[外语类试卷]国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷151及答案与解析.doc

1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 151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 What is someone threatening to

3、 do when the telephone rings at three? 7 What is the situation of would-be jumpers? 8 You should open _ with would-be jumpers. 9 How many people has Larry saved? 10 How long has Larry taken this job? PART C Directions: You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you wi

4、ll 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 each piece ONLY ONCE. 11 What is the womans present position? （ A） Assist

5、ant director. （ B） Assistant professor. （ C） Director. （ D） Professor. 12 What do we learn about the postgraduates enrolled last year in the womans university? （ A） Nearly half were from overseas. （ B） They were only from African countries. （ C） They were only from the Far East and Middle East. （ D）

6、 They were only from Latin America. 13 What will the womans new job be like? （ A） There will be less community work. （ B） There will be less policy work. （ C） There will be more dealing with students. （ D） There will be less dealing with students. 14 What does the speaker tells us about his mothers

7、early childhood? （ A） She was born in a small town in southern Italy. （ B） They immigrated to America in 1962. （ C） They lived in Chicago. （ D） At 18, she graduated first in her high school class. 15 Who used her pictures in his monthly window display? （ A） A writer. （ B） A manger of a department st

8、ore. （ C） A local photographer. （ D） A director of a magazine. 16 What does NOT the speaker say about his father? （ A） He was a quiet and intelligent man. （ B） He was 17 when he left Italy. （ C） Dad worked hard selling. （ D） He had much formal schooling. 17 What happened to Herbert ten years ago? （

9、A） His brain was damaged. （ B） He put out the fire. （ C） He saved many people. （ D） He damaged someone. 18 What surprised Donald Herberts family and doctors one Saturday? （ A） He had slept for ten years. （ B） His brain was left damaged. （ C） He started to speak after ten years. （ D） He didnt remembe

10、r his wife. 19 How long did Herbert remain unconscious? （ A） Two and a half months. （ B） Fifty years. （ C） Thirty years. （ D） Ten years. 20 How did Herberts family react to the public attention? （ A） They are very enthusiastic. （ B） They are very active. （ C） They welcome their attention. （ D） They

11、dont want to disclose his condition. 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 Traveling can be fun and easy. A vacation trip to another country is especially 【 21】 _ when th

12、e traveling conditions are good. Good traveling conditions 【 22】 _ a comfortable mode of transportation, knowledge of the 【 23】 _ language, familiarity 【 24】 _ the custom and habits of the people in the country, and pleasant traveling 【 25】 _ . All of us have had nice trips 【 26】 _ this. Most of us

13、have also had trips that we would 【 27】 _ to forget. Many conditions can produce a bad 【 28】 _ experience. For example, if the four conditions 【 29】 _ above do not exist, we will probably have a bad experience, 【 30】 _ at best difficult 【 31】 _ . Students who travel to a 【 32】_ country to study ofte

14、n have a difficult trip. They usually travel 【 33】 _ . They dont know the language of the new country 【 34】 _ . They often arrive in the new country 【 35】 _ a judge international airport. From the airport, they need to 【 36】 _ their way to their school. Maybe they need to 【 37】 _ airplanes, to take

15、a bus, a train, or a taxi. They need to do ail this in a country 【 38】_ everything is unfamiliar. Later, after the experience is 【 39】 _ , they can laugh. But at the 【 40】 _ , they feel terrible. 21 【 21】 （ A） happy （ B） enjoyable （ C） amusing （ D） favorable 22 【 22】 （ A） include （ B） conclude （ C）

16、hold （ D） contain 23 【 23】 （ A） places （ B） areas （ C） countrys （ D） citys 24 【 24】 （ A） to （ B） for （ C） of （ D） with 25 【 25】 （ A） companions （ B） friends （ C） comrades （ D） fellows 26 【 26】 （ A） with （ B） as （ C） like （ D） of 27 【 27】 （ A） have （ B） think （ C） wish （ D） need 28 【 28】 （ A） trippin

17、g （ B） traveling （ C） passing （ D） visiting 29 【 29】 （ A） told （ B） numbered （ C） talked （ D） listed 30 【 30】 （ A） or （ B） and （ C） but （ D） so 31 【 31】 （ A） case （ B） one （ C） thing （ D） practice 32 【 32】 （ A） different （ B） another （ C） foreign （ D） other 33 【 33】 （ A） separate （ B） lonely （ C） al

