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1、公共英语二级-139 及答案解析(总分：93.02，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听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，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。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读一遍。（分数：5.00）(1).How much are the oranges? A 6 cents a pound B 16 cents a pound C 60 cents a pound（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).What would the bo

2、y like to do? A He is going out to work B He wants to go for a walk C He would like to find a job（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).Whats the correct time?（分数：1.00）A.A 10:33 B.B 10:27 C.C 10:30(4).Whats the relationship between the two people?（分数：1.00）A.A Friends B.B Strangers C.C Classmates(5).Where does the conve

3、rsation take place?（分数：1.00）A.A A clothes shop B.B A bookstore C.C A shoe shop二、B第二节/B(总题数：5，分数：13.00)听下面每段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有一到几个小题，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，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。（分数：2.00）(1).What has the woman just been offered?（分数：1.00）A.A A drink. B.B

4、 A meal. C.C Afternoon tea.(2).What has the man been invited to attend by the woman?（分数：1.00）A.A An evening party. B.B A meal in return. C.C A tea party.（分数：2.00）(1).Whats the relationship between the man and the woman?（分数：1.00）A.A Boss and secretary. B.B Father and daughter. C.C Customer and assist

5、ant.(2).How many personal computers does the man want to order?（分数：1.00）A.A 13. B.B 20. C.C 30.（分数：3.00）(1).Where is the man?（分数：0.60）A.A At a bank. B.B At home. C.C At a shop.(2).How much does the man want?（分数：0.60）A.A 500 pounds. B.B 400 pounds. C.C 600 pounds.(3).What would he like his money in?（

6、分数：0.60）A.A Six one-hundred-pound notes. B.B Sixty ten-hundred-pound notes. C.C Sixteen one-hundred-pound notes._（分数：3.00）(1).Where is the man going to? He is going to_.（分数：1.00）A.A New York B.B Washington D.C C.C New England(2).It is the _ time for the woman to go to Washington D.C（分数：1.00）A.A seco

7、nd B.B first C.C third(3).The man advised the woman to_.（分数：1.00）A.A take a tour mobile B.B take a taxi C.C take a bus（分数：3.00）(1).The person who came out of the house a little later_.（分数：1.00）A.A was not nervous at all B.B was as nervous as the others C.C was slow to put on his clothes(2).I did not

8、 lose my head at all. It means_. A no one killed me, I was still alive B there was nothing wrong with my brain C my brain worked still well（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).“He didnt put on his trousers“ showed“_“.（分数：1.00）A.A He was not calm at all B.B He wasnt nervous C.C He forgot to put on his trousers三、B第二部分

9、英语知识运用/B(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.In the West, people make_a rule to send Christmas present to their relatives and friends.（分数：1.00）A.thisB.thatC.itD.the following2.As it turned out to be a problem of no importance, we_so much time look- ing into it.（分数：1.00）A.neednt spendB.didnt have to spendC.oughtnt to

10、spendD.neednt have spent3.Dear me! Ive been in America for a month. _you are settled, why dont you take up some serious study?（分数：1.00）A.IfB.Now thatC.WhenD.Even if4.It was_great shock to the world that two airplanes crashed into_ World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001.（分数：1.00）A.a; /B

11、.the; theC.a; theD./; the5.If Tim keeps working hard like this, hell_sooner or later.（分数：1.00）A.break downB.give upC.get downD.hold on6.Can I help you? Id like to buy a present for my fathers birthday,_at a proper price, but of great use.（分数：1.00）A.thatB.oneC.anyoneD.everything7._salary up by 25%, t

12、he doctors and nurses in this hospital were both very happy.（分数：1.00）A.AsB.ForC.WithD.Through8.Radio Star,_by the English Department, is very popular with the students.（分数：1.00）A.builtB.foundedC.keptD.found9.Why didnt you make me a telephone call yesterday? I_about it.（分数：1.00）A.should be toldB.ough

13、t to have been toldC.should have toldD.ought to be told10.He is_a brave man. We cant admire his courage（分数：1.00）A.actually; very muchB.indeed; too a lotC.really; too muchD.truly; a bit11.Several leaves were found_when the book_me.（分数：1.00）A.missing; returnedB.lost; was returnedC.gone; was returned t

