1、公共英语五级-182 及答案解析(总分：109.00，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：10.00)（分数：10.00）(1).All international chain schools teach many different languages.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).One of the advantages of chain schools is that they are famous all over the world.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).The
2、 success of chain schools is to some extent because of their marketing and advertising.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).Chains dont produce their own course book material.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).All chains can offer students the same type of course in different places.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).Students can enjoy a simp
3、le booking and enrolment procedure in some chains.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).Chain schools often change their locations.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).Studying in an English-speaking country is a very effective way to learn English.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).Chains dont offer students the “chance to pursue their study fr
4、om one country to another.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).Chains make learning flexible.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误三、BPart B/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)（分数：3.00）(1).Which of the following statements about the telephone of the future is NOT true? A. It will be much more complex than the telephone we use today. B. It will be more
5、convenient to use than todays telephone. C. Yon will be able to dial great distances. D. There will be no busy lines.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The screens of televisions of the future will _. A. become screens of movie theaters B. become as large as walls in home C. have no change D. become smaller（分数：1.
6、00）A.B.C.D.(3).What will happen to the programs of televisions of the future? A. All TV sets can receive some programs without paying money in a certain area. B. You may pay for some special programs if you like. C. If you are interested in a certain subject, you may borrow some video tapes about it
7、. D. All of the above.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：3.00）(1).Which of the following statements about the telephone of the future is NOT true? A. It will be much more complex than the telephone we use today. B. It will be more convenient to use than todays telephone. C. You will be able to dial great distance
8、s. D. There will be no busy lines.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The screens of televisions of the future will become A. extremely large B. as large as walls in home C. as large as the screens of movies D. as large as you wish（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What will happen to the programs of television of the future? A
9、. All TV sets can receive some programs without paying money in a certain area. B. You may pay for some special programs if you like. C. If you are interested in a certain subject, you may borrow some video tapes about it. D. All of the above.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：4.00）(1).Who is the speaker? A.A poe
10、t. B.A teacher. C.A student. D.An artist.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What was the discussion topic of the previous class meeting? A.New England mystery stories. B.Eighteenth-century English criticism. C.A comparison of poems of Dickinson and Whitman. D.The poems of Walt Whitman.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How did
11、 Emily Dickinson differ from Walt Whitman? A.She published poems frequently. B.She seldom left home. C.She lived in an earlier era. D.She spoke a different language.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What will the class do now? A.Hear another report. B.Discuss one of Emily Dickinsons poems. C.Hear a lecture given
12、 by the teacher. D.Discuss poems they have written themselves.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、BPart C/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)（分数：10.00）(1).How have the once reasonably priced holidays in Europe become to Americans?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).What is the dollar in the worlds economy as measured by various indicators?（分数：1.00）填
13、空项 1:_(3).What else does the value of a currency reflect besides the financial circumstances of a country?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).What is the currency of a country compared to?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).How has foreign investing in the US become since the US underwent an economic slowdown?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).W
14、hat can solve Americas problem of trade imbalance according to economists?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).Economist Bivens says the Bush administration talks to support a “strong“ dollar in order to _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).When the dollar decreases in value, the Chinese currency _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).How are part
15、 of the dollars that China accumulates spent in the US?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).How must the shifts in the value of the dollar be in order to prevent market “shocks“?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_五、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Machines and foreign competition will replaceU U 1 /U /Uof American jobs. But work will be
16、 plentiful for peopleU U 2 /U /Uin the occupations of the future. The Labor Department predicts a net increase of 25 million new jobs in the United States in 1995,U U 3 /U /Uservice-industry jobs growing three timesU U 4 /U /Urapidly as factory jobs. “Work will shift its emphasis from the fatigue an
17、dU U 5 /U /Uof the production line and the typing pool to the more interesting challenge of the electronic service center, the design studio, the research laboratory, the education institute, and the training school, “predicts Canadian economist Calvert.Jobs in high-tech fields will multiply fastest
18、,U U 6 /U /Ufrom a low base. InU U 7 /U /Uof actual numbers, more mundane occupations will experience the biggest surge: custodians, cashiers, secretaries, waiters and clerks. Yet much of the drudge work will be takenU U 8 /U /Uby robots.TheU U 9 /U /Uof robots performing blue-collar tasks will incr
19、easeU U 10 /U /U3 000 in 1981 to 40 000 in 1990, says John E. Taylor of the Human Resources Research Organization in Alexandria, Va. Robots might also be found on war zones,U U 11 /U /Uspace-even in the office, perhapsU U 12 /U /Ucoffee, opening mall and delivering messages.One unsolved problem: wha
20、t to doU U 13 /U /Uworkers displaced by high technology and foreign competition.U U 14 /U /Uthe world “the likelihood of growing permanent unemployment is becomingU U 15 /U /Uaccepted as a reality among social planners,“ notes David Macarov, associate professor of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
21、 Meantime, the percentage of time peopleU U 16 /U /Uon the job isU U 17 /U /Uto continue to fall. Robert Theobald,U U 18 /U /Uof Avoiding 1984, fears that joblessness willU U 19 /U /Uto increasing depression, bitterness, and unrest. “The dramatic consequences of such a shift on the Western psyche,U
22、U 20 /U /Uhas made the job the way we value human beings, are almost incalculable, “he comments.（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、BSection Readi(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、BPart A/B(总题数：0，分数：0.
