[外语类试卷]国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷28及答案与解析.doc

1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 28及答案与解析 Part A Directions: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer Questions 1-10 by circling TRUE or FALSE. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. You now have 1 minute to read Questions 1-10. 1 The first speaker has some academic performance in the United States. （ A） Right （ B） W

2、rong 2 Its easy to 10e both a preeminent scholar end a theatre worker at the same time. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 3 Calcutta theatre has been westernized over the last 150 years. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 4 Academic work in India is still a part of an international academic life. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 5 The

3、re is no difference between the language adopted in academic work and that in theatre work. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 6 People involved in the theatre have lots of interest in the academic life. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 7 One of the purposes of the interview is to present both the interviewees personality

4、and writing. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 8 Living in India in some degree means trying to work with the two different languages. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 9 Bengali language is adopted in theatre work. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 10 There are certain limitations in doing professional academic work. （ A） Right （ B）

5、Wrong Part B Directions: You will hear 3 conversations or talks and you must answer the questions by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear the recording ONLY ONCE. 11 What does the specific study conducted at Harvard University prove? （ A） The way the brain retaining memory. （ B） The negative impact

6、of sleep. （ C） Correlation between sleep and memory. （ D） The shortage of American teenagers sleep. 12 The study about the ability to recall facts and events is said to be _. （ A） the theory existing over l0 years. （ B） the theory remaining controversial without evidence. （ C） the process of how sle

7、ep affecting the brain. （ D） the “declarative memory“ theory. 13 How many hours do most Americans sleep overnight? （ A） 5. （ B） 6. （ C） 7. （ D） 8. 14 Which is the attitude of the television industry towards the digital FID TV? （ A） Optimistic. （ B） Pessimistic. （ C） Negative. （ D） Hesitative. 15 Wha

8、t is important to make the digital television transmission successful besides the costly stations and advanced technology? （ A） Consumers would have replaced their traditional TV sets with news sets. （ B） Most current sets on the store shelves have build-in digital decoder. （ C） High definition, bet

9、ter sound quality, new offerings would make it successful. （ D） The impending release of HD DVDs and BlueRay technology will also advance digital HDTV. 16 What will bring an end to traditional analog television that has been the standard for decades? （ A） All TV stations are to hand the licenses bac

10、k to the U.S. government. （ B） Over $1,000 have already made the digital television transition. （ C） People dont want to watch in digital low resolution. （ D） All television stations are required to convert to digital transmission. 17 Under what condition did tigers live 150 years ago? （ A） Tigers w

11、ere declining fast. （ B） Enough game was available. （ C） Habitats were invaded by human. （ D） Tigers were poached for their valuable pans. 18 Why are parks established in Indian? （ A） To earn money from visitors. （ B） To protect tigers from being killed. （ C） To get tiger bone used in traditional me

12、dicine. （ D） To get tiger skin for an increasingly affluent Asian population. 19 What threats tigers most when hunters hunt the game that tigers prey upon? （ A） Loss of prey. （ B） A loss of habitat. （ C） Tiger Hunters. （ D） Illegal trade in tiger parts. 20 What is the future of tigers with the inves

13、ting from the government? （ A） Tiger populations are not only stable but some are actually expanding. （ B） Some of those stable and expanding populations can be found in the Russian Far East. （ C） The tiger habitat range extended from the Korean Peninsula to the Black Sea. （ D） Illegal trade in tige

14、r pans and a loss of habitat are driving the tiger to near extinction. Part C Directions: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer the questions or complete the notes in your test booklet for Questions 21-30 by writing NOT MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided on the right. You will hear th

15、e talk TWICE. You now have 1 minute to read Questions 21-30. 21 The author assumes that we live in _. 22 Are we sure whether its right to build babies in Petri dishes? 23 How long can we obtain some of the techniques and inventions presented in the article? 24 What are the fields that receive the mo

16、st attention at the beginning of 21st century? 25 Where was Dr. Jerri Nielsen when she found a lump in her breast? 26 What technology enables doctors to communicate with specialists at long distances? 27 Where do some radiologists have the appropriate computer technology installed? 28 Which country

17、initiated a program called SmartLabrador? 29 The United Nations is sponsoring a _. 30 The practice of telemedicine illustrates that were quire able to harness _. 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word.

