2008年9月公共英語二級真題及答案
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Adopt-A-Book at Leeds University Library
Is there a book that means a lot to you? A book that has encouraged you? A book that is of great value in the history of a subject you care about? A book with some personal importance to you? A work by Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Tolkien—or something only you would think of ?
If there is, there may well be a copy in Leeds University Library's Special Collections, and from as little as £25 you can Adopt-A-Book at Leeds. We will place a bookplate in the book recording your support for the Library. You can also adopt a book as a gift for someone else—perhaps to celebrate a special event, like a birthday or wedding.
Please help us to protect our rare (珍稀的) books and keep them safe for present and future users. Our copies of many of the most important works ever printed are kept in safe conditions and the collections are well known worldwide. They are consulted (參閱) by thousands of students and researchers visiting from all over the world, and you may have worked with the valuable works yourself during your studies. When you adopt a healthy book, you help us to revive (使復蘇) another that's not so fit! 45.The writer uses questions at the beginning ______.
A to show the value of works by Shakespeare, Newton and Tolkien
B to show the popularity of the library with students and teachers
C to draw readers' attention to the low price for adopting a book
D to draw readers' attention to the Adopt-A-Book progra
46.If you decide to adopt a book, you ______.
A must protect the book and keep if safe
B may give the book as a gift to your friend
C can help with the protection of the rare books
D will enjoy an advantage in using the book in your research
47.What does the underlined word "they" (Line 3, Para. 3) refer to?
A Rare book
B Library user
C Book owner
D Library condition
48.What is the purpose of the text?
A To persuade people to use the library mor
B To call on people to give their rare books to the librar
C To raise money for the protection of rare books in the librar
D To make known the library's special collections to the general publi
D
Dolphins are interesting animals. Working with them is fun, because you never know what they will come up with to surprise you.
Remember when your mom used to cut up your food? Circe, a show dolphin, won't eat fish unless someone cuts the fins (魚鰭) off. Diana Reiss, a scientist who worked with Circe, knew that. But one day she forgot.
Reiss was training Circe to "stay at station" in front of her. Every time the dolphin swam off, Reiss gave her a time-out by backing away from the side of the pool and standing at a distance. When Circe stayed, Reiss fed her a piece of fish. But then she gave her a piece with fins by mistake.
Circe looked at Reiss, spat(吐) out the fish, and swam across the pool. She took an upright position in the water and simple "stood" there. Circe was communicating (交流) loud and clear. "I felt as if I had gotten the time-out! " says Reiss.
Another dolphin, Pete, enjoyed his meals of fish served up by his trainer. But a wild bird started to show up at every feeding to steal some of the dolphin's supper. Pete was definitely not happy about that.
One day when Pete's trainer gave him frozen fish, Pete let them sink to the bottom of his pool. Between shows he dived down and pushed eight fish up to the surface, and managed to keep all of them afloat. For five minutes, the bird watched anxiously. Finally, the bird took the bait. When it did, Pete caught the bird's feet and pulled it underwater! Then took care of that little thief.
49.Reiss would feed Circe a fish ______.
A before Circe gave a performance
B when Circe followed the instruction
C the moment Circe swam close to Reiss
D each time Reiss left the side of the pool
50.When Circe "stood" there, what message did she try to send to Reiss?
A I'm punishing yo
B I don't like frozen fis
C I'm not interested in the gam
D I know how to stand up in the wate
51.We know from the text that Pete ______.
A was trained to stay at station
B often plays with food before he eats
C likes to eat fish without fins
D was smart in teaching the bird a lesson
52.The underlined words "took the bait" in the last paragraph means "______".
A was fooled
B took actions
C made a decision
D went out of the way
E
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling's great adventure story, is set to start filming in England, according to Warner Bros. In this movie, Potter returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, only to find the school turning a blind eye to his recent fight with the cruel Lord Voldemort. He decides to take matters into his own hands and begins to form an army of students, whom he trains to defend themselves against the Dark Arts.
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson again play their roles as Harry, Ron and Herminone, while British director David Yates is to guide the adventure. Rowling released (推出) the sixth book in the series (系列), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, last July, while the seventh and final book is expected by the end of the year. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is expected for a 2007 release, but there is no word yet whether it will be a summer or holiday movie.
53.How many books about Harry Potter had Rowling finished writing in this text?
A Four B Five C Six D Seve
54.Who is acting the part of Harry Potter?
A David Yate B Rupert Grin C Emma Watso D Daniel Radcliff
55.The text is probably taken from ______.
A a movie review B a book of adventures C a talk on Harry Potter D a story of Rowling's life
第四部分 寫作
第二節(jié) 書面表達
假定你是李明,準備畢業(yè)后去美國繼續(xù)求學,想在學校BBS上發(fā)布一個英語帖子,找一個母語為英語的留學生做語言交流伙伴(language partner)。
要點:
1.找伙伴的原因;
2.自己有教授漢語的經驗;
3.希望提高自己的英語口語能力;
4.需要找一名美國留學生。
注意:
1.詞數100詞左右,開頭已為你寫好。
2.請直接將書面表達寫在上面。