1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 53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 John was in a nursery school for one year. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 2 The work in the kind
2、ergarten includes story retelling, drawing, singing and studying. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 3 John went to Junior School at the age of five. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 4 Some children still have to take an exam called “eleven-plus“ nowadays. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 5 In Britain, secondary schools consist of gr
3、ammar schools, technical schools, comprehensive schools and academic schools. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 6 Most children go to a grammar school. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 7 Comprehensive schools can satisfy all levels of academic abilities. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 8 A private school was called a public school
4、in Britain. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 9 According to Martin, the riches have the priority choosing the best schools for their children. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 10 John thinks that if people give up some traditional ideas, every child will have a chance to go to college. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong Part B Direct
5、ions: 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 Which are not a regular part of the student dorms? （ A） Desks. （ B） Suites. （ C） Kitchens. （ D） Closets. 12 What do the married student apartments not al
6、low? （ A） Children. （ B） Cooking. （ C） Spouses. （ D） Single students. 13 Which of the following is most likely required in Spanish House during some periods? （ A） Spanish nationals. （ B） Spanish majors. （ C） Spanish speaking. （ D） Spanish cooking. 14 What is the main topic of the talk? （ A） How quar
7、tz sand is formed. （ B） How underground water differs. （ C） How rain is formed. （ D） How water tables change. 15 What characteristics of hard water does the speaker mention? （ A） It is undrinkable. （ B） It has minerals in it. （ C） It is slightly colored. （ D） It only tastes horrible. 16 What does th
8、e speaker say about quartz? （ A） It usually absorbs mineral impurities. （ B） It is rarely found in sand dunes. （ C） It does not dissolve in water. （ D） It wears away other rocks. 17 Which of the following is NOT included in the news headline? （ A） New traffic rates. （ B） A fire at a downtown restaur
9、ant. （ C） A welcome end to the city workers strike. （ D） A final score on a basketball game. 18 Who suffered a heavy loss from the fire? （ A） The owner of a restaurant and the adjoining Jones Jewelry Store. （ B） The owner of a jewelry store. （ C） The owner of Citizens bank. （ D） Both the owners of a
10、 restaurant and a jewelry store. 19 How much were the employees pays raised? （ A） Five cents an hour. （ B） Ten cents an hour. （ C） Fifteen cents an hour. （ D） Twenty cents an hour. 20 Who won the Little League city championship? （ A） James Johnson. （ B） King Bush. （ C） Tigers. （ D） Pirates. Part C D
11、irections: 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 have 1 minute to read Questions 21-30. 21 Franklin Roosev
12、elt became president _. 22 At that time what was most Americans attitude towards world affairs? 23 What was Roosevelt concentrated on during his first years in office? 24 With whom did he want to improve the relations first in his presidency? 25 What did he himself call such a foreign policy? 26 Why
13、 did Roosevelt compromise over a lot of matters with his neighbors? 27 Can you name two or three of such neighbors? 28 Why did Roosevelt refuse to break the relations with Moscow although the two governments were far different from each other about many subjects? 29 With how many nations did Rooseve
14、lts administration reach new trade agreement? 30 In summary, what did the speaker talk about? 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 Pollution is a “dirty“ wor
15、d. To pollute means to contaminate topsoil something by introducing impurities which make (31) unfit or unclean to use. Pollution comes in many forms. We see it, smell it, (32) it, drink it, and stumble through it. We literally lived in and breathe pollution, and (33) surprisingly, it is beginning t
16、o (34) our health, our happiness, and our civilization. Once we thought of pollution (35) meaning simply the smog the choking, stinging, dirty (36) that hovers over cities. But air pollution, while it is (37) the most dangerous, is only one type of contamination among several (38) attack the most ba
