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教育城：PETS第三级全真模拟试卷(7)全国英语等级考试第三级Public English Test System(PETS)Level 3Section 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,.PartA and PartB， Remember,while you are doing the test,you should first put down your answers in your test book-letAt the end of the listening comprehension section,you will have3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet onto ANSWER SHEETl. 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 PartA 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 15 seconds 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 C DNow look at question l.1. On what day of the week will the magazine arrive?A Monday. B Tuesday. C Wednesday. D Thursday.2. What is the man going to do after graduation?A He will become a teacher. B He will become a lawyer.C He will try a lot ofjobs. D He has not decided yet.3. What do we learn from this conversation?A The man thought the essay was easy.B The woman had a hard time writing the essay.C The woman thought the essay was easy.D Neither of them has finished the essay yet.4. What does the woman mean?A The clerk doesn t like to be bothered.B The machine was just repaired.C She can teach the man to operate the machine.D The man shouldnt make any more copies.5. What s the relationship of the two people?A Teacher and student. B Father and son.C Mother and son. D Sister and brother.6. What s the probable relationship between the two speakers?A Receptionist and customer.B Waitress and customer.C Salesperson and customer.D Nurse and patient.7. What are the man and woman talking about?A Fashion. B Music. C A film. D A book.8. What will the man do?A To play basketball.B To go out for a walk.C To go to the library.D To prepare for the presentation.9. What does the man imply?A He cant go now.B He want to call someone.C He cant wait any longer.D He wants to drink a cup of coffee very much.10. Whats the woman?A An operator. B A manager.C A student. D A secretary. Part B You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listerning to each one, you. will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listenin.g, answer each question by choosing A,B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check you.r answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.Questions 11 13 are based on the following dialogue between two friends talking about a telegram.11. What does the telegram say?A Return immediately for his parents missed him badly.B Return immediately for his aunt is expecting him.C Retum immediately for something unusual happened at home.D Retum immediately for his uncle was seriously ill at home.12. Why was the man relieved at last?A Because the telegram was a false one.B Because this telegram was not addressed to him.C Because his uncle wasn t ill at all.D Because it was somebody else that was ill. 13. What kind of person is Tom supposed to be?A Warm-hearted but careless. B Curious and mischievous.C Helpful and tricky. D Prudent but cautious.Questions 14 17 are based on the following dialogue about a part-time job.14. What is the womans major?A American literature. B English literature.C Teaching method. D Mathematics.15. How does the woman feel about her new job?A Interesting. B Boring.C Inspiring. D Challenging.16. How often will the woman correct the students assignment?A Once a week. B Once two weeks.C Once a month. D Once three weeks.17. How much will the man pay for the woman per month?A$1,500 B$1,350C$1,250 D$2,250 Questions 18 21 are based on. the following dialogue on a reading list.18. What is Helens major?A Children s Literature. B American Literature.C Medicine. D Elementary Education.19. Why do the speakers read children stories?A These stories are interesting.B They can learn how to write such stories.C These stories are written by a famous doctor.D The stories are on their reading list.20. Who are Doctor Seuss and Theodore Geisel?A They are the same person.B One is a doctor and the other is a writer.C Both of them are teachers.D They are from different departments.21. What is true about The Cat in the Hat?A It is a book written only for classroom reading.B It is a book on education.C It has a vocabulary of only two hundred words.D It was written by a child.Questions 22 25 are based on the following monologue on psychological space.22. Which factor determines human beings psychological space needs?A Economic factors. B Pressure in life.C Individual preference. D Cultural preference.23. Where do the babies live in America?A In his/her own room.B In a small bed near the parents bed. .C On their parents bed.D In his/her brother s or sister s room.24. What does the author think of the American way of training people?A It s common. B It s realistic.C It s uncommon. D It s inhuman.25. Why are the psychological space needs limited?A Because of financial pressures.B Because of individual liking.C Because of local customs. D Because of cultural difference.Now you. have 3 minutes to transfer you.r answers from you.r test booklet to ANSWER SHEETl.That is the end of the listening comprehension section.Section II Use of English(15 minutes)Directions : Read the following text Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blan.k and mark A, B,C or D on ANSWER SHEETl. Text Generations of Americans have been brought 26 to believe that a good breakfast is important for health. Eating breakfast at the 27 0f the day, we have all been 28 ,is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car 29 starting a trip.But for many people the thought of food first in the morning is by 30 pleasures. S0 31 all the efforts, they still take no 32 . Between 1978 and 1983, the latest years for which figures are 33_,the number of people who didnt have breakfast increased 34 33 percent-from8.8 million t0 11. 7 million 35 _the Chinese-based Market Research Corporation of America.For those who feel pain of 36 about not having breakfast, 37 ,there is some goodnews. Several studies in the last few years _ 38 that, for adults especially, there may be nothing39 with omitting breakfast. Going 40 breakfast does not affect 41 . Said Arnold E.Bendoer, former professor of nutrition at Queen Ehzabeth College in London, 42 does giving people breakfast improve performance.43 evidence relating breakfast to better health or 44 performances is surprisingly madequate, and most of the recent work involves children, not 45 . The literature, says one researcher, Dr. Ernesto Pollitt at the University of Texas,is poor. 26. A about B into C up D from27. A start B end C morning D begin28. A said B believed C reported D told29. A after B before C when D as30. A some B any C no D all31. A despite B in spite C though D however32. A brunch B breakfast C lunch D supper33. A available B used C got D estimated34. A with B at C by D from35. A from B according to C through D out of36. A guilt B happiness C sadness D eagerness37. A however B therefore C whereas D but 38. A indicate B report C announce D declare39. A wrong B right C correct D incorrect40. A