【英语等级考试】全国公共英语等级考试(2级)模拟试题及答案6

1、pets level 2 simulated test（6）全国公共英语等级考试（2级）模拟试题（6）第二部分：英语知识运用 第一节：单项选择从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.1. -how about the book you are reading ?-good , indeed .it many problems we have come across in our study.a. says b. talks c. covers d. refers2. i'd like to take my picture stands a hi

2、gh tower.a. where b. which c. that d. there3. i'd like to buy a house, modern and comfortable, and, in a quiet place.a. afar all b. above all c. in all d. for all4. -you've got a good result in your research, haven't you?-yes , but much.a. remains to do b. is remains to do c. remains to

3、be done d. has remained to do it5. -i must be leaving now. it'll be 3 hours' drive to get there.a. good-bye b. take care c. take it easy d. what can i do for you6. nobody could have guessed , in those days , the place in history that martin luther king, jra. was having b. was to have c. had

4、had d. had7. the queen will visit the town in may ,she will open the new hospital.a. when b. then c. while d. but8. i'll come ,i don't expect to enjoy myself.a. if b. since c. as d. though9. you in such a hurry just now. look, there is plenty of time left.a. don't have to do it b. needn&

5、#39;t have done itc. wouldn't do it d. mustn't have done it10. is one of the five working language at u.n. , which are veryproud of.a. the chinese, the chinese b. chinese language, chinesec. chinese, the chinese d. chinese language, the chinese11. -what's your problem ?-i have lost sight

6、 of my mum and dad . i saw them in front of me a moment ago.a. were walking b. to have walker c. walk d. walking12. children are tired of learning often because they are to do more than they can.a. expected b. suggested c. hoped d. wished13. concerts will be needed if we wanted to collect enough mon

7、ey to start a school.a. some other ten b. another ten c. other ten d. ten others14. the door burst open and, shouting with anger.a. in rushed the crowd b. rushed in the crowdc. the crowd tin rushed d. in the crowd rushed15. we carved their names on the stone so that younger generations could know wh

8、at their forefathers for the nation.a. did b. were doing c. had done d. have been doing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、d中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.in its home country of germany, the hot dog was called the frankfurter. it was named 16 frankfurt, a german city.frankfurters were first 17 in the u

9、nited states in 18 . americans called frankfurters "dachshund sausages"（ 达克思香肠 ）.a dachshund is a dog from germany 19 a very long body and short legs. dachshund sausages first 20 popular in new york, 21 at baseball games. at games they were sold by men 22 kept them 23 in hot-water tanks.as

10、 the men walked 24 the rows of people , they yelled , "get your dachshund sausages ! get your hot dachshund sausages !"people got the sausages on 25 , a special bread.26 in 1906 a newspaper cartoonist 27 tad dorgan went to a baseball game. 28 he saw the men withthe dachshundsausages, he go

11、t an idea 29 a cartoon. the next day at the newspaper office he 30 a bun with a dachshund inside 一31 a dachshund sausage,32 a dachshund. dorgan 33 how to spell dachshund . under the cartoon, he wrote "get your hot dogs !"the cartoon was a sensation（ 轰动）,and 34 .if you go to a baseball game

12、 today, you can stillsee sellers walking 35with hot-water tanks. as they walk up and down the rows they yell."get your hot dogs here! get your hot dogs !"16. a . with b. after c. by d. of17. a. got b. sold c. bought d. make18. a. the 1860s b. 1860's c. the 1860 d. 1865s19. a. by b. of

13、c. at d. with20. a. gained b. stayed c. became d. were turned21. a. special b. especially c. certainly d. surely22. a. those b. which c. what d. who23. a. cool b. hot c. warm d. cold24. a. sometimes b. up and down c. someday d. here and there25. a. buns b. the tops c. coffee d. chocolates26. a. a da

14、y b. any day c. certain d. one day27. a. who is b. was c. was called d. named28. a. when b. while c. if d. whether29. a. to b. as c. with d. for30. a. called b. made c. drew d. bought31. a. no b. without c. not d. for32. a. except b. but c. and d. except for33. a. didn't know b. wonders c. was s

