公共英语一级模拟试题解析汇总（完形填空、阅读理解）.pdf

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1、公共英语一级模拟试题解析汇总（完形填空、阅读理解）公共英语PETS一级完形填空练习题Meditation in Indonesian BusinessIt looked like a typical business meeting.Six men,neatly dressed in white shirts and ties filed into theboardroom of a small Jakarta company and sat down at a longtable.But instead of consulting files or hearing reports,they

2、closed their eyes and began to meditate,consultingthe spirits of ancient Javanese kings.Mysticism touchesalmost every aspect of life in Indonesia and business isno exception.O ne of the meditators said his weeklymeditation sessions are aimed mainly at bringing the peaceof mind that makes for good de

3、cision-making.But theinsight gained from mystic communication with spirits ofwise kings has also helped boost the profits of his fivecompanies.Mysticism and profits have come together since the13th century introduction of Islam to Indonesia by IndianMoslem merchants.Those devout traders,called WaliU

4、llah,or those close to God,energetically spreadboth trade and religion by adapting their appeals to thenative mysticism of Java.Legends attribute magic power offoreknowledge to the Wali Ullah.These powers were believedto be gained through meditation and fasting.Businessman Hadisiko said his group fa

5、sts andmeditates all night every Thursday to become closer to Godand to contact the spirits of the great men of the past.If we want to employ someone at the managerial level,we meditate together and often the message comes that thisman can t hole onto money or he is untrustworthy.Or maybethe spirits

6、 will tell us he should be hired.Hadizikohastened to add that his companies also hold modernpersonnel management systems and that formalqualifications are essential for a candidate even to beconsidered.Perspective investments also are consideredthrough mystic meditation.With the mind relaxed and ope

7、n,it is easier to be objective in judging the risk of a newventure.Meditation and contact with the wisdom of the oldleaders sharpens your own insight and intuition.Then youhave to apply that intuition to the information you haveand work hard to be successful.Mystic meditation helpedreverse a busines

8、s slide his companies experienced in themid-1980.Operating with normal business procedures,helost more than$3 millions in that year alone.Meditationbrought back his peace of mind.Putting the right personsin the right jobs and gaining confidence in his businessdecisions were the keys to a turning aro

9、und that hasbrought expansion and profitability.The mysticism inHandspike s boardroom is part of a growing movement inIndonesia called Kebatinan-the search for the innerself.fOne of his managers,Yusuf Soemado,who studiedbusiness administration at Harvard University,comparedthe idea of mystic managem

10、ent to western system of positivethinking.Willpower and subconscious mind are recognizedas important factors in business.Such approaches aspsycho-cybernetics,Carnegie s think and growth rates,or the power of positive thinking are western attempts totap the same higher intelligence that we contact th

11、roughmeditation,y he said.1.What is the most important factor in their doingbusiness?A Mysticism.B Religion.C Meditation.D Investment.2.Whom do they consult?A The spirits of ancient Javanese kings.B Wali Ullah.C O ld Kings.D Carnegie.3.Why did Hadisike hasten to add his companies alsohold modern per

12、sonnel management systems?A He thought Mysticism was not so good as expected.B TO show they too focused on qualifications.C To show they hired qualified persons.D To show the possibility of combination of thescientific management with religion.4.A ccording to the passage,the function of themeditatio

13、n isA to gain profit from the god.B to gain peace of mind to make decision.C to gain foreknowledge.D to gain objective conclusion.5.What does operating with normal businessprocedures,refer to?A A dopting the western way of doing business.B O rdinary way of doing business without meditationand fastin

14、g.C Contact with God.D Putting right persons in the right jobs.公共英语PETS一级完形填空练习题Vicious and Dangerous Sports Should be Banned by LawWhen you think of the tremendous technologicalprogress we have made,it s amazing how little we havedeveloped in other respects.We may speak contemptuouslyof the poor ol

15、d Romans because they relished the orgiesof slaughter that went on in their arenas.We may despisethem because they mistook these goings on forentertainment.We may forgive them condescendingly becausethey lived 2000 years ago and obviously knew no better.Butare our feelings of superiority really just

16、ified?A re weany less blood-thirsty?Why do boxing matches,forinstance,attract such universal interest?Don t thespectators who attend them hope they will see some violence?Human beings remains as bloodthirsty as ever they were.Theonly difference between ourselves and the Romans is thatwhile they were

