1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 73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 Dr. Wilson and Mr. Wang have met before. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 2 Wang prefers to live w
2、ith an English family. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 3 Wang intends to study how computer is used for language translation. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 4 Back in his own country Mr. Wang studied C-language and chemistry. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 5 Wang has some experience in CAD. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 6 Dr. Wilson i
3、s satisfied with Wangs past experience. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 7 Wang has little knowledge of the phonetic processing system. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 8 Wang decides to take courses and pass exams. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 9 Dr. Wilson suggests that Wang should extend his stay at the university. （ A） Right
4、 （ B） Wrong 10 Dr. Wilson asks Wang to do a little more research before deciding on his project. （ 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 is the womans to
5、ne of voice when she first sees the man? （ A） Frustrated. （ B） Relieved. （ C） Sarcastic. （ D） Apologetic. 12 What are the students doing when the man arrives in class? （ A） Taking an examination. （ B） Drawing graphs. （ C） Giving presentations. （ D） Having a class of discussion. 13 How much time do t
6、he man and the woman have before they address the class? （ A） Less than ten minutes. （ B） About twenty minutes. （ C） Forty-five minutes. （ D） Over an hour. 14 According to the speaker, what are convenience goods? （ A） Commodities that people are in constant need of. （ B） Goods that are convenient to
7、 use or purchase. （ C） Items that people tend to buy under impulse. （ D） Items that have to be bought once a week. 15 What are the shopping goods that are basically considered the same? （ A） Those that satisfy similar need of the consumer. （ B） Those that consumers dont care where to buy. （ C） Those
8、 that consumers spend much time looking for. （ D） Those that can be found everywhere. 16 What is the characteristic of specialty goods? （ A） They are goods that can be bought at a special price. （ B） They are special kinds of products. （ C） They are characterized in their brands. （ D） They need spec
9、ial efforts to get. 17 What does the woman suggest the man do? （ A） Research what TV set is best for him. （ B） Ask for a cheaper price on the TV. （ C） Try a different store. （ D） Be satisfied with what he has. 18 What will the man probably do as a result of the conversation? （ A） Watch less TV. （ B）
10、 Return the TV to the store. （ C） Pay for the TV. （ D） Show the woman how to use the remote control. 19 Whats the mans attitude toward the TV now? （ A） He would prefer a more expensive model. （ B） He is confused by the remote control. （ C） Hes eager to use it. （ D） He is not happy that he bought it.
11、 20 What the main topic of the conversation? （ A） A popular TV program. （ B） A breakthrough in technology. （ C） A recent purchase. （ D） A new electronic store. 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
12、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 How many languages are used throughout the world today? 22 How many major language families are there today? 23 Which language family does English
13、belong to? 24 Which language belongs to the Indo-European language family, but is spoken through South and Central America? 25 Which language family includes most languages in the area of North Africa and the Middle East? 26 How many speakers do Chinese dialects have? 27 Whats the relation between J
14、apanese and the Sino-Tibetan family like? 28 Languages in the Polynesian family were spread by _ from islands to islands. 29 Each group of islands developed its own 30 You should also note that each major language family has several _ within it. 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions:
15、Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 31 Psychologists take contrastive views of how external rewards, from (31) praise to cold cash, affect motivation and creativity. Behaviorists, (32) research the relation (33) a
16、ctions and their consequences argue that rewards can improve performance at work and school. Cognitive researchers, who study various aspects of mental life, maintain (34) rewards often destroy creativity (35) encouraging dependence (36) approval and gifts from others. The latter view has gained man
17、y supporters, especially (37) educators. But the careful use of small monetary rewards sparks (38) in grade-school children, suggesting (39) properly presented inducements indeed aid inventiveness, (40) to a study in the June Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. “If kids know theyre working
