1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 89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 The speech is mainly about the organization of the company （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 2 Peop
2、le like the changes in the organization of the company （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 3 All directors on the Board are full-time employees in the company （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 4 The job of the Board of Directors is to administrate the company （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 5 The chairman of the Board is appointed by
3、the Board （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 6 MD refers to“a doctor of medicine” （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 7 MD is the absolute head of the company （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 8 MD decides companys policies and carries them out （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 9 MD has six departmental managers at the moment （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 1
4、0 The speaker will introduce six departmental managers one by one （ 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 should one do if he wants to work more efficien
5、tly at his low point in the morning? （ A） Change his energy cycle. （ B） Overcome his laziness. （ C） Get up earlier than usual. （ D） Go to bed earlier. 12 Why does the speaker suggest we rise with a yawn and stretch? （ A） Because it will help keep your energy for the days work. （ B） Because it will h
6、elp you to control your temper early in the day. （ C） Because it will help you to concentrate on your routine work. （ D） Because it will keep your energy cycle under control all day. 13 Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? （ A） Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save ones ener
7、gy. （ B） Dr. Kleiman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of a day. （ C） Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle. （ D） Children have energy cycles, too. 14 Whats the main purpose of the talk? （ A） To introduce the concept of inflation. （ B） To discuss the causes of inf
8、lation. （ C） To review yesterdays lecture on inflation. （ D） To argue in favor of inflation. 15 According to the lecture, what is inflation? （ A） Rising prices. （ B） Fixed income. （ C） Real income. （ D） Cost of living. 16 Who benefits most from inflation? （ A） Persons who have salaries according to
9、long-term contracts. （ B） Persons who own businesses. （ C） Persons with old-age pensions. （ D） Persons with slow-rising incomes. 17 According to the woman,why women are much better at dealing with more than one thing at a time? （ A） She doesnt know the reason exactly. （ B） Because women are smarter
10、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 According to the woman, why are women much better at dealing with more than one thing at a time,but men are not as good? （ A） Because women have b
11、etter 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） It is easier for women to make friends a
12、mong women. （ B） Women tend to reveal their feelings 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 woman refer to football? （ A） To illustrate mens interest. （ B） To illustra
13、te 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 talk. As you listen, answer the questi
14、ons 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 Besides the form of reports,in what other forms can we give oral presentations?
15、22 Whats the essential point we should realize about speech and writing? 23 What can the listeners rely on when they are listening? 24 Whats one of the best ways to help your audience? 25 Besides the problem of speaking too fast, what else will make listening more difficult? 26 Before delivering the
16、 new information, what should the speaker give his audience? 27 After delivering the new information,why should the speaker also give his audience some time? 28 What does repetition of ideas mean? 29 Whats the third method mentioned here to give the listener time to think? 30 Can you give an example
17、 of “filler words“ ? 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. 30 Recent surveys show that Japanese youth have become a “Me Generation“ that rejects traditional valu
18、es. “Around 1980 many Japanese,【 C1】 _young people abandoned the values of economic success and began【 C2】 _for new sets of values to【 C3】 _them happiness,“ writes sociologist Yasuhiro in Comparative Civilizations Review. Japanese youth are placing more importance on the individuals pursuit of【 C4】
19、_and less on the values of work, family, and society. Japanese students seem to be losing patience with work,【 C5】 _their counterparts in the United States and Korea. In a 1993【 C6】 _of college students in the three countries, only 10% of the Japanese regarded【 C7】 _as a primary value compared with
20、47% of Korean students and 27% of American students. A greater【 C8】 _of Japanese aged 1824 also preferred easy jobs【 C9】 _heavy responsibility. The younger Japanese are showing less concern for family values as they pursue an inner world of private satisfaction. Data collected【 C10】 _the Japanese go
21、vernment in 1993 shows that only 23% of Japanese youth are thinking about supporting their aged parents, in contrast【 C11】 _63% of young Americans. It appears that many younger-generation Japanese are【 C12】 _both respect for their parents【 C13】 _a sense of responsibility to the family. Author Yoshiz
22、aki attributes the change【 C14】 _Japanese parents ! over-indulgence of their children, material affluence, and growing【 C15】 _for private matters. The shift【 C16】 _individualism among Japanese is most pronounced among【 C17】 _very young.According to 1991 data【 C18】 _the Bunka Center of Japan, 50% of
23、Japanese youth aged 1619 can be labeled “self-centered“ compared with 33% among【 C19】 _aged 25-29. To earn the self-centered label, the young people responded positively to【 C20】 _ideas as “I would like to make decisions without considering traditional values“ and “I dont want to do anything I cant
24、enjoy doing. “ 31 【 C1】 32 【 C2】 33 【 C3】 34 【 C4】 35 【 C5】 36 【 C6】 37 【 C7】 38 【 C8】 39 【 C9】 40 【 C10】 41 【 C11】 42 【 C12】 43 【 C13】 44 【 C14】 45 【 C15】 46 【 C16】 47 【 C17】 48 【 C18】 49 【 C19】 50 【 C20】 Part A Directions: Read the following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by c
25、hoosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 50 In a three-month period last year, two Brooklynites had to be cut out of their apartments and carded to hospital on stretchers designed for transporting small whales. The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance(NAAFA) argues that i
26、t was not their combined 900kg bulk that made them ill. Obesity, according to NAAFA, is not bad for you. And, even if it was, there is nothing to be done about it, because genes dictate weight. Attempting to eat less merely slows metabolism, having people as chubby as ever. This is the fatlash movem
27、ent that causes Americas slimming industry so much pain. In his book Bin Fat Lies (Ballantine, 1996), Glenn Gaesser says that no study yet has convincingly shown that weight is an independent cause of health problems. Fatness does not kill people; things like hypertension, coronary heart diseases an
28、d cancer do. Michael Fumento, author of The Fat of the Land ( Viking, 1997 ), an anti-fatlash diatribe, compares Dr Gaessers logic with saying that the guillotine did not kill Louis XVI: Rather, it was the severing of his vertebrae, the cutting of all the blood vessels in his neck, and. the trauma c
29、aused by his head dropping several feet into a wicker basket. Being fat kills in several ways. It makes people far more likely to suffer from heart disease or high blood pressure. Even moderate obesity increases the chance of contracting diabetes. Being 40% overweight makes people 30% 50% more likel
30、y to die of cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. Extreme fatness makes patients so much less likely to survive surgery that many doctors refuse to operate until they slim. The idea that being overweight is caused by obesity genes is not wholly false: researchers have found a number of g
31、enes that appear to make some people bum off energy at a slower rate. But genes are not destiny. The difference between someone with a genetic predisposition to gain weight and someone without appears to be roughly 40 calories-or a spoonful of mayonnaisea day. An alternative fatlash argument, advanc
32、ed in books such as Dean Onrushs Eat More, Weight Less (Harper Collies, 1993) and Date Atrenss Dont Diet ( William Morrow, 1978), is that fatness is not a matter of eating too much. They note that as Americans weight has ballooned over the last few decades, their reported caloric intake has plunged.
