1、公共英语三级pets3试题及答案文字版 2013年9月公共英语三级试题及答案（文字版）1、听音频：回答1-10题。Directions:This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them There are two parts in this section, Part A and Part BR
2、emember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test book-let At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1If you have any questions, you may raise your hand now as yo
3、u will not be allowed to speak once the test has startedNow look at Part A in your test bookletPart ADirections:You will hear 10 short dialogues For each dialogue, there is one question and four possible an-swers Choose the correct answer- A, B, C or D, and mark it in your test booklet You will have
4、 15 seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue only onceWhat will the woman do tomorrow?AHold a partyBSee Mr SmithCWork overtimeDAttend a wedding2、 Who is Mr Johnson according to the speakers?ATheir former colleagueBTheir former neighborCTheir former teacherDTheir former client3、
5、 What are the speakers talking about?AA job interviewBA reporter s workCHow to impress peopleDHow to handle an interview4、 How many flights to Sydney will there be next Tuesday afternoon?AOneBTwoCFourDFive5、 What did the man s teacher tell him to do?APolish his essayBHand in his essayCRewrite his es
6、sayDWrite a shorter essay6、 What can we learn about the woman s son?AHe often talks with his motherBHe often drives in a careless wayCHe is willing to listen to his motherDHe is worried about his driving skills7、 What do we know about Jack?AHe is a company managerBHe makes emergency callsCHe records
7、 emergency callsDHe is a company technician8、 What can we learn from this conversation?AThe woman is paying the billBBill s phone number is 510-1520-20CThe man pays 20 dollars to the womanDThe woman has a 20-dollar bill changed9、 What does the woman mean?AThe dentist s is at a convenient placeBThe d
8、entists is close to Times SquareCIt was comfortable to sit at the dentist sDIt was not so terrible a visit to the dentist s10、 What do we know about the woman?AShe is going to deliver a lectureBShe spent a year in the rain forestCShe is looking forward to the lectureDShe will finish her report this
9、weekendSECTION I Listening Comprehension Part B11、What do we know about the womans family?AThey kept a lot of birdsBThey lived in a big houseCThey owned a small farmDThey suffered from poverty12、 What did the woman s mother impress her with?AHer loveBHer successCHer ambitionDHer knowledge13、 What di
10、d the woman s mother wish her to do?AGo to collegeBBecome a writerCHave a better lifeDSupport her family14、 Whom is the man probably complaining to?AA receptionistBA travel agentCA coach driver,DA hotel staff member15、 Why did the man wait in the heat for two hours?AThe coach had to be replacedBThe
11、coach driver felt sickCThe hotel rooms were fullDThe hotel had to be cleaned16、 What did the man mention in his complaint?AImpolite hotel cleanersBDark light and dirty roomsCRude people living downstairsDDisturbing noise and poor food17、 How did the man feel about the woman s apology?AAmusingBAnnoyi
12、ngCDesirableDReasonable18、 What did the NWHA survey aim to explore?AThe incidences of obesityBPopular views on obesityCWays to fight obesityDThe causes of obesity19、 How many people in the world are rated as being overweight?A16 millionB18 millionC16 billionD18 billion20、 In which country do people
13、feel the most pressure to be thin?ABrazilBIndiaCFranceDAmerica21、 Who are most likely to blame their parents for obesity?AThe FrenchBThe SwissCGermansDRussians22、 What do trendspotters do?ATake pictures of youth cultureBWrite reports on youth cultureCSell products to young peopleDCreate websites for
14、 young people23、 What does Look-Look concentrate on?ARecruiting trendspotters for its clientsBProviding advice to young trendspottersCOrganizing sales networks for its clientsDDealing in information about youth trends24、 Why do some companies use Look-Look s images on their websites?ATo promote visi
15、ts to Look-LookcomBTo attract young people to their new productsCTo learn about what makes young people buyDTo encourage young people to be photographed25、 Why is it difficult for trendspotters to catch original styles?AMany young people like to show offBMany young people stick to the rulesCMany you
