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2020年全国公共英语等级考试PETS三级模拟试题
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Most young people enjoy physical
activities, walking,
cycling, football, or
mountaineering.
These who have a passion
26 climbing high and difficult
mountains are
often 27 with astonishment. Why are men and
women 28 to suffer cold and hardship, and to
29 on high
mountains? This astonishment is
caused, probably, by the
difference between
mountaineering and other forms of
activities
30 which men give their leisure.
There
are no man-made rules, as there are for 31 as golf
and football. There are, of course, rules of
different kinds
which it would be dangerous to
32 , but it is this freedom
from man-made
rules 33 makes mountaineering attractive to
many people. Those who climb mountains are
free to their own
34 .
If we 35
mountaineering with other more familiar sports,
we might think that one big difference is 36
mountaineering
is not a “team work”. However,
it is only our
misunderstanding. There are, in
fact, no :matches” 37
“teams” of climbers, but
when climbers are on a rock face
linked by a
rope on which their lives may 38 , obviously,
there is teamwork.
A mountain
climber knows that he may have to fight with
natural 39 that ate stronger and more powerful
than man. His
sport requires high mental and
40 qualities.
A mountain climber
41 to improve on skill year after year.
A
skier is probably past his best by the age of
thirty, and
most international tennis
champions 42 in their early
twenties. But it
is not 43 for men of fifty or sixty to climb
the highest mountains in the Alps. They may
take more 44 than
younger men, but they
probably climb more skill and less 45
of
effort, and they certainly experience equal
enjoyment.
26. [A]for [B]in [C]to [D]
of
27. [A]looked up to [B]looked forward
[C]looked into [D]
looked upon
28.
[A]willing [B]reluctant [C]unwilling [D]
probable
29. [A]take pains [B]run risk
[C] take a risk [D] make
efforts
30.
[A]to [B]with [C]for [D]towards
31.
[A]so [B] various [C] different [D]such
32. [A] apply [B] worry [C] ignore [D] notice
33. [A] which [B] that [C] how [D] why
34. [A] methods [B] forms [C] rules [D]
activities
35. [A] correlate [B] relate
[C] compare [D] contrast
36. [A] for [B]
what [C] which [D] that
37. [A]within
[B]from [C]beyond [D]between
38.
[A]exist [B]go [C]depend [D]confide
39.
[A]strength [B]storms [C]powers [D]forces
40. [A]physician [B]physical
[C]physiological
[D]psychological
41. [A]tries [B]continues [C]wants [D]decides
42. [A]will be [B]appear [C]are [D]is
43. [A]unusual [B]normal [C]common
[D]strange
44. [A]strength [B]efforts
[C]energy [D]time
45. [A]shortage
[B]lack [C]rubbish [D]waste
SectionⅡ
Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)
Part
A
Directions:
Read the
following three texts. Answer the questions on
each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your
answers on the
ANSWER SHEET by drawing a thick
line across the corresponding
letter in the
brackets.
Text I
Fifteen years
ago, I entered the Boston Globe, which was
a
temple to me then. It wasn’t easy getting hired.
But once
you were there, I found, you were
in.
Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed
until retirement. For
15 years I had prospered
there — moving from an ordinary
reporter to
foreign correspondent and finally to senior
editor. I would have a lifetime of security is
I struck with
it. Instead, I had made a
decision to leave. I entered my
boss’s office.
Would he rage? I wondered. He had a famous
temper. “Matt, we have to have a talk,” I
began awkwardly.
“I came to the Globe
when I was twenty-four. Now I’m forty.
There’s
a lot I want to do in life. I’m resigning.” “To
another paper?” he asked. I reached into my
coat pocket, but
didn’t say anything. I handed
him a letter that explained
everything. It
said that I was leaving to start a new media
company. We were at a rare turning point in
history. I wanted
to be directly engaged in
the change. “I’m glad for you,”
he said, quite
out of my expectation. “I just came from a
board of directors meeting and it was seventy-
five percent
discouraging news. Some of that
we can deal with. But much of
it we can’t, ”
he went on. “I wish you all the luck in the
world,” he concluded. “And if it doesn’t work
out,
remember, your star is always high
here.”
Then I went out of his office,
walking through the
newsroom for more good-
byes. Everybody was saying
congratulations.
Everybody — even though I’d be risking all
on
an unfamiliar venture: all the financial security
I had
carefully built up.
