1、公共英语四级-246 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)（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)（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 a dialogue between husband and wife, You
2、 now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 13.（分数：3.00）(1).What does the man think about the weather where he now lives?（分数：1.00）A.Its too hot.B.Its too humid.C.It snows too much.D.It snows too little.(2).What does the conversation tell us about the new job the man is talking about?（分数：1.00）A.It will
3、 offer him a better opportunity for career development.B.It requires a lot of experience in business management.C.He is quite confident that he can get it.D.He has to be interviewed twice for the job.(3).What does the man have to do next week?（分数：1.00）A.Be the Director of a big company.B.Get a big r
4、aise in salary.C.Fly to Los Angeles for an interview.D.Go skiing in the mountains.Questions 14 17 are based on a radio program. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 14 17.（分数：4.00）(1).What is the main topic of this talk?（分数：1.00）A.Bicyeles and Cars.B.Building Codes.C.Energy Conservation.D.New H
5、ousing Construction.(2).When did Davis begin this program?（分数：1.00）A.In 1917.B.In 1950.C.In 1965.D.In 1973.(3).Why is insulation required in new houses?（分数：1.00）A.To limit heating bills.B.To prevent heat loss.C.To determine the temperature in homes.D.To convert homes to electric heat.(4).According t
6、o the speaker, how did the City Council succeed in reducing the number of cars?（分数：1.00）A.By reducing parking space.B.By transporting people by bus.C.By providing people free bicycles.D.By saving gas.Questions 18 20 are based on a talk introducing American adult education programs. You now have 15se
7、conds to read Questions 18 20.（分数：3.00）(1).Which is NOT the purpose of the adult students taking part in adult programs?（分数：1.00）A.To finish their education.B.To learn job skills.C.To explore new interests.D.To develop their brains.(2).Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this talk?（分数：1.00）A.
8、Montgomery College.B.The University of Arizona.C.Elder hostel.D.The departments of Agriculture and Defense.(3).Which of the following is true according to the talk?（分数：1.00）A.Adult education classes meet in school, public libraries, religious centers and nature science.B.Adults can take the classes
9、by mail or on their computers provided by the University of Arizona Extended University.C.Some adults explore new interests through learning job skills and learning to speak a foreign languageD.An agency in the Federal Department of Education offers classes in many subjects for adults.五、Section Use
10、of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Standard English is the variety of English which is usually used in print and which is normally taught in schools and to non-native speakers learning the language. It is also the variety which is normally (21) by educated people and used in news broadcasts and other (22) situat
11、ions. The difference between standard and nonstandard, it should be noted, has (23) in principle to do with differences between formal and colloquial (24) ; standard English has colloquial as well as formal variants. (25) , the standard variety of English is based on the London (26) of English that
12、developed after the Norman Conquest resulted in the removal of the Court from Winchester to London. This dialect became the one (27) by the educated, and it was developed and promoted (28) a model, or norm, for wider and wider segments of society. It was also the (29) that was carried overseas, but
13、not one unaffected by such export. Today, (30) English is arranged to the extent that the grammar and vocabulary of English are (31) the same everywhere in the world where English is used; (32) among local standards is really quite minor, (33) the Singapore, South Africa, and Irish varieties are rea
14、lly very (34) different from one another so far as grammar and vocabulary are (35) . Indeed, Standard English is so powerful that it exerts a tremendous (36) on all local varieties, to the extent that many of long-established dialects of England have (37) much of their vigor and there is considerabl
15、e pressure on them to be (38) . This (39) situation is not unique to English: it is also true in other countries where processes of standardization are (40) . But it sometimes creates problems for speakers who try to strike some kind of compromise between local norms and national, even supernational
16、 ones.（分数：20.00）A.saidB.toldC.talkedD.spokenA.sameB.similarC.equalD.identicalA.anythingB.somethingC.nothingD.everythingA.languageB.vocabularyC.idiomsD.wordsA.SurprisinglyB.HistoricallyC.InterestinglyD.GenerallyA.accentB.pronunciationC.spellingD.dialectA.preferredB.learnedC.praisedD.createdA.toB.inC.
