全国英语等级考试第三级

1、1 / 19全国英语等级考试第三级PUBLIC ENGLISH TEST SYSTEM (PETS)LEVEL 3 2 0 1 6年3月笔试真卷 笔试部分答题时间：120分钟 姓名准考证号 _233网校公共英语站点提供：全国英语等级考试真题 更多pets考试试题、考试语法及专项练习请访问：SECTION I Listening(25 minutes) Directions:This section is designed to test Your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection ofrecorded

2、 materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are two parts in thissection, Part A and Part B.矚慫润厲钐瘗睞枥庑赖賃軔朧。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

3、 minutes to transfer your answers fromyour test booklet onto your ANSWER SHEET.聞創沟燴鐺險爱氇谴净祸測樅。If you have any questions, you may raise your hand now as you will not be allowed to speak once thetest has started.残骛楼諍锩瀨濟溆塹籟婭骒東。Now look at Part A in your test booklet.Part A Directions:You will hear 10 sh

4、ort 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 15 seconds toanswer the question and you will hear each dialogue only once.酽锕极額閉镇桧猪訣锥 顧荭钯。What is the woman doing at the moment?A.

5、 Having a break.B. Having a coffee.C. Writing a report.D. Visiting the man.2. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Repair her windows.B. Take care of her house.C. Take a rest for a few days.D. Go to the seaside with her.3. What do we learn about the woman from the dialogue?彈贸摄尔霁毙攬砖卤庑诒尔肤。A. She b

6、ought a suitable skirt.B. She wanted to purchase a skirt.C. She returned a skirt to the shop.D. She complained about the service. What does the man say to the woman?A. He envies her a lot.B. He enjoys cooking.C. He usually eats out.D. He runs a restaurant.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. Ga

7、rdening.B. Air quality.C. Hot weather.D. Lack of rain.2 / 196. Why is the woman angry with her son?A. He ignored traffic signals.B. He failed to repair her car.C. He didnt attend his class.D. He didnt take her advice.7. Why does the man feel sorry?A. He forgot his Dads birthday.B. He didnt buy a bir

8、thday present.C. He didnt put the cake in the fridge.D. He arrived late for his dads birthday.8. Where is the mans house located?A. Near a park.B. By a restaurant.C. Close to a highway.D. In a Chinese neighborhood.9. What does the woman say about the data in the article?謀荞抟箧飆鐸怼类蒋薔點鉍杂。A. It is origin

9、al.B. It is reliable.C. It is questionable.D. It is authoritative.10. What does the man tell the woman?A. The best time for job interviews.B. The strategies for job interviews.C. His comments on her recent work.D. His congratulations on her good luck.Part BDirections:You will hear four dialogues or

10、monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to readeach of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D.After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear therecording only once.厦礴恳蹒

11、骈時盡继價骚卺癩龔。Questions 11 -13 are based on the following interview with John Smith, a psychologist on office behavior.茕桢广鳓鯡选块网羈泪镀齐鈞。11. What is the mans first tip on a productive workday?鹅娅尽損鹌惨歷茏鴛賴縈诘聾。A. Arrive at the office earlier.B. Jump into paper work first.C. Start with less difficult tasks.D. Ge

12、t ready within 15 minutes.12. Why should personal phone calls be avoided?A. They may take a lot of time.B. They may reduce social time.C. They may spoil a great mood.D. They may cause errors in work.13. Why should an alarm be set?A. To give a go-home signal.B. To remind people to relax.3 / 19C. To m

13、ake people work fast.D. To warn people of an emergency.Questions 14 -17 are based on the following conversation between two friends.籟丛妈羥为贍偾蛏练 淨槠挞曉。14. What news does Renee share with Tom?She met a high school classmate.B. She found an old friends address.C. She paid a visit to her high school.D. She

14、 got in touch with an old friend.Why did Renee and her friend lose contact?A. Her friends family left for another city.B. Her friend transferred to another school.C. They had an argument and drifted apart.D. They were too busy to write to each other.What does Tom say about his old friends?He has los

