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1、书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘学子：学业有成，金榜题名！语言类考试复习资料大全公共英语二级模拟52公共英语二级模拟52第一部分 听力理解第一节听下面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羊小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. Who was injured?A.Jerrys wife.B.Jerrys father-in-law.C.Jerrys father.答案:B解析W: I was hoping that we cou

2、ld see Jerry here today.M: He was planning to come, but then his wifes father fell down some stairs and they had to take him to a doctor.2. How will the man get to Chicago.?A.By plane.B.By bus.C.By ear.答案:B解析M: You are going to Chicago tomorrow, arent you?.W: Yes, I thought Id fly, but then I decide

3、d that taking a bus would be cheaper than driving or flying.3. What does the woman mean?A.Joe should have cared more about the exam earlier.B.Joe is late for the exam.C.Joe neednt worry about passing the exam.答案:A解析M: Im really worried about passing the exam tomorrow.M: Its too late to worry about i

4、t, Joe.4. How would Jack get to the United States?A.Hell go by plane.B.Hell go by train.C.Hell go by bus.答案:A解析W: Do you plan on flying to the United States, Jack?M: Yes. It costs a lot, but the trains and buses dont run the day Im going. So I have no choice.5. How long does the man spend traveling

5、to work?A.15 minutes.B.30 minutes.C.45 minutes.答案:C解析W: How long does it take you to travel to work?M: Well, its 15 minutes walk from my house to the bus stop, and its about half an hours bus fide to my factory.第二节听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听

6、完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. What does the man want to do?A.Have his hair cut.B.Go to the cinema.C.Go to work.答案:B解析 6-7M: Hey, Mary, left go to a movie. Youve been working on these bills for hours now.W: Its impossible.M: Why?W: We cant afford to go out, look at the bills y

7、ourself. Everything I say goes in one ear and out of the other.M: All fight. Ive been trying to cut down our expenses lately. Ive been turning off the lights when I leave the room, Ive been keeping track of all of our phone bills.2. What does the woman complain(埋怨) about the man?A.He is a little was

8、teful.B.He is forgetful.C.He is lazy.答案:A (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 3. What should the man drink a lot?A.Coffee.B.Hot tea.C.Pure water.答案:B解析 8-9M: I feel very ill, Doctor.W: What is the matter with you?M: I have a terrible sore throat. I have a headache, too.W: Have you been coughing and sneezing?M: I c

9、ough a lot, but I dont sneeze.W: Put this thermometer under your tongue. I want to see if you have a fever. Let me see. Yes. You have a fever.M: Is my temperature very high?W: No, not very. Here is a prescription. Stay in bed and rest. Drink hot tea. Come in and see me in my office on Monday.4. When

10、 will the man go to see the doctor again?A.On Monday.B.On Tuesday.C.On Thursday.答案:A (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 5. The person who came out of the house a little later _.A.was not nervous at allB.was as nervous as the othersC.was slow to put on his clothes答案:B解析 10-12 There was a fire in the middle of the

11、night at a country house where there were many guests. hey all rushed outside when they heard the alarm. They did not even wait to put on their clothes. Dressed in blankets and overcoats, they were standing watching the flames when another guest joined them. Why did you people get so excited? he ask

12、ed, Now look at me. When I heard the alarm, I go out of bed, lit a cigarette and quietly dressed myself. In fact I was putting on my tie when I thought it was not the best tie to wear with a shirt I had on. I took it off and put on another. I did not lose my head at all. I never get excited in a dif

13、ficult or dangerous situation. Thats good, said one of his friends, but why didnt you put on your trousers? 6. I did not lose my head at all. It means _.A.no one killed me, I was still aliveB.there was nothing wrong with my brainC.my brain worked still well答案:C7. He didnt put on his trousers showed

14、_ .A.He was not calm at allB.He wasnt nervousC.He forgot to put on his trousers答案:A (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 8. Why does Mr. David want to see Mr. Ryan?A.To deal with his insurance for his ear.B.To show consideration for his health.C.To praise him for his hard work in the office.答案:A解析 13-16M: Yes. Im E

15、dgar Davis from the Insurance Company(保险公司).W: Im sorry, Mr. Davis, but Ryans not here today. He wasnt feeling well, so I told him to stay at home.M: Oh, I see. Do you think hell be out for several days?W: I just dont know. He has a very bad cold. He called me earlier this morning. And I noticed he

16、was coughing a lot.M: Thats too had. I hope its nothing serious.W: He hardly ever gets sick. He is one of our best workers.M: He called me about some insurance(保险)for his car. Would you give these forms, please?W: Certainly.9. Who is the woman?A.Mr. Ryans wife.B.Mr. Ryans workmate.C.A secretary in t

