2019年P(guān)ETS-3沖刺模擬試題第七套

閱讀A

Packaging is a very important form of advertising.A package can sometimes motivate people to buy products.For example,a little child might ask for a breakfast food contained in a box with a picture of a TV character.The child is more interested in the picture than in breakfast food.Pictures for children to color or cut out,games printed on a package,or a small gift inside a box also motivate many children to buy products-or to ask their parents to buy for them.

Some packages suggest that a buyer will get something for nothing.Food products sold in reusable containers are examples of this.Although a similar product in plain container might cost less,people often prefer to buy the product in a reusable glass or dish,because they believe the container is free.However,the cost of the container is added to the cost of the product.

The size of a package also motivates a buyer.Maybe the package has“Economy Size”or“Family Size”printed on it.This suggests that the larger size has the most product for the least money.But that is not always true.To find it out,a buyer has to know how the product is sold and the price of the basic unit.

The information on the package should provide some answers.But the important thing for any buyer to remember is that a package is often an advertisement.The words and pictures do not tell the whole story.Only the product inside can do that.

1、What do you think is the best title for the passage?

A.How to Package a Product.

B.How to Make an Advertisement.

C.How to Sell Product.

D.How to Attract More Buyers.

參考答案：A

參考解析：題干意為“你認(rèn)為文章最好的標(biāo)題是什么”本文是講包裝讓購物者產(chǎn)生購物沖動的問題，它包含了兩層意思，一是對于消費者來說，要注意不要只看包裝不看內(nèi)容；二是對于賣家來說，就是要注意如何包裝產(chǎn)品了。因此A更符合這篇文章的標(biāo)題，故選A。

2、“A buyer will get something for nothing”in paragraph 2 may probably mean ________.

A.a buyer will not get what he pays for

B.a buyer will get more than what he pays for

C.a buyer will get something useful free of charge

D.a buyer will get more but pay less

參考答案：A

參考解析：題干意為“第二段中的‘A buyer will get something for nothing’可能意為______。”這句話的意思是“有的購買者買一件東西，卻什么也不圖。”隱藏的意思是他們只看包裝而不看實物，是物非所值的購物方式。只有選項A表達(dá)的是這種意思，其他幾個選項意思近似，故選A。

3、Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?

A.In fact glasses or dishes used for packaging do not cost money at all.

B.“Family Size”printed on the package means that it is rather economic.

C.To a child,even to an adult,the form is far more important than the content.

D.Words and pictures written on the package are thought to be an advertisement.

參考答案：A

參考解析：判斷題。第二段最后一句However,the cost of the container is added to the cost of the product，說明所有包裝的成本都是算入產(chǎn)品價格的，選項A說包裝的玻璃碟子不花錢，這是不正確的。

4、What suggestion does the writer give in the passage?

A.It's not good to buy the product which is sold in a glass or dish.

B.The quality of a container has nothing to do with the quality of the product.

C.The best choice for a buyer is to buy a product in a plain package.

D.A buyer should buy what he needs most rather than a well-designed package.

參考答案：D

參考解析：推理題。最后一段，作者提示讀者The words and pictures do not tell the whole story.Only the product inside Call do that.也就是說不要太相信廣告詞和圖，要看產(chǎn)品本身。

5、From the pasage we know the buyer pays more attention to ________.

A.the size of a container

B.a container with attractive picture

C.a well-designed container

D.a plain container with low cost

參考答案：C

參考解析：推理題。整篇文章講的是包裝就是廣告。包裝誘惑人進(jìn)行購買，為什么人們會購買呢，主要是因為人們對好的包裝感興趣，通常認(rèn)為他們是免費的。

閱讀B

oceans Claim our Attention

We've already pushed the world oceans close to-and in some cases,past-their natural limits,according to a recently released report on the state of our oceans by the World Watch Institute.

