公共英语二级真题2007年03月及答案解析.doc

1、公共英语二级真题 2007年 03月及答案解析(总分：110.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B第一部分 听力理解/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)B第一节/B听下面 5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话只读一遍。（分数：5.00）(1).What do we know about the speakers? A They are friends. B They work together. C They are meeting for the fir

2、st time.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).How much should a child pay for the performance?（分数：1.00）A.$ 2.00. B.$ 4.50. C.$ 8.00.(3).How will the speakers probably go to the hotel?（分数：1.00）A.By taxi B.On foot C.By bus(4).What does the woman mean?（分数：1.00）A.She needs help with her exam B.The man can use her bike C.H

3、er bike needs repairing(5).Whats the mans choice?（分数：1.00）A.Dennys B.Browns C.A Chinese restaurant二、B第二节/B(总题数：5，分数：15.00)听下面 5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有 5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出 5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。（分数：2.00）(1).What is the man now?（分数：1.00）A.A university s

4、tudent B.A company clerk C.A businessman(2).What can we learn about the mans father?（分数：1.00）A.He is a college professor B.He is strict with the man C.He runs a company（分数：3.00）(1).What is the phone message about?（分数：1.00）A.Going to see a film B.Attending a lecture C.Changing a phone number(2).Who i

5、s calling?（分数：1.00）A.Max B.David C.Dianne(3).When will the class meet the following day?（分数：1.00）A.12:00. B.16:00. C.16:30.（分数：3.00）(1).Where did Andrew find the money?（分数：1.00）A.In a phone box B.On his way to school C.Outside the newspaper office(2).What did Andrew do after he found the money?（分数：1

6、00）A.Took the money to a nearby bank B.Reported to the police C.Looked for the owner(3).What is true about Andrew?（分数：1.00）A.He sold newspapers B.He worked as a radio reporter C.He worked part-time before class（分数：4.00）(1).Where are the speakers?（分数：1.00）A.On a plane B.On an airport bus C.In the wa

7、iting room(2).What made the woman so worried at the beginning of the conversation?（分数：1.00）A.Her brother had an accident B.She would be late for her flight C.She missed the bus to the airport(3).Why does the man say you waste time waiting around doing nothing? A You may get to the airport too early.

8、 B You may spend a lot of time travelling to the airport. C You may wait for some time on the plane before taking off.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(4).What is the weather like that day?（分数：1.00）A.Rainy B.Fine C.Cold（分数：3.00）(1).Where does the speaker work most of the time?（分数：1.00）A.In libraries B.At a college C.

9、At her home(2).What does the speaker say about her plan in the future?（分数：1.00）A.She may keep up writing books B.She may travel around the world C.She may do something different(3).What does the speaker do besides writing? A Give talks to people interested in her work. B Work part-time in a library.

10、 C Type letters for other people.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.三、B第二部分 英语知识运用/B(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.-Where is John? -He has been busy _ his homework.（分数：1.00）A.to doB.doingC.doD.done2.-Im afraid Ive broken the window. -_, I can easily get it fixed.（分数：1.00）A.Not at allB.Never mindC.What a pityD.How dare you3.When we

11、 met Mr. Smith last year, he _ in that school for ten years.（分数：1.00）A.taughtB.was teachingC.had taughtD.would teach4.News writers know their readers have limited time and usually give the _ develop-ments of an event first.（分数：1.00）A.newestB.latestC.nearestD.earliest5.My present job is _ too much of

12、 my study time.（分数：1.00）A.taking upB.getting awayC.giving upD.holding on6.This radio is not working. Ill have it_.（分数：1.00）A.repairingB.to repairC.repairedD.be repaired7.Perhaps you _ leave now. Your friend may be waiting for you outside.（分数：1.00）A.mustB.couldC.shouldD.will8.I know that you are extr

13、emely busy, so I wont _ any more of your time.（分数：1.00）A.botherB.spendC.wasteD.cost9.Bob had yet _ idea for a successful New Year party, the third one that evening.（分数：1.00）A.otherB.anotherC.the otherD.other one10.-I think Id take the doctors advice and start running every morning.-Really? _.（分数：1.0

14、0）A.Good for youB.Thats somethingC.Thats OKD.What a pity11.My friend Mr. Black has come to China every year _he was a boy.（分数：1.00）A.sinceB.whenC.beforeD.after12.-Could you give me a lift home, please?-Sorry_.（分数：1.00）A.I have visited my sisterB.I visited my sisterC.I am visiting my sisterD.I visit

15、my sister13.It is not clear how much English students can learn _the Internet.（分数：1.00）A.inB.withC.byD.through14.Fighting has stopped and things are changing for_.（分数：1.00）A.betterB.the betterC.the bestD.best15.What I want to tell you is _: Paul will come to work as your assistant.（分数：1.00）A.itB.the

