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1、CambridgeEnglishVOCABULARYLISTKeyEnglishTest(KET)KeyEnglishTestforSchools(KETfS)KETVocabularyListUCLES2012IntroductiontotheKETVocabularyListTheKETVocabularyListgivesteachersaguidetothevocabularyneededwhenpreparingstudentsfortheKETandKETforSchoolsexaminations.BackgroundtothelistTheKETVocabularyListwa

2、soriginallydevelopedbyCambridgeESOLinconsultationwithexternalconsultantstoguideitemwriterswhoproducematerialsfortheKETexamination.ItdrewonvocabularyfromtheCouncilofEuropesWaystage(1990)specificationandothervocabularywhichcorpusevidenceshowsishighfrequency.ThelistcoversvocabularyappropriatetotheA2lev

3、elontheCommonEuropeanFrameworkofReference(CEFR)andincludesreceptivevocabulary(wordsthatthecandidateisexpectedtounderstandbutwhichisnotthefocusofaquestion)andproductivevocabulary(wordsthatthecandidateneedstoknowinordertoansweraquestion).ThelistdoesnotprovideanexhaustivelistofallwordswhichappearontheK

4、ETandKETforSchoolsquestionpapersandcandidatesshouldnotconfinetheirstudyofvocabularytothelistalone.HowthelistisupdatedThevocabularyofEnglishchangesovertime,withwordsbeingaddedandotherwordsfallingintodisuse.Inordertomaintainitscurrency,theKETVocabularyListisupdatedonanannualbasis,withthedecisiontoaddo

5、rremovewordsbeinginformedbyreferencetotheCambridgeLearnerCorpusandEnglishVocabularyProfile.TheCambridgeLearnerCorpusisacollectionofover44millionwordsofEnglish,baseduponevidenceoflanguageusebylearnersfromallovertheworldandfromwhichtheEnglishVocabularyProfilehasdeveloped.TheEnglishVocabularyProfilesho

6、wsthemostcommonwordsandphrasesthatlearnersofEnglishneedtoknowinBritishorAmericanEnglish.ThemeaningofeachwordorphraseinthewordlistshasbeenassignedalevelbetweenA1andB2ontheCEFR.ApreviewversionoftheEnglishVocabularyProfilecanbeaccessedbyvisitingthewebsite:http:WWW.enqlishprofile.orqOrganisationofthelis

7、t WordsetsSomecategoriesofwordsthatalearneratthislevelmightbeexpectedtoknow,e.g.daysoftheweek,arenotincludedinthealphabeticallistbutarelistedinAppendix1.Although,grammarwords(pronouns,modalverbs,etc.)areincluded,theLanguageSpecificationssectionoftheKETandKETforSchoolsHandbooks(availablefromwww.cambr

8、idgeesol.org)shouldbeconsultedforamorecompletelisting. ExemplificationExamplephrasesandsentencesshowinghowwordsmightbeusedaregivenonlywherewordswithdifferentmeaningsneedtobeconstrained.Forexample,bankisfollowedby,lchangedmymoneyinabank*-thisshowsthatbankislimitedtotheideaofafinancialinstitution:cand

9、idatesarenotexpectedtoknowothermeanings,suchas,ariverbank,. Multi-wordverbsAllmulti-word(orphrasal)verbsthataKETorKETforSchoolscandidatemightbeexpectedtoknowareincludedinthelist.Theseverbsinclude,literaverbs(i.e.wherethemeaningistransparent),e.g.sitdown,gooutand,non-literaverbs,e.g.lookafter,getup.

10、TopiclistsInAppendix2,wordshavebeengroupedtogetherundercommonKETand/orKETforSchoolsthemes,suchas,FoodandDrink,HouseandHome,and,Sport,.UnsuitabletopicsCambridgeESOLexaminationsmustnotcontainanythingthatmightoffendorupsetcandidates,potentiallyaffecttheirperformanceordistractthemduringtheexamination.An

11、umberofsensitivetopicsareconsideredunsuitableforuseinKETandKETforSchools,forexamplewarandpolitics,andvocabularyrelatingtotheseisnotincludedintheKETVocabularyList.PersonalvocabularyThecontentoftheKETVocabularyListisgeneralinnatureandisunlikelytocovercompletelytheproductivevocabularythatmayberequiredb

12、ycandidates.CandidatesshouldknowthespecificlexistheyW川needtodescribethemselvesandtheirlives,forexamplehobbies,likesanddislikes.AbbreviationsAbbreviationsusedintheKETVocabularyListare:abbrevabbreviationoracronymmvmodalverbadjadjectivennounadvadverbphrvphrasalverbavauxiliaryverbPpluralAmEngAmericanEng

13、lishprepprepositionBrEngBritishEnglishprepphrprepositionalphraseconjconjunctionpronpronoundetdeterminersingsingularexclamexclamationVverbSummaryofpointstobenoted ThelistdoesnotincludeeverywordthatmayappearonaKETorKETforSchoolspaper. Thelistcoversreceptiveandproductivevocabulary. Thelistisupdatedever

14、yyear.ContentsA5B6C7D9E10F11G12H11112J12K121.13M14N15O15P16Q17R17S18T20U21V21W21Y21Z21Appendix121Cardinalnumbers21Ordinalnumbers21Daysoftheweek21Monthsoftheyear21Seasonsoftheyear21Countries,languagesandnationalities21Continents21Health,MedicineandExercise25a/an(det)ago(adv)apple(n)able(adj)agree(v)a

15、ppointment(n)beabletoYes,Iagreewithyou.anappointmentwiththeabout(adv&prep)Dontyouagree,Sam?doctorWhataboutacolddrink?air(n)area(n)Ihaveabout3.(adv)totravelbyairarm(n)abookaboutanimals(prep)airport(n)armchair(n)above(adv&prep)alarmclock(n)around(adv&prep)accident(n)album(n)totravelaround(adv)across(adv&prep)all(adv,det&pron)tositaroundthetable(prep)Thebank,sacrosstheroad.allright/alright(adj,adv&exclam)arrive(v)Hewalkedacrossthebridge.almost(adv)art