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1、所有咨询：英语等级第三级PUBLIC ENGLISH TEST SYSTEM (PETS)LEVEL 32016 年 3 月笔试真卷笔试部分答题时间：120 分钟SECTION I Listening(25 minutes)DirectionsThis section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You willhear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them.T

2、here are two parts in this section, Part A and Part B.Remember, while you are doing the test. you should first put down your answersin your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 3minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet onto your ANSWER SHEET.I

3、f you have any questions, you may raise your hand now as you will not be allowedto speak once the test has started.Now look at Part A in your test booklet.Part ADirections :You will hear 10 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question andfour possible answers. Choose the correct answer-

4、A, B, C or D, and mark it in your test booklet.You will have l5 seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue only once.1. What is the woman doing at the moment?AHaving a break.BHaving a coffee.CWriting a report.校资料第1页 /共26页所有咨询：DVisiting the man.2.What does the woman ask the man to

5、 do?ARepair her windows.BTake care of her house.CTake a rest for a few days.DGo to the seaside with her.3.What dowe learn about the woman fromthedialogue?AShebought a suitable skirt.BShewanted to purchase a skirt.CShereturned a skirtto the shop.DShecomplained aboutthe service.4.Whatdoes the man say

6、tothe woman?AHeenvies her a lot.BHeenjoys cooking.CHeusually eats out.DHeruns a restaurant.5.Whatare the speakerstalkingabout?AGardening.BAir quality.CHot weather.DLack of rain.6.Whyis the woman angry with her son?AHeignored traffic signals.BHefailedto repair her car.CHedidn'tattend his class.DH

7、edidn'ttake her advice.7.Whydoes the man feel sorry?AHeforgothisDad's birthday.BHedidn'tbuya birthday present.CHedidn'tputthe cake in the fridge.DHearrived late for his dad's birthday.校资料第2页/共26页所有咨询：8. Where is the man's house located?ANear a park.BBy a restaurant.CCloseto a

8、 highway.DIn aneighborhood.9.What doesthe woman say about the data in the article?A It is original.BItisreliable.CItisquestionable.DItisauthoritative.10. What does the man tell the woman?AThebest time for job interviews.BThestrategies for job interviews.CHiscomments on her recent work.DHiscongratula

9、tions on her good luck.Part BDirections :You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you willhave 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answereach question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to chec

10、kyour answer to each question. You will hear the recording only once.Questions 11 -13 are based on the following interview with John Smith, a psychologiston office behavior.11. What is the man's firsttip on a productive workday?AArrive at the officeearlier.BJump into paper workfirst.CStart with

11、less difficult tasks.DGet ready within 15 minutes,12. Why shouldal phone calls be avoided?校资料第3页 /共26页所有咨询：ATheymaytake alot oftime.BTheymayreducesocialtime.CTheymayspoil a greatmood.DTheymaycause errors in work.13. Why shouldan alarm be set?ATogive a go-home signal.BToremind people to relax.CTomake

12、 people work fast.DTowarn people of an emergency.Questions 14 - 17are based on the followingconversationbetweentwofriends.14.Whatnews doesRenee share with Tom?AShemet ahigh school classmate.BShefoundan old 衔 end's address.CShepaid a visit to her high school.DShegot in touch with anold 衔 end.15.W

13、hydidRenee and her friendlose contact?AHerfriend's family leftfor another city.BHerfriend transferred to another school.CTheyhad an argument and drifted apart.DTheywere too busy to write to each other.16.WhatdoesTom say about his old friends?AHehas lost touch with all of them.BHemaintains contac

14、t with most of them.CHehas regained contact with a few of them.DHekeeps in touch with one or two of them.17.How didRenee's friend get heraddress?AFroman old address book.BFromone of their former teachers.CFromanother high school classmate.校资料第4页 /共26页所有咨询：D From the website of Renee's compan

15、y.Questions 18 -21 are based on a conversation between Lisa and her former neighborJohn.18. Why did the woman decide to cancel her vacation?AShehadtrouble with her health.BShehadtrouble with her investment.CShehadto attend a financial course.DShehadto attend a conference in Paris.19.Whatdidthe woman

16、do after she graduated from college?ASheworkedasastock trader.BSheworkedasastock analyst.CSheworkedasafinance teacher.DSheworkedasacompany manager.20.Whydid thewoman want tostart her own company?ATomakemoremoney.BTohavemoretime forherself.CTofindmorebusinessopportunities.DToknowmoreabout the stock m

17、arket.21.Howdoes the womanfeelaboutthe present economic stimulatingpackage?A Relieved.B Optimistic.C Unconfident.D Disappointed.Questions 22 -25 are based on thefollowing interview between a reporter and Mr.Smithon his website.22. Which industryistheman'swebsite concerned with?A News.B Music.C E

