1、公共英语二级-217 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).Where are the two speakers?（分数：1.00）A.A. In a plane. B.B. At the airport. C.C. At the railway station.(2).How many c
2、hairs are needed?（分数：1.00）A.A. 13. B.B. 14. C.C. 15.(3).Where is the man now?（分数：1.00）A.A. In Washington. B.B. In New York. C.C. In Boston.(4).Why did the man apologize? A. He had lost the dictionary. B. He had forgotten to bring the dictionary. C. He had forgotten to tell Mr. Smith to bring the dic
3、tionary.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(5).What does the man mean?（分数：1.00）A.A. He doesnt like Japanese food. B.B. He doesnt want to eat out. C.C. He wants to pay.二、B第二节/B(总题数：5，分数：15.00)听下面 5段对等方面或独白。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.
4、00）(1).What does Tom usually have for lunch?（分数：1.00）A.A. A cup of coffee and some chicken. B.B. A sandwich and a cup of coffee. C.C. Sandwiches and some fruit.(2).Why doesnt he want to eat anything for dinner sometimes?（分数：1.00）A.A. Because he wanted to lose weight. B.B. Because he is too tired. C.
5、C. Because he has no time.(3).Where does the conversation most likely take place?（分数：1.00）A.A. At Toms home. B.B. In the street. C.C. At the doctors office.（分数：3.00）(1).What is the woman planning to do this evening? A. To see some Americans off. B. To visit Bob. C. To have dinner with some American
6、friends.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).Whats wrong with the man?（分数：1.00）A.A. Hes taken a couple of aspirins. B.B. Hes forgotten the date. C.C. Hes got a headache.(3).Whom is the man going to write to?（分数：1.00）A.A. His American friends. B.B. His parents. C.C. His girlfriend.（分数：3.00）(1).What is Mr. Carson doing
7、 when Mr. Prince calls him? A. He is having a talk with his customer. B. He is having a meeting right now. C. He is out instead of having a meeting now.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).Whats the number of Mr. Princes telephone?（分数：1.00）A.A. Hong Kong-68261427 extension 4063. B.B. Hong Kong-68261427 extension 4037
8、. C.C. Hong Kong 68261427 extension 4036.(3).When can Mr. Carson ring Mr. Prince according to the woman? A. Hell ring Mr. Prince as soon as he returns from lunch. B. Hell ring Mr. Prince as soon as he returns before lunch. C. Hell ring Mr. Prince as soon as he goes away from lunch.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.（分数
9、：3.00）(1).How did the woman come?（分数：1.00）A.A. By train. B.B. On foot. C.C. By bus.(2).How long had the man been waiting for her?（分数：1.00）A.A. Nearly an hour. B.B. More than an hour. C.C. About five minutes.(3).Why didnt she tell her boss about her appointment (约会)? A. Because she thought the work w
10、ouldnt take long. B. Because she thought the work wasnt hard to do. C. Because she didnt think the boss would let her go.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.（分数：3.00）(1).How many people became homeless as a result of the storm?（分数：1.00）A.A. Over two hundred. B.B. Over fourteen. C.C. About fifteen.(2).Where were Mr. Smit
11、hs children when the storm started?（分数：1.00）A.A. In the rooms. B.B. In the kitchen. C.C. In the yard.(3).Why did Mr. Smith go back inside their house?（分数：1.00）A.A. To get his missing child. B.B. To get some food. C.C. To get his possession.三、B第二部分 英语知识运用/B(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1._ in the traffic jam, he
12、got to school very late this morning.（分数：1.00）A.Having caughtB.Be caughtC.Being caughtD.Caught2.Shall I take this way or that way? _ will do.（分数：1.00）A.EitherB.ItC.BothD.Any3.“Please _ why youre so late“, said his girlfriend.（分数：1.00）A.excuseB.explainC.apologizeD.tell4.Do you mind if I smoke here? _
13、.（分数：1.00）A.Sure. Go aheadB.No. Go aheadC.Yes. PleaseD.Yes. I dont5.He must have attended the meeting yesterday, _ he?（分数：1.00）A.didntB.mustntC.needntD.hadnt6.I was really too busy with my homework and I couldnt help _ housework.（分数：1.00）A.doingB.doC.didD.done7.You should take the medicine after you
14、 read the _.（分数：1.00）A.linesB.instructionsC.wordsD.suggestions8.Even on holidays, he preferred doing something _ doing nothing.（分数：1.00）A.withoutB.thanC.rather thanD.to9.Have a good day! _.（分数：1.00）A.Good idea.B.OK.C.The same to you.D.Why not?10.Are you satisfied with the result? Not at all. It coul
15、dnt be _.（分数：1.00）A.any worseB.any betterC.goodD.bad11.Im sorry. I _ you _ to me.（分数：1.00）A.dont know; are speakingB.dont know; were speakingC.didnt know; were speakingD.didnt know; are speaking12.Mr. Li, you have won half a million yuan, _. Thank you.（分数：1.00）A.Interesting.B.Good luck.C.Congratulat
16、ions.D.Hard to believe.13.Tom suggested that we _ such a meeting, but Jenny insisted that it _ of great importance.（分数：1.00）A.not hold; should beB.didnt hold; beC.hold; wasD.not hold; was14.Some fat people have a large stomach and no waistline, _ make them look round.（分数：1.00）A.itB.thatC.whichD.this
