公共英语PETS三级语法与词汇例题解析

1、1. Everyone is busy _ the examination in the classroom. A. with B. for C. on D. under答案： A解析： 注意几个固定搭配： be busy (in) doing sth 忙于做； be busy with sth 忙于； busy oneself (in) doing sth 忙于做； busy oneself with sth 忙于。 2. I suppose you couldnt let me borrow your car this evening, _? A. couldnt I B. do

2、nt I C. could you D. will you 答案：C 解析：suppose 后面的从句中为否定式couldnt，而主句为肯定式，这是否定后移的用法，后面的反意疑问句要根据从句而定，故反意疑问句用肯定式could you。 3. Smoking is not good _ you because it can affect your health. A. for B. at C. to D. on答案： A解析： be good for 对有好处； be good at 善长于。 4. Henry and Bady _ to the parties at th

3、e Trade Union every Saturday. A. are used to go B. use to go C. used to go D. were used to go 答案： C解析： be used to do 被用于做； used to do 过去常常。 5. _ , the inhabitants fled. A. The city taken B. The city having been taken C. Having taken the city D. The city being taken答案： B解析： 独立主格结构。6. He _ me to

4、give up the holidays in Spain next month. A. had B. convinced C. agreed D. persuaded答案： D解析： persuade 劝说,说服; persuade sb to do sth 劝说某人做某事。 7. The girl immediately shut the window to _ the rain. A. keep out B. keep down C. keep up D. keep back答案： A解析： keep out 把挡在外面； keep down 镇压； keep up 使不倒下，

5、 保持不衰退； keep back 阻止，隐瞒。 8. Our school-run factory _ various kinds of chemical devices last year. A. turned into B. turned up C. turned out D. turned off答案： C解析： turn into 转变，变成； turn up 卷起，发现； turn off 关掉； turned out 生产，制造. 9. Mary and I _ the new college life soon, but Tom didnt. A. see

6、to B. used to C. adapted to D. stuck to答案： C解析： see to 负责，注意，照料； used to 后面没有跟动词，所以不对。 adapt to 适应； stick to 坚持。 10. What he said was quite _ , therefore, I would do everything to help him. A. valuable B. principle C. reasonable D. superior答案： C解析： valuable 值钱的，有价值的； principle 原则，原理，主义； reasona

7、ble 有道理的； superior 较高的，优越的。 本句话的意思是说：他说的话有道理，因此，我愿竭力帮助他。11. I didnt finish reading that French book, neither _ . A. did he B. didnt he C. he did D. he could答案：A 解析：neither 后面用倒装. 12. _ said was disputed by several other witnesses. A. That the man B. It is the man C. What the man D. The man had答

8、案：C 解析：What the man said 这是一个名词性主语从句做主语. 13 She heard a terrible noise, _ brought her heart into her mouth. A. it B. this C. which D. that 答案：C 解析： 她听到一阵可怕的声音，这让她心都提到噪子眼儿了。这是一个非限制性定语从句，这种情况下用which来引导。 14. _ is careless when disposing of his wastes. A. It is man B. Man C. Man who D. A man答案

9、：B 解析： Man 在这里是指“人类”的意思。 15. _ five hundred people are believed to have drowned. A. As many as B. As much as C. So many as D. So much as 答案：A 解析：首先B、D不对，因为much后面修饰不可数名词； as many as 与一样多，后面可以接具体的数字；而C项不正确，因为：so many as 如此众多的，后面不能出现具体的数字。16. Our students are free to study _ interests them. A. tha

10、t B. whichever C. whatever D. anything答案： C 解析： 我们的学生有自由学习自已所感兴趣的东西。 17. Mathematics _ easy to learn. A. is B. are C. can D. feels答案：A 解析： 数学是很容易学习的。这里注意这个单词Mathematics，是一门学科，谓语要用单数形式。 18. Its never _ . A. late enough to learn B. not late enough to learn C. too late to learn D. so late as

11、not learn答案： C 解析：活到老，学到老。tooto 太而不能, 这是一个否定句式，注意句子中有一个never，否定含义，双重否定，所以这个句子为肯定的语气。 19. I dont know whether he is still _ in collecting coins. He used to be, but that was several years ago. A. interested B. interesting C. interest D. disinterested答案：A 解析： 我不知道他是否还对收集古币感兴趣。他过去是这样的，但这是几年前了。短语be

