公共英语四级-267及答案解析.doc

1、公共英语四级-267 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Listening (总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Question 11 13 are based on the following dialogue between two strang

2、ers who met at the bus stop. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 13.（分数：3.00）(1).Why is the woman waiting?（分数：1.00）A.She is waiting for the man.B.She is waiting for her mother.C.She is waiting for a bus.D.She is waiting for the rain to stop.(2).What kind of weather is usual for March?（分数：1.

3、00）A.Cold.B.Very hot.C.Cooler.D.Drier.(3).How often is the bus scheduled to pass the stop?（分数：1.00）A.Every ten minutes.B.Every twenty minutes.C.Every half an hour.D.Once a day.Questions 14 17 are based on a dialogue about intermarriage. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 14 17.（分数：4.00）(1).Wh

4、ich word may best describe the two speakers positions on intermarriage?（分数：1.00）A.Comparison.B.Contrast.C.Casuality.D.Bias.(2).How does marriage usually thrive concerning customs and traditions according to the woman?（分数：1.00）A.On a give-and-take policy.B.Beyond a give-and-take policy.C.In the manne

5、r of each others adaptation.D.Due to religious beliefs.(3).The cultural differences arise _ according to the woman（分数：1.00）A.at the weddingB.before intermarriageC.after people get marriedD.until recently(4).What negative effects may the intermarriage most probably cause?（分数：1.00）A.A divorce.B.Much s

6、uffering in childrens minds.C.A big gap between the parents.D.All of the above.Questions 18 20 are bused on a monologue about e-commerce. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 18 20.（分数：3.00）(1).In 1998, the total value transacted in e-commerce was_.（分数：1.00）A.$ 680000 millionB.$ 68900 millionC.

7、$ 68900 billionD.$16890 billion(2).Some people in the metal industry think the new trend will_.（分数：1.00）A.seriously change the way they do businessB.seriously damage the way they do businessC.not seriously change the way they do businessD.not seriously damage the way they do business(3).Some people

8、in the metal industry think only_products will be traded on the web.（分数：1.00）A.standard and second classB.high-techC.computer and softwareD.industrial五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)In addition to the established energy sources such as gas, coal, oil and nuclear, there are a number of other sour

9、ces that we ought to consider. Two of these are hydroelectric and tidal power.These two sources are (21) in that they are both renewable. (22) , hydropower is more widely used than tidal. In (23) , a substantial amount of electricity is already produced in HEP (hydroelectric power) stations worldwid

10、e, (24) tidal stations are still in the very early (25) of development.As far as geographical (26) is concerned, HEP projects are to be found on lakes and rivers, while tidal (27) are constructed only at river mouths where tidal (28) is great. Unfortunately these are (29) in number. At present HEP s

11、tations are found mainly in Norway, Canada, Sweden and Brazil, whereas tidal plants are in (30) in France, Russia and China.As regards capital (31) , both require very high investment. On the other hand, generating (32) are quite low in both cases. In fact, a large scale HEP plant is capable of prod

12、ucing power more (33) than conventional sources, such as coal, oil and nuclear plants. Tidal power also compares (34) with nuclear and oil-generated electricity, (35) the amount of money on production. (36) HEP stations, tidal constructions have a long life (37) . It is estimated that they can opera

13、te for over 100 years. With respect to (38) of supply, tidal stations (39) from HEP ones in that they often can only supply power (40) HEP stations, however, provide a constant supply of electricity.（分数：20.00）A.compatibleB.parallelC.similarD.identicalA.FurthermoreB.HoweverC.HenceD.OtherwiseA.additio

14、nB.briefC.generalD.factA.providedB.sinceC.whereasD.thoughA.stagesB.periodsC.yearsD.sessionsA.locationB.positionC.situationD.conditionA.patternsB.designsC.stationsD.schemesA.variationB.balanceC.frequencyD.stabilityA.smallB.fewC.rareD.scarceA.operationB.productionC.processionD.actionA.spendingB.planni

15、ngC.financingD.savingA.expendituresB.benefitsC.costsD.profitsA.expensivelyB.consistentlyC.periodicallyD.cheaplyA.convenientlyB.beneficiallyC.advantageouslyD.favorablyA.on account ofB.in terms ofC.regardless ofD.in spite ofA.LikeB.ExceptC.RegardingD.WithA.applicationB.enduranceC.expectancyD.extension