17、15.Hi, Tracy, you look tired. I am tired. I _ the living-room all day.（分数：1.00）A.paintedB.have been paintingC.had paintedD.have painted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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。“She was married to an officer in India long ago and she had a life of physical adventur
18、e as exciting as her poetry. Her husband could cross rivers, using crocodiles (鳄鱼) as stepping stones. He died when she was only thirty-nine. Unwilling to exist without him, she took her life, leaving a son in England.“I stared at the paper, U(36) /Ureading, couldnt help thinking.Crocodiles are lazy
19、 animals as a rule, but they canU (37) /Ulike lightning when they want to. And they dont mind hurryingU (38) /Utheyre hungry. There used to be lots in Indian rivers, living on fish mostly, but whats a little fishU (39) /Ua fifteen-toot crocodile? They are people, fisherman or anyone else delicious e
20、nough to get too near; women doing theU (40) /U or children playing at the watersU (41) /U. A hungry crocodiles mouthU (42) /Uover a meal with a sound like a gunshot. A big fellow canU (43) /Uin a man in two bites.That womans husband crossed rivers U(44) /Ufrom one crocodiles back to the next. I bel
21、ieve it. It had to be doneU (45) /Ubefore the creature could see what was happening. It wasntU (46) /Ua brave, active man, and no doubt he improved with practice. He could never lookU (47) /Uwhile crossing.The wife used to watch himI feltU (48) /Uof that. She livedU (49) /Uthe adventure with theU (5
22、0) /Uexcitement of it all. Their real life was with tigers, snakes. Its no wonder she wroteU (51) /Upoetry.Then heU (52) /U. I imagined how she felt. Was there another manU (53) /Uhim in India, in the world? She was still young, hardly a sitting-room widow (寡妇). “I mustU (54) /U, too.“ She said to h
23、erself. So she did what she felt she had to do. AU (55) /Uprobably, to her head. But her young son, their son? Was her love for him nothing compared to her husband? Well, what do you think?（分数：20.00）A.startedB.beganC.finishedD.stoppedA.runB.moveC.walkD.rollA.wheneverB.whenC.becauseD.asA.inB.onC.toD.
24、forA.shoppingB.washingC.cookingD.cleaningA.borderB.endC.sideD.edgeA.looksB.sendsC.shutsD.turnsA.goB.takeC.eatD.catchA.jumpingB.runningC.walkingD.marchingA.immediatelyB.directlyC.quicklyD.hurriedlyA.overB.forC.behindD.beyondA.upB.downC.backD.rightA.afraidB.sureC.shameD.foolishA.withoutB.tillC.forD.on
25、A.livelyB.friendlyC.deathlyD.lovelyA.angryB.excitingC.sadD.interestingA.wroteB.fledC.disappearedD.diedA.likeB.asC.withD.beforeA.goB.practiceC.jumpD.shootA.penB.gunC.combD.stone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 silly question I simply cant understand is “How d
26、o you feel?“ Usually the question is asked of a man in actiona man on the go, walking along the streets, or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say? Hell probably say, “Fine, Im all right,“ but Uyou have put a bug (小虫子) in his ear/Umaybe now hes not sure. If you are a good frien
27、d, you may have seen something in his face, or his walk, that he overlooked (忽略) that morning. It starts worrying him a little. First thing you know, he looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else “How do you feel?“ Every question has its
28、 time and place. Its perfectly acceptable, for instance, to ask “How do you feel?“ if youre visiting a close friend in the hospital. But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying to take a train, or sitting at his desk working, its no asking him that silly question.When George Bernard Shaw, th
29、e famous writer of plays, was in his eighties, someone asked him, “How do you feel?“ Shaw put him in his place. “When you reach my age,“ he said, “either you feel all right or youre dead.“（分数：4.00）(1).According to the writer, greetings such as “How do you feel?“ _.（分数：1.00）A.show ones consideration
30、for othersB.are a good way to make friendsC.are proper to ask a man in actionD.generally make one feel uneasy(2).The question “How do you feel?“ seems to be correct and suitable when asked of _.（分数：1.00）A.a man working at his deskB.a person having lost a close friendC.a stranger who looks somewhat w
31、orriedD.a friend who is ill(3).George Bernard Shaws reply in the passage shows his _.（分数：1.00）A.cheerfulnessB.clevernessC.abilityD.politeness(4).“Youve put a bug in his ear“ means that youve _.（分数：1.00）A.made him laughB.shown concern for himC.made fun of himD.given him some kind of warningBB/BOn Oct
32、. 12, 1989, some Chinese scientists were working at the computers to look for the information they needed. Suddenly they saw a lot of very bright spots crossing the computers screens. At the same moment the computers were working much slower. To find out what was happening, they stopped their work t
