1、公共英语二级-144 及答案解析(总分：100.02，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B第一部分 听力理解/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)B第一节/B听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，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。（分数：5.00）(1).How many students are there in the computer class?（分数：1.00）A.A. 69. B.B. 67. C.C. 59.(2).Whose leg is broken?（分数：
2、1.00）A.A. The man. B.B. The woman. C.C. The mans brother.(3).What conclusion can we draw from the womans remark?（分数：1.00）A.A. She doesnt like the dress. B.B. She thinks it is too expensive. C.C. She likes the dress.(4).What does the man mean by that?（分数：1.00）A.A. She is too busy. B.B. He is willing
3、to help. C.C. Its your problem.(5).What are they talking about?（分数：1.00）A.A. A speech on television. B.B. A meet with the president. C.C. An article in the newspaper.二、B第二节/B(总题数：5，分数：15.00)听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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
4、间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面这段对话，做第 67 题。现在你有 10 秒钟的时间读题目。（分数：2.00）(1).What will the man do on Saturday?（分数：1.00）A.A. He will prepare dinner. B.B. He will go to a party. C.C. He will go to movies.(2).What day does the woman want to go to the mans home?（分数：1.00）A.A. Friday. B.B. Saturday night. C.C. Sunday.（分数：2
5、.00）(1).What does Mr. Smith tell his secretary to say? A. Hell phone the caller at four oclock. B. Hes out of his office. C. hell be on the phone at once.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).Where does Edgar Davis call from?（分数：1.00）A.A. British. B.B. Brazil. C.C. Boston.（分数：3.00）(1).What is the woman studying?（分数：1.
6、00）A.A. The basic structure of atoms. B.B. The basic structure of molecules. C.C. The basic structure of neutron.(2).What does the woman expect to learn from her study? A. The kinds of molecules in which carbon may be replaced by silicon. B. The importance of silicon. C. The difference between molec
7、ules and silicon.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).What is the advantage of silicon over carbon? A. Silicon is much more uncommon than carbon. B. Carbon is much more common than silicon. C. Silicon is much more common.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.（分数：3.00）(1).Whats the main topic of the course? A. How to teach arts and crafts t
8、o children and adults. B. How to perform in front of a large audience. C. How to use sign language in the theater.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).Approximately how long will the course last?（分数：1.00）A.A. Nine days. B.B. Two weeks. C.C. One month.(3).What will be given to students who complete the program?（分数：1.0
9、0）A.A. College credit. B.B. Free theater tickets. C.C. A certificate of completion.（分数：5.00）(1).What did the speaker probably talk about previously? A. How the automobile was invented. B. The losses caused by traffic accidents. C. The benefits of the automobile to society.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).How did
10、the automobile affect the work force in the 1950s and 1960s? A. It allowed workers to spend more time at home. B. It gave workers opportunity for better training. C. It let workers live far from their jobs.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).What problem did city merchants face? A. The lack of a qualified sales forc
11、e. B. A decline in the number of customers. C. Difficulty in transporting merchandise.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(4).According to the speaker,why are some people moving back to the city? A. Job opportunities are better there. B. Prices are lower in downtown stores. C. Highway commuting has become unpleasant.（分数
12、：1.00）A.B.C.(5).What will be included in tomorrows lecture? A. A discussion of air pollution. B. Predictions of fuel surpluses. C. Slides of recently discovered fossils.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.三、B第二部分 英语知识运用/B(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.I wish that she _ this afternoon.（分数：1.00）A.will comeB.can comeC.would comeD.shou
13、ld come2.There _ a hospital. But it is a school here.（分数：1.00）A.used to beB.used to haveC.used to doD.was used to have3.Only by diligence and honesty _ in life.（分数：1.00）A.one succeedB.one will be succeedC.can one be succeededD.can one succeed4._ is the population of China?（分数：1.00）A.How muchB.How ma
14、nyC.WhichD.What5.They all shared _ the happiness at their success.（分数：1.00）A.outB.inC.toD.with6. _ was Winter Olympics held? Every four years.（分数：1.00）A.How soonB.How longC.How farD.How often7.I dont know _ you can recognize here from here, but the girl reading the newspaper is Jane.（分数：1.00）A.thatB
