1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 44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 Jenny is planning to go to Miami this coming spring. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 2 Dick is fr
2、om the United States. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 3 Dick wants to go swimming with Jenny. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 4 Jenny has a lot of homework to do. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 5 Jenny likes practising drills. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 6 Dick suggests that Jenny read aloud. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 7 Jennys tutor thin
3、ks language is merely an instrument irrelevant to culture. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 8 Dick thinks language is closely connected with mans feelings and activities. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 9 Jennys tutor has a doctors degree in Education. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 10 Dick thinks Jennys tutor is great. （ A） Rig
4、ht （ 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 was the main cause of the severe casualties? （ A） The tornado came ahead of time. （ B） There was no warning beforehand. （
5、 C） The prediction was not accurate. （ D） The preventions were not effective. 12 What happened to many buildings? （ A） They were torn apart. （ B） Their upper parts were carried away. （ C） They were removed. （ D） Their overall structures were ruined. 13 What was the correspondents comment on the loca
6、l governments rescue work? （ A） Prompt. （ B） Confident. （ C） Ineffective. （ D） Casual. 14 According to the woman, for how long will the mans package get to Columbia? （ A） About seven days. （ B） Over seven days. （ C） Almost eight days. （ D） Nearly ten days. 15 How can the man know that his friend has
7、 received the package? （ A） By telephoning his friend. （ B） By writing him a letter. （ C） By checking the post offices records. （ D） By the signature of his friend on the return receipt. 16 What did the woman say about the overnight delivery services? （ A） They are not as good as the post office, bu
8、t they are faster. （ B） They provide services both within and outside the United States. （ C） They rarely lose packages but they do not insure them. （ D） Although their charge is higher, their services are as good. 17 What is Dale Kohler? （ A） A computer programmer. （ B） A research assistant. （ C） A
9、 project manager. （ D） A special agent for the government. 18 What is the big problem for Prof Lamberts niece? （ A） The place she lives in is noisy. （ B） She has only a few friends. （ C） She is too demanding for her age. （ D） Her daughter drives her crazy. 19 What does Dale Kohler suggest Prof Lambe
10、rt to do for his niece? （ A） To show his love to her. （ B） To pay for her. （ C） To visit her. （ D） To call her. 20 What is the real purpose for Dale Kohler to see Prof Lambert? （ A） To ask him to help her to get a grant from the Grants Committee. （ B） To offer him a chance to take part in a project.
11、 （ C） To tell Prof Lambert about his niece and her daughter. （ D） To get a recommendation from him to the Grants Committee. 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
12、 in the space provided on the right. You will hear the talk TWICE. You now have 1 minute to read Questions 21-30. 21 _ changed the speakers family fortunes drastically in his childhood. 22 What type of books was he most interested in reading? 23 What was the other aspect of the speakers life-long ou
13、tlook on science besides expanding human knowledge? 24 He enrolled for _ in the Free University of Poland when he was 20. 25 How did he feel when he was offered his first job with a low salary? 26 According to the speaker, there was a great scientific breakthrough in nuclear physics in the year _. 2
14、7 His laboratory _ and different from Fermis laboratory in Rome. 28 When World War broke out, the speaker was in Liverpool on a years _. 29 How did the speaker feel about the use of atom bomb in Hiroshima? 30 The speaker thinks the betterment we have today is due to advances in _. 一、 Section II Use
15、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. 31 Almost daily, the gulf between education and employment widens. Careers officers complain (31) a system that presents them with school-lea
16、vers devoid of ideas for employment. Employers deplore the fact (32) teenagers are unable to spell and write and calculate. Graduates discover that a knowledge of Ancient History or Zoology counts for nothing when they are (33) for a job. With all our magnificent new colleges of further education, t
17、he super-polytechnics are (34) up like mushrooms, and our much-vaunted increase of students in fulltime education, one vital point is being left out of educational thinking. What will it earn? Because sad (35) it may seem to those who believe in its mind- broadening, horizon-widening and stamina tes