33、o check some parts of the computers. To their horror, they found out that most of their stored information was got rid of by computer viruses (病毒). Obviously all these computers had been infected (传染) by computer viruses.It is said that the computer viruses were made by a group of young men fond of
34、playing tricks. They all have excellent education. They created the viruses just to show their intelligence. This kind of computer viruses is named Jerusalem (耶路撒冷) Viruses. These viruses can stay in computers for a long time. When the time comes they will attack the computers by lowering the functi
35、ons, damaging normal programs or even getting rid of all the information.We now come to know that Jerusalem Viruses often attack computers on Fridays and that they are spreading to a lot of computers. Among the countries that suffered computer viruses last year are Britain, Australia, Switzerland an
36、d the US. But till now, how to get rid of the terrible viruses remains a problem.（分数：4.00）(1).The group of young men created the viruses to _.（分数：1.00）A.damage all the computersB.test their good abilityC.play tricks on operators of the computersD.attack foreign computer experts(2).According to the p
37、assage, computer viruses seem to _.（分数：1.00）A.have been in nature for yearsB.be difficult to get rid of at presentC.exist in any computersD.be able to be got rid of in the near future(3).The most serious damage caused by the viruses is that _.（分数：1.00）A.the computers functions are loweredB.the norma
38、l programs are damagedC.the computers infected by the viruses can no longer be usedD.all the information stored in the computers is gone(4).According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?（分数：1.00）A.Scientists have found a way to get rid of the viruses.B.The Jerusalem Viruses are a great ha
39、rm to humans health.C.The viruses will come to a new computer after staying in the old one for some time.D.Last year four countries found their computers were infected by viruses.BC/BWeather changes when the temperature and the amount of water in the atmosphere change. We can see and feel water comi
40、ng from the atmosphere when we have rain. But the water must somehow get back to the atmosphere. Meteorologists call this the water cycle.There are many stages in the water cycle. Rain falls when water vapor in clouds condenses (凝结). Drops of water form and fall to the ground. The water soaks into t
41、he ground and feeds streams and rivers. A lot of rain falls into the sea. The heat of the sun evaporates some of the water in the ground and in the rivers, lakes, and the sea. It changes the liquid water into water vapor. The vapor rises onto the air. Water vapor is normally invisible. On a very dam
42、p of humid day, however, you can sometimes see water vapor rising from a puddle (水坑)or pond in a mist (薄雾) above the water. Water vapor also gets into the air from living things. Trees and other plants take in water through their roots and give off water vapor from their leaves. People and land anim
43、al drink water and breathe out water vapor. In all these ways the water returns to the air. There it gathers to form clouds and condenses to form rain. The rain falls to earth, and the cycle starts again. It continues even if snow or hail (冰雹) fall instead because both eventually melt to form water.
44、 The amount of water vapor in the air depends on the temperature. The air is more moist (潮湿) in the tropics (热带) than in the cold polar regions.（分数：4.00）(1).What is the main idea of the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Water cycle.B.Water vapor.C.How rain forms?D.Water, vapor, rain.(2).How many ways of the water
45、returning to the air are discussed in the text?（分数：1.00）A.Two.B.Three.C.Four.D.Five.(3).Whether water vapor can be seen or not depends on_.（分数：1.00）A.how much water is evaporatedB.how good your eyes areC.in which way water is evaporatedD.climate or weather(4).From the passage we get to know _.（分数：1.
46、00）A.there is more water vapor in the air in the tropics than in cold polar regionsB.there is more water vapor in the air in cold polar region than in the tropicsC.it gets more rain in the tropics than in cold polar region because there are fewer vaporsD.the amount of water vapor in the air depends
47、on how often it rainsBD/BI feel very excited at the thought that in another week I shall be with you again on holiday. I have enjoyed my stay in England very much indeed. Mr. Brown and classmates are nice to me, but, as they say in England, “Theres no place like home,“ and I think you feel this abov
48、e all at Christmas time. I am leaving here early on Thursday, the 23rd, and I shall arrive in Basle on Friday morning, so I shall be home somewhere about lunchtime. Can you meet me at the station, as I shall have a lot of luggage? In some of my earlier letters I have told you all about the other students here, well, I want to ask my Polish friend Jan to come and spend Christmas with us. Will that be all right? His father and mother died last y
