1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 173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 Though Paul is disabled, he managed to move around in the house. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE
2、2 Mr Miller enjoys doing things with his own hands. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 3 The front door to his home does not open automatically. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 4 Mr Miller bought his house simply because the flat he used to live in was too expensive. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 5 Government buildings often have sp
3、ecial paths for those people handicapped. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 6 Paul could reach all the switches because they were originally installed at the right height of him. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 7 Do-it-Yourself has become one of Mr Millers hobbies. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 8 Mr Miller had known a lot about car
4、pentry and electric wiring before he was engaged in do-it-yourself. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 9 Mr Miller did changes on the house only for fun. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 10 Mr Miller will buy a new house with the money he has won. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE Part B Directions: You will hear 3 conversations or talks
5、 and you must answer the questions by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear the recording ONLY ONCE. 11 What does the speaker suggest that the students should do during the term? （ A） Consult with her frequently. （ B） Use the computer regularly. （ C） Occupy the computer early. （ D） Wait for ones turn
6、 patiently. 12 What service must be paid for? （ A） Computer classes. （ B） Training sessions. （ C） Laser printing. （ D） Package borrowing. 13 What is the talk mainly about? （ A） Computer lab services. （ B） College library facilities. （ C） The use of micro-computers. （ D） Printouts from the laser prin
7、ter. 14 According to the woman, what governs the clothes we wear? （ A） A desire to express oneself and show ones wealth. （ B） Individual taste and love for beauty. （ C） Love for beauty and a desire to impress other people. （ D） Individual taste and a desire to express oneself. 15 Judging by the extr
8、aordinarily warm clothes some people wear, what might we learn about them? （ A） They may be homesick and feel insecure. （ B） They are either cold or very sick. （ C） They may try to attract other peoples attention. （ D） They want to protect themselves from physical injuries. 16 What is the relationsh
9、ip between the man and the woman in the dialogue? （ A） Reporter and fashion designer. （ B） Husband and wife. （ C） Shop assistant and customer. （ D） Teacher and student. 17 What is the main problem caused by the usual way of plowing? （ A） The crop s blooming period is delayed. （ B） The roots of crops
10、 are cut off. （ C） The topsoil is seriously damaged. （ D） The growth of weeds is accelerated. 18 What does the speaker say about Low Till Farming? （ A） It s a new way of applying chemical fertilizer. （ B） It s an improved method of harvesting crops. （ C） It s a creative technique for saving labor. （
11、 D） It s a farming process limiting the use of plows. 19 Where is Low Till Farming becoming popular? （ A） In areas with few weeds and unwanted plants. （ B） In areas with a severe shortage of water. （ C） In areas lacking in chemical fertilizer. （ D） In areas dependent on imported food. 20 How many pe
12、ople depend on local rice and food in South Asia currently? （ A） More than 150 million people. （ B） Less than 150 million people. （ C） About 100 million people. （ D） About 120 million people. Part C Directions: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer the questions or complete the notes in your t
13、est 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 What do you know about Beethovens music talent when he was 7? 22 How old was he when he was made assistant organist
14、 in Bonn? 23 In which year did Beethoven meet his idol Mozart? 24 What was Mozarts reaction after he heard Beethovens performance? 25 What did Beethoven think of Haydns teaching? 26 What was Beethovens personality? 27 What can we learn about Beethoven from his style of composing? 28 Which is the mos
15、t popular of all his symphonies? 29 How did Beethoven communicate with others after he had lost his hearing? 30 Till 2004 how long has he been dead? 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 a
16、nswers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 30 Walking like swimming, Bicycling and running is an aerobic exercise,【 C1】_builds the capacity for energy output and physical endurance by increasing the supply of oxygen to skin and muscles. Such exercises may be a primary factor in the【 C2】 _of heart and circulatory dis
17、ease. As probably the least strenuous, safest aerobic activity, walking is the【 C3】_acceptable exercise for the largest number of people. Walking【 C4】_comfortable speed improves the efficiency of the cardiorespiratory system【 C5】_stimulating the lungs and heart, But at a more gradual rate【 C6】 _most
18、 other forms of exercise. In one test, a group of men 40 to 57 years of age,【 C7】 _at a fast pace for 40 minutes four days a week, showed improvement【 C8】 _to men the same age on a 30 minute, three-day-a-week jogging program in the same period. Their resting heart rate and body fat decreased【 C9】 _.
