1、国家公共英语（二级）笔试模拟试卷 248及答案与解析 第一节 听下面 5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从题中所给的 A、 B、 C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1 Where is the womans husband now? （ A） At home. （ B） In the library. （ C） In the lab. 2 Why didnt the woman wear the black dress? （ A） Because she does not like it. （
2、B） Because it does not fit her very well. （ C） Because it is too formal for the occasion. 3 What is the mans occupation now? （ A） Hes a secretary. （ B） Hes a novelist. （ C） Hes a newspaperman. 4 How many cars can be parked in the back lot? （ A） A total of 15. （ B） A total of 30. （ C） A total of 50.
3、5 What does the man mean? （ A） He wants to talk about the project. （ B） He thinks the project is fine. （ C） He agrees with the woman. 第二节 听下面 5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从题中所 给的 A、 B、 C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有 5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出 5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 6 What time do most stores close? （ A）
4、At six. （ B） At nine. （ C） At seven. 7 What time does the department store close? （ A） At six. （ B） At nine. （ C） At seven. 8 Who is the man? （ A） An employee. （ B） A student. （ C） A patient. 9 What time will the man see the doctor? （ A） 9:15 Tuesday. （ B） 9:15 Thursday. （ C） 21:15 Thursday. 10 Wher
5、e is Mr. Li? （ A） He is on holiday. （ B） He is out for lunch. （ C） He is on a trip. 11 When will Mr. Li return? （ A） This weekend. （ B） Next week. （ C） Tomorrow. 12 What is the probable place where the speakers are talking? （ A） In an office. （ B） In the street. （ C） On the phone. 13 How long has th
6、e woman been working in the lab? （ A） Four years. （ B） Just three years. （ C） Almost three years. 14 What degree does the woman hold? （ A） Bachelor. （ B） Master. （ C） Doctor. 15 What kind of research does the woman do? （ A） Basic research. （ B） Developing new products. （ C） The dialogue doesnt tell
7、us. 16 Where is the speech taking place? （ A） At a construction site. （ B） In a concert hall. （ C） In a music classroom. 17 What kind of group will be performing? （ A） A musical-comedy troupe. （ B） A ballet company. （ C） An orchestra. 18 What was Isaac Stones purpose in organizing the committee? （ A
8、） To support the National Musical Excellence Society. （ B） To raise funds for Carnegie Hall. （ C） Review the works of Leonard Bernstein. 19 Approximately, how many laborers and artisans have worked on the project? （ A） 19. （ B） 50. （ C） 350. 20 Where will the reception be held? （ A） In a restaurant.
9、 （ B） At a music school. （ C） In the main lobby. 单项填空 21 The boy was used to making_of poor children. （ A） a fun （ B） fun （ C） funs （ D） the fun 22 It was there_we had received all the news of battles. （ A） that （ B） where （ C） which （ D） when 23 “You_more careful about your spelling“,said the teach
10、er. （ A） should have been （ B） should be （ C） would have been （ D） are 24 We have heard the news_his sister has gone abroad. （ A） which （ B） what n （ C） that （ D） when 25 No person_John can ran so fast. （ A） except （ B） besides （ C） but （ D） but for 26 26._there herself saved us a lot of trouble. （
11、A） Marys going （ B） Marys gone （ C） Mary is going （ D） Marys go 27 The noise of desks_can be heard in the morning. （ A） opened （ B） being opened （ C） opening （ D） open 28 Class will begin in five minutes, we should stop_. （ A） to talk （ B） talk （ C） talking （ D） talked 29 We need someone to look_our
12、 baby when we are out. （ A） at （ B） after （ C） for （ D） of 30 The train_Shanghai at 10:30 a. m. （ A） arrived （ B） reached （ C） got （ D） stopped 31 We said_that we all agree. （ A） in concerts （ B） in concert （ C） on concerts （ D） with concert 32 The language is not easy_. （ A） to learn （ B） learn （ C
13、） to be learned （ D） learning 33 Is it your_to recite the lesson? （ A） turn （ B） turns （ C） time （ D） duty 34 We heard some pigeons were softly_. （ A） barking （ B） neighing （ C） heehawing （ D） cooing 35 He decided to impress all the things_. （ A） upon his minds （ B） upon his mind （ C） in his mind （
14、D） at his minds. 完形填空 35 Mr. Johnson worked in an office. He was short and fat and he looked like a forty-year-old man 36 he was no more than thirty-five. He 37 three thousand dollars a month and had his own house and car. But he was very miserly(吝啬的 )and had 38 friends. He took good care of nobody
