1、公共英语二级-176 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听力理解第一节 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).Who was introduced?（分数：1.00）A.A You. B.B I. C.C Jane.(2).Why was Dora late?（分数：1.00）A.A She didnt know the
2、time. B.B She forgot her class. C.C She didnt catch the bus.(3).Where is this conversation taking place?（分数：1.00）A.A In a kitchen. B.B In a garden. C.C In a park.(4).Will Paul go for a walk?（分数：1.00）A.A Yes, he will. B.B No, he wont. C.C Yes, he does.(5).On which days next week will the man have exa
3、minations?（分数：1.00）A.A Every day except Thursday. B.B Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. C.C Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.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：2.00）(1).How long has the woman h
4、ad a headache?（分数：1.00）A.A Since last night. B.B For a week. C.C Since last week.(2).What advice did the doctor give the woman? A He suggested the woman take some medicine. B He suggested the woman should drink more hot water. C He asked her to stay in the room.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.（分数：3.00）(1).What did J
5、ack do yesterday? A He attended his grandfathers funeral (葬礼). B He worked as usual. C He told a lie to get a day off.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).Who does the story tell us really believed in life after death?（分数：1.00）A.A mo one. B.B Jack. C.C Jacks father.(3).What happened when Jack left yesterday? A Jacks
6、grandfather came just when Jack left. B The boss went to visit Jacks grandfather. C Jacks grandfather died just when Jack left.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.（分数：3.00）(1).The two speakers are_.（分数：1.00）A.A in a clinic B.B in an office C.C in a school(2).Wilson should see Dr. Steiner at_.（分数：1.00）A.A 9:30 B.B 9:15 C
7、.C 9:00(3).Why is Wilson late?（分数：1.00）A.A He had to take his son to school. B.B He had to go to school. C.C He had to go to work.（分数：2.00）(1).What does the man offer to do? A To see the woman at the airport? B To visit the woman at her hotel at 8:30 a. m. C To pick up the woman and drive her to the
8、 airport.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).When will the plane probably take off?（分数：1.00）A.A At 8:30 a.m. B.B At exactly 9:30 a.m. C.C After 9:30 a.m.（分数：5.00）(1).When will the exam take place?（分数：1.00）A.A On a Tuesday. B.B On a Wednesday. C.C On a Thursday.(2).What should the students bring with them to the exam
9、?A A final copy of the research project.B Copies of the midterm.C A few pens.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).What will be the format of the exam?A There will be only multiple-choice questions.B The exam will be both multiple-choice and essay questions.C There will be only essay questions.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(4).Why d
10、oes the teacher call the exam comprehensive?A It will be easy to understand.B Students will be tested on all the material discussed in class.C It will cover topics from a wide variety of academic fields.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(5).When is this talk most likely being given?（分数：1.00）A.A During the first week o
11、f class. B.B During midterm week. C.C On the last day of class.三、B第二部分 英语知识运用/B(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Be sure to _ your wife when we go to the party this evening.（分数：1.00）A.getB.bringC.carryD.take2.She asked me when I _ Beijing.（分数：1.00）A.arrivedB.arrived toC.reachedD.reached to3.The customer went home
12、_ with his shopping.（分数：1.00）A.proud and satisfiedB.proudly and satisfiedlyC.with pride and satisfiedD.proudly and satisfied4.I have not found my book yet. Im not sure _ I could have done with it.（分数：1.00）A.whyB.whereC.whetherD.what5.He says he _ the book several times already this year.（分数：1.00）A.i
13、s readingB.has readC.had been readingD.had read6.You are no longer a boy. You _ do things for yourself and not always depend on your parents.（分数：1.00）A.willB.oughtC.canD.should7.Last week the couple revisited the city _ they spent their first holiday.（分数：1.00）A.in thatB.whichC.whereD.when8._the woma
