1、公共英语四级-240 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Listening (总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)/r/n /r/n John is a millionaire but he has no worries money brings because he has/is/r/n /r/n 1/r/n /r/n /r/n His biggest wealth is his humor and his ability to/r/n /r/n 2/r/n /r/n /r/n He feels sorry for
2、 some of the millionaires because they are/r/n /r/n 3/r/n /r/n /r/n John Smith is a man full of/r/n /r/n 4/r/n /r/n /r/n John Smith is a special “millionaire“ because he is rich in/r/n /r/n 5/r/n /r/n（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)/r/n /r/n Where is Hawaii located
3、?/r/n /r/n 6/r/n /r/n /r/n Who were the first Europeans or Americans to visit Hawaii?/r/n /r/n 7/r/n /r/n /r/n When was Hawaii made a republic?/r/n /r/n 8/r/n /r/n When did the Japanese bomb the Pearl Harbor? /r/n /r/n 9/r/n /r/n /r/n What kind of right was brought to the Hawaiians since Hawaii was
4、made the fiftieth state in the /r/n /r/n 10/r/n /r/nUnited States?（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 11-13 are based on the following talk. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 - 13.（分数：3.00）(1).What does the lecture mainly discuss?（分数：1.00）A.Proble
5、ms in learning English.B.Some of the problems that face learners of English.C.Foreign students problems in Britain.D.Language problems that face foreign students in Britain.(2).Why do students have difficulties in understanding English speech?（分数：1.00）A.Because they had very little chance to hear au
6、thentic English before.B.Because they have a limited vocabulary.C.Because they find it hard to pronounce English words correctly.D.Because they are especially weak in listening and speakin(3).How, according to the speaker, can foreign students learn to speak English fluently?（分数：1.00）A.Express simpl
7、e ideas.B.Think in English.C.Speak English as much as possible.D.Attend English classes.Questions 14-16 are based on the following monologue. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-16.（分数：3.00）(1).What topic does the passage mainly discuss?（分数：1.00）A.Educational policy in the U.SB.Four levels
8、of American education.C.The purposes of the four levels of education in the U.SD.The subject offered at different levels of education.(2).Is school attendance required in the U.S.?（分数：1.00）A.Yes, it is required in the whole country.B.Yes, but only in some states.C.Yes, it is required in most states
9、of the country.D.Yes, but not until children reach the age of 16.(3).At what levels are programs of technical and vocational courses offered?（分数：1.00）A.The 1st and 2nd levels.B.The 2nd and 3rd levels.C.The 3rd and 4th levels.D.The 4th level only.Questions 17-20 are based on the following dialogue. Y
10、ou now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20.（分数：4.00）(1).What day of the week is it?（分数：1.00）A.Thursday.B.Friday.C.Saturday.D.Sunday.(2).What is Michael planning to do on Sunday afternoon?（分数：1.00）A.Go out with some friends.B.Show his sister and brother-in-law around.C.Sleep all afternoon.D.Go to
11、 a football gam(3).Why does the woman think it is good that the test will be early?（分数：1.00）A.They will have time to study for it.B.Afternoons are bad times for tests.C.After it, they can study for other exams.D.They can start planning for their semester break.(4).Which of the following is probably
12、true of the woman?（分数：1.00）A.She has no or few plans for the weekend.B.Shed like to go out with the man.C.She is going to be busy all Sunday.D.She is worried about her performance on the final.五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Ira Carlin, worldwide media director of the worlds (21) advertising age
13、ncy, McCann Erickson is quite candid about using fear to sell his message about the communications revolution.One prediction shows that 55 percent of advertising by volume will be carried on the Internet (22) 2005. Consumers will have control and choice of communication; they will also have control
14、over (23) advertisements they watch, and how. “But that will only (24) to the information enabled“, says Carlin. “Therell be an upstairs-downstairs schism. The widening (25) between the information enabled and information disenabled is going to be a greater social problem (26) any seeming social pro
15、blem weve ever had in the past, (27) racial and (28) problems.“Look at what is already happening, Carlin says. (29) in Manhattan, he can choose the way he receives his daily news. He can open his front door and pick up his own personal copy of the New York Times. He can (30) the radio station of the
16、 New York Times, and listen to the same news. “Or I can simply click into www. newyorktimes. com on the Internet and get the print (31) ; or hear the audio files or see the video (32) the New York Times stringers have supplied, through my computer. Its the same news, but I choose the media modality.