15、but 39 He was introduced to several girls,but he never bought any 40 for them and no girl liked a man like him. So he had to 41 alone in the beautiful house. He was always sad of it and didnt know the 42 One Sunday morning Mr. Johnson felt lonely 43 and went out for a walk near a park. It was a fine
16、 day. The sun was 44 and the birds were singing in the trees. Beautiful 45 and green grass could be seen everywhere. He 46 his sadness and walked on. Suddenly he heard someone was calling 47 He turned round and saw a pretty girl with a pair of glasses 48 to catch up with him. He felt strange 49 he d
17、idnt know her at all. But he stopped to 50 her. “Dont you remember me,sir?“asked the girl. “I 51 you last December!“ “Im 52 youre one of my childrens father,“the girl said. Suddenly she found she didnt know the man at all and her 53 turned red and hurried off. 54 her receding figure (消失的身影 )， Mr. Jo
18、hnson could not understand 55 it meant. Of course he didnt know she was a teacher! （ A） if （ B） whether （ C） though （ D） when （ A） paid （ B） was paid （ C） borrowed （ D） was lent （ A） few （ B） a few （ C） many （ D） plenty of （ A） he （ B） him （ C） his （ D） himself （ A） tickets （ B） presents （ C） beans
19、（ D） firewood （ A） live （ B） play （ C） work （ D） build （ A） excuses （ B） advice （ C） suggestion （ D） reasons （ A） in the office （ B） at school （ C） at home （ D） in the restaurant （ A） flying （ B） shining （ C） standing （ D） sitting （ A） stones （ B） trees （ C） flowers （ D） stones （ A） wrote （ B） read
20、（ C） remembered （ D） forgot （ A） behind （ B） front （ C） away （ D） over there （ A） resting （ B） trying （ C） planning （ D） asking （ A） while （ B） until （ C） unless （ D） because （ A） wait for （ B） help （ C） discover （ D） discuss with （ A） examined （ B） hurt （ C） visited （ D） invited （ A） afraid （ B） su
21、re （ C） sad （ D） sorry （ A） head （ B） eyes （ C） nose （ D） face （ A） Looking at （ B） Drawing （ C） Beating （ D） Receiving （ A） why （ B） when （ C） where （ D） what 55 Ann Curry is a famous news presenter of the NBC News “Today“show. When she was 15 she happened to walk into a bookstore in her hometown a
22、nd began looking at the books on the shelves. The man behind the counter, Mac McCarley, asked if shed 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 wou
23、ld do many other jobs: she served coffee in the student union(学生会 ) , was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs. One day a woman came into the bookstore and asked Ann for books on cancer (癌症 ). The woman seemed anxious. An
24、n showed her practically everything they had and found other books they could order. The woman left the store less worried, and Ann has always remembered the 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
25、problems with his fingers and his hand. His family could 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 let her do the story. After the story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the
26、surgical operation for free. Ann visited the boy in the recovery 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 McCarelys bookstore, Ann always sensed she was working for the customers, no
27、t the store. Today its the same. NBC News pays her, but she feels as if she works for the people who watch the programmes, helping them make sense of the world. 56 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
28、 （ D） when she was studying at university 57 At which part-time job did Ann Curry feel the happiest? （ A） The hotel. （ B） The bookstore. （ C） The student union. （ D） The US Forest Service. 58 What particularly gives her the feeling of pride? （ A） Helping people through work. （ B） Reporting interesti
29、ng stories. （ C） Being able to do different jobs well. （ D） Paying through her college education. 59 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） Anns boss agreed to raise money. （ D） Anns news report
30、 moved some doctors. 59 A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in identically (同样地 )the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy tales as sacred (神圣的 ) texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, an
31、d, if a parent can produce what, in the actual circumstances(情况 )of the time and the individual (各自 ,单独 )child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better. A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or arou-sing(引起 )his sadistic impulse(冲动 ,反应 ).
