1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 156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 Dr. Wilson and Mr. Wang have known each other before. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 2 Wang pref
2、ers to live with an English family. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 3 Wang intends to study how computer is used for language translation. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 4 Back in his own country, Mr. Wang studied C-language and chemistry. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 5 Wang has some experience about CAD. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 6
3、 Dr. Wilson is satisfied with Wangs past experience. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 7 Wang has little knowledge of the phonetic processing system. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 8 Wang decides to take courses and pass exams. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 9 Dr. Wilson suggests that Wang should extend his stay at the university.
4、（ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 10 Dr. Wilson asks Wang to do a little more research before deciding on his project. （ 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 should o
5、ne do if he wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning? （ A） Change his energy cycle. （ B） Overcome his laziness. （ C） Get up earlier than usual. （ D） Go to bed earlier. 12 Why does the speaker suggest we rise with a yawn and stretch? （ A） Because it will help keep your energy fo
6、r the days work. （ B） Because it will help you to control your temper early in the day. （ C） Because it will help you to concentrate on your routine work. （ D） Because it will keep your energy cycle under control all day. 13 Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? （ A） Getting off to work wit
7、h a minimum effort helps save ones energy. （ B） Dr. Kleiman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of a day. （ C） Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle. （ D） Children have energy cycles, too. 14 Whats the main purpose of the talk? （ A） To introduce the concept of infla
8、tion. （ B） To discuss the causes of inflation. （ C） To review yesterdays lecture on inflation. （ D） To argue in favor of inflation. 15 According to the lecture, what is inflation? （ A） Rising prices. （ B） Fixed income. （ C） Real income. （ D） Cost of living. 16 Who benefits most from inflation? （ A）
9、Persons who have salaries according to long-term contracts. （ B） Persons who own businesses. （ C） Persons with old-age pensions. （ D） Persons with slow-rising incomes. 17 What is this passage mainly about? （ A） The human nose as an organ for breathing and smelling. （ B） The nose providing us with va
10、rious expressions. （ C） A woman poets wish to have two noses. （ D） Interesting comments made on Cleopatras nose. 18 What does “A person who is led around by the nose“ mean? （ A） A person who lets his instinct guide him. （ B） A person who has no will of his own. （ C） A person who is decisive. （ D） A
11、person who is full of imagination and creativity. 19 Who can be described as “a man to have his nose put out of joint“ ? （ A） A gay man. （ B） A sick man. （ C） A man who wants to smell a flower. （ D） A man who feels hurt and depressed. 20 What does “it is as plain as the nose on your face “mean? （ A）
12、 It is easy to solve. （ B） Something looks like your nose. （ C） It is something quite understandable. （ D） There is a plain-looking nose on your face. 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 writin
13、g 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 How many planets are there in the solar system revolving around the sun? 22 Which planet do people think is the most important one? 23 From which field of s
14、cience do we learn a lot about the planets? 24 How long have astronomers studied the planets and other objects in space? 25 What kind of new technology helped us a lot to study the planets? 26 Which planet is the closest planet to the sun, Mercury, Mars, Venus or Jupiter? 27 How long does it take Me
15、rcury to complete its orbit around the sun? 28 How long does it take the Earth to rotate on its own axis once? 29 Which planet is the easiest for people to see in the sky, Earth, Mercury, Venus or Jupiter? 30 Which is the largest one of all the planets? 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Dire
16、ctions: Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 30 You may say that the business of marking books is going to slow down your reading.【 C1】 _probably will. Thats one of the【 C2】 _ for doing it. Most of us have been tak
17、en in by the notion that speed of【 C3】 _is a measure of our intelligence. There is【 C4】 _such things as the right【 C5】 _for intelligent reading. Some things should be【 C6】 _ quickly and effortlessly, and some should be read【 C7】 _and even laboriously. The sign of intelligence【 C8】 _ reading is the a