The increasing number of citizen groups,business and governments taking an active interest in slowing down the destruction and pollution of the ocean is encouraging,says senior researcher and author Anne platt Mcginn,citing a host of efforts already under way:1.Unilever,which controls 20 percent of the whitefish market in Europe and US,has agreed to buy only fish caught and produced in an environmentally sustainable manner.2.Volunteers in the philippines,Thailand,India,and Ecuador are replanting mangrove areas to repair earlier damage from shrimp farming.3.In northern Sulawesia,citizens have cleared coral reefs of harmful invasive species.4.The United States and Canada have each banned oil drilling on large portions of their continental shelves.

0n the downside,Safeguarding the Health of oceans says that seven out of ten commercial fish species are fully or overexploited and even worse,many of their spawning grounds have been cleared to make room for shrimp ponds,golf courses and beach resorts.Habitat degradation,resulting from development,agricultural run off,sewage pollution and destructive fishing practices has led to a tripling in the number of poisonous algal species identified by scientists,increasing fish kills,beach closures,and economic losses.

The impact on the economy is significant.people obtain an average of 16 percent of their animal protein from fish,and people in developing countries are extremely dependent on reef fisheries for both food and income.Tourism accounts for a large piece of coastlines and medicines are being found in reef ecosystems every day.Even toothpaste and ice cream depend on the gel-forming properties of brown algae.

The problems facing the oceans are legion:the marine conversation community is fragmented,bans on destructive activities are routinely ignored,too many regulatory organizations have a development-first mindset and enforcement and oversight are ineffective,if not altogether lacking.oceans need to be protected locally,nationally,and internationally,according to McGinn.Right now,the United Nations General Assembly spends just one day a year covering issues that affect more than half of the planet.The report suggests that a tax of one tenth of one percent on industrial and recreational ocean activities would generate$500 million a year,more than five times and the annual budgets the International Maritime organization and the Fisheries Department of the UN Food and Agriculture organization.

However,the most productive areas of the ocean are under national jurisdiction and 80 percent of oceanic pollution originates on land.This means that addressing global marine issues requires strong national and local policies.problems remain far from resolved.

1、We can infer form the passage that.

A.problems at the international level continue to be difficult to resolve.

B.all countries are going to impose taxes on fishers and tourists.

C.the UN General Assembly has made strong policies with regard to oceanic protection.

D.the problems facing the oceans have already aroused sufficient attention.

參考答案：A

參考解析：這篇文章實際上要通過一系列海洋破壞引起的后果給人們敲響環(huán)境保護(hù)的警鐘。文章在談到環(huán)境保護(hù)的問題時稱：這一問題還有待解決。由于海洋的多數(shù)富饒區(qū)都處在各個的管轄內(nèi)，并且80%的海洋污染來源于陸地，所以我們可以由此推斷：國際級的環(huán)境問題仍然很難解決。B在捕魚和觀光中征稅還是一個建議，文章沒有告訴我們是否有會采納這一建議。C聯(lián)合國某機(jī)構(gòu)一年只花一天時間討論這一問題，可見他們對海洋保護(hù)不夠重視，文章也沒有告訴我們聯(lián)合國是否已經(jīng)采取了有力的措施來保護(hù)海洋。D從文章展示給我們的世界各國的海洋保護(hù)的現(xiàn)狀來看，海洋問題并沒有引起人們足夠的重視。

2、The word sustainable in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.

A.maintainable

B.reasonable

C.understandable

D.respectable

參考答案：A

參考解析：第二段有這樣一段話：——buy only fish caught and produced in an environmentally sustainable manner.即只購買那些環(huán)境上sustainable的地區(qū)捕獲和生產(chǎn)的魚類。據(jù)此可以推斷，此處的sustainable指可持續(xù)發(fā)展的。與之相近的詞是maintainable

3、What will happen if an organization takes a development-first attitude in environmental context?

A.It will take strong measures to prevent oceans from being further polluted.

B.It is going to exploit the oceanic resources first regardless of environmental protection.

