1、公共英语二级-533 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).How long will they have for the discussion of the next project?（分数：1.00）A.One hour.B.One hour and a half.C.Three hours.(2).Whats the relationship between the two people?（分数：1.00）A.Friends.B.Strangers.C.Classmates
2、.(3).What are the speakers discussing?（分数：1.00）A.Where the meeting should be held.B.Whether to go to the meeting or not.C.How to get to the meeting.(4).What does the man mean?（分数：1.00）A.He thinks his mother looks better than his father does.B.He thinks his father looks better than his mother does.C.
3、He loves his mother more than his father.(5).What will the man do first?（分数：1.00）A.Go home.B.Meet his wife at the theatreC.Go to the theatre.三、第二节(总题数：5，分数：15.00)(1).Where did the dialogue happen?（分数：1.00）A.In the office.B.On the phone.C.At home.(2).Who is ill?（分数：1.00）A.Mr Baker.B.Miss Green.C.A ne
4、w secretary.(3).Whats Mr Bakers advice?（分数：1.00）A.Stay at home.B.Go to see the doctor.C.Take some medicine.(1).How many magazines did David lend to the woman?（分数：1.00）A.Three.B.Two.C.One.(2).Why does the woman say sorry to David?（分数：1.00）A.She lost one of the magazinesB.She doesnt want to return the
5、 magazines.C.She lost all of them.(3).Which is the beat answer according to the dialogue?（分数：1.00）A.The woman cant pay because she is very poor.B.The woman will buy a new one because David is very angry.C.David will not ask the woman to pay.(1).Whats the title of the newspaper?（分数：1.00）A.China Daily
6、.B.China Factory.C.China Building.(2).What are they talking about?（分数：1.00）A.A new building.B.A new factory.C.A new government.(3).The new factory is not likely to be built because of _.（分数：1.00）A.the technical problemB.the money problemC.the pollution problem(1).Were there a lot of people at the le
7、cture?（分数：1.00）A.Yes, there was a big audience.B.No, only one-third of the seats were occupied.C.Yes, buy nearly 30% left after the short rest.(2).Who gave the lecture this Thursday?（分数：1.00）A.Professor Black.B.The woman speaker.C.They didnt mention his or her name.(3).What did the woman mean by say
8、ing “How silly of me“.?（分数：1.00）A.She meant it was silly of her not to attend the lecture.B.She meant it was silly of her to blame the students.C.She meant it was silly of her to mix up the dates of the lectures.(1).What does Linda do before dinner?（分数：1.00）A.She washes the dishes.B.She helps her mo
9、ther with the cooking.C.She helps her mother with the cooking and washes the dishes.(2).What do Peter and Linda use their money for?（分数：1.00）A.They use their money for food.B.They use it for their entertainment.C.They go to the movies and buy records.(3).What is the story about?（分数：1.00）A.It is abou
10、t how Peter and Linda get their money.B.It is about how Peter and Linda spend their money.C.It is about how Peter and Linda get and spend their money.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.We will never give in _ they might do or say about our plan.（分数：1.00）A.althoughB.howC.no matt
11、er howD.whatever2.- Are we supposed to take off our shoes before we enter?- No, you _.（分数：1.00）A.shouldntB.needntC.mustntD.cant3.How nice to see you again! You should have told me you _.（分数：1.00）A.are comingB.were comingC.will comeD.have come4.We recognized his voice _ he spoke on the radio.（分数：1.00
12、）A.afterB.in caseC.the momentD.while5.Our ancestors celebrated _ birth of _ child by giving away red eggs.（分数：1.00）A./; aB./; theC.the; aD.the; the6.I often see lights in that empty house. Do you think I _ report it to the police?（分数：1.00）A.canB.mayC.shouldD.will7.- May I pick a flower in the garden
13、?（分数：1.00）A.Not, pleaseB.No, you needntC.No, you wontD.No, you mustnt8.The more they tried to help him, he seemed to appreciate it.（分数：1.00）A.lessB.lesserC.the lessD.the little9._ is mentioned above, the number of the senior high schools is increasing.（分数：1.00）A.ItB.ThatC.AsD.Which10.- Which will yo
14、u have then, the white one or the blue one?- Ill take _ to give myself a change sometimes.（分数：1.00）A.oneB.twoC.bothD.either11.The English play _ my students acted at the New Years party was a great success.（分数：1.00）A.for whichB.at whichC.in whichD.on which12.He _ the making-up exam yesterday.（分数：1.0
15、0）A.tookB.joinedC.attendD.took part in13.Today is May Day. There are _ students dancing and singing in the park.（分数：1.00）A.a good manyB.a good many ofC.the large number ofD.a great deal of14.In some parts of the world, tea with milk and sugar _.（分数：1.00）A.are servingB.is servedC.servesD.are served15
16、._ I get the money at once, I cant afford my education.（分数：1.00）A.AsB.IfC.OtherwiseD.Unless六、第二节 完型填空(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Many visitors (36) Britain are not fond of English food. They are often heard (37) , “English food is not good, English cooking is (38) . “ But they do not really know what they are t
17、alking about because they (39) get a chance to eat it. (40) of the restaurants in large towns have foreign (41) and serve foreign food. When visitors are (42) to eat in an English home, the hosts often feel they must offer them something (43) . Those of us (44) do know English food understand that a
18、t its best it (45) be really very good. (46) , it is true to say that it is (47) terrible Part of the (48) is that we are not really interested in food - we eat to live, we do not live to eat. So usually we do not (49) the necessary time cooking truly good meals. We like food that is simple and (50)
19、 to cook, or already prepared food which only needs heating up (51) eating.You can find the best English food in the country (52) the large towns, (53) life is slower and people are not in such a hurry. (54) , of course, most visitors who come to London do not come because (55) food.（分数：20.00）A.inB.
