公共英语二级-192及答案解析.doc

1、公共英语二级-192 及答案解析(总分：59.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、第一部分 阅读理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)AWe walked so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn“t even lift her eyes from the book Mum pointed to a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to have a seat. While I watched, mouth open in surprise, mum took off her hat and co

2、at and gave them to me to hold. She walked quietly to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop (拖把). She pushed the mop past the desk and as the nurse looked up, mum nodded and said, “Very dirty floors.“ “Yes. I“m glad they“ve finally decided to clean them,“ the nurse said. She looked at mu

3、m strangely and said, “But aren“t you working late?“ Mum just pushed harder, each swipe (拖) of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall. I watched until I couldn“t see her and the nurse had turned back to write in the big book. After a long time mum came back. Her eyes were shining. She

4、rapidly put the mop back and took my hand. As we turned to go out of the door, mum nodded politely to the nurse and said, “Thank you.“ Outside, mum told me, “Dagmar is fine. No fever.“ “You saw her, mum?“ “Of course. I told her about the hospital rules, and she will not expect us until tomorrow. Dad

5、 will stop worrying as well. It“s a fine hospital. But such floors! A mop is no good. You need a brush.“（分数：5.00）(1).When she took a mop from the small room what mum really wanted to do was _.（分数：1.00）A.to clean the floorB.to please the nurseC.to see a patientD.to surprise the storyteller(2).When th

6、e nurse talked to mum she thought mum was a _.（分数：1.00）A.nurseB.visitorC.patientD.cleaner(3).After reading the story what can we infer about the hospital?（分数：1.00）A.It is a children“s hospital.B.It has strict rules about visiting hours.C.The nurses and doctors there don“t work hard.D.A lot of patien

7、ts come to this hospital every day.(4).Why did mother go to see Dagmar in the hospital?（分数：1.00）A.To give her some message about dad.B.To make sure her room was clean.C.To check that she was still there.D.To find out how she was.(5).Which of the following words best describes mum?（分数：1.00）A.Polite.B

8、.Patient.C.Changeable.D.Clever.BMost of you would probably say that what makes you truly happy is your family and the love you share in your relationships, and I couldn“t agree more. But money comes into play in those relationships. When I talk about money this way to a group, there is always someon

9、e who comes up to me and says, “Suze, you are so wrong. Money isn“t the key to life-this is ! “At which point their wallet flies open and they show me a photo of their family. That“s when things get interesting, because I start asking them questions: Did you take that photo with your own camera? It

10、looks like a beautiful beach, was the photo taken on a family vacation? Do you hope to help those beautiful boys and girls go to college? As their answers are“ yes“, I ask them how they provide all of that for their family. That“s when they understand that I had it right. I totally agree that family

11、 and friends are of great importance to our well being ; without meaningful relationships, there“s no chance of ever being truly happy. That“s why, every Saturday night, I end my CNBC show with the following words:“ People first. Then money. Then things. “ How we deal with the money we have also pla

12、ys into our happiness. Over the past few decades (十年), the percentage of Americans who say they“re happy hasn“t changed much, while at the same time the average income has doubled. So we have more money, but we“re not much happier on average. A paradox (悖论)? Far from it. My sense is that while we“re

13、 making more money, we aren“t making more of the money we make. We have to pay for a lot of things, and we have to worry about saving for retirement (退休) in a way that our parents and grandparents never did. And as many of you know, it“s really hard to increase your happiness when you“ve got a lot o

14、f money worries. Do you agree, or am I way off base ? I“d love to know what do you think about the money/ happiness connection.（分数：4.00）(1).Why do people often show the author their family photos?（分数：1.00）A.They hope to show money is very important.B.They want to prove they can afford a holiday.C.Th

15、ey think a good family makes them truly happy.D.They believe a happy person considers people first.(2).Why did the authur ask the group questions in Paragraph 3?（分数：1.00）A.To persuade them to save for the future.B.To ask for advice on holidays abroad.C.To know more about each person.D.To show them w

16、hat he meant.(3).Which of the following arguments does the author want to make?（分数：1.00）A.Money is all that matters in our life.B.The richer we are, the happier we“ll be.C.Money makes a difference to the quality of our lives.D.True happiness is achievable from good relationships.(4).What does the un

17、derlined words “off base“ in the last paragraph most probably mean?（分数：1.00）A.mistakenB.unpreparedC.unnecessaryD.misunderstoodCReading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the past. There is another large reservoir which may be called experience, and the college students will find th

