1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 133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 What would happe
3、n 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） You can go and see a doctor. 12 What is said about the best distance between a book and our eyes when reading? （ A） It is 14 inches. （ B） I
4、t is hard to figure out. （ C） It varies from person to person. （ D） It depends on lighting conditions. 13 What is the talk mainly about? （ A） Good reading skills. （ B） Diseases related to eyes. （ C） Health guides for students. （ D） Proper eye-use in reading. 14 Why is it necessary to give a coin to
5、someone when you give him a present with a sharp edge or point? （ A） To specially celebrate his birthday. （ B） To express some special meaning which you dare not tell directly. （ C） To wish for a long-lasting friendship. （ D） To wish your friend good luck in his life. 15 Is Mollys uncle a superstiti
6、ous person? （ A） He wasnt before, but now he has become one. （ B） Yes, he always believes in things which can bring him good or bad luck. （ C） Yes, he always says that its bad luck to walk under a ladder. （ D） No, he isnt, except when referring to walking under a ladder. 16 According to Mollys grand
7、mother, how many years of bad luck would be brought if she breaks a mirror? （ A） Ten years. （ B） Seven years. （ C） Five year. （ D） Seven weeks. 17 Why is Griffith often called The Father of the Motion Picture? （ A） He used long shots in motion-picture production. （ B） He first used the technique of
8、close-ups in his films. （ C） He produced the earliest film in the world. （ D） He established a new standard for motion-picture production. 18 What kind of motion picture camera shot was generally used in the early film? （ A） Close-up shots. （ B） Full shots. （ C） Long shots. （ D） Action shots. 19 Whe
9、n was After Many Years produced? （ A） 1899. （ B） 1903. （ C） 1907. （ D） 1910. 20 Why was the close-up of Annie Lee followed by a shot of Annies husband? （ A） To shock Griffiths contemporaries. （ B） To show who Annie Lee was thinking about. （ C） To indicate when Annie Lees husband would return. （ D） T
10、o avoid criticism of the close-up shot. 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 mi
11、nute to read 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 The most obvious purpose of advertising is to inform the consumer of available products
12、 or services. The second (31) _ is to sell the product. The second purpose might be more important to the manufacturers than the(32) _. The manufacturers go beyond only telling consumers about their products. They also try to persuade customers to buy the (33) _ by creating a desire (34) _ it. Becau
13、se of advertisement, consumers think that they want something that they do not need. After buying something, the purchaser cannot always explain why it was (35)_. Even (36) _the purchaser probably does not know why he or she bought something, the manufactures (37) _. Manufacturers have analyzed the
14、business of (38)_ and buying. They know all the different motives that influence a consumers purchase some rational and (39) _ emotional. Furthermore, they take advantage of this (40) _. Why (41) _ so many products displayed at the checkout counters in grocery stores? The store management has some g
15、ood (42) _. By the time the customer is (43) _ to pay for a purchase, he or she has already made rational, thought - out decisions (44) _ what he or she needs and wants to buy. The (45) _ feels that he or she has done a good job of choosing the items. The shopper is especially vulnerable at this poi
16、nt. The (46) _ of candy, chewing gum, and magazines are very attractive. They persuade the purchaser to buy something for emotional, not (47) _ motives. For example, the customer neither needs nor plans to buy candy, but while the customer is standing, waiting to pay money, he or she may suddenly de
17、cide to buy (48) _. This is exactly (49) the store and the manufacturer hope that the customer will (50) _. The customer follows their plan. 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 Alt
18、hough social changes in the United States were being wrought throughout most of the nineteenth century, public awareness of the changes increased to new levels in the 1890s. The acute, growing public awareness of the social changes that had been taking place for some time was tied to tremendous grow
19、th in popular journalism in the late nineteenth century, including growth in quantity and circulation of both magazines and newspapers. These developments, in addition to the continued growth of cities, were significant factors in the transformation of society from one characterized by relatively is
20、olated self-contained communities into an urban, industrial nation. The decade of the 1870s, for example, was a period in which the sheer number of newspapers doubled, and by 1880 the New York Graphic had published the first photographic reproduction in a newspaper, portending a dramatic rise in new
21、spaper readership. Between 1882 and 1886 alone, the price of daily newspapers dropped from four cents a copy, to one cent, made possible in part by a great increase in demand. Furthermore, the introduction in 1890 of the first successful lino-type machine promised even further growth. In 1872 only t
22、wo daily newspapers could claim a circulation of over 100, 000, but by 1892 seven more newspapers exceeded that figure. A world beyond the immediate community was rapidly becoming visible. But it was not newspapers alone that were bringing the new awareness to people in the United States in the late
23、 nineteenth century. Magazines as they are known today began publication around 1882, and, in fact, the circulation of weekly magazines exceeded that of newspapers in the period which followed. By 1892, for example, file circulation of the Ladies Home Journal had reached an astounding 700, 000. An i
24、ncrease in book readership also played a significant part in this general trend. For example, Edward Bellamys Utopian novel, Looking Backward , sold over a million copies in 1888, giving rise to the growth of organizations dedicated to the realization of Bellamys vision of the future. The printed wo
25、rd, unquestionably, was intruding on the insulation that had characterized United States society in an earlier period. 51 According to the passage, the expansion of popular journalism was linked to_. （ A） changes in the distribution system （ B） a larger supply of paper （ C） an increase in peoples aw
26、areness of social changes （ D） greater numbers of journalists 52 According to the passage, the New York Graphics inclusion of photographs contributed to_. （ A） the closing of newspapers that did not use photographs （ B） newspapers becoming more expensive （ C） an increase in the number of people read
