2008年12月PRETCO-A级真题解析

2008年12月A级试卷答案与解析

Listening Script

Part I Listening Comprehension (15 minutes)

Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections.

Section A

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5

recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Example: You will hear: W: Are you catching the 13:15 flight to New York? M: No. I’ll leave this evening.

Q: What are the two persons talking about? You will read: A) New York City. B) An evening party. C) An air trip. D) The man’s job.

From the dialogue we learn that the man is to take a flight to New York. Therefore,

C) An air trip is the correct answer. You should mark C) on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Now the test will begin.

1. W: May I close the window outside? M: Yes, please. It’s too noisy. Q: What will the man do?

2. W: I’d like to see your manager.

M: Sorry, he isn’t here at the moment. He’s having a meeting. Q: Where is the manager now?

3. W: Are you planning to take a trip this summer, Michael?

M: Yes, I’m going to China if I can save enough money. Q: What’s Michael most likely to do this summer? 4. M: It’s great to swim in the pool on such a hot day!

W: Sure, but there are too many people. Q: What does the woman mean?

5. W: Does your company offer paid holiday?

M: Yes. I have a 14-day holiday each year.

Q: How long is the holiday offered by the company?

Section B

Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are two

recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Conversation 1

M: ABC Hotel. Can I help you?

W: Yes. I’d like to book 6C a double room with a bath from June 10th to June 13th. M: We have one double room available now. W: What is the 7B rate?

M: 150 dollars a night including breakfast. W: Does that include tax? M: No, it doesn’t.

W: What kinds of service come with that?

M: We provide a telephone and a cable TV. You can also go online in your room. W: Do you have 8C a swimming pool in the hotel?

M: Sure. You may swim from 15 to 22 every day. It’s free. W: Good. Thank you for the information.

Questions 6 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 6. What kind of room does the woman want to book? 7. What’s the rate of the room she’d like to book?

8. What kind of sports facilities is the woman interested in?

Conversation 2

W: What do you like about working in the US?

M: Well, people are very friendly. We all get on very well. W: How do people greet each other?

M: 9A Everyone uses first names. They all say “Hi” and ask “How are you doing?” I like that. W: What else do you like?

M: They have very nice offices, lots of space. Everything is modern and nice. W: Is it different from working in our country?

M: Yes. American are always wearing formal clothes, but we go to work in informal clothes. W: Is there anything you don’t like?

M: The holidays. In the US,10A they only have 2 weeks’ annual leave. In our country, we

usually have 4 or 5 weeks.

Questions 9 to 10 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9. How do Americans usually call each other in a company? 10. What does the man dislike about working in the US?

Section C

Directions: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a

recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should complete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase (in no more than 5 words). The incomplete answers are printed both in your test paper and on the Answer Sheet. You should write your answers on the Answer Sheet correspondingly. Now the passage will begin.

There are two kinds of doctors in the US: family doctors and specialists. Family doctors have an office in the same area where their patients live. They know most of the patients by name and often check the health of everyone in the family. The other type of doctors-specialists, know a great deal about special health problems, such as a heart disease or a broken bone. It costs a lot of money to see a doctor in the US. Besides, medicines are also expensive. So, medical insurance is very important in America.

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. How many kinds of doctors are there in the US? 12. Where is the family doctor’s office? 13. What do family doctors often do?

14. What kind of diseases do specialists treat?

15. What is very important to Americans according to the passage?

答案及解析

Part I Listening Comprehension (15 minutes)

1-5. ABBCB

6-10. CBCBA

11. two kinds 12. same area 13. check 14. heart 15. insurance

Part II Vocabulary and Structure (15 minutes)

Section A 16. B) 【解析】本句意为“艾伦期待在展销会见到他的美国合作伙伴”。此题考查短语固定搭配。look forward to的意思是“期待、盼望”，其后应接名词、动名词或代词。D)为非谓语动词形式。故答案为B）

17. A)

【解析】本句意为“销售经理让他的秘书安排一场新产品的新闻发布会”。此题考查使役动词的用法。1. have sb do 让某人干某事2.have sth done 让别人干某事。故答案为A）

18. C)

【解析】本句意为“布莱克先生当选为委员会主席这一消息来的正是时候”。此题考查同位语从句。同位语从句通常由that引导，对其前面的名词作进一步的解释说明。A)项的which只能引导定语从句，B)项what和D）项how可以引导主语从句、宾语从句和表语从句。故答案为C）

19. C)

【解析】本句意为“交谈了几分钟之后，他们就发现各自的观点不同”。此题考查连词的用法。A)unless引导条件状语从句。B)while意为“当----时”，引导时间状语从句。C)before意为“在…之前”，引导时间状语从句。D)once意为“一旦”，引导时间状语从句。故答案为C）

20. D)

【解析】本句意为“你下个月来看我时，我就将完成学期论文了”。此题考查动词的时态。句中的“by the end of next month”是表示将来时间的时间状语，因此应采用将来完成时态。故答案为D）

21. C)

【解析】本句意为“提供一个鼓励公司任何级别的员工提出建议的环境很重要”。此题考查定语从句。environment意为“环境”在其后的定语从句中作地点状语，所以应用关系副词where作引导词，而in which相当于where。故答案为C）

22. B)

【解析】本句意为“科学家们希望人们能够了解他们在试验中取得的突破”。此题考查宾语补足语。keep意为“使…（人或物）保持某一状态”，其宾语补足语通常为形容词、动词的现在分词或过去分词。题中的people和inform之间存在逻辑上的被动关系，所以应用动词的过去分词形式作宾语。故答案为B）

23. D)

【解析】本句意为“刚到日本时，我对日本人相互问候的方式感到惊讶”。此题考查固定搭配。be surprised at sth 意思是 (对某事感到惊讶), 其近义词组有 be amazed at sth。故答案为D）

24. A)

【解析】本句意为“直到那天我才认识到礼貌在面试中的重要性”。此题考查倒装结构。当not until置于句首时，句子需要部分倒装，即把谓语的一部分（通常为助动词或系动词）置于主语之前。另外句中的时间状语that day表明应采用过去时态。故答案为A） 【注】以否定副词开头并加状语放在句首的句子要求部分倒装。这些否定副词有barely, hardly, little, seldom, scarcely?? when, never, no sooner?? than, rarely, no more, not nearly, not only，only。一些如scarcely??when, no sooner ??than, hardly??when引导的主从复合句主句要求使用过去完成式。

25. C)

【解析】本句意为“市场经济正迅速改变着人们的价值观，即什么是可接受的”。此题考查宾语从句。句中的on为介词，意为“关于”，其后应用what引导的名词性从句，作介词on的宾语，what在从句中作主语。而that引导宾语从句时，that在从句中不充当任何语法成分。故答案为C）

Section B

26. quickly

【解析】本句意为“他想解决这个问题，但很快又放弃了。”此题考查词性转换。空格前

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