全国公共英语pets二级笔试真题及参考答案.docx

1、全国公共英语pets二级笔试真题及参考答案2007年3月笔试真题第一部分 听力120略第二部分 英语知识运用第一节 单项填空从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. Where is John? He has been busy _ his homework. A. to do B. doing C. do D. done22. Im afraid Ive broken the window. _. I can easily get it fixed. A. Not at all B. Never mind C. What a pity D. H

2、ow dare you23. When we met Mr. Smith last year, he _ in that school for ten years. A. taught B. was teaching C. had taught D. would teach24. News writers know their readers have limited time and usually give the _ developments of an event first. A. newest B. latest C. nearest D. earliest25. My prese

3、nt job is _ too much of my study time. A. taking up B. getting away C. giving up D. holding on26.This radio is not workingIll have it_. A. repairing B. to repair C. repaired D. be repaired27. Perhaps you _ leave now. Your friend may be waiting for you outside. A. must B. could C. should D. will28. I

4、 know that you are extremely busy, so I wont _ any more of your time. A. bother B. spend C. waste D. cost29. Bob had yetidea for a successful, New Year party, the third one that evenin9. A. other B. another C. the other D. other one30. I think Id take the doctors advice and start running every morni

5、ng. Really? _. A. Good for you B. Thats something C. Thats OK D. What a pity31. My friend Mr. Black has come to China every year _ he was a boy. A. since B. when C. before D. after32. Could you give me a lift home, please? Sorry, _. A. I have visited my sister B. I visited my sister C. I am visiting

6、 my sister D. I visit my sister33. It is not clear how much English students can learn_-the Internet. A. in B. with C. by D. through34. Fighting has stopped and things are changing for_. A. better B. the better C. the best D. best35. What I want to tell you is _: Paul will come to work as your assis

7、tant. A. it B. these C. that D. this 第二节 完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文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，并在答题卡l上将该项涂黑。In 1941, when my father joined the U.S. Army, he was told that, on a written test, he had showed _36_ for preparing food. Army officials offered him a course in becoming a cook. My father _37_ beca

8、use he thought he could _38_ the battles. As things turned out, he got good _39_ and became head cook of an army kitchen.All went well _40_ he had to deal with spinach(菠菜). Because spinach is good for health, the army _41_ it several times per week. _42_, the soldiers refused _43_ to look at spinach

9、 on their plates. After hours of cooking spinach, my father _44_ that, at the end of the meal, he was throwing all of it away. To save time and effort, he decided simply to throw away the _45_ vegetable before it was cooked.One day an army officer saw the _46_ spinach in the rubbish. He blamed my fa

10、ther, _47_ that he was destroying government property(财产). _48_ my father explained that he was simply _49_ the army the trouble of cooking the unwanted vegetable, the army officer insisted on _50_ him by taking five dollars from his pay for the next three months. Later, one officer told him that fr

11、esh spinach was government property, but cooked spinach was not. _51_if the spinach were cooked, it _52_be thrown out. From then on, my father _53_ all the spinach and then immediately _54_ it into a rubbish can to keep everyone _55_. The government did not have its property thrown out, and the sold

12、iers did not have spinach on their plates.36. A. a skill B. an interest C. a gift D. an advantage37. A. wondered B. understood C. accepted D. admitted38. A. take part in B. carry on with C. catch up with D. stay away from39. A. chance B. records C. experience D. grades40. A. until B. as C. when D. s

13、o41. A. prepared B. supplied C. checked D. ate42. A. Carefully B. Unwillingly C. Certainly D. Unfortunately43. A. even B. still C. only D. just44. A. realized B. agreed C. allowed D. considered45. A. favoured B. hated C. new D. expensive46. A. dry B. clean C. cold D. fresh47. A. saying B. telling C.

