1、公共英语五级真题 2013 年 6 月及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：120 分钟)一、Section Listening (总题数：1，分数：0.00)二、Part A(总题数：1，分数：10.00)(1).Quantum will still be on air as the last programs of it are still in the making and are to be shown as scheduled.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).Quantum has been presented in many different forms for t
2、he past 16 years.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).Quantum is losing its appeal because the content is out of date.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).Jarvis revealed what ABC plans to do with the timeslot of Quantum.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).Science programs shown on ABC TV are made by ABC production teams, not independent produce
3、rs.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).ABC programs are made also for other TV organizations through distributors.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).ABC will reserve the fund for Quantum in order to make quality science programs.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).Some members will be transferred to current news programs.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).
4、An ABC executive producer will work with independent producers to ensure that guidelines are followed.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).ABC will try to get more government support to enhance its commitment to science.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误三、Part B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following intervie
5、w with George Schaller, a world famous biologist, about his painstaking studies of mammals all over the world. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 to 13.（分数：3.00）(1).When did Mr. Schaller become interested in animals? （分数：1.00）A.In his childhood.B.In his university days.C.In his postgraduat
6、e studies.D.In his expedition into the wild.(2).When does Mr. Schaller feel scared of wild animals? （分数：1.00）A.When the contact is not well-planned.B.When the animals are irritated.C.When he recalls the contact afterwards.D.When he is reminded of the danger.(3).What is one of the mistakes in the rec
7、ent conservation movement? （分数：1.00）A.To add moral values to conservation.B.To regard nature only as resources.C.To attach spiritual values to nature.D.To regard nature only as the wilderness.(1).How does Serkis version differ from the original one? （分数：1.00）A.Serkis does a more realistic portrayal
8、of the gorilla.B.Kong is humanized in Serkis version.C.The original version was based on the observations of gorillas.D.The original version was a Disney product.(2).What mistake did Serkis find in the original version? （分数：1.00）A.Kong does not eat humans.B.Kong walks on his feet and knuckles.C.Kong
9、 beats his chest with fists.D.Kong lives on plants.(3).How does Serkis feel about his observation of gorillas? （分数：1.00）A.ExcitedB.TerrifiedC.NervousD.Comforted(1).What is lacking in North Americas retail industry? （分数：1.00）A.Speedy delivery of products.B.Independent shopping channels.C.Variety in r
10、etail offering.D.New and young customers.(2).What do young customers expect the shopping channels to be like? （分数：1.00）A.MultipliedB.IntegratedC.EfficientD.Convenient(3).How should the retailers face the challenge? （分数：1.00）A.Have a clear self-positioning strategy.B.Focus more on pricing strategies.
11、C.Look for more marketing options.D.Specialize in customer service.(4).What is the major feature of the new retail programs? （分数：1.00）A.Customer-centered.B.Reward-motivating.C.Customer data-collecting.D.Loyalty-building.四、Part C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)(1).According to Casey, what do designers often forget i
12、n designing a system or a product?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The more sophisticated a system is, the easier it is for people to _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).When talking about human errors, what term does Casey prefer to use?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4). In his book, the stories he selected concern systems that could have
13、 been（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).In one example, why did the operators and supervisors decide not to use the system?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).Either before or after something goes wrong, Casey will receive a call from _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).In his opinion, regardless of the types of machinery, either aircraft or a
14、gricultural equipment, the issues are _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).In Caseys opinion, designers should also involve human-factor experts in their work in addition to _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).According to Casey, the likelihood of human error can be _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).How does Casey feel when he has trouble