18、at every craftsman has something he can teach and will generally teach gladly any college student who does not look down upon them. The information from them differs from that in textbooks and papers chiefly in that its theoretical partthe explanations of why things happenis frequently quite interes

19、ting. But the demonstration and reports of what happens, and how it happens are correct even if the reports are in completely unscientific terms. Presently the college students will learn, in this case also, what to accept and what not to. One important thing to a college student to remember is that

20、 if Aristotle could talk to a fisherman, so can he. Another source of knowledge is the vast store of traditional practices, and of old country customs handed down from father to son, or mother to daughter. All this is difficult for a college student to examine, for much knowledge and personal experi

21、ence is needed here to separate good plants from wild grass. A college student should learn to realize and remember how much of real value science has found in this wild, puzzling wilderness and how often scientific discoveries of what had existed in this area made over the long history.（分数：3.00）(1)

22、.Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?（分数：0.75）A.College students have trouble separating good plants from wild grass.B.Craftsmen“s experience is usually unscientific.C.College students can gain knowledge from such persons as craftsmen.D.Traditional practices are as importan

23、t as experience for college students.(2).From this passage we can infer that _.（分数：0.75）A.college students always look down upon craftsmenB.schools and books are not the only way to knowledgeC.scientific discoveries are based on personal experienceD.discoveries are the most important source of knowl

24、edge(3).The writer advises college students to _.（分数：0.75）A.talk to a fisherman as Aristotle once attempted toB.be patient in helping a craftsman with scientific termC.learn a craftsman“s experience by examining it carefullyD.accept everything that a craftsman teaches as valuable(4).This passage mai

25、nly centers on_.（分数：0.75）A.what to learn from parentsB.how to gain knowledgeC.why to learn from craftsmenD.how to deal with experienceDTo fight a noise by making more noise sounds strange, but that“s exactly what motor engineers are doing in Germany and some other countries. Car makers“ research and

26、 development laboratories have already proved that mixing more noise with the help of loudspeakers can reduce the unwanted noise. Physicists have known about the technique for a long time. Sound is made up of pressure waves in the air. If two sound waves of the same frequency (频率) mix so that the hi

27、ghest point of one wave happens at the same time as the lowest point of the other wave, the result is no sound. Therefore, by producing a perfect copy of the noise and delaying it by half a wave cycle (周期), we can kill the unwanted noise. Using this technique many carmakers are racing to develop noi

28、se-killing systems (系统) both inside and outside the cars. Another good thing about the use of noise-killing systems is that it saves the need for a silencer; this not only reduces the weight of a car, but also makes the motor burn less fuel and work better. Some engineers believe that the noise-kill

29、ing system will be used in most cars within a few years. But the carmakers haven“t decided if they will carry it into production because it would add several hundred dollars to the cost of their cars.（分数：3.00）(1).Which of the following gives a general idea of how the noise-killing system works?（分数：1

30、.00）A.By producing pressure waves going in the opposite direction.B.By mixing high frequency sound waves with low frequency sound waves.C.By mixing new sound waves with the noise and sending them out together.D.By making copies of the unwanted sound waves and letting them out a little later.(2).Besi

31、des its main use the noise-killing system can_.（分数：1.00）A.make a car lighterB.make a car quieterC.reduce the cost of a silencerD.improve the performance of a silencer(3).The noise-killing system is net yet popular mainly because_.（分数：1.00）A.it is still being tried outB.drivers still have their doubt

32、sC.it increases the cost of car productionD.carmakers are not sure if it is necessaryIf you“re among the 24 million Americans who work from dusk to dawn, don“t underestimate the physical and emotional costs of punching the clock in the dark. Compared with day workers, night workers are five times mo

33、re likely to get stomach diseases, twice as likely to smoke cigarettes or use stimulants, and at higher risk for high blood pressure, heart. attack, and breast cancer. And if you have kids, your divorce risk is three to six times higher than normal. “You“re out of sync with everything and everybody,

34、“ says Acacia Aguirre, MD, PhD, author of an eye-opening new report. Your biological clock is thrown off, too. How to survive: “A healthy lifestyle matters even more,“ Aguirre says. “Exercise, limit coffee, and fit in 7 to 8 hours of sleep per day.“（分数：4.00）(1).What does it mean by “punching the clo

