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1、公共英语二级-120 及答案解析(总分：95.02，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B第一部分 听力理解/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)B第一节/B说明：每段对话后有一个小题，请从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。(每段对话后有 15 秒种的停顿，以便回答问题和阅读下一问题。)（分数：5.00）(1).When can the man see the headmaster?（分数：1.00）A.A. At 9:30. B.B. At 11:45. C.C. At 12:40.(2).Why does the man want to keep the window shut?（分数：1

2、.00）A.A. He is ill. B.B. He wants to open it himself. C.C. The air inside is fresh enough.(3).What is Mike?（分数：1.00）A.A. A teacher. B.B. A student. C.C. A writer.(4).What has made working at home possible?（分数：1.00）A.A. Personal computers. B.B. Communication industry. C.C. Living far from companies.(

3、5).Where is the woman?（分数：1.00）A.A. In a soap factory. B.B. In her house. C.C. At an information desk.二、B第二节/B(总题数：5，分数：15.00)说明：听下面的对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。(听每段对话或独白前，你将有 5 秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒种的作答时间。每段对话或独白渎两遍。)（分数：2.00）(1).Where, does the conversation most pr

4、obably take place?（分数：1.00）A.A. At home. B.B. On a bus. C.C. In the bank.(2).Why do the two speakers want to buy a car? A. They have a lot of money. B. The man lives too far away from his office. C. The womans office is too far away from her home.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.（分数：3.00）(1).Why wont Mr. Stone come t

5、o the clinic tomorrow? A. He cant spare the time. B. The clinic will be closed. D. Dr. Milton wont come to work.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).When is the clinic open in a week?（分数：1.00）A.A. From Monday to Friday. B.B. On weekdays except Thursday. C.C. During the whole week.(3).What time has finally been fixed

6、for Mr. Stone to come?（分数：1.00）A.A. 5:30 p. m., Wednesday. B.B. 6:15 p. m., Wednesday. C.C. 6:15 p. m., Thursday.（分数：3.00）(1).Whats the relationship between the two speakers?（分数：1.00）A.A. Neighbors. B.B. Doctor and patient. C.C. Friends.(2).When did the woman cough most seriously?（分数：1.00）A.A. In th

7、e morning. B.B. In the afternoon. C.C. At night.(3).What did the man do for the woman? A. He examined the woman carefully. B. He gave her some medicine and some advice as well. C. He just told her not to worry too much.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.（分数：3.00）(1).Whats the possible relationship between the two speak

8、ers?（分数：1.00）A.A. Husband and wife. B.B. Friends. C.C. Strangers.(2).Where does the conversation most probably take place?（分数：1.00）A.A. In a restaurant. B.B. At the womans home. C.C. At the mans home.(3).What does the woman ask the man to do?（分数：1.00）A.A. Have some soup. B.B. Have more rice. C.C. Br

9、ing his wife next time.（分数：4.00）(1).What did Nicholas do at eighteen months?（分数：1.00）A.A. He began to learn French. B.B. He read the newspaper. C.C. He took telephone messages.(2).Why was Nicholas bored and unhappy at the two schools? A. He had too much homework. B. He almost couldnt learn anything

10、special. C. His teachers often corrected his spelling.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).Who offered to help Nicholas finally?（分数：1.00）A.A. His classmates. B.B. His parents. C.C. A college.(4).What is Nicholas life like now?（分数：1.00）A.A. Busy without any social life. B.B. Full but boring. C.C. Busy at college and f

11、ree at home.三、B第二部分 英语知识运用/B(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Nancy isnt here. Its my mistake. I forgot all about _ her.（分数：1.00）A.telephoningB.to telephoneC.to telephone toD.the telephone to2.“Would you like some more noodles?“ “No, thanks. I _.“（分数：1.00）A.dont want toB.cant eatC.am not hungryD.am full3.Usually,

12、_ care for childrens _.（分数：1.00）A.woman writers; livesB.women writer; lifeC.women writers; lifeD.women writer; lives4.That was the first time I_ Englands coast（分数：1.00）A.leftB.had leftC.would leaveD.has left5._ they will send us an invitation is not yet known, _ we hope they sill.（分数：1.00）A.If; writ

13、eB.That; soC.When; yetD.Whether; but6.Whenever I met him, _ was fairly frequent, _ I liked his sweet and hopeful smile.（分数：1.00）A.which; 不填B.that; thatC.it; thatD.what; 不填7.Entering the room, I found my father _ at the desk and _ something.（分数：1.00）A.seat; writeB.seated; wroteC.seated; writingD.seat

14、ing; writing8. _ is the engineers husband?The neighbor of your brother in the corner.（分数：1.00）A.WhoB.WhatC.HowD.Which9.Great men never give up _ difficulty.（分数：1.00）A.in a face ofB.in face of theC.in the face ofD.in the face of the10.You may write to me or come to see me. _ way will do.（分数：1.00）A.Al

