公共英语二级试题一2015年及答案解析.doc

1、公共英语二级试题一 2015 年及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、第一节单项填空(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.It was _ fun to play on the beach that it attracted countless children.（分数：1.00）A.such greatB.so greatC.such a greatD.so great a2.Sorry, I dont _ your opinion. （分数：1.00）A.agreeB.careC.shareD.accept3. _ send your motorcycle to be

2、repaired? Youd better not drive it any more. （分数：1.00）A.WhyB.Why notC.Why dontD.Why didnt4.Dont go there alone in such late hours. Dont worry. I _ . （分数：1.00）A.dontB.wontC.didntD.havent5.The policeman happened _ the traffic when the accident happened. （分数：1.00）A.to directB.directingC.to be directing

3、D.to have directed6.Jenny brought me a lot of jewels _ . （分数：1.00）A.to chooseB.to choose fromC.for choosing fromD.to be chosen7.Isnt it too expensive to ride there? Lets walk, shall we? But it will _ us a lot of time to ride. （分数：1.00）A.costB.takeC.saveD.spend8.why did he look so excited? we _ two w

4、eek leave. （分数：1.00）A.was grantedB.had grantedC.has grantedD.had been granted9.Jane owes to her father _ she has been able to finish her college education. （分数：1.00）A.thatB.muchC.itD.10. _ at the observation window, I can enjoy a bird eye view of the city. （分数：1.00）A.SeatingB.SeatedC.To sitD.Sitting

5、 down11.With so many eye son him _ , he was too nervous to speak. （分数：1.00）A.fixedB.fixingC.to fixD.being fixed12.The first place _ we were taken to see was their workshop. （分数：1.00）A.thatB.whichC.whatD.where13.I wont have anything _ against my teacher. （分数：1.00）A.sayingB.sayC.to sayD.said14. _ went

6、 on a trip to Singapore last month? （分数：1.00）A.So did IB.So I didC.So went ID.So did I, too.15.His attitude to me was like a friend _ . （分数：1.00）A.B.one ofC.the one ofD.that of二、第二节完形填空(总题数：1，分数：20.00)From Monday until Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weeke

7、nds they are free and enjoy themselves. Some watch TV or go to the movies(电影院);others36sports. It depends on individual(个人的)37. There are many different ways to spend our38time. Almost everyone has39kind of hobby(爱好). It may be40from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are very

8、41; others dont42at all. Some collections are43a lot of money; others are valuable only44their owners. I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(稀有的)fiftycent piece45250! He was very happy about his collection and thought the price was46

9、. 47, my youngest brother48match boxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt if they are worth any money. However,49my brother they are extremly(特别地)50.Nothing makes him51than to find a new match box for his collection.Thats52a hobby means, I think. It is something we like to do in our spare time s

10、imply for the53of it. The value in dollars is not important, 54the pleasure it gives us55.（分数：20.00）A.soonB.attendC.tendD.take part inA.timeB.energyC.interestsD.funA.spareB.workingC.ownD.dayA.someB.anyC.certainD.everyA.OKB.all rightC.anythingD.somethingA.expensiveB.interestingC.excitingD.cheapA.spen

11、d anythingB.cost anythingC.pay nothingD.need somethingA.worthB.worthyC.valuedD.paidA.forB.toC.withD.ofA.worthB.spentC.worthyD.uscdA.a little too higherB.too expensiveC.cheapD.reasonableA.At the same timeB.On the other handC.On the contraryD.As a matter of factA.collectsB.buysC.choosesD.selectsA.forB

12、.toC.inD.withA.dearB.expensiveC.valuableD.costlyA.so happyB.that happyC.more happilyD.happierA.whatB.howC.how muchD.whereA.priceB.valueC.interestD.funA.thoughB.andC.butD.whenA.isB.doesC.willD.has三、第三节阅读理解(总题数：5，分数：40.00)In the 1900s, American townspeople usually washed and brushed their teeth and co

13、mbed their hair in the kitchen. Or they kept a water pitcher (大水罐)and a wash basin in their rooms and took care of these things there. The bathtub was a wash tub(澡盆)filled with water from the stove. If you were small enough you could sit down by drawing your knees to your chest. Otherwise, you washe

14、d yourself standing up. Often all the women and girls in the family bathed together. Then the men and boys did. In most families this was Saturday night because Sundays they went to church. A small number of families did have running water. But that depended on whether there was a water system where

