1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 9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 Professor Wang went on a lecture tour to Edinburgh. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 2 Wang visited
2、 the lake area by himself. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 3 Gross feels rather jealous of Wang as he himself has not been able to visit Edinburgh. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 4 The British usually have more opportunities to see their country than foreign visitors. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 5 Mr. Gross has never travel
3、ed by air before. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 6 It did cost Professor Wang much in taking and developing those photos. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 7 Wang is quite reluctant to show Gross his pictures. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 8 Gross says he is particularly impressed by a photo showing a castle. （ A） Right （ B） Wr
4、ong 9 Professor Wang enriched his experience in Britain through his trip. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong 10 Wang forgot the time and is almost late for his airplane. （ 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
5、 will hear the recording ONLY ONCE. 11 The student would like to see more classes offered in which subjects? （ A） Math. （ B） Music. （ C） Art and Computers. （ D） Literature. 12 The student would like to see more of which kinds of activities at school? （ A） Student advisory fairs. （ B） Dances with stu
6、dent bands and job fairs. （ C） Guest lecturers. （ D） Public debates. 13 When does the student government meet? （ A） 5:30 p.m. （ B） 6:30 p.m. （ C） 7:30 p.m. （ D） 8:30 p.m. 14 Why does the caller need the literature? （ A） For a student paper. （ B） For a newspaper article. （ C） For research. （ D） For g
7、eneral interest. 15 How long can the caller have the books after the date of posting? （ A） 3 weeks. （ B） 6 weeks. （ C） 5 weeks. （ D） 2 weeks. 16 How will the caller pay the fees? （ A） By credit card. （ B） By cheque. （ C） By money order. （ D） By cash. 17 Where did classical music originate? （ A） In A
8、sia. （ B） In Africa. （ C） In Europe. （ D） In Australia. 18 Blues and “Enke“ are examples of what kinds of music? （ A） Traditional music. （ B） Folk music. （ C） Classical music. （ D） Rock music. 19 In what way is jazz music different from other kinds of music? （ A） It is very inspiring and exciting. （
9、 B） It doesnt need wind instrument. （ C） It is a combination of folk music and rock music. （ D） It has a different kind of rhythm. 20 What kind of instruments are used in rock music? （ A） Electric instruments. （ B） Chemical instruments. （ C） Medical instruments. （ D） Probing instruments. Part C Dire
10、ctions: 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 When the Roman arm
11、y came to 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
12、the road built 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
13、 typical fort 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 Dolphins are not the only animals (31) huma
14、ns that use sounds in an apparently intelligent manner. Whales also use a complex system of sounds (32) is similar in many ways to a human language. One type of whale even sings, and its songs can (33) on for as long as three or four hours. What is more, they can be heard under water at (34) of more
15、 than 300 kilometers. After analyzing one of these songs with the aid of a computer, Carl Sagan said it (35) at least a million “bits“ of information. This is approximately the same (36) of “bits“ as in a long poem like The Odyssey. Chimpanzees also use a system of different sounds to communicate wi
16、th each (37). One type of cry (38) to mean something like “danger in the air“ or “big bird“ and another apparently means “danger on the ground“ or “snake“. When they (39) the first cry, they hide under trees or in holes and look up at the sky. The second cry causes them to hide in the upper (40) of
17、trees and to stare nervously at the grass. Chimpanzees are also (41) of learning sign language. So are gorillas. One chimp called Washoe learned to (42) about 160 separate signs meaning (43) things as “Give me a drink“ and “banana“. Washoe even (44) to swear. She had a teacher called Jack (45) once
18、refused to give her a drink. Washoe (46) angrier and angrier and used several signs which (47) “dirty Jack“! A group of chimps at research institute in Atlanta, Georgia, have recently (48) taught to type sentences, using a type of computer. The chimps trainer was called Tim, and he kept correcting t
19、he (49) one of the chimps made. The chimp obviously wanted Tim to stop (50) him and typed out the following request: “Tim, please leave room!“ 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 G
20、erman Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck may be most famous for his military and diplomatic talent, but his legacy includes many of todays social insurance programs. During the middle of the 19th century, Germany, along with other European nations, experienced an unprecedented rash of workplace deaths and
21、 accidents as a result of growing industrialization. Motivated in part by Christian compassion for the helpless as well as a practical political impulse to undercut the support of the socialist labor movement, Chancellor Bismarck created the worlds first workers compensation law in 1884. By 1908, th
22、e United States was the only industrial nation in the world that lacked workers compensation insurance. Americas injured workers could sue for damages in a court of law, but they still faced a number of tough legal barriers. For example, employees had to prove that their injuries directly resulted f
23、rom employer negligence and that they themselves were ignorant about potential hazards in the workplace. The first state workers compensation law in this country passed in 1911, and the program soon spread throughout the nation. After World War , benefit payments to American workers did not keep up
24、with the cost of living. In fact, real benefit levels were lower in the 1970s than they were in the 1940s, and in most states the maximum benefit was below the poverty level for a family of four. In 1970, President Richard Nixon set up a national commission to study the problems of workers compensat
25、ion. Two years later, the commission issued 19 key recommendations, including one that called for increasing compensation benefit levels to 100% of the states average weekly wages. In fact, the average compensation benefit in America has climbed from 55% of the states average weekly wages in 1972 to
26、 97% today. But as most studies show, every 10% increase in compensation benefits results in a 5% increase in the numbers of workers who file for claims. And with so much more money floating in the workers compensation system, its not surprising that doctors and lawyers have helped themselves to a l
