1、公共英语二级-543 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 does the man mean?（分数：1.00）A.He wonders why she is here.B.He himself is Dr. Johnson.C.The doctor will be here soon.(2).When does the second bus leave on Saturdays?（分数：1.00）A.8:00.B.8:30.C.9:00.(3).How many p
2、eople suffered in the air crash?（分数：1.00）A.85.B.70.C.64.(4).Where was the car before it hit the woman?（分数：1.00）A.At the side street.B.At the crossroads.C.On the motorway,(5).Where did Susan often go to read?（分数：1.00）A.In the library.B.In the college.C.On the campus.三、第二节(总题数：5，分数：15.00)(1).When did
3、the dialog take place?（分数：1.00）A.At 2:45.B.At 3:00.C.At 3:15.(2).When would the meeting start?（分数：1.00）A.At 2:45.B.At 3:00.C.At 3:15.(3).What was Tom supposed to do a quarter later?（分数：1.00）A.He was supposed to go out for lunch.B.He was supposed to come back home.C.He was supposed to have a meeting.
4、(1).What did the woman play yesterday afternoon?（分数：1.00）A.Tennis.B.Table tennis.C.Basketball.(2).What are the womans favorite sports?（分数：1.00）A.Swimming and playing football.B.Running and playing volleyball.C.Playing table tennis and basketball.(3).What is the mans favorite sport?（分数：1.00）A.Playing
5、 football.B.Playing volleyball.C.Playing tennis.(4).When does the man usually stop running every morning?（分数：1.00）A.At 6:00.B.At 6:10.C.At 6:15.(1).What was the womans main purpose of going to New York during the vacation?（分数：1.00）A.To learn English.B.To visit an American family.C.To do business.(2)
6、.When did the woman come back from America?（分数：1.00）A.On July 5tb.B.On July 6th.C.On August 25th.(3).What in particular did the woman like about the American classes?（分数：1.00）A.The teachers were kind.B.The students were quite free.C.There were a lot of activities in class.(1).How far is Damson City
7、from Edmonton?（分数：1.00）A.About 200 km.B.About 2,000 km.C.About 350 km.(2).What is the Robert Service breakfast?（分数：1.00）A.A small orange juice, some coffee and an order of toast.B.A small orange juice, ham and eggs and an order of toast.C.Ham and eggs.(3).How does the man feel when the woman orders
8、the Robert Service breakfast?（分数：1.00）A.Sad.B.Excited.C.Surprised.(1).How many post offices does the man talk about?（分数：1.00）A.One.B.Two.C.Three.(2).Where are they talking?（分数：1.00）A.In the street.B.Near a market.C.Near a post office.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.All _ is
9、needed is a supply of oil.（分数：1.00）A.the thingB.thatC.whatD.which2.It takes _ very unusual mind to undertake _ analysis of _ obvious.（分数：1.00）A.a; /; theB.a; the; theC./; the; /D./; the; the3.As a young man, Tom used to _ in the town, _ to find a job for a few coins.（分数：1.00）A.knocking about; waited
10、B.knocked down; waitingC.knock about; waitingD.knocked down; waited4.He _ gas a mile from home; therefore he had to wait for someone to take his car to the gas station.（分数：1.00）A.ran outB.ran out ofC.ran intoD.ran over5. _ David and Vicky _ married? For about three years.（分数：1.00）A.How long were; be
11、ingB.How long have; gotC.How long have; beenD.How long did; get6.The new film received _ from everyone.（分数：1.00）A.highly praiseB.high praiseC.high praisesD.highly praises7.Word came _ I was wanted at the office.（分数：1.00）A.whetherB.thatC.whyD.which8.They are all _ little children that you are not abl
12、e to look after _ many of them by yourself.（分数：1.00）A.so; soB.such; soC.such; suchD.so; such9.I am _ by his _ attitude after hearing his words.（分数：1.00）A.puzzled; puzzledB.puzzling; puzzlingC.puzzled; puzzlingD.puzzling; puzzled10.Poetry also _ all the colors, feelings, experiences and curious image
13、s of a dream world.（分数：1.00）A.calls forB.calls upC.calls onD.calls in11.They did it all _ friendship.（分数：1.00）A.by the name ofB.of the name ofC.under the name ofD.in the name of12.Although he has lived with us for years, he _ us much impression.（分数：1.00）A.hadnt leftB.didnt leaveC.doesnt leaveD.hasnt
14、 left13._, they set out to break the record for the crossing-channel swim.（分数：1.00）A.Well equippedB.Well equippingC.Well equipsD.To equip14.The countrys _ is based on trade.（分数：1.00）A.wealthyB.wealthC.possessionD.possessor15.The new law will come into _ on the day it is passed.（分数：1.00）A.effectB.use
15、C.serviceD.existence六、第二节 完型填空(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Recently I was invited to a friends house for supperand had a meal I had never had before.All the friends invited were a little (36) . Its not that Ben is unsociable, or a bad cook, but its just that he never (37) more than he has to. So how come he was
16、inviting us round for a meal? Had he bought something (38) for his friends? He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dining room where a (39) table was waiting for us. “Nothing but the (40) for my friends!“ saidBen. We all sat down and looked (41) at each otherwhat was he (42) ?Ben returned
