1、公共英语四级-66 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BPart A/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).Sarahs father worked as_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Sarahs grandfather and grandmother lived in_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Sarahs uncle is serving in_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Sarahs aunt and uncle live in_.（分数：
2、1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Sarahs is now working in_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).Whats the main topic of the talk?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).What must you do if you smell smoke at night?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Why is it necessary not to open a hot door?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).What is the most impor
3、tant thing to do when a fire appears?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).What is the telephone number everybody should remember?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)（分数：3.00）(1).What is the womans present position? A. An employee in the city council at Birmingham. B. Assistant Director of the Admission Office
4、 C. Head of the Overseas Students Office. D. Secretary of Birmingham Medical School.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What do we learn about the postgraduates enrolled last year in the womans university? A. Nearly fifty percent are foreigners. B. About fifteen percent are from Africa. C. A large majority are fr
5、om Latin America. D. A small number are from the Far East.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What will the womans new job be like? A. She will have more contact with students. B. It will bring her capability into fuller play. C. She will be more involved in policy-making. D. It will be less demanding than her pre
6、sent job.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：3.00）(1).Why does the woman say she has mixed feeling? A. She wasnt quite ready to come back to campus. B. There are more endangered species in zoos than in the wild. C. The birds wont learn how to keep away from people D. She might change her major.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2)
7、What was the womans job? A. Counting wildlife. B. Cleaning cages. C. Training baby birds. D. Making puppets.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why does the man mention tigers and pandas? A. He once had a job in a zoo. B. Theyre familiar examples of endangered species. C. Hes interested in the genetics of mammals
8、 D. They also become attached to humans.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：4.00）(1).What do we learn from the conversation about Ms. Rowlings first book? A. It was about an ancient country. B. It was a common people. C. It was about a little animal. D. It was about a king.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why does Ms. Rowlin
9、g consider herself very luck? A. She can make a living by doing what she likes. B. She can make a lot of money. C. She can receive respect. D. She can work freely.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What dictates Ms. Rowlings writing? A. Her books. B. Her feelings. C. Her children. D. Her ideas.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4
10、).According to Ms. Rowling, where did she get the ideas for the Harry Potter books? A. From a book. B. She doesnt really know where they originated. C. From her children. D. From her families.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Britain has a badU U 1 /U /Ufor strikes. In fact there are
11、other countries in Western Europe and the rest of the world thatU U 2 /U /Umore working daysU U 3 /U /Ustrikes every year than Britain. The trouble is that in Britain these strikes occur inU U 4 /U /Uindustries.Some people say the strikes are due to the unions. Other peopleU U 5 /U /Uthat they are d
12、ue to bad management.There are over 495 unions in Britain with aU U 6 /U /Uof our （分数：20.00）(1). A. name B. reputation C. luck D. attitude（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. gain B. get C. lack D. lose（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. with B. for C. through D. by（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. essential B. light C. heavy D. s
13、ome（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A. think B. regard C. argue D. consider（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6). A. whole B. total C. number D. lot（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7). A. working B. British C. work D. whole（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8). A. places B. industries C. companies D. trades（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9). A. Besides B. Moreover C. Howe
14、ver D. Secondly（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10). A. like B. as C. with D. except（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11). A. their B. its C. the D. whose（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12). A. as B. for C. with D. from（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13). A. some B. certain C. several D. other（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14). A. and B. or C. but D. however（分数：1.00）A.B
15、C.D.(15). A. try B. remain C. last D. exist（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16). A. need B. require C. ask D. demand（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17). A. teach B. educate C. train D. coach（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18). A. benefits B. bonus C. payment D. charity（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19). A. thank B. appreciate C. enjoy D. praise（分数：1.00）
16、A.B.C.D.(20). A. increase B. facilities C. improvement D. number（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.六、BSection Readi(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、BPart A/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、BPassage 1/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Id like to propose that for sixty to ninety minutes every evening right after the early evening news, all television broadcasting in
17、America be prohibited by law.Let us take a serious, reasonable look at what the results might be if such a proposal were accepted. Families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction of TV, they might sit around together after dinner and actually communicate with one another.
