1、公共英语二级-587 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 speakers talking about?（分数：1.00）A.The animals.B.The cats.C.The rain.(2).What will Mary do?（分数：1.00）A.She will be out of town.B.She will drink tea with the man.C.She will stay at home.(3).Which of the
2、 following is right?（分数：1.00）A.The man is the womans old friend.B.The woman knew the man before.C.The man knows something about the woman.(4).Where does the conversation probably take place?（分数：1.00）A.At a bank.B.In a cinemaC.At an airport.(5).What will the speakers discuss?（分数：1.00）A.A report.B.A c
3、omputer.C.A report on computer.三、第二节(总题数：5，分数：15.00)(1).Why did the man decide to leave the college in his second term?（分数：1.00）A.He didnt like the big lecture classes.B.He couldnt afford further education.C.He was not interested in education.(2).What does he think of his work experiences?（分数：1.00）A
4、.They were personally rewarding.B.They should be part of school life.C.They gave him a chance to learn German.(3).Where is the university he decides to go to in the end?（分数：1.00）A.in South Carolina.B.in Florida.C.In Ohio.(1).What did the young man try to do?（分数：1.00）A.Get the old mans hag.B.Help the
5、 old man up.C.Collect his money.(2).Who is the woman speaking to?（分数：1.00）A.A manager.B.A customer.C.A policeman.(1).What are the speakers talking about?（分数：1.00）A.Popular sports events.B.TV programs people like best.C.Things people do after work.(2).How did the woman do the research?（分数：1.00）A.She
6、talked to people.B.She sent letters to people.C.She collected information from newspapers.(3).What do most people do in their spare time?（分数：1.00）A.Go to movies.B.Read books.C.Watch TV.(1).What is the main purpose of introducing the new tests?（分数：1.00）A.To inform parents and schools.B.To pick out go
7、od students.C.To expose poor schools.(2).Why do some young patients run away from doctors?（分数：1.00）A.They have no trust in doctors.B.They cannot afford the medical fee.C.They fear things like injections.(3).What is the last Piece of news mainly about?（分数：1.00）A.Teachers difficult life.B.Harm of divo
8、rce to families.C.Ways to become lovable kids.(1).How does the woman feel at the beginning of the conversation?（分数：1.00）A.Angry.B.Surprised.C.Sad.(2).What size bag does the woman want?（分数：1.00）A.A 24-inch bag.B.A 29-inch bag.C.A 32-inch bag.(3).When will the woman leave for Mexico?（分数：1.00）A.On Thur
9、sday.B.On Friday.C.On Saturday.(4).Where does the man work?（分数：1.00）A.At a mail order company.B.At an international travel service.C.At the airport information desk.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.Even if you take the matter to the judge, you have no chance of winning the _.
10、（分数：1.00）A.caseB.matterC.problemD.argument2.-Professor Brown looks sad today.-He is sad. Yesterday a fire broke out in his house and his dog got _.（分数：1.00）A.burningB.to burnC.burntD.to be burnt3.-I really hope your cousin Tim will get the job.-Thanks. Ill tell Tim when I _ him.（分数：1.00）A.seeB.will
11、seeC.would seeD.have seen4.-My cousin sent me a wonderful gift from Africa.-Oh, is that so? _?（分数：1.00）A.Where is it fromB.Who sent it to youC.How did it comeD.Whats it like5.In order to keep fit, you can get off the bus one or two stops _ and walk the rest of the way.（分数：1.00）A.earlyB.earlierC.more
12、 earlyD.the earliest6.You should keep the milk in the ice box, _ it will go bad.（分数：1.00）A.soB.butC.andD.or7.-Youve done this before, right?-No, but if we follow the directions, we _ have any trouble.（分数：1.00）A.needntB.mustntC.shouldntD.couldnt8.-Which will you have then, the white one or the blue o
13、ne?-Ill take _ to give myself a change sometimes.（分数：1.00）A.oneB.twoC.eitherD.both9.I dont think you two know each other, _?（分数：1.00）A.do IB.dont IC.do youD.dont you10.Shanghai is a big city. It is _the southeast of China.（分数：1.00）A.inB.atC.onD.to11.If it rains, we should not go out, but the sky _ p
14、erfectly clear.（分数：1.00）A.isB.will beC.wasD.had been12.Jane has two brothers; one is John, and _ is Henry.（分数：1.00）A.anotherB.the othersC.the otherD.other13.Since the middle of this century _ has been learned about space than in all human history before that time.（分数：1.00）A.muchB.moreC.betterD.a lot
15、14.Laura had a good reason _ to class yesterday.（分数：1.00）A.for going notB.to not goC.for not goingD.to go not15.We grow all our fruit and vegetables, _saves money, of course.（分数：1.00）A.thatB.whichC.whatD.such六、第二节 完型填空(总题数：1，分数：20.00)“ 160 for a parking ticket! Im calling city hall about this. There
16、 must be some mistake.“ Nick thought (36) . “Yes, sir, there is a mistake,“ said the man at the city hall,“ (37) Im afraid the mistakes (38) . This ticket was for 20. However, the fine doubles every 30 days. It has been 90 days, so the (39) is now 160. You will have to pay that.“ Nick had the 20 and
