1、公共英语二级-186 及答案解析(总分：60.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、第一部分 阅读理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)ACamille and Mike Geraldi are married and live with their children near Miami, Florida in the U.S.A. Mike is a doctor. Camille is a housewife and former nurse. They sound like an average family. In some ways they are, but in many ways th
2、ey are not. Tile average family in the U.S. has two or three children. The Geraldis have seventeen children. That is not all. Fifteen of these seventeen children are adopted children between the ages of one and nine. Each of the adopted children has a severe physical or mental disability (丧失能力). A d
3、ay with the Geraldi family is not average. Camille wakes up before dawn. She and three helpers wake, wash, dress, and feed the seventeen children. After breakfast, eleven of the children go to special schools. At 7:30, Camille takes a nap for two hours. When she wakes up at 9:30, she feeds and plays
4、 with the children. Camille cooks dinner before Mike comes home from work. Mike cleans up after dinner. Camille is busy even at night. She often wakes up to take care of the children who need her. She almost never has a full night“s sleep. Camille and Mike try to plan time for each other. Every Wedn
5、esday, they have a lunch “date“ and every other Saturday, they go away by themselves for the day. Camille says, “It fulfills me to help these children. It makes our life full.“ Camille loves her life. She looks at other people and thinks, “What a dull life they have.“ In many ways, the Geraldis are
6、not an average family. However, in some ways, they are. Like most families, they laugh and cry together and love each other a lot.（分数：4.00）(1).What does the author think of the family?（分数：1.00）A.Dull.B.Full.C.Small.D.Strange.(2).How many children am adopted?（分数：1.00）A.2.B.9.C.15.D.17.(3).Camille doe
7、s all the following things everyday EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.dressing the childrenB.feeding the childrenC.doing the laundryD.cleaning up after dinner(4).The underlined phrase “adopted children“ in Paragraph 2 means _.（分数：1.00）A.children born in the familyB.children who left the familyC.children taken leg
8、ally into a family they were not born intoD.children who are unable to take care of themselvesBMany a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there is a big difference between “being a writer“ and writing. In most cases these individuals
9、 are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at the typewriter. “You want to write,“ I say to them, “not want to be a writer.“ The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying profession, for not every writer is kissed by future. There are thousands whose expectation is
10、 never rewarded. When I left a twenty-year career (职业) in the US Coast Guard to become a freelance writer (自由撰稿人), I had no hope at all. What I did have was a friend who found me a room in a New York apartment building. It didn“t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought
11、 a used typewriter and felt like a real writer. After a year or so, however, I still hadn“t got a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that I hardly made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn“t going to be one of those people
12、 who die wondering: what if? I would keep putting my dream to the testeven though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.（分数：3.00）(1).The passage is meant to_.（分数：0.75）A.encourage young people to consider
13、 writing as a careerB.advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writerC.show young people it is unrealistic for a writer to seek wealth and fameD.ware young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience(2).What can be concluded from the passage?（分数：0.7
14、5）A.A writer“s success depends on luck rather on effort.B.Real writers often find their work interesting and rewarding.C.Famous writers usually live in poor condition.D.The chances for a writer to become successful are small.(3).Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his w
15、riting career?（分数：0.75）A.He was not able to have rest for a whole year.B.He hadn“t a change for the better.C.He was not able to produce a single book.D.He found his dream would never come true.(4).“Shadowland“ in the last sentence refers to_.（分数：0.75）A.a world that exists only in one“s imaginationB.
16、the bright future that one is looking forward toC.the state of uncertainty before one“s final goal is reachedD.the beautiful land one often dreams aboutCPeople usually regard a good modern newspaper as a remarkable material for reading. Because it provides a large range of news contains, from local
17、crime to international politics, from sport to business, from editorial page to feature articles, which aims to attract different readers. Besides, the way people read it also contributes to make the newspaper become more remarkable. The readers tend to glance or skim it, instead of reading it compl
18、etely or straight through. The thing that brings the various contains together in one newspaper is its topicality (时事性), which means the immediate relation to what is happening in a certain locality at the moment. However, the rapid speed of production also means that some articles appear in a newsp
19、aper only has the transient (短暂的) value. Not two people actually read the same paper. What each person does is to put together his own selection and sequence out of that day“s newspaper to made up for his own newspaper. Therefore, reading newspapers efficiently means that get what you want from them
20、 without missing things you need or wasting time, which demands skills.（分数：4.00）(1).What makes the modern newspaper so remarkable?（分数：1.00）A.Uniform style.B.Their readers.C.The article has transient value.D.Wide coverage and the way one reads it.(2).What can be concluded from the passage about the n