18、ducation.D Television.23. Whom is theman'swebsite mainly meant for?A Collegestudents in Asia.B Englishlearners of all ages.校资料第5页 /共26页所有咨询：C Teenagers and young adults.D Any visitors for entertainment.24. What doesthe websitewantitsvisitorsto get familiar with?A Classicfilms.BWestern music.C En

19、glishaccents.DPublic speeches.25. What does the man hope hiswebsite willdointhreeyears?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 ANSWERSHEET. That is the end of

20、 Listening Comprehension.SECTION II 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.Text 1Isabel has turned down two job offers in the past year. In 2006, she started herown consulting

21、 practice, but by 2008, most of her larger clients had to drop her because ofthe economy. In 2011, she was undertaking irregular assignments and knew she needed a steadyjob. The first job she considered was Director of HR for a company in Utah. After the initialinterviews, she felt the job fit her e

22、xcept for the location. Still, she flew west to meetthe hiring manager. The hiring manager explained that Isabel was the top candidate for thejob but that, before she continued with the process, she should better understand the firm'sculture. She directed Isabel to severals of the company's

23、CEO, who regularly appearedin front of the company in costume as part of morale building exercises and expected his seniorleaders to do the same. “Even though I was desperate for a job, I knew I couldn't do that,”Isabel says. She called the recruiter to tum down the job and explained that she di

24、dn't feel校资料第6页 /共26页所有咨询：there was a cultural fit.A few months later, she interviewed for another job: a director of employee relationsat a local university. After several interviews, the hiring manager told her the job washers if she wanted it. The job had many positives: it was a low-stress e

25、nvironment, it offeredgreat benefits, and the university was an employee-friendly place. But the job was relativelyjunior despite the title and Isabel worried it wouldn't be challenging enough. Finally, sheturned it down.“It would be great to have a paycheck and great benefits but I woulddefinit

26、ely have trouble sleeping at night," she says.In both cases, she was frank with the hiring managers about why she wasn't takingthe jobs. “In the past, it felt like dating, I was worried about hurting people' s feelings,"she says. However, they appreciated her frankness and thanked

27、her for her honesty. She saysit was hard to tum down the jobs and it was a risk for her financially but she felt she hadto.26. In 2011, Isabel.Adid consulting now and thenBfound a job close to her homeCrefused several job interviewsDrana successful consulting firm27. Isabelturned down the firstjob o

28、ffer mainly because of its.A CEOB cultureC locationD recruiter28. Isabelwas dissatisfiedwiththe second job due to its.A junior titleBlow benefitsC environmentDlack of challenge29. Isabel believedthatherrejectionof the jobs was.A harmfulB surprisingC justifiableD troublesome30. According to Isabel,it

29、 is important to.A look for jobs withlittle stressB look for jobs withgreat benefits校资料第7页 /共26页所有咨询：C be truthful in decliningjob offersD be cautious in decliningjob offersText 2You do not usually get something for nothing. Now, a new study reveals that theevolution of an improved learning ability

30、could come at a particularly high price: an earlierdeath.Past experiments have demonstrated that it is relatively easy through selectivebreeding to make rats, honey bees and-that great favourite of researchers-fruit flies a lotbetter at learning. Animals that are better learners should be competitiv

31、e and, thus, overtime, come to dominate a population by natural selection. But improved learning ability doesnot get selected amongst these animals in the wild. No one really understands why.Tadeusz Kawecki and his colleagues at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland havemeasured the effects of i

32、mproved learning on the lives of fruit flies. The flies were giventwo different fruits as egg-laying sites. One of these was laced with a bitter additive thatcould be detected only on contact. The flies were then given the same fruit but without anadditive. Flies that avoided the fruit which had bee

33、n bitter were deemed to have learned fromtheir experience. Their children were reared and the experiment was run again.After repeating the experiment for 30 generations, the children of the learned flieswere compared with normal flies. The researchers report in a forthcoming edition of Evolutionthat

34、 although learning ability could be bred into a population of fruit flies, it shortenedtheir lives by 15ulo .When the researchers compared their learned flies to colonies selectivelybred to live long lives, they found even greater differences. Whereas learned flies had reducedtheir life spans, the l

35、ong-lived flies learned less well than even average flies.The authors suggest that evolving an improved learning ability may require a greaterinvestment in the nervous system which takes resources away from processes that delay ageing.However, Dr. Kawecki thinks the effect could also be a by-product

36、 of greater brain activityincreasing the production of Reactive Oxygen Species ( ROS), which can increase oxidationin the body and damage health.No one knows whether the phenomenon holds true for other animals. So, biologists,校资料第8页 /共26页所有咨询：atleast, still have a lot to learn.31. Past experiments p

