公共英语二级考试试题及答案解析优质.docx

公共英语二级考试试题及答案解析短文理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Text lAlmost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe(订阅) to as many as two or three newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings-battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown (*) or killed-took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen.Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radios, television and film guides, book reviews, stories and, of course, advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is worth the money, for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who produce newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertise- ments makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.Newspapers often have information on gardening, cooking and fashion as well as a small but very popular section on jokes and cartoons( 漫画 ).21. What is the text about?A. Advertisements are the most important part in newspapers.B. It introduces newspapers past and today and its contents.C. There is a lot of useful information on newspapers.D. People like newspapers very much.22. The habit of reading newspapers is_.A. uncommon in the worldB. not popular in U. S. A.C. widespread in the worldD. found among a few families23. The section on jokes and cartoons is_.A. read only by childrenB. of no valueC. not helpfulD. read by many peopleText 2New York City is not America. That's what American friends are sure to you when you ar- rive. You must see Boston, visit Niagara Falls, go to Virginia, fly down to Florida, and so on; but first, of course, you will want to see New York. It is not the capital city of the United States(that is Washington, D.C. , where the President lives) or even the capital city of New York State(that is Albany), but many people call it 'the greatest city on earth'.The five parts, or boroughs, of New York City are Manhattan, Queen, Bronz, Richmond and Brooklyn. Although Manhattan is not all of New York, it is the heart of the city. It is an island, which is only about 13 miles long and 2 miles wide. From the air its shape looks like a long finger, and from the sea it's just like the picture we all know. Those tall, straight buildings-the skyscrap- ers-packed so close together on that island of rocks are sometimes seen in the distance through a veil of early morning mist. You have imagined it so often that now it's difficult to believe this beautiful sight is real, and unless your heart is as hard as a stone, excitement will lake it beat a lit- tle faster.Perhaps greatest, tallest, longest, biggest, brightest, are words you will find most often in the city guide books.24.How many places in America are mentioned in this passage besides New York City?A.6.B.4.C.7.D.5.25. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?A. Manhattan is the centre of New York City.B. New York City is made up of five parts.C. New York looks like a long finger from the air.D. Manhattan is an island.26. In the second paragraph, excitement will make it beat a little faster here it refers to_.A. this beautiful sightB. youC. your heartD. New York CityText 3Pepys and his wife Jane had asked some friends to dinner on Sunday, September 2nd, 1666. They were up very late on the Saturday evening, getting everything ready for the next day, and while they were busy they saw the glow(微弱的光) of a fire start in the sky. By 3 o'clock on the Sunday moning, its glow had become so bright that Jane woke her husband to watch .it. Pepys slipped on his dressing-gown and went to the window to watch it. It seemed fairly far away, and after a time he went back to bed. When he got up in the morning, it looked, though the fire was dying down, as though he could still see some flames. So he set to work to tidy his room and put his things back where he wanted them.While he was doing this, Jane came in to say that she had heard the fire was a bad one; hundreds of houses had been burned down in the night and the fire was still burning. Pepys went out to see for himself. He went to the Tower of London and climbed upon a high part of the build- ing so that he could see what was happening. From there, Pepys could see that it was, indeed, a bad fire and that even the houses on London Bridge