12、interested in doing 对感兴趣。 20. The noise outside was _. A. too irritating that B. so irritating so his speech was hardly audible C. so irritating that his speech was hardly audible D. so irritating enough that his speech was hardly audible答案：C 解析：外面的嘈杂声是如此地令人厌烦，以至于很难听清他的演讲。 Sothat 如此以至于 ； audibl

13、e听得见的； irritating 让人气愤的，让人厌烦的。21. In ancient China, people used to send smoke _ to warn that the enemy were coming. A. signs B. signals C. symbols D. marks答案: B解析: 这个题考四个名词的比较, 其中: signs 迹象; signals 信号; symbols 象征; marks 分数. 22. The icy conditions made our travel dangerous. So _ going by car we

14、 took the underground. A. instead of B. in addition to C. as well as D. at the cost of答案: A解析: instead of 代替,而不是; in addition to 除了之外(还有); as well as 也(除之外), 既又; at the cost of 以为代价. 这道题横线后面是动名词形式,所以选项C和D首先排除. 23. Sometimes my job is boring, but _ I enjoy it. A. by contrast B. by nature C. on t

15、he whole D. on the average答案: C解析: by contrast 与相比,后面要跟with, by contrast with与相比较; by nature 本性,生性; on the whole 总的来说; on the average 平均. 24. Ill buy the clock _ it costs. A. what B. whatever C. where D. however答案: B解析: 不管花多少钱,我都买下这个钟. 25. _ Mr.Wilson is well again, he can travel. A. Now t

16、hat B. So far C. Though D. Even if答案: A解析: Now that 既然; So far和现在完成时态连用.26. _ , he failed in the college entrance examination again. A. To disappoint his parents B. To his parents disappointment C. At his parents disapproval D. His parents disappointing答案: B解析: 令他父母失望的是,他的高考又一次失利. to ones disappoint

17、ment 令某人失望的是; 类似的还有: to ones surprise 令某人吃惊的是. 27. Please remember _ these letters on your way to the station. A. posted B. posting C. to post D. post答案: C解析: remember to do 记住去做某事; 去火车站的路上记得把这封信发了. 28. Im not used to _ in that impolite way. A. speaking B. being spoken C. spoken D. be spok

18、en答案: B解析: 我不习惯别人对我这样不礼貌地提及. 动名词的被动式spoken的逻辑宾语是“我”,也就是主句的主语. 29. Tom suggested that they should go to Greece, but Mary suggested _ to Spain. A. to go B. going C. should go D. went答案: B解析: A错,因为suggest后面不能跟不定式. 而C项和D项错在没有主语. 30. Mass production has made _ the goods and services we want at

19、a lower price. A. possible for us to get B. it is possible for us to get C. it possible for us to get D. possible it is for us to get答案: C解析: 考词序安排问题. C项中的it为形式宾语, it possible for sb to do 对于某人做某事来说成为可能. 31. Since everyone would like to find an apartment near the university, there are very few _ apa

20、rtments in the area. A. free B. vacant C. empty D. reserved答案： B解析： 由于每一个人都想在大学附近找一个公寓，所以附近几乎没有什么空的公寓了。注意B项和C项的区别：vacant 侧重没有住人，空的人，empty 侧重没有东西，空的物。 32、 They try to _ a new dictionary every other year. A. bring out B. bring up C. bring about D. bring on答案： A解析： 他们试图每两年出版一本新词典。bring out 出版，取出来；

21、 bring up 教育，提出（供讨论）； bring about 带来，使（船）掉过头来； bring on 拿来，带来，取来； 33. I agree with him _, but not entirely. A. until a certain point B. to some point C. to some extent D. until a certain extent答案： C解析： 一定程度上我同意他的意见，但不全是这样；to some extent 在某种程度上，在这里相当于to some degree。 34. This hotel _ $55 for

22、 a single room with bath. A. claims B. demands C. prices D. charges答案： D解析： claim声称，主张；demand要求，需要；price价格，代价；charge收费；注意项是名词，显然不对，这里需要谓语动词；带浴室的单间旅馆收费元。 35. Well-mannered children have usually been properly _ by their parents. A. raised up B. borne up C. brought up D. got up 答案：C 解析：bring up 养育