35、ck“ (Line 2, Para.1)?（分数：1.00）A.Working.B.Striking.C.Repairing.D.Sleeping.(2).According to the text, night workers are more likely to _.（分数：1.00）A.suffer stomach troubleB.neglect kidsC.be bad-temperedD.get out of control(3).Which of the following suggestions is made by Aguirre?（分数：1.00）A.Learn to co

36、pe with the situation.B.Sleep 7 8 hours a day.C.Drink more coffee.D.Smoke less and exercise more.(4).What is the best title for the text?（分数：1.00）A.Don“t Turn Off Your Biological Clock.B.Day Working is Better Than Night Working.C.Night Workers: Be Careful.D.What is Bad of Night Working.ESome people

37、believe that mental acts such as thinking are not done in the brain alone, but that one“s muscles also join them. It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen to music with our bodies. You surely are not surprised to be told that you usually listen to music n

38、ot only with your ears but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music that is well-known to them without moving their body or some part of their body. Often when one listens to a concert on the radio, he tries to direct the players even though he knows there is a conductor on the job. Stra

39、nge as this act may be, there is a very good reason for it. One cannot get all possible enjoyment from music unless he joins in playing. The listener “feels“ himself into the music with more or less pronounced movements of his body. The muscles of the body actually join in the mental act of thinking

40、 in the same way, but this joining is less obvious because it is less pronounced.（分数：5.00）(1).The act of thinking and that of listening are similar in that_.（分数：1.00）A.both are entirely mental actsB.we get the same enjoyment from themC.both acts are done by the entire bodyD.muscles join in both acts

41、(2).Few people are able to listen to well-known music without_.（分数：1.00）A.wishing that they could conduct music properlyB.directing the players playing itC.moving some part of the bodyD.stopping what they are doing to listen(3).Body movements are necessary in order for the listeners to_.（分数：1.00）A.u

42、nderstand the music completelyB.enjoy the music fullyC.appreciate the musicD.hear the music(4).Which of the following is not true?（分数：1.00）A.Muscles joining in the act of thinking is easy to see.B.The pronounced body moving is a listener“s way of “feeling “the music.C.It is strange to some people th

43、at the mental acts don“ t only exist in the brain.D.One can get enjoyment better from the music when acting as a “conductor.“(5).After finishing the passage we know that _.（分数：1.00）A.only when moving his body, can one thinkB.muscles are fond of music, tooC.mental acts belong to muscle movementsD.the

44、 mental act of thinking doesn“t happen by itself in the brain七、第二部分 写作(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、第一节 短文改错(总题数：1，分数：20.00)On one day, when I was at a cafe(咖啡馆)in 1 Honolulu(檀香山) I saw sailor watching a bright 2 young woman carefully. The woman looked quite sadly. 3 He walked toward her and starting searching f

45、or 4 anything on the ground at her feet. Before long, 5 she asked him if he has lost something. 6 The sailor turned very serious,“ Yes,“ he said, 7 “I“ m looking for a smile was lost.“ 8 Slowly there had a smile on the woman“s face. 9 That sailor told her what was just the one he was looking for. 10

46、 （分数：20.00）九、第二节 书面表达(总题数：1，分数：15.00)1.假定你是李华，毕业后准备去英国留学，现在想要寻找一个母语为英语的留学生练习口语，就此写一篇100 词左右的短文。 要点： 1找伙伴原因 2对对方要求 3自己能够给对方的帮助 注意：可适当增加细节使表达通畅。 （分数：15.00）_公共英语二级-192 答案解析(总分：59.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、第一部分 阅读理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)AWe walked so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn“t even lift her eyes from the

47、book Mum pointed to a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to have a seat. While I watched, mouth open in surprise, mum took off her hat and coat and gave them to me to hold. She walked quietly to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop (拖把). She pushed the mop past the desk and

48、as the nurse looked up, mum nodded and said, “Very dirty floors.“ “Yes. I“m glad they“ve finally decided to clean them,“ the nurse said. She looked at mum strangely and said, “But aren“t you working late?“ Mum just pushed harder, each swipe (拖) of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall

49、. I watched until I couldn“t see her and the nurse had turned back to write in the big book. After a long time mum came back. Her eyes were shining. She rapidly put the mop back and took my hand. As we turned to go out of the door, mum nodded politely to the nurse and said, “Thank you.“ Outside, mum told me, “Dagmar is fine. No fever.“ “You saw her, mum?“ “Of course. I told her about the hospital rules, and she will not expect us until tom