1、国家公共英语（二级）笔试模拟试卷 408（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 What does the man want to order?（A）Scrambled eggs.（B） Toast.（C） Scrambled eggs and toast.2 Who are the two speakers?（A）Workers.（B） Strangers.（C） Teachers.3 What will th
2、e speakers do over tonight?（A）Go to a party.（B） Stay at home.（C） Climb mountains.4 Where are the two speakers?（A）In a bookstore.（B） On a bus.（C） At a post office.5 What does the man ask the woman to do?（A）Drink more water.（B） Stay in bed.（C） Take some medicine.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、
3、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 Where does Jane work?（A）In a restaurant.（B） In a firm.（C） In a shop.7 What is most probably their relationship?（A）They are friends.（B） They are classmates.（C） They used to be colleagues.8 When will the man meet t
4、hese people wanting to visit the company?（A）This week.（B） Next month.（C） Next week.9 Where does the conversation take place?（A）In the restaurant.（B） In the office.（C） In the factory.10 Where does the man decide to meet these people?（A）In the factory.（B） In the office.（C） In the mans home.11 Where di
5、d Mary go?（A）New York.（B） London.（C） Paris.12 How does Mary like New York?（A）It is very dirty.（B） It is her favorite city.（C） It is like a country town.13 What was the weather like in New York?（A）It was great.（B） It was freezing.（C） It rained much.14 What are these two people talking about?（A）Sports
6、.（B） Music.（C） Entertainment.15 Why does Kate look happy?（A）Because there will be a very funny film on TV.（B） Because she helped a man who got into trouble.（C） Because she just saw a very funny film.16 What kind of program does the man like?（A）Funny program.（B） Interesting and instructive program.（C
7、） Entertainment program.17 What is the purpose of the womans talk?（A）Encouraging people to ask questions.（B） Giving an introduction to her speech.（C） Discussing problems in learning.18 How long will the woman go on talking?（A）5 minutes.（B） 20 minutes.（C） 30 minutes.19 What can a listener expect to l
8、earn from the talk?（A）How to get along better with people by improving listening skills.（B） How to be more active in talking with other people.（C） How to understand a foreign language.20 Who are probably the listeners?（A）School children.（B） Foreign students.（C） Business people.完形填空20 In January 2009
9、, during the first weeks of a six-month stay at the Children s Hospital of Philadelphia for leukemia (白血病) treatment, Michael wandered over to his hospital window in search of relaxation. The【C1】_ first-grader watched a construction crew【C2】_ on a 10-storey addition to the hospital.【C3】_ Michael s t
10、hird-floor window, Ritchie, an iron-worker from the East Falls section of Philadelphia,【C4】_ and saw “ this kid with no hair【C5】_ face was pressed up to the window. I waved, and he smiled and【C6】_ . Ill never forget that,“ says Ritchie, a father of three.As winter【 C7】_ spring, Michael watched, fasc
11、inated (着迷), as 3,000 tons of steel【 C8】_ formed the skeleton of the building. One day he colored a message for the crew and held【C9】_ up to the window; Hi, Local Iron Workers. I m Mike. Ritchie and the【C10】_ crew messaged back. Over the【C11】_ months, as his treatment continued, Ritchie and the crew
12、【C12】_ Michael up and cheered him with【C13】_ signs like Be Strong Mike.【C14】_ the construction reached the third floor, Ritchie jumped across the【C15】_ between the buildings and the two had a【C16】_ chat. The hard hat with the tender heart wells up (涌出眼泪 ) when he thinks about it. “Michael 【C17】_ my
13、life,“ says Ritchie. “I was a real hard-core (顽固不化的) person without a lot of sympathy. But I d【C18 】_ seeing this kid every day waving at me and excited about the construction. I look at life【C19】_ thanks to him. “Today Michael is a 10-year-old third-grader in complete recovery. What does he hope to
14、【C20】_ when he grows up? “A construction worker,“ he says.21 【C1 】（A）strange（B） curious（C） serious（D）anxious22 【C2 】（A）playing（B） studying（C） living（D）working23 【C3 】（A）Below（B） Above（C） Under（D）Over24 【C4 】（A）watched out（B） watched at（C） looked up（D）looked down25 【C5 】（A）whom（B） whose（C） which（D）th
15、at26 【C6 】（A）came back（B） came on（C） waved back（D）waved on27 【C7 】（A）went off（B） went out（C） turned into（D）turned to28 【C8 】（A）gradually（B） immediately（C） successfully（D）usually29 【C9 】（A）that（B） it（C） one（D）itself30 【C10 】（A）hospital（B） repair（C） construction（D）school31 【C11 】（A）first（B） last（C） lo
16、ng（D）next32 【C12 】（A）cheered（B） lighted（C） called（D）woke33 【C13 】（A）discouraging（B） encouraging（C） surprising（D）interesting34 【C14 】（A）Before（B） Since（C） While（D）When35 【C15 】（A）ground（B） floor（C） space（D）storey36 【C16 】（A）face-to-face（B） hand-in-hand（C） neck-and-neck（D）step-by-step37 【C17 】（A）gave（
