1、公共英语二级真题 2015 年 3 月及答案解析(总分：90.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B第一部分 听力理解/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、B第一节/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).What can we conclude from the womans reply? A. She thinks John is joking. B. She is sure John is selling his shop. C. She thinks John likes business.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).What does the man mean
2、? A. The new teacher is sick. B. He hasnt met the teacher yet. C. He didnt like the teacher.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).What time is it now? A. 7:55. B. 7:05. C. 8:05（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(4).What does the woman mean? A. She thinks they shouldnt go to French restaurants. B. Shes recommending a good place to go for
3、dinner. C. She is inviting them to dinner.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(5).Which of the following can we know from the dialogue? A. The woman is going to have a trip this summer vacation. B. The woman is going to stay at home this summer vacation. C. The woman hasnt decided how to spend the summer vacation.（分数：1.
4、00）A.B.C.三、B第二节/B(总题数：5，分数：15.00)（分数：2.00）(1).What was the weather like yesterday according to the two speakers? A. Colder than today. B. Warmer than today. C. Fine.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).How did the man feel about the weather at the end of conversation? A. Afraid. B. Sad. C. Relieved.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.（分数
5、：2.00）(1).What does Mr. Smith tell his secretary? A. Hell phone the caller at 4 oclock. B. Hes out of the office. C. Hell be on the phone at once.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).Where does Edgar Davis call from? A. Britain. B. Brazil. C. Boston.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.（分数：3.00）(1).What was Mary doing at the beginning of
6、the dialogue? A. Going home. B. Waiting for a bus. C. Waiting for someone.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).Where was Mary going? A. Home. B. To the bus stop. C. To the park.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).Why did Bill feel surprised when he first heard Mary was going for a walk? A. Because it was a cold day. B. Because she wa
7、s going alone. C. Because she had not told him about this before.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.（分数：4.00）(1).Where has Ann been? A. To her brothers. B. To Beijing. C. To her uncles.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).How far is it from Anns home to her uncles? A. About eight thousand miles away. B. About eight hundred kilometers aw
8、ay. C. About eight hundred miles away.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).Who went there with Ann? A. Her friend. B. Her father. C. Herself.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(4).How did she go to her uncles? A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By train.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.（分数：4.00）(1).When is Marys birthday? A. August 15th. B. August 16th. C. August
9、 12th.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).What time will the party begin? A. At 2:00 p.m. B. At 2:20 p.m. C. At 1:40 p.m.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).Will Jean come to the party? A. No, she wont, because shell meet her sister at the station. B. Yes, she will, but shell be late for the party. C. Not sure. Perhaps she wont be a
10、ble to come.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(4).Where will Jeans sister come from? A. The station. B. The party. C. Shanghai.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.四、B第二部分 英语知识运用/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、B第一节 单项填空/B(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.We hurried to _ station, hoping to catch _ 8:15 train to New York. A. /; an B. the; / C. a; an D. the; the（分数：1.00
11、）A.B.C.D.2.The hospital agreed to give care free of charge to _ with low incomes. A. those B. them C. these D. ones（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.Its about time we got the kitchen _. A. repaint B. repainted C. repainting D. to repaint（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.Has Tom finished his experiment today?No idea. He _ it this
12、 morning. A. is doing B. was doing C. had done D. has done（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.I _ admit the plan is a limited one and is not as successful as we thought. A. can B. may C. need D. must（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.Morn was busy cooking in the kitchen _ Dad was watching TV comfortably. A. while B. so C. since D.
13、though（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.I dont need any help, Polly, but it was nice of you to _. A. demand B. promise C. offer D. present（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.If they wanted to go out, they could always _ me to stay with the baby. A. believe in B. count on C. name after D. hear from（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.She prepared _
14、good meals for the family that no one ever thought of going out to eat. A. so B. such C. even D. ever（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.Sometimes he would make himself _ in the kitchen by cleaning and tidying. A. beautiful B. wonderful C. useful D. careful（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.11.I phoned him twice and _ messages, but
15、he never returned my call. A. kept B. dropped C. received D. left（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.Please keep me fully informed _ any progress in the plan. A. for B. with C. on D. of（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.All mobile phones must be turned off from when the aircraft doors are closed _ the doors open again on arrival.
