全国英语等级考试第二级
PUBLIC ENGLISH TEST SYSTEM (PETS) LEVEL 2
★2016 年 3 月 19 日前绝密★
第一部分听力
第一节听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从体重所给的[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关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例： 0. How much is the shirt? [A]＄ 19.15. [B]＄ 9.18. [C]＄ 9.15. 请看选项：
衬衫的价格为9镑15便士，所以你选择[C]项，并在试卷上将其标出。下面，你有5秒钟的时间看第1题。
1.Where does the conversation probably take place?
[A]In an office [B]In a restaurant [C]In a theatre 2.How old is the man now? [A]About 20 [B]Nearly 40 [C]Over 60 3.What is the man going to do? [A]Check the price of the ticket [B]Take a train to leave New York [C]Go to the information counter 4.What do we learn about the man ?[A]He quitted his job.
[B]He has got two job offers. [C]He is doing a part-time job. 5.What does Mr.Anderson do ?
[A]He is a teacher [B]He is a librarian [C]He is a repairman
第二节听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有 2 至 4 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。
听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 题。 6.What is The Western Teacher? [A]A story [B]A book [C]A magazine 7.When did the man start writing books? [A]After he came to Paris. [B]Since the year of 2004. [C]When he was at school.
听下面一段对话，回答第 8 至第 10 题。
8.What is the probably relationship between the speakers? [A]Customer and waiter. [B]Doctor and patient. [C]Husband and wife.
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9.What must have caused the speakers’ stomach aches? [A]The apples [B]The soup [C]The fish 10.Where will the speakers go?
[A]To the market [B]To the hospital [C]To the restaurant 听下面一段对话，回答第 11 至 13 题。 11.What are the speakers talking about?
[A]Film-seeing habits [B]Popular cinemas [C]New films 12.What seems to bother the woman at the cinema? [A]The long waiting time. [B]The noisy people.
[C]The uncomfortable seat.
13.What do we know about the man? [A]He likes talking about new films. [B]He enjoys seeing films with friends.
[C]He prefers seeing new films at the cinema. 听下面一段对话，回答第 14 至第 17题。 14.Why does David go to Professor Smith for help? [A]He missed all the classed last week. [B]He had trouble with today’s lecture.
[C]He wanted to learn how to take notes.
15.What should David do at the start of each class? [A]Take down the main points of the lecture. [B]Look through the notes from last class. [C]Have a short talk with the professor.
16.How can David find the most important information to write down? [A]By remembering all the details of the lecture. [B]By reading the notes taken by his classmates. [C]By focusing on the organization of the lecture.
17.How many suggestions has Professor Smith given to David? [A]Two [B]Three [C]Four 听下面一段独白，回答第 18 至第 20 题。
18.Who brough silk to Europe in the thirteenth century? [A]Napoleon [B]Marco Polo [C]Leonardo da Vinci 19.What do we know about silk today? [A]It is very popular among painters. [B]It is much cheaper than in the past. [C]It is used by famous dress designers. 20.Why does the speaker give the talk? [A]To persuade people to buy silk clothes. [B]To encourage people to learn designing. [C]To introduce the history of silk trade.
第二部分阅读
第一节短文理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的[A]、[B]、[C]、[D]四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Text 1
Andy lived high in the Rocky Mountains.He hunted(打猎)wild animals there.He also took other men
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hunting.That was his work.
One day a letter brought Andy a new job.This job changed both his feeling about animals and his way of hunting.The letter said：“I want to write a story about bighorn sheep.I need pictures to go with my story.Will you get pictures of the sheep for me?”
Andy’s two sons wanted their father to take the job.“we will help you!”theysaid.Bighorn sheep are very wild.Andy knew it would be hard to get pictures.“But why not try ?”they said.
For days,Andy and his sons tried to get pictures.They did not want the sheep to hear to hear them or seem them,so they walked softly.They hid behind rocks,but the sheep always ran away.
Then one day,Andy and his sons walked aroubd a big rock.They met some sheep face to face.But the sheep didn’t run!“Now I know why the sheep run away,”Andysaid.“They run bacause we come up behind them.From now on,we will atay where they can see us.”