17、“The revolution goes (33) . Carlins computer can currently stream videos to him at 22 frames per second, (34) the picture big enough to occupy one-quarter to one third of the monitor screen. “Six months from now, I guarantee it, I will be able to (35) a full-screen video at 30 frames per second. Tha
18、t means Ill be watching television, but Ill be getting it (36) a telephone connection.“ McCann Detroit, says Carlin, (37) the worlds first video ad, in early 1997, on Pointcast. com is a free news and information service, “fully (38) by advertising“. It was (39) in early 1996 and has 2.1 million sub
19、scribers in the U.S Pointcast. com uses a special software program to work out (40) ads a person might be interested in, by monitoring their selection of news and information on the Net. “I do a lot of technology and marketing work,“ says Carlin. “Because of that, the computer program thinks Im rich
20、. It sends me stockbroker ads and technology ads./（分数：20.00）A.largeB.largestC.largerD.the largestA.byB.atC.onD.inA.thatB.whichC.whoD.whatA.applyB.belongC.caterD.useA.differenceB.gapC.relationshipD.distanceA.asB.toC.thatD.thanA.includeB.includingC.includedD.to includeA.economyB.economicC.economicalD.
21、economicallyA.LivingB.LiveC.To liveD.LivedA.tune toB.turn inC.tune atD.turn onA.electronicallyB.electronicC.electronicsD.electronA.whoB.whereC.thatD.whatA.fartherB.furthestC.farthestD.furtherA.atB.withoutC.withD.withinA.acceptB.admitC.recallD.receiveA.throughB.throughoutC.thoroughD.thoroughlyA.put o
22、nB.put offC.put outD.put upA.supportB.to supportC.supportedD.supportingA.set offB.set outC.set inD.set upA.thatB.whatC.whichD.who六、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Text 1(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The American economic system is organized around a basically private-enterprise, market-or
23、iented economy in which consumers largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the market place for those goods and services that they want most. Private businessmen, striving to make profits, produce these goods and services in competition with other businessmen; and the prof
24、it motive, operating under competitive pressures, largely determines how these goods and services are produced. Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers, coupled with the desire of business men to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their
25、incomes, that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it.An important factor in a maket-oriented economy is the mechanism by which consumer demands can be expressed and responded to by producers. In the American economy, this mechanism is provided by a price s
26、ystem, a process in which prices rise and fall in response to relative demands of consumers and supplies offered by seller-producers. If the product is in short supply relative to the demand, the price will be bid up and some consumers wil be eliminated from the market. If, on other hand, producing
27、more of a commodity results in reducing its cost, this will tend to increase the supply offered by sellers. Price is the regulating mechanism in the American economic system.The important actor in a private-enterprise economy is that individuals are allowed to own poductive resources (private proper
28、ty), and they are permitted to hire labor, gain control over natural resources, and produce goods and services for sale at a profit. In the American economy, the concept of private property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights, including the right to determ
29、ine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another private individual.（分数：5.00）(1).In the market-oriented economic system, _.（分数：1.00）A.consumers spend their money at willB.consumers spend their money in accordance with producers desireC.consumers actions in the marketplace have noth
30、ing to do with the businessmenD.consumers actions affect production greatly(2).How does price system in the American economic system work?（分数：1.00）A.It only regulates the relative demands of consumers.B.It only influences the supplies of seller-producers.C.It regulates the relative demands of consum
31、ers and suppliers offered by seller-producers.D.Price doesnt rise or fall.(3).The passage is mainly about?（分数：1.00）A.American consumers.B.American seller-producers.C.American economic system.D.American price system.(4).Which of the following is true?（分数：1.00）A.The American economic system is organiz
32、ed around a basically public-owned enterprise.B.In a private-enterprise economy, individuals are allowed to own productive resources.C.In the America economy, private property only contains the ownership of productive resources.D.Non(5).What are the private businessmen striving to do?（分数：1.00）A.To s
33、ell more goods.B.To advertise their products.C.To make profits.D.To improve quality.九、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Tom Sponson, at fifty-three, was a thoroughly successful man. He had married a charming wife and built himself a good house in a London suburb. His son, Bob, nineteen, was doing well at Oxford;
