1、公共英语二级-473 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 are the two speakers probably talking about?（分数：1.00）A.Play activities.B.Building castles.C.The beach.(2).How will the man go to his office?（分数：1.00）A.Taking the bus.B.By bike.C.On foot.(3).What will the wom
2、an probably do this evening?（分数：1.00）A.Go to see the movies.B.Stay at home.C.Do some sports.(4).Whats probably the mans occupation?（分数：1.00）A.A repairman.B.A robber.C.A policeman.(5).How does the woman feel?（分数：1.00）A.Interesting.B.Boring.C.Absurd.三、第二节(总题数：5，分数：15.00)(1).How does the man feel about
3、 Davids way of sleeping?（分数：1.00）A.Its effective.B.Its strange.C.Its the best.(2).How many hours does David sleep a day?（分数：1.00）A.Four.B.Six.C.Seven.(3).What does the woman suggest at the end of the talk?（分数：1.00）A.People should develop a habit like Davids.B.People need longer hours of sleep.C.Peop
4、le have different sleeping habits.(1).What is Sally doing?（分数：1.00）A.Reading a letter.B.Washing clothes.C.Making a phone call.(2).Why does Tom ask Sally and John to call him?（分数：1.00）A.He wants to meet them at the station.B.He wants to invite them to dinner.C.He wants them to visit his family.(3).Wh
5、at is Toms telephone number?（分数：1.00）A.680-6840.B.780-6842.C.780-7842.(1).Who is the speaker?（分数：1.00）A.A student.B.A teacher.C.An officer clerk.(2).Why did the speaker get a parking ticket?（分数：1.00）A.His car was parked for too long.B.His car took up too much space.C.He left his car in a wrong place
6、3).Which of the following words best describes the day the speakers had?（分数：1.00）A.Exciting.B.Unlucky.C.Tiring.(1).What exactly does the man want to find out?（分数：1.00）A.What people think of the bus service.B.How many people are using the bus service.C.Which group of people use the bus service most
7、 often.(2).What does the woman say about the bus service?（分数：1.00）A.The distance between bus stops is toe long.B.The bus timetables are full of mistakes.C.Buses are often not on time.(3).Why does the woman say her husband is fortunate?（分数：1.00）A.He often goes to work in a friends car.B.He doesnt nee
8、d to go shopping by bus.C.He lives close to the bus station.(1).What happened when the man was mountain climbing?（分数：1.00）A.He got trapped in a cave.B.He got lost in bad weather.C.He lost his equipment and food.(2).What caused the loss of the mans legs?（分数：1.00）A.The low temperature.B.A bad fall in
9、the mountain.C.An unsuccessful operation,(3).What did he decide to do after losing his legs?（分数：1.00）A.Design new climbing shoes.B.Set up a club for the disabled.C.Use technology to fight his disability.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.Im used to driving in Hong Kong now, but
10、 it _ hard at the beginning.（分数：1.00）A.isB.wasC.had beenD.has been2.This message is very important; Can you make sure that Helen _ it?（分数：1.00）A.getB.gotC.getsD.is getting3.From the look on his face I knew that the end had come, one way or（分数：1.00）A.otherB.othersC.anotherD.the others4.When you stay
11、in a foreign country for some time, you get used to the peoples _ of life.（分数：1.00）A.wayB.habitC.ruleD.fact5.-Where is my blue shirt?-Its in the washing machine. You have to wear _ different shirt.（分数：1.00）A.aB.otherC.anyD.the6.John is doing very well in school and it is quite _ that his mother shou
12、ld be proud of him.（分数：1.00）A.normalB.naturalC.generalD.usual7.The firemen arrived half an hour _ the alarm was first raised, when it was too late to save much of the building.（分数：1.00）A.sinceB.afterC.asD.until8.The lecture seemed to have _ only a short time, although the clock said it had gone on f
13、or more than an hour.（分数：1.00）A.costB.lastedC.spentD.passed9.-Please dont tell anybody.-I _, I promise.（分数：1.00）A.wontB.dontC.cantD.mustnt10.-Im really thirsty. Do you think this water is safe _?-Ask the farmer over there.（分数：1.00）A.to drinkB.to be drunkC.to drink itD.to have it drunk11.-Why are you
14、 _ all the pictures?-Im going to paint the walls.（分数：1.00）A.hanging upB.taking downC.carrying outD.putting off12.I was just coming out of the sea after a swim _ I stepped on a sharp stone and cut my foot.（分数：1.00）A.thenB.asC.whenD.while13.Nick had an unusually clever mind, so his success had been _
15、and never in doubt.（分数：1.00）A.hopedB.askedC.promisedD.expected14.-Were going to have a picnic tomorrow. Why dont you come with us?-_, but Im having a friend over.（分数：1.00）A.Id like toB.Youre rightC.I dont mindD.Maybe next time15.People in this town _ of a possible storm, and theyre preparing for it;
16、分数：1.00）A.would be warnedB.will be warnedC.have been warnedD.had been warned六、第二节 完型填空(总题数：1，分数：20.00)I began to register on Monday/by picking up registration forms, completing them, and then turning them in with my photo. On Tuesday when I (36) to pay my fee, the lady at the fee desk (37) me to th
