1、公共英语五级-96 及答案解析(总分：110.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Directions:This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are three parts in this section, Pa
2、rt A, Part B and Part C.Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet, NOT on the ANSWER SHEET. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet onto ANSWER SHEET 1.If you
3、have any questions, you may raise your hand NOW as you will not be allowed to speak once the test is started.BPart A/BYou will hear a talk. As you listen, answer questions 110 by circling True or False. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE.（分数：10.00）(1).The salesman is demonstrating the new fax machine
4、to a customer.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).The customer wants to buy some fax machines for use only in the companys branch offices.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).The customer hasnt decided how many fax machines she is going to buy.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).At first the customer wants a discount of 20 percent.（分数：1.00）A.正确
5、B.错误(5).At first the salesman agrees to give the customer a discount of 12 percent.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).In order to be able to give the customer 15 percent discount, the salesman says he must see his company manager.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).It is impossible for the customer to get a further discount.（分数
6、1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).The salesman is prepared to extend the warranty period by one year.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).The fax machine company will promise to carry out repairs free of charge after one year if the customer loses business because of faulty machines.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).Once he receives a definit
7、e order with a deposit, the salesman says that he can deliver the machines in eight days.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误二、BPart B/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)You will hear 3 conversations or talks and you must answer the questions by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear the recording ONLYONCE.Questions 1113 are based on the
8、 following talk. （分数：3.00）(1).What are the two speakers discussing?（分数：1.00）A.How proverbs are created.B.Why people dont use proverbs now.C.How proverbs are handed down.D.Why there are more proverbs in some cultures.(2).Why do the Americans have fewer proverbs now?（分数：1.00）A.They dont have a rich cu
9、lture.B.They find proverbs too simple to explain things now.C.They dont like using proverbs.D.They think it unimportant to keep proverbs.(3).Who has a more developed culture according to the speaker?（分数：1.00）A.Mayans.B.Arabians.C.North American Indians.D.British.Questions 1416 are based on the follo
10、wing talk. （分数：3.00）(1).Whats the talk mainly about?（分数：1.00）A.The reason for the popularity of parrots.B.The way to teach parrots to talk.C.The advantage of keeping a parrot at home.D.Parrots are more easily to take care of.(2).Whats important in training a parrot?（分数：1.00）A.The energetic owners he
11、lp.B.The trainers patience.C.Daily talks and feeding.D.More care and proper diet.(3).Whats true of a parrot?（分数：1.00）A.It can only be taught to talk.B.It is a tame and wild bird at the same time.C.It is likely to be spoiled.D.It often eats more than needed.Questions 1720 are based on the following t
12、alk. （分数：4.00）(1).Which of the following is the acceptable table manner in Britain?（分数：1.00）A.You lift your soup bowl to your mouth.B.You make noise when drinking soup.C.You shouldnt raise your elbows to your shoulders.D.You shouldnt put your hands on the table.(2).Which is considered as a good mann
13、er in Mexico?（分数：1.00）A.To put your hands on the table during the meal.B.To make noise in eating any kind of food.C.To eat your meal quickly and clearly.D.To put your elbows away from the table.(3).In Arab countries, what is considered very impolite?（分数：1.00）A.Eating with left hand.B.Eating with a f
14、ork.C.Drinking soup noisily.D.Talking while eating.(4).Whats the main idea of the passage?（分数：1.00）A.An introduction of British table manners.B.Table manners and enjoyment.C.Different countries have different table manners.D.The importance and details of table manners.三、BPart C/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Youl
15、l hear a talk about a news report. As you listen, you must answer questions 2130 by writing NO MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided for you. Youll hear the talk TWICE.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the FBI, how many robberies were solved by the police last year in terms of percentage?（分数：1.00）填空项
16、 1:_(2).What is the percentage of burglaries reported to the police?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).How long have solution rates for these four crimes remained virtually unchanged?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Why are robberies solved more often than burglaries, larcenies or auto thefts?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Why cannot the
17、 police convict most burglars?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).Whats the best way to increase the closure rate?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).Whats the average auto theft loss in 1997?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).Whom will teenagers kill?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).How is the nature of murder now?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).In summary, what did t
18、he speaker talk about?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word.One of the most important social developments U(31) /U helped to make possible a shift in thinking about the role of public education was the effe
19、ct of the U(32) /U boom of the 1950s and 1960s on the schools. In the 1920s, but U(33) /U in the Depression conditions of the 1930s, the United States experienced a declining birthrate every thousand women aged fifteen U(34) /U forty-four gave birth to about 118 live children in 1920, 89.2 in 1930,
20、75.8 in 1936, and 80 in 1940. U(35) /U the growing prosperity brought on by the World War and the economic boom that U(36) /U it, young people married and established households earlier and began to U(37) /U larger families than had their predecessors during the Depression. Birth U(38) /U rose to 10
21、2 per thousand in 1946, 106.2 in 1950, and 118 in 1955. Although economics was probably the most important determinant, it is not the only explanation for the baby boom. The increased value placed U(39) /U the idea of the family also helps to explain this rise in birth rates. The baby boomers began
22、streaming into the first grade by the mid-1940s and became a flood U(40) /U 1950. The public school system suddenly found itself overtaxed. While the number of school-children U(41) /U because of wartime and postwar conditions, these same conditions made the schools even less prepared to cope U(42)
23、/U the flood. The wartime economy meant that few new schools were built U(43) /U 1940 and 1945. Moreover, during the war and in the boom times that followed, large U(44) /U of teachers left their profession for better-paying jobs elsewhere in the economy.Therefore, in the 1950s and 1960s, the baby b
