1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 25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 Zhang Hong is planning to go to the United States in the spring semester. （ A） Right （
2、B） Wrong 2 Zhang Hong doesnt have difficulties with word order. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 3 Zhang Hong doesnt like English drills. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 4 Zhang Hong used to study English and play mah-jongg to kill time. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 5 Mr. Anderson suggested that she use a VCD player instead of
3、 a tape recorder. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 6 Mr. Anderson and Zhang Hongs English teacher have the same opinions on many things concerning English learning. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 7 Mr. Anderson agrees that British English and American English are about the same. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 8 Mr. Anderson imp
4、lies that Americans dont call their apartment a flat. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 9 Zhang Hong finds it a big problem to tell the difference between the spellings in American English and British English. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 10 Mr. Anderson think that the difference in American English and British Englis
5、h prevents Americans and Englishmen from understanding each other. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 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 two speakers discussing? （ A） How prov
6、erbs are created. （ B） Why people dont use proverbs how. （ C） How proverbs are handed down. （ D） Why there are more proverbs in some cultures. 12 Why do the Americans have fewer proverbs now? （ A） They dont have a rich culture. （ B） They find proverbs too simple to explain things now. （ C） They dont
7、 like using proverbs. （ D） They think it unimportant to keep proverbs. 13 Who has a more developed culture according to the speaker? （ A） Mayans. （ B） Arabians. （ C） North American Indians. （ D） British. 14 Why do people always spend more money than planned in supermarkets? （ A） The goods are really
8、 cheap there. （ B） Supermarkets are attracting them by all means. （ C） There is something wrong with them. （ D） They have no choices but to spend more. 15 What is considered a good supermarket environment? （ A） One in which you feel relaxed and comfortable. （ B） One that is clean and quiet. （ C） One
9、 in which there is background music. （ D） One in which there wide aisle. 16 What is the function of background music? （ A） To cover up the unpleasant noise. （ B） To put people at ease. （ C） To keep people moving. （ D） A, B and C. 17 What is the idea of holding classes for four days a week? （ A） Goin
10、g to school from Monday to Thursday. （ B） Going to school from Tuesday to Friday. （ C） Going to school for 180 days annually. （ D） Both A and B 18 In the western state of Colorado, how many hours do schools on the four-day week require per day? （ A） 8 hours. （ B） 7.5 hours. （ C） Shorter time. （ D） L
11、onger time. 19 What is the advantage of a four-day schedule in schools? （ A） More time to relax. （ B） More after-class activities. （ C） More time to communicate. （ D） More after-class appointments. 20 Which of the following word can be used to comment on a four-day school week? （ A） Welcome. （ B） Co
12、ntroversial. （ C） Advantageous. （ D） Beneficial. 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 THAN THREE words in the space provided on the right. You will hear the talk TWICE. You now
13、have 1 minute to read Questions 21-30. 21 Besides the functions as a vital entertainment medium, what else can people use a TV as? 22 When was the Open University founded in Britain? 23 Whom did the Open University encourage to study? 24 How can students send in assignments to their tutors? 25 What
14、subjects do such study programmers mainly include? 26 In such countries as Australia and New Zealand, what language courses are also popular? 27 What emphasis do teachers put on the open-learning Chinese courses in New Zealand? 28 When can students contact the tutors via a phone hotline? 29 If a stu
15、dent wants to be successful in open learning, how should he be? 30 Whats the speakers attitude towards the “open learning“ method of study? 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
16、 ANSWER SHEET 1. 31 “How are you keeping?“ “Look (31) yourself“. “Good Health“. “Heres your health“. “Health, wealth and happiness“. “If youre healthy, youre (32)“. Its amazing how many greetings, wishes and general expressions turn on health. Health is something healthy people hardly ever think abo
17、ut (33) theyre (34). When that happens they think about little else. Then their visits to the doctor, the hospital; if theyre really unwell, medicines, pills, bottles, ointments, injections, having their temperature taken, and the worry (35) expense. Well, (36) least in Britain the last part isnt to