18、bility to read【 C9】 _things differently according to their worth. In the【 C10】 _of good books, the point is not to see how many of them can you get through, 【 C11】 _ how many can you get through them how many you can【 C12】 _your own. A few friends are【 C13】 _ than a thousand acquaintances. If this b
19、e your goal, 【 C14】 _it should be, you will not be impatient if it takes more time and effort to read a great book than a newspaper【 C15】_. You may have another objection to【 C16】 _books. You cant lend them to your friends【 C17】 _ nobody else can read them【 C18】 _being distracted by your notes. What
20、s more, you wont want to lend them because a【 C19】 _copy is a kind of intellectual diary, and【 C20】 _it is almost like giving your mind away. If your friend hopes to read your Shakespeare, or The Federalist Papers, tell him, gently but firmly, to buy a copy. You will lend him your car or your coat b
21、ut your books are as much a part of you as your head or your heart. 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 tex
22、ts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 50 As long as her parents can remember, 13-year-old Katie Hart has been talking about going to college. Her mother, Tally, a financial-aid officer at a California University, knows all too
23、 well the daunting thing of paying for a college education. Last year the average yearly tuition at a private, four-year school climbed 5.5 percent to more than $ 17, 000. The Harts have started saving, and figure they can afford a public university without a problem. But what if Katie applies to Pr
24、inceton(she s threatening), where one year s tuition, room and board almost $34, 000 in 2007 will cost more than some luxury cars? Even a number cruncher like Tally admits it s a little scary, especially since she 11 retire and Katie will go to college at around the same time. Paying for college has
25、 always been a hard endeavor. The good news: last year students collected $ 74 billion in financial aid, the most ever. Most families pay less than full freight. Sixty percent of public-university students and three quarters of those at private colleges receive some form of financial aid mostly, the
26、se days, in the form of loans. But those numbers are not as encouraging as they appear for lower-income families, because schools are changing their formulas for distributing aid. Eager to boost their magazine rankings, which are based in part on the test scores of entering freshmen, they re throwin
27、g more aid at smarter kids whether they need it or not. The best way to prepare is to start saving early. A new law passed last year makes that easier for some families. So-called 529 plans allow parents to sock away funds in federal-tax-free-investment accounts, as long as the money is used for “qu
28、alified education expenses“ like tuition, room and board. The plans aren t for everyone. For tax reasons, some lower and middle income families may be better off choosing other investments. But saving is vital. When s the best time to start? “Sometime, “ says Jack Joyce of the College Board, “betwee
29、n the maternity ward and middle school. “ Aid packages usually come in some combination of grants, loans and jobs. These days 60 percent of all aid comes in the form of low-interest loans. All students are eligible for “unsubsidized“ federal Stafford loans, which let them defer interest payments unt
30、il after graduation. Students who can demonstrate need can also qualify for federal Perkins loans or “subsidized“ Staffords, where the government pays the interest during school. Fortunately, this is a borrower s market. “ Interest rates are at their lowest level in the history of student loans, “ s
31、ays Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of Finaid. Kantrowitz expects rates to fall even further when they re reviewed this summer. Traditional scholarships, academic or athletic, are still a part of many families planning. Mack Reiter, a 17-year-old national wrestling champion, gets so many recruiting lette
32、rs he throws most away. He 11 almost certainly get a free ride. Without it, “we would really be in a bind, “ says his mother, Janet. For everyone else, it s worth the effort to pick through local and national scholarship offerings, which can be found on Web sites like college-board, com. 51 What doe
33、s the author intend to illustrate with the example of the Harts? （ A） The difficulty of paying the tuition. （ B） The far-sight of the parents. （ C） The promising future of Katie. （ D） The increasing tuition in the university. 52 What can we infer from the second paragraph? （ A） Some families are too
