2014年3月全国英语等级考试第二级试题,原文解析及答案

2014年3月全国英语等级考试第二级（公共英语PETS-2）笔试- 听力理解答案
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【听力原文及译文】
Text 1
W: Oh, what a pretty dress! My daughter would love it. But it seems a bit too
large. Do you have a smaller size?
裙子好漂亮!我女儿会喜欢的。但是它看起来有点儿大，你们有小一点儿的么?
M: Sorry, this is the only one left. But don’t worry. Children grow fast.
不好意思，这是唯一剩下的一条，但是别担心，小孩儿长得快。
W: Yes, that’s true. I’ll take it.
哦，确实是，那我买了。(此处，take=buy)
Text 2
W: These DVDs will be due back on Thursday, the 7th.
这些DVD在周四也就是7号以前要还回来。(due adj. 到期的，应付的)
M: How much more should we pay to keep them another week?
再续借一周要付多少钱?
Text 3
M: What did you think of Dana’s speech today?
你认为Dana今天的演讲如何?
W: Well, she must have spent a lot time preparing it. I can’t believe I can
sit for that long without feeling bored.
呃，她一定花了很长时间来准备。我不敢相信我竟然在那儿坐了那么长时间还没觉得厌
烦。(spend timemoney doing something花费时间金钱来做某事)
Text 4
W: Could you help us carry these boxes, sir?
先生，您能帮我们搬箱子么?
M: Oh, I would like to help you, but I’ve got a pain in my back.
我也想帮你们，但是我背疼。
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W: I wonder if Simon would be here by 8:00. He’s supposed to be.
不知道Simon能不能8点到这儿，他本应该到的。
【拓展：I wonder if ... : 我想知道是否?;be supposed to do sth. = should do sth.
应该??】
M: His wife said he left at 7:30, so he should be here by 8:10 at the latest.
他的妻子说他七点半离开的，那么他最晚应该8:10到这儿的。(at the latest：最迟)
Text 6
M: Are you free on the weekend?
你周末有空么?
W: I haven’t got any plans yet, why?
我目前还没什么计划，怎么了?
M: There is an exhibition of Chinese paintings at the public library. Would you
like to go with me?
在公共图书馆有个国画的展览，你愿意和我一起去么?
W: I’d love to, but when?

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我愿意，但是什么时间?
M: How about Saturday morning? It’s cooler in the morning and maybe less
crowded.
周六早上怎么样?早上凉爽些，人或许也不那么挤。
【拓展：How about ... ?? 怎么样?一般是用来建议的;注意该句中还有比较级的形式：
adj.+-er或是lessmore +adj.】
W: I’m afraid I can not get up early on weekends. I’d prefer Saturday afternoon.
Believe me there won’t be too many people.
我怕是周末不能早起。我更愿意周六下午。相信我不会有太多人的。
M: So, shall we meet at 2:00, Saturday afternoon?
那么，我们在周六下午两点间?
W: OK, that would be great. I’ll be waiting for you at my home.
好极了，我在家等你。
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W: Did you have a busy week?
你周末很忙么?
M: Emm, well, no. I mean I didn’t do a lot, but I bought a computer.
呃，没有啦，我的意思是没做啥事儿，但是我买了台电脑。
W: You did? Thank godness. Now you don’t need to borrow mine. You had it for
two weeks last time.
你么?天哪，现在你不用借我的了，你上次用了两周。
M: Yeah, so sorry about that. I wrote my history paper on it. Thanks again, by
the way.
是的呃，实在是不好意思啊，我在上面写历史论文。顺便再次感谢啊。
W: Sure, no problem. So how do you like your computer?
没关系。你的新电脑怎么样?(how do you like ...? 询问某人对某物的印象或看法)
M: Oh, it’s really cool. I use it everyday.
很酷，我天天用它。
W: Really? Are you using it for class? I mean you’re working on the paper now,
right?
真的?你用于学习么?我意思是你现在在整论文，是吧?
M: Emm, yeah, yeah, but I don’t use it for class.
呃。是的，但是我学习上不用。
W: So what do you use it for?
那你用它来干嘛?(use sth. for (doing) sth.用某物来干??，for表示用途)
M: Emm, actually, I just watch DVDs on it all week.
呃，事实上，我一整个星期只是在电脑上看DVD。
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W: Tom, as the manager of a company selling green products, you are now quite
a successful businessman. When did you know you wanted to have your own company?
Tom，作为一家销售绿色产品的公司经理，你现在是一个 相当成功的商人。你什么时候
想要拥有自己的公司?
M: My family left Budapest in 1986 and settled in Canada where a lot of my friends'
parents were highly successful businessmen. It seems so cool, so in high school,

