1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 122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 （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE （
2、A） TRUE （ B） FALSE （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE （ 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 Why did Jim thin
3、k that Joyce might be changing her name? （ A） He thought that she was planning to get married. （ B） He thought that she didnt like her name. （ C） He thought that she was not a relative of the Armstrongs. （ D） He thought that she would change to name after her mother. 12 What is the first name of the
4、 man with the horn-rimmed glasses? （ A） Armstrong. （ B） Jim. （ C） Joseph. （ D） The dialog doesnt say what it is. 13 Why did Jim leave Joyce before they had finished their conversation? （ A） He wanted to meet the young girls who were screaming. （ B） He saw someone else he had to talk to. （ C） He woul
5、d like to go and get something to drink. （ D） He was responsible for looking after the little boy who was all dressed up. 14 Who is the man? （ A） Student advisor. （ B） Course teacher. （ C） Admissions officer. （ D） Department secretary. 15 Which subject does the student say she was good at? （ A） Comp
6、uter programming. （ B） Art and design. （ C） Electronics. （ D） Mathematics. 16 What will she most likely do eventually? （ A） Do basic electronics. （ B） Teach English literature. （ C） Produce educational games. （ D） Write computer programs. 17 What is the main topic of this lecture? （ A） Bicycles and
7、cars. （ B） Building codes. （ C） Energy conservation. （ D） New housing construction. 18 Why is insulation required in new houses? （ A） To limit discussion on heating bills. （ B） To prevent heat loss. （ C） To determine the temperature in homes. （ D） To convert homes to electric heat. 19 What is the pu
8、rpose of building new houses facing north or south? （ A） To avoid direct sunlight. （ B） To limit space used. （ C） To keep out the cold. （ D） To conform to other houses. 20 What has the city of Davis provided for bicycle riders? （ A） Special paths. （ B） Resurfaced highways. （ C） More parking space. （
9、 D） Better street lighting. Part C Directions: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer the questions or complete the notes in your test booklet for Questions 21-30 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
10、 Questions 21-30. 21 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 30 “Down-to-earth“ means someone or something that is honest, realistic and easy to deal with. It is a
11、 pleasure to (31) _ someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk (32) _ and accepts other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the (33) _ of someone who acts important or proud. Down-to-earth persons may be (34) _ members of society, of course. But they do
12、not let their importance“ (35) _to their heads. “They do not consider themselves to be better persons than (36) _ of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, (37) without cause, is said to have “his nose in the air. “ There is (38) _ way a person with his nose in the
13、 air can be down-to-earth. Americans (39) _ another expression that means almost the same as “down-to-earth. “ The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground. “ Someone (40) _both-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good understanding (41) _ reality. He has what is called “common sense. “ He may have
14、dreams, (42) _ he does not allow them to block his knowledge of (43) _ is real. The opposite kind of (44) is one who has his “head-in-the- clouds. “ A man with his head-in-the-clouds is a dreamer (45)_ mind is not in the real world. (46) _, such a dreamer can be brought back to earth. Sharp words fr
15、om teacher can usually (47) _a day-dreaming student down-to-earth. Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very (48) _ to have both feet on the ground. (49) _ we have both our feet on the ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act honestly and openly (50) _ others. Our lives are like the ground b
16、elow us, solid and strong. 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. 50 Every year television stations receive hundreds of complaints about the loudness of advertisements. However, federal
17、rules forbid the practice of making ads louder than the programming. In addition, television stations always operate at the highest sound level allowed for reasons of efficiency. According to one NBC executive, no difference exists in the peak sound level of ads and programming. Given this informati
18、on, why do commercials sound so loud? The sensation of sound involves a variety of factors in addition to its peak level. Advertisers are skilful at creating the impression of loudness through their expert use of such factors. One major contributor to the perceived loudness is that much less variati
19、on in sound level occurs during a commercial. In regular programming the intensity of sound varies over a large range. However, sound levels in commercials tend to stay at or near peak levels. Other “tricks of the trade“ are also used. Because low-frequency sounds can mask higher frequency sounds, a
20、dvertisers filter out any noises that may drown out the primary message. In addition, the human voice has more auditory impact in the middle frequency ranges. Advertisers electronically vary voice sounds so that they stay within such a frequency band. Another approach is to write the script so that
21、lots of consonants are used, because people are more ware of consonants than vowel sounds. Finally, advertisers try to begin commercials with sounds that are highly different from those of the programming within which the commercial is buried. Because people become adapted to the type of sounds comi
22、ng from programming, a dramatic change in sound quality draws viewer attention. For example, notice how many commercials begin with a cheerful song of some type. The attention-getting property of commercials can be seen by observing one-to-two-year-old children who happen to be playing around a tele
23、vision set. They may totally ignore the programming. However, when a commercial comes on, their attention is immediately drawn to it because of its dramatic sound quality. 51 According to the passage, the maximum intensity of sound coming from commercials （ A） does not exceed that of programs （ B） i
24、s greater than that of programs （ C） varies over a large range than that of programs （ D） is less than that of programs 52 Commercials create the sensation of loudness because_. （ A） TV stations always operate at the highest sound levels （ B） their sound levels are kept around peak levels （ C） their
25、 sound levels are kept in the middle frequency ranges （ D） unlike regular programs their intensity of sound varies over a wide range 53 Many commercials begin with a cheerful song of some kind because_. （ A） pop songs attract viewer attention （ B） it can increase their loudness （ C） advertisers want
26、 to make them sound different from regular programs （ D） advertisers want to merge music with commercials 54 One of the reasons why commercials are able to attract viewer attention is that （ A） the human voices in commercials have more auditory impact （ B） people like cheerful songs that change dram
