公共英语习题练习

公共英语考试PETS三级每日一练(2018/4/18)
1题:Directions: There are 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.   
26. It is important that he (be) called back immediately.   
27. It is (reason) for parents to pay for their children’s education.   
28. At the meeting a (propose) was put forward by John Smith.   
29. As a rule, readers (not allow) to take dictionaries out of the reading room.   
30. It has been a long winter, and we’re (eager) waiting for the coming of spring.   
31. They fully recognized the enormous (strong) and influence of the union.   
32. By the end of last year, nearly a million cars (produce) in that auto factory.   
33. (Take) the financial difficulties into consideration, we’d better put off the plan till next year.   
34. Dr. Richard, together with his wife and three children, (be) to arrive in Beijing this afternoon.   
35. The global average air temperature is believed (rise) in the near future.   
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2题:IfeltsoembarrassedthatIcouldn’tdoanythingbuttherewhenIfirstmetmypresentboss.()
A、tosit
C、sat
B、sitting
D、sit
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3、4、5、6、7题: Do you find it very difficult and painful to get up in the morning? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.
During the hours when your labor through your work you may say that you’re “hot”. That’s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: “Get up, Peter! You’ll be late for work again!” The possible explanation to the trouble is that Peter is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.
You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit if better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning, but you have an important to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won’t change your cycle, but  you’ll get up steam and work better at your low point.
Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.
51. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably ________.
A、 he is a lazy person.
B、 he refuses to follow his own energy cycle.
C、 he is not sure when his energy is low.
D、 he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening.
52. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?
[AJ Unawareness of energy cycles.
B、 Familiar monologues.
C、A change in a family member’s energy cycle.
D、 Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.
53. If one wants to work efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should __________.
A、change his energy cycle 
B、 overcome his laziness
C、get up earlier than usual 
D、 go to bed earlier
54. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will __________.
A、 help to keep your energy for the day’s work.
B、 help you to control your temper early in the day
C、 enable you to concentrate on your routine work
D、 keep your energy your energy cycle under control all day
55. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A、 Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save one’s energy.
B、 Dr. Kletman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day.
C、 Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle.
D、 Children have energy cycles, too.
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8题:TheCityofLondon,repeatedlyin1940and1941,lostmanyofitsfamouschurches.()
A、bombed
C、bombing
B、tobomb
D、havingbombed
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9、10、11、12、13题:It wasn’t an easy decision, but we’ve been asking for a decent wage for years. Now at last people are beginning to listen to us. We’re only asking for a 25 percent increase in our wages. 250 dollars a week. That’s all. It’s pity so many people have to be inconvenienced by out strike. But please don’t blame us. Blame the government for refusing our claim.
Mr. Tom Brown:
It’s totally unreasonable to demand so much money when we are trying desperately to control inflation. If wages go up, so do prices. If we gave in to the electricity workers, all the other unions would want more, with the inevitable result that the crisis would become uncontrollable. What we’re trying to impress upon everybody is that inflation hurts everybody, especially the poor people. We offer the electricity workers a 10 percent increase. And that’s already too much. My stand at this meeting will be to persuade the Union to see reason.
Mr. Bob Davis:
Everybody will be hurt by this strike, including the electricity workers themselves. The economy will be destroyed and many people will lose their jobs. Already people are saying that the big unions have too much power and shouldn’t be allowed to strike. O course the electricity want to get more money. Don’t we all?
Mr. Baker:
My opinion is “Get the Army in”. All the power stations should be managed by the army. The strikers should be thrown into prison. That’s what this country needs. Why must we all suffer just because a few men are greedy? If they don’t like their jobs, nobody ‘s forcing them to work. They should try and live on 50 dollars a week like I have to. Perhaps they’d keep their mouths shut then. 
Miss Slater:
Let’s face it. It’s neither here nor there. The electricity workers are in a strong position. Perhaps we can’t do anything bout it. What I say is: let them have their 250 dollars so we can return to work. I mean, the government wastes the taxpayers’ money all the time on trivial things. How can anyone say 250 dollars is “too much”? Pop singers get more. Nurses get less. It’s just one of those things.
Now match each of the persons (61 to 65) to the appropriate statement.
Note: there are two extra statements.
Statements
61. Mr. Mike Smith
62. Mr. Tom Brown
63.Mr. Bob David
64.Mrs. baker 
65. Miss Slater
[A] A % increase is already too much, and I’m here to persuade the Union to see reason.
