2017公共英語二級考試試題及答案解析
2017年上半年公共英語考試已經于3月18、19日順利開考，下面是小編整理的公共英語二級試題，希望能幫到大家!
短文理解
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的[A]、[B]、[C]和[D]四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Text l
Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe(訂閱) to as many as two or three newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?
Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings--battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown (****) or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen.
Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radios, television and film guides, book reviews, stories and, of course, advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is worth the money, for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who produce newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertise- ments makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.
Newspapers often have information on gardening, cooking and fashion as well as a small but very popular section on jokes and cartoons( 漫畫 ).
21. What is the text about?
A. Advertisements are the most important part in newspapers.
B. It introduces newspapers past and today and its contents.
C. There is a lot of useful information on newspapers.
D. People like newspapers very much.
22. The habit of reading newspapers is________.
A. uncommon in the world
B. not popular in U. S. A.
C. widespread in the world
D. found among a few families
23. The section on jokes and cartoons is________.
A. read only by children
B. of no value
C. not helpful
D. read by many people
Text 2
"New York City is not America. " That's what American friends are sure to you when you ar- rive. "You must see Boston, visit Niagara Falls, go to Virginia, fly down to Florida, and so on; but first, of course, you will want to see New York. It is not the capital city of the United States(that is Washington, D.C. , where the President lives) or even the capital city of New York State(that is Albany), but many people call it 'the greatest city on earth'."
The five parts, or boroughs, of New York City are Manhattan, Queen, Bronz, Richmond and Brooklyn. Although Manhattan is not all of New York, it is the heart of the city. It is an island, which is only about 13 miles long and 2 miles wide. From the air its shape looks like a long finger, and from the sea it's just like the picture we all know. Those tall, straight buildings--the skyscrap- ers-packed so close together on that island of rocks are sometimes seen in the distance through a veil of early morning mist. You have imagined it so often that now it's difficult to believe this beautiful sight is real, and unless your heart is as hard as a stone, excitement will lake it beat a lit- tle faster.Perhaps "greatest", "tallest", "longest", "biggest", "brightest", are words you will find most often in the city guide books.
24.How many places in America are mentioned in this passage besides New York City?
A.6.
B.4.
C.7.
D.5.
25. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. Manhattan is the centre of New York City.
B. New York City is made up of five parts.
C. New York looks like a long finger from the air.
D. Manhattan is an island.
26. In the second paragraph, "excitement will make it beat a little faster" here "it" refers to________.
A. this beautiful sight
B. you
C. your heart
D. New York City
Text 3
Pepys and his wife Jane had asked some friends to dinner on Sunday, September 2nd, 1666. They were up very late on the Saturday evening, getting everything ready for the next day, and while they were busy they saw the glow(微弱的光) of a fire start in the sky. By 3 o'clock on the Sunday moning, its glow had become so bright that Jane woke her husband to watch .it. Pepys slipped on his dressing-gown and went to the window to watch it. It seemed fairly far away, and after a time he went back to bed. When he got up in the morning, it looked, though the fire was dying down, as though he could still see some flames. So he set to work to tidy his room and put his things back where he wanted them.
While he was doing this, Jane came in to say that she had heard the fire was a bad one; hundreds of houses had been burned down in the night and the fire was still burning. Pepys went out to see for himself. He went to the Tower of London and climbed upon a high part of the build- ing so that he could see what was happening. From there, Pepys could see that it was, indeed, a bad fire and that even the houses on London Bridge were burning. The man of the Tower told him that the fire had started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane(小巷) ; the baker's house had caught fire from the over-beated oven(烤箱)and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrow lane. So the Great Fire of London, a fire that lasted nearly five days, destroyed most of the old city and ended, as it is said, at Pie Corner.
27. What is the passage about?
A. The Great Fire of London.
B. Who was the first to discover the fire.
C. What Pepys was doing during the fire.
D. The losses caused by the fire.
28.They were up very late because______.
