outbreak of influenza.流行性感冒的爆发性蔓延 epidemic discontent.普遍流行的不满情绪 an unemployment epidemic迅速扩散的失业 Violence is re

15、aching epidemic levels in some of the films and TV plays. (喻) 在一些电影和电视剧中暴力已经快到泛滥程度了 hypothesis 假设；前提 This is only a sort of scientific hypothesis which has not been proved by experiments 这仅仅是一个尚未被实验证明的科学假说。 Text 2 ritual n.例行仪式；例行习惯 the ritual of an inauguration.就职典礼 My household chores have become

16、a morning ritual.家务已经成了我早晨的例行公事 fare n.运费；车费 a bus fare公共汽车费 a taxi fare出租汽车费 v. 进展；成功 He fared quite well in the exam.他考得很不错。 How did you fare there?你在那里过得怎样? saddle 1)To put a saddle onto.给装鞍 2) To load or burden; encumber:装上，使负重担；拖累： They were saddled with heavy expenses.他们为过高的消费所拖累 brood n.(动物中鸟

17、或家禽的)一窝, (同种或同类的)一伙 vt.孵, 沉思 brooded over the insult for several days.好几天都默想着受到的侮辱 full-fledged 1)接近充分发展的；成熟的 2)完全有资格的：地位或职位上完全合格的： a full-fledged lawyer完全合格的律师 3) 羽毛长全的 nepotism n.偏袒, 起用亲戚, 裙带关系 feather Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚 feather ones nest中饱私囊 Text 3 genetically modified food tr

18、ansgenetic food Frankenstein food Frankenstein 1) the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary W. Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses 2) the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary W. Shelley (the creators name is commonly used to

19、refer to his creation) 同义词：Frankensteins monster 3) an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator The word Frankenstein has taken on a life of its own, somewhat like the monster created from parts of corpses by the Swiss student Frankenstein, whose name serves as the title of Mary Shelleys

20、 novel, published in 1818. People have persisted in calling the monster Frankenstein; in fact, the first recorded use of the name as a common noun in 1838 refers to mules as “Frankensteins.” The word has gone on to refer to “a monster having the appearance of a man” and “an agency that slips from th

21、e control of and ultimately destroys its creator.” Since most people have given the name of the novels protagonist to his creation, Frankensteins monster has, in a sense, destroyed its creator. routine 1) 例行的；常规的 a routine medical examination常规的体检 the routine meeting 例会 I arrive at nine oclock, teac

22、h until twelve thirty and then have a meal; that is my morning routine. 我九点钟到，教课教到十二点半，然后吃饭；那是我上午的例行作法。 2) 平淡的；乏味的 a routine job乏味的工作; a routine day.平淡的一天 controversy n.论争, 辩论, 论战 (argument, dispute, quarrel) without controversy无可争议 dampen 1) 使潮湿 to dampen clothes before ironing them在熨之前把衣服打湿 2) （常与

23、down连用）使沮丧；使扫兴 The quarrel dampened down their enthusiasm.争吵使他们沮丧。 ward off v.避开, 挡住 ward off an opponents blows.避开对手的一击 took vitamins to ward off head colds吃维生素以避免伤风 inflame crimes that inflamed the entire community.激怒了整个社区的犯罪行为 Great bonfires inflamed the night.巨大的篝火映红了夜空Part B unscrupulous adj.肆无忌惮的, 无道德的, 不谨慎 rampant a.蔓延的，不受限制的：不受限制地蔓延的；无节制的： a rampant growth of weeds in the neglected yard. 杂草在未被妥善照管的院子里滋长 a rampant epidemic一场流行瘟疫 rampant corruption in city government市政府里