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PETS三级全真模拟试卷(二)(1) |
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作者：佚名 文章来源：不详更新时间：2006-5-30 12:41:55  |
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Text 2
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but also explain that there’s a big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. “You’ve got to want to write,” I say to them, “not want to be a writer”. The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer. After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who die wondering. What if? I would keep putting my dream to the test even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
51. The passage is meant to _______.
A. warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience
B. advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer
C. show young people it’s unrealistic for a writer to pursue wealth and fame
D. encourage young people to pursue a writing career
（本题分值：1.5分）【正确答案】A
52. What can be concluded from the passage?
A. Genuine writers often find their work interesting and rewarding
B. A writer’s success depends on luck rather than on effort.
C. Famous writers usually live in poverty and isolation.
D. The chances for a writer to become successful are small.
（本题分值：1.5分）【正确答案】A
53. Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing career?
A. He wasn’t able to produce a single book.
B. He hadn’t seen a change for little barter.
C. He wasn’t able to have a rest for a whole year.
D. He found his dream would never come true.
（本题分值：1.5分）【正确答案】C
54. “... people who die wondering. What if” (Line 3, Para. 3) refers to “those ______”.
A. who think too much of the dark side of life
B. who regret giving up their career halfway
C. who think a lot without making a decision
D. who are full of imagination even upon death
（本题分值：1.5分）【正确答案】A
55. “Shadow land” in the last sentence refers to _______.
A. the wonder land one often dreams about
B. the bright future that one is looking forward to
C. the state of uncertainty before one’s final goal is reached
D. a world that exists only in one’s imagination Section III Reading Comprehension(37.5 points)
（本题分值：1.5分）【正确答案】D
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Text 3
It is, everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation. Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and late starters are often long listeners. Most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises. Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so on. But since these cannot be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their repertoire. This self-imitation leads on to deliberate imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that there imitations can be considered as speech.
56. By “... challenges explanation” (Line 2, Para. l) the author means that _______.
A. no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenon
B. no explanation has been made up to now
C. it’s no easy job to provide an adequate explanation
D. it’s high time that an explanation was provided
（本题分值：1.5分）【正确答案】D
57. The third paragraph is mainly about _______.
A. the development of babies’ early forms of language
B. the difficulties of babies in learning to speak
C. babies’ strong desire to communicate
D. babies’ intention to communicate
（本题分值：1.5分）【正确答案】A
58. The author’s purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that children ____.
A. usually obey without asking questions
B. are passive in the process of learning to speak
C. are born cooperative
D. learn to speak by listening
（本题分值：1.5分）【正确答案】C
59. From the passage we learn that _______.
A. early starters can learn to speak within only six months
B. children show a strong desire to communicate by making noises
C. imitation plays an important role in learning to speak
D. children have various difficulties in learning to speak
（本题分值：1.5分）【正确答案】B
60. The best title for this passage would be _______.
A. How Babies Learn to Speak
B. Early Forms of Language
C. A Huge Task for Children
D. Noise Making and Language Learning
（本题分值：1.5分）【正确答案】C
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Section III Reading Comprehension(37.5 points)
Part B
Directions:
For questions 61～65, match each part (I～V) to one of the statements (A～G) given below. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
Some people often sacrifice their self-respect for the approval of others. They simply do not know how to say no—and they suffer because of it. But people can change. You can learn to state your feelings and expectations in ways that protect your integrity and engender respect.
PartⅠ
Example: “You’ve been getting to work late, but I know you’re not a morning person and it’s hard to get moving so early.” When you provide an excuse, the other person gets the message that what has been done is okay. This sets the stage for continued bad habits. Further, you are regarded as unwilling to follow through.
PartⅡ
Three hours after telling his son to clean up his room, a father says, “I’m sorry talked to you that way, son. You know I didn’t really mean it. I know you would have cleaned up your room on your own.” When an apology is made after the fact, it is usually the result[1] [2] 下一页
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