[語言類考試復習資料大全]公共英語二級分類模擬題45

1、書山有路勤為徑，學海無涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘學子：學業(yè)有成，金榜題名！語言類考試復習資料大全公共英語二級分類模擬題45公共英語二級分類模擬題45第一部分 閱讀理解A The last cigarette? After reading an article entitled Cigarette Smoking and Your Health, I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves. I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette

2、. For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly. I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite. My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars. They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I pr

3、oduced a packet of sweets from my pocket. After seven days of this I went to a party. Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable. When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear. I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction.

4、My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more. Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking. He himself has done it lots of dines! 1. What encouraged the writer to give up smoking?A.Something he had heard.B.His bad health.C.Something he h

5、ad read.D.Something his wife told him.答案:C解析 細節(jié)題。參考文章第一段的前兩句話“After reading an article entitled Cigarette Smoking and Your HealthI lit a cigarette to calm my nerves I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette”，不難判斷本題答案是C。2. What is true about the write

6、r?A.He succeeded in giving up smoking for ever.B.He began smoking again to please his wife.C.He gave up smoking for only a short time.D.He started smoking again for he didnt like sweets.答案:C解析 是非判斷題。本文講述的是作者戒煙的前后經(jīng)歷，其間共歷時7天 (“For a whole week I did not smoke at all”)也就是他只戒了一小段 時間：所以本題答案是C。3. What can

7、 we infer from the passage?A.Its very easy to give up smoking for Brian.B.Its not easy to give up smoking forever.C.Brian doesnt smoke anymore.D.It would be the writers last cigarette.答案:B解析 推理題。通讀文章，我們得知作者和他的朋友Brian都試圖戒煙，尤 其是如Brian所講“He himself has done it lots of times!”。但是都只 堅持了一小段時間，最后都以失敗告終，因為從

8、文中我們得知Brian 現(xiàn)在還在吸煙，而作者在他的勸說下也放棄了戒煙，由此可以推斷B為答案。 We found that bar at last. I didnt have to ask again, for there it was in big red neon letters ovet the window-Star Bar. There were some iron tables outside with plastic chairs around them. A few people sat around, looking at a portable television set t

9、hat someone had brought out of the bar. They were all in thin summer dresses or short shirts; even at that late hour it was stifling. Two thin dogs lay under one of the tables with their tongues out, and some of the women were fanning themselves unenthusiastically (無精打彩地) with magazines. He s not he

10、re, I said, after a quick look around. The television was speaking out an advertisement for a detergent(洗衣粉), and the people sitting round had their eyes glued to the picture of a woman proudly showing how white her husband s underwear was after having been washed. They took no notice of us at all.

11、Well, what did you expect? replied Fergus, yawning (打呵欠). Its only half past nine, and he said he would be here at nine. You ought to know Graig by this time. Hell turn up sometime after ten. 4. The writer and his friendA.had never been to that bar beforeB.did not know if they had come to the right

12、placeC.asked somebody the name of the barD.had little difficulty in finding the bar答案:A解析 判斷推理題。文章第一句中的at last暗示我們，作者和他的朋友找了好長時間才找到了這個地方，故選項D是錯誤的；通過窗戶上方的霓虹燈，他們知道已經(jīng)到了和Graig會見的地方，所以，選項B、C也是錯誤的；第二句提到“我不用再問路了”，所以可以推測出作者和他的朋友以前沒有到過那個酒吧。5. What does the underlined word stifling ( Paragraph 1 ) probably me

13、an?A.Disappearing gradually.B.Giving out into the air.C.Hot and breathless.D.Pleasing and comfortable.答案:C解析 詞語釋義題。從文章第一段可知，從酒吧門口人們的著裝和精神狀態(tài)，幾位女子用雜志無精打采地扇著風，很瘦的兩條狗伸出舌頭趴在桌子下面，可推測出雖然已是晚上9:30了，但天氣仍然很悶熱。6. The people outside the bar _A.were very interested in the television programB.were chatting with a

14、saleswomanC.had no particular interest in anythingD.were very uncomfortable答案:C解析 事實細節(jié)題。從文章第一自然段當時人們的動作和表情可以看出，他們沒有什么特別感興趣的事情可做。7. Fergus was not surprised that Craig was not there, because he knew that _.A.Graig intended to come laterB.they had mistaken the timeC.Graig had been delayedD.Graig was a

