2018年PETS三级听力心得技巧：时间数字运算题

　　时间数字运算题

　　时间副词题型规律：第二句出现时间副词是关键，特别注意第二句表达快，慢，逐步，偶尔等时间概念副词，并到答案中找相应的替换词。

　　时间副词：

　　(1)逐步，逐渐的：one step at a time, step by step, bit by bit, little by little word by word, piece by piece, line by line

　　(2)否定的：hardly, barely, rarely, scarcely, little, seldom

　　(3)很快的：in no time, in next to no time, by and by, do something on short notice, in two or three minutes, right now, right way, right up, right off, in a minute, in a second, in a moment

　　(4)偶尔的，有时候的：at certain time, on certain occasion, at times, on time, in time, from time to time, every once in a while, every so often, every now and then, on and off

　　(5)提前的：before hand, in advance, ahead of time, before schedule

　　(6)间隔，间断：yearly, weekly, monthly

　　例题：What does the man mean?

　　W: It's six fifty already, do you think Andy will make it seven past fifteen with us.

　　M: Do not worry, he just has calling he would arrive here in no time at all.

　　A. Andy will not be able to join them today.

　　B. Andy can not get here on seven fifteen.

　　C. Andy will arrive here soon.

　　D. Andy will have no time to arrive here.

　　答案：C

　　数字相关的单词信息a century, score, dozen, a decade, fortnight

　　例题：Jim bought a twenty-five dollar ball pen on sale for half price.

　　A. The ball pen cost twelve dollar fifty cents.

　　B. The ball pen cost twenty dollars.

　　C. The ball pen cost fifteen dollar fifty cents.

　　D. The ball pen cost fifty dollar.

　　答案：A

　　例题：Johnson had enough chairs for fifteen students, but more than three times that might showed up at farewell party.

　　A. Johnson suspected sixty students.

　　B. Johnson had more than fifteen chairs.

　　C. Fifteen students attended the party.

　　D. More than thirty students had no chairs.

　　答案：D

　　例题：Mr. Brown got to the station at 9:30 AM missing the train by ten minutes.

　　A. The train left at 9:10 AM.

　　B. The train left at 9:20 AM.

　　C. The train left at 9:30 AM.

　　D. The train left at 9:40 AM.

　　答案：B