[B] I hope that strikes should be banned in all sectors relating to the nation’s security and stability.
[C] We will never go back to work until our goals are achieved.
[D] I think that the government should give in to the electricity worker’s demands.
[E] I strongly suggest that all the power stations should be run by the army and that the strikers should be put into prison.
[F] I must take you clear that strikes will destroy the economy and that many people will lose their jobs.
[G] We are forced to call a strike because the government rejected our wage claim.
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14、15、16、17、18题:Fifteen years ago, I entered the Boston Globe, which was a temple to me then. It wasn’t easy getting hired. But once you were there, I found, you were in.
Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement. For 15 years I had prospered there — moving from an ordinary reporter to foreign correspondent and finally to senior editor. I would have a lifetime of security is I struck with it. Instead, I had made a decision to leave. I entered my boss’s office. Would he rage? I wondered. He had a famous temper. “Matt, we have to have a talk,” I began awkwardly. “I came to the Globe when I was twenty-four. Now I’m forty. There’s a lot I want to do in life. I’m resigning.” “To another paper?” he asked. I reached into my coat pocket, but didn’t say anything. I handed him a letter that explained everything. It said that I was leaving to start a new media company. We were at a rare turning point in history. I wanted to be directly engaged in the change. “I’m glad for you,” he said, quite out of my expectation. “I just came from a board of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news. Some of that we can deal with. But much of it we can’t, ” he went on. “I wish you all the luck in the world,” he concluded. “And if it doesn’t work out, remember, your star is always high here.”
Then I went out of his office, walking through the newsroom for more good-byes. Everybody was saying congratulations. Everybody — even though I’d be risking all on an unfamiliar venture: all the financial security I had carefully built up.
Later, I had a final talk with Bill Taylor, chairman and publisher of the Boston Globe. He had turned the Globe into a billion-dollar property. “I’m resigning, Bill, ”I said. He listened while I gave him the story. He wasn’t looking angry or dismayed either. After a pause, he said, “Golly, I wish I were in your shoes.”
46. From the passage we know that the Globe is a famous _______.
A、 newspaper            B、 magazine
C、temple                D、 church
47. If the writer stayed with the Globe _________.
A、 he would be able to realize his lifetime dreams.
B、 he would let his long-cherished dreams fade away.
C、 he would never have to worry about his future life.
D、 he would never be allowed to develop his ambitions.
48. The writer wanted to resign because _________.
A、 he had serious trouble with his boss.
B、 he got underpaid at his job for the Globe.
C、 he wanted to be engaged in the new media industry.
D、 he had found a better paid job in a publishing house.
49. When the writer decided to resign the Globe was faced with _______.
A、 a trouble with its staff members
B、 a shortage of qualified reporters
C、 an unfavorable business situation
D、an uncontrollable business situation 
50. By “:I wish I were in your shoes.” (in the last paragraph) Bill Taylor meant that _______.
A、 the writer was to fail.
B、 the writer was stupid 
C、 he would do the same if possible
D、 he would reject the writer’s request
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19、20、21、22、23题:Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages.
In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one. With a TV set in the family people don’t have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre, the cinema, or the opera .All they have to so is to push a button or turn a knob, and they can see plays, films, operas and shows of every kind. Some people, however, think that this is where the danger lies. The television viewers need do nothing. He does not even have to use his legs if the has a remote control. He makes no choice and exercises, no judgment. He is completely passive and has everything presented to him without any effort in his part.
Television, it is often said, keeps one informed about current events and the latest developments in science and politics. The most distant countries and the strangest customs are brought right into one’s sitting room. It could be argued that the radio performs this service as well; but on television everything is much more living, much more real. Yet here again there is a danger. The television screen itself has a terrible, almost physical charm for us. We get so used to looking at the movements on it ,so dependent on its pictures, that it begins to control our lives. People are often heard to say that their television sets have broken down and that they have suddenly found that they have far more time to do things and the they have actually begin to talk to each other again. It makes one think, doesn’t it?
There are many other arguments for and against television. We must realize that television itself is neither good nor bad. It is the uses that it is put to that determine its value to society.
