PETS2是中下级，通过该级考试的考生，其英语水平基本满足进入高等院校继续学习的要求，同时也基本符合诸如宾馆前台服务员、一般银行职员、涉外企业一般员工，以及同层次其他工作在对外交往中的基本需要。该级考生应能在熟悉的情景中进行简单对话。以下是yjbys网小编整理的关于全国英语等级考试pets2级备考习题短文理解，供大家备考。
第二部分：阅读
第一节短文理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的[A]、[B]、[C]和[D]四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并卡上将该项涂黑。
Text I
We may be very pleased with the rapid progress we have made in every field of study. way to test a student's knowledge and ability still remains as poor as it was. We have almo nothing to improve our examination system.
It is well known that the examination system we are now using may be a good way of a student's memory, but it can tell you nothing about a student's ability. It does no g students and teachers.
As soon as a child begins school, he enters a world of examinations that will decide his futuIn fact a good examination system should Wain a student to think for himself. But it now nothing about that. Students are encouraged to remember what is taught. It does not enable tt gain more new knowledge. The students who come out fh-st in the examination often maythe best in their studies.
Besides, the examinations often force teachers to train students what to do with the comiamination from time to time. There must be some simpler and better way to test a student'sbesides knowledge. And that is what we should do at once.
most suitable title of this passage is_______.
A. Progress in the Field of Study
B. Teachers' Role in Study
C. How to Improve Students' Ability
D. Bad Points of the Examination System
22. The examination system we are now using can only make the students_______.
A. gain more and more knowledge
B. make rapid progress
C. remember what is taught
D. think for themselves
23. The passage tells us about the importance of_______.
A. getting examination system improvedB. taking examinations
C. testing a student's knowledge
D. working hard at all lessons
Text 2
People today expect to be examined when they enter a doctor's office. At least they expect their blood pressure and temperature to be measured. However, as recently as two hundred years ago, a doctor's treatment depended on talking with patients. In general, the communication be- tween doctors and their patients was the most important part of medical methods. The modem age of medicine began with the stethoscope, an instrument for listening to patients' heartbeat and breathing. Before that, a doctor did not touch a patient. In fact, there was no such thing as a me- dical examination.
The stethoscopewith all other medical instruments--has a serious effect on the practice of medicine. Doctors become better at finding the medical problems. More lives are saved. At the same time, doctors give less importance to the communication between patients and doctors. Some doctors actually stop talking to their patients. It is easy to understand why some sick people thought themselves as broken machines.
24.A stethoscope can be used to_______.
A. check health conditions
B. cure some illnesses
C. measure temperatures
D. treat heart disease
25. Doctors give less importance to the communication between patients and doctors mainly be-cause_______.
A. modem medical instruments are used
B. they can cure more diseases and save more lives
C. they have much more medical experience than before
D. they are too busy to have time to talk with patients
26. Some sick people think of themselves as broken machines, which suggested that_______.
A. modem doctors should treat their patients as machines
B. the level of the treatment was greatly improved
C. they thought they were useless just like broken machines
D. they were not satisfied with the manner in which doctors treated them
Text 3
Although the women' s rights movement in the United States is thought of as a recent develop- ment, its beginnings date back over one hundred and seventy years. At that time women were de- pendents in the eyes of the law, and they did not have the rights of adults. A woman had no prop- erty rights, even over what she had got it from her mother or father or over any wages that she earned. Decisions about family matters and about the children were made by her husband, the"head of the family".
The first public protests(情愿) against the low position of women were made in the 1830s. In1848 the leaders of this movement( some of whom were for antislavery(反对奴隶制) activities as well) assembled the first Women's Rights Convention, demanding equality. In this struggle as well as,in the long, hard fight for women' s vote, those who took part in the activities were laughed at and insulted(侮辱) . They were said to be immoral( 违反伦理的 ), and their ideas were considered dangerous to society.
Nevertheless by 1900 women had won the right to vote in several states; and in 1920 the Nine- teenth Amendment to the Constitution granted them the right to vote throughout the United States. By the time man women were attending college, and increasing numbers were entering professions which had before been forbidden to women. A little number of women even held high academic and government positions. In spite of all this progress, "career women" were largely restricted ( 受限制 )to teaching, nursing, and office work.
The Women's Liberation movement, which developed during the 1960s,has focused on eco- nomic rights such as "equal pay for equal work". In addition some groups have stressed psycholo- gical and social equality. The main purpose of Women' s Liberation to free women from the re- stricted role which society has given to them. It seeks to enable them to choose between a career and the home or to choose the two. It claims that society as a whole would benefit if every person was allowed to develop his or her abilities and use them to the full. Women' s Liberation believes that the statement in the United States Declaration of Independence, "all men are created equal" real- ly means "all human beings are created equal".
27. We know from this passage thatover one hundred seventy years ago.
A. no women worked outside their homes
B. women were considered as children by the law
C. women cared nothing about how their family lives were
D. women were not allowed to decide how to spend their money or how to teach children
28. The underlined word "assemble" in the second paragraph probably means
A. to bring a group of people together in one place for a particular purpose
B. to make a public or official statement, especially about a plan, decision
C. to produce many copies of a book, magazine, or newspaper
D. not to take part in an e——ent or not to buy or use something as a protest
