1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 76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 Paul once lectured on cooking with practical demonstrations in Australia and New Zealan
2、d. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 2 His lecture had been very popular. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 3 Paul once wanted to set up his business in a competitive place. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 4 The owner, Paul, always has the final say when disagreement comes up. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 5 Paul feels all right keeping ser
3、ving the same dishes. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 6 The staff members of the restaurant dont share in decision-making. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 7 Alan may not want to have his recipe publicized. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 8 The restaurant used to be a farmhouse. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 9 Alan has been with Paul for
4、 fifteen years. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 10 The woman is a journalist from a magazine. （ 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 speaker mainly discuss
5、ing? （ A） Traditional European architecture. （ B） Techniques for building log cabins. （ C） The history of log structures. （ D） How to build a home yourself. 12 According to the speaker, what gives modern log homes their warm atmosphere? （ A） Their small size. （ B） Their rustic dirt floors. （ C） Thei
6、r wails made up of rounded logs. （ D） Their sliding board windows. 13 According to the speaker, why were log cabins especially popular to settlers who moved west? （ A） They could easily build the log houses themselves. （ B） They could construct the houses from kits. （ C） They liked the cozy atmosphe
7、re of the log interior. （ D） They wanted homes that could be transported. 14 Who is the man? （ A） Student advisor. （ B） Course teacher. （ C） Admissions officer. （ D） Department secretary. 15 Which subject does the student say she was good at? （ A） Computer programming. （ B） Art and design. （ C） Elec
8、tronics. （ D） Mathematics. 16 What will she most likely do eventually? （ A） Do basic electronics. （ B） Teach English literature. （ C） Produce educational games. （ D） Write computer programs. 17 According to the woman, why women are much better at dealing with more than one thing at a time? （ A） She
9、doesnt know the reason exactly. （ B） Because women are smarter than men. （ C） Because women have more things to deal with than men. （ D） Because men always refuse to deal with more than one thing at the same time. 18 Why are women much better at dealing with more than one thing at a time, but men ar
10、e not as good? （ A） Because women have better abilities. （ B） Because men are not used to housework. （ C） Because men lack practice. （ D） Because men find it easy to concentrate on only one thing. 19 What do we know about the difference between men and women in terms of personal relationships? （ A）
11、It is easier to get along with women than with men. （ B） Women tend to reveal their feeling more easily. （ C） Personal relationships are more central to most mens lives. （ D） Its easier to establish personal relationships with women than with men. 20 Why does the women refer to football? （ A） To ill
12、ustrate mens interest. （ B） To illustrate that men usually do not touch upon anything important in talking about their work and interest. （ C） To prove men are mostly football fans. （ D） To show that men intentionally try to avoid talking about their true feelings. Part C Directions: You will hear a
13、 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 What are the biggest four-legged animals
14、living on land? 22 How heavy may a newly-born baby elephant be? 23 At what time will an elephant stop growing? 24 How tall may an adult elephant be? 25 What do we call the very long noses of the elephant? 26 Besides smelling things, what can the elephants long nose do? 27 What does elephant like to
15、eat? 28 What do the elephants strong legs look like? 29 How do elephants live in the jungles? Alone or together? 30 Can you use three adjectives to describe elephants? 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable
16、 word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 31 Impatience characterizes young intellectual workers. They want to make their mark (31). So its important to get (32) to them in a challenging manner the idea (33) big achievements rarely come easily and quickly. Point out that the little successes are
17、essential. Show that they (34) turn become the foundation on (35) reputations are built and from which more important tasks can be accomplished. A variety of job assignments, including job or project rotation, also keep a job (36) becoming dull. Whereas its natural for some individuals to want to mo
