公共英语二级-515及答案解析.doc

1、公共英语二级-515 及答案解析(总分：110.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、第一部分 听力理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、第一节(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).What does the woman mean?（分数：1.00）A.She doesnt like to exercise.B.She goes to the gym as often as possible.C.She hasnt had a chance to go to the gym lately.(2).What will the woman probably do?（分数：1.00）A.Watch TV.

2、B.Turn off the radio.C.Turn on the radio.(3).What are the speakers discussing?（分数：1.00）A.Whether to go to the meeting or not.B.Where the meeting should be held.C.How to get to the meeting.(4).Who will they probably send the broken photocopier for?（分数：1.00）A.A doctor.B.A repairman.C.A photographer.(5

3、).Why cant Jane teach this term?（分数：1.00）A.She was fired by the school.B.Shes changing jobs.C.She was tired of teaching.三、第二节(总题数：5，分数：15.00)(1).Where does the woman want to go?（分数：1.00）A.The nearest hospital.B.Her hometown.C.The museum.(2).Who tells the woman the way to the nearest hospital?（分数：1.0

4、0）A.A doctor in the hospital.B.A girl there.C.A man there.(3).How far is the hospital from there?（分数：1.00）A.Only 2 kilometres.B.About l0 kilometres.C.About 5 kilometres.(1).What has the man been looking forward to?（分数：1.00）A.A film about the Great Wall.B.A visit to the Great Wall.C.A talk on the Gre

5、at Wall.(2).What time will they gather?（分数：1.00）A.At half past eight.B.At eight.C.At a quarter to eight.(1).How much is a large bottle of aspirin?（分数：1.00）A.56pence.B.87pence.C.67 pence.(2).How much is a tube of toothpaste?（分数：1.00）A.87pence.B.67penee.C.56 pence.(3).How much is a film?（分数：1.00）A.1.7

6、8pounds.B.1.72pounds.C.1.76 pounds.(4).How much does the man give the woman?（分数：1.00）A.1.80pounds.B.1.85pounds.C.5 pounds.(1).Who are the two speakers?（分数：1.00）A.Students.B.Teachers.C.Park employees.(2).What has the man been doing recently?（分数：1.00）A.He has been working.B.He has been studying.C.He h

7、as been on a camping trip.(3).How did the woman say they could get camping equipment cheaply?（分数：1.00）A.Buy it.B.Rent it.C.Make it.(4).What wrong idea did the man have about camping?（分数：1.00）A.He could camp anywhere he wanted.B.Camping was not fun.C.Camping was unsafe.(1).The woman lived in Germany_

8、分数：1.00）A.when he was first bornB.when he was a childC.when he has his first child(2).The woman knows_.（分数：1.00）A.a little GermanB.a little EnglishC.a little Italian四、第二部分 英语知识运用(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、第一节 单项填空(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Kate and her sister went on holiday with a cousin of_.（分数：1.00）A.herB.theirC

9、hersD.theirs2.Sandy enjoys _ TV while she is having supper.（分数：1.00）A.watchB.being watchedC.watchingD.to watch3.This store has such _ prices.I agree, never again _ here.（分数：1.00）A.high., will I shopB.tall, do I do shoppingC.tall, will I shopD.high. I do shopping (购物)4.I know he wasnt listening to m

10、e, but I went on, hoping to get him _ in the story (故事,新闻报道).（分数：1.00）A.interestingB.interestC.interestedD.interests5.Since his children have all grown up, he has nothing now.（分数：1.00）A.to worry aboutB.worrying aboutC.to be worriedD.worried6._ of the river has been polluted.（分数：1.00）A.Second-threeB.

11、Two-threeC.Two-thirdD.Two-thirds7._ is a good form of exercise for both young and old.（分数：1.00）A.WalkingB.To walkC.The walkD.Walk8.He is a scientist, _ a singer as well.（分数：1.00）A.notB.orC.andD.but9.Hot air accompanied by high relative humidity feels warmer than_.（分数：1.00）A.it actually isB.actually

12、it isC.is it actuallyD.is actually it10.Of all the stories here, I like this one_. Its not interesting at all.（分数：1.00）A.mostB.worstC.bestD.least11.He is _ boy to do such a thing.（分数：1.00）A.too honest aB.such an honestC.too honestD.so honest a12.What did the teacher tell you to do?He told me to writ

13、e_ report.（分数：1.00）A.an one-thousands-wordsB.a one-thousandsC.a one-thousand-wordD.an one-thousand-word13.She has been looking forward _ her parents.（分数：1.00）A.to meetingB.for meetingC.being metD.to meet14.Nearly 5 percent of U.S. land has been marked wilderness (荒野) , but how it is used and managed

