公共英语等级考试(PETS)二级真题
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第二节完形填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后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1上将该项涂黑。
I usually don’t take the subway(地铁) to get to my office, but it’s a good thing I did last Tuesday. I 36 a man sitting opposite me who 37 to be extremely nervous. He was 38 wide?eyed at one of the advertisements(广告) in the car. Then his hands started to 39. I took my medical bag and 40 to him.
“Well, what 41 seems to be wrong with you?” I asked.
He pointed1 at an advertisement 42 the good qualities of a 43 kind of shirt. It 44:“It will not wilt2, shrink3, crease4, or wrinkle5.”
“Well, 45 about it?”
“I’m going 46,” he said. “I can read it to myself, but I can’t says it out 47.”
“My dear man,” I comforted him, “you can say it. Of course you can. You’re 48 a little nervous. This is just a nervous attack. You must not 49. You must try and say it. Now say it.”
“It...it will not wilt, crink, wack, or shrinkle,” he said, and with a groan(呻吟) he 50 his face with his hands.
“Now come. 51 me,” I told him, “and learn how perfectly6 simple the whole 52 is.” I continued in a firm voice:“It will not wink7, shink, wack, or cinkle.” Oh, my! I 53 several times, each was wrong in a different way.
The man 54, and appeared completely recovered. I was 55. The man was cured. Of course, I had been putting on an act.
36.[A]cured[B]met [C]taught  [D]noticed
37.[A]turned [B]appeared[C]pretended  [D]meant
38.[A]admiring[B]screaming [C]pointing  [D]staring
39.[A]move [B]shake [C]touch  [D]wave
40.[A]came back [B]went on [C]rushed over  [D]looked over
41.[A]generally [B]exactly [C]usually  [D]naturally
42.[A]telling about [B]showing off [C]calling for[D]dealing with
43.[A]common [B]regular [C]famous  [D]certain
44.[A]admitted [B]said [C]proved  [D]called
45.[A]what [B]how [C]talk  [D]think
46.[A]crazy [B]ahead [C]angry  [D]back
47.[A]loud [B]alone [C]freely  [D]completely
48.[A]truly [B]really [C]simply  [D]particularly
49.[A]stop [B]give in [C]hurry up  [D]look
50.[A]covered [B]turned [C]hid  [D]touched
51.[A]Talk to [B]Allow [C]Listen to  [D]Show
52.[A]advertisement [B]problem [C]situation  [D]thing
53.[A]tried [B]spelled [C]spoke  [D]explained
54.[A]was anxious [B]was nervous [C]laughed  [D]shouted
55.[A]interested [B]delighted [C]worried  [D]astonished

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])中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡1上将该项涂黑。
A
Ann Curry9 is a famous news presenter10 of the NBC News “Today” show. When she was 15 she happened to walk into a bookstore in her hometown and began looking at the books on the shelves. The man behind the counter, Mac McCarley, asked if she’d like a job. She needed to start saving11 for college, so she said yes.

Ann worked after school and during summer vacations, and the job helped  pay for her first year of college. During college she would do many other jobs: she served coffee in the student union(学生会), was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U.S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs.
One day a woman came into the bookstore and asked Ann for books on cancer(癌症). The woman seemed anxious. Ann showed her practically12 everything they had and found other books they could order. The woman left the store less worried, and Ann has always remembered the pride she felt in having helped her customer.
Years later, as a television reporter in Los Angeles, Ann heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and his hand. His family could not afford a surgical13(外科的) operation, and the boy lived in shame, hiding his hand in his pocket all the time.
Ann persuaded her boss to let her do the story. After the story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the surgical operation for free.
Ann visited the boy in the recovery14 room after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, “Thank you.” What a sweet sense of satisfaction Ann Curry felt!
At McCarely’s bookstore, Ann always sensed she was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the same. NBC News pays her, but she feels as if she works15 for the people who watch the programmes, helping16 them make sense of the world.
 
56.Ann Curry got her first job .
[A]from her friend in a bookstore[B]a couple of years before college
[C]at the NBC news “Today” show[D]when she was studying at university
57.At which part?time job did Ann Curry feel the happiest?
[A]The hotel.[B]The bookstore.
[C]The student union.[D]The US Forest Service.
58.What particularly gives her the feeling of pride?
[A]Helping people through work.[B]Reporting interesting stories.
[C]Being able to do different jobs well.
[D]Paying through her college education.
59.How did Ann help the child get the operation he needed?
[A]Ann persuaded the boy to speak on TV.
[B]Ann paid for the operation herself.
[C]Ann’s boss agreed to raise money.
[D]Ann’s news report moved some doctors.