14、oD.disappeared; was returned to12.A heavy snow_a good harvest year.（分数：1.00）A.meansB.showsC.promisesD.permits13.He said that books on_popular science are in_short supply.（分数：1.00）A.the; aB./; /C./; theD.the; the14.When can I come for the photos? I need them this afternoon. They should be ready by 12

15、 oclock. You can_us, sir.（分数：1.00）A.wait onB.watch onC.depend onD.call on15.Wilma became the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track, _made her mother very proud.（分数：1.00）A.itB.thatC.whichD.this四、B第二节 完型填空/B(总题数：1，分数：20.00)阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。BPluggin

16、g into Electronic Databases/BIf you are lookingU (36) /Uinformation, library shelves are a good placeU (37) /U. But if you need up-to-the-minute data or have specialized needs, you mayU (38) /Ua computerized database more useful,U (39) /Uexpensive, and less time consuming. A database, a file ofU (40

17、) /Uon one subject or family of subjects, can beU (41) /Uand maintained in a computers memory. The speed of the computer then enables youU (42) /Uany item in this file almost instantly.The three main types of databases are statistics, bibliographies, and full text. Statistical databases store vastU

18、(43) /Uof numerical data, such as wages and price indexes, census information, foreign exchange rates, and bond prices. Bibliographic databases store references to andU (44) /Uof articlesU (45) /Uperiodicals and newspapers. Full-text databases offer the complete texts of such materialsU (46) /Unewsp

19、aper, magazine and journal articles.U (47) /Udatabases exist today, and their numbers areU (48) /UMany companies have theirU (49) /Udatabase,U (50) /Uis accessibleU (51) /Uemployees through computer terminals or microcomputers.U (52) /Uaddition, several hundred commercial data bases are now availabl

20、eU (53) /Uthe public,U (54) /Uliterally millions of information readily retrievable. These databases cover specific fields, such as law and financialU (55) /U, or general information, such as sports and weather data.（分数：20.00）A.atB.onC.forD.inA.to startB.startedC.startingD.startA.to findB.findC.foun

21、dD.findingA.littleB.lestC.lessD.moreA.informationsB.informC.informingD.informationA.storingB.to storeC.storedD.storeA.recallB.to recallC.recallingD.recalledA.numbersB.amountsC.numberD.amountA.summariesB.summaryC.extractD.extractsA.onB.aboutC.inD.atA.forB.byC.inD.asA.ThousandB.ThousandsC.Thousand ofD

22、.Thousands ofA.grownB.growC.to growD.growingA.in houseB.out houseC.in-houseD.out-houseA.thatB.whereC.whichD.whenA.onB.atC.inD.toA.OnB.InC.ToD.AtA.forB.toC.inD.onA.onB.atC.byD.withA.forecastingB.forecastC.to forecastD.forecasted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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出最佳选项。BA/BPeopl

23、e living on parts of the south coast of England face a serious problem. In 1993, the owners of a large hotel and of several houses discovered, to their horror, that their gardens had disappeared overnight. The sea had eaten into the soft limestone cliffs on which they had been built. While experts w

24、ere studying the problem, the hotel and several houses disappeared altogether, sliding down the cliff and into the sea.Erosion (侵蚀) of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has always been a problem but it has become more serious in recent years. Dozens of homes have had to be abandoned

25、as the sea has crept farther and farther inland. Experts have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecasting the year in which their homes will be swallowed up by the hungry sea.Angry owners have called on the government to erect sea defenses to protect their h

26、omes. Government surveyors have pointed out that in most cases, this is impossible. New sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go further along the coast, shifting the problem from one area to another. The danger is likely to continue, they s

27、ay, until the waves reach an inland area of hard rock which will not be eaten as limestone is. Meanwhile, if you want to buy a cheap house with an uncertain future, apply to a house agent in one of the threatened areas on the south coast of England. You can get a house for a knockdown price but it m

28、ay turn out to be a knockdown home.（分数：5.00）(1).What is the cause of the problem that people living on parts of the south coast of England face?（分数：1.00）A.The disappearance of hotels, houses and gardens.B.The experts lack of knowledge.C.The rising of the sea level.D.The washing-away of limestone cli