A. it was Sunday morning
B. they were not very sleepy
C. they were preparing for the dinner
D. they saw the great fire start
29. In the sentence" Pepys slipped on his dressing-gown. "" slip on" means________.
A. to be wearing
B. to be pushing
C.to take off
D.to put on
30. Why did the flames spread quickly?
A. The oven became very hot.
B. The houses were close together.
C. The baker did nothing to stop it.
D. The baker's house was burning quickly.
答案及解析
21.B
【題型】主旨題
【解析】本文首先介紹了過去和現在的報紙，緊接著說了報紙的內容，可知選B是最符合題意的.。
22.C
【題型】推斷題
【解析】根據文章第一句Almost every family buys at least one copy of anewspaper every day.可知，看報紙的習慣在世界上很廣泛。
23.D
【題型】細節題
【解析】由文章最后一段…but very popular section on jokes arid car-toons.可知，笑話和漫畫很受歡迎，因此推斷有很多人看。
24.A
【題型】細節題
【解析】除了New York City，文中還提到了Boston，Niagara Falls，Virginia，Washington，D.C.和Albany。一共6個地方。
25.C【題型】細節題
【解析】由文章第二段一、二、三句可知，A、B、D項均正確。由第四句From the air its shape looks like a long finger.可知是Manhattan lookslike a long finger from the air，而非New York。
26.C
【題型】語義題
【解析】由文中…and unless your heart is as hard as a stone，excitementwill make it beat a little faster.可知，it是指your heart。
27.A
【題型】主旨題
【解析】通過對文章的分析，可知本文記敘了倫敦的大火。而B、C、D三項文中只是提到，而非文章主旨，故不能選擇。
28.C
【題型】細節題
【解析】題干問“他們晚上待到很晚是為了_______”。由第一段第二句They were up very late on the Saturday evening，getting everything readyfor the next day…可知是為第二天的宴會做準備。
29.D
【題型】語義題
【解析】由下文…and went to the window to watch it.可知要去窗戶那兒看火光，要穿上睡衣才行。to be wearing表示穿著的狀態;to takeoff“脫下”;to be pushing“正在推”，均不符合文義。
30.B
【題型】推斷題
【解析】題干問“大火為什么迅速蔓延?”由文章第二段倒數第二句…and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrowlane.中的“narrow lane”可推知，這是一個狹窄的小巷，房子一定挨得很緊。
補全文章
There is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding.31 The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else.32Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don' t have any difficulty in .gaining the new information, for our understanding was equal to them before we started. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.
The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely un- derstand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader' s understanding.33Otherwise one per- son could never learn from another. Here "learning" means understanding more, not remembering more information.
What are the conditions in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding.34Besides, his book must convey something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Sec-ond, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to reach the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is approached, success of communication is achieved.
35It is the least demanding and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for under- standing or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.
A. The writer should have a better communicating skill.
B. Such communication between unequals must be possible.
C. We can get access to the content of those materials easily.
D. The writer must be "superior" to the reader in understanding.
E. Thus, we can employ the word "reading" in two distinct senses.
F. Reading for entertainment is capable of increasing our understanding for information.
G. Besides gaining information and understanding, there' s another goal of reading-enter-tainment.
答案及解析
31.E【解析】根據第二段第一句的“The first sense is the one...”和第三段第一句的“The second sense is the one in which we…”可知E選項符合題意。故選E項。
32.C【解析】下文中提到“Such materials may increase our store of infor-marion，but they cannot improve our understanding.”，而且選項C也提到了materials一詞，故選C項。
33.B【解析】前面兩句中說作家的作品中有些讀者不知道的'內容，是需要讀者認真領會的，因而作家與讀者在知識上是不對等的(une.quals)�？崭窈蟮木渥覱therwise one person could never leam fromanother.表示“否則一個人不可能從另一個人那里學到東西”，該句也解釋了unequals(兩個水平不同的人)的含義。同時，從行文上看，空前一句提到了communicating，而只有B項中的suchcommunication與之銜接緊密。
34.D【解析】D選項The writer must be“superior”to the reader in under-standing(作者必須比讀者的理解力強)與本段第二句“First，thereis inequality in understanding.”相符。故選D項。
35.G【解析】下文內容是上文內容的一個延續，與上文為遞進關系，所以用besides開頭。本段后面出現了兩次entertainment也提示答案為G項。
完形填空
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的[A]、[B]、[C]和[D]四個選項中選出能填人空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
It was the district sports meeting. My foot still hadn't healed(痊愈)from a(n)36injury. I had37whether or not I should attend the meeting. But there I was,38for the 3,000-metre run.
"Ready... set... " The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed39me. I felt40as I fell farther and farther behind.
"Hooray!" shouted the crowd. It was the loudest41I had ever heard at a meeting. The first-place runner was two laps ( 圈 ) ahead of me when she crossed the finish line.
"Maybe I should42," I thought as I moved on.43, I decided to keep going. Dur- ing the last two laps, I ran44and decided not to45in track next year. It wouldn't be worth it,46my foot did heal.
