轉眼2016下半年公共英語考試即將來臨，不少同學也正在準備2016下半年公共英語考試，但也有不少同學表示在網上買的沒有歷年真題，下面yjbys網小編將公共英語考試的歷年真題都進行彙總。2016年3月的PETS真題已經整理出來，今天再將2014年3月的PETS-2級真題整理好，提前助大家順利備考、複習。
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閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D.四個選項中，選出最佳選項，並在答題卡上將該項塗黑。
Text 1
Jumanji is a story for children about a very strange game--a game-that becomes far too real and frightening for the players. It was a story by Chris Van Allsburg, which was later filmed in1996, starring the famous American actor Robin Williams.
The story begins in I869 in New Hampshire, America. Two young brothers bury a box under some trees. A hundred years later, in I969, a boy, Alan Parrish, finds the box and takes it home. Ite" s unhappy that his father may want to send him to a boarding school (寄宿學校). Alan' s fiiead Sarah arrives, and they open the box. Inside is a board game. At the start of the game, smn words appear: "Do you want to leave the world behind and go back to the past? Then this is
the game for you. " Suddenly Alan finds that he is disappearing into the game.
The story has a deep meaning. Through his adventures Alan learns something important--if you confront(面對) your fears, your problems will go away. Alan tums to face Van Pelt, the hunter who is trying to kill him. In doing so, he completes the game and returns to reality. Then he finds that his father is not going to send him to boarding school after all.
In Jumanji, time is "elastic". The film director Stephen Spielberg' s "Back to the Future" films play with time in the same way. top scientists even tell us now that time travel is theoretically(理論上) possible !
acted in the film?
A. Robin Williams.
B. Stephen Spielberg.
C. Chris Van Allsburg.
D. Van Pelt.
57. From the story we learn that Alan is a boy who
A. is afraid of his father
B. dislikes his study at school
C. was born a hundred years ago
D. goes back to the past in the game
58. Through the game Alan has realized that whenever he has difficulties he should
A. face them directly
B. ask for his father' s advice
C. read the words on the box
D. escape into the past
59. What does the author mean by saying "time is 'elastic'" in the last paragraph?
A. Science can change the meaning of time.
B. Time is a common topic in filmmaking.
C. One can travel in space.
D. One can travel in time.
Text 2
Parents might say "honesty is the best policy," but when it comes to talking with their own children, mom and dad lie surprisingly often, finds a new study carried out by researchers in the University of toronto, Canada.
Almost every parent in the study admits having come up with some tales to influence a child' s actions and feelings. For example, a parent is annoyed by a child' s crying and says, "The police will come to get you if you don' t stop crying now. " In another example, an uncle has just died and the child is told that he has become a star to watch over the child.
Whether parents lie to benefit themselves or to protect the child, researchers suggest such tall tales could give children mixed messages at a time when they are trying to figure out how to deal with the social world.
Lies could also harm the parent-child relationship. It could even keep children from learning certain rules. "If I am always lying to the child in order to get the child to do X, Y, or Z, then they have never learned why they should do X, Y, or Z. " Heyman, one of the researchers, an also said, "It is common for parents to try out various ways, including lying, to guide a child, but most parents never think about how it will influence their child. I think parents should figure it out in advance what their general beliefs are, so when it comes to the situation you're working with your beliefs rather than what comes into your head at the moment. "
60. What did the researchers find out in their recent study?
A. Most parents are strict with their children.
B. Many parents like to tell police stories.
C. Few parents believe in honesty.
D. Parents often lie to children.
61. What do the underlined words "tall tale" in paragraph 3 mean?
A. a story mixed with lies.
B. a story based on math and facts.
C. a story too long to be interesting.
D. a story beyond children' s understanding.
62. According to the research, how may children be affected by their parents' lies?
A. They may fall behind in school.
B. They may lie to their parents too.
C. They may get confused about the society.
D. They may feel they are being overprotected.
63. What' s Heyman' s suggestion for parents?
A. Teach their children about rules.
B. Guide their children on sound beliefs.
C. Influence their children in various ways.
D. Figure out children' s problems in advance.
Text 3
When tom Szaky sees a juice container thrown away, he doesn' t see rubbish; he sees a pen- cil case. Sweet wrappers (包裝紙) ? A beautiful kite. But these are not the imaginings of a dream- er. For the 28-year-old CEO of Trenton, New Jersey-based TerraCycle, they're a business model. The fast-talking Szaky is leading the new industry of upcycling. Instead of recycling ( shred- ding or breaking down materials and enabling them to be reproduced as other products), TerraCycle takes packaging headed for landfills(垃圾填理) and reuses it--more or less whole. TerraCycle' s85 employees make nearly 200 products, sold at shops such as Petco, Krnart, Whole Foods Mar-ket, and Target.