17、 he (40) to pay the fine. But for some reason the ticket had gotten (41) in his pile of papers and unopened letters.Nick had always been a (42) person. In the past six months, he had (43) to pay his electricity bill, (44) his jacket at the cleaners too (45) and had to pay for the “storage“. A job ap
18、plication form he had filled out was never (46) because it, too, was in one of his piles. “Get organized, man,“ his brother advised. “Plan what you (47) do, do it, and then (48) to be sure youve done it right.“Nick got a calendar with enough (49) to write on. He marked important (50) and times as re
19、minders. “Nice job,“ said his brother. “Now (51) you do what youre supposed to do (52) youre supposed to.“ “That shouldnt be too (53) with my calendar here,“ said Nick. “And read the small print on it (54) you get a ticket,“ added his brother. “Or (55) still, dont get another./（分数：20.00）A.happilyB.e
20、xcitedlyC.disappointedlyD.angrilyA.soB.butC.honestlyD.luckilyA.mineB.yoursC.oursD.theirsA.numberB.totalC.costD.payA.forgotB.meantC.refusedD.rememberedA.mixedB.coveredC.missedD.buriedA.patientB.toughC.wastefulD.carelessA.forgottenB.requiredC.regrettedD.consideredA.leaB.sentC.boughtD.wastedA.longB.lat
21、eC.oftenD.earlyA.takenB.recordedC.mailedD.receivedA.wouldB.used toC.have toD.couldA.seeB.makeC.examineD.checkA.areaB.spaceC.placeD.squareA.accidentsB.eventsC.datesD.weeksA.take careB.make sureC.watch outD.believe inA.whenB.sinceC.whereD.thatA.lateB.badC.muchD.hardA.asB.next timeC.sinceD.so long asA.
22、fairerB.easierC.betterD.happier七、第三部分 阅读理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)AAfter 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 an
23、other, Carr began working toward a high-school- equivalence diploma, 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
24、at a church service and before long, they married. Carr began selling the cheesecakes out of their home. Later she opened a cheesecake company. As business became better and better, Carr didnt forget where she came from.All the women she hires are mothers or high-school dropouts (退学者)-workers most o
25、ther employers wouldnt 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.“Recen
26、tly, a 33-year-old woman with three children to raise was referred to Cart. She hired her at once. “It has been a real blessing,“ the woman said.（分数：4.00）(1).The text suggests that Lynn Carr _.（分数：1.00）A.was once a school dropout herselfB.had few friends to turn to for helpC.had to sell her car for
27、a new oneD.didnt work hard enough to keep her job(2).Which of the following can be learned from the text?（分数：1.00）A.Lynn Carr learned to make cheesecakes by taking courses.B.Lynn Carrs cheesecakes are sold to high school dropouts.C.People like Lynn Carrs cheesecakes very much.D.Without finishing hig
28、h school, one cannot even make good cakes.(3).“Carr didnt forget where she came from“ (Line 3, Para. 3) means that Cart _.（分数：1.00）A.would not forget where her hometown wasB.kept in mind her friends who had once helped herC.remembered what she used to beD.remembered all the places she had been to(4)
29、.According to the last two paragraphs, Lynn Carr is trying to _.（分数：1.00）A.turn her home into a learning centerB.help people who have the familiar background as she didC.develop more new methods to make better cakesD.hire more moms and high-school dropoutsBLast April, on a visit to the new Mall of A
30、merica near Minneapolis, I carried with me a small book provided for the reporters by the public relations office. It included a variety of “fun facts“ about the mall, such as: 140,000 hot dogs am sold each week, there are 10,000 full-time jobs, 44 sets of moving stairs and 17 lifts, 12,750 parking
31、places, 13,000 tons of steel, and I million is drawn weekly from 8 ATMs. Opened in the summer of 1992, the mall was built where the former Minneapolis Stadium had been. It was only a five-minute drive from Minneapolis to St. Paul International Airport. With 4.2 million square feet of floor space-22
32、times the size of the average American shopping center-the Mall of America was the largest shopping and family recreation center under one roof in the United States.I knew already that the Mall of America had been imagined by its designers, not merely as a marketplace, but as a national tourist attr
33、action. Eleven thousand articles, the small book informed me, had been written about the mall. Four hundred trees had been planted in its gardens, 625 million had been spent to build it, and 350 stores were already in business. Three thousand bus tours were expected each year along with a half-milli
