1、2004年 9月国家公共英语（二级）真题试卷（精选）及答案与解析 单项填空 1 You re always late. You_late three times this week. （ A） are being （ B） were （ C） had been （ D） have been 2 What was the matter with you this morning? You looked_you hadnt slept for the last twenty-four hours. （ A） so as （ B） that （ C） as if （ D） like that 3 P
2、lease dont tell anybody. I_,I promise. （ A） cant （ B） don t （ C） won t （ D） mustn t 4 Helen looked at the finished painting with_. （ A） satisfaction （ B） success （ C） victory （ D） favour 5 At 13 he was sent to a shop, _he learned the business. （ A） when （ B） which （ C） where （ D） that 6 Susan s near
3、ly thirty-five. Her parents think t s time she _married. （ A） would get （ B） gets （ C） will get （ D） got 7 The room contained_equipment including several TV monitors. （ A） little （ B） a few （ C） a number of （ D） a lot of 8 Can you speak Russian? I can speak a ittle_I cant understand much. （ A） and （
4、 B） but （ C） otherwise （ D） or 9 If it rains, we should not go out,but the sky_perfectly clear. （ A） is （ B） will be （ C） was （ D） had been 10 We must finish the job, no matter_difficult it is. （ A） however （ B） how （ C） whatever （ D） what 11 Have you got any dea for the summer vacation? -I dont min
5、d where we go_ theres sun, sea and beach. （ A） as if （ B） if only （ C） now that （ D） as long as 12 I ve decided to_your advice and stop smoking for good. （ A） take （ B） receive （ C） believe （ D） consider 13 When you stay n a foreign country for some time, you get used to the people s_of life. （ A） w
6、ay （ B） habit （ C） rule （ D） fact 14 -Professor Brown looks sad today. -He is sad. Yesterday a fire broke out in his house and his dog got_. （ A） burnt （ B） to burn （ C） burning （ D） to be burnt 15 It isn t_David says that annoys me but the way he says it. （ A） how （ B） that （ C） what （ D） why 完形填空
7、15 I usually dont take the subway(地铁 ) to get to my office, but it s a good thing I did last Tuesday. I【 C1】 _a man sitting opposite me who【 C2】 _to be extremely nervous. He was【 C3】 _wide-eyed at one of the advertisements (广告 ) in the car. Then his hands started to【 C4】 _. I took my medical bag and
8、【 C5】_to him. “Well, what【 C6】 _seems to be wrong with you?“ I asked. He pointed at an advertisement【 C7】 _the good qualities of a【 C8】_kind of shirt. It【 C9】 _:“It will not wilt, shrink, crease, or wrinkle. “ “Well,【 C10】 _about it?“ “Im going【 C11】 _,“ he said. “I can read t to myself, but I cant
9、says it out【 C12】 _“ “My dear man, “I comforted him, “you can say it. Of course you can. Youre【 C13】_a lit-lie nervous. This is just a nervous attack.You must not【 C14】 _.You must try and say it. Now say it. “ “Itit will not wilt, crink, wack, or shrinkle,“ he said, and with a groan(呻吟 ) he【 C15】 _h
10、is face with his hands. “Now come.【 C16】 _me,“ I told him ,“and learn how perfectly simple the whole【 C17】 _is. “ I continued n a firm voice: “It will not wink, shink, wack, or tinkle. “ Oh, my! I【 C18】 _several times, each was wrong n a different way. The man【 C19】 _, and appeared completely recove
11、red. I was【 C20】_.The man was cured. Of course, I had been putting on an act. 16 【 C1】 （ A） cured （ B） met （ C） taught （ D） noticed 17 【 C2】 （ A） turned （ B） appeared （ C） pretended （ D） meant 18 【 C3】 （ A） admiring （ B） screaming （ C） pointing （ D） staring 19 【 C4】 （ A） move （ B） shake （ C） touch （
12、 D） wave 20 【 C5】 （ A） came back （ B） went on （ C） rushed over （ D） looked over 21 【 C6】 （ A） generally （ B） exactly （ C） usually （ D） naturally 22 【 C7】 （ A） telling about （ B） showing off （ C） calling for （ D） dealing with 23 【 C8】 （ A） common （ B） regular （ C） famous （ D） certain 24 【 C9】 （ A） ad
13、mitted （ B） said （ C） proved （ D） called 25 【 C10】 （ A） what （ B） how （ C） talk （ D） think 26 【 C11】 （ A） crazy （ B） ahead （ C） angry （ D） back 27 【 C12】 （ A） loud （ B） alone （ C） freely （ D） completely 28 【 C13】 （ A） truly （ B） really （ C） simply （ D） particularly 29 【 C14】 （ A） stop （ B） given （ C
14、） hurry up （ D） look 30 【 C15】 （ A） covered （ B） turned （ C） hid （ D） touched 31 【 C16】 （ A） Talk to （ B） Allow （ C） Listen to （ D） Show 32 【 C17】 （ A） advertisement （ B） problem （ C） situation （ D） thing 33 【 C18】 （ A） tried （ B） spelled （ C） spoke （ D） explained 34 【 C19】 （ A） was anxious （ B） was
15、 nervous （ C） laughed （ D） shouted 35 【 C20】 （ A） interested （ B） delighted （ C） worried （ D） astonished 35 Ann Curry s a famous news presenter of the NBC News “ Today“ show. When she was 15 she happened to walk into a bookstore n her hometown and began looking at the books on the shelves. The man b
16、ehind the counter, Mac McCarley, asked if she d like a job. She needed to start saving for college, so she said yes. Ann worked after school and during summer vacations, and the job helped pay for her first year of college. During college she would do many other jobs: She served coffee in the studen