15、lB.BothC.OneD.Either11._ you are free, why not go skating with us?（分数：1.00）A.BecauseB.SinceC.AsD.For12.There are _ custom tailors and dressmakers in the U.S. than in European countries.（分数：1.00）A.far fewerB.so fewerC.very fewerD.too fewer13.I dont know what illness he suffered from, but I do remembe

16、r he mentioned _ in hospital last year.（分数：1.00）A.to have beenB.to beC.having beenD.being14.That young man has made so much noise that he _ not have been allowed attend the concert.（分数：1.00）A.couldB.mustC.wouldD.should15.A fireman discovered the _ of the fire.（分数：1.00）A.truthB.reasonC.causeD.fact四、B

17、第二节 完型填空/B(总题数：1，分数：20.00)阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。“Cool“ is a word with many meanings. Its traditional meaning is used to U(36) /U a temperature that is fairly cold. As the world has U(37) /U , however, the word has expanded to U(38) /U many different meanings.“Cool“ can be use

18、d to express feelings of U(39) /U in almost anything.When you see a brand-name car in the street, maybe you cant help U(40) /U . “Its cool.“ You might think, “Hes so cool“ when you see your U(41) /U footballer.We all enlarge the meaning of “cool“. You can use it U(42) /U many words such as “new“ or

19、“amazing“. Heres an interesting story we can see U(43) /U illustrate the usage of the word: A teacher asked her students to U(44) /U the waterfall they had visited. On one students paper was just the one U(45) /U , “Its so cool.“ U(46) /U he thought it was U(47) /U to describe U(48) /U he saw and fe

20、lt.U (49) /U the story also proves the shortage of words and expressions. U(50) /U “cool“, some people have no words to express the same meaning. So it is U(51) /U to improve our word strength to maintain some U(52) /U .As a popular word, “cool“ stands for a kind of special U(53) /U that people can

21、accept easily. Excepting “cool“, can you think of many words that U(54) /U your life as colorful? I can. And I think they are also very U(55) /U .（分数：20.00）A.findB.takeC.showD.make sureA.changedB.been developedC.been cleanedD.informedA.turn outB.take onC.take inD.come intoA.satisfactionB.interestC.s

22、enseD.interestingA.to sayB.tellingC.shoutD.sayingA.famousB.out of dateC.favouriteD.modernA.instead ofB.in place ofC.to take place ofD.exchangeA.is used toB.showingC.used toD.explainingA.write forB.copy downC.describeD.say somethingA.phraseB.wordC.storyD.sentenceA.HoweverB.May beC.As far asD.PerhapsA

23、.the just thingB.the very meanC.some methodsD.the best wayA.the meansB.whatC.howD.whereverA.AndB.IfC.SoD.ButA.WithoutB.UsingC.Not being usedD.WithA.importantB.necessaryC.impossibleD.naturalA.trueB.beliefC.richnessD.interestA.habitB.cultureC.languageD.enjoymentA.putB.changeC.betterD.makeA.coolB.easyC

24、.difficultD.important五、B第三部分 阅读理解/B(总题数：5，分数：20.00)阅读下列短文，从媒体所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出最佳选项。BA/BReading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the past. There is another large reservoir (知识库) which may be called experience, and the college student will find that every craftsman (工匠) has somet

25、hing he can teach and will generally teach gladly to any college student who does not look down upon them. The information from them differs from (不同于) that in textbooks and papers chiefly in that its theoretical (理论的) partthe explanations of why things happenis frequently quite fantastic (神奇的). But

26、 the demonstration (示范) and report of what happens, and how it happens are correct even if the reports are in completely unscientific terms (术语). Presently the college student will learn, in this case also, what to accept and what to reject. One important thing for a college student to remember is t

27、hat if Aristotle could talk to the fisherman, so can he. Another source of knowledge is the vast store of traditional (传统的) practices handed down from father to son, or mother to daughter, of old country customs (习惯), of folklore (风俗). All this is very difficult for a college student to examine, for

28、 much knowledge and personal experience is needed here to separate good plants from wild grass. The college student should learn to realize and remember how much of real value science has found in this wide, confused wilderness and how often scientific discoveries of what had existed in this area lo

29、ng age.（分数：5.00）(1).In the last paragraph the phrase “this wide, confused wilderness“ refers to _.（分数：1.00）A.personal experienceB.wild weeds among good plantsC.the information from the parentsD.the vast store of traditional practices(2).Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?（

30、分数：1.00）A.The college students have trouble separating good plants from wild grass.B.Craftsmans experience is usually unscientific.C.The contemptuous (傲慢的) college students will receive nothing from craftsmen.D.Traditional practices are as important as experience for the college student.(3).From thi

31、s passage we can infer that _.（分数：1.00）A.well invite the craftsman to teach in the collegeB.schools and books are not the only way to knowledgeC.scientific discoveries late based on personal experienceD.discoveries and rediscoveries are the most important source of knowledge for a college student(4)