14、n there be our English teacher? She_ be, but I m not sure.（分数：1.00）A.May. mustntB.Can. mayC.Can. cantD.Must. neednt9.They show no _ in this topic.（分数：1.00）A.any interestB.interestingC.interestsD.interest10.He thought this painting of little _ and let me have it for only 20 yuan.（分数：1.00）A.priceB.wor
15、thC.costD.value11.He is very helpful. What he did for us made the job much easy（分数：1.00）A.doneB.doingC.to doD.being done12.Not only _ what to do, but he also lent me the money.（分数：1.00）A.he advises meB.does he advise meC.did he advise meD.he advised me13._ of you runs fastest in your class?（分数：1.00）
16、A.WhatB.WhoC.WhomD.Which14.It _ for two hours and the ground is too wet to play on, so the match has been put off.（分数：1.00）A.has been rainingB.was rainingC.had been rainingD.has rained15.All hope of finding the missing ship was _ and the search abandoned.（分数：1.00）A.given offB.given awayC.given upD.g
17、iven on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。One of the most difficult things to do is to express ideas so clearly in writing or in speaking that they are always perfectly understood. It is hard to express ideas. It is notU (36) /Uto find the wordsU (37) /Uexpr
18、ess a meaning exactly. U(38) /Uis it easy to put words together inU (39) /Ua way as to present ideas connectedlyU (40) /Uin a logical manner. Serious misunderstanding frequentlyU (41) /Ubecause the wrong word is usedU (42) /UbecauseU (43) /Umeaning thanU (44) /Uis intended has been accepted. The per
19、sonU (45) /Upossesses this ability hasU (46) /Uof the essential qualitiesU (47) /Ua leader. To be able to do soU (48) /Ulong, hard study and practice.One has a rightU (49) /Uexpect that education will help him understand betterU (50) /Uthe rest of the world thinks and lives. ForU (51) /U, the French
20、, the Russians and the Mexicans may appear to us to have strange customs andU (52) /Uof living. Very likely our customs seem to themU (53) /Ustrange as their customsU (54) /Uto ns. Extensive reading will help greatly toU (55) /Uthe peoples of other nations.（分数：20.00）A.easyB.difficultC.hardD.commonA.
21、whoB.whereC.thatD.whatA.OrB.EitherC.NeitherD.NorA.greatB.manyC.suchD.quiteA.andB.butC.alsoD.orA.arousesB.arisesC.raisesD.comesA.byB.orC.soD.asA.anotherB.otherC.oneD.moreA.whatB.whenC.thatD.thisA.whyB.whichC.whereD.whoA.mostB.oneC.moreD.manyA.betweenB.aboutC.amongD.ofA.makesB.occupiesC.requiresD.dema
22、ndsA.toB.withC.forD.ofA.whatB.whereC.howD.whyA.incidenceB.insistenceC.instanceD.instantA.waysB.wayC.methodsD.methodA.inB.asC.soD.onA.doB.someC.giveD.goA.understandB.communicateC.comprehendD.connect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/BIn the 1880s, Engineer Herman Hol
23、lerith was given a job by the American government to make an official count of the countrys total population, which is now called census. Mr. Hollerith worked hard to search for a way to record the census information of America, and found it on a train, where he saw a conductor using some tool to ma
24、ke holes in tickets. The position of each hole told something about the ticket holder (持有人) , such as hair or eye color. If the “passenger turned out to be a train robber, this record would help the pollce catch the criminal. What he saw on the train greatly inspired him to invent a machine which co
25、uld calculate like an abacus. Hollerith designed punched (打过孔的) cards for an electric computering machine, for each hole gave the answer to a question, and the machine counted the holes. Thus, the great grandfather of the modern computer was born.（分数：3.00）(1).This passage mainly discusses how _.（分数：
26、1.00）A.Hollerith got an idea for an inventionB.train conductors were in charge of recording cencus informationC.Hollerith was hired by a government officeD.train robbers were caught by the police(2).The machine discussed in this passage was the ancestor (祖先) of todays _.（分数：1.00）A.typewriter (打字机)B.