18、 Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 31 The most obvious purpose of advertising is to inform the consumer of available products or services. The second (31) is to sell the product. The second purpose might be more important to the manufacturers than the (32). The manufacturers go beyond only telli

19、ng consumers about their products. They also try to persuade customers to buy the (33) by creating a desire (34) it. Because of advertisement, consumers think that they want something that they do not need. After buying something, the purchaser cannot always explain why it was (35) Even (36) the pur

20、chaser probably does not know why he or she bought something, the manufactures (37). Manufacturers have analyzed the business of (38) and buying. They know all the different motives that influence a consumers purchase some rational and (39) emotional. Furthermore. they take advantage of this (40). W

21、hy (41) so many products displayed at the checkout counters in grocery stores? The store management has some good (42). By the time the customer is (43) to pay for a purchase, he or she has already made rational, thought-out decisions (44) what he or she needs and wants to buy. The (45) feels that h

22、e or she has done a good job of choosing the items. The shopper is especially vulnerable at this point. The (46) of candy, chewing gum, and magazines are very attractive. They persuade the purchaser to buy something for emotional, not (47) motives. For example, the customer neither needs nor plans t

23、o buy candy, but while the customer is standing, waiting to pay money, he or she may suddenly decide to buy (48). This is exactly (49) the store and the manufacturer hope that the customer will (50). The customer follows their plan. Part A Directions: Read the following texts and answer the question

24、s which accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 51 Today, some critics argue that progress on environmental problems has been elusive. There is some truth in that. In the last decade, environmental problems have mounted across the world. Yet over the same 10 yea

25、rs, society had marshaled its resources to address these challenges. The original response was slow. But it is gathering speed, with technological breakthroughs and a growing awareness that a clean environment is essential for development. Of course, we should greatly intensify efforts to tackle pov

26、erty and environmental degradation. They endanger our health, security and the innumerable benefits that come to us from nature. But we should also remember our real accomplishments. We have slashed emissions of chemicals that deplete the ozone layer and threaten human health. Industrialized nations

27、 largely eliminated chlorofluoro-carbon and halons, the major ozone-threatening gases, by the end of 1995. Fourteen countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia have reduced their consumption of ozone-depleting substances by more than 90 percent. And many developing countries are ahead of the timeta

28、ble that gives them until 2010 to phase out those gases. We are relying less on dirty fuels. Five million energy-efficient lights have been installed in poor countries and those with transitional economies. Wind power generation capacity has increased from near zero to l, 700 megawatts. Virtually un

29、known in 1992, solar borne systems using photovoltaic technology now provide power to more than a million rural households. At least 30 major companies have committed to investing $10 to $15 billion in renewable energy over the next five years. The private sector is playing an increasingly construct

30、ive role. This is an acknowledgment that preserving the environment is both good business and a moral obligation. Companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, Dupont and BP Amoco are working to reduce their negative impact on climate change and increase the options for cleaner energy. The Bill and Melinda G

31、ates Foundation has helped to launch the global alliance for improved nutrition, an innovative public-private partnership that seeks to fortify food in a cost-effective way to improve the health, cognitive development and productivity of people in poor countries. One of the linchpins of these innova

32、tive, cooperative efforts is the Global Environment Facility. As the official financing “engine“ for the international agreements on biodiversity, climate change, and persistent organic pollutants, the agency earmarks funds for projects with global environmental benefits in 160 countries. It had pro

33、vided $4.2 billion in grants and lever-aged $12 billion in additional financing. The agency has also given 3,000 small grants of up to $50,000 each directly to non-governmental organizations and community groups in 60 countries for projects that reconcile global environmental benefits with sustainab

