公共英语等级考试三级复习资料

公共英语等级考试三级复习资料(1)

Dialogues 1.

Malenie Sanders brings out her photo album to show her new Egyptian friend, Layth, pictures of the family.

Background knowledge:

1. extended family and nuclear family

Extended family(traditional family): the family usually includes grandparents, parents and children living under the same roof 大家庭

Nuclear family(modern family): the family only consists parents and children核心家庭2. the Depression: the Great Depression 经济大萧条

（1930-1940）It refers to the difficult period before World War Ⅱin the United

States. Many families faced serious financial or money problems in this period. Language points:

1. Who’s that holding the hand of a boy

Who’s that girl holding the stick?

The one wearing funny hat is my little brother.

现在分词短语作后置定语表伴随

2.His hat is really out of date.

out of date: no longer fashionable 不再流行的，过时的

. This kind of hair style is out of date.

out-of-date (作定语) 不再流行的，过时的

out-of-date hairstyle/ dress/ ideas/ songs/magazines

up to date: fashionable 流行的

This kind of hair style is up to date.

up-to-date (作定语) 流行的

up-to-date hairstyle/ dress/ ideas/ songs/magazines

3.He’s wearing boots, because shoes were out of stock.

out of stock: not available 没有存货

.The book is out of stock.

in stock: available有存货

The book is in stock.

4.He really has an outgoing personality.

outgoing personality: 外向的个性

outgoing: friendly and sociable 友好的、好交际的、外向的

extroverted, 外向的

ntroverted, reserved, 内向的

5.He really know how to bring a person out.

ring sb out：cause sb to lose shyness 使某人克服害羞心理

He really knows how to bring a person out.

She’s nice — but needs s lot of bringing out.

6.I wish I had his social skills.

wish 虚拟语气(与现在的情况相反从句用一般过去时，与过去的情况相反从句用过去完成时)

I wish I were rich.

She wished she had stayed at home.

Dialogue 2

Mr. Irving, chairman of a new vocational school, is talking with Mrs. Schmidt, the

school’s human resources manager, about qualities needed in their personnel.

Some words about people’s personalities:

The traits most necessary for interpersonal success: (noun)

honesty诚实, dependability依靠性, tolerance容忍、宽容, cooperativeness竞争性, perseverance坚持不懈, vision有远见, competency有能力, fair-mindedness公正, punctuality

准时

The traits for a desirable director: (adjective)

Humble谦卑的, diplomatic有外交手腕的, flexible灵活的, well-educated受过良好教育的,

experienced有经验的, concerned关心别人的, generous慷慨的, skillful有技术的,

The traits for practical leaders: (adjective)

Diligent勤奋的, modest谦虚的, clever聪明的, humble谦卑的

Language points:

1.According to psychological research, the traits most necessary for interpersonal

success are honesty.

according to 根据、按照

According to English law, he is innocent.

According to the Bible, God created the earth in six days.

2.In addition to those general assets, our school seek practical leaders who are

skillful and diligent.

in addition to 除---之外

In additional to his salary he earned 1000 dollars.

in addition 添加、补充、此外

The river sustains many forms of wildlife; in addition, it gives the neighborhood children a good place to swim in.

3.We have done good work so far.

so far 到目前为止(常与现在完成时连用)

We haven’t heard f rom them so far.

Monologue One

Monologue about Mary, a store detective.

Mary was chosen as a detective because she didn’t look like a detective. This is a story about Mary’s experience. One day she captured a c well-dressed thief who stole three silk ties.

Language points:

1.Would you mind .letting me take a look in your briefcase.

would you mind doing sth

The guest said that they wouldn’t mind having a little light music.

Would you mind opening the window?

Certainly not.

Sorry, you’d better ---.

2. She insist on having a look into the man’s briefcase.

insisit on doing sth

I insisit on your being there.

I insist that we (should) go there on foot.

insist, suggest, order, demand，propose, require, request, command, decide,等词后面的

宾语从句应该使用虚拟语气

I suggested that we (should) take part in the game.

I command that every should arrive here before 7 o’clock.

Monologue Two

Monologue about Jules Verne and his stories

He based his books on imagination, adventure and science.

1.Many of his attempt to look into the future were surprising accurate.

look into 调查、了解

We’ll look into this matter together.

They’ll look into that right away.

2.In all his books Jules Verne used his scientific knowledge as well as his

imagination in describing the future inventions.

as well as 既------又------，除------之外(还)------

The child is lively as well as healthy.