15、lways late答案:D解析 判斷推理題。在文章最后一小節(jié)中提到，弗格斯打著呵欠說，“現(xiàn)在才9:30，他剛才說他9點到這兒。你到現(xiàn)在應該了解Graig了，他會在10點以后露面的”。由此得知Graig經(jīng)常遲到。B What is World English? World English is a course in the English language. It is intended for students whose native lauguage is not English. It is a basic programme consisting of six stages. Ea

16、ch stage includes a Student Book, a Teachers Book, a Workbook, and cassette recordings. World English is further supported by separate books of readings, by tests, and by visual (可視的) aids. Who is World English for? World English may be entered at any one of three different levels. The First Level,

17、Books One and Two, is intended for students with little or no education in English. Books Three and Four make up the Second Level; they are suitable for students who have some knowledge of English. The Third Level, Books Five and Six, is intended for students who are concerned with improvement in th

18、e language. What does World English teach? World English teaches four basic skills of language: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. At all levels, each skill is presented systematically. In the First Level, listening and speaking receive more attention. In the latter books, reading and writin

19、g become more important. However, reading and writing activities are presented even in Unit One of Book One; and listening and speaking exercises occur through Unit Ten of Book Six. 1. This passage is probably taken from the _ of an English text book.A.contentsB.introductionC.first chapterD.index (索

20、引)答案:B2. Suppose you are a student of Senior Three, _ will be suitable for you if you want to make your English better.A.Books One and TwoB.Books Three and FourC.Books Five and SixD.none of them答案:C3. We may infer from this passage that the whole set of World English consists of _ units.A.tenB.thirt

21、yC.sixtyD.more than sixty答案:C If you could give anything in the world to your child, you might want to give a love of words. Young children who can express their feelings dont have as many temper tantrums (發(fā)脾氣). They also learn to control themselves using words. A two-year-old child reaches toward t

22、he oven (烤箱) door, then stops, tells herself, Hot, hot, and turns away. Researchers call this self-directed speech. Its one of the ways children learn to do whats right and not to do whats wrong. With each new word, a child gains a broader view of the world. Early on, all four-legged animals are dog

23、s or maybe cats. But new words change them into horses, cows, elephants, and zebras. Children who have a wealth of words have a wealth of ideas. By age four, the number of words a child understands tells us how easily that a child will learn to read in school. It even tells us how well shell be able

24、 to understand what she reads, and to express her ideas in writing later on. So, how do you give your child this wonderful gift? First of all, talk a lot. Talk when youre feeding or preparing a bottle; talk when youre doing the dishes or walking down the street. Second, do a lot of listening. Even b

25、efore your child can speak clearly, ask questions and listen for answers. Assume (設想) that your child has ideas, and try to figure out what they are. Researchers have found a direct connection between the number of words a child knows and the number of words he hears, and especially the number of qu

26、estions he is invited to answer. Third, read aloud every day. There are many reasons for reading aloud, but maybe the best is that books contain words; lots of new, different, interesting words. Heres an exciting thing that happens when you read aloud every day: You begin to hear book words in your

27、childs speech. Youre walking down the street, and you see a pretty flower. Look, you say, a pretty flower. Actually, your child corrects, its beautiful. Actually? Beautiful? Thats when you know youve truly given your child a love of words. 4. A two-year-old child uses the word Hot, hot(Line 4, Para.

28、 1) _.A.to prevent herself from being hurtB.to learn a new wordC.to warn her parents of the dangerD.to show her large collection of words答案:A解析 分析推理題。短文第一段第三句提到了兩歲的孩子摸烤箱門后的反應，為的是說明前一句They also learn to control themselves using words (他們也能通過運用語言來學會控制自己)。而該段最后一句又指出：Its one of the ways children learn t

29、o do whats right and not to do whats wrong(這是孩子們學會做正確的事情、不做錯誤的事情的方法之一)，再結合第三句中turns away一處和常識即可推知，孩子說“燙，燙”的目的和結果都是讓自己免受傷害，故本題答案是A。其余各項都不合邏輯。5. In the authors opinion, who should do a lot of listening?A.The book writers.B.The researchers.C.The parents.D.The children.答案:C解析 細節(jié)題。do a lot of listening出現(xiàn)