When- I finished, I heard a cheer--47 than the one I'd heard earlier. I turned around and48, the boys were preparing for their race. "They must be cheering for the boys. "I was leaving49several girls came up to me. "Wow, you've got courage !" one of them told me."Courage? I just50a race !" I thought."I would have given up on the first lap," said another girl. "We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?"
Suddenly, I regained51I decided to52track next year. I realized strength and courage aren't always53in medals and victories, but in the54we overcome(戰勝). The strongest people are not always the people who win,55the people who don't give up when they lose.
36.A. slighter
B. worse
C. earlier
D. heavier
37.A. expected
B. supposed
C. imagined
D. doubted
38.A. late
B. eager
C. ready
D. thirsty
39.A. from behind
B. ahead of
C. next to
D. close to
40.A. ashamed
B. astonished
C. excited
D. frightened
41.A. cheer
B. shout
C. cry
D. noise
42.A. slow down
B. drop out
C. go on
D. speed up
43.A. Therefore
B. Otherwise
C. Besides
D. However
44.A. with delight
B. with fear
C. in pain
D. in advance
45.A. play
B. arrive
C. race
D. attend
46.A. even if
B. only if
C. unless
D. until
47. A. weaker
B. longer
C. lower
D. louder
48.A. well enough
B. sure enough
C. surprisingly enough
D. strangely enough
49.A. while
B. when
C. as
D. since
50.A. finished
B. won
C. passed
D. lost
51.A. cheer
B. hope
C. interest
D. experience
52.A. hold on
B. turn to
C. begin with
D. stick with
53.A. measured
B. praised
C. tested
D. increased
54.A. sadness
B. struggles
C. diseases
D. tiredness
55. A.or
B.nor
C.and
D.but
答案及解析
36.C.【考點】形容詞辨析
【解析】根據語境，應知是運動會之前的腳傷未痊愈，earlier“之前的，較早的.”。故本題選C。
37.D
【考點】動詞辨析
【解析】作者的腳受傷了，使她對于是否參加比賽有些猶豫不決。doubt“懷疑，遲疑”。故本題選D。
38.C
【考點】形容詞辨析
【解析】ready for sth.“為…做準備”，并非懷著渴望心情(eager或thirsty)。
39.B
【考點】介詞短語辨析
【解析】from behind“從后面”;ahead of“超過…”;next to“接著…”;close to“緊挨著…”。由下文Ifellfarther andfarther behind可知選B。
40.A
【考點】上下文語義的銜接
【解析】從句意思是作者落在了別人后面，因此很羞愧，ashamed“羞愧的”符合題意，故本題選A。
41.A
【考點】名詞辨析
【解析】cheer表示人群的歡呼聲或為運動員加油的喊聲;shout“呼喊，喊叫聲”;cry“哭聲”;noise“噪聲”。根據語境可知選A。
42.B
【考點】動詞短語辨析
【解析】由上文可知，作者比第一名慢了兩圈，覺得很丟臉，想中途放棄。drop out“放棄，退出”。故本題選B。
43.D
【考點】副詞辨析
【解析】therefore“所以”;otherwise“否則”;besides“除了”;however表示轉折關系。drop out和keep going構成轉折關系。故本題選D。
44.C
【考點】名詞短語的辨析
【解析】因為作者有腳傷，因此跑得很痛苦。in pain“在痛苦之中”。故本題選C。
45.C
【考點】動詞辨析
【解析]play“玩耍”;arrive“到達”，與原文意思不符;race“賽跑”，是不及物動詞;attend是及物動詞，后應加賓語。
語法填空
It was a sunny day. A little boy' s father was sitting on the couch, drinking a beer while watc. hing56basketball match. Seeing this, the boy rushed to his father and shouted, "Daddy, show me how to play catch!" The father, stating57the television screen, replied, "Let me finish watching the match. Play outside and come back in five minutes. "
"Okay, Daddy !" said the boy, running out of the room. Five minutes later, the boy returnee58(scream), "Daddy, Let's play catch now!"
By this time, the father had opened another cold beer and another match was beginning.59(patient) with the boy' s interruption, the dad brought a magazine to his son. On the covet of the magazine was a large picture of the world. The father, who was angry and60( both- er), began tearing the magazine cover into small61. Then, the father turned to his boy and said, "Son, once you put this picture back together, we can play catch, but do not interrupt me a- gain62you finish. "
A few minutes later, the boy returned and said, "I have finished, Daddy! Can we play catcbnow?"63( surprise), the father glanced towards his child, and64lay the magazine with the world pieced perfectly together in his small hands. The dad asked his child how he put the world together so quickly.
