(2023年)浙江省台州市公共英语二级(笔试)模拟考试(含答案)

2021年安徽省安庆市公共英语二级(笔试)

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一、3.阅读理解(10题)

1.America has had many Presidents who have been famous all over the world. People from other countries know the names Washington, Kennedy and so on. However, many men who have served as President of the United States have not been famous in other parts of the world. One example is J.Q .Adams, the sixth man to serve as U.S.President.

Very little happened while Adams was President. It was an unhappy time for him, and he wasn't very effective, when his term ended, he went back to the Congress and served as a representative sentative(众议院议员). While he was

in Congress, people began to respect him more than they had done while he was President. Adams was strongly against slavery and tried to outlaw it in Washington D.C.People began to look back on his presidency with a different view. Now they saw that he was an independent man with high ideal who loved his country and hated slavery Adams died in 1848 while speaking in the House of Representative.

When Adams served as the sixth U.S. President, ____________.

A.his people didn't regard him as a great man

B.he tried a lot of means to get rid of slavery

C.his high ideal made an impression on American people

D.he did a lot of things against laws

2.

In the past, news was______.

A.sent by telegraph

B.passed from one person to another

C.sent by letter

D.sent by telephone

3.

It is obvious that UNESCO ______.

A.is a company in France

B.is a world organization in the U. N.

C.works mainly at fighting against illiteracy

D.had many experts whose level of attainment is far from literacy

4.

The reason "Father was in a hurry to get home" was that he ______.

A.wasn't feeling very well

B.hated to drive in the dark

C.wanted to take some exercise

D.didn't want to be caught by the police

5.

Although the sport is very popular, some people are still ______.

A.expanding its equipment

B.asking for instructions

C.afraid of going down the mountainsides

D.curious about the sport

6.

A dog is a more demanding pot than a cat because ______.

A.it must be trained so that it won't bite

B.it demands more food and space

C.it needs more love and care

D.it must be looked after carefully

7.

A reservoir is used ______.

A.to keep the fields wet

B.to store water

C.to join canals

D.to prevent farmers from getting water

8.One of the quickest and most effective ways to improve your vocabulary is by learning to recognize the most common Latin and Greek roots, since any one of them can help you define a number of English words. Whenever you come upon an unfamiliar word, first check to see if it has a recognizable root. If you know that the Latin root "ami" for example, means like or love, you can easily figure out that "amiable" means pleasant, friendly and "amorous" means loving. Even ff you cannot define a word exactly, recognizing the root will still give you a general idea of the word's meaning. Remembering that