公共英语四级-463及答案解析.doc

1、公共英语四级-463 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)Michigan Weather ReportChicago is reporting light (1) The temperature at Ann Arbor Airport is(2) Tomorrow morning the sun will rise at (3) The pollution index today is (4) The weekend is likely to be (5)

2、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)(1).Who is the speaker talking to?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).What is the main topic of this talk?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).When do children first begin to make language-like noises?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).At what age do most children begin to master

3、the basics of grammar?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).What does the speaker say about the grammatical mistakes that four-year-olds make?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：10.00)(1).When was Twain born?A. 1865. B. 1825.C. 1835. D. 1845.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What job did Twain get on the Mississippi?A. Type-setter.

4、 B. Writer.C. River pilot. D. Reporter.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why did Twain go to West?A. To prospect for silver and gold.B. To get away from the war and the army.C. Because of the outbreak of the Civil War.D. To travel.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).How long does a masters degree take in Switzerland?A. One yea

5、r. B. Two years.C. Three years. D. Four years.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Who has to choose from a booklet of fifty courses for study?A. Students specializing in computer science.B. Students studying for a bachelors degree.C. Students doing Ph. D.D. Students studying for a masters degree.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(

6、3).Why does the speaker think the computer science education in Switzerland is particularly good?A. Because it is quite wide-ranging.B. Because theres more emphasis on applied Information Technology.C. Because there are more grants available.D. Because students can get money from the state.（分数：1.00）

7、A.B.C.D.(1).What is the food hall of Harolds noted for?A. The cheese sold there is very special.B. It sells many different kinds of food.C. It sells 250 kinds of bread.D. It sells more than 180 kinds of chocolate.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why is the Egyptian hall so famous?A. It looks like an Egyptian bu

8、ilding from 4,000 years ago.B. It is an Egyptian building from 4,000 years ago.C. It sells all kinds of food.D. It produces much electricity.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Whats the record of money that customers spend in the department on one day?A. 30,000 pounds. B. 300,000 pounds.C. 9 million pounds. D. 1.

9、5 million pounds.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).About how many customers come to Harolds on an average day?A. 30,000. B. 300,000.C. 1.5 million. D. 9 million.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Besides climate change, developing countries like China need to deal with energy (21) and environme

10、ntal issues: the development of sources of clean energy needs to be (22) line with their interests. Clean energy has been given greater prominence than ever before; it is seen as a new industrial (23) and (24) of economic growth for the new century. The time for clean energy has come.In China, clean

11、 energy is moving ahead at full speed. Take wind power as an example: by the end of last year, China had (25) wind power generating capacity of 12.21 GW, making China the largest wind power generator in Asia and fourth in the world. But according to the research, one-third of wind power capacity is

12、running (26) due to an inability to get the power to the national (27) .India-like Chinarelies (28) on coal for its energy needs. This will only change if the funds and technology to develop clean energy, such as wind and nuclear power, are (29) . India will not choose clean energy (30) . Nuclear po

13、wer is currently the most (31) of clean energy sources. (32) , if it is to be (33) on a large scale by developing nations, technological advances will be needed to make it competitive with coal.Compared (34) developed countries, developing countries have more (35) choices when it comes to energy str

14、ucture. Promoting economic growth requires (36) energyand coal, the cheapest and most (37) source of energy for many countriesis the (38) choice. Cheap coal means cheap electricity and a competitive economy. Rising electricity prices would cause public (39) and impact on standards of (40) .（分数：20.00

15、1).A. scarce B. scare C. scarcity D. scary（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. on B. in C. with D. along（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. revolution B. evolution C. advance D. development（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. resource B. reason C. root D. source（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A. inspected B. inspired C. instigated D. installed（分

16、数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6).A. effectively B. regularly C. slowly D.idle（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7).A. net B. network C. grid D. mesh（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8).A. mainly B. significantly C. majorly D. vitally（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9).A. provident B. providential C. providing D. provided（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10).A. by itself B. on