He gave me money as well as advice.

Passage

The passage talk about the life of Oprah Winfrey’s life. What kind of the

circumstances he was born in ? How did she study? What contributions she did to change the world since 1954.? She was a courageous, funny, compassionate, well-informed, dazzlingly curious person, as down-to-earth as loving as any human being the author have ever known..

1.Upon discovering books, the child delved into the written word, turning out weekly book reports for her father.

1)Upon/on doing sth

Upon/on receiving the letter, I will write back to you.

Upon/on arriving home, they will give us a telephone call.

2)turn out 生产、制造，最终变成

They concentrated their efforts on turning out more products of high quality. The plan turned out failure.

3)delve into 钻研

2．She was watching the live broadcast of the Academy Award ceremony.

1) live broadcast

2) the Academy Awards 学院奖，奥斯卡金像奖

3．That may also be partly due to the very special energy.

due to: caused by sb/sth, because of sb/sth

The team’s success was largely due to her efforts.

His lateness was due to the very heavy traffic on the motorway.

The flight was cancelled due to the fog.

4.down to earth 脚踏实地的

公共英语三级考试成绩快速提高方法指点

考试时间临近时，通过大批量阅读提高已经不可能了，把握好解题技巧，往往能让同学们锦上添花。PETS的阅读理解有主旨题、态度题、数字题、推理题、因果题、例证题、指代题等类型。

主旨题分段落主旨题或文章主旨题。对于段落主旨题，建议同学们仔细阅读段首句和段尾句，百分之六七十的题目看段首和段尾，就能找出段落主旨。文章主旨题还应看些重要句，它通常出现在首段首句、末段末句、二段首句和各段首末句，是文章的中心思想。对主旨题，我们强调的是位置择题，迅速准确定位答案所在位置，而非全文通读，这样能节约时间。

例证题通常从原文截取，问例子证明什么道理，它要么例证段落主题，要么例证文章主题。因此我们可以把例证题变成主旨题，段落主旨或文章主旨往往就是例证题的正确答案。

2、PETS三级写作：热点话题要重点准备

PETS考试借鉴了雅思的基本模式，在PETS三级、四级考试中往往会考应用文写作和议论文大作文。应用文写作格式不正确是很多同学失分的最主要原因。应用文写作程式化强，考生可以提前背诵一些应用文写作的基本句型，积累有关句型句式，注意应用文写作中的套话。应用文写作常考信件写作，如辞职信、投诉信、感谢信、表扬信、会议备忘录等都是考生应重点把握的。

议论文大作文在形式上可能是图画作文、图表作文或提纲式作文。近年议论文考试热点话题也成为考试重点。如环保问题、污染问题、教育类话题、网络话题，偶尔会考一些犯罪类的话题，这两年考生要注意和谐社会的主题。至于和谐社会下面衍生什么样的作文题，应该值得同学们思考。

议论文写作要注意卷面整洁。卷子是给改卷老师看的，应考虑到改卷老师的感受，卷面一定要整洁，不宜有墨汁、鼻涕、口水之类的东西，给老师印象不好，分数很难高。要注意写字工整。有同学爱写英文狂草，把R和N写成M，给改卷老师出了难题，让他去辨认你的字迹，辨认你说的是什么意思。大家一定要注意字迹工整好认。有的同学密密麻麻写了一行小字，“请见背面”，这是作文大忌，不能在正面写不下，在背面再写下去。现在不提倡这种写作。第一种可能是超字数太多了，会成为扣分的原因。第二种可能是作弊，如果被扣上这个大帽子，更不划算。希望大家尽量不要在答题纸的背面写作文。

议论文写作时，建议学生为了获得高分或者稳定的分数，写三段论，提出问题、分析问题、解决问题。中国老师教学生的时候，往往要求学生写三段，写五六段，七八段，

改卷老师就不知道这是哪个老师教出来的学生，心里就发毛了。最多写四段，建议最好写三段。

议论文写作开头一定要吸引人。开头如果吸引不住老师的眼球，分数不会太高。第一句话如何写得漂亮，要看平时积累。写作中要长短结合，个人观点，希望同学们对于议论文第一段的第一句写一个长难句，长难句会把老师的眼光牢牢吸引。如果写长难句的话，老师比较佩服你或者赞同你，第一个句子最好写一个长难句。假如写了简单句的话，可以写as far as I know，如果加上这句话就体现了我们使用从句的能力，尽管似乎是废话，但是立刻使你的第一段首句写得与众不同。

