1、公共英语二级-248 及答案解析(总分：110.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、第一部分 听力理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、第一节(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).What are the two speakers talking about?（分数：1.00）A.A fine boat.B.Their friend, Tom.C.The weather.(2).What does the man mean?（分数：1.00）A.He wants an apartment.B.He wants to sell a house.C.He wants to sell an apartm
2、ent.(3).What does Jack want to do?（分数：1.00）A.Find a job.B.Borrow some money.C.See a boss.(4).Why were there no phone calls before 4?（分数：1.00）A.The secretary was ont.B.The line was out of order.C.People didnt phone until 4.(5).Whats the matter with the woman?（分数：1.00）A.She is too tired to sleep well
3、at night.B.She is ill.C.Someone woke her up in the morning.三、第二节(总题数：5，分数：15.00)(1).What is the man reading?（分数：1.00）A.A newspaper.B.A Chinese play.C.A magazine.(2).Where are they going at the weekend?（分数：1.00）A.To Beihai Park.B.To Beijing Theatre.C.To Beihai Cinema.(3).What are they going there for
4、?（分数：1.00）A.For a visit.B.To see Beijing Opera.C.To learn Beijing Opera.(1).Where are the to so speakers?（分数：1.00）A.In the classroom.B.At home.C.In a store.(2).What is the woman looking for?（分数：1.00）A.Her schoolbag.B.Her teacher.C.Her English book.(1).What nationality is the woman?（分数：1.00）A.She is
5、American.B.She is English .C.She is French.(2).Where was the woman born?（分数：1.00）A.She was born in New York.B.She was born in California.C.She was born in Paris.(3).What language can the woman speak a little?（分数：1.00）A.Chinese.B.Spanish.C.French.(1).Who was first rescued from the sea?（分数：1.00）A.Mrs.
6、 Ruth Li.B.Mrs. Lis sister.C.Mrs. Lis daughter.(2).How many miles away from the sunken ship was the girl found?（分数：1.00）A.400.B.40.C.4 000.(3).What can we learn from the story?（分数：1.00）A.The girls aunt got the news about the finding of a girl in the newspaper.B.Mrs. Ruth Lis daughter was too young t
7、o speak.C.Mrs. Ruth Lis sister made a long voyage to New York and recognized the girl.(1).Where did this conversation take place?（分数：1.00）A.On the street.B.In a hospital.C.At school.(2).What did the doctor do first with the lady?（分数：1.00）A.He took her temperature.B.He listened to her lungs and heart
8、.C.He examined her throat.(3).What seemed to be the womans trouble?（分数：1.00）A.The flu.B.A headache.C.A fever.(4).What did the doctor suggest the woman should do?（分数：1.00）A.She should take some medicine and have a good rest at home.B.She should stay in hospital for a few days.C.She should come again
9、in a day or two.四、第二部分 英语知识运用(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、第一节 单项填空(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Was the driving pleasant when you vacationed in Mexico (墨西哥) last summer?No, it_ for four days when we arrived so that the roads were very muddy. A was raining B had been raining C would be raining D have rained（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D
10、.2.The homework is clue the first thing Monday morning, so make sure _to the deadline (最后期限). A keeping B youll keep C for keeping D you keep（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.She hardly gets up early in the morning._. A So shall I B So do I C Neither do I D Nor shall I（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.Where can I get the reading
11、 material_? A print B printing C to be printed D printed（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5._of us would accept your foolish idea. A Everyone B No one C None D Nobody（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.He took _smaller of the two. A/ B the C a D one（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.Never before have I heard the song _ in English. A to be sung B si
12、nging C sung D singing（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.When shall we meet again?Make it _ day you like; its all the same to me. A one B any C some D another（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.Never before _ won gold medals in the Olympic Games. A have such many Chinese athletes B so many Chinese athletes have C have so many Chine
13、se athletes D such many Chinese athletes have（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.There are several_ near the high school. A flowers shops B flowers shops C flowers shops D flower shops（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.The flower is dead; I _ it too much water. A must have given B would have given C must give D should have given（
14、分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.The new law will _ the workers to get extra pay from their companies. A relieve B occupy C enable D bring（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.You shouldnt drive_ fast. Its dangerous. A too much B too many C many too D much too（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.She always thinks of _ she can do her bit for the fa
15、mily. A where B when C what D how（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.I dont think Jim saw me, he _ into space. A has just looked B just looked C had just looked D was just looking（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.六、第二节 完型填空(总题数：1，分数：20.00)People express their personalities in their clothes, their cars, and their homes. Because we m
