2010年3月公共英语二级真题及答案

[C] merely [D] nearly 34 [A] bottle [B] cup [C] jar [D] bell 35 [A] come [B] live [C] forget [D] continue

三、阅读理解(共5题，合计20分)

Ian Johnstone missed his girlfriend so much that he flew back to Britain from Australia to ask her to marry him. The problem is she did the same in the opposite direction. He and Amy Dolby even

managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.

After an 11,000-mile flight across the globe, Dolby was greeted by Johnstone’s astonished flatmate asking what she was doing there. \The Times.

\浪漫的)person I have ever known. I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive(易冲动的)people. We are always trying to surprise each other. \

Johnstone, a 27-year-old construction worker, had taken a year off to travel round Australia. But he was missing Dolby, a 26-year-old secretary, so much that he got a job on a Sydney building site and started saving for a surprise. He then flew home to Britain and went to her apartment armed with an engagement(订婚) ring and flowers.

\ when she phoned me from Australia. \

Johnstone then asked Dolby to marry him on the phone. \ accepted. \

36 Where are Johnstone and Dolby from? [A] Both are from Britain. [B] Both are from Australia.

[C] Johnstone’s from Britain, Dolby Australia. [D] Johnstone’s from Australia, Dolby Britain.

37 What happened to Johnstone and Dolby at a Singapore airport? [A] They went into the wrong waiting rooms. [B] They failed to see each other. [C] They took the wrong flights. [D] They ran into their flatmates.

38 Why did Johnstone get a job in Sydney?

[A] The job could help him fly round Australia. [B] He wanted to save money for his wedding. [C] The job there was easy and well-paid. [D] He needed the money to see Dolby.

39 The phrase \

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[A] getting anxious to see me [B] saying goodbye to me [C] playing a joke on me [D] trying to cheer me up

When word got out that Doug Beardsley was introducing a new course this spring—\冰球) Literature and the Canadian Psyche(精神) \—the 40 seats in the class were quickly taken. ESPN offered to fly him to New York for a TV chat show, and e-mail arrived from hockey fans and researchers from as far away as Texas and China.

\people. They’re right. \

Students in Beardsley’s class completed three research papers related to hockey. The reading list included famous works like The Divine Ryans by Wayne Johnston, The Good Body by Bill Gas ton and Les Canadiells by Rick Salutin. They are the kind of books that get at the true meaning of being Canadian.

In Beardsley’s words, hockey shows the very nature of the polite Canadian. \ with this peace-sharing, gentle image comes a need for mayhem(混乱). So we invent the game

and—whammo! —you get on the ice and it serves as a way of letting out those energies that we

don’t allow ourselves elsewhere. \ be played in winter is our form of saying, \around and make it work for us. \

\

40 What is the main purpose of the text? [A] To teach how to play hockey.

[B] To introduce an English teacher. [C] To introduce a book by Beardsley.

[D] To talk about hockey and the Canadians.

41 We learn from Paragraph 1 that ______ . [A] ESPN has its offices around the world

[B] all chairs in Beardsley’s class were taken away [C] hockey is a popular sport in New York

[D] Beardsley’s course on hockey is very popular

42 What does the underlined word \[ A] Hockey fans and researchers. [B] Students in Beardsley’s class. [C] Producers of the TV program. [D] Viewers of the ESPN program.

43 Hockey was invented in Canada because ______ .

[A] people can get a chance to fight and let out energy [B] the weather of the country is good for the sport [C] people want to show what they can do on ice [D] Canadians like to play sports in a gentle way

There are three kinds of memory: sense memory, working memory, and long-term memory. Think of them as three connected rooms in which you store different kinds of memories.

The first kind of memory is sense memory. Everything you are sensing right now is stored here.

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Perhaps you feel the sun on your face or smell the aroma(香味) of food. Sense memories last only a few seconds, but they connect one moment to the next. They give your life a flow, even though they are quickly forgotten.

You keep a few items(条目) in working memory. These are memories you need for what you are doing. Suppose you look up a friend's telephone number in the phone book. You’ll probably remember the number for a little while. But if you get distracted (分神), you might quickly forget it. A memory usually stays in your working memory for just a few days at most. Working memory has another limit, too. Only a small number of items fit into it at any given time.

