公共英语四级-163及答案解析.doc

1、公共英语四级-163 及答案解析(总分：78.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter, a globe or an encyclopedia set. Now those 1 seem hopelessly old-fashioned, this Christmas, there were a lot of 2 compute

2、rs under the tree. 3 that computers are their key to success, parents are also frantically insisting that children 4 taught to use them on school as early as possible. The problem for schools is that when it 5 computers, parents don“t always know best. Many schools are 6 parental impatience and are

3、purchasing hardware without 7 educational planning so they can say, “OK, we“ve moved into the computer age. “ Teachers 8 themselves caught in the middle of the problembetween parent pressure and 9 educational decisions. Educators do not even agree 10 how computers should be used. A lot of money is g

4、oing for computerized educational materials 11 research has shown can be taught 12 with pencil and paper. Even those who believe that all children should 13 to computers warn of potential 14 to the very young. The temptation remains strong largely because young children 15 so well to computers. Firs

5、t graders have been 16 willing to work for two hours on math skills. Some have an attention span of 20 minutes. 17 school, however, can afford to go into computing, and that creates 18 another problem: a division between the havens and have-notes. Very few parents ask 19 computer instructions in poo

6、r school districts, 20 there may be barely enough money to pay the teacher.（分数：20.00）A.itemsB.toysC.setsD.seriesA.privateB.childrenC.schoolD.personalA.GivenB.ProvidedC.ConvincedD.BelievedA.areB.beC.are beingD.wereA.talks aboutB.comes toC.turns toD.mentionsA.objecting toB.blamingC.yielding toD.improv

7、ingA.possibleB.soundC.hardD.complicatedA.relied onB.relaxedC.freedD.foundA.wiseB.cleverC.slowD.enoughA.onB.withC.toD.amongA.howeverB.whereC.whatD.thatA.in the wayB.the same wayC.just as wellD.not at allA.be openB.have accessC.lookD.turnA.approachesB.exposuresC.dangersD.lazinessA.adoptB.contributeC.a

8、daptD.devoteA.watchedB.seenC.toldD.taughtA.AllB.Not everyC.NoD.AnyA.alreadyB.of courseC.in additionD.yetA.forB.againstC.withD.toA.in thatB.in any caseC.althoughD.where二、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Passage 1(总题数：1，分数：4.00)UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited the troubled Darfur region of we

9、stern Sudan Thursday to consider ways to end the humanitarian crisis. More than a million people have been displaced in Darfur because of violence that human rights groups blame on government-backed militias. Kofi Annan spoke with tribal and women leaders about the problems facing refugees in a camp

10、 called Zam-Zam, outside the city of E1-Feshir. The leaders said they were afraid to return home because of possible attacks by the Janjaweed militias. But overall, they said, aid groups were looking after them relatively well in the camp. From there, the secretary-general and his delegation went to

11、 a camp just 30 minutes away where aid workers said the security and living situation was more desperate. But“ the refugees were nowhere to be found. U.N. officials said some 4, 000 refugees, called internally displaced persons, or IDPs, had been in the camp the night before but they had been moved

12、by Sudanese authorities. Jan Egeland, the U. N. “s undersecretary-general of humanitarian affairs, said the U.N. did not appreciate the authorities“ actions. “But it was in our program actually to show the secretary-general and the secretary-general wanted to see how IDPs live when there are no serv

13、ices“ ,“And this was such a place.“ Mr. Egeland was then risked ff this was a deliberate ploy by Sudanese authorities. “I“m sure it has happened before and I“m sure it will happen again. “The refugees moved to another camp are among the one million people in Darfur driven from their homes by Janjawe

14、ed militias. Human rights groups charge that the ethnic-Arab militias have been used by the government to terrorize the Darfur“s civilian population, which is ethnic-African, as part of efforts to put down an armed rebellion. Sudanese authorities deny supporting the Janjaweed and say they are workin

15、g to disarm them. Until recently, they allowed little access to the region by aid workers. The conflict has given rise to what the U.N. calls the world“s worst humanitarian crisis today. Refugees face hunger, epidemics (传染病)and continued attacks in camps in Darfur or over the border in Chad. From Da

