公共英语四级-(无语音，只提供参考)12及答案解析.doc

1、公共英语四级-(无语音，只提供参考)12 及答案解析(总分：106.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、PART LISTENING COM(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、SECTION A(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Some Problems Facing Learners of EnglishAlthough many English learners have got high scores in an English test such as IELTS or TOEFL, they still face some problems concerning its learning.

2、Here wed like to talk about some of the problems and try to come up with suggestions on how to overcome them.I. Psychological Problems1. the 1st reason: fear of (1) (1) _the solution:not to look too far aheadconcentrate on increasing knowledge and developing ability2. the 2nd reason: separation from

3、 the family and (2) (2) _the solution:enjoy (3) time heals nostalgia (3) _II. Cultural Problems1. practical problems (4) (4) _moneyfoodweather2. problems difficult to definethe reason: the British way of life (5) , habits and traditions) (5) _the solution: be open-minded and (6) (6) _III. Linguistic

4、 Problems1. problems regarding (7) 1) difficulties in understanding English-speaking people (7) _3 reasons:fast speed of speecha variety of accentsdifferent styles of speech2) ways of overcoming the difficultiesattend (8) (8) _use a language laboratorylisten to English programsmeet and speak with na

5、tive speakers of English2. problems regarding speaking1) difficulties: knowing what to say but not knowing how to say it in English2) solutions (9) the language (9)_think in English instead of translatingpractice speaking as much as possibleimitate the educated peoples (10) (10) _（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空

6、项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、SECTION B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).According to Samantha Heller, people tend to eat milk chocolate becauseA it is less bitter than dark chocolate.B it is more healthy than dark chocolate.C it has special flavor with many nutrients.D it

7、 is less expensive than dark chocolate.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Samantha Heller suggests that to get benefits from chocolate, you mayA take nutrients out of chocolate.B make cocoa powder on your own.C make hot chocolate by yourself.D consult an expert on chocolate.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the i

8、nterview, chemicals contained in green tea actually helpA refresh ones memory. B combat some diseases.C revive ones spirits. D improve ones physique.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Ginger can be used to deal with all of the following diseases or symptoms EXCEPTA arthritis. B morning sickness.C nausea. D flu.（分

9、数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).According to Samantha Heller, people should eat a product from other animalsA every two days. B every other day.C together with fruits, D in small amounts.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、SECTION C(总题数：3，分数：5.00)1.Ste. Genevieve is known for the following EXCEPTA. French colonial architecture.

10、B. French traditions.C. historic preservation. D. alternate ownership.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause of the current decline in the Mexican economy?A Fewer job opportunities in Mexico. B Strong ties with the U.S. economy.C Decline in tourism. D Decline in tax

11、revenues.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Drop in remittances from abroad is mainly due toA declining oil production. B the outbreak of the H1N1 flu.C the declining GDP in Mexico. D the economic downturn in the U. S.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：2.00）(1).Rabbi Michael Strassfeld says that one should be grateful _.A. whe

12、n everything goes smoothlyB. when the sun stands stillC. for peoples appreciationD. for everyday aspects of life（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).When a traditional Jew blesses God as “ the true Judge“ at hearing someones death, he _.A. is acknowledging that death is part of lifeB. is happy that his enemy finall

13、y died.C. thinks that death is a blessingD. God is good to that person.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Except at night, they hardly ever have time together. He often sits alone in the house waiting for Julie-Julie to come home. It would be nice to have kids

14、 to play with when one comes home from work. But, Oh, the house is too small, Kappy-Pappy dear. We need to save and move to a bigger place before we can start a family.Kapsak never understands that. What does a big house have to do with having children? When he and Eka Udo had children, did they hav

15、e a big house? But they died, didnt they? And the doctor later said something about cramped living conditions making it easy for malaria to virtually wipe out his family. So maybe Julie-Julie has a point. All his children had died because of being cooped up in one room. All except Udo. Udo Kapsak wo

16、uld not ordinarily admit it but the truth is he misses the boy so much. Udos full-faced smile. His quirky-chirpy ways. His innocent probing manner. Oh Udo! Hell be approaching five now. Five! A big baby!Sighing noisily, Kapsak tries to put thoughts of his son out of his mind. He has not seen the boy

