[外语类试卷]国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷275及答案与解析.doc

1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 275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 kind of proof did the man probably have when he bought the radio? （ A） A receipt and the cheque stub. （ B） The guarantee and the receipt. （ C） The radio and the box. （ D） The credit card and a receipt. 12 When did the man buy the radio? （ A） Last week. （ B） The day before

5、yesterday. （ C） Yesterday. （ D） This morning. 13 What is wrong with the radio? （ A） It has no instructions. （ B） It has run out of battery. （ C） The switch is in broken. （ D） The switch is the wrong position. 14 Why are “How To“ books in great demand in the United States? （ A） Because the rich do no

6、t always satisfy. （ B） Because many people read books only for pleasure. （ C） Because these books help Americans out of trouble. （ D） Because the books meet the needs of different readers. 15 What is one of the most popular types of books? （ A） The book that help people with their personal problems.

7、 （ B） The book that tell you how to earn more money. （ C） The book that tell you how to choose a job. （ D） The book that tell you how to make progress. 16 Which title best gives the ideas of the passage? （ A） Americans Like Reading. （ B） How To Book, a True Friend. （ C） How To Book Is Popular. （ D）

8、Americans Like Books. 17 According to the speaker, what should the listeners do as soon as possible? （ A） Find a roommate. （ B） Hand in applications. （ C） Go to Spanish house. （ D） Buy a meal ticket for the cafeteria. 18 Which type of housing allows cooking? （ A） Women s dorms. （ B） Men s dorms. （ C

9、） Family housing. （ D） International houses. 19 Which place has no more room for students? （ A） Coed dorms. （ B） Family student housing. （ C） International houses. （ D） Spanish house. 20 What will the listeners probably do next? （ A） Visit the type of housing they like. （ B） Move into the housing. （

10、 C） Fill out forms. （ D） Buy a meal ticket. 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 Generally speaking, a British is widely regarded as a quiet, shy and conservative person

11、 who is【 C1】 _only among those with whom he is acquainted. When a stranger is at present, he often seems nervous,【 C2】 _embarrassed. You have to take a commuter train any morning or evening to【 C3】 _the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing in a

12、corner; hardly anybody talks, since to do so would be considered quite offensive. 【 C4】 _, there is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior which,【 C5】 _broken, makes the offender immediately the object of【 C6】 _. It has been known as a fact that a British has a【 C7】 _for the discussion

13、 of their weather and that, if given a chance, he will talk about it【 C8】 _. Some people argue that it is because the British weather seldom【 C9】 _forecast and hence becomes a source of interest and【 C10】 _to everyone. This may be so.【 C11】_a British cannot have much【 C12】 _in the weathermen, who, a

14、fter promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong【 C13】_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【 C14】_. Foreigners may be surprised at the number of referen

15、ces【 C15】 _weather that the British make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are【 C16】 _by comments on the weather. “Nice day, isn t it?“ “Beautiful day!“ may well be heard instead of “Good morning, how are you?“【 C17】_the foreigner may consider this exag

16、gerated and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his advantage.【 C18】 _he wants to start a conversation with a British but is【 C19】 _to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a safe subject which will【 C20】 _an answer from even the m

17、ost reserved of the British. 21 【 C1】 （ A） relaxed （ B） frustrated （ C） amused （ D） exhausted 22 【 C2】 （ A） yet （ B） otherwise （ C） even （ D） so 23 【 C3】 （ A） experience （ B） witness （ C） watch （ D） undergo 24 【 C4】 （ A） Deliberately （ B） Consequently （ C） Frequently （ D） Apparently 25 【 C5】 （ A） un

18、less （ B） once （ C） while （ D） as 26 【 C6】 （ A） suspicion （ B） opposition （ C） criticism （ D） praise 27 【 C7】 （ A） emotion （ B） fancy （ C） likelihood （ D） judgement 28 【 C8】 （ A） at length （ B） to a great extent （ C） from his heart （ D） by all means 29 【 C9】 （ A） follows （ B） predicts （ C） defies （

19、D） supports 30 【 C10】 （ A） dedication （ B） compassion （ C） contemplation （ D） speculation 31 【 C11】 （ A） Still （ B） Also （ C） Certainly （ D） Fundamentally 32 【 C12】 （ A） faith （ B） reliance （ C） honor （ D） credit 33 【 C13】 （ A） if （ B） once （ C） when （ D） whereas 34 【 C14】 （ A） propositions （ B） pre