16、rfur, Mr. Annan flew to Chad“s capital, Ndjamena, for more discussions on the Darfur crisis. He is expected to return to Sudan“s capital, Khartoum, Friday.（分数：4.00）(1).UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan _.（分数：0.80）A.visited the troubled Darfur region of eastern SudanB.spoke with tribal and women leader

17、s in a camp called Zam-ZamC.went to a camp just 30 minutes away from the capitalD.flew to Chad“s capital, Janjaweed, for more discussions on the Darfur crisis(2).Which of the following is wrong about Zam-Zam camp?（分数：0.80）A.Kofi Annan visited the camp.B.It is outside the city of E1-Feshir.C.Situatio

18、ns there are more desperate than other camps.D.Refugees there are afraid of going back home.(3).According to human rights groups,_.（分数：0.80）A.the government-backed militias are behind the violenceB.Darfur“s civilian population is Arab-AfricanC.the human right record of Sudan is rather goodD.sudanese

19、 authorities are cooperating with UN efforts(4).Which of the following points to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan?（分数：0.80）A.UN aid workers are working in the country.B.Several refugee camps have been established.C.Refugees face hunger, epidemics and continued attacks in camps in Darfur.D.Some 4, 00

20、0 refugees had been moved by Sudanese authorities.(5).We can infer from the passage that the most effective way to end the humanitarian crisis is_.（分数：0.80）A.UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan“s more frequent visit to the regionB.further talk with rebellionsC.to end the conflicts as soon as possibleD.m

21、ore positive measures taken by Sudanese authorities五、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：4.00)The United States economy made progress in reducing unemployment and moderating inflation. On the international side, this year was much calmer than last. Nevertheless, continuing imbalances in the pattern of world trade co

22、ntributed to intermittent strains in the foreign exchange markets. These strains intensified to crisis proportions, precipitating a further devaluation of the dollar. The domestic economy expanded in a remarkably vigorous and steady fashion. The resurgence in consumer confidence was reflected in the

23、 higher proportion of incomes spent for goods and services and the marked increase in consumer willingness to take on installment debt. A parallel strengthening in business psychology was manifested in stepped-up rate of plant and equipment spending and a gradual pickup in outlays for inventory. Con

24、fidence in the economy was also reflected in the strength of the stock market and in the stability of the bond market. For the year as a whole, consumer and business sentiment benefited from rising public expectations that a resolution of the conflict in Vietnam was in prospect and that East-West te

25、nsions were easing. The underpinnings of the business expansion were to be found in part in the stimulative monetary and fiscal policies that had been pursued. Moreover, the restoration of sounder liquidity positions and tighter management control of production efficiency had also helped lay the gro

26、undwork for a strong expansion. In addition, the economic policy moves made by the President had served to renew optimism on the business outlook while boosting hopes that inflation would be brought under more effective control. Finally, of course, the economy was able to grow as vigorously as it di

27、d because sufficient flexibility existed in terms of idle men and machines. The United States balance of payments deficit declined sharply. Nevertheless, by any other test, the deficit remained very large, and there was actually a substantial deterioration in our trade account to a sizable deficit,

28、almost two thirds of which was with Japan. While the overall trade performance proved disappointing, there are still good reasons for expecting the delayed impact of devaluation to produce in time a significant strengthening in our trade picture. Given the size of the Japanese component of our trade

29、 measures undertaken by Japan. Also important will be our own efforts in the United States to fashion internal policies consistent with an improvement in our external balance.（分数：4.00）(1).The passage was most likely published in a（分数：0.80）A.popular magazine.B.general newspaper.C.science journal.D.fi

30、nancial journal.(2).Confidence in the economy was expressed by all of the following EXCEPT（分数：0.80）A.a strong stock market.B.a stable bond market.C.rising interest rates.D.increased installment debt.(3).During the year in question, public confidence in the economy resulted from which of the followin