16、 A. until B. unless C. before D. when（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.Shall we eat Italian food tonight?_. A. Yes, thats all right B. Never mind C. Yes, good idea D. Youre welcome（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15.The furniture _ on Friday, so until then well have to sit on the floor. A. is being delivered B. was delivered C.
17、has been delivered D. had been delivered（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.六、B第二节 完型填空/B(总题数：1，分数：20.00)The first day my new teacher stood in front of the class, I burst into laughter. Ron Clark was from North Carolina and he talked with a U U 1 /U /USouthern accent (口音). I thought he was a complete U U 2 /U /U.It wa
18、s 2005 U U 3 /U /UI was in the fifth grade. I figured Id spend most of the year in the headmasters office. Id always been a U U 4 /U /U. Id get shouted at, and then U U 5 /U /Uwould give up on me. I thought Ron Clark would just be one of them.I was U U 6 /U /U. That first week, I kept U U 7 /U /Uhim
19、. He pulled me out to the hallway and said Id better U U 8 /U /Umy behavior (行为). “Tom,“ he said, “youre a U U 9 /U /Uboy. You can do better.“He told me I was a natural leader and U U 10 /U /UId go far in life if I started working hard. I was U U 11 /U /Uat that moment, and then something happened:
20、I began to U U 12 /U /Uhim. He had a most unusual way of U U 13 /U /U. To help us learn the states and capitals, he changed the U U 14 /U /Uof a popular song and had us U U 15 /U /Uwith him. When we read the Harry Potter books, he made our U U 16 /U /Ulook like Hogwarts.Before coming to our U U 17 /
21、U /U, he taught in his hometown. His parents were DJs at dance clubs, so he U U 18 /U /Uwith music and energy. He had seen a TV show about our U U 19 /U /Uschools and the lack of qualified teachers. He U U 20 /U /Ua challenge. Boy, did he get one.（分数：20.00）(1). A. polite B. pleasant C. funny D. weak
22、（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. joke B. story C. mistake D. actor（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. for B. and C. but D. since（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. winner B. fool C. troublemaker D. monitor（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A. my friends B. the teachers C. the students D. my parents（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6). A. wrong B. satisfied
23、C. clever D. excited（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7). A. standing by B. listening to C. laughing at D. looking for（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8). A. explain B. keep C. study D. improve（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9). A. serious B. happy C. busy D. smart（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10). A. that B. which C. where D. what（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11). A
24、. mad B. happy C. sorry D. surprised（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12). A. watch B. respect C. forgive D. protect（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13). A. teaching B. living C. learning D. speaking（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14). A. music B. words C. name D. length（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15). A. celebrate B. read C. sing D. argue（分数：1.00）A.B.C
25、.D.(16). A. playground B. classroom C. dining hall D. bedroom（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17). A. school B. club C. office D. library（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18). A. went away B. put up C. caught up D. grew up（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19). A. beautiful B. independent C. troubled D. crowded（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20). A. made B. ac
26、cepted C. presented D. wanted（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.七、B第三部分 阅读理解/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、BText 1/B(总题数：1，分数：3.00)William Kunz is a computer genius (天才). When he was just 11, Kunz started writing software ware programs, and by 14 he had worked out his own computer game. As a high school first-year student in Hou
27、ston, Texas, he won first prize in a science fair for a program he wrote. In his third year, he took top prize in an international science and engineering fair for designing a program to analyze and sort DNA patterns.Kunz went to attend Carnegie Mellon, one of the nations highest-ranked universities
28、 in computer science. After college he got a job with Oracle in Silicon Valley, writing software used by companies around the world.Three years later, Kunz is in his first year at Harvard Business School. He left software engineering partly because he earned much less than his friends who were going
29、 into law or business. He also worried about job security (保障), especially as more companies move their programming outside the country to lower costs.（分数：3.00）(1).What does the first paragraph mainly tell us? A. Kunz won several top prizes. B. Kunz liked taking part in fairs. C. Kunz designed sever
30、al programs. D. Kunz had a gift for programming.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What did Kunz study in Carnegie Mellon? A. Business. B. Engineering. C. International law. D. Computer science.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why did Kunz decide to go to Harvard Business School? A. To get a secured and better paid job. B. T
