1、公共英语二级阅读理解-3 及答案解析(总分：20.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B阅读理解模拟试题/B(总题数：5，分数：20.00)B(A)/BWhat are some of the steps a person can take to prevent his house from being broken into while he is away.? One step is to make sure that the house seems a lived-in one. Living room curtains should be pulled down only half-way
2、. Bedrooms that usually have the curtains pulled down at night should be left down. Another is to make sure that all outside locks are the dead-boh type (双保险). Still another is to leave several IOOW lights burning and make sure that one is in the kitchen.Lights that turned on and off by themselves a
3、re the best. Then, too, it is a good idea to leave the radio turned on and set to a talking station. Any type of speaking makes a thief think twice before trying to enter. Finally, while away on holiday, make sure that nothing collects in front or in the house. Particularly, make certain that the ne
4、wspaper is stopped and that a trusted neighbour has been asked to pick up the mail. Thieves are especially quick to notice piled-up newspapers and overpiled mail boxes.（分数：4.00）(1).Why did the writer begin this piece with question?（分数：1.00）A.Because he wanted to catch the readers attention.B.Because
5、 he wanted to have the readers guess the answer before reading.C.Because he wanted to sum up (概括) the topic of the piece.D.Because he wanted to make the readers understand him better.(2).The word “live-in“ in this passage means “_“（分数：1.00）A.left emptyB.lively and cheerfulC.now being used by peopleD
6、.laid inside(3).What does the writer advise the people to do?（分数：1.00）A.Ask a neighbour to pick up the daily mail.B.Make sure to have lights that turn on and off by themselves.C.Make sure the newspaper is handed over every day.D.Pull the living room curtains down.(4).The most important room to leave
7、 a light burning in is the_.（分数：1.00）A.bedroomB.kitchenC.living roomD.sitting-roomB(B)/BMr Richards has worked in a small seaside town for about ten years and he and his wife have a comfortable house near the sea. During the winter they would be quite happy, but every summer a lot of their relatives
8、 used to spend holiday in their house, and it was much cheaper than staying in hotel. Finally one day in June Mr Richards complained to a clever friend of his who lived in the same place. “One of my wifes cousins is going to bring her husband and children and spend ten days with us next month again.
9、 How have you prevented all your relatives from coming to live with you in summer?“ “Oh,“ the friend answered, “that is not difficult. I just borrow money from all the rich ones, and lend it to all the poor ones. After that, they seldom come again.“ Hearing this Mr Richards smiled.（分数：4.00）(1).The r
10、elatives preferred to stay in Mr Richardss house because（分数：1.00）A.it was cool in summerB.they might spend less moneyC.they were more welcomeD.it was a comfortable place(2).According to his friends opinion, the poor relatives would stop going there so often because_.（分数：1.00）A.they were shy to borro
11、w money againB.they were afraid to be asked to pay off the debtsC.they had been ill-treatedD.it wasnt happy for the poor to meet the rich(3).The best title for this passage is_.（分数：1.00）A.Such a Clever FriendB.Mr Richards and His FriendC.Money Is ImportantD.Such Good Usage of Money(4).After reading
12、the passage we can infer_.（分数：1.00）A.Mr Richards still complains about the coming of his relatives in summerB.The friend of Mr Richards hadnt as many relatives as RichardsC.Gradually Mr Richards succeeded in keeping his relatives out in summerD.None of Richards relatives came to the seaside town for
13、 their holidays againB(C)/BI wonder why American towns look so much alike that I sometimes mix them up in my memory. The standard influence (影响) of mass production whose agents (代理商) are the travelling salesman, the mail-order house, the five-and-ten-cent stores, the chain stores, the movies can har
14、dly explain it. If you stay two days in Bologna and in Ferrare, or in Aries and in Avignon, you will never mix them up in all your life. But it may well happen that after you spend two days in St. Louis and in Kansas City the appearances of these two cities soon mix up. I think the reason for this i
15、s that these towns have not yet had time enough to develop their own characters. Similarly, children are much less different from each other than grown people.（分数：3.00）(1).Which two of the following towns look so much alike7（分数：1.00）A.Bologna and Ferrare.B.Aries and Avignon.C.St. Louis and Kansas Ci
16、ty.D.Bologna and St. Louis.(2).In Line 4 the word “it“ refers to（分数：1.00）A.standard of townsB.similarity of townsC.peoples memoryD.mass production(3).American towns look very much alike because of（分数：1.00）A.the standard influence of mass productionB.their different appearancesC.not being fully devel
