公共英语等级考试模拟公共英语PETS三级完型填空训练 一

公共英语PETS三级完型填空试题训练 一（一）Television, it is often said, keeps one 1 about current events, allows one to follow the 2 developments in science and politics, and 3 an endless series of programs which are both 4 and stimulating. The most distant 5 and the strangest customs are brought right 6 ones sitting room. It could be argued that the radio performs this 7 just as well: but on television everything is much more living, much more 8 . Yet here is a danger, The television screen itself has a terrible, almost physical fascination for us. We get 9 used to looking at its movements, so on its flickering pictures, that it begins to our lives. A friend of told me the other day that his television set had broken and that he and his family had suddenly found that they had far more time to do things, and that they had begun to talk to each other again. It makes one think, it!There are many other arguments for and against television. The poor of its programs is often criticized. But it is undoubtedly a great comfort to many , elderly people. And does it corrupt or instruct our children? I think we must realize that television is neither good nor bad, It is the uses which it is put that determine its 20 to society.1. A. informative B. informed C. knowing D. familiar答案： B解析：informative提供资料的，了解的；据说电视可以让人了解当前的形势情况，；inform 通知，向报告，了解；familiar 熟悉的，冒昧的2. A. latter B. late C. latest D. later答案C解析：latter后者；latest最近的，最新的；与前面一句为并列句，意为“可以使人跟得上最新的科学和政治发展。”根据这句话的意思，我们知道应该用latest。3. A. offers B. awards C. rewards D. avails答案： A解析：offer提供；award给颁奖；reward回报，报答；avail有益于；这句与前面的句子依然是并列句，这道题我们根据语意很容易选出应该是，意思是：电视还可以给观众提供无数的电视节目。4. A. teaching B. instructive C. constructive D. illuminating答案：解析：instructive有教育意义的； constructive 建造的，建设的； illuminating启示性的，启发的。这个很显然是，意思是说电视节目既有教育意义又有娱乐功能。5. A. nations B. powers C. states D. countries答案： D解析：遥远国家的最古怪的风俗习惯被呈现出来。6. A. up to B. into C. down D. inside答案： B解析：这些电视节目在客厅里被呈现出来，故划线处要求填写的介词应该为into，意味把这些电视节目给你带到客厅里来.7. A. business B. aid C. service D. duty答案： C解析：也许有人会说，收音机也可以提供这样的服务。根据文章，这些节目是为人服务的，可以得到正确选项，另外，就看选项意思排除法也可以得出可用service，相对来说这道题很容易得分。8. A. true B. vivid C. actual D. real答案： B解析：true 真的，真实的；vivid 鲜艳的，生动的； actual 实际的； real真的；但是在电视上看一切都显得很生动，这说出了电视与收音机的区别。根据选择项意思与上下文可知正确。9. A. quite B. much C. so D. rather答案： C解析：如果做不出来，往后看，并列的一句也是so开头的，后面还有that引导的一句话（sothat 如此以至于），显然那么我们把意思下理顺可知正确。. A. dependable B. dependent C. reliable D. relying答案： B解析： dependent后面跟介词on，dependent on意思是“依靠，依赖”；大意是说，我们如此依赖电视那些连续运动的闪烁画面，以至于它开始控制我们的生活。. A. dominate B. master C. rule D. ruin答案： A解析：dominate 控制，掌控；master掌握； rule规定； ruin毁了；根据上一句也推出，对电视太依赖了以至于生活中离不开它，从某意义上说它控制了我们的生活。. A. me B. my C. mine D. I答案： C解析：a friend of mine 我的一个朋友；mine为名词性物主代词，意思是“我的”，在这里它相当于 my friends；而my是一个形容词性物主代词。. A. down B. up C. off D. out答案： A解析：他的电视机坏了，机器坏了用break down. A. truly B. actually C. genuinely D. really答案： B解析：电视坏了之后他和他家里人突然发现有好多事情要该做，并且事实上他们又可以再相互交流了。根据句意可知用B，actually. A. does B. doesnt C. isnt D. is答案： B解析：反意疑问句，选B。. A. quantity B. quality C. character D. grade答案： B解析：quantity 数量； quality 质量； character 性格； grade 年级，分数；这句话是说：对于电视有不少人持赞成或者反对的态度。电视节目的什么不好常遭到批评呢？看选项，显然用quality 质量。. A. lonely B. alone C. single D. solitary答案： A解析：但是毫无疑问地，这对于上了年纪的孤独的（lonely,注意这个词是形容词词性，所修饰词是老人：elderly people）老人来说是一种极大的慰藉。另外，alone （这个单词只作表语）单独的； single 单个的； solitary 的；这个题既考查了词意又考查了词性掌握程度。. A. by itself B. of itself C. in itself D. itself答案： D解析：television itself 电视自身；这句许是说，电视自身它既有好的一面，又有坏的一面。. A. into B.