1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 154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 Some modern cities are usually famous for people who live a very long time. （ A） TRUE
2、（ B） FALSE 2 A simple diet high in vitamins and sugar but low in fat and chemicals benefits those people in Hunza. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 3 People in Russia are also famous for their longevity. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 4 Shirali probably lived until 168;Tsurba probably lived until age 160. （ A） TRUE （ B）
3、FALSE 5 People in the Caucasus Mountains not only live long but also have a good physical condition. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 6 One reason for the good health of the people in Vilcabamba must be the clean, beautiful environment. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 7 The diets of the people in the three regions are tot
4、ally different. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 8 Most people in the mountains of Eduador drink a lot of coffee and alcohol, but they still live long. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 9 Calories, natural food, mountains and the distance from modern cities are the only common things in the three regions. （ A） TRUE （ B） FAL
5、SE 10 Physical exercises and freedom from worry might be the two most important secrets of longevity. （ 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 does the man
6、 do? （ A） A taxi-driver. （ B） A bus driver. （ C） A policeman. （ D） A tourist guide. 12 What does he like about his job? （ A） Money. （ B） Freedom. （ C） Knowing different people. （ D） Traveling a lot. 13 Those who visit London will certainly go to_. （ A） the Tower of London （ B） Harrods （ C） Buckingha
7、m Palace （ D） The Greenwich village 14 According to the speaker, what are convenience goods? （ A） Commodities that people are in constant need of. （ B） Goods that are convenient to use or purchase. （ C） Items that people tend to buy under impulse. （ D） Items that have to be bought once a week. 15 Wh
8、at are the shopping goods that are basically considered the same? （ A） Those that satisfy similar needs of the consumer. （ B） Those that consumers dont care where to buy. （ C） Those that consumers spend much time looking for. （ D） Those that can be found everywhere. 16 What is the characteristic of
9、specialty goods? （ A） They are goods that can be bought at a special price. （ B） They are special kinds of products. （ C） They are characterized in their brands. （ D） They need special efforts to get. 17 Who is the speaker? （ A） A poet. （ B） A teacher. （ C） A student. （ D） An artist. 18 What was the
10、 discussion topic of the previous class meeting? （ A） New England mystery stories. （ B） Eighteenth-century English criticism. （ C） A comparison of poems of Dickinson and Whitman. （ D） The poems of Walt Whitman. 19 How did Emily Dickinson differ from Walt Whitman? （ A） She published poems frequently.
11、 （ B） She seldom left home. （ C） She lived in an earlier era. （ D） She spoke a different language. 20 What will the class do now? （ A） Hear another report. （ B） Discuss one of Emily Dickinsons poems. （ C） Hear a lecture given by the teacher. （ D） Discuss poems they have written themselves. Part C Di
12、rections: 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 Questions 21-30. 21 Whats the averag
13、e increase per year of foreign student population in the period between 1985 and 1990 in terms of percentage? 22 Which area of the world contributed to an increase between 94/95 and 95/96? 23 When will the speaker talk about the economic and political changes? 24 What will the speaker discuss first?
