1、国家公共英语（二级）笔试模拟试卷 29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 How many students are there in the computer class? （ A） 69. （ B） 67. （ C） 59. 2 Whose leg is broken? （ A） The man. （ B） The woman. （ C） The mans brother. 3 What conclu
2、sion can we draw from the womans remark? （ A） She doesnt like the dress. （ B） She thinks it is too expensive. （ C） She likes the dress. 4 What does the man mean by that? （ A） She is too busy. （ B） He is willing to help. （ C） Its your problem. 5 What are they talking about? （ A） A speech on televisio
3、n. （ B） A meet with the president. （ C） An article in the newspaper. 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 How does the woman think of the new teacher? （ A） He is too bad. （ B） He is not too bad. （ C） He is goo
4、d. 7 Where are they? （ A） at a repair shop. （ B） at school. （ C） at an airport. 8 Why did the speaker ask the people to leave the building as quickly as possible? （ A） Because a fire started in the building. （ B） Because a robbery would happen soon. （ C） Because electricity went out in the building.
5、 9 Where did this announcement take place? （ A） At an airport. （ B） At a railway station. （ C） In a theatre. 10 What is the main topic of the conversation? （ A） How to select a good umbrella. （ B） How to treat minor aches and pains. （ C） How to predict the weather. 11 What does the woman say how dis
6、tant object looks to her before a storm? （ A） They look darker. （ B） They look smaller. （ C） They look clearer. 12 What does the man say seem to happen to his sense of smell? （ A） It stops working. （ B） It becomes sharper. （ C） It confuses odors. 13 Who was the speaker? （ A） A librarian. （ B） A prof
7、essor. （ C） A researcher. 14 For whom is the course intended? （ A） All second-year students who failed first-year English. （ B） All first-, second-, and third-year students. （ C） Students who dont know how to write a research paper. 15 What does the speaker ask the students to do who have already le
8、arned to write a research paper? （ A） Take notes. （ B） Help the other students. （ C） Enroll in another English class. 单项填空 16 I will return your dictionary as soon as _ consulting the new words. （ A） I will finish （ B） I do finish （ C） I finished （ D） I finish 17 The boiling water in the kettle decr
9、eases because it _ into vapor. In other words, it is vaporizing or evaporating. （ A） is being converted （ B） is converted （ C） has been converted （ D） converts 18 I told the stranger to go to the hospital on foot, but I _ to go by bus. （ A） had to tell him （ B） must have told him （ C） should have to
10、ld him （ D） ought to tell him 19 The houses are made of stone. Houses so _ are much expensive. （ A） constructing （ B） constructed （ C） construct （ D） to construct 20 Industry and agriculture will develop rapidly, with science and technology _. （ A） to modernize （ B） modernizing （ C） modernizes （ D）
11、modernized 21 If only we _ a phone! I am tired of lining up outside the public phone box. （ A） have （ B） had （ C） will have （ D） are to have 22 I could go myself but I would sooner you _. （ A） went （ B） have gone （ C） will go （ D） go 23 _ it is expensive or not is the most important question. （ A） T
12、hat （ B） Whether （ C） If （ D） How 24 _, he doesnt always learn what he should do. （ A） How a man ever so clever （ B） A man is ever so clever （ C） So clever as is a mail （ D） No matter how clever a man is 25 The teachers insistence _ high standards resulted in excellent work. （ A） on （ B） in （ C） to
13、（ D） with 26 “What is he?“ “He is _.“ （ A） a teacher and writer （ B） a teacher and a writer （ C） teacher and writer （ D） the teacher and writer 27 John is the only one of the staff members who _ to be transferred. （ A） are going （ B） have been going （ C） is going （ D） has been going 28 Only after th
14、e invention of computers, _ a step further. （ A） did the process of automation go （ B） the process of automation went （ C） so the process of automation （ D） went the process of automation 29 I think the film is _ that one we saw yesterday. （ A） as good or better than （ B） good as or better than （ C）
15、 as good as or better than （ D） so good or better as 30 _ such a beautiful city like this one. （ A） Never in my life I have seen （ B） Never in my life have I seen （ C） Never in my life I saw （ D） Never in my life saw I 完形填空 31 Todd was working at his gas station at night when he heard over the radio
16、 that a 【 B1】 in Long Island had been 【 B2】 by an armed man who had killed the night guard and got away with $150,000. “One hundred and fifty thousand, “Todd whistled. Heres a fellow who just 【 B3】 into a bank and helps himself 【 B4】 so much money. Todd thought of the 【 B5】 with which he managed to