14、 warning D. punishing48. A. While B. Since C. Although D. As49. A. showing B. causing C. saving D. leaving50. A. correcting B. punishing C. forgiving D. refusing51. A. For example B. In this case C. In other words D. Under this condition52. A. could B. would C. had to D. should53. A. bought B. kept

15、C. hid D. cooked54. A. turned B. made C. put D. knocked55. A. happy B. healthy C. safe D. quiet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，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡l上将该项涂黑。AThere are many shops in Singapore where customers still bargain, although prices are clearly shown on the goods. There is nothing out of the ordina

16、ry in haggling; some shopkeepers expect you to and will be surprised if you accepted their prices immediately. We know that the prices in some stores are a bit higher than those in Change Alley, but we also realize that to keep a store like Robinsons is by no means cheap. Besides, in such places we

17、shop in air-conditioned(空调)comfort. For all these, we pay a little extra.It is not always true to say that things in Change Alley cost less. I once bought a Czechoslovakian glass butter-dish from Robinsons for a little under two dollars. I then went on to Change Alley and just by chance saw an artic

18、le of the same shape, design and size, in one of the shops. I then asked about its price, and was surprised when the man demanded more than four dollars for it. “How much can you offer?” he shouted at me. I offered him exactly the same price I paid for the article and his reply was shockingly rude(粗

19、鲁). I opened my bag, showed him my receipt, stared at him and walked out of his shop.A buyer in England expects to find the price of goods clearly shown, or, to be told exactly what the price is. He knows this is the lowest price that will be accepted. If he thinks the price is beyond what he can af

20、ford, he shrugs(耸耸)his shoulders and walks away. He does not attempt to bargain with the shopkeeper. Even if he showed annoyance or surprise, he would expect to be told that if the price was unacceptable, he should try elsewhere.56. The underlined word “hagglin9” (1ine 2, para.1) in the text most pr

21、obably means _. A. accepting the prices immediately B. fixing the right cost for some goods C. arguing about the price of something D. paying extra for comfortable shopping57. We can learn from the text that Robinsons is a store which sells. A. expensive goods B. air-conditioners C. Czechoslovakian

22、goods D. goods at a bargain price58. The writer asked about the price of a glass butter-dish in Change Alley because he wanted to_. A. buy it at a lower price B. change his dish for something else C. find out if the shop assistant is polite D. compare the prices of the dish in two stores59. Which of

23、 the following words best describes the feeling of a British customer when “he shrugs his shoulders and walks away” (1ine 3, para.3)? A. Frightened. B. Worried. C. Annoyed. D. Disappointed.60. What would probably happen if a customer does bargain with a shopkeeper in England? A. The customer would b

24、e advised to shop in other stores. B. The customer would get the goods at a lower price. C. They would discuss and then reach an agreement. D. They would quarrel about the price of the goods.BWe all believed that words of a language evolve (进化) gradually over the centuries, rather as animals and pla

25、nts evolve over millions of year. Sometimes the change is so slight as to be almost unnoticeable-finger, for example, means the same today as it did 1, 000 years ago. Other words have changed out of all recognition. For example, modern English “lord”, a person with high social positions, comes from

26、Old English “hlaford”. It used to mean “guardian of the bread”, a person who protects the bread. But not all word meanings change like this. Just as new and different types of animals and plants can be reproduced, we can call completely new words into being.Anyone can make a word. The difficult part

27、 is to make it stay in the language. To stand the best chance it should probably relate to a particular and fairly specialized subject. That cuts down the number of people who need to agree to use it. Chemists are often having to find expressions for new findings. Once that is achieved, there may be

28、 a chance for wider recognition if the expression comes to be of interest to the general public.Ordinary people can make long-lasting words, though. In 1924, a competition (比赛) was held to make a word for a drinker of illegal liquor(非法出售的酒). A prize of US $200 was offered, and there were reportedly

29、over 25, 000 suggestions. The winners were Henry Irving Dale and Kate L. Butler, who both came up with “scofflaw”. And that word exists in American English to this day, in the rather wider sense “someone who disobeys the law”.61. What can we learn from the text? A. It is the duty of specialists to m

30、ake new words. B. People are encouraged to make new words. C. Words evolve faster than animals and plants. D. New words are usually made by chemists.62. New words are usually not accepted until they_. A. can express common ideas B. are included in school subjects C. are proved useful by scientists D. gain public agreement63. According to the text，making a new word is less difficult tha