[外语类试卷]国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷113及答案与解析.doc

1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 113及答案与解析 PART A Directions: For Questions 1-5, you will hear a conversation. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write only 1 word in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twi

2、ce. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below. 1 PART B Directions: For Questions 6-10, you will hear a passage. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below. 6 PART C Directions: You will he

3、ar three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear eac

4、h piece ONLY ONCE. 11 What is the main topic of this talk? （ A） Proteins. （ B） Low-quality protins. （ C） Poor dietary habits. （ D） Healthy diets. 12 How many amino acids does the nonessential group have? （ A） 9. （ B） 20. （ C） 11. （ D） 16. 13 What will happen if ones diet does not contain enough prot

5、eins? （ A） He will die. （ B） His health will be seriously ruined. （ C） He will be thin. （ D） He will be used to enjoying vegetable. 14 What is the main idea of the talk? （ A） Schools offering MBA courses. （ B） Economic prosperity brought by MBA graduates. （ C） Changes in enrollment for MBA schools.

6、（ D） How to obtain an MBA degree. 15 Which of the following universitys business schools has not shown a decrease in enrollment? （ A） Princeton. （ B） Harvard. （ C） Stanford. （ D） Yale. 16 According to the talk ,what are the two causes of declining business school enrollments? （ A） Lack of necessity

7、for an MBA degree and an economic recession. （ B） Low salary and foreign competition. （ C） Few MBA schools and fewer entry-level jobs. （ D） Shrinking job market and economic prosperity. 17 Who is going to Las Vegas? （ A） John. （ B） Mary. （ C） Tom. （ D） Peter. 18 Which one of the following is the lar

8、gest hotel in the U.S. ? （ A） The Hilton Hotel. （ B） The Great Wall Hotel. （ C） The New York Hotel. （ D） The Las Vegas Hotel. 19 How many bedrooms are there in the Hotel Rossiya in Moscow? （ A） 3,174. （ B） 12. （ C） 3,200. （ D） 93. 20 How many people work for the Hotel Rossiya? （ A） About 2, 000. （ B

9、） About 3, 000. （ C） About 4, 000. （ D） About 5, 000. 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. 20 Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person who is fully

10、 【 21】 _ only among people he knows well. In the presence of strangers or foreigners he often seems inhibited, 【 22】 _ embarrassed. You have only 【 23】 _ a commuter train any morning or evening to see the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing in

11、a comer; no one speaks. In fact, to do so would seem most unusual. 【 24】 _ , there is here an unwritten but clearly understood code of behaviours which, 【 25】 _ broken, makes the person immediately the object of 【 26】 _ . It is a well-known fact that the English have a 【 27】 _ for the discussion of

12、their weather and that, given half a chance, they will talk about it 【 28】 _ . Some people argue that it is because English weather 【 29】 _ forecast and hence is a source of interest and 【 30】 _ to everyone. This may be so. 【 31】 _ Englishmen cannot have much 【 32】 _ in the weathermen, who, after pr

13、omising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong 【 33】_ a cloud over the Atlantic brings rainy weather to all districts ! The man in the street seems to be as accurate or as inaccurate as the weathermen in his 【 34】_ . The overseas visitors may be excused for showing surpris

14、e at all the number of references 【 35】 _ weather that the English make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are 【 36】 _ by comments on the weather. “Nice day, isnt it?“ “Beautiful!“ may well be heard instead of “Good morning, how are you?“ 【 37】 _ the for

15、eigner may consider this exaggerated and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his advantage. 【 38】_ he wants to start a conversation with an Englishman but is 【 39】 _ to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a safe subject which wil

16、l 【 40】 _ an answer from even the most reserved of Englishmen. 21 【 21】 （ A） entertained （ B） relaxed （ C） amused （ D） enlightened 22 【 22】 （ A） yet （ B） otherwise （ C） even （ D） though 23 【 23】 （ A） experience （ B） undergo （ C） travel （ D） witness 24 【 24】 （ A） Obviously （ B） Contrarily （ C） Freque

17、ntly （ D） Practically 25 【 25】 （ A） unless （ B） if （ C） while （ D） as if 26 【 26】 （ A） suspicion （ B） opposition （ C） attack （ D） study 27 【 27】 （ A） passion （ B） fancy （ C） necessity （ D） judgement 28 【 28】 （ A） at length （ B） to a great extent （ C） from their heart （ D） by all means 29 【 29】 （ A）