17、B） changed（C） saved（D）took38 【C18 】（A）pay attention to（B） get down to（C） be used to（D）look forward to39 【C19 】（A）differently（B） happily（C） sadly（D）excitedly40 【C20 】（A）have（B） get（C） be（D）appreciate语法填空40 Jonny: Hey! I m just practicing Tai Chi(太极). Would you like to join me?Peter: I know nothing ab
18、out it. Is it difficult?Jonny: It seems easy, but you need a lot of practice. You just follow me like this.Peter: OK. Dont laugh【K1】_ me. I may look funny.Jonny: Bend your knees slightly and reach out your arms like tree branches, naturally and【K2】_ (soft). Try to keep your body straight. Move slowl
19、y, then be sure to keep your balance and dont let your body shake.Peter: I cannot control my body well. My legs become【K3 】_ (pain).Jonny: Keep【K4】_ (hold) your position for a while. It helps develop your strength and flexibility. Raise your leg and let【K5】_ stay in the air for seconds.Peter: I feel
20、 my legs shaking. I cannot do this any longer.Jonny: Be patient! Tai Chi is【K6】_ (call) “shadow boxing“ in English. It asks you to act like water: to be flexible as well【K7】_ strong. In real competition, a Tai Chi master borrows the strength of the competitor and uses this energy to fight back. The【
21、K8】_ (hard) you try to beat him, the more likely you will get hit. He controls you!Peter: Unbelievable! Oh. . .【K9】_ you dont mind, Ill stop and take a deep【K10】_ .41 【K1】42 【K2】43 【K3】44 【K4】45 【K5】46 【K6】47 【K7】48 【K8】49 【K9】50 【K10】短文理解50 Sometime in the next century, the familiar early-newspaper
22、 on the front gate will disappear. And instead of reading your newspaper, it will read to you. Youll get up and turn on the computer newspaper just like switching on the TV. An electronic voice will distribute stories about the latest events, guided by a program that selects the type of news you wan
23、t. Youll even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear. Want more information on the brief story? A simple touch makes the entire text appear. Save it in your own personal computer if you like. These are among the predictions from communication experts working on the newspapers of the future
24、. Pictured as part of broader home-based media and entertainment systems, computer newspapers would unite print and broadcast reporting, offering news and analysis with video images of news events.Most of the technology is available (可用的) now, but convincing (说服) more people that they don t need pap
25、er to read a newspaper is the next step. But resistance to computer newspapers may be stronger from within journalism.Since it is such a cultural change, it may be that the present generation of journalists and publishers will have to die off before the next generation realize that the newspaper ind
26、ustry is no longer a newspaper industry. Technology is making the end of traditional newspapers unavoidable.Despite technological advances, it could take decades to replace newsprint with computer screens. It might take 30 to 40 years to complete the changeover because people need to buy computers a
27、nd because newspapers have established financial(财经的)interests in the paper industry.51 What is the best title for this passage?（A）Computer Newspapers Are Well Liked（B） Newspapers of the Future Will Likely Be on Computer（C） Newspapers Are out of Fashion（D）New Communication Technology52 It might take
28、 30 to 40 years for computer newspapers to replace traditional newspapers, because _.（A）it is technologically impossible now（B） computer newspapers are too expensive（C） there is strong resistance from both the general population and professional journalists（D）traditional newspapers are easy to read5
29、3 Journalists are not eager to accept computer newspapers, because_.（A）they don t know how to use computers（B） they think computer newspapers take too much time to read（C） they think the new technology is bad（D）they have been trained to write for traditional newspapers53 How far is it to the next vi
30、llage? the American asks a man sitting by the side of the road. In some countries, because the man realizes that the traveler is tired and eager to get to his destination (目的地), he will politely say “Just down the road“. He thinks this is more encouraging, gentler, and therefore the wanted answer. S
31、o the American drives through the night, getting more and more angry, feeling “tricked“. He thinks the man purposely cheated him, for obviously he must have known the distance quite well.Had conditions been turned over, the American would have felt he was “cheating“ the driver if he had said the nex
32、t town was close when he knew it was really 15 miles further on. Though, he, too, would be sympathetic(同情的)to the weary driver, he would say “You have a good way to go yet; it is at least 15 miles“. The driver might be disappointed, but he would know what to expect.Whether to be correct or polite le