31、o improve his working conditions. C. To start a business with his friends. D. To go outside the country to work.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、BText 2/B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Can you imagine life without French fries (炸薯条)? Potatoes are very popular today. But in the past this was not true. Potatoes grew in South Ameri
32、ca five thousand years ago. But they only became popular in other places two hundred years ago.In the 1500s, the Spanish took the potato from South America to Europe. But the people in Europe did not like this strange vegetable. Some people thought that if you ate potatoes your skin would look like
33、the skin of a potato. Other people could not believe that you ate the underground part of the plant. So they ate the leaves instead. This made them sick because there is poison (毒性) in the leaves.In the 1800s, people in other parts of the world started to eat potatoes. In Ireland, potatoes became th
34、e main food. Then, in 1845, a disease killed all the potatoes in Ireland. Two million people died of hunger.Today, each country has its own potato dish. The German people eat potato salad, and the United States has the baked potato. And, of course, the French invented French fries, which are now pop
35、ular all over the world.（分数：4.00）(1).When did potatoes get well-known outside South America? A. About 200 years ago. B. About 300 years ago. C. About 400 years ago. D. About 500 years ago.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why did some Europeans refuse to eat potatoes at first? A. They did not trust the Spanish p
36、eople then. B. They were afraid of the poison in potatoes. C. They were afraid it would cause skin problem. D. They had never eaten food from abroad before.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why did two million people died in Ireland in 18457 A. They had nothing to eat. B. They ate the bad potatoes. C. They ate t
37、he potato leaves. D. They got a terrible disease.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What do we know from the last paragraph? A. Baked potatoes are popular now. B. People cook potatoes differently. C. Potatoes are expensive nowadays. D. The French eat potato dishes most.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十、BText 3/B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)T
38、here are a growing number of pet owners who feed pets on raw, which means, “uncooked“ meat and bones. William Burk, a pet food specialist from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), believes that feeding raw meat to pets is against its goal of protecting the public from health dangers; besides, raw
39、 meat and bones do not have all the required nutrition (营养) that a pet needs every day.Recognizing how popular these foods are, the FDA has provided guidelines for producers of pet foods that contain uncooked meat for dogs, cats, and other pets. The guidelines give rules to protect pet owners and pe
40、ts from dangers about food safety and lack of nutrition.Pet owners who feed raw meat and bones should deal with these products very carefully to protect themselves against possible dangers, says Burk. Just as when preparing foods for humans, use hot water and soap to wash hands, containers, and surf
41、aces that come into contact (接触) with the food. Dont put your hands near your mouth until youve washed them, and dont allow your pet to touch your face right after it has eaten meat.If owners choose to feed bones to their pets, they should watch their pet carefully when it is eating bones. Burk also
42、 says, “If the pet eats a big piece of bone that wont pass through the digestive system (消化系统), it could kill the pet.“（分数：4.00）(1).What does William Burk think of feeding pets on raw? A. Itll make the pet owners sick. B. Itll cause the death of other pets. C. Its against the policy of the FDA. D. I
43、ts dangerous and lack of nutrition.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why did the FDA provide guidelines for producers of pet foods with raw meat? A. The quality of pet foods has dropped. B. Most pets have been lack of nutrition. C. Pet safety has become a serious problem. D. Feeding pets on raw has become popula
44、r.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Those who feed pets on raw should do all the necessary cleaning when A. preparing raw meat for pets B. preparing foods for humans C. touching the food containers D. bringing your pets for a walk（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What advice is given to pet owners in the last paragraph? A. P
45、ets should be kept away from raw meat. B. Pets should be watched when eating bones. C. Pets should be fed with small pieces of bone. D. Pets should be checked on the digestive system.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十一、BText 4/B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)There are some objects in the sky that move so quickly that sometimes you
46、 only see them out of the corner of your eye. These are some of the huge number of bits of rock and dust that are floating around in space, called meteoroids. Normally, we cannot see them at all, but if they travel too close to the Earth, they get caught by the pull of the Earth, and begin to fall towards us. They fall faster and faster, until they hit our atmosphere (大气层), by which time they are going so fast that they begin to burn up, and all that you see is a flash of light that moves very q
