2017年9月pets2公共英语二级模拟试题及答案
1. ----- will you be able to finish the job this week?
----- ___________ , but I’m not skilled enough, you know.
A.I can’t say so B.I expect soC. I’m sure soD. I don’t know so
2. We arrived at the station _______ late, or we the bus.
A. too much; would catchB. a little too; had caught
C. much too; would have caughtD. too much; would have caught
3. Is it the watch you want ________?
A. to have it repaired B. to repair it
C. to have repaired D. to have repaired it
4. The two thieves fled the town separately, _______ a bag.
A. each carrying B. whose that watch is C. whose watch is that D. whose watch is
5. The little boy can’t tell ________.
A. whose is that watch B. whose that watch is
C. whose watch is that D. whose watch is
6. If a baby bird stays _______ for two or three weeks after leaving the nest, it has a fair chance of becoming an adult.
A. living B. lively C. alive D. live
7. We will not attack ______ we are attacked; if attacked,we will certainly counter-attack.
A. ifB. when C. unless D. even if
8. You can take ______ seat you like.
A. no matter what B. no matter which C. what D. whichever
9. I ______ to speak to you all these days.
A. wanted B. have wanted C. shall wantD. shall be wanting
10.A burning cigarette he threw into the wastepaper basket ______ fire to the hotel.
A. made B. set C. caused D. caught
11."Do you hear someone knocking at the door?"
"Yes, I did. I heard him ______ three times."
A. knocking B. knocked C. being knocking D. knock
12.Peter, John and Tom each ______.
A. say they came first B. says they came first C. says he came first D. say came first
13.Through long power lines electricity goes ______.
A. to the place needed B. there it is needed C. where it is needed D. which it is needed
14. ______ from the apple tree.
A. It down fellB. there it is needed C. Down fell itD. Fell it down
15.The service in this restaurant is very poor; there are not enough waiters to wait ______ customers.
A. on B. for C. with D. to
参考答案
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Where do you go when you want to learn something? School? A friend? A tutor? These are all 41 places of learning. But it may well be that the learning you really want 42 somewhere else instead. I had the 43
of seeing this first hand on a 44 .
My daughter plays on a recreational soccer team. They did well this season and so 45 a tournament, which normally was only for more skilled club teams. This led to some 46 experiences on Saturday as they played against teams 47 trained. Through the first two games, her 48 did not get one serious shot on goal. As a parent, I 49 seeing my daughter playing her best, 50 still defeated.
It seemed that something c licked with the 51 between Saturday and Sunday. When they 52 for their Sunday game, they were 53 different. They had begun to integrate (融合) the kinds of play and teamwork they had 54 the day before into their 55 . They played aggressively and 56 scored a goal.It 57 me that playing against the other team was a great 58 moment for all the girls on the team. I think it is a general principle. 59 is the best teacher. The lessons they learned may not be 60 what they would have gotten in school, but are certainly more personal and meaningful, because they had to work them out on their own.
41. A. public B. traditional C. official D. special
42. A. passes B. works C. lies D. ends
43. A. dream B. idea C. habit D. chance
44. A. trip B. holiday C. weekend D. square
45. A. won B. entered C. organized D. watched
46. A. painful B. strange C. common D. practical
47. A. less B. poorly C. newly D. better
48. A. fans B. tutors C. class D. team
49. A. imagined B. hated C. avoided D. missed
50. A. if B. or C. but D. as
51. A. girls B. parents C. coaches D. viewers
52. A. dressed B. showed up C. made up D. planned