17、e line of (38) registrants because the universitys computer refused to (39) my forms. Even after standing in line for an hour, I (40) to see the humor in the (41) when the little man at the desk told me that I did not have a good (42) for not living in a school dormitory. However, he (43) to let me
18、register when I asked him to note the (44) of my being a girl and the universitys all-boy dormitories. He asked me to come back the next day, at which time my (45) would have been through the computer again. When. I came back on Wednesday and (46) Tuesdays experience, I began to (47) my sense of hum
19、or. Almost to my (48) I was not sent to the line of problem registration on Thursday. (49) the lady at the fee desk (50) my computerized fee receipt and announced that I (51) Green College $100. When I questioned her about the (52) of registering for 15 hours a week for that small fee, she answered
20、that the computer (53) that I was a full-time teacher. Early the next morning, Friday, I visited the registrar, who was able to (54) the problem, and then went so the Fiscal Office where I paid ,the additional fee. As I wrote the check, I congratulated myself on (55) registration at Green College in
21、 only five days.（分数：20.00）A.desiredB.rememberedC.returnedD.continuedA.wavedB.invitedC.directedD.presentedA.problemB.part-timeC.specialD.regularA.admitB.acceptC.recognizeD.noticeA.managedB.happenedC.beganD.decidedA.conditionB.placeC.situationD.sceneA.recordB.reasonC.qualityD.chanceA.promisedB.attempt
22、edC.refusedD.agreedA.factB.advantageC.differenceD.roleA.turnB.correctionC.questionsD.formsA.repeatedB.reportedC.discoveredD.expectedA.enjoyB.haveC.loseD.improveA.knowledgeB.disappointmentC.expectationD.surpriseA.SoB.StillC.InsteadD.OtherwiseA.foundB.collectedC.offeredD.includedA.usedB.paidC.owedD.re
23、ceivedA.judgmentB.possibilityC.explanationD.realityA.checkedB.arrangedC.thoughtD.doubtedA.faceB.stopC.deal withD.pick upA.completingB.passingC.experiencingD.experimenting七、第三部分 阅读理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)ARobert Fred was the general manager of a large hotel in Ashbury Park, New Jersey. One cold day two year
24、s ago when he stopped his car at a traffic light, Stephen Pearman, an out-of-work taxi and truck driver, walked up to Freds ear hoping to earn some change by washing his windshield. Like many motorists who try to keep the beggars off, Fred turned on the wipers to show he wasnt interested.Pearman put
25、 his head close to the window. “Come on, mister. Give me a chance. I need a job,“ he said. Something in Stephen Pearmans voice moved Robert Fred. In the seconds before traffic started moving again, Fred handed, Pearman a business card and told him to call if he was serious.“My friends told me he was
26、 just pulling my leg,“ said Pearman. “But I said, No, hes a businessman. I need to give it a shot.“Two days later, 29-year-old Pearman appeared in the managers office of the big hotel. Fred gave him a job and housing and lent him pocket money while training him.Today, Pearman works full-time setting
27、 up the hotels dining halls for business meetings. In the past two years, he has found a flat, married and repaid Freds loans.“Mr. Fred gave me a second chance,“ says Pearman, “and I took advantage of it. I could have just come here a while, eaten up and left. But there is no future in washing winds
28、hields.“Ordinarily, Fred keeps away from the street People. “But Pearman seemed so honest and open, asking for a chance rather than just money,“ Fred says: “I dont hand my business card to just any- body. But Im. glad I did in this case./（分数：5.00）(1).When Pearman offered to wash the windshield for F
29、red, _.（分数：1.00）A.Fred gladly agreed to let him do itB.Pearman was told to do it laterC.Fred took him as a beggarD.Pearman knew Fred was a kind man(2).When Fred told Pearman to call if he was serious, he meant if _.（分数：1.00）A.Pearman was really hard-workingB.Pearman was really interested in washing
30、windshieldsC.Pearmans conditions were truly seriousD.Pearman was really looking for a job(3).What did Pearman mean by saying “he is a businessman“?（分数：1.00）A.Fred knew where he could get a job.B.Businessmen always handed others their cards.C.Fred had enough money to help the poor.D.Fred meant what h
31、e had said.(4).What has become of P, earman now?（分数：1.00）A.He is a full-time employee at the hotel.B.He is still washing car windshields.C.He is in charge of Freds loans.D.He organizes dinner parties for the hotel.(5).What can we learn about Fred ?（分数：1.00）A.He always gives help to the unemployed.B.