14、 25 According to the figure of the academic year 1995/96, where do the largest number of foreign students come from? 26 Whats the number of students from Malaysia? 27 Which is the most popular major of study? 28 Whats the percentage of students in business and management? 29 In terms of academic lev
15、els, in which level do we find the smallest number? 30 In brief, what did the speaker talk about? 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 Children who grip thei
16、r pens too close to the writing point are likely to be at a disadvantage in examinations, 【 C1】 _to the first serious investigation into the way in which writing technique can dramatically affect educational achievement. The survey of 643 children and adults, ranking from pre-school to 40-plus, also
17、 suggests【 C2】 _ pen-holding techniques have deteriorated sharply over one generation, with teachers now paying far【 C3】 _attention to correct pen grip and handwriting style. Stephanie Thomas, a learning support teacher【 C4】 _findings have been published, was inspired to investigate this area【 C5】 _
18、 he noticed that those students who had the most trouble with spelling【 C6】 _ had a poor pen grip. While Mr. Thomas could not establish a significant statistical link【 C7】 _pen-holding style and accuracy in spelling, he【 C8】 _find huge differences in technique between the young children and the matu
19、re adults, and a definite【 C9】_between near-point gripping and slow, illegible writing. People who【 C10】 _their pens at the writing point also show other characteristics【 C11】 _ inhibit learning, 【 C12】 _as poor posture, leaning too【 C13】 _ to the desk, using four fingers to grip the pen【 C14】 _than
20、 three, and clumsy positioning of the thumb(which can obscure【 C15】 _is being written). Mr. Thomas believes that the【 C16】 _between elder and younger writers is【 C17】 _too dramatic to be accounted for simply by the possibility that people get better at writing as they grow【 C18】 _. He attributes it
21、to a failure to teach the most effective methods, pointing out that the differences between【 C19】 _ groups coincides with the abandonment of formal handwriting instruction in classrooms in the sixties. “The 30-year-old showed a huge diversity of grips, 【 C20】 _the over 40s group all had a uniform tr
22、ipod grip. “ 31 【 C1】 32 【 C2】 33 【 C3】 34 【 C4】 35 【 C5】 36 【 C6】 37 【 C7】 38 【 C8】 39 【 C9】 40 【 C10】 41 【 C11】 42 【 C12】 43 【 C13】 44 【 C14】 45 【 C15】 46 【 C16】 47 【 C17】 48 【 C18】 49 【 C19】 50 【 C20】 Part A Directions: Read the following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by cho
23、osing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 50 In January 1995, the world witnessed the emergence of a new international economic order with the launching of the World Trade Organization. The WTO, which succeeds the GATT, is expected to strengthen the world trading system and to be more
24、 effective than the GATT in governing international trade in goods and services in many aspects. First, trade liberalization all over the world is expected to increase via the dramatic reductions in trade barriers to which the members of the WTO are committed. Under the WTO, members are required to
25、reduce their tariff and non-tariffs on manufacturing goods. In addition, protecting domestic agricultural sectors from foreign competition will become awfully difficult in the new WTO system. Second, rules and regulations governing international trade will be more strongly enforced. Under the old sy
26、stem of the GATT, there were many cases where trade measures, such as anti-dumping and countervailing duties, were intentionally used solely for protectionist reasons. The WTOs strengthened rules and regulations will significantly reduce the abusing of such trade measures by its member countries. Th
27、e WTO is also equipped with an improved dispute settlement mechanism. Accordingly, we expect to see a more effective resolution of trade disputes among the member countries in this new trade environment. Third, new multilateral rules have been established to cover areas which the GATT did not addres
28、s, such as international trade in services and the protection of intellectual property rights. There still remain a number of problems that need to be resolved before international trade in services can be completely liberalized, and newly-developed ideas or technologies are fairly compensated. Howe
29、ver, just the establishment of multilateral rules in these new areas is a distinguished contribution to the progress toward a global free trade system. Along with the launching of the WTO, this new era in world trade is characterized by a change in the structure of the world economy. Today, a world-
30、wide market for goods and services is rapidly replacing a world economy composed of relatively isolated national markets. Domestic financial markets have been integrated into a truly global system, and the multinational corporation is becoming a principal mechanism for allocating investment capital
31、and determining the location of production sites throughout much of the world. 51 Between WTO and GATT_. （ A） WTO and GATT govern the international trade at the same time （ B） WTO is the pre-existence of GATT （ C） GATT is the pre-existence of WTO （ D） GATT is more effective than WTO in some aspects
32、52 According to this passage, under the WTO, _. （ A） measures of anti-dumping and countervailing were solely used for protectionist reason （ B） it is still easy to protect domestic agricultural sectors from foreign competition （ C） people can enjoy better life （ D） members should reduce their tariff
33、 and non-tariffs on products 53 Which of the following is NOT true about the WTO? （ A） WTO has achieved liberalization of international trade in service. （ B） WTO ensures effective settlement of trade dispute. （ C） Under WTO, regulations concerning international trade can be more strongly enforced.