18、follows （ B） predicts （ C） defies （ D） violates 30 【 30】 （ A） contribution （ B） deduction （ C） contemplation （ D） speculation 31 【 31】 （ A） Still （ B） Also （ C） Certainly （ D） Fundamentally 32 【 32】 （ A） faith （ B） reliance （ C） honor （ D） credit 33 【 33】 （ A） if （ B） once （ C） when （ D） whereas 34

19、【 34】 （ A） propositions （ B） predictions （ C） approval （ D） defiance 35 【 35】 （ A） about （ B） on （ C） as to （ D） to 36 【 36】 （ A） replaced （ B） conducted （ C） executed （ D） proposed 37 【 37】 （ A） Since （ B） Although （ C） However （ D） Before 38 【 38】 （ A） Even if （ B） Because （ C） If （ D） For 39 【 39

20、】 （ A） at a loss （ B） at Just （ C） in fact （ D） on the occasion 40 【 40】 （ A） stimulate （ B） constitute （ C） furnish （ D） provoke Part B Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D . Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 40 Organizers of th

21、e Athens Olympic Games, slated to kick off in a little over five weeks, are racing against the clock to complete major sports venues and the transportation systems that will be crucial to the games success. But the people involved in the project are convinced that everything will be ready on time. I

22、t has been a desperate scramble these last few months to have everything ready by August 13 ,when the games will return to the country of their birth. Athens won its bid to host the games in 1997 ,but the organizational effort has been bogged down in a mire of bureaucratic fighting, missed deadlines

23、 and cost over-runs. Only in the last three years, have the organizers, the government and construction firms managed to get their collective act together. And, since March, when a new government took power and made the Olympics its overriding priority, the general feeling in Athens is that things a

24、re now on track. Stratis Stratigis, the first chairman of the organizing committee, is confident that all the Olympic facilities will be ready on time. “They are going to be completed on time,“ he said. “It starts at a slow pace, and finishes at a crazy pace. “When Athens won its bid ,70 percent of

25、the venues were close to being ready. But over the next three years, bureaucratic wrangling over how to manage the projects delayed completion of the remaining 30 percent. Mr. Stratigis, who resigned his post in 1999, recalls that no one in the government seemed to be in charge. “It took about a yea

26、r before everyone decided whos doing what and at what time and that also increased the cost, because there wasnt enough time to make calls for tenders and all those things,“ said Stratis Stratigls. The initial budget of $5.5 billion to stage the Olympics has been overshot by about 30 percent, bringi

27、ng the total cost so far to $7.2 billion. The biggest cost over-runs include a showcase glass and steel sliding roof for the Olympic stadium and landscaping projects at the main sports complex. John Hadoulis, a reporter for the English-language Athens News, who has been covering the Olympic preparat

28、ions for the past three years, says that, despite wasting the first four years after they won the right to host the games, the Greeks have finally caught up. “They managed to do something that they obviously like to boast of, “he said. “They managed to do seven years of work in just three. Now, obvi

29、ously, anywhere else in the world, this is nothing to boast of, but here, amazingly, it is, because it is an amazing thing that theyvr managed to pull off. Wevr gone from where they were warned in 2000 that they might even lose the games, to the IOC International Olympic Committee praising them now.

30、“ John Golias, the general secretary of the Transportation Ministry, says all of the transportation systems specially built for the games, including a train fromthe airport into the city and a tramway to venues on the coast near Athens, will be ready by July 20. “I think this and other projects are

31、alsoimages of what Greeks can do, if they really work under a strict organization plan,“ said John Golias. Athens traffic is chaotic in the best of times, so Mr. Golias is urging his fellow Greeks, as well as visitors, to use public transportation during the games. Private cars, taxis and motorbikes

32、 will not be allowed to use special lanes that have been created for buses ferrying athletes, journalists and officials to the various sites. But he acknowledges, it will be hard to get Greeks to abandon their cars. “What we say is that we offer an alternative that is acceptable,“ he said. “Whether

33、theyll use it is something different. Of course ,there will be an increase of travel time by car. This is for sure.“ Athens News reporter John Hadoulis says test events at the venues he has visited have gone well, and that the facilities have earned praise from international athletes and trainers. “

