2023年PETS等级考试具体时间及pets级资料

2023年PETS等级考试具体时间等级

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上半年考试时间

3月19日-20日

3月19日-20日

3月１9日-２０日

无

6月１9日-2０日

下半年考试时间

9月1０－1１日

9月１0－１１日

9月10-1１日

9月1０-1１日

１2月1８日－１9日

具体时间

9：００－１0:30,笔试９０分钟，口试8分钟

９：0０-11:00,笔试12０分钟，口试１0分钟

9:00-11:00,笔试1２０分钟,口试10分钟

9:00－1１:20,笔试1４0分钟,口试12分钟

上午笔试,下午口试考试内容:1.听力理解（ListeniｎgCoｍpｒeｈｅｎsion)：时间35分钟,得分30分。这部分重要考察考生理解听力文章中心思想、重要思想以及判断态度的能力，共分三部分。ＰarｔＡ听一段独白或对话(5０0-60０个单词，只放一遍录音),然后做十题判断题(ＴrｕeoｒＦalse）；ＰａrtB听三段独白或对话（每段2８0-３2０个单词，只放一遍录音)，然后做十题多项选择题;PartC听一段独白或对话(70０-８00个单词,放两遍录音）,然后完毕句子或回答问题，共十题。2.英语知识运用(UseofＬａｎguagｅ)：时间1５分钟,得分10分。这部分重要考察考生对英语的语法、词汇和结构的综合运用能力，考题以完型填空的形式出现,考生须在一篇250-３00词的文章中一定间隔的空格内填入适当的词，填空没有选择项,共二十题。3.阅读理解（RｅadｉｎｇＣomprehension)：时间50分钟,得分3５分。这部分考察考生阅读文章后对文章的中心思想、总体结构的掌握能力以及通过阅读获取信息的能力,共分三个部分。PartA规定考生阅读三篇文章(每篇4０0-50０个单词）后做多项选择题，共十五题;【外&语教育网编辑整理HＹPERＬINK""68.ｃom】

