1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 150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 are not a
3、regular part of the student dorms? （ A） Desks. （ B） Suites. （ C） Kitchens. （ D） Closets. 12 What do the married student apartments not allow? （ A） Children. （ B） Cooking. （ C） Spouses. （ D） Single students. 13 Which of the following is most likely required in Spanish House during some periods? （ A）
4、Spanish nationals. （ B） Spanish majors. （ C） Spanish speaking. （ D） Spanish cooking. 14 Where was the woman at lunchtime? （ A） Giving a lecture. （ B） Discussing political science. （ C） Working on a science problem. （ D） Reading twentieth-century literature. 15 How do the students demonstrate that th
5、ey really enjoy professor Howls classes? （ A） They complete all their assignments. （ B） They study hard for his tests. （ C） They compete for the best seats in the class. （ D） They read all his books. 16 Which of the following best describes Prof. Howls relationship with his students? （ A） Controvers
6、ial. （ B） Impersonal. （ C） Indifferent. （ D） Cooperative. 17 What is George Orwell mainly known as? （ A） A literary critic. （ B） A war correspondent. （ C） A volunteer in the Spanish Civil War. （ D） A novelist. 18 Where was George Orwell born? （ A） Spain. （ B） America. （ C） Burma. （ D） India. 19 What
7、 is most important in Orwells life? （ A） Although English, he was actually not born in England. （ B） He was a student of the famous English public school, Eton. （ C） He tried to enlighten and change society through his works. （ D） He worked as a policeman in Burma for five years. 20 What are the lis
8、teners going to do after the presentation? （ A） To ask the speaker questions. （ B） To discuss “ANIMAL FARM“. （ C） To write essays on Orwells life. （ D） To read the book“1984“. Part C Directions: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer the questions or complete the notes in your test booklet for
9、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 the numbered spaces with ONE suitabl
10、e word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 30 I was not more than thirteen years old at the time, (31) _, but I remember the moment as if it (32)_yesterday. I had just taken my place in class, (33)_ I noticed a small shining coin a few feet away from my desk. I am sure it was not the desire for g
11、ain which prompted me to stoop and pick it up, (34) _ the coin was a farthing and almost completely worthless. But its newness (35) _me, and the fact (36) _ I could not spend a coin of such small value, made me want to keep it forever (37) _ the teacher was talking to us. I pretended to (38) _ a pen
12、cil and bent over. From that moment, the coin was mine. The farthing and I remained firm friends for years. Trousers wore (39) _, but the coin survived. It lived to see short trousers become long ones; it accompanied me in my youth and early manhood. It joined the army with me during the war, and la
13、ter came to the office every day when I became a (40) _ again. Every night when I emptied my pockets and placed their contents on my bedside table, the coin (41) _its appearance. Sometimes, it would play hide and seek with me and make me dig deeply into my pockets. But sure enough, it was always the
14、re, trapped inside larger items, (42) _ a penknife (43) _ in the folds of my handkerchief. It certainly kept strange company. When I was a boy, it would attach itself (44) _ sticky sweets, or get caught in pieces of wire. When I grew up, it took its place proudly beside the silver coins that jingled
15、 in my pocket. It had reason to be proud, for I am sure it knew (45) _I would rather have lost every single coin I had than part with the precious little farthing. It did not shine any more, but at night time it would unfailingly arrive, last but smiling, and look up at me(46) _my bedside table. One
16、 night, (47) , the coin was missing. I searched everywhere, but weeks passed and I didnt find it. This time, I realized sadly that it had gone for (48) _and could only hope it had found (49) _ nicer pocket to live (50) . Part A Directions: Read the following texts and answer the questions which acco
17、mpany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 50 While its true that just about every cell in the body has the instructions to make a complete human, most of those instructions are inactivated, and with good reason. The last thing you want is for your brain cells to start
18、 producing stomach acid or your nose to turn into a kidney. The only time cells truly have the potential to turn into any and all body parts is very early in a pregnancy, when so-called stem cells havent begun to specialize. Yet this untapped potential could be a terrific boon to medicine. Most dise
19、ases involve the death of healthy cells brain cells in Alzheimers, cardiac cells in heart disease, pancreatic cells in diabetes, to name a few. If doctors could isolate stem cells, then direct their growth, they might be able to furnish patients with healthy replacement tissue. It was incredibly dif
20、ficult, but last fall scientists at the University of Wisconsin managed to isolate stem cells and get them to grow into neural, muscle and bone cells. The process still cant be controlled, and may have unforeseen limitations. But if efforts to understand and master stem-cell development prove succes
21、sful, doctors will have a therapeutic tool of incredible power. The same applies to cloning, which is really just the other side of the coin. True cloning, as first shown with Dolly the sheep two years ago, involves taking a developed cell and reactivating the genome within, resetting its developmen