14、 is（分数：1.00）A.far more settlingB.far from settledC.far from settlingD.far more settled15._ Smith could find a job, he could hardly support his family with the low pay.（分数：1.00）A.SinceB.AsC.OnceD.Even if六、第二节 完型填空(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Facial expressions carry meaning that depends on situations and relation

15、ships. For instance, in American culture the smile is typically an expression of (36) Yet it has other functions. A smile may(37) love, politeness, or (38) true feelings. It is also a source of confusion (混乱) across (39) . For example, many people in Russia (40) smiling at strangers in public to be

16、unusual or even suspicious (怀疑). Yet many Americans (41) freely at strangers in public places. Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong (42) ; some Americans believe that Russians dont smile (43) . In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is always used to cover emotional (感情的) pain or me

17、ntal difficulty, discomfort or anxietyOur (44) make our emotions and attitudes known, but we (45) not try to “read“ people from another culture (46) we would “read someone from our own culture. The degree of facial expressions one shows changes (47) persons and cultures. The (48) that members of one

18、 culture do not (49) their emotions as openly as members of (50) do does not mean that they do not (51) emotions. Rather, their cultures (52) them expressing their emotions and attitudes freely.If we (53) people whose ways of showing emotions are not the same according to (54) own cultural patterns,

19、 we may make the (55) of “reading“ the other persons incorrectly.（分数：20.00）A.satisfactionB.surpriseC.excitementD.pleasureA.soundB.showC.tenD.seemA.suggestB.explainC.includeD.coverA.culturesB.nationsC.considerD.countriesA.keepB.enjoyC.continueD.considerA.smileB.lookC.stareD.shoutA.placeB.timeC.manner

20、D.directionA.wellB.enoughC.exactlyD.openlyA.mouthsB.handsC.bodiesD.facesA.wouldB.shouldC.dareD.needA.thoughB.sinceC.unlessD.asA.intoB.betweenC.amongD.aboutA.factB.newsC.demandD.orderA.controlB.formC.expressD.findA.the otherB.anotherC.the othersD.othersA.useB.carryC.experienceD.bringA.keepB.feelC.pre

21、ventD.makeA.watchB.thinkC.judgeD.observeA.onesB.yourC.theirD.ourA.mistakeB.promiseC.answerD.use七、第三部分 阅读理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)AWilliam Faulkner of Oxford was not a native of Oxford; nor was he born with the name Faulkner. He was born in Albany, Mississippi, at the end of the 19th century, and the family

22、spelled the name Falkner.He published his first book when he was twenty-seven. In 1950, at the age of fifty-three, he was given the Nobel Prize for Literature (文学). After that he kept on writing and became more successful. He was generally regarded as the great American writer of his time when he di

23、ed in 1962. Millions of people who read his works thought he had spent almost the whole life in Mississippi. Even the people of Oxford.Faulkner was a kind of legend (传奇) in his own lifetime. There was, for example, the mystery (不可思议的事物) of who pat the “u“ in William s last name. For many years the c

24、ommonly accepted story was that it was a careless printer, in setting type for The Mar be Fun (1924). However, Faulkners biographer (传记作者) Carvel Collins said that the writer himself added it, and at least occasionally, as early as in 1918.（分数：4.00）(1).At the time of his death, Faulkner was _ years

25、old.（分数：1.00）A.sixty-twoB.fifty-threeC.sixty-fiveD.twenty-seven(2).Faulkner lived most of his life in_.（分数：1.00）A.OxfordB.his birth placeC.MississippiD.Albany(3).The “u“ in Faulkners name was added by _ according to carrel collins.（分数：1.00）A.Faulkner himselfB.a careless printerC.Fanlkners biographer

26、D.Faulkners parents(4).By the time he was given the Nobel Prize, _.（分数：1.00）A.he had published all of the important worksB.he had already used the name “Faulkner“C.his life story had been known clearly by millions of his readersD.he had already been generally regarded as a great American writerBA go

27、od memory is certainly very helpful for your study. However not everyone has a good memory. Besides, to forget things is not al- ways a bad thing. As a matter of fact, to forget certain things mayhelp you remember more useful and meaningful things.I am sure everyone has this experience, that is, whe

28、n you have learned something and remembered it, the memory will stay in your mind and you refuse to accept new ideas about it. If you find what you have remembered wrong, it is even more difficult to forget. In this sense, it is easier to remember new things than cast away wrong memories.There are t

29、hings that you forget permanently (永久地) and things you forget only temporarily (暂时地). For instance (例子) , sometimes when you are doing mathematics, you just cannot think of a certain formula (公式). Or sometimes when you come across a friend, his name just escapes you. They are examples of temporary l

30、oss of memory. When this happens, you had better try to do some- thing else. And if you return to the maths some time later, you can most probably remember the formula.Needless to say you must try hard to get rid of wrong memories. But sometimes it is also necessary to forget forever things that are