32、.The author advises the college student to _.（分数：1.00）A.be contemptuous to the craftsmanB.be patient in helping the craftsman with scientific termsC.learn the craftsmans experience by judging it carefullyD.gain the craftsmans experience without rejection(5).The main idea of this passage is about _.（

33、分数：1.00）A.what to learn from the parentsB.how to gain knowledgeC.why to learn from craftsmanD.how to deal with experienceBB/BWater, water everywhere. It lasted almost two months, but in August it ended. It left 45 people dead and $10 billion worth of damage in nine states of USA. It was quite a big

34、Mississippi flood ever recorded.In St. Louis, Missouri, 9,000 people were forced to leave their homes while the city was in danger. St. Louis is just downriver from the points where the Missouri and Illinois Rivers flow into the Mississippi. All three rivers were flooding. But the city escaped the w

35、orst when levees (堤) broke upriver. A levee is built of fiver sand and clay (粘土).Eleven miles of flood walls were built in the late 1960s. The walls are 18 inches thick and 5 to 22 feet high. They were designed to protect against a 52-foot flood. In St. Louis, water almost reached the top of flood w

36、ails. It measured 49.4 feet.（分数：3.00）(1).The flood referred to in the passage _.（分数：1.00）A.was the heaviest one in the historyB.happened in Missouri and Illinois statesC.happened in less than twenty percent of the states of USAD.was recorded several times(2).The meaning of the sentence “But the city

37、 escaped the worst“ is that _.（分数：1.00）A.many people escaped from the cityB.the flood attacked the city heavilyC.the flood did not attack the city at allD.the city avoided the worst situation(3).The highest flood referred to in the passage was about _.（分数：1.00）A.18 feet highB.522 feet highC.nearly 5

38、0 feet highD.52 feet highBC/BIn hopes of becoming millionaires, many Filipinos (菲律宾人) began drinking more Pepsi. They hoped to get a bottle cap with the winning number on it. In May 1992, the number was announced: 349. Thousands rushed to get their reward with their bottle caps worth a million pesos

39、 (about US $40,000) each.But Pepsi wouldnt pay. The company said there was a mistake. The numbers on the caps did not include a security code (保险号), so the caps were not really winners. Up to 800,000 bottle caps had the number 349.Pepsi has spent millions of dollars on the problem. The company has p

40、aid 54 million pesos to real winners. It also paid 500 pesos for each No. 349 cap without the security code.（分数：2.00）(1).Which of the following is not true?（分数：1.00）A.All those who got the number of 349 got some money.B.All those who got the number of 349 didnt get the same amount of money.C.None of

41、 those who get the number of 349 wasnt rewarded .D.The company made a mistake so as to sell more pepsi.(2).From the passage we can guess that peso is _.（分数：1.00）A.the name of a personB.a kind of drinkC.the name of a companyD.none of the aboveBD/BIn Cardiff I was put to work in furniture department a

42、t one of the local stores. It was large, fairly out of date, run (经营), like its parent company in London, by a group of relatives. Being only a member of the store for a short time, I was in a very fortunate position. The others, particularly the older members of the store, were naturally asked to p

43、roduce good sales figures. I was more of an observer. If I made a sale, I was pleased, but if I didnt, I would not be blamed. I was really there to observe and learn, and as I had no interest in making a position in the furniture business, I wasnt too diligent (勤奋) about that either.One salesman in

44、late middle age once expressed his insecurity (不安全感) by scolding me of trying to steal one of his customers (雇客). Nothing could have been further from the truth, but he demanded that I go to the stockroom (货仓) with him to settle the matter. He was very small and thin, but to my surprise he started d

45、ancing about among the carpets and closets working his arms wildly and calling on me to “put them up“. I couldnt put anything up-I was too busy rolling on a four-foot six-inch spring mattress (弹簧垫子), helpless with laughter. Finally he saw the joke too, and we went off to the members store for a conc

46、iliatory(和解) cup of tea. Several days later, I finally left the store. Thank God!（分数：5.00）(1).The furniture department was run by _.（分数：1.00）A.the authors parentsB.the authors relativesC.some member of a big familyD.the local government(2).The shop in Cardiff _.（分数：1.00）A.was big and very modemB.was

47、 old but beautifulC.didnt sell furniture onlyD.was famous in London(3).The author was lucky because _.（分数：1.00）A.sales figures were not important for himB.he was younger than the othersC.he produced good sales figuresD.his pay was higher(4).One salesman thought that _.（分数：1.00）A.the author was more

48、of an observer than a real member of the storeB.what the author had said was far from the trothC.the author tried to get a person to buy the furniture dishonestlyD.the writer destroyed a four-foot six-inch spring mattress(5).Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?（分数：1.00）A.The author only stayed in the shop for a short time because he was not interested in business.B.The author felt light-hearted when he left the shop.C.The autho