51. What is the major function of paragraph 1?
A.  To arouse the reader’s concern
B. To introduce the theme of the whole passage 
C. To summarize the whole passage 
D. To sate the primary uses of TV
52. Television, as a source of entertainment, is ______.
A. not very convenient         B. very expensive
C. quite dangerous            D. relatively cheap
53. Why are some people against TV?
A. Because TV programs re not interesting
B. Because TV viewers are totally passive
C. Because TV prices are very high.
D. Because TV has both advantages and disadvantages 
54. One of the most obvious advantages of TV is that ______.
A. it keeps us informed
B. it is very cheap 
C. it enables us to have a rest 
D. it controls our lives 
55. According to the passage, whether TV is good or not depends on _______ .
A. its quality         B. people ’s attitude towards it 
C. how we use it      D. when we use it 
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24题:The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is one of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name. But Gregory Cochran is 1 to say it anyway. He is that 2 bird, a scientist who works independently 3 any institution. He helped popularize the idea that some diseases not 4 thought to have a bacterial cause were actually infections, which aroused much controversy when it was first suggested.
5 he, however, might tremble at the 6 of what he is about to do. Together with another two scientists, he is publishing a paper which not only 7 that one group of humanity is more intelligent than the others, but explains the process that has brought this about. The group in 8 are a particular people originated from central Europe. The process is natural selection.
This group generally do well in IQ test, 9 12-15 points above the 10 value of 100, and have contributed 11 to the intellectual and cultural life of the West, as the 12 of their elites, including several world-renowned scientists, 13. They also suffer more often than most people from a number of nasty genetic diseases, such as breast cancer. These facts, 14, have previously been thought unrelated. The former has been 15 to social effects, such as a strong tradition of 16 education. The latter was seen as a (an) 17 of genetic isolation. Dr. Cochran suggests that the intelligence and diseases are intimately 18. His argument is that the unusual history of these people has 19 them to unique evolutionary pressures that have resulted in this 20 state of affairs.
1. [A] selected [B] prepared [C] obliged [D] pleased
2. [A] unique [B] particular [C] special [D] rare
3. [A] of [B] with [C] in [D] against
4. [A] subsequently [B] presently [C] previously [D] lately
5. [A] Only [B] So [C] Even [D] Hence
6. [A] thought [B] sight [C] cost [D] risk
7. [A] advises [B] suggests [C] protests [D] objects
8. [A] progress [B] fact [C] need [D] question
9. [A] attaining [B] scoring [C] reaching [D] calculating
10. [A] normal [B] common [C] mean [D] total
11. [A] unconsciously [B] disproportionately
[C] indefinitely [D] unaccountably
12. [A] missions [B] fortunes [C] interests [D] careers
13. [A] affirm [B] witness [C] observe [D] approve
14. [A] moreover [B] therefore [C] however [D] meanwhile
15. [A] given up [B] got over [C] carried on [D] put down
16. [A] assessing [B] supervising [C] administering [D] valuing
17. [A] development [B] origin [C] consequence [D] instrument
18. [A] linked [B] integrated [C] woven [D] combined
19. [A] limited [B] subjected [C] converted [D] directed
20. [A] paradoxical [B] incompatible [C] inevitable [D] continuous
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25题:Thecarbythesideoftheroadandthedrivertriedtorepairit.()
A、breaksdown
C、hasbrokendown
B、wasbreakingdown
D、brokedown
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26、27、28、29、30题:After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health. During this time, the body recovers from the activities of the previous day. The rest that you get while sleeping enables your body to prepare itself for the next day.
There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deeper than the one before. As you sleep, your muscles relax little by little. Your heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you reach the fourth level, your body shifts back and forth from one level of sleep to the other.
Although your mind slows down, from time to time you will dream. Scientists who study sleep state that when dreaming occurs, your eyeballs begin to move more quickly (Although your eyelids are closed). This stage of sleep is called REM, which stands for rapid eye movement.
If you have trouble falling asleep, some people recommend breathing very deeply. Other people believe that drinking warm milk will help make you drowsy. There is also an old suggestion the counting sheep will put you to sleep!
46  A good title for this passage is ____.
A. Sleep            C. Dreams
B. Good Health      D. Work and Rest
47. The word drowsy in the last paragraph means ____.
A. sick             C. asleep
B. stand up          D. a little sleepy
48. This passage suggests that not getting enough sleep might make you _____.
A. dream more often   C. nervous    
B. have poor health    D. breathe quickly
49. During REM, ____.
A. your eyes move quickly C. you are restless
B. you dream           D. both A and B
50. The average number of hours of sleep that an adult needs is ______ .
A. approximately six hours   C. about eight hours 
B. around ten hours         D. not stated here  
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