1、公共英语五级-139 及答案解析(总分：110.00，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：10.00)(1).Florence Nightingale was from a noble family.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).Her parents didnt want her to be a nurse because the pay was low.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).Florence failed to get a chance to train hersel
2、f to be a nurse at first.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).Her mother was more willing to accept her career.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).Florence first started her formal career abroad.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).Service in hospitals was poor at that time though equipment was good.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).The work of Florence was
3、effective from the very beginning.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).Florence devoted all her time on the care of the ill and wounded.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).Honours had been intended on Florence.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).Florence spent her last years in loneliness and poor health.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误三、Part B(总题数：3，分数：10.0
4、0)Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following talk on hygiene. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 to 13.（分数：3.00）(1).What would happen if you misuse your eyes?A. You may feel uncomfortable in various ways.B. You may have to wear glasses.C. You can let your eyes rest for a while.D. You ca
5、n go and see a doctor.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What is said about the best distance between a book and our eyes when reading?A. It is 14 inches. B. It is hard to figure out.C. It varies from person to person. D. It depends on lighting conditions.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What is the talk mainly about?A. Good
6、 reading skills. B. Diseases related to eyes.C. Health guides for students. D. Proper eye-use in reading.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 14 to 16 are based on an interview about planning to picnic. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14 to 16.（分数：3.00）(1).What are the speakers trying to do?A. Visit
7、 the new restaurant. B. Watch a parade.C. Have a picnic. D. Go to the beach.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How does the man feel about the rain?A. Excited. B. Confused. C. Afraid. D. Surprised.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What will the speakers probably do next?A. Go home. B. Go to a restaurant.C. Unpack the car. D.
8、Put a dry blanket under the tree.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following monologue about energy conservation. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17 to 20.（分数：4.00）(1).What is the main topic of this lecture?A. Bicycles and cars. B. Building codes.C. Energy conservation.
9、D. New housing construction.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why is insulation required in new houses?A. To limit discussion on heating bills.B. To prevent heat loss.C. To determine the temperature in homes.D. To convert homes to electric heat.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What is the purpose of building new houses faci
10、ng north or south?A. To avoid direct sunlight. B. To limit space used.C. To keep out the cold. D. To conform to other houses.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What has the city of Davis provided for bicycle riders?A. Special paths. B. Resurfaced highways.C. More parking space. D. Better street lighting.（分数：1.00）
11、A.B.C.D.四、Part C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)(1).Where would he stay after his scholarship year in London was over?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Whom would he not fight for in the war?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).What would he rather not do by saying that he was not a political animal?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).What would he prefer to ta
12、ke away from his parents?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Where was his mothers family?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).Why did Ludwigs parents visit England before they emigrated to America?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).What nationality was young Ludwig?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).What languages could his parents speak?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).Wh
13、at was he?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).Whom did he disappoint so much that he felt guilty about it?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)If youve been on campus for very long, Im certain that youve already heard about this course. You may know that last semester about fifty (31) of the student
14、s enrolled in my course failed it. Let me explain how this came (32) before you jump to any (33) . In the first (34) , since this is a composition class, I expect my students to follow certain rules (35) formality. Unfortunately, students today dislike having to follow rules of any kind, especially
15、those which they may feel to be unnecessary. For (36) , I ask that each of your papers (37) typed and centered on the paper correctly. I count off points for various kinds of mistakes. A misspelled word will cost you 5 points. Youve lost 25 points if youve (38) five words. If you write (39) incomple
16、te sentence, youve lost 10 points. If you give me two complete sentences as one without adequate punctuation, youve lost 15 points. I do not accept late (40) . You will receive a zero for any theme which you fail to submit on (41) . I expect you to read each assignment. To make certain that you have
17、 read the assignment, I (42) give you a short unannounced quiz from time to (43) . This class meets on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. You will have a total of six major rests throughout the (44) . Your final grade will be based (45) an average of these major tests, the pop tests, (46) eight writt
18、en themes. If you have any questions at any time, you can see me on Tuesday. My office is (47) the second floor of this building. Your (48) for Wednesday is to read Hemingways short story on page 55. Friday will be the last class day of this week, so you can expect to write a short in class theme fo
19、r me then. Thats (49) for today. Ill (50) you on Wednesday.（分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_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)Every prof
20、ession or trade, every art, and every science has its technical vocabulary, the function of which is partly to refer to things or processes which have no names in ordinary English, and partly to secure greater exactness in expression. Such special dialects, or jargon, are necessary in technical disc
21、ussion of any kind. Being universally understood by the devotees of the particular science or art, they have the precision of a mathematical formula. Besides, they save time, for it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of these technical terms are very properly in
22、cluded in every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they are rather on the outskirts of the English language than actually within its borders.Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts and other occupations, such as farming
23、and fishing, that have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabulary is very old. It consists largely of native words, or of borrowed words that have worked themselves into the very fibre of our language. Hence, though highly technical in many particulars, these vocabular
