1、考生参加考试时，必须携带磁卡准考证、身份证(含军人、*人员证件，16岁以下考生使用户口薄)和考试课程座位通知单，证件不全者，不准参加考试。
2、考生进入指定考场后，必须在指定的座位上参加考试，考生坐错座位，其成绩以零分计。
3、考生必须在试卷第一页右上角已标明的两个方柜里准确填写自己的座位号，否则成绩以零分计。
4、考生必须严格遵守考试纪律。根据全国考委规定开考十五分钟后，考生不得进入考场，开考三十分钟后方准交卷出场，交卷出场后不得再进考场续考， 考生不得携带寻呼机、移动电话、商务通等进入考场。
另外，进考场以前一定好好察看自己携带的文具是否都准备齐全，钢笔圆珠笔，2B铅笔，兰黑色钢笔或者填涂用的炭素笔，计算器，仅限于修改填涂卡的修改液等等《查看考试注意事项》。
考试迫在眉睫，如何利用好最后时间段做最后的冲刺很重要。这里就要说到——考试吧有为考生制定的精讲班，大家可以进行了解。另外根据网友的建议，如果你感觉自己复*的还不是很有把握，除了冲刺课程之外，还应该对考试需要做的就是多做历年真题、模拟试题，尽快熟悉题型，这会在考试的时候起到事半功倍的作用，另外，不要太多关注自己仍然很生疏的知识，争取把掌握了的知识点运用纯熟，一方面可以给自己竖立信心，一方面也巩固了已有知识的得分率。
1、考生参加考试时，必须携带磁卡准考证、身份证(含军人、*人员证件，16岁以下考生使用户口薄)和考试课程座位通知单，证件不全者，不准参加考试。
2、考生进入指定考场后，必须在指定的座位上参加考试，考生坐错座位，其成绩以零分计。
3、考生必须在试卷第一页右上角已标明的两个方柜里准确填写自己的座位号，否则成绩以零分计。
4、考生必须严格遵守考试纪律。根据全国考委规定开考十五分钟后，考生不得进入考场，开考三十分钟后方准交卷出场，交卷出场后不得再进考场续考， 考生不得携带寻呼机、移动电话、商务通等进入考场。
另外，进考场以前一定好好察看自己携带的文具是否都准备齐全，钢笔圆珠笔，2B铅笔，兰黑色钢笔或者填涂用的炭素笔，计算器，仅限于修改填涂卡的修改液等等《查看考试注意事项》。
——公共英语考试临考计划安排 (菁华3篇)
临*考试，要对自己的考试地点有所了解，对不熟悉的考试地点一定要亲自设计好路线，最好亲自到考点考察一番，避免由于路线不熟悉导致迟到错过考试。
考试时间也非常重要，自己要考的科目的具体时间要清楚。笔者曾经遇到这样的情况，有的考生看错了自考的通知单而错过了考试时间。所以请再次看一下自己的'考试通知单上的考试时间《查看考试时间安排情况》。
1、考生参加考试时，必须携带磁卡准考证、身份证(含军人、*人员证件，16岁以下考生使用户口薄)和考试课程座位通知单，证件不全者，不准参加考试。
2、考生进入指定考场后，必须在指定的座位上参加考试，考生坐错座位，其成绩以零分计。
3、考生必须在试卷第一页右上角已标明的两个方柜里准确填写自己的座位号，否则成绩以零分计。
4、考生必须严格遵守考试纪律。根据全国考委规定开考十五分钟后，考生不得进入考场，开考三十分钟后方准交卷出场，交卷出场后不得再进考场续考， 考生不得携带寻呼机、移动电话、商务通等进入考场。
另外，进考场以前一定好好察看自己携带的文具是否都准备齐全，钢笔圆珠笔，2B铅笔，兰黑色钢笔或者填涂用的炭素笔，计算器，仅限于修改填涂卡的修改液等等《查看考试注意事项》。
考试迫在眉睫，如何利用好最后时间段做最后的冲刺很重要。这里就要说到——考试吧有为考生制定的精讲班，大家可以进行了解。另外根据网友的建议，如果你感觉自己复*的还不是很有把握，除了冲刺课程之外，还应该对考试需要做的就是多做历年真题、模拟试题，尽快熟悉题型，这会在考试的时候起到事半功倍的作用，另外，不要太多关注自己仍然很生疏的知识，争取把掌握了的知识点运用纯熟，一方面可以给自己竖立信心，一方面也巩固了已有知识的得分率。
——公共英语一级考试书面表达 (菁华3篇)
书信的格式是：信头(发信人的地址和日期)，位于信纸的右上角;信内地址(收信人的地址，私人信件可省去)，位于信头下两行左边;称呼，位于信内地址下;正文，位于称呼下，缩进两个字符;署名，位于正文下两行右边;签名，位于结尾下。如：
No.4, Jianguo Rd, Shanghai
May 24th，2017
Dear Sister,
It has been half a year since you left home.I miss you very much.Luckily，I’ll come to Guangzhou to attend a meeting on May 10th.The meeting will last five days.I will come to see you during my staying in Guangzhou and we can have a good talk.
