1、公共英语二级-173 及答案解析(总分：95.02，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).What are the two speakers probably talking about?（分数：1.00）A.A Play activities. B.B Building castles. C.C The beach
2、.(2).How will the man go to his office?（分数：1.00）A.A Taking the bus. B.B By bike. C.C On foot.(3).What will the woman probably do this evening?（分数：1.00）A.A Go to see the movies.B.B Stay at home. C.C Do some sports.(4).Whats probably the mans occupation?（分数：1.00）A.A A repairman. B.B A robber. C.C A po
3、liceman.(5).How does the woman feel?（分数：1.00）A.A Interesting. B.B Boring. C.C Absurd.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 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。（分数：3.00）(1).How does the man feel about Davids way of sleeping?（分数：
4、1.00）A.A Its effective. B.B Its strange. C.C Its the best.(2).How many hours does David sleep a day?（分数：1.00）A.A Four. B.B Six. C.C Seven.(3).What does the woman suggest at the end of the talk? A People should develop a habit like Davids. B People need longer hours of sleep. C People have different
5、sleeping habits.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.（分数：3.00）(1).What is Sally doing?（分数：1.00）A.A Reading a letter. B.B Washing clothes. C.C Making a phone call.(2).Why does Tom ask Sally and John to call him? A He wants to meet them at the station. B He wants to invite them to dinner. C He wants them to visit his famil
6、y.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).What is Toms telephone number?（分数：1.00）A.A 680-6840. B.B 780-6842. C.C 780-7842.（分数：3.00）(1).Who is the speaker?（分数：1.00）A.A A student. B.B A teacher. C.C An officer clerk.(2).Why did the speaker get a parking ticket?（分数：1.00）A.A His car was parked for too long. B.B His car took
7、 up too much space. C.C He left his car in a wrong place.(3).Which of the following words best describes the day the speakers had?（分数：1.00）A.A Exciting. B.B Unlucky. C.C Tiring.（分数：3.00）(1).What exactly does the man want to find out? A What people think of the bus service. B How many people are usin
8、g the bus service. C Which group of people use the bus service most often.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).What does the woman say about the bus service? A The distance between bus stops is toe long. B The bus timetables are full of mistakes. C Buses are often not on time.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).Why does the woman say
9、 her husband is fortunate? A He often goes to work in a friends car. B He doesnt need to go shopping by bus. C He lives close to the bus station.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.（分数：3.00）(1).What happened when the man was mountain climbing?（分数：1.00）A.A He got trapped in a cave. B.B He got lost in bad weather. C.C He
10、lost his equipment and food.(2).What caused the loss of the mans legs?（分数：1.00）A.A The low temperature. B.B A bad fall in the mountain. C.C An unsuccessful operation,(3).What did he decide to do after losing his legs? A Design new climbing shoes. B Set up a club for the disabled. C Use technology to
11、 fight his disability.（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 was just coming out of the sea after a swim _ I stepped on a sharp stone and cut my foot.（分数：1.00）A.thenB.asC.whenD.while2.When you stay in a foreign country for some time, you get used to the peoples _ of life.（分数：1.00）A.wayB
12、.habitC.ruleD.fact3.-Please dont tell anybody. -I _, I promise.（分数：1.00）A.wontB.dontC.cantD.mustnt4.People in this town _ of a possible storm, and theyre preparing for it;（分数：1.00）A.would be warnedB.will be warnedC.have been warnedD.had been warned5.Nick had an unusually clever mind, so his success
13、had been _ and never in doubt.（分数：1.00）A.hopedB.askedC.promisedD.expected6.This message is very important; Can you make sure that Helen _ it?（分数：1.00）A.getB.gotC.getsD.is getting7.-Were going to have a picnic tomorrow. Why dont you come with us? -_, but Im having a friend over.（分数：1.00）A.Id like toB
14、.Youre rightC.I dont mindD.Maybe next time8.John is doing very well in school and it is quite _ that his mother should be proud of him.（分数：1.00）A.normalB.naturalC.generalD.usual9.From the look on his face I knew that the end had come, one way or（分数：1.00）A.otherB.othersC.anotherD.the others10.-Where
15、is my blue shirt? -Its in the washing machine. You have to wear _ different shirt.（分数：1.00）A.aB.otherC.anyD.the11.The firemen arrived half an hour _ the alarm was first raised, when it was too late to save much of the building.（分数：1.00）A.sinceB.afterC.asD.until12.Im used to driving in Hong Kong now,
16、 but it _ hard at the beginning.（分数：1.00）A.isB.wasC.had beenD.has been13.The lecture seemed to have _ only a short time, although the clock said it had gone on for more than an hour.（分数：1.00）A.costB.lastedC.spentD.passed14.-Im really thirsty. Do you think this water is safe _? -Ask the farmer over t