34、on Canadian visitors and 200,000 Japanese tourists. Sales were expected to be at 650 million for 1993 and at 1 billion for 1996. Pop singers and film stars such as Janet Jackson and Arnold Schwarzenegger had visited the mall. It was five times larger than Red Square and it included 2.3 miles of hall
35、ways and used almost twice as much steel as the Eiffel Tower. It was also home to the nations largest indoor park, called Knotts Camp Snoopy.（分数：4.00）(1).We know from the text that the Mall of America is _.（分数：1.00）A.near an old stadiumB.bigger than most American parksC.higher than the Eiffel TowerD
36、.close to an airport(2).Why are the pieces of information provided by the Mall of America referred to as “fun facts“?（分数：1.00）A.They are largely imagined.B.They are surprising figures.C.They give exact descriptions.D.They make people feel uneasy.(3).Whats the point of mentioning popular stars who ha
37、d been to the mall?（分数：1.00）A.To show its power of attraction.B.To show that few rich people like to shop there.C.To tell the public about a new movie being made about it.D.To tell people that they have chances of meeting famous stars there.(4).We can infer from the text that _.（分数：1.00）A.Japanese v
38、isitors are most welcome to the mallB.the Mall of America was designed to serve more than one purposeC.Knotts Camp Snoopy was next to the Mall of AmericaD.Canadian visitors would spend 1 billion at the mallCMany people are worried about what television has done to the generation of American children
39、 who have grown up watching it. For one thing, recent studies show that TV weakens the ability to imagine. Some teachers feel that television has taken away the childs ability to form mental pictures in his own mind, resulting in children who cannot understand a simple story without pictures. Second
40、ly, too much TV too early usually causes children to be removed from real-life experiences. Thus, they grow up to be passive watchers who can only respond to action, but not start doing something actively. The third area for such a worrying situation is the serious dissatisfaction frequently express
41、ed by school teachers that children show a low patience for the pains in learning. Because they have been used to seeing results of all problems in 30 or 60 minutes on TV, they are quickly discouraged by any activity that promises less than immediate satisfaction. But perhaps the most serious result
42、 is the TV effect of bloody fights and death on children, who have come to believe that it is an everyday thing. Not only does this increase their admission of terrible acts on others, but some children will follow anti-social acts that they see on television.（分数：4.00）(1).Because of TV, children hav
43、e lost their ability to _.（分数：1.00）A.read story booksB.understand pictures in booksC.have ideas of new thingsD.think in a clear way(2).What do school teachers worry about?（分数：1.00）A.Children suffer from mental pains.B.Children spend little time learning unknown things.C.Children become uninterested
44、in class activities.D.Children are weak at facing difficulties.(3).When children see terrible killing on TV, they _.（分数：1.00）A.are frightenedB.feel satisfiedC.become annoyedD.think its real(4).The main purpose of the text is to tell people _.（分数：1.00）A.what bad effects TV programs have on childrenB.
45、how children like frightening TV programsC.how to prevent children from watching TVD.what teachers think of todays childrenDIn the summer of 1978 an English farmer was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered that some of his wheat was lying flat on the ground. The flattened w
46、heat formed a circle about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat. The five circles were in a formation like five dots. During the following years, farmers in England found the strange circles in their fields more and more often.The circles are called “cro
47、p circles“ because they appear in the fields of grain-usually wheat or corn. The grain in the circles lies flat on the ground but is never broken; it continues to grow, and farmers can later harvest it. Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form at night. T
48、hey appear only in the months from May to September.At first, people thought that the circles were a hoax. Probably young people were making them as a joke, or farmers were making them to attract tourists. To prove that the circles were a hoax, people tried to make circles exactly like the ones that
49、 farmers had found. They couldnt do it. They couldnt enter a field of grain without leaving tracks, and they couldnt flatten the grain without breaking it.Many people believe that beings from outer space are making the circles to communicate with us from far away and that the crop circles are messages from them.Scientists who have studied the crop circles suggested several possibilities. Some scientists say that a