15、 they lived and on whether they could afford the plumbing(水管设施). Some people had bathtubs in their homes as early as 1895. But many others did not have their first bath in a bathtub until 1910 or later when they were fifteen or sixteen years old. （分数：10.00）(1).In the first paragraph, “took care of“

16、means “_“。（分数：2.00）A.keptB.looked afterC.usedD.kept and used(2).In order to use the water from the stove, there be a pipe connecting the tub with the stove. （分数：2.00）A.mustB.seemed toC.needntD.should(3).Which of the following statements is true? （分数：2.00）A.Males and females in the family took turns

17、using the bathtub.B.Some bathtubs were big enough for many people to bathe in at the same time.C.All the women and girls of a family could bathe together standing up in the tub.D.When several family members bathed together, they did not use the bathtub.(4).Americans owned a bathtub as early as 1895.

18、 （分数：2.00）A.ManyB.Not allC.AllD.Few(5).We can infer(推断)that the plumbingat that time. （分数：2.00）A.cost littleB.was more expensive than a water systemC.was too expensive for every family to affordD.was not necessaryCARIFF, Wales oets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered Wales to celeb

19、rate the tradition(传统)of storytelling. “It might seem strange that people still want to listen to instead of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again, “said David Amibrose, director of Beyond the Border, an international storytelling festival(节)in Wales. “Some o

20、f the tales, like those of the Inuit from Canada, are thousands years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time. “ he said early this month. Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait, or throat singing

21、, which has few words and much sound. Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings, forcing them to say little but listen attentively. Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving(coming back into use or existence)storytelling in Wales. “It came

22、 out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here.“ Ambrose said.（分数：8.00）(1).Ambrose believes that the art of storytelling. （分数：2.00）A.will be more popular than TVB.will be popular againC.started in WalesD.are in the h

23、ands of some old people(2).From the tales told by the Inuit, people can learn. （分数：2.00）A.about their life as early as thousands of years agoB.why they tell the stories in a throatsinging wayC.how cold it has been where the Inuit liveD.how difficult it is to understand the Inuit(3).According to the

24、writer, which of the following is not true? （分数：2.00）A.Storytelling once stopped in Wales.B.Storytelling has a long history in Wales.C.Storytelling is always well received in Wales.D.Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.(4).The underlined phrase in good hands means. （分数：2.00）A.controll

25、ed by rich peopleB.grasped by good storytellersC.taken good care ofD.protected by kind peopleGreek soldiers sent messages by turning their shields(盾)toward the sun. The flashes reflected light could be seen several miles away. The enemy did not know what the flashes meant, but other Greek soldiers c

26、ould understand the messages. Roman soldiers in some places built long rows of signal towers. When they had a message to send, the soldiers shouted it from tower to tower. If there were enough towers and enough soldiers with loud voices, important news could be sent quickly over distance. In Africa,

27、 people learned to send messages by beating on a series of large drums(鼓). Each drum was kept within hearing distance of the next one. The drum beats were sent out in a special way that all the drummers understood. Though the messages were simple, they could be sent at great speed for hundreds of mi

28、les. In the eighteenth century, a French engineer found a new way to send short messages. In this way, a person held a flag in each hand and the arms were moved to various positions representing different letters of the alphabet. It was like spelling out words with flags and arms. Over a long period

29、 of time, people sent messages by all these different ways. However, not until the telephone was invented in America in the nineteenth century could people send speech sounds over a great distance in just a few seconds.（分数：8.00）(1).According to this passage, the Roman way of communication depended v

30、ery much upon . （分数：2.00）A.fine weatherB.high towerC.the spelling systemD.arm movements(2).Which of the following statements is true? （分数：2.00）A.Neither the Greek soldiers nor their enemy could understand the message.B.African soldiers shouted from tower to tower to pass message.C.Telephone was inve

31、nted by a French engineer.D.Only by using telephone could people send speech sounds quickly.(3).The African way of communication sent messages. （分数：2.00）A.in a special wayB.over a very short distanceC.by a musical instrumentD.at a rather slow speed(4).The way of communication made use of visible sig

32、ns. （分数：2.00）A.FrenchB.RomanC.AfricanD.AmericanBecause we can feel that things are heavy, we think of weight as being a fixed quality in an object, but it is not really fixed at all. If you could take a onepound packet of butter 4, 000 miles out from the earth, it would weigh only a quarter of a pou

