1、公共英语二级真题 2008 年 03 月(无听力)及答案解析(总分：70.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B第一部分 听力理解/B(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.The first pair of trousers did not fit and he asked the shop-assistant to show him _ pair.（分数：1.00）A.someB.oneC.otherD.another2.I quickly answered your letter, for, if I delayed, you _ I was not concerned about your
2、difficulties.（分数：1.00）A.had thoughtB.thoughtC.would thinkD.were thinking3.The police are anxious to hear from anyone who _ know the missing woman.（分数：1.00）A.canB.mayC.mustD.will4. Doctor, I cant come to see you next Monday. _. Come and see me whenever you have time.（分数：1.00）A.Never mindB.Come onC.Go
3、 aheadD.Not at all5.If you read a book word by word, you often fail to get the main idea of what youre reading and soon forget what you _.（分数：1.00）A.are readingB.were readingC.have been readingD.had reading6.The building was completed two months ahead of time, _ is something we had not expected.（分数：
4、1.00）A.itB.thatC.whichD.what7.It is no use asking the children to keep quiet. They cant help _ noise.（分数：1.00）A.makeB.to makeC.makingD.made8.Newly married couples are usually good listeners but become _ as the years go by.（分数：1.00）A.poorB.poorerC.poorestD.less poor9.Perhaps it will be a long while _
5、 Donald comes back from New York. Dont wait for him.（分数：1.00）A.whenB.thatC.sinceD.before10.The countrys first fast food chain has _ opened about 130 stories since it entered the market in 1990.（分数：1.00）A.so farB.in the endC.year by yearD.sooner or later11.Due to a sudden change in weather, the match
6、 has been _ until next Monday.（分数：1.00）A.put downB.put onC.put upD.put off12.John got caught by the police _ at 160 km an hour.（分数：1.00）A.to driveB.drivingC.to be drivingD.drove13.Often away _ business trips, Kathy has grown tired of traveling.（分数：1.00）A.forB.inC.withD.from14.The number of mobile ph
7、ones being used around the country has now _ ten million.（分数：1.00）A.roseB.reachedC.raisedD.arrived15.Miami is _ place for girls who like to live life to _ full.（分数：1.00）A./; theB.a; aC.the; /D.the; the二、B第二节 完型填空/B(总题数：1，分数：20.00)阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的(A、B、C、D)三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。Dad loved children and alw
8、ays wanted aU (36) /Ufamily. Eventually (最终), he got what he wantedU (37) /Uthere were twelve children in the family. Without fail, he would show us off to visitors.Once, DadU (38) /Upresented the first three children in the family, Anne, Mary and Ernestine, to some visitors. Then he picked up the f
9、ourth child, Martha, and said, “And this is ourU (39) /Umodel, complete with all the improvements. And dont think that this is all; wereU (40) /Uthe 1951 model some time next month.“But what heU (41) /Umost was taking us out for a drive in the car. Just theU (42) /Uof all of us would cause people to
10、U (43) /Utheir houses. On one occasion (场合) a man in a village we were passing through shoutedU (44) /Uthat he had seen eleven people in our car, notU (45) /UMum and Dad.U (46) /U, Dad called out over his shoulder, “YouU (47) /Uthe second baby up from the front here, Mister.“Dad told us this joke,U
11、(48) /Uwe were not sure then whether he was telling us theU (49) /U Mum, who was a psychologist (心理学家), once went to give a lecture and left Dad in charge of theU (50) /U. When Mum returned, she asked him if everything had runU (51) /U. He said that everything was fineU (52) /Uone of the children ha
12、d been taught a lesson because he had beenU (53) /U. When he pointed at the child that had beenU (54) /U, Mum looked at him calmly and said, “That is not one of ours, dear. HeU (55) /Unext door.“（分数：20.00）A.richB.lovelyC.closeD.largeA.althoughB.butC.besidesD.forA.surprisinglyB.nervouslyC.kindlyD.pro
13、udlyA.prettyB.littleC.lastestD.youngestA.orderingB.sellingC.expectingD.improvingA.hatedB.enjoyedC.caredD.botheredA.sightB.soundC.groupD.gatheringA.hideB.run away fromC.leaveD.pour out ofA.crazilyB.excitedlyC.curiouslyD.directlyA.countingB.namingC.showingD.reachingA.ImmediatelyB.CarefullyC.Annoyingly
14、D.EasilyA.sawB.missedC.changedD.carriedA.soB.sinceC.thoughD.evenA.truthB.storyC.experienceD.accidentA.officeB.houseC.studentsD.activityA.outB.wildC.smoothlyD.quicklyA.even ifB.apart fromC.so thatD.except thatA.troublesomeB.carelessC.activeD.quietA.foundB.caughtC.punishedD.attackedA.goes toB.belongs
15、toC.worksD.plays三、B第三部分 阅读理解/B(总题数：5，分数：20.00)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选项中选择最佳选项。BA/BIs staring at a big, white wall during class making you feel dull? If you have ever walked past math teacher Mr. Kelleys room, you may have noticed how cheerful it is throughout the year. One thing that makes his
16、classroom so much fun is the celebrity (名人) pictures on his front wall.Kelleys students have been writing to celebrities from across the nation asking for a photo and a few words of advice. “It really takes a lot of time and money,“ Kelley said. First, Kelley and his students make a list of all the