19、 These changes suggest【 C10】 _of the important even vital benefits walking can【 C11】 _about. Walking【 C12】 _burns calories. It takes 3, 500 calories to gain or【 C13】_one pound. Since a one-hour walk at a moderate pace will【 C14】 _up 300 to 360 calories. By walking one hour every other day, you can b
20、urn up a pound-and-a-half monthly, or 18 pounds【 C15】 _ providing there is no change in your intake of food. To【 C16】 _weight faster, walk an hour every day and burn up 3 pounds a month, or 36 pounds a year. 【 C17】 _ your age, right now is the time to give your physical well-being as much thought as
21、 you【 C18】 _to pensions or insurance. Walking is a vital defense【 C19】 _the ravages of degenerative diseases and aging. It is natures【 C20】_of giving you a tuneup. 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 【
22、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 choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 50 Not long ago, a mysterious Christmas card dropped through our mail slot. The envelope was
23、 addressed to a man named Raoul, who, I was relatively certain, did not live with us. The envelope wasnt sealed, so I opened it. The inside of the card was blank. Ed, my husband, explained that the card was both from and to the newspaper deliveryman. His name was apparently Raoul, and Raoul wanted a
24、 holiday tip. We were meant to put a check inside the card and then drop the envelope in the mail. When your services are rendered at 4 a. m. , you cant simply hang around, like a hotel bellboy expecting a tip. You have to be direct. So I wrote a nice holiday greeting to this man who, in my imaginat
25、ion, fires The New York Times from his bike aimed at our front door, causing more noise with mere newsprint than most people manage with sophisticated black market fireworks. With a start, I realized that perhaps the reason for the 4 a. m. wake-up noise was not ordinary rudeness but carefully execut
26、ed spite: I had not tipped Raoul in Christmases past. I honestly hadnt realized I was supposed to. This was the first time he d used the card tactic. So I got out my checkbook. Somewhere along the line, holiday tipping went from an optional thank-you for a year of services to a Mafia-style protectio
27、n racket (收取保护费的黑社会组织） . Several days later, I was bringing our garbage bins back from the curb when I noticed an envelope taped to one of the lids. The outside of the envelope said MICKEY. It had to be another tip request, this time from our garbage collector. Unlike Raoul, Mickey hadnt enclosed hi
28、s own Christmas card from me. In a way, I appreciated the directness. “I know you dont care how merry my Christmas is, and thats fine, “ the gesture said. “I want $ 30, or Ill forget to empty your garbage bin some hot summer day. “ I put a check in the envelope and taped it back to the bin. The next
29、 morning, Ed noticed that the envelope was gone, though the trash hadnt yet been picked up: “Someone stole Mickeys tip!“ Ed was quite certain. He made me call the bank and cancel the check. But Ed had been wrong. Two weeks later, Mickey left a letter from the bank on our steps. The letter informed M
30、ickey that the check, which he had tried to cash, had been cancelled. The following Tuesday morning, when Ed saw a truck outside, he ran out with his wallet. “Are you Mickey?“ The man looked at him with scorn. “Mickey is the garbageman. I am the recycling. “Not only had Ed insulted this man by hinti
31、ng that he was a garbageman, but he had obviously neglected to tip him. Ed ran back inside for more funds. Then he noticed that the driver of the truck had been watching the whole transaction. He peeled off another twenty and looked around, waving bills in the air. “Anyone else?“ Had we consulted th
32、e website of the Emily Post Institute, this embarrassing breach of etiquette (礼节 ) could have been avoided. Under “trash/recycling collectors“ in the institutes Holiday Tipping Guidelines, it says, “$ 10 to $30 each.“ You may or may not wish to know that your pet groomer, hairdresser, mailman and UP
33、S guy all expect a holiday tip. 51 The newspaper deliveryman put a blank card inside the envelope because_. （ A） he forgot to write a few words on it （ B） he wanted the couple to send it back （ C） he used it to ask for a Christmas tip （ D） he was afraid of asking for a tip in person 52 From the pass
34、age, we learn that the author_. （ A） didn t like Raoul s way of delivering the paper （ B） didn t realize why Raoul delivered the paper that way （ C） didn t know that Raoul came very early in the morning （ D） didn t feel it necessary to meet Raoul when he came 53 According to the passage, the author
