郑州剑桥PET考试小班课辅导培训机构名单今日出炉———郑州新东方国际剑桥英语考试包括:KET、PET、FCE、CAE、CPE,考试的所有任务均基于真实情景,全面测试考生的听、说、读、写基本技能。对成绩及格者提供由剑桥外语考试部颁发的成绩合格证书,欢迎致电咨询详情! PET考试的小技巧 | PET 听力小解 PET听力考试一共30分钟,分为4个大题,25个小题,包括选择题和填空题,内容取材于对话或独白。 PET通过也即英语达到B1水平,学生基本掌握英语,能够听懂关于日常生活的一些讨论以及公告通知,能够把握其中的细节信息以及识别人物的观点态度。可见PET考试是十分关注英语在日常生活当中的应用能力。 相比于KET,PET听力难度增长主要体现在以下几方面: 1.词汇量大,语篇增长 2.转折更多,复杂句多 3.套路更多,意图难辨 那么我们如何应对这些挑战呢? 一、重点记忆,练习积累 KET对考生词汇要求为1500,但PET对考生要求为3500,词汇量上有一个较大的增长。针对这一方面,学生需要重点背诵记忆PET词汇。另一方面,对于同义替换的考察比例和难度都有提升。 KET考试当中,比较常见的同义替换的形式是近义词,如“smart”和“intelligent”, “cousin”和“relatives”,学生在日常生活中多做积累就可以应对此种类型的考题;而PET的考察模式大多数是需要一定的逻辑推理,如“the new classmate is clever” 对应的是“he answered at least twice as many questions as I did during the math class.”学生需要从给的现象或例子中总结,并与给出的选项比对意思,才能做出正确选择,而逻辑思维的培养也可通过日常练习得以提高。 二、熟记连词,攻克从句 连词在PET听力中有大量的应用,高频的有以下这些: 1.表因果:because, so 2.表转折: but, though 3.表让步: though, even though, although 4.表条件:if,as long as, unless 学生只有牢记连词的意思,才能更好地理解复杂句。从句在PET中的类型也更多样,频率也更高,有些复杂句甚至会出现如俄罗斯套娃一般的从句套从句的现象。如下例句: Even though I practice between the sessions with my family, I'm sure l'd improve more quickly if someone showed me a few other skills. That's why I need your help. When I watch you play, I can see you doing loads of things l'd like to be able to do, but I forget how you do them as soon as I go home. 仅仅三句话,就出现了让步状语从句,条件状语从句,时间状语从句,宾语从句,表语从句和定语从句。所以,扎实地把握类从句,才能更好应对PET考试。 三、把握句型,警惕陷阱 1.表达喜欢的句型和词组,适应与正面选: I prefer… / I’d prefer… I’ll…/ I’d… / I’d rather… I am sure… How about…? / Why not…? I wouldn’t mind… Instead, … 2.表达不喜欢句型和词组,适应与排除法: I am tired of…/ I am fed up with…/ I can’t stand… I hate…/ I dislike… I don’t think… instead of… rather than… 准确把握上面给出句型是识别意图观点的基础,另外把握容易设置陷阱的点也比较重要。 比如,在part3经常有对时刻的考察,常见的话题是集体活动。一般音频中会给出几个相似时间:集合时间、点名时间、出发时间,而选其中一个来出题,那么学生在做题时千万不能听到一个就认为是答案,一定要弄清楚问的到底是哪个。 另外不能根据自己的预设思路来判断答案,很多题目是不走寻常路的。如下题: You will hear a girl talking about her big brother going away to college. How does she feel about it? A:pleased there's less noise B:surprised that she's so sad C:upset he's gone so far away 按照常规思路,哥哥去上学,妹妹自然舍不得哥哥而不开心,就会选C。但原文是妹妹自以为终于可以摆脱哥哥的噪音轰炸了,但实际上还是很想念哥哥而泪流满面,说话者更侧重表达对这个新发现的惊讶。惊不惊喜,意不意外? Boy: Has your brother gone away to college yet? Girl: Yeah, he left yesterday. I thought l'd be relieved not to have to listen to music coming from his bedroom all evening. I couldn't believe it when tears actually started running down my cheeks last night, and this morning, too, when he wasn't at breakfast. Boy: I never knew you two were so close. Girl: We weren't. You just get used to someone being there, though, and when they're suddenly not, it's strange, even though I know he hasn't gone hundreds of kilometres away like some students do. He'll probably be back most weekends.