C.It will not ignore bans on destructive activities.

D.It will not place development above other factors.

參考答案：B

參考解析：文章的第五段指出：那些對環(huán)境問題持有發(fā)展優(yōu)先態(tài)度的組織忽略了禁止破壞性捕撈這一規(guī)定。由此可以推斷，他們將無視環(huán)境保護(hù)問題，把海洋資源的開發(fā)放在第一位。

4、Which of the following statements is not the result of destructive fishing practices?

A.Seventy-percent commercial fish species are over exploited.

B.Many of fishes'spawning grounds have been destroyed.

C.Economic losses are on the increase.

D.Each country has already taken measures to destructive activities.

參考答案：D

參考解析：從第三段我們可以看出：70%的商業(yè)魚種被過分捕撈；許多魚類的產(chǎn)卵地被清理掉，以給蝦池滕出地方；破壞性捕撈還使經(jīng)濟(jì)損失進(jìn)一步增加。所以，A，B，C都是破壞性捕撈行為的結(jié)果。通過全文，我們可以看到，只有一些采取了措施禁止破壞性捕撈，并不是每個都采取了措施。

5、What's the probable relationship between mangrove growing and shrimp farming in the philippines?

A.The growth of mangroves kept shrimps from reproducing.

B.Large areas of mangroves were damaged because of shrimp farming.

C.Mangroves helped shrimps grow fast.

D.Shrimp farming gave rise to rapid growth of mangroves.

參考答案：B

參考解析：第二段告訴我們菲律賓的紅樹生長與蝦養(yǎng)殖的關(guān)系。文中說：志愿者重新種植紅樹，以修復(fù)早期蝦養(yǎng)殖引起的破壞?？梢姡r養(yǎng)殖破壞了紅樹的生長。

閱讀C

Certain animals have an intuitive awareness of quantities.They know without analysis the difference between a number of objects ands a smaller number.In his book The Natural History of Selbourne(1786),the naturalist Gilbert White tells how he surreptitiously removed one egg a day to make up plover's nest,and how the mother laid another egg each day to make up for the missing one.He noted that other species of birds ignore the absence of a single egg but abandon their nest if more than one egg has been removed.It has also been noted by naturalist that a certain type of wasp always provides five-never four,never six-caterpillars for each of their eggs so that their young have something to eat when the eggs hatch.Research has also shown that both mice and pigeons can be taught to distinguish between odd and even numbers of food pieces.

These and similar accounts have led some people to infer that creatures other than human can actually count.They also point to dogs that have been taught to respond to numerical questions with the correct number of barks,or to horses that seem to solve arithmetic problem by stomping their hooves number of times.

Animals respond to quantities only when they are connected to survive as a species-as in the case of the eggs-or survive as individuals-as in the case of food.There is on transfer to other situations or from concrete reality to the abstract notion of numbers.Animals can"count"only when the objects are present and only when the numbers involved are small-no more than seven or eight.In lab experiments,animals trained to count one kind of object were unable to count any other type.The objects,not the numbers,are what interest them.Animal's admittedly remarkable achievements simply do not amount to evidence of counting,nor do they reveal more than innate instinct,refined by the genes of successive generations,or the results of clever,careful conditioning by trainers.

1、According to the information in the passage,which of the following is LEAST likely to occur as a result of animal's intuitive awareness of quantities?

A.A pigeon is more attracted by a box containing two pieces of food than by a box containing one piece.

B.When asked by its trainer how old it is,a monkey holds up five fingers.

C.When one of its four kittens crawls away,a mother cat misses it and searches for the missing kitten.

D.A lion follows one antelope instead of a herd of antelopes because it is easier to hunt a single prey.

參考答案：B

參考解析：When asked by its trainer how old it is,a monkey holds up five fingers.無論猴子的反應(yīng)是什么樣子，都只是一種反復(fù)訓(xùn)練之后的一種本能的反映。而不是真正的說出他的年齡。

2、What is the main idea of the passage?