Szaky's $ 7.4 million company, now also moving ahead in Mexico, Canada. the United Kingdom and Brazil is a far cry from the business he founded with classmate Jon Beyer in 2002 as a freshman at Princeton University. The two entered a business competition with a plan to sell an organic plant fertilizer(有機肥料) made from worm waste. They lost the competition but started the business anyway.
With their goal--to make products entirely out of rubbish--suddenly clear, Szaky knew the time was right to drop out of Princeton.
TerraCycle' s first product used dining-hall waste to feed the worms and thrown-away bottles to package the fertilizer. The result: a cheap, green breakthrough. Word spread, and in 2004, Home Depot began carrying the fertilizer in its Canadian stores.
to Szaky, waste does not exist in nature. Terra Cycle is a "second chance" employer of, say, a piece of furniture, an ice-cream container. As Szaky points out: "The biggest problem with most green, fair-trade, and organic products is that they tend to cost more. At Terra Cycle, everything is made from rubbish, and rubbish is free. People should be able to protect the planet without having to pay a cost for that right. "
64. Who is tom Szaky?
A. A student at Princeton University.
B. The manager of a food company.
C. An employee of Home Depot.
D. CEO of TerraCycle.
65. What do we know about the new industry of upcycling?
A. It puts waste materials directly into new use.
B. It promotes completely natural foods.
C. It buries waste materials in landfills.
D. It makes organic plant fertilizer.
did Szaky get the idea of upcycling?
A. From his visits to foreign companies.
B. From his studies at Princeton University.
C. Through shopping at big stores in America.
D. Through the experience of a business competition.
67. What is the advantage of upcycling according to Szaky?
A. The cost is kept low.
B. The product is free.
C. The product has a longer life.
D. More materials are available.
Text 4
A pure virus(病毒) could be kept in a bottle, just like hundreds of other chemicals. Yet, when a virus is placed on a living thing, it comes to life. As long as it is on a living material, it grows.
A difficult question still remains--what is a virus? Is it living or chemical? Men of science had always thought life and not-life to be as different as black and white. With the discovery of the vi- res, they became aware of a grey area that was neither black nor l the 1930' s, it was accepted that there was also a great difference in size between the lar- gest chemical molecules (分子) and the smallest living things. As new and much finer filters( 過濾 ) were invented, men were able to measure viruses. The first virus to be measured was found to be about 100 millimicrons(毫微米) across.
The largest known chemical molecule measures only 22 millimicrons. The smallest living thing measures almost seven times that size or 150 millimicrons. When viruses were measured, they were found to range in size from 16 millimicrons to 300 millimicrons. Most were found to be larger than the largest chemical molecules and smaller than the smallest living things.
The answer to the puzzle what is a virus?--must be that it is both living and not living. In a living cell, it is a live thing. In a bottle, it is nothing more than a chemical. We now realize that the virus is actually a link between life and not-life.
68. What is this text mainly about?
A. How viruses should be understood.
B. The effect viruses have on living things.
C. How filters are used in studying viruses.
D. The researches scientists do with viruses.
69. What makes a virus come to life?
A.A large chemical molecule.
B. A dead chemical.
C. An active virus.
D. A living cell.
70. What do the underlined words "a grey area" in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. The discovery of unknown chemicals.
B. Viruses in a state of living and not living.
C. A difficult question unsolved about viruses.
D. The colour of viruses between black and white.
71. Which of the following is the smallest in size?
A. Viruses.
B. New filters.
C. Living cells.
D. Chemical molecules.
Text 5
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For more details, visit www. scotral, co. uk or, in the UK, tel: 08457 550033
POUNDS OFF LONDON The capital offers a host of sights, experiences and wonderful memories and one of the best money-saving plans is the London Pass. This allows you free entry for more than 60 attractions. When you buy the card you receive a colour guidebook and information on the latest built- in discounts on restaurants and tours. You can also have fast track entry at some of the busiest at- tractions, to jump those lines. Passes are available for one to six days or you can include a travel pass for public transport within zone 1-6 for 82. Order your pass on the credit card line, tel(UK) 0870 242 9988, or buy online at www. londonpass, com.
