1、国家公共英语二级（阅读理解）练习试卷 2及答案与解析 1 One answer to the question of land shortage was suggested by an organization some years ago. A city was to be built at sea, housing 30,000 people. The suggestion was to shape the city like a harbor (港口 ). The outer wall of the harbor would stand on steel columns resting
2、on the seabed. Naturally this could only be where the water was fairly shallow. The people would like to live in flats in the fifty-metre high outer wall. The flats would be all face inwards, and would be made of concrete (混凝土 ) and glass. The glass would be specially made and colored to control the
3、 heat and strong light from the sun. The planners called this man-made harbor would be calm. On it would be floating islands carrying more buildings: a hospital, two theaters, a museum, an art exhibition hall and a church. On one of the islands would be a special factory to take the salt out of sea
4、water and turn it into fresh water. People living in the city could move around on small boats driven by electricity, so there would be no air pollution from the burning of gas. There would be platforms outside the man wall for ships bringing supplies. People could also travel to the mainland by mot
5、orboat or water plane. 1 What was suggested about the construction of a new city at sea? （ A） The city was to be designed together with a harbor. （ B） The walls around the city would be made of steel and glass. （ C） The building of the city would rest on a floating island. （ D） The people would live
6、 in tall buildings surrounded by a wall. 2 How would fresh water be supplied to the city? （ A） By treating sea water. （ B） By getting it from the surrounding islands. （ C） By building a small lake of fresh water inside the city. （ D） By transporting it from the mainland. 3 The suggestion made by the
7、 organization is to solve the problem that_. （ A） there is not enough space for building cites on land （ B） land transportation has become increasingly difficult （ C） there are too many people on land （ D） present cities are heavily polluted by cars 4 The purpose of the writer is_. （ A） to suggest h
8、ow new type of harbor could be built at sea （ B） to give a description of a new-type city （ C） to draw peoples attention to the problem of air pollution （ D） to introduce a mew way of building harbor-cities 5 Taxes (税 ) are a big part in the United States. Most Americans pay city taxes, state taxes,
9、 social security (安全 ) taxes, sales taxes and the list seems endless. The biggest tax for most Americans is that on the money they earn the income tax. The personal income tax is called a “progressive tax“ because it takes more from those who earn more. For example, a person who earns about 3,500 do
10、llars a year will pay a tax of only about 3.5% of earning, but of the same person earned 85,000 dollars a year, he would pay an income tax of 35%. Over the years the income tax has become more and more difficult for people to understand. Almost one half of all Americans now have to pay experts to pr
11、epare their tax reports in fact, preparing taxes and giving tax advice have become a big industry in America. 5 Most Americans pay_. （ A） taxes which are too many to list （ B） taxes either to the cities or the states they live in （ C） so many kinds of taxes that they even dont know the names （ D） se
12、veral kinds of taxes 6 Social security tax is collected from_. （ A） those who have broken the law （ B） those who often make trouble （ C） those whose lives and property are in danger （ D） every citizen living in the area in question (所在 ) 7 A “progressive tax“ is the tax_. （ A） collected for social p
13、rogress （ B） that increases with each passing year （ C） that is collected from those who earn most （ D） that varies (变化 ) according to how much money a person earns 8 Why do almost one half of all Americans have to pay experts? （ A） Because the list of taxes seems endless. （ B） Because they would ra
14、ther spend their time and energy elsewhere. （ C） Because they find their knowledge about taxes is so limited that they are unable to write tax report all by themselves. （ D） Because paying experts to prepare their tax report and asking for tax advice have become very popular. 国家公共英语二级（阅读理解）练习试卷 2答案与解析 1 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读理解 2 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读理解 3 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读理解 4 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读理解 5 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读理解 6 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读理解 7 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读理解 8 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读理解