18、o bad under the National Health Service. This is a Government enforced scheme whereby everyone pays in a small percentage of their earnings each week (37) month, and is then entitled to free medical treatment when they are ill. This doesnt include medicines, which have to be paid (38), but at a cons
19、iderably reduced rate. Everybody (39) Britain is advised (40) have a local doctor. When a person moves (41) a district, one of the first things they do is to find a (42) doctor and get on his list or panel. There (43) lists of NHS doctors in the local post offices and everybody has a (44) card. Most
20、 British (45) are already registered with a doctor and moving into a new district entails no more than finding a new doctor and transferring (46) his panel. The National Health doctor will treat, and prescribe for, the more usual illnesses. Any cases that are beyond the scope of the local surgery he
21、 will (47) to the nearest hospital, Again, in hospital, the (48) is free. The only drawback is that a great many people are in, or attending, hospital (49) that most would-be patients have to go on a waiting list before they can (50) hospital treatment. Part A Directions: Read the following texts an
22、d answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 51 For some educators, there is nothing wrong with fun and games. A group called the Education Arcade recently held a conference in Los Angeles to discuss the future of educational games. The E
23、ducation Arcade brings together international game designers, publishers, teachers and policymakers. They say they want to lead change in the way the world learns through computer and video games. The conference was part of E-three, the Electronic Entertainment Exposition. This is a yearly trade sho
24、w where companies show off new games and educational products. The Education Arcade started at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, near Boston. Professors worked with the Microsoft Company to create what they called the Games-to-Teach Project. The group began to explore ways to use technology
25、 in teaching and learning. They worked with game designers to develop ideas about how mathematics and science could mix with game playing. The Education Arcade is the research part of this Games-to-Teach Project. The group recently announced that a “Games for Learning“ statement will be placed on so
26、me products. This should begin to appear in American stores in about six months. The goal is to help people find games that are fun but will also teach. The Education Arcade says it also wants to get businesses to produce more games that teach. The Entertainment Software Association says fifty perce
27、nt of all Americans age six and older play computer and video games. Sales of such games in the United States grew eight percent last year, to seven-thousand-million dollars. The industry group says the average age of a game player is twenty-nine years old. And it says thirty-nine percent are women.
28、 Experts say developing a successful computer game can take millions of dollars and years of work. They say many companies are not willing to invest that much money and time in educational games when other kinds sell better. Still, companies have been creating systems like hand-held educational devi
29、ces made by Leapfrog. And new educational role-playing games are being developed. M.I.T. and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Virginia are developing a game called “Revolution“. Players will get to experience the American Revolution online. 51 What does the conference held by Education Arcade
30、 work for? （ A） Having a reunion of game designers. （ B） Creating new designs of games. （ C） Discussing the future of educational games. （ D） Checking computer and video games. 52 Whats the job of the Education Arcade? （ A） To work for the Microsoft Company. （ B） To do research for Game-to-Teach Pro
31、ject. （ C） To initiate the Games-to-Teach Project. （ D） To develop methodology of teaching. 53 Games for Learning attached to some products means （ A） products of the Games-to-Teach Project. （ B） games with new computer technology. （ C） games exploring new ideas. （ D） products teaching with fun. 54
32、The sales of computer and video games in the U.S. is _. （ A） rising. （ B） declining. （ C） rocketing. （ D） dropping. 55 Which game can be called educational role-playing game? （ A） Video games. （ B） LeapFrog. （ C） Computer games. （ D） Revolution. 56 In my newspaper column some months ago, I reprinted
33、 a short essay on youth by Samuel Ullman, an author unknown to me. Then I got a call from Ullmans great-grandson, Richard Ullman Rosenfield, a psychologist. He told me that he had been intrigued with the “spiritual journey“ of the essay, especially in Japan. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, I learned, often