17、 in over three years. And maybe he has gone the way his brother and sisters went. No. Not likely. Awadamoto would have told him. Awadamoto. Its been a long time since Kapsak saw him.Throwing on a shirt, Kapsak hurries off to the taxi rank in the business district. “Kapsak, Kapsak!“ Awadamoto cheers

18、as his childhood friend approaches. “Awadamoto! You have abandoned me!“ “Use that word lightly, Kapsak. You know who has done the most abandoning between me and you.“ “But Awad, we live here in town together.“ “Blame that wife of yours. I did not go to school and I dont like going near people who ma

19、ke me remember that all the time.“ Kapsak has it in mind to say something good about his wife, but something else jumps to his mouth.“Come Awad, what is Gestapo?“ “Gestapo?“ “No, Gestapo.“ “Man, I dont know. Where did you hear it?“ “Eh, I heard it somewhere. How is the village?“ “Exactly as you left

20、 it.“ “And. “ “Eka Udo?“ “Yes. How is she?“ “How does it concern you? Anyway, I heard some big chief from her mothers village has taken her for his third wife.“ “What of my son? Is it well with him?“ “You would have known if you had bothered to go and check on him. Look, its my turn. “Bawling out to

21、 passengers to climb into his ramshackle taxi, Awadamoto ambles off.It is pouring heavily when Julie-Julie returns. Outside, it is rain. Inside, it is confusion. Kapsak is at first happy to see her back safely. Then his happiness turns to anger as she carries on about what an exciting time she had.

22、Finally his anger succumbs to her gentle caresses and passion rules their world. Julie-Julie shoots out at first light. “Ive got to see someone urgently, Kappy-Pappy. “Kappy-Pappy, that is my name now, Kapsak laughs to himself as he shuffles off to the construction site where he manages to earn a fe

23、w bucks. On his way into the main yard, he ducks out of the way of a fast-moving four-wheel drive vehicle driven by an expatriate. Cursing lightly, he looks back to see the driver locked in a passionate kiss with a woman with luxuriant hair.“No wonder he nearly killed me!“ Kapsak spits out. “Early m

24、orning and hes already.“His mouth remains open but the words dry up. like the water taps of the city. The woman with the expatriate turns momentarily, perhaps to pick up something from the backseat. In that instant, Kapsak sees clearly the woman for whom he had left his first wife and forsaken his f

25、amily and people.But he does not see the earthmover in front of him. Neither does he hear its powerful horns. And the driver of the earthmover does not see Kapsak. By the time someone notices the crushed figure lying by the roadside, a blackening pool of blood has begun to seep into the earth.（分数：5.

26、00）(1).According to the doctor, Kapsak and Eka Udos childrenA died of a constant headache. B died from a traffic accident.C died of an infectious malady. D died from goods famine.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The phrase “cooped up“ in the second paragraph probably meansA mobilized. B captivated.C confined. D

27、 shoved.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following statements is NOT true of Kapsaks life?A Kapask came across Awadamoto.B His friend, Awadamoto, doesnt like Julie.C Perhaps Julie is Kapsaks second wife.D Kapask wasnt sure whether Udo is still alive.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).All of the following can be

28、inferred from the passage EXCEPT thatA Kapask and Julie had extra marital affairs.B Kapasks parents may not forgive him.C Julie lied to Kapask about her whereabouts.D Julie and Kapask were blessed by his friends.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The best title for the passage would probably beA Kapask and Julie.

29、 B Death of Kapask.C Love Affairs. D Kapasks Children.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：6.00)Britains east midlands were once the picture of English countryside, alive With flocks, shepherds, skylarks and buttercups-the stuff of fairytales. In 1941 George Marsh left school at the age of 14 to work

30、as a herdsman in Nottinghamshire, the East Midlands countryside his parents and grandparents farmed. He recalls skylarks nesting in cereal fields, which when accidentally disturbed would fly singing into the sky. But in his lifetime, Marsh has seen the color and diversity of his native land fade. Fa

31、rmers used to grow about a ton of wheat per acre; now they grow four tons. Pesticides have killed off the insects upon which skylarks fed, and year-round harvesting has driven the birds from their winter nests. Skylarks are now rare. “Farmers kill anything that affects production, “says Marsh. “Agri