53. A. slightly B. hardly C. basically D. completely
54. A. seen B. known C. heard D. read
55. A. styles B. training C. game D. rules
56. A. even B. still C. seldom D. again
57. A. confused B. struck C. reminded D. warned
58. A. touching B. thinking C. encouraging D. learning
59. A. Experience B. Independence C. Curiosity D. Interest
60. A. harmful to B. mixed with C. different from D. applied to
【答案】
41. B
42. C
43. D
44. C
45. B
46. A
47. D
48. D
49. B
50. C
51. A
52. B
53. D
54. A
55. C
56. A
57. B
58. D
59. A
60. C
42. C考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. passes传递;B. works起作用;C. lies在于; D. ends结束。本句应该分析句子结构：the learning 后是定语从句you really want，所以这里所填的是做谓语的动词。真正想要的学习却不在上述的这些地方，在其他的地方。故选C。
43. D考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. dream梦想;B. idea想法;C. habit习惯;D. chance机会。我有机会看到了这样的学习。
44. C考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. trip旅行;B. holiday假期;C. weekend周末;D. square广场。从下文的周六的比赛会很艰苦和It seemed that something clicked with the 51 between Saturday and Sunday.可知，是周末发生的事。
45. B考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. won赢;B. entered进入;C. organized组织;D. watched观看。从下文可知，女儿所在的足球队打得好所以进入了锦标赛。
46. A考查形容词以及对语境的理解。A. painful痛苦的;B. strange奇怪的;C. common普通的;D. practical 实用的。由语境可知，对手比作者女儿的队better trained，可以推断这将是一场痛苦的比赛。
47. D考查副词以及对语境的理解。A. less少于;B. poorly差的;C. newly新的;D. better更好的。 根据常识可知，进入锦标赛的一般都是训练更好的队伍。
48. D考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. fans粉丝;B. tutors教练;C. class班;D. team队。根据上下文可知，是女儿所在的足球队没进球得分。
49. B考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. imagined想象;B. hated不喜欢; C. avoided避免;D. missed想念，错过。作为家长，一般都不会喜欢看自己的孩子尽力了，又要输。
50. C考查连词以及对语境的理解。A. if 如果;B. or或者;C. but但是;D. as因为。根据上文可知，没进球，自己的孩子尽力了却要输，这是作为家长所不愿意看到的。
51. A考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. girls女孩;B. parents家长;C. coaches教练;D. view ers观众。本文一直在说女儿，当然应该是说女孩子们的变化。52. B考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. dressed给……穿衣服;B. showed up出现;C. made up编造;D. planned计划。从下文可知，周日和周六的表现完全不同。
53. D考查副词以及对语境的理解。A. slightly轻微地;B. hardly几乎不;C. basically基本地;D. completely完全地;根据后面文章可知，这些孩子们表现和之前完全不同，completely符合语境。
54. A考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. seen看;B. known 知道;C. heard听到;D. read读。她们把她们所看到的球队的打法运用到自己的比赛中。
55. C考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. styles风格;B. training 训练;C. game比赛;D. rules规则。她们把前一天在赛场上看到的打法和团队精神运用到自己的赛场上。所以才和以前不同。
59. A考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. Experience经历;B. Independence独立;C. Curiosity好奇;D. Interest兴趣。结合全文的意思可知，经历是最好的老师。
60. C考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. harmful to对……有伤害;B. mixed with混合;C. different from不同;D. applied to应用于。亲身体验得到的东西和在学校里学到的可能不同，但是更有个性有意义。
考点：教育类短文阅读。
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Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe(订阅) 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( 漫画 ).
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
篇章分析
本文是一篇说明文。文章开始提出问题：人们为什么读报?接着介绍了过去的报纸，然后说明了报纸上有很多信息，其中说明了报纸上广告的价值。
答案及解析
21.B
【题型】主旨题
【解析】本文首先介绍了过去和现在的报纸，紧接着说了报纸的内容，可知选B是最符合题意的。
22.C
【题型】推断题
【解析】根据文章第一句Almost every family buys at least one copy of anewspaper every day.可知，看报纸的习惯在世界上很广泛。
23.D
【题型】细节题
【解析】由文章最后一段…but very popular section on jokes arid car-toons.可知，笑话和漫画很受欢迎，因此推断有很多人看
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"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
篇章分析
本文是一篇描述地理的文章。第一段借朋友之口说明纽约城极好，第二段则重点说明了纽约城的中心区域一曼哈顿。
答案及解析
24.A
【题型】细节题
【解析】除了New York City，文中还提到了Boston，Niagara Falls，Virginia，Washington，D.C.和Albany。一共6个地方。
25.C【题型】细节题
【解析】由文章第二段一、二、三句可知，A、B、D项均正确。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
【题型】语义题
【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。
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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.