29、ffs.(2).The erosion of the white cliffs in the south of England（分数：1.00）A.will soon become a problem for people living in central EnglandB.has now become a threat to the local residentsC.is quickly changing the map of EnglandD.can be stopped if proper measures are taken(3).The expertsstudy on the pr

30、oblem of erosion can（分数：1.00）A.lead to its eventual solutionB.provide an effective way to slow it downC.help to prevent it from worseningD.warn people whose homes are in danger(4).It is not feasible to build sea defenses to protect against erosion because（分数：1.00）A.it is too costly and will endanger

31、 neighboring areasB.the government is too slow in taking actionC.they will be easily knocked down by waves and currentsD.house agents along the coast do not support the idea(5).According to the author, when buying a house along the south coast of England, people should（分数：1.00）A.be aware of the pote

32、ntial danger involvedB.guard against being cheated by the house agentC.take the quality of the house into considerationD.examine the house carefully before making a decisionBB/BIn the United States, boys and girls start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school unt

33、il they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen years old when they graduate from secondary school (中学). Another name for secondary school is high school.Most children go to public elementary schools (小学) and secondary schools. The par- ents of public school pupils do not have to pay directly for t

34、hese childrens education be- cause tax money supports the public schools. If a child attends a private school, his parents pay the school for the childs education.Today about half of the high school graduates go on to colleges and universities. Some colleges and universities receive tax money from t

35、he government. A student at a state university does not have to pay much if his parents live in that state. Private colleges and universities are expensive, however. Almost half of college students in the United States work while they are studying. When a students family is not rich, he has to earn

36、money for part of his college expenses.（分数：4.00）(1).Students in State Universities_if their parents live in that state.（分数：1.00）A.pay lessB.cost lessC.pay moreD.cost more(2).The parents of children who attend private schools_for their childrens education.（分数：1.00）A.have to payB.have to make preparat

37、ionsC.dont have to payD.dont have to make preparation(3).Nearly half of all college students_while they are in school.（分数：1.00）A.are freeB.are busyC.have part-time (兼职的) jobsD.have full-time jobs(4).The best title for the passage would be_.（分数：1.00）A.Schools in the USAB.Elementary Schools in the USA

38、C.Secondary Schools in the USAD.Colleges and Universities in the USABC/BIt doesnt matter when or how long a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. Thats what all doctors thought, until they heard about Jercy Page. Jercy Page, it was said, never slept. Could this be true? The doct

39、ors decided to see this strange man by themselves.Jercy Page was ninety years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him h

40、our after hour and day after day, they never saw Jercy Page sleeping. Actually, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.The only rest that Jercy Page got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked hi

41、m many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Page remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was alt. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure.（分数：4.00）(1).The main idea of this

42、 passage is that_.（分数：1.00）A.large numbers of people do not need sleepB.a person was found who actually didnt need any sleepC.everyone needs some sleep to stay aliveD.people can live longer by trying not to sleep(2).The doctors came to visit Jercy Page, expecting_.（分数：1.00）A.to cure him of his sleep

43、lessnessB.to find that his sleeplessness was not really trueC.to find out why some old people didnt need any sleepD.to find a way to free people from the need of sleep(3).After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Jercy Page_.（分数：1.00）A.needed some kind of sleepB.was too old to nee

44、d any sleepC.needed no sleep at allD.often slept in chair(4).One reason that might explain Pages sleeplessness was_.（分数：1.00）A.his mothers injury before he was bornB.that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habitC.his magnificent physical conditionD.that he hadnt got a bedBD/BAnimation means ma

45、king things which are lifeless come alive and move.Since earliest times, people have always been astonished by movement. But not until this century have we managed to take control of movement, to record it, and in the case of animation, to retranslate it and recreate it. To do all this, we use a mov

46、ie camera and a projector (放映机).In the world of cartoon animation, nothing is impossible. You can make the characters do exactly what you want them to do.A famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat, created by Pat Sullivan in America in the early nineteen twenties. Felix was a wonderful cat.

47、He could do all sorts of things no natural cat could do like taking off his tail, using it as a handle and then putting it back.Most of the great early animators lived and worked in America, the home of the moving picture industry. The famous Walt Disney cartoon characters came to life after 1928. Popeye the Sailor and his girl friend Olive Oyo were born at Max Ficischer in 1933.But to be an animator, you dont have to