2021年度公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（5）新整理版.doc

公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（5） 本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。 严格遵守考试纪律，维护考试秩序！ 一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1. Text Every now and then we buy some faulty goods. Here is a typical example: You buy a pair of shoes. A week later a strap comes right (26) making the shoes unwearable. What should you do Although there is no obligation (27) you to return the goods, it is (28) to take them back as soon as you (29) the defect. If it is impracticable for you to return to the shop (30) , perhaps because you live a long way off, or because the goods are bulky, write to say that you are dissatisfied (31) the product and ask for collection arrangements to be (32) Any unexplained or unreasonable (33) will weaken your case. Many people believe that the initial complaint about faulty goods should be made to the manufacturer. This is not the (34) . Your contract is with the retailer, the (35) who sold you the goods, and so it is to him (36) your complaint should be made. It is always a good (37) to ask for the manager in a shop or the departmental manager in a large store. In asking for a person in authority you also show that you (38) business right from the (39) . Don’t be fobbed off with the (40) response that the manager is in a meeting or away. (41) that someone must have been left in (42) and that you’ll see that person. (43) that, register your complaint with the assistant and make an appointment to (44) back and see the manager at a mutually (45) time. A．at allB．at onceC．at leastD．at last 参考答案：B[精解] 本题考查介词短语辨析。从该空格后面的意思“可能是因为你住的很远又或者是东西太大”，可以推测，这里讲的是一种无法将商品立刻退回去的情况，at all根本，常用于否定结构中，意为“一点也不”；at least至少；at last最后；均不合题意。只有B项at once马上，符合题意，故答案为B。 2.Burn rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. My rate was $ 75,000 a month. Four months after my company was set up, I had only a quarter of the starting capital left in the bank. Looking for guidance, I went to talk to my friend, Arthur Walworth about my new venture. Times of great change always bring out the