2013年3月PETS2真题及答案.doc

2013年3月公共英语二级考试(pets2)笔试真题卷总分：100分 及格：60分 考试时间：120分听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，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。每段对话仅读一遍。 (1) Who joined the company recently?A Some designers. B An art director. C Some photographers.(2)What does the woman mean?AShe knows the manager. BShe just moved in here. CShe is a visitor.(3) What did the woman do last weekend? AShe took a walk. BShe went boating. CShe stayed at home.(4) Where is National City Bank?A On Elm Street.BOn Oak Street.COn Poplar Street.(5) What will Lisa do after work?APick up her friends.BGo for a drink with her friends. CMeet her friends at a repair shop.听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4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。听完每段对话或独白前，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秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What does the man think of the French restaurant?AIts too far away.BThe price is too high.C The menu is too old. 7.Why does the man want to eat in?AHes tired of eating out.B Hes good at cooking.CHes in bad mood.听下面一段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What is Tonys nationality?ABritish.BCanadian. CFrench.9. Why has Tony come to China?ATo seek a better life.BTo do banana trade.CTo find his root.10. How does Tony find his experience in China?AInteresting. BCrazy.CDisappointing.听下面一段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What are the speakers talking about?AOld schoolmates. B High school life.C A company meeting.12. What did Sally try to show her friends?AShe was very happy. BShe was interested in Simon. C She was successful in business.13. What do we know about Simon Fox?A He enjoys parties.B He likes the woman. CHe is Sallys husband.听下面一段材料，回答第14至16题。14.When is the report due?AToday.BTomorrow. CIn three weeks. 15. How does the woman sound?ASorry. B Unhappy.CInterested.16. What is the relationship between the speakers?A Sister and brother.BTeacher and students.CBoss and employee. 听下面一段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the meeting about?AHiring new teachers. BRunning a new school. CMoving to a new campus.18. What does the speaker say about Agriculture students?AThey need bigger places. BThey will stay where they are. CThey will have their labs ready in a week.19. What is the plan for the History Department?AThe teacher will move later. BEverybody will stay in the old building.CThe students will move to the Law Building.20Who will be in the downtown building?AArts students. BLaw students. CEngineering students.第一节 单项填空从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡l上将该项涂黑21. - Your new cell phone looks so handsome. May I have a look?- _You will like it.A Sure, go ahead B Not at allC It doesnt matter D Take it easy22.It is Dads birthday and we _ for a meal to celebrate.A have gone out B were going outC are going outD have been going out23.Andy worked _ of all, so he always had the best performance in his class.A hard B the harder C harder D hardest24.How _ they be there already? They only left ten minutes ago.A will B can C should D must25.I enjoyed reading the story by Sarah Peterson._ It was rather sad,A though B instead C too D anyway26.Susans family lived a long way away, and she had no one to turn _.Aover B to C on Din27._ his point, Kyle showed Ann the word in the dictionary.A Just prove B Just to proveC Just proving D Just to have proved28.Is this _first time youve flown on _ British Airways?A the,/ B the, a C a, the D /, a29.The company has opened a new factory, _ many skilled workers are hired.A which B where C that D why30.We often feel _ when our efforts do not achieve what we hoped they would.A cut off B let down C put away D set up31.Clearly, he doesnt have a plan,_ he would have said something.A but B unless C or D so32. The family reported their son _ the next morning after searching everywhere for a whole night.A misses B missed C to miss D missing33. I havent seen _ of those two films, so I dont mind which one we go to.A either B none C both D neither34. Ann and Billy _together for 7 years when they decided to get married.A I will be B are being C had been D have been35. My grandparents are both in their _ and they are still living a healthy life.A ninetieth B nineties C ninety D ninetys第二节 完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填人相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Pilot Cabuk was at the control seat calling out his climb check list after taking off. Keeping him company in the copilots seat was the planes owner, Doug White.Cabuk began a_36_ call to air traffic controllers in Miami, but _37_ his voice lowered and his head fell to his chest. White _38_him on the shoulder and tried _39_ him awake, but he was still. The plane was a mile above the earth, climbing up at a speed of 2,000 feet per minute. And no one on board knew 40_to get it safely to the 41_.White got on the radio. Miami, he said in a trembling (颤抖的) voice, Ive got to_42_an emergency(紧急状态). My pilot fell ill and is in a terrible state. I need _43_ up here.Nate Henkels took the _44_ at the Miami center. He was _45_ ; few aircraft had been as large as this one. Henkels instructed White to _46_at the height of 12,000 feet. But the plane kept_47_ Dont worry. Pull back gently. Henkels said, fighting his own _48_.The gently part proved _49_. White mined left and moved around, which 50_him on the proper course. Youre doing well, said Henkels. His _51_voice had become Whites lifeline. Gradually White 52_the plane and then dropped