公共英语四级-46 (1)及答案解析.doc

1、公共英语四级-46 (1)及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：1，分数：5.00)BPart A/B BDirections:/B I For Questions 1-5, you will hear an introduction to Prison Cottonville. While you listen, complete the sentences. Some of the information has been given to you. Write not more than 3 words for each answ

2、er. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences below./I（分数：5.00）(1).The new prison is designed particularly for_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).There live_prisoners in Cottonville.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).The atmosphere of Cottonville is just like（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).The prisone

3、rs can spend what they earned in_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).The prison is run in a unique way, because the governors highly regard prisoners_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_二、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).What type of car would the customer like to choose?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).How long will the customer require to rent the

4、car?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).How much did the customer agree to pay for the rent per day?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Where will the customer pick up the car?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).How will the customer pay for the rent?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)I Questions 11-13 are based on the following report ab

5、out personality. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-13./I（分数：3.00）(1).Why does the speaker say that it isnt a fault to be shy?（分数：1.00）A.Nobody will laugh at you for being shy.B.Shyness is difficult to overcome.C.Because many people dont know how to behave in social situation.D.Because mos

6、t people are shy by nature.(2).What is one of the ways suggested by psychologists for measuring shyness?（分数：1.00）A.By prediction.B.By observation.C.By recording.D.By examination.(3).What is the purpose of the psychologists in asking questions?（分数：1.00）A.To find out how shy people are.B.To see how pe

7、ople get along with their friends.C.To observe peoples attitude towards strangers.D.To test peoples behavior in social life.I Questions 14-17 are based on the following dialogue between husband and wife about their unpleasant trip. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 14-17./I（分数：4.00）(1).What

8、did Mr. Smith decide to do when they returned home?（分数：1.00）A.He decided to go to the travel agency for complaints.B.He wrote to the manager of the agency.C.Hed like to consult with his wife for complaints.D.He did nothing but complain with his wife.(2).What did Mr. Smith decide to do when they retu

9、rned home?（分数：1.00）A.He decided to go to the travel agency for complaints.B.He wrote to the manager of the agency.C.Hed like to consult with his wife for complaints.D.He did nothing but complain with his wife.(3).What did Mr. Smith complain about in his letter?（分数：1.00）A.The food and the transport m

10、eans.B.The manager of the travel agency.C.The hotel and travel arrangements.D.The journey home.(4).What is true about the service offered by the hotel?（分数：1.00）A.The majority of the staff couldnt speak or understand Ehglish.B.Most of the staff are natives, but they have no training.C.Hotel is comfor

11、table, though the food is not so good.D.Hotel is located with a magnificent view of the sea.IQuestions 18-20 are based on a monologue about an Australian city of Perth. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 18-20./I（分数：3.00）(1).When was the city of Perth founded?（分数：1.00）A.In 1892.B.In the 1980s

12、C.In the 1890s.D.In 1829.(2).Why did Perth develop very slowly at the beginning according to the introduction?（分数：1.00）A.It was occupied by Britain.B.It was a wetland.C.It scarcely contacted the other cities.D.It had no rich natural resources.(3).Which of the following statements is correct about t

13、he location of the booming city?（分数：1.00）A.To the Indian Ocean in the west.B.By the left side of the Darling Ranges.C.Next to the city of Frementle in the north.D.Next to the town of Yanchep in the south.四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)A major reason for conflict in the animal world is territory. Th

14、e male animalU (21) /Uan area. The size of the area is sufficient to provide food for him, hisU (22) /Uand their offspring. Migrating birds, for example, divide up the best territory in the order of “first come, firstU (23) /U“ The late arrivals may acquireU (24) /Uterritories, but less food isU (25

15、) /U, or they are too close to theU (26) /Uof the enemies of the species.When there is conflict over territory, animals will commonly use force, or aU (27) /Uof force, to decide which will stay and which will go. It is interesting to note, however, that animals seem to use only theU (28) /Uamount of

16、 force necessary to drive away the intruder. There is usually no killing. In theU (29) /Uof those animals which are capable of doing each other harm, there is a U(30) /Ufor the losing animal to show theU (31) /Uanimal that he wishes to submit. When he shows this, theU (32) /Unormally stops fighting.