18、 for a (41) and can focus (42) a relatively challenging task, they show the most creativity“, says Robert Eisenberger of the University of Delaware in Newark. “But its easy to kill creativity by giving rewards for (43) performance or creating too (44) anticipation for rewards“. A teacher (45) contin
19、ually draws attention to rewards or who hands (46) high grades for ordinary achievement ends up (47) discouraged students, Eisenberger holds. (48) an example of the latter point, he notes growing efforts at major universities to tighten grading standards and restore failing (49). In earlier grades,
20、the use of so-called token economies, in (50) students handle challenging problems and receive performance-based points toward valued rewards, shows promise in raising effort and creativity, the Delaware psychologist claims. Part A Directions: Read the following texts and answer the questions which
21、accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 51 Personnel changes at the International Monetary Fund and proposals for changing the fund have been reported lately. After a lengthy public debate, the leading countries settled on another German, Horst Kohler, to replac
22、e Michel Camdessus as the IMFs managing director. Unfortunately, the circus-like process began to resemble an affirmative-action procedure when it became clear that a particular nationalityGerman was a prerequisite for the job. Calls for changes at the IMF came in the report from Congress Internatio
23、nal Financial Institution Advisory Commission, led by Allan H. Meltzer. (I was a witness before the commission on issues related to inequality.) The Melzer Commissions report surprised me by not advocating abolition of the IMF. The report said: “The commission did not join the council of despair cal
24、ling for the elimination of one or more of these institutions“. The commission came close to recommending abolition, however, by proposing a new IMF that would be limited to short-term-liquidity assistance to solvent economies, collection and publication of data, and provision of economic advice. Th
25、e short-term-loan facility would represent a reasonable return to the IMFs role under the Bretton Woods regime that prevailed until the early 1970s. However, that role expanded greatly in the 1990s, and it is not clear how such further expansion would be avoided under the new setup. SO long as the I
26、MF retains access to lots of money, it will be difficult to say no to large, insolvent countries, such as Mexico in 1995 and Russia in 1998. Past mistakes will probably be repeated, and the elimination of the IMF would have been a better choice. I agree that the IMFs role in the collection and distr
27、ibution of data has been useful. An advisory role might also be satisfactory (and some of my friends and former students perform these tasks admirably). This function could be served just as well, however, by nongovernmental institutions. In any event, the demand for is the IMFs economic advice is l
28、ikely to be low if it is no longer tied to qualifying for some of its loans. The irony is that the IMF had available the ideal candidate in its deputy managing director, Staley Fischer. Fischer is not only an outstanding economist but also has a pleasant and effective management style, together with
29、 experience at the fund. He also seemed ideal on political grounds because be was born in Africa, previously held a British passport (related to his residencies in the former British colonies of Northern and Southern Rhodesia), and now holds a U.S. passport. Apparently, Fischers British passport was
30、 not enough to make him European, much less German. Anyway, since my opinion of the IMFs social value is unfavorable, I probably ought not to back the most capable candidate as managing director. 51 The word “abolition“ in the 2nd paragraph is closest in meaning to _. （ A） elimination （ B） disappear
31、 （ C） abundance （ D） advocacy 52 What is TRUE about Allan H. Meltzer? （ A） He advocates the abolition of the IMF. （ B） He calls for the elimination 0Lone of or more of these institutions. （ C） He is the IMFs managing director. （ D） He is the leader of the International Financial Institution Advisory
32、 Commission. 53 In the 4th paragraph, what does “this function“ refer to? （ A） IMFs advisory role. （ B） Nongovernment instiutiton. （ C） Qualifying for some of its loans. （ D） Short-term-liquidity assistance. 54 What happens to IMF after a lengthy public debate? （ A） Horst Kohler works as the managin
33、g director. （ B） It is abolished. （ C） Michel continues his leading over IMF. （ D） It is managed by Stanley Fisher. 55 What is the authors attitude towards Stanley Fisher as an ideal candidate? （ A） Ironical. （ B） Favourable. （ C） Negative. （ D） Neglectful. 56 Economists believe that investors are r
