公共英语五级-Society+and+Culture及答案解析.doc

1、公共英语五级-Society+and+Culture 及答案解析(总分：118.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Unit 1(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part (总题数：2，分数：8.00)Questions 1-4 Choose the best answer.（分数：4.00）(1).Which statement is correct according to this passage?（分数：1.00）A.Shopping used to be the most popular leisure activity in Britain.B.It is commonly belie

2、ved that people love shopping owing to the attraction of material goods.C.The increasingly unfettered consumption made people happier.D.Modern consumption offers people better shopping experience with better environment, service and more alternatives.(2).What does the word “Joneses“ in paragraph thr

3、ee stand for?（分数：1.00）A.celebrities.B.lower class.C.neighbours.D.citizens.(3).According to Dr. Frank Trentmann, consumption is about the following items except _.（分数：1.00）A.commercial purchaseB.citizenshipC.competing with the famousD.services(4).What is implied by the example of BTs Big Button telep

4、hone?（分数：1.00）A.Abled people also prefer the design and usage of this telephone.B.This telephone is designed with disabled people in mind.C.The designing of this telephone was motivated by consumers request.D.Consumers now posses the power to turn something old into something trendy.Questions 5-8 Co

5、mplete the following sentences with NO MORE THAN three words for each blank.（分数：4.00）(1).When we purchase unnecessary stuff, we are probably being influenced by 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The text messaging was made popular by 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).The goal of international rule of brands is to 1.（分数：1.0

6、0）填空项 1:_(4).The Cultures of Consumption Programme is exploring the nature of consumer power in the fields of 1, 2 and 3.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、Part (总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Exercise 1 Use of En(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Etiquette in Cell Phone users“The more gadgets there are, the (1) things seem to get.“ said Honore Ervi

7、n, co-author of The Etiquette Girls: Things You Need to Be Told. “Just because its there (2) your disposal, doesnt mean you have to use it 24/7.“A recent (3) by market research company Synovate showed that 70 percent of 1,000 respondents (4) the poorest etiquette in cell phone users over other devic

8、es. The worst habit? Loud phone conversations in public places, or “cell yell,“ (5) to 72 percent of the Americans polled.“People use (6) anywhere and everywhere,“ Ervin said. “At the movies - turn (7) your cell phone. I dont want to pay $10 to be sitting next to some guy chitchatting to his girlfri

9、end (8) his cell phone.“ This rudeness has deteriorated public spaces, according to Lew Friedland, a communication professor (9) the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He (10) the lack of manners a kind of unconscious rudeness, (11) many people are not (12) of what theyre doing or the others around th

10、em.“I think its really noticeable in any plane, train or bus (13) youre subjected against your will (14) someone elses conversation,“ he said. “You can listen to intimate details of their uncles illness, problems with their lovers, and (15) theyre having for dinner. “It (16) what was a public common

11、 space and starts to (17) it up into small private space.“A short time ago, if cell phone users (18) politely asked to talk quietly, they would (19) with chagrin, he said. “Now more and more people are essentially treating you like you dont understand that loud cell phone use is (20) in public./（分数：

12、20.00）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:_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:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_五、Exercise 2 Multiple (总题数：1，分数：10.00)A = Jancis Robinson B = Anthony RoseC = David Moore D = Malcolm GluckWhich wine critic(s)thinks that consumers have

13、contributed to the situation in UK wine criticism?shows more direct critique on the colleagues writing?can make a good living out of wine critic?share common negative idea on some of their colleagues?believes that honesty is the most important thing?admits that UK wine market is not as well-develope

14、d as some other countries?predicts that customers will not have to rely on the recommendations of wine critics?insists on having never been written under the pressure of press?thinks that wine critics must be good at communication?1. _2. _3. _4. _5. _6. _7. _8. _9. _10. _One might easily imagine tha

15、t wine critics have an enviable lifestyle. They spend much of their time drinking wines, provided, for the most part, for free. It is a respectable job that involves meeting many wealthy and talented individuals.To get the inside view on the world of wine criticism in the UK, I spoke to some of Brit

