| 公共英语考试PETS二级每日一练（2019/6/10） |
| 第1、2、3题：Water, water every where. It lasted almost two months , but in August it ended. It left 45 people dead and $10 billion worth of damage in nine states of USA. It was quite a big Mississippi flood ever recorded. In St.Louis, Missouri, 9,000 people were forced to leave their homes while the city was in danger. St. Louis is just downriver from the points where the Missouri and Illinois Rivers flow into the Mississippi. All three rivers were flooding. But the city escaped the worst when levees (堤) broke upriver. A levee is built of river sand and clay(粘土). Eleven miles of flood walls were built in the late 1960's The walls are 18 inches thick and 5 to 22 feet high. They were designed to protect against a 52-foot flood. In St. Louis, water almost reached the top of flood walls. It measured 49.4 feet. 41.The flood referred to in the passage _____. A. was the heaviest one in the history B. happened in Missouri and Illinois states C. happened in less than twenty percent of the states of U.S.A. D. was recorded several times 42. The meaning of the sentence "But the city escaped the worst" is that _____. A. many people escaped from the city B. the flood attacked the city heavily C. the flood did not attack the city at all D. the city avoided the worst situation 43. The highest flood referred to in the passage was about ______. A. 18 feet high B. 5-22 feet high C. nearly 50 feet high D. 52 feet high |
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| 第4题：Thepolicemanhappenedthetrafficwhentheaccidenthappened.（） A、todirect B、directing C、tobedirecting D、tohavedirected |
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| 第5题：Itisone（）bestsellersinourcountrynow. A.ofthem B.ofthose C.ofthis D.oftheir |
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| 第6、7、8、9、10题：A Stage plays, at first, seem a lot like films. Both use actors and dialogue and scenery. But if you try to make a film by setting up a camera in front of the stage, you will find it won’t work. A film made in this way will leave the audience cold. And even worse you’ll b3e wasting a powerful tool --- the camera. A stage is actually a box. One side of the box has been removed so the audience can see what’s going on inside. The actors remain at a fixed audience. In the film, however, the camera can bring the audience up close and fix their attention on small but important things: a frightened look, a whisper, a trembling of hands. The camera offers the film maker freedom allowing him to move easily across barriers(界限) of time and space. He can show his action in real cities and on real farms. He can also use the camera to change the scene dozens of times in one film. No expert of the stage can do this. 36. The main idea of the text is that ________ . A. stage plays and films are two different kinds of art B. it is always disappointing to turn play into films C. films have certain advantages(长处) over stage plays D. the camera has made film making easy and possible 37. What is wrong with making a film by setting up a camera before the stage ? A. Fewer and fewer people will go to the theatre. B. The audience cannot see what is going on on the stage. C. The scene cannot be changed from time to time. D. The powerful camera cannot be made good use of. 38. Which of the following can show that the camera is a powerful tool ? A. It can move easily. B. It can make small things look larger. C. It can show things in the future. D. It can give us a scene of realism. 39. In what way are plays different from film ? A. Films often use real scenery while plays don’t. B. Films can show the past while plays can’t. C. Films change scenes while plays don’t. D. Film audience can move while play audience can’t. 40. A suitable title for this text is _______. A. Stage Plays and Film B. The Powerful Camera C. Fewer Plays, More Films D. Less Waste, More Freedom |
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| 第11题：Youcantake（）seatyoulike. A.nomatterwhat B.nomatterwhich C.what D.whichever |
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| 第12题：Nobodynoticedthethiefslipintothehousebecausethelightshappenedto（）. A.beputup B.givein C.beturnedon D.goout |
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| 第13题：wentonatriptoSingaporelastmonth.（） A、SodidI B、SoIdid C、SowentI D、SodidI,too. |
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| 第14、15、16、17题：One answer to the question of land shortage was suggested by an organization some years ago. A city was to be built at sea, housing 30,000 people. The suggestion was to shape the city like a harbor(港口)。The outer wall of the harbor would stand on steel columns resting on the sea---bed. Naturally this could only be where the water was fairly shallow. The people would like to live in flats in the fifty----metre high outer wall. The flats would be all face inwards, and would be made of concrete(混泥土) and glass. The glass would be specially made and colored to control the heat and strong light from the sun. The planners called this man --- made harbor would be calm. On it would be floating islands carrying more building: a hospital, two theaters, museum, an art exhibition hall and a church. On one of the islands would be a special factory to take the salt out of sea water and turn it into fresh water. People living in the city could move around on small boats driven by electricity, so there would be no air pollution from the burning of gas. There would be platforms outside the man wall for ships bringing supplies. People could also travel to the mainland by motorboat or water plane. 43. What was suggested about the construction of a new city at sea? Ａ．The city was to be designed together with a harbor. Ｂ．The walls around the city would be made of steel and glass. Ｃ．The building of the city would rest on a floating island. Ｄ．The people would live in tall building surrounded by a wall. 44. How would fresh water be supplied to the city? Ａ．By treating sea water. Ｂ．By getting it from the surrounding islands. Ｃ．By building a small lake of fresh water inside the city. Ｄ．By transporting it from the mainland. 45. The suggestion made by the organization is to solve the problem that _______. Ａ．there is not enough space for building cites on land Ｂ．land transportation has became increasingly difficult Ｃ．there are too many people on land Ｄ．present cities are heavily polluted by cars 46. the purpose of the writer is-_______. Ａ．to suggest how new type of harbor could be built at sea Ｂ．to give a description of a new--- type city. Ｃ．to draw people's attention to the problem of air pollution. Ｄ．to introduce a mew way of building harbor --- cities. |
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| 第18题：-----willyoubeabletofinishthejobthisweek? -----（）,butI'mnotskilledenough,youknow. A.Ican'tsayso B.Iexpectso C.I'msureso D.Idon'tknowso |
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| 第19题：Carsmovedveryslowlyinthe1920s,butthey（）movemorequicklythanin1910. A.weretocan B.did C.will D.can |
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