篇章分析
本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了l666年在伦敦发生的一场大火。文章从一对夫妇Pepys和Jane的经历写这场大火。由于这对夫妇家离大火发生处很远，因此开始时只能看到微弱的火光。第二天早上妻子Jane告诉丈夫发生了大火，并且烧毁了很多房子.而大火还在燃烧。Pepys于是找一个高点观望，看到很多房子被烧毁。大火是由一个面包师的烤箱起火引起的0t
答案及解析
27.A
【题型】主旨题
【解析】通过对文章的分析，可知本文记叙了伦敦的大火。而B、C、D三项文中只是提到，而非文章主旨，故不能选择。
28.C
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干问“他们晚上待到很晚是为了_______”。由第一段第二句They were up very late on the Saturday evening，getting everything readyfor the next day…可知是为第二天的宴会做准备。
29.D
【题型】语义题
【解析】由下文…and went to the window to watch it.可知要去窗户那儿看火光，要穿上睡衣才行。to be wearing表示穿着的状态;to takeoff“脱下”;to be pushing“正在推”，均不符合文义。
30.B
【题型】推断题
【解析】题干问“大火为什么迅速蔓延?”由文章第二段倒数第二句…and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrowlane.中的“narrow lane”可推知，这是一个狭窄的小巷，房子一定挨得很紧。
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Nipponex Electrics
Tokyo，Japan
27 August，2014
Amperlite Ltd
146 0’Leafy St
Dublin，Ireland
Dear Sirs，
Improved ways of production make US able to offer you our change of Drilite batteries(电池)at a reduced price for large quantities.
Further information of the New prices for your market are sent to you together with the letter，and you will see that the price has already reduced 5 percent.As c.i.f(成本、保险加运费) to Dublin is included in our prices，you will agree that they are clearly lower than those of producers of the same batteries，both here in Japan and elsewhere.The quality of our products remains the same--only the finest chemicals are used.The new prices are for the least orders of l.000 pounds and will begin from January 1.Immediate sending off is sure because enough Can be made whenever you require it.
We appreciate your past dealing and cooperation(合作)with us，and look forward to supplying you in the new year at the new prices.
Yours truly，
Nipponex Electrics
1.If the Irish expect to enjoy the 5%of reduction at prices，they should__________.
A.pay the Japanese at least￡1，000
B.order 1，000 pounds of batteries in weight
C.order￡1，000 worth batteries at least
D.Pay the Japanese￡1，000 ahead
参考答案：C
答案及解析
C【解析】事实细节题。从文中第二段倒数第二句，The new prices are for the least orders of l，000 pounds and will begin from January
由此可知，新的价格是基于订购至少1000英镑之上的，所以选项D符合原文的意思，是正确答案。
2.Which is NOT the reason of reduction of the price at 5 percent?
A.The Japanese.producer holds a large quantity of stores and can’t sell them out.
B.The Japanese have improved their production means.
C.They can turn out more products.
D.They expect to go on dealing with the Irish in the coming year.
参考答案：A
参考解析：A【解析】判断推理题。文中给出了几个原因：Improved ways of pr0·duction;turn out more products;and look forward to supplying you inthe new year at the new prices，等。文章说的是，公司有能力立即大批量的生产，而不是说由于库存过多，卖不出去才迫于降价的。所以选项A(库存太多，卖不出去)是不符合原文的意思的，故正确答案为A。
3.From the letter，we can know__________.
A.the two sides cooperated before
B.the Irish should pay for the transportation fee in terms of the new price
C.they use the best chemicals to improve the quality
D.they have enough storage that can supply at any time
参考答案：A
参考解析：A【解析】判断推理题。由文章最后一段，We appreciate your pasldealing and cooperation(合作)with US.可知，在此之前他们之间有过贸易往来。所以选项A符合原文意思，是正确的答案。
参考译文
Nipponex电器公司
日本 东京
2014.8.27
Amperlite有限公司
146 0’Leary st
爱尔兰都柏林
亲爱的先生们：
由于生产技术的改进，当需求量大时，我公司可以降低价格来提供改进后的Drilite牌电池。
关于新价格的详细信息已经随信寄出，贵方会发现我们的价格已经降低了五个百分点。新价格是到都柏林港口的价格(包括成本、保险和运费)，所以很明显我们的价格比其他生产同类产品的厂家要低，在日本是这样，同世界其他地方相比也是这样的。我们一直保持良好的产品质量，因为我们只用最好的化学材料。新的价格是从1月份开始实行的，并且基于定购金额在1000镑以上的订单。只要你们订货，我们就能保证立即发货，因为无论你们什么时候要，我们都能很快地生产并充分满足你们。
非常感谢贵公司和我们以前的贸易合作，希望我们在新的一年里继续合作。
您忠诚的朋友，
Nipponex电器公司
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Every year landslides(滑坡)cause 25 to 50 deaths and$1.5 billion in damage in the United States.They account for l5 percent of the deaths from natural disasters in Europe.And there was ever a single event killed more than 200 people in the Philippines.Sending workers to stabilize mountainsides using steel bars and cement(水泥)Can help prevent disasters，but it introduces new difficulties.Shaking drills produce harmful dust and loosen heavy，dangerous debris(岩屑).
