2016年全国公共英语考试pets2级练习题
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World Cup DadFor most of my l5 years，my father usually said very little to my mother and me.He preferred reading the newspaper or watching football matches on television to talking to his family. Everything changed one morning.As soon as I came downstairs to breakfast.I could see that he wasn’t his usual reserved(缄默的)self.“Can’t wait! FIFA World Cup! Big match! Must see!”I quickly figured out what all the excitement was about：Dad is a big football fan. I had never been interested in football，but Dad’s excitement that morning made me more and more curious.I had to find out why this sport was making my normally reserved father act like a five-year-old on his first trip to Disneyland.Dad decided that we should all eat at a little German restaurant so that we could watch the World Cup while eating. Secretly, I think he was hoping to turn Mum and me into football fans. The match started a few minutes after we entered the restaurant. As I was eating my meal, aloud noise came from the television. Surprised, I looked up at the TV:" Why is that man jumping up and down?"Dad patiently explained: "That's Papa Bouba Diop, my son. It's normal for them to jump up and down after they've scored. "Dad explained almost everything to me. His monosyllabic(单音节的 )answers were a thing of the past. I loved the new Dad! I watched the rest of the match, becoming more and more interest-ed. When I told my father that I planned to watch more matches with him, he smiled and gave me a wink ( 眨眼). At long last we had something in common.Football has really helped Dad and me get closer and form a stronger relationship with each other. Who says football is only about 22 men running after a silly ball?
(1)Which of the following words can best describe the authur's father?
A. A parent busy at work.
B. A man of few words.
C. An encouraging father.
D. A talkative football player.
(2)What made the author curious about his father one morning?
A. His high expectation of the winner.
B. His great interest in the newspaper.
C. His unexpressed eagerness.
D. His unusual excitement.
(3)The author's growing interest in watching the match mainly came from ______
A. eating in a restaurant with the excited fans
B. his father's love of football and his explanation
C. watching a top level performance of the players
D. his and his fathers's common love of German food
(4)What can we learn from the text?
A. Personality decides everything.
B. Sharing is the foundation of good relationship.
C. Family members should be fans together.
D. Interest is the mother of success.
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Most of you would probably say that what makes you truly happy is your family and the love you share in your relationships, and I couldn't agree more. But money comes into play in those relationships.When I talk about money this way to a group，there is always someone who comes up to me and says，“Suze，you are so wrong.Money isn’t the key to life一this is!”At which point their wallet flies open and they show me a photo of their family. That’s when things get interesting，because I start asking them questions：Did you take that photo with your own camera? It looks like a beautiful beach，was the photo taken on a family vacation? Do you hope to help those beautiful boys and girls go to college?As their answers are “yes”，I ask them how they provide all of that for their family.That’s when they understand that I had it right. I totally agree that family and friends are of great importance to our well being;without meaningful relationships，there’s no chance of ever being truly happy.That’s why，every Saturday night，I end my CNBC show with the following words：“People first.Then money.Then things.”How we deal with the money we have also plays into our happiness.Over the past few decades(十年)，the percentage of Americans who say they’re happy hasn’t changed much.while at the same time the average income has doubled.So we have more money，but we’re not much happieron average. A paradox(悖论)?Far from it.My sense is that while we’re making more money。we arent’t making more of the money we make.We have to pay for a lot of things，and we have to worry a.bout saving for retirement(退休)in a way that our parents and grandparents never did.And as many of you know，it’s really hard to increase your happiness when you’ve got a lot of money worries.Do you agree，or am l way 0ff base? I'd love to know what do you think about the money/happiness connection.
(5)Why do people often show the author their family photos?
A. They hope to show money is very important.
B. They want to prove they can afford a holiday.
C. They think a good family makes them truly happy.
D. They believe a happy person considers people first.
(6)Why did the authur ask the group questions in Paragraph 3 ?
A. To persuade them to save for the future.
B. To ask for advice on holidays abroad.
C. To know more about each person.
D. To show them what he meant.
(7)Which of the following arguments does the author want to make?
A. Mo
ney is all that matters in our life.
B. The richer we are，the happier we’ll be.
C. Money makes a difference to the quality of our lives.
D. True happiness is achievable from good relationships.
(8)What does the underlined words “off base” in the last paragraph most probably mean?
A. mistaken
B. unprepared
C. unnecessary
D. misunderstood
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There are many different kinds of peaches(桃).One clear difference is the one between clingstone--fruit in which the flesh is stuck to the seed inside--and freestone—that in which the seed floats freely.Customers prefer freestone peaches because they don’t want to struggle to get the flesh away from the seed. And that’s how it goes in stone fruit land.Plant breeders(培育者)are trying all the time to im.prove the old favorites.Frequently，the changes are designed to meet the demands of the growers or packers.One very delicious family of peach varieties has nearly disappeared because it forms a small “beak” at the bottom of the fruit.That little point is likely to break during packing and shippin9，Opening the door to spoilage(腐烂). This is certainly not to say that the wants of customers are not important.In fact，they drive some of the most important changes.One thing customers like is red——lots of red.Peaches used to be prized for golden skin;now people are buying red，regarding it as a sign of ripeness. But red has a hold on people.There’s a story told by those in the stone fruit industry about a marketing experiment.A group of people were given two peaches：one a fairly tasteless red variety，the other a great—tasting gold.Sitting around，tasting and talking about the fruit，the group all agreed that the gold was a much better peach and that was the one they would buy.Then，on the way out the door，they were offered boxes of peaches as a thank—you gift.One held the preferred golden fruit，the other the red.To a person，they picked the red fruit to take home.Red sells.