17、t union(学生会 ), was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one , the most satisfying jobs. One day a woman came into the bookstore and lasted Ann for boots on cancer(癌症 ). The woman seemed anxious. Ann showed her practically everything they had and found o
18、ther books they could order. The woman left the store less worried, and Ann has always remembered he pride she felt in having helped her customer. Years later, as a television reporter in Los Angeles, Ann heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and his hand. His family could
19、not afford a surgical(外科的 ) operation, and the boy lived in shame, hiding his hand in his pocket all the time. Ann persuaded her boss to et her do the story . After the story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the surgical operation for free. Ann visited the boy in the r
20、ecovery room after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, “Thank you. “ What a sweet sense of satisfaction Ann Curry felt! At McCarleys bookstore, Ann always sensed she was working for the customers, not the store. Today its the same. NBC News pays her, but s
21、he feels as if she works for the people who watch the programmes , helping them make sense of the world. 36 Ann Curry got her first job_. （ A） from her friend in a bookstore （ B） a couple of years before college （ C） at the NBC news “Today“ show （ D） when she was studying at university 37 At which p
22、art-time job did Ann Curry feel the happiest? （ A） The hotel. （ B） The bookstore. （ C） The student union. （ D） The US Forest Service. 38 What particularly gives her the feeling of pride? （ A） Helping people through work. （ B） Reporting interesting stories. （ C） Being able to do different jobs well.
23、（ D） Paying through her college education. 39 How did Ann help the child get the operation he needed? （ A） Ann persuaded the boy to speak on TV. （ B） Ann paid for the operation herself. （ C） Ann s boss agreed to raise money. （ D） Ann s news report moved some doctors. 39 Last April, on a visit to the
24、 new Mall of America near Minneapolis, I carried with me a small book provided for the reporters by the public relations office. It included a variety of “fun facts“ a-bout the mall, such as:140,000 hot dogs are sold each week, there are 10,000 full-time jobs, 44drawn weekly from 8Minneapolis Stadiu
25、m(体育馆 ) had been. It was only a five-minute drive from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. With 4. 2 million square feet of floor space twenty-two times the size of the average American shopping center the Mall of America was the largest shopping and family recreation(娱乐 )center under on
26、e roof in the United States. I knew already that the Mall of America had been imagined by its designers, not merely as a marketplace, but as a national tourist attraction. Eleven thousand articles, the small book informed me, had been written about the mall. Four hundred trees had been planted in it
27、s gardens, $625 million had been spent to build it, and 350 stores were already in business. Three thousand bus tours were expected each year along with a half-million Canadian visitors and 200,000 Japanese tourists. Sales were expected to be at $650 million for 1993 and at $1 billion for 1996. Pop
28、singers and film stars such as Janet Jackson and Arnold Schwarzenegger had visited the mall. It was five times larger than Red Square and it included 2. 3 miles of hallways and used almost twice as much steel as the Eiffel Tower. It was also home to the nations largest indoor park, called Knotts Cam
29、p Snoopy. 40 We know from the text that the Mall of America is_. （ A） near an old stadium （ B） close to an airport （ C） higher than the Eiffel Tower （ D） bigger than most American parks 41 Why are the pieces of information provided by Mall of America referred to as “fun facts“? （ A） They are largely
30、 imagined. （ B） They are surprising figures. （ C） They give exact descriptions. （ D） They make people feel uneasy. 42 Whats the point of mentioning popular stars who had been to the ma11? （ A） To show its power of attraction. （ B） To show that few rich people like to shop there. （ C） To tell the pub
31、lic about a new movie being made about it. （ D） To tell people that they have chances of meeting famous stars there. 43 We can infer from the text that_ （ A） Japanese visitors are most welcome to the mall （ B） Canadian visitors would spend $1 billion at the mall （ C） Knotts Camp Snoopy was next to t
32、he Mall of America （ D） the Mall of America was designed to serve more than one purpose 43 The research was done by a Dr. Griffiths in England. He compared the behavior of 15 regular gamblers (赌徒 ) with those of 15 non-regular gamblers before and after they gambled. Both groups had increased heart r
33、ates (心率 ) during gambling because t was exciting. But the regular gamblers heart rates went down almost straight after to game, while the non-regulars remained excited and had increased heart rates for longer. When the heart beat increases, the body produces chemicals called endorphins which make y