17、get the amount of money he 【 B6】 to start his gas station. So many papers to 【 B7】 ,so much money to pay back. The news 【 B8】 twenty minutes later. The gunman had 【 B9】 a car for a ride, and then 【 B10】 out the driver. He was possibly 【 B11】 the Southern State Parkway in a white Ford. License plate
18、(车牌 ) number LJR1939. The 【 B12】 of the announcer continued: “ 【 B13】 out for white cars. Dont pick up 【 B14】 ,and all you folks in gas stations better not do 【 B15】 to a white Ford car.“ Todd stood up and 【 B16】 to see out into the cold night. It was dark but Todd 【 B17】 the Southern State Parkway
19、was out there. Just 【 B18】 , Todd saw the headlights coming at him and a car pulled in for 【 B19】 . There it was, a white Ford. He saw the 【 B20】 ,LJR1939. “What should I do? Todd had to make a quick decision. “.Yes,sir? Todd asked while making up his mind for sure. “ Fill her up“, the man said soun
20、ding like any other driver. When the tank(油箱 ) was full, Todd quickly turned round and pointed a gun at the man. “Hands up and get out!“ 31 【 B1】 （ A） store （ B） bank （ C） station （ D） house 32 【 B2】 （ A） searched for （ B） held up （ C） taken over （ D） broken into 33 【 B3】 （ A） walks （ B） looks （ C）
21、marches （ D） drives 34 【 B4】 （ A） for （ B） by （ C） to （ D） of 35 【 B5】 （ A） satisfaction （ B） difficulty （ C） disappointment （ D） spirit 36 【 B6】 （ A） saved （ B） made （ C） offered （ D） needed 37 【 B7】 （ A） collect （ B） prove （ C） sign （ D） write 38 【 B8】 （ A） continued （ B） lasted （ C） spread （ D） a
22、rrived 39 【 B9】 （ A） bought （ B） borrowed （ C） stolen （ D） stopped 40 【 B10】 （ A） sent （ B） found （ C） left （ D） pushed 41 【 B11】 （ A） calling from （ B） fleeing from （ C） heading for （ D） looking for 42 【 B12】 （ A） news （ B） warning （ C） advice （ D） voice 43 【 B13】 （ A） Look （ B） Run （ C） Call （ D）
23、Set 44 【 B14】 （ A） guests （ B） strangers （ C） prisoners （ D） passengers 45 【 B15】 （ A） harm （ B） favor （ C） recognized （ D） happened 46 【 B16】 （ A） tried （ B） deided （ C） hoped （ D） happened 47 【 B17】 （ A） onsidered （ B） knew （ C） recognised （ D） learnt 48 【 B18】 （ A） then （ B） there （ C） right （ D）
24、 now 49 【 B19】 （ A） directions （ B） repairs （ C） gas （ D） peaking 50 【 B20】 （ A） mark （ B） number （ C） sign （ D） name 51 A British company has come up with a system that will write documents dictated over the telephone, using speech recognition technology, and then E-mail the completed document back
25、 to the user. The Speech Machines system can be dialed up from any touch-tone telephone. Users simply speak their letter, report, memorandum or other document into the phone, where it is picked up by computer, which writes it into a file. A human operator, checks the completed text for errors before
26、 being sent to the users E-mail box, usually within three hours or by the next working day. Behind the success of the product, which was used to write this article, lies military technology. Traditionally, speech recognition systems have been limited in use because they must be treated with care and
27、 dictated to slowly with no interfering background noise. In addition, previous systems have had to get accustomed to the voice of an individual user. The Speech Machines system can operate in high-noise environments and will usually recognize voices immediately. Features like this were developed by
28、 the Defense Research Agency. Users must dictate punctuation marks, such as “comma“ and “new paragraph“ which the system recognizes as such rather than writing the exact words. The finished document can also be faxed to clients or to the users base office. The benefit of the service is that it requi
29、res no extra training for users. Many professionals already know how to dictate documents because they do it all the time. Using the Net, the clients and typists can be anywhere in the world and the service will run 24 hours a day. 51 According to the passage, the Speech Machines system was develope
30、d by _. （ A） the telephone office （ B） a British company （ C） the Defense Research Agency （ D） the military service 52 This article tells that the Speech Machines system comes from _ technology. （ A） military （ B） traditional （ C） E-mail （ D） internet 53 When one begin another paragraph with “Friday
31、. Train XY132“, he or she should dictate it as _. （ A） New paragraph. “Friday Full Stop Train XY132“ （ B） New paragraph. “Friday Train XY132“ （ C） New paragraph. “Friday Stop Train Stop XY Stop 132“ （ D） New paragraph. “Friday Dot Train XY132“ 54 From the passage, we know that the advantages of the
