全国英语等级考试第三级.docx

1、全国英语等级考试第三级全国英语等级考试第三级PUBLIC ENGLISH TEST SYSTEM (PETS)LEVEL 32 0 1 6年3月笔试真卷笔试部分答题时间：120分钟姓名_准考证号_233网校公共英语站点提供：全国英语等级考试真题更多pets考试试题、考试语法及专项练习请访问：SECTION I Listening(25 minutes)Directions: This section is designed to test Your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of record

2、ed materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are two parts in this section, Part A and Part B. Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 3 minutes

3、to transfer your answers from your test booklet onto your ANSWER SHEET. If you have any questions, you may raise your hand now as you will not be allowed to speak once the test has started. Now look at Part A in your test booklet.Part ADirections: You will hear 10 short dialogues. For each dialogue,

4、 there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answer-A, B, C or D, and mark it in your test booklet. You will have 15 seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue only once.1. What is the woman doing at the moment?A. Having a break.B. Having a coffee.C. Writi

5、ng a report.D. Visiting the man.2. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Repair her windows.B. Take care of her house.C. Take a rest for a few days.D. Go to the seaside with her.3. What do we learn about the woman from the dialogue?A. She bought a suitable skirt.B. She wanted to purchase a skirt.

6、C. She returned a skirt to the shop.D. She complained about the service.4. What does the man say to the woman?A. He envies her a lot.B. He enjoys cooking.C. He usually eats out.D. He runs a restaurant.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. Gardening.B. Air quality.C. Hot weather.D. Lack of rain.6

7、. Why is the woman angry with her son?A. He ignored traffic signals.B. He failed to repair her car.C. He didnt attend his class.D. He didnt take her advice.7. Why does the man feel sorry?A. He forgot his Dads birthday.B. He didnt buy a birthday present.C. He didnt put the cake in the fridge.D. He ar

8、rived late for his dads birthday.8. Where is the mans house located?A. Near a park.B. By a restaurant.C. Close to a highway.D. In a Chinese neighborhood.9. What does the woman say about the data in the article?A. It is original.B. It is reliable.C. It is questionable.D. It is authoritative.10. What

9、does the man tell the woman?A. The best time for job interviews.B. The strategies for job interviews.C. His comments on her recent work.D. His congratulations on her good luck.Part BDirections:You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read e

10、ach of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear the recording only once.Questions 11 -13 are based on the following interview with John Smith, a psy

11、chologist on office behavior.11. What is the mans first tip on a productive workday?A. Arrive at the office earlier.B. Jump into paper work first.C. Start with less difficult tasks.D. Get ready within 15 minutes.12. Why should personal phone calls be avoided?A. They may take a lot of time.B. They ma

12、y reduce social time.C. They may spoil a great mood.D. They may cause errors in work.13. Why should an alarm be set?A. To give a go-home signal.B. To remind people to relax.C. To make people work fast.D. To warn people of an emergency.Questions 14 -17 are based on the following conversation between

13、two friends.14. What news does Renee share with Tom?A. She met a high school classmate.B. She found an old friends address.C. She paid a visit to her high school.D. She got in touch with an old friend.15. Why did Renee and her friend lose contact?A. Her friends family left for another city.B. Her fr

14、iend transferred to another school.C. They had an argument and drifted apart.D. They were too busy to write to each other.16. What does Tom say about his old friends?A. He has lost touch with all of them.B. He maintains contact with most of them.C. He has regained contact with a few of them.D. He ke

15、eps in touch with one or two of them.17. How did Renees friend get her email address?A. From an old address book.B. From one of their former teachers.C. From another high school classmate.D. From the website of Renees company.Questions 18 -21 are based on a conversation between Lisa and her former n

16、eighbor John.18. Why did the woman decide to cancel her vacation?A. She had trouble with her health.B. She had trouble with her investment.C. She had to attend a financial course.D. She had to attend a conference in Pads.19. What did the woman do after she graduated from college?A. She worked as a s

17、tock trader.B. She worked as a stock analyst.C. She worked as a finance teacher.D. She worked as a company manager.20. Why did the woman want to start her own company?A. To make more money.B. To have more time for herself.C. To find more business opportunities.D. To know more about the stock market.