33、 This simply explains peoples own recollection of how much they eat is extremely unreliable. And as they grow fatter, people feel guilty and are more likely to fib about how much they eat. All reputable studies show that eating less and exercising reduce weight. Certainly, the body s metabolism slow
34、s a little when you lose weight, because it takes less energy to carry less bulk around, and because dieting can make the body fear it is about to starve. But a sensible low-fat diet makes weight loss possible. The fatlash movement is dangerous, because slimmers will often find any excuse to give up
35、. To tell people that it is healthy to be obese is to encourage them to live sick and die young. 51 The two Brooklynites in the first paragraph were_. （ A） members of the NWA （ B） typical victims of overweight （ C） members of the “fatlash“ movement （ D） proof that the fatlash movement is gaining str
36、ength 52 The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance holds that _. （ A） fat people should try to lose weight （ B） eating less is harmful to people s health （ C） fat people were born that way （ D） obesity is good for people 53 What can be concluded according to the author s view of the “obesit
37、y genes“ ? （ A） People with a genetic inclination to gain weight can slim. （ B） People who are born fat will remain that way all life. （ C） All efforts to lose weight will prove fruitless. （ D） Fat people can live a very happy life, too. 54 The word “fib“ in the fourth sentence of Paragraph 5, proba
38、bly means _. （ A） to tell the truth （ B） to reduce （ C） to increase （ D） to tell a small lie 55 Which of the following statements is true? （ A） Americans caloric intake has dropped over the last few decades. （ B） Many people who try to lose weight give up half way. （ C） Americans are always aware of
39、 how much they eat. （ D） Obesity does no harm to people s health. 55 “The issue of online privacy in the Interact age found new urgency following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, sparking debate over striking the correct balance between protecting civil liberties and attempting to prevent another tra
40、gic terrorist act. While preventing terrorism certainly is of paramount importance, privacy rights should not be deemed irrelevant. In response to the attacks, Congress quickly passed legislation that included provisions expanding fights of investigators to intercept wire, oral and electronic commun
41、ications of alleged hackers and terrorists. Civil liberties groups expressed concerns over the provisions and urged caution in ensuring that efforts to protect our nation do not result in broad government authority to erode privacy rights of U. S. citizens. Nevertheless, causing further concern to c
42、ivil liberties groups, the Department of Justice proposed exceptions to the attorney-client privilege. On Oct. 30, Attorney General John Ashcroft approved an interim agency rule that would permit federal prison authorities to monitor wire and electronic communications between lawyers and their clien
43、ts in federal custody, including those who have been detained but not charged with any crime, whenever surveillance is deemed necessary to prevent violence or terrorism. In light of this broadening effort to reach into communications that were previously believed to be “off-limits“, the issue of onl
44、ine privacy is now an even more pressing concern. Congress has taken some legislative steps toward ensuring online privacy, including the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act, and provided privacy protections for certain sectors through legislation such as the Financial Services Modernization Act
45、. The legislation passed to date does not, however, provide a statutory scheme for protecting general online consumer privacy. Lacking definitive federal law, some states passed their own measures. But much of this legislation is incomplete or not enforced. Moreover, it becomes unworkable when state
46、s create different privacy standards; the Internet does not know geographic boundaries, and companies and individuals cannot be expected to comply with differing, and at times conflicting, privacy roles. An analysis earlier this year of 751 U.S. and international Web sites conducted by Consumers Int
47、ernational found that most sites collect personal information but fall to tell consumers how that data will be used, how security is maintained and what rights consumers have over their own information. At a minimum, Congress should pass legislation requiring Web sites to display privacy policies pr
48、ominently, inform consumers of the methods employed to collect client data, allow customers to opt out of such data collection, and provide customer access to their own data that has already been collected. Although various Internet privacy bills were introduced in the 107th Congress, the focus shif
49、ted to expanding government surveillance in the wake of the terrorist attacks. Plainly, government efforts to prevent terrorism are appropriate. Exactly how these exigent circumstances change the nature of the online privacy debate is still to be seen. 56 Concerning the protection of privacy and increased surveillance of communication, the author seems to insist on _. （ A） the priority of the former action （ B） the ex