Memories you want to keep for a long time go into your long-term memory. They can stay with you all your life. In long-term memory, you can store a huge number of items. Can you re member how to play your favorite game? Do you recall your first birthday party? If so, you are bringing up memories that are stored in your long-term memory. Sometimes, people have trouble finding a particular long- term memory. Have you ever struggled to remember a familiar name or fact? When this happens, people sometimes say the information is \

44 Which of the following best describes the sense memory? [A] It’s your preference for certain food. [B] It’s something you did a while ago. [C] It’s a memory of the distant past. [D] It’s an immediate memory.

45 What does the author say about working memory? [A] The number of stored items is limited. [B] The information contained is lasting. [C] It stays only while you work. [D] It stores numbers quickly.

46 If something is\[A] you say it in a polite way [B] you remember it all your life [C] you don’t want to write it down [D] you know it but can’t remember it

47 what can be a suitable title for the text? [A] Kinds of Memories

[B] The Length of Memories [C] New Findings on Memories [D] The Importance of Memories

You can find a hotel in London very easily through listings in various free magazines. They of ten provide information on the hotel’s location (位置) and facilities (设施). The Dove Hotel, Paddington, W2

Today’s traveller quite rightly expects the highest standards of quality, comfort and value. At the Dove it is impossible to be disappointed. Our hotel is located a few minutes’walk from 5

underground lines and bus stops. The Heathrow Express goes directly to Heathrow in 15 minutes from Paddington Station.

Sunset Hotel, Bayswater, W2

Located in a very popular place for shopping, the hotel is open 24 hours a day and all rooms have an suite facilities together with color TV and direct dial telephone. The hotel is opposite Whit ley’s indoor shopping centre in Queensway, and only a few minutes’walk from Kensington gar dens—the former home of Princess Diana.

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Queen’s Hotel, Earls Court, SW5

Queen’s Hotel is a small friendly hotel in the Kensington area. The hotel is close to the Earl’s Court Exhibition Halls 1 and 2 and the Olympia Exhibition Halls with their many shows in cluding everything from business to boats! We are easy to reach from Heathrow Airport and only a few stops on the underground to central London attractions. The George Hotel, Kings Cross, N1

The George Hotel has 35 rooms all with central heating, color TV, and tea and coffee-making

facilities. The family-run hotel has clean comfortable rooms and many satisfied customers, who have experienced a \dinnertime !

48 Where is Sunset Hotel located? [A] In Kensington gardens. [B] At Bayswater, W2.

[C] Near Earl’s Court, SW5.

[D] Next to Olympia Exhibition Halls.

49 How long does it take to go to central London from Queen’s Hotel? [A] 5 stops by bus. [B] 15 minutes by car. [C] A few minutes’walk.

[D] A few stops by underground.

50 Which hotel is the closest to public transport? [A] The Dove Hotel. [B] Sunset Hotel. [C] Queen’s Hotel. [D] The George Hotel.

51 What is special about the George Hotel? [A] It has color TV.

[B] It is run by a family.

[C] It is close to the shopping centre. [D] It has more rooms than the others.

I find it annoying and funny when I think about how we use protective or decorative wrappings (装饰性包装) in this country.

When I come home from the supermarket and start to unpack, I am always shocked at the layers of wrappings we cover our food with.

There is hardly anything we buy that doesn’t come in at least two wrappings, and then several of them are gathered by the shop assistant and put into a small bag. Then several of the small bags are grouped together and put into a big bag. If you have several big bags with small bags in them, they give you a cardboard box to put the packages-in-the-little-bags-in-the-big-bags in.

A lot of things we buy wouldn’t really need any protective wrapping at all. The skin of an orange protects an orange pretty well for most of its natural life, but we aren’t satisfied with what

nature has given it. We wrap them in plastic or put them in a net bag, and then in a paper bag. The orange inside the skin, inside the plastic which is in the paper bag, must wonder where it is.

A box of biscuits often has waxed paper(蜡纸) next to the biscuits, a cardboard box holding the food and then a decorative wrapping around it.

A relative of ours bought a new sofa recently because she liked the fine leather (皮革) it was

covered with. She liked it so much she didn’t want it to get dirty, so she bought a cloth cover to

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