23、； Well-mannered children 行为举止良好的孩子，有教养的孩子。有教养的孩子往往都是家长培养教育的结果。没有A项这种用法，因为raise是及物动词，后面不能跟介词； borne up 坚强，毫不气馁。36. Id rather you _ anything about it for the time being. A. do B. dont C. didnt do D. didnt答案： C解析： Id rather 后面从句动词用过去式. 37. We must manage to do our work better with _ people. A. les

24、s money and few B. less money and fewer C. little money and less D. few money and less答案：B解析： 我们尽力用更少的钱和人力来把工作做得更好；注意less修饰不可数名词，few修饰可数名词，little修饰不可数名词，表否定。 38. Thats a good suggestion! Lets finish our work _ we can be free this evening. A. now that B. that C. because D. so that答案： D解析： 这是一个好的

25、建议！让我们完成工作这样今天晚上就可以自由了； now that 既然，由于。 39. _ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all. A. When compared B. Compared C. While comparing D. Comparing答案： B解析： 注意用被动形式，“比较”这个动作是被动的；另外，如果没有B项的话，A项也正确，但最常用省略When的这种；与整个地球来比，最高的山峰看起来也不算什么了。 40. That tree lo

26、oked as if it _ for a long time. A. hasnt watered B. didnt water C. hadnt been watered D. wasnt watered答案： C解析： 这棵树看起来好像很长时间没有浇过水了；注意用被动形式。41. _ a pen, two books and a pencil-box on the desk. A. There have B. There is C. There are D. There was答案： C解析： 宾语为复数。 42. The students will put off the ma

27、tch until next week, _ they wont be so busy. A. since B. as C. when D. while答案： C解析： 这是一个定语从句，when定的是逗号前的next week. 43. She ought to go by plane, _? A. wouldnt she B. shouldnt she C. should she D. would she 答案： B解析： ought to 的否定表示为shouldnt。 44. So badly _ in the accident that he had to be

28、sent to hospital for treatment. A. did he injure B. injured he was C. he was injured D. was he injured答案： D解析： 他在事故中受伤如此严重，所以被送往医院治疗了；注意以so开头的句子要倒装。 45. This test is for students _ native language is not English. A. that B. of whom C. whose D. which答案： C解析： 表达“什么的”或“谁的”时，用whose来引导；这句话的意思是：这次测试是

29、针对那些本族语不是英语的学生的。Identification1. The minute when he realized what was happening, He was knocked down by the man a b crushing out from the other side. d答案：A 解析：把when 去掉，注意：the minute 或 the moment 位于句首，其后不能跟when. 2. However his social position is, it is necessary that he remember to work hard a b

30、 cand to serve the people.d答案：A 解析：前面这句话意思是：不管他是干什么的，However改为: Whatever, However引导的让步状语从句，后面只能接形容词或副词，而这道题是修饰的名词，故要用whatever。 3. On more than one occasion, I found myself doubt my own decision though I had a b cbeen prepared for it in advance. d 答案：B 解析： doubt改为：doubting, find oneself doing：表示

31、主动语态；而find oneself 动词的过去分词：表示被动语态；另外在find oneself 后面可能跟介词短语。 4. The actual population is not so much. Its rate of increase decide a b chow successful the birth control is. D答案：C 解析： decide改为：decides单数形式。  5. It was turned out that the securities were not so valuable as people had a b

32、c expected. D答案：A 解析： 去掉was, It turned out that 后来证明。6. It wont be long before he will get used to living a new life on campus. a b c d答案：C 解析：他将会在校园里得到崭新的生活，这不会太久的。去掉will, get改为: gets,用一般现在式代替将来时。 7. As the river was not too wide for us to swim across it, we decided not to wait a b c dfor the

33、ferryboat.答案：C 解析：去掉it, across的逻辑宾语在前面了，the river,这里在加上宾语多余.由于这条河不是太宽，我们能游过去，于是我们就决定不再等船了。 8. Tom entered the room, crying bitterly and told his father that a poorly-dressed a bman was hit him hard . c d答案：C 解析： was hit改为：had hit,一个衣服破烂的人打了他，这里a poorly-dressed man做主语，则谓语动词应该是用主动语态，所以不能用被动形式。