The next day,Andy saw some sheep right out in the open.He and his sons walked toward them.The man did not try to hide,but they did walk slowly.They knew that any fast move will frighten them away.
“Don’t look right at the sheep,”Andy said. “Wild animals do not like to be looked at .They will run away.” The men looked off to this side and to that side, but they walked closer and closer. And soon they were close enough to get good clear pictures.
They made good friends with the wild sheep and sent many fine pictures to writer for his story. Since then, they have never hunted the bighorn sheep again. 21. What was the new job Andy got? [A].To hunt bighorn sheep.
[B] To write a story of bighorn sheep.
[C] To protect bighorn sheep. [D] To take pictures of bighorn sheep. 22. What is the right way to get close to bighorn sheep? [A].Look directly at them.
[B] Walk slowly to their faces.
[D] Follow them from behind.
[C] Run to them from one side. 23. What did Andy gain from his new job? [C] He knew better how to use a camera.
[A].He won respect from his children. [B] He was well paid by the story writer.
[D] He learned more about bighorn sheep.
Text 2
Everywhere in the world, plants and animals live together. Some animals eat plants they live with. Some plants stay alive because many plant-eating animals have natural enemies that eat them. Rich soil for the roots of plants is produced by worms and other very small animals that live under ground. Green plants feed animals and people.
It takes all the plants and animals living together to keep the earth a good place to live in. Plants and animals trade with each other. They trade for things they both need to stay alive. Animals breathe and the air gets changed inside their bodies. When they breathe the air out again there’s something called carbon(碳) in it. Animals can’t use this air again. But plants need carbon. The plants trade fresh air for the carbon they need.
Plants make food from carbon and water. They use sunlight for this work, just as a machine uses gas or electricity to keep running. The plants store the food they make inside themselves.
But what do the plants get in return? Many things. Plants make food from the carbon and other things that come from animals’ bodies. Insects like bees carry pollen（花粉）from one flower to another and the pollen forms seeds. Birds and other animals eat the fruit in which seeds grow and often drop the seeds where they can grow up into new plants. So animals help the growth of new plants.
24. Which of the following is the closest in meaning with “trade with” in paragraph 2? [A]live for [B]give to and take form [C]stay with 25.What is compared to “electricity” in paragraph 4? [A]Sunlight [B] Water 26. What is the main idea of the text?
[C] Air
[D]teach and learn from [D] Carbon
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[A] Living things are connected in nature [C] Animals and plants are of different types
[B] Some animals stay in plants for safety [D] Some plants can stay alive by themselves.
Text3
It is reported that bags are getting bigger all the time, and that there are more bags per person on the street today than at any other time in history. If this is ture, possible explanations could include the wide use of small electric and electronic gadgets（装置）, a reading-material explosion, a popular interest toward tight or pocketless clothing, or cheap bagmaking labor overseas.
But，much as nature finds ways-such as disease-to control overpopulation, city life has thrown up impediments(障碍) to bags. To enter many public building, theatres, ballparks, and perhaps even underground railway stations, you must go through a search or go bagless. The city has countless bag rules. It is hard to keep all straight, and you’re never sure, when leaving home for the day, whether it might be a bad idea to bring one along,
Last week, the New York Public Library got in the game. Students, researchers, writers, historians, and anyone else who has got used over the year to treating the vast Rose Main Reading Room as an office or a reading room came up against a new rule. You are no longer allowed to bring a bag larger than eleven inches by fourteen inches into the library. If you walk in with one, you must leave it at the coat check. You may keep its contents with you, however, and the library provides big clear plastic for them. You return them when you come back for your own bag.
What the library is trying to prevent, in this case, is people taking things out, rather than bringing things in. A librarian said on the second day, “It’s a big change for people who used to come and bring in half their flats. The people who use the library responsibly will continue to do so. The people who steal will continue to get away with it, if they really want to.”
27. What does the writer mainly talk about?
[A].The history of the bag rules. [B] The importance of using libraries. [C] Different bags used in our daily life. [D] The use of bags and the rules against it. 28. The bag rules in many public buildings require people to_________. [A]leave the places bagless [B]pay for bringing in bags examined [D]use big clear plastic bags
29. What is the purpose of the new rule at the New York Public Library? [A].To change people’s way of reading.
[B] To help people better use the library
[C] To prevent people stealing from the library [D] To stop people from bringing in dangerous things. 30. How is the effect of the new rule according to the librarian?
