全国公共英语等级(PETS)考试二级模拟试题含答案(5)

1、全国公共英语等级（PETS）考试二级模拟试题含答案 第一部分：听力部分 （省略）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. Id like to take my picture stands a high tower.A. where B

2、. which C. that D. thereplace.3. Id like to buy a house, modern and comfortable, and , in a quietA. afar all B. above all C. in all D. for all4. -Youve got a good result in your research, havent you?-Yes , but much .A. remains to do B. is remains to do C. remains to be done D. has remained to do it5

3、. -I must be leaving now. Itll 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 LutherKing, JrA. was having B. was to have C. had had D. had7. The queen will visit the town i

4、n May , she will open the new hospital.A. when B. then C. while D. but8. Ill come , I dont 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. dont have to do it B. neednt have done itC. wouldnt do it D. mustnt have done it10. i

5、s 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. -Whats your problem ?- I have lost sight of my mum and dad . I saw them in front of me a moment ago.A. were walking

6、B. to have walker C. walk D. walking12. Children are tired of learning oftenbecause they are to do more thanthey can.A. expected B. suggested C. hoped D. wished13. concerts will be needed if we wanted to collect enough money to starta school.A. Some other ten B. Another ten C. Other ten D. Ten other

7、s14. 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 what their forefathers for the nation.A. did B. were doing C. had done D. have b

8、een doing 第二节：完形填空 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A、 B、C、D 中选出能填入相应空白处选项，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 named16 Frankfurt, a German city.Frankfurters were first 17 in the United States in 18 . Americans called frankfurters dachshundsausages（ 达克思香肠 ）.A

9、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 in hot-water tanks.As the menwalked 24 the rows of people , they yelled , Get your dachshund sausages ! Get your ho

10、t 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 with the dachshundsausages, he got an idea 29 a cartoon. The next day at the newspaper office he 30a bun with a dachshund inside -31 a dac

11、hshund 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 today, youcan still see sellers walking 35with hot-water tanks. As they walk up and down the rows they yell.Get you

12、r 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. 1860s 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

13、 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.

14、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. didnt know B. wonders C. was sure 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.

15、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

16、 down at night should be left down . Another is tomake sure that 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 goodidea to l

17、eave the radio turned on and setto a talking station. Any type of speaking makes a thief think twice before tryingto 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 ha

18、s 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. B

19、ecause 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 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

20、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. bedroom B. kitchen C. living room D. sitting-

21、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.relativesDuring the winter they would be quite happy, but every summer a lot of their used to spend holiday in their houseand it was much cheaper than staying in hotel

22、 . Finally one day in June Mr Richardscomplained to a clever friend of his who lived in the same place. One of my wifes 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 livewith you in summer ? Oh,

23、the friendanswered, that is not difficult. I just borrow money from all the rich ones, and lend it to all 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 summer B. they might spend l

24、ess moneyC. they were more welcome D. it was a comfortable place41. According to his friends 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 wasnt happy for

25、the poor to meet the rich42. The best title for this passage is .A. Such a Clever Friend B. Mr 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 o

26、f Mr Richards hadnt 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. Th

27、e standard influence（ 影响 ）of mass production whose agents（代理商 ）are the travellingthetheirsalesman, the mail-order house, the five-and-ten cent stores, the chain stores, movies can hardly explain it. If you staytwo days in Bologna and in Ferrare, or in Arles and in Avignon, you will never mix them up

28、 in all your life. But it may wellhappen that after you spend two days in St.Louis and in Kansas City the appearances of these two cities soon mix up. I thinkthe reason for this is that these towns have not yet had time enough to develop own characters. Similarly, children are much less different fr

29、om each other than grown people.44. Which two of the following towns look so much alike?A. Bologna and Ferrare B. Arles and AvignonC. St. Louis and Kansas City D. Bologna and St. Louis45. In line 4 the word it refers to .A. standard of towns B. similarity of towns C. peoples memory D. mass productio

30、n46. American towns look very much alike because of .A. the standard 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

31、travel alone.And they travel through a universe so large that one star seldom comes near to another.For the most part each star makesits journey in complete loneliness, like a ship on an empty ocean. The ship will bewell over a million miles from itsnearest neighbor. From this it is easy to understa

32、nd why a star seldom finds another anywhere neat it.We believe, however, that some two thousand million years ago, another star wandering( 漫游 ) through space, happened to come潮汐 )on the earth, so thisnear our sun, Just as the sun and the moon raise tides(star must have raised tides on the surface of

33、 the sun .But they were very different from the small tides that are 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

34、 higher. Andbefore the star began to move away again,its tidal pull 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. follow

35、ing a regular path in space B. moving about without a fixed courseC. seldom wandering about in the universe D. always travelling together48. 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.

36、 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 sun B. how space formedC. no one knows where the earth comes fromD. our earth used to be a high mountain on

37、 the sun50. The expression the cause of the disturbance refers to .A. the large tidal wave B. the powerful tidal pullC. the star coming near the sun D. one of the suns planets51. In this article, the writer mainly wants to tell the readers .A. that the universe is so large that we cannot imagine itB

38、. 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 thirtyManyyears, busines

39、s contacts between Japan and the West have become very important. 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 the foreign businessman and makedoing business i

40、n Japan difficult for foreigners.The American businessman, for example , wants of start talking business immediately . He wants quick 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 b

41、usinessmen 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 Japanit is very difficult to say No. Torefuse an invitation or a request

42、with No, or a similar phrase, is felt to be impolite. It is thought to be selfish（自私 ）and unfriendly. So instead of saying No directly, the Japanese have developed many ways to avoid saying No. Theseenable them to avoid hurting other peoples feeling. However, this often makes communication with the

43、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 busine

44、ss 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 to say Yes and NoC. Americans usually say what the

45、y 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

46、节：短文改错此题要求改正所给短文中错误。对标有题号每一行作出判断: 如无错误 , 在该行右边横线上画一个勾（V）;如有错误（每行只有一个错误）,则按下列情况改正 :多一个词 : 把多余词用斜线（ ）划掉 , 在该行右边横线上写出该词 , 并也用斜线划掉。 缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（A ）,在该行右边横线上写出该加词。错一个词 : 在错词下划一横线 , 在该行右边横线上写出改正后词。 注意 ： 原行没有错不要改。After supper Li Hua came and asked for me 56. to go and see a film with him. In our way to 57. the cinema we saw a little girl sit by the 58. roadside cry. We bought her a cake to stop 59. her crying. But when we asked where she 60. had lived she said she didnt know. So we took 61. her to the police