2009PETS5真题(含答案)ListeningComprehension.doc

Section I Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)Directions：This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken EnglishYou will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany themThere are three parts in this section，Part A，Part B and Part C.Remember，while you are doing the test，you should first put down your answers in your test booklet，NOT on the ANSWER SHEETAt the end of the listening comprehension section，you will have 5 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet onto ANSWER SHEET 1 If you have any questions，you may raise your hand NOW as you will not be allowed to speak once the test is started.Now look at Part A in your test booklet Part AYou will hear a talkAs you listen，answer Questions 1 to 10 by circling True or FalseYou will hear the talk ONLY ONCE You now have 60 seconds to read Questions 1l0 1Americans moved a lot because they wanted to have more living spaceTRUEFALSE2From the talk we call infer that people who tend to move first were youngTRUEFALSE3The movement of Americans began around the l910sTRUEFALSE4Most of the fortune hunters found life in the city easierTRUEFALSE5In the l950s，people began moving out of cities into suburbsTRUEFALSE6The suburban people probably began to have money problems in the early 1970sTRUEFALSE7Driving costs increased the most during the late l970s in the USTRUEFALSE8Taxes in suburban areas remained unchangedTRUEFALZE9To solve money problems，some people decided to move back to citiesTRUEFALSE10The speakers tone in the talk is quite subjectiveTRUEFALSEYou now have 20 seconds to check your answers to Questions 110 That is the end of Part APart BYou will hear 3 talks and you must answer the questions by choosing A，B，C or DYou will hear the recording ONLY ONCE Questions 1113 are based On the following talkYou now have l5 seconds to read Questions 1113 11How old is Ryan? ATwentytwo years old BThree years old CThree months old DTwentytwo months old 12Where was the operation carried out? AManchester BDalton CWashington DNew York 13What are Ryans chances of making a complete recovery? A5060 percent B3040 percent C4050 percent D4060 percent You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to Questions 1113 Questions l416 are based on the following talkYou now have l5 seconds to read Questions l416 14How has Brazil reduced its population growth? ABy educating its citizens BBy developing TV programs CBy careful family planning DBy chance 15How did soap operas help in lowering Brazils birth rate?AThey keep people sitting long hours watching TV BThey have gradually changed peoples way of life CPeople are drawn to their attractive package DThey popularize birth control measures 16What is Martines conclusion about Brazils population growth? AThe increase in birth rate will promote consumption BThe desire for consumption helps to reduce birth contr01 CConsumption pattern and reproduction pattern are contradictory DA countrys production is limited by its population growth You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to Questions l416 Questions 1720 are based on the following talkYou now have 20 seconds to read Questions 1720 17What kind of chances are children in America today denied?ATo learn how to face death BTo attend to patients CTo visit dying patients.DTo have access to a hospital 18For what purpose were those five hundred critically ill patients investigated?AObserving how they reacted to the crisis of death BHelping them and their families overcome the fear of death CFinding out their attitude towards the approach of death DLearning how to best help them and their families 19What does the need of a dying patient for company show?AHis desire for communication with other people BHis fear of approaching death CHis pessimistic attitude towards his condition DHis reluctance to part with his family 20What may be concluded from the talk?ADying patients are afraid of being told of the approach of death BMost doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need CDying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition DMost patients are unable to accept death until it is obviously inevitable You now have 40 seconds to check your answers to Questions l 720 That is the end of Part BPart CYou will hear a talkAs you listenyou must answer Questions 2130 by writing No MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided on the rightYou will hear the talk TWICE You now have 60 seconds to read Questions 2130 21When did the astronauts land on the moon?22What did the speaker like to do when she was a child?23Where did her interest and desire come from?24What did she want to be when she was a child?25When did she discover resistance?26What was she told not to do when she applied to college?27What was she not allowed to do when she entered college?28Why did her confidence in her ability and the desire to study science decrease during her college years?29What was the trouble when she got her first job?30Why is it that there are not more scientists in the field according to the speaker?You now have l00 seconds to check your answers to Questions 2130 That is the end of Part CYou now have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET l.That is the end of Listening Comprehension THE END OF THE TEST S