(9)What does the word “stone” mean in the text?
A. The hard seed inside a fruit.
B. Containers that packers use.
C. Small rocks found in the fields.
D. Soft beaks at the bottom of the fruit.
(10)Why do plant breeders try hard to improve peaches'?
A. To get better shaped fruit.
B. To meet the needs of growers.
C. To make peaches taste better.
D. To have a better chance for prizes.
(11)Why do people like to buy red fruit?
A. They believe it is ripe.
B. It sells cheaper than gold.
C. It is usually more delicious.
D. They know it is an improved variety.
(12)What can we learn about the peach—tasting group in the last paragraph?
A. They were experts on marketing.
B. They took home golden peaches.
C. They agreed about the taste of peaches.
D. They said they would buy the red peaches.
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A study comparing prices in l50 major cities has found that cities in Western Europe have become more expensive to live in since the full introduction of the euro currency(货币).The report also noted a fall in living costs in cities where there are economic(经济的)or political problems such as Buenos Aires in Argentina and Harare in Zimbabwe. The findings are shown in the latest worldwide cost of living study conducted yearly by the Economist Intelligence Unit，a business research organization based in London.The information is meant to help big firms set payments for people working away from their home country.As in last year’s study，two Japanese cities，Tokyo and Osaka，were found to be the most expensive places to live.The report also says that cities in the euro zone(欧元区)，have become more expensive relative to other places since the introduction of euro notes and coins.For example，Paris now has the tenth highest costs;it was in fourteenth place a few years ago.Berlin has gone from fiftieth to thirty.first place.Those findings will strengthen the opinion that businesses have exploited disorder over the new currency to push up their prices.But as in past years，the highest costs in Europe are outside the euro zone.London，for example，is the seventh most expensive city in the world to live in.New York，which has the highest prices in America，is in 11th place.The biggest fall in relative costs has taken place in Buenos Aims.That partly shows the fall of the Argentine currency，following the country’s inability to pay the money it owes.The cheapest major cities were found to be Tehran in Iran and Harare，capital of Zimbabwe.
(13)What is the text mainly about?
A. The economic development in Europe.
B. The results of a study.
C. Living costs outside the euro zone
D. Changes in world currencies.
(14)The Economist Intelligence Unit has tried its best to______.
A. introduce the euro to more countries
B. help people choose places to live in
C. provide information about living cost
D. offer suggestions for economic growth
(15)Some European cities have become more expensive probably because______.
A. businesses took advantage of the new currency
B. living cost dropped in non-European countries
C. economic growth slowed down in the world
D. problems occurred in other cities
(16)What can we learn from the text?
A. Buenos Aires is the cheapest city in the world.
B. Tokyo and Osaka are the most expensive cities.
C. Paris and Berlin have the highest prices in Europe.
D. London and Harare are as expensive as they were.
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The League of High Schools is pleased to invite student freethinkers to our 2007 Student Leadership Meeting July 15—17 at our office building in Manhattan，New York. This yearly meeting has been successfully held for the past three years.The event brings together student activists from around North America for a busy weekend of workshops，networking lectures，and a lot of fun. We encourage every school to send at least one representative(代表)(if not more)and We are keeping the costs down to help make this possible.Any individual(个人)student activists who are interested are also welcome to attend.Registration(注册)，room and food for the entire three-day event will cost only$39 for each student.We’ve booked you single rooms at Travelodge.New York.For any information about the hotel，please call 88643911. This time we are making a special offer--providing some money for traveling to make sure each group can send a representative even if it lacks the money to do so.Email Anna Porter at aporter@leaguehighschool.net or call 46935040 to get more information about this travel support. The registration form can be found at http：//www.Freethought.org/SLM2007.pdf.For more information about registration you may call Lucy Becker at 36904560 or email her at Ibecker@leaguehighschool net.So don’t wait! Send in your registration.
(17)What is the main purpose of this text?
A. To introduce meeting organizers.
B. To call for papers for a meeting.
C. To invite students to a meeting.
D. To explain meeting programs.
(18)What do we know about the Student Leadership Meeting?
A. It was first held in 2004.
B. It is held every three years.
C. It provides free meals for students.
D. It invites students from Manhattan.
(19)What is new about this year’s meeting?
A. The cost for registration is low.
B. It offers money to some groups.
C. Individual students are welcome.
D. There is wireless Internet service.
(20)If you want to know more about registration，you may______.
A. call 88643911
B. call 46935040
C. email Anna Porter
D. email Lucy Becker