16、ight choose certain foods to “tell“ people (36) about us, our diets can also be an expression of our personalities. For (37) , some people eat mainly gourmet (鲜美的) food, (38) as caviar (鱼子酱) and lobster (龙虾) , and they eat only in (39) restaurants( never in cafeterias or snack bars). They might want
17、 to “tell“ the world they know (40) the “better things in life.“Human beings can eat many (41) kinds of food, but some people choose not to eat (42) . Vegetarians (素食者) often have more in (43) than just the diet. Their personalities might be (44) , too. For example, vegetarians in the US (45) be cre
18、ative people, and they might not enjoy competitive (竞技性的) sports (46) jobs. They worry about the (47) of the world, and they probably dont believe (48) war.Some people eat mostly “fast food“. One (49) shows that many fast food eaters have a lot in common (50) each other but they are different (51) v
19、egetarians. They are competitive and good at business. They are also (52) in a hurry. Many fast food (53) might not agree with this description of their (54) , but its a common picture of (55) （分数：20.00）A.somethingB.anythingC.nothingD.someA.casesB.examplesC.exampleD.caseA.soB.likeC.suchD.sameA.expen
20、siveB.costC.expensesD.inexpensiveA.lotsB.somethingC.aboutD.thingsA.differentB.variousC.variedD.differenceA.meatB.vegetablesC.meatsD.fishA.uncommonB.likesC.differenceD.commonA.commonB.similarityC.sameD.similarA.shouldB.mustC.mayD.maybeA.exceptB.butC.orD.andA.healthyB.unhealthyC.healthD.wellA.inB.ofC.
21、forD.aboutA.studyingB.studyC.studiedD.studiesA.inB.aboutC.forD.withA.withB.asC.fromD.forA.usualB.usuallyC.unusualD.unusuallyA.eatenB.eatersC.eatsD.eatingA.personifyB.personsC.personalitiesD.personA.themB.theirsC.theirD.they七、第三部分 阅读理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)AA library is a building for a collection of books,
22、 magazines, periodicals and newspapers. The books are kept on the shelves in the stack room whereas (但是,尽管) the magazines, journals, etc. in the reading room. Modern libraries also have Xerox (静电复印) rooms and audio-visual (视听) rooms. If you want to borrow books, you can go to the loan (借出) desk, loo
23、k over the correct numbers in the card catalog (目录) and ask the librarian to take them out for you. Or youre allowed to enter the stack room to find the books for yourself. If the library doesnt keep the magazine which carries the article you want, you can borrow the magazine from the other librarie
24、s by means of interlibrary loan service. Dont forget to show your library card or I.D. card to the librarian before you go into the reading room, where you can read magazines or newspapers. If you find a good article and want to keep it, you can have it duplicated in the Xerox room. Be- sides, if yo
25、u want to watch films or slides, you can ask the projectionist to play the videotape for you in the audio-visual room, where you can also listen to language tapes and music tapes.（分数：4.00）(1).The stack room is a place where _.（分数：1.00）A.you can read booksB.magazines are keptC.you can borrow booksD.b
26、ooks are kept(2).When the library doesnt have the magazine you need, you_.（分数：1.00）A.have to go to another library for itB.can ask the librarian to buy a copy for youC.can ask the librarian to go to other libraries for itD.can borrow it from another library but dont have to go there(3).If you want t
27、o read magazines in the reading-room, you_.（分数：1.00）A.have to ask the library to let you inB.have to buy a ticketC.have to show your library cardD.can just go in(4).At a modern library you can do all the following except_.（分数：1.00）A.watching films and slidesB.recording languages tapesC.reading magaz
28、ines and newspapersD.copying the article you wantBKuwait is a country which is quite small, but which is very rich. It has a population of a little more than a million and it is situated at the north end of the Persian Gulf, between Iraq on the north and Saudi Arabia on the south. This small desert
29、country is one of the worlds leading oil producers and it has about 15 percent of the worlds known petroleum (石油) reserves. Since the discovery of oil in 1938, Kuwait rulers have turned the country into a prosperous(繁荣) welfare (福利) state. It has free primary and secondary education, free health car
30、e and social services, and the Kuwait do not have to pay any personal income tax for those services. The rate (比率) of literacy (识字,有文化) is high and constantly growing. The University of Kuwait was opened in 1966, but many of the Kuwait students still study in colleges and universities abroad, at sta
31、te expense. Ku- wait is an Arab country, about 99 percent of the people who live there are Moslems. But fewer than half of these Moslems are actually citizen of Kuwait. This is because there are many Moslems immigrants living and working there. The other percent of the population, in other words the
32、 non-Moslems, are recent immigrants who were attracted by the opportunities to work for the oil companies. There are several thousand Europeans and Americans in Kuwait. Many of them are employed by the oil companies.（分数：4.00）(1).Why is Kuwait so rich?（分数：1.00）A.Because there are many immigrants who
