公共英语三级模拟试题及答案.docx

公共英语三级模拟试题及答案2017年公共英语三级模拟试题及答案全国公共英语等级考试(PETS)，是面向社会的、开放的、以全体公民为对象的非学历性的英语等级考试，是测试应试者英语交际能力的水平考试，是以考查考生的语言交际能力为核心，是一个多级别的英语考试体系，各个级别的考试标准建立在同一个能力量表上，相互间既有明显的区别又有内在的联系。下面小编为大家搜索整理了2017年公共英语三级模拟试题及答案，希望能给大家带来帮助!SectionIIlReadingComprehension(40minutes)PARTADirections:Readthefollowingthreetexts.AnswerthequestionsoneachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.Text1Fifteenyearsago,IenteredtheBostonGlobe,whichwasatempletomethen.Itwasn’teasygettinghired.Butonceyouwerethere,Ifound,youwerein.Globejobswereforlife-guaranteeduntilretirement.For15yearsIhadprosperedthere—movingfromanordinaryreportertoforeigncorrespondentandfinallytosenioreditor.Iwouldhavealife-timeofsecurityifIstuckwithit.Instead,Ihadmadeadecisiontoleave.Ienteredmyboss’sof-rice.Wouldherage?Iwondered.Hehadafamoustemper."Matt,wehavetohaveatalk."Ibe.-ganawkwardly."IcametotheGlobewhenIwastwenty-four.NowI’mforty.There’salotIwanttodoinlife.I’mresigning.""Toanotherpaper?"heasked.Ireachedintomycoatpocket,butdidn’tsayanything.Ihandedhimaletterthatexplainedeverything.ItsaidthatIwasleavingto.startanewmediacompany.Wewereatarareturningpointinhistory.Iwantedtobedirectlyen-gagedinthechange."I’mgladforyou,"hesaid,quiteoutofmyexpectation."Ijustcamefromaboardofdirectorsmeetinganditwasseventy-fivepercentdiscouragingnews.Someofthatwecandealwith.Butmuchofitwecan’t,"hewenton."Iwishyoualltheluckintheworld,"hecon-cluded."Andifitdoesn’tworkout,remember,yourstarisalwayshighhere."ThenIwentoutofhisoffice,walkingthroughthenewsroomformoregood-byes.Everybodywassayingcongratulations.Everybody--eventhoughI’dberiskingallonanunfamiliarventure:allthefinancialsecurityIhadcarefullybuiltup.Later,IhadafinaltalkwithBillTaylor,chairmanandpublisheroftheBostonGlobe.HehadturnedtheGlobeintoabillion-dollarproperty."I’mresigning,Bill,"Isaid.HelistenedwhileIgavehimthestory.Hewasn’tlookingangry