34、60;9. Before he had the time to realize what is happening, he was knocked down. a b c d答案：C 解析： 当他意识到发生什么的时候，他就被击倒了；is 改为: was,这是一个明显的过去进行时。 10. Uncle Charlie is complete bald so he prefers to keep his hat on wherever he goes. a b c d答案：A 解析：改为：completely, 修饰后面的形容词bald, 副词修饰形容词.这句话是说，查利叔叔完全秃顶了，

35、因此他喜欢走到哪儿都带着帽子。 公共英语(PETS)三级语法与词汇例题解析 汇总11. A significant proportions of the plants and animals of Hawaii exists nowhere a b c else in the world. d答案： A解析： 注意到句首的“a”,所以这里用单数形式，改为：proportion. 12. You will not be able to pass your examination except you study harder than you a b c do now.d答案

36、： B解析： 表达“除非”的意思；except 改为unless。 13. Some bosses dislike to allow people to share their responsibilities; they keep a b all important matters tightly in their own hands. c d答案： A解析： dislike doing sth. 指“不喜欢做”。 14. Generally speaking, the bird flying across our path is observed, and the on

37、e a bstaying on the tree near at hand is passed by without noticed. c d答案： D解析： without是介词，后面应该接名词或动名词，同时，该句又是被动的含义所以应改为: without being noticed. 15. On the whole, ambitious students are much likely to succeed in their studies a bthan those with little ambition. c d答案： B解析： 此句是一个包含了比较级的句子，所以B项应改

38、为： are more likely.16. Whenever we hear of a natural disaster, even in a distant part of the world, a bwe feel sympathy for the people having affected. c d答案： D解析： 人被（灾难）所影响，应该用被动语态，应改为: having been affected. 17. Mary said her mother would buy her a five-speeds racing bicycle for her sixteenth

39、a b c dbirthday.答案： B解析： 有短横线连接的形容词不用复数形式，应该改为five-speed. 18. I have lost so much weight recently so all my clothes are too big; I must have a b cthem taken in.d 答案：B解析：改为：that. 19. Even though he had been studying English for three years before he came to a b cEngland, it is still difficu

40、lt for him to make himself understand.d 答案：D解析：尽管他在去英国之前已经学了三年的英语了，但要别人明白他依然是有困难的。这里他是被人听懂，理解的，所以要用被动语态，故D项改为： understood. 20. His paper contains less mistakes than ours. a b c d答案： B解析： B项改为：fewer; 因为less修饰不可数名词, 而修饰可数名词应该用：fewer, 用比较级，因为后面用than, 有比较对象.21. Although tea drinking is a considerab

41、le custom in the Far East, this custom first A B Creached Europe for the first time during the 17th century. D答案：解析：去掉for the first time；时间状语重复应用，注意前面的this custom first。22. The reason he has made such great progress in English is because he has never A B C Dwasted his time.答案： D解析： Because 改为 that，这

42、是一个宾语从句。23. The dentist said that if my tooth went worse I should have to have it pull out. A B C D答案： D解析： pull改为pulled；have sth done 使被，表示这件事儿是让别人去做的，故动词用过去分词形式，表被动。24. I object to war not because it ruins the economics but that it seems inhuman. A B C D答案： C解析： but that 改为 but because；注意与前面一句的关系.

43、 25. The matter that you were arguing about last night has settled. A B C D答案： D解析： has settled 改为 has been settled.26. The secretary telephoned Mrs. Philip and found she had some available rooms. A B C D答案： D解析： available rooms改为rooms available；available这个形容词放在所修饰的词的后面。 27. I called at hi

44、s office yesterday afternoon, but was told that he had gone half A B Can hour ago. D答案： 解析：ago改为before；这句话的意思是：我昨天下午往他办公室打电话，但是被告知他一个小时以前就已经走了。 28. Jim spent his vacation going to Mexico, flying to London， and then visited China. A B C D答案： D解析： visited改为visiting，注意与前面两个分词短语关系，并列关系，时态保持一致。另外，项中省略了一个介词in，spent sth (in) doing sth，固定搭配用法，in可带可不带.  29. Despite t