20、atC.toD.ofA.sayingB.askingC.tellingD.talkingA.wonderfulB.niceC.terribleD.specialA.alwaysB.neverC.seldomD.oftenA.ManyB.MostC.AllD.NoneA.visitorsB.ownersC.waitersD.guestsA.invitedB.madeC.offeredD.askedA.differentB.usualC.foreignD.deliciousA.whomB.whoC.whoseD.whichA.shouldB.mustC.mayD.canA.At the same
21、timeB.On the other handC.For exampleD.In another wordA.some timeB.sometimeC.sometimesD.some timesA.problemB.questionC.answerD.timeA.takeB.wasteC.spendD.haveA.hardB.hardlyC.easyD.easilyA.whenB.beforeC.afterD.whileA.nearB.insideC.aroundD.away fromA.whenB.whereC.whichD.thatA.ButB.AndC.SoD.IfA.onB.inC.o
22、fD.to七、第三部分 阅读理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)AOne day two scientists were quarrelling about whose watch was better, the German one or the Japanese one Since they were scientists, they decided to do an experiment to test the watches. They went into their lab and filled a basin with water, put the watches in, waite
23、d for 20 minutes and took them out.They could see there was something wrong with both watches. They observed them for several hours before speaking to each other. They both silently found that the German watch was losing 60 minutes and the Japanese one doubled that.The scientist with the Japanese wa
24、tch then slowly raised his head and said, “Both watch are out of work, but my watch is right more often than yours, so its better.“ The scientist with the German watch went home without saying a word.（分数：5.00）(1).The two scientists were quarrelling at the beginning of the story, because _.（分数：1.00）A
25、.the Japanese watch was betterB.the German watch was betterC.each of them thought his own watch was better than the othersD.both the watches were wrong(2).They did an experiment because they _.（分数：1.00）A.wanted to know whose watch was betterB.liked their labC.wanted to repair their watchesD.had a ba
26、sin of water in their lab(3).After they did the experiments, they found _.（分数：1.00）A.both their watches were goodB.neither of their watches could tell the correct timeC.there was something wrong with the German watchD.there was nothing wrong with the Japanese watch(4).After putting the Japanese watc
27、h in water, two scientists found _.（分数：1.00）A.it was a good watchB.it went forwardC.it went faster than the German oneD.it went backwards 120 minutes(5).How about the German watch at last?（分数：1.00）A.It went more correctly than before.B.It stopped working.C.It went as well as the Japanese one.D.It wa
28、s better than the Japanese one.BAfter losing her job and home in 1984, Lynn Carr was living on the streets of St. Charles, Montana, with her five-year-old son. “We slept in our car for about a week,“ she said, “but then it was sold.“As she moved from one friends house to another, Carr began working
29、toward a high-school-equivalence diploma(高中同学学历证书), listening to self-help tapes and making cheesecakes. After developing some new methods which she thought were pretty good, she offered her cakes to a restaurant. They sold out in a matter of hours.The following year, she met a man at a church servi
30、ce and before long, they married. Cart began selling the cheesecakes out of their home. Later she opened a cheesecake company. As business became better and better, Cart didnt forget where she came from.All the women she hires are mothers or high school dropouts(退学者) - workers most other employers w
31、ouldnt like to hire. Her dozen workers make 100 to 150 cakes a week and Cart owes her success to her employees. She says, “Were going to have a learning center and a day-care center in the company. Part of the workday will be spent studying for high-school-equivalence diplomas.“Recently, a 33-year-o
32、ld woman with three children to raise was referred to Carr. She hired her at once. “It has been a real blessing(恩赐) ,“ the woman said.（分数：4.00）(1).The text suggests that Lynn Carr _.（分数：1.00）A.had to sell her car for a new oneB.had few friends to turn to for helpC.was once a school dropout herselfD.