The London for Less discount card comes in a pack with guidebook and a handy fold-out street map. For 12.95 London for Less gives you discounts, from 20-50%, at more than 300 different London attractions, including shows, concerts and restaurants. ,You can also get discounts on eve- rything from clothes to money exchange. You can buy your London for Less card from some major bookshops in the capital.
BRITAIN'S HERITAGE FOR FREE
The Great British Heritage (GBH) Pass gets you into 600 of Britain' s finest historic houses, castles and gardens and is available for four, seven, 15 days or a month. This year even more at- tractions are open to GBH cardholders. Visit www. Visit britain, com or go to the Britain Visitor Centre for more information.
72. With Scotland Travel pass, you can
A. use Internet service
B. buy discounted maps
C. have free use of public transport
D. enjoy free entry to many museums
73. One use of the London Pass is to
A. save you from waiting at some tourist sights
B. offer you free bus rides throughout London
C. enable you to shop online with discounts
D. guide you to London' s best restaurants
74. Which is most useful if you plan to go to shows in London?
A. The GBH Pass.
B. London for Less.
C. The London Pass.
D. Scotland Travelpass.
75. What service can a GBH card offer for a fixed period time?
A. 50% discount for public transport.
B. Cheap prices for hotels in central London.
C. A 15-day pass to any attractions in Britain.
D. Free entry to many British historical places.
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Text l
“尤曼吉”(又稱“勇敢者的遊戲”)是一個供兒童閱讀的故事，它描述的是一個神奇的遊戲——真實性很強，甚至對玩家來說有點嚇人的遊戲。故事是由克里斯·範·奧爾斯伯格撰寫，l996年時還被改編成電影，並由著名美國影星羅賓·威廉姆斯出演。
故事開始於1869年美國的新罕布什爾州，一對小兄弟在樹下埋了一個盒子。一百年以後，也就是1969年，一個叫艾倫.巾自裡什的小男孩找到了這個盒子並把它帶回了家。當時，他正在因為爸爸要把他送到寄宿學校而不開心。艾倫的朋友薩拉來了，之後，他們就一起打開了這個盒子，發現裡面有一個棋盤遊戲。當遊戲開始的時候，出現了幾行字：“你想離開這個世界回到過去嗎?這就是專屬於你的遊戲。”突然，艾倫發現自己消失在遊戲裡。
這個故事有更深層的意義。通過這次冒險旅程，艾倫學到了一些重要的道理——如果你可以面對自己的恐懼，那麼問題就會解決。因此，艾倫選擇勇敢面對一個試圖殺害他的獵手範·佩爾特。最後，艾倫完成了遊戲，回到了現實中。後來，他發現爸爸根本就沒有打算把他送去寄宿學校。
在“尤曼吉”這個故事中，時間是有彈性的。導演史蒂芬·斯皮爾伯格的電影“回到未來”中以同樣的方式處理了時間。頂尖的科學家甚至告訴我們時間旅行在理論上是行得通的1
56.A【精析】細節題。題幹意為“誰在這個電影中出演?”。第一段最後一句“…starring the famous American actor Robin Williams.”，故A為正確答案。