15、 operating a machine?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Some doctors are taking an unusual new approach to communicate better with patientsthey are letting (31) read the notes that physicians normally share only with each other. After meeting with patients, doctors typically jot (32
16、) notes on a range of topics, from musings about possible diagnoses to observations about (33) a patient is getting along with a spouse. The notes are used to justify the bill, and may be audited. But the main idea is to have a written record (34) insights into the patients condition for the next vi
17、sit or for (35) doctors to see. A study currently under way, (36) the OpenNotes project, is looking at what happens (37) doctors notes become available for a patient to read, usually (38) electronic medical records. In a report on the early (39) of the study, published Tuesday in the Annals of inter
18、nal Medicine, researchers say that inviting patients to review the (40) can improve patients understanding of their own health and (41) them to stick to their treatment regimens (42) closely. But researchers (43) point to possible downsides: Patients may panic if their doctor speculates (44) writing
19、 about cancer or heart disease, (45) to a flood of follow-up calls and emails. And doctors say they worry that some medical terms can be taken the (46) way by patients. For instance, (47) phrase “the patient appears SOB“ (48) to shortness of breath, not a derogatory designation. And OD is short for
20、oculus dexter, or right eye, (49) for overdose. Medical providers have been stepping up efforts to improve doctor-patient communication, in part (50) studies show it can result in better patient outcomes. The introduction of electronic medical records in recent years has helped to achieve that. （分数：
21、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：3，分数：15.00)Text 1 “Junk science“ is how Elliot Morley, Britains minister responsible for genetically modified farming, describes
22、studies that claim GM crops would be hazardous to Britains wildlife and consumers. This week the government granted permission for a strain of GM maize to be grown commercially as cattle feed. That has incensed environmentalists and organic farmers, who say GM is unpopular (probably correct) and bas
23、ed on bad science (probably not). Three years of field testing have shown the herbicide-resistant maize, Bayers Chardon LL, to be safe and even kinder to the environment than non-GM maize. Two other crops on triala GM sugar-beet and a GM oilseed rapewill not be grown because they were worse for biod
24、iversity (weeds) than conventional strains. The trials have not made the worries about introducing even a safe GM crop go away, though. Opponents say GM will stealthily take over the country by cross-pollination, will damage wildlife and introduce something nasty into the human food chain. How solid
25、 is all this? Evidence from America, which planted 105.7m acres of biotech crops in 2003, suggests concerns are overblown. In practice it is easy to separate crops and prevent them from cross-pollinating. Even oilseed rape, which is particularly promiscuous, can be kept over 99% pure if it is a hund
26、red metres away from another plantation. Cross-pollination probably will happen, but so far it has caused no problems, genetic material in plants changes all the time through sexual reproduction anyway. Damage to wildlife is difficult to measure, but there is evidence that GM has had a positive effe
27、ct, with birds and insects returning to GM cotton plantations in America. Certainly, GM crops tend to need fewer chemicals to protect them. Monsanto says its sugarbeet, which was on trial along with the Chardon maize, requires 46% less herbicide than a conventional strain. Supposed threats to consum
28、ers, whether human or animal, are the most flaky. One recent study appeared to show that Chardon maize could be fatal to cattle, but the heifer in question in fact died from botulism. The British Medical Association now says there is “very little potential for GM foods to cause harmful health effect
29、s“ in people either. People have been eating the stuff in America for years, with no ill effects so far. The messing around with genetic material that makes some people dislike GM crops has gone on for years in conventional plant breeding, where crops are exposed to radiation and chemicals to encour
30、age them to mutate. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, over 2,000 types of crop have been bombarded with gamma rays to produce mutants, many of which are grown by organic farmers. “All food is frankenfood,“ according to Professor Howard Dalton, chief scientific adviser to
31、 the Department for Food and Rural Affairs, “but everybodys got used to it.“ Maybe everybody will get used to GM soon, too.（分数：5.00）(1).According to the British government, （分数：1.00）A.genetically modified fanning can be described as junk science.B.GM crops pose hazards to Britains wildlife and consu