18、ting qualities you can not eat education. (36) are 39 universities and colleges offering degree courses in Geography, but I have never (37) any good jobs advertised for Geography graduates. Or am I alone in suspecting that they will all return to (38) Geography to another set of students, who in (39
19、) will teach more undergraduates Geography? Only 10 universities currently offer degree courses in Aeronautical Engineering, which perhaps is just as well, in view of the speed with (40) the aircraft industry has been dispensing with excess personnel. On the other hand, hospital casualty departments
20、 throughout the country are having to close (41) because of the lack of doctors. The reason? University medical schools can only find places for half of those who (42). It seems to me that the time is ripe for the Department of Employment and Productivity and the Department of Education and Science
21、to get (43) with the universities and produce a revised educational system that will make more economic (44) of the wealth of talent, application and industry currently being frittered away on certificates, diplomas and degrees that no one wants to know (45). They might make a start by reintroducing
22、 a genuine “General“ Certificate of Education. In the days (46) it meant something, this was called the School Certificate. Employers liked it, because it indicated proficiency (47) English, Arithmetic, Science and Humanities in (48) words, that you had an all-round education You could use it as a s
23、pringboard to higher education, (49) it actually meant something in itself in every (50) from chemical to clothing. 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. 51 Cloning shakes us all to our
24、 very souls. For humans to consider the cloning of one another forces them all to question the very concepts of right and wrong that make them all human. The cloning of any species, whether they are human or non-human, is wrong. Scientists and ethicists alike have debated the implications of human a
25、nd non-human cloning extensively since 1997 when scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland produced Dolly. No direct conclusions have been drawn, but compelling arguments state that cloning of both human and non human species results in harmful physical and psychological effects on both groups.
26、 The possible physical damage that could be done if human cloning became a reality is obvious when one looks at the sheer loss of life that occurred before the birth of Dolly. Less than ten percent of the initial transfers survive to be healthy creatures. There were 277 trial implants of nuclei. Nin
27、eteen of those 277 were deemed healthy while the others were discarded. Five of those nineteen survived, but four of them died within ten days of birth of severe abnormalities. Dolly was the only one to survive. Even Ian Wilmut, one of the scientists accredited with the cloning phenomenon at the Ros
28、lin Institute agrees, “the more you interfere with re production, the more danger there is of things going wrong“. The psychological effects of cloning are less obvious, but nonetheless, very plausible. In addition to physical harms, there are worries about the psychological harms to cloned human ch
29、ildren. One of those harms is that cloning creates serious issues of identity and individuality. Human cloning is obviously damaging to both the family and the cloned child. It is harder to convince that non-human cloning is wrong and unethical, but it is just the same. Western culture and tradition
30、 has long held the belief that the treatment of animals should be guided by different ethical standards than the treatment of humans. Animals have been seen as non-feeling and savage beasts since time began. Humans in general have no problem with seeing animals as objects to be used whenever it beco
31、mes necessary. But what would happen if humans started to use animals as body for growing human organs? What if we were to learn how to clone functioning brains and have them grow inside of chimps? Would non-human primates, such as a chimpanzee, who carried one or more human genes via transgenic tec
32、hnology, be defined as still a chimp, a human, a subhuman, or something else? If defined as human, would we have to give it rights of citizenship? And if humans were to carry non-human transgenic genes, would that alter our definitions and treatment of them? Also, if the technology were to be so tha
33、t scientists could transfer human genes into animals and vice versa, it could create a worldwide catastrophe that no one would be able to stop. 51 The arguments that cloning will have harmful effects _. （ A） are very convincing （ B） have forced people to stop cloning （ C） have forced people to quest