34、le livelihoods for local people. We can build on the strengths we have developed over the past 10 years and move ahead with confidence that sustainable development goals are indeed achievable. 51 What does the word “elusive“ in the first sentence mean? （ A） Terrible. （ B） Dramatic. （ C） Incomprehens

35、ible. （ D） Exclusive. 52 What is included in “our real accomplishments“(Para. 4, first sentence) except that _. （ A） many developing countries are ahead of the timetable that gives them until 2010 to phase out those gases? （ B） emissions of chemicals that deplete the ozone layer and threaten human h

36、ealth have been slashed? （ C） the consumption of ozone-depleting substances has been reduced by more than 90 percent by 40 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia? （ D） chlorofluoro-carbon and halons, the major ozone-threatening gases were largely eliminated by industrialized nations by the end

37、 of 1995? 53 The expression “renewable energy“ (Para 5, last sentence) is equivalent to _. （ A） dirty fuel. （ B） wind power. （ C） solar energy. （ D） cleaner energy. 54 Which one discloses the reason why people are working to preserve the environment? （ A） The realization that a clean environment is

38、essential for development. （ B） The consideration of private companies that it is a profitable business. （ C） The belief that its their responsibility to do so. （ D） All of the above. 55 What is the authors attitude towards efforts in solving environmental problems? （ A） Positive. （ B） Negative. （ C

39、） Neutral. （ D） Worried. 56 Yes, that college tuition bill was bigger this year. States are passing along their budget woes to public university students and their families. Tuitions are rising by double digits in some states, while the amount of state-funded student aid is dropping. Although income

40、s are rising by only 1% to 2% in most states, tuition at four-year public schools has leapt by 24% in Massachusetts, 20% in Texas and 7% nationally since the 2001-2002 school year. New York had the smallest increase, only 2%. But proposed tuition increases of 35% or more at the State University of N

41、ew York and the City University of New York would put New York in the lead. Meanwhile, total tuition aid is down 10% in Illinois, 13% in Connecticut and 20% in Arkansas. State budget deficits are the cause. Nationally, states spend about 48% of their revenue on education, or about $235 billion in 20

42、01 for kindergarten through college, says the National Governors Association. Elementary and secondary education budgets are protected in many state constitutions, which means that they are generally the last expense that states will cut. But higher education is vulnerable to budgets cuts and tuitio

43、n increase because lawmakers tend to see it as discretionary: No one has to go to college, after all. Colleges and universities “have clients they can charge“, says the National Centers president, Patrick M. Callan. “Tuition is the easiest money to get“, he adds. The rising cost of public education,

44、 and the fear that it is financially squeezing some students out of the education, have prompted some state universities to adopt a practice long used by private schools to attract students: tuition discounting. In tuition discounting colleges turn around a share of the tuition paid by some students

45、, and use it to pay for scholarships for others. Private colleges typically return $35 to $45 in scholarships for every $100 they collect in tuition revenue. But until recently, states have viewed discounting as politically unpopular. The increasing cost of a college education is beginning to attrac

46、t the attention of lawmakers, especially Congress, which already has begun hearings on college costs. But Congress isnt in a mood to raise the $4,000 grants it offers to needy students under its Pell Grant program. Moreover, tuition has long been so low in some states specially Iowa, Kansas and Illi

47、nois, which now are levying some of the biggest increases that public outcries may fall on deaf legislative ears. Indeed, college presidents and trustees see big tuition increase in low-priced states as a good way to make the schools less dependent on appropriations that can swing wildly from year t

48、o year. There are a few steps students and their families can take to offset rising tuitions, but not many. Because colleges are always interested in raising academic quality, talented students can pit one college against another in hopes of raising their financial-aid offer. Some colleges now invit

49、e students to call and renegotiate their aid packages if they get a better offer from another institution, and even those that dont say as much are willing to talk. In trying to attract the most desirable students, universities are mired in an “armed race“, building expensive facilities that most students will never use, but pay for anyway. 56 Whats the reason for costlier college education? （ A） Inadequate State budget. （ B） Rising tuitions. （ C） Rise in parents income. （ D） Increasing state-funded student aid. 57 How can you paraphras