1、国家公共英语（二级）笔试模拟试卷 264（无答案）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 did this conversation most probably take place?（A）At a concert.（B） In a flower shop.（C） At a restaurant.2 What s the relationship between the two speakers?（A）Husb
2、and and wife.（B） Professor and student.（C） Neighbors.3 When does the next train to Hangzhou leave?（A）3:00.（B） 0.166667（C） 0.2083334 How does the woman feel about her staying in the city?（A）She doesn t like it at all.（B） She doesnt know what to say.（C） She really enjoys it.5 What does the woman mean?
3、（A）She can meet the student in the afternoon.（B） She has a meeting at three.（C） She thinks it will be all right to discuss the grade.6 What lipstick did the woman expect to buy?（A）Dark shade.（B） Pink shade.（C） Bright shade.7 Why does the woman want to change the color of her lipstick?（A）To be cool.（
4、B） To be serious.（C） To be attractive.8 How about the lipstick the woman took in the end?（A）Its color is suitable but is very expensive.（B） The one with bright color.（C） The one with more transparent shades.9 What s the relationship between the man and the woman?（A）They are professor and student.（B）
5、 They are friends.（C） They are mother and son.10 What does the woman ask the man to do?（A）Look for a new apartment.（B） Find a better job around campus.（C） Share an apartment with her.11 How much does the woman want to spend on rent?（A）Less than $200 a month.（B） $200 a month or so.（C） A little more t
6、han $200 a month.12 When do children start school in the man s country?（A）At seven.（B） At six.（C） At five.13 What examinations must children take first before going to university in the man s country?（A）O levels and “A“ levels.（B） O levels and “H“ levels.（C） A levels.14 How long do children usually
7、stay at university in the man s country?（A）Three or five years.（B） Three or four years.（C） Three to four years.15 When is their flight?（A）In the morning.（B） In the afternoon.（C） In the evening.16 Why do the speakers need to stop off in Hong Kong?（A）Direct flights are more expensive.（B） They plan to
8、do some shopping there.（C） There are no non-stop flights to Singapore.17 How long will the speakers be away from home?（A）Two days.（B） Ten days.（C） Twelve days.18 What are the two speakers talking about?（A）A concert.（B） A party.（C） A trip.19 What has the man planed to do that evening?（A）Visit Jenny.（
9、B） Go to Scotland.（C） Meet his friends.20 Who are the speakers?（A）Brother and sister.（B） Husband and wife.（C） Friends.单项填空21 I first met Mary three years ago when we_in a middle school together.（A）have worked（B） had been working（C） were working（D）had worked22 Good-bye, Mr. Smith. Im very pleased_.（A
10、）to meet you（B） to have met you（C） meeting（D）having met you23 I can not repair these until tomorrow, Im afraid. That s OK, there s_.（A）no problem（B） no wonder（C） no doubt（D）no hurry24 He told me that I_be present at the meeting.（A）should（B） might（C） could（D）would25 - I really hope your cousin Tim ge
11、ts the job. - Thanks. Ill tell Tim when I _ him.（A）would see（B） see（C） have seen（D）will see26 Too bad I missed the early train _ only a few minutes!（A）by（B） in（C） at（D）after27 The first pair of trousers did not fit and he asked the shop-assistant to show him _ pair.（A）some（B） one（C） other（D）another2
12、8 The soup my mother makes is much more tasty than_that you can order in a restaurant. （A）it（B） this（C） those（D）these29 Just give me a_yes or no. I dont need any explanations.（A）sharp（B） strict（C） straight（D）small30 I bought this computer two weeks ago, but it isnt working as it_.（A）can（B） would（C）
13、need（D）should31 For a long time, Fred watched with delight the water that was running down the rocks and listened to_sound.（A）its（B） their（C） his（D）her32 -Oh no! I put my bag down here, but now its gone. - _. Shall I call the police?（A）Excuse me（B） Oh, dear（C） No problem（D）OK33 I need your advice _
14、which computer to buy.（A）on（B） for（C） to（D）with34 -My birthday falls on _ Saturday this year. -Good! Well have _ time for a big party.（A）a; /（B） the; /（C） a; the（D）/; the35 I wasnt sure whether I had come to _ right office. There was no name on door.（A）a; /（B） the; a（C） a; the（D）the; the完形填空35 “ We
15、are here,“ my mom said. This was the first time I had come with my mother to a homeless shelter(救助站). We unloaded the food from the car and went【C1】_to the dining area. My job was to offer【C2】 _to everyone.As I filled the large bowl with apples, oranges and bananas, I【C3】_myself for the task. How wo
16、uld I【C4】_them? “Mom,“I whispered. “【C5】_do I say to them? Cant somebody else do this?“She【C6】_her head. “Just treat them like people, Caroline. Just treat them like youd treat【C7 】_else. “ I got up, held my bowl【C8 】_, and left the kitchen. Many people crowded around me waiting to【C9 】_their fruit.
