1、公共英语二级-43 及答案解析(总分：110.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、第一部分 听力理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、第一节(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).Where does the talk take place?（分数：1.00）A.At a filling station.B.At a chemist“s.C.In a post office.(2).What does the woman mean?（分数：1.00）A.She bought her grandfather a farm.B.Her grandfather bought her a
2、gift from the farm.C.Mary“s grandfather raised her on the farm.(3).Why could they beat us?（分数：1.00）A.They are tall and strong.B.They played together well.C.Some “Kings of the Match“ played very well.(4).What is the man going to do?（分数：1.00）A.To visit Glasgow on Wednesday.B.To meet some people.C.To h
3、ave a meeting in Glasgow.(5).Why is Alice absent?（分数：1.00）A.She has been ill.B.Her uncle is visiting her.C.She is visiting her uncle.三、第二节(总题数：5，分数：15.00)（分数：2.00）(1).What are Jone and Mary talking about?（分数：1.00）A.Cooking.B.The Capital Building.C.The fire of the Capital Building.(2).How many people
4、 were killed in the fire?（分数：1.00）A.More than 220 people.B.About 50 people.C.More than 300 people.（分数：2.00）(1).What are Sam and Carol doing?（分数：1.00）A.Reading books.B.Looking at pictures.C.Doing math problems.(2).Which line is longer, line AB or Line CD?（分数：1.00）A.Line CD is longer.B.Line AB or CD.C
5、.They are the same length.（分数：3.00）(1).What are they going to do tonight?（分数：1.00）A.They are going to the cinema.B.They are going to the concert.C.They are going to stay in and study.(2).When is the concert?（分数：1.00）A.Tonight.B.Tomorrow evening.C.This afternoon.(3).What“s true according to the conve
6、rsation?（分数：1.00）A.The girl likes action films very much.B.The girl likes going to concerts.C.The girl doesn“t like films at all.（分数：4.00）(1).What will happen if the soldiers don“t do what is told to?（分数：1.00）A.They will be praised.B.They will be punished.C.They will be killed.(2).Why did the office
7、r tell his soldiers his name was Stone?（分数：1.00）A.To obey him.B.To know he was like stone.C.To know his name.(3).Why didn“t the last soldier answer him at first?（分数：1.00）A.He didn“t hear him clearly.B.His name was Stonebreaker while the captain“s name was Stone.C.The officer was too strict.(4).When
8、did the story take place?（分数：1.00）A.For the first time the officer met the soldiers.B.On the first day the soldiers joined the army.C.On the first day Stone became a captain.（分数：4.00）(1).How many years has it been since the speaker left school?（分数：1.00）A.30 years.B.13 years.C.40 years.(2).Which of t
9、he following statements is true according to the text?（分数：1.00）A.The school has changed much.B.The pupils now have a radio and a television in every classroom.C.The pupils are still sitting in the same classroom and using the same books as the speaker used before.(3).What should a modem school be li
10、ke?（分数：1.00）A.There are many dictionaries in the library.B.There should be a radio and a television in every classroom and a library of tapes and records.C.All the students of the school stay at home and learn by themselves.(4).How does the speaker feel about his former school?（分数：1.00）A.Happy.B.Uns
11、atisfied.C.Excited.四、第二部分 英语知识运用(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、第一节 单项填空(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Professor White has written some short stories but he is known _ for his plays.（分数：1.00）A.the bestB.moreC.betterD.the more2.Are you feeling any better today? No, I“m feeling _ better today.（分数：1.00）A.notB.noC.anyD.some3.A do
12、ctor can expect _ at any hour of the day or night.（分数：1.00）A.callingB.seeingC.being calledD.to be called4.What color _ her _?（分数：1.00）A.is, clothesB.are, clothesC.is, clothsD.are, cloths5.How about the two of us _ a walk down the garden?（分数：1.00）A.takeB.to takeC.takingD.to be taking6.His furniture h
13、as been painted white. _.（分数：1.00）A.So have IB.So I haveC.So did ID.So has mine7.There are also records of gymnastics _ in China.（分数：1.00）A.performB.to be performedC.performingD.being performed8.Are you invited to the conference _ tomorrow afternoon?（分数：1.00）A.to holdB.to be heldC.heldD.being held9.