33、ads to many misunderstandings between people of different cultures. If you are aware of the situation in advance, it is sometimes easier to recognize the problem.54 The man at the roadside tells the American it is close to the next village because_.（A）he is playing a trick on him（B） the American exp
34、ects the answer（C） he doesnt know the exact distance at all（D）he wants to encourage him to go further55 If you ask an American how far it is from the next village, he will_.（A）tell you the exact distance if he knows it（B） tell you it is close although he knows it isnt（C） say that he doesnt know and
35、encourage you to go on（D）decide whether you are tired or not, and then give you an answer56 The short passage advises us to_.（A）be polite but honest to foreigners（B） learn customs of different countries（C） decide whether to be polite according to different cultures（D）tell more truths to Americans th
36、an to people from other countries56 It is often difficult for a man to be quite sure what tax he ought to pay to the government because it depends on so many different things: whether the man is married; how many children he has; whether he supports any relations; how much he earns; how much interes
37、t he receives; how much he has spent on his house during the year, and so on and so forth. All this makes it difficult to decide exactly how much the tax is.There was a certain artist who was always very careful to pay the proper amount.One year, after posting his check as usual, he began to wonder
38、if he had paid enough, and after a lot of work, with a pencil and paper, he decided that he had not. He believed that he owed the government something.He was just writing another check to send to the tax-collector when the postman dropped a letter into the box at the front door. Opening it, the arti
39、st was surprised to find inside it a check for five pounds from the tax-collector. The official explained that too much had been paid, and that therefore the difference was now returned to the taxpayer.57 It is mentioned in the passage that one has to pay tax according to_.（A）how much education one
40、has received（B） whether one is single or married（C） how old one s children are（D）where one lives58 The underlined word “proper“ in the second paragraph means_.（A）small（B） big（C） right（D）wrong59 After a lot of work, the artist thought that he had paid the government_.（A）less tax than he should have（B
41、） more tax than he should have（C） as much tax as usual（D）just enough tax60 Why did the tax-collector send a letter to the artist?（A）To send him a new tax form.（B） To return the money over-paid.（C） To remind him of paying the tax.（D）To explain the rules of tax-paying.补全文章60 There is distinction betwe
42、en reading for information and reading for understanding.【B1】_The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else.【B2 】_ Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we dont have any difficulty in gaining
43、 the new information, for our understanding was equal to them before we started. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or highe
44、r than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can increase the readers understanding.【B3】_ Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here “learning“ means understanding more, not remembering more information.What are the conditions in this kind of reading? First, there is
45、inequality in understanding.【B4】_ Besides, his book must convey something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to reach the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is app
46、roached, success of communication is achieved.【B5 】_ It is the least demanding and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment
47、 as well.A The writer should have a better communicating skill.B Such communication between unequals must be possible.C We can get access to the content of those materials easily.D The writer must be “superior“ to the reader in understanding.E Thus, we can employ the word “reading“ in two distinct s
48、enses.F Reading for entertainment is capable of increasing our understanding for information.G Besides gaining information and understanding, theres another goal of reading-entertainment.61 【B1 】62 【B2 】63 【B3 】64 【B4 】65 【B5 】第二节 书面表达66 假设你是李明，在一家贸易公司工作，业余时间参加英语口语培训，但下周二的培训你因故无法参加。请你根据以下要点，向你的外籍教师
49、Smith 写一个请假条。内容要点：1很抱歉不能参加下周二的培训2理由：经理派你去海南出差三天3请 Smith 帮你把课程内容录下来，课下补听参考词汇：贸易公司：trade company注意：词数 80 词左右。改写对话67 阅读下面的对话，根据其内容写一篇有关 the British Museum 的说明文。要求：1所写短文应与对话相关内容意义相符，涵盖其要点。2用你自己的语言来表达，可以改写对话中的句子，但不可以照抄原句。Ann: James! So you are back from your trip to the U. K. !James: Yes, we flew back from London last ni
