1、公共英语二级真题 2012 年 3 月及答案解析(总分：90.00，做题时间：120 分钟)一、第一部分 听 力(总题数：5，分数：5.00)1.What is the woman doing? （分数：1.00）A.Buying a handbag.B.Trying on a piece of clothing.C.Drawing a picture of the countryside.2.What is the possible relationship between the speakers? （分数：1.00）A.Family members.B.Classmates.C.Co-w
2、orkers.3.What is the man angry about? （分数：1.00）A.Telephoning while driving.B.Some women drivers.C.Traffic lights.4.What does the woman mean? （分数：1.00）A.She will choose the man.B.The man was late in asking.C.She may run for the position.5.What does the woman want the man to do? （分数：1.00）A.Set up a mu
3、seum.B.Start doing exercise.C.Stop buying cameras.二、第二节 听下面 5 段对话或独白(总题数：5，分数：15.00)听下面一段对话,回答第 6 和第 7 题。（分数：2.00）(1).How will the mans brother go to South America? （分数：1.00）A.By ship.B.By plane.C.By train.(2).What will the man probably buy for his brother? （分数：1.00）A.A toothbrush.B.A silk tie.C.A c
4、lock.听下面一段对话，回答第 8 至第 10 题。（分数：3.00）(1).Where is Rick working now? （分数：1.00）A.In a travel company.B.In a hotel.C.In a law office(2).How does Rick feel about his trip? （分数：1.00）A.Excited.B.Curious.C.Nervous.(3).When will Rick leave? （分数：1.00）A.In three days.B.In a week.C.In a month.听下面一段对话，回答第 11 至第
5、13 题。（分数：3.00）(1).What do we know about the grandmother? （分数：1.00）A.She lives by herself.B.Shes as healthy as before.C.She often does some cleaning.(2).How long has the grandmother lived in Kentucky? （分数：1.00）A.Since her husband died.B.Since she was married.C.Since her son moved away.(3).What does t
6、he grandmother enjoy about her present life? （分数：1.00）A.Being busy with housework.B.Being with relatives.C.Being with friends.听下面一段对话，回答第 14 至第 17 题。（分数：4.00）(1).What was the woman talking about at beginning of the conversation?（分数：1.00）A.Her story of completing a task.B.Her experience of being lost
7、.C.Her trip abroad.(2).What did the man do in the bar in Germany? （分数：1.00）A.Met his friends.B.Attended a lecture.C.Gave a performance.(3).How did the man find his way back to bar? （分数：1.00）A.By following a man.B.By looking at a map.C.By asking an old woman.(4).What do we know about the man? （分数：1.0
8、0）A.He cannot stand the noise in the bar.B.He doesnt like to wear T-shirts.C.He doesnt speak German.听下面一段独白，回答第 18 至第 20 题。（分数：3.00）(1).Who is the speaker? （分数：1.00）A.A radio announcer.B.A police officer.C.A taxi driver.(2).What makes driving a taxi a hard job in London? （分数：1.00）A.Bad traffic.B.Con
9、fused street names.C.Large pollution in London.(3).What will the speaker probably do if hes stuck on the road? （分数：1.00）A.Have a map ready.B.Be understanding.C.Change directions.三、第二部分 英语知识运用(总题数：15，分数：15.00)6.Ann has gone out. 一 _ What time did She go? （分数：1.00）A.Well, isnt sheB.Yes, she has.C.No,
10、she hasntD.Oh, has she?7.You _ be mad if you think Jake is going to lend you any money. （分数：1.00）A.needB.shouldC.mustD.can8.In 1871, a fire in Chicago destroyed _ 1800 buildings. （分数：1.00）A.as manyB.just asC.the same asD.as many as9.Hello! I _ you were in London. How long have you been here? （分数：1.0
11、0）A.dont knowB.hadnt knownC.didnt knowD.havent known10.I wasnt sure whether I had come to _ right office. There was no name on _ door. （分数：1.00）A.a; /B.the; aC.a; theD.the; the11.Would you like some help with the packing? _. My neighbours offered to help out. But thanks anyway. （分数：1.00）A.All the sa
12、meB.Its all rightC.Take it easyD.Come on12.The crowd wished the newly-married couple well as they left _their honeymoon. （分数：1.00）A.toB.inC.forD.about13.Id never have guessed he was a Wilsonhe doesnt look _ like his brothers. （分数：1.00）A.oneB.thatC.anybodyD.anything14._ the success of our products in
13、 Europe, our next step is to move into the American market. （分数：1.00）A.FollowB.FollowingC.Having followedD.Followed15.The question _ he should accept the offer or not troubled him greatly. （分数：1.00）A.whichB.whetherC.thatD.why16.He _ forward to our camping holiday the whole week, but unfortunately it
14、 rained every day. （分数：1.00）A.had lookedB.is lookingC.had been lookingD.looks17.Johanna is the woman _ Maria is studying the piano. （分数：1.00）A.of whomB.with whomC.by whomD.in whom18.Bella is very kind and beautiful and works hard. _, she is a good girl. （分数：1.00）A.To sum upB.As a resultC.By the wayD
15、.In the end19.Television, which first appeared in the 1920s, really changed the_ people viewed the world. （分数：1.00）A.ideaB.directionC.methodD.way20.Marks first year at college was a time _ with excitement and enjoyment. （分数：1.00）A.having filledB.being filledC.to be filledD.filled四、第二节 完形填空(总题数：1，分数：
16、20.00)Im told that during an international game of chess (国际象棋), many beautiful moves could be made on a chessboard. In a decisive _36_ in which he was evenly matched with a Russian master _37_, Marshall found his queen under serious attack. There were several ways of _38_, and since the queen is th
17、e most _39_ piece, spectators (观众) thought Marshall would naturally move his queen to _40_. Deep in thought, Marshall used all his time to consider the _41_. He picked up his queen, paused, and placed it down on the most _42_square of all 一 a square from which the queen could be _43_ by any one of t