15、.whatC.ifD.which8.How I wish John recognized the fact that he _ in the wrong.（分数：1.00）A.always nearly isB.always is nearlyC.is nearly alwaysD.nearly is always9.She is so careless with her spelling that she often _ letters.（分数：1.00）A.carries outB.gives outC.leaves outD.set out10.Xiao Ming dislikes le
16、arning English, _ ?（分数：1.00）A.doesnt heB.does heC.doesnt Xiao MingD.does Xiao Ming11.The man over there is _ Mr Smith.（分数：1.00）A.no other butB.no other thanC.no oneD.none other than12.She had two daughters, _ became doctors.（分数：1.00）A.all the themB.all of whoC.both of whomD.all of whom13.Every day I
17、 listen to English on the radio. Here “on“ can be replaced by _ .（分数：1.00）A.throughB.overC.inD.by14.The crime rate has continued to rise in American cities despite efforts on the part of both government and private citizens to curb _ .（分数：1.00）A.themB.itsC.himD.it15.He is quite tall for a boy of fif
18、teen. In fact he is _ .（分数：1.00）A.taller than all his classB.the tallest of his friendsC.taller than most boys of his ageD.the tallest of the rest of his class四、B第二节 完型填空/B(总题数：1，分数：25.00)阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。The measure of mans real character is what he would do if he kne
19、w he would never be found out.Thomas MacaulaySome thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette ONeill gave an arithmeticU (36) /Uto our class. When the papers wereU (37) /Ushe discovered that twelve boys had made exactly theU (38) /Umistakes throughout the t
20、est.There is nothing really new aboutU (39) /Uin exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. ONeillU (40) /Ueven say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys toU (41) /Uafter class. I was one of the twelve.Mrs ONeill askedU (42) /Uquestions, and she didntU (43) /Uus either. Instead, she wrote on the bla
21、ckboard theU (44) /Uwords by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us toU (45) /Uthese words into our exercise-books one hundred times.I dontU (46) /Uabout the other eleven boys. Speaking forU (47) /UI can say. it was the most important singleU (48) /Uof my life. Thirty years after beingU (49) /Uto Maca
22、ulays words, theyU (50) /Useem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us aU (51) /Uto measure ourselves rather than others.U (52) /Uof us are asked to makeU (53) /Udecisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are calledU (54) /Udaily to make a great many per
23、sonal decisions.U (55) /Uthe wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocketU (56) /Uturned over to the policeman? Should theU (57) /Uchange received at the store be forgotten orU (58) /U? Nobody will know exceptU (59) /U. But you have to live with yourself, and it is alwaysU (60) /Uto live with s
24、omeone you respect.（分数：25.00）A.testB.problemC.paperD.lessonA.examinedB.completedC.markedD.answeredA.easyB.funnyC.sameD.differentA.lyingB.cheatingC.guessingD.discussingA.didntB.didC.wouldD.wouldntA.comeB.leaveC.remainD.apologizeA.noB.certainC.manyD.moreA.excuseB.rejectC.helpD.scoldA.aboveB.commonC.fo
25、llowingD.unusualA.repeatB.getC.putD.copyA.worryB.knowC.hearD.talkA.myselfB.ourselvesC.themselvesD.herselfA.chanceB.incidentC.lessonD.memoryA.referredB.shownC.broughtD.introducedA.evenB.stillC.alwaysD.almostA.wayB.sentenceC.choiceD.reasonA.AllB.FewC.SomeD.NoneA.quickB.wiseC.greatD.personalA.outB.forC
26、.upD.uponA.ShouldB.MustC.WouldD.NeedA.andB.orC.thenD.butA.extraB.smallC.someD.necessaryA.paidB.rememberedC.sharedD.returnedA.meB.youC.usD.themA.easierB.more naturalC.betterD.more peaceful五、B第三部分 阅读理解/B(总题数：5，分数：20.00)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、c 和 D)中选出最佳选项。BA/BOne day ,I happened to(碰巧)talk to a strange
27、r on the bus. When he found out that I was from Chicago, he told me that one of his good friends lived there and he wondered if I happened to know him. At first I wanted to say that Chicago was a very big city. He was silent(沉默)for a few minutes, and then he began to tell me all about his friend.He
28、told me that his friend was an excellent tennis player, and that he even had his own tennis eourt(网球场). He added that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools, but that he only knew two people in the country had their own tennis courts. And his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I
29、 knew several people like that. For example, my brother and my next door neighbour. I said that my brother was a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court. I told him that my next door neighbour went to Sacramento last summer and lived in the house next to my brothers. For a moment, we looked at each ot
30、her. But we did not say anything.“Would your friends name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?“ I asked finally. He laughed and said, “Would your brothers name happen to be Dr. Ray Hunter?“ It was my turn to laugh.（分数：4.00）(1).How many people does the story involve(涉及)?（分数：1.00）A.Four.B.Five.C.Six.D.Seven.