17、asD.forA.basisB.normC.ruleD.varietyA.formalB.colloquialC.non-standardD.standardA.notB.veryC.muchD.hardlyA.variationB.standardizationC.unificationD.transformationA.whileB.butC.so thatD.neverthelessA.greatB.muchC.noD.littleA.talkedB.concernedC.mentionedD.involvedA.pressB.pressureC.powerD.forceA.lostB.
18、gainedC.missedD.gotA.abandonedB.changedC.standardizedD.reformedA.latterB.laterC.lateD.latelyA.in the wayB.under wayC.out of the wayD.all the way六、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Passage 1(总题数：1，分数：5.00)As West Nile virus creeps toward California, an unlikely warrior could p
19、rovide the first line of defense: the chicken. The familiar fowl make irresistible targets for mosquitoes. Unlike crows, chickens dont get sick from West Nile. But they do produce telltale antibodies to the virus. So in test coops scattered across the state, more than 2000 “sentinel chickens“ submit
20、 to frequent blood tests. When antibodies d turn up, California health officials will know that the inevitable has occurred.- the West Nile epidemic will have swept the country.Last week alone, more than 100 new human cases of West Nile were reported. The virus was detected as far west as Colorado a
21、nd Wyoming, infecting 371 and killing 16 people in 20 states plus the District of Columbia. This year West Nile appeared earlier in the mosquito season mid-June instead of August and claimed younger victims; the average age dropped from 65 to 54. Federal health officials are still trying to figure o
22、ut why, but say they may be finding more West Nile precisely because theyre on the lookout for it. As Dr Julie Gerberding, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), recently told reporters, “Were not in crisis mode. “When West Nile hit New York City in 1999, the CDC realized it was
23、a victim of its own success. Because health officials had conquered most mosquito-borne diseases decades ago, many states abolished their mosquito-to-control programs. The Feds rushed in with funds some $ 50 million since 1999, plus $ 31 million more this year alone to train insect researchers, set
24、up state testing labs and kill off the annoying insects. The CDC established a new computer monitoring system and held strategy sessions with state officials.Some epidemiologists question the focus and the millions lavished on a virus thats killed fewer than20. “Theres an epidemic in gun violence th
25、ats taking more lives than West Nile virus,“ says Dr William Steinmann, director of the Tulane Center for Clinical Effectiveness and Prevention. But the Feds say their efforts have kept West Nile from doing far more damage. “Were basically building the infrastructure to deal with this over the next
26、50 years,“ says Dr Lyle Peterson, a CDC epidemiologist. “This is here to stay.“So far, there are no remedies for West Nile. Officials eventually expect the virus to settle into a quiet pattern of mild infections with occasional outbreaks. To do battle at home, the CDC recommends eliminating standing
27、 water and using insect spray with DEET simple precautions, but the best defense against an invader that shows no signs of going away.（分数：5.00）(1).In California scientists use chicken to_.（分数：1.00）A.sweep away the West Nile epidemicB.produce antibodies to West Nile virusC.fight against the spread of
28、 West Nile virusD.monitor the presence of the West Nile virus(2).According to Federal health officials, the fact that more West Nile cases have been reported indicates that_.（分数：1.00）A.more states are affectedB.the average age dropped drasticallyC.health officials are more alert to the diseaseD.the
29、epidemic season began a month earlier(3).CDC considered the outbreak of West Nile in 1999 as a consequence of_.（分数：1.00）A.the abolition of the mosquito-control programsB.the surviving mosquito-borne infectionsC.the abuse of some $ 50 million in fundsD.its failure to conquer mosquito-borne diseases(4
30、).Feds claimed that their spending on West Nile control was_.（分数：1.00）A.worthwhile in the long runB.liable to continue regardless of the great costC.bound to settle the problem once and for allD.wasteful in view of the few victims of the disease(5).Which of the following would CDC most probably reco
31、mmend?（分数：1.00）A.Health weighs more than wealth.B.Prevention is better than cure.C.Actions speak louder than words.D.Better late than never.九、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Signs of deafness had given him great anxiety as early as 1778. For a long time he successfully concealed it from all but his most int
32、imate friends. The touching document addressed to his brothers in 1802, and known as his “Will“ should be read in its entirety. He reproached men for their injustice in thinking and calling him pugnacious, stubborn, and misanthropical when they did not know that for six years he had suffered from an
33、 incurable condition aggravated by incompetent doctors. He dwelled upon his delight in human society from which he had had so early to isolate himself, but the thought of which now filled him with dread as it made him realize his loss, not in music but in all finer interchange of ideas. He requested