without B with C from D out of41. A performance B health C heart D brain42. A not B neither C either D nor 43. A Science B Scientist C Scientific. D Scientists44. A better B good C well D worse45. A people B men C humans D adultsSection Reading Comprehension(40 minutes) Part A Directions : Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEETl.Text 1 When a 13-year-old Virginia girl started sneezing, her parents thought it was merely a cold. But when the sneezes continued for hours, they called in a doctor. Nearly two months later the girl was still sneezing, thousands of times a day, and her case had attracted worldwide attention.Hundreds of suggestions, ranging fromput a clothes pin on her noseto have her stand on her headpoured in . But nothing did any good. Finally,she was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital. Where Dr. Leo Kanner, one of the worlds top authorities on sneezing, solved the baffling(难以理解的)problem with great speed.He used neither drugs nor surgery, curiously enough, the clue for the treatment was found in an ancient superstition about the amazing bodily reaction we call the sneeze.It was all in her mind, he said,a view which Aristotle, some 3,000 years earlier, would have agreed with heartily.Dr. Kanner simply gave a modern psychological interpretation to the ancient belief that too much sneezing was an indication that the spirit was troubled; and he began to treat the girl accordingly.Less than two days in a hospital room,a plan for better scholastic and vocational adjustment,and reassurance about her unreasonable fear of tuberculosis quickly changed her from a sneezer to an ex-sneezer, he reported.Sneezing has always been a subject of wonder, awe and puzzlement. Dr. Kanner has collected thousands of superstitions conceming it. The most universal one is the custom of begging for the blessing of God when a person sneezes-a practice Dr. Kanner traces back to the ancient belief that a sneeze was an indication that the sneezer was possessed of an evil spirit. Strangely, people over the world still continue the custom with the traditional, God bless you or its equivalent.When scientists look at the sneeze, they see a remarkable mechanism which, without any conscious help from you, takes on a job that has to be done. When you need to sneeze you sneeze, this being nature s clever way of getting rid of an annoying object from the nose. The object may be just some dust in the nose which nature is striving to remove.46. The girl sneezed continuously because she _ .A was illB was mentally illC had heavy mental burdenD had attracted world-wide attention47. When the girl began to sneeze continuously,_ .A a lot of people offered their adviceB she was taken to Johns Hopkins HospitalC she was given a treatment found in ancient superstitionD many doctors treated her in different ways48. Dr. Kanner cured the girl by _A using Aristotle s methodB giving her psychological treatmentC practicing superstitionD treating her tuberculosis49. When a person sneezes,we sayGod bless youbecause _ .A it s a traditionB the person is possessed of an evil spirit .C the person is illD God will bless those who sneeze50. According to scientists,people sneeze becauseA they are illB to sneeze is human natureC they do not need any conscious helpD there are unwanted things in their nosesText 2 There was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy automobile traffic. At present, we realize that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is literally worldwide. On several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the east of the United States and brought healthwamings in rural areas away from any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile traffic.In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be infected by air pollution. Some scientists consider that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels ( coal and oil)is creating a greenhouse effect-conserving heat reflected from the earth and raisingthe world s average temperature. If this view is correct and the world s temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be in water. Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particular matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth s temperature-a result that would be equally disastrous. A drop ofjust a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age, and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming areas. Today we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen ( though one recent govemment report drafted by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very possible). Perhaps, if we are lucky enough, the two tendencies will offset each other and the world s temperature will stay about the same as it is now. Driven by economic profit, people neglect the damage on our environment caused by the advanced civilization. Maybe the air pollution is the price the human beings have to pay for their develop-ment. But is it really worthwhile? 51. As pointed out at the beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollutionA caused widespread damage in the countrysideB affected the entire eastern half of the United StatesC had damaged effect on healthD existed merely in urban and industries areas52. As to the greenhouse effect, the author .A shares the same view with the scientistsB is uncertain of its occurrenceC rejects it as being ungroundedD thinks that it will destroy the world soon53. The word offset in the second paragraph could be replaced by _ .A slip into B make up for C set up D catch up with54. It can be concluded that _ .A raising the world s temperature only a few degrees would not do much harm to life on earthB lowering the world s temperature merely a few degrees would lead many major farming areas to disasterC almost no temperature variations have occurred over the past decadeD the worlds temperature will remain constant in the years to come55. This passage is primarily about .A the greenhouse effectB the burning of fossil fuelsC the potential effect of air pollutionD the likelihood of a new ice ageText 3 My family and I recently returned from a trip to Alaska, a place that combines supematural beauty with a breathtaking amount of bear risks.Ill start with some facts at a glance:WHERE ALASKA IS:Way the hell far from you. Beyond Mars.HOW YOU GET THERE:You sit in a variety of airplanes for most of your adult life.WHAT THEY HAVE THERE THAT WILL TRY TO KILL YOU:Bears.I am quite serious about this. Although Alaska is now an official state in the United States with modern conveniences such as rental cars and frozen yogurt, it also allows a large number of admitted bears to stride freely, and nobody seems to be the least bit alarmed about this. In fact, the Alaskans seem to be proud of it. You walk into a hotel or department store, and the first thing you see is aglass case containing a stuffed bear the size of a real one. Our hotel had two of these. It was what we travel writers call a two-bear hotel. Both bears were sta