全国英语等级考试三级（pets3级）历年真题试卷(五).docx

全国英语等级考试三级（pets3级）历年真题试卷(五)材料题（江南博哥）根据下面资料，回答26-30题Five-year-old Elia arrived at school with a big box of colored pencils. Her friend, Anna, of-fered to exchange her set of markers for the brand-new pencils. Elia agreed, but soon discovered that the markers were dried up. "That´ s not fair!" cried Elia to her teacher. "I want my new pencils back. " After some tears and negotiation, the teacher helped the girls set things right by returning the items to their original owners.Later that day, at story time, the teacher shared the picture book classic A Bargain for Fran-ces. Though the conflict in the story is just over a broken tea set, the message about fair play was not lost on the children. The book was helpful in exploring a small, yet significant, life lesson.Stories are vital to the way we process and experience life events and the feelings that surround us. The ability to create, share, and respond to stories is one of the vital characteristics of being human. In fact, the human brain is programmed to see patterns and become fascinated in the plot development of stories, finally storing them in long-term memory. As a result, the brain is a re-markably effective processor of stories, both real and fictional.High-quality picture books are a good blend of art and literature that attracts kids´ imagination and communicates an idea in an effective way. These books are perfect teaching tools, as they deal with the powerful emotions that kids feel, model effective coping strategies, and present complex concepts in appropriate ways. In addition, according to brain research, the picture book comple-ments words with what leaves the most permanent impression: images. The pictures in books are distinctive from the fleeting images kids see on television in that they remain on the page, ready to be revisited, touched, and commented upon.Whether we share stories about families, historical events, or emotions, stories are a way to sum up life´ s memorable moments and lasting lessons. We can control the power of literature and use it to develop positive character in young kids by reading often, choosing suitable books, and enjoying stories together.26 单选题 Elia cried“Thats not fair!”as she thought that she was_A.cheated by her friendB.defeated by her friendC.ignored by her teacherD.scolded by her teacher正确答案：A参考解析：参考译文5岁的伊利亚带了一大盒彩色铅笔去学校。她的朋友安娜提出用自己的马克笔交换伊利亚全新的彩笔。伊利亚同意了，但是她很快发现马克笔没水了。伊利亚跟老师哭诉“这不公平!我要换回我的新彩笔。”安慰哭泣的伊利亚后，老师跟两个小女孩商量，最后将两人的东西物归原主，顺利地解决了此事。那天晚些时候，老师在说故事环节跟小朋友们分享了一本经典图画书弗朗西斯的交易。尽管故事中的矛盾只是一套破损的茶具，但是却传递一个重要的信息，孩子间的公平没有丢失。在探究很小却很重要的人生道理中，这本书起到了很大的帮助作用。在我们处理和体验生活里的一些事情和感情时，故事往往起到了至关重要的作用。创造、分享故事并对故事做出反应的能力是人类重要的特征之一。事实上，人类大脑首先看到图案，然后被故事情节的发展所吸引，最后转存为长期记忆。因此，大脑对于真实和虚构的故事都能快速、有效地处理。高质量的图画书是一种艺术和文学的结合体，能激发孩子的想象力并使他们能用有效的方式交流他们的想法。这些图书是非常好的教学工具，因为它能应对孩子强烈的情感、示范有效的处理策略，并通过适当的方式解释复杂的概念。除此之外，根据对大脑的研究，图画书通过“图片”这一给人留下深刻印象的形式对文字进行了很好的补充。书中的图片与孩子在电视中看到的飞速画面不同，因为书中的图片印在纸张上，可以反复阅读、触摸和评论。无论我们分享家庭、历史事件或情感，故事能总结人生中难忘和终身受益的时刻。我们可以控制文学的力量并通过经常阅读、挑选合适的书籍、一起分享故事来发展孩子积极向上的性格。推断题。从文章第一段第二、三句“Her friend，Anna，of-fered to exchange her set of markers for the brand-new pencilsElia agreed，but soon discovered that the markers were dried up”可知，伊利亚换来的马克笔没水了，所以她说这不公平，她用自己的全新彩色铅笔换了安娜没水的马克笔，她觉得自己被骗了，故选A。27 单选题 A Bargain for Frances is intended to teach kids how to_A.play fair in lifeB.organize thingsC.win in conflictsD.write a message正确答案：A参考解析：细节题。从文章第二段第二句“Though the conflict in the story is just over a broken tea set，the message about fair play was not lost on the children”可知，这本书是关于公平的故事，故选A。