全国英语等级考试二级（pets2级）历年真题试卷(五).docx

全国英语等级考试二级（pets2级）历年真题试卷(五)材料题（江南博哥）根据下面资料，回答21-23题It’s a time when school，homework，active social lives and part-time jobs kc印teenagers(青少年)busy from early in the morning until late at night．They are likely to try to make up for a lack of sleep by“sleeping in”on the weekends．Unfortunately．this causes irregular sleep and ac-tually makes the problem worse．Most teenagers are not able to fall asleep until late at night．Since many teens aren’t sleepy until around ll P．m．，but need to be at school by 7：300r 8：00 a．m．，they cannot get enough sleep．During puberty(青春期)，the biological clock in the brain naturally re．sets to a later time，and this causes teens to fall asleep later．Then，when it’s time to get up，a teen’s body clock is likely to still be producing the night-time hormones(荷尔蒙)．This makes it hard for them to feel active and energetic in the morning．A growing body of research suggests that starting high school later improves aRendance，achievements and grades．A few years ago in an important study，test scores on the SAT college entrance exams in Edina，Minnesota jumped more than l00 points on average，when the morning school bell rang an hour later．Unfortunately，most schools are not set up to start later and fail to satisfy teen’s sleep needs．21 [单选题] What effect does“sleeping in”on the weekends have on teenagers?A.Improving their health．B.Weakening their energy．C.Disturbing their biological clock．D.Making up for their hormone loss．正确答案：C参考解析：参考译文这是一个学校、家庭作业、丰富的社交生活和兼职工作都会让青少年们从早上忙到深夜的时代。

他们可能会试图通过周末“睡懒觉”来弥补平日睡眠的不足不幸的是，这样做会导致睡眠不规律进而使问题更严重大多数青少年要到很晚才能入睡，因为他们在夜里11点之前都不会有困意，但又必须确保次日早上7：30或8：00到校，所以得不到足够的睡眠在青春期，大脑中的生物钟会自然地把睡眠时间自动调整到晚些时候，而这会导致青少年入睡更晚于是，到该起床的时候，青少年的身体可能还在分泌夜间荷尔蒙，这使他们很难在早上精神抖擞越来越多的研究表明，中学上课时间的推迟可以提高出勤率、学习效果和分数几年前一个重要的研究课题显示，当早间上课时间推迟一个小时，明尼苏达州伊代纳市的SAT大学入学考试平均成绩提高了100多分遗憾的是，大多数学校都没有重新设置到校时间，从而也没有满足青少年的睡眠需求精析】细节题题干意为“周末‘睡懒觉’对青少年有何影响?”由第一段末句“makes the problem worse”可知影响是负面的；由第二段第三句“the biological clock…re-sets…，causes teens to fall asleep later．”可知，这个负面影响主要是生物钟被重置，即为遭到破坏或扰乱。

A选项完全有悖原文，B选项“削弱精力”和睡懒觉无关，D选项“弥补荷尔蒙缺失”在原文中未曾提及故C正确22 [单选题] The study in Minnesota shows that starting moming school one hour later helps to__________．A.make teenagers grow fasterB.change teenagers’sleep needsC.do more research on teenagersD.improve students’achievements正确答案：D参考解析：细节题题干意为“明尼苏达州的研究表明，早间上课时间推迟一个小时有助于__________ 原文最后一段提到，该地区SAT大学入学考试平均成绩提高(jump)了100多分，由此可见，D选项“提高学生成绩”是正确答案另外三个选项“促进青少年成长”、“改变青少年睡眠需求”、“针对青少年做更多的研究”在原文中都未曾提及故D正确23 [单选题] The text helps US to know more about teenagers’__________．A.daytime activitiesB.sleeping habitsC.mental problemsD.studying methods正确答案：B参考解析：主旨题。

题干意为“本文有助于我们了解更多青少年的__________阅读原文可知，本文在重点讲述青少年的睡眠问题，包括导致青少年睡眠晚的原因，睡眠推迟带来的负面影响(如扰乱生物钟、导致睡眠不足、影响出勤率和学习效果等)，继而提出可以通过上课时间推迟来满足睡眠需求全文始终在围绕青少年的睡眠问题展开故B正确材料题根据下面资料，回答24-27题Chica90’s Children’s Hospital is the lucky receiver of a surprise$18 million gift from Gladys Holm．She once was a secretary who never earned more than$15，000 a year and never married．She lived alone in a small flat in Chica90，and was a volunteer at the Children’s Hospital．She was called the“Teddy Bear Lady”because she brought toy animals to sick children on her regular visits．But Miss Holm，who died in 1996 at the age of 86，was also a long—time buyer of stocks(股票)．Over the years，she saved money that rose up tO$18 million，which she left to the Children’s Hospital．It was the largest single donation in the hospital’s 115-year history．The hospital president，Jan Jennings，was shocked when she heard the news．“When Miss Holm’s lawyer called to tell me how much that money was，I asked him to repeat it，since l was certain I had mis-heard．”Why did Gladys Holm feel so strongly about the Children’s Hospital?Jennings said the hospi-tal first touched Miss Holm’s heart nearly 50 years ago，when doctors there saved the life of her friend’s daughter．She never forgot the happiness she felt all those years ago．Holm’s gift will be devoted to heart disease research．People at the hospital said they regretted that they couldn’t thank Miss Holm for the surprising gift．24 [单选题] According to the text，Miss Holm built up her fortune by__________．A.playing Teddy Bear LadyB.working as a secretaryC.helping in the hospitalD.buying stocks正确答案：D参考解析：参考译文芝加哥儿童医院幸运地收到由Gladys Holm女士捐赠的高达1800万美元的善款。

Holm女士曾是一位秘书，每年收入不超过1．5万美元，终身未婚她独自居住在芝加哥的一间小公寓，曾是儿童医院的一位志愿者她被称为“泰迪熊女士”，因为她总是定期去医院做志愿者并且每次都给生病的孩子带去动物玩偶但Holm女士在1996年以86岁高龄去世之前，还长期购买股票这些年她存下的钱已经达到1800万美元，她把这笔钱全部留给了芝加哥儿童医院这是该院建院115年以来收到的单笔金额最高的捐赠款该院院长Jan Jennings听到这个消息时非常惊讶，她说：“当Holm女士的律师打告诉我这笔钱金额有多大时，我让他又重复了一次，因为我觉得我肯定听错了为何Gladys Holm女士对芝加哥儿童医院感情如此深厚?Jennings说该院第一次感动到Holm女士是在大约50年前，当时那里的医生挽救了她朋友的女儿的生命她后来一直都未曾忘记当年她所感受到的那种幸福和快乐Holm女士的捐赠款项将被投入到心脏疾病的研究医院的工作人员说他们很遗憾不能当面向Holm女士表达他们对她此次慷慨捐赠的谢意精析】细节题题干意为“根据本文内容，Holm女士通过__________积累了她的资产从第一段第二句话可知，她的职业是秘书，年收入不超过1．5万美元，故B选项靠秘书工作积累是错误的。

C选项是她的善举，与资产的累积无关文章第一段第四句话提到“Teddy Bear Lady”是人们对她的昵称，不是表演，故A选项也错误。