27、ing newspapers （ D） a reduction in the cost of advertising 53 Why was there a drop in the price of daily newspapers between 1882 and 1886? （ A） There was a rise in demand. （ B） Newspapers had fewer pages. （ C） Newspapers contained photographic reproductions. （ D） Magazines began to compete with news
28、papers. 54 What does the author mean by the statement “A world beyond the immediate community was rapidly becoming visible“ in lines 15 16? （ A） Photographs made newspapers more interesting. （ B） The United States exported newspapers to other countries. （ C） People were becoming increasingly aware o
29、f national and international issues. （ D） Communities remained isolated despite tile growth of popular journalism. 55 Why does the author mention Edward Bellamys novel Looking Backward“? （ A） To illustrate how advanced the technology of printing had become. （ B） To emphasize the influence of the pri
30、nted word on a society undergoing rapid change. （ C） To document its prediction about the popularity of newspapers. （ D） To demonstrate that books had replaced newspapers and magazines as the leading source of information. 55 Mass transportation revised the social and economic fabric of the American
31、 city in three fundamental ways. It catalyzed physical expansion, it sorted out people and land uses, and it accelerated the inherent instability of urban life. By opening vast areas of unoccupied land for residential expansion, the omnibuses, horse railways, commuter trains, and electric trolleys p
32、ulled settled regions outward two to four times more distant from city centers than they were in the pre-modern era. In 1850, for example, the borders of Boston lay scarcely two miles from the old business district; by the end of the century the radius extended ten miles. Now those who could afford
33、it could live far removed from the old city center and still commute there for work, shopping, and entertainment. The new accessibility of land around the periphery of almost every major city sparked an explosion of real estate development and fueled what we now know as urban sprawl. Between 1890 an
34、d 1920, for example, some 250, 000 new residential lots were recorded within the borders of Chicago, most of them located in outlying areas. Over the same period, another 550, 000 were plotted outside the Cit-y limits but within the metropolitan area. Anxious to take advantage of the possibilities o
35、f commuting, real estate developers added 800, 000 potential building sites to the Chicago region in just thirty years lots that could have housed five to six million people. Of course, many were never occupied: there was always a huge surplus of subdivided but vacant land around Chicago and other c
36、ities. These excesses underscore a feature of residential expansion related to the growth of mass transportation: urban sprawl was essentially unplanned. It was carded out by thousands of small investors who paid little heed to coordinated land use or to future land users. Those who purchased and pr
37、epared land for residential purposes, particularly land near or outside city borders where transit lines and middle-class inhabitants were anticipated, did so to create demand as much as to respond to it. Chicago is a prime example of this process. Real estate subdivision there proceeded much faster
38、 than population growth. 56 With which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned? （ A） Types of mass transportation. （ B） Instability of urban life. （ C） How supply and demand determine land use. （ D） The effects of mass transportation on urban expansion. 57 The author mentions all o
39、f the following as effects of mass transportation on cities EXCEPT_. （ A） growth in city area （ B） separation of commercial and residential districts （ C） changes in life in the inner city （ D） increasing standards of living 58 Why does the author mention both Boston and Chicago? （ A） To demonstrate
40、 positive and negative effects of growth. （ B） To show that mass transit changed many cities. （ C） To exemplify cities with and without mass transportation. （ D） To contrast their rates of growth. 59 According to the passage, what was one disadvantage of residential expansion? （ A） It was expensive.
41、 （ B） It happened too slowly. （ C） It was unplanned. （ D） It created a demand for public transportation. 60 The author mentions Chicago in the second paragraph as an example of a city_. （ A） that is large （ B） that is used as a model for land development （ C） where land development exceeded populati
42、on growth （ D） with an excellent mass transportation system 60 Painting your house is like adding something to a huge communal picture in which the rest of the painting is done either by nature or by other people. The picture is not static; it changes as we move about, with the time of day, with the
43、 seasons, with new planting, new buildings and with alterations to old ones. Any individual house is just a fragment of this picture, nevertheless it has the power to make or mark the overall scene. In the past people used their creative talents in painting their homes, with great imagination and in
44、 varied but always subtly blending colors. The last vestiges of this great tradition can still be seen in the towns of the extreme west of Ireland. It has never been recognized as an art form, partly because of the physical difficulty of hanging a street in a gallery and partly because it is always
45、changing, as paint fades and is renewed. Also it is a communal art which cannot be identified with any person, except in those many cases where great artists of the past found inspiration in ordinary street scenes and recorded them in paint. Following the principles of decoration that were so succes
46、sful in the past, you should first take a long look at the house and its surroundings and consider possible limitations. The first concerns the amount of color and intensity in the daylight in Britain. Colors that look perfectly in keeping with the sunny, clear skies of the Mediterranean would look
47、too harsh in the grayer light of the north. Since bright light is uncomfortable for the eyes, colors must be strong in order to be seen clearly. Viewed in a dimmer light they appear too bright. It is easy to see this if you look at a brick house while the sun is alternately shining and then going be
48、hind a cloud. The brick work colors look much more intense when the sun is hidden. The second limitation is the colors of the surroundings: the colors which go best with Cotswold stone and a rolling green countryside will be different from those that look best by the sea or in a red brick/ blue slat
49、e industrial town. In every area there are always colors that at once look in keeping. In many areas there are distinctive traditions in the use of color that may be a useful guide. The eastern countries of England and Scotland, particularly those with a local tradition of rendering of plastering, use colors applied solidly over the wall. Usually only the window frames and doors are picked out in another color, often white or pale grey. Typical wall