34、quoted Ullmans “Youth“ essay and kept a framed copy over his desk throughout the Pacific campaign. Its believed that the Japanese picked up the work from his Tokyo headquarters. Unlikely as it may sound, this essay, written more than 70 years ago, is the underpinning of much Japanese productivity an
35、d the basis of many businessmens life philosophies. Many carry creased copies in their wallets. “Anyone worth his salt in Japanese business knows and uses this essay“, says one longtime Japan observer, “It is our Popeyes spinach“, said Tatsuro Ishida, who was deputy chairman of Fujisankei Communicat
36、ions Group. “It touches me at the core of my heart“, says Kokichi Hagiwara, the 67-year-old chairman of Japanese/American-owned National Steel in Pittsburgh. “This kind of enthusiasm is indispensable. We must have the spirit of youth to make change“. Some Japanese leaders see the essay as a bridge b
37、etween the two cultures, If Westerners can understand Japanese reverence for it, maybe they can better understand the Japanese businessmans quest for spiritual sustenance in the midst of material abundance. When one of Ullmans grandsons, Jonas Rosenfield, Jr., was having dinner in Japan a few years
38、ago, “Youth“ came up in conversation, Rosenfield told his dinner companion, a Japanese business leader, that the author was his grandfather. The news was staggering. “You are the grandson of Samuel Ullman? he kept repeating“, says Rosenfield, head of the American Film Marketing Association. “He coul
39、dnt get over it“. Then the executive pulled a copy of “Youth“ from his pocket and told Rosenfield, “I carry it with me always“. Three years ago, several hundred top businessmen and government leaders gathered in Tokyo and Osaka to celebrate their admiration of Ullmans essay. Testimonials abounded, i
40、ncluding one from Konosuke Matsushita, founder of the Panasonic Company, who said “Youth“ has been his motto for 20 years. Someone asked, “Why dont Americans love the essay as much as we do? It sends a message about how to live beautifully to men and women, old and young alike“. Samuel Ullman was bo
41、rn in 1840 in Germany and came to American as a boy. He fought in the U.S., Civil War and settled in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a hardware merchant with a penchant for public service that continues 67 years after his death. In the last few years more than $36,000 from Japanese royalties on a book a
42、nd a cassette reading of his work has gone to a University of Alabama at Birmingham scholarship fund, not bad for a man who started writing in his 70s. 56 Sumuel Ullman used to be the following except _. （ A） merchant. （ B） writer. （ C） soldier. （ D） clerk. 57 Where is the essay on youth, by Samuel
43、Ullman, widely appreciated? （ A） America. （ B） Japan. （ C） Germany. （ D） Britain. 58 Whats the significance of “Youth“ for Japanese businessmen? （ A） Indispensable quest. （ B） Life philosophies. （ C） Spiritual sustenance. （ D） Material abundance. 59 Who regards the essay “Youth“ as the Popeyes Spina
44、ch? （ A） Kokichi Hagiwara. （ B） Tatsuro Ishida. （ C） Koaosuke Matsushita. （ D） Jonas Rosenfield. 60 Whats the message discussed in the essay “Youth“? （ A） Achieving business success. （ B） Living a beautiful life. （ C） Stimulating peoples desire. （ D） Making a wonderful career. 61 Many things make pe
45、ople think artists are weird-the odd hours, the nonconformity, the clove cigarettes. But the weirdest may be this: artists only job is to explore emotions, and yet they choose to focus on the ones that feel lousy. Art today can give you anomie, no problem. Bittersweetness? You got it. Tristesse? Wha
46、t size you want that in? But great art, as defined by those in the great-art-defining business, is almost never about simple, unironic happiness. This wasnt always so. The earliest forms of art, like painting and music, are those best suited for expressing joy. But somewhere in the 19th century, mor
47、e artists began seeing happiness as insipid, phony or, worst of all, boring-in Tolstoys words, “All happy families are alike“. We went from Wordsworths daffodils to Baudelaires flowers of evil. In the 20th century, classical music became more atonal, visual art more unsettling. Artists who focused o
48、n making their audiences feel good, from Usher to Thomas Kinkade, were labeled “pop“. Sure, there have been exceptions (say, Matisses The Dance), but it would not be a stretch to say that for the past century or so, serious art has been at wm with happiness. In 1824, Beethoven completed the “Ode to
49、Joy“. In 1962, novelist Anthony Burgess used it in A Clockwork Orange as the favorite piece of his ultraviolent antihero. If someone rifles an art movie Happiness, it is a good bet that it will be, as the 1998 Todd Solondz film was, about deeply unhappy people, including a telephone pervert and a pedophile. You could argue that art became more skeptical of happiness because modern times have seen such misery. But its not as if earlier times didnt know perpetual war, disaster and the massacre of innocents. The reason, in fact, may be