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I started a web-designed company and learned a lot from that experience.
我的家人1986年离开Budapest 定居加拿大。在加拿大，我 许多朋友的父母都是很成功
的商人。那看起来很酷，于是我在高中时就建立了一个网站设计公司并从中学 到了很多经验。
W: How did you find the money for your present company then?
你现在公司的融资是从哪儿来的?
M: We’ve raised 18 million dollars from about 50 people. We’re finally making
money. I own 6% of the company and all employees get their shares.
我们从50个人那儿筹集到了1800万资金，也最终盈利了。我拥有公司6%的 股份，每个员
工都有自己的股份。
W: By the way, what aspects of your life are green?
顺便问一下，你的生活中哪 些方面是与环保有关的?(green本意是绿色，由此引申而来
的意思是“与环保有关的”)
M: I’m only mildly green. I do simple things and I’m a huge biker. I biked
cross Canada.
我只是一定程度上注重环保，我做的事情简单，我非常喜欢骑车，我曾骑行加拿大。
W: Do you think you have ever done anything wasteful?
你认为你做过什么浪费的事儿么?
M: We're always doing something wrong, but then, that will allow us to learn
and grow. When I first started out, we made all the products ourselves, but that
was a mistake. Now we work with other companies. We provide the materials, the product
development and the design. They make the products then.
我们总是在做一些错事，但是从那我们会学到许多并得以成长。在 我最开始的时候，所
有的产品都是由我们自己来做，但那是个失误。现在我们和别的公司合作，我们提供 原材料，
产品研发和设计，然后他们制作产品。
Text 9
W: Hey, James, how is the job search going?
James，你好，工作找得怎么样了?(job search找工作)
M: Hi, Sharon, I had no idea. It’ll take so much time. It sure makes it difficult
to prepare for final exams. How about you?
Sharon，你好，没有头绪。会花很多时间吧 。这对备考期末来说是一定的困难。你呢?(第
一个it是指代前面找工作会花很长时间这一事情，后面 的it是形式宾语，真正的宾语是
to prepare for final exams)
W: I was lucky. There seems to be a shortage of highschool teachers now. I applied
to three schools and each one offered me a position.
我很幸运，现在貌似很缺高中老师。我申请了三所学校，他们都给提供了职位。(offer
sb. sth.;offer sth. to sb.，注意和provide区分开)
M: That’s great. Which one did you like?
好极了，你选了那个?
W: I haven’t decided yet. Of course, it will be easiest for me to stay here
in New York or go back home to Boston, but I may go to California.
我还没决定，当然，对我来说呆在纽约这里或是回波斯顿都很容易，但是我回去加利福
尼亚。
M: That will be a big move.
那将是一个重大的决定。

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W: So tell me about your plans?
给我讲讲你的计划吧?
M: Well, I applied to six newspapers. Last week, I had an interview with New
York Times.
好吧，我申请了六家报社，上周去纽约时报面试了。
W: How did it go?
情况如何?
M: Not so well. I think they are looking for people with some experience.
不是很好，我觉得他们想要的是有经验的。
W: Have you had any other interviews?
你还面试其他了么?
M: No, not yet. It seems that everyone wants to be a writer these days. There
just aren’t many jobs out there.
没有，好像如今人人都想成为作家。但是没有那么多的职位。
W: That’s too bad.
太糟了。
M: Yes, I had a hope to have a job lined up by graduation. That doesn’t seem
likely now.
嗯，我本希望毕业时有一大堆子工作等着我呢，可是现在看来不可能了。
W: What will you do if you can’t find a job?
你如果找不到工作打算干什么呢?
M: In that case, I’ll begin working on the master’s degree in the fall.
要真是那样的话，我会在秋天开始攻读硕士学位。
W: Good luck.
祝你好运。
Text 10
Now one more thing to add about students, safety before we start today’s college
tour. The university offers two programs called Safe Walk and College Alone programs.
The Safe Walk program is to make sure that students get where they need to go late
at night with officer on duty to safe guard them, whether back from the bar or from
a late night study-group. The College Alone program gives students who are working
alone at night peace of mind. Once a student calls the office, her position is
recorded as is her time to leave the place and where she is about to go. Students
are provided with a number they can call Campus Safety Office 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week. And 12 college pay phones are also connected to the office, no money needed.
Here we're trying our best, so that your children are safe when attending the
university.
在今天我们开始大学之旅之前，我还有一件事儿要对学生们说。学校给我们提供了两项
计划，Safe Walk 和College Alone。Safe Walk 计划是为了确保学生们可以晚上去他们想要去的地方，无论是从酒吧还是晚间学习小组回来，都有执勤工作人员保卫他们。College
Alone计划是为那些晚上独自学习的学生提供安宁的环境。一旦有学生给办公室打电话，她
的位置所 在、离开的时间以及所要去的地方都会被记录下来。学生会得到一个电话号，可以
随时给学校治安办公室 打电话。而且学校内12个投币式公用电话无需投币也都会接到办公
室。在此我们将尽全力来保证您的孩 子在学校的安全。

