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.

剑4篇

剑4相对于前面基本剑桥来说无论从出题点、语速来说都有很很大程度的改进,相较于后面的基本剑桥来说,难度并不是特别大,非常适合基础稍微薄弱点的学生做,而其中的选择题尤其多,对于练习选择题也有不少帮助.其中难度较大的是第2篇section4;第4篇section2和section3.

4-2-4是介绍集团犯罪,及其现状、成因和社会影响.首先这个部分场景性较难,许多考生对于这个方面感觉比较陌生,导致整篇文章较难听懂.教授讲课的语速虽然不快,但是声音较沉,也会一定程度影响听力.整个10道题题型分布是单选题+填空题+多选题.