21、ewspaper readers?（分数：1.00）A.Read it completely.B.Read things that they need and don“t need.C.Usually read a newspaper selectively.D.Skim one newspaper to another,(3).Why a good newspaper offers “a variety“ to readers?（分数：1.00）A.It wants to satisfy readers of different countries.B.It has to cover thi
22、ngs that happen in a certain locality.C.It has to report news from different countries.D.Readers like to read different types of newspapers.(4).Which can be the best title for this passage?（分数：1.00）A.The Topicality of a Newspaper.B.The Importance of Reading a Newspaper.C.The Characteristics of a Goo
23、d Newspaper.D.How to Read a Newspaper Efficiently.DCo-operation means working together for the benefit of all. Without co-operation modern society could not exist. Co-operation has been at its best among the farmers in the dry areas of certain parts of Australia and Africa. The fields have been irri
24、gated in these areas. Crops cannot be grown without water. For this purpose, canals and reservoirs have been built. The canals have been cut through the fields of not only one farmer. Those who live higher up the valley than the others have permitted canals to be built through their land in order to
25、 carry water to the fields of farmers lower down. When there is a long period without rain, all share the water. Instead of taking all the water for them selves, the farmers in the higher land leave enough water for their neighbours down the valley. Farming in the dry areas has been made possible by
26、 such co-operation. By co-operation farmers have learned to make even the desert produce crops.（分数：3.00）(1).Co-operation means _.（分数：0.75）A.working for othersB.working for oneselfC.working together for the interests of allD.working together for the benefit of the whole world(2).A reservoir is used _
27、.（分数：0.75）A.to keep the fields wetB.to store waterC.to join canalsD.to prevent farmers from getting water(3).In dry weather the farmers who live higher up the valley _.（分数：0.75）A.share the water with their neighboursB.keep all the water for themselvesC.build canals across the fields of other farmers
28、D.work hard to store water(4).Crops can be produced in desert only because _.（分数：0.75）A.there is a lot of rainB.there is one reservoirC.the people work together for the benefit of allD.many wells have been foundEMore than three million years ago, our ancestors were already on the march, rising on tw
29、o legs to search for food, seek greener lands and, above all, to grow in body and brain. Let“s meet some of them: 1. Australopithecus afarensis They had ape-like faces and their brains were a third the size of modern humans“ brains. They lived 33.9 million years ago. Fossils were found in Ethiopia i
30、n 1974. 2. Paranthropus boisei Covered with fur, they had strong arms and gorilla-like faces. They lived 12.5 million years ago. Fossils were found in Tanzania in 1959. 3. Homo habilis Homo habilis, which actually means “handy man“, was the first species to make and use primitive stone tools. They l
31、ived 1.62.2 million years ago. Fossils were found in Tanzania in 1960. 4. Homo erectus With skeletons very similar to those of modern humans, they were probably the first to use fire. They lived 30,0001.8 million years ago. Fossils have been found in Africa and Asia since 1893. 5. Homo heidelbergens
32、is They were skilled hunters who used spears to kill animals. Their bodies were similar to ours, although more muscular and larger boned. They lived 200,000500,000 years ago. Fossils have been found in Ethiopia, Germany, France and Spain since 1921. 6. Homo Neanderthal Their brains were at least as
33、large as those of the average modern humans, while their smaller bodies helped them deal with cold climates. They lived 30,000230,000 years ago. Fossils have been found in France and Iraq since 1856.（分数：3.00）(1).What is considered more important in the development of the human?（分数：1.00）A.Man could s
34、tand on two feet.B.Man“s brain became big enough.C.Man“s arms became strong.D.Man could use the stone tools.(2).Fossils of the “handy man“ were found in _.（分数：1.00）A.Tanzania in 1960B.Germany in 1921C.France in 1856D.Tanzania in 1959(3).Which of the following lived earliest on the earth?（分数：1.00）A.H
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44、fe and former nurse. They sound like an average family. In some ways they are, but in many ways they are not. Tile average family in the U.S. has two or three children. The Geraldis have seventeen children. That is not all. Fifteen of these seventeen children are adopted children between the ages of
45、 one and nine. Each of the adopted children has a severe physical or mental disability (丧失能力). A day with the Geraldi family is not average. Camille wakes up before dawn. She and three helpers wake, wash, dress, and feed the seventeen children. After breakfast, eleven of the children go to special s
46、chools. At 7:30, Camille takes a nap for two hours. When she wakes up at 9:30, she feeds and plays with the children. Camille cooks dinner before Mike comes home from work. Mike cleans up after dinner. Camille is busy even at night. She often wakes up to take care of the children who need her. She a
47、lmost never has a full night“s sleep. Camille and Mike try to plan time for each other. Every Wednesday, they have a lunch “date“ and every other Saturday, they go away by themselves for the day. Camille says, “It fulfills me to help these children. It makes our life full.“ Camille loves her life. S
48、he looks at other people and thinks, “What a dull life they have.“ In many ways, the Geraldis are not an average family. However, in some ways, they are. Like most families, they laugh and cry together and love each other a lot.（分数：4.00）(1).What does the author think of the family?（分数：1.00）A.Dull.B.
49、Full. C.Small.D.Strange.解析：解析 本题可参见文章倒数第二段 It makes our life full(2).How many children am adopted?（分数：1.00）A.2.B.9.C.15. D.17.解析：解析 本题为细节题。答案可参见第二段中 Fifteen of these seventeen children are adopted children between the ages of one and nine(3).Camille does all the following things everyday EXCEPT _.（分数：1.00）A.dressing the childrenB.feeding the