16、seC.thatD.this四、B第二节 完型填空/B(总题数：1，分数：20.00)阅读下面短文，从短文所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。In 1941,when my father joined the U. S. Army, he was told that, on a written test, he had showedU (36) /Ufor preparing food. Army officials offered him a course in becoming a cook. My fatherU (37) /Ubecause he th

17、ought he couldU (38) /Uthe battles, is things turned out, he got goodU (39) /Uand became head cook of an army kitchen.All went wellU 40 /Uhe had to deal with spinach (菠菜). Because spinach is good for health, the armyU (41) /Uit several times per week.U (42) /U, the soldiers refusedU (43) /Uto look a

18、t spinach on their plates. After hours of cooking spinach, my fatherU (44) /Uthat, at the end of the meal, he was throwing all of it away. To save time and effort, he decided simply to throw away theU (45) /Uvegetable before it was cooked.One day an army officer saw theU (46) /Uspinach in the rubbis

19、h. He blamed my father,U (47) /Uthat he was destroying government property (财产).U (48) /Umy father explained that he was simplyU (49) /Uthe army the trouble of cooking the unwanted vegetable, the army officer insisted onU (50) /Uhim by taking five dollars from his pay for the next three months.Later

20、 one officer told him that fresh spinach was government property, but cooked spinach was not.U (51) /Uif the spinach were cooked, itU (52) /Ube thrown out. From then on, my fatherU (53) /Uall the spinach and then immediatelyU (54) /Uit into a rubbish can to keep everyoneU (55) /U. The govern-ment d

21、id not have its property thrown out, and the soldiers did not have spinach on their plates.（分数：20.00）A.a skillB.an interestC.a giftD.an advantageA.wonderedB.understoodC.acceptedD.admittedA.take part inB.carry on withC.catch up withD.stay away fromA.chanceB.recordsC.experienceD.gradesA.untilB.asC.whe

22、nD.soA.preparedB.suppliedC.checkedD.ateA.CarefullyB.UnwillinglyC.CertainlyD.UnfortunatelyA.evenB.stillC.onlyD.justA.realizedB.agreedC.allowedD.consideredA.favouredB.hatedC.newD.expensiveA.dryB.cleanC.coldD.freshA.sayingB.tellingC.warningD.punishingA.WhileB.SinceC.AlthoughD.AsA.showingB.causingC.savi

23、ngD.leavingA.correctingB.punishingC.forgivingD.refusingA.For exampleB.In this caseC.In other wordsD.Under this conditionA.couldB.wouldC.had toD.shouldA.boughtB.keptC.hidD.cookedA.turnedB.madeC.putD.knockedA.happyB.healthyC.safeD.quiet五、B第三部分 阅读理解/B(总题数：5，分数：20.00)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳答案。B

24、A/BThere are many shops in Singapore where customers still bargain, although prices are clearly shown on the goods. There is nothing out of the ordinary in Uhaggling/U; some shopkeepers expect you to and will be surprised if you accept their prices immediately. We know that the prices in some stores

25、 are a bit higher than those in Change Alley, but we also realize that to keep a store like Robinsons is by no means cheap. Besides, in such places we shop in air-conditioned (空调) com-fort. For all these, we pay a little extra.It is not always true to say that things in Change Alley cost less. I onc

26、e bought a Czechoslo-vakian glass butter-dish from Robinsons for a little under two dollars. I then went on to Change Al-ley and just by chance saw an article of the same shape, design and size, in one of the shops. I then asked about its price, and was surprised when the man demanded more than four

27、 dollars for it. “How much can you offer?“ he shouted at me. I offered him exactly the same price I paid for the article and his reply was shockingly rude (粗鲁). I opened my bag, showed him my receipt, stared at him and walked out of his shop.A buyer in England expects to find the price of goods clea

28、rly shown, or, to be told exactly what the price is. He knows this is the lowest price that will be accepted. If he thinks the price is be- yond what he can afford, Uhe shrugs (耸耸) his shoulders and walks away/U. He does not attempt to bargain with the shopkeeper. Even if he showed annoyance or surp

29、rise, he would expect to be told that if the price was unacceptable, he should try elsewhere.（分数：5.00）(1).The underlined word “haggling“ ( line 2, para. 1 ) in the text most probably means_.（分数：1.00）A.accepting the prices immediatelyB.fixing the right cost for some goodsC.arguing about the price of

30、somethingD.paying extra for comfortable shopping(2).We can learn from the text that Robinsons is a store which sells_.（分数：1.00）A.expensive goodsB.air-conditionersC.Czechoslovakian goodsD.goods at a bargain price(3).The writer asked abou the price of a glass butter-dish in Change Alley because he wan

31、ted to_.（分数：1.00）A.buy it at a lower priceB.change his dish for something elseC.find out if the shop assistant is politeD.compare the prices of the dish in two stores(4).Which of the following words best describes the feeling of a British customer when “he shrugs his shoulders and walks away“ ( line