17、celebrities to whom they want to write. Once a student picks a star, Kelley looks them up in his book of addresses to see if he can write to that person.Writing to the stars takes a lot of time because he has to personalize each letter, print them out, and address them. In the letter, Kelley asks th
18、e celebrity to send his classes a picture with some advice he or she would give to todays youth.Kelley takes up a collection in all of his classes and asks each student to contribute (捐) ft dollar to pay for the postage. Once Kelley mails off all the letters, the fun really begins. So far he has got
19、ten back about 20 letters and pictures. “The only thing that isnt cool is when the celebrity sends the picture back with no advice on it, which is my entire purpose in doing this,“ said Kelley. When he gets at least three pictures returned, he lets his classes guess who the three stars are. He keeps
20、 score of how many celebrities each class has guessed. Jason Bryant, a student, said, “Its become a contest(竞赛) between the classes to see who can guess the most stars, and its really fun.“（分数：5.00）(1).What is the text about?（分数：1.00）A.Celebrities sending photos to KelleyB.Celebrities giving advice
21、to studentsC.Kelley and his classes writing to celebritiesD.Kelley inviting celebrities to his classes(2).The phrase “to personalize each letter“ (Line 1, Para.3 ) means“_“.（分数：1.00）A.to print out each otherB.to personally send out each otherC.to find the address of each celebrityD.to make the lette
22、r suitable for a particular star(3).Who pays to send out letters?（分数：1.00）A.Kelley himselfB.Kelleys studentsC.The contest organizerD.Jason Bryant(4).What is Kelleys main purpose of writing the letters?（分数：1.00）A.To educate his studentsB.To have pictures for his office wallC.To improve his students l
23、etter writing skillsD.To help his students know more about the celebrities(5).According to Jason Bryant, they find a lot of fun in（分数：1.00）A.studying mathB.reading repliesC.the name-guessing gameD.receiving pictures from celebritiesBB/BAs you know, “being green“ means that you care about the environ
24、ment (环境) and that you do what you can to help the Earth. Recycling (回收利用) paper and cans, reducing waste, and protecting wildlife are all examples of “green“ activities.This special green issue of National Geographic Kids is devoted to environment. In fact, youre being green simply by reading it. W
25、hen youre finished, youll know a lot of things you probably didnt know at all. And youll be a greener citizen with a strong sense of environmental protection.In this issue(一期杂志) you will discover how you can help the Earth face its five biggest environment problems. Animal behavior specialist Jane G
26、oodall shares new ideas about how you can help wildlife. Answer actor Leonarde DiCaprios call to action to help the environment. Just how green are you? Answer actor questions on Page 10 to find out. You may win a trip to Orlando, Florida. And theres a special pullout poster to hang on the wall.（分数：
27、3.00）(1).The writers main purpose in writing this text is to _.（分数：1.00）A.persuade the reader to waste lessB.explain the meaning of the word “green“C.encourage people to buy this issueD.call on people to protect the environment(2).This issue is called “green“ because of _.（分数：1.00）A.the subject disc
28、ussedB.the color of the pullout posterC.the kind of paper used for the magazineD.the wild animals mentioned in the issue(3).In this issue, we may probably find an article about _.（分数：1.00）A.how to travel to FloridaB.a role Leonardo played in a filmC.new methods of feeding animalsD.how to protect wil
29、dlifeBC/BMillions of Americans survive (生产) in low-paying jobs. The Working Poor (319 pages), by David Shipler, a Pulitzer-winning former reporter, shows just how barely they get by.In his tour around the world of low-paying jobs, Shipler describes a kind of domino model of a downward cycle.“ Poor h
30、ousing can worsen a childs illness, which leads to a call for a doctor, which results in a medical bill that cannot by paid, which ruins a credit record, which raises the interest rate on an auto loan (贷款), which results in the buying of a used car, which causes a mother to be late for work, which l
31、imits her pay raise and earning ability, which keeps her to poor housing, which worsens the illness, and so on.“What Shipler aims to do in the book is to produce a picture of all of those dominoes at once, the problems that keep the working poor on the edge of household disaster (灾难). As the conditi
32、ons for the lowest-paid workers keep worsening, he writes,“ the low-paid employees have been testing the American belief in hard work.“To those who dont quite make it from paycheck to paycheck, convenience stores in poor neighborhoods lend money at interest rates of about of 20% for a two-week loan.