31、g occurrences?（分数：0.80）A.Possible peace in Vietnam and reduction in East-West tensions.B.Possible peace in Vietnam.C.An entente with China.D.Reduction in East-West tensions and an entente with China.(4).According to the author, business expansion for the period under review was caused largely by（分数：

32、0.80）A.price and wage controls.B.stimulative monetary and fiscal policies.C.rising interest rates.D.increased foreign trade.(5).Most of the trade deficit in this balance of payments was attributed to trade with which country?（分数：0.80）A.United kingdom.B.France.C.Saudi Arabia.D.Japan.六、Section Writing

33、(总题数：2，分数：50.00)1.Directions: For this part, you are required to write a composition on the topic: My View on Science and Technology. You should write an essay of 160200words and you should base your composition on the following outline: 1) the benefits modern science and technology has brought to u

34、s; 2) its negative effects; 3) state your opinion. （分数：25.00）_2.There is an advertisement in the Sunday paper for a part-time research assistant. You are into rested in the post. Please write a letter to apply for the post. You should write 160200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. （分数：25.00）_公共英语四级-163 答案解析(

35、总分：78.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter, a globe or an encyclopedia set. Now those 1 seem hopelessly old-fashioned, this Christmas, there were a lot of 2 computers under the tree

36、. 3 that computers are their key to success, parents are also frantically insisting that children 4 taught to use them on school as early as possible. The problem for schools is that when it 5 computers, parents don“t always know best. Many schools are 6 parental impatience and are purchasing hardwa

37、re without 7 educational planning so they can say, “OK, we“ve moved into the computer age. “ Teachers 8 themselves caught in the middle of the problembetween parent pressure and 9 educational decisions. Educators do not even agree 10 how computers should be used. A lot of money is going for computer

38、ized educational materials 11 research has shown can be taught 12 with pencil and paper. Even those who believe that all children should 13 to computers warn of potential 14 to the very young. The temptation remains strong largely because young children 15 so well to computers. First graders have be

39、en 16 willing to work for two hours on math skills. Some have an attention span of 20 minutes. 17 school, however, can afford to go into computing, and that creates 18 another problem: a division between the havens and have-notes. Very few parents ask 19 computer instructions in poor school district

40、s, 20 there may be barely enough money to pay the teacher.（分数：20.00）A.items B.toysC.setsD.series解析：本题考查名词辨析。由原文第一段的内容和本题空白处前的 those 可知此空应指代是第一段中所列举的与教育有关的礼物打字机、地球仪、百科全书这些东西。toy 指“玩具”，set 做名词指“一套或一组的东西”，series 用于表示系列丛书，这几个词都过于具体，不能概括上述三种礼物。item 常用来指一组事物或清单中的一项，所以本题选择 A 项。A.privateB.childrenC.schoolD.

41、personal 解析：本题考查固定搭配。personal computer 表示“个人电脑”。如果不知道这个固定搭配，可以通过分析 private 和 personal 的区别来选择答案。private 强调“归私人所有的”，经常译成“私有的，私人的”，如 a private car(私人汽车)，for private reasons(出于私人原因)。而 personal 虽然在某些方面与 private 的含义及用法相同，但是 personal 主要强调是“个人的，个人用的”，所以本题正确选项应当为 D。A.GivenB.ProvidedC.Convinced D.Believed解析：本

42、题考查连词辨析。given 做为介词使用，意为“考虑到”；provided (that)或 providing (that)可以用做从属连词，引导条件状语从句，意为“如果的话”，“只要”；convince 意为“使相信，说服”，常用于句型 convince sb. of sth.和 convince sb.+that 从句; believe 为动词，意思为“相信”，“认为”，后面直接跟宾语，很少用过去分词的形式作状语。本题选择 C 项，convince放在句首，表示“相信”后面接 that 从句，从句后为完整的主句时，常用 convinced。A.areB.be C.are beingD.we

43、re解析：本题考查虚拟语气。本题空白处前面的谓语动词是 insist，这个动词常用 insist+that(从句)句型，表达两种意思：1)表示“坚持认为(说)”，从句用陈述语气；2)表示“坚决要求，坚决主张”，这时从句用虚拟语气，无论主语是什么人称，谓语动词都用原形或 should+原形，因此本题应选 B。A.talks aboutB.comes to C.turns toD.mentions解析：本题考查固定搭配。when it comes to 表示“当说到”，“当涉及”，所以本题正确选项应当为 B。talk about 意为“谈论”；turn to 意为“转向，求助于”；mention