15、t touch with all of them.B. He maintains contact with most of them.C. He has regained contact with a few of them.D. He keeps in touch with one or two of them.17. How did Renees friend get her email address?A. From an old address book.B. From one of their former teachers.C. From another high school c

16、lassmate.D. From the website of Renees company.Questions 18 -21 are based on a conversation between Lisa and her former neighbor John.預頌圣 鉉儐歲龈讶骅籴買闥龅。18. Why did the woman decide to cancel her vacation?渗釤呛俨匀谔鱉调硯錦鋇絨钞。A. She had trouble with her health.B. She had trouble with her investment.C. She had

17、to attend a financial course.D. She had to attend a conference in Pads.19. What did the woman do after she graduated from college?铙誅卧泻噦圣骋贶頂廡缝勵罴。A. She worked as a stock trader.B. She worked as a stock analyst.C. She worked as a finance teacher.D. She worked as a company manager.20. Why did the woman

18、 want to start her own company?擁締凤袜备訊顎轮烂蔷報赢无。A. To make more money.B. To have more time for herself.C. To find more business opportunities.D. To know more about the stock market.21. How does the woman feel about the present economic stimulating package?贓熱俣阃歲匱阊邺镓 騷鯛汉鼉。A. Relieved.B. Optimistic.C. Unc

19、onfident.D. Disappointed.Questions 22 -25 are based on the following interview between a reporter and Mr. Smith on his website.坛4 / 19摶乡囂忏蒌鍥铃氈淚跻馱釣。22. Which industry is the mans website concerned with?蜡變黲癟報伥铉锚鈰赘籜葦繯。A. News.B. Music.C. Education.D. Television.23.Whom is the mans website mainly meant

20、for?A. College students in Asia.B. English learners of all ages.C. Teenagers and young adults.D. Any visitors for entertainment.24. What does the website want its visitors to get familiar with?買鲷鴯譖昙膚遙闫撷凄届嬌擻。A. Classic films.B. Western music.C. English accents.D. Public speeches.25. What does the man

21、 hope his website will do in three years?綾镝鯛駕櫬鹕踪韦辚糴飙钪麦。A. Fulfill its short-term goal.B. Get a big market in Asia.C. Become self-financed.D. Get more investments.Now you have 3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet to Your ANSWER SHEET. Thatis the end of Listening Comprehension.驅踬髏

22、彦浃绥譎饴憂锦諑琼针。SECTION 11 Reading(50 minutes)Part ADirections:Read the following two texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.虿驢绘燈鮒诛髅貺庑献鵬缩。Text 1Isabel has turned down two job offers in the past year. In 20XX, she started her own consultin

23、g practice,but by 20XX, most of her larger clients had to drop her because of the economy. In 20XX, she wasundertaking irregular assignments and knew she needed a steady job. The first job she considered wasDirector of HR for a company in Utah. After the initial interviews, she felt the job fit her

24、except for thelocation. Still, she flew west to meet the hiring manager. The hiring manager explained that Isabel was thetop candidate for the job but that, before she continued with the process, she should better understand thefirms culture. She directed Isabel to several videos of the companys CEO

25、, who regularly appeared infront of the company in costume as part of morale building exercises and expected his senior leaders todo the same. Even though I was desperate for a job, I knew I couldnt do that, Isabel says. She called therecruiter to turn down the job and explained that she didnt feel

26、there was a cultural fit.锹籁饗迳琐筆襖鸥娅薔嗚訝摈。A few months later, she interviewed for another job: a director of employee relations at a local university.After several interviews, the hiring manager told her the job was hers if she wanted it. The job had manypositives : it was a low-stress environment, it

27、offered great benefits, and the university was anemployee-friendly place. But the job was relatively junior despite the title and Isabel worried it wouldnt be5 / 19challenging enough. Finally, she turned it down. It would be great to have a paycheck and great benefitsbut I would definitely have trou

28、ble sleeping at night, she says搆氽頑黉碩饨荠龈话骛門戲鷯。In both cases, she was frank with the hiri ng man agers about why she was nt tak ing the jobs.l n the past,it felt like dating, I was worried about hurting peoples feelings, she says. However, they appreciated herfrankness and thanked her for her honesty.