I’m looking forward to seeing you!
Yours，
Zhangli
通知(通告)(Notice)
通知(通告)是要告知某种信息而使用的一种文体。形式有：在通知(通告)上方居中写上Notice字样作为标题;无称呼语，通知中用第三人称;出通知单位或负责人名字应写在正文最后的右下方，或放在标题之上，作为标题的.一部分，这样最后不再署名;出通知的日期写在正文右下方，应在单位名的下一行。如：
Notice
All teachers and students are requested to meet in the auditorium at 2:30 on Wednesday afternoon to hear a report on current international affairs by Mr. Liu from the Institute of Foreign Affairs.Be sure to attend on time.
The President Office
October 8，2003
启事是一种公告性的通知，需要向公众说明什么事情，要求什么帮助都可以采用。把启事内容的要点作为标题写在启事的上方正中;启事的日期写在右上方;启事者名称在右下方;不用称呼语。如：
A Wallet Found
Sep.8，2017
A Wallet was found in the lecture hall,inside of it are money and cards.Loser is expected to come to the Office of the Department of Foreign Languages to identify it.
The Office of the Department
of Foreign Languages
——公共英语阅读技巧 (菁华3篇)
细节性题目是阅读理解题中出现最多的一类问题，大约占40%左右。问题有两种基本形式：完全式和不完全式，其中不完全式的问题占绝大多数。它们的问题是这样的：
1.完全式
Why do women seem less likely to be promoted after marriage?
What did scientists learn about earthquakes at the area?
According to the passage，how did the drums differ from many other drums?
According to the passage，through which of the following does the energy released?
2.不完全式
According to the passage，the new machine proved to be .
In the author's opinion，visual and spatial abilities are good for __________.
According to the passage，women are usually good at __________.
The Sun's light travels slowly when ____________.
可见这类问题大多是根据文章中的具体信息，如事实、例证、原因、特点、过程、论述等进行提问。和推测文章大意、标题，作者态度这类归纳推理题相比较，这种问题要容易些，因为其答案可以直接在文章中找到的。所以，这类问题也称之为"直接解答性问题"。
解题的基本方法是：仔细阅读文章后的问题，根据问题中的关键词或词组，以此作为线索，返回文章查找问题的相关句，用这个相关句来对照选项，意思一致的就是答案。
如何在文章中又快又准地找到答案?要具备这两方面的知识：
文章细节结构知识
一篇阅读理解文章，或长或短，都有一个中心思想。而文章就是围绕着这个中心思想展开的。支持和发展中心思想的细节主要是由描写特点特征，给予解释定义，分析原因结果，比较事物异同，提供数据事实，论述观点理由等构成的。但根据主题的不同性质，可以有不同侧重，这样就形成了不同的细节结构。
如：描述性结构(这种结构主要介绍事物，问题或倾向的特点、特征。对人物的描述如传记包括人的身体特征，家庭背景，成长过程，个性爱好，成就贡献等。因此文章中时间，地点，数据是主要细节);
释义性结构(这种结构是解释某一理论，学科，事物。主要是用例子，比喻，类比进行阐述);
比较性结构(这种结构主要是对两个事物或人物在功能，特点，优缺点，贡献方面进行比较);
原因性结构(这种结构主要是分析事物的成因，客观的，主观的，直接的，间接的);
驳论性结构(这种结构主要是介绍一种观点，然后对其评论或驳斥，分析其优缺点，或危害性，最后阐明自己的观点)。
了解这些细节结构，我们就能知道某一特定的阅读理解文章问题会出哪方面的问题，从而在阅读中给有关细节较多的注意。如例9(P.43)的阅读理解文章。这篇章文章介绍的是美国一种蝗虫：描述了蝗虫飞群的形成，形成的原因，其特点*性，给农作物造成的损失，人们对付这种虫害的方法。显然这是描述性结构，绝大多数问题肯定与特点，时间，地点，程度有关。在阅读中对这些细节作圈划记号，解答时就非常容易。
是非题的四个选项有三种情况：
1.四个选项中的信息集中在一、二个句子里。这种是非题比较容易做。只要找到相关句，细细读一下就不难选定正确答案。