32、culture is too efficient.“Anecdotal evidence of a looming Crisis in biodiversity is now being reinforced by science. In their comprehensive surveys of plants, butterflies and birds over the past 20 to 40 years in Britain, ecologists Jeremy Thomas and Carly Stevens found significant population declin

33、es in a third of all native species. Butterflies ate the furthest along-71 percent of Britains 58 species are shrinking in number, and some, like the large blue and tortoiseshell, are already extinct. In Britains grasslands, a key habitat, 20 percent of all animal, plant and insect species are on th

34、e path to extinction. Theres hardly a corner of the countrys ecology that isnt affected by this downward spiral.The problem would be bad enough if it were merely local, but its not: because Britains temperate ecology is similar to that in so many other parts of the world, its the best microcosm scie

35、ntists have been able to study in detail. Scientists have sounded alarms about species extinction in the past, but always specific to a particular animal or place-whales in the 1980s or the Amazonian rain forests in the 1990s. This time, though, the implications are much wider. The Amazon is a “biod

36、iversity hot spot“ with a unique ecology. But in Britain, “the main drivers of change are the same processes responsible for species declines worldwide, says Thomas. The findings, published in the journal Science, provide the first clear evidence that the world is in the throes of a massive extincti

37、on. Thomas and Stevens argue that we are facing a loss of 65 to 95 percent of the worlds species, on the scale of an ice age or the meteorite that may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.If so, this would be only the sixth time such devastation had occurred in the past 600 million year

38、s. The other five were associated with one-off events like the ice ages, a volcanic eruption or a meteor. This time, ecosystems are dying a thousand deaths-from overfishing and the razing of the rain forests, but also from advances in agriculture. The British study, for instance, finds that one of t

39、he biggest problems is nitrogen pollution. Nitrogefi is released when fossil fuels burn in cars and power plants-but also when ecologically rich heath-lands are plowed and fertilizers are spread. Nitrogen-rich fertilizers fuel the growth of tall grasses, which in turn overshadow and kill off delicat

40、e flowers like harebells and eyebrights.Even seemingly innocuous practices are responsible for vast ecological damage. When British farmers stopped feeding horses and cattle with hay and switched to silage, a kind of preserved short grass, they eliminated a favorite nesting spot of corncrakes, birds

41、 known for their raspy nightly mating calls; corncrake populations have fallen 76 percent in the past 20 years. The depressing list goes on and on.Many of these practices are being repeated throughout the world, in one form or another, which is why scientists believe that the British study has globa

42、l implications. Wildlife is getting blander. “We dont know which species are essential to the web of life so were taking a massive risk by eliminating any of them, “ says David Wedin, professor of ecology at the University of Nebraska. Chances are well be seeing the results of this experiment before

43、 too long.（分数：6.00）(1).From the first paragraph, we get the impression that George MarshA cherishes his adolescence memories.B thinks highly of the efficiency of agriculture.C may not have happy memories of past time.D cannot remember his adolescence days.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following

44、statements is TRUE of Jeremy Thomas and Carly Stevenss surveys?A They reported the results of the surveys to the government.B There were no such comprehensive surveys done before.C The surveys show there are more plant species extinct.D Other ecologists will do more surveys based on theirs.（分数：1.00）

45、A.B.C.D.(3).What is the difference between todays ecological change and the five changes in ancient times?A Species like the dinosaurs brought the ice ages to an end.B A volcanic eruption might lead to a great catastrophe.C Todays change is mainly caused by agricultural advances.D Todays change attr

46、ibutes to a multitude of reasons.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The word “innocuous“ in the fifth paragraph probably meansA arbitrary. B legendary. C harmless. D lethal.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).According to David Wedin, the extinction of many species are caused by human beingsA arrogance. B ignorance. C nonchalan

47、ce. D blunder.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6).The most suitable title for the passage would beA Nitrogen Pollution. B Ecological Issues.C Goodbye, Skylarks. D Agricultural Advances.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：6.00)American economists once spoofed university education as the only industry in which those

48、who consume its product do not purchase it; those who produce it do not sell it, and those who finance it do not control it. That apt description, made in the 1970s, has been undermined since then by the emergence of the first for-profit universities in the United States. Controlled by entrepreneurs, these schools which number about 700 and counting sell a practical education to career-minded students and make a good buck doing it. They are now expa