17、 honest enough to admit that they enjoyedwatching hungey lions tearing people apart and eating themalive,we find all sorts of sophisticated arguments todefend sports which should have been banned long age；sports which are quite as barbarous as,say,publichangings or bearbaiting.It really is incredibl

18、e that in this day and age weshould still allow hunting or bull-fighting,that weshould be prepared to sit back and watch two men battereach other to pulp in a boxing ring,that we should berelatively unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racingcars crashing and bursting into flames.Let us not de

19、ceiveourselves.Any talk of the sporting spirit is sheerhypocrisy.People take part in violent sports because ofthe high rewards they bring.Spectators are willing to payvast sums of money to see violence.A world heavyweightchampionship match,for instance,is front pagenews.Millions of people are disapp

20、ointed if a big fightis over in two rounds instead of fifteen.They feeldisappointment because they have been deprived of theexquisite pleasure of witnessing prolonged torture andviolence.Why should we ban violent sports if people enjoy themso much?You may well ask.The answer is simple：they areuncivi

21、lized.For centuries man has been trying to improvehimself spiritually and emotionally-admittedly withlittle success.But at least we no longer tolerate the sightmadmen cooped up in cages,or public floggings of any ofthe countless other barbaric practices which were commonin the past.Prisons are no lo

22、nger the grim forbiddingplaces they used to be.Social welfare systems are inoperation in many parts of the world.Big efforts are beingmade to distribute wealth fairly.These changes have comeabout not because human beings have suddenly andunaccountably improved,but because positive steps weretaken to

23、 change the law.The law is the biggest instrumentof social change that we have and it may exert greatcivilizing influence.If we banned dangerous and violentsports,we would be moving one step further to improvingmankind.We would recognize that violence is degrading andunworthy of human beings.1.It ca

24、n be inferred from the passage that the authors opinion of nowadays human beings isA.not very high.B.high.C.contemptuous.D.critical.2.The main idea of this passage isA.vicious and dangerous sports should be banned bylaw.B.people are willing to pay vast sums money to seeviolence.C.to compare two diff

25、erent attitudes towardsdangerous sports.D.people are bloodthirsty in sports.3.That the author mentions the old Romans isA.To compare the old Romans with today s people.B.to give an example.C.to show human beings in the past know nothing better.D.to indicate human beings are used to bloodthirsty.4.Ho

26、w many dangerous sports does the author mentionin this passage?A.Three.B.Five.C.Six.D.Seven.5.The purpose of the author in writing this passageisA.that,by banning the violent sports,we human beingscan improve our selves.B.that,by banning the dangerous sports,we canimprove the law.C.that we must take

27、 positive steps to improve socialwelfare system.D.to show law is the main instrument of social change.公共英语PETS一级完形填空练习题The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled byanthropo 1 ogists.Descriptions like Palaeolithic Man,N eolithic Man,etc.,neatly sum up whole periods.Whenthe time comes for an

28、thropologists to turn their attentionto the twentieth century,they will surely choose the labelLegless Man.Histories of the time will go somethinglike this：in the twentieth century,people forgot howto use their legs.Men and women moved about in cars,busesand trains from a very early age.There were l

29、ifts andescalators in all large buildings to prevent people fromwalking.This situation was forced upon earth dwellers ofthat time because of miles each day.But the surprisingthing is that they didn t use their legs even when theywent on holiday.They built cable railways,ski-lifts androads to the top

30、 of every huge mountain.All the beautyspots on earth were marred by the presence of large carparks.The future history books might also record that we weredeprived of the use of our eyes.In our hurry to get fromone place to another,we failed to see anything on the way.Air travel gives you a bird s-ey

31、e view of the world-oreven less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get inyour way.When you travel by car or train a blurred imageof the countryside constantly smears the windows.Cardrivers,in particular,are forever obsessed with the urgeto go on and on：they never want to stop.Is it the lureof th

32、e great motorways,or what?And as for sea travel,it hardly deserves mention.It is perfectly summed up inthe words of the old song：(I joined the navy to see theworld,and what did I see?I saw the sea.The typicaltwentieth-century traveler is the man who always says Tve been there.You mention the remotes