16、A.concentrationB.continuityC.conformityD.conductivityA.developB.differC.departD.deriveA.interchangeablyB.immediatelyC.intermittentlyD.intensively六、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Passage 1(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Text 1Inflation has just exploded. The real problem is that we have an

17、underlying rate of inflation an impetus of wages chasing pricesof maybe 9 percent that is heading towards 10 percent. There also have been tremendous shocks in energy, food and housing prices, making it worse.By the end of the year, we will be in a situation where year in, year out, we can look forw

18、ard to at least 10 percent inflation. And the question will be: How much worse will oil, food and housing prices make that?The situation has degenerated to the point that the only way to turn it around is to think of some very extreme changes in policy. A policy of gradualism, where youre talking ab

19、out a mild recession and another 1 to 2 million people unemployed, wont make much difference. Postponing action just means that inflation presses further and is even more difficult to deal with.You have to start with revenue and monetary restraint. All the burden now is on monetary policy. We should

20、 shift to a much more restrictive revenue policy and an easier monetary policy. To be significant, the 1981 budget should be cut by at least 20 billion dollars from 616 billion President Carter proposed. Thats a major cut in government programs and very hard to do. Its impossible if you save defense

21、 and all the programs indexed for changes in the cost of living.So it means cuts across the board in every area including the indexed programs, such as Social Security and food stamps. State and local-government revenue-sharing programs are another major candidate. Youve also got to reopen the 1980

22、budget and cut that.Then I would favor wage and price controls to break the impetus of the wage-price interaction. In order to get quick results, Id set the standard around 5 or 6 percent for both wages and prices. Basically, youre aiming to cut the rate of inflation in half the first year. There wo

23、uld be no exceptions, but you would focus on large corporations and major labor settlements.For the special sectors where the big shocks have occurred, controls wont work. Instead, you need additional policies in each one of those areas.There are no cheap or easy solutions to the inflation problem.

24、My answer is to take all the things that everybody wants to do, and instead of choosing among them, do all of them. Weve got to think in terms of a comprehensive program.（分数：5.00）(1).In the authors opinion, the high inflation rate in the US was accompanied by_.（分数：1.00）A.energy crisesB.mounting wage

25、sC.housing shortageD.shrinking market(2).The only way to reverse the worsening situation seems to be _.（分数：1.00）A.a policy of gradualismB.sacrifice of public interestsC.radical changes of policyD.postponing of drastic actions(3).We can learn from the fourth paragraph that_.（分数：1.00）A.a substantial c

26、ut in annual revenue is called forB.defense and social welfare programs should undergo cutsC.we should leave intact programs for bettering peoples livingD.we should exercise less control over monetary policy(4).The phrase “special sectors“(Line 1, Para. 7 ) most probably refers to _.（分数：1.00）A.energ

27、y, food and housingB.indexed programsC.social security and food stampsD.large corporations and labor settlements(5).What is the text mainly about?（分数：1.00）A.The defect of US monetary system.B.The causes of ever-worsening inflation in the US.C.Prospects for the US economic situation.D.A comprehensive

28、 settlement of inflation in the US.九、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Text 2The universities have trained the intellectual pioneers of our civilization the priests, the lawyers, the statesmen, the doctors, the men of science, and the men of letters. The conduct of business now requires intellectual imaginati

29、on of the same type as that which in former times has mainly passed into those other occupations.There is one great difficulty which hinders all the higher types of human effort. In modern times, this difficulty has even increased in its possibilities for evil. In any large organization the younger

30、men, who are novices, must be set to jobs which consist in carrying out fixed duties in obedience to orders. No president of a large corporation meets his youngest employee at his office door with the offer of the most responsible job which the work of that corporation includes. The young men are se

31、t to work at a fixed routine, and only occasionally even see the president as he passes in and out of the building. Such work is a great discipline. It imparts knowledge, and it produces reliability of character; also it is the only work for which the young men, in that novice stage, are fit, and it

32、 is the work for which they are hired. There can be no criticism of the custom, but there may be an unfortunate effect: prolonged routine work dulls the imagination.The way in which a university should function in the preparation for an intellectual career, is by promoting the imaginative considerat

