1、国家公共英语四级（综合）练习试卷 33及答案与解析 PART A Directions: For Questions 1-5, you will hear a conversation. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write only 1 word in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twic
2、e. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below. 1 Lincoln got most of his education by _. 2 Kennedy was elected President in _. 3 Both Kennedy and Lincoln died because _. 4 Kennedy served as the president of the United States for _. 5 Lincoln was murdered a few days after the _. PART B Direction
3、s: For Questions 6-10, you will hear a passage. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below. 6 What kind of family was Jesse Owens born to? 7 What kind of ability did he have? 8 In which country w
4、ere the 1936 Summer Olympics held? 9 His time in which race set a new Olympic records? 10 How many gold medals did he win at the Olympics? PART C Directions: You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompa
5、ny it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. 11 How long did Emily Dickinson live in the house where she was born? （ A） Almost all her life. （ B） Less than h
6、alf her life. （ C） Until 1830. （ D） Before 1872. 12 Which of the following is true of Emily Dickinson? （ A） She was not a productive poet. （ B） She saw many of her poems published. （ C） She was not a sociable person. （ D） She had contact only with a few poets. 13 When was Emily Dickinson widely reco
7、gnized? （ A） After Henry James referred highly to her. （ B） After seven of her poems were published. （ C） After her poems became known to others. （ D） After she was dead for many years. 14 What do you know about George Daniels? （ A） He is one of the few remaining watchmakers in the world. （ B） He is
8、 the last of the great watchmakers. （ C） He is training young watchmakers. （ D） He thinks matchmaking will continue for another three centuries. 15 Which statement best describes George Daniels interest in watches? （ A） His interest in watches was strong because his father was a watchmaker. （ B） His
9、 interest in watches grew because he had to repair watches when he was in the army. （ C） His interest in watches started at school. （ D） His interest in watches is lifelong. 16 Which of the following statements is true? （ A） All his watches are kept in museums. （ B） One of his watches is being kept
10、in an American museum. （ C） All his watches are kept in American museums. （ D） One of his watches is kept in a British museum. 17 What are most of Steinbecks books about? （ A） People with problems. （ B） Travels around the world. （ C） Beautiful America. （ D） People in great cities. 18 Steinbeck and C
11、harley visited the following states except _. （ A） New York （ B） California （ C） Texas （ D） Illinois 19 What does the passage tell us about Steinbeck? （ A） He spent three months writing “Travels with Charley“. （ B） He enjoyed his travels around the United States. （ C） He was fond of writing about hi
12、s travels. （ D） He didnt enjoy the trip as much as Charley. 20 What do we describe Charley? （ A） A writer. （ B） A singer. （ C） A dancer. （ D） A dog. 国家公共英语四级（综合）练习试卷 33答案与解析 PART A Directions: For Questions 1-5, you will hear a conversation. While you listen, fill out the table with the information
13、you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write only 1 word in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below. 1 【听力原文】 John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln lived in different times and had very different family
14、and educational backgrounds. Kennedy lived in the 20th century, Lincoln lived in the 19th century. Kennedy was born in 1917, whereas Lincoln was born more than 100 years earlier, in 1809. As for their family backgrounds, Kennedy came from a wealthy family, he was able to attend expensive private sch
15、ools. He graduated form Harvard University. Lincoln, on the other hand, had only one year of formal schooling. In spite of his lack of formal schooling, he became a well-known lawyer. He taught himself law by reading law books. Lincoln was, in other words, a self-educated man. In spite of these diff
16、erences in Kennedy and Lincolns backgrounds, some interesting similarities between the two men are evident. In fact, books have been written about the strange coincidences in the lives of these two men. For example, take their political careers. Lincoln began his political career as a U. S. Congress
17、man. Similarly, Kennedy also began his political career as a Congressman. Lincoln was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives in 1847, and Kennedy was elected to the House in 1947. They went to Congress just 100 years apart. Another interesting coincidence is that each man was elected Presiden
18、t of the United States in a year ending with the number 60. Lincoln was elected President in 1860, and Kennedy was elected in 1960; furthermore, both men were presidents during years of civil unrest in the country. Lincoln was President during the American Civil War. During Kennedys term of office c
19、ivil unrest took the form of civil rights demonstrations. Another striking similarity between the two men was that, as you probably know, neither president lived to complete his term in office. Lincoln and Kennedy were both assassinated while in office. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, aft
20、er only 1,000 days in office. Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, a few days after the end of the American Civil War. It is rather curious to note that both presidents were shot while they were sitting next to their wives. These are only a few examples of the uncanny-the unusual-similarities in the de
21、stinies of the two Americans, men who had a tremendous impact on the social and political life of the United States and the imagination of the American people. 1 【正确答案】 reading books at home 【知识模块】 Great Men 2 【正确答案】 1960 【知识模块】 Great Men 3 【正确答案】 they were assassinated 【知识模块】 Great Men 4 【正确答案】 1,0
22、00 days 【知识模块】 Great Men 5 【正确答案】 end of the Civil War 【知识模块】 Great Men PART B Directions: For Questions 6-10, you will hear a passage. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below. 6 【听力原文】 Jesse