34、ational, and that stock prices are therefore unpredictable. It sounds peculiar, but the logic is ironclad. Rational investors would take into account everything they know when buying or selling stock all the information available about where profits, interest rates, technology and so on are going. S
35、o stock prices would reflect all available knowledge, and would change only when new information came in. And new information is, by definition, unpredictable, which means that changes in stock prices would be unpredictable, too. But investors, being human, are driven by fear, greed and the madness
36、of crowds. In principle this should create patterns in stock prices, and in principle you can use those patterns to outperform the market. But while it may be very hard to tell, whether the market is overvalued or undervalued, one thing is for sure: It fluctuates more than it should. That is, instea
37、d of rising or falling only when there is real news about future, stocks surge and plunge for no good reason. People sell because other people are selling, or buy because other people are buying. And, as a result, it is more a series of random leaps than a random walk. Tuesday was a case in point. O
38、n a slow news day, markets suddenly dived, with the Dow falling by more than 3 percent and the Nasdaq by more than 5 without anything happening to change your fundamental view about what is on in the U.S. economy. Why was the market so easily spooked? Presumably because everyone is even more confuse
39、d than usual about what stocks are really those days. On one side, the U.S. economy has been wallowing in good news. Productivity has been soaring, allowing the economy to grow far faster than seemed possible. And with clever new applications of silicon chips coming out every day, it is easy to beco
40、me exuberant about the future. On the other hand, as any financial theorist could tell you, good news that you already expect to hear isnt news. Five years ago, a 2 percent annual increase in worker productivity would have been regarded as excellent, and stocks would have risen sharply. Today it wou
41、ld be regarded as a disappointing performance, and would drive stocks down. So, is it terrific or incredible? Nobody really knows. And a rational market would accept this ignorance, and wait for some actual evidence in favor of one side or the other. Of course, it doesnt work that way. One Tuesday,
42、something caused investors to become slightly less convinced than they had been the day before that we are living in the best of all possible world. And the result was a huge destruction of paper-virtual-wealth. 56 Paragraph 2 seems to suggest that _. （ A） investors are not always rational （ B） stoc
43、k price reflects all available knowledge （ C） a rational investor should be good in prediction of the market （ D） because new information is unprediction it is hard for investors to be rational 57 According to the text, investors become irration because _. （ A） they are not experienced （ B） they pos
44、sess the nature we all have （ C） the U.S. economy is sometimes unpredictable （ D） they are confused about the changes of the stock market 58 The result of “Tuesday case“ is that _. （ A） the U.S. economy soared （ B） the U.S. stock price fell sharply （ C） people were disappointed about U.S. economy （
45、D） people were not sure about what stocks were really worth 59 In paragraph 5, the phrase “wallowing in“ may be replaced by _. （ A） delighted in （ B） surprised by （ C） convinced by （ D） doubtful about 60 We learn from the text that _. （ A） the investors are ignorant （ B） the stock market can be frig
46、htened very easily （ C） the falling of Dow by 3 percent is considered as a “random walk“ （ D） a 2 percent annual increase in worker productivity is not a good result 61 Steve Courtney wrote historical novels. Not, he was quick to explain, over-colourful love stories of the kind that made so much mon
47、ey for so many women writers, but novels set, and correctly set, in historical periods. Whatever difference he saw in his own books, his readers did not seem to notice it, and his readers were nearly all women. He had studied in university, but he had been a particularly good student, and he had nev
48、er afterwards let any academic knowledge he had achieved interfere with his writing. Helen, his wife, who did not have a very high opinion of her husbands ability as a novelist, had been careful to say when she married him she was not historically minded. Above all, Helen was doubtful whether her re
49、lationship with Steve would work at all in the village of Stretton, to which they had just moved. It was Steve who had wanted to move to the country, and she had been glad of the change, in principle, whatever doubts she was now having about Stretton as a choice. But she wondered whether Steve would, before long, want to live in London again, and what she would do if he did. The Stretton house was not a weekend cottage. They had moved into it and given up the London flat altogether, partly at least, she suspected, becau