18、21. How does the woman feel about the present economic stimulating package?A. Relieved.B. Optimistic.C. Unconfident.D. Disappointed.Questions 22 -25 are based on the following interview between a reporter and Mr. Smith on his website.22. Which industry is the mans website concerned with?A. News.B. M

19、usic.C. Education.D. Television.23.Whom is the mans website mainly meant for?A. College students in Asia.B. English learners of all ages.C. Teenagers and young adults.D. Any visitors for entertainment.24. What does the website want its visitors to get familiar with?A. Classic films.B. Western music.

20、C. English accents. D. Public speeches.25. What does the man hope his website will do in three years?A. Fulfill its short-term goal.B. Get a big market in Asia.C. Become self-financed.D. Get more investments.Now you have 3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet to Your ANSWER SHEET.

21、 That is the end of Listening Comprehension.SECTION 11 Reading(50 minutes)Part ADirections:Read the following two texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.Text 1Isabel has turned down two job offers in the past year. In 2006, she start

22、ed her own consulting practice, but by 2008, most of her larger clients had to drop her because of the economy. In 2011, she was undertaking irregular assignments and knew she needed a steady job. The first job she considered was Director of HR for a company in Utah. After the initial interviews, sh

23、e felt the job fit her except for the location. Still, she flew west to meet the hiring manager. The hiring manager explained that Isabel was the top candidate for the job but that, before she continued with the process, she should better understand the firms culture. She directed Isabel to several

24、videos of the companys CEO, who regularly appeared in front of the company in costume as part of morale building exercises and expected his senior leaders to do the same. Even though I was desperate for a job, I knew I couldnt do that, Isabel says. She called the recruiter to turn down the job and e

25、xplained that she didnt feel there was a cultural fit.A few months later, she interviewed for another job: a director of employee relations at a local university. After several interviews, the hiring manager told her the job was hers if she wanted it. The job had many positives : it was a low-stress

26、 environment, it offered great benefits, and the university was an employee-friendly place. But the job was relatively junior despite the title and Isabel worried it wouldnt be challenging enough. Finally, she turned it down. It would be great to have a paycheck and great benefits but I would defini

27、tely have trouble sleeping at night, she says.In both cases, she was frank with the hiring managers about why she wasnt taking the jobs.In the past, it felt like dating, I was worried about hurting peoples feelings, she says. However, they appreciated her frankness and thanked her for her honesty. S

28、he says it was hard to turn down the jobs and it was a risk for her financially but she felt she had to.26. In 2011, Isabel_A. did consulting now and thenB. found a job close to her homeC. refused several job interviewsD. ran a successful consulting firm27. Isabel turned down the first job offer mai

29、nly because of its_A. CEO B. cultureC. locationD. recruiter28. Isabel was dissatisfied with the second job due to its_A. junior rifleB. low benefitsC. EnvironmentD. lack of challenge29. Isabel believed that her rejection of the jobs was_A. harmful B. surprisingC. justifiable D. troublesome30. Accord

30、ing to Isabel, it is important to_A. look for jobs with little stressB. look for jobs with great benefitsC. be truthful in declining job offersD. be cautious in declining job offersText 2You do not usually get something for nothing. Now, a new study reveals that the evolution of an improved learning

31、 ability could come at a particularly high price: an earlier death. Past experiments have demonstrated that it is relatively easy .through selective breeding to make rats, honey bees and-that great favourite of researchers-fruit flies a lot better at learning. Animals that are better learners should be competitive and, thus, over time, come to dominate a population by natural selection. But improved learning ability does not get selected amongst these animals in the wild. No one really understands why.Tadeusz Kawecki and his colleagues at the