18、 It is well known that many of our problems - everything, in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of mental illness - are caused at least in part by failure to communicate. We do not tell each other what makes us feel disturbed. The result is emotional difficulty of o
19、ne kind or another. By using the quiet family hour to discuss our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better.On evenings when such talk is unnecessary, families could rediscover more active pastimes. Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might
20、take a ride together to watch the sunset, or they might take a walk together (remember feet?) and see the neighborhood with fresh, new eyes.With free time and no TV, children and adults might rediscover reading. There is more entertainment in a good book than in a month of typical TV programming. Ed
21、ucators report that the generation growing up with television can barely write an English sentence, even at the college level. Writing is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour.A different form of reading might also be done, as it was in the p
22、ast: reading aloud. Few hobbies bring a family closer together than gathering around and listening to mother or father read a good story. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the quiet hour ends, the TV networks form our newly discovered activities.At first glance, the idea of an hour wi
23、thout TV seems radical. What will parents do without the electronic baby-sitter? How will we spend the time? But it is not radical at all. It has been only twenty-five years since television came to control American free time. The people who are thirty-five and older can remember childhood without t
24、elevision, spent partly with radio - which at least involved the listeners imagination - but also with reading, learning, talking, playing games, inventing new activities. It wasnt that difficult. Honest. The truth is that we had a ball.（分数：5.00）(1).The failure to talk to each other causes all of th
25、e following EXCEPT A. the high divorce rate. B. a real family hour. C. the generation gap. D. some forms of mental illness.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).If we turned off TV for an hour, which of the following is NOT true? A. We would not have any problems. B. There would be a higher divorce rate. C. Families
26、 could take a ride together. D. We would have a new view to neighborhood.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the author, A. TV is more entertaining than good books. B. good books are as entertaining as TV. C. good books are not so entertaining as TV. D. good books are more entertaining than TV.（分数：1.0
27、0）A.B.C.D.(4).Because young people nowadays dont read much, A. they find TV very entertaining. B. they have a lot of time for other pastimes. C. they have enough time to talk to one another. D. even college students cant write very well.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The idea of an hour without TV is NOT radi
28、cal because A. TV is very popular among people for only twenty-five years. B. TV is an electronic baby-sitter. C. we might get better shows. D. radio involves the listener s imagination.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、BPassage 2/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Slavery has played a significant role in the history of the U. S. It
29、 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 in the English mainland colo
30、nies 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 agricultural labor, because the
31、y viewed it as womens 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 resisted and it was not hard fo
32、r the slaves to escape. Later, the policy of killing Indians or driving them away from white settlements was pro posed and it contradicted with their widespread employment as slaves.The other form of labor was the white indentured servitude. Most indentured servants consisted of poor Europeans. Desi
33、ring 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 increasingly Irish, Welsh, and
34、 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 consisted of the bulk of immigrants
35、 to those colonies.At the end of the 17th 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 Eng land in terms of naval superiority, English traders (some of whom lived in English Ameri
36、ca) trans ported 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 than 40 percent by the mid
37、dle of the 18th century.（分数：5.00）(1).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 servitude was the main labor
38、in the Southern colonies. D. It was at the end of the 17th century that African people began to be brought to America.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).We can infer from the sentence“ Later, the policy of killing Indians or. contradicted with their widespread employment as slaves“ that _. A. many Indians were ki
39、lled 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（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In the third paragraph, the author mainly argues that _. A. the number of Native American slaves
40、 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（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following wasnt the opinion of the colonists towards the Native American sl
41、aves ? 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.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The relation between the second paragraph and the next following tw
42、o paragraphs is 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 s
43、econd paragraph（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十、BPassage 3/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Society was fascinated by science and things scientific in the nineteenth century. Great breakthroughs in engineering, the use of steam power, and electricity were there for all to see, enjoy, and suffer. Science was fashionable and it is
44、not surprising that, during this great period of industrial development, scientific methods should be applied to the activities of man, particularly to those involved in the processes of production. Towards the end of the nineteenth century international competition began to make itself felt. The th
45、ree industrial giants of the day, Germany, America, and Great Britain, began to find that there was a limit to the purchasing power of the previously apparently inexhaustible markets. Science and competition therefore provided the means and the need to improve industrial efficiency.Frederick Winslow
46、 Taylor is generally acknowledged as being the father of the scientific management approach, as a result of the publication of his book. The Principles of Scientific Management, published in 1911. However, numerous other academics and practitioners had been actively applying such approaches since th
47、e beginning of the century. Charles Babbage, and English academic, well-known for his invention of the mechanical computer (with the aid of a government grant as long as 1820) applied himself to the costing of processes, using scientific methods, and indeed might well be recognized as one of the fathers of cost accounting. Taylor was of well-to-do background and received an excellent education but, partly owing to troubles with his eyesight, decided to become an engineering apprentice.