[A] Excellent [B] Limited [C] Harmful [D] Unclear
第二节补全文章 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
You might be surprised to know that bicycles have existed for about two hundred years, but no one is sure who first made this popular two-wheeled machine.
31The front wheel was much bigger than the back one, and also there weren’t any pedals(踏板). Riders had to move themselves forward by pushing their feet against the ground.
32In 1879 an Englishman had the idea of connecting them to the back wheel with a chain. Gears(齿轮), which made things much easier for those cycling uphill, first appeared in the 1890s.
There are now about one billion bicycles in the world. 33 They have to compete with cars on the streets of all the world’s cities, and the two forms of transport don’t always mix well. In London in 2005, for example, over 300 cyclists were either killed or seriously hurt in accidents.
Because bicycles are much more environmentally friendly than cars, now many governments encourage people to ride rather than drive.34 The number of yearly journeys made by bicycle in London has increased 50% over the last five years.
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[C]have their bags
However, although one in there British people owns a bicycle, they still don’t use them nearly as much as they coula.35 It is hoped that more people will rely on bicycles to move around. The reasons are obvious-cycling helps to protect the environment, keep us fit, and it is often not only cheaper but also quicker than travelling by car in many cases.
[A] Pedals finally arrived in the 1840s.
[B] Cycling is on the rise in the United Kingdom. [C] Bicycles are used for only 2% of journey in the UK. [D] The first person who made a bicycle was an Englishman. [E] The number of bicycles is twice more than of cars.
[F] The early models didn’t look much like the bicycles of today. [G] Cycling helps improve people’s health.
第三部分英语知识运用
第一节 完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题给的[A]、[B]、[C]、[D]四个选项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。
The taxi driver was a man in his late thirties. He picked me up and 36 me to my place. I usually like to have brief 37with people no matter where I come upon them and this situation was no 38. I started by asking him how 39 was. He told me briefly that his business was just 40 but the cost of gas was really hurting his 41 line. We then got around to 42 the job environment. He told me that he had difficulty getting another type of work because of his 43. “I used to be a con(罪犯),” he said 44 , “People look at my record and then I’m 45 ,but you know I’ve turned my life around and have been 46 for several years. You don’t seem to be at all 47 that you are riding with a con?” As we parked at my place, I thought about my 48 for a few seconds. “It is never easy to start a new 49 ,” I said, “but I’m glad you are starting. If you don’t want to drive taxi for the 50 of your life, then you can move 51 to some other job you may be 52 .”
The driver seemed to be quite 53 as he took my money. “What you said to me makes a lot of 54,” he said. “ I will remember your 55 and that you were real easy to talk with I hope to see you again.” 36. [A] led [B] drove [C] showed [D] guided 37. [A] instructions [B] comparisons [C]conversations [D] meetings 38. [A] different [B] easy [C] funny [D] good 39. [A] weather [B] family [C] market [D] business 40. [A] slow [B] large [C] hard [D] fine 41. [A] broken [B] bottom [C] straight [D] body 42. [A] discussing [B] improving [C] considering [D] following 43. [A] knowledge [B] education [C] background [D] age 44. [A] honestly [B] angrily [C] fairly [D] secretly 45. [A] away [B] back [C] out [D] up 46. [A] bright [B] strict [C] clean [D] regular 47. [A] curious [B] worried [C] brave [D] confused 48. [A] reply [B] excuse [C] position [D] reason 49. [A] way [B] course [C] direction [D] life 50. [A] half [B] part [C] rest [D] whole 51.[A] in [B] down [C] around [D] on 52.[A]famous for [B] interested in [C] regretful over [D] afraid of 53.[A]surprised [B] nervous [C] ashamed [D] bored 54.[A] effort [B] sense [C] trouble [D] money 55.[A] smartness [B] eagerness [C] seriousness [D] kindness
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2016年3月PETS2真题卷及答案