34、ion the concept of cloning （ D） have compelled people to debate the implications of cloning 52 How many of those trial implants fail to survive? （ A） 277. （ B） 276. （ C） 19. （ D） 4. 53 Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ A） Cloning may lead to the loss of identity. （ B） The cloned human
35、 children may have some psychological problems. （ C） The psychological effects of cloning may be overlooked. （ D） Genetic uniqueness is important. 54 What is the major problem with using animals as body for growing human organs? （ A） Animals will no longer be savage. （ B） Humans will be as savage as
36、 animals. （ C） A clear line will be missing between humans and animals. （ D） Animals will have to be given rights of citizenship. 55 The writer thinks that cloning is wrong _. （ A） ethically （ B） morally （ C） psychologically （ D） ethically and morally 56 The making of classifications by literary his
37、torians can be a somewhat risky enterprise. When Black poets are discussed separately as a group, for instance, the extent to which their work reflects the development of poetry in general should not be forgotten, or a distortion of literary history may result. This caution is particularly relevant
38、in an assessment of the differences between Black poets at the turn of the century (1900 1909) and those of the generation of the 1920s. These differences include the bolder and more forthright speech of the later generation and its technical inventiveness. It should be remembered, though, that comp
39、arable differences also existed for similar generations of White poets. When poets of the 1910s and 1920s are considered together, however, the distinctions that literary historians might make between “conservative“ and “experimental“ would be of little significance in a discussion of Black poets, a
40、lthough these remain helpful classifications for White poets of these decades. Certainly differences can be noted between “conservative“ Black poets such as Countee Cullen and Cluade Mckay and “expert mental“ ones such as Jean Toomer and Langston Hughes. But Black poets were not battling over old or
41、 new styles, rather, one accomplished Black poet was ready to welcome another, whatever his or her style, for what mattered was racial pride. However, in the 1920s Black poets did debate whether they should deal with specifically racial subjects. They asked whether they should only write about Black
42、 experience for a Black audience or whether such demands were restrictive. It may be said, though, that virtually all these poets wrote their best poems when they spoke out of racial feeling, race being, as James Weldon Johnson rightly put it, “perform the thing the Negro poet knows best“. At the tu
43、rn of the century, by contrast, most Black poets generally wrote in the conventional manner of the age and expressed noble, if vague emotions in their poetry. These poets were not unusually gifted, though Roscoe Jamison and G. M. McClellen may be mentioned as exceptions. They chose not to write in d
44、ialect, which, as Sterling Brown has suggested, “meant a rejection of stereotypes of Negro life“, and they refused to write only about racial subjects. This refusal had both a positive and a negative consequence. As Brown observes, “Valuably insisting that Negro poets should not be confined to issue
45、s of race, these poets committed an error.they refused to look into their hearts and write“. These are important insights, but one must stress that this refusal to look within was also typical of most White poets of the United States at the time. They, too, often turned from their own experience and
46、 consequently produced not very memorable poems about vague topics, such as the peace of nature. 56 It can be inferred from the passage that classifying a poet as either conservative or experimental would be of “little significance“ when discussing Black poets of the 1910s and the 1920s because _. （
47、 A） these poets wrote in very similar styles （ B） these poets all wrote about nature in the same way （ C） these poets were fundamentally united by a sense of racial achievement despite differences in poetic style （ D） such a method of classification would fail to take account of the influence of gen
48、eral poetic practice 57 According to the passage, an issue facing Black poets in the 1920s was whether they should _. （ A） seek a consensus on new techniques of poetry （ B） write exclusively about and for Blacks （ C） withdraw their support from a repressive society （ D） turn away from social questio
49、ns to recollect the tranquility of nature 58 The author quotes Sterling Brown in the fourth paragraph in order to _. （ A） present an interpretation of some Black poets that contradicts the authors own assertion about their acceptance of various poetic styles （ B） introduce a distinction between Black poets who used dialect and White poets who did not （ C） disprove James Weldon Johnsons claim that race is what “the Negro poet knows best“ （ D） suggest what were the effects of some Black poets decision not