16、ains most influential critics: Jancis Pobinson MW, who writes for the Financial Times; Anthony Rose of the Independent; David Moore, whose book Wine Behind the Label is now in its fifth edition; and Malcolm Gluck, the broadcaster and author who had a regular column about wine in the Guardian for mor

17、e than 15 years.Summarizing wine criticism is not easy, though Anthony Rose made a good attempt at it. “Wine tasting is an inadequate science. It requires an objective assessment of the wine and a subjective assessment of the taste, and then a form in which you can communicate this to the reader. It

18、 means being an all-round communicator of the enjoyment of wine.“ It is obviously that it is a fairly closed and yet gregarious world. “Ahhh . haaa,“ was how one well-known critic greeted my proposal to discuss their wine-commentating colleagues, as if Id caught them walking out the door with my fav

19、orite Burgundy glass. “So the small upside of alienating all my colleagues in your article is that a couple of people click through to my website?“ Clearly I wasnt going to collect too much data on how critics feel about each other.Rose referred to a recent correspondence where one commentator felt

20、it was not a wine critics duty to criticize his colleagues. Certainly there doesnt appear to be much mud-slinging among the critics in other creative spheres, such as literature and film-making. Still, one might be forgiven for thinking that the world of wine criticism is just a little too cosy. I p

21、ut that question to Jancis Robinson, who regarded the whole topic as fairly incendiary. Rose, however, felt that integrity ultimately wins out, and he hadnt had any hesitation in panning a recent book published by a colleague, despite the potential awkwardness. “I didnt pull my punches. If he doesnt

22、 want to speak to me again, then thats just one of the hazards of the job. If you write an honest opinion on a wine or about a wine book, then that will be respected.“ Malcolm Gluck agreed wholeheartedly, even deriding his colleagues who form part of a special wine literary circle. “It is all a bit

23、clubby . Its not something I join in much although Im a member. It leads to critical blandness.“ Rose was more mollifying and ventured, “I think we should thank the likes of Hugh Johnson, Oz Clarke and Jancis Robinson for raising the profile of wine criticism generally and giving more people the opp

24、ortunity to write about wine in publications, getting away from its elitist nature.“The famous American wine critic Robert Parker has suggested that UK wine critics arent as independent as they might be, although Robinson thought this was more true in the past, when those who traded wine also wrote

25、about it. Some feel Parker has gone too far, however, in endorsing a book that libeled a well-known French wine critic and wrongly accused the commentator of working for certain producers. Even if the independence of critics is now more robust, there does seem to be too much opportunity for manipula

26、ting the coverage of writing by large retailers and brand owners. Robinson agreed that wine commentating could be improved “if critics got out and about a bit more, rather than relying on being spoon-fed by the rather mundane press tastings put on by the multiple retailers.“ When I tried to push her

27、 to name names, she rebuffed me before I had even finished asking the question. She confirmed, though, that her newspaper editors have never put any pressure on her to write about any specific wines.The degree to which journalists were being “spoon-fed by the wine trade“ was a point I put to Rose. “

28、1 cant speak for other critics but only myself. I go to many vineyards around the world, trade and press tastings, and tasting put on by importers and producers. Its really up to each critic to get out and about as much as possible in order to sift through the hype. The customer isnt stupid. They ca

29、n soon see if a critic is in the pay of the wine trade. Certainly there are trips offered by individual producers, which puts pressure on the writer to write about those individuals, but I dont go on those.“David Moore agreed, “The perception of independence is important.“ The problem for the critic

30、s, as Moore sees them, stem from the tastes of consumer. “Newspaper columns are becoming a reflection of what is happening in the retail market. As a nation, were not interested in wine the way they are in the United States, France and Italy, and thats reflected in what people are reading about.“ Ho

31、wever, thats not the perception one would have while reading his book, Wine Behind the Label, and Moore confirms that the USA is now a much more important market than the domestic UK market. Even worse, he didnt feel that the UK market is well served. “Too big retailers and too big brand,“ he said.