17、 They were very polite, 【C10】_me with smiles and kind words. “Thank you, maam,“or “God bless(保佑)you“immediately took away all of my【C11 】_. It was almost a shock to【C12 】_so many thankful words.As I walked outside, one man caught my eye. He reminded me of Santa Claus, 【C13 】_his sweet eyes and rosy
18、cheeks. “Sir, would you like some fruit?“I asked. He looked at me and smiled. He looked down at his【C14】_. He was holding coffee and an empty plate. He looked back at the fruit, 【C15】_if he had room in his hands to carry it. 【C16】_, he took a banana into the hand that held the coffee, but then spill
19、ed (溅出) some of the coffee with his nervous【C17】_. He thanked me and slowly【C18 】_away.As we drove away from the shelter that afternoon, I remembered my mom saying,“ I think we【C19】_over a hundred people today. “ All I could do was think of the faces I had seen, and I【C20】_how much they looked like
20、mine.36 【C1 】（A）cheerfully（B） directly（C） specially（D）freely37 【C2 】（A）meals（B） soup（C） fruit（D）clothes38 【C3 】（A）prepared（B） held（C） considered（D）introduced39 【C4 】（A）smile at（B） talk to（C） look at（D）walk to40 【C5 】（A）Why（B） Where（C） When（D）What41 【C6 】（A）turned（B） raised（C） touched（D）shook42 【C7 】
21、（A）everybody（B） somebody（C） anybody（D）nobody43 【C8 】（A）silently（B） tightly（C） happily（D）lightly44 【C9 】（A）load（B） offer（C） receive（D）eat45 【C10 】（A）thanking（B） filling（C） showing（D）catching46 【C11 】（A）words（B） shocks（C） fears（D）tiredness47 【C12 】（A）say（B） hear（C） repeat（D）remember48 【C13 】（A）apart f
22、rom（B） except for（C） because of（D）instead of49 【C14 】（A）feet（B） plate（C） hands（D）bananas50 【C15 】（A）determining（B） seeing（C） guessing（D）wondering51 【C16 】（A）Firmly（B） Carefully（C） Gradually（D）Probably52 【C17 】（A）touches（B） eyes（C） movements（D）decisions53 【C18 】（A）walked（B） looked（C） ran（D）drove54 【C
23、19 】（A）moved（B） fed（C） watched（D）caught55 【C20 】（A）recognized（B） realized（C） forgot（D）promised55 Christmas Eve (圣诞前夜) arrives at my house each year. The center of the celebration is dinner. My mother spends days preparing a rich variety of seafood. The guest list seldom changes. It is made up of my
24、Aunt Marcy and her husband, my oldest brother, Sal, his wife, and their four children, my sister, Joann, her husband, and their two children, and my second brother, Richard, his wife, and their two children.My aunt and uncle always come heavily loaded with enough food and wine for a whole army. My b
25、rother Sal and gang usually show up an hour early and empty handed. Joann s family is usually late while Richard s group generally arrives on time, bearing gifts for everyone. I am in charge of getting the Christmas tree. Plenty of food is served at the dinner table, and all the hours of preparation
26、 are wolfed down in a matter of minutes. Along with the yearly repeated menu comes the yearly repeated conversation.Everyone talks about how good the food tastes. My mother then talks about all the supermarkets from which the fish was bought. This begins our period of comparison shopping. For at lea
27、st thirty minutes, we show how better we are than each other at mentioning the bargains we have found.Personally, I do not feel the need to be with a crowd on Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve, to me, is a quiet time, a time to think deeply. The over crowdedness and noise ruin my feelings about Christmas
28、.56 What does the underlined word “gang“( line 2, para. 2) probably mean?（A）The rest of the guests.（B） The children of the guests.（C） The writer and her mother.（D）Sal s family members.57 One of the main subjects discussed at the dinner table is _.（A）the price of goods（B） the kind of seafood（C） the p
29、reparation of fish（D）the change of the menu58 How does the writer feel about Christmas at her house?（A）She thinks there is too much waste.（B） She thinks people eat too much fish.（C） She doesn t like the way it is celebrated.（D）She doesnt like doing the preparation work.59 What does the text mainly t
30、alk about?（A）Comparison shopping for Christmas.（B） Christmas dinner at the writer s house.（C） The guests present at the writer s Christmas dinner.（D）Suggestions for how Christmas should be celebrated.59 Kenya Wildlife Safari from 995DAY 1 LONDON/NAIROBIDaylight flight to Nairobi. On arrival, check i
31、n at the Holiday Inn Mayfair Court.DAY 2-4 SAMBURU AND TREETOPSSet off on safari, driving north, to the west of Mount Kenya and across the equator (赤道).2 nights at Samburu Lodge, including afternoon and morning game drives. Continue south to the Aberdare Mountains and the world famous Treetops, wher
32、e we arrive in time for tea on the rooftop platform, where you can watch the animals come down to the waterhole.DAY 5 LAKE NAIVASHAContinue from Thomasons Falls to Lake Nakuru. As well as the interesting bird life, it is here that you will have the best chance of seeing the black rhino (犀牛). Overnig
33、ht at the Lake Hotel, Naivasha.DAY 6-8 MASAI MARAAfter a restful morning in this lovely lakeside setting, we drive to the Masai Mara game area for a 3 night-stay at Keekerok Lodge. The vast plains of the Mara reach the Tanzanian border where they join the famous Serengeti, covering an area of over 6