29、 She says it was hard to turn down the jobs and it was a risk forher financially but she felt she had to.輒峄陽檉簖疖網儂號泶蛴镧釃。26. In 20XX, Isabel_A. did consulting now and thenB. found a job close to her homeC. refused several job interviewsD. ran a successful consulting firm27. Isabel turned down the firs

30、t job offer mainly because of its_尧侧閆繭絳闕绚勵蜆贅瀝纰縭。A. CEOB. cultureC. locationD. recruiter28. Isabel was dissatisfied with the second job due to its_识饒鎂錕缢灩筧嚌俨淒侬减攙。A. junior rifleB. low benefitsC. EnvironmentD. lack of challenge29. Isabel believed that her rejection of the jobs was_凍鈹鋨劳臘锴痫婦胫籴铍賄鹗。A. harm

31、fulB. surprisingC. justifiableD. troublesome30. According to Isabel, it is important to_A. look for jobs with little stressB. look for jobs with great benefitsC. be truthful in declining job offersD. be cautious in declining job offersText 2You do not usually get something for nothing. Now, a new st

32、udy reveals that the evolution of an improvedlearning ability could come at a particularly high price: an earlier death.恥諤銪灭萦欢煬鞏鹜錦聰櫻郐。Past experiments have demonstrated that it is relatively easy .through selective breeding to make rats,honey bees and-that great favourite of researchers-fruit flies

33、a lot better at learning. Animals that arebetter learners should be competitive and, thus, over time, come to dominate a population by naturalselection. But improved learning ability does not get selected amongst these animals in the wild. No onereally understands why.鯊腎鑰诎褳鉀沩懼統庫摇饬缗。Tadeusz Kawecki a

34、nd his colleagues at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland have measured theeffects of improved learning on the lives of fruit flies. The flies were given two different fruits as egg-layingsites. One of these was laced with a bitter additive that could be detected only on contact. The flies were

35、then given the same fruit but without an additive. Flies that avoided the fruit which had been bitter weredeemed to have learned from their experience. Their children were reared and the experiment was run6 / 19again.硕癘鄴颃诌攆檸攜驤蔹鸶胶据。After repeating the experiment for 30 generations, the children of th

36、e learned flies were compared withnormal flies. The researchers report in a forthcoming edition of Evolution that although learning abilitycould be bred into a population of fruit flies, it shortened their lives by 15%. When the researcherscompared their learned flies to colonies selectively bred to

37、 live long lives, they found even greaterdifferences. Whereas learned flies had reduced their life spans, the long-lived flies learned less well thaneven average flies.阌擻輳嬪諫迁择楨秘騖輛埙鵜。The authors suggest that evolving an improved learning ability may require a greater investment in thenervous system w

38、hich takes resources away from processes that delay ageing. However, Dr. Kaweckithinks the effect could also be a by-product of greater brain activity increasing the production of ReactiveOxygen Species (ROS), which can increase oxidation in the body and damage health.氬嚕躑竄贸恳彈瀘颔澩纷釓鄧。No one knows whet

39、her the phenomenon holds true for other animals. So, biologists, at least, still have alot to learn.釷鹆資贏車贖孙滅獅赘慶獷緞。31. Past experiments prove selective breeding can make animals better_怂阐譜鯪迳導嘯畫長凉馴鸨撟。A. CommandersB. CompetitorsC. survivorsD. learners32. In this experiment, scientists observed that_谚辞調

40、担鈧谄动禪泻類谨觋鸾。A. some flies avoided the fruit without an addictive嘰觐詿缧铴嗫偽純铪锩癱恳迹。B. some flies preferred the fruit with an addictive熒绐譏钲鏌觶鷹緇機库圆鍰缄。C. the eggs of the flies were not damagedD. the impact on the flies did not last long33. The forthcoming report says that_A. long-lived flies are better at la

41、ying eggsB. long-lived flies are poorer in learningC. learned flies have a relatively long lifeD. learned flies live as long as average ones34. According to Dr.Kawecki, greater brain activity_鶼渍螻偉阅劍鲰腎邏蘞阕簣择。A. reduces oxygen consumptionB. regulates the nervous systemC. speeds up the ageing processD.

