2021年度公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（8）新整理版.doc

公共英语考试考前冲刺卷（8） 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.W: I’ve just. read a curious fact. Did you know that people who spend less than ten minutes in the drugstore are five times more likely to make a purchase than those who spend half an hour thereM: I saw that article too. But I think if someone runs into a drugstore for ten minutes, it’ s usually to make a specific purchase.W: And someone who spends more time there may be just lookingM: Exactly. Haven’ t you ever gone into a store thinking that you buy something and then talk yourself out of itW: Yes, I have, especially when I thought I could get it for less elsewhere or I really didn’ t need it after all.M: Exactly. But if you run into buying something specifically and have very little time, you pick it up, pay for it immediately and then leave.W: That’s true. Maybe we should learn a lesson from that. Take your time and you’ll spend less money.M: I doubt that it will be true in all sources, though. You know, in a department store, for instance, you may see a sweater or something you never intended to buy and buy it because you’ ve had time to look around. What starts the conversation(). A. an advertisement.B. a sales clerk’s comment.C. a druggist’ s suggestion.D. an article. 参考答案：D 2.It was a quarter past nine as Marie hurried into the office building where she was going to work. Her bus had inched along through heavy morning traffic, making her a few minutes late for her very first job. She decided to start out half an hour earlier the next day.Once inside the lobby, she had to stand at the elevators and wait several minutes before she could get on one going to the sixth floor. When she finally reached the office marked King Enterprises, she knocked at the door nervously and waited. There was no answer. She tapped on the door again, but still there was no reply. From inside the next office, she could hear the sound of voices, so she opened the door and we