34、 that after his death his present doctor shall be asked to describe his illness and to append it to his document in order that at least then the world might be as far as possible reconciled with him He left his brothers property, such as it was, if more conventional than the rest of the document.Dur
35、ing the last twelve years of his life, his nephew was the cause of most of his anxiety and distress. His brother, Kaspar Karl died in 1815, leaving a widow and a son. The boy turned out utterly unworthy of his uncles persistent devotion and gave him every cause for anxiety. He failed in all his exam
36、inations, including an attempt to learn some trade in the polytechnic school, whereupon he fell into the hands of the police for attempting suicide, and after being expelled from Vienna, joined the army. Beethovens utterly simple nature could neither educate nor understand a human being who was not
37、possessed by the wish to do his best. His nature was passionately affectionate, and he has suffered all his life from the want of a natural outlet for it. He had often been deeply in love and made no secret of it; there was no one that was not honorable and respected by society as showing the truthf
38、ulness and self-control of a great man. Beethovens orthodoxy in such matters has provoked the smiles of Philistines, especially when it showed itself in his objections to Mozart, Don Giovanni and the grounds for selecting the subject of Fidelio for his own opera. The last thing that Philistines will
39、 never understand is that genius is far too independent of convention to abuse it; and Beethovens life, with all its mistakes, its grotesqueness, and its pathos, is as far beyond the shafts of Philistine wit as his art.（分数：5.00）(1).The sentence “genius is far too independent of convention to abuse i
40、t“ implies that_.（分数：1.00）A.an artist does not understand conventional moralityB.Philistines expect geniuses to be morally conventionalC.Beethoven lived within a conventional moral codeD.Don Giovanni abuses conventional standards(2).Beethovens contemporaries thought that he was _.（分数：1.00）A.an isola
41、tionistB.inspiredC.wealthyD.a good brother-in-law(3).Beethoven was distressed by his nephews _.（分数：1.00）A.extravaganceB.unwillingness to do his bestC.joining the armyD.failure to enter polytechnic school(4).According to the passage, what was the loss to Beethoven when he was deaf?（分数：1.00）A.His tale
42、nt in music.B.His best friends.C.His delight in music.D.His talking with friends.(5).The word “append“ in Paragraph 1 means _.（分数：1.00）A.to supplyB.to offerC.to add toD.to imply十、Passage 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)During the adolescence, the development of political ideology becomes apparent in the individual;
43、 ideology here is defined as the presence of roughly consistent attitudes, more or less organized in reference to a more encompassing set of general principles. As such, political ideology is dim or absent at the beginning of adolescence. Its acquisition by the adolescent, in even the most modest se
44、nse, requires the acquisition of relatively sophisticated cognitive skills: the ability to manage abstractness, to synthesize and generalize, to imagine the future. These are accompanied by a steady advance in the ability to understand principles.The childs rapid acquisition of political knowledge a
45、lso promotes the growth of political ideology during adolescence. By knowledge I mean more than the dull “facts“ such as the composition of country government, that the child is exposed to in the conventional ninth-grade school course. Nor do I mean only information on current political realities. T
46、hese are facts of knowledge, but they are less critical than the adolescents absorption of a feeling for those many unspoken assumptions about the political system that comprise thecommon ground of understanding, for example, what the state can “appropriately“ demand of its citizens, and vice versa,
47、 or the “proper“ relationship of government to subsidiary social institutions, such as the schools and churches: Thus, political knowledge is the awareness of social assumptions and relationships as well as of objective facts. Much of the navet that characterizes the younger adolescents grasp of pol
48、itics stems not from an ignorance of “facts“ but from an incomplete comprehension of the common conventions of the system, of which is and not customarily done, and of how and why it is or is not done.Yet I dont want to over-emphasize the significance of increased political knowledge in forming adol
49、escent ideology. Over the years I have become progressively disenchanted about the centrality of such knowledge and have come to believe that much current work in political socialization, by relying too heavily on its apparent acquisition, has been misled about the tempo of political understanding in adolescence. Just as young children ca