57.D【精析】細節題。題幹意為“從故事我們得知，艾倫是一個的男孩?”。文章第二段最後一句於人提到“…he is dis—appearing into the game”可知，遊戲開始後，艾倫消失在遊戲裡並回到了過去。故D正確。
58.A【精析】細節題。題幹意為“艾倫從遊戲中意識到不管何時遇到困難，他應該。”。從文章的第三段中第二句“…if you
confront your fears，your problems will go away.”可以得知，解決問題的最好辦法就是勇敢面對它。故A為正確答案。
59.D【精析】推理題。題幹意為“作者說time is‘elastic’是什麼意思?”。根據上下文的意思，在遊戲裡可以穿越到過去，最後一句也說到科學家說時間旅行其實理論上是可行的。故D為正確答案。
Text2
父母可能會說“誠實是最好的品質”，但是一旦跟自己孩子交談時。父母就會驚人地經常撒謊。這是加拿大多倫多大學的研究者們最近一項研究的結果。
在此項研究中，幾乎每個父母都承認自己為了影響孩子的言行舉止，曾編過某些故事。比如，當孩子總是哭，家長感覺很煩的時候，就會說，“你再哭，警察馬上就來捕逮你了。”再比如，一個孩子的叔叔去世了，父母會告訴孩子，叔叔變成了一顆星星在天上守護著他。
研究者表示，不管父母撒謊的初哀是為了有利於自己還是保護孩子，這樣含著謊言的故事會在孩子試圖瞭解這個世界的時候，給他們傳遞出一些混雜的資訊。
不僅如此，謊言也可能傷害親子關係，甚至不利於孩子學習一些準則。一位名為赫曼的研究者說：“如果我總是用欺騙的方法讓孩子去做一些事情，這樣的.話，他們就永遠不知道他們為什麼要這麼做。”
赫曼也提到，對於父母來說，為了引導孩子，可以採取很多種方法，包括說謊。但是大多數父母從未想過謊言會對孩子產生什麼樣的影響。我覺得父母應該提前想清楚自己普遍信奉的原則，因此.一旦遇到類似的情況，你就會用你信奉的原則而不是一時衝動去處理問題。
60.D【精析】細節題。題幹意為“在最近的一項研究中有哪些發現?”。從文章第一段中“…but when it comes to talking with their own children，mom and dad lie surprisingly often…”可知：但是一旦跟自己孩子交談時，父母就會驚人地經常撒謊。故D為正確答案。
61.A【精析】語義題。題幹意為“第三段中畫線的tall tale是什麼意思?”。從文章第三段“…tall tales could give children mixed mes—sages…”，可知tall tale指的就是含有混雜著謊言的故事，故A為正確答案。
62.C【精析】推理題。題幹意為“根據研究調查，父母的謊言會對孩子造成什麼樣的影響?”。文章第三段“…give children mixed messa—gesat a time when they are trying to figure out how to deal with thesocial world.”，由此可推理出，父母的謊言會影響孩子們對於社會的理解，故C為正確答案。
63.B【精析】推理題。題於意為“赫曼對於父母的建議是什麼?”。從文章最後一段來看，赫曼認為父母應該提前想清楚自己普遍信奉的原則，因此，一旦遇到類似的情況，你就會用你信奉的原則而不是一時衝動去處理問題。故B為正確答案。
Text 3
在湯姆·薩奇的眼中，一個扔掉的果汁盒不是垃圾，而是一個鉛筆盒，漂亮的包裝紙，美麗的風箏。但是這些並非是夢想家的想象。對於位於新澤西的特林頓公司28歲的CE0來說，這些都是商業模型。
薩奇語速很快，他引領了升級改造新產業潮流。特林頓公司並不從事回收產業，即將物質粉碎或者打破之後重新制成別的產品，它是把即將被當做垃圾填埋的包裝進行重新利用，可能是整個或者是部分的利用。公司85個僱員製作近兩百種產品，在美國寵物用品連鎖超市、凱馬特、全食超市、塔吉特等地出售。
薩奇擁有的這個價值740萬美金的公司現在正在開拓墨西哥、加拿
大、英‘國和巴西的市場。比起薩奇在2002年剛上普林斯頓大學時和同班同學喬恩·拜爾一起建立的那個小生意相較，確實今非昔比。那時，兩人蔘加了一個商業比賽，計劃是賣從蟲子排洩物中製作出的有機肥料，儘管比賽失利，但是此項生意卻由此開始了。
他們的目標——從垃圾中製作產品——變得清晰了，於是，薩奇覺得是時候從普林斯頓大學輟學了。
特林頓公司的第一件產品是使用餐廳泔水去餵養蟲子，用廢棄的瓶子包裝肥料，這是成本低廉並且環保的突破。通過人們的口口相傳，在2004年.美國家得寶公司開始把特林頓公司的肥料引入了其加拿大的店鋪。
對於薩奇來說，廢品並不是自然存在的物品。特林頓公司是給了某件傢俱或是某個冰淇淋盒子第二次利用的機會。正如薩奇所言，“最大的問題是.大多數綠色有機產品成本都比較高。在特林頓公司，每個產品都是由垃圾製成的，而這些都是免費的。人們應該不需要為保護我們的星球付出任何成本。”
64.D【精析】細節題。題幹意為“湯姆·薩奇是誰?”。由文章第一段最後一句“…the 28-year—old CEO of Trenton…”，可知，薩奇是該公司的執行長。故D為正確答案。
