1、公共英语二级-157 及答案解析(总分：93.02，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 much are the oranges?（分数：1.00）A.A 6 cents a pound. B.B 16 cents a pound. C.C 60 cents a pound,(2).What would t
2、he boy like to do?（分数：1.00）A.A He is going out to work. B.B He wants to go for a walk. C.C He would like to find a job.(3).Whats the correct time?（分数：1.00）A.A 10:33. B.B 10:27. C.C 10:30.(4).Whats the relationship between the two people?（分数：1.00）A.A Friends. B.B Strangers. C.C Classmates.(5).Where d
3、oes the conversation take place?（分数：1.00）A.A A clothes shop. B.B A book store. C.C A shoe shop.二、B第二节/B(总题数：5，分数：13.00)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，各小题给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。（分数：2.00）(1).What has the woman just been offered?（分数：1.00）A
4、.A A drink, B.B A meal. C.C Afternoon tea.(2).What has the man been invited to attend by the woman?（分数：1.00）A.A An evening party. B.B A dinner. C.C A tea party.（分数：2.00）(1).Whats the relationship between the man and the woman?（分数：1.00）A.A Boss and secretary. B.B Father and daughter. C.C Customer and
5、 assistant.(2).How many personal computers does the man want to order?（分数：1.00）A.A 13. B.B 20. C.C 30.（分数：3.00）(1).Where is the man?（分数：0.60）A.A At a bank. B.B At home. C.C At a shop.(2).How much does the man want?（分数：0.60）A.A 500 pounds. B.B 400 pounds. C.C 600 pounds.(3).What would he like his mon
6、ey in?（分数：0.60）A.A Six one-hundred-pounds notes. B.B Sixty ten-hundred-pounds notes. C.C Sixteen one-hundred-pounds notes._（分数：3.00）(1).Where is the man going to? He is going to _.（分数：1.00）A.A New York B.B Washington D.C. C.C New England(2).It is the _ time for the woman to go to Washington D. C.（分数
7、：1.00）A.A second B.B first C.C third(3).The man advised the woman to _.（分数：1.00）A.A take a tour mobile B.B take a taxi C.C take a bus（分数：3.00）(1).The person who came out of the house a little later _.（分数：1.00）A.A was not nervous at all B.B was as nervous as the others C.C was slow to put on his clot
8、hes(2).I did not lose my head at all. It means _. A no one killed me, I was still alive B there was nothing wrong with my brain C my brain worked still well（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).“He didnt put on his trousers“ showed “ _ “.（分数：1.00）A.A he was not calm at all B.B he wasnt nervous C.C he forgot to put on
9、his trousers三、B第二部分 英语知识运用/B(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Wilma became the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track, _ made her mother very proud.（分数：1.00）A.itB.thatC.whichD.this2._ salary up by 25%, the doctors and nurses in this hospital are very happy.（分数：1.00）A.AsB.ForC.WithD.Through3
10、.If Tim keeps working like this, hell _ sooner or later.（分数：1.00）A.break downB.give offC.get downD.hold on4.He said that books on _ popular science are in _ short supply.（分数：1.00）A.the; aB./; /C./; theD.the; the5.A heavy snow _ a good harvest year.（分数：1.00）A.meansB.showsC.promisesD.permits6.-He is _
11、 a brave man. -We cant admire his courage _.（分数：1.00）A.actually; very muchB.indeed; too a lotC.really; too muchD.truly; a bit7.As it turned out to be a problem of no importance, we _ so much time looking into it.（分数：1.00）A.neednt spendB.didnt have to spendC.oughtnt to spendD.neednt have spent8.-When
12、 can I come for the photos? I need them this afternoon. -They should be ready by 12 oclock. You can _ us, sir.（分数：1.00）A.wait onB.watch onC.depend onD.call on9.Radio Star, _ by the English Department, is very popular with the students.（分数：1.00）A.builtB.foundedC.keptD.found10.-Dear me! Ive been in Am
13、erica for a month. - _ you are settled, why dont you take up some serious study?（分数：1.00）A.IfB.Now thatC.WhenD.Even if11.It was _ great shock to the world that two airplanes crashed into _ World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001.（分数：1.00）A.a; /B.the; theC.a; theD./; the12.Several passag
14、es were fount _ when the book _ me.（分数：1.00）A.missing; returnedB.lost; was returnedC.gone; was returned toD.disappeared; was returned to13.In the west, people make _ a rule to send Christmas present to their relatives and friends.（分数：1.00）A.thisB.thatC.itD.the following14.Why didnt you make me a tel
15、ephone call yesterday? I _ about it.（分数：1.00）A.should be toldB.ought to have been toldC.should have toldD.ought to be told15.-Can I help you? -Id like to buy a present for my fathers birthday, _ at a proper price, but of great use.（分数：1.00）A.thatB.oneC.anyoneD.everything四、B第二节 完型填空/B(总题数：1，分数：20.00)