the landing gear(起落架). Fifteen minutes later, the plane was 53_ on the runway, shining under the Florida sun after a perfect _54_Inside the Miami control center, _55_broke out.36. A warning B particular C nervous D regular37. A suddenly B gradually C peacefully D rapidly38. A relaxed B beat C carded D tapped39. A finding B keeping C shaking D forcing40. A what B how C where D when41. A ground B sky C place D seat42. A reply B explain C declare D suggest43. A help B medicine C a doctor D a captain44. A voice B call C time D number45. A shocked B amazed C ashamed D annoyed46. A load B jump C measure D stay47. A dropping B burning C rocking D moving48. A illness B fear C desire D loneliness49. A interesting B dangerous C foolish D effective50. A changed B allowed C set D delivered51. A anxious B urgent C calm D curious52. A saved B lowered C directed D fixed53. A sitting B waiting C racing D turning54. A flying B diving C fighting D landing55. A a cry B a fire C laughters D cheers第三部分 阅读理解阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的 A 、B、 C 、 D 四个选项中 , 选出最佳选项,并在答题卡1上将该项涂黑。Text 1Two years ago, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didnt: know of each others existence. Then they learned they had been switched (调换) at birth by mistake more than 20 years ago. The discovery didnt bring bitterness. Rather, it led to the creation of a bigger family.The chain of events started with Dimas, who was always wondering why he did not look like the four sisters he grew up with. He was 14 when his doubts grew after watching a TV news report on babies getting switched at birth because of mistakes at hospitals. He wanted to do a DNA test, but it was too expensive for the family.A decade later, DimasL did it on his own.The DNA test showed that he was not the birth son of the man and woman who had raised him. The news was a shock for his parents. They at first refused to believe the results, but eventually decided to help him look for his biological parents.The search began at the Madre Regina Protmann Hospital where records were checked. The hospital searched its records and found Elton Plaster was born there on the same day.The records led Dimas to the 35-acre farm where Plaster lived with his parents, Nilza and Adelson, in the town of Santa Mafia de Jetiba, about 30 miles from the Aliprandi home in Joao Neiva. After tests, the Plasters discovered that Elton was the biological son of the man and woman that Dimas had been calling Morn and Dad for 24 years. Meanwhile, the couple Elton had always regarded as his biological parents were Dimas parents.About a year ago, Aliprandi and the parents who raised him accepted an offer from the Plasters to mOve to their farm, where they built a home.This is the way it should be, Adelson Plaster recently told Globo TV. We are all together and I now have two sons living and working here.56. Who was the first to discover the baby switch?A Globo TV. B The hospital. C Elton Plaster. D Dimas Aliprandi.57. Where do the Aliprandis now live?A In Sao Paulo. B In Joao Neiva.C In Santa Mafia de Jetiba. D In Madre Regina Protmann.58. What did the Aliprandis do when they knew about the baby switch?A They went to Globo TV for more information.B They helped Dimas find his birth parents.C They switched the hospitals records.D They took another DNA test.59. Who are Elton Plasters biological parents?A The Plasters. B The Aliprandis.C Dimas and Elton. D Nilza and Adelson.Text 2Force of habit is a powerful thing. How else can I explain why I spend $ 200 per month for a package of the Interact, TV, and telephone-most of which I dont really need? My wife and I make most calls on our cell phones. We dont watch much TV and nearly everything we want we could get online. So why not just pay for the Internet and forget the rest.My answers are totally unreasonable: I m 49 years old; this is how Ive always done things; change is hard. Most of the U. S. population is in this same situation. Nielsen recently reported that although online video (视频) viewing has risen 35 percent in the past year,99 percent of TV viewing is still done on a traditional TV. But that is not the case for younger people, like my friend Dan Frommer, a 27-year-old writer for a Website. Frommer pulled the plug (插座) on cable (有) TV in May 2008 and instead gets shows from the Interact by a Macintosh computer connected to his LCD television. He cannot get everything hed like to see, but he has saved $1,5000n cable-TV bills. The next generation-todays young people-will likely never sign up for cable TV at all.This is terrible news for cable companies. For decades they have had a wonderful business model, running the tollbooth(收费站) that stood between you and the shows. Now the Internet provides a way to get around the tollbooth, and cable companies are faced with a problem: do they welcome the Internet and try to make money online, or do they fight the Internet and try to delay the damage? The answer is to do both: delaying the trend with one hand while racing to develop workable Internet business models with the other.Problem is, even if the tollbooth stays up, it probably wont make as much money. The rule is that when the Internet hits an industry, wherever you used to make dollars, you now make cents. For cable companies, the good old days may soon be over.60. Why do most people still watch traditional TV?A They have signed up for it. B They have no other choices.C They are in the habit of doing so. D They fail to see what they really like.61. What do young people usually do nowadays?A Write for a