17、sic life functions. Through the uncontrolled use of insecticides, man has polluted the land, (39) the wildlife. By (40) sewage and chemicals into rivers and lakes, we have contaminated our (41) water. We are polluting the oceans, too, killing the fish and (42) depriving ourselves (43) an invaluable
18、food supply. Part of the problem is our exploding (44). More and more people are producing more wastes. But this problem is intensified by our “throw-away“ technology. Each year Americans (45) of 7 million autos, 20 million tons of waste paper, 25 million pounds of toothpaste tubes and 48 million ca
19、ns. We throw away gum wrappers, newspapers, and paper plates. It is no longer wise to (46) anything. Today almost everything is disposable. (47) of repairing a toaster or a radio, it is easier and cheaper to buy another one and discard the old, even (48) 95 percent of its parts may still be function
20、ing. Baby diapers, which used to be made of reusable cloth, are now paper throwaways. Soon we will wear clothing made of (49): “Wear it once and throw it away“, will be the slogan of the fashionable consciousness. Where is this all to end? Are we turning the world into a gigantic dump, or is there h
21、ope that we can solve the pollution problem? (50), solutions are in sight. A few of them are positively ingenious. 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 Today TV audiences all over t
22、he world axe accustomed to the sight of American astronauts in tip-top condition, with fair hair, crew-cuts, good teeth, an uncomplicated sense of humour and a severely limited non-technical vocabulary. What marks out an astronaut from his earthbound fellow human beings is something of a difficult p
23、roblem. Should you wish to interview him, you must apply beforehand, and you must be prepared for a longish wait, even if your application meets with success. It is, in any case, out of the question to interview an astronaut about his family life or personal activities, because all the astronauts ha
24、ve contracts with an American magazine under conditions forbidding any unauthorized disclosures about their private lives. Certain obvious qualities are needed. Any would be spaceman must be in perfect health, must have powers of concentration (since work inside a spacecraft is exceptionally demandi
25、ng) and must have considerable courage. Again, space-work calls for dedication. Courage and dedication are particularly essential. In the well-known case of the Challenger seven crew members lost their lives in space because of the faulty equipment in the shuttle. Another must is outstanding scienti
26、fic expertise. It goes without saying that they all have to have professional aeronautical qualifications and experience. A striking feature of the astronauts is their ages. For the younger man, in his twenties, say, space is out. Only one of the fifty men working for NASA in 1970 was under 30. The
27、oldest astronaut to date is Alan Shepard, Americas first man in space, who, at nearly fifty, was also the man who captained Apollo 13. The average age is the late thirties. The crew members of Apollo 11 were all born well before the Second World War. In 1986 the Challenger astronauts had an average
28、age of 39. The range was from 35 to 46. In a society where marital continuity is not always exhibited, the astronauts record in this respect hits you in the eye. Of all the married men in NASA group, only two or three are divorced from their wives. Mind you, it is hard to tell whether something in t
29、he basic character of an astronaut encourages fidelity or whether the selection process demands that a candidate should be happily married. The NASA astronauts live in unattractive small communities dotted hero and there around the base in Texas. You would expect them to find their friends from amon
30、g their professional associates, but this is not the case. Rather, they prefer to make friends with the normal folk in their districts. A good job, too, Astronauts, like everybody else, must get fed up with talking shop all the time, and, whereas they are indeed an elite, their daily life outside wo
31、rk should be as normal as possible, if only for the sake of their families. As for the astronauts political leanings, they seam to be towards the right. This may be due to the fact that a large proportion of the astronauts have a military background. On the other hand, it could be just coincidence.
