1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 184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 Water is a kind of chemical substance. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 2 Water is as important as
2、 vitamins, minerals and proteins for life. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 3 Women have more fat cells so women have less water. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 4 Bone contains no water. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 5 Warm water cant cool us, But cold water can. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 6 Sugar in cold sweet drinks slows the liquid
3、from getting into the blood-stream. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 7 Fat cells block body heat from escaping quickly. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 8 A 15% -20% drop in body water can cause the blood system to fail. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 9 Health experts say that all kinds of people should drink at least about 2 liters
4、 of liquids every day. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 10 Meats also contain water. （ 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 do? （ A） A taxi-driver. （ B）
5、 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） Buckingham Palace （ D） The Greenwich v
6、illage 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 What are the shopping goods tha
7、t 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 specialty goods? （ A） They ar
8、e 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 In which state was Emily Dickson born? （ A） Michigan. （ B） Ohio. （ C） Massachusetts. （ D） Washington. 18 When did Dickson go
9、to Boston for eye treatment? （ A） In 1848. （ B） In the early 1850s. （ C） In the late 1850s. （ D） In the early 1860s. 19 How many poems did Dickinson write? （ A） Almost 2, 000. （ B） Nearly 1 , 000. （ C） 800 （ D） 1, 200. 20 What is Dickinson s particular form of self-publication? （ A） She ran her own
10、publishing house. （ B） She wrote her poems in her letters. （ C） She wrote to newspapers regularly. （ D） She recorded her poems in her diary. 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 NOT MORE
11、 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 in Bonn? 23 In which year did Beethoven meet his i
12、dol 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 most popular of all his symphonies? 29 How did Beethov
13、en 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 answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 30 Walking like swimming,
14、 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 disease. As probably the least strenuous, safest aero
15、bic 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 other forms of exercise. In one test, a group of
16、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】 _. These changes suggest【 C10】 _of the important ev
17、en 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 burn up a pound-and-a-half monthly, or 18 pounds【
18、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 you【 C18】 _to pensions or insurance. Walking is
19、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 【 C15】 46 【 C16】 47 【 C17】 48 【 C18】 49 【 C19】 50 【
20、 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 When it comes to the slowing economy , Ellen Spero isn t biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist isn t cutting, filling
21、or polishing as many nails as she d like to, either. Most of her clients spend $ 12 to $ 50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. “Im a good economic indicator, “ she says, “I provide a service that people can do without when t
22、heyre concerned about saving some dollars. “ So Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillard s department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus. “I dont know if other clients are going to abandon me, too. “ she says. Even before Alan Greenspan s admission that Ame
23、rica s red-hot economy is cooling, lots of working folks had already seen signs of the slowdown themselves. From car dealerships to gap outlets, sales have been lagging for months as shoppers temper their spending. For retailers, who last year took in 24 percent of their revenue between Thanksgiving
24、 and Christmas, the cautious approach is coming at a crucial time. Already, experts say, holiday sales are off 7 percent from last year s pace. But dont sound any alarms just yet. Consumers seem only concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about the economy s long-term prospects
25、, even as fiiey do some modest belt-tightening. Consumers say they re not in despair because, despite the dreadful headlines, their own fortunes still feel pretty good. In Manhattan, “there s a new gold rush happening in the $4 million to $ 10 million range, predominantly fed by Wall Street bonuses,
26、 “ says broker Barbara Corcoran. In San Francisco, prices are still rising even as frenzied overbidding quiets. “Instead of 20 to 30 offers, now maybe you only get two or three, “ says John Deadly, a Bay Area real-estate broker. And most folks still feel pretty comfortable about their ability to fin
27、d and keep a job. Many folks see silver linings to this slowdown. Potential homebuyers would cheer for lower interest rates. Employers wouldn t mind a little fewer bubbles in the job market. Many consumers seem to have been influenced by stock-market swings, which investors now view as a necessary i
28、ngredient to a sustained boom. Diners might see an upside, too. Getting a table at Manhattan s hot new Alain Ducasse restaurant need to be impossible. Not anymore. For that, Greenspan but at least two attempts, according to the hospital, could have been vital. Their reasons seemed as mundane as the
29、other happen-stances of suburban life. “I was just sick of it all, “one told a reporter, “Everything in life. “Most alarming, emergency-room doctor Frederick Lohse told a local reporter that several girls said they were part of a suicide pact. The hospital later backed away from this remark . But co
