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全国公共英语等级考试五级真题pets5
全国公共英语等级考试(PETS)五级真题
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Thereisalwaysaqueuetogettotheterminalstowardstheendofterm.Comeinandgettoknowhowtousethecomputersearlyinthetermandusethemregularly,ratherthanjustbeforeexamsandessaydeadlines,inordertoavoiddelayordisappointment.Trainingsessionsareheldonaregularbasis,onthefirstandthirdThursdayofeachmonth,andarefreetofull-timestudentsofthecollege.Seeyouthere.Now,anyquestions?
Younowhave30secondstocheckyouranswerstoQuestions1-3.
PartCYouwillhearatalkgivenbyauniversitylecturer.Asyoulisten,youmustanswerQuestions1-10bywritingNOMORETHANTHREEwordsinthespaceprovidedontheright.YouwillhearthetalkTWICE.Younowhave60secondstoreadQuestions1to10.
1.What'stheaverageannualincreaseofforeignstudentpopulationintheperiodbetween1985and1990intermsofpercentage?
2.Whichpartoftheworldcontributedtoanincreasebetween94/95and95/96?
3.Whenwillthespeakertalkabouttheeconomicandpoliticalchanges?
4.Whatwillthespeakerdiscussfirst?
5.Wheredothethreelargestgroupsofstudentscomefrom?
6.What'sthenumberofstudentsfromMalaysia?
7.Whichisthemostpopularfieldofstudy?
8.What'sthepercentageofstudentsinbusinessandmanagement?
9.Intermsofacademiclevels,inwhichleveldowefindthesmallestnumber?
10.Insummary,whatdidthespeakertalkabout?
Tapescript
ForthoseofyouwhoareeitheralreadystudyingintheUnitedStatesorplantooneday,itmightbeinterestingtoknowsomethingabouttheforeignstudentpopulationintheUnitedStates.Fortheacademicyear1995/96therewasatotalofapproximately344,000foreignstudentsstudyingintheUnitedStates.Thisfigureof344,000mayseemlikeaverylargenumberuntilyoucompareitwiththetotalpopulationof241,000,000.Theforeignstudentpopulationhasbeengrowingforanumberofyearsandisstillgrowing,buttherateofincreasehasdroppedsharplyduringthe1990s.Duringthe1980s,thepopulationgrewquiterapidly.Forexample,between1985and1990,theaverageyearlyincreasewas12.5%.However,thepictureinthe1990sisquitedifferent.Therateofincreasehasdeclinedquitenoticeably.Infact,therateofincreasebetween1994/95and1995/96wasonly.5%,orone-halfofonepercent.Althoughtheoverallrateofincreasehasdroppedtoonly.5%,thenumberofstudentsfromsomepartsoftheworldisincreasingwhilethenumberofstudentsfromotherareasisdecreasing.Forexample,duringthissametimeperiod,thatisbetweentheacademicyears94/95and95/96,therewasadecreaseinthenumberofstudentsfromtheMiddleEast,whilethenumberofstudentsfromSouthandEastAsiaincreased.Thesechangesinthenumberofstudentscomingfromdifferentpartsoftheworldnodoubtreflectedchangingeconomicandpoliticalsituations.I'msureyouareawareofmanyofthesechanges,andperhapswecandiscussthematournextmeeting.Fortodaylet'sconfineourtalktofirst,adiscussionoftheoriginofthesestudents,or,inotherwords,wheretheycomefrom;second,thekindsofstudiestheypursue;and,finally,theacademiclevelstheyarefoundin.Ifwehavealittletimeleft,wemightquicklydiscussinwhichgeographicareasmostofthemgotoschool.
Let'sdiscusstheoriginsoftheforeignstudentpopulationintheUnitedStatesfortheacademicyear1995/96.Let'sdiscussitinorderfromthoseareassendingthemoststudentstothoseareassendingthefeweststudents.IfwelookatthefiguresprovidedbytheannualcensusofforeignstudentsintheUnitedStatesfortheyear1995/96,weseethatmostoftheforeignstudentsstudyingintheUnitedStatesduringthisyearwerefromSouthandEastAsia.ThisisaratherlargegeographicalareawhichincludessuchcountriesasChina,Korea,Pakistan,India,Malaysia,andIndonesia.Thetotalnumberofstudentsfromthisarea,SouthandEastAsiawas156,830.Inotherwords,roughly2outofevery5foreignstudentscomefromSouthandEastAsia.Almost24,000ofthistotalwerefromChina.Malaysiawasclosebehindwithjustalittleover23,000students.ThenextlargestnumberofstudentscamefromtheMiddleEast.ThenumberofstudentsfromtheMiddleEastcametoaboutone-thirdthenumberfromSouthandEastAsia.ThefourthlargestnumbercamefromSouthAmerica.NextcameEurope,Africa,NorthAmerica,andOceania.Let'srecapitulatewhatwe'vesaid.ThelargestnumberofstudentsstudyingintheUnitedStatesduringtheacademicyear1995/96werefromSouthandEastAsia,followedbytheMiddleEast,SouthAmerica,Europe,Africa,NorthAmerica,andOceania.