17、opedD.having everything in commonB(D)/BMillions of stars are travelling about in space. A few form groups which journey together, but most of them travel alone. And they travel through a universe so large that one star seldom comes near to another. For the most part each star makes its journey in co
18、mplete loneliness, like a ship on an empty ocean. The ship will be well over a million miles from its nearest neighbor. From this it is easy to understand why a star seldom finds another anywhere near it.We believe, however, that some two thousand million years ago, another star wandering (漫游) throu
19、gh space, happened to come near our sun. Just as the sun and the moon raise tides (潮汐) on the earth, so this star must have raised tides on the surface of the sun. But they were very. different from the small tides that are raised in our oceans; a large tidal wave must have travelled over the surfac
20、e of the sun, at last forming a mountain so high that we cannot imagine it. As the cause of the disturbance (动荡) came nearer, so the mountain rose higher and higher. And before the star began to move away again, its tidal pull had become so powerful that this mountain was tom to pieces and threw off
21、 small parts of itself into space. These small pieces have been going round the sun ever since. They are the planets (行星).（分数：5.00）(1).Millions of stars are_.（分数：1.00）A.following a regular path in spaceB.moving about without a fixed courseC.seldom wandering about in the universeD.always travelling t
22、ogether(2).Some two thousand million years ago, the mountain on the sun was raised probably because_.（分数：1.00）A.a large tidal wave of a star travelled over the surface of the sunB.another star happened to come near the sunC.the sun and the moon raised the tides on the earthD.the star moved away from
23、 the sun(3).The article suggests that_.（分数：1.00）A.our earth exists before the sunB.how space is formedC.no one knows where the earth comes fromD.our earth used to be a high mountain on the sun(4).The expression “the cause of the disturbance“ refers to_.（分数：1.00）A.the large tidal waveB.the powerful t
24、idal pullC.the star coming near the sunD.one of the suns planets(5).In this article, the writer mainly wants to tell the readers_.（分数：1.00）A.that the universe is so large that we cannot imagine itB.how the high mountains were formed on the sunC.why the tides over the surface of the sun were so power
25、fulD.where the planets in the universe came fromB(E)/BContacts (交往) between Japan and the rest of the world have grown a great deal in the twentieth century. In the last thirty years, business contacts between Japan and the West have become very important. Many foreign companies now have offices in
26、Japan and Japanese businessmen do business around the world.Differences between Japanese and Western ways of doing business, however, often bewilder the foreign businessman and make doing business in Japan difficult for foreigners.The American businessman, for example, wants to start talking busines
27、s immediately. He wants quick decisions. He does not wait. The Japanese, on the other hand, likes to arrive at decisions gradually after giving them a great deal of thought.Another thing foreign businessmen have difficulty in understanding is when a Japanese means “Yes“ or “No“. This is because of c
28、ultural difference for a Japanese to say “No“ directly.In English, it is easy to say “No“ to something we do not want to do. But in Japan it is very difficult to say “No“. To refuse an invitation or a request with “No“, or a similar phrase, is felt to be impolite. It is thought to be selfish (自私) an
29、d unfriendly. So instead of saying “No“ directly, the Japanese have developed many ways to avoid saying “No“. These enable them to avoid hurting other peoples feeling. However, this often makes communication with the Japanese difficult for foreigners to understand and follow.（分数：4.00）(1).Paragraph O
30、ne tells us that_.（分数：1.00）A.it is not always easy for foreigners to do business in JapanB.Japan is a very important country for businessmenC.business contacts between Japan and the West are importantD.Japanese businessmen do business all around the world(2).The word “bewilder“ in Paragraph 2 probab
31、ly means “_“（分数：1.00）A.tireB.interestC.puzzleD.surprise(3).From the passage we can know that_.（分数：1.00）A.American businessmen do things more quickly than Japanese onesB.American businessmen like to say “Yes“ and “No“C.Americans usually say what they are thinkingD.Americans do not express themselves
32、clearly(4).The passage tells us that_.（分数：1.00）A.Japanese businessmen are good at businessB.foreign businessmen should first try to understand JapaneseC.foreign businessmen must be more politeD.if you want to succeed you must learn from Japan公共英语二级阅读理解-3 答案解析(总分：20.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B阅读理解模拟试题/B(总题数：5，
33、分数：20.00)B(A)/BWhat are some of the steps a person can take to prevent his house from being broken into while he is away.? One step is to make sure that the house seems a lived-in one. Living room curtains should be pulled down only half-way. Bedrooms that usually have the curtains pulled down at ni