18、one （ D） single 34 【 34】 （ A） yet （ B） either （ C） too （ D） already 35 【 35】 （ A） at （ B） to （ C） on （ D） from 36 【 36】 （ A） watch （ B） see （ C） notice （ D） find 37 【 37】 （ A） drift （ B） exchange （ C） board （ D） change 38 【 38】 （ A） where （ B） that （ C） when （ D） which 39 【 39】 （ A） ended （ B） over

19、（ C） completed （ D） finished 40 【 40】 （ A） date （ B） time （ C） while （ D） day 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 Every body gets sick. Disease and injury make us suffer throughout o

20、ur lives, until finally, some attack on the body brings our existence to an end. Fortunately, most of us in modem industrialized societies can take relatively good health for granted most of the time. In fact, we tend to fully realize the importance of good health only when we or those close to us b

21、ecome seriously ill. At such times we keenly appreciate the ancient truth that health is our most precious asset, one for which we might readily give up such rewards as power, wealth, or fame. Because iii health is universal problem, affecting the individual and society, the human response to sickne

22、ss is always socially organized. No society leaves the responsibility for maintaining health and treating iii health entirely to the individual. Each society develops its own concepts of health and sickness and authorizes certain people to decide who is sick and how the sick should be treated. Aroun

23、d this focus there arises, over time, a number of standards, values, groups, statuses, and roles: in other words, an institution (体系，机构 ). To the sociologist (社会学家 ), then, medicine is the institution concerned with the maintenance of health and treatment of disease. In the simplest pre-industrial s

24、ocieties, medicine is usually an aspect of religion. The social arrangements for dealing with sickness are very elementary, often involving only two roles: the sick and the healer (治疗者 ). The latter is typically also the priest (牧师 ), who relies primarily on religious ceremonies, both to identify an

25、d to treat disease: for example, bones may be thrown to establish a cause, songs may be used to bring about a cure. In modern industrialized societies, on the other hand, the institution has become highly complicated and specialized, including dozens of roles such as those of brain surgeon, druggist

26、, hospital administrator, linked with various organizations such as nursing homes, insurance companies, and medical schools. Medicine, in fact, has become the subject of intense sociological interest precisely because it is now one of the most pervasive and costly institutions of modem society. 41 W

27、hich of the following statements is tree according to Paragraph 1? （ A） Nowadays most people believe they can have fairly good health. （ B） Human life involves a great deal of pain and suffering. （ C） Most of us are aware of the full value of health. （ D） Ancient people believed that health was more

28、 expensive than anything else. 42 The word “authorize“ in Paragraph 2 means “_“. （ A） make way for （ B） give power to （ C） write an order for （ D） make it possible for 43 In Paragraph 2, we learn that the sociologist regards medicine as _. （ A） a system whose purpose is to treat disease and keep peo

29、ple healthy （ B） a universal problem that affects every society （ C） a social responsibility to treat ill health （ D） a science that focuses on the treatment of disease 44 According to Paragraph 3, which of the following is NOT true? （ A） In the past, bones might be used to decide why people fell il

30、l. （ B） In pre-industrial societies priests sometimes treated patients by singing. （ C） Modern medicine is so complicated that sociology no longer has a place in it. （ D） There were only two roles in an elementary medical system, the patient and the one who tried to cure him. 45 The author of this p

31、assage is mainly concerned with_. （ A） sociological aspects in medicine （ B） medical treatment of diseases （ C） the development of medical science （ D） the role of religion in medicine 45 Americas love affair with the credit card began in 1949. When businessman Frank McNamara finished a meal in a Ne

32、w York restaurant and then discovered he had no cash. In those days, gasoline and store charge cards were common, but cash was standard for almost everything else. McNamara called his wife, who rushed over to bail him out. His embarrassment gave him the idea for Diners Club. Within a year some 200 p

33、eople carried the worlds first multi-use card. For an annual fee of $5, these card holders could charge meals at 27 restaurants in and around New York City. By the end of 1951 more than a million dollars had been charged on the growing number of cards, and the company was soon turning a profit. The