A.Careful training is required to teach animals to perform tricks involving numbers

B.Animas cannot count more than one kind of object

C.of all animals,dogs and horses can count best

D.Although some animals may be aware of quantities,they cannot actually count

參考答案：D

參考解析：文章中介紹了某些動物很驚人的數(shù)字能力。但是無論怎樣，他們對數(shù)字的感覺也只是一種本能。

3、The author mentions that all of the following are aware of quantities in some way EXCEPT___.

A.plovers

B.mice

C.caterpillars

D.wasps

參考答案：C

參考解析：It has also been noted by naturalist that a certain type of wasp always provides five-never four,never six-caterpillars for each of their eggs.

4、The word"surreptitiously"in line 4 is closest in meaning to ___.

A.quickly

B.secretly

C.occasionally

D.stubbornly

參考答案：B

參考解析：根據(jù)上下文以及我們的常識，觀察動物的習(xí)性是需要很長時間，而且應(yīng)該是隱蔽的。

5、The author refers to Gilbert's book in paragraph 1 in order to___.

A.show how attitudes have changed since 1786

B.Contradict the idea that animals can count.

C.provide evidence that some birds are aware of quantities.

D.Indicate that more research is needed in this field.

參考答案：C

參考解析：作者舉這個例子是為了證明他所提出的某些動物能夠認(rèn)知某些東西的數(shù)量。

閱讀D

One in six.Believe it or not,that's the number of Americans who struggle with hunger.To make tomorrow a little better,Feeding America,the nation's largest __1__ hunger relief organization,has chosen September as Hunger Action Month.As part of its 30 Ways in 30 Days program,it"s asking __2__ across the country to help the more than 200 food banks and 61,000 agenda in its network provide low income individuals and families with the fuel they need to __3__ It's the kind of work that's done every day at St.Andrew's Episcopal Church in San Antonio.People who __4__ at its front door on the first and third Thursdays of each month aren't looking for God--they"re there for something to eat.St.Andrew's runs a food pantry(食品室)that __5__ the City and several of the __6 __towns.Janet Drane is its manager.

In the wake of the __7 __,the number of families in need of food assistance began to grow.It is __8__ that 4 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal.What's most surprising is that 36%of them live in __9__ where at least one adult is working."It used to be that one job was all you needed,"says St.Andrew's Drane."The people

we see now have three or four part-time jobs and they're still right on the edge __10__"

A.accumulate

B.circling

C.communities

D.competition

E.domestic

F.financially

G.formally

H.gather

I.households

J.recession

K.reoorted

L.reviewed

M.serves

N.surrounding

O.survive

參考答案及解析：

1.參考答案：E

參考解析：此處需填入形容詞，與the nation's largest及hunger relief一起修飾中心詞organization；此處提到“供養(yǎng)美國”應(yīng)是美國國內(nèi)最大的饑荒救援組織，所以此處填domestic（國內(nèi)的）最為恰當(dāng)。

2.參考答案：C

參考解析：根據(jù)空格前的動詞askin9可知，此處需填入名詞，作ask的賓語。構(gòu)成固定搭配ask sb．to do sth．，從而可以把答案鎖定于communities和households.根據(jù)句意，幫助200多家食品庫和其網(wǎng)絡(luò)中的6.1萬所機(jī)構(gòu)為低收入人群和家庭提供生存所需的食物的不可能是“全國各地的家庭”，可排除households，確定答案為communities（社區(qū)）。

3.參考答案：o

參考解析：根據(jù)詞組need to do可知此處需填動詞原形，備選項中有ac—cumulate，gather和survive符合條件。文中they need t0…為定語從句，修飾fuel，可理解為they needthefuelto…，食物應(yīng)該是用以生存，符合低收入個人和家庭的特點，accumulate意為“增加，積聚”，gather意為“聚集”。故選survive“活下來，幸存”。

