1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 105及答案与解析 Part A Directions: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer Questions 1-10 by circling TRUE or FALSE. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. You now have 1 minute to read Questions 1-10. 1 The salesman is demonstrating the new fax machine to a customer. （ A） True （ B） False
2、2 The customer wants to buy some fax machines for use only in the companys branch offices. （ A） True （ B） False 3 The customer hasnt decided how many fax machines she is going to buy. （ A） True （ B） False 4 At first the customer wants a discount of 20 percent. （ A） True （ B） False 5 At first the sal
3、esman agrees to give the customer a discount of 12 percent. （ A） True （ B） False 6 In order to be able to give the customer 15 percent discount, the salesman says he must see his company manager. （ A） True （ B） False 7 It is impossible for the customer to get a further discount. （ A） True （ B） False
4、 8 The salesman is prepared to extend the warranty period by one year. （ A） True （ B） False 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. （ A） True （ B） False 10 Once he receives a definite order w
5、ith a deposit, the salesman says that he can deliver the machines in eight days. （ A） True （ B） False Part B Directions: 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 ONLY ONCE. 11 What is the womans tone of voice when
6、she first sees the man? （ A） Frustrated. （ B） Relieved. （ C） Sarcastic. （ D） Apologetic. 12 What are the students doing when the man arrives in class? （ A） Taking an examination. （ B） Drawing graphs. （ C） Giving presentations. （ D） Having a class of discussion. 13 How much time do the man and the wo
7、man have before they address the class? （ A） Less than ten minutes. （ B） About twenty minutes. （ C） Forty five minutes. （ D） Over an hour. 14 Which of the following statements is true according to the speaker? （ A） Most people have dictionaries but dont use them frequently. （ B） Most people dont hav
8、e dictionaries but need them very often. （ C） Most people have dictionaries and use them very often. （ D） Most people dont have dictionaries and seldom need them. 15 What do people usually think a dictionary is used for according to the speaker? （ A） Finding the part of speech of a word. （ B） Findin
9、g what a word means. （ C） Finding how to spell a word. （ D） Finding how to pronounce a word. 16 What does the speaker suggest the readers do if they are not sure about the spelling of a word? （ A） Look for another word to use instead. （ B） Open a dictionary and check the spelling. （ C） Write it the
10、way they think its spelled. （ D） Wait around for someone to tell them the spelling. 17 When a consumer finds that his purchase has a fault in it, what is the first thing he should do? （ A） Complain personally to the manager. （ B） Threaten to take the matter to court. （ C） Write a firm letter of comp
11、laint to the store of purchase. （ D） Show some written proof of the purchase to the store. 18 If a consumer wants a quick settlement of his problem, whom is it better to complain to? （ A） A shop assistant. （ B） A store manager. （ C） The manufacturer. （ D） A public organization. 19 How can the most e
12、ffective complaint be made? （ A） Showing the faulty item to the manager. （ B） Explaining exactly what is wrong with the item. （ C） Saying firmly that the item is of poor quality. （ D） Asking politely to change the item. 20 What does the talk tell us? （ A） How to settle the consumers complaint about
13、a faulty item. （ B） How to make an effective complaint about a faulty item. （ C） How to avoid buying a faulty item. （ D） How to deal with complaints from consumers. Part C Directions: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer the questions or complete the notes in your test booklet for Questions 2
14、1-30 by writing NOT MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided on the right. You will hear the talk TWICE. You now have 1 minute to read Questions 21-30. 21 Besides the functions as a vital entertainment medium, what else can people use a TV as? 22 When was the Open University founded in Britain? 2
15、3 Whom did the Open University encourage to study? 24 How can students send in assignments to their tutors? 25 What subjects do such study programmes mainly include? 26 In such countries as Australia and New Zealand, what language courses are also popular? 27 What emphasis do teachers put on the ope
16、n-learning Chinese courses in New Zealand? 28 When can students contact the tutors via a phone hotline? 29 If a student wants to be successful in open-learning, how should he be? 30 Whats the speakers attitude towards the “open learning“ method of study? 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Dir
17、ections: Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 30 Nowadays, many Chinese youths are eager to imitate Americans. They【 C1】_coca cola, love rock-and-roll and【 C2】 _dye their hair gold to look like Americans. However,
18、they fail【 C3】 _realize what they should learn from【 C4】_. Then what should we learn from Americans? There are indeed many good things in American culture【 C5】 _we lack and that deserve our serious learning. Apart【 C6】 _their advanced【 C7】 _and technology, we should learn from Americans their love o
19、f freedom and independence. They honor successful people such【 C8】 _pioneers, scientists, great athletes and national heroes. American children are educated【 C9】 _be independent, creative and ambitious. Later【 C10】_they are encouraged to bear hardships. Even today, they still cherish the fine【 C11】
20、_of the pioneers: courage, hard work, and love of adventure. We have to realize that it is not coca cola nor disco【 C12】 _the many good American he ritages that have brought【 C13】 _the prosperity of the United States. It is their great heritages【 C14】 _we should learn from them. It is easy to【 C15】
21、_Americans, but it is difficult to learn the secrets of their success. There is a long way to go to build China【 C16】 _a powerful country. We should learn everything valuable from all nations in the【 C17】 _, the United States in【 C18】 _Meanwhile, we should watch out for and adopt a critical attitude
22、 toward evil【 C19】 _, such as violence, drug abuse【 C20】 _social discrimination. 31 【 C1】 32 【 C2】 33 【 C3】 34 【 C4】 35 【 C5】 36 【 C6】 37 【 C7】 38 【 C8】 39 【 C9】 40 【 C10】 41 【 C11】 42 【 C12】 43 【 C13】 44 【 C14】 45 【 C15】 46 【 C16】 47 【 C17】 48 【 C18】 49 【 C19】 50 【 C20】 Part A Directions: Read the
23、following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 50 A 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.
