2011年9月24日，全国公共英语等级考试如期举行。随着这项考试在社会上的认可度日益增加，每次考生的人数也不断刷新。紧张的考试已经结束了，根据教育考试院的安排，成绩要50个工作日后方可揭晓。在此，我们请华浦教育英语部的PETS名师，给大家点评一下此次PETS三级的考试情况，对于准备参加2012年3月份、2012年9月份考试的学生来说，必然大有帮助。
Part 1 Listening Comprehension
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例如：
1 1 What are the speakers talking about ?
A movie
B review
C Tv program
D football game
原文：
What do you think of the movie? It’s disappointing. We should have watched the football game.（ 考点：should have +P.P）
3 Why does the man choose to go by air?
A trains are too full
B Buses take a long time
C It costs less
D It fits the schedule
原文：
…… Go to the summer camp; why do you fly? Buses and trains don’t run. My schedule is full.
●4篇短文理解中，第一篇谈及Black food is new in America. .In Asia, It has been popular…
Part 2 Cloze test
这篇完形填空依然是重点考核词汇，所以建议考生平日里要注意词汇量的积累。
现挑选一些典型词汇，如下：
Concluded (推论)；furthermore（此外）；quote（引用）；forecasting
（预测）; assuming(假设)；overestimates （过高估计）；contrary to（于..相反）；accomplish（完成）
Part 3 Reading Comprehension
今年的阅读材料都带有一定的议论性质，侧重考生对社会现象的理解。其中很多材料类似于国外报刊杂志的表述，从今年的形势看，仅有词汇量很难做好阅读。
另外阅读理解篇幅日益增加，现场有些考生在这个部分的时间超过1小时，导致后面的作文，无法认真完成。
1
Kearen and ken Mullins, a young professional couple in Cleverland own fifty cook books and two full- equiped kitchen in their house. Yet they rarely cook their meals.Instead, on their way home from work ,they usually stop at a supermarket and choose two portions of meat loaf and a container of ready served potatoes. ’My job’, said Karen is to pour the salad from the bag’.
……. It is not entirely a question of the time, the take -out fashion is fueled, partly in the popularity of foods like sushi, whichAmericans are unlikely to make at home. Take out fills another need as well, for the atmosphere of a home cooked dinner.
2
I switched on TV and they were again, the next crop of Miss world candidates,the same practised smiles, the same waving hands the same hosts and the same.....
The show goes on ,no time to enjoy the glory of last titles. It’s time to prepare for the next.
3 主题：多样化
The first rule stepping up your luck is looking for varieties. Most varieties will result in a richer life with more opportunities. The more varied life is , the more events will occur and more chances to improve your situation.
4
Helen Smith
….. It makes me more interested in computers,web design and career choices they offer….
Kevin Stuart
……How sad that our society is so isolated and we need a computer to connect with others …..
Robot Mayer
……. these people feel free to lay bare their private lives to public exposuere on facebook? Pahaps it reveals the shallow mind of shallow lives…..
James Brown
…. I could see my nieces coming from college only to find them face with facebooks all day….
Laura Lee
….. I will better understand the appeal of face book and large community of friends. ….
Part 4 Composition
分析： 小作文主要是传统的道歉信。 大作文有一定的难度，是涉及到自然环境的沙漠化，考场上不少考生没有理解作文的含义。
Composition 1
You have promised to give a sample of a product in person to John Smith, but you can’t go, because you have to attend a meeting. Please write a letter of apology to John Smith.
Composition 2
The graph shows the spread of desertification in an area. Please write a composition according to the graph.
|
Year |
Desertification |
Frequency of sandstorms |
|
1980 |
560 |
8 |
|
1990 |
810 |
12 |
|
2000 |
980 |
16 |
口试：
前面的一些问题和以往是类似的。涉及领域有hometown, family, job and study, spare time 等。
讨论1
Suppose you have a travel next month and you might go to 1 village 2 city 3 mountain 4 beach, try to talk with your partner where you would like to go.
论述１
Two boys are smoking in a hotel
论述2
Some children volunteers are collecting rubbish
论述3
Spots appear on a girl’s face after she used the new kind of cream
其中第三个论述图片较难，三人一组的考生中，抽到这个题目的同学未能理解该题目的意思。
相关图片如下： （ 考生侯考，进场和在教室等候。）
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