16、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。BPlugging into Electronic Databases/BIf you are lookingU (36) /Uinformation, library shelves are a good placeU (37) /U. But if you need up-to-the-minute data or have specialized needs, you mayU (38) /Ua computerized database more useful,U (39) /Uexpens
17、ive, and less time consuming. A database, a file ofU (40) /Uon one subject or family of subjects, can beU (41) /Uand maintained in a computers memory. The speed of the computer then enables youU (42) /Uany item in this file almost instantly.The three main types of databases are statistics, bibliogra
18、phies, and full text. Statistical databases store vastU (43) /Uof numerical data, such as wage and price indexes, census information, foreign exchange rates, and bond prices, bibliographic databases store references andU (44) /Uof articlesU (45) /Uperiodicals and newspapers. Full-text databases offe
19、r the complete texts of such materialsU (46) /Unewspaper, magazine and journal articles.U (47) /Udatabases exist today, and their numbers areU (48) /U. Many companies have theirU (49) /Udatabase,U (50) /Uis accessibleU (51) /Uemployees through computer terminals or microcomputers.U(52) /Uaddition, s
20、everal hundred commercial data bases are now availableU (53) /Uthe public,U (54) /Uliterally millions of information readily retrievable. These databases cover specific fields, such as law and financialU (55) /U, or general information, such as sports and weather data. （分数：20.00）A.atB.onC.forD.inA.t
21、o startB.startedC.startingD.startA.to findB.findC.foundD.findingA.littleB.lestC.lessD.moreA.informationsB.informC.informingD.informationA.storingB.to storeC.storedD.storeA.recallB.to recallC.recallingD.recalledA.numbersB.amountsC.numberD.amountA.summaries .B.summaryC.extractD.extractsA.onB.aboutC.in
22、D.atA.forB.byC.inD.asA.ThousandB.ThousandsC.Thousand ofD.Thousands ofA.grownB.growC.to growD.growingA.in houseB.out houseC.in-houseD.out-houseA.thatB.whereC.whichD.whenA.onB.atC.inD.toA.OnB.InC.ToD.AtA.forB.toC.inD.onA.onB.atC.byD.withA.forecastingB.forecastC.to forecastD.forecasted五、B第三部分 阅读理解/B(总题
23、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/BPeople living on parts of the south coast of England face a serious problem. In 1993, the owners of a large hotel and of several houses discovered, to their horror, that their gardens had disappeared overnight. The sea had eaten into the soft lime
24、stone cliffs on which they had been built. While experts were studying the problem, the hotel and several houses disappeared altogether, sliding down the cliff and into the sea.Erosion (侵蚀) of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has always been a problem but it has become more serious
25、in recent years. Dozens of homes have had to be abandoned as the sea has crept farther and farther inland. Experts have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecasting the year in which their homes will be swallowed up by the hungry sea.Angry owners have called
26、on the government to erect sea defenses to protect their homes. Government surveyors have pointed out that in most cases, this is impossible. New sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go further along the coast, shifting the problem from one
27、 area to another. The danger is likely to continue, they say, until the waves reach an inland area of hard rock which will not be eaten as limestone is. Mean- while, if you want to buy a cheap house with an uncertain future, apply to a house agent in one of the threatened areas on the south coast of
28、 England. You can get a house for a knockdown price but it may turn out to be a knockdown home.（分数：5.00）(1).What is the cause of the problem that people living on parts of the south coast of England face?（分数：1.00）A.The disappearance of hotels, houses and gardens.B.The experts lack of knowledge.C.The
29、 rising of the sea level.D.The washing-away of limestone cliffs.(2).The erosion of the white cliffs in the south of England _.（分数：1.00）A.will soon become a problem for people living in central EnglandB.has now become a threat to the local residentsC.is quickly changing the map of EnglandD.can be sto
30、pped if proper measures are taken(3).The experts study on the problem of erosion can _.（分数：1.00）A.lead to its eventual solutionB.provide an effective way to slow it downC.help to prevent it from worseningD.warn people whose homes are in danger(4).It is not feasible to build sea defenses to protect a
31、gainst erosion because _.（分数：1.00）A.it is too costly and will endanger neighbouring areasB.the government is too slow in taking actionC.they will be easily knocked down by waves and currentsD.house agents along the coast do not support the idea(5).According to the author, when buying a house along t