“It’s quite a risky job，”says Giorgio Pezzuto of D’Appolonia，an engineering company in Italy.
D’Appolonia，working with eight other companies，may have an answer：a three—ton robot called Roboclimber.“The idea is to operate a machine far away that Can drill without a human being on board，”says Pezzuto，the manager for the project，which is supported by the European Commigsion.Engineers claim that the machine will be faster and cheaper than manual labor.The robot，a large radio—controlled four—legged mechanical spider，has cost at least$2 million so far.
1.The final product should be able to climb unstable mountainsides，drill holes，insert bars and cement，and collect data on the stability.Testing should begin in May.
The underlined word“event”(Paragraph l)refers to__________.
A.landslide
B.machine
C.earthquake
D.flood
参考答案：A
答案及解析
A【解析】词语释义题。本文主要是谈landsfide，一开始就谈论land.slide的危害，并且举例子说在菲律宾一次就死了200多人。所以这里的event指代landslide。
2.What is the purpose in writing this text?
A.Telling people how serious the damage caused by landslides is.
B.Telling people that sending workers to stabilize mountainsides is a risky job.
C.Introducing a product that Can be used to stabilize mountainsides.
D.Showing people how to use a new product.
参考答案：C
参考解析：C【解析】主旨大意题。本文作者首先介绍了山体滑坡的危害，又说明了普通的防护方法的不足，最后向大家推荐了一种新型的机器人，利用这种新型的滑坡抢险产品，可以有效地防止危害的产生。所以主要的目的是介绍一种用于加固山体的产品。
3.What does the robot look like?
A.A human being.
B.A spider.
C.A truck.
D.A drill.
参考答案：B
参考解析：B【解析】细节理解题。读第二段第四句话，The robot，a large radio.controlled four—legged mechanical spider可知，这种新型的产品像一只大蜘蛛。所以正确的答案为B。
4.The biggest advantage of this product is that__________.
A.it will be faster and cheaper than manual labor
B.it can climb mountainsides，drill holes，insert bars and cement
C.it can collect data on the slope’s stability
D.it Can drill without a human being on board
参考答案：D
参考解析：D【解析】细节判断题。从第二段The idea is to operate a machine faraway that Can drill without a human being on board一句以及第一段讲滑坡人工抢险的危险，可知这种产品的最大优点就是无人操作的安全性。
本文导航第1页单选选择第2页完型填空第3页阅读理解一第4页阅读理解二第5页阅读理解三第6页阅读理解四第7页阅读理解五第8页写作A. Write an essay that conveys the information in the following cartoon accoMPAnied by your comments.
B. Word Limit: about 200 words
C. Your eassy should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2
营生 祖上以打猎为生
爷爷以卖上等木材为生
父亲以卖劈柴和柴墩为生 儿子以卖根雕原料为生
孙子以卖黄沙为生
例文： Preserving Natural Resources
Through the changes in the ways of making a living in a family over several generations, the cartoon aims at sounding a warning against man’s wasteful use of natural resources and emphasizing the urgent need to preserve these resources.
Ever since man appeared on the earth, man’s survival has been heavily relied on nature. Almost everything we use in our everyday life comes from nature, ranging from the food we eat, the water we drink, to the wood which is turned into furiture. With the development of technology and population growth, the amount and range of materials used has increased at an alarming rate. However, natural resources are not inexhaustible. Some reserves are already on the brink of exhaustion and there is no hope of replacing them. The widespread water shortage is an example in point. If man continued to squander natural resources with no thought for the future, the later generations would end up selling sand, as is the case in the cartoon, and the whole world would be in a mess.
Time is running out. It is up to us to take effective measures before the situation gets out of hand.