2.四个选项中的信息集中在一段里。这样查读的范围要大一些，但还是比较容易的。验证一个，排除一个，答案就出来了。
3.四个选项中的信息分散在全文。这种是非题就比较难做，因为要化较多的时间去找各个相关句，一一去查证。一般说来，应首先把四个选项都看一遍，根据第一遍读的印象和基本常识，尽可能先排除掉一、二个，以减少查的选项。实在排除不了，需要到文章中去一一查证的，次序也应从易到难，即从印象最深的，相关句最易找的，最容易证实的那个选项开始查。
由于时间关系，要到全文中去一一查证四个选项，效率太低。因此我们还可以首先对所有选项作一分析，根据常理，根据自己的知识结构，看看哪一选项最有可能是答案。如问哪一个true，就把四个中最可能正确的一项挑出来首先去查证;如问哪一个NOT true，就把四个中最可能是错误的一项挑出来首先去查证。用这一方法，最多查证两项，答案就会出来。
所谓释义性的题目，就是要求对文章中阐述的事物进行准确的解释。问题往往问该事物的特征、优点、功能、作用等，如
The main characteristics of the system is _________.
One of the advantages of living in the countryside is _________.
这类问题在阅读理解的题目中占较大的比例。因为，阅读理解的文章大多是说明文体裁。说明文就是对事物解释，定义。文章用较大的篇幅来解释，答案项要么是对这些解释的另一说法，要么是对这些解释的归纳。
这类问题虽属细节题，但不容易做。有两点要注意。
1.注意解释的准确性
干扰项往往在对文章事物的解释中，夹带"私货：，加进一些词，夸大了原文的意义，作了不合事实的引伸。
这就告诉我们，在辨别信息时，对一些对原文解释、归纳的选项，要注意其释义的准确性。特别要当心在解释时加进一些修饰词，如mainly，chiefly，whenever，Only等，使原文的意思发生细微的变化。因此有这些词的选项，多半是错误的。
2.注意归纳的准确性
问的是事物的主要特点、特征、功能，干扰项却把次要的、细节性的东西，具体事实混进选项。
这告诉我们，在做释义题，辨别选项时，要注意区分细节和结论，事实和观点。问归纳性的结论，观点时不要把具体的细节，事实套上去。
在做阅读理解题目时，我们经常碰到这样的问题：In line 3，the word" "most probably mean. By" "(Line 3)，the author means.
这种问题与其是考你的词汇量大小，还不如说考你是否具有利用上下文判断单词意思的能力。阅读理解部分的词汇题目与词汇部分的题目，考的目的是不同的。后者考的词，基本上都是考纲里的，考的目的是看你掌握没有。而前者考的词，基本上是超纲的，生疏的。但是其意义是从文章中能推导出来的。因为如考你的单词是超出考试大纲的，也就是说考出要求考生掌握的，而上下文中又没有线索的，其意义是推理不出的，这样的生僻词是不会考的，是命题不容许的(托福考试另当别论)。因此，如阅读理解中考你某一超纲词、生僻词，上下文中肯定有暗示这个词的词义的线索。做这类题，就是要根据上下文，抓住线索来推断词义。下面介绍几种办法。
一、利用生词周围的定义解释
文章中如出现一些生僻词或一些术语，作者生怕读者不理解，为了免除读者费力去查工具书，往往会用一些办法来暗示其义。
1. 注意that is，in other words，namely，that means，this is等过渡词直接引出同义解释。
2. 注意and， not Only...but also， besides， similarly，likewise，in the same way等过渡词引出的同一，类似的意思。
3. 注意生词前后的but，however，while，on the contrary等过渡词。它们表示一种对立或同等关系。
4. 注意for example，such as，a case in point is等过渡词，引出一个具体例子来说明阐述。
5. 注意生词前后的冒号：，破折号——，括弧( )，等标点符号。这些标点符号总暗示一些语义关系。如冒号引出具体的说明，或例子。分号引出类似的，对立的观点。破折号引出同位语。
6.注意生词被同义词、反义词解释，被定语从句修饰，被同位语或独立一句来说明。
二、利用单词的构词法
英语当中有许多词是由词根，前缀，后缀合成的，如果认识其中的词根，往往可以通过前缀或后缀的意义来判断词义。有时仅仅靠前缀或后缀的意义也能猜测。例如，很少人知道telepathy这个词，但我们知道前缀tele的意义：distant。如telephone远方传来的声音(phone = sound)一电话，television远方传来的视象(vision = picture)一电视，telegram远方传来的文字(gram=writing)一电报。我们也有所了解词根pathy的意义：feeling。如sympathy同样的感情(sym=same)一同情，antipathy反对感情(anti=against)一反感，apathy没有感情(a=without)一冷漠。因此，telepathy distant + feeling，心灵遥感。
三、运用基本的猜词技巧
当然，利用文章上下文线索是有限的。即使熟悉了英语构词法，也并不能保证解答所有词汇问题。因此还需要有一定的猜词技巧。也就是说，考生如掌握一定的猜词技巧，就会大大提高猜词的命中率。
猜词技巧主要有代入法和排除法两种。