34、problem was to persuade enough people to carry the cards. Diners Club turned to promotions. It gave away a round-the-world trip on a popular television show. The winners charged their expenses and made it “from New York to New York without a dime in their pocket“. By 1955 the convenience of charging

35、 was catching on in a big way. The first to turn a profit was Bank of Americas Bank Americard. Bankers from all over the country descended on its California headquarters to learn the secret of its successso many that in 1966 Bank Americard began forming alliances with banks outside the state. Five m

36、illion holiday credit card shoppers would have created a bonanza for banks, but in the dash to market, the banks had been less than cautious in assembling their lists. Some families received 15 cards. Dead people and babies got cards. Hundreds of Chicagoans discovered they could use or sell a card t

37、hey “found“ and by law, the person whose name appeared on it was liable for the chargeseven if he or she had never requested of received the card. The disaster sparked a movement to regulate the industry. Public Law 91-508, signed by President Nixon in October 1970, prohibited issuers from sending c

38、ards to people who hadnt requested them at all but eliminated card-holder liability for charges on a card reported lost or stolen. Later, the Fair Credit Billing Act set standard procedures for resolving billing disputes. Of course, Credit cards have not only replaced cash for many purposes, but als

39、o in effect have created cash by making it instantly available virtually everywhere. Experts estimate there are from 15,000 to 19,000 different cards available in his country. So the revolution that began in 1949 with an embarrassed businessman who was out of cash now seems complete. What Alfred Blo

40、omingdale, then president of Diners Club, predicted more than 30 years ago seems to have come true: an America where “there will be only two classes of peoplethose with credit and those who cant get them.“ 46 When did American begin to love credit card? （ A） In 1949. （ B） In 1955. （ C） In 1970. （ D）

41、 In 1951. 47 Which bank first made a profit from the credit card? （ A） Diners Club. （ B） Bank of Americas Bank Americard. （ C） Alfred Bloomingdale. （ D） President Nixon. 48 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? （ A） Before 1949, Americans didnt use any card. （ B） Th

42、ere are from 15,000 to 19,000 different cards available in his country. （ C） The revolution of credit card that began in 1949 with an embarrassed businessman. （ D） The first to turn a profit was Bank of Americas Bank Americard. 49 “Spark“ in the sixth Paragraph means_. （ A） cause （ B） flame （ C） bur

43、n （ D） reason 50 Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? （ A） Credit Card （ B） American Bank （ C） Americans Love Affair （ D） Americans Credit Card Shopper 50 During the second half of 1776, the British had driven Washingtons armies from their strongholds in and near New York Ci

44、ty. Washington retreated, moving southeast across New Jersey. Before his army reached the shores of the Delaware, he sent soldiers ahead to bring together all the boats they could find. When the British arrived at the east bank early in December, the Colonials were safely across. And the British cou

45、ld find only two small boats on a pond. For the time being, the British gave up the chase. They set up camp at Trenton and at other strongholds along the Delaware. Washington had the boats on the Pennsylvania side, but that was about all he had. Food was short, and many soldiers were too iii to marc

46、h. And any day now, the river might freeze, making it possible for the British force to cross into Pennsylvania. If the struggle for freedom was to continue, Washington had to have a victory. Finally he decided to re-cross the Delaware at Mckonkeys Ferry. That was nine miles up river from Trenton. W

47、ashingtons plan was to cross under cover of darkness on Christmas night and attack the 2,000 to 3,000 British soldiers in Trenton. The general expected that the enemy force would still be celebrating the holiday. On the evening of December 25, Washington gave the orders to cross. It was sleeting sno

48、wing, and the river was filled with floating ice. Finally, his force of more than 2,000 men was on the Jersey side. It was after 2 a.m In a battle that lasted less than two hours, they defeated the enemy force. Washington had the victory he needed. 51 This story is about_. （ A） the battle for human

49、rights and progress （ B） the battle of Delaware River （ C） the American Civil War （ D） the American War of Independence 52 The British set up camp at Trenton because_. （ A） they wanted to attack Washington at Trenton （ B） they had no boats in which to cross the Delaware River （ C） they need time to make some preparations （ D） they wanted Washington to think they had given up rights 53 General Washington chose Christma