1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 146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 Which of the fol
3、lowing statements about the telephone of the future is NOT true? （ A） It will be much more complex than the telephone we use today. （ B） It will be more convenient to use than todays telephone. （ C） You will be able to dial great distances. （ D） There will be no busy lines. 12 The screens of televis
4、ions of the future will become_. （ A） extremely large （ B） as large as walls in home （ C） as large as the screens of movies （ D） as large as you wish 13 What will happen to the programs of television of the future? （ A） A11 TV sets can receive some programs without paying money in a certain area. （
5、B） You may pay for some special programs if you like. （ C） If you are interested in a certain subject, you may borrow some tapes about it. （ D） A11 of the above. 14 What is the speaker mainly discussing? （ A） Traditional European architecture. （ B） Techniques for building log cabins. （ C） The histor
6、y of log structures. （ D） How to build a home yourself. 15 According to the speaker, what gives modern log homes their warm atmosphere? （ A） Their small size. （ B） Their rustic dirt floors. （ C） Their walls made up of rounded logs. （ D） Their sliding board windows. 16 According to the speaker, why w
7、ere log cabins especially popular to settlers who moved west? （ A） They could easily build the log houses themselves. （ B） They could construct the houses from kits. （ C） They liked the cozy atmosphere of the log interior. （ D） They wanted homes that could be transported. 17 Which of the following i
8、s 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 basketball game. 18 Who suffered a heavy loss from the fire? （ A） The owner of a restaurant and the adjoining Jones Jewelry Store.
9、 （ 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? （ 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 Lea
10、gue 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 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. Y
11、ou 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 the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 30 If youve been on campus for very long, Im
12、 certain that youve already heard about this course. You may know that last semester about fifty (31) _ of the students enrolled in my course failed it. Let me explain how this came (32) _ before you jump to any (33) _. In the first (34) _, since this is a composition class, I expect my students to
13、follow certain rules (35) _formality. Unfortunately, students today dislike having to follow rules of any kind, especially those which they may feel to be unnecessary. For (36) _, I ask that each of your papers (37)_typed and centered on the paper correctly. I count off points for various kinds of m
14、istakes. A misspelled word will cost you 5 points. Youve lost 25 points if youve (38) _ five words. If you write (39) _ incomplete sentence, youve lost 10 points. If you give me two complete sentences as one without adequate punctuation, youve lost 15 points. I do not accept late (40) _. You will re
15、ceive a zero for any theme which you fail to submit on (41) I expect you to read each assignment. To make certain that you have read the assignment, I (42) _ give you a short unannounced quiz from time to (43) _. This class meets on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. You will have a total of six majo
16、r tests throughout the (44) _. Your final grade will be based (45) _ an average of these major tests, the pop tests, (46) _ eight written themes. If you have any questions at any time, you can see me on Tuesday. My office is (47) _the second floor of this building. Your (48) _ for Wednesday is to re
17、ad Hemingways short story on page 55. Friday will be the last class day of this week, so you can expect to write a short in-class theme for me then. Thats (49) _ for today. Ill (50) _ you on Wednesday. Part A Directions: Read the following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choos
18、ing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 50 In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly opposi
19、te in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows. Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “trash talk“. The topics on his show are as shocking as shocking can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show
20、 themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation of societys moral catastrophes, yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing predicaments of other peoples lives. Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winf
21、rey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individuals quality of life. Topics range from teaching your children responsibility, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors. Compared to Oprah,
22、the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word“. He makes a small speech that sums up the entire moral of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable. Clean as it is, the Oprah show i
23、s not for everyone. The shows main target audience are middle-class Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and stability to deal with lifes tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of an association with the young adults of society. These are 18-to 21-year-olds wh
24、ose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex, money and peers. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the shows exploitation. While the two shows are as different as night and day, both have ruled the talk show circuit for many years now. Each one cate
25、rs to a different audience while both have a strong following from large groups of fans. Ironically, both could also be considered pioneers in the talk show world. 51 Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are （ A） more family-oriented （ B） unusually popular
26、 （ C） more profound （ D） relatively formal 52 Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear distasteful, the audience （ A） remain fascinated by them （ B） are ready to face up to them （ C） remain indifferent to them （ D） are willing to get involved in them 53 Which of the following is
27、likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show? （ A） A new type of robot. （ B） Racist hatred. （ C） Family budget planning. （ D） Street violence. 54 Despite their different approaches, the two talk shows are both_. （ A） ironical （ B） sensitive （ C） Constructive （ D） cynical 55 We can learn from the p
28、assage that the two talk shows_. （ A） have monopolized the talk show circuit （ B） exploit the weaknesses in human nature （ C） appear at different times of the day （ D） are targeted at different audiences 55 It is almost 15 years since I first tested a mobile phone. I was covering the Live Aid concer
29、t 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 phone cost several thousand pounds. Oh, and
30、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 is that, after a long period in the social
31、 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. It is pretty much the size of a credit car
32、d 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 cars and there are CARS. Phones like that shin
33、y, 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 the more important and less flashy develop
34、ment 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 concerns not the phones so much as the kind of
35、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 phone companies can do. 56 The word “fiasc
36、o“ (para. 1) most probably means_. （ A） a great surprise （ B） an unpleasant event （ C） a wonderful thing （ D） a stiff competition 57 Which of the following is NOT true of the new Ericsson mobile phone? （ A） It is very small. （ B） It vibrates gently. （ C） It can connect you to someone if you just say
37、 his phone number. （ D） It can recognize the caller through his voice. 58 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 m
38、odels. 59 According to the passage, what is the drawback of breast pocket phones? （ A） They are fragile and easily damaged. （ B） The information stored is limited. （ C） They are not popular with business people. （ D） Few people can afford them. 60 All of the following products are expected to come o
39、ut in the future EXCEPT_. （ A） wrist-watch phones （ B） web-browsing phones （ C） phones connected to computers （ D） voice-dialling phones 60 “She was Americas princess as much as she was Britains princess, “ wrote the foreign editor of the normally sharp Chicago Tribune a week after the death in Pari
40、s 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 class to look down on the “tyranny“ of the English monarchy, sudd
41、enly 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 in Americas status as the celebrity culture par excellence.
42、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 Bill Clinton won because he projected the image of a Hollywood
43、 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 Princess Diana, the worlds biggest, classiest contemporary celebrit
44、y 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 aromatherapy were closer to the style of former US First Lady Nancy Reag
45、an 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 American celebrity approach. Like another former First Lady,
46、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 responsiveness of the public to her charms. For she seemed to have a
47、dapted 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 woman and, like it or not, most of what is modern originates
48、 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 Cinderella with the polish of a natural-born socialite. . In a
49、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 difference 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 y