B
Last April, on a visit to the new Mall of America near Minneapolis, I carrid with me a small book provided18 for the reporters by the public relations office. It included a variety of “fun facts” about the mall, such as:140 000 hot dogs are sold each week, there are 10 000 full?time jobs, 44 sets of moving stairs and 17 lifts, 12 750 parking places, 13 000 tons of steel, and $1 million is drawn19 weekly from 8 ATMs. Opened in the summer of 1992, the mall was built where the former Minneapolis Stadium(体育馆) had been. It was only a five?minute drive from the Minneapolis?St. Paul International Airport. With 4.2 million square feet of floor space — twenty?two times the size of the average American shopping center — the Mall of America was the largest shopping and family recreation(娱乐)center under one roof in the United States.
I knew already that the Mall of America had been imagined by its designers, not merely as a marketplace, but as a national tourist attraction. Eleven thousand articles, the small book informed me, had been written about the mall. Four hundred trees had been planted in its gardens, $625 million had been spent to build it, and 350 stores were already in business. Three thousand bus tours were expected each year along with a half?million Canadian visitors and 200 000 Japanese tourists. Sales were expected to be at $650 million for 1993 and at $1 billion for 1996. Pop singers and film stars such as Janet Jackson and Arnold Schwarzenegger had visited the mall. It was five times larger than Red Square and it included 2.3 miles of hallways and used almost twice as much steel as the Eiffel Tower. It was also home to the nation’s largest indoor park, called Knott’s Camp Snoopy.
60.We know from the text that the Mall of America is .
[A]near an old stadium[B]close to an airport
[C]higher than the Eiffel Tower[D]bigger than most America parks
61.Why are the pieces of information provided by Mall of America referred to as “fun facts”?
[A]They are largely20 imagined.[B]They are surprising figures.
[C]They give exact descriptions.[D]They make people feel uneasy21.
62.What’s the point of mentioning popular stars who had been to the mall?
[A]To show its power of attraction.
[B]To show that few rich people like to shop there.
[C]To tell the public about a new movie being made about it.
[D]To  tell people that they have chances of meeting famous stars there.
63.We can infer22 from the text that .
[A]Japanese visitors are most welcome to the mall
[B]Canadian visitors would spend $1 billion at the mall
[C]Knott’s Camp Snoopy was next to the Mall of America
[D]the Mall of America was designed to serve more than one purpose



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1 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
2 wilt oMNz5     
v.(使)植物凋谢或枯萎;(指人)疲倦,衰弱
参考例句:
  • Golden roses do not wilt and will never need to be watered.金色的玫瑰不枯萎绝也不需要浇水。
  • Several sleepless nights made him wilt.数个不眠之夜使他憔悴。
3 shrink xytw6     
n.收缩,萎缩;vi.收缩,退缩,萎缩;vt.使收缩
参考例句:
  • Washing wool in hot water will shrink it.在热水中洗毛织品会使其缩水。
  • This cloth won't shrink when it's washed.这种布下水不缩。
4 crease qo5zK     
n.折缝,褶痕,皱褶;v.(使)起皱
参考例句:
  • Does artificial silk crease more easily than natural silk?人造丝比天然丝更易起皱吗?
  • Please don't crease the blouse when you pack it.包装时请不要将衬衫弄皱了。
5 wrinkle WMFzG     
n.皱纹;vi.(使)起皱纹,皱眉;vt.使起皱纹
参考例句:
  • This pair of pants does not wrinkle.这条裤子不会皱。
  • Too much sunbathing will wrinkle your skin.皮肤晒得过分就能起皱纹。
6 perfectly 8Mzxb     
adv.完美地,无可非议地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
  • Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
7 wink 4MGz3     
n.眨眼,使眼色,瞬间;v.眨眼,使眼色,闪烁
参考例句:
  • He tipped me the wink not to buy at that price.他眨眼暗示我按那个价格就不要买。
  • The satellite disappeared in a wink.瞬息之间,那颗卫星就消失了。
8 crushed 8v6zDH     
a.压碎的,倒碎的
参考例句:
  • The car was completely crushed under the truck. 小轿车被卡车压得完全变形了。
  • The box was crushed when the car ran over it. 汽车辗过箱子时把它给压碎了。
9 curry xnozh     
n.咖哩粉,咖哩饭菜;v.用咖哩粉调味,用马栉梳,制革
参考例句:
  • Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
  • Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。
10 presenter llRzYi     
n.(电视、广播的)主持人,赠与者
参考例句:
  • Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
  • The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。
11 saving XjYzGK     
n.节省,节约;[pl.]储蓄金,存款
参考例句:
  • Energy saving is term strategic policy of our country.节约能源是我国长期的战略国策。
  • Old-fashioned housewives were usually very saving.旧时的家庭主妇通常都很节俭。
12 practically HPjxb     
adv.差不多;几乎;实际地,从实际角度
参考例句:
  • He solved the problem very practically.他很实事求是地解决了这个问题。
  • She's practically always late for school.她上学几乎总是迟到。
13 surgical 0hXzV3     
adj.外科的,外科医生的,手术上的
参考例句:
  • He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
  • All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前,必须消毒。
14 recovery fUkx6     
n.恢复,痊愈;追回,寻回,收复
参考例句:
  • The doctors said that his recovery was a miracle. 医生们说他的复原是件奇事。
  • The quick recovery was truly in response to medication.这次迅速康复确实是对药物治疗的反应。
15 works ieuzIh     
n.作品,著作;工厂,活动部件,机件
参考例句:
  • We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
  • The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
16 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
17 blast tR6yh     
v.炸毁,摧毁;n.爆炸,爆破,一阵,汽笛声
参考例句:
  • A huge bomb blast rocked central London last night.昨晚一次剧烈的炸弹爆炸震动了伦敦市中心。
  • Not until last week was the project in full blast.工程直到上星期才全部开工。
18 provided PkNzng     
conj.假如,若是;adj.预备好的,由...供给的
参考例句:
  • Provided it's fine we will have a pleasant holiday.如果天气良好,我们的假日将过得非常愉快。
  • I will come provided that it's not raining tomorrow.如果明天不下雨,我就来。
19 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
20 largely 72SxM     
adv.大部分,主要地
参考例句:
  • It is largely dependent on the weather.这多半取决于天气情况。
  • Their conclusions were largely founded on guesswork.他们的结论大部份基于猜测。
21 uneasy 8kDwf     
adj.心神不安的,担心的,令人不安的
参考例句:
  • He feels uneasy today.他今天心里感到不安。
  • She had an uneasy feeling that they were still following her.她有一种他们仍在跟踪她的不安感觉。
22 infer W7YxA     
vt.推论,推断;猜想
参考例句:
  • People usually infer an unknown fact from a known fact.人们通常从已知的事实中推断未知的事实。
  • From your smile I infer that you're pleased.从你的笑容,我断定你很高兴。
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