17、 Animals (especially birds), which can easily escape from conflict seem to have noU (33) /Uagainst killing, and equally noU (34) /UforU (35) /U. The losing bird simply flies away. However, if two doves ageU (36) /Uin a cage, and they start fighting, they willU (37) /Uto fight until one kills the oth

18、er. We all think of the doveU (38) /UaU (39) /Uof peace and, in its natural habitat, it is peaceful. But the “peace“ mechanism does notU (40) /Uin a cage.（分数：20.00）A.establishesB.buildsC.foundsD.erectsA.wifeB.mateC.friendD.neighborA.usedB.gotC.servedD.gainedA.largerB.betterC.smallerD.worseA.availabl

19、eB.unavailableC.edibleD.inedibleA.placesB.nestsC.residencesD.habitatsA.practiceB.proofC.showD.comparisonA.minimumB.greatC.littleD.muchA.wayB.caseC.eventD.mannerA.systemB.deviceC.methodD.solutionA.obtainingB.gainingC.winningD.acquiringA.killerB.loserC.victorD.successorA.preventionB.obstacleC.stopD.wa

20、yA.stateB.situationC.mechanismD.occasionA.submissionB.fightingC.stoppingD.winningA.stationedB.perchedC.placedD.depositedA.resumeB.undertakeC.renewD.continueA.onB.asC.forD.inA.signB.signalC.symbolD.markA.appearB.continueC.applyD.function五、BSection Readi(总题数：4，分数：20.00)BPassage 1/BThere is one kind of

21、 pain for which nobody has yet found a cure-the pain that comes from the ending of a relationship. The relationship could be a marriage or a deep friendship. Such a relationship may come to a sudden end; or it may simply fade away slowly as people and circumstances change. You may be the one to “bre

22、ak it off, with a short note or a brief phone call. Or you may be on the receiving end. However it ended and whoever decided to end it, the pain is equally hard to bear and it requires the same time for grief. Although there is no cure for grief, we can not help looking for one, to ease the pain and

23、 to make us forget our tears. We keep ourselves busy with work, or we try to plunge ourselves into our hobbies. Perhaps we start to drink more than we should to “drown our sorrows“, or we follow the conventional advice and join a club or society. But these things cannot cure it. Moreover, we are alw

24、ays in a hurry to get rid of our grief. We feel that we should try to convince ourselves, as we bite on the pillow, that we are much too old to be crying. Some people bury their grief deep inside themselves. Others seek relief by pouring their hearts out to their friends, or to anyone else who can o

25、ffer a sympathetic shoulder to cry on. It is not easy to explain why we adopt these attitudes to emotional pain. Part of the answer must lie in the nature of grief itself. The important thing to admit about grief, then, is that it will take its time. By trying to convince ourselves that it ought to

26、be over sooner, we create an additional tension which can only make things worse.How much time is needed will vary from person to person, but psychiatrists have a rule of thumb: grief will last as long as the original relationship lasted. The sad thing is that, when the breakdown occurs, we can only

27、 stumble forward over the stones beneath our feet. It is dark ahead, and we will fall painfully many times before we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel.（分数：5.00）(1).The passage is mainly about（分数：1.00）A.how to erase the emotional painB.what is the emotional pain likeC.what cause the emo

28、tional painD.why to erase the emotional pain(2).Which of the following is not the cure for grief mentioned in the text?（分数：1.00）A.To drink a tot.B.To keep busy with work.C.To join a club or society.D.To play computer games.(3).Which of the following statements is not true?（分数：1.00）A.People have to e

29、ndure troubles and difficulties when they manage to relieve pain.B.If a person manages to end a relationship, it will be easier to cure the grief.C.People usually adopt different attitudes to emotional pain.D.The sooner we want to get rid of our grief, the worse the things will be.(4).Some people pr

30、efer to tell their grief to their friends because _.（分数：1.00）A.they want to relieve their grief and get sympathyB.they want to make complaintsC.they want to reestablish a good relationshipD.they want to make new friends(5).Psychiatrists believe all the following except that _.（分数：1.00）A.different pe

31、ople need different time to cure their griefB.grief will stop naturally as time passes byC.grief will not stop even if we establish a new relationshipD.grief is really difficult to cureBPassage 2/BPeople appear to be born to compute. The numerical skills of children develop so early and so inexorabl