17、he office.答案:B10. What does the woman think of Mr. Ryans health?A.He seldom gets iii.B.He is in poor health.C.He never takes a sick leave.答案:A11. What does Mr. David want the woman to do for him?A.To read the form to Mr. Ryan.B.To give the form to Mr. Ryan.C.To ask Mr. Ryan some questions.答案:B (如需获取

18、本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 12. What did people once think about lightning?A.It was a natural phenomenon.B.It was a weapon.C.It came from God.答案:C解析 17-20 In the earliest times, men considered lightning to be one of the great mysteries of nature. Some ancient people believed that lightning and thunder were the

19、weapons of the gods. In reality lightning is a flow of electricity from high above the earth. The American scientist and statesman, Benjamin Franklin, was the first to show the connection between electricity and lightning in 1752. In the same year he also built the first lightning rod. This device p

20、rotects buildings from damage by lightning. In file United States alone, lightning kills an average of one person every day. The safest place to be in case of an electrical storm is in a closed car. Outside, one should go to low ground and not get under tress. Also, one should stay out of water and

21、away from metal fence. Inside a house, people should avoid opening doors and windows and touching wires or metal things. 13. What did Benjamin Franklin invent in 1752?A.The first fishing rod.B.The first lightning rod.C.Lightning.答案:B14. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A.About one perso

22、n per day dies from lightning in the U. S.B.About 365 persons per year die from lightning in the U. S.C.About one person per hour dies from lightning in the U. S.答案:C15. Where is it safe to stay during an electrical storm?A.At open doorways.B.In a closed car.C.On the high ground.答案:B第二部分 英语知识运用第一节 单

23、项填空从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。问题:1. Reading is an experience quite different from watching TV；there are pictures _ in your mind instead of before your eyes.A.to formB.formC.formingD.having formed答案:C解析 句意为“阅读是与看电视完全不同的体验。阅读是在头脑中形成画面，而不是眼前出现画面。”本题考查时态的用法。本句为“there be句型，C项的动词的现在分词形式作后置定语，符合题意。A为不定式形

24、式，表示目的，不能用于此处。B项不可以用于be动词之后，D项的时态不符合题意。问题:2. -I would never come to this restaurant again. The food is terrible!-_.A.Not am I.B.I wont, either.C.So with me.D.Me, too.答案:B解析 句意为“我再也不来这家饭店丁，食物太糟了。我也不会来了。”本题为情景对话题，须结合上下文分析。A项表示“我也不是”，一般现在时表示现在的情况。B项表示“我将也不”，表示对将来的看法。C项和D项表示“我也是”，不符合上文“再也不来”的否定陈述，因此可以排除

25、。问题:3. It is reported that the United States uses _ energy as the whole of Europe.A.as twiceB.twice muchC.twice much asD.twice as much答案:D解析 句意为“据报道，美国使用的能源相当于整个欧洲使用能源的两倍。”本句考查倍数用法。“as much + sth+as”表示“与一样”。该短语与倍数连用，表示“是的几倍”。此种用法反复考到，需要重点进行记忆。比如“His money is twice as much as mine”表示“他的钱是我的钱的两倍。”问题:4

26、. - I really dont know how to thank you enough.-_.A.No problemB.Think nothing of itC.Not at allD.It doesnt matter答案:B解析 句意为“我真不知道如何感谢你才好。别想它了。”本题为情景对话，需要结合上下文分析。A项表示“当然可以，没有问题”；B项表示“别想它了，没有关系的”，符合对上文的感谢的回答；C项表示“不客气，一点也不”，不用与此种语言环境之中；D项表示“没有关系”，用来回答对方的道歉。对于情景对话题，需要平时的积累。问题:5. At the seventh Internati

27、onal Ballet Competition, Fernando Bujones won the first gold medal ever _ to an American male dancer.A.awardedB.to be awardC.being awardedD.should be awarding答案:A解析 句意为“在第七届国际芭蕾舞比赛中，佛纳多布琼斯赢得了美国历史上男舞蹈演员的第一枚金牌。”ever引导的定语从句修饰medal。A项表示“被授予”，符合题意；C项表示“正被授予的”，时态不正确；B、D均为主动语态，不符合题意。问题:6. Britain has recen

28、tly had a high level of unemployment and the same is true _ many other countries.A.atB.fromC.ofD.to答案:C解析 句意为“英国最近的失业率达到了最高这一情况同样也发生在其他一些国家。”the same is true of sb/sth表示前面所述的某种情况也同样适用于后面提及的人或事物。问题:7. The thief _ the lock of the ladys jewelry case open.A.hitB.forcedC.stoleD.broke答案:B解析 句意为“小偷把那位女士的珠宝