35、felt_to give Raoul a holiday tip. （ A） excited （ B） delighted （ C） embarrassed （ D） forced 54 Which of the following is CORRECT about Mickey, the garbage collector? （ A） He wrote a letter to the couple afterwards. （ B） He failed to collect the money from the bank. （ C） He wanted the couple to send h
36、im a Christmas card. （ D） He collected both the cheek and the garbage that day. 55 Eds encounter with the recycling team shows that_. （ A） Ed was desperate to correct his mistake. （ B） Ed only wanted to give money to Raoul. （ C） Ed was unwilling to tip the truck driver. （ D） Ed no longer wanted to g
37、ive them money. 55 At 18, Ashanthi DeSilva of suburban Cleveland is a living symbol of one of the great intellectual achievements of the 20th century. Born with an extremely rare and usually fatal disorder that left her without a functioning immune system (the “bubble-boy disease“, named after an ea
38、rlier victim who was kept alive for years in a sterile plastic tent), she was treated beginning in 1990 with a revolutionary new therapy that sought to correct the defect at its very source, in the genes of her white blood cells. It worked. Although her last gene-therapy treatment was in 1992, she i
39、s completely healthy with normal immune function, according to one of the doctors who treated her, W. French Anderson of the University of Southern California. Researchers have long dreamed of treating diseases from hemophilia to cancer by replacing mutant genes with normal ones. And the dreaming ma
40、y continue for decades more. “There will be a gene-based treatment for essentially every disease,“ Anderson says, “within 50 years.“ Its not entirely clear why medicine has been so slow to build on Anderson s early success. The National Institutes of Health budget office estimates it will spend $ 43
41、2 million on gene-therapy research in 2005, and there is no shortage of promising leads. The therapeutic genes are usually delivered through viruses that dont cause human disease. “The virus is sort of like a Trojan horse,“ says Ronald Crystal of New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical College.
42、“The cargo is the gene.“ At the University of Pennsylvanias Abramson Cancer Center, immunologist Carl June recently treated HIV patients with a gene intended to help their cells resist the infection. At Cornell University, researchers are pursuing gene-based therapies for Parkinsons disease and a ra
43、re hereditary disorder that destroys children s brain cells. At Stanford University and the Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, researchers are trying to figure out how to help patients with hemophilia who today must inject themselves with expensive clotting drugs for life. Animal experiments have
44、shown great promise. But somehow, things get lost in the translation from laboratory to patient. In human trials of the hemophilia treatment, patients show a response at first, but it fades over time. And the field has still not recovered from the setback it suffered in 1999, when Jesse Gelsinger, a
45、n 18-year-old with a rare metabolic disorder, died after receiving an experimental gene therapy at the University of Pennsylvania. Some experts worry that the field will be tarnished further if the next people to benefit are not patients but athletes seeking an edge. This summer, researchers at the
46、Salk Institute in San Diego said they had created a “marathon mouse“ by implanting a gene that enhances running ability; already, officials at the World Anti-Doping Agency are preparing to test athletes for signs of “gene doping“. But the principle is the same, whether you re trying to help a health
47、y runner run faster or allow a muscular-dystrophy patient to walk. “Everybody recognizes that gene therapy is a very good idea,“ says Crystal. “And eventually it s going to work.“ 56 The case of Ashanthi Desilva is mentioned in the text to_. （ A） show the promise of gene-therapy （ B） give an example
48、 of modern treatment for fatal diseases （ C） introduce the achievement of Anderson and his team （ D） explain how gene-based treatment works 57 Andersons early success has_ （ A） greatly speeded the development of medicine （ B） brought no immediate progress in the research of gene-therapy （ C） promise
49、d a cure to every disease （ D） made him a national hero 58 Which of the following is true according to the text? （ A） Ashanthi needs to receive gene-therapy treatment constantly. （ B） Despite the huge funding, gene researches have shown few promises. （ C） Therapeutic genes are carried by harmless viruses. （ D） Gene-doping is encouraged by world agencies to help athletes get better scores. 59 The word “tarn