18、hree enemy pieces. Marshall had sacrificed (牺牲) his queenan unthinkable move. Everyone else was _44_. Then the Russian, and the _45_, realized that Marshall had actually made a _46_ move. It was clear that no matter how the _47_ was taken, the Russian would soon be in a _48_ position. Seeing this, t
19、he Russian admitted his defeat. When spectators recovered from the _49_ of Marshalls daring, they showered the chessboard with money. Marshall had achieved _50_in a very unusual and daring fashionhe had _51_by sacrificing the queen. To me, its not _52_that he won. What counts is that Marshall had br
20、oken with standard _53_ to make such a move. He had looked _54_ the usual patterns of play and had been willing to consider an imaginative risk on the basis of his judgment and his judgment alone. No matter how the game _55_, Marshall was the winner. （分数：20.00）A.experienceB.battleC.gameD.chanceA.pla
21、yerB.personC.winnerD.enemyA.supportB.attackC.advanceD.escapeA.suitableB.powerfulC.respectedD.dangerousA.checkB.fightC.safetyD.defeatA.conditionB.changeC.pieceD.actionA.protectedB.undisturbedC.unexpectedD.desertedA.frightenedB.guardedC.discoveredD.caughtA.comfortedB.disappointedC.delightedD.annoyedA.
22、playersB.masterC.crowdD.organizerA.smartB.wrongC.freeD.difficultA.gameB.moneyC.queenD.chessboardA.losingB.favourableC.leadingD.doubtfulA.causeB.blowC.accidentD.shockA.prizeB.victoryC.progressD.attentionA.wonB.madeC.gainedD.earnedA.importantB.excitingC.unforgettableD.unclearA.ideaB.thinkingC.chessD.t
23、rainingA.intoB.furtherC.aheadD.outsideA.cameB.was organizedC.was designedD.ended五、第三部分 阅读理解(总题数：5，分数：20.00)Text 1 I was in my third year of teaching writing at Ralph High School in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Mikey, gave me a note from his mother. It explained his absence (缺席) fro
24、m class the day before: “Dear Mr. McCort, Mikeys grandmother, who is eighty years of age, fell down the stairs from too much coffee and I kept Mikey at home to take care of her and his baby sister so I could go to my job. Please excuse Mikey and hell do his best in the future. P. S. His grandmother
25、is OK.” I had seen Mikey writing the note at his desk. I said nothing. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my students. If I were to deal with them, Id be busy 24 hours a day. The writers of those notes didnt realize that honest excuse notes were usually dull: “Peter was late becaus
26、e the alarm clock didnt go off.” The students always said it was hard putting200 words together on any subject, but. when they produced excuse notes, they were excellent. So I decided to type out a dozen excuse notes and gave them to my classes. I said, “Theyre supposed to be written by parents, but
27、 actually they are not. True, Mikey?” The students looked at me nervously. “Now, this will be the first class to study the art of the excuse note - the first class, ever, to practice writing them.”Everyone smiled as I went on, “Today I, d like you to write An Excuse Note from Adam to God, or An Excu
28、se Note from Eve to God, Heads went down. Pens race dacross paper. For the first time ever I saw students so immersed (专心的) in their writing, they had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends. The next day everyone had excuse notes. Heated discussions followed. But suddenly I saw the headmaster a
29、t the door. He entered the classroom and walked up and down, looking at papers, and then said, “I, d like you to see me in my office.” My heart sank. When I stepped into his office, he came to shake my hand and said, “I just want to tell you that that lesson, that task, whatever the hell you were do
30、ing, was great. Those kids were writing on the college level. Thank you.” （分数：4.00）(1).How did the author know that most parental-excuse notes were written by students themselves? （分数：1.00）A.The excuse notes were written in dull words.B.The notes were more like stories than facts.C.He called their p
31、arents and found out the truth.D.The handwriting obviously looked like childrens.(2).What did the author do with the students found dishonest? （分数：1.00）A.He reported them to the headmaster.B.He lectured them hard on honesty.C.He had them take notes before lunch.D.He helped improve their writing skil
32、ls.(3).We can infer that when Mikey missed the class, he was _. （分数：1.00）A.out enjoying himselfB.taking care of his baby sisterC.looking after his grandmotherD.studying the art of the excuse note(4).What did the headmaster think of the authors way of teaching? （分数：1.00）A.Effective.B.Difficult.C.Misl
33、eading.D.Reasonable.Text 2 Do you remember the Millennium (千禧年) oals? When world leaders celebrated the year 2000 with a serious promise to reduce poverty (贫穷) and hunger, check the spread of AIDS, get boys and girls into school, and improve public health, all by 2015? Well, three years down the roa