44、意为“提及”。A.objecting toB.blamingC.yielding to D.improving解析：本题考查词语辨析。object to 意为“反对”；blame 意为“责备”；yield to 意为“屈服于”；improve 意为“改进.提升”。前面讲家长重视计算机教育，空白处后面又说购买硬件，说明是学校屈服于家长们的急不可耐，所以本题选择 C 项。A.possibleB.sound C.hardD.complicated解析：本题考查形容词辨析。possible 意为“可能的”；sound 意为“合理的，可靠的”；hard 意为“艰难的”；complicated 意为“复杂

45、的”。本题与上题同在一句上，根据上句分析可以得知学校购买硬件是没有合理的教育计划的，所以答案为 B 项。A.relied onB.relaxedC.freedD.found 解析：本题考查动词辨析。rely on 意为“依靠”；relax 意为“放松”；free 做动词时意为“使自由，解放”，常用搭配 free oneself from 意为“把自己从中解放出来”；find 意为“发现”。本题空白处后面是一个复合宾语结构，四个选项中只有 find 这个词可以跟复合宾语。因此，本题选择 D 项。A.wise B.cleverC.slowD.enough解析：本题考查形容词辨析。wise 意为“明

46、智的，聪明的”，经常用来指行动上或决定等方面的正确性；clever 也意为“聪明的”，但是其一般强调的是智力上的聪明；slow 和 enough 分别意为“慢的”“足够的”，综合可知选择 A 项，原文意为“明智的教学决策”。A.on B.withC.toD.among解析：本题考查固定搭配。空前为动词 agree，除了选项 D among 之外，动词 agree 和其余三个介词搭配使用时，都可表示“同意”：agree on 表示“就取得一致意见”，后面常接某种决定，意向等；agree with 表示“与意见一致”，后面常接人或 what 引出的从句；agree to 表示“同意某一建议或安排并

47、参与执行”，根据题意“教育家甚至还没有就如何使用电脑达成一致意见”，可知本题选择 A 项。A.howeverB.whereC.whatD.that 解析：本题考查定语从句。根据空白处所在的句子结构，这里需要填入一个引导定语从句的关联词。选项A 的 however 和选项 C 的 what 不能引导定语从句，可以排除。选项 B 的 where 虽然可以引导定语从句，但其先行词应当是表示地点的词语，故也可以排除。因而本题的正确选项为 D。关系代词 that 引导的定语从句本身是一个复合句，that 指代先行词 material，research has shown 为插入语。A.in the wa

48、yB.the same wayC.just as well D.not at all解析：本题考查副词及副词短语辨析。in the way 意为“妨碍，挡道”；the same way 意为“相同的方式”；just as well 意为“同样”；not at all 意为“根本不”。连同上一题看一下这句话的含义：大量的资金投入在用计算机教授课程的材料上了，而研究表明这些材料同样可以用普通的纸和笔来教给学生。根据本题句意，C 项最合适。A.be openB.have access C.lookD.turn解析：本题考查动词搭配。be open to 意思为“对开放”，have access to

49、 意为“能接触，了解，使用”；turn to 意为“转向，求助于”，look to 意为“照顾，照料”。只有 B 项放入空白处本句讲得通：甚至那些认为所有孩子都应该接触、了解和使用电脑的人，因此，本题应选择 B 项。A.approachesB.exposuresC.dangers D.laziness解析：本题考查名词辨析。approach 意为“方法，方式”，和 to 搭配意为“接近，处理的方式”；exposure 意为“暴露，曝光”，exposure to 意思为“暴露于”；danger 意为“危险”，danger to意思为“对有危险”；laziness 意为“懒惰”，不能与 to 搭配，可排除。根据空白处前面的warn、potential 及语境可以推测出本空填写非积极词汇，所以选择