33、didnt work hard enough to keep her job(2).Which of the following can be learned from the text?（分数：1.00）A.People like Lynn Carrs cheesecakes very much.B.Lynn Carrs cheesecakes are sold to high school dropouts.C.Lynn Carr learned to make cheesecakes by taking courses.D.Without finishing high school, o
34、ne cannot even make good cakes.(3).“Cart didnt forget where she came from“ (Line 3, Paragraph 3) means that Carr _（分数：1.00）A.remembered what she used to beB.kept in mind her friends who had once helped herC.would not forget where her hometown wasD.remembered all the places she had been to(4).Accordi
35、ng to the last two paragraphs. Lynn Carr is trying _.（分数：1.00）A.to turn her home into a learning centerB.to hire more moms and high school dropoutsC.to develop more new methods to make better cakesD.to help people who have the familiar background as she didCOh! I have just had such a lovely dream!An
36、d then I woke,And all the dream went out like kettle-steam,Or chimney-smoke.My dream was all about - how funny, though!Ive only justDreamed it, and now it has begun to blowAway like dust.In it I went - no! In my dream I had -No, thats not it!I cant remember, oh, it is too bad,My dream a bit.But I sa
37、w something beautiful, Im sure-Then someone spoke,And then I didnt see it any more,Because I woke.What do we do every night, whether we know it or not? We dream. Researchers have found that We dream about the same amount on nights that we remember our dreams as on the nights that we dont. The amount
38、 of time we sleep is broken into cycles and states. There are two states of sleep:The first state, is called NREM, or non-rapid eye movement. It consists of four stages: Stage 1 is when we feel relaxed and sleepy. Stage 2 is when we move into a light sleep. We dont dream in these two stages. Stages
39、3 and 4 are called slow-wave sleep. In these stages, we are in a deep sleep and the dreams we have are ones we dont usually remember.The second state is called REM, or rapid eye movement. This is when we dream the most and have the dreams we remember the most. For many people, their REM dreams are t
40、he most meaningful and visually exciting. Approximately three-fourths of our total sleep time is spent in the NREM state and one-fourth in the REM state. We sleep by cycling through these states. Throughout the night, we experience four to six NREM/REM cycles.（分数：4.00）(1).The poet compares her dream
41、 to kettle-steam because _.（分数：1.00）A.kettle-steam is hot and noisy, like her dreamB.people tend to drink tea in the evening to help them dreamC.kettle-steam is hard to hold on to, like her dreamD.the whistle from the kettle woke her from her dream(2).Many people remember nothing about their dreams
42、when they awake. The person in the I _.（分数：1.00）A.remembered she had a dream, but did not remember the specificsB.thought she should have had a dream, but could not remember what she dreamedC.had a dream about kettles steaming, chimneys smoking, and dust blowingD.was upset because someone woke her b
43、efore she had a chance to dream(3).Which of the following statements is NOT true?（分数：1.00）A.Dreams experienced during Stages 3 and 4 are the most memorable.B.Most of our sleep time is spent in the non-rapid eye movement stateC.REM dreams tend to be more exciting than NREM dreams.D.We spend more time
44、 in NREM sleep than in REM sleep.(4).The dream experienced in the poem most likely occurred during _.（分数：1.00）A.Stage 2 of NREMB.Stage 3 of NREMC.Stage 4 of NREMD.the REM stateDIt was late at night on October 10, 1939, when Dr Bethune was busy working in a field hospital. An Eighth Route Army soldie
45、r came and told Dr Bethune that the front was in great need of medical care. Dr Bethune set off with a medical team at once.On their way, they met a group of wounded Eighth Route Army men. They took the wounded soldiers into a small temple at once and Dr Bethune began to operate on them.Dr Bethune w
46、ent on working all the night.The next day while an operation was going on, a young man ran in and said to the doctors, “Several hundred enemy soldiers are coming.“ Soon they heard the sound of gunshots. But Dr Bethune still went on with his work.Twenty minutes later, when Dr Bethune was operating on
47、 the leg of the last wounded soldier, the gunshots sounded much closer. This time the young man rushed in and told Dr Bethune not to go on operating any more. “Dr Bethune, you must leave now!“ he cried.“Please go, Doctor,“ begged the wounded soldier himself. “Its not a bad wound. Take me with you, o
48、r leave me here, but please go before the enemies come.“Never mind, my boy, it wont take long,“ said Dr Bethune. “If I spend a few more minutes on it, I can save your leg. But if I dont, youll lose it.“The gunshots sounded closer and closer now, but Dr Bethune worked on. He and other doctors did not
49、 leave until the operation was over. By that time the Japanese enemies were already very near.As Dr Bethune and other doctors were climbing the hills, they could see the enemies walking in the valley below.（分数：3.00）(1).What was Bethune?（分数：1.00）A.An Eighth Route Army soldier.B.A doctor.C.A Japanese scientist.D.A firmer.(2).Where did the operation begin?（分数：1.00）A.In a field hospital.B.In a small templeC.On the road.D.In