17、 its own C. voluntarily D. automatically（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11).A. cheapest B. expensive C. competitive D. advanced（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12).A. Therefore B. However C. Furthermore D. Otherwise（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13).A. adopted B. adapted C. adaptable D. admitted（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14).A. to B. with C. in D. u

18、pon（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15).A. limited B. limitless C. maximal D. minimal（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16).A. expensive B. much C. competitive D. cheap（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17).A. absurd B. abundance C. absent D. abundant（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18).A. good B. best C. first D. last（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19).A. discord B. content

19、C. discontent D. discomfort（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20).A. life B. living C. live D. lives（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.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)The core of Greeces troubles is too much spending, too little tax-collecting and book-cooking. Spain and Ireland are

20、 in trouble even if the percentage of their public debt in gross domestic product is much smaller than that of Germany. Italy, also in the financial markets crosshairs, has high public debt but a lower deficit than the eurozones average.The root of these countries problems is that their prices and w

21、ages have risen much faster than those of other eurozone members.There are two ways to mitigate the pain. First, to adopt temporarily more expansionary fiscal policies for a while. Or, more powerfully, the wider euro area could adopt more expansionary monetary policies for several years. As to the s

22、econd option, the “inflation fundamentalists“ will have none of it. This elite consisting of central bankers, top economic officials, politicians, academics and journalists insists that it is unacceptable to allow inflation to climb above two percent.Hyper-inflation in Germany in the 1930s and stagf

23、lation in industrial countries in the 1970s and 1980s support their view. Its true that moderate inflation can creep up to become high inflation. But inflation fundamentalism can also hurt. There is little if any empirical evidence that moderate inflation hurts growth. In most countries, cutting act

24、ual wages is politically difficult if not impossible. But, to regain competitiveness and balance the books, real wage adjustments are sometimes inevitable. A slightly higher level of inflation allows for this painful adjustment with a lower level of political conflict.On the other hand, ultra-low in

25、flation, in a recession, can easily become deflation. Falling prices encourage people to defer spending, which makes things worse and erodes tax payments, impairing a governments ability to pay debt. That in turn increases the debts size and costs.In addition, a single-minded focus on inflation make

26、s it easy for policymakers to lose sight of the broader picture-asset prices, growth and employment. Policy can become too tight or too loose-as in the run-up to the crisis in the U. S. when low inflation was seen as a comforting sign that things were in order.In a recession, ultra-low inflation als

27、o reduces the effectiveness of monetary policy since inter est rates cannot go below zero. The crisis in the euro area highlights the need for a more open minded discussion of the merits and costs of ultra-low inflation.（分数：5.00）(1).In the authors opinion, the second way to mitigate the pain is _.A.

28、 cutting the spending B. controlling inflation within two percentC. ultra-low inflation D. moderate inflation（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following inflation might be accepted by the author?A. 2%. B. 1%. C. 4%. D. 8%.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).We can learn from the fourth paragraph that _.A. moderate

29、 inflation hurts growthB. it is unnecessary to cut actual wagesC. the author opposes moderate inflationD. the author opposes inflation fundamentalism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The word “books“ (line 5, paragraph 4) means _.A. tickets B. accounts C. works D. stamps（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What is the text main

30、ly about?A. The core of Greeces trouble.B. Two ways to solve the problems of Greece, Spain, Ireland and Italy.C. The merits of inflation fundamentalism.D. The shortcomings of inflation fundamentalism.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Slavery has played a significant role in the history of t

31、he U. S. It existed in all the English mainland colonies and most of the Founding Fathers also had slaves, as did eight of the first 12 presidents.Dutch traders brought 20 Africans to Jamestown, Virginia, as early as 1619, however, throughout the 17th century the number of Africans in the English ma

32、inland colonies grew very slowly. At that time, colonists used two other sources of unfree labor: Native American slaves and European indentured servants.During those years, every colony had some Native American slaves, but their number was limited. Indian men avoided performing agricultural labor,