Later, I
had a final talk with Bill Taylor, chairman and
publisher of the Boston Globe. He had turned
the Globe into a
billion-dollar property. “I’m
resigning, Bill, ”I said. He
listened while I
gave him the story. He wasn’t looking angry
or
dismayed either. After a pause, he said, “Golly, I
wish I
were in your shoes.”
46. From
the passage we know that the Globe is a famous
_______.
[A] newspaper [B]
magazine
[C]temple [ D ] church
47. If the writer stayed with the
Globe _________.
[ A] he would be able
to realize his lifetime dreams.
[ B] he
would let his long-cherished dreams fade away.
[ C ] he would never have to worry about his
future life.
[ D] he would never be
allowed to develop his ambitions.
48.
The writer wanted to resign because _________.
[A] he had serious trouble with his
boss.
[ B ] he got underpaid at his job
for the Globe.
[ C ] he wanted to be
engaged in the new media industry.
[ D ]
he had found a better paid job in a publishing
house.
49. When the writer decided
to resign the Globe was faced
with
_______.
[ A ] a trouble with its staff
members
[ B ] a shortage of qualified
reporters
[ C ] an unfavorable business
situation
[ D ]an uncontrollable
business situation
50. By “:I wish I
were in your shoes.” (in the last
paragraph)
Bill Taylor meant that _______.
[ A ]
the writer was to fail.
[ B] the writer
was stupid
[ C ] he would do the same if
possible
[D] he would reject the
writer’s request
Text 2
Do you
find it very difficult and painful to get up in
the morning? This might be called laziness,
but Dr. Kleitman
has a new explanation. He has
proved that everyone has a
daily energy
cycle.
During the hours when your labor
through your work you
may say that you’re
“hot”. That’s true. The time of day
when you
feel most energetic is when your cycle of body
temperature is at its peak. For some people
the peak comes
during the forenoon. For others
it comes in the afternoon or
evening. No one
has discovered why this is so, but it leads
to
such familiar monologues as: “Get up, Peter!
You’ll be
late for work again!” The possible
explanation to the
trouble is that Peter is at
his temperature-and-energy peak
in the
evening. Much family quarrelling ends when
husbands
and wives realize what these energy
cycles mean, and which
cycle each member of
the family has.
You can’t change your
energy cycle, but you can learn to
make your
life fit if better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman
believes. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening
but feel you
must stay up late anyway.
Counteract your cycle to some
extent by
habitually staying up later than you want to. If
your energy is low in the morning, but you
have an important
to do early in the day, rise
before your usual hour. This
won’t change your
cycle, but you’ll get up steam and work
better
at your low point.
Get off to a
slow start which saves your energy. Get up
with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the
edge of the bed
a minute before putting your
feet on the floor. Avoid the
troublesome
search for clean clothes by laying them out the
night before. Whenever possible, do routine
work in the
afternoon and save requiring more
energy or concentration for
your sharper
hours.
51. If a person finds getting up
early a problem, most
probably ________.
[A] he is a lazy person.
[ B ] he
refuses to follow his own energy cycle.
[C] he is not sure when his energy is low.
[D] he is at his peak in the afternoon or
evening.
52. Which of the following may
lead to family quarrels
according to the
passage?
[AJ Unawareness of energy
cycles.
[B] Familiar monologues.
[C]A change in a family member’s energy
cycle.
[D] Attempts to control the
energy cycle of other family
members.
53. If one wants to work efficiently at his low
point in
the morning, he should
__________.
[A]change his energy
cycle
[B] overcome his laziness
[C]get up earlier than usual
[D] go to bed earlier
54. You are
advised to rise with a yawn and stretch
because it will __________.
[A] help
to keep your energy for the day’s work.
[B] help you to control your temper early in the
day
[C] enable you to concentrate on
your routine work
[D] keep your energy
your energy cycle under control all
day
55. Which of the following statements is NOT
true?
[A] Getting off to work with a
minimum effort helps save
one’s energy.
[B] Dr. Kletman explains why people reach
their peaks at
different hours of day.
[C] Habit helps a person adapt to his own
energy cycle.
[D] Children have energy
cycles, too.
Text 3
There was
one thought that air pollution affected only
the area immediately around large cities with
factories and
heavy automobile traffic. At
present, we realize that
although these are
the areas with the worst air pollution,
the
problem is literally worldwide. On several
occasions over
the past decade, a heavy cloud
of air pollution has covered
the east of the
United States and brought health warnings in
rural areas away from any major
concentration of
manufacturing and automobile
traffic. In fact, the very
climate of the
entire earth may be infected by air pollution.