27、arge slice of the growing pie. 51 The worlds first workers compensation law was introduced by Bismarck _. （ A） to make industrial production safer （ B） to speed up the pace of industrialization （ C） out of religious and political considerations （ D） for fear of losing the support of the socialist la
28、bor movement 52 We learn from the passage that the process of industrialization in Europe _. （ A） was accompanied by an increased number of workshop accidents （ B） resulted in the development of popular social insurance programs （ C） required workers to be aware of the potential dangers at the workp
29、lace （ D） met growing resistance from laborers working at machines 53 One of the problems the American injured workers faced in getting compensation in the early 19th century was that _. （ A） they had to have courage to sue for damages in a court of law （ B） different states in the U.S. had totally
30、different compensation programs （ C） Americas average compensation benefit was much lower than the cost of living （ D） they had to produce evidence that their employers were responsible for the accident 54 After 1972 workers compensation insurance in the U.S. became more favorable to workers so that
31、 _. （ A） the poverty level for a family of four went up drastically （ B） there were fewer legal barriers when they filed for claims （ C） the number of workers suing for damages increased （ D） more money was allocated to their compensation system 55 The author ends the passage with the implication th
32、at _. （ A） compensation benefits in America are soaring to new heights （ B） the workers are not the only ones to benefit from the compensation system （ C） people from all walks of life can benefit from the compensation system （ D） money floating the compensation system is a huge drain on the U.S. ec
33、onomy 56 Evolutionary theories. The Belgian George Lemaitre proposed the idea that about 20,000 million years ago all the matter in the universeenough, he estimated, to make up a hundred thousand million galaxieswas all concentrated in one small mass, which he called the “primeval atom“. This primev
34、al atom exploded for some reasons, sending its matter out in all directions, and as the expansion slowed down, a steady state resulted, at which time the galaxies formed. Something then upset the balance and the universe started expanding again, and this is the state in which the universe is now. Th
35、ere are variations on this theory: it may be that there was no steady state. However, basically, evolutionary theories take it that the universe was formed in one place at one point in time and has been expanding ever since. Will the universe continue to expand? It may be that the universe will cont
36、inue to expand for ever, but some astronomers believe that the expansion will slow down and finally stop. Thereafter the universe will start to contract until all the matter in it is once again concentrated at one point. Possibly the universe may oscillate for ever in this fashion, expanding to its
37、maximum and then contracting over again. The steady-state theory. Developed at Cambridge by. Hoyle, Gold and Bodi, the steady-state theory maintains that the universe as a whole has always looked the same and always will. As the galaxies expand away from each other, new material is formed in some wa
38、ys between the galaxies and makes up new galaxies to take place of those which have receded. Thus the general distribution of galaxies remains the same. How matter could be formed in this way is hard to see, but no harder than seeing why it should all form in one place at one time. How can we decide
39、 which of these theories is closer to the truth? The method is in principle quite simple. Since the very distant galaxies are thousands of millions of light years away, then we are seeing them as they were thousands of millions of years ago. If the evolutionary theory is correct, the galaxies were c
40、loser together in the past than they are now, and so distant galaxies ought to appear to be closer together than nearer ones. According to the steady-state theory there should be no difference. The evidence seems to suggest that there is a difference, that the galaxies were closer together than they
41、 are now, and so the evolutionary theory is partially confirmed and the steady-state theoryin its original form at leastmust be rejected. 56 What do both theories assume to be true? （ A） That new material is continually being formed. （ B） That, in time, the universe will contract. （ C） That the univ
42、erse is expanding at present. （ D） That “a big bang“ started the expansion. 57 According to Lemaitre, the separate galaxies formed _. （ A） during a pause in the expansion of the universe （ B） at the time of the primeval explosion （ C） and will continue to form forever （ D） about 20,000 million years
43、 ago 58 What is the basic difference between the two classes of theories? （ A） It concerns the place and time of the formation of matter. （ B） It is whether the universe will continue to expand or not. （ C） It is the current state of the universe. （ D） The variations on evolutionary theories cause t
44、he difference. 59 According to Hoyle and his friends at Cambridge _. （ A） the explosion occurred much earlier than Lemaitre suggested （ B） it is hard to see how matter could be formed in this way （ C） the expansion of the universe is not a real one （ D） new material is continually being created 60 W
45、e see distant galaxies as they were long, long ago because _. （ A） they were closer together then （ B） the universe has always looked as the same （ C） their light takes so long to reach us （ D） they have travelled such a long way 61 Early in the age of affluence that followed World War , an American
46、 retailing analyst named Victor Lebow proclaimed, “Our enormously productive economy.demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption.We need things consumed, burn
47、ed up, worn out, replaced and discarded at an ever increasing rate“. Americans have responded to Lebows call, and much of the world has followed. Consumption has become a central pillar of life in industrial lands and is even embedded in social values. Opinion surveys in the worlds two largest econo
48、miesJapan and the United Statesshow consumerist definitions of success becoming ever more prevalent. Overconsumption by the worlds fortunate is an environmental problem unmatched in severity by anything but perhaps population growth. Their surging exploitation of resources threatens to exhaust or un
49、alterably spoil forests, soils, water, air and climate. Ironically, high consumption may be a mixed blessing in human terms, too. The time honored values of integrity of character, good work friendship, family and community have often been sacrificed in the rush to riches. Thus many in the industrial lands have a sense that their world of plenty is somehow hollowthat, misled by a consumerist culture, they have been fruitlessly attempting to satisfy what are essentially social, psychological and spiritual needs