33、have brought science and technology.B.Because it is rich in oil.C.Because it has fewer people than any other country in the world.D.Because its education is highly developed.(2).What fraction (分数) of the worlds known petroleum reserves does Kuwait have?（分数：1.00）A.3/20.B.1/3.C.1/lO.D.1/4.(3).How many
34、 people are there in Kuwait who are non-Moslems?（分数：1.00）A.Less than 100 000.B.More than 20 000.C.100000.D.10000 or so.(4).Which of the following statements about Kuwait is not true?（分数：1.00）A.It is a big country.B.It is situated at the north end of the Persian Gulf.C.It is very rich.D.It is a deser
35、t country.CThe National Weather Service at Ryan Airport announced the following forecast Saturday night for Baton Rouge and the surroundings.It will be partly cloudy through Monday with a chance of afternoon showers. High Sunday and Monday will be in the mid 8Os. Winds will be southeasterly 10 to 50
36、 miles per hour becoming smaller at night.Probability of rain will be 20 percent Sunday.On the coast, winds will be southeasterly 10 to 50 knots (海里). Seas will run 24 feet. Winds and seas will be 3 feet higher near a few thunder showers.High tide (潮水) at 1:00 p.m. , low tide at 12:24 a.m. Re- cord
37、high for May was 93 posted in 1956 and record low was 51 recorded in 1954. Normally, temperature should change from 86 to 65 degrees.There will be scattered (分散的) afternoon thunder-showers Thursday and over the west part of the state Thursday. Tuesday through Thursday, lows will be in the mid to upp
38、er 70s, with highs in the mid to upper 80s.High Saturday was 86, with a low of 65.（分数：3.00）(1).This forecast predicts (预言) that_.（分数：1.00）A.there will be no rain in the forecasted periodB.records will be brokenC.winds from the southwest will be becoming smaller at nightD.skies will be partly cloudy
39、on Sunday and Monday(2).This forecast tells that winds_.（分数：1.00）A.will reduce their speed at nightB.will be from a different direction on the coast than in the cityC.will decrease their speed when they join in thunder-showers at seaD.will be from south to west(3).The lowest temperature for the date
40、 of the forecast was _.（分数：1.00）A.in the upper 60sB.65 degreesC.51 degreesD.in the mid to upper 70sDFor the state visit of Spanish prime minister to China, a series of cultural activities will take place early this month. Among them, a painting exhibition by Salvador Dali is surely one of the most a
41、nticipated.Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and organized by the China International Exhibition Agency, the exhibition will display 58 of Dalis works, among which 20 are oil paintings and 38 are illustrations. Created from 1920 to 1983, these works are the painters representative works and displ
42、ay his artistic career from a complete point of view.The 20th century has witnessed the great achievements of Spanish artists. Among them, Picasso, Miro and Dali are the most outstanding.As an important representative of surrealism in the 20th century, Dali s early works incorporate ideas from diffe
43、rent artistic schools, including Impressionism and Cubism. With his unique imagination and flair, Dalis work explored the illogical and spiritual. He transformed ordinary objects and human bodies and reproduced them in a fantastic manner. He called his works “artificial photographs.“ In his later ye
44、ars, Dali showed interest in science and further tapped into the three-dimensional images. With the themes of death, sex and space, be blended more of his spiritual experience and established his own style in the field of surreal- ism.Dali was also an expert in the field of sculpture, jewel design a
45、nd illustration.Time: 9 am -4 pm, June 9-27Place: China National Art Museum, I Wusi Dajie, Dongcheng DistrictTel: 6401-2252（分数：4.00）(1).The announcement is to give information about _.（分数：1.00）A.a series of cultural activitiesB.Salvador Dali as an artistC.an expert in the field of sculpture, jewel d
46、esign and illustrationD.a painting exhibition by several famous Spanish artists(2).The exhibition is held_.（分数：1.00）A.in an art schoolB.in an art galleryC.in an exhibition hallD.in a museum(3).Salvador Dali_.（分数：1.00）A.had produced more illustrations than oil paintingsB.was more outstanding than Mir
47、C.incorporated ideas from different artistic schools in his later worksD.showed talents in various fields(4).Dabs works were_ in style.（分数：1.00）A.fantasticB.impressionisticC.realisticD.transformationalESome people believe that mental acts such as thinking are not done in the brain alone, but that on
48、es muscles also join them. It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen to music with our bodies.You surely are not surprised to be told that you usually listen to music not only with your ears but with your whole body. Few people can listen to music that is well-known to them without moving their body or some part of their body. Often when one listens to a concert on the radio, he tries to direct the players even though he knows there is a conductor on the job.Strange as this act may be, there is a very go