23、Owens was born in Alabama in 1913 to a poor, black family. Even when Owens was a boy, it was clear that he had special athletic ability. He could run extremely fast. In high school he was a long-jump champion. Owens family didnt have enough money to send him to college. However, because he was an ex
24、cellent athlete, he was able to get a scholarship to Ohio State University. Owens was the star of the Ohio State University track team. In one college track event in 1935, he broke three world records in less than an hour! Owens was chosen for the 1936 US Olympic team. The 1936 Summer Olympics were
25、held in Berlin, Germany. Adolf Hitler had come to power two years before. At the Olympics, Jesse Owens won both the 100-meter race and the 200-meter race. His time in the 200-meter race set a new Olympic record. Owens was also on the US 400-meter relay team. The US relay team won. Then came the long
26、 jump. A German athlete broke the Olympic record. But Owens still had one more jump. He jumped several inches farther than the German Athlete. Jesse Owens, a black American, had won his fourth gold medal at the Olympics. He was a hero. 6 【正确答案】 A poor, black family 【知识模块】 Great Men 7 【正确答案】 Special
27、athletic ability 【知识模块】 Great Men 8 【正确答案】 Germany 【知识模块】 Great Men 9 【正确答案】 The 200-meter-race 【知识模块】 Great Men 10 【正确答案】 Four 【知识模块】 Great Men PART C Directions: You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which a
28、ccompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. 11 【听力原文】 Emily Dickinson is one of the greatest American poets. She was born in a typical New England vil
29、lage in Massachusetts on December 10, 1830. She was the second child of the family. She died in the same house fifty-six years later. During her life time she never left her native land. She left her home state only once. She left her village very few times. And after 1872 she rarely left her house
30、and yard. In the last years of her life she retreated to a smaller and smaller circle of family and friends. In those later years she dressed in white, avoided strangers, and communicated chiefly through notes and poems even with intimates. The doctor who attended her illness was allowed to “examine
31、“ her in another room, seeing her walk by an opened door. She was thought of as a “strange“ figure in her home village. When she died on May 15, 1886, she was unknown to the rest of the world. Only seven of her poems had appeared in print. But to think Emily Dickinson only as a strange figure is a s
32、erious mistake. She lived simply and deliberately. She faced the essential facts of life. According to Henry James, a famous American novelist, she was one of those on whom nothing was lost. Only by thus living could Dickinson manage both to fulfill her obligations as a daughter, a sister, and a hou
33、sekeeper and to write on the average one poem a day. She read only a few books but knew them deeply. Her poems are simple but remarkably rich. Not until 1950s was she recognized as one of the greatest American poets. 11 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 Great Men 12 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 Great Men 13 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 Great
34、Men 14 【听力原文】 George Daniels lives in London. He is a watchmaker. His work continues the tradition of the English watchmakers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Today that tradition is almost dead. Daniel is the only man in the world who designs his own watches, makes all the parts himself, and then pu
35、ts them together. A Daniel watch is the product of his hands alone. One of his watches, which is now in an American museum, took 3,500 hours to complete. He usually makes one watch a year. Each one is written “Daniels, London“, and costs about 10,000 pounds. Of course, they are not ordinary watches-
36、they are very beautiful and will last at least three centuries. Clocks and watches always fascinated George Daniels. When he was five, he used to take his fathers clock to pieces, and put it back together again. At school he used to repair the teachers watches. When he was in the army, he repaired w
37、atches in his spare time. After he had left the army, he became a professional watch-repairer. Then from 1958 to 1968, he restored antique watches, and finally began making his own watches. He is now internationally famous and many people would like him to make watches for them. Most of them will be
38、 disappointed. He chooses his customers very carefully indeed. It must be someone who understands the subject, he says,“ Not someone wholl leave the watch in the drawer only to show it to dinner guests.“ 14 【正确答案】 B 【 知识模块】 Great Men 15 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 Great Men 16 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 Great Men 17 【听力原文
39、】 John Steinbeck is one of Americas greatest writers. Many of his novels and short stories are about people with troubles and problems. “Travels with Charley“ is different; its a book about traveling around the United States. John Steinbeck and Charley traveled together from New York to Maine and th
40、en to the Midwest. From the Midwest, they went west to California. On their way back east, they visited Texas. Finally, John and Charley traveled through the South, and back up north to New York. John Steinbecks journey took three months to complete. When he got home, he wrote about what he saw and
41、heard when he crossed the country. He decided that Americans were wonderful people, and that the United States was full of peaceful towns, great cities, huge mountains, and beautiful parks. Charley seemed to enjoy the trip, although he didnt say or write anything. You might wonder why Charley had no ideas about America. The reason is: he was John Steinbecks dog, a big black dog. 17 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 Great Men 18 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 Great Men 19 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 Great Men 20 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 Great Men