17、with four bowls of hot soup. “Its a (43) of carrots, potatoes and tomatoes,“ said Ben. The next (44) was also a little strange (45) we didnt quite know what it was again. It was just another mixture of vegetables.As we ate we chatted and finally the (46) turned back to what we were eating. “Was ther
18、e a recipe for this,“ asked Marina, “or did you (47) it up?“ Ben put his fork down, “What I cooked (48) what I could find. “Marina was surprised,“ But you can find anything in supermarkets these days.“ “But theres (49) choice in what you can find (50) supermarkets,“ he replied.(51) that we had all f
19、inished the food, Ben decided to tell the troth. He had read recently that supermarkets usually (52) away five percent of their food every day. So Ben decided to look inside his local supermarket bins. There he found food that was slightly out of (53) , boxes of vegetables and fruit thrown away.So B
20、en had (54) provided a decent meal for his friends, and made us aware of the fact that there are many poor people who need the food, but the amount of food thrown away is enough to (55) millions of people.（分数：20.00）A.excitedB.disappointedC.surprisedD.delightedA.takesB.spendsC.usesD.doesA.cheapB.spec
21、ialC.practicalD.usualA.newB.separateC.bookedD.laidA.freshestB.mostC.bestD.leastA.nervouslyB.carefullyC.sadlyD.happilyA.in forB.up toC.away fromD.out ofA.mixtureB.liquidC.matterD.dishA.courseB.foodC.soapD.saladA.in thatB.on condition thatC.in case thatD.so thatA.dinnerB.ideaC.foodD.subjectA.pickB.loo
22、kC.makeD.takeA.referredB.depended onC.lay inD.resulted fromA.lessB.moreC.someD.anyA.withinB.beyondC.insideD.outsideA.FeelingB.SeeingC.RealizingD.ThinkingA.storeB.moveC.throwD.hideA.orderB.placeC.seasonD.dateA.successfullyB.possiblyC.hardlyD.hopefullyA.enrichB.pleaseC.affectD.feed七、第三部分 阅读理解(总题数：0，分数
23、：0.00)AMany American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs of a worker, shopkeeper and postma
24、ster in his early years.A large number of American presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight Eisenhower. Grant was a general in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was a hero in the Second World War. It happened that they graduated from the same schoo
25、l West Point Military Academy (西点军校). One may be surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was once fined because he broke the roles of the school.The jobs of the US president are tiring. He must keep an eye on anything important which happens both
26、at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waits for him to do and he has to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, “When you grow up you should not be the president. Its a tiring job./（分数：4.00
27、）(1).According to the passage, who regarded the jobs of the US president as tiring ones?（分数：1.00）A.Grant.B.Taft.C.Eisenhower.D.Roosevelt.(2).In the third paragraph, “keep an eye on“ means “_“.（分数：1.00）A.take care ofB.seeC.look at fixedlyD.stare at(3).The second paragraph mainly tells us _.（分数：1.00）A
28、.that Eisenhower became famous in the Second World WarB.how Grant became a generalC.that Grant and Eisenhower were schoolmatesD.that many of the US presidents had experiences in the army(4).Which of the following is true according to the text?（分数：1.00）A.Eisenhower was one of the US presidents after
29、Grant.B.Lincoln was elected US president after Grant.C.West Point Military Academy was founded in the Second World War.D.Washing, ion was born in a very poor family.BOur surroundings are being polluted faster than ever and it seems that people cannot prevent it. Time is bringing us more people, and
30、more people will bring us more industry, more cars, larger cities, and the growing use of man-made materials.What can explain and settle this problem? The fact is that pollution is caused by manby his desire for a modern way of life. We make “increasing industrialization“ as our first aim. So we are
31、 often ready to offer everything: clean air, pure water, good food, our health and the future of our children. There is a constant flow of people from the country-side into the cities, eager for the achievements of our modern society. But as our technological achievements have grown in the last 20 y
32、ears, pollution has become a serious problem.Isnt it time we stopped to ask ourselves where we are goingand why? It makes one think of the story about the pilot who told his passengers over the loudspeaker,“ Ive some good news and some bad news. The good news is that were making rapid progress at 53
33、0 miles per hour. The bad news is that we are lost and dont know where were going.“ The sad fact is that this becomes a true story when speaking of our modern society.（分数：4.00）(1).Man cannot prevent the world from being polluted because _.（分数：1.00）A.the population of the world is increasing fasterB.