代入法的依据是，四个选项的词都认识的，把它们一一代入句中所考的词的位置，看其文章意义或语法意义是否成立。
排除法是利用构词法，上下文线索等把选项中认识的词项一一排除掉，剩下来的一个项，即使不知道其义，也可断定它是答案。
如何做"it"、"they"、"one"等指代性的题目
我们做阅读理解题目时常碰到这样的问题：
The word "it" in line 3 most probably refers to .
In line 3, the word "one" could best be replaced by .
What does the word "they" in line 3 refer to ?
这种指代性的题目有一定的难度。从历年四、六级考试对这种题目的得分分析，答对比率只有33%左右。因为它要求对代词所在句以及紧邻几个句子的结构和意思都要有准确的理解。
指代有两种情况。
1. 指代单数词或词组。
2. 指代句子意思
在具体解答这类问题时，我们应注意几点。
一、注意指代条件
it，they，one，that，this都有自己的指代条件，如单数，复数，可数，不可数，先行词的远*(先行词一般紧靠着代词。也就是说代词前面有几个可指代的词或词组同时出现，最靠*可能性最大。)
二、注意文章意思
如果代词周围有好几个名词或词组，而且都符合指代条件，这就要分析哪一选项符合文章意思。
三、注意搭配意思
把四个选项试着代人，看哪一项符合搭配意思，包括句子的语法意义和逻辑意义。
四、注意综合考虑
综合注意指代条件，文章意思和搭配意思。
——公共英语一级口语考试经典句子 (菁华3篇)
1.Are you a student? You are a student, aren’t you? 2. Do you study?
3.Do you work? 4. Have you got a job? 5. What do you study?
6. Do you like it? or Do you like studying com*r science? Yes, I do.
7. Why do you like it? Because it’s very interesting. / Because I enjoy it very much.
8. What do you do? / What’s your job?
9. Do you like your job?
No, I don’t. / Not at all.
10. Why don’t you like it? Because it’s not interesting. / Because I have to work so long every day and it makes me tired.
11. Do you want to change your job? Yes. Why? Because I’ve done the same job for a long time. I want to learn more and more things.
1.Which school are you in?
2. What subjects do you study?
3. Do you study com*r?
4. Which subject do you like best? Why? I like maths best. Because I think it’s very interesting and useful.
5. Which subjects are you good at?
6. Which subject is the most difficult? Why? I think physics is the most difficult, because I often don’t do well in physics exams.
7. Which subjects do you like? Why? I like Chinese and English. Because our Chinese teacher likes me very much, and I think English is a beautiful language.
8. Which subjects don’t you like? Why? I don’t like physics, because it’s too difficult.
9. Do you like your school? Why? Yes, I do. Because it’s very beautiful and I have many friends there. The teachers are very kind to us. No, I don’t. Because it’s too small and old. Not very much. Because it is too far away from my home and there is too much homework to do.
询问：
1.Where are you from?
2. Where do you come from?
3. Are you from Beijing?
4. Where were you born?
回答：
1.I’m from Shanghai.