34、（ D） WTO covers intellectual property rights. 54 It can be inferred from this passage that_. （ A） under GATT some measures can not be effectively enforced （ B） under GATT, the intellectual property right has been properly protected （ C） it is not easy for a country to get absorbed by WTO （ D） WTO ca
35、nnot change the structure of world economy totally 55 Which can be the best title for the passage? （ A） The Launching of WTO and GATT. （ B） The Influence on WTO. （ C） The Superiority of WTO over GATT. （ D） The Influence Caused by WTO. 55 Evolutionary theories. The Belgian George Lemaitre proposed th
36、e idea that about 20, 000 million years ago all the matter in the universe enough, he estimated, to make up a hundred thousand million galaxies was all concentrated in one small mass, which he called the “primeval atom“. This primeval atom exploded for some reasons, sending its matter out in all dir
37、ections, and as the expansion slowed down, a steady state resulted, at which time the galaxies formed. Something then upset the balance and the universe started expanding again, and this is the state in which the universe is now. There are variations on this theory: it may be that there was no stead
38、y state. However, Basically, evolutionary theories take it that the universe was formed in one place at one point in time and has been expanding ever since. Will the universe continue to expand? It may be that the universe will continue to expand for ever, But some astronomers believe that the expan
39、sion will slow down and finally stop. Thereafter the universe will start to contract until all the matter in it is once again concentrated at one point. Possibly the universe may oscillate for ever in this fashion, expanding to its maximum and then contracting over again. The steady-state theory. De
40、veloped at Cambridge by Hoyle, Gold and Bodi, the steady-state theory maintains that the universe as a whole has always looked the same and always will. As the galaxies expand away from each other, new material is formed in some ways between the galaxies and makes up new galaxies to take place of th
41、ose which have receded. Thus the general distribution of galaxies remains the same. How matter could be formed in this way is hard to see, But no harder than seeing why it should all form in one place at one time. How can we decide which of these theories is closer to the truth? The method is in pri
42、nciple quite simple. Since the very distant galaxies are thousands of millions of light years away, then we are seeing them as they were thousands of millions of years ago. If the evolutionary theory is correct, the galaxies were closer together in the past than they are now, and so distant galaxies
43、 ought to appear to be closer together than nearer ones. According to the steady-state theory there should be no difference. The evidence seems to suggest that there is a difference, that the galaxies were closer together than they are now, and so the evolutionary theory is partially confirmed and t
44、he steady-state theory in its original form at least must be rejected. 56 What do both theories assume to be true? （ A） That new material is continually being formed. （ B） That, in time, the universe will contract. （ C） That the universe is expanding at present. （ D） That “a big bang“ started the ex
45、pansion. 57 According to Lemaitre, the separate galaxies formed_. （ A） during a pause in the expansion of the universe （ B） at the time of the primeval explosion （ C） and will continue to form for ever （ D） when all the matter in the universe was all concentrated in one small mass 58 What is the bas
46、ic difference between the two classes of theories? （ A） It concerns the place and time of the formation of matter. （ B） It is whether the universe will continue to expand or not. （ C） It is the current state of the universe. （ D） The variations on evolutionary theories cause the difference. 59 Accor
47、ding to Hoyle and his friends at Cambridge, _. （ A） the explosion occurred much earlier than Lemaitre suggested （ B） it is hard to see how matter could be formed in this way （ C） the expansion of the universe is not a real one （ D） new material is continually being created 60 We see distant galaxies
48、 as they were long, long ago because_. （ A） they were closer together then （ B） the universe has always looked as the same （ C） their light takes so long to reach us （ D） they have travelled such a long way 60 At dawn one morning in early May, Sean Cosgrove is stashing piles of maps, notes and photo
49、copied documents in his gym bag before heading for West Milford High, a rural school in northernmost New Jersey. On his 30-minute commute, the young former investment banker tries to dream up new ways of lifting the monumentally forgettable Mexican War off the textbook page and into his students imaginations. Can he invoke the storied memories of Robert E. Lee, who cut his first military exploits on the plains of Veracuz or will he be met
