| 公共英语考试PETS二级每日一练（2015-11-3） |
| 第1题：Aburningcigarettehethrewintothewastepaperbasket（）firetothehotel. A.made B.set C.caused D.caught |
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| 第2、3、4题：I found myself facing a dry-cleaning store which had once been one of the best restaurants in New York. On Sundays the old man would take my mother and me for dinner. There had been a balcony(走廊)where a baker (面包师)in a tall white hat baked fresh bread , and been whenever a customer entered, the baker would look down and put in a fresh batch(一炉).I could see the manager who always sat down with us while we ate .He had some disease , I suppose, because the right side of his face was swollen (肿 )out like a balloon , but he always wore a hard wing collar and a white tie , and never seemed sick .A Negro with a moustache was looking through the store window at me .For a moment I was anxious to go and tell him what I remembered. I did not go into the store , nor even toward our house , I went down town instead and sat in my room , trying to read. 49. Why did the writer stop in front of the store? A. He wanted to take some clothes to be cleaned. B. He was thinking about his boyhood. C. He was looking for a good place to eat. D. He wanted to buy some fresh bread. 50. In America "old man" probably means _______. A. uncle B. grandfather C. father D. friend 51. What did the writer do when he walked away from the dry-cleaning store? A. He stopped thinking about his childhood. B. He went to the field where the children were playing. C. He went into the restaurant . D. He returned to the room where he was staying. |
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| 第5、6、7、8、9题： The English author (writer), Richard Savage, was once living in London in great poverty. In order to earn (make) a little money he had written the story of his life, but not many copies of the book had been sold in the shop, and Savage was living from hand to mouth. As a result of his lack of food he became very ill, but after a time, because of the skill of the doctor who had looked after him, he got well again. After a week or two the doctor sent a bill to Savage for his visits, but poor savage hadn’t any money and couldn’t pay it. The doctor waited for another month and sent the bill again. But still no money came. After several weeks be sent it to him again asking for his money. In the end he came to Savage’s house and asked him for payment, saying to Savage, “You know you owe your life to me and I expected some gratitude (thankfulness) from you. ” “I agree,” said Savage, “that I owe my life to you, and to prove to you that I am not ungrateful for your work I will give my life to you.” With these words he handed to him two copies entitle, THE LIFE OF RICHARD SAVES. 51.The best title for this text should be ______. A. A Poor English Writer B. A Skilled Doctor C. A Life for a Life D. The Life of Richard Savage 52. In the text the underlined sentence, Savage was living from hand to mouth, means _______. A. Savage had clothes to wear and food to eat B. Savage had no money to buy clothes and food C. Savage was very poor and ill D. Savage was too poor to live on 53. According to the text we can imagine that _______. A. the doctor was poor too B. the doctor was skilled and kind C. the doctor was skilled but cruel D,. the doctor was glad to have got the two books 54. The writer wrote this story just to tell us ______ . A. a funny story B. an unhappy story C. a miserable story D. an ungrateful story 55. Which statement is not true ? A. It was the doctor who cured Savage. B. If it hadn’t been because of the doctor, Savage might have died. C. The doctor sent bills to Savage for money. D. The doctor himself come to see Savage again. |
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| 第10题："Wouldyoulikesomemorenoodles?" "'No,thanks.I（）." A.don'twantto B.can'teat C..amnothungry D.I'mfull |
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| 第11题：Ifababybirdstays（）fortwoorthreeweeksafterleavingthenest,ithasafairchanceofbecominganadult. A.living B.lively C.alive D.live |
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| 第12题：Heis（）awriterasareporter. A.more B.rather C.notsomuch D.notsuch |
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| 第13题：注意: 原行没有错 不要改。 Once there lived a scholar. Although he was as 56. ___________ poor as a church mouse, he was afraid for losing 57. __________ face. One night the thief broke into his house, 58. __________ but could find nothing worth of stealing. The 59. __________ thief murmured, "What a bad luck! 60. __________ I've run into a rich man's house!" 61. __________ Heard this, the scholar quickly took a few coins 62. __________ from his pocket what he had managed to save , and then 63. __________ run after the thief. When he caught up with the thief, 64. __________ he whispered, "Just took away these coins. Please 65. __________ don't let anyone know about my poverty ... don't let me lose face !" |
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| 第14题：Withsomanyeyesonhim,hewastoonervoustospeak.（） A、fixed B、fixing C、tofix D、beingfixed |
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| 第15题：IsupposethatwhenIcomebackintenyears'time,alltheseoldhouses（）-down. A.willhavebeenpulled B.willhavepulled C.willbepulling D.willbepulled |
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| 第16题：I（）tospeaktoyouallthesedays. A.wanted B.havewanted C.shallwant D.shallbewanting |
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