1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 124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 What would happen if you misuse your eyes? （ A） You may feel uncomfortable in various ways. （ B） You may have to wear glasses. （ C） You can let your eyes rest for a while. （ D
6、） You can go and see a doctor. 15 What is said about the best distance between a book and our eyes when reading? （ A） It is 14 inches. （ B） It is hard to figure out. （ C） It varies from person to person. （ D） It depends on lighting conditions. 16 What is the talk mainly about? （ A） Good reading skil
7、ls. （ B） Diseases related to eyes. （ C） Health guides for students. （ D） Proper eye-use in reading. 17 Which of the following is NOT included in the news headline? （ A） New traffic rates. （ B） A fire at a downtown restaurant. （ C） A welcome end to the city workers strike. （ D） A final score on a bas
8、ketball game. 18 Who suffered a heavy loss from the fire? （ A） The owner of a restaurant and the adjoining Jones Jewelry Store. （ B） The owner of a jewelry store. （ C） The owner of Citizens bank. （ D） Both the owners of a restaurant and a jewelry store. 19 How much were the employees pays raised? （
9、A） Five cents an hour. （ B） Ten cents an hour. （ C） Fifteen cents an hour. （ D） Twenty cents an hour. 20 Who won the Little League city championship? （ A） James Johnson. （ B） King Bush. （ C） Tigers. （ D） Pirates. Part C Directions: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer the questions or complet
10、e 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 Questions 21-30. 21 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following text and fill each of
11、 the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 30 In July of 1994, an astounding series of events took (31) . The world anxiously watched as. every few hours, a hurtling chunk of comet plunged into the atmosphere of Jupiter. All of the twenty-odd fragments, collec
12、tively (32) _comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 after its discoverers, were once part of the same object, now dismembered and strong out along the same orbit. This cometary train, glistening like a string of pearls, had been first glimpsed only (33) _ few months before its fateful impact with Jupiter, and rathe
13、r quickly scientists had predicted (34) _ the fragments were on a collision course with the giant planet. The impact caused (35) explosion clearly visible from Earth, a bright flaming fire that quickly expanded as each icy mass incinerated itself. When each (36) _ shammed at 60 kilometers (37) _ sec
14、ond into the dense atmosphere, its immense kinetic energy was transformed (38) _ heat, producing a superheated fireball that was ejected back through the tunnel the fragment had made a few seconds earlier. The residues from these explosions left huge black marks on the face of Jupiter, some of (39)
15、_ have stretched out (40) _ form dark ribbons. Although this impact (41) _ was of considerable scientific import, it especially piqued public curiosity and interest. Photographs of each collision made the evening television newscast and were posted (42) _the Internet. This (43) _possibly the most op
16、en scientific endeavor (44) _history. The face of the largest planet in the solar system was changed before our very eyes. And (45) _ the very first time, most of humanity came to fully appreciate the fact (46) _ we ourselves live on a similar target, a world subject to catastrophe by random assault
17、s (47) _ celestial bodies. That realization was a surprise to many, but it should not have been. One of the great truths revealed by the last few decades of planetary exploration is that collisions (48) _ bodies of all sizes are relatively commonplace, at least in geologic (49) _, and were even more
18、 frequent in the early solar (50)_. 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 The concept of obtaining fresh water from icebergs that are towed to populated regions of the world was once
19、 treated as a joke more appropriate to cartoons than real life. But now it is being considered quite seriously by many nations, especially since scientists have warned that the human race will outgrow its fresh water supply faster than it runs out of food. Glaciers are a possible source of fresh wat
20、er that have been overlooked until recently. Three quarters of the Earths fresh water supply is still tied up in glacial ice, a reservoir of untapped fresh water so immense that it could sustain all the rivers of the world for 1, 000 years. Floating on the oceans every year are 7, 659 trillion metri
21、c tons of ice encased in 10, 000 icebergs that break away from the polar ice caps, more than ninety percent of them from Antarctica. Huge glaciers that stretch over the shallow continental shelf give birth to icebergs throughout the year. Icebergs are not like sea ice, which is formed when the sea i
22、tself freezes; rather, they are formed entirely on land, breaking off when glaciers spread over the sea. As they drift away from the polar region, icebergs sometimes move mysteriously in a direction opposite to the wind, pulled by subsurface currents. Because they melt more slowly than smaller piece
23、s of ice, icebergs have been known to drift as far north as 35 degrees south of the equator in the Atlantic ocean. To corral them and steer them to parts of the world where they are needed would not be too difficult. The difficulty arises in other technical matters, such as the prevention of rapid m
24、elting in warmer climates and the funneling of fresh water to shore in great volume. But even if the icebergs lost half of their volume in towing, the water they could provide would be far cheaper than that produced by desalination, or removing salt from water. 51 The main idea of the passage is abo
25、ut_. （ A） the movement of glaciers （ B） icebergs as a source of fresh water （ C） future water shortages （ D） the future of the worlds rivers 52 The word “it“ in line 2 refers to_. （ A） an iceberg that is towed （ B） obtaining fresh water from icebergs （ C） the population of arid areas （ D） real life
26、53 According to the author, most of the worlds fresh water is to be found in_. （ A） oceans （ B） rivers （ C） glaciers （ D） reservoirs 54 How are icebergs formed? （ A） They break off from glaciers. （ B） Seawater freezes. （ C） Rivers freeze. （ D） Small pieces of floating ice converge. 55 The word “desa
27、lination“ in the last sentence may mean_. （ A） river freezing （ B） iceberg forming （ C） removing salt from water （ D） iceberg floating 55 The president of a university acts as the institutions chief executive officer. Presidents usually have extensive academic experience as either college or univers