33、t,most evocativeplace-names in the world like El Dorado,Kabul,Irkutskand someone is bound to say I ve been there-meaning,I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way tosomewhere e l s e.When you travel at high speeds,the present meansnothing：you live mainly in the future because you spendmost

34、of your time looking forward to arriving at some otherplace.But actual arrival,when it is achieved,ismeaningless.You want to move on again.By traveling likethis,you suspend all experience；the present ceases tobe a reality：you might just as well be dead.The traveleron foot,on the other hand,lives con

35、stantly in the present.For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing：he arrives somewhere with every step he makes.Heexperiences the present moment with his eyes,his ears andthe whole of his body.A t the end of his journey he feelsa delicious physical weariness.He knows that sound.Satisf

36、ying sleep will be his：the just reward of all truetravellers.1、A nthorpologists label nowaday s men LeglessbecauseA people forget how to use his legs.B people prefer cars,buses and trains.C lifts and escalators prevent people from walking.D there are a lot of transportation devices.2、Travelling at h

37、igh speed meansA people s focus on the future.B a pleasure.C satisfying drivers great thrill.D a necessity of life.3、Why does the author say we are deprived of theuse of our eyes?A People won,t use their eyes.B In traveling at high speed,eyes become useless.C People can t see anything on his way of

38、travel.D People want to sleep during travelling.4 What is the purpose of the author in writing thispassage?A Legs become weaker.B Modern means of transportation make the world a smallplace.C There is no need to use eyes.D The best way to travel is on foot.5.What does a bird s-eye view mean?A See vie

39、w with bird s eyes.B A bird looks at a beautiful view.C It is a general view from a high position lookingdown.D A scenic place.公共英语PETS一级完形填空练习题Science is a dominant theme in our culture.Since ittouches almost every facet of our life,educated peopleneed at least some acquaintance with its structure

40、andoperation.They should also have an understanding of thesubculture in which scientists live and the kinds of peoplethey are.A n understanding of general characteristics ofscience as well as specific scientific concepts is easierto attain if one knows something about the things thatexcite and frust

41、rate the scientist.This book is written for the intelligent student orlay person whose acquaintance with science is superficial；for the person who has been presented with science as amusty storehouse of dried facts；for the person who seesthe chief objective of science as the production of gadgets；an

42、d for the person who views the scientists as some sortof magician.The book can be used to supplement a coursein any science,to accompany any course that attempts togive an understanding of the modern world,or-independently of any course-simply to provide a betterunderstanding of science.We hope this

43、 book will leadreaders to a broader perspective on scientific attitudesand a more realistic view of what science is,whoscientists are,and what they do.It will give them anawareness and understanding of the relationship betweenscience and our culture and an appreciation of the rolesscience may play i

44、n our culture.In addition,readers maylearn to appreciate the relationship between scientificviews and some of the values and philosophies that arepervasive in our culture.We have tried to present in this book an accurate andup-to-date picture of the scientific community and thepeople who populate it

45、.That population has in recent yearscome to comprise more and more women.This increasing roleof women in the scientific subculture is not an uniqueincident but,rather,part of the trend evident in allsegments of society as more women enter traditionallymale-dominated fields and make significant contr

46、ibutions.In discussing these changes and contribution,however,weare faced with a language that is implicitly sexist,onethat uses male nouns or pronouns in referring tounspecified individuals.To offset this built-in bias,wehave adopted the policy of using plural nouns and pronounswhenever possible an

47、d,when absolutely necessary,alternating he and she.This policy is far form being ideal,but it is at least an acknowledgment of the inadequacy ofour language in treating half of the human race equally.We have also tried to make the book entertaining aswell as informative.Our approach is usually infor

48、mal.Wefeel,as do many other scientists,that we shouldn,t takeourselves too seriously.As the reader may observe,we seescience as a delightful pastime rather than as a grim anddreary way to earn a living.1.According to the passage,scientific subculturemeansAcultural groups that are formed by scientist

49、s.Bpeople whose knowledge of science is very limited.Cthe scientific community.Dpeople who make good contribution to science.2.We need to know something about the structure andoperation of science becauseA it is not easy to understand the things that exciteand frustrate scientists.BScience affects a

50、lmost every aspect of our life.CScientists live in a specific subculture.D It is easier to understand general characteristicsof science.3.The book mentioned in this passage is written forreaders whoAare intelligent college students and lay person whodo not know much about science.Bare good at produc