34、ou feel good. Dr. Griffiths thinks that regular gamblers lose this good feeling soon after a game and need to play again quickly to regain the pleasure. He has also discovered that regular gamblers have different psychological reactions (心理反应 ) from non-regular gamblers. In an experiment where regul
35、ar and non-regular gamblers thought aloud while playing, regular gamblers had far more unreasonable thoughts. In their minds they turned losses into near-wins. Dr. Griffiths thinks that nearly winning gives the gambler a high n the same way that a win would do. Based on Dr. Griffiths research, docto
36、rs suggest that one way to help regular gamblers to give up gambling is to give them beta-blockers drugs that stop them getting a high in the first place. 44 Dr. Griffiths research helps you find out_ （ A） which group of gamblers played the game better （ B） a chemical to increase gamblers heart beat
37、 （ C） a way to help gamblers give up gambling （ D） when gamblers should be given drugs 45 How did Dr. Griffiths discover the gamblers feelings when winning and losing? （ A） By examining the different chemicals in gamblers bodies. （ B） By asking the gamblers to speak aloud their feelings. （ C） By ask
38、ing he gamblers to discuss their ideas. （ D） By testing the gamblers heart beat. 46 The underlined words “a high“ probably mean “_“. （ A） a feeling of happiness （ B） a reasonable thought （ C） a great expectation （ D） an exciting idea 47 According to the text, what do we know about non-regular gamble
39、rs? （ A） Their bodies produce less endorphins during the game. （ B） They dont consider losses in a game as reasonable near-wins. （ C） Their bodies have no reaction to beta blockers. （ D） They have faster heart rates during the game. 47 It was probably around 3,000 years ago that people first began m
40、aking things to help them measure the passage of time. Having noticed that shadows move around trees as the sun moves across the sky, someone drew a circle and put a stick in the center. As the sun passed overhead, people could tell which part of the day it was by noticing which mark on the circle t
41、he shadow fell across. These circles were called “sundials“. Later, they were made of stone and metal to last longer. Of course, a sundial did not work at night or on cloudy days, so men kept inventing(发明 )other ways to keep trade of time. After glass blowing was invented, the hourglass came into us
42、e. An hourglass is a glass container for measuring time n which sand moves slowly from the top half to the bottom in exactly one hour. The hourglass is turned over every hour so the sand could flow again. One of the first clocks with a face and an hour hand was built for a king of France and placed
43、in the tower of his palace. The clock did not show minutes or seconds. Since there were no planes or trains to catch, people were not worried about knowing the exact time. Gradually, clocks began to be popular and unusual. One clock was in the shape of a cart with a horse and driver. One of the whee
44、ls was the face of the clock. Today, scientists have invented clocks that tell the correct time to a split second. Many electric clocks are often made with built-in radios, which can sometimes be set to turn on automatically (自动地 ). Thus, instead of an alarm(闹铃 ) ringing in your ear, you can hear so
45、ft music playing when it is time to get up. Some clocks will even start the coffee maker! 48 In the first paragraph, the word “sundial“ refers to_. （ A） the shadow of the sun （ B） the circle on the ground （ C） a tool to carry stones （ D） a timekeeper 49 In what way was the hourglass better than the
46、sundial? （ A） It could be used under any weather conditions. （ B） It could be turned over and over again. （ C） It was made of glass. （ D） It could last longer. 50 Besides telling the time, a modern electric clock can_. （ A） answer phone calls （ B） say your name （ C） start a small machine （ D） cook d
47、ifferent food 51 What is the best title for the passage? （ A） Clocks of Our Lives （ B） What Can a Clock Tell Us （ C） Clock through Time （ D） Clocks Change People s Lives 51 “When one of the doctors criticizes(批评 ) me, I get defensive. I feel like a child again, being scolded, and I want to explain t
48、hat I m not wrong. “says Viola, a nurse. This s a common reaction(反应 ) to criticism, but not a good one. There are better ways of dealing with criticism. 1. Try to be objective (客观 ) . When Sol was criticized by his new employer for not having made a sale, Sol s reaction was to feel sorry for himsel
49、f. “I had put everything I had into making that sale,“ Sol says, “and I felt that I had failed as a person. I had to earn through experience not to react like that to each failure. “ 2. Take time to cool down. Rather than reacting immediately to criticism, take some time to think over what was said . Your first questio
