1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 163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 are the spe
3、akers trying to do? （ A） Visit the new restaurant. （ B） Watch a parade. （ C） Have a picnic. （ D） Go to the beach. 12 How does the man feel about the rain? （ A） Excited. （ B） Confused. （ C） Afraid. （ D） Surprised. 13 What will the speakers probably do next? （ A） Go home. （ B） Go to a restaurant. （ C）
4、 Unpack the car. （ D） Put a dry blanket under the tree. 14 What is the speaker mainly discussing? （ A） Traditional European architecture. （ B） Techniques for building log cabins. （ C） The history of log structures. （ D） How to build a home yourself. 15 According to the speaker, what gives modern log
5、 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 were log cabins especially popular to settlers who moved west? （ A） They could easily build the log houses
6、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 Why does the speaker refer to swimming as one of the most beneficial forms of general exercise? （ A） Because no other form of exer
7、cise uses so many muscles in the body so fully. （ B） Because no other form of exercise provides so much pleasure. （ C） Because no other form of exercise is so popular. （ D） Because no other form of exercise is so competitive. 18 What group is the speaker addressing? （ A） Parents of swimmers. （ B） Te
8、nnis coaches. （ C） Candidates for the swimming team. （ D） Competitive runners. 19 The speaker compares competitive swimming with what sport in terms of the athletes age? （ A） Golfing. （ B） Tennis. （ C） Football. （ D） Running. 20 What does the speaker say about competitive swimming? （ A） It is a life
9、long sport. （ B） It may interfere with academic studies. （ C） It does not offer many financial rewards. （ D） It is less demanding than other sports. 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
10、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 suitable word. Write your answers
11、on ANSWER SHEET 1. 30 If youve been on campus for very long, Im 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)
12、 _, since this is a composition class, I expect my students to 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
13、 the paper correctly. I count off points for various kinds of mistakes. 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,
14、 youve lost 15 points. I do not accept late (40) _. You will receive 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 Mond
15、ays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. You will have a total of six major 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 se
16、cond floor of this building. Your (48) _ for Wednesday is to read 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 followi
17、ng texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 50 Hotels were among the earliest facilities that bound the United States together. They were both creatures and creators of communities, as well as symptoms of the frenetic quest fo
18、r community. Even in the first part of the nineteenth century, Americans were already forming the habit of gathering from all corners of the nation for both public and private, business and pleasure purposes. Conventions were the new occasions, and hotels were distinctively American facilities makin
19、g conventions possible. The first national convention of a major party to choose a candidate for President (that of the National Republican Party, which met on December 12, 1831, and nominated Henry Clay for President) was held in Baltimore, at a hotel that was then reputed to be the best in the cou
20、ntry. The presence in Baltimore of Barnums City Hotel, a six-story building with two hundred apartments, helps explain why many other early national political conventions were held there. In the longer nm, too, American hotels made other national conventions not only possible but pleasant and conviv
21、ial. The growing custom of regularly assembling from afar the representatives of all kinds of groups not only for political conventions, but also for commercial, professional, learned, and avocational ones in turn supported the multiplying hotels. By mid-twentieth century, conventions accounted for
22、over a third of the yearly room occupancy of all hotels in the nation; about eighteen thousand different conventions were held annually with a total attendance of about ten million persons. Nineteenth-century American hotelkeepers, who were no longer the genial, deferential “hosts“of the eighteenth-
23、century European inn, became leading citizens. Holding a large stake in the community, they exercised power to make it prosper. As owners or managers of the local “palace of the public“, they were makers and shapers of a principal community attraction. Travelers from abroad were mildly shocked by th
24、is high social position. 51 The word “bound“ in line 1 is closest in meaning to_. （ A） led （ B） protected （ C） tied （ D） strengthened 52 The National Republican Party is mentioned in line 7 as an example of a group_. （ A） from Baltimore （ B） of learned people （ C） owning a hotel （ D） holding a conve
25、ntion 53 The word “assembling“ in line 13 is closest in meaning to_. （ A） announcing （ B） motivating （ C） gathering （ D） contracting 54 It can be inferred from the passage that early hotelkeepers in the United States were （ A） active politicians （ B） European immigrants （ C） professional builders （
26、D） influential citizens 55 Which of the following statements about early American hotels is NOT mentioned in the passage? （ A） Travelers from abroad did not enjoy staying in them. （ B） Conventions were held in them. （ C） People used them for both business and pleasure. （ D） They were important to th
27、e community. 55 Every profession or trade, every art, and every science has its technical vocabulary, the function of which is partly to refer to things or processes which have no names in ordinary English, and partly to secure greater exactness in expression. Such special dialects, or jargon, are n
28、ecessary in technical discussion of any kind. Being universally understood by the devotees of the particular science or art, they have the precision of a mathematical formula. Besides, they save time, for it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of these technical