20、dictions （ C） approval （ D） defiance 35 【 C15】 （ A） about （ B） on （ C） in （ D） to 36 【 C16】 （ A） started （ B） conducted （ C） replaced （ D） proposed 37 【 C17】 （ A） Since （ B） Although （ C） However （ D） Only if 38 【 C18】 （ A） Even if （ B） Because （ C） If （ D） For 39 【 C19】 （ A） at a loss （ B） at last

21、（ C） in group （ D） on the occasion 40 【 C20】 （ 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 The core of Greece s troubles is too much sp

22、ending, too little tax-collecting and book-cooking. Spain and Ireland are 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 eurozone

23、 s average. The root of these countries problems is that their prices and wages 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 co

24、uld adopt more expansionary monetary policies for several years. As to the second 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

25、to climb above two percent. Hyper-inflation in Germany in the 1930s and stagflation in industrial countries in the 1970s and 1980s support their view. It s true that moderate inflation can creep up to become high inflation. But inflation fundamentalism can also hurt. There is little if any empirical

26、 evidence that moderate inflation hurts growth. In most countries, cutting actual 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 adjus

27、tment with a lower level of political conflict. On the other hand, ultra-low inflation, in a recession, can easily become deflation. Falling prices encourage people to defer spending, which makes things worse and erodes tax payments, impairing a government s ability to pay debt. That in turn increas

28、es the debt s size and costs. In addition, a single-minded focus on inflation makes 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

29、 comforting sign that things were in order. In a recession, ultra-low inflation also reduces the effectiveness of monetary policy since interest 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 inflatio

30、n. 41 In the author s opinion, the second way to mitigate the pain is_. （ A） cutting the spending （ B） controlling inflation within two percent （ C） ultra-low inflation （ D） moderate inflation 42 Which of the following inflation might be accepted by the author? （ A） 2%. （ B） 1%. （ C） 4%. （ D） 8%. 43

31、 We can learn from the fourth paragraph that_. （ A） moderate inflation hurts growth （ B） it is unnecessary to cut actual wages （ C） the author opposes moderate inflation （ D） the author opposes inflation fundamentalism 44 The word “books“(line 5, paragraph 4)means_. （ A） tickets （ B） accounts （ C） w

32、orks （ D） stamps 45 What is the text mainly about? （ A） The core of Greece s 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. 45 Slavery has played a significant role in t

33、he history of the 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 i

34、n the English mainland 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 agr

35、icultural labor, because they viewed it as women s 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 r

36、esisted and it was not hard for the slaves to escape. Later, the policy of killing Indians or driving them away from white settlements was proposed and it contradicted with their widespread employment as slaves. The other form of labor was the white indentured servitude. Most indentured servants con

37、sisted of poor Europeans. 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

38、increasingly Irish, 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 consi

39、sted of the bulk of immigrants to those colonies. At the end of the 17 th 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 England in terms of naval superiority, English traders(some

40、of whom lived in English America)transported 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

41、than 40 percent by the middle of the 18th century. 46 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 servit

42、ude was the main labor in the Southern colonies. （ D） It was at the end of the 17th century that African people began to be brought to A-merica. 47 We can infer from the sentence “Later, the policy of killing Indians or. . . contradicted with their widespread employment as slaves“ that_. （ A） many I

43、ndians were killed by White settlers （ B） many Indians were drove away from white settlements （ C） the Indians were slaves in a wide-spread way （ D） white settlers must have to find other source of labor 48 In the third paragraph, the author mainly argues that_. （ A） the number of Native American sl

44、aves was very small （ B） the colonists thought that the Native American slaves were very haughty （ C） the Native American slaves had been treated cruelly （ D） the Native American slaves always resisted 49 Which of the following wasn t the opinion of the colonists towards the Native American slaves?

45、（ 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. 50 The relation between the second paragraph and the next following two paragraphs is

46、that in the next following two paragraphs the author_. （ A） further elaborates the issue discussed in the second paragraph （ B） modifies the point of view in the second paragraph （ C） changes the view expressed in the second paragraph （ D） offers the reason to support the viewpoint in the second par

47、agraph 50 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 and Prevention says there have been onl

48、y 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 someone who has flu-like illness who has

49、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 more 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