23、00)八、BText 1/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Car makers have long used sex to sell their products. Recently, however, both BMW and Renault have based their latest European marketing campaigns around the icon of modern biology.BMWs campaign, which launches its new 3-series sports saloon in Britain and Ireland, shows
24、 the new creation and four of its earlier versions zigzagging around a landscape made up of giant DNA sequences, with a brief explanation that DNA is the molecule responsible for the inheritance of such features as strength, power and intelligence. The Renault offering, which promotes its existing L
25、aguna model, employs evolutionary theory even more explicitly. The companys television commercials intersperse clips of the car with scenes from a lecture by Steve Jones, a professor of genetics at University College London.BMWs campaign is intended to convey the idea of development allied to herita
26、ge. The latest product, in other words, should be viewed as the new and improved scion of a long line of good cars. Renaults message is more subtle. It is that evolution works by gradual improvements rather than sudden leaps (in this, Renault is aligning itself with biological orthodoxy). So, althou
27、gh the new car in the advertisement may look like the old one, the external form conceals a number of significant changes to the engine. While these alterations are almost invisible to the average driver, Renault hopes they will improve the cars performance, and ultimately its survival in the market
28、place.Whether they actually do so will depend, in part, on whether marketeers have read the public mood correctly. For, even if genetics really does offer a useful metaphor for automobiles, employing it in advertising is not without its dangers. That is because DNAs public image is ambiguous. In one
29、 context, people may see it as the cornerstone of modern medical progress. In another, it will bring to mind such controversial issues as abortion, genetically modified foodstuffs, and the sinister subject of eugenics.Car makers are probably standing on safer ground than biologists. But even they ca
30、n make mistakes. Though it would not be obvious to the casual observer, some of the DNA which features in BMWs ads for its nice, new car once belonged to a woolly mammoth-a beast that has been extinct for 10, 000 years. Not, presumably, quite the message that the marketing department was trying to c
31、onvey.（分数：5.00）(1).The campaign staged by both BMW and Renault are to promote A. cars produced with brand-new technologies. B. cars modeled on DNA technology. C. cars which are improvements on the old ones. D. cars which have been face-lifted but otherwise remain little changed.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).
32、The difference between BMWs campaign and Renaults campaign is that A. BMWs campaign employs the metaphor of DNA while Renaults doesnt. B. BMWs campaign emphasizes technological revolution while Renaults emphasizes technological evolution. C. BMWs campaign conveys improvement more explicitly than Ren
33、aults. D. BMWs campaign is a lot more expensive than Renaults.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).It can be inferred that biological orthodoxy favors A. no change. B. gradual change. C. great change. D. destruction.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to the author, the success of the campaigns may depend on A. public p
34、erceptions of DNA. B. the explicitness with which DNA is incorporated into the campaigns. C. advances in genetic research. D. the affordability on the part of customers.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).BMWs campaign has mistakenly conveyed the idea of A. revolution. B. extinction. C. poverty. D. stagnation.（分数：
35、1.00）A.B.C.D.九、BText 2/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Throughout history there have been many unusual taxes levied on such things as hats, beds, baths, marriages, and funerals. At one time England levied a tax on sunlight by collection from every household with six or more windows. And according to legend, there w
36、as a Turkish ruler who collected a tax each time he dined with one of his subjects. Why? To pay for the wear and tear on his teeth!Different kinds of taxes help to spread the tax burden. Anyone who pays a tax is said to “bear the burden“ of the tax. The burden of a tax may fall more heavily on some
37、persons than on others. That is why the three levels of government in this country use several kinds of taxes. This spreads the burden of taxes among more people. From the standpoint of their use, the most important taxes are income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, and estate, inheritance, and gi
38、ft taxes. Some are used by only one level of government; others by or even all three levels. Together these different taxes make up what is called our tax system.Income taxes are the main source of federal revenues. The federal government gets more than three-fourths of its revenue from income taxes
39、. As its name indicated, an income tax is a tax on earnings. Both individuals and business corporations pay a federal income tax.The oldest tax in the United States today is the property tax. It provides most of the income for local governments. It provides at least a part of the income for all but
40、a few states. It is not used by the federal government.A sales tax is a tax levied on purchases. Most people living in the United States know about sales taxes since they are used in all but four states. Actually there are several kinds of sales taxes, but only three of them are important. They are
41、general sales taxes, excise taxes, and import taxes.Other three closely related taxes are estate, inheritance, and gift taxes. Everything a person owns, including both real and personal property, makes up his or her estate. When someone dies, ownership of his or her property or estate passes on to o
42、ne or more individuals or organizations. Before the property is transferred, however, it is subject to an estate tax if its value exceeds a certain amount.（分数：5.00）(1).The reason that the Turkish ruler collected a dining tax is to pay for _. A. the inconvenience for him to put on and take off clothe
43、s. B. the damage that eating did to his teeth. C. his efforts to cut the food into pieces. D. the decay of his teeth because of sugar.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The government levies different kinds of taxes so that _. A. the rich have to pay more and the poor less. B. a wider range of taxpayers can be in
44、cluded. C. each of three levels of government could get tax money. D. the burden of taxes falls evenly on everybody.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The federal government get most of their income from _. A. property tax. B. income tax. C. sales tax. D. estate tax.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).How many states levy impor
45、t taxes in the U. S.A. ? A. 4. B. 50. C. 46. D. 54.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Any form of property is subject to an estate tax when transferred. B. Property tax provides a part of income for local government. C. There are a few kinds of sales taxes. D. Ind
46、ividuals and corporations both pay income taxes.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十、BText 3/B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Until men invented ways of staying underwater for more than a few minutes, the wonders of the world below the surface of the sea were almost unknown. The main problem, of course, lies in air. How could air be supplied to swimmers below the surface of the sea? Pictures made about 2,900 ye