32、To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy tales were more often guilty(内疚 )of cruelty(粗鲁 )than those who had not. Aggressive(好斗的 )，destructive(破坏性的 ) .sadistic impulses every child has and, on the whole, their symbolic verbal discharge s
33、eems to be rather a safety value than an incitement to overt action. As to fears, there are, I think, well-authenticated cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy tales. Often, however, this arises from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition
34、 turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered. There are also people who object to fairy tales on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two-headed dragons, magic carpets, etc, do not exist; and that, instead of indulging his fantasies in fairy
35、 tales, the child should be taught how to adapt to reality by studying history and mechanics. I find such people. I must confess, so unsympathetic and peculiar that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of madmen attempting to fly from New York to P
36、hiladelphia on a broomstick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their enchanted girlfriend. No fairy tale ever claimed to be a description of the external world and no insane child has ever believed that it was. 60 The author considers that a fairy tale is more effective wh
37、en it is_. （ A） repeated without variation （ B） treated with reverence （ C） adapted by the parent （ D） set in the present 61 Some people dislike fairy tales because they feel they_. （ A） tempt people to be cruel to children （ B） show the primitive cruelty in children （ C） lend themselves to undesira
38、ble experiments with children （ D） increase a tendency to sadism in children 62 Fairy tales are a means by which childrens impulses may be_. （ A） beneficially channeled （ B） given a destructive tendency （ C） held back until maturity （ D） effectively suppressed 63 According to the passage great fear
39、can be stimulated in a child when the story is （ A） in a realistic setting （ B） heard for the first time （ C） repeated too often （ D） dramatically told 63 Mrs. White was 67 when she was moved out of the house where she had lived most of her life. The house was pulled down and a new block of flats wa
40、s built there instead. At about the same time her only son was offered a job in Canada. Since the shopping and the housework had become too much for her, and her son and his wife were not able to look after her any more, Mrs. White had to be taken to Homefield Old Peoples Home. She still had some fr
41、iends near her old home,but now she was separated form them. During the first few months she was visited by friends and former neighbours, but Homefield was a long way from where they lived, too far away for old people. At Homefield Mrs. White was given a small room of her own, and she was well look
42、ed after. But she knew no one when she arrived, and she was not able to make friends there. She was well liked by the people who worked there, but she kept apart from the other old people and spent most of her time in her room. After a time she was hardly ever seen at meetings and social evenings. A
43、lthough she was in poor health and had to be treated for a weak heart, she did not complain. “After all“, she said, “lots of people are worse off than I am“. What she disliked most was the“quietness “in the home, and what was even worse was that her son was not able to see her, not even at Christmas
44、 64 Mrs. White was moved out of her old house mainly because_. （ A） her son was going to work in Canada （ B） she didnt want to do housework any more （ C） her house was to be replaced by a new building （ D） her friends had all moved away from the area 65 Why did her friends and neighbours stop seeing
45、 her after a few months? （ A） Because they had to travel a long way to see her. （ B） Because they had found some new friends. （ C） Because they had fallen sick. （ D） Because they had lost interest in the new place. 66 She was_the people who worked there. （ A） criticized by （ B） disliked by （ C） popu
46、lar with （ D） kept away from 67 Which of the following words can best describe her life in the old peoples home? （ A） Busy. （ B） Unhappy. （ C） Varied. （ D） Happy. 67 Have you ever examined your paper money closely? See if you can locate a $ 5, $ 10,or $20 bill printed before 1964 and marked “Federal
47、 Reserve Note“ over the portrait. In the upperleft portion above the seal, a statement written in fine print says that the note is legal tender(法定货币 )and that it“is redeemable(可兑现的 ) in lawful money at the United States Treasury(美国财政部 ),or at any Federal Reserve Bank. “Does this mean that the bill i
48、s not lawful? At the bottom center the same bill says, “Will pay to the bearer on demand X dollars. “Does this mean that your X-dollar bill is not Xdollars? Much confusion exists about the real nature of money. Many people believe that money has no value unless it is backed by gold or silver. They t
49、hink that the Federal Reserve note is only a symbol for money, and that real money is the precious metal backing the note. Some people look on money as wealth and believe that it must have intrinsic(内在的 ) value. If we were to study the history of money, we would find that in different places and at different times a variety of things have been used as money. Cattle, shell, beads(珠子 ) tobacco leaves, and various metals including iron, zinc(锌 ), bronze