18、ve ahead immediately to more difficult assignments, (37) proper guidance they can continue to learn and to gain versatility by working on a number of jobs that are essentially (38) the same complexity. This way they gain breadth, if not depth. Probably the greatest offense to guard (39) when dealing
19、 with younger specialists is to reject ideas out of hand. You must listen and listen objectively to their suggestions. Avoid (40) overcritical. You want to nurture an inquiring mind with a fresh approach. Youll frustrate it quickly if you revert often (41) “Weve tried that before and it wont (42) he
20、re“. One sure way to disenchant (43) college graduates is flagrantly misusing their talents. Expect them to do some routine work, of course. But dont make their (44) work just one long series of errands. This includes such break-in assignments (45) performing routine calculations, digging up (46) we
21、 material, (47) operating reproduction equipment. One large manufacturing company recently interviewed a number of (48) engineers who had left them. The company found that the overwhelming complaint was that the company not only did not offer work that (49) challenging but also expected (50) too lit
22、tle from them in the way of performance. 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 Travel is at its best a solitary enterprise: to see, to examine, to assess, you have to be alone and un
23、encumbered. Other people can mislead you; they crowd your meandering impressions with their own; if they are companionable they obstruct your view, and if they are boring they corrupt the silence with nonsequiturs, shattering your concentration with “Oh, look, its raining“, and “You see a lot of tre
24、es here“. Travelling on your own can be terribly lonely (and it is not understood by Japanese who, coming across you smiling wistfully at an acre of Mexican butter cups tend to say things like “Where is the rest of your team?“) I think of evening in the hotel room in the strange city. My diary has b
25、een brought up to date; I hanker for company; what do I do? I dont know anyone here, so I go out and walk and discover the three streets of the town and rather envy the strolling couples and the people with children. The museums and churches are closed, and toward midnight the streets are empty. If
26、I am mugged, I will have to apologize as politely as possible: “I am sorry, sir, but I have nothing valuable on my person“. Is there a surer way of enraging a thief and driving him to violence? It is hard to see clearly or to think straight in the company of other people. Not only do I feel self-con
27、scious, but the perceptions that are necessary to writing are difficult to manage when someone close by is thinking out loud. I am diverted, but it is discovery, not diversion, that I seek. What is required is the lucidity of loneliness to capture that vision, which, however banal, seems in my priva
28、te mood to be special and worthy of interest. There is something in feeling object that quickens my mind and makes it intensely receptive to“ fugitive might also be verified and refined; and in any case I had the satisfaction of finishing the business alone. Travel is not a vacation, .and it is ofte
29、n the opposite of a rest. “Have a nice time“, people said to me at my send-off at South Station, Medford. It was not precisely what I had hoped for. I craved a little risk, some danger, an untoward event, a vivid discomfort, an experience of my own company, and in a modest way the romance of solitud
30、e. This I thought might be mine on that train to Limon. 51 Travelling companions are a disadvantage, according to the writer, because they _. （ A） give you the wrong impression about the journey. （ B） distract you from your reading. （ C） intrude on your private observations. （ D） prevent you from pr
31、ivate observation. 52 It has been assumed by Japanese that he _. （ A） belongs to a group of botanists （ B） is excessively odd to travel alone （ C） needs to be directed to his hotel （ D） has wandered away from his party 53 His main concern in the evenings was to _. （ A） take some physical exercise （
32、B） avoid being robbed in the street （ C） overcome his loneliness （ D） explore the sights of the city 54 The writer regards his friends farewell to him as _. （ A） inappropriate （ B） unsympathetic （ C） tactless （ D） cynical 55 We gather from the passage that his main purpose in traveling was to _. （ A
33、） test his endurance （ B） prove his self-sufficiency （ C） experience adventure （ D） respond to new experiences 56 The United States has hosted the Olympic Games a record eight times. St. Louis, Los Angeles (twice) and Atlanta have been the sites of the summer Games while Lake Placid (twice). Squaw V
34、alley and Salt Lake City in 2002 have welcome the winter Games. Ten U.S. cities have entered the process to become the candidate city for the 2010 Olympic Games which will be selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee Board of directors. The U.S. city will then face competition from around the world wit
