2014年公共英语考试PETS二级精选练习3.docx

Reading Comprehension (40%)In this section there are four passages followed by 20 questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer. Mark the corresponding answer on your answer sheet.A Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.Stage plays, at first, seem a lot like films. Both use actors and dialogue and scenery. But if you try to make a film by setting up a camera in front of the stage, you will find it wont work. A film made in this way will leave the audience cold. And even worse youll b3e wasting a powerful tool - the camera.A stage is actually a box. One side of the box has been removed so the audience can see whats going on inside. The actors remain at a fixed audience. In the film, however, the camera can bring the audience up close and fix their attention on small but important things: a frightened look, a whisper, a trembling of hands.The camera offers the film maker freedom allowing him to move easily across barriers of time and space. He can show his action in real cities and on real farms. He can also use the camera to change the scene dozens of times in one film. No expert of the stage can do this.36. The main idea of the text is that _ .A. stage plays and films are two different kinds of artB. it is always disappointing to turn play into filmsC. films have certain advantages over stage playsD. the camera has made film making easy and possible37. What is wrong with making a film by setting up a camera before the stage ?A. Fewer and fewer people will go to the theatre.B. The audience cannot see what is going on on the stage.C. The scene cannot be changed from time to time.D. The powerful camera cannot be made good use of.38. Which of the following can show that the camera is a powerful tool ?A. It can move easily. B. It can make small things look larger.C. It can show things in the future.D. It can give us a scene of realism.39. In what way are plays different from film ?A. Films often use real scenery while plays dont.B. Films can show the past while plays cant.C. Films change scenes while plays dont.D. Film audience can move while play audience cant.40. A suitable title for this text is _.A. Stage Plays and FilmB. The Powerful CameraC. Fewer Plays, More FilmsD. Less Waste, More FreedomB Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:Driving cars, trucks and motorcycles is an important part of our lives. We do it every day to get to work, to school or to friends houses.Driving can be very convenient, but can also cause many problems. Waiting in line at a red light, a driver may get impatient and decide just to drive right through it. If another car is coming from the other direction, there might be a terrible accident. Cutting another car off can make its driver angry, so that driver cuts off someone else. Pretty soon everybody is angry, and impatient.Traffic accidents declare millions of lives every year worldwide. In Taiwan alone, over seven people are killed in accidents every day. The annual death rate from traffic accidents in Taiwan is twice that of Japan.To allow traffic to move smoothly and safely, everybody must follow the rules. Before you drive, learn all the traffic laws. That way of driving is safe, convenient and even fun!41.The word convenient in the passage means _ .A. handy, easy to do B. that can be changedC. fond of drinking and merry-making D. carriages or other trucks42. If you cut another car off, its driver may be _.A. impatient B. terrible C. angry D. both A and B43. The sentence Traffic accidents declare millions of lives means _.A. Traffic accidents make some people become millionairesB. Many people die from traffic accidentsC. Millions of people say they themselves have had traffic accidentsD. Millions of people remain healthy after traffic accidents44.According to the passage, driving can be safe if _.A. you are patient B. you obey all the traffic rulesC. you dont cut another