31、(2).Which of the following is the title(题目)of the story?（分数：1.00）A.On A Bus.B.Two Tennis Players.C.One In A Million.D.Chicago Is A Large City.(3).The writer said that Chicago was a very big city. That means _ .（分数：1.00）A.it was possible(可能的)for him to happen to know the strangers friendB.he didnt wa
32、nt to find the strangers friendC.it was impossible to find the strangers friendD.he didnt know the strangers friend(4).When the stranger told the writer that only two people in the country had their own tennis courts, He meant that _ .（分数：1.00）A.his friend was a famous personB.his friend was an exce
33、llent tennis playerC.the writer could find his friendD.the writer would happen to know his friendBB/BOne night, a little before nine oclock, Dr. Johnson was answering a telephone call. He was asked to go and give an operation to a very sick boy at once. The boy was in a small hospital in Glens Falls
34、, sixty miles away from Dr. Johnsons cityAlbany. The boy had hurt himself in a traffic accident. His life was in danger, but his family was so poor that they could not pay the doctor anything. After he heard all this, Dr. Johnson was driving carefully. He thought that he could get to the hospital be
35、fore 12 oclock. A few minutes later, the doctors car had to stop for a red light at a crossing. Suddenly a man in an old black coat opened the door of the car and got in.“Drive on“ ,he said. “Ive got a gun(枪). “Im a doctor,“ said Johnson. “Im on my way to a hospital to operate on a very sick. “Dont
36、talk,“ said the man in the old black coat. “Just drive. “A mile out of the town he ordered the doctor to stop the car and get out. Then the man drove on down the road. The doctor stood for a moment in the snow. A half hour, Dr. Johnson found a telephone and called a taxi (出租车). At the railway (铁路) s
37、tation he learned that the next train to Glens Falls would not leave until 12 oclock.It was after two oclock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Glens Falls. Miss Clarke, a nurse, was waiting for him.“I did my best,“ said Dr. Johnson. Miss Clarke said. “The boy died an hour ago
38、. “They walked into the waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat, with his head in his hands.“Mr. Shute,“ said Miss Clarke to the man,“ this is Dr. Johnson. He had come all the way from Albany to try to save your boy. “（分数：4.00）(1).From the story we know it took Dr. Johnson _ to get to
39、the hospital.（分数：1.00）A.12 hoursB.2 hoursC.only 1 hourD.about 5 hours(2).Dr. Johnson was late because _ .（分数：1.00）A.there was something wrong with his carB.a strange man made it hard to driveC.he picked up the strange manD.the train to Glens Falls was late(3).From the story we know Dr. Johnson _ .（分
40、数：1.00）A.was a good man, he didnt care for the moneyB.hurt himself on the way to Glens FallsC.did the operation and the boy was savedD.wont do the operation until the boys family paid the money(4).The man in an black coat _ .（分数：1.00）A.hit the boy and ran awayB.took the boy to the hospitalC.was the
41、boys fatherD.was the real doctorBC/BMr. Long was only thirty but drank for thirteen years. He spent much time in the restaurants and often drunk a lot there. He had a rich sister who often supplied him enough money. So he was never worried about food or clothes.Once a young man began to work in his
42、company. They met at a party and introduced themselves to each other. Mr. Long knew his name was Mr. Kidd and he came from another city. The young men liked to drink too and they became good friends. They always met in the restaurant at weekend and didnt leave there until they were drunk. Of course
43、it was bad for their health. Their friends advised them to stop drinking, but they didnt listen.It was Saturday again. Mr. Long called his friend and they decided to spend the evening in the restaurant. Mr. Kidd agreed to his opinion and got there in time. They drank one glass after another and they
44、 didnt stop until the men in the restaurant refused to sell the wine to them. They came out together and sat down at the side of the street.Pointing at the moon, Mr. Kidd said,“ Your sun is smaller than ours!“We have a bigger one, said Mr. Long “But I wouldnt show it to you. “Ill buy it for all the
45、jewelry in world , “called out the first drunkard(醉鬼).“What makes you think Ill sell it to you?“ the other drunkard asked in reply(反问).（分数：4.00）(1).Mr. Long began to drink when he was _ .（分数：1.00）A.thirteenB.sixteenC.seventeenD.eighteen(2)._ , so he had enough money to do it.（分数：1.00）A.Mr. Longs sis
46、ter gave him much moneyB.Mr. Longs father left him much moneyC.Mr. Long was paid a lot in the companyD.Mr. Long had a very rich wife(3)._ ,so they became good friends.（分数：1.00）A.Mr. Long and Mr. Kidd worked in the same companyB.Mr. Long and Mr. Kidd knew each other at a partyC.Mr. Long and Mr. Kidd
47、knew much about drinksD.Both Mr. Long and Mr. Kid liked drinking(4).The men in the restaurant refused to sell the wine to the two young men because _.（分数：1.00）A.all the drinks were sold outB.they had drunk too much that eveningC.they wouldnt pay any money to themD.the restaurant had to be closedBD/B
48、If it were only necessary to decide whether to teach elementary science to everyone on a mass basis or to find the gifted few and take them as far as they can go, our task would be fairly simple. The public school system, however, has no such choice, for the two jobs must be carried on at the same time. Because we depend so heavily upon science and technology for our progress, we must produce specialists in many fields. Beca