34、 his daughter, April, aged sixteen, who was at a good school, had no wish to use makeup, to wear low frocks or to flirt. She still regarded herself as too young for these trifling amusements. Yet she was gay, affectionate and enjoyed life. All the same, for some time, Tom had been aware that he was
35、working very hard for very little. His wife, Louise, gave him a peck in the morning when he left for the office, and if she were not at a party, a quick kiss when he came home in the evening. Her life was completely filled with the children, her clothes, keeping her figure slim, the house clean and
36、smart, with her bridge, her tennis, her friends and her parties.The chidren were even more preoccupied-the boy with his own work and his friends, the girl with hers. They were polite to Tom, but when he came into a room there was at once a feeling of constraint. When they were alone together he perc
37、eived that they were slightly embarrassed and changed the subject of their conversation, whatever it was. Yet they did not seem to do this with their mother. He would find all three of them laughing at something and when he came in they would stop and gaze at him as if he had shot up through the flo
38、or.He said to himself, “it isnt only that they dont need me, but Im a nuisance to them. Im in the way.“One morning, when he was just going to get into his car and his wife had come out to say goodbye, he suddenly made an excuse, saying, “Just a moment, Ive left a letter“ and went back to his desk, a
39、nd then dashed out to the car and drove off, pretending to forget that goodbye had not been said.Immediately he felt that he could not stand any more of this existence; it was nonsense. His wife and children did not depend on the business any more; it could be taken over tomorrow and it would suppor
40、t all of them in comfort. Actually he would miss the business; it was his chief interest. But if he had to give it up for the sake of freedom, a break in this senseless life, he could do even that. Yes, joyfully.As he circled Trafalgar Square, only a few hundred yards from his office, he told himsel
41、f that he could not go on. It was as if at that moment when he had dodged the customary goodbye a contact had been broken. The conveyor belt which was his life had been stopped.An hour later he was in the train for Westford, a seaside place where he had once spent a summer holiday before his marriag
42、e. On the luggage rack was a new suitcase, containing pajamas, shoes, a new kit as for a holiday by the sea even new paper backs for a wet day.（分数：5.00）(1).Tom Sponsons daughter, April, was a satisfactory daughter although she was _.（分数：1.00）A.at the age when many girls begin to be a problem to thei
43、r parentsB.still too young to be interested in boys or men and loveC.a worry to her father because she took no interest in boysD.a normal, happy schoolgirl of sixteen(2).Louise Sponson was _.（分数：1.00）A.too old to care about her husband and moreB.neglectful of her husband and her houseC.too busy to t
44、ake any notice of her husbands coming and goingD.absen-mindedly affectionate towards her husband(3).Tom Sponson felt that his children were busy with their own affairs and _.（分数：1.00）A.unfriendly to him and to their motherB.did not enjoy his company or want to talk to himC.were too shy and polite to
45、 himD.were awkward and bad-mannered(4).On the evidence of the passage as a whole, we can say that Tom Sponson was _.（分数：1.00）A.sensitive and troubledB.sensible and uneasyC.senseless and worriedD.sensual and difficult(5).Tom Sponson took the train for Westford with _.（分数：1.00）A.none daily necessities
46、B.office workC.luggageD.his car十、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Conventional wisdom about conflict seems pretty much cut and dried. Too little conflict breeds apathy (冷漠) and stagnation (呆滞). Too much conflict leads to divisiveness (分裂) and hostility. Moderate levels of conflict, however, can spark creativity
47、 and motivate people in a healthy and competitive way.Recent research by Professor Charles R. Schwenk, however, suggests that the optimal level of conflict may be more complex to determine than these simple generalizations. He studied perceptions of conflict among a sample of executives. Some of the
48、 executives worked for profit seeking organizations and others for not-for-profit organizations.Somewhat surprisingly, Schwenk found that opinions about conflict varied systematically as a function of the type of organization. Specially, managers in not-for-profit organizations strongly believed tha
49、t conflict was beneficial to their organizations and that it promoted higher quality decision-making than might be achieved in the absence of conflict.Managers of for-profit organizations saw a different picture. They believed that conflict generally was damaging and usually led to poor-quality decision making in their organizations. Schwenk interpreted these results in