32、mers.C.GM food is not favored by the public.D.a kind of GM crop will be grown as animal feed.(2).Field testing in America has shown that （分数：1.00）A.non-GM crops are more environment-friendly than GM crops.B.concerns over the threats of GM crops are exaggerated.C.GM crops pose serious threats to biod
33、iversity.D.cross-pollination has introduced nasty species into the human food chain.(3).The following statements are true EXCEPT （分数：1.00）A.GM crops are good to wildlife in America.B.conventional crops require more chemicals for protection.C.one study shows that GM crops are harmful to animals.D.GM
34、foods have done no harm to Americans.(4).According to the author, conventional crop breeding has （分数：1.00）A.been for a long time exposed to radiation.B.proved much safer than GM crop breeding.C.never been messed around with genetic material.D.produced no ill effects on people so far.(5).What is the
35、authors attitude towards GM crops? （分数：1.00）A.Disapproving.B.Neutral.C.Positive.D.Suspicious.Text 2 There was a time in the late 17th century when no respectable monarch would be seen without a guitar. Both Louis XIV and Charles II were dab hands. And the future Queen Anne thought a guitar tutor was
36、 worth an annual stipend of 100, which was a small fortune then. The instrument had seen revivals in the early 19th century and the early 20th, when its place in the concert hall was finally secured by Andres Segovia. A further decade in the sun in the 1970s resulted from the maturity of two gifted
37、young guitarists: Julian Bream and John Williams. But in the past three decades, this subtle musical voice has grown quieter and quieter. Until now, Deutsche Gramophon has signed its first classical guitarist in years. Milos Karadaglics debut CD of Mediterranean repertoire is out this month and incl
38、udes pieces by two popular composers. The 27-year-old Montenegrin blames the pop world for his instruments demise. “With the invention of the electric guitar, the instrument stopped being intimate and started to reach out into wider audiences,“ he explains. “These technological advances resulted in
39、the core classical guitar repertoire fading away. The guitars popularity within pop detracted from its popularity within the classical world.“ But the electric-guitar did not blow its classical cousin out the water. In the 20th century, interest in the older, more refined instrument waxed and waned.
40、 Why? One theory puts it down to economics. The two decades that saw the classical guitar thrive were decades of recessionthe 1930s and the 1970s. Now, during another financial crisis, the classical guitars intimate strains seem again to be offering a spiritual succor in straitened times. Mr. Karada
41、glic thinks the reason for the latest upward interest may be simpler: an attempt by man to escape the technological flimflammery of the modem world. “Advanced technologies are taking away our privacy,“ he argues, “so another cycle is starting. People are now realizing the beauty in things that are p
42、ure and natural.“ And no instrument can compete in these stakes better than the guitar, whose every sound is made sensitively and directly by the hands: “The honesty of this way of music-making makes the guitar supreme. Its so personal and delicate.“ The guitar has never been collectivized or corral
43、led into an orchestra like the violin. It is the cat of the musical world. And as such, it has developed many divergent traditions. For the first time its most dangerous rival, the electric guitar, is seeing fashions turn against it. Taste in pop music (heading folkwards) and classical appear to be
44、coming together. So it is the perfect time for the classical guitar to find a new lease of life and a new cycle.（分数：5.00）(1).The first two paragraphs show that （分数：1.00）A.one guitar would be worth a fortune in Queen Annes period.B.Andres Segovia often played the guitar in concert halls.C.the guitar
45、was out of favour because of its subtle sound.D.the 1970s witnessed another ten years popularity of the guitar.(2).Karadaglic attributes the declining popularity of the classical guitar to （分数：1.00）A.the upsurge of pop musicB.the shortage of suitable music.C.its intimacy with the audience.D.the use
46、of electric guitars.(3).The author tries to find out （分数：1.00）A.if the revival of the guitar was related to economic downturns.B.when the classical guitar was defeated in the pop music world.C.how the classical guitar helped people out in economic recessions.D.what turned the guitar into an elegant
47、musical instrument.(4).Which of the following statements is NOT true? （分数：1.00）A.People are tired of glaring technological advances in musical instruments.B.Competition in the music world has led to the current revival of the guitar.C.The classical guitar is an instrument producing pure and natural
48、music.D.A guitarists performance creates a personal touch of the music.(5).The metaphor “It is the cat of the musical world“ in the last paragraph means （分数：1.00）A.a classical guitar is a solo instrument.B.a classical guitarist enjoys equal status with a violinist.C.a classical guitarist is not used to playing in a band.D.the guitar