24、Already 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.
25、 More women 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-he
26、ld notions 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
27、single invention, 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 change
28、s. But one 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. T
29、he ability 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. 51 A characteristic of the information age is that _. （ A） the s
30、ervice industry is relying more and more on the female work force （ B） manufacturing industries are steadily increasing （ C） people find it harder and harder to earn a living by working in factories （ D） most of the job opportunities can now be found in the service industry 52 One of the great chang
31、es brought about by the knowledge society is that _. （ A） the difference between the employee and employer has become insignificant （ B） peoples traditional concepts about work no longer hold true （ C） the importance of high technology has been overlooked （ D） people have to change their jobs from t
32、ime to time 53 By referring to computers and other inventions, the author means to say that _. （ A） people should be able to respond quickly to the advancement of technology （ B） future achievements in technology will bring about inconceivable dramatic changes （ C） the importance of high technology
33、has been overlooked （ D） computer science will play a leading role in the future information services 54 The future will probably belong to those who _. （ A） possess and know how to make use of information （ B） give full play to their brain potential （ C） involve themselves in the service industries
34、 （ D） cast their mind ahead instead of looking back 55 Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? （ 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 Technol
35、ogy. 55 Most experts believe that 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 convention
36、al wars, nations that have considered 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 l
37、acked an interest in doing so, while 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
38、use by both hostile states and terrorist 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
39、biological weapons used by states that 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
40、 own conventional military forces. 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. Terrorist
41、s have almost always chosen to kill 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
42、to be changing in ways that make future 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
43、the perception that traditional, low-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 in
44、creasingly concerned that more hostile groups will follow Aums precedent and will do so with greater effectiveness than the cult displayed. 56 What is the main topic of this passage? （ A） The history of chemical and biological weapons. （ B） Terrorists and chemical and biological weapons. （ C） Conven
45、tional and unconventional wars. （ D） The use of chemical and biological weapons. 57 Which of the following words best describes the tone of this passage? （ A） Argumentative. （ B） Imaginative. （ C） Objective. （ D） Negative. 58 What is the main reason that some terrorists chose to kill a lot of people
46、? （ A） They want to call more public attention. （ B） They have the chemical and biological weapons. （ C） They dont want to loathed by the public. （ D） They are Aum followers. 59 What does “CBW“ represent? （ A） Casualties Blood War. （ B） Conventional Blood War. （ C） Concern Bomb Weapon. （ D） Chemical
47、 and Biological Weapons. 60 The word “be deterred by“ (in Para. 1) means （ A） be retaliated by （ B） be prevented from （ C） be couraged by （ D） be interested in 60 Consumers and producers obviously make decisions that mold the economy, but there is a third major element to consider the role of govern
48、ment. Government has a powerful effect on the economy in at least four ways: Direct Services. The postal system, for example, is a federal system serving the entire nation, as is the large and complex military establishment. Conversely, the construction and maintenance of most highways is the respon
49、sibility of the individual states, and the public educational systems, despite a large funding role by the federal government, are primarily paid for by county or city governments. Police and fire protection and sanitation services are also the responsibilities of local government. Regulation and Control. The government regulates and controls private enterprise in many ways, for the purpose of assuring that business serves the best interests of th