15、ure d. never knows34. a. so the new name was b. so is the cartoonistc. so was the new name d. the new name was so35. a. over b. around c. fast d. all day第三部分：阅读理解(a )what are some of the steps a person can take to prevent his house from being broken into while he is away? one step is tomake sure tha

16、t the house seems a lived-in one. living room curtains should be pulled down only half-way. bedrooms thatusually have the curtains pulled down at night should be left down . another is to make sure that all outside locks are thedead-bolt type (双保险).still another is to leave several 100w lights burni

17、ng and make surethat one is in the kitchen.lights that turned on and off by themselves are the best. then, too, it is a good idea to leave the radio turned on and setto a talking station. any type of speaking makes a thief think twice before trying to enter. finally, while away on holiday, make sure

18、 that nothing collects in front or in the house. particularly, make certain that the newspaper is stopped and thata trusted neighbour has been asked to pick up the mail. thieves are especially quick to notice piled-up newspapers and overpiled mail boxes.36. why did the writer begin this piece with q

19、uestion?a. because he wanted to catch the readers' attention.b. because he wanted to have the readers guess the answer before reading.c. because he wanted to sum up ( 概括)the topic of the piece.d. because he wanted to make the readers understand him better.37. the word "live-in" in this

20、 passage means.a. left empty b. lively and cheerful c. now being used by people d. laid inside38. what does the writer advise the people to do?a. ask a neighbour to pick up the daily mailb. make sure to have lights that turn on and off by themselves.c. make sure the newspaper is handed over every da

21、y.d. pull the living room curtains down.39. the most important room to leave a light burning in is the.a. bedroom b. kitchen c. living room d. sitting-room(b )mr richards has worked in a small seaside town for about ten years and he and his wife have a comfortable house near thesea.during the winter

22、 they would be quite happy, but every summer a lot of their relatives used to spend holiday in their house,and it was much cheaper than staying in hotel . finally one day in june mr richards complained to a clever friend of hiswho lived in the same place. "one of my wife'scousins is going t

23、o bring her husband and childrenand spend ten days withus next month again. how have you prevented all your relatives from coming to live with you in summer ?" "oh,"the friendanswered, "that is not difficult. i just borrow money from all the rich ones, and lend it to all the poor

24、 ones. after that,they seldom come again." hearing this mr richards smiled.40. the relatives preferred to stay in mr richards' house because.a. it was cool in summer b. they might spend less moneyc. they were more welcome d. it was a comfortable place41. according to his friend's opinio

25、n, the poor relatives would stop going there so often because.a. they were shy to borrow money againb. hey were afraid to be asked to pay off the debtsc. they had been ill-treatedd. it wasn't happy for the poor to meet the rich42. the best title for this passage is.a. such a clever friend b. mr

26、richards and his friendc. money is important d. such good usage of money43. after reading the passage we can infer.a. mr richards still complains about the coming of his relatives in summerb. the friend of mr richards' hadn't as many relatives as richardsc. gradually mr richards succeeded in

27、 keeping his relatives out in summerd. snone of richards' relatives came to the seaside town for their holidays again（c ）i wonder why american towns looks so much alike that i sometimes mix them up in my memory. the standard influence（ 影响）of massproduction whose agents（ 代理商）are the travellingsal

28、esman, the mail-order house, the five-and-ten cent stores, the chain stores, the movies canhardly explain it. if you staytwo days in bologna and in ferrare, or in arles and in avignon, you will never mix them up in all your life. but it may wellhappen that after you spend two days in st.louis and in

29、 kansas city the appearances of thesetwo cities soon mix up. i thinkthe reason for this is that these towns have not yet had time enough to develop their own characters. similarly, children aremuch less different from each other than grown people.44. which two of the following towns look so much ali

30、ke?a. bologna and ferrare b. arles and avignonc. st. louis and kansas city d. bologna and st. louis 45. in line 4 the word "it" refers to.a. standard of towns b. similarity of towns c. people's memory d. mass production 46. american towns look very much alike because of.a. the standard

