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2020年公共英语二级阅读理解试题十

来源 :华课网校 2019-12-02

Passage 1

  【语篇导读】文章主要讲述了26岁的Anna Cherdantseva应征当沙发体验师的故事。

  1.What does Anna Cherdantseva work as?

  A.A sofa seller. B.A sofa designer.

  C.A sofa tester. D.A sofa maker.

  答案 C

  解析 细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“...spending up to 10 hours every day trying out new sofas for comfort and safety.”可知,她的工作是体验新沙发。

  2.How did Anna Cherdantseva get her new job?

  A.By going through fierce competitions.

  B.By dressing up as a marketing expert.

  C.By being strongly recommended by a friend.

  D.By making friends with the boss of M25 Group.

  答案 A

  解析 推理判断题。根据文章第二段最后一句可知,公司共收到5000多份申请;再根据第三段中的“We selected candidates in several stages”可知,Anna 是经过层层选拔被选中的。

  3.What does Anna Cherdantseva think of her new job?

  A.Tiring. B.Satisfying.

  C.Uninteresting. D.Challenging.

  答案 B

  解析 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“...Cherdantseva said that spending about 10 hours a day sitting on sofas didn’t sound bad at all.”可知,她认为这个工作不错,这表明她认为这项工作令人满意。

  4.What can be inferred about Cherdantseva from the text?

  A.She usually does a lot of physical sports.

  B.Her new job requires standing for long hours.

  C.The total pay for her probation will be l,000 dollars.

  D.Whether she will be permanently hired is still unknown.

  答案 D

  解析 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的“...the company claims that as long as she proves to be up to the task,they plan on offering her a permanent position.”(……公司说只要她能证明她可以适合这项工作,公司打算永久给她这个职位。)可知,Anna能否永久拥有这个职位尚未确定。

Passage 2

  【语篇导读】通过介绍美国目前校服的普及情况,作者描述了校服的作用,最后指出在某些国家,如美国,校服制度的实施还需要努力。

  1.What does the underlined word “masses” in the second paragraph refer to?

  A.Schools. B.Parents.

  C.Students. D.Teachers.

  答案 C

  解析 词义猜测题。根据该词上文的“that wearing uniforms has no effect on the thought process of a student”和下文的“Students are...rules.”可知此处指的是学生。

  2.What can we know about the uniform system in Australia according to Paragraph 3?

  A.The uniform system in the public school follows Britain.

  B.The Australian students dress more casually.

  C.The uniform system is the same as that in New Zealand.

  D.Most Australian students wear school uniforms.

  答案 A

  解析 细节理解题。根据第三段倒数第二句“In other parts like New Zealand and Australia where the British colonial rule was in effect,the uniform system was followed in the public school system.”可知,澳大利亚的公立学校的校服制度是仿效英国的。

  3.What’s the intention of school uniforms at first?

  A.To encourage students to be more diligent.

  B.To improve students’ academic achievement.

  C.To prevent students fighting with each other.

  D.To promote the equality among students.

  答案 C

  解析 推理判断题。从文章第一段中的“According to a historian,uniforms were introduced into the United States around 1979 to deal with the problems of violence among students.”可知,穿校服最初的目的是防止学生之间打架。

  4.What’s the attitude of the critics towards school uniforms?

  A.Supportive. B.Neutral.

  C.Negative. D.Factual.

  答案 C

  解析 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“Though uniforms have intended to wipe out the discrimination in the weaker section,critics have a different story to say.According to them,uniforms have no such great effect on students.”可知,评论家们对于校服的态度是消极的。

  【长难句分析】In other parts like New Zealand and Australia where the British colonial rule was in effect,the uniform system was followed in the public school system.

  在其他地区,像新西兰和澳大利亚,因曾被英国实行过殖民统治,公立学校的校服制度仿效英国的校服制度。

  本句是复合句,其中包含了where引导的定语从句,主句运用了一般过去时的被动语态。

 

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