34、 poor to pay the full amount of the tuition. （ B） The parents do not favor the form of loans. （ C） Paying the tuition makes the parents feel humble. （ D） Those who are in great need may not get what they need. 53 The last paragraph suggests that_. （ A） many recruiting letters failed to provide Mack
35、Reiter with scholarships （ B） Mack Reiter wanted to help his family go out of the trouble （ C） traditional scholarships are a good solution to the tuition problems in some families （ D） Mack Reiter was very proud of his national wrestling championship 54 What does the author mean by “better off“(Lin
36、e 4, Paragraph 3)? （ A） Richer. （ B） Wiser. （ C） Happier. （ D） Luckier. 55 Which of the following is true according to the text? （ A） The Harts prefer a public university to a private one. （ B） It is much easier to pay the tuition at present. （ C） All students can get the aid package. （ D） Tradition
37、al scholarships are still attractive to some families. 55 It was late in the afternoon, and I was putting the final touch on a piece of writing that I was feeling pretty good about. I wanted to save it, but my cursor had frozen. I tried to shut the computer down, and it seized up altogether. Unsure
38、of what else to do, I yanked(用力猛拉 )the battery out. Unfortunately, Windows had been in the midst of a delicate and crucial undertaking. The next morning, when I turned my computer back on, it informed me that a file had been corrupted and Windows would not load. Then, it offered to repair itself by
39、using the Windows Setup CD. I opened the special drawer where I keep CDs, but no Windows CD in there. I was forced to call the computer company s Global Support Centre. My call was answered by a woman in some unnamed, far-off land. I find it annoying to make small talk with someone when I don t know
40、 what continent they re standing on. Suppose I were to comment on the beautiful weather we ve been having when there was a monsoon at the other end of the phone? So I got right to the point. “My computer is telling me a file is corrupted and it wants to fix itself, but I dont have the Windows Setup
41、CD. “ “So youre having a problem with your Windows Setup CD. “ She has apparently been dozing and, having come to just as the sentence ended, was attempting to cover for her inattention. It quickly became clear that the woman was not a computer technician. Her job was to serve as a gatekeeper, a hum
42、an shield for the technicians. Her sole duty, as far as I could tell, was to raise global stress levels. To make me disappear, the woman gave me the phone number for Windows creator, Microsoft. This is like giving someone the phone number for, I don t know, North America. Besides, the CD worked; I j
43、ust didn t have it. No matter how many times I repeated my story, we came back to the same place. She was calm and resolutely polite. When my voice hit a certain decibel(分贝 ), I was passed along, like a hot, irritable potato, to a technician. “You dont have the Windows Setup CD, ma am, because you d
44、ont need it, “ he explained cheerfully. “ Windows came preinstalled on your computer!“ “But I do need it. “ “ Yes, but you don t have it. “ We went on like this for a while. Finally, he offered to walk me through the use of a different CD, one that would erase my entire system. “Of course, you d los
45、e all your e-mail, your documents, your photos. “ It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache. “You might be able to recover them, but it would be expensive. “ He sounded delighted. “And it s not covered by the warranty(产品保证书 )!“ The safe began to seem like a good idea, provid
46、ed it was full. I hung up the phone and drove my computer to a small, friendly repair place I d heard about. A smart, helpful man dug out a Windows CD and told me it wouldn t be a problem. An hour later, he called to let me know it was ready. I thanked him, and we chatted about the weather, which wa
47、s the same outside my window as it was outside his. 56 Why did the author shut down her computer abruptly? （ A） She had saved what she had written. （ B） She couldn t move the cursor. （ C） The computer refused to work. （ D） The computer offered to repair itself. 57 Which of the following is the autho
48、r s opinion about the woman at the Global Support Centre? （ A） She sounded helpful and knowledgeable. （ B） She was there to make callers frustrated. （ C） She was able to solve her computer problem. （ D） She was quick to pass her along to a technician. 58 According to the passage, the solution offere
49、d by the technician was_. （ A） effective （ B） economical （ C） unpractical （ D） unacceptable 59 “It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache“ in the last but one paragraph means that_. （ A） the technician s proposal would make things even worse （ B） the technician s proposal could eventually solve the problem （ C） files stored on her computer were like a safe （ D） erasing the entire system was like curi