34、,000 square miles. The Mara is home to countless thousands of animals. Head out for morning and afternoon game drives.DAY 9 MASA MARA/NAIROBI/LONDONReturn to Nairobi for your overnight flight back to London.60 This text is written mainly for people interested in_.（A）traveling long distance（B） spendi
35、ng nights outdoors（C） watching animals in the wild（D）seeing different kinds of plants61 Where do tourists stay the longest?（A）At Samburu Lodge.（B） At Keekerok Lodge.（C） At Lake Nakuru.（D）At the Aberdare Mountains.62 What is the main transport during the nine-day trip?（A）Plane.（B） Train.（C） Bus.（D）Bo
36、at.63 What does the underlined word “Serengeti“ in Paragraph 4 refer to?（A）A hotel.（B） A team.（C） A plain.（D）A lake.63 I was in my third year of teaching writing at Ralph High School in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Mikey, gave me a note from his mother. It explained his absence (缺席
37、) from class the day before:“Dear Mr. McCort, Mikeys grandmother, who is eighty years of age, fell down the stairs from too much coffee and I kept Mikey at home to take care of her and his baby sister so I could go to my job. Please excuse Mikey and hell do his best in the future. P.S. His grandmoth
38、er is OK. “I had seen Mikey writing the note at his desk. I said nothing. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my students. If I were to deal with them, Id be busy 24 hours a day. The writers of those notes didnt realize that honest excuse notes were usually dull : “Peter was late be
39、cause the alarm clock didnt go off. “The students always said it was bard putting 200 words together on any subject, but when they produced excuse notes, they were excellent. So I decided to type out a dozen excuse notes and gave them to my classes. I said, “Theyre supposed to be written by parents,
40、 but actually they are not. True, Mikey?“ The students looked at me nervously.“Now, this will be the first class to study the art of the excuse note -the first class, ever, to practice writing them. “ Everyone smiled as I went on, “Today Id like you to write An Excuse Note from Adam to God or An Exc
41、use Note from Eve to God. “ Heads went down. Pens raced across paper. For the first time ever I saw students so immersed (专心的) in their writing, they had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends.The next day everyone had excuse notes. Heated discussions followed. But suddenly I saw the headmaster
42、 at the door. He entered the classroom and walked up and down, looking at papers, and then said, “Id like you to see me in my office. “ My heart sank.When I stepped into his office, he came to shake my hand and said, “I just want to tell you that that lesson, that task, whatever the hell you were do
43、ing, was great. Those kids were writing on the college level. Thank you. “64 How did the author know that most parental-excuse notes were written by students themselves?（A）The excuse notes were written in dull words.（B） The notes were more like stories than facts.（C） He called their parents and foun
44、d out the truth.（D）The handwriting obviously looked like childrens.65 What did the author do with the students found dishonest?（A）He reported them to the headmaster.（B） He lectured them hard on honesty.（C） He had them take notes before lunch.（D）He helped improve their writing skills.66 We can infer
45、that when Mikey missed the class, he was（A）out enjoying himself（B） taking care of his baby sister（C） looking after his grandmother（D）studying the art of the excuse note67 What did the headmaster think of the authors way of teaching?（A）Effective.（B） Difficult.（C） Misleading.（D）Reasonable.67 Looking t
46、o improve your language skills, but you dont have the time to go abroad to attend school? More and more universities around the world are offering opportunities for students to get degrees online ( distance education) from the comfort of their own homes, and many of these colleges and universities a
47、re accredited (官方认可的), meaning that they have met certain standards of excellence.If you decide to take language courses online (or any subject for that matter), be sure there are advantages in studying online. Its costs are usually lower, and you can study at your own pace (节奏) and you can easily g
48、et the materials 24 hours a day from almost any computer in the world. However, you wont get the human interaction (互动) of meeting people face to face, as you would if you were attending a school abroad in person.On the other band, the advantages of going abroad may include day-to-day chances to lea
49、rn a new culture, to meet new friends with whom you can use and practice the language, and to see different parts of the world. However, there may be a number of disadvantages for some students, including high costs, time away from ones school, family, or work life, and difficulty in getting used to anew culture and way of life.Whatever you do, con
