2012年3月公共英语二级试题及答案.doc

第一部分听 力第一节听下面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. What is the woman doing?ABuying a handbag.BTrying on a piece of clothing.CDrawing a picture of the countryside.2. What is the possible relationship between the speakers?AFamily membersBClassmates.CCo-workers.3. What is the man angry about?ATelephoning while driving.BSome women drivers.CTraffic lights.4. What does the woman mean?AShe will choose the man.BThe man was late in asking.CShe may run for the position.5. What does the woman want the man to do?ASet up a museum.BStart doing exercise.CStop buying cameras.6. How will the mans brother go to South America?ABy ship.BBy plane.CBy train.7. What will the man probably buy for his brother?AA toothbrush.BA silk tie.CA clock.8. Where is Rick working now?AIn a travel company.BIn a hotel.CIn a law office.9. How does Rick feel about his trip?AExcited.BCurious. CNervous.10. When will Rick leave?AIn three days.BIn a week.CIn a month.11. What do we know about the grandmother?AShe lives by herself.BShes as healthy as before.CShe often does some cleaning.12. How long has the grandmother lived in Kentucky?ASince her husband died.BSince she was married.CSince her son moved away.13. What does the grandmother enjoy about her present life?ABeing busy with housework.BBeing with relatives.CBeing with friends.14. What was the woman talking about at beginning of the conversation?AHer story of completing a task.BHer experience of being lost.CHer trip abroad.15. What did the man do in the bar in Germany?AMet his friends.BAttended a lecture. CGave a performance.16. How did the man find his way back to bar?ABy following a man.BBy looking at a map.CBy asking an old woman.17. What do we know about the man?AHe cannot stand the noise in the bar.BHe doesnt like to wear T-shirts.CHe doesnt speak German.18. Who is the speaker?AA radio announcer.BA police officer.CA taxi driver.19. What makes driving a taxi a hard job in London?ABad traffic.BConfused street names.CLarge pollution in London.20. What will the speaker probably do if hes stuck on the road?AHave a map ready.BBe understanding.CChange directions.21. Ann has gone out. _ What time did she go?AWell, isnt she?BYes, she has.CNo, she hasnt,DOh, has she?22. You _ be mad if you think Jake is going to lend you any money.AneedBshouldCmustDcan23. In 1871, a fire in Chicago destroyed_ 1800 buildings.Aas manyBjust asCthe same asDas many as24. Hello! I_you were in London. How long have you been here?Adont knowBhadnt knownCdidnt knowDhavent known25. I wasnt sure whether I had come to _ right office. There was no name on door.Aa；/Bthe；aCa；theDthe；the.26. Would you like some help with the packing?_ . My neighbours offered to help out. But thanks anyway.AAll the sameBIts all rightCTake it easyDCome on27. The crowd wished the newly-married couple well as they left _ their honeymoon.AtoBinCforDabout28. Id never have guessed he was a Wilson-he doesnt look _ his brothers.AoneBthatCanybodyDanything29._the success of our products in Europe, our next step is to move into the Ameri-can market.AFollowBFollowingCHaving followedDFollowed30. The question_ he should accept the offer or not troubled him greatly.AwhichBwhetherCthatDwhy31. He_ forward to our camping, holiday the whole week, but unfortunately it rained every day.Ahad lookedBis lookingChad been lookingDlooks32. Johanna is the woman _Maria is studying the piano.Aof whomBwith whomCby whomDin whom33. Bella is very kind and beautiful and works hard._, she is a good girl.ATo sum upBAs a resultCBy the wayDIn the end34. Television, which first appeared in the 1920s, really changed the_ people viewed the world.AideaBdirectionCmethodDway35. Marks first year at college was a time _with excitement and enjoyment.Ahaving filledBbeing filledCto be filledDFilledIm told that during an international game of chess (国际象棋), many beautiful moves couldbe made on a chessboard. In a decisive36in which he was evenly matched with a Russianmaster _ 37_, Marshall found his queen under serious attack. There were several ways of _ 38_,and since the queen is the most_39_piece, spectators (观众) thought Marshall would naturallymove his queen to _ 40_Deep in thought, Marshall used all his time to consider the _ 41_. He picked up his queen,paused, and placed it down on the most _ 42 _ square of all-a square from which the queen couldbe_43_by any one of three enemy pieces.Marshall had sacrificed (牺牲) his queen-an unthinkable move. Everyone else was _ 44_Then the Russian, and the_45_, realized that Marshall had actually made a_46_move.It was clear that no matter how the_47_was taken, the Russian. would soon be in a_48_posi-tion. Seeing this, the Russian admitted his defeat.When spectators recovered from the_49_of Marshalls daring, they showered the chessboardwith money. Marshall had achieved_50_in a very unusual and daring fashion-he had_51_bysacrificing the queen.To me, its not_52_that he won. What counts is that Marshall had broken with standard_ 53_to make such a move. He had looked_54_the usual patterns of play and had been willingto consider an imaginative risk on the basis of his judgment and his judgment alone. No matter howthe game _ 55 _ , Marshall was the winner.36. AexperienceBbattleCgame Dchance37. AplayerBpersonCwinnerDenemy38. Asupport Battack CadvanceDescape39. Asuitable Bpowerful Crespected