全国公共英语二级考试模拟试卷十(1)

Section Ⅰ Listening Comprehension  

　　说明：每段对话后有一个小题，请从题中所给的[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选出最佳选项。(每段对话后有15秒种的停顿，以便回答问题和阅读下一问题。) 

　　M: Can I help you, madam? 

　　W: Yes. I am looking for a fashionable (时髦的，高级的) hat. 

　　M: Well, this is the most fashionable one we’ve got. 
　 
    1.What’s the relationship (关系) between the speakers? 

　　The salesman (售货员) and the customer.　 

　　Two friends.　 

　　A policeman and a tourist.　 
　　 
　　M: Can you speak German? 

　　W: Yes, I can. I speak it very well. But I know a little Italian. 
　 
    2.The woman knows 　　. 

　　a little Italian　　　　a little German 　　　　a little English　　　　 

　　M: By this time tomorrow, you’ll be in France. 

　　W: Yes, I’ll miss all my friends in Beijing. 
　 
    3.Where is the woman leaving for? 

　　She will leave France for Beijing.　 

　　She will leave for France.　 

　　She will leave for Beijing.　 
　 
　　M: Can I see `Titanic’ on Sunday? 

　　W: I’m not sure. 

　  4.When does the man want to see "Titanic"? 

　　Sunday. 　　　　　　　　Saturday. 　　　　　　　Monday. 　　　　　　　　 
　　 
　　M: Can you speak French? 

　　W: A little. 

　  5.What language can she speak a little? 

　　French. 　　　　　　　　Chinese.　　　　　　　　English.　 

    说明：听下面的对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。(听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒种的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。) 
　　 
　　"Is there any mail for me?" you often ask when you return home at lunch or dinner time. If there is a letter, you read it eagerly, pleased that your friend or relative has thought of you. Other people respond as warmly as you do to a friendly letter. They are happy to be remembered. But if the letter you write makes them feel as if you yourself were with them, speaking in your own friendly way, they are especially pleased. You have given something of yourself. And to be yourself in a letter to a friend is an art you need to master. 

　  6.Why are you pleased when you hear from your friend or relative? 

　　Because you needn’t write him a letter.　 

　　Because you can collect stamps.　 

　　Because you are remembered.　 

　  7.What kind of letter makes your friend especially pleased? 

　　A long letter.　 

　　A short letter.　 

　　A letter in familiar language.　 

　  8.What is the title of this passage? 

　　Mail.　 

　　How to Speak in a Friendly Way.　 

　　Write Me a Letter.　 

　　A man got into a train and found himself sitting opposite a woman who seemed to be about thirty-five years old. Soon they began talking to each other, and the man said to her, "Do you have a family?" 

　　"Yes, I have one son," the woman answered. 

　　"Oh, really?" said the man. "Does he smoke?" 

　　"No, he’s never touched a cigarette," the woman replied. 

　　"That’s good," the man continued. "I don’t smoke either. Tobacco is very bad to one’s health. And does your son drink wine?" 

　　"Oh, no," the woman answered at once. "He’s never drunk (酒醉的) a drop of it." 

　　"Then I congratulate (祝贺，恭贺) you, ma’am," the man said. "And does he ever come home late at night?" 

　　"No, never," his neighbor answered. "He goes to bed immediately after dinner every night." 

　　"Well," the man said, "he’s a wise young man. How old is he?" 

　　"He’s six months old today. But he’ll grow up to be a gentleman," the woman replied proudly. 

　  9.What are the man and the woman talking about? 

　　What a young man shouldn’t do.　 

　　The woman’s son.　 

　　The man’s son.　 

    10.How does the woman feel about her son? 

　　He will grow up to be a wise young man.　 

　　He is still too young to do anything bad.　 

　　He is a very good boy.　 

    11.Where does the conversation take place? 

　　On a train. 　　　　　　At the woman’s home.　　In the street.　　　 
　　 
    12.Which of the following probably best describes the man’s feeling at the end of the conversation? 

　　Amused. 　　　　　　　　Disappointed. 　　　　　Surprised.

 "Fingers were made before forks." When a person gives up good manners, puts aside knife and fork, and dives into his food, someone is likely to repeat that saying. 

　　The fork was an ancient agricultural tool, but for centuries no one thought of eating with it. Not until the eleventh century, when a young lady from Constantinople brought her fork to Italy, did the custom reach Europe. 

　　By the fifteenth century the use of the fork was widespread in Italy. The English explanation was that Italians did not like eating food touched with fingers, "seeing all men’s fingers are not alike clean." English travelers kept their friends laughing while describing this ridiculous Italian custom. 

　　Anyone who used a fork to eat with was laughed at in England for the next hundred years. Men who used forks were thought to be woman-like, and women who used them were called show-off and overnice. Not until the late 1600s did using a fork become a common custom. 

    13.How did the custom of eating with a fork begin in Europe? 

　　It was brought to Europe by travelers from America.　 

　　It was brought to Europe by a young lady from Constantinople.　 

　　Italians changed an agriculture tool into a fork.　 

    14.By the fifteenth century where were forks used? 

　　All over Europe.　　　　In England. 　　　　　　All over Italy. 　 
　　　 
    15.How did the use of forks seem to English travelers in Italy? 

　　Clever. 　　　　　　　　Ridiculous. 　　　　　　Overnice. 　　 
　　　　　 
    16.In England how were people who used forks considered? 

　　Overnice.　 

　　Well-mannered.　 

　　Show-off and woman-like.　 
　　 
　　Americans eat breakfast and lunch quickly unless it is a social, business or family occasion. The evening meal is usually longer and a time for families to gather together. Rushing through daytime meals is part of the fast pace in America. Another reason for rushing through daytime meals is that many people eat in restaurants that are usually crowded with people waiting for a place so that they too can be served and returned to work at the proper time. So each hurries to make room for the next person. As with busy people everywhere there is a real difference with meals that are eaten in a hurry and those that can be enjoyed slowly with friends. 
17.What is not mentioned in the passage? 

　　What time Americans eat dinner.　 

　　Why Americans eat in a hurry.　 

　　Where Americans eat.　 

    18.Why do Americans hurry at meals? 

　　They don’t like to eat.　 

　　They want to eat dinner slowly.　 

　　They are very busy.　 

    19.What can we conclude from the passage? 

　　Americans eat slower for social and business reasons.　 

　　Americans frequently hurry in the evening.　 

　　Americans are always late returning to work.　 

    20.What is suggested in the passage? 

　　Americans don’t eat much on weekends.　 

　　Americans do not have a short sleep in the afternoon.　 

　　Americans like eating with friends.