1、国家公共英语五级（阅读理解）练习试卷 11及答案与解析 Part A Directions: Read the following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 0 Large companies need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, on a smaller scale, faces p
2、ractically every company trying to develop new products and create new jobs. There can be little prospects of raising the sort of sums need from friends and people we know, and while banks may agree to provide short term finance, they are generally unwilling to provide money on permanent basis for l
3、ong-term project. So companies turn to the public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business through the Stock Exchange. By doing so they can put into circulation the savings of individuals and institutions, both at home and overseas. When the saver needs his money back, he
4、 does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other saver who is seeking to invest his money. Many of the services needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the Government or by local authorities. Wit
5、hout hospitals, roads, electricity, telephones, railways, this country could not function. All these require continuous spending on new equipment and new development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than is raised through taxes alone. The Government, local authorities, and nati
6、onalized industries therefore frequently need to borrow money to Finance major capital spending, and they, too, come to the Stock Exchange. There is hardly a man or woman in this country whose standard of living does not depend on the ability of his or her employers to raise money to finance new dev
7、elopment. In one way or another this new change exists to provide a channel through which these savings can reach those who need finance. 1 Almost all companies involved in new production and development must _. （ A） rely on their own financial resources （ B） persuade the banks to provide long-term
8、finance （ C） borrow large sums of money from friends and people they know （ D） depend on the population as a whole for finance 2 The money which enables these companies to go ahead with their projects is _. （ A） repaid to its original owners as soon as possible （ B） raised by the selling of shares i
9、n the companies （ C） exchanged for part ownership in the Stock Exchange （ D） invested in different companies on the Stock Exchange 3 When the savers want their money back they _. （ A） ask another company to obtain their money for them （ B） look for other people to borrow money from （ C） put their sh
10、ares in the company back on market （ D） put their money to a more successful company 4 All the essential services on which we depend are _. （ A） run by the Government or our local support （ B） in constant need of financial support （ C） finance wholly by rates and taxes （ D） unable to provide for the
11、 needs of the population 5 The Stock Exchange makes it possible for the Government, local authorities and nationalized industries _. （ A） to borrow as much money as they wish （ B） to make certain everybody saves money （ C） to raise money to finance new development （ D） to make certain everybody lend
12、s money to them Part B Directions: In the following article some paragraphs have been removed. For Questions 66-70, choose the most suitable paragraph from the list A-F to fit into each of the numbered gaps. There is one paragraph which does not fit in any of the gaps. Mark your answers on ANSWER SH
13、EET 1. 5 A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps, for there is a companionship of books as well as of men. And one should always live in the best company, whether it is of books or of men. 16._ Men often discover their attractions to each other by the love
14、 they have each for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both have for a third. There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.“ But there is more wisdom in this: “Love me, love my book.“ 17._ A good book is often the best container of a life, containing the
15、 best that life could think out, for the world of a mans life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. 18._ “They are never alone,“ said Sir Philip Sidney, “that are accompanied by noble thoughts.“ The good and tree thought may in times of temptation be as an angel of mercy, purifying a
16、nd guarding the soul. It also preserves the seeds of action, for good words almost always inspire good works. 19._ Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their authors minds, ages ago. What w
17、as then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time has been to separate the bad products, for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good. 20._ We hear what they said and did. We see them as if they were really alive. We s
18、ympathize with them, enjoy with them, and sorrow with them. Their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe. The great and good do not die even in this world. Well preserved in the books, their spirits walk abroad. A Books poss
19、ess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. B A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not tum its back upon us in times of
20、 misfortune or suffering. It always receives us with the same kindness, amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting us in age. C Thus the best books are treasuries of good words and golden thoughts, which, remembered and cared about, become our lasting companions and comforters. D The book i
21、s a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens. Hence we ever remain under the influence of the great men of the past. E The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he
22、 in them. F Books introduce us into the best society. They bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. 国家公共英语五级（阅读理解）练习试卷 11答案与解析 Part A Directions: Read the following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER
23、 SHEET 1. 【知识模块】 阅读理解 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 文章第一段 “Large companies need a way to reach the savings of the public at large ”和 “So companies turn to the public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business through the Stock Exchange ”提到很多公司通过发行股票积资，买股票的人越 多，其利越大。所以 D为正确答案。 A、 B、C三项也
24、被提及，但都给予否定。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 2 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 文章第一段指出，找亲戚、朋友集资数量太少，银行只会短期提供资助，不 愿长期投资，说明因为公司求助于通过发行股票积资。所以 B为正确答案。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 文章第二段提出投资者要收回资金，需要出售股份。 “he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other saver who is seeking to invest his money ”所以 C是正确答案。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 4 【正确答案】 B 【试
25、题解析】 文章第三段 “All these require continuous spending on new equipment and new development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than is raised through taxes alone ”说明 所有基础建设需要资金来维护。选项 C、 D不符合文章意思。选项 A不是该 段落中心含义。故 B为正确答案。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本文主要讲股票交易在国民发展中的重要作用。 A、 C都有一定道理，但选
26、项 C更符合文章的主要议题。所以选 C。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 Part B Directions: In the following article some paragraphs have been removed. For Questions 66-70, choose the most suitable paragraph from the list A-F to fit into each of the numbered gaps. There is one paragraph which does not fit in any of the gaps. Mark your ans
27、wers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 【知识模块】 阅读理解 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 在该题的前一段结尾处谈到 “One should always live in the best company， whether it be of books or of men ”即人必须有最好的伙伴相陪，不管是书还是人。在选项 B 中头一句话便是 “A good book may be among the best of friends ”上下文内容衔接，由此可 判断 B为正确项。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 7 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 在该空白段之前谈到人们对书的爱好把彼此吸
28、引在一起，书起到桥梁的作用， 即以书会友。选项 E中头一 句话谈到 “The book is a truer and higher bond of union ”和上下 文所叙内容相连接，因而 E为正确项。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 在该空白段之前讲到好书是生活最好的容器，在选项 C中头一句话便讲到 “The best books are treasuries of good words and golden thoughts ”即书是金玉良言的宝库。 从而判断 C为正确项。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 9 【正 确答案】 A 【试题解析】 在该空白段前一段讲到好
29、的思想可以净化和守卫灵魂。在后一段讲到寺庙和 雕像可以衰败，但书却保存下来，对于伟大的思想，时间不是问题，它可以永远传递下来， 启迪人的思想。在选项 A中讲到书拥有不朽的本质，由此可见 A为正确项。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 10 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 在该空白段前一段结尾处谈到时间对书的唯一影响是把坏的作品除掉，只有好 的作品才能经得起时间考验长久保存下去。而在后一段第一句话讲到“We hear what they said a nd did” 在选项 F中讲到书把最好的社会介绍给我们，把最伟大的思想展现给我们。 由此可见，上下文内容一致，从而判断 F为正确项。 【知识模块】 阅读理解