Ddangerous40. Acheck BfightCsafetyDdefeat41. AconditionBchangeCpiece Daction42.AprotectedBundisturbedCunexpectedDdeserted43. AfrightenedBguardedCdiscoveredDcaught44. AimfortedBdisappointed CdelightedDannoyed45. AplayersBmasterCcrowd Dorganizer46. AsmartBwrongCfree Ddifficult47. AgameBmoneyCqueen Dchessboard48. AlosingBfavourableCleadingDdoubtful49. AcauseBblowCaccidentDshock50. Aprize BvictoryCprogressDattention51. AwonBmadeCgained Dearned52. AimportantBexcitingCunforgettable Dunclear53. Aidea BthinkingCchess Dtraining54. AintoBfurtherCaheadDoutside55. Acame Bwas organizedCwas designed DEndedText 1I was in my third year of teaching writing at Ralph High School in New York, when one of mystudents, 15-year-old Mikey, gave me a note from his mother. It explained his absence (缺席)from class the day before. Dear Mr. McCort, Mikeys grandmother, who is eighty years of age, fell down the stairsfrom too much coffee and I kept Mikey at home to take care of her and his baby sister so I could goto my job. Please excuse Mikey and hell do his best in the future. P.S. His grandmother is OK. I had seen Mikey writing the note at his desk. I said nothing. Most parental-excuse notes Ireceived were penned by my students. If I were to deal with them, Id be busy 24 hours a day. Thewriters of those notes didnt realize that honest excuse notes were usually dull: Peter was late be-cause the alarm clock didnt go off.The students always said it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject, but when theyproduced excuse notes, they were excellent. So I decided to type out a dozen excuse notes and gavethem to my classes. I said, Theyre supposed to be written by parents, but actually they are not.true, Mikey? The students looked at me nervously.Now, this will be the first class to study the art of the excuse note -the first class, ever, topractice writing them. Everyone smiled as I went on, Today Id like you to write An ExcuseNote from Adam to God or An Excuse Note from Eve to God. Heads went down. Pens racedacross paper. For the first time ever I saw students so immersed (专心的) in their writing, theyhad to be asked to go to lunch by their friends.The next day everyone had excuse notes. Heated discussions followed. But suddenly I saw theheadmaster at the door. He entered the classroom and walked up and down, looking at papers, andthen said, Id like you to see me in my office. My heart sank.When I stepped into his office, he came to shake my hand and said, I just want to tell youthat that lesson, that task, whatever the hell you were doing, was great. Those kids were writingon the college level. Thank you.56. How did the author know that most parental-excuse notes were written by students themselves?AThe excuse notes were written in dull words.BThe notes were more like stories than facts.CHe called their parents and found out the truth.DThe handwriting obviously looked like childrens.57. What did the author do with the students found dishonest?AHe reported them to the headmaster.BHe lectured them hard on honesty.CHe had them take notes before lunch.DHe helped improve their writing skills.58. We can infer that when Mikey missed the class, he wasAout enjoying himselfBtaking care of his baby sisterClooking after his grandmotherDstudying the art of the excuse note59. What did the headmaster think of the authors way of teaching?AEffective.BDifficult.CMisleading.DReasonable.Text 2Do you remember the Millennium (千禧年) Goals? When world leaders celebrated the year 2000 with a serious promise to reduce poverty (贫穷) and hunger, check the spread of AIDS, getboys and girls into school, and improve public health, all by 2015?Well, three years down the road, and the UNDPs yearly collection of facts and figures alreadyshows that if we carry on as we are, the only goal likely to be met is that for reducing poverty by ahalf, and that is entirely due to the success of one country-China. It is so vast that the fast-grow-ing economy in China lifts millions of people above the poverty line, even though in Africa, LatinAmerica and the former Soviet Union, people have actually been getting poorer.Otherwise, progress is good only in parts. East Asia should meet its goal of reducing hungerby a half by 2015, and Latin America and the Caribbean are not far behind, but at the present speedof progress, Africa and South Asia wont get there for another hundred years.The good news is that it can be done-there are success stories. Ghana-an economic basketcase in the eighties and early nineties-has managed to find a way out of its difficulties and its nowcomfortably in the middle range of countries, way ahead of the much more naturally wealthy Niger-ia. For Congo, Cambodia or Iraq, ruined by war, or every southern African country damaged by AIDS, there is a Mauritius or a South Korea steadily working its way up the league table towards abetter life for its people.60. Which of the millennium goals is likely to be met according to the text?AImproving public health.BReducing poverty by a half.CSending children to school.DStopping the spread of AIDS.61. Which part of the world can meet the goal of reducing hunger?AThe Caribbean.BLatin America.CEast Asia.DAfrica and South Asia.62, What economic situation is best expressed as basket case (Paragraph 4)?AVery bad.BPromising.CUnexpected.DNaturally developed.63. Which country