were burning. The man of the Tower told him that the fire had started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane(小巷) ; the baker's house had caught fire from the over-beated oven(烤箱)and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrow lane. So the Great Fire of London, a fire that lasted nearly five days, destroyed most of the old city and ended, as it is said, at Pie Corner.27. What is the passage about?A. The Great Fire of London.B. Who was the first to discover the fire.C. What Pepys was doing during the fire.D. The losses caused by the fire.28.They were up very late because_.A. it was Sunday morningB. they were not very sleepyC. they were preparing for the dinnerD. they saw the great fire start29. In the sentence Pepys slipped on his dressing-gown. slip on means_.A. to be wearingB. to be pushingC.to take offD.to put on30. Why did the flames spread quickly?A. The oven became very hot.B. The houses were close together.C. The baker did nothing to stop it.D. The baker's house was burning quickly.答案及解析21.B主旨题本文首先介绍了过去和现在的报纸，紧接着说了报纸的内容，可知选B是最符合题意的。22.C推断题依据文章第一句Almost every family buys at least one copy of anewspaper every day.可知，看报纸的习惯在世界上很广泛。23.D细微环节题由文章最终一段but very popular section on jokes arid car-toons.可知，笑话和漫画很受欢迎，因此推断有许多人看。24.A细微环节题除了New York City，文中还提到了Boston，Niagara Falls，Virginia，Washington，D.C.和Albany。一共6个地方。25.C细微环节题由文章其次段一、二、三句可知，A、B、D项均正确。由第四句From the air its shape looks like a long finger.可知是Manhattan lookslike a long finger from the air，而非New York。26.C语义题由文中and unless your heart is as hard as a stone，excitementwill make it beat a little faster.可知，it是指your heart。27.A主旨题通过对文章的分析，可知本文记叙了伦敦的大火。而B、C、D三项文中只是提到，而非文章主旨，故不能选择。28.C细微环节题题干问他们晚上待到很晚是为了_。由第一段其次句They were up very late on the Saturday evening，getting everything readyfor the next day可知是为其次天的宴会做打算。29.D语义题由下文and went to the window to watch it.可知要去窗户那儿看火光，要穿上睡衣才行。to be wearing表示穿着的状态;to takeoff脱下;to be pushing正在推，均不符合文义。30.B推断题题干问大火为什么快速扩散?由文章其次段倒数其次句and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrowlane.中的narrow lane可推知，这是一个狭窄的小巷，房子肯定挨得很紧。补全文章There is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding.31 The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else.32Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don' t have any difficulty in .gaining the new information, for our understanding was equal to them before we started. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely un- derstand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader' s understanding.33Otherwise one per- son could never learn from another. Here learning means understanding more, not remembering more information.What are the conditions in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding.34Besides, his book must convey something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Sec-ond, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to reach the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is approached, success of communication is achieved.35It is the least demanding and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for under- standing or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.A. The writer should have a better communicating skill.B. Such communication between unequals must be possible.C. We can get access to the content of those materials easily.D. The writer must be superior to the reader in understanding.E. Thus, we can employ the word reading in two distinct senses.F. Reading for entertainment is capable of increasing our understanding for information.G. Besides gaining information and understanding, there' s another goal of reading-enter-tainment.答案及解析31.E依据其次段第一句的The first sense is the one.和第三段第一句的The second sense is the one in which we可知E选项符合题意。故选E项。32.C下文中提到Such materials may increase our store of infor-marion，but they cannot improve our understanding.，而且选项C也提到了materials一词，故选C项。33.B前面两句中说作家的作品中有些读者不知道的内容，是须要读者仔细领悟的，因而作家与读者在学问上是不对等的(une.quals)。空格后的句子Otherwise one person could never leam fromanother.表示否则一个人不行能从另一个人那里学到东西，该句也说明了unequals(两个水平不同的人)的含义。同时，从行文上看，空前一句提到了communicating，而只有B项中的suchcommunication与之连接紧密。34.DD选项The writer must besuperiorto the reader in under-standing(作者必需比读者的理解力强)与本段其次句First，thereis inequality in understanding.相符。故选D项。35.G下文内容是上文内容的一个持续，与上文为递进关系，所以用besides开头。