34、people use too many man-made materialsC.we have more industryD.we are producing more cars, trucks and buses(2).According to the passage, what does man care most among the following?（分数：1.00）A.Health.B.Industry.C.Clean air.D.The future of the children.(3).The story about the pilot tells us that _.（分数
35、：1.00）A.man knows where the society is goingB.people dont welcome the rapid development of modern societyC.man can do little about the problem of pollutionD.the author is worried about the future of our society(4).What does the writer really want to say in the passage?（分数：1.00）A.With the development
36、 of technology, pollution has become a serious problem.B.We should control the speed of the development to stop pollution.C.Its time we did something to reduce pollution.D.As industry is growing fast, pollution is the natural result.CThe English author, Richard Savage, was once living in London in g
37、reat poverty. In order to earn a little money he had written the story of his life, but not many copies of the bock had been sold in the shop, and Savage was living from hand to mouth. As a result of his lack of food he became very ill, but after a time, because of the skill of the doctor who had lo
38、oked after him, he got well again. After a week or two the doctor sent a bill to Savage for his visits, but poor Savage hadnt any money and couldnt pay it. The doctor waited for another month and sent the bill again. But still no money came. After several weeks he sent it to him again asking for his
39、 money. In the end he came to Savages house and asked him for payment, saying to Savage, “You know you owe your life to me and I expected some gratitude from yon.“I agree,“ said Savage, “that I owe my life to you, and to prove to you that I am not ungrateful for your work I will give my life to you.
40、“ With these words he handed to him two copies entitled THE LIFE OF RICHARD SAVAGE.（分数：4.00）(1).The best title for this text should be _.（分数：1.00）A.A Poor English WriterB.A Skilled DoctorC.A Life for a LifeD.The Life of Richard Savage(2).In the text the underlined sentence means “_“.（分数：1.00）A.Savag
41、e had clothes to wear and food to eatB.Savage had no money to buy clothes or foodC.Savage was very poor and illD.Savage was too poor to live on(3).According to the text we can imagine that _.（分数：1.00）A.the doctor was poor tooB.the doctor was skilled and kindC.the doctor was skilled but cruelD.the do
42、ctor was glad to have got the two books(4).Which statement is NOT true?（分数：1.00）A.It was the doctor who cured Savage.B.If it hadnt been because of the doctor, Savage might have died.C.The doctor sent bills to Savage for money.D.The doctor himself came to see Savage again.DWater, water everywhere.It
43、lasted almost two months, but in August it ended. It left 45 people dead and $10 billion worth of damage in nine states of the USA. It was quite a big Mississippi flood ever recorded.In St. Louis, Missouri, 9,000 people were forced to leave their homes while the city was in danger. St. Louis is just
44、 downriver from the points where the Missouri and Illinois Rivers flow into the Mississippi. All the three rivers were flooding. But the city escaped the worst when levees broke upriver. A levee is built of river sand and clay.Eleven miles of flood walls were built in the late 1960s. The walls are 1
45、8 inches thick and 5 to 22 feet high. They were designed to protect against a 52-foot flood. In St. Louis, water almost reached the top of flood walls. It measured 49.4 feet.（分数：3.00）(1).The flood referred to in the passage _.（分数：1.00）A.was the heaviest one in the historyB.happened in Missouri and I
46、llinois statesC.happened in less than 20 percent of the states of the USAD.was recorded several times(2).The highest flood referred to in the passage was about _.（分数：1.00）A.18 feet highB.5 to 22 feet highC.nearly 50 feet highD.52 feet high(3).The meaning of the words “But the city escaped the worst“
47、 is that _.（分数：1.00）A.many people escaped from the cityB.the city avoided the worst situationC.the flood attacked tile city heavilyD.the flood did not attack the city at allEReading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the past. There is another large. reservoir which may be called e
48、xperience, and the college students will find, that every craftsman (工匠) has something he can teach and will generally teach gladly any college student who does not look down upon them. The information from them differs from that in textbooks and papers chiefly in that its theoretical partthe explan
49、ations of why things happen, is frequently quite fantastic. But the demonstration (示范) and report of what happens, and how it happens are correct even if the reports are in completely unscientific terms. Presently the college students will learn, in this case also, what to accept and what to reject. One important thing for a college student to remember is that if Aristotle could talk to the fisherman, so ca
