2021年公共英语考试（PETS）三级模拟试题三（2）

1、公共英语考试（PETS）三级模拟试题三（2） Motor vehicles are the largest sour _ of air pollution, producing a haze of _og over the world s cities. In the United States, they produ _ at least 50% of the countrys air pollution. 46. Cars represent people s _. A oupation B identity C life style D fame 47. Aording to the p

2、assage, the average number of people killed annually in traffic aidents around the world is _. A 18 million B 250,000 C half of the world s population D 60 million 48. A serious enviro _ental problem resulting from automobiles is _. A tragic loss of life B traffic jams C air pollution D mental stres

3、s 49. It can be inferred from this passage that automobiles _. A are an important part of the world s economy B are being less dangerous C will produ _ less air pollution in the future D are killing more people in re _nt years than in the past 50. The title that suits the passage best is _. A Automo

4、bile and Economy B Automobile and the Enviro _ent C The Problems with the Automobile D Advantages and Disadvantages of the Automobile Text 2 I dont know how I became a writer, but I think it was because of a _rtain for _ in me that had to write and that finally burst through and found a channel. My

5、people were of the working class of people. My father, a stone-cutter, was a _n with a great respect and veneration for literature. He had a tremendous memory, and he loved poetry, and the poetry that he loved best was naturally of the rhetorical kind that such a _n would like. Nevertheless it was g

6、ood poetry, Hamlets Soliloquy, Macbeth , Mark Antony s Funeral Oration , Grey s Elegy , and all the rest of it. I heard it all as a child; I memorized and learned it all. He sent me to college to the state university. The desire to write, which had been strong during all my days in high school, grew

7、 stronger still. I was editor of the college paper, the college _gazine , etc. , and in my last year or two I was a member of a course in playwriting which had just been established there. I wrote several little one-act plays, still thinking I would bee a lawyer or a newspaper _n, never daring to be

8、lieve I could seriously bee a writer. Then I went to Harvard, wrote some more plays there, became obsessed with the idea that I had to be a playwright, left Harvard, had my plays rejected, and finally in the autumn of 1926, how, why, or in what _nner I have never exactly been able to determine. But

9、probably because the for _ in me that had to write at length sought out its channel, I began to write my first book in London, I was living all alone at that time. I had two roomsa bedroom and a sitting roomin a litter square in Chelsea in which all the houses had that familiar, _oked brick and crea

10、m-yellow-plaster look. 51. We _y conclude, in regard to the authors development as a writer, that his father _. A _de an important contribution B insisted that he choose writing as a career C opposed his being a writer D insisted that he read Hamlet in order to learn how to be a writer 52. The autho

11、r believes that he became a writer mostly because of _. A his special talent B his fathers teaching and encouragement C his study at Harvard D a hidden urge within him 53. The author _, A began to think of being a writer at Harvard B had always been suessful in his writing career C went to Harvard t

12、o learn to write plays D worked as a newspaper _n before being a writer 54. The author really started on his way to bee a writer _. A when he was in high school B when he was studying at Harvard C when he lived in London D after he entered college 55. A conclusion we cannot safely draw (based upon t

13、his passage) about the authors life in 1926 is that _. A he was un _rried B he was miserable about having his plays rejected C he lived in a house like all the other houses around him D he started his first novel Text 3 Greek mythology is largely _de up of stories about gods and goddesses, but it mu

14、st not be read as a kind of Greek Bible, an aount of the Greek religion. Aording to the most modern idea, a real myth has nothing to do with religion. It is an explanation of something in nature; how, for instan _, any and everything in the universe came into existen _: men, ani _ls, this or that tr

15、ee or flower, the sun, the moon, the stars, storms, eruptions, earthquakes, all that is and all that happens. Thunder and lightning are caused when Zeus hurls his thunderbolt. A volcano erupts because a terrible creature is imprisoned in the mountain and every now and then struggles to get free. The