17、here.（分数：1.00）A.to drinkB.to be drunkC.to drink itD.to have it drunk15.-Why are you _ all the pictures? -Im going to paint the walls.（分数：1.00）A.hanging upB.taking downC.carrying outD.putting off四、B第二节 完型填空/B(总题数：1，分数：20.00)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。I began to register on Monday
18、/by picking up registration forms, completing them, and then turning them in with my photo. On Tuesday when IU (36) /Uto pay my fee, the lady at the fee deskU (37) /Ume to the line ofU (38) /Uregistrants because the universitys computer refused toU (39) /Umy forms. Even after standing in line for an
19、 hour, IU (40) /Uto see the humor in theU (41) /Uwhen the little man at the desk told me that I did not have a goodU (42) /Ufor not living in a school dormitory. However, heU (43) /Uto let me register when I asked him to note theU (44) /Uof my being a girl and the universitys all-boy dormitories. He
20、 asked me to come back the next day, at which time myU (45) /Uwould have been through the computer again. When. I came back on Wednesday andU (46) /UTuesdays experience, I began toU (47) /Umy sense of humor. Almost to myU (48) /UI was not sent to the line of problem registration on Thursday.U (49) /
21、Uthe lady at the fee deskU (50) /Umy computerized fee receipt and announced that IU (51) /UGreen College $100. When I questioned her about theU (52) /Uof registering for 15 hours a week for that small fee, she answered that the computerU (53) /Uthat I was a full-time teacher. Early the next morning,
22、 Friday, I visited the registrar, who was able toU (54) /Uthe problem, and then went so the Fiscal Office where I paid ,the additional fee. As I wrote the check, I congratulated myself onU (55) /Uregistration at Green College in only five days.（分数：20.00）A.desiredB.rememberedC.returnedD.continuedA.wa
23、vedB.invitedC.directedD.presentedA.problemB.part-timeC.specialD.regularA.admitB.acceptC.recognizeD.noticeA.managedB.happenedC.beganD.decidedA.conditionB.placeC.situationD.sceneA.recordB.reasonC.qualityD.chanceA.promisedB.attemptedC.refusedD.agreedA.factB.advantageC.differenceD.roleA.turnB.correction
24、C.questionsD.formsA.repeatedB.reportedC.discoveredD.expectedA.enjoyB.haveC.loseD.improveA.knowledgeB.disappointmentC.expectationD.surpriseA.SoB.StillC.InsteadD.OtherwiseA.foundB.collectedC.offeredD.includedA.usedB.paidC.owedD.receivedA.judgmentB.possibilityC.explanationD.realityA.checkedB.arrangedC.
25、thoughtD.doubtedA.faceB.stopC.deal withD.pick upA.completingB.passingC.experiencingD.experimenting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/BRobert Fred was the general manager of a large hotel in Ashbury Park, New Jersey. One cold day two years ago when he stopped his car
26、 at a traffic light, Stephen Pearman, an out-of-work taxi and truck driver, walked up to Freds ear hoping to earn some change by washing his windshield. Like many motorists who try to keep the beggars off, Fred turned on the wipers to show he wasnt interested.Pearman put his head close to the window
27、. “Come on, mister. Give me a chance. I need a job,“ he said. Something in Stephen Pearmans voice moved Robert Fred. In the seconds before traffic started moving again, Fred handed, Pearman a business card and told him to call if he was serious.“My friends told me he was just pulling my leg,“ said P
28、earman. “But I said, No, hes a businessman. I need to give it a shot.“Two days later, 29-year-old Pearman appeared in the managers office of the big hotel. Fred gave him a job and housing and lent him pocket money while training him.Today, Pearman works full-time setting up the hotels dining halls f
29、or business meetings. In the past two years, he has found a flat, married and repaid Freds loans.“Mr. Fred gave me a second chance,“ says Pearman, “and I took advantage of it. I could have just come here a while, eaten up and left. But there is no future in washing windshields.“Ordinarily, Fred keep
30、s away from the street People. “But Pearman seemed so honest and open, asking for a chance rather than just money,“ Fred says: “I dont hand my business card to just any- body. But Im. glad I did in this case.“（分数：5.00）(1).When Pearman offered to wash the windshield for Fred, _.（分数：1.00）A.Fred gladly
31、 agreed to let him do itB.Pearman was told to do it laterC.Fred took him as a beggarD.Pearman knew Fred was a kind man(2).When Fred told Pearman to call if he was serious, he meant if _.（分数：1.00）A.Pearman was really hard-workingB.Pearman was really interested in washing windshieldsC.Pearmans conditi
32、ons were truly seriousD.Pearman was really looking for a job(3).What did Pearman mean by saying “he is a businessman“?（分数：1.00）A.Fred knew where he could get a job.B.Businessmen always handed others their cards.C.Fred had enough money to help the poor.D.Fred meant what he had said.(4).What has becom