24、oom hit an antiquated and inadequate school system. Consequently, the “custodial rhetoric“ of the 1930s and early 1940s no longer made U(45) /U; that is, keeping youths aged sixteen and older out U(46) /U the labor market by keeping them in school could no U(47) /U be a hight priority for an institu
25、tion unable U(48) /U find space and staff to teach younger children aged five to sixteen. With the baby boom, the focus of educators and of laymen interested in education inevitably turned toward the lower grades and back to basic academic skills U(49) /U discipline. The U(50) /U no longer had much
26、interest in offering nontraditional, new, and extra services to older youths.（分数：20.00）(1).（分数：1.00）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:_五、BSection Readi(总题数：5，分数：35.00)BPart A/BRead the following
27、texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.Text 1A new era is upon us. Call it what you will: the service economy, the information age, the knowledge society. It all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work. Already
28、were partly there. The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the Western world. Today the majority of jobs in America, Europe and Japan (two thirds or more in many of these countries) are in the service industry, and the number is on the rise. More wo
29、men are in the work force than ever before. There are more part-time jobs. More people are self-employed. But the breadth of the economic transformation cant be measured by numbers alone, because it is also giving rise to a radical new way of thinking about the nature of work itself. Long-held notio
30、ns about jobs and careers, the skills needed to succeed, even the relation between individuals and employers all these are being challenged.We have only to look behind us to get some sense of what may lie ahead. No one looking ahead 20 years possibly could have foreseen the ways in which a single in
31、vention, the chip, would transform our world thanks to its applications in personal computers, digital communications and factory robots. Tomorrows achievements in biotechnology, artificial intelligence or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of dramatic changes. But on
32、e thing is certain: information and knowledge will become even more vital, and the people who possess it, whether they work in manufacturing or services, will have the advantage and produce the wealth. Computer knowledge will become as basic a requirement as the ability to read and write. The abilit
33、y to solve problems by applying information instead of performing routine tasks will be valued above all else. If you cast your mind ahead 10 years, information services will be predominant. It will be the way you do your job.（分数：5.00）(1).A characteristic of the information age is that _.（分数：1.00）A.
34、the service industry is relying more and more on the female work forceB.manufacturing industries are steadily increasingC.people find it harder and harder to earn a living by working in factoriesD.most of the job opportunities can now be found in the service industry(2).One of the great changes brou
35、ght about by the knowledge society is that _.（分数：1.00）A.the difference between the employee and employer has become insignificantB.peoples traditional concepts about work no longer hold trueC.the importance of high technology has been overlookedD.people have to change their jobs from time to time(3)
36、By referring to computers and other inventions, the author means to say that _.（分数：1.00）A.people should be able to respond quickly to the advancement of technologyB.future achievements in technology will bring about inconceivable dramatic changesC.the importance of high technology has been overlook
37、edD.computer science will play a leading role in the future information services(4).The future will probably belong to those who _.（分数：1.00）A.possess and know how to make use of informationB.give full play to their brain potentialC.involve themselves in the service industriesD.cast their mind ahead
38、instead of looking back(5).Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Computers and the Knowledge Society.B.Service Industries in the Modern Society.C.Features and Implications of the New Era.D.Rapid Advancement of Information Technology.Text 2Most experts believe that
39、 an ever-increasing number of countries and terrorist groups will gain the technical capability to acquire and use chemical and biological weapons. But use of these weapons by hostile states or terrorist groups is not inevitable. Even when locked in bloody conventional wars, nations that have consid
40、ered using these weapons have generally been deterred by the risk that their opponents would retaliate in the same way or escalate the conflict elsewhere. Terrorist groups with the technical capacity to acquire and use a chemical or biological weapon have typically lacked an interest in doing so, wh
41、ile groups interested in such weapons have generally lacked the necessary technical skills.Assessing future threats, however, involves more than simple extrapolation from past trends. In the case of chemical and biological weapons, it appears that the likelihood of use by both hostile states and ter
42、rorist groups is growing, and it is clear that even one such attack against an unprotected population could be devastating.Ironically, some experts believe that the technological superiority of the US armed forces is heightening the long-term risks of chemical and biological weapons used by states t
43、hat wish to challenge the international status quo through aggression. Hostile states that hope to have a fighting chance against a US led military coalition, such as the one that defeated Iraq in 1991, may search for ways to compensate for the inferiority of their own conventional military forces.
44、An obvious answer, and one of grave concern to US military planners, is that such states might turn to an unconventional arsenal, most importantly chemical and biological weapons.The threat of CBW used by terrorists is of an entirely different character. Terrorists have almost always chosen to kill
45、fewer people than they are able to kill. The main reason is that traditional terrorist strategies seek to draw international attention to a cause without excessively antagonizing public opinion. For a variety of reasons this traditional model of terrorism appears to be changing in ways that make fut
46、ure acts of CBW terrorism more likely. Some terrorist groups appear to be increasingly interested in causing massive casualties, a phenomenon that may stem from a rise in religiously inspired acts of violence, the emergence of new, more fluid terrorist cells, and the perception that traditional, low
47、casualty terrorist acts have lost the capacity to focus public attention. To date only the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo has combined the technical capability with the lethal intent required to carry out an act of CBW terrorism. But national security experts are increasingly concerned that more hostile groups will follow Aums precedent and will do so with greater effectiveness than the cult displayed.（分数：5.00）(1).What is t