30、在第五段第一句。由第四段第一句可以看出，其后的First of all. Second. Third 都是作者給予家長們的建議，針對的都是家長本身，因此本題當然應選C。6. What is the main subject discussed in the text?A.Value of reading aloud to children.B.Power of words in childrens growth.C.Mind development of young children.D.Ways to develop a love of reading in children.答案:D解析

31、主旨題。短文談論的是語言與孩子成長之間的關系，而作者的重心又放在家長讓孩子愛上語言、培養(yǎng)孩子熱愛語言的方式上，因為文章后半部分主要是作者的建議，因此“培養(yǎng)孩子熱愛閱讀的方式”(D項)最能概括全文主旨。其余三項中，A、B兩項都不完整，而C項在文中沒有相應的內(nèi)容表述。7. When the child uses beautiful to respond to the mother, it shows that _.A.the child loves certain words better than othersB.the word beautiful is used more by childr

32、enC.reading aloud by parents has improved the childs languageD.the child has the ability to correct parents答案:C解析 分析推理題。短文最后一段舉例說明了朗讀給孩子語言能力帶來的好處。由文體知識和行文邏輯可知，這個例子是為了說明其前Heres an exciting thing. You begin to hear book words, in your childs speech這一觀點的。這兩句的意思是，孩子通過聽父母朗讀，可以學會一些“書上的話”，這就是說，孩子的語言能力提高了，因

33、此本題答案就是C。其余三項都不是作者舉這個例子的作用或目的。C No other capital in Europe has more charm(迷人) or a richer past than Vienna, the capital of Austria. Green woods, mountains, and the large Danube River give the city beautiful surroundings. Vienna has more than 1 600 000 people. Almost one-fourth of all the people of A

34、ustria live there. Vienna is sometimes called a city without a country. It is so big that it does not seem to be suitable (適合的) in so small a country as Austria. Vienna was a center of science and art and music, too. Many great musicians lived there. It had the name of being a city of spirits, partl

35、y because of the dance music and operettas(輕歌劇) written by Viennese musicians. After World War I, Vienna found itself the capital of a rather poor country of less than 7 000 000 people. World War made Vienna even worse than it was before. Since 1955, however, Vienna has been fast regaining its past

36、greatness. 1. Vienna is a city which is _.A.the most beautiful city in EuropeB.so big that it doesnt belong to AustriaC.the richest capital in Europe nowD.a small capital of a large country答案:A解析 由文章第一句可知Vienna是歐洲最迷人的首都。這與選項A相一致。2. According to the passage, Vienna was once a center of _.A.trafficB.t

37、rade and scienceC.art and musicD.and答案:C解析 由文章第三段第一句可知C項為正確答案。3. Vienna was a rich city _.A.before 1955B.before World WarC.after World War D.during World War 答案:B解析 由文章最后一段可知Vienna在兩戰(zhàn)期間及二戰(zhàn)以后的近期一直敗落，1955年以后才又恢復了繁榮。4. Which of the following is true?A.To understand Vienna, one must know its trade.B.Aft

38、er World War I , about 7 000 000 people lived in Vienna.C.Green woods, mountains and a large river surround Vienna and make it a beautiful city.D.Vienna musicians did little to make Vienna a city of spirits.答案:C解析 由文章第一段最后一句可以得出其與選項 C所表達的意思一致。D Canada lies in the north part of North America. It stre

39、tches (延伸) from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. To the north is the Arctic Ocean. Canada is the worlds second largest country. It takes up most of the northern part of the North American continent and covers about 6.6 percent of the total land of the earth. Although large in area, Canada ha

40、s a population of only a little over 29 million. There are only about six persons per square mile. Most of Canada is thinly inhabited(定居). Most of northern Canada is wilderness, forest of frozen Arctic wasteland. Nearly 80% of Canadians live in large cities near the border with the United States. 60

41、% of the population is concentrated (集中) between Quebec City and the western end of Lake Ontario. Canadas largest city, Toronto, has a population of over 3.4 mil- lion, and the third largest city is Vancouver which has a population of over 1.3 million. Most Canadian cities are much smaller. More tha

42、n 44 percent of the population is British in origin(血統(tǒng)), and 28 percent is French in origin. Cultural and political differences between these two major groups have played an important. part in the countrys history. Other European groups in Canada include Germans, Ukrainians, Italians, Dutch, Scandin