42、stabilizes the ageing process35. We learn from the text that_A. the research findings need to be tested furtherB. biologists are doing similar research on other animals纣忧蔣氳頑莶驅藥悯骛覲僨鴛。C. the animal world usually follows the same universal laws颖刍莖蛺饽亿顿裊赔泷涨负這。D. biologists are applying their findings to

43、other areas濫驂膽閉驟羥闈詔寢賻減栖綜。Part BDirections:Read the texts from a magazine article in which five people talk about tipping in a restaurant. Forquestions 36-40, match the name of each person to one of the statements (A- G) given below.銚銻縵哜鳗鸿7 / 19锓謎諏涼鏗穎報。Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.Richard:I

44、ve always viewed tipping as a way of saying thank you to the one who serves me. I believe what is badis when no tip is left at all. The better the service, the higher the tip. Unless the service is literally perfect,I never tip more than 10% of the bill. Much like the harder teachers in school, I ne

45、ver give an easy“A.”My assessment is h挤貼e綬电麥结鈺贖哓类芈罷鸨。Daniel:A tip is a thank you, but in truth, a tip is payment for service. 20% is a standard tip. Servers deserve it fortheir hard work. Restaurants will never pay more for labor unless they are forced to do so by new laws.Tips make up about 97% of

46、a servers total income. Those tips are needed for survival. So, before serversare paid a living wage, tip 20%.赔荊紳谘侖驟辽輩袜錈極嚕辫。Kate:Why should I pay the difference between what the restaurant is willing to pay the employee and what anacceptable wage is? I do pay 20%, but I hate it. A friend of mine lef

47、t Europe for New York City, found a jobin a restaurant there and ended up making $5,500 a month. Enough above minimum wage? How aboutminers, construction workers, resident doctors, etc? Do they get tipped?塤礙籟馐决穩賽釙冊庫麩适绲。Patricia:18 -20% for good service is todays standard. The restaurant and its empl

48、oyees arc too polite to tell youthis or to put it on their menus, but that is their expectation and you need to understand that. I believe it isgood manners to respect this. To do otherwise is to be openly rude. If you disagree, you arc wise to catelsewhere, as you are hurting a hardworking professi

49、onal.裊樣祕廬廂 颤谚鍘羋蔺递灿扰。Michael:Tipping has gotten out of control. I always had thought it was 15%, and now suddenly servers have madeit 20%. I tip 15%, and thats it. If the service is really superior, then I work higher from there. Interesting tobe told ,“If you cant afford to tip 20%, then you should

50、catatIfhaollme.those people stayed away, the restaurant would not even be in business.仓嫗盤紲嘱珑詁鍬齊驁絛鯛鱧。Now match the name of each person (36 - 40) to the appropriate statement.绽萬璉轆娛閬蛏鬮绾瀧恒蟬轅。Note: there are two extra statements.StatementsRichard37. Daniel38. Kate39. Patricia40. MichaelA. Its rude not to

51、 tip.B. I do tip, though I dont like it.C. Tipping shouldnt be compulsory.D. Tips are essential to servers survival.E. If you dont tip, you are punishing the server.F. I think the current tipping standard is too high.骁顾燁鶚巯瀆蕪領鲡赙骠弒綈。G. My tip faithfully reflects how good the service is.瑣钋濺暧惲锟缟馭篩凉貿锕戧。8

52、 / 19Part CDirections:Read the following text from which five sentences have been removed. Choose from the sentences A-Gthe most suitable one to fill each numbered gap in the text (41-45). There are TWO extra sentences thatyou do not need to use. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.鎦 诗涇艳损楼紲鯗餳類碍穑鳓。In 20XX, the number of hungry p