30、ming in the wake of at least sixteen suicide attempts over the previous few months, this sudden clusteralong with the influx of media has set this well-groomed suburb of 23, 000 on edge. At a town meeting last Wednesday night, Dr Simon Sobo, chief of psychiatry at the hospital, told more than 200 pa
31、rents and kids, “Were talking about a crisis that has really gotten out of hand. “Later he added, “There have been more suicide attempts this spring than I have seen in the 13 years I have been here. “ Sobo said that the girls he treated didnt have serious problems at home or school. “Many of these
32、were popular kids, “he said, “They got plenty of love, but beneath the reassuring signs, a swath of teens here are not making it. “Some say that drugs, Both pot and real drugs , are commonplace. Kids have shown up with LIFE SUCKS and LONG LIVE DEATH penned on their arms. A few girls casually display
33、 scars on their arms where they cut themselves. “Youd be surprised how many kids try suicide, “said one girl, 17. “You dont want to put pain on other people;you put it on yourself. “She said she used to cut herself “just to release the pain“. Emily, 15, a friend of three of the girls treated in June
34、, said one was having family problems, one was “upset that day “and the third was “just upset with everything else going on“. She said they werent really trying to kill themselves they just needed concern. As Sobo noted, “What s going on in New Milford is not unique to New Milford. “The same underly
35、ing culture of despair could be found in any town. But teen suicide, he added, can be a “contagion“. Right now New Milford has the bug and has it bad. 56 What is the main subject of the passage? （ A） Eight girls committed suicide in New Milford. （ B） The village Green is not a charming place. （ C） T
36、eenager suicide. （ D） Dr. Simon Sobos achievements. 57 In the 3rd sentence of the first paragraph the word “pressing“is closest in meaning to_. （ A） urgently important （ B） pushing （ C） inviting （ D） charming 58 What is NOT true about the eight girls? （ A） They are all between 12 and 17. （ B） They h
37、ave tried a variety of measures. （ C） They attend a suicide squad. （ D） All their attempts to commit suicide are vital. 59 Which of the statements about the teens is NOT true? （ A） They are ill-bred students in school. （ B） Some of them take “real drugs“. （ C） Teens need attention. （ D） A few casual
38、ly display scars on their arms. 60 According to the passage, the teens in Village Green can be called_. （ A） depressed generation （ B） cool generation （ C） attractive generation （ D） prosperous generation 60 The history of responses to the work of the artist Sandro Botticelli(1444 - 1510)suggests th
39、at widespread appreciation by critics is a relatively recent phenomenon. Writing in 1550, Vasari expressed an unease with Botticelli s work, admitting that the artist fitted awkwardly into his evolutionary scheme of the history of art. Over the next two centuries, academic art historians defamed Bot
40、ticelli in favor of his fellows Florentine, Michelangelo. Even when anti-academic art historians of the early nineteenth century rejected many of the standards of evaluation adopted by their predecessors, Botticelli s work remained outside of accepted taste, pleasing neither amateur observers nor co
41、nnoisseurs.(Many of his best paintings, however, remained hidden away in obscure churches and private homes.) The primary reason for Botticelli s unpopularity is not difficult to understand: most observers, up until the mid-nineteenth century, did not consider him to be noteworthy, because his work,
42、 for the most part, did not seem to these observers to exhibit the traditional characteristics of the fifteenth-century Florentine art. For example, Botticelli rarely employed the technique of strict perspective and, unlike Michelangelo, never used chiaroscuro. Another reason for Botticelli s unpopu
43、larity may have been that his attitude toward the style of classical art was very different from that of his contemporaries. Although he was thoroughly exposed to classical art, he showed little interest in borrowing from the classical style. Indeed, it is paradoxical that a painter of large-scale c
44、lassical subjects adopted a style that was only slightly similar to that of classical art. In any case, when viewers began to examine more closely the relationship of Botticelli s work to the tradition of the fifteenth century Florentine art, his reputation began to grow. Analyses and assessments of
45、 Botticelli made between 1850 and 1870 by the artists of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, as well as by the writer Pater(although he, unfortunately, based his assessment on an incorrect analysis of Botticelli s personality), inspired a new appreciation of Botticelli throughout the English-speaking world
46、. Yet Botticelli s work, especially the Sistine frescoes, did not generate worldwide attention until it was finally subjected to a comprehensive and scrupulous analysis by Home in 1908. Home rightly demonstrated that the frescoes shared important features with paintings by other fifteenth-century Fl
47、orentines features such as skillful representation of anatomical proportions, and of the human figure in motion. However, Home argued that Botticelli did not treat these qualities as ends in themselves rather, that he emphasized clear depletion of a story, a unique achievement and one that made the
48、traditional Florentine qualities less central. Because of Home s emphasis crucial to any study of art, the twentieth century has come to appreciate Botticelli s achievements. 61 Which of the following would be the best title for the text? （ A） The Role of Standard Art Analyses and Appraisals （ B） Sa
49、ndro Botticelli: From Rejection to Appreciation （ C） The History of Critics Responses to Art Works （ D） Botticelli and Florentine: A Comparative Study 62 We can learn from the text that art critics have a history of_. （ A） suppressing painters art initiatives （ B） favoring Botticelli s best paintings （ C） rejecting traditional art characteristics （ D） undervaluing Botticellis achievements 63 The views of Vasari