"65was simple," said the boy. "On the back of the world was the picture of a person,and once I put the person together, that' s when the world came together. "
答案及解析
56.【答案】a
【解析】本題考查冠詞。語境表示父親正在看一場籃球比賽，故應在單數可數名詞match前加冠詞a，泛指“一場比賽”。
57.【答案】at
【解析】本題考查介詞。這里用stare at表示“盯著…看”。故填at。
58.【答案】screaming
【解析】本題考查非謂語動詞。本空所在句子的兩個動詞return和scream之間沒有連詞，因此本空用現在分詞作伴隨狀語。故填scream的現在分詞形式screaming。
59.【答案】Impatient
【解析】本題考查形容詞轉換。由本段內容可知，父親對孩子是極不耐煩的，這里應該用形容詞短語impatient with作狀語，表示“對…不耐煩”。
60.【答案】bothered
【解析】本題考查動詞語態。語境表示父親很生氣，很惱火，動詞both—er在這里用被動語態be bothered表示“被打擾”。
61.【答案】pieces
【解析】本題考查名詞搭配。這里用tear…into pieces表示“把…撕成碎片”。
62.【答案】until/before
【解析】本題考查狀語從句。語境表示“在你做完之前不要來打擾我”，故用until或before引導時間狀語從句。
63.【答案】Surprised
【解析】本題考查非謂語動詞。父親驚訝地看向自己的'孩子。sat-prised表示“感到驚訝的”。
64.【答案】there
【解析】本題考查句式。這里用there lay句式表示“…就在那里放著”。
65.【答案】It/That/This
【解析】本題考查代詞。這里用代詞it，that或this指代前面提到的“把這些碎片粘貼到一起”。
改寫對話
66.閱讀下面的對話，根據其內容寫一篇有關該調查的說明文。要求：
1.所寫短文應與對話相關內容意義相符，涵蓋其要點。
2.用你自己的語言來表達，可以改寫對話中的.句子，但不可以照抄原句。
注意：詞數80詞左右。
Tina:What are you reading, Chris?
Chris:A report about a recent Harris poll. They asked people in different countries how they spend their spare time.
Tina:Sounds interesting. But I spend so much time working that I don' t have much time.left for leisure activities.
Chris: Exactly. The report says the average working hours for Americans is 50 hours a week.
Tina: And we also have to sleep, eat, and take care of our families.
Chris: Still, having time to relax and pursue your hobbies is important.
Tina: Yeah, I agree. So what do people do in their free time?
Chris: Americans read the most in their spare time.
Tina: Yeah, you can often see people with books on the subway or while waiting for the bus.
Chris: The NO. 2 popular activity is watching TV.
Tina: I totally understand that. Don' t you just want to sit there and let go of all complicated thoughts?
Chris: Right. People in the U. K. also ranked watching TV and videos as their favorite spare time activity. The next thing they love is listening to the radio.
Tina: Oh, the British. They love their radios.
Chris: And they love their pubs, too. Their favorite outdoor activity is going to the pub.
答案：
66.參考范文
A recent Harris poll studied how people in different countries spend their free time.Many people don’t have much time for leisure activities because in average，the Americans spend 50 hours a week working.And after that， they love reading the most，and also spend time watching TV.People in the U.K.spend most of their free time watching TV and listening to the radi0. They also like to go to the pub in their spare time.
應用文寫作
67.為了豐富外國留學生的生活，你校學生會將舉行一次“音樂周”活動。請你以組織者的'身份寫一個書面通知書，有關內容如下：
時間：5月第一周;
活動：演唱流行歌曲;
樂器演奏：古典和民間音樂;
音樂比賽：聽歌曲片段，然后猜出處;
地點：屆時通知;
參加者請于4月20日前報名;
書面通知應寫成一篇連貫的短文;
可以適當增加細節;
注意：詞數80詞左右。
.參考范文
N0TICE
Dear students
The Students’Union has decided to organize a music week.It will be held in the first week of May.The activities include singing pop songs and playing classical and folk music.Bring your own musical instruments， please.A music contest will be held too.The students taking part in the con— test will listen to a part of a song or a piece of music，and then guess where it comes from.If you’d like to take part in the music week，please come and sign up for it before April 20th.The place for the activities will be an— nounced later，come to the great fun!
Students’Union
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