22、tal instructions to a pristine state. Once that happens, the rejuvenated cell can develop into a full-fledged animal, genetically identical to its parent. For agriculture, in which purely physical characteristics like milk production in a cow or low fat in a hog have real market value, biological ca
23、rbon copies could become routine within a few years. This past year scientists have done for mice and cows what Ian Wilmut did for Dolly, and other creatures are bound to join the cloned menagerie in the coming year. Human cloning, on the other hand, may be technically feasible but legally and emoti
24、onally more difficult. Still, one day it will happen. The ability to reset body cells to a pristine, undeveloped state could give doctors exactly the same advantages they would get from stem cells: the potential to make healthy body tissues of all sorts, and thus to cure disease. That could prove to
25、 be a tree “miracle cure“. 51 The passage mainly discusses_. （ A） the cloning technology （ B） types of body cells （ C） stem cells （ D） methods of growing body tissues 52 The reason a nose is not likely to turn into a kidney is that_ （ A） cells in the nose do not contain instructions （ B） a nose does
26、 not contain brain cells （ C） instructions in a nose cell are inactivated （ D） the stem cells have not been specialized 53 When stem cells specialize, they_. （ A） grow into body parts （ B） are destroyed （ C） are set back to a pristine state （ D） turn nose into kidney 54 The phrase “biological carbon
27、 copies“ (para. 4) refers to_. （ A） physical characteristics of real market value （ B） body tissues （ C） cloned animals （ D） stem cells 55 The author would most likely agree with which of the following statements? （ A） Human cloning is a technical impossibility. （ B） Human cloning may cause ethical
28、concerns. （ C） Cloning contributes to understanding of stem cells. （ D） The potential medical values of cloning have been exaggerated. 55 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
29、 is not static; it changes as we move about, with the time of day, with the 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 th
30、eir creative talents in painting their homes, with great imagination and in 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 d
31、ifficulty of hanging a street in a gallery and partly because it is always 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 recorde
32、d them in paint. Following the principles of decoration that were so successful 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 perfec
33、tly in keeping with the sunny, clear skies of the Mediterranean would look 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 l
34、ook at a brick house while the sun is alternately shining and then going behind 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
35、different from those that look best by the sea or in a red brick/ blue slate 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 Scotla
36、nd, 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 colors are the pink associated with Suffolk and pate buffs. Much strong
37、er colors such as deep earth red, orange, blue and green are also common. In the coastal villages of Essex, as well as inland in Hertfordshire, the house fronts of overlapping boards are traditionally painted black originally tarred like ships with windows and doors outlined in white. In Kent these
38、weather boarded houses are usually white. In stone areas of Yorkshire and farther north, color is rare: the houses are usually left in their natural color, though many are painted white as they probably all were once. 56 According to the passage, “painting your house“ in the first sentence refers to
39、_. （ A） making a picture of your house using paint （ B） putting paint on the outside of your house （ C） painting pictures in your house （ D） painting your rooms 57 The passage suggests that as any individual home is just a fragment of a huge communal picture when you paint your house_. （ A） you shou
40、ld have your own unique way so as to avoid repetition （ B） you should take into account the fading of colors （ C） you should take general appearance of the area into consideration （ D） you should keep your house in harmony with what have already been painted in the picture 58 Which of the following
41、statements is not the reason why the painting of houses has never been recognized as an art form? （ A） It is a communal piece of work which cannot be identified with any one person. （ B） It is impossible to display it to the gallery going public. （ C） It is not static. （ D） People tend to think that
42、 communal picture is only a street scene that has no artistic value. 59 The writer mentions the sunny, clear skies of the Mediterranean to show us that （ A） the climate of Britain is a long cry from that of the Mediterranean （ B） the bright colours chosen to paint a house in Mediterranean fit in wel
43、l with the grayer light of Britain （ C） the different quality of light in Britain and in the Mediterranean results in different selection of colors （ D） the more intense the light is, the more beautiful the picture becomes 60 The writer has the opinion that when you paint your house, you will most l
44、ikely choose （ A） the characteristic local colors （ B） your favorite colors （ C） the colors to your artistic taste （ D） the colors that fit in well with furniture 60 Car makers have long used sex to sell their products. Recently, however, both BMW and Renault have based their latest European marketi
45、ng 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 is the molecule
46、 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 lecture by Stev
47、e 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 subtle. It is that e
48、volution 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 these alterations
49、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 context, p
