1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 125及答案与解析 PART A Directions: For Questions 1-5, you will hear a conversation. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write only 1 word in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twi
2、ce. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below. 1 PART B Directions: For Questions 6-10, you will hear a passage. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below. 6 The divorce rate in America ha
3、s reached _. 7 In the 21st century, most Americans will marry three or four times _. 8 Alvin Toffler published a book named _. 9 The percentage of remarriage among divorced Americans is_. 10 One of die reasons for the change in American marriages is _. PART C Directions: You will hear three dialogue
4、s or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE
5、. 11 What do office systems refer to according to the passage? （ A） Computerized equipment used in a business environment in a modem office. （ B） Equipment used to create, store, process, or communicate information in a business environment. （ C） Equipment used in satellite offices. （ D） Equipment u
6、sed to create a web page and download information from the Internet in a business or non-business environment. 12 What has furnished a new market for sophisticated office equipment since the mid-1970s? （ A） The rapid growth of the service sector of the world economy. （ B） The invention of the comput
7、er. （ C） The rapid growth of the world economy. （ D） The blurring of the line between the computer and other equipment. 13 How have electronic links benefited professionals and managers? （ A） They can establish links with their business associates. （ B） They do not have to make any business trips. （
8、 C） They do not have to work in their offices anymore. （ D） They can improve their work efficiency. 14 For whom did the speaker probably say this passage? （ A） Working women who have no time for cooking. （ B） Husband and children of working women. （ C） Working women who must travel on their own. （ D
9、） Hotel personnel who must cater to working women. 15 Which of the following is true according to the passage? （ A） A greater percentage of women are advancing professionally in the U.S. than previously. （ B） Professional men refuse to accompany their female colleagues on business trip. （ C） Each ye
10、ar there are more female tourists in the United States. （ D） Businesswomen become successful by showing a willingness to travel alone. 16 Why should businesswomen have a briefcase when they are traveling? （ A） They can keep dirty clothes in it. （ B） They can keep business documents and papers they n
11、o longer need. （ C） They can keep currently required papers in it. （ D） They can look more professional. 17 What does this passage mainly talk about? （ A） Computers have become part of our daily lives. （ B） Computers have advantages as well as disadvantages. （ C） People have different attitudes to c
12、omputers. （ D） More and more families will own computers. 18 According to the passage, what is not mentioned about computers? （ A） Computers can bring financial problems. （ B） Computers can bring unemployment. （ C） Computers can be very useful in families. （ D） Computerized robots can take over some
13、 unpleasant jobs. 19 What is the biggest fear of the computer haters? （ A） Computers may change the life they have been accustomed to. （ B） Spending too much time on computers may spoil peoples relationship. （ C） Buying computers may cost a lot of money. （ D） Computers may take over human being alto
14、gether. 20 Whats the speakers attitude to computers? （ A） Affectionate. （ B） Disapproving. （ C） Approving. （ D） Neutral 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. 20 A hundred ye
15、ars ago, pioneer psychologist William James declared that humans use only a 【 21】 _ part of their potential. All too many of tasks are 【 22】 _ or tedious. Then the 【 23】 _ operates almost on idle. The result can be 【 24】_ mistakes or dragged-out drudgery because we cant get with it. The perfect stat
16、e of flow, Csikszentmihalyi explains, 【 25】 _ l when our skills exactly measure up to the challenges 【 26】 _ us. 【 27】 _ ,says Csikszentmihalyi, the way to get a dull but 【 28】 _ job done easily is to make it harder. Turn a boring task into a 【 29】 _ game, so than you 【 30】 _ all your potential. Inv
17、ent rules, 【 31】 _ l goals, 【 32】 _ yourself against a clock. This increased challenge may be what 【 33】 _ you into your zone. I was once asked to write an 【 34】 _ to a 【 35】 _ l of articles on lawsuit. Words came slowly as I plugged away at a 【 36】 _ that didnt 【 37】 _ me. I made 【 38】 _ trips to t
18、he coffeepot. Then the magazines art director phoned to say hed created an eye-catching 【 39】 _ for the article. Could the first 【 40】_ of the article begin with J? 21 【 21】 （ A） tiny （ B） secondary （ C） minimal （ D） minimum 22 【 22】 （ A） daily （ B） routine （ C） commonplace （ D） frequent 23 【 23】 （
19、A） brain （ B） mind （ C） hand （ D） heart 24 【 24】 （ A） careful （ B） careless （ C） care-free （ D） cared 25 【 25】 （ A） recurs （ B） occurs （ C） incurs （ D） arises 26 【 26】 （ A） meeting （ B） met （ C） confrontin （ D） confronted 27 【 27】 （ A） However （ B） Since （ C） Therefor （ D） But 28 【 28】 （ A） boring （
20、 B） short （ C） meaningless （ D） simple 29 【 29】 （ A） challenging （ B） boring （ C） dull （ D） simple 30 【 30】 （ A） engage （ B） adopt （ C） contribute （ D） devote 31 【 31】 （ A） settle （ B） set （ C） establish （ D） found 32 【 32】 （ A） pave （ B） walk （ C） step （ D） pace 33 【 33】 （ A） pull （ B） pushes （ C）
21、encourage （ D） makes 34 【 34】 （ A） abstract （ B） conversation （ C） introduction （ D） passage 35 【 35】 （ A） set （ B） succession （ C） series （ D） chain 36 【 36】 （ A） message （ B） line （ C） word （ D） topic 37 【 37】 （ A） inspire （ B） encourage （ C） motivate （ D） 3 prompt 38 【 38】 （ A） variable （ B） nume
22、rous （ C） variant （ D） abundant 39 【 39】 （ A） design （ B） device （ C） devise （ D） resign 40 【 40】 （ A） word （ B） appearance （ C） publishing （ D） print Part B Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D . Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1
23、. 40 A report consistently brought back by visitors to the US is how friendly, courteous, and helpful most Americans were to them. To be fair, this observation is also frequently made of Canada and Canadians, and should best be considered North American. There are, of course, exceptions. Small-minde
24、d officials, rude waiters, and ill-mannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment. For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome break in an otherwise dull existence. Dullness and lonelin
