2016年公共英语考试二级模拟试卷：阅读理解

　　56. The word "convenient" in the passage means__________.

　　[A]handy, easy to do

　　[B] that can be changed

　　[C]found of drinking and merry-making

　　[D] carriages or other trucks

　　57. If you cut another car off,its driver may be__________.

　　[A] impanent

　　[B]terrible

　　[C]angry

　　[D]both A and B

　　58. The sentence "Traffic accidents declare millions of lives" means__________.

　　[A] traffic accidents make some people become millionaires

　　[B]many people die from traffic accidents

　　[C]millions of people say they themselves have had traffic accidents

　　[D]millions of people remain healthy after traffic accidents

　　59. According to the passage,driving can be safe if__________.

　　[A]you are patient

　　[B]you obey all the traffic rules

　　[C]you don’t cut another car off

　　[D]you wait in line at a red light

　　60. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

　　[A]Traffic Safety.

　　[B]A Careful Driver.

　　[C]How to Drive a Car.

　　[D]A Traffic Accident.

　　61. Henry doesn’t like to use his head,so ___________.

　　[A]he has little knowledge

　　[B]he is young and strong

　　[C]he tries to be a farmer

　　[D]he finds a job on a farm

　　62. Henry gets less money because ___________.

　　[A]he sleeps more

　　[B]he does some unskilled work

　　[C]he isn’t polite to the farmer

　　[D]he eats more

　　63. Henry has to cut down the trees because ___________.

　　[A]he can do nothing except it

　　[B]he likes to stay in the quiet forest

　　[C]he can’t get on well with others

　　[D]he is very strong

　　64. Henry is ___________to stay in the forest.

　　[A]glad

　　[B]angry

　　[C]safe

　　[D]afraid

　　65. Henry hopes to ___________.

　　[A]make the farmer happy

　　[B]get help

　　[C]lie down in the forest

　　[D]cut down more trees

　　66. Which is true according to this passage?

　　[A]The other families might not even know a family that lived close by in the past.

　　[B]We live in an age of machines when machines can do everything.

　　[C]Neighboring is not as common as it used to be.

　　[D]Everyone shared the same problem -- power is not enough for daily use.

　　67. What does the writer of this passage want to tell us?

　　[A]Since human beings cannot live alone,neighboring will be important again.

　　[B]Machines are not good because they keep people apart.

　　[C]Neighbors are not necessary in our time of machines.

　　[D]Machines can replace good neighbors as they can work for people and entertain people.

　　68. Which statement do you agree with after your reading?

　　[A]When the power failure hit New York City, people only minded their own business.

　　[B]Nobody needs all the machines we have made till now.

　　[C]People used to pay each other with their building, raising, and so on.

　　[D]People have di{ficulties in finding a good neighbor today.

　　69. The writer uses questions at the beginning

　　[Alto show the value of works by Shakespeare, Newton and Tolkien

　　[B]to show the popularity of the library with students and teachers

　　[C]to draw readers’ attention to the low price for adopting a book

　　[D]to draw readers’ attention to the Adopt-A-Book program

　　70. If you decide to adopt a book, you __________

　　[A]must protect the book and keep it safe

　　[B]may give the book as a gift to your friend

　　[C]can help with the protection of the rare books

　　[D]will enjoy an advantage in using the book in your research

　　71. What does the underlined word "they’(Line 3, Para. 3) refer to?

　　[A]Rare books.

　　[B]Library users.

　　[C]Book owners.

　　[D]Library conditions.

　　72. What is the purpose of the text?

　　[A]To persuade people to use the library more.

　　[B]To call on people to give their rare books to the library.

　　[C]To raise money for the protection of rare books in the library.

　　[D]To make known the library’s special collections to the general public.

　　73. _________seems to be boring according to the passage.

　　[A]Illustration A

　　[B]Illustration B

　　[C]The shape of the bushes

　　[D]The arrangement in Illustration A and D

　　74. When we look at Illustration C, _________

　　[A]our eyes don’t move

　　[B]we think about the relationship between the squares

　　[C]we guess what the shapes may be

　　[D]we express the artist’s feelings

　　75. It is likely that the authJr wants to tell us _________[A]how to draw pictures

　　[B]why to draw pictures

　　[C]how to enjoy pictures

　　[D]what to be seen in pictures