33、 If that cant be repaid, its gladly rolled overfor another 20%. In the space of a few months, he or she owes twice as much in interest as he borrowed.Shipler doesnt place all the blame on society. The people he meets often lack the soft skills that employers require, like showing up on time, followi
34、ng directions, even knowing how to comb their hair. To be sure, they need better schools and medical care, but they also need to know better than to use their hard-earned checks to get drunk and disorderly, or go in for ill-advised sex and foolish spending.（分数：5.00）(1).The main purpose of this text
35、is to _.（分数：1.00）A.show how the poor can improve their living conditionsB.discuss the reasons why many Americans are poorC.introduce David Shipler s book about the poorD.describe how a reporter has become a writer(2).In the text, the sufferings of the poor are described as _.（分数：1.00）A.one misfortun
36、e leading to anotherB.being the result of unemploymentC.caused by the lack of social careD.becoming more widespread(3).We may infer from the text that the American belief in hard work is that _.（分数：1.00）A.one can improve ones life by working hardB.one should work hard and play hardC.one should impro
37、ve his soft skills at workD.one can prove himself useful through hard work(4).The convenience stores in poor neighborhoods have _.（分数：1.00）A.helped the poor out of their difficultiesB.made the poor people even poorerC.provided an unnecessary serviceD.shown interest in training the poor(5).It can be
38、learned from the text that _.（分数：1.00）A.poor people are more careful with moneyB.low-paid people have their own faultsC.poor people are exploited by the societyD.soft skills are more important than hard skillsBD/BWhen Charles Darwin explained evolution (进化), the process he saw was natural selection
39、(选择). It turns out human selection can also cause plants to evolve.Take the case of the snow lot us, a rare (稀小的) plant that grows only high up in the Himalayas. Researchers have discovered that type of the plant has been becoming smaller over timethe one people like to pick.A type of snow lotus cal
40、led Saussurea Laniceps is used in Tibetan and Chinese medicine and is increasingly demanded by tourists. The largest plants are picked, and that occurs during their only flowering period.The result is that only smaller, unpicked plants go to seed. Selection caused by human beings is a powerful force
41、, according to some scientists. They studied the plants picked over time and also compared the snow lotuses growing in heavily harvested areas with those found in places where people rarely picked them.They reported in an article that the heavily harvested snow lotuses have been getting shorter over
42、 the last century, while those in areas not picked have remained the same. They found that in the heavily harvested areas, where only the smaller plants got to reproduce, the average height was 5.3 inches. The same plants in rarely harvested areas averaged 9 inches in height. And they noted that ano
43、ther type of snow lotuses which is not often picked, has not been changing.（分数：3.00）(1).What does the word “that“(Line2, Para.3) refer to?（分数：1.00）A.Research done by DarwinB.Seeds of Saussures Laniceps by natual selectionC.The picking of Saussures Laniceps by touristsD.The Saussures Laniceps used in
44、 traditional Chinese medicine(2).What has caused Saussures Laniceps to become smaller?（分数：1.00）A.Poor soil conditions in the HimalayasB.The shortening of flowering periodC.Tourist selections of seeds of the plantsD.Reproduction from seeds of the plants(3).What is this text mainly about?（分数：1.00）A.A
45、research findingB.Choices of touristsC.Darwins discoveryD.Protection of the snow lotusBE/BBFind Something for Your Holidays(U de FRANCE/U JULY2-24UParis, France/U This is the greatest, most famous bicycle race in the world. For over a hundred years, cyclists from around the world have come to the Fr
46、ench countryside to compete (比赛), while the world itself watched. This year, the excitement will be great, as Lance Armstrong goes for a SEVENTY Tour de France win. (Uwww.letour.fr/U)RUNNING Of THE BULLS/FESTIVAL OF SAN FERMIN JULY6-17Pamplona, Spain Every one knows what it is by sight: hundreds of
47、sweaty men and women running down narrow streets before stampeding bulls (狂奔的牛). Its the famous Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, and nearly two weeks of partying with it. (U pamplona, net/U)CELEBRATION OF LIGHT JULY 27-AUGUST 6Vancouver, BC, Canada One of the biggest international showcases of fire
48、works (焰火) takes place every summer over English Bay in Vancouver(although you can see it from a variety of public parks and beaches). This year, teams from three nations will take part, showing off the best fireworks. (Uwww.celebration-of- HILL CARNIVAL AUGUST 28-29London, England Each year over one million people come to this area in west London during the late Au