2. I come from Shanghai.
3. I was born in Shanghai.
4. Yes, I’m from Beijing.
5. No, I’m not from Beijing. I’m from Shanghai.
——公共英语一级考试书面表达 (菁华3篇)
书信(Letter)
书信的格式是：信头(发信人的地址和日期)，位于信纸的右上角;信内地址(收信人的地址，私人信件可省去)，位于信头下两行左边;称呼，位于信内地址下;正文，位于称呼下，缩进两个字符;署名，位于正文下两行右边;签名，位于结尾下。如：
No.4, Jianguo Rd, Shanghai
May 24th，2003
Dear Sister,
It has been half a year since you left home.I miss you very much.Luckily，I’ll come to Guangzhou to attend a meeting on May 10th.The meeting will last five days.I will come to see you during my staying in Guangzhou and we can have a good talk.
I’m looking forward to seeing you!
Yours，
Zhangli
书信的格式是：信头(发信人的地址和日期)，位于信纸的右上角;信内地址(收信人的'地址，私人信件可省去)，位于信头下两行左边;称呼，位于信内地址下;正文，位于称呼下，缩进两个字符;署名，位于正文下两行右边;签名，位于结尾下。如：
No.4, Jianguo Rd, Shanghai
May 24th，2017
Dear Sister,
It has been half a year since you left home.I miss you very much.Luckily，I’ll come to Guangzhou to attend a meeting on May 10th.The meeting will last five days.I will come to see you during my staying in Guangzhou and we can have a good talk.
I’m looking forward to seeing you!
Yours，
Zhangli
通知(通告)是要告知某种信息而使用的一种文体。形式有：在通知(通告)上方居中写上Notice字样作为标题;无称呼语，通知中用第三人称;出通知单位或负责人名字应写在正文最后的右下方，或放在标题之上，作为标题的一部分，这样最后不再署名;出通知的日期写在正文右下方，应在单位名的下一行。如：
Notice
All teachers and students are requested to meet in the auditorium at 2:30 on Wednesday afternoon to hear a report on current international affairs by Mr. Liu from the Institute of Foreign Affairs.Be sure to attend on time.
The President Office
October 8，2017
——公共英语三级写作 (菁华3篇)
继续教育问题
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic A Boom in Continuing Education. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1)上图为某城市2002-2008年参加继续教育的人数情况，请描述其中的变化;
2)分析导致该变化的原因;
3)谈谈你对继续教育的.看法。
【范文】
A Boom in Continuing Education
From the graph, we can learn the number of continuing education participants has kept increasing from 2002 to 2008 in X city. In 2002 there were only 20 thousand people taking part in the continuing education, but in 2004 the number grew to 70 thousand, and in 2006 150, and by 2008, the number has reached 230 thousand. It can be seen easily that continuing education is gaining more and more popularity。
The following reasons are responsible for this boom in continuing education. Firstly, during the work many people begin to realize what they have learned in schools is far from enough. So they turn to continuing education to gain more knowledge and skills. Moreover, as the science and technology in China are developing very fast, *s after graduation have to refresh themselves. In addition, in modern society, those without bachelor's degrees or above are less competitive。
As far as I am concerned, the boom in continuing education is a necessity. It provides those on-the-job people with chances to get advanced degrees and gain more knowledge. As our society develops, more and more people will receive continuing education in the future。
Writing
Below are three tables showing the changes in your family since 1985. Look at the table and write an essay of about 120 words making reference to the following points.
1. What was your home like before 1985?
2. What are the changes after 1985?
Changes in My Home
Many changes have taken place in my home since 1985. A few years ago, we lived in a twelve-meter-square room which was used as bedroom, our study as well as our dining room. I often quarreled with my sister since she often occupied the only small table or the stool.
Later, our family moved into a new house with two large bedrooms, one sitting room, one kitchen and a clean toilet. A color TV took the place of the old black-white one and a beautiful four-speaker . My parents' books found a new place in a larger bookcase and we can keep fruits, pork, eggs in a refrigerator. With the development of society, every family's life has been improved a great deal indeed.
Writing
A certain college lacks some qualified teachers of English. Write a letter of recommendation of Mr.Zhong Yong, a teacher of English at a middle school. Your letter should refer to the following points:
1. Personal data
2. His work experience
3. His qualifications
You should write approximately 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter. Use "Zhang Ping" instead. You do not need to write the address.
Name of Applicant: Zhong Yong
Mailing Address: Flat 602, Building 98
Sibei Rd.
