PETS-2是中下級。通過該級考試的考生，其英語水平基本滿足進入高等院校繼續學習的要求，同時也基本符合諸如賓館前臺服務員、一般銀行職員、涉外企業一般員工，以及同層次其他工作人員在對外交往中對英語的需要。以下是yjbys網小編整理的關於公共英語考試二級試題短文理解練習，供大家備考。
短文理解 |||第一節短文理解 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。
第21題單選修改
閱讀下列短文,回答{TSE}題目.
Sometime in the next century, the familiar early-newspaper on the front gate will disappear. And instead of reading your newspaper, it will read to you. You' 11 get up and turn on the computer newspaper just like switching on the TV. An electronic voice will distribute stories about the latest events, guided by a program that selects the type of news you want. You' 11 even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear. Want more information on the brief story? A simple touch makes the entire text appear. Save it in your own personal computer if you like. These are among the pre- dictions from communication experts working on the newspapers of the future. Pictured as part of broader home-based media and entertainment systems, computer newspapers would unite print and broadcast reporting, offering news and analysis with video images of news events.
Most of the technology is available ( 可用的 ) now, but convincing ( 說服 ) more people that they don' t need paper to read a newspaper is the next step. But resistance to computer newspapers may be stronger from within journalism.
Since it is such a cultural change, it may be that the present generation of journalists and pub- fishers will have to die off before the next generation realize that the newspaper industry is no longer a newspaper industry. Technology is making the end of traditional newspapers unavoidable.
Despite technological advances, it could take decades to replace newsprint with computer screens. It might take 30 to 40 years to complete the changeover because people need to buy com- pugers and because newspapers have established financial(財經的) interests in the paper industry.
{TS} What is the best title for this passage?
uter Newspapers Are Well Liked
papers of the Future Will Likely Be on Computer
papers Are out of Fashion
Communication Technology
參考答案：B
參考解析：參考譯文
到了下個世紀的某個時候，前門門廊裡的早報就會消失。你也不用自己讀報，報紙會自動把內容讀給你聽。起床以後，你只需要像開啟電視一樣地開啟電子報，電腦中的系統就會把你選定的報紙內容通過電子聲音讀出來。你還可以任意選擇自己想聽到的聲音，另外，如果你想了解更多的內容，你只需要輕輕地點選一下就可以看到完整的內容了。如果你覺得內容不錯，還可以把它保留到自己的電腦中。以上都是未來報業發展方面的專家們所做出的預言。為把報紙納入家庭媒體和娛樂系統當中，電子報將綜合列印和播報，在播放新聞的同時還利用新聞錄影加以分析。
人們現在已經掌握了這方面的大部分技術，下一步需要做的工作就
是要讓人們改變閱讀紙張報紙的習慣。然而，對於電子報的反對呼聲可能更多地來自於新聞行業。
因為這個改變是一個文化傳統上的改變，它意味著新聞記者和出版商將會在下一代人意識到紙張報紙業已經不是新聞業之前就逐漸消失。科技使得傳統報業不可避免地走到盡頭。
然而，儘管科學技術日新月異，要想完全用電腦螢幕取代新聞紙還需要好幾十年。這一過程大概還需要30到40年的時間，因為電腦的普及需要時間，另外，新聞紙帶給造紙業的豐厚利潤也是不可小覷的。
答案及解析
B【解析】主旨大意題。作者在本文中介紹了一種新型報紙。就是說在未來，人們可能不再從傳統意義上的報紙上獲得新聞，而是從電腦螢幕上。而且隨著科技的發展，新的技術不斷增加，這種技術會逐漸代替報紙。所以本文主要說了報紙的轉變，所以正確的答案為B。
第22題單選修改
It might take 30 to 40 years for computer newspapers to replace traditional newspapers, be-cause________
A. it is technologically impossible now
uter newspapers are too expensive
e is strong resistance from both the general population and professional journalists
itional newspapers are easy to read
參考答案：B
參考解析：B【解析】事實細節題。從文章最後一句話，It might take 30 t0 40years to complete the changeover because people need to buy com—puters and because newspapers have…可知，人們購買電腦需要金錢，而且傳統意義上的報紙已經在紙行業的利潤中佔據了很大的比重。在短時間內，人們很難達到從電腦上看報紙的.水平。所以正確的答案為B。
第23題單選修改
Journalists are not eager to accept computer newspapers, because_________
don' t know how to use computers
think computer newspapers take too much time to read
think the new technology is bad
have been trained to write for traditional newspapers
參考答案：D
參考解析：D【解析】事實細節題。從文章第三段…it may be that the presentgeneration of journalists and publishers will have to die off before thenext generation realize that the newspaper industry…可知，現在的記者等感到很難接受電腦報業的發展，因為他們習慣了傳統意義的報紙訊息。所以正確的答案為D。
第24題單選修改
閱讀下列短文,回答{TSE}題目.
Reading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the past. There is another large reservoir (知識庫) which may be called experience, and the college student will find that every craftsman ( 工匠 ) has something he can teach and will generally teach gladly to any college student who does not look down upon them. But the demonstration (示範) and report of what happens, and how it happens are correct even if the reports are in completely unscientific terms (術語). Presently the college student will learn, in this case also, what to accept and what to reject.
Another source of knowledge is the vast store of traditional practices handed down from father to son, or mother to daughter, of old country customs, of folklore (風俗). All this is very diffi- cult for a college student to examine, for much knowledge and personal experience is needed here to separate good plants from wild grass. The college student should learn to realize and remember how much of real value science has found in this wide, confused wilderness.
{TS}In the last paragraph the phrase "this wide, confused wilderness" refers to_______
A. personal experience
weeds among good plants
information from the parents
vast store of traditional practices
參考答案：D
參考解析：參考譯文
讀書不是獲得以前作品中知識的唯一途徑。還有一個大的知識庫，那就是經驗。大學生們發現每個工匠都有一些東西可以傳授。只要他們不會看不起那些工匠們.工匠們就很樂意把自己所知道的傳授給他們。他們所做的示範以及對所發生的事情的解釋通常都是正確的，即使那些解釋不是用規範的科學術語表述出來的。不久，大學生們會去學習接受什麼或者拒絕什麼。
另一個知識的來源就是由父親傳給兒子或者母親傳給女兒的各種傳統的風俗習慣。但是這些對於大學生來說都是很難檢驗的。因為許多知識以及個人經驗都是需要進行好壞區分的。大學生應該學會了解並記住科學在這一廣闊、雜亂的領域中所發掘到的真正有價值的東西。
答案及解析
D【解析】推理判斷題。題幹意思為“在最後一段中‘這片令人迷惑的領域’指的是什麼”。根據文章的第二段首句“另一個知識的來源就是由父親傳給兒子或者母親傳給女兒的各種傳統的風俗習慣”可以選出答案。故選D。
第25題單選修改
From this passage we can infer that_______
'll invite the craftsman to teach in the college
ols and books are not the only way to knowledge
C. scientific discoveries are based on personal experience
overies and rediscoveries are the most important source of knowledge for a college student
參考答案：B
參考解析：B【解析】推理判斷題。題幹意思為“從整篇文章可以推斷出以下哪個選項?”A為“我們要邀請工匠來大學上課”，B為“學校和書本不是學習知識的唯一途徑”，C為“科學的發現以個人經驗為依據”，D為“發現與再發現是大學生獲得知識的重要途徑”。故選B。
