剑3出版时间较早,因此出题点较现在来看有些不太一样,尤其是现在盗版碟中的录音,语速尤其快,这是由于剑3正版只有磁带的缘故。在题目上剑3的难度并不大。
其中test 4 section 3是较难的一篇。这篇是讨论学生所写论文的修改。题型是选择+搭配+填空题。第一个难点出现在第3题。
23 Amina was surprised because she
A thought it was bad.
B wrote it quickly.
C found it difficult to do.
此题和上一题距离非常近,在做题时极容易由于还在思考上一题的答案而忽略此题的答案。其次此题的文字答案是That's amazing because I really didn't find it a bit easy to write...这边surprise和amaze的同意互换相当有难度。而选项B wrote it quickly中的wrote,非常容易成为干扰选项。
Questions 24-26
What suggestions does Dr Bryson make? Complete the table as follows.
Write A if he says KEEP UNCHANGED
Write B if he says REWRITE
Write C if he says REMOVE COMPLETELY
Chronology 26 .................
文字答案:
AMINA: What about the chronology ... the list of dates? I wasn't sure whether I should rewrite those.
BRYSON: My advice on that is to take them out. I feel it makes the whole piece appear too simplistic.
这边学生询问是不是应该rewrite,而教授的观点是应该take out,因此应该选C,但是很容易受到前面的rewrite影响而错选择了B.
Read 27 "................" by Kate Oakwell.
Make changes and show to 28 ................ .
Do 29 ................ by 29 June.
文字答案:
BRYSON: And then I think you need to think about ways of representing interview data. Have a look at Sight and Sound by Kate Oakwell.
AMINA: Sight and Sound.
BRYSON: Then you know I'm going away on holiday next week...
AMINA: Yes.
BRYSON: So when you've made the changes I suggest you show the work to your Support Tutor.
AMINA: Support Tutor... right...
BRYSON: Then you do the proof reading...
AMINA: Proof reading... uh-huh. When by, do you think?
27题的答案是sight and sound,极容易写成site或cite,读音一致但是意思差很远。28和29题词汇有一定难度,尤其是28题不可以漏写Support,这些会带来不少麻烦。
总体来说正版剑3语速并不快,考点也比较清晰。但是会出现个别难度较高的词汇,需要重点注意。