website. B Get connected with cable TV.C Make money on the Internet. D Use the Internet instead of cable TV.62. According to the text, cable companies are threatened byA population growth B people s old habitsC online video viewing D cable company tollbooths63. What is the problem faced by cable companies?A How to improve tollbooths. B How to make more money online.C How to survive in an Internet age. D How to design attractive programs.Text 3The way people in the US travel to and from work has changed a lot in the last fifty years. Before the Second World War, most people lived in the town or the city where they worked. Almost everyone either walked to work or used a good inexpensive transportation system. Many of these systems were electrified and ran on tracks, so they used very little energy.After 1945, the United States government built many new roads and highways. People moved farther and farther from the cities where they worked because they could drive their cars on these new roads from their suburban (郊区的) homes to work in the city. Some of the big car makers also bought the electrified transportation systems so they could destroy them. As people stopped using public transportation, cities spent less money to fix old buses and trains or to buy new ones. Public transportation got worse and worse.In the late 1960s, people found out that the increase in the use of cars led to many problems.There were always too many cars for the highway system, and terrible traffic problems developed. People were spending hours in traffic jams getting to and from work every day. In addition, the air in many cities became dirty because of pollution from millions of cars, and many people died in traffic accidents.As people began to get worried about how the use of cars was hurting the environment, cities began to spend more money on public transportation again so fewer people would have to drive cars.When gas became very expensive in the mid-1970s, the number of people taking public transportation began to increase. Because it is terribly expensive to build new public transportation systems, it is very difficult to make big changes in the way people travel, but an increase in the use of public transportation has begun.64. Why did some car companies buy and destroy public transportation systems?A They were slower than cars.B They were too old to be fixed.C They were trying to build better ones.D They wanted to sell more of their products.65. When did people in the US start moving away from where they work?A Before World War 11. B After 1945.C In the late 1960s. D In the mid-1970s.66. What makes it difficult to change peoples way of traveling?A Lack of money. B Shortage of gas.C Poor quality of highways. D Increased number of cars.67. What kind of transportation does the author seem to favor?A Electric cars. B Bicycles.C Gas cars. D Buses and trains.Text 4New York MBY studying blindfolded college students who move through grass to find a chocolate scented (有气味的) path by smelling, researchers say theyve found evidence of a human smelling ability that scientists thought impossible.The study shows the human brain compares information it gets from each nostril (鼻孔) to determine where a smell is coming from. And it suggests dogs and mice and some other mammals(哺乳动物) do the same thing, unlike what most scientists have thought.People compare signals(信号) from each ear to determine the direction of a noise. But most scientists idea has been that mammals cant do it in the same way for smells, because their nostrils are too close together to get different signals.We debunked that, said Noam Sobel of the University of California, Berkeley, who reported the new results Sunday with graduate student Jess Porter and others on the Website of the magazine Nature Neuroscience.The report isnt the first to suggest the two-nostril idea. But Sobel and his team have now opened the doors for full consideration of it, said a researcher familiar with the work.Most of the paper focuses on what a group of undergraduate psychology students could do in a garden on the Berkeley campus.One outdoor experiment was designed to see if people could use just their noses to follow a 30-foot-long path of chocolate scent through the grass.The path was laid out with scented ropes. But the 32 students were blindfolded and equipped with thick gloves to make sure they couldnt see or feel it.Two-thirds of the students succeeded in following the scent. Another experiment found that the volunteers succeeded only one-third of the time with one nostril taped shut.68. What human ability does Sobels study focus on?A Smelling. B Hearing. C Touching. D Moving.69. What is the most commonly held idea among most scientists?A Most mammals have similar brain functions.B The nose and ears do not work in the same way.C Its useless to experiment on smell ability.D Humans smell is similar to the animals.70. In Sobels study, the students were asked toA find the hidden ropes in grass B feel their way out of the gardenC follow the chocolate smell D share chocolate bars71. What does the underlined word debunked in paragraph 4 mean?A Proved something wrong. B Had confidence in something.C Failed to find any evidence. D Re-examined the results of something.Text 5Rees Hail-Two Star GuesthouseThank you for choosing to stay at Rees Hall. Please take the time to read the following to enjoy a better stay.BUILDING SECURITY(安全)The white card will gain your entry into the building through the card reader on the inner wall next to the office window. We ask that you report an