43、avians, Hungarians, Russians and Poles. The non-white population, which is made up of Eskimos, Indians, Asians, and black, make up about 4 percent of the population. 1. What does the text mainly discuss on Canada?A.The position, population and history of Canada.B.The position, population and industr

44、y of Canada.C.The position, population and different national races of Canada.D.The position, history and different national races of Canada.答案:C解析 文章分三段講述了加拿大的地理位置，人口和多元化的種族結構。但并未提及其其工業(yè)和歷史。故選C。2. Which city has the biggest population in Canada?A.Toronto.B.Vancouver.C.Quebec.D.Ottawa.答案:A解析 文中提到了加拿大

45、的三座城市Quebec，Toronto，Vancouver，其中Toronto是最大的城市，擁有340萬人口，而Vancouver屬于第三大城市。而Quebec是作者在提到加拿大人口集中地帶所提到的一個分界城市。3. We can infer from the text that _.A.the population of Canada is made up of two groupsB.small population of Canadians live in large citiesC.Canada is a very big country not only in population

46、but also in areaD.the government has to solve many social problems with so many peoples答案:D解析 從第三段可知加拿大是一個多民族國家，各民族具有很復雜的文化和政治背景，自然會引發(fā)許多矛盾。政府要維持穩(wěn)定，注定要解決由此產(chǎn)生的諸多社會問題。本題亦可用排除法。 You might think that global warming means nothing more than a rise in the worlds temperature. But rising sea levels caused by

47、it have resulted in the first evacuation(撤離)of an island nation the citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland. During the 20th century, sea level rose 8 12 inches. As a result, Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water which has polluted the countrys drinking water. Paani Laup

48、epa, a Tuvaluan government official, reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years. Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms. Laupepa e

49、xpressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (導致溫室效應的氣體排放), which are a main cause of global warming. By refusing to sign the agreement, the U.S. has eff

50、ectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years. Laupepa told the BBC. Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries. Tuvalu is not the only country that is vul

51、nerable (易受影響的)to rising sea levels. Maumoon Gayoon, president of the Maldives, told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an endangered nation. 4. The text is mainly about _.A.rapid changes in earths temperatureB.bad effects of global warmingC.moving of a country to

52、 a new placeD.reasons for lowland flooding答案:B解析 文章理解推理題。文章說“全球氣溫上升引起海平面上漲，由此導致一個島國居民首次撤離島國低洼地被海水倒灌導致飲用水被污染導致過去10年惡劣天氣情況大量出現(xiàn)，極為反?！钡龋@與B選項一致為正確答案。5. According to scientists, the DIRECT cause of more and fiercer storms is _.A.greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nationsB.higher surface water tem

53、peratures of the seaC.continuous global warmingD.rising sea levels答案:B解析 文章理解題。文中“Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.” 明確地告訴讀者更多更嚴重的風暴的直接原因為“higher surface water temperatures”，所以B為正確選項。6. Laupepa was not satisfi

54、ed with the United States because it did not _.A.agree to sign an agreement to reduce its greenhouse gas emissionsB.sign an agreement with TuvaluC.allow Tuvaluans to move to the U. S.D.believe the problems facing Tuvalu were real答案:A解析 文章細節(jié)題。文中說“美國拒絕簽署呼吁工業(yè)國家減少溫室效應的氣體排放的國際協(xié)議，Laupepa對此表示不滿”，所以A為正確選項。7

55、. The country whose situation is similar to that of Tuvalu is _.A.AustraliaB.New ZealandC.the MaldivesD.the United States答案:C解析 文章細節(jié)題。查讀文提到的選項中的國家，根據(jù)president of the Maldives告訴聯(lián)合國的話“global warming has made his country of 311,000 an endangered nation”，可以知道the Maldives與Tuvalu的情況類似，所以C為正確選項。E Amy Johns

56、on was a very brave and energetic person. She didnt have much in common with other girls in her school, however. She played football better than most boys, and unfortunately she made a rather bad impression on many of her teachers. Amy just didnt act the way they thought a girl should. She studied a

57、t a university and later took a job as a typist. Although she was enthusiastic (熱情的) and did her best, she made many mistakes and was poorly paid. She didnt want to be a typist anyway, she dreamed of becoming a pilot! Amy moved to London, borrowed some money, and learned to fly. Nobody, however, wanted to hire a woman pilot. She decided to fly alone to Australia to prove that