29、箱的锁弄开了。”关键在于open一词。A为“打，击”，通常指用工具或徒手攻击；B为“强迫，迫使，用强力打开”等意；C为“偷盗，偷窃”，无法搭配；D为“打碎，打破”，已经含有“打开”之意。问题:8. The girl is often listened _ songs at the next room.A.practise to singB.practise singingC.to practise to singD.to practise singing答案:D解析 经常有人听到女孩在隔壁房间里练习唱歌儿。当动词短语listen to设为被动语态时，必须跟带to的不定式做主语补足语，动词pra

30、ctise须跟动名词。问题:9. Our plane _ from New York at 6:00 yesterday evening.A.took offB.pat offC.flew offD.left off答案:A解析 我们的飞机是昨晚6点从纽约起飞的。take off意为“飞机起飞”；put off意为“推迟”；fly off意为“突然跑掉”；leave off意为“停止”。根据题意选A。问题:10. How to raise the efficiency, _ is the question.A.whatB.whichC.thatD.if答案:C解析 如何提高效率，这是个问题。t

31、hat指代前面整句。问题:11. They waved their hands and hats at last _ to their friends and native land.A.congratulationB.lookC.farewellD.leave答案:C解析 句意：他们最后挥手脱帽向朋友和故土告别。congratulation：祝贺；look：看； farewell：告别；leave：离开，故选C。问题:12. -Whos the man talking to our teacher?-A professor _ a visit to our school.A.paysB.is

32、 payingC.had paidD.paying答案:D解析 句意为：(跟我们老师谈话的那个男士)是正在我校访问的专家。该题考查分词在句中作定语的用法。Pay和professor是主动关系，所以应用现在分词形式。故本题答案为D。问题:13. Are you sure _ youve met him before?A.unlessB.thatC.whenD.though答案:B解析 “你确信以前见过他吗?”本题考查的是用that引导的同位语从句。故本题答案为B。问题:14. Helen said she would like to go to Atlanta by air, but I won

33、der if she has enough money to pay for theA.travelB.tourismC.journeyD.course答案:C解析 根据本题题意：Helen说她想坐飞机去亚特兰大，但是我怀疑她是否有足够的钱支付这样的旅程。A为“旅行”；B为“观光事业，游览”；D为“路线，跑道”； C为“旅程”。故最佳答案为C。问题:15. _ forever are the days _ I was young.A.Going; whenB.Gone; whenC.Go; thenD.Gone; then答案:B解析 本题考查的是倒装句的用法。根据本句句意“我年轻时的那些日子

34、都已经逝去”可知本题答案为B。第二节 完型填空阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。 Knowledge and Progress Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world ? Surely because progress of a particular kind is actually 1 place around us and is becoming 2 manifest. 3 mankind has undergone no general imp

35、rovement in intelligence or morality, it has made 4 progress in the accumulation of knowledge. Knowledge began 5 as soon as the thoughts of one individual could be communicated 6 another by 7 of speech. 8 the invention of writing, a great advance was made, for knowledge could then be not only commun

36、icated but also 9 . Libraries made education 10 , and education in its turn added 11 libraries: the growth of knowledge followed a kind of compound interest law, 12 was greatly enhanced by the invention of 13 . All this was comparatively slow until, with the coming of science, the tempo (速率) was sud

37、denly 14 .Then knowledge began to be accumulated according to a systematic plan. The trickle became a stream; the stream has now 15 a torrent. Moreover, 16 soon as new knowledge is acquired, it is now turned 17 practical account. What is called modem civilization is not the result of a 18 developmen

38、t of all mens nature, 19 of accumulated knowledge applied 20 practical life. 1.A.takeB.takenC.takingD.to take答案:C解析 be doing形式。故选C。2.A.more and moreB.most and mostC.less and lessD.least and least答案:A解析 More and more越来越。故选A。3.A.HoweverB.AlthoughC.ButD./答案:B解析 although可引导让步状语从句。故选B。4.A.normalB.commonC

39、.ordinaryD.extraordinary答案:D解析 句意为：“人类取得更大进步”。A、B、C选项均为“普通，平常”的意思。只有D是“不平凡”的意思。故选D。5.A.to increaseB.increaseC.increasedD.increasing答案:A解析 动词begin的用法，begin to do sth.。故选A。6.A.onB.inC.toD.with答案:C解析 be communicated to 的用法。故选C。7.A.routeB.meansC.waysD.mean答案:B解析 route“路途，路线”；means“方式，方法，手段”；mean“意思，卑鄙韵”