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d.Justhｕrrytheｐroceｓsｉngallｙｏｕcaｎ."3First，ａｎapｐliｃａｔｉonfoｒmcａllｅdfordｅtａilsofreｓidence,employmeｎｔ,socｉalｓｅcuｒity,andfamｉｌｙｍａtters.Ａspeｃｉmenｓigｎaｔurｅｗasobtaｉｎed.Thenpｒooｆoｆiｄentitywａsneｅded．Aｆterthat,tｈenewａccoｕntsｃlｅrkwｏｕlｄｔａkeaｌlｄｏcumenｔｓtｏａｎoｆficeroｆtｈeｂankfｏrappｒｏvalａndｉｎitialing.Finａlly,aｓaｖｉｎgspassｂookwasｍａdeouｔorａtempoｒａrｙcｈeckboｏkissueｄ.Thｅｒeforｅｔhemｏｓtｎeｗaccountｓｔｈaｔanybaｎkemployeecｏｕlｄｏpeｎinanhoｕrwereｆive,soｔhethreｅｃlｅrｋspresentlyｗｏｒkｉnｇｍｉghtｈaｎdｌｅaｔotalｏｆnineｔyｉnoｎeｂuｓinｅssday,iftｈeykeptｇoingatｔｏｐsｐeed，wｈichwasunlikeｌy．4Sｔｉllthenoisewiｔｈinthebaｎｋｉncｒeased.Ithadbecｏmeanuprｏar.Afurtheｒｐrｏblemwaｓｔｈａｔtｈegｒｏwｉｎgmａssｏfarrivalsinｔhecｅntｒalpublｉcａreａofthebaｎkwasprevenｔｉｎgacｃessｔoｔｅllerｓ'countersｂyｏｔheｒcuｓtoｍeｒs.Edwinacoulｄsｅeafeｗoftheｍoutside，reｇａrdingtｈｅmilｌingscenewｉthconｓｔｅrnatiｏｎ.Whileshewatched,seveｒalgaveuｐaｎdｗaｌkedａwaｙ.Inｓiｄetｈebａｎksoｍeoｆｔheｎewｃｏmeｒswereeｎgａgingteｌleｒsinｃonversationaｎdthetｅllers，havinｇnoｔhingelsetodｏbecauseofｔhｅmｅlｅe,chaｔtedｂacｋ.Ｔwｏassistａnｔmanａｇｅrshａｄｇonetothecｅntralflooｒareａanｄwerｅtryinｇtoreｇulaｔethefloodoｆpeoplｅｓoaｓtoclearsomeｓpａcｅatcｏｕnters.Tｈeｙwｅreｈａvingｓmaｌlsｕccesｓ．５Shｅdeｃｉdedｉｔｗａｓｔｉmeforｈerowｎintervｅntiｏn．Edｗinalefｔｔhｅpｌａtｆｏrmanｄaraileｄ-offsｔａffａｒeaaｎd,wiｔhdiｆｆicｕlty，madｅherwaythroughthemｉllingｃrowdtotｈeｍａiｎfrontｄoor.A.Yetsheｋnewhowevｅrmuｃhtｈeyhurrｉｅdｉtwouldstillｔaketenｔofifｔeeｎminｕtestoｏpenａnysｉｎglenewaccoｕnt.Itaｌwａｙsｄiｄ.Ｔhｅpaperworkrｅquｉredthａtｔimｅ.B.Butstillnｏhostiｌiｔyｗａsevident.Evｅrｙoｎeinthｅｎowjam－pａckedbankwhowａsspokｅnｔｏbｙmeｍbersoｆtｈｅsｔａｆfaｎsweredｐolitelｙandwｉｔｈasmile.Itseemｅｄ,Eｄｗinaｔｈoｕght,asｉｆallwｈoｗeｒeheｒｅｈaｄbeeｎｂriefｅdｔoｂeｏnbestbehaｖior.Ｃ．Asｅｃurityguardｄｉｒectｅｄhim,"Ｏveｒtherｅfｏrnewａｃcouｎts."Theguａrdpoｉntedtoaｄeskwhｅreaclerk?ayounggｉrｌ？sａｔｗaiｔing.Sheappeａrｅdｎｅrvous.Tｈebiｇmanwａｌkedtｏｗａｒdheｒ，smilｅｄrｅassｕringlｙ,aｎdsaｔｄoｗn.Imｍediａｔelｙapｒessofoｔｈeｒsmovｅｄintoaｒａggeｄlｉnebehinｄhim,waｉtiｎgfoｒｔｈｅirｔｕｒn.D．Eｖenleaｎｉngcｌｏｓetｏtheｉｎｔerｃoｍ,itｗａsharｄtoheaｒaboｖｅtｈenoise．E.Eventriplingtheprｅsentcoｍplemenｔofclerkｓwｏuｌdpｅrｍitvｅrｙfewmoretｈａｎtｗohundrｅｄandfiｆtｙａccouｎtstobｅopenedinaｄay,yｅtaｌreａdy,intｈefirｓtｆｅwmｉｎuｔeｓofbusiｎess,thebａnkwａscｒammｅdｗｉtｈａtleasｔfｏuｒhundｒedｐｅople,wiｔhｓtillmｏｒeｆlｏodｉｎgin,aｎｄtｈｅliｎeｏutside,whｉcｈEdwｉnaroｓetocｈｅck,apｐeａredaslongasever.F.Obｖioｕslysomeｏnehadaｌertｅdthepｒessinａdvaｎce,whichexpｌａｉnedtheｐｒesenｃｅoftheTＶcａmeracrewoutｓiｄe．Edwinawonderedwhohａddｏneit.PartCＡnswerqueｓｔｉoｎs１——１0ｂyrｅferｒinｇtotｈeｃommｅnｔsoｎ3difｆerentｃarsiｎthefolｌowｉngmagａzｉneaｒtｉcle.Note:ＡnsｗerｅachquestionbｙｃhoosiｎgＡ,BorＣandmarｋiｔonANSWＥRSHEEＴ1.Sｏmechｏiｃesmaybｅｒequｉｒｅdmoreｔhaｎoｎｃｅ.A=AuｄiA3B=HonｄaCivicC=Rｏｖer216Whｉchｃａr……hasａｄｒｉverseattｈaｔcaｎbｅadjustedtosuiｔmoｓtpeopｌｅ?1．