2023年3月公共英语二级试题及答案.doc

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第一节　　听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一种小题，从题中所给旳A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷旳对应位置。听完每段对话后，你均有10秒钟旳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?
　　A．Buying a handbag.
　　B．Trying on a piece of clothing.
　　C．Drawing a picture of the countryside.
　　2. What is the possible relationship between the speakers?
　　A．Family members
　　B．Classmates.
　　C．Co-workers.
　　3. What is the man angry about?
　　A．Telephoning while driving.
　　B．Some women drivers.
　　C．Traffic lights.
　　4. What does the woman mean?
　　A．She will choose the man.
　　B．The man was late in asking.
　　C．She may run for the position.
　　5. What does the woman want the man to do?
　　A．Set up a museum.
　　B．Start doing exercise.
　　C．Stop buying cameras.

　　6. How will the man's brother go to South America?
　　A．By ship.
　　B．By plane.
　　C．By train.
　　7. What will the man probably buy for his brother?
　　A．A toothbrush.
　　B．A silk tie.
　　C．A clock.

　　8. Where is Rick working now?
　　A．In a travel company.
　　B．In a hotel.
　　C．In a law office.
　　9. How does Rick feel about his trip?
　　A．Excited.
　　B．Curious.
　　C．Nervous.
　　10. When will Rick leave?
　　A．In three days.
　　B．In a week.
　　C．In a month.

　　11. What do we know about the grandmother?
　　A．She lives by herself.
　　B．She's as healthy as before.
　　C．She often does some cleaning.
　　12. How long has the grandmother lived in Kentucky?
　　A．Since her husband died.
　　B．Since she was married.
　　C．Since her son moved away.
　　13. What does the grandmother enjoy about her present life?
　　A．Being busy with housework.
　　B．Being with relatives.
　　C．Being with friends.

　　14. What was the woman talking about at beginning of the conversation?
　　A．Her story of completing a task.
　　B．Her experience of being lost.
　　C．Her trip abroad.
　　15. What did the man do in the bar in Germany?
　　A．Met his friends.
　　B．Attended a lecture.
　　C．Gave a performance.
　　16. How did the man find his way back to bar?
　　A．By following a man.
　　B．By looking at a map.
　　C．By asking an old woman.
　　17. What do we know about the man?
　　A．He cannot stand the noise in the bar.
　　B．He doesn't like to wear T-shirts.
　　C．He doesn't speak German.

　　18. Who is the speaker?
　　A．A radio announcer.
　　B．A police officer.
　　C．A taxi driver.
　　19. What makes driving a taxi a hard job in London?
　　A．Bad traffic.
　　B．Confused street names.
　　C．Large pollution in London.
　　20. What will the speaker probably do if he's stuck on the road?
　　A．Have a map ready.
　　B．Be understanding.
　　C．Change directions.

　　21. —Ann has gone out.
　　— ________ What time did she go?
　　A．Well, isn't she?
　　B．Yes, she has.
　　C．No, she hasn't,
　　D．Oh, has she?
　　22. You ________ be mad if you think Jake is going to lend you any money.
　　A．need
　　B．should
　　C．must
　　D．can
　　23. In 1871, a fire in Chicago destroyed________ 1800 buildings.
　　A．as many
　　B．just as
　　C．the same as
　　D．as many as
　　24. Hello! I________you were in London. How long have you been here?
　　A．don't know
　　B．hadn't known
　　C．didn't know
　　D．haven't known
　　25. I wasn't sure whether I had come to ________ right office. There was no name on door.
　　A．a；/
　　B．the；a
　　C．a；the
　　D．the；the.
　　26. —Would you like some help with the packing?

　　—________ . My neighbour's offered to help out. But thanks anyway.
　　A．All the same
　　B．It's all right
　　C．Take it easy
　　D．Come on
　　27. The crowd wished the newly-married couple well as they left ________ their honeymoon.
　　A．to
　　B．in
　　C．for
　　D．about
　　28. I'd never have guessed he was a Wilson-he doesn't look _______ his brothers.
　　A．one
　　B．that
　　C．anybody
　　D．anything
　　29.________the success of our products in Europe, our next step is to move into the Ameri-can market.
　　A．Follow
　　B．Following
　　C．Having followed
　　D．Followed
　　30. The question________ he should accept the offer or not troubled him greatly.
　　A．which
　　B．whether
　　C．that
　　D．why
　　31. He________ forward to our camping, holiday the whole week, but unfortunately it rained every day.
　　A．had looked
　　B．is looking
　　C．had been looking
　　D．looks
　　32. Johanna is the woman ________Maria is studying the piano.
　　A．of whom
　　B．with whom
　　C．by whom
　　D．in whom
　　33. Bella is very kind and beautiful and works hard.________, she is a good girl.
　　A．To sum up
　　B．As a result
　　C．By the way
　　D．In the end
　　34. Television, which first appeared in the 1920s, really changed the________ people viewed the world.
　　A．idea
　　B．direction
　　C．method
　　D．way
　　35. Mark's first year at college was a time ________with excitement and enjoyment.
　　A．having filled
　　B．being filled
　　C．to be filled
　　D．Filled