32、“Its a shame we dont hear more about what is on offer from specialist retailers, which is partly their fault. The scope for the consumer is pretty poor in terms of what is available for them to drink. A lot of smaller good producers are struggling, and theyre not written about, and theyre not availa

33、ble in the UK.“There is a sense that some critics are unable to write about wines that interests them - that they are being manipulated by the wine trade - but at least theyre all working hard and enjoying a great lifestyle. This lifestyle perception is not as real as one might think. “There are und

34、oubtedly one or two people at the top,“ said Rose, “such as Robert Parker, Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson and Oz Clarke, who are making a reasonable living from wine because theyre popular, theyre good and theyve successfully branded themselves. Most of the rest of us are in another group that manage

35、s to get by. And then there are other people who dabble, who need to supplement their income or they have another job, but they are doing something they love doing.“We are back to where we started, and I put the question referring to their colleagues another way: who is the worst king of critic, and

36、 what can be done about it? “1 think were our own worst critics,“ offered Rose. “We mostly come to wine writing because we love wine, not because were writers. There are a couple who can write very well, but most of us are just struggling along, doing our best to get our enthusiasm and passion acros

37、s to our readers.“ Gluck was more forthright, “It is the person who takes no account of his or her readership and simply parades toffee- nosed views about how much you should spend, implying the more you spend, the better the value - which is absolute rubbish.“ According to Robinson, “We should go o

38、ut and try a bit harder with inspiration for our stories and be more original.“But these domestic issues should not be the only concerns for critics - or, indeed, for consumers. In pensive mood, Rose said, “The world wine glut is posing a severe strain on the social fabric of the wine trade, particu

39、larly in France. It is sad that this is happening, and I hope we will begin to see supply and demand achieve more of a balance to eradicate those social and economic problems.“Glucks words were more chilling. “Ive always tried to give people confidence to make judgments using their own palate,“ he s

40、aid. “I believe that wine critics will eventually write themselves out of existence. Columns are becoming less and less read and less and less relevant, because people are more confident about their purchases, up to a certain price point.“ Could he be right?（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项

41、1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_六、Exercise 3 Speaking(总题数：1，分数：5.00)1.necessityadvertisementfriends suggestionpeer pressurehabitbrand attractioncelebrity worshipimage buying（分数：5.00）_七、Exercise 4 Writing(总题数：1，分数：25.00)2.How do people make consumer choices and what will be the impact of online

42、 shopping?（分数：25.00）_八、Unit 2(总题数：0，分数：0.00)九、Part (总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 1-3 Choose the best answer.（分数：3.00）(1).The author of this article believes _.（分数：1.00）A.ageing is a problem for developed countriesB.ageing is a social issue involving the roles of womenC.demographic revolution will take p

43、lace in two generationsD.people follow chronological rules to assume the roles of grandparents in 4-generation families(2).The following statements are true except _.（分数：1.00）A.ageing is a phenomenon pertaining to older personsB.different cultures have different even contrast images of ageingC.weste

44、rn media often convey more on the young peopleD.policy-designers used to believe that their society was still a youthful one(3).With the new ageing policy, _.（分数：1.00）A.older people will become mythsB.ageing will be a drain on resourcesC.ageing will be a panorama of near homogeneityD.unnecessary dep

45、endencies will be preventedQuestions 4-7 Answer the following questions by using NO MORE THAN four words from the passage.（分数：4.00）(1).What can change the social infrastructure?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).What society shall we build toward in terms of demography?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).How many people will be o

46、ver 60 in the near future?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).What should policy-makers keep in mind?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_Questions 8-10 Complete the following sentences with NO MORE THAN four words for each blank.（分数：3.00）(1).Ageing of the population permeates all 1 spheres.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Western media tend to depict older persons 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).The core to understand the contribution of older citizens is 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_十、Part (总题数：0，分数：0.00)十一、Exercise 1 Gapped Te(总题数：1，分数：10.00)What Does Agei