16、ng people try to copy trendsDMany young people refuse to take picturesSECTION II Use of English(15 minutes)根据下列材料，请回答26-45题：What do I want? It s really a very26question; yet many of us are not sure27itdoesn t have to be all that difficult to answer It s a matter of28Have you ever looked through a te
17、lescope at something? You find a29point to concen-trate on, and then30the settings At first, its too31, then its too far away, finally it s just right The32is that it takes many adjustments to33the subject into focus If34want to look at something else, the35starts againGoal-setting is the same way D
18、on t36if at first you don t know exactly what you want to37 Just don t make the mistake of never committing38anything Sometimes the answer is very simple: Just39something!Dr Mark Goldstone, author of Get Out of Your Own Way,40you look back in order to look41 Examine your calendar at day s end during
19、 a typical week and42eachappointment or listing on a scale of - 3 to + 3,43-3 means If I never do this again, it willbe too soon to do it and + 3 means I could do this all day long, and I can t44to do it allover again 45you identify the frequent themes, you 11 be able to better focus your dreams26、A
20、strangeBsimpleCridiculousDfunny27、AAndBSoCForDBut28、AtimeBdeterminationCfocusDpreference29、AreferenceBturningCstartingDmajor30、AswitchBopenCadjustDfix31、AlargeBdarkCfoggyDclose32、AsignBpointCchoiceDlaw33、AbringBmoveCincludeDput34、AobserversBviewersCweDyou35、ApracticeBprocessCprogressDperformance36、A
21、hesitateBmindCworryDapologize37、AseeBsayCdoDhear38、AinBonCtoDat39、AwriteBpickCtestDdraw40、AsuggestsBannouncesCimaginesDwarns41、AforwardBupCroundDin42、AreadBcorrectCdefineDgrade43、AwhichBwhatCwhereDwhy44、AwaitBpromiseCaffordDmanage45、AOnceBUnlessCBeforeDThoughSECTION III Reading Comprehension Part A(
22、40 minutes) Text 1 46、根据下列材料，请回答46-60题：In 1997, 25 Japanese citizens, all older than 60, launched Jeeba (the name means old manand old woman) to make senior-friendly products They knew they were making history whenthey coined their company motto : Of the elderly, by the elderly and for the elderly T
23、hey do not hire young people, and the oldest of their workers is 75Firms run by senior citizens are still a rarity, in Japan and worldwide But the elderly havenumbers on their side Healthier and longer-living seniors, born immediately after World War II,are reaching retirement age in huge numbers al
24、l over the developed world Extremely low birthrates in those same countries mean there are far fewer young workers to take their place One likely con-sequence is now clear: shrinking work forcesWhile the streamlining effects of international competition are focusing attention on the need to create a
25、nd keep good jobs, those fears will eventually give way to worries about the growing short-age of young workers One unavoidable solution: putting older people back to work, whether they like it or not Indeed, advanced economies like those of Finland and Denmark have already raised their retirement a
26、ges Others are under severe pressure to follow suit, as both the European Com-mission and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have recently warned their members that their future prosperity depends on a growing contribution from the elderlyWhether these changes are good or bad
27、news to workers depends on whether they anticipate retirement with eagerness or dread In the United States, half of working-age Americans now expect to work into their 70s, whether by financial necessity or by lifestyle choice, according to a new study by Putnam InvestmentsContrary to still widespre
28、ad assumptions, there is very little hard evidence to suggest that com-panies cannot stay competitive with a rising share of older workers At 13ritish hardware chain B&Q, its elder worker stores in Manchester and Exmouth were 18 percent more profitable than its regular outlets-due in part, the compa
29、ny says, to six times less employee turnover and 60 per-cent less shoplifting and breakage46、Jeeba s difference from a conventional company mainly lies inAthe age of its employeesBthe number of its ownersCthe quality of its productsDthe scope of its operations47、 In the developed world, compared with young people, the elderlyAare better at businessBare greater in numberChave healthier lifestylesDhave more job opportunities48、 According to the writer, in the current situation companies are faced with the tough task of