Xiamen, Fujian Province
China
Email Address: zhyggu@dimk.com
Present Occupation: Teaching
Employer: the Education Bureau of Xiamen City
Programme of Study: English
Area of Specialization: Applied Linguistics
Degree: M.A.
Name of Reference: Lin Long
Mr.Zhong Yong graduated from the English Department of the Zhangzhou Teachers' College in 1998. During his college years, he achieved excellent results in study. He has some capacity to do research work and shows much promise as a college teacher.
Mr.Zhong Yong to read and speak English. He is, however, a bit weak in writing and must work harder to improve himself in this respect.
I recommend Mr.Zhong Yong and hope that he will be chosen as a college teacher.
Yours very truly,
Zhang Ping,
——公共英语二级考试试题及答案解析 (菁华3篇)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的[A]、[B]、[C]和[D]四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Text l
Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe(订阅) to as many as two or three newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?
Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings--battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown (****) or killed--took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that occur in far away countries on the same day they happen.
Apart from sup*ing news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radios, television and film guides, book reviews, stories and, of course, advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising space, but it is worth the money, for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who produce newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertise- ments makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.
Newspapers often have information on gardening, cooking and fashion as well as a small but very popular section on jokes and cartoons( 漫画 ).
21. What is the text about?
A. Advertisements are the most important part in newspapers.
B. It introduces newspapers past and today and its contents.
C. There is a lot of useful information on newspapers.
D. People like newspapers very much.
22. The habit of reading newspapers is________.
A. uncommon in the world
B. not popular in U. S. A.
C. widespread in the world
D. found among a few families
23. The section on jokes and cartoons is________.
A. read only by children
B. of no value
C. not helpful
D. read by many people
Text 2
"New York City is not America. " That's what American friends are sure to you when you ar- rive. "You must see Boston, visit Niagara Falls, go to Virginia, fly down to Florida, and so on; but first, of course, you will want to see New York. It is not the capital city of the United States(that is Washington, D.C. , where the President lives) or even the capital city of New York State(that is Albany), but many people call it 'the greatest city on earth'."
The five parts, or boroughs, of New York City are Manhattan, Queen, Bronz, Richmond and Brooklyn. Although Manhattan is not all of New York, it is the heart of the city. It is an island, which is only about 13 miles long and 2 miles wide. From the air its shape looks like a long finger, and from the sea it's just like the picture we all know. Those tall, straight buildings--the skyscrap- ers-packed so close together on that island of rocks are sometimes seen in the distance through a veil of early morning mist. You have imagined it so often that now it's difficult to believe this beautiful sight is real, and unless your heart is as hard as a stone, excitement will lake it beat a lit- tle faster.Perhaps "greatest", "tallest", "longest", "biggest", "brightest", are words you will find most often in the city guide books.
24.How many places in America are mentioned in this passage besides New York City?
A.6.
B.4.
C.7.
D.5.
25. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. Manhattan is the centre of New York City.
B. New York City is made up of five parts.
C. New York looks like a long finger from the air.
D. Manhattan is an island.
26. In the second paragraph, "excitement will make it beat a little faster" here "it" refers to________.
A. this beautiful sight
B. you
C. your heart
D. New York City
Text 3
Pepys and his wife Jane had asked some friends to dinner on Sunday, September 2nd, 1666. They were up very late on the Saturday evening, getting everything ready for the next day, and while they were busy they saw the glow(微弱的光) of a fire start in the sky. By 3 o'clock on the Sunday moning, its glow had become so bright that Jane woke her husband to watch .it. Pepys slipped on his dressing-gown and went to the window to watch it. It seemed fairly far away, and after a time he went back to bed. When he got up in the morning, it looked, though the fire was dying down, as though he could still see some flames. So he set to work to tidy his room and put his things back where he wanted them.
While he was doing this, Jane came in to say that she had heard the fire was a bad one; hundreds of houses had been burned down in the night and the fire was still burning. Pepys went out to see for himself. He went to the Tower of London and climbed upon a high part of the build- ing so that he could see what was happening. From there, Pepys could see that it was, indeed, a bad fire and that even the houses on London Bridge were burning. The man of the Tower told him that the fire had started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane(小巷) ; the baker's house had caught fire from the over-beated oven(烤箱)and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrow lane. So the Great Fire of London, a fire that lasted nearly five days, destroyed most of the old city and ended, as it is said, at Pie Corner.
