2008公共英語二級(PETS2)考試模擬試卷二(6)

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第三部分  閱讀理解
    說明:閱讀下列短文,從[A]、[B]、[C]、[D]四個選項中選擇一個正確答案。
    Before 1883, most cities in the United States had their own time. They set their time by the sun. This made many problems for the railroad companies. Their trains went to more than 300 different cities. Every city had a different time. In 1883 Willia Allan made a plan to divide the United States into four different parts called time zones. This made things easier for the railroad companies. Now every city in the same time zone has the same time. The map shows the time zones. They are Pacific (太平洋的) Standard Time (PST), Mountains Standard Time (MST), Central Standard Time (CST) and Eastern Standard Time (EST). The clocks below the map tell the time in each zone. L=Los Angeles N=New York W=Washington
     56.Before 1883, Now York and Washington had    and now they   .
    different times... still have different times 
    different times... have the same times 
    the same time... still have the same time 
    the same time... have different times 
     57.It's now five thirty in New York. What time is it in Los Angeles?
    3:30.       8:30.       2:30.       1:30.  
     
     58.It's now 2:30 Sept. 1st in Los Angeles. You take a train to New York. In twenty hours you will get there. What's time and date in New York then?
    22:30 Sept.1st.  1:30 Sept. 2nd.  19:30 Sept. 1st. 2:30 Sept. 2nd  
     59.Which of the following shows the correct positions of the four time zones?
    PST MST CST EST  EST CST MST PST  CST EST PST MST  PST CSST MST EST 
    Good sense is the most equitably distributed thing in the world, for each man considers himself so well provided with it that even those who are most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually wish to have more of it than they have already. It is not likely that everyone is mistaken in this; it shows, rather, that the ability to judge rightly and separate the true from the false, which is essentially what is called good sense or reason, is by nature equal in all men, and thus that our opinions differ not because some men are better provided with reason than others, but only because we direct our thoughts along different paths, and do not consider the same things. For it is not enough to have a good mind; what is most important is to apply it rightly. The greatest souls are capable of the greatest evils, and those who walk very slowly can advance much further, if they always keep to the direct road, than those who run and go astray. And I know of no other qualities than these which make for the perfection of the mind; for as to reason, or good sense, because it alone makes us men and distinguishes us from the beasts, I am quite willing to believe that it is whole and entire in each of us.
     60.According to the author, the ability to separate the true from the false is   .
    different from man to man 
    given by nature to all creatures 
    more heavily present in some persons than in others 
    given equally to all persons 
     61.The author claims that what sets human beings apart from beasts is   .
    the ability to adapt to the surroundings 
    the sophisticated human brain 
    a sense of reason 
    the ability to create 
     62.According to the author, a good sense is   .
    the ability to distribute things equally 
    the ability to judge correctly and to distinguish the true from the false 
    the ability to always keep to the right direction 
    the ability to direct our thoughts along different paths 
     63.By "Good Sense" the author means   .
    the power to understand 
    good hearing, sight and smelling 
    the power to deduce 
    the power to make a good judgement