____ofｆerｓapｏoｒviｅwevenwheｎｔｈemirｒｏｒｓareｕsed?2.____giveｓtｈemostspacefoｒtaｌｌpaｓsｅngersｉnthｅbａｃk?3.____hasacoｎvenｉenｔwaytｏextendｔhｅsｐａcｅforsｕitcaｓes?4._＿＿_iｓｍｏｓtｌｉkｅlｙtosufｆｅrｄamagetotheｐetrｏlsupplyｉnｔｈｅｃａｓeｏｆfrontａｌcｏllｉsion?5.___＿ofｆerstｈemostｅａsｉlｙｔunedｒadiｏ?6.____woｕldrｅmaｉnsｉlenｔintｈｅｅveｎtoftheft?7．____allowseasyａccｅssｔothebaｃkseatｓ?8._＿__haｓｔheｂestenｇｉnｅdesiｇnintermsｏfｓavｉｎgmｏney?９．＿＿__hａｓiｔsｈａｎdbｏokcｒiticiｓeｄ?10．____AudｉＡ3ＭostofｏｕrｄrivｅrsｓaｉｄｔheＡ3wａｓｔheirclearｆａvｏuｒiｔeinthisｇroup．Thｅydescriｂeｄｉtａsrｅfｉnｅｄandcoｍfoｒtaｂleｗｉthgoｏdhａndlingcharａｃterｉstｉｃｓａndlｉgｈt,ｐrｅｃiｓｅsteering.Aｌltｈeｓeａtｓwerｅｃｏｍfortableanｄtｈefrontoneswereeasytoadjｕｓｔ.Moｓｔｄrｉveｒslikeｄtheｄriviｎｇposition,helpedbyaｇｏoｄraｎgｅofstｅｅriｎｇｗheｅｌandｓeatheｉｇhｔadjuｓｔmentｓ.Ｔｈｅｍaininｓtruｍentsｗeｒｅclｅａranddashboａrｄcoｎtrolｓｗｅreｗellposiｔioneｄ.Mirroｒcoveragewaｓvｅrｙgoｏｄbutｏｕｒｄriｖerscｏｍplaiｎedthattheviewｏutofthｅrearwasbadlyｈｉnderedbｙｔhｅｈighreａｒwｉndowlineａndthｉckpillarｓ．Getｔingｉnｔoｔｈebacｋseａtswasｅasy,thankstoaｃlevｅrsｅａｔmechanism,whｉchｍovestheｓｅaｔｕpaｎｄforwａrdaｓwｅllastiltingthｅbackresｔ.Rearｌegrｏｏｍwａｓreasonabｌeｂuｔthereａrsｅａtｗａｓｏnlyｂarelywiｄeenｏｕｇhfｏrthｒeｅadults.Luggａｇeｓpacewaｓavｅragefｏrｔｈisclassoｆｃａｒbutyouhavｅtorｅmovetheｒeａｒheaｄrestｒaintｓtoｆｏｌdｔhｅｒeaｒsｅat.Ｔhｅｒewereplｅｎｔyｏfｕsefuｌiｎｔｅrｉorsｔowagespaces.AllＡ3ｓcomewｉｔhａnalａrmａndiｍmｏbiliｓerasstａndａrｄ.Oｕｒ＇ｔhief＇goｔｉnｔｈrouｇｈｔｈeｄoorsin20sｅcｏnds，Ｂｕttherａｄiｏwaｓａｎoｎ－ｓｔaｎdardfｉt，whichislikelytodｅterthieves.Thehiｎｇｅsoｆtｈerｅarｓｅatｓcouldrｅｌeasｅinanaccｉdeｎt,alｌｏwｉnｇluｇｇagetｏcrａshtｈrouｇothｅpasｓeｎｇerｃｏmｐａｒtment．Ａlso，thedｒivｅr'sｋnｅｅscouldbeｄamagedbysｔiｆfsｔruｃｔｕｒeｓunderthedaｓh.Somepaｒtsofthefueｌsystemａｎｄｅlectricｓwｏｕｌｄbevｕlnerabｌetoｄaｍａgeinaｆrontalcoｌlisioｎ.HoｎｄaＣivicＨoｎdaｓaysｉtsｓpｅcialVTECengineｈasawinninｇcombｉnationoｆecoｎomyandpeｒfｏｒｍance,butourdriversfｏuｎｄitabiｔoｆacuｒａte'segｇ.Iｔwaｓｔhemｏsteconｏmicalofｔhecaｒsontest,ｂutdｒiverｓfoｕnditsluggishatｌoｗｒeｖs,aｎdiｔsacceｌｅratｉoｎinfifthgearwasslｏw,ｓooverｔａkiｎgnormａllyｍeanthavｉnｇtoshiftｄｏwnｔoｆouｒthgeａr.Thedrｉｖｉｎgpoｓiｔionwaｓacｃeptabｌe,butｏuｒpanelｃｒiｔicisedtheresｔricｔedｒearvｉｓiｂiｌity？therｅarwindowwａsquｉtｅsmall.Ｄriversfouｎdthebａcｋreｓtsｕpｐoｒtiveｂuｔitwａｓnotposｓｉｂletomａkｅfineadjｕｓtmentsｔotｈeanｇle.Ｔheridecoｍfortwaｓacｃeptabｌｅ,buｔiｔwａsｎ'tａsgoodａsthｅAudｉ'sorRover‘s.Thｅdriveｒ'sseaｔｄidn'tslideｆorwaｒdwhｅｎｉtwasｔilteｄ,mａkiｎgrearacｃessａwkwarｄfrｏmthisｓｉdｅ.Inｔhebａck,hｅadｒｏomandlegroomwaｓｅｘcellentbuttesｔｅｒsｄidｎ＇tfiｎdtｈeseaｔsparｔｉｃulａrlycoｍｆortablｅ.Tｈel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