14、I didn“t feel like _, so he suggested _ a taxi.（分数：1.00）A.to walk, takingB.walking, takingC.to walk, to takeD.walking, to take10.Hi, Mary, you look very tired. Yeah, I _ for a whole week.（分数：1.00）A.workedB.had workedC.have workedD.have been working11.They _ with their performances despite rain.（分数：1
15、.00）A.went throughB.went onC.went overD.went for12.Jane caught a _ cold and couldn“t smell _.（分数：1.00）A.bad, goodB.bad, wellC.badly, goodD.badly, well13.Are they coming to the meeting? _.（分数：1.00）A.I suppose soB.I hope itC.I am afraid of itD.I don“t think this14.It“s no use _ with him. He won“t chan
16、ge his decision.（分数：1.00）A.arguingB.to argueC.to be arguingD.if you argue15.The airport is within _ drive from here.（分数：1.00）A.two hoursB.two-hoursC.two-hourD.two-hour-long六、第二节 完型填空(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Gold is worshipped as a god by many people. 1 seems to those who love it 2 gold can bring happiness. B
17、ut the following story will help you judge for yourself whether gold is a good thing or not. One day in 1848, a remarkable discovery was made in a mountain stream in California by a carpenter named Marshall. He happened 3 something bright and yellow from the water near his master“s sawmill(锯木厂). Not
18、 knowing what they were, he 4 them to his master Mr Sutter, a Swiss 5 to America to try to make 6 money. Sutter immediately realized that they were particles (微粒) of gold. He sent a man named Bennet to San Francisco (旧金山) 7 the governor of it. At first people refused 8 . Only after a reporter of a n
19、ewspaper had gone to Sutter“s sawmill and made report about it 9 all over the U.S.A, and even across America to Europe. Within a month, thousands upon thousands of people 10 California 11 the valuable metal. Soldiers deserted (开小差) the army, sailors left their ships and all sorts of people gave up t
20、heir jobs to 12 California and become rich. A large number of Europeans 13 the search, too. This was the California Gold Rush (加利福尼亚淘金热). While this went on, families 14 ; husbands 15 their wives and children were left alone. Some of them were killed in storms at sea, many of them 16 . after landing
21、. Even more could not 17 the hardship of the trip and died of hunger, cold or illness. The Gold Rush prove a disaster (灾难) for Sutter himself. For years he 18 those gold-diggers who hated him very much, and did a great deal of 19 to his business. Sutter“s house was burnt down and even one of his son
22、s was killed. At the end of his life, he became a beggar, who would often stop passers-by in the street 20 that “Gold was the Devil.“（分数：20.00）A.ItB.ThatC.ThisD.WhatA.whichB.thatC.whatD.from whichA.picking upB.to pick upC.to digD.to chooseA.tookB.sentC.broughtD.carriedA.whose hadB.who cameC.who had
23、comeD.that cameA.someB.a large number ofC.a lot ofD.a good manyA.to speakB.to informC.to talkD.to askA.to believe in itB.to receive itC.to believe itD.to accept itA.the news spreadB.did the news spreadC.spread newsD.had the news spreadA.were hurrying toB.were leavingC.hurried toD.were hurrying fromA
24、.to search forB.to searchC.to findD.in searchA.try to arriveB.try getting toC.try to reachD.try to goA.took part inB.joinedC.joined inD.had joinedA.were broken outB.were broken upC.were broken downD.broke awayA.were broken away fromB.drove offC.starved withD.went away withA.lost their livesB.gave th
25、eir lives forC.devotes themselves toD.lost their homesA.haveB.standC.beatD.smoothA.managed to drive offB.tried to get rid ofC.wanted to killD.managed to destroyA.harmB.goodC.helpD.wrongA.to sayB.to speakC.to talkD.to tell七、第三部分 阅读理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)AThe British policeman has several nickname ( 绰号), bu
26、t the most frequently (频繁) used are “copper“ and “to take“, and the second comes from the first name of Sir Robert Peel, a 19th century politician, who was the founder of the police force. An early nickname for the policeman was “peeler“, but this name has died out. Visitors to England seem, nearly
27、always, to be very impressed by the English police. In fact, it has become a joke that the visitors to Britain, when asked for his opinions of the country, will always say, at some point or other, “I think your policemen are wonderful.“ Well, the British bobby may not always be wonderful but he is u
28、sually a very friendly and helpful person. A music-hall song of some years ago was called, “If you want to know the time, ask a policeman.“ Nowadays, most people own watches but they still seem to find plenty of other questions to ask the policeman. In London, the policemen spend so much of their ti
29、me directing visitors about the city that one wonders how they ever find time to do anything else!（分数：4.00）(1).The British policeman has _ nicknames mentioned in the passage.（分数：1.00）A.threeB.manyC.severalD.two(2).The main idea of the second paragraph is that _.（分数：1.00）A.visitors to Britain are ver
30、y thankful to the policemen for their helpB.the British policemen tell the visitors the views of their countryC.visitors to England think the British policemen are wonderfulD.the English policemen have become a joke to the visitors(3).“If you want to know the time, ask a policeman“. This means _.（分数
31、：1.00）A.the British policeman knows the time correctlyB.the British policeman likes to tell the time to the visitorsC.most people“s watches don“t go wellD.the policeman are friendly and helpful(4).From the whole passage, we know that _.（分数：1.00）A.the British policemen spend a lot of time directing t