Some scientists consider that the increasing
concentration of
carbon dioxide in the air
resulting from the burning of
fossil fuels
(coal and oil) is creating a “greenhouse
effect”— conserving heat reflected from the
earth and
raising the world's average
temperature. If this view is
correct and the
world's temperature is raised only a few
degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt
and cities such
as New York, Boston, Miami,
and New Orleans will be in water.
Another view, less widely held, is that increasing
particular matter in the atmosphere is
blocking sunlight and
lowering the earth's
temperature — a result that would be
equally
disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could
create
something close to a new ice age, and
would mane agriculture
difficult or impossible
in many of our top farming areas.
Today we do
not know for sure that either of these conditions
will happen (though one recent government
report drafted by
experts in the field
concluded that the greenhouse effect is
very
possible) Perhaps, if we are lucky enough, the two
tendencies will offset each other and the
world's temperature
will stay about the same
as it is now. Driven by economic
profits,
people neglect the damage on our environment
caused
by the “advanced civilization”. Maybe
the air pollution is
the price the human
beings have to pay for their development.
But
is it really worthwhile?
56. As pointed
out at the beginning of the passage,
people
used to think that air pollution _______.
[ A ] cause widespread damage in the
countryside
[ B ] affected the entire
eastern half of the United
States
[
C ] had damaged effect on health
[ D ]
existed merely in urban and industries areas
57. As to the greenhouse effect, the author
__________.
[ A ] share the same view
with the scientist.
[ B ] is uncertain
of its occurrence
[ C ] rejects it as
being ungrounded
[ D ] thinks that it
will destroy the world soon
58. The word
“offset” in the second paragraph could be
replaced by _________.
[ A] slip
into [ B ] make up for
[ C ] set up [ D
] catch up with
59. It can be concluded
that ____________.
[ A ] raising the
world's temperature only a few degrees
would
not do much harm to life on earth.
[ B]
lowering the world's temperature merely a few
degrees would lead major farming areas to
disaster.
[C] almost no temperature
variations have occurred over
the past
decade.
[D] the world's temperature will
remain constant in the
years to come.
60. This passage is primarily about
__________.
[A]the greenhouse
effect……
[ B ] the burning of fossil
fuels……
[C] the potential effect of air
pollution.
[ D] the likelihood of a new
ice age.
Part B
Directions:
Read the following article
in which five people talk
about their ideas of
dieting. For questions 61 to 65 , -match
name
of each speaker to one of the statements (A to C )
given
below. Mark your answers on your ANSWER
SHEET.
Abbey
You can always
recognize dieters from the sour expression
on
their faces. They spend most of their time turning
their
noses up at food. They are forever
consulting calorie charts,
gazing at
themselves in mirrors, and leaping on to
weighing-
machines in the bathroom. They spend
a lifetime fighting a
losing battle against
spreading hips, protruding tummies and
double
chins. What a miserable lot dieters are!
Marlin
I began making some dietary and
lifestyles changes during
my second year of
college and have been eating this way ever
since. I like the way I feel when I don't eat
animal foods so
much more than the pleasure I
used to get from eating them. I
have much more
energy; I need less sleep; I feel calmer; I
can maintain an ideal body weight
without worrying about how
much I eat, and I
can think more clearly.
Maggie
During my first year of college, I gained forty
pounds
when I began throwing the javelin. For
the next twenty years,
I carried all of this
extra weight and kidded myself that I
was in
good shape since that's what I weighed in college.
Now
that I've lost all that extra weight, I
feel great! People
say all the time,
cheeseburgers or this or that?
It' s not
even an option. It's not that hard once you get on
it.
Belinda
If you are on
a diet, you're always hungry. You can't be
hungry and happy at the same time. All the
horrible
concoctions you eat instead of food
leave you permanently
dissatisfied. A complete
food it may be, but not quite as
complete as
juicy steak. So at least three times a day you
will be exposed to temptation. How miserable
to watch others
tucking into piles of mouth-
watering food while you munch a
water biscuit
and sip unsweetened lemon juice! And if hunger
just proves too much for you, in the end you
will lash out
and devour five huge guilt-
inducing cream cakes at a sitting.
Then things
will turn out to be even worse.