34、Obviously, its not the best thing to have everything ready at the last minute,“ said John Hadoulis. “But, if everything goes well, and from what the test events show, at least inside the stadiums, thats whats going to happen, whos going to talk about it afterwards?“ With its mad scramble to finish e

35、verything on time for the Olympics, what Greece now wants most of all is to earn the IOC presidents traditional accolade, denied only to the Atlanta Games of 1996, that Athens hosted the best games ever. 41 Which city has won the bid for hosting 2004 Olympics Games? （ A） Atlanta. （ B） Sydney. （ C） A

36、thens. （ D） Beijing. 42 How are the preparations for the coming Olympics Games? （ A） Fairly good from the very start. （ B） Not smooth and may postpone the Games. （ C） Have been disqualified by the IOC. （ D） Have some delays at first, but now catch up. 43 What did John Hadoulis report about the prepa

37、rations of the Olympics Games? （ A） The Greeks have wasted the first five years after they won the bidding. （ B） The Greeks should be proud of what they are doing now. （ C） IOC ( International Olympic Committee) has always been praising their work. （ D） The best thing is to finish all the work by la

38、st minute. 44 _can use special lanes for carrying athletes and journalists. （ A） Private cars （ B） Public buses （ C） Taxis （ D） Motorbikes 45 Which city has not been praised by IOC after hosting the Olympic Games so far? （ A） Athens. （ B） Atlanta. （ C） Sydney. （ D） New York. 45 This weekends Indepen

39、dence Day festivities in Washington, DC, when the National Mall is jammed for the traditional concert and fireworks extravaganza, is a boom time for flag dealers, refreshment stands and souvenir vendors. And its Anthony Pitchs favorite time of year. He writes and sells a little paperback book thats

40、a hit with Washington tourists. Its called-Exclusively Presidential Trivia, and it contains more than 650 brain-teasing questions and answers about U.S. chief executives. Anthony pitch has written scholarly books on subjects like the burning of Washington by British troops in 1814. And hes finishing

41、 another serious book about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. But Mr. pitch, a native Englishman and former journalist in Africa and the United States, also publishes simpler tourist guidebooks and maps, leads tours of Washington and each year freshens his Exclusively Presidential Triv

42、ia book. Anthony Pitch says such trivia as the reason Herbert Hoover was left out of a 1938 series of U.S. postage stamps about former presidents seems, well, trivial- even worthless. But he says these little nuggets are popular with families this Independence Day weekend. They challenge the memory

43、of older folks and can provoke an interest in history by children. Followings are talks between Pitch and Landphair, a radio programme host. Pitch:“ Im a voracious reader of subjects that fascinate me. The presidency fascinates me. History fascinates me. And so even when Im doing my very serious res

44、earch, I am able to extract from my deep research gems that I can put in later editions of the book.“ Landphair:“ All right, Im going to give two or three examples. And Im going to ask you to pause just a second before answering to give our listeners a chance to perhaps take a guess. Heres the first

45、 one: Now we mentioned Herbert Hoover earlier. He was the thirty-first president of the United States. He served in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was born in the state of Iowa. And you ask in the book, Why is that significant?“ Pitch: “Because Hoover was the first president born west of the Mis

46、sissippi River. Thats why I find trivia fascinating, because from that little question and answer, you can now enlarge it into a perspective of how long it took for a president to arise from that far west.“ Landphair:“ Lets try another one. How many U.S. state capitals are named after presidents? An

47、d by the way, before you answer, I asked a colleague this question, and she guessed 40. Its not 40, is it?“ Pitch: “No, it isnt. The four cities that are state capitals named after presidents are Jefferson City, Missouri; Lincoln, Nebraska; Madison, Wisconsin; and Jackson, Mississippi.“ Landphair: “

48、Just four, and these are early presidents. We dont have any Clintons or Bushes yet.“ Pitch:“Not yet, but theres such a strong movement afoot amongst partisan Republicans to name places after Ronald Reagan that you should get ready for aReagan state capital.“ Landphair: “Have you come up with any que

49、stions yet about President Bush?“ Pitch: “Yes. In the latest edition, I ask what his nickname was when he was at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Its a very posh exclusive school. And he was nicknamed Lip, because he wasnt afraid to voice his opinions on any subject!“ Anthony Pitch publishes three other trivia books besides the one called Exclusively Presidential Trivia. The others are about the Wh