32、he south coast of England, people should _.（分数：1.00）A.be aware of the potential danger involvedB.guard against being cheated by the house agentC.take the quality of the house into considerationD.examine the house carefully before making a decisionBB/BIn the United States, boys and girls start school
33、 when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school until they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen years old when they graduate from secondary school (中学). Another name for secondary school is high school.Most children go to public elementary schools (小学) and secondary school
34、s. The parents of public school pupils do not have to pay directly for these childrens education because tax money supports the public schools. If a child attends a private school, his parents pay the school for the childs education.Today about half of the high school graduates go on to colleges and
35、 universities. Some colleges and universities receive tax money from the government. A student at a state university does not have to pay much if his parents live in that state. Private colleges and universities are expensive, however. Almost half of college students in the United States work while
36、they are studying. When a students family is not rich, he has to earn money for part of his college expenses.（分数：4.00）(1).Students in State Universities _ if their parents live in that state.（分数：1.00）A.pay lessB.cost lessC.pay moreD.cost more(2).The parents of children who attend private schools _ f
37、or their childrens education.（分数：1.00）A.have to payB.have to make preparationsC.dont have to payD.dont have to make preparation(3).Nearly half of all college students _ while they are in school.（分数：1.00）A.are freeB.are busyC.have part-time (兼职的) jobsD.have full time jobs(4).The best title for the pa
38、ssage would be _（分数：1.00）A.Schools in the USAB.Elementary Schools in the USAC.Secondary Schools in the USAD.Colleges and Universities in the USABC/BIt doesnt matter when or how long a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. Thats what all doctors thought, until they heard about Je
39、rcy Page. Jercy Page, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man by themselves.Jercy Page was ninety years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watche
40、d every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Jercy Page sleeping. Actually, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.The only rest that Jercy Page got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The
41、doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Page remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was t
42、his the real reason? No one could be sure.（分数：4.00）(1).The main idea of this passage is that _.（分数：1.00）A.large numbers of people do not need sleepB.a person was found who actually didnt need any sleepC.everyone needs some sleep to stay aliveD.people can live longer by trying not to sleep(2).The doc
43、tors came to visit Jercy Page, expecting _.（分数：1.00）A.to cure him of his sleeplessnessB.to find that his sleeplessness was not really trueC.to find out why some old people didnt need any sleepD.to find a way to free people from the need of sleep(3).After watching him closely, the doctors came to bel
44、ieve that Jercy Page _.（分数：1.00）A.needed some kind of sleepB.was too old to need any sleepC.needed no sleep at allD.often slept in chair(4).One reason that might explain Pages sleeplessness was _.（分数：1.00）A.his mothers injured before he was bornB.that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habitC.
45、his magnificent physical conditionD.that he hadnt got a bedBD/BAnimation means making timings which are lifeless come alive and move.Since earliest times, people have always been astonished by movement. But not until this century have we managed to take control of movement, to record it, and in the
46、case of animation, to retranslate it and recreate it. To do all this, we use a movie camera and a projector (放映机).In the world of cartoon animation, nothing is impossible. You can make the characters do exactly what you want them to do.A famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat, created by P
47、at Sullivan in America in the early nineteen twenties. Felix was a wonderful cat. He could do all sorts of things no natural cat could do like taking off his tail, using it as a handle and then putting it back.Most of the great early animators lived and worked in America, the home of the moving picture industry. The famous Walt Disney cartoon characters came to life after 1928. Popeye the Sailor and his girl friend Olive Oyo were born a