27. What is the passage about?
A. The Great Fire of London.
B. Who was the first to discover the fire.
C. What Pepys was doing during the fire.
D. The losses caused by the fire.
28.They were up very late because______.
A. it was Sunday morning
B. they were not very sleepy
C. they were preparing for the dinner
D. they saw the great fire start
29. In the sentence" Pepys slipped on his dressing-gown. "" slip on" means________.
A. to be wearing
B. to be pushing
C.to take off
D.to put on
30. Why did the flames spread quickly?
A. The oven became very hot.
B. The houses were close together.
C. The baker did nothing to stop it.
D. The baker's house was burning quickly.
答案及解析
21.B
【题型】主旨题
【解析】本文首先介绍了过去和现在的报纸，紧接着说了报纸的内容，可知选B是最符合题意的。
22.C
【题型】推断题
【解析】根据文章第一句Almost every family buys at least one copy of anewspaper every day.可知，看报纸的*惯在世界上很广泛。
23.D
【题型】细节题
【解析】由文章最后一段…but very popular section on jokes arid car-toons.可知，笑话和漫画很受欢迎，因此推断有很多人看。
24.A
【题型】细节题
【解析】除了New York City，文中还提到了Boston，Niagara Falls，Virginia，Washington，D.C.和Albany。一共6个地方。
25.C【题型】细节题
【解析】由文章第二段一、二、三句可知，A、B、D项均正确。由第四句From the air its shape looks like a long finger.可知是Manhattan lookslike a long finger from the air，而非New York。
26.C
【题型】语义题
【解析】由文中…and unless your heart is as hard as a stone，excitementwill make it beat a little faster.可知，it是指your heart。
27.A
【题型】主旨题
【解析】通过对文章的分析，可知本文记叙了伦敦的大火。而B、C、D三项文中只是提到，而非文章主旨，故不能选择。
28.C
【题型】细节题
【解析】题干问“他们晚上待到很晚是为了_______”。由第一段第二句They were up very late on the Saturday evening，getting everything readyfor the next day…可知是为第二天的宴会做准备。
29.D
【题型】语义题
【解析】由下文…and went to the window to watch it.可知要去窗户那儿看火光，要穿上睡衣才行。to be wearing表示穿着的状态;to takeoff“脱下”;to be pushing“正在推”，均不符合文义。
30.B
【题型】推断题
【解析】题干问“大火为什么迅速蔓延?”由文章第二段倒数第二句…and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrowlane.中的“narrow lane”可推知，这是一个狭窄的小巷，房子一定挨得很紧。
It was a sunny day. A little boy' s father was sitting on the couch, drinking a beer while watc. hing56basketball match. Seeing this, the boy rushed to his father and shouted, "Daddy, show me how to play catch!" The father, stating57the television screen, replied, "Let me finish watching the match. Play outside and come back in five minutes. "
"Okay, Daddy !" said the boy, running out of the room. Five minutes later, the boy returnee58(scream), "Daddy, Let's play catch now!"
By this time, the father had opened another cold beer and another match was beginning.59(patient) with the boy' s interruption, the dad brought a magazine to his son. On the covet of the magazine was a large picture of the world. The father, who was angry and60( both- er), began tearing the magazine cover into small61. Then, the father turned to his boy and said, "Son, once you put this picture back together, we can play catch, but do not interrupt me a- gain62you finish. "
A few minutes later, the boy returned and said, "I have finished, Daddy! Can we play catcbnow?"63( surprise), the father glanced towards his child, and64lay the magazine with the world pieced perfectly together in his small hands. The dad asked his child how he put the world together so quickly.