Whatfieldsaretheselargenumbersofforeignstudentsstudyingin?
Itprobablywon'tsurpriseyoutolearnthatthelargestnumberareinthefieldofengineering.Infact,21.7%ofthetotalnumberarestudyingengineering.Businessandmanagementisclosebehind,however,withatotalof18.9%.Thethirdmostpopularfieldwasmathematicsandcomputerscienceswith10.3%.Asyoucansee,engineeringwith21.7%,businessandmanagementwith18.9%,andmathematicsandcomputerscienceswith10.3%compriseaboutonehalfofthetotalnumberofforeignstudents.
Let'stalkaboutwhichacademiclevelsthesestudentscanbefoundin.Foreignstudentscanbefoundstudyingatalllevelsofhighereducation.Asyoumightexpect,thegreatestnumberofthemarestudyingattheundergraduatelevel?
approximately158,000.Thesecondlargestgroupstudyatthegraduatelevelandthatnumberisjustunder122,000.Thereststudyatjuniorcollegesorinnon-degreeprograms.Itisatthegraduatelevelthatforeignstudentshavethemostimpact.Whileforeignstudentscompriseonly2.7%ofthetotalU.S.studentpopulation,theyaccountfor8.7%ofallthegraduatestudentsstudyingatU.S.institutions.Letmegiveyouthosepercentagesagainsoyoucangetabetterfeelfortheoverallpicture.Foreignstudentsmakeuponly2.75ofthetotalU.S.studentpopulation,buttheymakeup8.7%ofthetotalgraduatestudentpopulation.
Well,Iseethat'sallthetimewehavetoday.We'llhavetoleavediscussionsofthegeographicareasthesestudentsstudyinuntilanothertime.
Nowyouaregoingtohearthetalkasecondtime.
REPEATTHETEXT
Younowhave3minutestocheckyouranswerstoQuestions1-10.
ThatistheendofPartC.Younowhave5minutestotransferallyouranswersfromyourtestbooklettoANSWERSHEET1.
ThatistheendofListeningComprehension.
SECTIONII:
UseofEnglishReadthefollowingtextandfilleachofthenumberedspaceswithONEsuitableword.WriteyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.
Childrenwhogriptheirpenstooclosetothewritingpointarelikelytobeatadisadvantageinexaminations,
(1)_____tothefirstseriousinvestigationintothewayinwhichwritingtechniquecandramaticallyaffecteducationalachievement.Thesurveyof643childrenandadults,agedfrompre-schoolto40-plus,alsosuggests
(2)_____pen-holdingtechniqueshavedeterioratedsharplyoveronegeneration,withteachersnowpayingfar
(3)______attentiontocorrectpengripandhandwritingstyle.StephanieThomas,alearningsupportteacher
(4)______findingshavebeenpublished,wasinspiredtoinvestigatethisarea
(5)_______shenoticedthatthosepupilswhohadthemosttroublewithspelling
(6)______hadapoorpengrip.WhileMs.Thomascouldnotestablishasignificantstatisticallink
(7)______pen-holdingstyleandaccuracyinspelling,she
(8)______findhugedifferencesintechniquebetweentheyoungchildrenandthematureadults,andadefinite
(9)________betweennear-pointgrippingandslow,illegiblewriting.Peoplewho
(10)______theirpensatthewritingpointalsoshowothercharacteristics
(11)______inhibitlearning,
(12)_______aspoorposture,leaningtoo
(13)______tothedesk,usingfourfingerstogripthepen
(14)______thanthree,andclumsypositioningofthethumb(whichcanobscure
(15)______isbeingwritten.Ms.Thomasbelievesthatthe
(16)______betweenolderandyoungerwritersis
(17)________toodramatictobeaccountedforsimplybythepossibilitythatpeoplegetbetteratwritingastheygrow
(18)________.Sheattributesittoafailuretoteachthemosteffectivemethods,pointingoutthatthedifferencesbetween
(19)_______groupscoincideswiththeabandonmentofformalhandwritinginstructioninclassroomsinthesixties."The30-year-oldsshowedahugerangeofgrips,
(20)________theover40sgroupallhadauniform'tripod'grip."
SECTIONIII:
ReadingComprehension
PartAReadthefollowingtextsandanswerthequestionswhichaccompanythembychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.
Text1
Inrecentyears,therehasbeenasteadyassaultonsaltfromthedoctors:
saltisbadforyou?
regardlessofyourhealth.Politiciansalsogotonboard."Thereisadirectrelationship,"UScongressmanNealSmithnoted,"betweentheamountofsodiumapers