16、 Dipper ( 大熊星座) , the cons _ation ( 星座) called also the Great Bear, does not set below the horizon because a goddess on _ was angry at it and decreed (命令 ) that it should never sink into the sea. Myths are early scien _, the result of men s first trying to explain what they saw around them. But ther

17、e are _ny so-called myths which explain nothing at all. These tales are pure entertai _ent, the sort of thing people would _ each other on a long winter s evening. The story of Pyg _lion (皮格马利翁) and Galatea is an example; it has no con _ivable connection with any event in nature. Neither has the Que

18、st of the Golden Flee _ (寻找金羊毛) , nor Orpheus (奥菲士，竖琴圣手) and Eurydi _, nor _ny another. This fact is now generally aepted; and we do not have to try to find in every mythological _e the moon or the dawn and in every hero s life a sun myth. The stories are early literature as well as early scien _. B

19、ut religion is there, too. In the background, to be sure, but nevertheless plain to see. From Homer through the tragedians and even later, there is a deepening realization of what hu _n beings need and what they must have in their gods. 56. The author believes that myths _. A have nothing to do with

20、 religion B contain very modern ideas C are pure entertai _ent with no religious content D have to do with scien _, religion and entertai _ent 57. In every myth, _. A there is a connection with some natural event B there is not ne _ssarily an attempt to explain an event in nature C there are angry g

21、ods and goddesses D there exists some religious teaching 58. Aording to the passage, the story of Pyg _lion and Galatea _. A has something to do with the explanation of nature B is pure entertai _ent C has something to do with scien _ D is closely related to religion 59. Myths are early scien _ beca

22、use they _. A explain the natural events B teach about the history C have nothing to do with religion D reflect people s expectations 60. The author, in regard to modern ideas on myth _. A is impressed and agrees with them B refuses to aept any of them C adds to them new points of view D none of the

23、 above Part B Directions: Read the following article in which five people talk about their ideas of education. For questions 61 to 65, _tch name of each speaker to one of the statements (A to G) given below. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET. Alien I think its a great shame people dont learn an

24、ything today. I mean, good heavens, when you think of all the millions of pounds the Gover _ent have spent on educationnew schools, more teachers, new equipment. And yet still you find people who can t read properly, cant even write their names and don t know what two and two is without a calculator

25、. I think it s downright disgra _ful. I remember when I was young you went to school to learn. You did as you were told and respected your teachers. Nowadays you get long-haired kids who aren t interested in anything. No wonder they don t learn anything. Martha Well, there are a lot of different vie

26、ws on this, but I think it is probably wrong to i _gine that there was some golden age in the past when everything was perfect. It all depends, of course, on what you measure and how you measure it. It _y surprise some people that there has not been an obvious and dra _tic increase in the standard o

27、f education, given the vast amounts of money spent in this area by suessive gover _ents in re _nt years. But unfortunately, most improvements in education are intangible. Pritt Well, if you asked me, its all these modern methods that is the problem. In the old days you sat in rows at desks and you d

28、id as you were told. You knew that you had to do and you did itand you kept quiet. Nowadays, my god, the noise in most schools is deafening especially pri _ry schools. The children wander arounddo more or less what they want to as far as I can see. The teacher just sits there or wanders around with

29、them, talking to them. Infor _l teaching they call it.Discovery methods. Sounds more like a recipe for discovering disaster to me. Symons Many people talk about how to improve education and a lot suggest raising the salaries of teachers and professors. Of course, this is very important to education.

30、 However, increasing the salary of teachers is just one way to improve education. It will not work without the cooperation of the other determinants, such as student s love of knowledge and reading. Even if the teachers are devoted, it will _ke no sense if the students are not willing to learn. Wilb

31、ert The critici _ that what students learn today is not adapted to present-day society is utterly wrong because education can never be seen only in terms of how useful the subjects are when students leave school. We ought to evaluate education in terms of how much the students enjoy those subjects and how much they mean