32、He likes to give his help to anyone in need.C.He helps those who work hard themselves.D.He is easily moved by poor people.BShe once said,“ When people ask me whether writing has been a hard or easy road I always answer with the famous saying: The end is nothing; the road is all. That is what I mean
33、when I say writing has been a pleasure. I have never faced the type-writer with the thought that one more task had to be done.“Like most writers, Willa Cather did not write books for the money that they brought her. but rather for the pleasure that came in their writing. Her works were, like her, si
34、mple and full of the vigor of her days in Nebraska, where she grew from childhood to young womanhood and where she developed a deep love for the treeless land of the great plains with its wild flowers, wheat fields and rivers.“Its a rather strange thing about the flat country,“ she wrote later. “It
35、takes hold of you, or it leaves you perfectly cold. A great many people find it very dull: they like a church tower, an old factory, a waterfall, the country all made to look like a German Christmas card. But when I come to the open plains, something happens. Im home. I breathe differently./（分数：5.00
36、1).61 Willa Cather wrote because she found writing _.（分数：1.00）A.simple and livelyB.opened up a road to successC.neither too hard nor too easyD.interesting and enjoyable(2).What did Cather mean by “The end is nothing; the road is all“?（分数：1.00）A.Writing is the only path to success.B.Writing itself,
37、 not its result, is important.C.I enjoy writing whether it is hard or easy.D.I feel happy when I finish writing a book.(3).What was the place like where Cather grew up?（分数：1.00）A.It was cold, plain and without a church.B.It was vast, open, flat, and wild.C.It was like a German Christmas card.D.It wa
38、s a colorful world of wild flowers.(4).When she said “It takes hold of yon. or it leaves you perfectly cold“ Wills Cather meant _.（分数：1.00）A.you either love the place or hate itB.you decide either to stay or to leaveC.some find the place warm; Others find it coldD.some find the place peaceful; other
39、s find it wild(5).What happens when Cather comes to the open plains.?（分数：1.00）A.She breathes differently from others.B.She wants to make the place her home.C.She feels completely comfortable.D.She finds the place similar to her home.CEveryone wants the best for a baby. A mother wants her baby to hav
40、e the best in the ways of food, toys, clothing and equipment. Her value judgments on prices may go wrong when it comes to buying for a baby, particularly the first one. Factory producers and advertisers recognize this, and exploit it to the full. Far more is spent in buying push-chairs, special milk
41、 and special powders for small babies than is necessary.The child himself watches television, a particularly strong influence on small children. Looking at them as they watch television, and then watching them react to products afterwards, suggests that young children accept the television advertis
42、ements as well as the guidance offered by childrens pro- grams, and find both equally attractive. The child comes early in life to the feeling widespread in this country that if something is said on television it must be true.For this reason much Christmas-gift advertising, and advertising for sweet
43、s, food and washing powders, is specially designed for children because of the effect their repeated nagging can have on their mothers. By exercising in this way they become consumers at an early age and as a result, with present-day pressures, choosing and buying goods and services will remain an i
44、mportant part of their future lives.（分数：4.00）(1).According to the writer, a mother spends more than necessary on _.（分数：1.00）A.Christmas advertisingB.sweetsC.televisionD.special powders(2).The underlined word “nagging“ most probably means _.（分数：1.00）A.TV servicesB.baby powdersC.repeated demandsD.chil
45、drens programs(3).Which of the following statements is best supported by the text?（分数：1.00）A.Mothers encourage children to buy products advertised on TV.B.TV programs often advertise the best products for children.C.Children like both TV advertisements and childrens programs.D.TV advertisements prov
46、ide the best advice to chose gifts.(4).The best title for the text could be _.（分数：1.00）A.Mothers and BabiesB.Choosing Goods for ChildrenC.Giving the Best to BabiesD.Children as ConsumersDMusicals, which developed out of the British comedy at the end of the 19th century, are stage productions that us
47、e popular-style songs and dialogs. They put together music and play, as well as song and dance.In Europe, the US and Japan, the musical is a popular form of performing art. Musicals generally attract more people than do plays or classical music concerts. However, most Chinese people are still not fa
48、miliar with this form of art.In 1987, the American musical The Music Man, a heart-warming story about a traveling sales- man who tries to trick a small town into buying his musical instruments, was introduced in China. In 1990, Sunrise was put on stage in Shanghai. It is considered the first Chinese
49、 musical in Chinas history. But neither of these achieved as great a success as had been expected. This makes it clear that in China, musicals are still at their earliest stage of development.By comparison, developed in many Western countries for years, musicals have achieved great success on Broadway (in New York City) as well as in Londons West End, both of which are famous for their musicals. The musical has become an import