65.A【精析】推理題。題幹意為“我們可以瞭解關於升級改造新產業的什麼?”。依據文章第二段第二句所陳述的“Instead of recy—a Cycle takes packaging heatled for l am fills and reuses it…”，可知，特林頓公司並不從事回收產業，它是把即將被當作垃圾填埋的包裝進行重新利用，可能是整個或者是部分的利用。故A為正確答案。
66.D【精析】推理題。題幹意為“薩奇是如何有了從事升級改造產業的靈感?”。根據文章第三段的內容“…but started the business an—way.”可知，薩奇在大學的時候因為參加一個比賽嘗試過這種活動，之後就開始從事這方面的商業活動。故D為正確答案。
67.A【精析】推理題。題幹意為“薩奇認為升級改造產業的優勢是什麼?”。根據文章最後一段第三、四句“…the biggest problem…is that them tend to cost more…and rubbish is free.”可知，產業最大的優勢就是原料是免費的，因此成本相對低廉。故A為正確答案。
Text4
單純的一個病毒可以像其他很多種化學物質一樣被儲存在瓶子裡。但是，一旦病毒附著在一個生命體上，它也就有了生命。只要被附著的物體活著，它就能生長。
但是.仍然有一個難題——病毒是什麼?它是生命體或是化學物質?人類科學總是把有生命和無生命的物體視作是截然相反的兩者。隨著病毒的發現，他們開始意識到在之前的兩者之間還有一箇中間的領域，它並不屬於任何一方。
直到二十世紀30年代，人們才普遍認識到，最大的化學分子和最小的生物體之間也是有巨大的大小差異的。當發明了新型的更加精細的過濾器之後，人們開始能夠測量病毒的大小。第一個被測量出的病毒直徑大概是l00毫微米。
已知的最大的化學分子直徑僅僅是22毫微米，而最小的生物體的尺寸是這個數字的7倍，即將近]50毫微米。病毒的測量資料顯示，它們的尺寸範圍在16到300毫微米之間變化。大多數病毒尺寸介於最大的化學分子和最小的生物體之間。
回到那個問題——病毒是什麼?——病毒是有生命的，又是無生命的。在一個有生命的細胞中，病毒就是有生命的;在一個空瓶子裡，病毒就跟一個化學物質沒什麼兩樣。現在，我們意識到，其實病毒就是生命和非生命的紐帶。
68.A【精析】主旨題。題幹意為“文章的大意是什麼?”。從文章第二段提出的問題“病毒是什麼?”，一直到最後對於這個問題的回答，這篇文章主要是說病毒的概念，或者是我們應該如何去解讀病毒的概念。故A為正確答案。
69.D【精析】細節題。題幹意為“是什麼讓一個病毒有了生命?”。由文章第一段第二句“Yet，when a virus is placed on a living thing itcoiTles to life.”可知病毒附著一個生命體上，病毒就是有生命的，一個有生命的細胞是一個生命體。故D為正確答案。
70.B【精析】推理題。題幹意為“第二段中劃線片語a grey area指的是什麼?”。由文章第二段可知，科學家們總是把有生命和無生命的物體視作是截然相反的兩者。隨著病毒的發現，他們開始意識到在之前的兩者之間還有一箇中間的領域，它並不屬於任何一方。所以這裡的a grey area(灰色領域)指的是病毒處於一種生命體與非生命體的中問地帶。故B為正確答案。
71.D【精析】推理題。題於意為“以下幾個選項中，哪個是尺寸最小的?”。根據文章倒數第二段最後一句“…larger than the largestchemical molecules and smaller than the smallest living things.”可知，通過三者的比較，應該是chemical molecules最小。故D為正確答案。
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72.C【精析】細節題。題幹意為“擁有蘇格蘭旅遊通卡，你可以。”由文章第一段第一句“…gives you the freedom touse trains，buses and boats in Scotland…”可知，擁有此卡可以免費乘坐公共交通工具。故C為正確答案。
73.A【精析】細節題。題幹意為“倫敦通卡的用處之一是。”。由第三段第四句中“You can also have fast track entry at some ofthe busiest attractions，to jump those lines.”可知，持有此卡，你可以享受熱門景點的快捷通道，而免受排隊等候之苦。故A為正確答案。
74.B【精析】細節題。題幹意為“如果你計劃去倫敦看演出，以下哪種卡是最有用的?”。從文章第四段第二句“For￡12.95 LondonforLess…London attractions，including shows，concerts…”可知，持有Londonfor Less可以去觀看演出。故B為正確答案。
75.D【精析】細節題。題幹意為“GBH卡可以在固定的時間裡享有何種服務?”。從文章最後一段第一、二句“…gets you into 600 0fBritain’s finest historic houses，castles and gardens…are open to GBH cardholders.”可知，擁有大不列顛古蹟卡可以遊英國境內六百個絕美的歷史建築、城堡和花園。故D為正確答案。