4.參考答案：H

參考解析：此處為wh0引導(dǎo)的定語從句，從句中缺少謂語，所以需填入謂語動詞。因為先行詞people為復(fù)數(shù)，且從后文的each month判斷出時態(tài)為一般現(xiàn)在時，所以這里應(yīng)該用動詞原形。survive語義不符，可以排除。此處語義上指人“聚集”，用9ather.而accumulate指事物量的增加，強(qiáng)調(diào)“經(jīng)過一段比較長的時間由少到多的積累”，不適合用于此處。

5.參考答案：M

參考解析：根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)判斷從句中缺少謂語動詞，所以需填入謂語動詞。因為先行詞a food pantry為單數(shù)名詞，且整句話都為現(xiàn)在時（runs為現(xiàn)在時），所以謂語動詞應(yīng)該用第三人稱單數(shù)形式。在選項中，只有selves“接待，服務(wù)”符合條件，填入文中意為“這個食品室向整個城市和周邊幾個城鎮(zhèn)供應(yīng)（食物）”。

6.參考答案：N

參考解析：空格位于the與名詞towns之間，此處需填人形容詞，修飾towns.上文提到人們聚集到這個地方，因此這家食品室應(yīng)該只是供應(yīng)本地居民，所以排除domestic（國內(nèi)的），語義上填人surrounding更合適，指“周邊幾個城鎮(zhèn)”。

7.參考答案：J

參考解析：從句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析，介詞0f后應(yīng)用名詞或動名詞作其賓語，故此處需填入名詞作短語的中心詞。詞組in the wake of意為“隨著…的‘到來”，即上下旬意為“隨著……的到來，需要食品援助的家庭數(shù)量開始增加”，由此可推斷應(yīng)該是經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條造成的，因此選recession（經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條不景氣）語義相符。

8.參考答案：K

參考解析：下文用具體數(shù)據(jù)4 million講現(xiàn)存問題，應(yīng)該斷定這個事實是根據(jù)報道得來的。It is reported that…是常用句型，意為“據(jù)報道…”，故應(yīng)選reported.

9.參考答案：I

參考解析：空格位于介詞in和where引導(dǎo)的定語從句之間，由此判斷出空格處需填入一個表示地點的名詞作定語從句先行詞，根據(jù)上文出現(xiàn)的families可知此段講的是家庭，此處語義應(yīng)與families相近，故選households，表示家庭。

10.參考答案：F

參考解析：從句子結(jié)構(gòu)角度分析，此句結(jié)構(gòu)完整，所以空格處應(yīng)填入一個副詞作狀語。根據(jù)上文可知，本句中的The people及they均指的是雖然有三四份兼職，但仍“需要食物救助的人”，可判斷出他們經(jīng)濟(jì)狀態(tài)困窘，故選financially，表示經(jīng)濟(jì)上、財政上處于邊緣水平。

寫作：

你讀過下面的雜志廣告，一個美國女孩正在找筆友，你想和她聯(lián)系。給她寫封信（安迪·劉易斯），告訴她：

1、你的家庭

2、你的學(xué)?；蚬ぷ?/p>

3、你的愛好

你應(yīng)該寫大約100個字。不要在信尾簽上自己的名字。用李平代替。你不必寫地址。

You have read the following magazine advertisement in which an American girl is looking for pen-friends and you want to get in touch with her.Write a letter to her(Andy Lewis),telling her about:

1、your family

2、your schooling or work

3、your hobbies

You should write about 100 words.Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter.Use Li Ping"instead.You needn't write the address.

參考范文

Dear Andy,

I have read the advertisement and I am very glad to become your pen-friend.

I am a girl of 25 years old.I live with my parents in Beijing.I have a brother working in a computer company.I'm a history teacher in a junior middle school.I share the same hobbies with you,and I also like traveling and hiking very much.I usually go camping with my friends on weekends.I like to make friends,not only in Beijing,but also in other countries.It's a great pleasure to know you.And I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,Li Ping