全国公共英语二级考试模拟试题八（含答案分析）1

第二部分：英语知识运用  
第一节：单项选择  
  从A、B、C、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． 　
1. A new English -Chinese dictionary will soon ________ out .  
　 A. work  　 B. come    　 C. give     D. hand  
2. As time went on, the theory¹ she had stuck ________ correct .  
　 A. proved   B. to proving   C. to proved   D. to prove  
3. The huge fire is reported to have _______ more than 300 people dead.  
　 A. remained　 B. kept  　 C. left    　 D. had  
4. ----- The art exhibition ______ by me _______ a great success .  
----- __________ !  
　 A. run, promises, Congratulations   B. made, whishes, Congratulations  
C. run, expects , Congratulation  　 D. made , seems , Congratulation  
5. ----- Whats wrong with the book?  
----- One page is ________ .  
　 A. disappeared   B. losing   C. missing  　 D. disappearing  
6. Before she went abroad she spent as much time as she could _____ English .  
　 A. practise to speak         　 　B. practising speaking  
　 C. practise speaking         　 D. to practise speaking  
7. ----- Did you say you like the film TINATIC?  
----- _______. I said its not bad .  
　 A. Not exactly　 B. I dont know why　 C. Youre great   D. Thats all right  
8. I dont think he could have done such a stupid² thing last night, _______ ?  
　 A. do I    　 B. could he     C. has he    　 D. did he  
9. It was until last year hat he ________.  
　 A.left his home town for a new start  
　 B. came to realize the importance³ of learning⁴ English  
C. worked as an English teacher at a middle school    
　 D. set out to build a new house of his own  
10. A telephone call ______ him hurrying to his home town .  
　 A. made  　 B. force   C. sent     D. let  
11. ----- Did you have ______ difficulty⁵ talking to the foreigner ?  
　 ----- No. I only could not follow him when he spoke⁶ too fast .  
　 A. any　   　 B. a   C. some  　 D. much  
12. The old lady has never ________ the house since she moved in.  
　 A. been away　 B. left   C. lived　 　 D. stayed at  
13. ----- Were sure of winning⁷ the match.  
　 ----- _______.　 Well meet our match.  
　 A. Dont be so sure　 B. So are we   C. Its out of question　 D. I think so  
14. I have no one ______ me , for I can deal with it all by myself .  
A. help     B. to help  　 C. helped     D. to have helped  
15. Id ________ them to stay at home the whole day.  
　A. rather  　 B. better     C. prefer    　 D. agree
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、D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．
　
   Mrs White gave music lessons at a school. She had a good voice, 　16 some of her high notes sounded like a door that 　17 oiling⁸. Mrs White knew her 　18 well, and took every  
19 she could find to practise these high notes. As she 　20 a small house, she could not practise 　21 disturbing⁹ the rest of the family. So she usually went for long walks 　22 the country road. But 　23 she heard a car or a person 　24 along the road, she stopped practising. She did not want to be heard, 　25 she was very shy.  
   One afternoon, a fast open car came up behind her so 　26 　and so fast that she did not hear it 　27 it was only a few yards from her. She 　28 some of her highest and 　29 notes at that time. As the car passed, she saw an anxious¹⁰ 　30 come over its drivers face. He stopped his car suddenly, 　31 out and began to examine¹¹ all the tyres¹² 　32　 .  
   Mrs White 　33 to tell him what the noise he 　34　 really was. He got back into the and 　35　 .  
16. A. and         　 B. as if         C. besides      　 D. except that  
17. A. required      　 B. wants         C. requiring       D. was  
18. A. sound          B. strength  　   　 C. weakness    　 　 D. music  
19. A. place          B. chance       　 C. point         D. time  
20. A. had    　      B. owned         C. lived in    　 　 D. stayed at  
21. A. with        　 B. without      　 C. for        　 D. not  
22. A. through　        B. by         　 C. near      　 　 D. along  
23. A. as           B. since         C. wherever    　 　 D. whenever  
24. A. step        　 B. walk    　   　 C. coming       　 D. passed  
25. A. then        　 B. for        　 C. not because    　 D. but  
26. A. silently      　 B. quickly      　 C. sudden       　 D. slightly  
27. A. until          B. about         C. while         D. as  
28. A. cried          B. was prctising     C. played       　 D. was shouting  
29. A. excellent    　 　 B. clearest  　   　 C. most difficult   　 D. easiest  
30. A. expression       B. feeling      　 C. suffering       D. condition  
31. A. fled        　 B. picked       　 C. rushed       　 D. jumped  
32. A. slowly         B. angrily      　 C. carefully       D. quickly  
33. A. neednt       　 B. didnt dare    　 C. wanted       　 D. pointed¹³ out  
34. A. had done      　 B. reported  　   　 C. noticed      　 D. had heard  
35. A. drove¹⁴ off    　 　 B. ran away  　   　 C. driving out    　 D. walked away