本段后面出现了两次entertainment也提示答案为G项。完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。It was the district sports meeting. My foot still hadn't healed(痊愈)from a(n)36injury. I had37whether or not I should attend the meeting. But there I was,38for the 3,000-metre run.Ready. set. The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed39me. I felt40as I fell farther and farther behind.Hooray! shouted the crowd. It was the loudest41I had ever heard at a meeting. The first-place runner was two laps ( 圈 ) ahead of me when she crossed the finish line.Maybe I should42, I thought as I moved on.43, I decided to keep going. Dur- ing the last two laps, I ran44and decided not to45in track next year. It wouldn't be worth it,46my foot did heal.When- I finished, I heard a cheer-47 than the one I'd heard earlier. I turned around and48, the boys were preparing for their race. They must be cheering for the boys. I was leaving49several girls came up to me. Wow, you've got courage ! one of them told me.Courage? I just50a race ! I thought.I would have given up on the first lap, said another girl. We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?Suddenly, I regained51I decided to52track next year. I realized strength and courage aren't always53in medals and victories, but in the54we overcome(战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win,55the people who don't give up when they lose.36.A. slighterB. worseC. earlierD. heavier37.A. expectedB. supposedC. imaginedD. doubted38.A. lateB. eagerC. readyD. thirsty39.A. from behindB. ahead ofC. next toD. close to40.A. ashamedB. astonishedC. excitedD. frightened41.A. cheerB. shoutC. cryD. noise42.A. slow downB. drop outC. go onD. speed up43.A. ThereforeB. OtherwiseC. BesidesD. However44.A. with delightB. with fearC. in painD. in advance45.A. playB. arriveC. raceD. attend46.A. even ifB. only ifC. unlessD. until47. A. weakerB. longerC. lowerD. louder48.A. well enoughB. sure enoughC. surprisingly enoughD. strangely enough49.A. whileB. whenC. asD. since50.A. finishedB. wonC. passedD. lost51.A. cheerB. hopeC. interestD. experience52.A. hold onB. turn toC. begin withD. stick with53.A. measuredB. praisedC. testedD. increased54.A. sadnessB. strugglesC. diseasesD. tiredness55. A.orB.norC.andD.but答案及解析36.C.形容词辨析依据语境，应知是运动会之前的脚伤未痊愈，earlier之前的，较早的。故本题选C。37.D动词辨析作者的脚受伤了，使她对于是否参与竞赛有些迟疑不决。doubt怀疑，迟疑。故本题选D。38.C形容词辨析ready for sth.为做打算，并非怀着渴望心情(eager或thirsty)。39.B介词短语辨析from behind从后面;ahead of超过;next to接着;close to紧挨着。由下文Ifellfarther andfarther behind可知选B。40.A上下文语义的连接从句意思是作者落在了别人后面，因此很惭愧，ashamed惭愧的符合题意，故本题选A。41.A名词辨析cheer表示人群的欢呼声或为运动员加油的喊声;shout呼喊，喊叫声;cry哭声;noise噪声。依据语境可知选A。42.B动词短语辨析由上文可知，作者比第一名慢了两圈，觉得很丢脸，想中途放弃。drop out放弃，退出。故本题选B。43.D副词辨析therefore所以;otherwise否则;besides除了;however表示转折关系。drop out和keep going构成转折关系。故本题选D。44.C名词短语的辨析因为作者有脚伤，因此跑得很苦痛。in pain在苦痛之中。故本题选C。45.C动词辨析a本题考查冠词。语境表示父亲正在看一场篮球竞赛，故应在单数可数名词match前加冠词a，泛指一场竞赛。57.at本题考查介词。这里用stare at表示盯着看。故填at。58.screaming本题考查非谓语动词。本空所在句子的两个动词return和scream之间没有连词，因此本空用现在分词作伴随状语。故填scream的现在分词形式screaming。59.Impatient本题考查形容词转换。由本段内容可知，父亲对孩子是极不耐烦的，这里应当用形容词短语impatient with作状语，表示对不耐烦。60.bothered本题考查动词语态。语境表示父亲很生气，很恼火，动词bother在这里用被动语态be bothered表示被打搅。61.pieces本题考查名词搭配。这里用tearinto pieces表示把撕成碎片。62.until/before本题考查状语从句。语境表示在你做完之前不要来打搅我，故用until或before引导时间状语从句。63.Surprised本题考查非谓语动词。父亲惊异地看向自己的孩子。sat-prised表示感到惊异的。64.there本题考查句式。这里用there lay句式表示就在那里放着。65.It/That/This本题考查代词。这里用代词it，that或this指代前面提到的把这些碎片粘贴到一起。改写对话66.阅读下面的对话，依据其内容写一篇有关该调查的说明文。要求：1.所写短文应与对话相关内容意义相符，涵盖其要点。2.用你自己的语言来表达，可以改写对话中的句子，但不行以照抄原句。留意：词数80词左右。Tina:What are you reading, Chris?Chris:A report about a recent Harris poll. They asked people in different countries how they spend their spare time.Tina:Sounds interesting. But I spend so much time working that I don' t have much time.left for leisure activities.Chris: Exactly. The report says the average working hours for Americans is 50 hours a week.Tina: And we also have to sleep, eat, and take care of our families.Chris: Still, having time to relax and pursue your hobbies is important.Tina: Yeah, I agree. So what do people do in their free time?Chris: Americans read the most in their spare time.Tina: Yeah, you can often see people with books on the subway or while waiting for the bus.Chris: The NO. 2 popular activity is watching TV.Tina: I totally understand that. Don&#