33、e of P, earman now?（分数：1.00）A.He is a full-time employee at the hotel.B.He is still washing car windshields.C.He is in charge of Freds loans.D.He organizes dinner parties for the hotel.(5).What can we learn about Fred ?（分数：1.00）A.He always gives help to the unemployed.B.He likes to give his help to
34、anyone in need.C.He helps those who work hard themselves.D.He is easily moved by poor people.BB/BShe once said,“ When people ask me whether writing has been a hard or easy road I always answer with the famous saying: The end is nothing; the road is all. That is what I mean when I say writing has bee
35、n a pleasure. I have never faced the type-writer with the thought that one more task had to be done.“Like most writers, Willa Cather did not write books for the money that they brought her. but rather for the pleasure that came in their writing. Her works were, like her, simple and full of the vigor
36、 of her days in Nebraska, where she grew from childhood to young womanhood and where she developed a deep love for the treeless land of the great plains with its wild flowers, wheat fields and rivers.“Its a rather strange thing about the flat country,“ she wrote later. “It takes hold of you, or it l
37、eaves you perfectly cold. A great many people find it very dull: they like a church tower, an old factory, a waterfall, the country all made to look like a German Christmas card. But when I come to the open plains, something happens. Im home. I breathe differently.“（分数：5.00）(1).61 Willa Cather wrote
38、 because she found writing _.（分数：1.00）A.simple and livelyB.opened up a road to successC.neither too hard nor too easyD.interesting and enjoyable(2).What did Cather mean by “The end is nothing; the road is all“?（分数：1.00）A.Writing is the only path to success.B.Writing itself, not its result, is import
39、ant.C.I enjoy writing whether it is hard or easy.D.I feel happy when I finish writing a book.(3).What was the place like where Cather grew up?（分数：1.00）A.It was cold, plain and without a church.B.It was vast, open, flat, and wild.C.It was like a German Christmas card.D.It was a colorful world of wild
40、 flowers.(4).When she said “It takes hold of yon. or it leaves you perfectly cold“ Wills Cather meant _.（分数：1.00）A.you either love the place or hate itB.you decide either to stay or to leaveC.some find the place warm; Others find it coldD.some find the place peaceful; others find it wild(5).What hap
41、pens when Cather comes to the open plains.?（分数：1.00）A.She breathes differently from others.B.She wants to make the place her home.C.She feels completely comfortable.D.She finds the place similar to her home.BC/BEveryone wants the best for a baby. A mother wants her baby to have the best in the ways
42、of food, toys, clothing and equipment. Her value judgments on prices may go wrong when it comes to buying for a baby, particularly the first one. Factory producers and advertisers recognize this, and exploit it to the full. Far more is spent in buying push-chairs, special milk, and special powders f
43、or small babies than is necessary.The child himself watches television, a particularly strong influence on small children. Looking at them as they watch television, and then watching them react to products afterwards, suggests that young children accept the television advertisements as well as the g
44、uidance offered by childrens pro- grams, and find both equally attractive. The child comes early in life to the feeling widespread in this country that if something is said on television it must be true.For this reason much Christmas-gift advertising, and advertising for sweets, food and washing pow
45、ders, is specially designed for children because of the effect their repeated nagging can have on their mothers. By exercising in this way they become consumers at an early age and as a result, with present-day pressures, choosing and buying goods and services will remain an important part of their
46、future lives.（分数：4.00）(1).According to the writer, a mother spends more than necessary on _.（分数：1.00）A.Christmas advertisingB.sweetsC.televisionD.special powders(2).The underlined word “nagging“ most probably means _.（分数：1.00）A.TV servicesB.baby powdersC.repeated demandsD.childrens programs(3).Which
47、 of the following statements is best supported by the text?（分数：1.00）A.Mothers encourage children to buy products advertised on TV.B.TV programs often advertise the best products for children.C.Children like both TV advertisements and childrens programs.D.TV advertisements provide the best advice to
48、chose gifts.(4).The best title for the text could be _.（分数：1.00）A.Mothers and BabiesB.Choosing Goods for ChildrenC.Giving the Best to BabiesD.Children as ConsumersBD/BMusicals, which developed out of the British comedy at the end of the 19th century, are stage productions that use popular-style songs and dialogs. They put together music and play, as well as song and dance.