Wood
I went on diet when my doctor told me that
my blood
pressure tended to be high. Only at
that time did I realize
the danger of being
overweight. Since I began making dietary
changes in 1982, eating this way has
become increasingly
accepted. I don't feel
I've lost something after dieting.
Instead,
I've got something valuable. That is good
health.
Now match each of the persons to
the appropriate
statement.
Note:
there are two extra statements.
Statements
61. Abbey [A] Being on a diet
is a torture.
62. Marlin [ B] I feel
better with vegetarian food.
63. Maggie
[C] I lost weight after dieting.
[ D] I
began dieting for the sake of health.
64. Belinda [E] Dieting enables people to enjoy
life more.
65. Wood [F] Dieting simply
causes endless worries.
[ G] Dieting
does more harm than good to one' s health.
Section IV Writing (40 minutes)
You should write your responses to both parts on
ANSWER
SHEET 2.
Part A
66.
Suppose you have got the news that the university
of
Science and Technology of China is offering
a scholarship for
chemistry majors and that
you have just received an MS degree
in
chemistry and are eager to have a personal
interview with
Dr. Wu Han wei , the Chairman.
Write a letter of application
for the
scholarship. Your letter should include:
1. your performance at University
2. your eagerness for the personal
interview
3. You should write
approximately 100 words. Do not sign
your own
name at the end of your letter. Use “Wang Lin”
instead. You do not need to write the
address.
Part B
67. Write an
essay of about 120 words on cell phone.
Refer
to the following points:
1. explain the
reasons why more people use cell phone
nowadays
2. Talk about the
advantages or disadvantages of cell
phones
3. your conclusion
参考答案:
26. A have a passion for sth “对——有强烈的感情、爱好”
27. D look up to“仰慕、尊敬某人”, look
forward“期盼,
盼望”, look into“调查”, look
upon“把——看作,把——视为”
28. A
willingly“愿意的”
29. C run
risk“冒险”(被动的处于危险之中), take a
risk“冒险”,
30. A give leisure to sth “把空闲时间用于——”
31. D so + adj + a(n) + n., such + a(n)+ adj +
n
32. C 此处的含义为“不遵守规定登山会很危险”
33. B It is —— that ——为强调句型
34. A 文中的意思为“登山者们自由地选择登山的方法”。
35. D
compare with“与——比较”, contrast with“对比、对
照”,指比较某
一事物与另一事物,以显示它们的相异之处,表现明
显的差别。
36. D
连词that引导的从句作系动词 is的表语
37. D
between“在——之间”
38. C depend on sb or
sth“需要某人或某事的支持和协助
39. D strength“力量的强度”,
power“使用水平或体力和脑力
来做某事”,
force“实施力量,产生行动或征服对手”。
40. B
mental“智力的”, physical“体力的”
41. B year
after year后应该选有“持续”之意的动词。
42. C be + in
+ one's twenties 表示“在某人二十多岁时”
43. A
unusual “不寻常的”
44. D
根据文章的含义,爬山者年龄大应该使用更多的时间。
45. D
shortage“短缺”, waste“浪费”
46. A
第二段老板提到“是不是到另一家报纸去”根据此推测这
是一家报社。
47.
C 第二段提到“假如留下,会有生活保障”从而推断若不离
开未来生活无忧。
48. C 第二段提到“我要离开公司去开一家新传媒公司”
49. C 第二段提到
“老板说从董事会那里得到的75%的消息都是坏
消息”从而推断,报社商业处境艰难。
50. C be in one's shoes 为“处于某人的地位”文中指
老板赞
同作者的看法,表示假如他处于和作者相同的情况,他自己也会做出
相同的事。
51. D 第二段“The possible explanation to the
trouble is
that Peter is at his temperature-
and-energy peak in the
evening”。
52.
A 第二段最后一句
53. C 第三段“If your energy is
low in the morning, but
you have an important
job to do early in the day, rise before
your
usual hour”。
54. A 最后一段第一行
55.
B 文章开头提到可莱曼特博士有一种新的解释,证明每个人
都有一个每日的能量周期,但是后文也提到
了每人能解释这个周期。
56. D 由第一段第一句话可推知。
57. B 第一段最后一句“If this view is correct
——”表明
作者仅仅引用这种现象并不确定其准确性。
58. B
offset补偿, make up for补充, set up建立, catch up
with赶上
59. B 根据第二段第二句话“A drop of
just a few degrees —
—”可推知。
60. C
文章是在讨论大气污染给人类带来的潜在影响。
61-65 ABCGD