34、d, and the UNDPs yearly collection of facts and figures already shows that if we carry on as we are, the only goal likely to be met is that for reducing poverty by a half, and that is entirely due to the success of one country 一 China. It is so vast that the fast-grow-ing economy in China lifts mill
35、ions of people above the poverty line, even though in Africa, Latin America and the former Soviet Union, people have actually been getting poorer. Otherwise, progress is good only in parts. East Asia should meet its goal of reducing hunger by a half by 2015, and Latin America and the Caribbean are n
36、ot far behind, but at the present speed of progress, Africa and South Asia wont get there for another hundred years. The good news is that it can be done 一 there are success stories. Ghanaaneconomic basket case in the eighties and early ninetieshas managed to find away out of its difficulties and it
37、s now comfortably in the middle range of countries, way ahead of the much more naturally wealthy Nigeria. For Congo, Cambodia or Iraq, ruined by war, or every southern African country damaged by AIDS, there is a Mauritius or a South Korea steadily working its way up the league table towards a better
38、 life for its people. （分数：4.00）(1).Which of the millennium goals is likely to be met according to the text? （分数：1.00）A.Improving public health.B.Reducing poverty by a half.C.Sending children to school.D.Stopping the spread of AIDS.(2).Which part of the world can meet the goal of reducing hunger? （分数
39、：1.00）A.The Caribbean.B.Latin America.C.East Asia.D.Africa and South Asia.(3).What economic situation is best expressed as “basket case”(Paragraph 4)? （分数：1.00）A.Very bad.B.Promising.C.Unexpected.D.Naturally developed.(4).Which country is mentioned as an example of successful development in the text
40、? （分数：1.00）A.ContoB.NigeriaC.CambodiaD.MauritiusText 3 Looking to improve your language skills, but you dont have the time to go abroad to attend school? More and more universities around the world are offering opportunities for students to get degrees online (distance education) from the comfort of
41、 their own homes, and many of these colleges and universities are accredited (官方认可的), meaning that they have met certain standards of excellence. If you decide to take language courses online(or any subject for that matter), be sure there are advantages in studying online. Its costs are usually lowe
42、r, and you can study at your own pace (节奏), and you can easily get the materials 24 hours a day from almost any computer in the world. However, you wont get the human interaction (互动) of meeting people face to face, as you would if you were attending school abroad in person. On the other hand, the a
43、dvantages of going abroad may include day-to-day chances to learn a new culture, to meet new friends with whom you can use and practice the language, and to see different parts of the world. However, there may be a number of disadvantages for some students, including high costs, time away from ones
44、school, family, or work life, and difficulty in getting used to a new culture and way of life. Whatever you do, consider a distance education program that meets your educational needs, is what you can afford, and equally important, provides you with chances to grow beyond the classroom through cultu
45、ral and educational activities. （分数：4.00）(1).What is the purpose of the author in writing the text? （分数：1.00）A.To discuss ways of improving language skills.B.To persuade people to go abroad to attend universities.C.To advise readers to meet different people from abroad.D.To introduce online programs
46、 to people unable to go abroad.(2).What is the disadvantage of studying 狂 language online? （分数：1.00）A.You may not be able to keep up with the program.B.You may not meet your teachers in person.C.The computer may break down any time.D.The courses may last much longer.(3).The third paragraph mainly di
47、scusses the good and bad things about （分数：1.00）A.studying abroadB.learning cultureC.classroom learningD.learning online(4).How is the text organized? （分数：1.00）A.TopicComparisonOpinionB.TopicExamplesEffectC.QuestionEffectOpinionD.QuestionCauseEffectText 4 Understanding how nature reacts to climate (气
48、候) change will require checking key life cycle eventsflowering, the appearance of leaves, the first frog calls of the springall around the world. But ecologists (生态学家) cant be everywhere, so theyre turning to non-scientists, sometimes called citizen scientists, for help. A group of scientists and ed
49、ucators set up an organization last year called the National Phenology Network. “Phenology” is what scientists call the study of the timing of events in nature. One of the groups first efforts is to ask scientists and non-scientists to collect information about plant flowering and leafing every year. The program, called Project BudBurst, collects life cycle information on a variety of common plants from across the United States. People taking part