31、 correct. For example, we may have watched hundreds of films since childhood. If we remember every film ( though this is not highly possible) , we will not be able to remember a lot of other things. That is why many films are gradually forgotten as time passes. Yet at the same time, we continue to r

32、emember new things. So remembering, forget- ting, forgetting, remembering, this is the cycle (循环) of our mind.（分数：3.00）(1).Getting rid of wrong memories is _.（分数：1.00）A.much easier than remembering new thingsB.as difficult as accepting new ideasC.as easy as accepting new ideasD.more difficult than r

33、emembering new things(2).When you forget something temporarily, you may_.（分数：1.00）A.put it aside and ask for helpB.cast it away and forget itC.do some other things and return to it laterD.think it hard and try to remember it(3).If you find what you have remembered wrong, you must_.（分数：1.00）A.keep it

34、 in mindB.get rid of itC.do something elseD.remember it foreverCOne of the strongest arguments for the raising of the school leaving age ( often referred to by its initials , ROSLA ) has been that it will bring us some way nearer to the ideal of “equality of opportunity.“Many people like to think of

35、 our present system of schooling as providing plenty of steps up the ladder of success for clever children. It would be good to think that noone who is really bright can be missed out when the state system is apparently so thorough. It is obvious, for instance, that many children from less wealthy h

36、omes reach university or do well in other ways.Unfortunately we now have plenty of evidence that many children of every level of ability do much less well than they could. For in- stance, during the years of national military service it was possible to test the intelligence of all malelS-20 year old

37、s. Half of those soldiers who were placed in the two highest ability group had left school at 15.It has also been shown that the percentage of working class children going to university is almost the same now as it was in 1939. Onestudy of 5 000 children from birth to 21 years old indicated that up

38、to half the bright pupils from working class homes left school when they reached 16 years old. Moreover, there is no difference in intelligence between the sexes, but far more boys than girls stay in education after 16.It is clear from this and much other evidence that many children are still leavin

39、g school too early to benefit from the prizesmoney, social respectability, and interesting jobswhich higher education gives. It is clear too that the reasons why such children leave have much to do with their social circumstances. Their parents often need the extra money, another wage-earner would b

40、ring in; they do not value education for itself because their own was probably dull and unhappy. It is not so much that they force their sons and daughters to leave school, rather that they tend to say, “Its up to you./（分数：4.00）(1).It is hoped that ROSLA will give all children _.（分数：1.00）A.a more en

41、joyable time at schoolB.the same chance in societyC.higher scores in intelligence testsD.the right to go to better schools(2).People would like to think that _.（分数：1.00）A.those with the least money get the best educationB.intelligent children are always selected by the systemC.equal numbers of poor

42、and wealthy children reach universityD.only really clever children do well(3).Working class children are felt to be at a disadvantage because_.（分数：1.00）A.more than half leave school when they are 16B.fewer go to university than ever beforeC.many of the clever ones leave school earlyD.fewer boys than

43、 girls stay at school after 16(4).Many children leave school early because _.（分数：1.00）A.they have to contribute something to their familys incomeB.their social circumstances make them unhappyC.their school is a dull and unhappy placeD.Their parents dont allow them to make their own decisionsDEditor:

44、These days there has been a lot of talk about cutting a day off the sixday work week. I find one excuse for not taking this system (制度) unacceptable.It says that under todays conditions, when our work efficiency is still very low and the work-load quite heavy, we cannot follow the ex- ample of techn

45、ologically advanced western countries in practising the five-day work week. Their conclusion is: The time is not ripe for such a system.I really don t see much point in this argument (争论,论点). They say the efficiency of the majority of our workers has been very low, but do they know what caused today

46、s low efficiency? Its old time requirement that no matter how soon you can get your work done, you must still stick to your post and never leave.If we do not start a new system that is more exciting now , there are few chances that the low efficiency in our work can be changed.（分数：5.00）(1).From this

47、 letter we can see that_.（分数：1.00）A.peoples work-load is heavy indeed these daysB.it is a letter to the government officeC.the writer thinks that the five-day work system is excitingD.a lot of people think a day should be cut off the six-day work week(2).Many people think that a five-day work week s

48、ystem would not work in a country like _.（分数：1.00）A.ChinaB.Italy (意大利)C.JapanD.France(3).The word “point“ in the third paragraph (段) probably means_.（分数：1.00）A.main idea of something saidB.a small round dotC.reasonD.characteristic(4).It is _ that caused todays low efficiency.（分数：1.00）A.the rule that

49、 we have to stick to our postB.the Chinese peoples lazinessC.the heavy work-loadD.the old time requirement(5).Which is the best title (标题) for the passage?（分数：1.00）A.What Should We Do With the Old System.B.Five-day Week Is More Reasonble.C.The Time Is Not Ripe Yet.D.Less Time, Higher Efficiency.ECareful and careless are as different as fire and water. But strangely enough many scientists have both these qualitie