大学英语五级水平测试试题集
2008-12
上海外语教育出版社
胡金环，王伟 主编
330
本书共收录了1O套大学英语五级水平测试题，覆盖了新大纲的六大题型：写作、快速阅读、听力理解（短对话、长对话、短文理解及复合式听写）、仔细阅读理解（篇章阅读理解、篇章词汇理解或简短问答）、完形填空或改错、翻译。所有试题采用全真题的形式编排。每套试题均附有答案、简单的解题说明、作文范文。最后附有听力部分的录音材料。 对于即将参加六级考试的同学来说，本试题集起着承上启下的作用。测试题的题型、格式、记分方法等均与六级真题相同，而内容较六级试题容易。在选材上，注重材料的实效性、现实性、知识性等，并注重题材的广泛性与多样性，文章大都摘自英美报刊、杂志等。 每套测试题包含的题型如下： 第一部分：写作（Writing）。共工5分，考试时间为30分钟。写作部分测试学生用英语进行书面表达的能力，要求思想表达准确、意义连贯、无严重语法错误。体裁包括议论文、说明文、应用文等。 第二部分：快速阅读理解（Reading Comprehension[-Skimming and Scanning]）。共10分，工。个小题，每题工分。时间为15分钟。快速阅读部分采用一篇1000字左右的文章，要求学生运用略读和查读的技能从篇章中获取信息，常用的题型有是非判断、句子填空等。 第三部分：听力理解（Listening Comprehension）。共35分，35个小题，每题工分，其中听力对话占工5分，听力短文占20分；时间为35分钟。听力对话部分包括短对话和长对话的听力理解；听力短文部分包括短文理解和短文听写，短文理解的题型为选择题。听力素材选用对话、讲座、广播电视节目等真实材料。 第四部分：仔细阅读理解（Reading Comprehension[-Reading in Depth]）。共25分，时间是25分钟。要求学生阅读3篇短文，其中两篇题型为多项选择题，每篇长度为300—350词；另一篇题型为选词填空或简答题。仔细阅读部分除测试篇章阅读理解外，还测试篇章语境中的词汇理解。 第五部分：完形填空（Cloze）或改错（Error Correction）。共10分，时间是工5分钟。完形填空测试学生各个层面上的语言理解能力和运用能力；改错测试学生的词汇、语法和上下文理解的综合能力。 第六部分：翻译（Translation）。共5分，每小题1分，时间是5分钟。翻译部分是汉译英测试，共5个句子，一句一题。唏中的一部分内容已用英语给出，要求学生根据全句意思将汉语部分译成英语。翻译必须符合英语语法结构和表达习惯，用词准确。
Part One Practice Tests PRACTICE TEST1 PRACTICE TEST2 PRACTICE TEST3 PRACTICE TEST4 PRACTICE TEST5 PRACTICE TEST6 PRACTICE TEST7 PRACTICE TEST8 PRACTICE TEST9 PRACTICE TEST10Part Two Key and NotesPart Three Tapescripts
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2006年，大学英语四、六级考试改革了计分体制．采用新的考试内容和形式。为了适应这种变化，帮助学生从容应对，上海外语教育出版社组织原班作者，对本套书再次做了大幅度修订。修订后，本套书的题型、命题的格式和要求、每一项目的测试要点等都力求与真题一致；选材上注重时效性、知识性和趣味性，并带有一定的预测性，为以后考试内容上可能出现的变化预留了空间。