28 单选题 According to the text，stories can help kids_A.realize their potentialB.improve their memoryC.concentrate on readingD.understand the human world正确答案：D参考解析：推理题。从文章第三段第一、二句“Stories are vital to way we process and experience life events and the feelings that surround usThe ability to create，share，and respond to stories is one of the vital characteristics of being human”可推断出，故事能够帮助孩子更好地了解世界。A项“了解他们的潜能”、B项“提高他们的记忆”、C项“集中注意力阅读”文中都没提及，故排除。故选D。29 单选题 In comparison with pictures in books，television images_A.are frequently commented onB.stay temporarily with childrenC.blend art and literature vividlyD.communicate ideas effectively正确答案：B参考解析：细节题。从文章第四段最后一句“The pictures in books are distinctive from the fleeting images kids see on television in that they remain on the page，ready to be revisited，touched，and commented upon”可知，与图画书相比，电视画面转换快、停留时间短，故选B。30 单选题 The power of literature can help kids develop their_A.positive characterB.interest in historyC.passion for storiesD.learning strategies正确答案：A参考解析：细节题。从文章最后一句“We can control the power of literature and use it to develop positive character in young kids by reading often，choosing suitable books，and enjoying stories together”可知，我们可以控制文学的力量并利用它来发展孩子积极向上的性格，A项符合题意，故选A。材料题根据下面资料，回答31-34题We have heard a lot about the health benefits of tea, especially green tea. It is high in poly-phenols, compounds with strong antioxidant activity that in test-tube and animal models show anti-cancer and heart-protective effects. Good clinical studies are few, however, and although physi-cians tell their patients to drink green tea, there hasn´ t been any definite proof of the value of that advice.A team of Japanese researchers was able to link green tea consumption with decreased mortali-ty from many causes-including heart disease. The researchers tracked 40,530 healthy adults ages 40 to 79 in a region of northeastern Japan where most people drink green tea, following them for up to 11 years. Those who drank five or more cups of green tea a day had significantly lower mor-tality rates than those who drank less than one cup a day. There were also fewer deaths from cardiovascular disease.But no such association was seen with deaths from cancer. Nor was consumption of oolong or black tea connected with any decrease in mortality. Those teas are easier to be combined with oxy-gen in processing, which not only darkens the color of the leaves and changes their flavor but also reduces their polyphenol content.Coffee is more complicated. It has received both gold stars and black marks in medical litera-ture. It, too, contains antioxidants, although they are less well studied than tea polyphenols. Evi-dence for the health benefits of coffee is growing, however. A group of investigators from Finland,Italy and the Netherlands reports that coffee seems to protect against age-related decline in mental capacity. The scientists studied 676 healthy men born from 1900 to 1920 and followed them for 10 years, using standardized measures of brain function. Their conclusion: the men who consumedcoffee had significantly less decline in mental capacity than those who didn´ t. Three cups a day seemed to provide the most protection.Population studies like those help us form assumptions about relationships between dietary hab-its and long-term health. We still have to test our suppositions in controlled conditions, and measure the effects of coffee and tea on various systems of the body.31 单选题 Physicians often tell their patients to drink green tea because_A.its medical value has been provedB.it is believed to be good for ones healthC.it has long since been used clinicallyD.its effectiveness has been shown in animals正确答案：B参考解析：参考译文我们听过很多茶叶对人体健康有益的说法，尤其是绿茶。