33、ion of the various general principles underlying that career. Its students thus pass into their period of technical apprenticeship with their imaginations already practiced in connecting details with general principles.Thus the proper function of a university is the imaginative acquisition of knowle

34、dge. Apart from this importance of the imagination, there is no reason why businessmen, and other professional men, should not pick up their facts bit by bit as they want them for particular occasions. A university is imaginative or it is nothing at least nothing useful.（分数：5.00）(1).What is a basic

35、requirement for work in all professions according to the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Imagination.B.Reliability of character.C.Discipline.D.Obedience to orders.(2).Which of the following serves best as the title of the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Limitations of the University.B.The Proper Function of the University.C.

36、Importance of Intellectual Imagination.D.Foolery of Apprenticeship Period.(3).In modern times the period of technical apprenticeship_.（分数：1.00）A.may have bad effects upon the young menB.can very well train the young menC.is a root cause of many evilsD.is unnecessary for the employees and the busines

37、s(4).If a university is to be of any use, it should prepare the students for an intellectual career by_.（分数：1.00）A.imparting knowledge and developing skillsB.developing students independence in thinkingC.disciplining the students in their subject fieldsD.promoting the imagination in connecting detai

38、ls with general principles(5).What does the “great difficulty which hinders all the higher types of human effort“ mean?（分数：1.00）A.Prolonged and fixed routine work in the apprenticeship period.B.The young employees seldom seeing the president of the company.C.Universities failure to get young people

39、ready for future work.D.Young men having to obey orders in the early stage of their work.十、Passage 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Text 3Jill Ker Conway, president of Smith, echoes the prevailing view of contemporary technology when she says that “anyone in todays world who doesnt understand data processing is not

40、educated“. But she insists that the increasing emphasis on these matters leave certain gaps. Says she: “The very strongly utilitarian emphasis in education, which is an effect of man-made satellites and the cold war, has really removed from this culture something that was very profound in its 18th a

41、nd 19th century roots, which was a sense that literacy and learning were ends in themselves for a democratic republic. “In contrast to Platos claim for the social value of education, a quite different idea of intellectual purposes was advocated by the Renaissance humanists. Overjoyed with their redi

42、scovery of the classical learning that was thought to have disappeared during the Dark Ages, they argued that the imparting of knowledge needs no justification -religious, social, economic, or political. Its purpose, to the extent that it has one, is to pass on from generation to generation the corp

43、us of knowledge that constitutes civilization. “What could man acquire, by virtuous striving, that is more valuable than knowledge?“ asked Erasmus, perhaps the greatest scholar of the early 16th century. That idea has acquired a tradition of its own. “The educational process has no end beyond itself

44、,“ said John Dewey. “It is its own end. “But what exactly is the corpus of knowledge to be passed on? In simpler times, it was all included in the medieval universities Quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music) and Trivium (grammar, rhetoric, logic). As recently as the last century, when l

45、ess than 5% of Americans went to college at all, students in New England establishments were compelled mainly to memorize and recite various Latin texts, and crusty professors angrily opposed the introduction of any new scientific discoveries or modern European languages. “They felt,“ said regretful

46、ly Charles Francis Adams, Jr. , the Union Pacific Railroad president who devoted his later years to writing history, “that a classical education was the important distinction between a man who had been to college and a man who had not been to college, and that anything that diminished the importance

47、 of this distinction was essentially revolutionary and tended to anarchy. /（分数：5.00）(1).The first paragraph shows that Jill Ker Conway accepts utilitarian emphasis in education_.（分数：1.00）A.wholeheartedlyB.with reservationC.against her own willD.with contempt(2).Education for educations sake was prob

48、ably opposed by_.（分数：1.00）A.scholars in the Renaissance periodB.Jill Ker ConwayC.scholars in the Dark AgesD.Plato(3).The idea that education transmits knowledge is dated back to_.（分数：1.00）A.the Renaissance humanistsB.the medieval universitiesC.the 18th centurys American scholarsD.the cold war period

49、(4).It can be inferred that Charles Francis Adams, Jr._.（分数：1.00）A.devoted his later years to classical educationB.was an advocate of education in historyC.was an opponent to classical educationD.regretted diminishing the importance of the distinction(5).According to the third paragraph, which of the following is true