34、ght should be left down. Another is to make sure that all outside locks are the dead-boh type (双保险). Still another is to leave several IOOW lights burning and make sure that one is in the kitchen.Lights that turned on and off by themselves are the best. Then, too, it is a good idea to leave the radi
35、o turned on and set to a talking station. Any type of speaking makes a thief think twice before trying to enter. Finally, while away on holiday, make sure that nothing collects in front or in the house. Particularly, make certain that the newspaper is stopped and that a trusted neighbour has been as
36、ked to pick up the mail. Thieves are especially quick to notice piled-up newspapers and overpiled mail boxes.（分数：4.00）(1).Why did the writer begin this piece with question?（分数：1.00）A.Because he wanted to catch the readers attention. B.Because he wanted to have the readers guess the answer before rea
37、ding.C.Because he wanted to sum up (概括) the topic of the piece.D.Because he wanted to make the readers understand him better.解析：(2).The word “live-in“ in this passage means “_“（分数：1.00）A.left emptyB.lively and cheerfulC.now being used by people D.laid inside解析：(3).What does the writer advise the peo
38、ple to do?（分数：1.00）A.Ask a neighbour to pick up the daily mail. B.Make sure to have lights that turn on and off by themselves.C.Make sure the newspaper is handed over every day.D.Pull the living room curtains down.解析：(4).The most important room to leave a light burning in is the_.（分数：1.00）A.bedroomB
39、.kitchen C.living roomD.sitting-room解析：B(B)/BMr Richards has worked in a small seaside town for about ten years and he and his wife have a comfortable house near the sea. During the winter they would be quite happy, but every summer a lot of their relatives used to spend holiday in their house, and
40、it was much cheaper than staying in hotel. Finally one day in June Mr Richards complained to a clever friend of his who lived in the same place. “One of my wifes cousins is going to bring her husband and children and spend ten days with us next month again. How have you prevented all your relatives
41、from coming to live with you in summer?“ “Oh,“ the friend answered, “that is not difficult. I just borrow money from all the rich ones, and lend it to all the poor ones. After that, they seldom come again.“ Hearing this Mr Richards smiled.（分数：4.00）(1).The relatives preferred to stay in Mr Richardss
42、house because（分数：1.00）A.it was cool in summerB.they might spend less money C.they were more welcomeD.it was a comfortable place解析：(2).According to his friends opinion, the poor relatives would stop going there so often because_.（分数：1.00）A.they were shy to borrow money againB.they were afraid to be a
43、sked to pay off the debts C.they had been ill-treatedD.it wasnt happy for the poor to meet the rich解析：(3).The best title for this passage is_.（分数：1.00）A.Such a Clever FriendB.Mr Richards and His FriendC.Money Is ImportantD.Such Good Usage of Money 解析：(4).After reading the passage we can infer_.（分数：1
44、.00）A.Mr Richards still complains about the coming of his relatives in summerB.The friend of Mr Richards hadnt as many relatives as RichardsC.Gradually Mr Richards succeeded in keeping his relatives out in summer D.None of Richards relatives came to the seaside town for their holidays again解析：B(C)/B
45、I wonder why American towns look so much alike that I sometimes mix them up in my memory. The standard influence (影响) of mass production whose agents (代理商) are the travelling salesman, the mail-order house, the five-and-ten-cent stores, the chain stores, the movies can hardly explain it. If you stay
46、 two days in Bologna and in Ferrare, or in Aries and in Avignon, you will never mix them up in all your life. But it may well happen that after you spend two days in St. Louis and in Kansas City the appearances of these two cities soon mix up. I think the reason for this is that these towns have not
47、 yet had time enough to develop their own characters. Similarly, children are much less different from each other than grown people.（分数：3.00）(1).Which two of the following towns look so much alike7（分数：1.00）A.Bologna and Ferrare.B.Aries and Avignon.C.St. Louis and Kansas City. D.Bologna and St. Louis
48、.解析：(2).In Line 4 the word “it“ refers to（分数：1.00）A.standard of townsB.similarity of towns C.peoples memoryD.mass production解析：(3).American towns look very much alike because of（分数：1.00）A.the standard influence of mass productionB.their different appearancesC.not being fully developed D.having every
49、thing in common解析：B(D)/BMillions of stars are travelling about in space. A few form groups which journey together, but most of them travel alone. And they travel through a universe so large that one star seldom comes near to another. For the most part each star makes its journey in complete loneliness, like a ship on an empty ocean. The ship will be well over a million miles from its