它富含大量的茶多酚、抗氧化剂，在试管实验及动物测试中具有抗癌和保护心脏的作用。然而，至今没有多少有效的临床试验。尽管医生建议他们的病人多喝绿茶，但没有确切的数据证明这个建议的有效性。一组日本研究者将饮用绿茶与诸如心脏病等因素导致的死亡率下降相联系。他们追踪了40530名年龄在40至79岁的健康成人，这些人生活在日本东北地区，这里大多数的人都有喝绿茶的习惯。这一研究进行了11年之久。与每天饮用不到一杯绿茶的人相比，每天饮用五杯及以上绿茶的人的死亡率要低得多。因心血管疾病而死亡的也少很多。但是饮用绿茶与癌症死亡没有直接联系。饮用鸟龙茶或红茶与疾病死亡率降低也无直接关联。这些茶在处理过程中易氧化，不仅颜色变深，气味发生变化，茶多酚含量也会降低。咖啡更加复杂。它在医学界的评价褒贬不一。咖啡同样富含抗氧化剂，尽管人们对茶多酚的研究更多，然而越来越多的证据表明咖啡对健康有益。一群来自芬兰、意大利和荷兰的研究者报道咖啡有预防老化引起的智力衰退的可能。科学家们使用科学的大脑功能测试方法对676名出生于1900至1920年的健康成人跟踪研究了10年。他们得出的结论是：与不饮用咖啡的人相比，经常饮用咖啡的人在智力衰退方面明显下降得要慢些。一天三杯咖啡能提供最好的保护。诸如此类的群体研究能帮助我们推测饮食习惯与长期健康的关系。我们同样要对这些假设在可控环境下进行测试，并测量咖啡和茶对人体各系统的影响。推断题。从文章第一段第一句“We have heard a lot about the health benefits of tea，especially green tea”及第三句“Good clinical studies are few，however，and although physicians tell their patients to drink green tea，there hasnt been any definite proof of the value of that advice”可知，医生建议病人多喝绿茶并没有确切的数据证明这个建议的有效性，只是据说绿茶对人体健康有好处，故选B。32 单选题 The Japanese study seems to have confirmed the positive effect of green tea on_A.young adultsB.Asian peopleC.patients with cancerD.patients with heart disease正确答案：D参考解析：细节题。从文章第二段第一句“A team of Japanese re-searchers was able to link green tea consumption with decreased mortality from many causes-including heart disease”及第三句“Those who drank five or more cups of green tea a day had signifi-cantly lower mortality rates than those who drank less than one cup a day”可知，日本研究者将饮用绿茶与诸如心脏病等因素导致的死亡率下降相联系，与每天饮用不到一杯绿茶的人相比，每天饮用五杯以上绿茶的人的死亡率要低得多，故选D。33 单选题 The text indicates that black tea differs from green tea in that_A.it Can retain the color of its leavesB.it Can reduce cancer-related deathsC.it contains less polyphenol contentD.it is stronger in flavor than the latter正确答案：C参考解析：细节题。从文章第三段第三句“Those teas are easier to be combined wim oxygen in processingwhich not only darkens the color of the leaves and changes their flavor but also reduces their polyphenol content”可知，红茶在处理过程中茶多酚含量减少，故选C。34 单选题 Coffee is beneflcial to ones health because_ .A.it has more antioxidants than green teaB.it slows down the rate of brain agingC.it lowers the rate of natural mortalityD.it keeps systems of the body active正确答案：B参考解析：细节题。从文章第四段第五句“A group of investigators from Finland，Italy and the Netherlands reports that coffee seems to protect against age-related decline in mental capacity”及第七句“Their conclusion：the men who consumed coffee had significantly less decline in mental capacity than those who didnt”可知，咖啡可以降低老化引起的智力衰退的速度，故选B。35 单选题 The text indicates that the relationships between dietary habits and long-term health_.A.are a falsely perceived suppositionB.are a conflicting issue among peopleC.deserve further scientific researchD.deserve to be tested on a larger population正确答案：C参考解析：推断题。从文章最后一句话“We still have to test our suppositions in controlled conditions，and measure the effects of coffee and tea on various systems of the body”可知，我们要对这些假设在可控环境下进行测试，并测量咖啡和茶对人体各系统的影响，由此可推断出饮食习惯与长期健康的关系还是要进一步进行试验，故选C。材料题根据下面资料，回答36-36题Jennifer:In your article about online shopping being the newest and easiest way to shop, you said that computers will replace shopping malls sooner or later because they make buying things faster and cheaper. But don´ t you think that the entire point of shopping is to spend leisure time with friends while doing something necessary. Shopping is not just a quick task. It is, in fact, an entire way of life.Paul:I am a great collector of all manner of hard-to-find items such as out-of-print books and an-tiques. Purchasing in physical stores would mean round-the-world travel and years of effort. I can get the same result