32、system might be _. （ A） no limitation concerning noise, quick recognition of voices （ B） quick recognition of voices, offering all-day service （ C） offering all-day service, quick recognition of voices （ D） offering a clock round service in a high-noise environments quickly 55 Kuwait is a country, w
33、hich is quite small but very rich. It has a population of a little more than a million, and it is situated at the north end of the Arabian Gulf, which is also sometimes called the Persian Gulf. The land area is about 8,000 square miles. Kuwaits climate is one of the hottest in the world. In the summ
34、er, the temperature often reaches 124 Fahrenheit degrees during the day. Thats about 51.5 degrees centigrade. Temperatures are naturally cooler during the winter. They range between 50 and 60 degrees fahrenheit. Until oil was discovered there in 1930, Kuwait was a little-known country. Today this sm
35、all desert country has become one of the worlds leading oil producers: It has approximately 15% of the worlds known petroleum reserves. Since the discovery of oil, Kuwaits rulers have turned the country into a prosperous welfare state. It has free primary and secondary education, free health care an
36、d social services; and the people do not have pay any personal income tax for those services. It has become one of the worlds richest countries. Though Kuwait has free primary and secondary education for its people, many of them still do not know how to read and write. The University of Kuwait was o
37、pened in 1966, but many of the students still study in colleges and universities abroad, at the state expense. 55 Kuwait is _. （ A） a very old country （ B） not famous around the world till 1930 （ C） hardly known to all （ D） well-known for its large amount of sad reserves 56 Which of the following st
38、atements is true according to the passage? （ A） Kuwaits students study in foreign colleges and universities due to their lower prices. （ B） Many of Kuwaits students prefer foreign colleges to the University of Kuwait. （ C） If students want to learn abroad, they have to pay for higher education fees.
39、 （ D） Only primary and secondary education are free. 57 Many people in Kuwait are _. （ A） not only well-educated but also rich （ B） well-educated as well as illiterate （ C） very rich but ill-educated （ D） as poor in economy as in education 58 Which is true of Kuwait? （ A） Kuwait is one of the leadin
40、g countries which produce oil. （ B） Kuwait is a rich and little-known country. （ C） Kuwait is one of the coldest countries in the world. （ D） Kuwait has become an approximately prosperous welfare country. 59 The management and staff are happy to welcome you and will do all they can to make your stay
41、 an enjoyable one. Our overnight charge includes a continental type breakfast. Breakfast: 7:30 - 9:30 a. m. Lunch: 12:00 - 2:00 p. m. Afternoon tea: 4:00 - 5:30 p. m. Dinner: 7:00 - 9:15 p. m. Meals can be served in rooms at a small extra charge. We regret that meals can not be served outside these
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45、eration of the comfort of other guests, the volume of radios and televisions should be turned downed after 11: 00 p.m 59 Which of the following sentences is true according to this notice? （ A） Light refreshments call be found in the room refrigerator. （ B） Guests are requested to turn down their rad
46、ios and televisions after 11:00. （ C） Your baggage can be kept by the hall porter. （ D） The sign that can be hung on the door handle shows that the room needs cleaning. 60 Where is this notice most likely to be found? （ A） At railway stations. （ B） In cinemas. （ C） At restaurants. （ D） In hotels. 61
47、 If you plan to leave the room tomorrow, you may leave at any of the following hours except _. （ A） 8:30a.m. （ B） 9:30p.m. （ C） 10:00 a.m. （ D） 11:00 a.m. 62 Which of the following sentences is true of meals? （ A） Meals can be served in your room but you have to pay additional money. （ B） Meals can
48、be served any time as you wish. （ C） Meals are refreshed and served in rooms between 10:00 a.m. and 11: 00p.m （ D） Meals can be served together with tea, coffee, cakes and so on. 63 The Mayan Indians lived in Mexico for thousands of years before the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. The Maya were an int
49、elligent, culturally rich people whose achievements were many. The Mayan people knew a lot about nature and the world around them. This knowledge helped them to live a better life than most people of that time, because they could use it to make their lives more comfortable and rewarding. Knowledge about tools and farming, for instance, made their work easier and more productive. In ancient Mexico there were many clearings in the forest. In ea
