2011年3月全国英语等级考试第三级PETS-3真题分题型解析—Use of English

　　SECTION Ⅱ Use of English

(15 minutes)

Directions:

Read the following text. Choose the bestword or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, or D on ANSWER SHEET1.

What might the house of the future be like? Grace can tell. More formally known asthe Microsoft Home, her high-tech devices, along with __26__ in design and construction, will change the__27__ we think about our homes.

You enter the house, and Grace’s __28__, coming from hidden speakers, passes on your messages. In the kitchen, you set a bag of flour on the intelligently __29__ stone counter. Grace sees what you’re__30__，and projects a list of flour-based food on the counter. __31__ youchoose one, Grace repeats instructions for cooking. She __32__ knows what’s in the cupboard.

The day when your house will be like a family member is not that far off. This __33__ of seamless computing, in which technology is everywhere yet nowhere (__34__when we want it), is emphasized in most future-home thinking.

Microsoft,__35__，isn’t the only one exploring __36__technology can make our homes more__37__and comfortable. At the Georgia Institute of Technology，scientists are __38__ systems that will allow older people to continue living __39__. So Grandma’s home can be intelligently wired to __40__ herpatterns of wake, sleep and movement; family members would be __41__ of any changes via computer.

Does spying on Grandma sound __42__?Director Beth Mynatt says “A good bit of our __43__has been working on how to convey information without __44__privacy. We also don’t want to create __45__anxiety.Maybe she just took a quiet day to read, and the system would have to recognize that. ”

26. [A] promotions [B] applications [C] practices [D] advances

27.[A] way [B] manner [C] style [D] scope

28. [A] image [B] figure [C] voice [D] sound

29. [A] disposed [B] shaped [C] engineered [D] conditioned

30. [A] saying [B] feeling [C] searching [D] doing

31. [A] Before [B] Once [C] Since [D] Unless

32. [A] even [B] thus [C] yet [D] only

33. [A] hope [B] passion [C] faith [D] notion

34. [A] perhaps [B] except [C] provided [D] especially

35. [A] therefore [B] likewise [C] however [D] moreover

36. [A] how [B] whether [C] what [D] why

37. [A] fashionable [B] complicated [C] efficient [D] attractive

38. [A] decorating [B] designing [C] delivering [D] debating

39. [A] independently [B] enthusiastically [C] colorfully [D] satisfactorily

40. [A] receive [B] recognize [C] represent [D] review

41. [A] warned [B] relieved [C] advised [D] informed

42. [A] interesting [B] boring [C] disturbing [D] appealing

43. [A] analysis [B] research [C] concern [D] focus

44. [A] sacrificing [B] affecting [C] preventing [D] losing

45. [A] unusual [B] unfortunate [C] uncertain [D] unnecessary