29、terms are very properly included in every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they are rather on the outskirts of the English language than actually within its borders. Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts and other oc
30、cupations, such as farming and fishing, that have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabulary is very old. It consists largely of native words, or of borrowed words that have worked themselves into the very fibre of our language. Hence, though highly technical in many p
31、articulars, these vocabularies are more familiar in sound, and more generally understood than most other technicalities. The special dialects of law, medicine, and philosophy have also become pretty familiar to cultivated person, and have contributed much to the popular vocabulary. Yet, every vocati
32、on still possesses a large body of technical terms that remain essentially foreign, even to educated speech. And the proportion has been much increased in the last fifty years, particularly in the various departments of natural and political sciences and in the mechanic arts. Hence new terms are coi
33、ned with the greatest freedom, and abandoned with indifference when they have served their turn. Most of the new coinages are confined to special discussions and seldom get into general literature or conversation. Yet no profession is nowadays, as all professions once were, a closed guild. The lawye
34、r, the physician, the man of science, and the cleric associates freely with his fellow creatures, and does not meet them in a merely professional way. Furthermore, what is called popular science makes everybody acquainted with modern views and recent-discoveries. Any important experiment, though mad
35、e in a remote or provincial laboratory, is at once reported in the newspapers, and everybody is soon talking about it as in the case of the Roentgen rays and wireless telegraphy. Thus, our common speech is always taking up new technical terms and making them commonplace. 56 The authors main purpose
36、in writing the passage is to_. （ A） describe a phenomenon （ B） argue about a belief （ C） propose a solution （ D） stimulate an action 57 By saying that technical terms “on the outskirts of the English language than. “, the writer implies that_. （ A） they are used in the urban areas （ B） they are used
37、 in the rural areas （ C） they do not constitute the core of common speech （ D） they are not understood by English farmers 58 When the author refers to professions as no longer being “closed guilds“, he means that （ A） it is much easier to become a professional today than it was in the past （ B） ther
38、e is more social intercourse between professionals and others （ C） popular science has told her secrets to the world （ D） anyone can now understand anything in a profession 59 It seems that the passage implies_. （ A） the English language is always becoming larger and larger （ B） the words of the Eng
39、lish language are always changing （ C） one can never be sure what a word means without consulting an expert （ D） technical terms in most non-scientific fields have little chance of becoming part of the main body of the language in these scientific days 60 What may be the best title of this passage?
40、（ A） The Benefits of Some Jobs. （ B） Professions and Their Terms. （ C） Different Occupations. （ D） The Development of the English Language. 60 Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no emotion a world in which human beings could feel no love or happiness, no terror or hate. Try to imagine the c
41、onsequences of such a transformation. People might not be able to stay alive: knowing neither joy nor pleasure, neither anxiety nor fear, they would be as likely to repeat acts that hurt them as acts that were beneficial. They could not learn: they could not benefit from experience because this emot
42、ionless world would lack rewards and punishments. Society would soon disappear: people would be as likely to harm one another as to provide help and support. Human relationships would not exist; in a world without friends or enemies, there could be no marriage, affection among companions, or bonds a
43、mong members of groups. Society s economic underpinnings would be destroyed; since earning $ 10 million would be no more pleasant than earning $ 10, there would be no incentive to work. In fact, there would be no incentives of any kind. For as we will see, incentives imply a capacity to enjoy them.
44、In such a world, the chances that the human species would survive are next to zero, because emotions are the basic instrument of our survival and adaptation. Emotions structure the world for us in important ways. As individuals, we categorize objects on the basis of our emotions. True we consider th
45、e length, shape, size, or texture, but an objects physical aspects are less important than what it has done or can do to us hurt us, surprise us, anger us or make us joyful. We also use categorizations colored by emotions in our families, communities, and overall society. Out of our emotional experi
46、ences with objects and events comes a social feeling of agreement that certain things and actions are “good“ and others are “bad“, and we apply these categories to every aspect of our social life from what foods we eat and what clothes we wear to how we keep promises and which people our group will
47、accept. In fact, society exploits our emotional reactions and attitudes, such as loyalty, morality, pride, shame, guilt, fear and greed, in order to maintain itself. It gives high rewards to individuals who perform important tasks such as surgery, makes heroes out of individuals for unusual or dange
48、rous achievements such as flying fighter planes in a war, and uses the legal and penal system to make people afraid to engage in an antisocial acts. 61 The reason why people might not be able to stay alive in a world without emotion is that （ A） they would not be able to tell the texture of objects
49、（ B） they would not know what was beneficial and what was harmful to them （ C） they would not be happy with a life without love （ D） they would do things that hurt each others feelings 62 According to the passage, peoples learning activities are possible because they （ A） believe that emotions are fundamental for them to stay alive （ B） benefit from providing help and support to one another （ C） enjoy being rewarded for doing the right