24、ies are more familiar in sound, and more generally understood than most other technicalities. The special dialects of law, medicine, and philosophy have also become pretty familiar to cultivated person, and have contributed much to the popular vocabulary. Yet, every vocation still possesses a large
25、body of technical terms that remain essentially foreign, even to educated speech. And the proportion has been much increased in the last fifty years, particularly in the various departments of natural and political sciences and in the mechanic arts. Hence new terms are coined with the greatest freed
26、om, and abandoned with indifference when they have served their turn. Most of the new coinages are confined to special discussions and seldom get into general literature or conversation. Yet no profession is nowadays, as all professions once were, a closed guild. The lawyer, the physician, the man o
27、f science, and the cleric associates freely with his fellow creatures, and does not meet them in a merely professional way. Furthermore, what is called popular science makes everybody acquainted with modern views and recent-discoveries. Any important experiment, though made in a remote or provincial
28、 laboratory, is at once reported in the newspapers, and everybody is soon talking about it as in the case of the Roentgen rays and wireless telegraphy. Thus, our common speech is always taking up new technical terms and making them commonplace.（分数：5.00）(1).The authors main purpose in writing the pas
29、sage is to _.A. describe a phenomenon B. argue about a beliefC. propose a solution D. stimulate an action（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).By saying that technical terms “on the outskirts of the English language than. “, the writer implies that _.A. they are used in the urban areasB. they are used in the rural a
30、reasC. they do not constitute the core of common speechD. they are not understood by English farmers（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).When the author refers to professions as no longer being “closed guilds“, he means that _.A. it is much easier to become a professional today than it was in the pastB. there is mo
31、re social intercourse between professionals and othersC. popular science has told her secrets to the worldD. anyone can now understand anything in a profession（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).It seems that the passage implies _.A. the English language is always becoming larger and largerB. the words of the Engl
32、ish language are always changingC. one can never be sure what a word means without consulting an expertD. technical terms in most non-scientific fields have little chance of becoming part of the main body of the language in these scientific days（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What may be the best title of this
33、 passage?A. The Benefits of Some Jobs.B. Professions and Their Terms.C. Different Occupations.D. The Development of the English Language.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no emotion - a world in which human beings could feel no love or happiness, no
34、terror or hate. Try to imagine the consequences of such a transformation. People might not be able to stay alive.- knowing neither joy nor pleasure, neither anxiety nor fear, they would be as likely to repeat acts that hurt them as acts that were beneficial.They could not learn: they could not benef
35、it from experience because this emotionless world would lack rewards and punishments. Society would soon disappear: people would be as likely to harm one another as to provide help and support. Human relationships would not exist: in a world without friends or enemies, there could be no marriage, af
36、fection among companions, or bonds among members of groups. Society s economic underpinnings would be destroyed: since earning $10 million would be no more pleasant than earning $10, there would be no incentive to work. In fact, there would be no incentives of any kind. For as we will see, incentive
37、s imply a capacity to enjoy them.In such a world, the chances that the human species would survive are next to zero, because emotions are the basic instrument of our survival and adaptation. Emotions structure the world for us in important ways. As individuals, we categorize objects on the basis of
38、our emotions. True we consider the length, shape, size, or texture, but an objects physical aspects are less important than what it has done or can do to us - hurt us, surprise us, anger us or make us joyful. We also use categorizations colored by emotions in our families, communities, and overall s
39、ociety. Out of our emotional experiences with objects and events comes a social feeling of agreement that certain things and actions are “good“ and others are “bad“, and we apply these categories to every aspect of our social life - from what foods we eat and what clothes we wear to how we keep prom
40、ises and which people our group will accept. In fact, society exploits our emotional reactions and attitudes, such as loyalty, morality, pride, shame, guilt, fear and greed, in order to maintain itself. It gives high rewards to individuals who perform important tasks such as surgery, makes heroes ou
41、t of individuals for unusual or dangerous achievements such as flying fighter planes in a war, and uses the legal and penal system to make people afraid to engage in an antisocial acts.（分数：5.00）(1).The reason why people might not be able to stay alive in a world without emotion is that _.A. they wou
42、ld not be able to tell the texture of objectsB. they would not know what was beneficial and what was harmful to themC. they would not be happy with a life without loveD. they would do things that hurt each others feelings（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the passage, peoples learning activities are
43、possible because they _.A. believe that emotions are fundamental for them to stay aliveB. benefit from providing help and support to one anotherC. enjoy being rewarded for doing the right thingD. know what is vital to the progress of society（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).It can be inferred from the passage th
44、at the economic foundation of society is dependent on _.A. the ability to make moneyB. the will to work for pleasureC. the capacity to enjoy incentivesD. the categorizations of our emotional experiences（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Emotions are significant for mans survival and adaptation because _.A. they p
45、rovide the means by which people view the size or shape of objectsB. they are the basis for the social feeling of agreement by which society is maintainedC. they encourage people to perform dangerous achievementsD. they generate more love than hate among people（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The emotional aspe
46、cts of an object are more important than its physical aspects in that they _.A. help society exploit its members for profitB. encourage us to perform important tasksC. help to perfect the legal and penal systemD. help us adapt our behavior to the world surrounding us（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十、Text 3(总题数：1，分
47、数：5.00)“She was Americas princess as much as she was Britains princess, “ wrote the foreign editor of the normally sharp Chicago Tribune a week after the death in Paris of Diana, Princess of Wales. He was not far off the mark. For Americans have indeed taken posthumous possession of Britains “People
48、s Princess“.What was happening? How was it that a nation whose school children are taught in history class to look down on the “tyranny“ of the English monarchy, suddenly appeared so supportive of a member of the British royal family? Why was it that numerous American commentators sought to expand into touch the