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2014年3月全国英语等级考试第二级（公共英语PETS-2）笔试听力试题：
第一部分 听 力

第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的[A]、[B ]、[C]三个选项
中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间 来回答
有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：

0．How much is the shirt?

[A] ￡ 19.15.
[B] ￡ 9.18.
[C] ￡ 9.15.
请看选项：
衬衫的价格为9镑15便士，所 以你选择[C]项，并在试卷上将其标出。下面，你有5秒钟的
时间看第1题。

1．What will the woman do about the dress?
[A] She’ll change it. [B] She’ll return it. [C] She’ll buy it.
2．What are the speakers talking about?
[A] Buying DVDs. [B] Borrowing DVDs. [C] Sharing DVDs.
3．What did the woman think of Dana’s speech?
[A] Boring. [B] Important. [C] Well- prepared.
4．What does the man mean?
[A] He is unable to give help.
[B] He will carry the boxes later.
[C] He refuses to pay for the boxes.
5．When is Simon supposed to arrive?
[A] 7:30. [B]8:00. [C]8:10.

第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4个小题， 从题中所给的[A]、
[B]、[C]三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或 独白前，你将有
5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白 读
两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。
6．Where do the speakers plan to go?
[A] The woman’s home [B] A museum. [C] .A library.
7．Why does the woman want to go on Saturday afternoon?
[A] To enjoy nice weather.
[B] To sleep late in the morning.
[C] To avoid the crowd.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第10题。
8．Why did the man borrow the woman’s computer last time?
[A] He needed it for his paper.

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[B] His computer was broken.
[C] He used it for his computer class.
9．Why does the woman feel happy?
[A] The man can lend her a computer now.
[B] The man will use his own computer.
[C] The man will study better.
10．What has the man been doing with his new computer?
[A] Doing homework.
[B] Searching for information.
[C] Watching DVDs.
听下面一段对话，回答第11和第13题。
11．Where did Tom get the idea of becoming a businessman?
[A] From the grown-ups around him.
[B] From his high school teachers.
[C] From his college friends.
12．How much does Tom own of the company he works for?
[A] 60%. [B]18%.
13．What mistake did Tom and his company make in the past?
[A] Making all the products themselves..
[B] Wasting lots of materials.
[C] Producing simple things

听下面一段对话，回答第14和第17题。
14．What kind of jobs seems to be in short supply?
[A] Writers.
[B] School teachers.
[C] Newspaper reporters.
15．Where is Sharon most likely to go?
[A] New York. [B] Boston.
16．What does James plan to do ifhe can’t find a job?
[A] Continue his education.
[B] Start a newspaper.
[C] Write a book.
17．Who are the speakers?
[A] Fellow students.
[B] Laid-off workers.
[C] High school teachers.

听下面一段对话，回答第18和第20题。
18．Why does the university offer the two programs?
[A] To keep students safe walking late or alone.
[B] To provide better health care for students.
[C] To help visitors tour around the college.
19．When can students call Campus Safety Office?

[C] 6%.
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[C] California.

[A] From 7 pm to 7 am.
[B] Anytime of the day.
[C] From midnight to 7 am.
20．To whom is the speaker mainly talking?
[A] Tourists at the college.
[B] New teachers.
[C] Parents of students.


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