PET高频词汇word版Word格式文档下载.doc
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ThePETlistwasoriginallydevelopedbyCambridgeESOLinconsultationwithexternalconsultantstoguideitemwriterswhoproducematerialsforthePETexamination.ItincludesvocabularyfromtheCouncilofEurope’sThreshold(1990)specificationandothervocabularywhichcorpusevidenceshowsishigh-frequency.
ThelistcoversvocabularyappropriatetothislevelofEnglishandincludesreceptivevocabulary(wordsthatthecandidateisexpectedtounderstandbutwhichisnotthefocusofaquestion),andproductivevocabulary(wordsthatthecandidateneedstoknowtoansweraquestion).
ThelistdoesnotprovideanexhaustivelistofallwordswhichappearonthePETquestionpapersandcandidatesshouldnotconfinetheirstudyofvocabularytothelistalone.
HowtheListisUpdated
ThevocabularyofEnglishchangesovertime,withwordsbeingaddedandotherwordsfallingintodisuse.Inordertomaintainitscurrency,thePETlistisupdatedonanannualbasisbytheadditionandremovalofwords,usingacorpus-basedapproach.Suggestedadditionstothewordlistarecollatedandthefrequencyofthesewordsisobtainedbyreferencetoestablishedcorpora(electronicdatabases).Thecorporainquestionrepresentreceptiveandproductivelanguageingeneralcontexts.ThemaincorporausedforthevalidationofthePETVocabularyListare:
•theCambridgeLearnerCorpus(CLC)whichincludesover20millionwordsofwrittenlearnerEnglishatsixlevels;
•theBritishNationalCorpus(BNC)whichincludes100millionwordsofwrittenandspokennativespeakerdata.
OrganisationoftheList
•Wordsets
Somecategoriesofwordsalearneratthislevelmightbeexpectedtoknowarenotincludedinthealphabeticallistbutarelistedseparately.Wordsformedwithcommonaffixes,somecompoundsandwordsfromsomecommonwordsets,e.g.daysoftheweekaredescribedbelowandinAppendix1.Althoughsome‘grammarwords’(pronouns,modals,etc.)areincluded,the‘LanguageSpecification’sectionofthePETHandbook(availableunder‘Downloads’)shouldbeconsultedforamorecompletelisting.
•Exemplification
Examplephrasesandsentencesshowinghowwordsmightbeusedaregivenonlywherewordswithdifferentmeaningsneedtobeconstrainede.g.theuseofcaseislimitedto‘suitcase’:
candidatesarenotexpectedtoknowothermeanings,suchas‘alegalcase’.
PETVocabularyList2©
UCLES2006
•PrefixesandSuffixes
AlistofpossibleprefixesandsuffixesisprovidedinAppendix2,andthesemaybecombinedwiththevocabularyitemsinthelistasappropriate.Wordswithanaffixwhichisnotincludedintheappendixarelistedseparatelyinthealphabeticallist.
•CompoundWords
Compoundwordsarenotincludedinthelistwherebothindividualwordsarepresentandthemeaningofthecompoundisliteralandtransparent,e.g.coursebook,schoolboy,shoemaker,underwater.Asimilarapproachhasbeenadoptedwithtwo-wordandhyphenatedcompounds,forexample,coffeebar,leisurecentre,home-made,open-air.
•Multi-wordVerbs
Multi-wordverbsarenotincludedinthelistiftheyhavealiteralmeaningandarecomposedofverbsandparticlesalreadyinthelist.Examplesof‘literal’multi-wordverbsarecomeinto,sitdown,asin‘Whynotcomeintothekitchenandsitdown?
’Ifthemeaningoftheverbisnottransparent,e.g.putthrough,getalong,thentheverbislistedandanexampleofusagegiven.
•TopicLists
InAppendix3wordshavebeengroupedtogetherundercommonPETthemes,suchas‘HouseandHome’,‘Sport’,‘FoodandDrink’.
UnsuitableTopics
CambridgeESOLexaminationsmustnotcontainanythingthatmightoffendorupsetcandidates,potentiallyaffecttheirperformanceordistractthemduringtheexamination.Anumberof‘sensitive’topicsareconsideredunsuitableforuseinPET,forexample,warandpolitics,andvocabularyrelatingtotheseisnotincludedintheVocabularyList.
PersonalVocabulary
ThecontentofthePETlistisgeneralinnatureandisunlikelytocovercompletelytheproductivevocabularythatmayberequiredbyallcandidates.Candidatesshouldknowthespecificlexistheywillneedtodescribethemselvesandtheirlives,forexample,work,hobbies,likesanddislikes.
Abbreviations
AbbreviationsusedintheVocabularyListare:
abbrevabbreviationoracronym
adjadjective
advadverb
AmEngAmericanEnglish
BrEngBritishEnglish
conjconjunction
detdeterminer
exclamexclamation
intinterjection
nnoun
phrvphrasalverb
plplural
preppreposition
prepphrprepositionalphrase
pronpronoun
singsingular
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