is mentioned as an example of successful development in the text?AConto.BNigeria.CCambodia.DMauritius.Text 3Looking to improve your language skills, but you dont have the time to go abroad to attendschool? More and more universities around the world are offering opportunities for students to getdegrees online (distance education) from the comfort of their own homes, and many of these colle-ges and universities are accredited (官方认可的), meaning that they have met certain standards ofexcellence.If you decide to take language courses online (or any subject for that matter), be sure thereare advantages in studying online. Its costs are usually lower, and you can study at your own pace(节奏), and you can easily get the materials 24 hours a day from almost any computer in theworld. However, you wont get the human interaction (互动) of meeting people face to face, asyou would if you were attending a school abroad in person.On the other hand, the advantages of going abroad may include day-to-day chances to learn anew culture, to meet new friends with whom you can use and practice the language, and to see dif-ferent parts of the world. However, there may be a number of disadvantages for some students, in-cluding high costs, time away from ones school, family, or work life, and difficulty in gettingused to a new culture and way of life.Whatever you do, consider a distance education program that meets your educational needs, iswhat you can afford, and equally important, provides you with chances tobeyond the class-room through cultural and educational activities.64. What is the purpose of the author in writing the text?ATo discuss ways of improving language skills.BTo persuade people to go abroad to attend universities.CTo advise readers to meet different people from abroad.DTo introduce online programs to people unable to go abroad.65. What is the disadvantage of studying a language online?AYou may not be able to keep up with the program.BYou may not meet your teachers in person.CThe computer may break down any time.DThe courses may last much longer.66. The third paragraph mainly discusses the good and bad things about_Astudying abroad.Bclassroom learning.Clearning culture.Dlearning online.67. How is the text organizer?ATopic-Comparison-OpinionBQuestion-Effect-OpinionCTopic-Examples-EffectDQuestion-Cause-EffectText 4Understanding how nature reacts to climate (气候) changewill require checking key, life cycleevents-flowering, the appearance of leaves, the first frog calls of the spring-all around theworld. But ecologists (生态学家) cant be everywhere, so theyre turning to non-scientists, some-times called citizen scientists, for help.A group of scientists and educators set up an organization last year called the National Phenology Network. Pbenology is what scientists call the study of the timing of events in nature.One of the groups first efforts is to ask scientists and non-scientists to collect information aboutplant flowering and leafing every year. The program, called Project BudBurst, collects life cycleinformation on a variety of common plants from across the United States. People taking part in theproject record their information on the Project BudBurst website.People dont have to be scientists-they just have to look around and see whats in theirneighbourhood, says Jennifer Schwartz, a scientist with the project. As we collect this information, well be able to know about the changes of plants and animals as the climate changes.Not only that, the information also helps scientists learn about how these changes will have aneffect on people, scientists examining lilac (丁香花) flowering in western United States reportedthat in years when lilacs flowered early-before May 20th-wildfires later in the summer and fallwere likely to be larger and more serious. Lilac flowering, then, could serve as an alarm bell.The best way for us to increase our knowledge of how plants and animals are reacting toclimate change is to increase the count of information we have, Schwartz says. Thats why weneed citizen scientists to get as much information from as many places on as many plants and animals over as long a time period as we can.68. Project Budburst aims to_Astudy animal behavior all year roundBinvite citizen scientists to do scientific researchCcollect information on the life cycles of common plantsDhelp ecologists learn about wildfires in western United States69. The author uses lilac flowering as an example to show_Aflowers could help prevent wildfiresBplant flowering can be related to wildfiresCsome flowers are closer to our life than othersDlilacs are the best plants to show climate change70. Why are citizen scientists invited to take part in Project BudBurst?ATo give a hand in research.BTo teach science to the public.CTo help create a website of popular science. DTo call peoples attention to climate change.71. According to Schwartz, what can help people know more about climate change?ATaking a course on phenology.BKnowledge of life cycle events of plants and animals.CEfforts of ecologists to learn more about plant flowering.D Full support of citizen scientists to study climate changes.Text 5Planning Your Visit to the California Science CenterHours & AdmissionThe California Science Center is open daily from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.except for Thanksgiving,Christma