37、rove selective breeding can make animals better.AcommandersBcompetitorsCsurvivorsDlearners32. Inthisexperiment,scientists observedthat.Asomeflies avoided the fruit withoutan addictiveBsomeflies preferred the fruit with an addictiveCthe eggs of the flies were not damagedDthe impact on the flies did n

38、ot last long33. The forthcoming report says that.Along-lived flies arebetter at laying eggsBlong-lived flies arepoorer in learningClearnedflies have arelatively long lifeDlearnedflies live as long as average ones34. Accordingto Dr. Kawecki, greater brain activity .Areduces oxygen consumptionBregulat

39、es the nervous systemCspeeds up the ageing processDstabilizes the ageing process35.We learn from the text that.Athe research findings need to be tested furtherBbiologistsare doing similar research on other animalsCthe animalworld usually follows the same universal lawsDbiologistsare applying their f

40、indings to other areasPart BDirections :Read the texts from a magazine article in which five peoplk about tipping ina restaurant. For questions 36-40, match the name of eachtoone of the statements(A-G) given below. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.校资料第9页 /共26页所有咨询：Richard:I've always viewe

41、d tipping as a way of saying “thank you” to the one who servesme. I believe what is bad is when no tip is left at all. The better the service, the higherthe tip. Unless the service is literally perfect, I never tip more than 10% of the bill. Muchlike the harder teachers in school, I never give an ea

42、sy “A.” My assessment is honest.Daniel:A tip is a “thank you,” but in truth, a tip is payment for service. 20% is a standardtip. Servers deserve it for their hard work. Restaurants will never pay more for labor unlessthey are forced to do so by new laws. Tips make up about 97% of a server's tota

43、l income.Those tips are needed for survival. So, before servers are paid a living wage, tip 20%.Kate:Why should I pay the difference between what the restaurant is willing to pay theemployee and what an acceptable wage is? I do pay 20% , but I hate it. A friend of mine leftEurope for New York City,

44、found a job in a restaurant there and ended up making $5,500 a month.Enough above minimum wage? How about miners, construction workers, resident doctors, etc?Do they get tipped?Patricia:18 -20% for good service is today's standard. The restaurant and its employees aretoo polite to tell you this

45、or to put it on theirs, but that is their expectation andyou need to understand that. I believe it is good manners to respect this. To do otherwiseis to be openly rude. If you disagree, you are wise to eat elsewhere, as you are hurtinga hardworking professional.Michael:Tipping has gotten out of cont

46、rol. I always had thought it was 15%, and now suddenlyservers have made it 20%. I tip 15%, and that's it. If the service is really superior, thenI work higher from there. Interesting to be told, “If you can't afford to tip 20% , thenyou should eat at home. ” If all those people stayed away,

47、the restaurant would not evenbe in business.Now match the name of each(36 -40) to the appropriate statement.校资料第10页 /共26页所有咨询：Note: therearetwo extrastatements.Statements36.RichardAIt'srude not to tip.37.DanielBI dotip, though I don't like it.38.KateCTipping shouldn't be compulsory.39.Pa

48、triciaDTips are essential to servers survival.40.MichaelEIf you don't tip, you are punishing theserver.FI think the current tipping standard istoo high.GMy tip faithfully reflects how good theservice is.Part CDirections :Read the followingtext from which five sentences have been removed. Choose

49、fromthe sentences A-G the most suitable one to fill each numbered gap in the text (41-45). Thereare TWO extra sentences that you do not need to use. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.In 2009, the number of hungry people in the world reached one billion for the firsttime. It's difficult not

50、to be shocked by the fact that more than one in seven people inthe world do not have enough to eat.41Hunger kills more people per year than diseasessuch as AIDS, malaria and TB combined.The UN estimates that almost two thirds of the world's hungry people are in Asia,which is of course the world&

51、#39;s most populous continent. 42Although this region hasa much lower population than Asia, it has the highest percentage of hungry people. Almostall of the rest are in Latin America, North Africa and the Caribbean. In the richest regionsof the world there are only a tiny number of people who don

52、9;t have enough to eat.There are many reasons for world hunger. They include wars, droughts, floods, andthe overuse of farming land.43Many people also blame greedy businessmen for pushingup the prices of basic foods in the global market. But the most important reason, quite simply,is poverty, which

53、has increased recently due to the financial crisis of 2008.Although many people make the obvious point that there would be less hunger if theglobal population were smaller, few people would argue that there is not enough food to go校资料第11页 /共26页所有咨询：around. 44In the last 50 years, global food product

54、ion has risen even more quickly thanthe global population. There are many areas of the world in which people generally have morethan enough food. 45The answer to world hunger, therefore, may be a balanced fooddistribution around thewhole world. Everyone will have enough to eat, but not overeat.AThe basicproblem seems to be not a lack of food, butits distribution.BMore thana quarter ar