in a few hours on eBay, and often at bargain prices. I am quite well-off, but buy very few consumer items available in regular shops. I have many friends and acquaintances with the same approach.Mike:My wife buys online often. I have not heard complaints or dissatisfaction. She can compare with different online vendors´ prices after she has decided what she wants. It´ s delivered to the door, a big time savings and gas savings. If I need something, I check online first and see what it costs and then decide where to buy, local stores or online. Online has the advantage most of the time.Henry:Virtually all online stores make you register. But, I don´t need another username and pass-word to remember. I will only buy online if I cannot find something locally. Even though shipping is fast, I´ d rather drive across town and pay more to be able to bring home a new gadget the same day. And, most of the time, there is no difference in price between local stores and online stores.Jeff:If you think the prices are the same online as they are locally, you´ re dealing with the wrong online retailers. I´m an online shopping veteran and I always save quite a bit on my large-dollar purchases. With a little research experience, I´ ve easily saved thousands of dollars over the last several years. Besides, shipping on most items is reasonable and you don´t even pay taxes 99.9% of the time.Now match the name of each person (36-40) to the appropriate statement.Note: there are two extra statements.Statememts36Jennifer37Paul38Mike39Henry40JeffAIll buy online only when I have toBYou can enjoy steep discounts with most online sellersCI shift between buying on or off line depending on what suits meDShopping is not only a necessary task but a sociable pleasure.EOnline selling helps to satisfy my special needs in buyingFBuying online is far from being as good as it is boasted to beGBuying online can save you a lot only if you find the right online sellers.36 单选题 第（36）题选ABCDEFG正确答案：D参考解析：参考译文詹尼弗：在关于网上购物是最新、最轻松购物方式的文中，你提到，电脑迟早会取代购物中心是因为它们使购物更快、更便宜。但是你有没有想过购物的主要目的是边买一些必要的物品边和朋友们一起度过休闲时光。购物不仅仅是一项要求速度的任务。实际上，它是一种完整的生活方式。保罗：我是一名收藏爱好者，我喜欢收藏所有稀有物品，如绝版书籍和古董。在实体商店购物就像是环球旅行，需要花费很多年的时间。我在eBay上只要花几个小时就能找到同样的东西，而且经常还能得到非常便宜的价格。我非常富有，但是几乎不在普通商店消费，我身边也有很多跟我一样的朋友和熟人。迈克：我的妻子经常上网购物。我没有听过她有抱怨或不满意。她在决定要买什么东西以后，在网上比较不同店家的价格。购买的物品会快递到家，节省了很多时间和油费。如果我需要什么东西，我就会先在网上看它的价格，再决定去商店还是网上购买。网络购物大多数时候还是有很大优势的。亨利：几乎所有的网上商店都要注册，但是我不想去记用户名和密码。只有在当地商店买不到的情况下我才会上网购物。即使网上购物运输很快，我也宁愿开车穿过城镇，付更高的价格，只为能在当天就把东西买回家。其实大多数时候，店里和网上的价格没什么区别。杰夫：如果你认为一件物品商店的价格和网上的价格相同，那么你就选错网店了。我是一个网购达人，我总是能在购买昂贵商品时省下一笔不小的费用。因为有一点研究经验，我在过去几年很轻松地节省下了几千美元。除此之外，大多数物品的快递费用是合理的，999的时候都不用交税。主旨题。詹尼弗认为购物的主要目的是边买一些必要的物品边和朋友们一起度过休闲时光，与D项“购物不仅仅是一项必要的任务，而且还是一种社交乐趣”观点相符，故选D。37 单选题 第（37）题选ABCDEFG正确答案：E参考解析：主旨题。保罗是一名收藏爱好者，他认为网络购物比实体店购物省时、省钱并能满足他的收藏爱好，与E项“网络购物帮助他满足他的特殊购买需求”观点相符，故选E。38 单选题 第（38）题选ABCDEFG正确答案：C参考解析：主旨题。迈克的购物观点是他比较网上和实体店的价格，再做选择，与C项“依据适合原则在网上和实体店来回切换”观点相符，故选C。39 单选题 第（39）题选ABCDEFG正确答案：A参考解析：主旨题。亨利的购物观点是只有实体店买不到的情况下他才会网上购物，与A项观点相符，故选A。40 单选题 第（40）题选ABCDEFG正确答案：G参考解析：主旨题。杰夫认为网上购物要做一些调研，找到合适的商家，能节省很多钱，与G项“如果选对网店，网上购物可以节省一大笔钱”观点相符，故选G。材料题根据下面资料，回答41-41题"Any apples today?" Effie asked cheerfully at my window. I followed her to her truck and bought a kil0On credit，of course (41)_ “Pay me whenever you like，”said Effie，climbing back into her truckAll pretense of payment was dropped when our funds，food and fuel decreased to alarming lowsEffie came often，always bringing some gift：a jar of peaches or some firewoodThere were other generositiesOur baby was not doing well，so Effie financed my wifes trip to New York for consultation with a specialist(42)_