28、ity administrators. In some cases, they may be people of notable achievement outside of academic life. For example, Dwight D. Eisenhower served as president of Columbia University in New York City from 1948 to 1950, after commanding the Allied forces in Europe during World War II (1939 1945). He was
29、 later elected the 34th president of the United States, in 1952. Presidents of colleges and universities enforce the policies, regulations, and other procedures that govern their institution. They also meet with the board of trustees and make recommendations to the board regarding the government and
30、 policies of the school. They appoint and, if necessary, remove other officers of the institution, such as vice presidents or deans; they approve or disapprove new policies and procedures recommended by the institutions administrative and faculty committees; and they represent the college or univers
31、ity to the general public and to the institutions alumni. Depending on the size of the institution, a college or university will appoint a number of vice presidents to assist the president in running the school. The academic vice president is responsible for faculty appointments and dismissals and f
32、or approving or revising academic programs. Often the academic vice president is a former dean of a college or other academic division within the institution. The institutions financial and budgetary matters are the responsibility of the vice president for finance. The vice president for student ser
33、vices is responsible for nonacademic matters relating to students, such as operating counseling services, residence halls, and student activities and organizations. The vice president for human resources is responsible for nonfaculty appointments such as the hiring of secretaries and personnel to ma
34、intain the grounds and other facilities. The academic deans are the chief executives and administrators of the various colleges or other academic divisions of an institution. For example, at a large university, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, and the School of Law
35、 each have a dean who is appointed by the president or the academic vice president. Frequently, deans have had experience as chairperson of academic departments in the institution. The responsibilities of deans typically include implementing policies established by the board of trustees and the pres
36、ident; preparing the budgets and overseeing the spending of funds within the academic division; supervising the faculty; recommending faculty in their college or school to the academic vice president for appointment, promotion, tenure, or termination; and maintaining or increasing student enrollment
37、s in their college or school. 56 Which of the following official ranks is not introduced? （ A） President of the university. （ B） Vice president of the university. （ C） Dean of the college. （ D） Dean of the department. 57 _must have academic achievement in certain subject. （ A） Presidents （ B） Vice p
38、residents （ C） Academic vice presidents （ D） Deans 58 Which of the following statement is true? （ A） Deans are the chief leaders in a university. （ B） Presidents are chief officers in a university. （ C） General Dwight D. Eisenhower was an excellent academic president. （ D） Deans can remove the vice
39、president of an institution. 59 _is not the duty of deans. （ A） Meeting the board of trustees （ B） Supervising the spending of funds within the college （ C） Recommending faculty to academic vice president for promotion （ D） Being charge of the enrollment of students 60 The word “alumni“ (in paragrap
40、h 2) means_. （ A） a male former student of a school, college or university （ B） a female former student of a school, college or university （ C） a former teacher of a school, college or university （ D） a former executive of a college or university 60 It is almost 15 years since I first tested a mobil
41、e phone. I was covering the Live Aid concert at Wembley and it was a fiasco. My newspaper was trying a huge two-piece machine: a handset on a cradle, which went on one shoulder, and a power pack almost the weight of a car battery, which went on the other. The total talk time was 30 minutes and the p
42、hone cost several thousand pounds. Oh, and it was barely possible to get a signal. Those of us with this Herculean model greatly envied our slicker colleagues who were trying out an American Motorola phone. Not only did it work for up to an hour, it also looked like a housebrick. What is fascinating
43、 is that, after a long period in the social and stylistic doldrums, mobile phones or cellular radios as they should really be called are becoming fashionable again. The new Ericsson mobile phone has been acclaimed these past few days by everyone who eyes it as one of the coolest objects of all time.
44、 It is pretty much the size of a credit card and the thickness of a chocolate bar. It vibrates discreetly when someone calls and it even recognises the owners voice, so dialing someone is as simple as saying their name. Phones have become like cars: all levels in society have them, but there are car
45、s and there are CARS. Phones like that shiny, chrome Nokia that was all the rage a few months ago, or the Bounty bar-sized Motorola and the slim new Ericsson are the glossy, understated Audi A4s of mobiles; perilously close to being fashion items. Wrist-watch phones could be next years big thing but
46、 the more important and less flashy development will be the emergence of the first web-browsing phones. These will make it possible both to speak and surf the Internet and to deal with e-mails in a bar, on the train or wherever. Another big development which will take off in the next few months conc
47、erns not the phones so much as the kind of enhanced services available through them. While the ultra-thin Ericsson has a voice-dialling system, theres still a limit to the fancy stuff you can cram into a breastpocket telephone. Theres no such limit, however, to what the mainframe computers at mobile
48、 phone companies can do. 61 The word “fiasco“ (para. 1) most probably means_. （ A） a great surprise （ B） an unpleasant event （ C） a wonderful thing （ D） a stiff competition 62 Which of the following is NOT true of the new Ericsson mobile phone? （ A） It is very small. （ B） It vibrates gently. （ C） It
49、 can connect you to someone if you just say his phone number. （ D） It can recognize the caller through his voice. 63 Which of the following can be inferred about Audi A4 cars? （ A） They are equipped with mobile phones. （ B） They are available to all levels of society. （ C） They are very fashionable. （ D） They will soon be replaced by newer models. 64 According to the passage, what is the drawback of breast pocket phones? （ A） They are f
