全国公共英语等级考试五级真题pets5.docx

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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?

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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