27、atically in sound quality （ C） high-frequency sounds are used to mask sounds that drown out the primary message （ D） they possess sound qualities that make the viewer feel that something unusual is happening 55 In the passage, the author is trying to tell us_. （ A） how TV ads vary vocal sounds to at
28、tract attention （ B） how the loudness of TV ads is overcome （ C） how advertisers control the sound properties of TV ads （ D） how the attention-getting properties of sounds are made use of in TV ads 55 “She was Americas princess as much as she was Britains princess, “ wrote the foreign editor of the
29、normally sharp Chicago Tribune a week after the death in Paris of Diana, Princess of Wales. He was not far off the mark. For Americans have indeed taken posthumous possession of Britains “Peoples Princess“. What was happening? How was it that a nation whose school children are taught in history clas
30、s to look down on the “tyranny“ of the English monarchy, suddenly appeared so supportive of a member of the British royal family? Why was it that numerous American commentators sought to expand into touch the rumour that Diana had planned to move to the United States to live? Part of the answer lies
31、 in Americas status as the celebrity culture par excellence. It is from their celebrities that many Americans derive their sense of nationhood. Their presidents must be celebrities in order to be elected. Writer and commentator Norman Mailer made the point after the last presidential election that B
32、ill Clinton won because he projected the image of a Hollywood star, while Bob Dole lost because he came across as a supporting actor. What seems to have happened is that the inhabitants of the nation that produced Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley have found it almost impossible to accept that Prince
33、ss Diana, the worlds biggest, classiest contemporary celebrity by far, should have come from another country. Even that, many seemed to say to themselves, was merely an accident of birth; because in many ways she was so American. Her New Age preferences the astrologers, the psychics, the aromatherap
34、y were closer to the style of former US First Lady Nancy Reagan than the House of Windsor. Her dieting and her visits to the gym were lifestyle options that were typically American. Her famous TV confession of adultery and her (purportedly unauthorized) tell-all biography were also hallmarks of the
35、American celebrity approach. Like another former First Lady, Jackie Kennedy, she auctioned her dresses-not in London or Pads, but New York. She visited America frequently and felt right at home there, reveling in the generous attentions of the rich and famous and delighting in the unreserved respons
36、iveness of the public to her charms. For she seemed to have adapted brilliantly to another American invention: image manipulation, which all aspirants to political office in the US struggle to learn but which she appeared to have absorbed and refined naturally. She was, in short, a thoroughly modern
37、 woman and, like it or not, most of what is modern originates in the United States. But many Americans felt she also had more enduring qualities. Many viewed her as the incarnation of their countrys dominant myth. As an editorial in the Miami Herald put it: “She was an American dream, a superstar Ci
38、nderella with the polish of a natural-born socialite. . In a way she fulfilled the American dream: to emerge from insignificance and overcome hardship and make something of herself. “ Elaine Showalter, a student of American popular culture who teaches English at Princeton University, noted the diffe
39、rence between the dullness of Prince Charles and Dianas “very American sensibility“. “We have a sense here in America that anything is possible, that you are not a predetermined person; that if you are a woman from whom nothing is expected but you want to make your life count, you can do it. She sha
40、red that spirit and thats why she appealed so much to Americans. “ 56 The author suggests that whether one can win the presidential election depends on his （ A） political ambition （ B） fame and charm （ C） political achievements （ D） family influence 57 The author mentions Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Pr
41、esley because they_. （ A） had many preferences that were similar to Dianas （ B） loved the United States, just as Diana did （ C） were American celebrities （ D） were the most famous in their days and were Americans 58 It can be inferred that_. （ A） Diana had planned to move to the United States （ B） t
42、he author seems also to think that Diana belonged to the United States （ C） American children are taught to tolerate all kinds of social systems （ D） Diana worked hard to learn image manipulation 59 What is “count“(paragraph 5, sentence 6) most likely to mean? （ A） Calculate. （ B） Last a long time.
43、（ C） Assume importance. （ D） Be accepted. 60 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? （ A） Chicago Tribune has a keen sense of hot news and is always skillful at singing the praises. （ B） The foreign editor of Chicago Tribune was exaggerating saying Diana was Americas prin
44、cess. （ C） While running for presidency, Clinton prepared posters of himself as a movie star. （ D） Diana was dear to the hearts of Americans because she was a modern Cinderella. 60 Car makers have long used sex to sell their products. Recently, however, both BMW and Renault have based their latest E
45、uropean marketing campaigns around the icon of modern biology. BMWs campaign, which launches its new 3-series sports saloon in Britain and Ireland, shows the new creation and four of its earlier versions zigzagging around a landscape made up of giant DNA sequences, with a brief explanation that DNA
46、is the molecule responsible for the inheritance of such features as strength, power and intelligence. The Renault offering, which promotes its existing Laguna model, employs evolutionary theory even more explicitly. The companys television commercials intersperse clips of the car with scenes from a
47、lecture by Steve Jones, a professor of genetics at University College London. BMWs campaign is intended to convey the idea of development allied to heritage. The latest product, in other words, should be viewed as the new and improved scion of a long line of good cars. Renaults message is more subtl
48、e. It is that evolution works by gradual improvements rather than sudden leaps (in this, Renault is aligning itself with biological orthodoxy). So, although the new car in the advertisement may look like the old one, the external form conceals a number of significant changes to the engine. While the
49、se alterations are almost invisible to the average driver, Renault hopes they will improve the cars performance, and ultimately its survival in the marketplace. Whether they actually do so will depend, in part, on whether marketeers have read the public mood correctly. For, even if genetics really does offer a useful metaphor for automobiles, employing it in advertising is not without its dangers. That is because DNAs public image is ambiguous. In one
