1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 2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 good book may draw our attention so completely that we forget our surroundings and eve
2、n our identity for the time being. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 2 Good books can decrease our contentment when we are happy and lessen our troubles when we are sad. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 3 With only a good book we are very likely to feel lonely. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 4 According to the talk, only real char
3、acters portrayed in books may become our friends. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 5 Our human friends sometimes may make us bored, but the friends in books may also be hurt by us. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 6 Good books can provide us with a wide range of experiences. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 7 Your wish to visit som
4、e far-off places can be realized by just reading books. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 8 “To travel by book“ means to take imaginary journeys to the places mentioned in the book. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 9 The possibilities of our literary experiences are almost unlimited. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 10 We can make a
5、 round-the-world trip free of charge if we finish reading enough books. （ 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 does the speaker suggest that the student
6、s 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 patiently. 12 What service must be paid for? （ A） Computer classes. （ B） Training sessions. （ C） Laser printing. （ D） Package borrowing. 13 What is
7、the talk mainly about? （ A） Computer lab services. （ B） College library facilities. （ C） The use of micro-computers. （ D） Printouts from the laser printer. 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 lo
8、ve 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 extraordinarily 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
9、very sick. （ C） They may try to attract other peoples attention. （ D） They want to protect themselves from physical injuries. 16 What is the relationship between the man and the woman in the dialogue? （ A） Reporter and fashion designer. （ B） Husband and wife. （ C） Shop assistant and customer. （ D） T
10、eacher and student. 17 Where can the expression “lame duck“ be heard? （ A） Only among hunters. （ B） Among primary school pupils. （ C） Among beautiful ladies. （ D） Among people who are discussing politics. 18 Which of the following can be called as a “lame duck“? （ A） A disabled little child. （ B） A
11、hard-working farmer. （ C） A politician who has to come to the end of his power. （ D） An absent-minded old professor. 19 When did this expression come into the American Language? （ A） Some time after the Civil War. （ B） During the Second World War. （ C） When president George Bush was in office. （ D）
12、During the period of Independence War. 20 According to another explanation, where did this expression probably come from? （ A） Australia. （ B） Japan. （ C） Netherland. （ D） England. Part C Directions: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer the questions or complete the notes in your test booklet
13、 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 does the lecture mainly concern? 22 The changes in the U.S.A. in the 1960s began with the _ Right Movement. 23 Why did Am
14、ericans have these movements in the early 1960s? 24 What was the name given to the generation that came of age during the 1960s? 25 When did the Womens Movement begin in the U.S.A.? 26 What are the basic principles of the womens movement? 27 List three traditional female occupations mentioned in the
15、 talk. 28 Why have women had an independence? 29 What is the effect of the Womens Movement? 30 In what aspects does the speaker think all of these cultural changes are strengthened? 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces wit
16、h ONE suitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 31 Walking like swimming, bicycling and running is an aerobic exercise, (31) 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 (
17、32) of heart and circulatory disease. As probably the least strenuous, safest aerobic activity, walking is the (33) acceptable exercise for the largest number of people. Walking (34) comfortable speed improves the efficiency of the cardiorespiratory system (35) stimulating the lungs and heart, but a
18、t a more gradual rate (36) most other forms of exercise. In one test, a group of men 40 to 57 years of age, (37) at a fast pace for 40 minutes four days a week, showed improvement (38) to men the same age on a 30 minute, three-day-a-week jogging program in the same period. Their resting heart rate a
19、nd body fat decreased (39). These changes suggest (40) of the important even vital benefits walking can (41) about. Walking (42) burns calories. It takes 3,500 calories to gain or (43) one pound. Since a one-hour walk at a moderate pace will (44) up 300 to 360 calories. By walking one hour every oth
20、er day, you can burn up a-pound-and-a-half monthly, or 18 pounds (45) providing there is no change in your intake of food. To (46) weight faster, walk an hour every day and burn up 3 pounds a month, or 36 pounds a year. (47) your age, right now is the time to give your physical well being as much th
21、ought as you (48) to pensions or insurance. Walking is a vital defense (49) the ravages of degenerative diseases and aging. It is natures (50) of giving you a tune-up. Part A Directions: Read the following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answer
22、s on ANSWER SHEET 1. 51 Since World War , there has been a clearly discernible trend, especially among the growing group of college students, toward early marriage. Many youths begin to date in the first stages of adolescence, go steady“ through high school, and marry before their formal education h
23、as been completed. In some quarters, there is much shaking of graying locks and clucking of middle-aged tongues over the ways of “wayward youth“. However, emotional maturity is no respecter of birthdays. It does not arrive automatically at twenty-one or twenty-five. Some achieve it surprisingly earl