31、 influence of mass production b. their different appearancesc. not being fully developed d. having everything in common （d ）millions of stars are travelling about in space. a few form groups which journey together, but most of them travel alone.and they travel through a universe so large that one st

32、ar seldom comes near to another. for the most part each star makes its journey in complete loneliness, like a ship on an empty ocean. the ship will be well over a million miles from its nearest neighbor. from this it is easy to understand why a star seldom finds another anywhere neat it.we believe,

33、however, that some two thousand million years ago, another star wandering（漫游）through space, happened to come near our sun, just as the sun and the moon raise tides（ 潮汐）on the earth, so this star must have raised tides on thesurface of the sun .but they were very different from the small tides that a

34、re raised in our oceans; a large tidal wavemust have travelled over the surface of the sun, at last forming a mountain so high that we cannot imagine it. as the causeof the disturbance（动荡）came nearer, so the mountain rose higher and higher. and before thestar began to move away again, its tidal pull

35、 had become so powerful that this mountain was torn to pieces and threw off small parts of itself into space.these small pieces have been going round the sun ever since. they are the planets（行星）.47. millions of stars are.a. following a regular path in space b. moving about without a fixed course c.

36、seldom wandering about in the universe d. always travelling together 48. some two thousand million years ago, the mountain on the sun was raised probably becausea. a large tidal wave of a star travelled over the surface of the sunb. another star happened to come near the sunc. the sun and the moon r

37、aised the tides on the earthd. the star moved away from the sun49. the article suggests that.a. our earth exists before the sun b. how space formedc. no one knows where the earth comes fromd. our earth used to be a high mountain on the sun50. the expression "the cause of the disturbance" r

38、efers to,a. the large tidal wave b. the powerful tidal pullc. the star coming near the sun d. one of the sun's planets51. in this article, the writer mainly wants to tell the readers.a. that the universe is so large that we cannot imagine itb. how the high mountains were formed on the sunc. why

39、the tides over the surface of the sun were so powerfuld. where the planets in the universe came from（e ）contacts（ 交往）between japan and the rest of the world have grown a great deal in the twentieth century. in the last thirtyyears, business contacts between japan and the west have become very import

40、ant. many foreign companies now have offices injapan and japanese businessmen do business around the world.differences between japanese and western ways of doing business, however, often bewilder theforeign businessman and makedoing business in japan difficult for foreigners.the american businessman

41、, for example , wants of start talking business immediately . he wantsquick decisions. he does notwait. the japanese, on the other hand , likes to arrive at decisions gradually after giving them a great deal of thought.another thing foreign businessmen have difficulty in understanding is when a japa

42、nese means"yes" or "no". this is becauseof cultural difference for a japanese to say "no" directly.in english, it is easy to say "no" to something we do not want to do. but in japan it is verydifficult to say "no". torefuse an invitation or a request

43、 with "no", or a similar phrase, is felt to be impolite. itis thought to be selfish（ 自 私）and unfriendly. so instead of saying "no" directly, the japanese have developed many ways toavoid saying "no". theseenable them to avoid hurting other people's feeling. however,

44、 this often makes communicationwith the japanese difficultfor foreigners to understand and follow.52. paragraph one tells us that.a. it is not always easy for foreigners to do business in japanb. japan is a very important country for businessmenc. business contacts between japan and the west are imp

45、ortantd. japanese businessmen do business all around the world53. the word "bewilder" in paragraph 2 probably means.a. tire b. interest c. puzzle d. surprise54. from the passage we can know that.a. american businessmen do things more quickly than japanese onesb. american businessmen like t

46、o say "yes" and "no"c. americans usually say what they are thinkingd. americans do not express themselves clearly55. the passage tells us that.a. japanese businessmen are good at businessb. foreign businessmen should first try to understand japanesec. foreign businessmen must be more polited. if you want to succeed you must learn from japan第四部分：写作 第一节：短文改错此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错