2020年公共英语三级（pets3）写作练习题（2）

Section III Writing

(45 minutes)

Directions:

You should write your responses to both Pan A and Part B of this section on ANSWER SHEET 2.

Part A

You have been entertained by your friend Gao Jie when you stayed in Beijing on vacation. Write a letter to him. Your letter should include:

1) thank him for entertaining you

2) describe your feeling

3) invite him to visit your hometown

You should write about 100 words. Do not sign your name at the end of your letter. Use "Li Ming" instead. You do not need to write the address.

Part B

Directions:

Read the text below. Write an essay in about 120 words, in which you should summarize the key points of the text and make comments on them. Try to use you own words.

You might think that good-looking men have every advantage in life.

But new study suggests being handsome may not always work in a man' s favour--at least when it comes to his career.

The research claims that attractive men are less likely to be given a job in a competitive work-place because they intimidate bosses. "It' s not always an advantage to be pretty," says Marko Pitesa, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland. "It can backfire if you are perceived as a threat."

Interestingly, in Pitesa' s study, it was male attractiveness in particular, rather than female beauty, that made the most difference. If the interviewer expected to work with the candidate as part of a team, then he preferred good looking men. However, if the interviewer saw the candidate as a potential competitor, the interviewer discriminated in favour of unattractive men.

The results suggest that interviewers were not blinded by beauty, and instead calculated which candidate would further their own career.

"The dominant theoretical perspective in the social sciences for several decades has been that biases and discrimination are caused by irrational prejudice," Pitesa says.

"The way we explain it here, pretty men just seem more competent, so it is actually subjectively rational to discriminate for or against them. "

On a deeper level, she adds, the behaviour remains irrational, since there' s no evidence that a real link exists between looks and competence.

参考范文：

PartA

Dear Gao Jie,

First of all, please allow me to say "thank you" to you. It is very kind of you to spare your valuable time accompanying and entertaining me during the period of my vacation in Beijing.

That was my first time to visit Beijing, and I was unfamiliar with the city. When I called you, you were so kind to promise to be my tour guide and entertain me there. We went to visit the Tiananmen Square. I will never forget we stood on the Tiananmen Square, watching the flag raising ceremony. Such experiences will be kept in my mind forever. Besides, you invited me to dinner at your house where your parents cooked a fantastic meal for us. I really enjoyed it that day.

Now, I am back at my hometown. I sincerely hope you can visit it someday. You could taste local food and visit many beautiful places here. Again, special thanks go to all of you.

Sincerely yours,

Li Ming

Part B

There might be a common view that good-looking people can take ad-vantages of their superior appearances in the daily life, especially for the pretty men in the job hunting market. However, according to a new re-search, good appearance is no longer been the silver bullet in a job inter-view.

The results showed that although there was still a preference to cooper-ate with the attractive man and compete against the unattractive man, and did not mind to work with them. However, people were not likely to pick a good-looking man as their potential competitors.

In my opinion, we should not depend ourselves on our appearance in terms of job hunting. Good appearance may bring us some benefits, but what is highly valued in the job market is our talents and abilities.