如果有可能的话，在最后的时间里同学们可以找一些和热点话题有关的素材、句子背一下，把最后时刻背诵的句子巧妙运用到考试作文写作当中去。

同学们在市面上可以找些相应的写作模板，模板不是万能的，但没有模板是万万不能的，同学们可以把市面模板改编成自己的文章。建议考生在写作方面背十个左右优秀的句子，应用文写作和议论文写作背诵十个句子，看一下考试过程中能不能使用。即使这十个句子不能都用上，考试过程当中能用上三个四个五个也算成功。

3、PETS三级完型填空：把握特点好作题

完型填空这种题型在PETS考试当中叫英语知识应用。传统题型都叫完型填空，英语知识应用体现了PETS考试对英语的新要求、新主张。学生们有一个误区，认为把握了语法，掌握了单词就可以把完型填空做好。如果说80年代这样做可以的话，现在21世纪，这种思想就落伍了。

对于完型填空，第一点要明白完型填空本身的特点，完型填空没有更多的生词，不像阅读理解，阅读理解还有一定的生单词。是在考单词的用法，而不是在考单词的意思。

第二要注意完型填空基本的解题思路，作文填空过程当中，希望同学们注意褒贬色彩相一致。一般来说高度一致原则是完型填空的基本准则，我们说话的时候不能说“不幸的是我又通过了PETS考试”，这句话在完型填空上，就是个严重的语病。不能说“我又一次遭到老师的表扬”，不能说“这个时代或者这个国家以贫穷而著称于世”。还有很多原则希望同学们慢慢再去摸索。

PETS听力各级别语速不一样，一级、一级B、二级，语速为每分钟80词，较简单。一级B重复两遍，一级、二级一遍。有长对话、短对话，篇章的形式。口语部分从一级到五级都是两个考官对两个学生，每个级别要求都不一样。两个学生对两个考官，每个学生都有一次提问和回答别人问题的机会。老师可以根据他们的发音和组织语言的能力，给出相应评分。从三级到五级开始有辩论。

4、口试：说话不多不少最合适

首先要熟悉各个级别的口语考试程序，一般情况是跟老师简单打招呼，老师会根据你的情况提出两到三个问题。第二项，可能会给个表格，让你根据图片答题或提问。这是两个过程，一个是给你图片的时候让你答，一个是给你图片的时候让你问。不管跟你一起考试的伴儿跟你配合得如何，千万不能因为他影响你的正常发挥。PETS二级以上开始有随机性的问题，根据所答篇目，每个步骤每个级别有严格的时间限制，一个问题没有答出来，千万不要影响其他五个问题的发挥。

做口语过程当中希望大家注意到一点，说话不能特别少，如果说话特少的话，你就处于比较被动的状态，老师可能评分比较难一些。对你能不能过这个考试就成了个问号。第二个，说话过多也不是一件很好的事。如果说话过多的话，会暴露组织语言的用词、语法等等问题。大家在做PETS口试时，建议大家还是要在口语老师的指点之下，多背一些经典的模板，不会的时候可以让他去重复，用英语去说都可以。切忌冷场什么都不说。口语考试非常有模式，老师口语考官问学生问题的时候是绝对不能超出这个模式的，严格按照所给的指令进行提问，希望大家在考试之前要多做口语考试练习，多背一些客套话，在辩论的时候应该怎么样去找切入点去提出你的问题，回答时怎样用有用句转换话题，把包袱扔给对方，这些技巧希望大家多注意一些。

5、听力：技巧尽在多听多练中

对于听力，大家要注意，听懂与听不懂最关键的，可能就在于一个句子中的单词不认识。因为在句子当中，可能会出现连读、失爆、吞音等状态。平常在听的时候要注意模仿，背诵一些有用的句型。如果短期内提高听力有难度，平常要多注意认真去听带子，模仿带子，听任何东西都是要先听，再去看，先培养听的感觉，打开看一下，跟你听的有什么差异，再合上书去练，反复去练。读句子中的连读、失爆、吞音等要注意简单的语音知识。考生可以一个题型一个题型进行练习。短对话、长对话以及篇章等等。

大家在听的过程中一定要先做题，看看哪个地方没听懂，反复听，看能不能听会。注意在听的过程中，什么影响你作选项了。听力中，也有解题技巧和方式。听长对话时，可能会出现but，如果前面没听懂或没听清楚，突然听到but出现，可能这个后面的句子就是某道题选择的答案句。大家在技巧和方法方面一定要多听多熟悉。