32、he visitors to LondonB.the British policemen“s nicknames may not always be wonderfulC.the British policemen can“t find any time to do anything else but help the visitors all dayD.the British policemen“s nicknames have died outBIn the morning of November 18, 1755, an earthquake shook Boston. John Win
33、throp, a professor at Harvard College, felt the quake and woke up. “I rose,“ he wrote, “and lit a candle, looked at my watch, and found it to be 15 minutes after four.“ John Winthrop went downstairs to the grandfather“s clock. It had stopped three minutes before, at 4:11. Except for stopping the clo
34、ck, the quake had only thrown a key from the table to the floor. The clock had stopped because Winthrop had put some long glass tubes he was using for an experiment into the case for safekeeping. The quake had shocked the tubes over and blocked the pendulum. Winthrop, therefore, had the exact time t
35、hat the earthquake had hit Boston. He looked at the key on the floor. The quake had thrown it forward in the direction of the quake“s motion by a shock coming from the northwest, perhaps in Canada.（分数：4.00）(1).The earthquake began _.（分数：1.00）A.between 4:12 and 4:15B.at nearly four o“clockC.between 4
36、:10 and 4:12D.at 15 minutes after four(2).Choose the right order of the events given in the passage. a. He found a key on the floor. b. He felt he was shaking. c. He found it was eleven past four by the clock. d. Winthrop went to bed at ten. e. He found it was a quarter past four by his watch. f. He
37、 knew there was an earthquake in Canada.（分数：1.00）A.d, b, e, c, a, fB.d, a, b, e, c, fC.b, c, e, a, f, dD.e, d, f, c, b, a(3).The passage suggests that _.（分数：1.00）A.earthquakes are common in BostonB.John Winthrop was a scientistC.John Winthrop had difficulty in sleepingD.the city was a center for clo
38、ck-making(4).The passage proves that _.（分数：1.00）A.the direction of an earthquake can be detectedB.earthquakes can be controlledC.earthquakes happen most often during the nighttime hoursD.universities study the cause of earthquakesCTo discover whether bees can see colors, the following experiment is
39、set up. A table is put in a garden, and on the table is a piece of blue cardboard (纸板) with a drop of syrup (花蜜) on it. After a short time, bees come to the syrup. The bees then fly to their hive (=home) and give the syrup to other bees in the hive. Then they return to the feeding-place which they h
40、ave discovered. After a while, we take away the blue cardboard with the syrup on it. Instead of this card, we now put a blue card on the left side of the first feeding-place and a red card to the right of the first feeding place. These new cards have no syrup on them. Thus, the blue card is on the l
41、eft, the red card on the right, and there is nothing where the first blue feeding card used to be. Very soon bees arrive again, and fly straight to the blue card. None go to the red card.（分数：4.00）(1).The second step of the experiment involves (包括) _.（分数：1.00）A.changing feeding placesB.adding several
42、 new colorsC.adding syrup to the blue cardD.substituting (替换) cards(2).The experiment the paragraph describes suggests that bees _.（分数：1.00）A.are creatures of habitB.like colorful cardsC.hard-working by natureD.are good friends to human beings(3).The activities of the bees prove that _.（分数：1.00）A.th
43、ey are fond of the blue colorB.they are blind to colors in actual factC.they use syrup to make honeyD.they know when man is experimenting(4).This experiment suggests that _.（分数：1.00）A.bees are cleverer than we thinkB.insects are tireless workersC.man is curious about insect vision (视觉)D.man is cruel
44、 to natural creatures in the name of scienceDMore than 30,000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third floor window. Wearing a seat belt saves lives. And it reduces your chance of death or
45、 serious injury by more than half. Therefore drivers or front seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you could be fined up to $50. It will not be up to the driver to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the driver“s responsibility to make sure that chi
46、ldren under 14 not to ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind. However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing your vehicle or you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle, or if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses
47、you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear your seat belt. Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it.（分数：4.00）(1).Wearing a seat belt can _.（
48、分数：1.00）A.reduce road accidents by more than halfB.reduce the death rate in traffic accidentsC.save 30,000 lives each yearD.save 15,000 lives each year(2).It is the driver“s responsibility to _.（分数：1.00）A.urge you to wear your seat beltB.make the front seat passenger wear a seat beltC.stop children
49、from taking the front seatD.make the front seat passenger under 14 wear a seat belt(3).This passage is probably taken from _.（分数：1.00）A.a tour guidebookB.a magazineC.an advertisementD.a police report(4).According to the passage, in which situation do you need to wear a seat belt?（分数：1.00）A.You are using a special vehicle to deliver goods.B.You back your car into the garage.C.You have a valid medical certificate which excuses you