24、y, while others never do, even in three-score years and ten. Many students are marrying as an escape, not only from an unsatisfying home life, but also from their own personal problems of isolation or loneliness. And it can almost be put down as a dictum that any marriage entered as an escape cannot
25、 prove to be entirely successful. The sad fact is that marriage seldom solves ones problems; More often, it merely accentuates them. Furthermore, it is doubtful whether the home as an institution is capable of carrying all that the young are seeking to put into it; one might say in theological terms
26、 that they are forsaking one idol only to worship another. Young people correctly understand that their parents are wrong in believing that “success“ is the final good, but they erroneously believe that they themselves have found the true center of lifes meaning. Their expectations of marriage are e
27、ssentially Utopian and therefore incapable of fulfillment. They want too much, and tragic disillusionment is often bound to follow. Shall we, then, join the chorus of “Miserere“ over early marriages? One cannot generalize: all early marriages are not bad any more than all later ones are good. Satisf
28、actory marriages are determined not by chronology, but by the emotional maturity of the partners. Therefore, each case must be judged on its own merits. If the early marriage is not an escape, if it is entered into with relatively few illusions or false expectations, and if it is economically feasib
29、le, why not? Good marriages can be made from sixteen to sixty, and so can bad ones. 51 According to this article the trend toward early marriages （ A） is the result of the Great Depression of the 30s. （ B） cannot be easily determined. （ C） is what can be clearly seen. （ D） is an outgrowth of the mor
30、al looseness brought about by World War . 52 The author suggests that many of todays early marriages are a result of （ A） escapism. （ B） theological dictum. （ C） lack of formal education. （ D） convenience. 53 The author states that the home as an institution is （ A） a false god. （ B） unworthy of wor
31、ship. （ C） probably incapable of being what many young people expect it to be. （ D） incapable of being the basic unit of society. 54 Many young people who marry early believe that （ A） their parents have found the real meaning of life. （ B） they have found the center of lifes meaning. （ C） success i
32、s the ultimate good. （ D） to succeed is not at all important. 55 Youthful expectations of marriage can be described as （ A） utopian. （ B） realistic. （ C） materialistic. （ D） tragic. 56 The Village Green in New Milford, Connecticut, is a snapshot of New England charm: a carefully manicured lawn flank
33、ed by scrupulously maintained colonial homes. Babysitters dandle kids in the wooden gazebo, waiting for commuter parents to return from New York. On a lazy afternoon last week Caroline Nicholas, 16, had nothing more pressing to do than pinken in the early-summer sunshine and discuss the recent event
34、s in town“. I dont think a lot of older people knew there were unhappy kids in New Milford, “she said, “I could see it coming“. In a five-day period in early June eight girls were brought to New Milford Hospital after what hospital officials call suicidal gestures. The girls, all between 12 and 17,
35、tried a variety of measures, including heavy doses of alcohol, over-the-counter medicines and cuts or scratches to their wrists. None was successful, and most didnt require hospitalization; but at least two attempts, according to the hospital, could have been vital. Their reasons seemed as mundane a
36、s the other happen-stances of sub- urban life. “I was just sick of it all“, one told a reporter. “Everything. 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. B
37、ut coming in the wake of at least six- teen 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
38、 200 parents 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
39、these 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 dis
40、play 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 i
41、n June, 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, “Whats going on in New Milford is not unique to New Milford“. The same un
42、derlying 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. （
43、 C） Teenager 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
44、） They have 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 needs attention. （ D） A f
45、ew casually 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. 61 The distinctive architectural feature of the typical Broadway theater is the juxt
46、aposition of two almost independent buildings facing and opening into one another through a proscenium arch. The audience sits in the auditorium structure and watches the actors perform in the stage house. This separation is more than an aesthetic impression, because the building codes require that
47、a physical barrier protect the audience from a fire starting on the stage. A fireproof wall, rather than a mere partition separates the structures, and this the proscenium opening in case of fire. Automatic fire doors similarly close all other openings between the two structures. The codes keep such
48、 openings to a minimum. This separation advented in the nineteenth century in the United States as a result of theater fires. It has produced a fundamental structural change from previous centuries without making much corresponding change in the appearance of the building. Most theaters of the sixte
49、enth to eighteenth centuries were remodeled from banquet hall, tennis court, and other rectangular halls, and remained essentially a single structure with a thin partition for the proscenium wall. So far as the audience is concerned, a theater is primarily a place for entertainment. Its great attraction is the opportunity it affords for different experience. The audience approaches the theater with the expectation of some forms of glamour excitement, or emotional vividness. The architect and the decorator try to sustain and increase this exc