32、51 Details of the private life of an astronaut are hard to come by, because they are_. （ A） his own business and privacy. （ B） secrets as far as interviews are concerned. （ C） the property of an American magazine. （ D） the first rate national confidential information. 52 To audience, the typical Ame
33、rican astronaut_. （ A） bas a limited vocabulary. （ B） is a clean-cut, cheerful and frank guy. （ C） cant understand a sophisticated joke. （ D） is well-built but rather slow-witted. 53 In politics, astronauts are generally_. （ A） democrats. （ B） republicans. （ C） conservatives. （ D） communists. 54 The
34、 phrase “talking shop“ (line 4, para. 6) probably means_. （ A） talk about shopping. （ B） discuss ones work with colleagues. （ C） exchange personal news. （ D） talk with friends in a group. 55 Which of the statements is not true? （ A） Astronauts have a good job which demands high. （ B） The divorce rat
35、e in NASA in very low. （ C） The NASA astronauts mostly find friends from among their work. （ D） There is no younger man in his twenties in the spaceship. 56 At dawn one morning in early May, Sean Cosgrove is stashing piles of maps, notes and photocopied documents in his gym bag before heading for We
36、st Milford High, a rural school in northernmost New Jersey. On his 30-minute commute, the young former investment banker tries to dream up new ways of lifting the monumentally forgettable Mexican War off the textbook page and into his students imaginations. Can he invoke the storied memories of Robe
37、rt E. Lee, who cut his first military exploits on the plains of Veracuz or will he be met with thundering responses of “Whos Lee“? Should he raise James K. Polk out of the mystic chords of memory, and hope, for a nanosecond, that the kids will care about the first U.S. president who stepped aside be
38、cause hed accomplished everything he wanted? Lets think some more. Well, theres always the Alamo. And hey, isnt that the teachers parking lot up ahead? Its never an easy task. These big kids in big jeans and ball caps, come to his history classes believing that history is about as useful as Latin. M
39、ost are either unaware or unimpressed that the areas iron forges once produced artillery cannon for George Washingtons army. Their sense of history orbits more narrowly around last months adventures on “ShopRite Strip“, the students nickname for downtown West Milford, once a factory town, now a Magn
40、et for middle-class vacationers. Cosgrove looks uncommonly glum as the thumbs through a stack of exams in the teachers lounge. “I cant believe anyone in my class could think John Brown was the governor of Massachusetts“, moans Cosgrove, 28, pointing to one students test paper. He had to be sleeping
41、for days on end. “The same morning, students in his college bound class could name only one U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas. All his wit, energy and beyond-the-textbook research cant completely reverse the students poor preparation in history, their lack of general knowledge, their numbne
42、ss to the outside world. Its the bane of history teachers at every level. When University of Vermont professor James Loewen asked his senior social-science majors who fought in the Vietnam War, 22 percent answered North and South Korea. Dont these kids even go to the movies? 56 What did Cosgrove do
43、before he became a teacher teaching history? （ A） A clerk working in a gym. （ B） A man running a bank. （ C） A sportsman. （ D） A historian. 57 On the way to school, Cosgrove_. （ A） was deep in thought of his past. （ B） was thinking of who Lee was. （ C） was thinking of how to teach his class. （ D） was
44、 having a talk with another passenger. 58 It can be inferred from the passage that_. （ A） the task for Cosgrove is quite heavy. （ B） the students are enthusiastic about history study. （ C） the students has little interest in history study. （ D） West Milford once was a factory town. 59 Which of the f
45、ollowing is true according to this passage? （ A） Only the students in high school were poor in history study. （ B） Only college students could not study history well. （ C） Students at every level have poor knowledge of history. （ D） All Americans knowledge of history was poor. 60 Whats the meaning o
46、f the word “bane“ in the 6th line of the last paragraph? （ A） Headache. （ B） Ban. （ C） Pleasure. （ D） Opportunity. 61 In their darker moments, climatologists talk about their own “nightmare scenario“. This is one where global warming has caused such significant climatic changes that ocean currents c
47、hange direction. One scene from the nightmare has the Gulf Stream moving south or even going into reverse, making winter in London look and feel like a St Petersburg January. The ocean is a great moderating influence on the planet, soaking up heat around the tropics and depositing it in the cooler p
48、olar regions. Yet scientists know surprisingly little about how the sea does this they estimate that the North Atlantic alone moves energy equivalent to the output of several hundred million power stations. Last year oceanographers began their biggest international research initiative to learn more
49、about ocean circulation. The first results from the World Ocean Circulation Experiment demonstrate just how complex the movement of sea-water can be. They have also given scientists a glance of the amount of heat being exchanged between the oceans and the atmosphere. As part of the experiment, researchers are monitoring the speed and direction of ocean currents, water temperature and salinity. Research ships taking part will gather detailed measurements at 24,000 points or “stations“ along carefully designated tran
