1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 52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） Right （ B） Wrong
2、2 Mr. Miller enjoys doing things with his own hands. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 3 The front door to his home does not open automatically. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 4 Mr. Miller bought his house simply because the flat he used to live in was too expensive. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 5 Government buildings often ha
3、ve special paths for those people handicapped. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 6 Paul could reach all the switches because they were originally installed at the right height of him. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 7 Do-it-Yourself has become one of Mr. Millers hobbies. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 8 Mr. Miller had known a lot
4、 about carpentry and electric before he was engaged in do-it-yourself. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 9 Mr. Miller did changes on the house only for fun. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 10 Mr. Miller will buy a new house with the money he has won. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong Part B Directions: You will hear 3 conversations
5、or talks and you must answer the questions by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear the recording ONLY ONCE. 11 What is the student interested in exactly? （ A） Japanese art. （ B） Chinese art. （ C） Influence of Chinese art on Japanese art. （ D） Interactions of Chinese and Japanese arts. 12 How did Chi
6、nese art first come to Japan? （ A） Through Korean scholars. （ B） Through Japanese artists. （ C） Through Buddhist missionaries. （ D） Through Chinese artists. 13 When did Japanese art really take a form? （ A） In the 17th century. （ B） In the 9th century. （ C） In the 10th century. （ D） In the 13th cent
7、ury. 14 What would a cooling trend in weather bring to the world? （ A） Floods along the sea coasts. （ B） A shortage of food and fuel. （ C） Unpredictable weather conditions. （ D） Disappointment to some climatologists. 15 What can be learned about the hypotheses of climatologists? （ A） They are often
8、quite accurate. （ B） They are not reliable. （ C） They are short-sighted. （ D） They generally fall into two categories. 16 What was characteristic of the “Little Ice Age“? （ A） Cold and damp climate. （ B） Change in geographic conditions. （ C） World-wide drought. （ D） Reduction of water resources. 17
9、What role do most people in the manufacturing trades play? （ A） Designers. （ B） Supervisors. （ C） Assistants. （ D） Employees. 18 Which of the following best characterizes the job of a semiskilled worker? （ A） Repetitive. （ B） Consistent. （ C） Exceptional. （ D） Complicated. 19 How are the working con
10、ditions for most manufacturing jobs? （ A） Disgraceful. （ B） Forceful. （ C） Harsh. （ D） Monotonous. 20 Who are responsible for panning and directing the manufacturing process? （ A） Scientists and engineers. （ B） Management workers. （ C） Technicians. （ D） Public relation workers. Part C Directions: Yo
11、u 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 have 1 minute to read Questions 21-30. 21 When the Roman army came to
12、Britain, the first thing they did was to build _. 22 Where did the Roman soldiers stay at night? 23 What else did they have for security around the enclosure where they stayed at night? 24 Why did each soldier always carry two stakes during their marching? 25 How long was the extension of the road b
13、uilt by the Roman by the end of the 3rd century? 26 In order to have an easy control of the native Britons, where were forts usually built? 27 In which part of Britain were the earliest forts concentrated? 28 How large is the fort the speaker is going to discuss? 29 How many gateways did a typical f
14、ort have? 30 Whose house was the most southerly block of the fort? 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. 31 Walking like swimming, bicycling and running is an ae
15、robic 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 (32) of heart and circulatory disease. As probably the least strenuous, safest aerobic activity, walking is the (33)
16、 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 at 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
17、 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 and body fat decreased (39). These changes suggest (40) of the important even vital benefits walking can (41) about.
18、 Walking (42) bums 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 other day, you can bum up a pound-and-a-half monthly, or 18 pounds a (45)providing there is no change in your intake of
19、 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 thought as you (48) to pensions or insurance. Walking is a vital defense (49) the ravages of degenerative diseases an
20、d 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 answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 51 Since World War , there has been a clearly discernible trend, especially among the growing
21、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 has been completed. In some quarters, there is much shaking of graying locks and clucking of middle-aged tongues ov
22、er 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 early, while others never do, even in three-score years and ten. Many students are marrying as an escape, not only fro
23、m 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 prove to be entirely successful. The sad fact is that marriage seldom solves ones problems; More often, it merely
24、 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 that they are forsaking one idol only to worship another. Young people correctly understand that their parents ar
25、e 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 essentially Utopian and therefore incapable of fulfillment. They want too much, and tragic disillusionment is often
26、 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. Satisfactory marriages are determined not by chronology, but by the emotional maturity of the partners. Therefore, each
27、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 feasible, why not? Good marriages can be made from sixteen to sixty, and so can bad ones. 51 According to this article t
28、he 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 moral looseness brought about by World War . 52 The author suggests that many of todays early marriages are a resul
29、t 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 worship. （ C） probably incapable of being what many young people expect it to be. （ D） incapable of being the b
30、asic 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 is the ultimate good. （ D） to succeed is not at all important. 55 Youthful expectations of marriage can be
31、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 flanked by scrupulously maintained colonial homes. Babysitters dandle kids in the wooden gazebo, waiting for
32、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 events in town. “I dont think a lot of older people knew there were unhappy kids in New Milford“, she said, “
33、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, tried a variety of measures, including heavy doses of alcohol, over-the-counter medicines and cuts or sc
34、ratches 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 as the other happen-stances of suburban life. “I was just sick of it all“, one told a reporter. “Everythi
35、ng. 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 coming in the wake of at least sixteen suicide attempts over the previous few months, this sudden clust
36、eralong 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 parents and kids, “Were talking about a crisis that has really gotten out of hand“. Later he added. “Th
37、ere 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 those were popular kids“, he said. “They got plenty of love, but beneath the reassuring signs, a swath of te
38、ens 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 scars on their arms where they cut themselves“. “Youd be surprised how many kids try suicide“, said one
39、 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, said one was having family problems, one was “upset that day“ and the third was “just upset with eve
40、rything else going on“. She said they werent really trying to kill themselves they just needed concern. As Sobe noted, “Whats going on in New Milford is not unique to New Milford“. The same underlying culture of despair could be found in any town. But teen suicide, he added, can be a “contagion“. Ri
41、ght 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） Teenager suicide. （ D） Dr. Simon Sobos achievements. 57 In the 3rd sentence of the first paragraph the w
42、ord “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 have tried a variety of measures. （ C） They attend a suicide squad. （ D） All their attempts to comm
43、it suicide are vital. 59 Which of the statements about the teens there is NOT true? （ A） They are ill-bred students in school. （ B） Some of them take “real drags“. （ C） Teens needs attention. （ D） A few casually display scars on their arms. 60 According to the passage, the teens in Village Green can
44、 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 juxtaposition of two almost independent buildings facing and opening into one another through a prosce
45、nium 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 a physical barrier protect the audience from a fire starting on the stage. A fireproof wall, rathe
46、r 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 openings to a minimum. This separation advented in the nineteenth century in the United States as
47、 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 sixteenth to eighteenth centuries were remodeled from banquet hall, tennis court, and other rectangular
48、 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 w
49、ith the expectation of some forms of glamour excitement, or emotional vividness. The architect and the decorator try to sustain and increase this excitement and anticipation as the spectator moves through the theater. One of the familiar architectural devices for this effect is spaciousness of lobby, foyer, and auditorium. Color and decoration are other devices for the same purpose, as seen in almost all theaters built before the twentieth century. 61 According to the passage, what distinguishes many present-day th