　　I'm 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 Marshall's 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, it's 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. A．experience
　　B．battle
　　C．game
　　D．chance
　　37. A．player
　　B．person
　　C．winner
　　D．enemy
　　38. A．support
　　B．attack
　　C．advance
　　D．escape
　　39. A．suitable
　　B．powerful
　　C．respected
　　D．dangerous
　　40. A．check
　　B．fight
　　C．safety
　　D．defeat
　　41. A．condition
　　B．change
　　C．piece
　　D．action
　　42.A．protected
　　B．undisturbed
　　C．unexpected
　　D．deserted
　　43. A．frightened
　　B．guarded
　　C．discovered
　　D．caught
　　44. A．imforted
　　B．disappointed
　　C．delighted
　　D．annoyed
　　45. A．players
　　B．master
　　C．crowd
　　D．organizer
　　46. A．smart
　　B．wrong
　　C．free
　　D．difficult
　　47. A．game
　　B．money
　　C．queen
　　D．chessboard
　　48. A．losing
　　B．favourable
　　C．leading
　　D．doubtful
　　49. A．cause
　　B．blow
　　C．accident
　　D．shock
　　50. A．prize
　　B．victory
　　C．progress
　　D．attention
　　51. A．won
　　B．made
　　C．gained
　　D．earned
　　52. A．important
　　B．exciting
　　C．unforgettable
　　D．unclear
　　53. A．idea
　　B．thinking
　　C．chess
　　D．training
　　54. A．into
　　B．further
　　C．ahead
　　D．outside
　　55. A．came
　　B．was organized
　　C．was designed
　　D．Ended

　　Text 1
　　I 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, Mikey's 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 he'll 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, I'd be busy 24 hours a day. Thewriters of those notes didn't realize that honest excuse notes were usually dull: "Peter was late be-cause the alarm clock didn't 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, "They're 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 I'd 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 (专心旳) 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, "I'd 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?
　　A．The excuse notes were written in dull words.
　　B．The notes were more like stories than facts.
　　C．He called their parents and found out the truth.
　　D．The handwriting obviously looked like children's.
　　57. What did the author do with the students found dishonest?
　　A．He reported them to the headmaster.
　　B．He lectured them hard on honesty.
　　C．He had them take notes before lunch.
　　D．He helped improve their writing skills.
　　58. We can infer that when Mikey missed the class, he was
　　A．out enjoying himself
　　B．taking care of his baby sister
　　C．looking after his grandmother
　　D．studying the art of the excuse note
　　59. What did the headmaster think of the author's way of teaching?
　　A．Effective.
　　B．Difficult.
　　C．Misleading.
　　D．Reasonable.

　　Text 2
　　Do you remember the Millennium (千禧年) Goals? When world leaders celebrated the year 2023 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 2023?
　　Well, three years down the road, and the UNDP's 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 2023, and Latin America and the Caribbean are not far behind, but at the present speedof progress, Africa and South Asia won't 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 it's 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?
　　A．Improving public health.
　　B．Reducing poverty by a half.
　　C．Sending children to school.
　　D．Stopping the spread of AIDS.
　　61. Which part of the world can meet the goal of reducing hunger?
　　A．The Caribbean.
　　B．Latin America.
　　C．East Asia.
　　D．Africa and South Asia.
　　62, What economic situation is best expressed as "basket case" (Paragraph 4)?
　　A．Very bad.
　　B．Promising.
　　C．Unexpected.
　　D．Naturally developed.
　　63. Which country is mentioned as an example of successful development in the text?
　　A．Conto.
　　B．Nigeria.
　　C．Cambodia.
　　D．Mauritius.

　　Text 3
　　Looking to improve your language skills, but you don't 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 (官方承认旳), 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 won't 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 one's 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?
　　A．To discuss ways of improving language skills.
　　B．To persuade people to go abroad to attend universities.
　　C．To advise readers to meet different people from abroad.
　　D．To introduce online programs to people unable to go abroad.
　　65. What is the disadvantage of studying a language online?
　　A．You may not be able to keep up with the program.
　　B．You may not meet your teachers in person.
　　C．The computer may break down any time.
　　D．The courses may last much longer.
　　66. The third paragraph mainly discusses the good and bad things about_________
　　A．studying abroad.
　　B．classroom learning.
　　C．learning culture.
　　D．learning online.
　　67. How is the text organizer'?
　　A．Topic-Comparison-Opinion
　　B．Question-Effect-Opinion
　　C．Topic-Examples-Effect
　　D．Question-Cause-Effect

　　Text 4
　　Understanding how nature reacts to climate (气候