32、y that it is easy to imagine an internal clock of mathematical maturity guiding their growth. Not long after learning to walk and talk, they can set the table with impressive accuracy one plate, one knife, one spoon, one fork, for each of the five chairs. Soon they are capable of noting that they ha

33、ve placed five knives, five spoons, and five forks on the table and, a bit later, that this amounts to fifteen pieces of silverware. Having thus mastered addition, they move on to subtraction. It seems almost reasonable to expect that if a child were secluded on a desert island at birth and returned

34、 seven years later, he or she could enter a second-grade mathematics class without any serious problems of intellectual adjustment.Of course, the truth is not so simple. In this century, the work of cognitive psychologists has illuminated the subtle forms of daily learning on which intellectual prog

35、ress depends. Children were observed as they slowly grasped-or, as the case might be, bumped into-concepts that adults take for granted, as they refused, for instance, to concede that quantity is unchanged as water pours from a short stout glass into a tall thin one. Psychologists have since demonst

36、rated that young children, when asked to count the pencils in a pile, readily report the number of blue or red pencils, but must be coaxed into finding the total. Such studies have suggested that the rudiments of mathematics are mastered gradually, and with effort.They have also suggested that the v

37、ery concept of abstract numbers-the idea of a oneness, a twoness, a threeness that applies to any class of objects and is prerequisite for doing anything more mathematcally demanding than setting a table-is itself far from innate.（分数：5.00）(1).What does the passage mainly discuss?（分数：1.00）A.Trends in

38、 teaching mathematics to children.B.The use of mathematics in child psychology.C.The development of mathematical ability in children.D.The fundamental concepts of mathematics that children must learn.(2).Which of the following can paraphrase “seclude“ in the last sentence of the first paragraph?（分数：

39、1.00）A.arrangeB.separateC.departD.schedule(3).It can be inferred from the passage that children normally learn simple counting _.（分数：1.00）A.soon after they learn to talkB.by looking at the clockC.when they begin to be mathematically matureD.after they reach the second grade in school(4).According to

40、 the passage, when small children were asked to observe water pours from a short stout glass into a tall thin one, they found _.（分数：1.00）A.the quantity of the water unchangedB.the color of the water changedC.the quantity of the water changedD.the quantity of the water became more(5).With which of th

41、e following statements would the author be LEAST likely to agree?（分数：1.00）A.Children naturally and easily learn mathematics.B.Children learn to add before they learn to subtract.C.Most people follow the same pattern of mathematical development.D.Mathematical development is subtle and gradual.BPassag

42、e 3/BIt was unfortunate that, after so trouble-free an arrival, he should stumble in the dark as he was rising and severely twist his ankle on a piece of rock. After the first shock the pain became bearable, and he gathered up his parachute before limping into the trees to hide it as best as he coul

43、d. The hardness of the ground and the deep darkness made it almost impossible to do this efficiently. The pine needles lay several inches deep, so he simply pile them on top of the parachute, cutting the short twigs that he could feel around his legs, and spreading them on top of the needles. He had

44、 great doubts about whether it would stay buried, but there was very little else that he could do about it.After limping for some distance in an indirect course away from his parachute he began to make his way downhill through the trees. He had to find out where he was, and then decide what to do ne

45、xt. But walking downhill on a rapidly swelling ankle soon proved to be almost beyond his powers. He moved more and more slowly, walking in long sideway movements across the slope, which meant taking more steps but less painful ones. By the time he cleared the trees and reached the valley, day was br

46、eaking. Mist hung in soft sheets across the fields. Small cottages and farm buildings grouped like sleeping cattle around a village church, whose pointed tower pointed high into the cold winter air to welcome the morning.“I cant go much farther,“ John Harding thought. “Someone is bound to find me, b

47、ut what can I do? I must get a rest before I go on. Theyll look for me first up there on the mountain where the plane crashed. I bet they re out looking for it already and they are bound to find the parachute in the end. I can t believe they wont. So theyll know I m not dead and must be somewhere. T

48、heyllthink Im hiding up there in the trees and rocks so theyll look for me there. So Ill go down to the village. With luck by the evening my foot will be good enough to get me to the border.“Far above him on the mountainside he could hear the faint echo of voices, startling him after the great silence. Looking up he saw lights like little pinpoints moving across the face of the mountain in the g