2016年公共英语pets3级考前模拟题及答案
Part B?
Directions: ?
Read the texts from an article in which five people talked about smoking. For questions 61 to 65, match the name of each person (1 to 5) to one of the statements (A to G) given below. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
Hadley?
If you smoke and you still don't believe that there's a definite link between smoking and bronchial troubles, heart disease and lung cancer, then you are certainly deceiving yourself. Just have a look at those people in hospital with these diseases and count how many of them do not smoke, you may be surprised at the number. Even these few people might be passive smokers without realising it.
Randy?
Tobacco is a wonderful commodity to tax. It's almost like a tax on our daily bread. In tax revenue alone, the government of Britain collects enough from smokers to pay for its entire educational facilities. So while the authorities point out ever so carefully that smoking may be harmful, it doesn't do to shout too loudly about it.
Sampson?
The advertising of tobacco is one of the problems. We are never shown pictures of real smokers coughing up their lings early in the morning. That would never do. The advertisements always depict handsome, clean?shaven young men. They suggest it is manly to smoke, even positively healthy! Smoking is associated with the great openair life, with beautiful girls, true love and togetherness.
What utter nonsense!?
Rowley?
Of course tobacco can help government to raise money. However, while money is eagerly collected in vast sums with one hand, it is paid out in increasingly vaster sums with the other. Enormous amounts are spent on cancer research and on efforts to cure people suffering from the disease. Countless valuable lives are lost. In the long run, there is no doubt that everybody would be much better off if smoking were banned altogether.
Bernice?
Smoking can provide constant consolation. When I feel worried or nervous, I just get a cigarette and everything seem to get right. After a day's hard work, the thing I want to do most is smoking. It can be even better with a cup of coffee. It's so enjoyable and relaxing that it relieves stresses of every day life. So why bother to ban it and take the pleasure from us.?
Now match each of the people (1 to 5) to the appropriate statement.?
Note: there are two extra statements.?
61. Hadley
62. Randy?
63. Sampson?
64. Rowley?
65. Bernice
Statements?
[A] Smoking brings many psychological benefits. ?
[B] Tobacco is an important source of income to the government. ?
[C] Smoking is sure to cause diseases.?
[D] It's a short?sighted policy to depend on tobacco for money.
[E] The advertisement for it is dishonest and harmful. ?
[F] The tobacco industry makes high?quality advertisement for smoking. ?
[G] It's doubtful whether there is link between smoking and cancer.
Section Ⅳ Writing (40 minutes)
You should write your responses to both parts on ANSWER SHEET 1.??
Part A?
You go to the railway station to meet one of your friends, and the train has not arrived yet, so you have to leave him a note on the clipboard, from which he will learn how to find you.
Part B?
Read the following material and write a short essay of about 150 words under the title“Should Men Be Forced by Law to Do Half the Housework?”
The Austrian parliament will shortly be considering a draft law designed to compensate women after a divorce if their former husbands never helped them with the housework.
Last week the German Green Party went even further, demanding a new law to make couples share the chores fifty?fifty if both partners were at work. The German paper Bild said a third of German women did all the housework on their own.?
Academics here in Britain talked of reversing what they called the“Allerednic ?effect”—that's “Cinderella” backwards?—in which a prince marries a princess and turns her into a scullery?maid.?
So is it time for men to clean up their act? Or should the lawmakers leave it all well alone??
Joining Laurence Zavriew for the Europewide debate are from Rome the Italian journalist Carlo di Blasio, and in the Netherlands Kerstin Schweighoefer, correspondent of the German newsmagazine focus.
Section Voral Test (10 minutes)?
Part 1 (3 minutes)?
Interlocutor: Good morning. My name is... and this is my colleague... . She/He is going to listen to us.?
Would you please tell me your candidate numbers, so I can check them, please? First of all, I'd like to know something about you. So, I'm going to ask you some questions.
Part 2 (3 minutes)?
Interlocutor: I'd like you to have a dialogue based on the information given below. Try to imagine the situation as if you were one of the two.?
场景(Situation): A male meets a girl in a party. The girl stands there alone for a short period. And the man comes up to her and says hello and introduces himself to her. ?
Part 3 (4 minutes)?
Interlocutor: Have you ever taken part in some organizations or parties your friends have held? I mean, do you belong to any organization? Try to give us a description. Remember you are given only 4 minutes.
Test One试题详解
Section Ⅰ?
Part A?
1. [B]?本题的干扰项很能迷惑人。经仔细地听，会知道第二说话人是意大利人 (I am ?Italian.),? 所以她来自意大利 (Italy)。?
2. [C]?对话中说“这家商店的夹克质量好”，而“另一家商店的便宜”。第二说话人认为另一家商店的便宜，说明她中意于那家商店的。故选C。?
3. [A]?第一说话人向第二说话人打听时间，第二说话人没手表，并建议他去问那边那位女士。因而答案是A。?
4. [C]?本题出现了“cotton”, “wool”, “nylon”这些干扰词，但是关键只有两句话“Are those made of cotton more expensive?” “Yes, that's right. ”听懂了这句话，问题便迎刃而解了。?
5. [B]?这是一道态度题。对话开始时第二说话人显然有点生气，说话也是讽刺的口气。后来听了第一说话人的道歉，第二说话人也就原谅了他。?
6. [D]?本题的关键在于理解“the sooner the better”的含义，即越快越好，故选D。
7. [D]?“running a temperature”即“having a fever”意思是“发烧”。?
8. [B]?“Much the same as last”：跟过去差不多。所以 Linda 的意思是：学校生活没有太多变化。?
9. [C]?由对话中“I warned him many times, but he wouldn't listen. ”可得出答案。?
10. [D]?“Whether or not there'll even be a field trip has to be decided first”告诉我们“实地考察还有待决定”，故选D。