33、because they viewed it as womens work, and colonists complained that they were too “haughty“. The more important was that the settlers found it more convenient to sell Native Americans captured in war to planters in the Caribbean than to turn them into slaves, because they often resisted and it was

34、not hard for the slaves to escape. Later, the policy of killing Indians or driving them away from white settlements was pro posed and it contradicted with their widespread employment as slaves.The other form of labor was the white indentured servitude. Most indentured servants consisted of poor Euro

35、peans. Desiring to escape tough conditions in Europe and take advantage of fabled opportunities in America, they traded three to seven years of their labor in exchange for the transatlantic passage. At first, it was mainly English who were the white indentured servitude but later increasingly Irish,

36、 Welsh, and German joined. They were essentially temporary slaves and most of them served as agricultural workers although some, especially in the North, were taught skilled trades. During the 17th century, they performed most of heavy labor in the Southern colonies and also consisted of the bulk of

37、 immigrants to those colonies.At the end of the 17th century, in order to meet the labor need, landowners in America turned to African slaves. During the late 17th and 18th centuries, thanks to the dominant position of Eng land in terms of naval superiority, English traders (some of whom lived in En

38、glish America) trans ported millions of Africans across the Atlantic. And the transatlantic slave trade produced one of the largest forced migrations in history, blacks (the great majority of whom were slaves) increasing from about 7 percent of the American population in 1680 to more than 40 percent

39、 by the middle of the 18th century.（分数：5.00）(1).Which of the following was true of the slavery in America?A. The colonists sold African Americans to planters in the Caribbean.B. Native American slaves performed agricultural labor.C. During the 17th century, the white indentured servitude was the mai

40、n labor in the Southern colonies.D. It was at the end of the 17th century that African people began to be brought to America.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).We can infer from the sentence“ Later, the policy of killing Indians or. contradicted with their widespread employment as slaves“ that _.A. many Indians w

41、ere killed by White settlersB. many Indians were drove away from white settlementsC. the Indians were slaves in a wide-spread wayD. white settlers must have to find other source of labor（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In the third paragraph, the author mainly argues that _.A. the number of Native American slav

42、es was very smallB. the colonists thought that the Native American slaves were very haughtyC. the Native American slaves had been treated cruellyD. the Native American slaves always resisted（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following wasnt the opinion of the colonists towards the Native American sla

43、ves ?A. The Native American slaves were very haughty.B. The Native American slaves were very lazy.C. The Native American slaves were hard to control.D. The Native American slaves always found ways to escape.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The relation between the second paragraph and the next following two par

44、agraphs is that in the next following two paragraphs the author _.A. further elaborates the issue discussed in the second paragraphB. modifies the point of view in the second paragraphC. changes the view expressed in the second paragraphD. offers the reason to support the viewpoint in the second par

45、agraph（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十、Passage 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)U. S. health officials are increasing surveillance measures at doctors offices and international borders to guard against the spread of swine flu. Washington also has begun dispersing medicine from a federal stockpile.The Centers for Disease Control a

46、nd Prevention says there have been only mild cases of swine flu in the United States, but experts remain on guard.Acting agency director, Richard Besser, says the epidemic in Mexico prompted U. S. doctors to begin monitoring actively for possible infections.“We are asking doctors when they see someo

47、ne who has flu-like illness who has traveled to an affected region, to do a culture, take a swab in the nose and send it to the lab so we can see: is it influenza, is it this type?“ he said.Speaking Sunday at the White House, Besser said the extra detection efforts have enabled officials to find mor

48、e infections than under normal circumstances. He also says he expects the number of infections will rise and the illness will spread to other U. S. regions, as doctors continue to monitor the problem.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it does not recommend people travel to Mexico, w

49、here the outbreak of swine flu is centered and more than 100 deaths have been reported. But officials have not ordered a travel ban to the country.Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says, instead, airlines have the option of screening passengers on flights from Mexico.“We are letting air carriers and our employees at the gates on those flights make sure that