35、h the International Olympic Committee making the final decision. The 10 cities have until the spring of 2000 to prepare their final bids for the U.S.OC. Following site evaluations and the XLXth Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah (Feb. 8 24, 2002), the U.S. Olympic candidate city will be el
36、ected in the fall of 2002 at the U.S.OCs Board of Direction meeting. The closing date for all worldwide candidate cities to submit bids to the International Olympic will be in the winter of 2003. The IOC will then select the 2010 host city in the fall of 2005. “Our work can begin in the fall of 2002
37、, allowing us to have a great bid and saving bid cities a tremendous amount of money by shortening the expensive international campaign“, said Anita DeFrantz, an IOC vice president. The U.S. Olympic Committee is also in the process of identifying a U.S. candidate city for the 2007 “Pan American Game
38、s“. The United States has previously hosted this event for countries in North, Central and South America in Chicago (1959) and Indianapolis (1987). The timeline approved by the U.S.OC Board for the cities registered and bidding to become the U.S. candidate city for the 2007 Pan American Games-Housto
39、n; Raleigh, N.C.; San Antonio, Texas; and south Florida-calls for each citys final bids to be submitted to the U.S.OC by September 1998. Following site evaluations, the U.S.OC Board will select the U.S.As 2007 bid city in the spring of 1999. The Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) will select th
40、e host city in 2002. U.S.OC Executive Director Dick Schuhz explained that the U.S.OCs objectives in setting up the timelines for the bid cities were: to maintain focus on the mission, pursue strategic initiatives, complete the Pan American Games bids before the Olympic Games bids, complete the Salt
41、Lake City Olympic Winter Games and effort, and to then launch an international bid off the success of Salt Lake City. 56 Anita DeFrantz is _. （ A） vice president of U.S.OC （ B） president of IOC （ C） president of U.S.OC （ D） vice president of IOC 57 Which city is NOT among the U.S. cities that have h
42、osted the Olympic Games? （ A） Squaw Valley. （ B） San Antonio. （ C） St. Louis. （ D） Los Angeles. 58 Year 2003 is the time for _. （ A） the ten U.S. cities to begin the process to become the U.S. candidate city for the 2012 Olympic Games （ B） the four U.S. cities to register and bid to become the U.S.
43、candidate city for the 2007 Pan American Games （ C） all the worldwide candidate cities to submit bids to IOC （ D） all U.S.OC to select the U.S.A.s 2007 bid city 59 One of the purposes of the U.S.OC to set up the timelines for the bid cities is _. （ A） to complete the Pan American Games bids before t
44、he Olympic Game bids （ B） to complete the Olympic Games bids before the Pan American Games bids （ C） to complete the Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games bids before the Pan American Games bids （ D） to complete the Pan American Games bids before the Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games bids 60 The bes
45、t title for the passage is _. （ A） How Many Olympic Games Has America Hosted （ B） Americas Next Olympic City （ C） America-An Active Participant in World Games （ D） Salt Lake City-the Host of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games 61 Many parents, teachers, and community leaders are eager for some sign of a d
46、ecline in drug use among teenagers that its worth citing a recent survey by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. This groups polls show drug are gradually losing their aura of “coolness“ and acceptability. The statistical declines are hardly startling-40 percent of teens surveyed saying that rea
47、lly cool kids dont use drugs, compared with 35 percent a year ago; experimentation with marijuana is down to 41 percent, from 44 percent in 1997. A few more kids are trying to talk friends out of using drugs. More are saying they couldnt be talked into it. Considerably more say theyre aware of anti-
48、drug messages in the media. Skeptics are prone to sneer at such findings. They point to continued high drug use generally. But changes in attitudes toward drugs shouldnt be discounted. Altered attitudes lead to altered behavior, as shown by dropping cigarette use among youths in states making a cons
49、istent effort to discourage smoking. Perhaps most importantly, anti-addiction drives whether against drugs, tobacco, or alcohol have to credit the people they want to stay with intelligence and common sense. Those faculties may need to be awakened, Kids, and adults for that matter, have to be moved to the question, “Do I really want to do this to myself?“ and, “Do I want to set this example for others?“ Helping young people towards the right answers early is at the heart of the countrys against drugs. The a