"65was simple," said the boy. "On the back of the world was the picture of a person,and once I put the person together, that' s when the world came together. "
答案及解析
56.【答案】a
【解析】本题考查冠词。语境表示父亲正在看一场篮球比赛，故应在单数可数名词match前加冠词a，泛指“一场比赛”。
57.【答案】at
【解析】本题考查介词。这里用stare at表示“盯着…看”。故填at。
58.【答案】screaming
【解析】本题考查非谓语动词。本空所在句子的两个动词return和scream之间没有连词，因此本空用现在分词作伴随状语。故填scream的现在分词形式screaming。
59.【答案】Impatient
【解析】本题考查形容词转换。由本段内容可知，父亲对孩子是极不耐烦的，这里应该用形容词短语impatient with作状语，表示“对…不耐烦”。
60.【答案】bothered
【解析】本题考查动词语态。语境表示父亲很生气，很恼火，动词both—er在这里用被动语态be bothered表示“被打扰”。
61.【答案】pieces
【解析】本题考查名词搭配。这里用tear…into pieces表示“把…撕成碎片”。
62.【答案】until/before
【解析】本题考查状语从句。语境表示“在你做完之前不要来打扰我”，故用until或before引导时间状语从句。
63.【答案】Surprised
【解析】本题考查非谓语动词。父亲惊讶地看向自己的孩子。sat-prised表示“感到惊讶的”。
64.【答案】there
【解析】本题考查句式。这里用there lay句式表示“…就在那里放着”。
65.【答案】It/That/This
【解析】本题考查代词。这里用代词it，that或this指代前面提到的“把这些碎片粘贴到一起”。
66.阅读下面的对话，根据其内容写一篇有关该调查的说明文。要求：
1.所写短文应与对话相关内容意义相符，涵盖其要点。
2.用你自己的语言来表达，可以改写对话中的句子，但不可以照抄原句。
注意：词数80词左右。
Tina:What are you reading, Chris?
Chris:A report about a recent Harris poll. They asked people in different countries how they spend their spare time.
Tina:Sounds interesting. But I spend so much time working that I don' t have much time.left for leisure activities.
Chris: Exactly. The report says the average working hours for Americans is 50 hours a week.
Tina: And we also have to sleep, eat, and take care of our families.
Chris: Still, having time to relax and pursue your hobbies is important.
Tina: Yeah, I agree. So what do people do in their free time?
Chris: Americans read the most in their spare time.
Tina: Yeah, you can often see people with books on the subway or while waiting for the bus.
Chris: The NO. 2 popular activity is watching TV.
Tina: I totally understand that. Don' t you just want to sit there and let go of all complicated thoughts?
Chris: Right. People in the U. K. also ranked watching TV and videos as their favorite spare time activity. The next thing they love is listening to the radio.
Tina: Oh, the British. They love their radios.
Chris: And they love their pubs, too. Their favorite outdoor activity is going to the pub.
答案：
66.参考范文
A recent Harris poll studied how people in different countries spend their free time.Many people don’t have much time for leisure activities because in average，the Americans spend 50 hours a week working.And after that， they love reading the most，and also spend time watching TV.People in the U.K.spend most of their free time watching TV and listening to the radi0. They also like to go to the pub in their spare time.
——公共英语考试介绍 (菁华3篇)
全国英语等级考试(Public English Test System, 简称PETS)是教育部考试中心负责设计并实施的全国性英语水*考试体系。应试者不分年龄、学历、户籍等背景，只要具备一定的英语基础，均可选择适合自己的级别。PETS共有五个级别，各级别都十分重视对考生实际的语言交际能力的考查，均包括笔试和口试两个相对独立的部分。考生可以根据自己的需要分别报考笔试或口试。单项合格者可得到相应的单项合格证书;笔试和口试均合格者，方可获得教育部考试中心颁发的相应级别的合格证书。
PETS-1：一级是初始级，其考试要求略高于初中毕业生的英语水*(PETS-1B是全国英语等级考试的附属级)。
PETS-2：二级是中下级，相当于普通高中优秀毕业生的英语水*(此级别笔试合格成绩可替代自学考试专科阶段英语(一)、文凭考试基础英语考试成绩)。
PETS-3：三级是中间级，相当于我国学生高中毕业后在大专院校又学了两年公共英语或自学了同等程度英语课程的水*。(此级别笔试合格成绩可替代自学考试本科阶段英语(二)考试成绩。)
PETS-4：四级是中上级，相当于我国学生高中毕业后在大学至少又学**了3-4年的公共英语或自学了同等程度英语课程的水*。
PETS-5：五级是最高级，相当于我国大学英语专业二年级结束时的水*。是专为申请公派出国留学的人员设立的英语水*考试。
PETS-1～4级的考试报名和组织工作由各省省级考试承办机构负责。考试时间为：每年3月开考PETS-1(B)、1、2、3级，每年9月开考1、2、3、4级。
PETS-5级取代了全国外语水*考试(WSK)中的EPT考试，其考试时间、组织方式与全国外语水*考试(WSK)的其他科目一致。PETS-5级的'考试时间为每年6月的第4个周末和12月的第3个周末，由教育部考试中心在全国设置的35个考点负责报名和组织实施。PETS-5级的考试情况详见本书全国外语水*考试部分。