32、 3, para. 3 ) ?（分数：1.00）A.FrightenedB.WordedC.AnnoyedD.Disappointed(5).What would probably happen if a customer does bargain with a shopkeeper in England?（分数：1.00）A.The customer would be advised to shop in other storesB.The customer would get the goods at a lower priceC.They would discuss and then r

33、each an agreementD.They would quarrel about the price of the goodsBB/BWe all believe that words of a language evolve (进化) gradually over the centuries, rather as animals and plants evolve over millions of years. Sometimes the change is so slight. as to be almost unnoticeable-finger, for example, mea

34、ns the same today as it did 1,000 years ago. Other words have changed out of all recognition. For example, modem English “lord“, a person with high social positions, comes from Old English “hlaford“. It used to mean “guardian of the bread“, a person who protects the bread. But not all word meanings

35、change like this. Just as new and different types of animals and plants can be reproduced, we can call completely new words into being.Anyone can make a word. The difficult part is to make it stay in the language. To stand the best chance it should probably relate to a particular and fairly speciali

36、zed subject. That cuts down the number of people who need to agree to use it. Chemists are often having to find expressions for new findings. Once that is achieved, there may be a chance for wider recognition if the expression comes to be of interest to the general public.Ordinary people can make lo

37、ng-lasting words, though. In 1924, a competition (比赛) was held to make a word for a drinker of illegal liquor (非法出售的酒). A prize of US $200 was offered, and there were reportedly over 25,000 suggestions. The winners were Henry Irving Dale and Kate L. Butler, who both came up with “Uscofflaw/U“. And t

38、hat word exists in American English to this day, in the rather wider sense “someone who disobeys the law“.（分数：4.00）(1).What can we learn from the text?（分数：1.00）A.It is the duty of specialists to make new wordsB.People are encouraged to make new wordsC.Words evolve faster than animals and plantsD.New

39、 words are usually made by chemists(2).New words are usually not accepted until they_.（分数：1.00）A.can express common ideasB.are included in school subjectsC.are proved useful by scientistsD.gain public agreement(3).According to the text, making a new word is less difficult than_.（分数：1.00）A.determinin

40、g how to pronounce itB.having a new chemical productC.organizing a competitionD.making it long-lasting(4).The underlined word “scofflaw“ ( line 4, para. 3 ) originally meant the person who_.（分数：1.00）A.drinks illegallyB.wins prize for drinking liquorC.disobeys the lawD.destroys illegal liquorBC/BThe

41、future of the Secombe Theatre in Sutton is in doubt after a government report spreads fears of closure. The report says the theatre does not meet modem standards for arts events and the site is capable of a larger-scale (更大规模的) development. While it promises to plan for a neighborhood center, it fai

42、ls to make any mention of a new theatre, which has left many asking why.Leading figures from the arts circle have come togther to fight for the 21-year-old theatre.Barbara Windsor, chairman of the Performing Art Society, said: “If they have to tear it down it would be a waste of a good theatre. Ever

43、y town needs a heart.“John Stevens, of Sutton Theatre Company, said the theatre had suffered from a lack of money and business support. “Theres a crying need for a theatre in Sutton and the public will lose out if the Secombe goes.“Peter Geiringer, a city government official also argued that a neigh

44、borhood center was not the same as a theatre. “Its silly; this is the death of the Secombe. Theyre going to replace (代替) it by a hall so no one in Sutton will be able to go to a real theatre.“Leslie Coman, member of city committee for the arts, said: “The Secombe has played an out- standing role in

45、the cultural life of this town over many years. It is only right that the committee continues to look at how it can provide new buildings for artists workshops, and performances.“Sutton Arts Committee Chairman Tony Kerslake said: “At some stage a building comes to the end of its life. If a new one w

46、as built in the same place, I would accept that as progress.“（分数：4.00）(1).The government report makes people wonder whether the theatre will be_.（分数：1.00）A.replacedB.closedC.rebuiltD.enlarged(2).Who would agree to have the theater replaced by a better one?（分数：1.00）A.Tony KerslakeB.Peter GeiringerC.J

47、ohn StevensD.Barbara Windsor(3).The underlined word “it“ ( line 3, para. 6 ) refers to_.（分数：1.00）A.the city governmentB.the city committee for the artsC.Sutton Theatre CompanyD.Performing Arts Society(4).We learn from the text that many people in the art circle of the town are_.（分数：1.00）A.for the co

48、nstruction of a neighbourhood centreB.for setting up more artists workshopsC.against closing the Secombe TheaterD.against the plan to enlarge the theatreBD/BNearly 5,000 years ago, during the Late Stone Age, people began building Stonehenge. It became a long-term project. People added to the site for more than 1,500 years. Most likely Stonehenge was first built as a place to hold religious rituals (仪式) and bury the dead. But experts (家) are not sure