33、nd. Why would things weigh only a quarter as much as they do at the surface of the earth if we took them 4 000 miles out into space? The reson is this: All objects have a natural attraction for all other objects; this is called gravitational attraction, but this power of attraction between two objec

34、ts gets weaker as they get farther apart. When the butter was at the surface of the earth, it was 4 000 miles from the centre (in other words the radius(半径)of the earth is 4 000 miles). When we took the butter 4 000 miles out, it was 8 000 miles from the centre, which is twice the distance. If you d

35、ouble the distance between two objects, their gravitational attraction decreases(减少)two times two. If you treble(翻三倍)the distance, it gets nine times weaker(three times three). If you take it four times as far away, it gets sixteen times weaker(four times four)and so on. （分数：8.00）(1).The best title

36、for this passage is. （分数：2.00）A.The Earth WeightB.Weight in SpaceC.Changing Weight on the EarthD.Weight on and off the Earth(2).We can feel things are heavy because. （分数：2.00）A.weight is a fixed quality in an objectB.they are far away from the centre of the earthC.of the earths strong attraction for

37、 themD.they are not taken away from the surface of the earth(3). If the distance between two objects is shortened by half, their gravitational attraction will. （分数：2.00）A.doubleB.become four times strongerC.be the sameD.get four times weaker(4). If an object weighed one pound 8 000 miles above the e

38、arth, it would weighon the surface of the earth. （分数：2.00）A.6 poundsB.4 poundsC.9 poundsD.1/9 poundAs more women in the United States move up the professional ladder, more are finding it necessary to make business trips alone. Since this is new for many, some trips are certainly in order. If you are

39、 married, it is a good idea to encourage your husband and children to learn to cook a few simple meals while you are away. They will be much happier and probably enjoy the experience. If you will be eating a good meal alone, choose good restaurants. In the end, they will be much better for your dige

40、stion(消化). You may also find it useful to call the restaurant in advance and state that you will be eating alone. You will probably get better service and almost certainly a better table. Finally, and most importantly, anticipate(提前做准备)your travel needs as a businesswoman; this starts with lightweig

41、ht luggage which you can easily manage even when fully packed. Take a folding(折叠)case inside your suitcase; it will come in extremely handy(极其方便)for dirty clothes, as well as for business documents and papers you no longer need on the trip. And make sure you have a briefcase so that you can keep cur

42、rently required papers separate. Obviously, experience helps, but you can make things easier on yourself from the first by careful planning, so that right from the start you really can have a good trip!（分数：6.00）(1).Who is the authors intended audience? （分数：2.00）A.Working women who have no time for c

43、ooking.B.Husbands and children of working women.C.Working women who must travel on their own.D.Hotel personnel who must attend to working women.(2).Why is lightweight luggage important for the travelling businesswoman? （分数：2.00）A.It provides space for dirty clothes.B.It is easy to move.C.It can doub

44、le as a briefcase.D.It is usually big enough to carry all business documents.(3).Where would this passage most likely appear? （分数：2.00）A.In a magazine specially for women.B.In a restaurant and hotel guide.C.In a news magazine.D.In a journal for top ranking businessmen and women.四、第四节短文改错(总题数：1，分数：10

45、.00)What is best way to learn a language? We should 76 remember that we all learned our own language well 77 when we are children. If we could learn a second language 78 in the same way, it would not seem such difficult. 79 Think of what little children do. They listen what people 80 say and try to

46、imitate(模仿)what they hear. That 81 is important to remember that we learn our own language 82 with hearing people speak it. In school though you learn 83 to read and write as good as to hear and speak, it is 84 best to learn all new word through the ears. 85（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项

47、1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_五、第五节书面表达(总题数：1，分数：15.00)16. 一组外国人原打算在我市参观期间去你校看一看，但因临时有事不能去，请根据图示，对你校布局予以介绍。 注意：叙述要有条理，方位清楚。 题目：Our School Yard 词数 100左右。 （分数：15.00）_公共英语二级试题一 2015 年答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、第一节单项填空(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.It was _ fun to play on the beach that it attracted countl

48、ess children.（分数：1.00）A.such great B.so greatC.such a greatD.so great a解析：2.Sorry, I dont _ your opinion. （分数：1.00）A.agreeB.careC.shareD.accept 解析：3. _ send your motorcycle to be repaired? Youd better not drive it any more. （分数：1.00）A.WhyB.Why not C.Why dontD.Why didnt解析：4.Dont go there alone in such late hours. Dont worry. I _ . （分数：1.00）A.dontB.wont C.d