40、；ways路程，距离”。综合比较，means符合语境。故选B。8.A.WithB.OnC.AsD.For答案:A解析 根据句意“随着书写符号的发明”，可知选A。9.A.storeB.storedC.storingD.to store答案:B解析 此题考查not onlybut also，前后成分要一致。故选B。10.A.possiblyB.possibilityC.possibleD.impossible答案:C解析 此题考查make sthadj.这里形容词作宾补，结合题意，故选C。11.A.atB.forC.toD.in答案:C解析 add to为“增加”的意思，故选C。12.A.that

41、B.whoC.whichD.what答案:C解析 A项that不能在非限定性定语从句中使用。且在题目中关系代词在从句中做主语。故选C。13.A.printB.printingC.printedD.to print答案:B解析 因为介词of后用名词，就可排除C、D，又因为printing为“印刷术”的意思，更符合句意，所以选B。14.A.raiseB.raisedC.raisingD.to raise答案:B解析 由句意可知此处应用被动语态的形式，所以选B。15.A.becameB.becomingC.becomeD.to become答案:C解析 此题考查become的动词变化形式。becom

42、e的过去分词是become。16.A.soB.inC.atD.as答案:D解析 此题考查短语as soon as的用法，为“一就”的意思。17.A.onB.inC.atD.to答案:D解析 此题考查短语turn to“转向，求助于”。18.A.balanceB.balancedC.balancingD.balances答案:B解析 此题考查短语a balanced development of“的平衡发展”。19.A.yetB.norC.butD./答案:C解析 此题考查短语notbut的用法。20.A.onB.inC.atD.to答案:D解析 此题考查动词apply的用法：apply to

43、sth“将应用于”。第三部分 阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项A Robert Spring, a 19th-century forger, was so good at his job that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of famous Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookst

44、ore. At first he made some money by selling his small but real collection of early US autographs. Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. In order not to be found out, he sen

45、t his forgeries to England and Canada for sale. Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger cant go to a respectable buyer but must deal with people who dont have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their work look real. For example, they buy old books to use th

46、e aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and ink with chemicals. In Springs time, fight after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the southern states. So, Spring invented a respectable lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General Stonewall Jackson. For several

47、years Miss Fannys financial problems forced her to sell a great number of letters belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty. 1. Why did Spring sell his false autographs in England and Canada?A.Th

48、ere was a greater demand there than in America.B.There was less chance of being discovered there.C.Britain was Springs birthplace.D.The prices were higher in England and Canada than the ones in America.答案:B解析 第一段最后一句：为了不被发现，他把伪造品送往英国和加拿大。2. After the Civil War, there was a great demand in Britain fo

49、r _.A.the southern moneyB.signatures of George WashingtonC.the southern lettersD.the Civil War battle plans答案:C解析 第三段说：在内战之后，英国对南方感兴趣的是什么呢?由下文得：是Spring伪造的大量信件。3. Robert Spring spent 15 years _.A.running a bookstore in PhiladelphiaB.writing letters to Miss Fanny JacksonC.selling false signaturesD.sel

50、ling autographs答案:C解析 首句明确告诉我们，15年来Robert Spring一直卖名人的假签名。B Jim was born after his elder brother and sister. He could learn many things from them. Soon, he developed his own way of doing things by developing his mind through his interest in creating stories. He read more than most children and he ga

51、thered his inspiration from history books. In school, his athletic interests were basketball and bike, especially high jump. When he found he could jump a little higher than most students, he decided that jumping over a high bar would be his specialty. Jim continued his learning interest in history

52、which included serious college study, and a Masters degree. He is now a university professor at a small university. In the United States there are many schools that have history departments. There are large universities with as many as 60 thousand students and small universities with as few as 2 000

53、 students. His degree from a large university with a strong history department has helped him get a good job. Jim and Kate like cats. They have two of them and these cats are special members of the family. Their grey and white cat is Toby. The coal-black colour cat is called Buddha(佛爷) because he si

54、ts so quietly. Cats are popular with many people in America. 1. Which of the following statements is true?A.Jim is the second child in his family.B.Jim has a younger sister.C.Jim is the third child in his family.D.Jim is the only child in his family.答案:C解析 此题考查获取事实细节的能力。见短文第一句。2. What was he good at

55、 when he was at school?A.Basketball.B.High jump.C.Running.D.Football.答案:B解析 此题考查获取事实细节能力。通过第二段最后一句和倒数第二句可知。3. We can infer from the above passage that _.A.all the Americans like to keep catsB.the cat is called Buddha because he is always quietC.the population of a small university is only one third of that of the largest oneD.it is easier for a graduate from a large university with a famo