27、televisionC.record playerD.computer(3).According to this passage, holes were made in train tickets so as to_.（分数：1.00）A.show that the tickets were correctB.give a picture of the person who owned the ticketC.show how much the tickets costD.record the details of a train robberyBB/BOld Japanese living
28、alone can now hire a “family“ for lunch and a few hours pleasant talk. Just give them a ring and ask for, say, a daughter, son-in-law and grandchild. They will show up at your door, and greet you emotionally as if they hadnt seen you for years.Some 15 couples have so far hired “families“. “We have n
29、early 80 people on the waiting list,“ said the president of the company that offers such services. “What is common about these senior citizens is that they are thirsty for human love. We are helping them make their dreams come true.“Where once big families with three or more generations living toget
30、her were common, now numbers are reducing fast. In cities there are very few indeed. Many old people see their families only rarely (稀少地,难得地) , if not at all. This may be because the childrens bosses have sent them to a distant city, even abroad, or just because busy family members cannot find time
31、to visit their parents.“Weve seen many eases in which parent-children relations are not in a happy state,“ company president continues. “When a son finally visits his parents after a long while, it is often just to ask for money or for them to let him have their property (财产) early.“Loneliness is no
32、t a one-way street. “One young mother came to us to ask about grandparents,“ he added.The company is now developing into other fields. Their services include providing “employees“ (雇员) for businessmen to scold and “lovers“ for young people unluckly in love. Companys “lovers“ for hire is not a servic
33、e to be misunderstood, company president makes clear.“You shouldnt think about our lover too romantically,“ he said. “Shes there to act as an adviser (顾问)on how to find a girl- friend.“（分数：5.00）(1).Old couples in Japan hire family members _.（分数：1.00）A.to ask for help when they are iiiB.to seek love
34、and comfortC.to strengthen (加强,巩固) parent-children relationsD.to realize their big-family dreams(2).In the sentence “what is common about these senior citizens is that they are thirsty for human love“, “senior citizens“ could best be replaced by _.（分数：1.00）A.high-ranking officials in citiesB.old peo
35、pleC.respectable (可敬的,高尚的) ladies and gentlemenD.rich old couples living in cities(3).Which of the following is NOT the reason that Japanese grown-ups seldom visit their parents?（分数：1.00）A.They are too busy.B.Their relations are not very tight.C.They work in distant cities.D.They cant afford expensi
36、ve visits to their parents.(4).The sentence “loneliness is not a one-way street“ means that（分数：1.00）A.living alone is not a one-way streetB.both the old and young will feel lonelyC.young mother with a little child will feel lonelyD.one young mother will hire “grandparents“ for her child(5).When a Ja
37、panese young man hires a “lover“, _.（分数：1.00）A.she will tell him her own love storyB.she will be his loverC.she will bring him a girlfriendD.she will offer him valuable advice on love affairsBC/BTrees have a spectacular survival record. Over a period of more than 400 million years, they have evolved
38、 as the tallest, most massive, and longest-lived organisms ever to inhabit the Earth. Yet trees lack a means of defense that almost every animal has: trees cannot move away from destructive forces. Because they cannot move, all types of living and nonliving enemiesfire, storms, microorganisms, insec
39、ts, other animals and, later, humanshave wounded them throughout their history. Trees have survived, because their evolution has made them into highly compartmented organisms.In that respect trees are radically different from animals. Fundamentally, animals heal: they preserve their life by making b
40、illions of repairs, installing new cells or rejuvenated cells in the positions of old ones. Trees cannot heal: they make no repairs. Instead, they defend themselves from the consequences of injury and infection by walling offthe damage. At the same time they put new cells in new positions; in effect
41、, they grow a new tree over the old one every year. The most obvious results of the process are growth rings, which are visible on the cross section of a trunk, a root, to a branch.（分数：4.00）(1).According to the passage, trees are described as all of the following except _.（分数：1.00）A.greenB.long-live
42、dC.massiveD.tall(2).From the passage, we learn that almost every animal is able to protect itself from destructive forces by _.（分数：1.00）A.climbing up a treeB.calling for helpC.moving awayD.remaining with its group(3).In the last line but one of the first paragraph, the word “them“ refers to_.（分数：1.0
43、0）A.enemiesB.animalsC.humansD.trees(4).In the passage, the writer tries to explain _.（分数：1.00）A.the life cycle of a treeB.the way trees surviveC.the importance of trees to human progressD.the dangerous trees face from natural disastersBD/BUntil 1983, Tillson Lake had been a lovely weekend and vacati
44、on place for many families. Then everything changed. During the Fourth of July weekend, residents woke up one morning to find that the lake had disappeared.Some people didnt believe what they were seeing. They looked again, but to their amazement they found they had been right the first time. The la
45、ke was simply no longer there. In its place was a muddy crater hollow, 30 feet deep. It was as if the lake had been a giant bathtub and someone had pulled the plug.The lakes owner, Joseph Unanue, did indeed pull the plug. Thats exactly what happened. The dam that held back the water to form the lake
46、 was falling apart, so government officials ordered him to repair it. They issued him a permit to lower the water level “five feet or more.“ He did much more. Mr. Unanue found that repairs to the dam would cost $ 100,000. He didnt want to spend that much, so he opened the dam and lowered the water l
47、evel until the lake was completely drained. People living above the dam ended up with no lake. People living below the dam ended up with tons of mud and lots of dead fish. Everyone involved was angry with Mr. Unanue.Area residents believe Mr. Unanue acted out of spite hatred. They say he wanted to g
48、et back at them because the town wouldnt let him develop an amusement park on the lakeshore. When he couldnt build his park, he just went away and took his lake with him.（分数：4.00）(1).The story is mainly about_.（分数：1.00）A.a bad-tempered man and his lakeB.a famous lake that everyone likedC.a lake that needed repairingD.people who lived near a lake(2).Mr. Unanue drain
