【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

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. saysB. talksC. coversD. refers2. I'd like to take my picture ________stands a high tower.A. whereB. whichC. thatD. there3. I'd like to buy a house, modern and comfortable, and __________, in a quiet place.A. afar allB. above allC. in allD. for all4. -You've got a good result in your research, haven't you?-Yes , but much ________ .A. remains to doB. is remains to doC. remains to be doneD. has remained to do it5. -I must be leaving now. It'll be 3 hours' drive to get there.-__________.A. Good-byeB. Take careC. Take it easyD. What can I do for you6. Nobody could have guessed , in those days , the place in history that Martin Luther King,Jr____.A. was havingB. was to haveC. had hadD. had7. The queen will visit the town in May , ________ she will open the new hospital.A. whenB. thenC. whileD. but8. I'll come , ________ I don't expect to enjoy myself.A. ifB. sinceC. asD. though9. You _________in such a hurry just now. Look, there is plenty of time left.A. don't have to do itB. needn't have done itC. wouldn't do itD. mustn't have done it10. _____________is one of the five working language at U.N. , which _______ are very proud of.A. The Chinese, the ChineseB. Chinese language, ChineseC. Chinese, the ChineseD. Chinese language, the Chinese11. -What's your problem ?- I have lost sight of my mum and dad . I saw them ________ in front of me a moment ago.A. were walkingB. to have walkerC. walkD. walking12. Children are tired of learning often because they are __________to do more than they can.A. expectedB. suggestedC. hopedD. wished13. _________ concerts will be needed if we wanted to collect enough money to start a school.A. Some other tenB. Another tenC. Other tenD. Ten others14. The door burst open and ________ , shouting with anger.A. in rushed the crowdB. rushed in the crowdC. the crowd tin rushedD. in the crowd rushed15. We carved their names on the stone so that younger generations could know whattheir forefathers ____ for the nation.A. didB. were doingC. had doneD. 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 United 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 20popular in New York, 21 at baseball games. At games they were sold by men 22 kept them 23 inhot-water tanks.As the men walked 24 the rows of people , they yelled , "Get your dachshund sausages ! Get yourhot 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 got an idea 29 a cartoon. The next day at the newspaper office he 30 a bun witha dachshund inside ---31 a dachshund sausage,32 a dachshund. Dorgan 33 how to spell dachshund . Under the cartoon, he wrote "Get your hotdogs !"The cartoon was a sensation(轰动) , and 34 .If you go to a baseball game 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 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 day 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 sure D. never knows34. A. so the new name was B. so is the cartoonistC. so was the new nameD. 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 that 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 surethat all outside locks are thedead-bolt type (双保险) . Still another is to leave several 100W lights burning and make sure that one is in the kitchen.Lights that turned on and off by themselves are the best. Then, too, it is a good idea to leavethe 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 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 andoverpiled mail boxes.36. Why did the writer begin this piece with question?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 passage means ______________.A. left emptyB. lively and cheerfulC. now being used by peopleD. 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 day.D. Pull the living room curtains down.39. The most important room to leave a light burning in is the _________.A. bedroomB. kitchenC. living roomD. 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 they would be quite happy, but every summer a lot of their relatives used tospend 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 p lace. "One of my wife's cousins is going to bring her husband and children and spend ten days withus next month again. How have you prevented all your relatives from coming to live with you insummer ?" "Oh,"the friendanswered, "that is not difficult. I just borrow money from all the rich ones, and lend it toall the poor 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 summerB. they might spend less moneyC. they were more welcomeD. it was a comfortable place41. According to his friend's opinion, the poor relatives would stop going there so oftenbecause ________ .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 FriendB. Mr Richards and his FriendC. Money is ImportantD. 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 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. Thestandard influence(影响)of massproduction whose agents(代理商)are the travellingsalesman, 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 inall your life. But it may wellhappen that after you spend two days in St.Louis and in 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 owncharacters. Similarly, children aremuch less different from each other than grown people.44. Which two of the following towns look so much alike?A. Bologna and FerrareB. Arles and AvignonC. St. Louis and Kansas CityD. Bologna and St. Louis45. In line 4 the word "it" refers to ____________.A. standard of townsB. similarity of townsC. people's memoryD. mass production46. American towns look very much alike because of ____________.A. the standard influence of mass productionB. their different appearancesC. not being fully developedD. having everything in common( D )Millions of stars are travelling about in space. A few form groups which journey together, butmost of them travel alone.And they travel through a universe so large that one star seldom comes near to another. For themost part each star makesits journey in complete loneliness, like a ship on an empty ocean. The ship will be well overa million miles from itsnearest neighbor. From this it is easy to understand why a star seldom finds another anywhereneat it.We believe, however, that some two thousand million years ago, another star wandering(漫游) through space, happened to comenear 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 are raised in ouroceans; 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 had become so powerful that this mountain was torn to pieces and threw off smallparts 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 spaceB. moving about without a fixed courseC. seldom wandering about in the universeD. always travelling together48. Some two thousand million years ago, the mountain on the sun was raised probably because__________.A. 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 raised the tides on the earthD. the star moved away from the sun49. The article suggests that _____________ .A. our earth exists before the sunB. 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" refers to _________.A. the large tidal waveB. the powerful tidal pullC. the star coming near the sunD. 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 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 important. Many foreigncompanies 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, 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 Japanese 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 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, 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 importantD. Japanese businessmen do business all around the world53. The word "bewilder" in paragraph 2 probably means _________.A. tireB. interestC. puzzleD. surprise54. From the passage we can know that _____________.A. American businessmen do things more quickly than Japanese onesB. American businessmen like to 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。