1、公共英语五级-英语知识运用(二)及答案解析(总分：40.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、填空题(总题数：2，分数：40.00)The earliest settlers came to the North American continent to establish colonies which were free from the controls that existed in European societies. They wanted to (1) the controls placed on their lives by kings and governments, priest
2、s and churches, noblemen and aristocrats. To a great (2) , they succeeded. In 1776 the British colonial settlers (3) their independence from England and (4) a new nation, the United States of America. In (5) doing, they overthrew the king of England and declared that the power to govern would lie in
3、 the (6) of the people. They were now (7) from the power of the kings. In 1787, when they (8) the Constitution for their new nation, they separated church and state so that there would never be a governmentsupported church. This greatly (9) the power of the church. Also, in this Constitution they ex
4、pressly forbade titles of nobility to ensure that an aristocratic society would not develop. There would be (10) ruling class of noblemen in the new nation.The historic decision (11) by those first settlers has had a profound (12) on the shaping of the American character. By limiting the power of th
5、e government and the churches and eliminating a formal aristocracy, they (13) a climate of freedom where the emphasis was (14) the individual. The United States came to be associated in their minds (15) the concept of individual freedom. This is probably the most (16) of all the American values. Sch
6、olars and outside observers often (17) this value “individualism“, but many Americans use the word “freedom“. Perhaps the word is one of the most respected popular words in the United States today.By “freedom“, Americans (18) the desire and the ability of all individuals to control their own destiny
7、 without outside interference from the government, a ruling noble class, the church or (19) other organized authority. The desire to be free of controls was a basic value of the new nation in 1776, and it has continued to (20) immigrants to this country.（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填
8、空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_Archaeologist Timothy Kendall was leading an expedition in northern Sudan when one of his diggers came across a slab of intricately carved stone hidden in rubble. Soon after, another slab (1) up,
9、and then another, until there were 25 in all, laid (2) in the sand like an archaeological jigsaw puzzle. (3) together, the pieces formed a dazzling tableau: golden stars set against a blue sky, with crowned eagles flying (4) into the distance. Flying where, precisely? Kendall, an associate curator a
10、t Boston Museum of Fine Arts, thinks he knows. And (5) his hunch is correct, he may be a few tons of rubbles (6) from a major archaeological find.Kendalls (7) , when and if it comes, should be one of many (8) from that corner of Africa. Long (9) an archaeological afterthought by scientists exploring
11、 the more famous temples and pyramids of Egypt, just to the north, Sudan becomes suddenly the hot place to be and not just because (10) the equatorial temperatures that register as (11) as 100 degrees F. (12) during the prime winter digging season. At least 15 teams from the U.S., Europe and Sudan a
12、re sifting (13) the same sands for secrets of ancient Nubia, the worlds first black civilization, (14) at its height stretched more than 1,000 miles (15) the Nile River, from (16) is today the central part of Sudan to the southern reaches of Egypt.Everything uncovered thus (17) supports the convicti
13、on that the Nubians were not just dependents and trading partners of the Egyptian Pharaohs but also the (18) of an ancient and impressive civilization of their (19) , with a homegrown culture that may have been the most complex and advanced in (20) Africa.（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:
14、_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_公共英语五级-英语知识运用(二)答案解析(总分：40.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、填空题(总题数：2，分数：40.00)The earliest settlers came to the North American continent to establish colonies which were free from the controls that existed in E
15、uropean societies. They wanted to (1) the controls placed on their lives by kings and governments, priests and churches, noblemen and aristocrats. To a great (2) , they succeeded. In 1776 the British colonial settlers (3) their independence from England and (4) a new nation, the United States of Ame
16、rica. In (5) doing, they overthrew the king of England and declared that the power to govern would lie in the (6) of the people. They were now (7) from the power of the kings. In 1787, when they (8) the Constitution for their new nation, they separated church and state so that there would never be a
17、 governmentsupported church. This greatly (9) the power of the church. Also, in this Constitution they expressly forbade titles of nobility to ensure that an aristocratic society would not develop. There would be (10) ruling class of noblemen in the new nation.The historic decision (11) by those fir
18、st settlers has had a profound (12) on the shaping of the American character. By limiting the power of the government and the churches and eliminating a formal aristocracy, they (13) a climate of freedom where the emphasis was (14) the individual. The United States came to be associated in their min
19、ds (15) the concept of individual freedom. This is probably the most (16) of all the American values. Scholars and outside observers often (17) this value “individualism“, but many Americans use the word “freedom“. Perhaps the word is one of the most respected popular words in the United States toda
20、y.By “freedom“, Americans (18) the desire and the ability of all individuals to control their own destiny without outside interference from the government, a ruling noble class, the church or (19) other organized authority. The desire to be free of controls was a basic value of the new nation in 177
21、6, and it has continued to (20) immigrants to this country.（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：escape）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：extent）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：declared/got/gained/achieved）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：established/founded）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：so）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：hands）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：free）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：wrote）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答
22、案：limited / restricted）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：no）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：made）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：effect / influence / impact）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：created）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：on）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：with）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：basic / important / essential）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：call）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：mean）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：any）解析：填空项 1:_
23、（正确答案：attract / draw）解析：Archaeologist Timothy Kendall was leading an expedition in northern Sudan when one of his diggers came across a slab of intricately carved stone hidden in rubble. Soon after, another slab (1) up, and then another, until there were 25 in all, laid (2) in the sand like an archa
24、eological jigsaw puzzle. (3) together, the pieces formed a dazzling tableau: golden stars set against a blue sky, with crowned eagles flying (4) into the distance. Flying where, precisely? Kendall, an associate curator at Boston Museum of Fine Arts, thinks he knows. And (5) his hunch is correct, he
25、may be a few tons of rubbles (6) from a major archaeological find.Kendalls (7) , when and if it comes, should be one of many (8) from that corner of Africa. Long (9) an archaeological afterthought by scientists exploring the more famous temples and pyramids of Egypt, just to the north, Sudan becomes
26、 suddenly the hot place to be and not just because (10) the equatorial temperatures that register as (11) as 100 degrees F. (12) during the prime winter digging season. At least 15 teams from the U.S., Europe and Sudan are sifting (13) the same sands for secrets of ancient Nubia, the worlds first bl
27、ack civilization, (14) at its height stretched more than 1,000 miles (15) the Nile River, from (16) is today the central part of Sudan to the southern reaches of Egypt.Everything uncovered thus (17) supports the conviction that the Nubians were not just dependents and trading partners of the Egyptia
28、n Pharaohs but also the (18) of an ancient and impressive civilization of their (19) , with a homegrown culture that may have been the most complex and advanced in (20) Africa.（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：turned）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：out）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Fitted Put）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：off）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：if）解析：
29、填空项 1:_ （正确答案：away）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：breakthrough）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：arising / appearing / emerging）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：considered）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：of）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：high）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：even）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：through）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：which）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：along）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：what）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：far）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：creators/makers）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：own）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：all）解析：