25、ess were common problems of the families who generally lived distant from one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought news of the outside world. The harsh realities of the frontier also shaped this tradition of hospitality. Someone traveling alone, if hungry,
26、injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn except to the nearest cabin or settlement. It was not a matter of choice for the merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers. It reflected the harshness of daily life if you didnt take in the stranger and take care of him, there was no one else
27、who would. And someday, remember, you might be in the same situation. Today there are many charitable organizations which specialize in helping the weary traveler. Yet, the old tradition of hospitality to strangers is still very strong in the US, especially in the smaller cities and towns away from
28、the busy tourist trails. “I was just traveling through, got talking with this American, and pretty soon he invited me home for dinner amazing.“ Such observations reported by visitors to the US are not uncommon, but are not always understood properly. The casual friendliness of many Americans should
29、be interpreted neither as superficial nor as artificial, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition. As is true of any developed society, in America a complex set of cultural signals, assumptions, and conventions underlies all social interrelationships. And, of course, speaking
30、 a language does not necessarily mean that someone understands social and cultural patterns. Visitors who fail to “translate“ cultural meanings properly often draw wrong conclusions. For example, when an American uses the word “friend“, the cultural implications of the word may be quite different fr
31、om those it has in the visitors language and cultural implications of the word may be quite different from those it has in the visitors language and culture. It takes more than a brief encounter on a bus to distinguish between courteous convention and individual interest. Yet, being friendly is a vi
32、rtue that many Americans value highly and expect from both neighbors and strangers. 41 In the eyes of visitors from the outside world （ A） rude taxi drivers rarely seen in the US. （ B） small-minded officials deserve a serious comment. （ C） Canadians are not so friendly as their neighbors. （ D） most
33、Americans are ready to offer help. 42 It could be inferred from the last paragraph that （ A） culture exercises an influence over social interrelationship. （ B） courteous convention and individual interest are interrelated. （ C） various virtues manifest themselves exclusively among friends. （ D） soci
34、al interrelationships equal the complex set of cultural conventions. 43 Families in frontier settlements used to entertain strangers （ A） to improve their hard life. （ B） in view of their long-distance travel. （ C） to add some flavor to their own daily life. （ D） out of a charitable impulse. 44 The
35、traditions pervasive of hospitality to strangers （ A） tends to be superficial and artificial. （ B） is generally well kept up in the united States. （ C） is always understood properly. （ D） has something to do with the busy tourist trails. 45 Which of the following is the author most likely to agree t
36、o? （ A） Because of the small-minded officials, rude waiters, it is hard for us to think Americans are friendly. （ B） If some American families were not dull, they would not be friendly to the strangers. （ C） The citizens from the large cities are not friendly to strangers. （ D） The cultural traditio
37、n fostered the hospitality of Americans. 45 In the United States, medical licensure is controlled by each state, territory, and commonwealth. Licensure depends on furnishing evidence of satisfactory completion of the standard medical curriculum in an American or Canadian medical school, clinical exp
38、erience, and satisfactory performance on an examination. In theory, possession of a valid medical license entities a physician to practice all branches of medicine and surgery within that jurisdiction. In actuality, further training is needed beyond receipt of the M.D. degree. Such training, called
39、graduate medical education, is controlled by a quasi autonomous non-governmental body called the American Council on graduate medical education. This body is made up of representatives from each specialty board and from hospitals, medical schools, specialty societies, and the American Medical Associ
40、ation (AMA, with one member appointed by the federal government.) Working through committees and its constituent organizations, the council approves each hospital training program and endorses an examination given by the appropriate specialty board. This laborious method of specialty certification s
41、ets a standard or practice. As noted, when the family-practice specialty was established, certification was for the first time granted only for a defined interval, after which the practitioner must be reexamined. The specialist must also take part in a certain number of hours of continuing medical e
42、ducation each year. Both of these new departures may in time become standard for all of the other specialty boards. Most physicians in active practice has hospital privileges. That is, they are members of the medical staff of a hospital and are allowed to admit patients to that hospital. To practice
43、 at a hospital, however, requirements in addition to a license are mandated by the governing body of the institution. Hospitals are divided into clinical services that reflect the various medical specialties, and staff privileges are valid only for a specific service, increasingly, certification by
44、the appropriate board as well as participation in the educational meetings of the service are being required for such validation. In most nations other than the United States, licensure is a national rather than a provincial matter. Graduation from one of the schools within a country often entitles
45、a physician to a license without further examination. In most countries, however, physicians are required to complete further examinations in order to be accredited as specialists. 46 Which of the following is not necessary for a person to get his medical license? （ A） a medical school degree. （ B）
46、Practical clinical experience. （ C） Recommendation from specialists. （ D） Passing an examination for qualification. 47 A physician with medical license （ A） can practice medicine anywhere in the US. （ B） can practice all branches of medicine. （ C） cant practice medicine until further training is don
47、e. （ D） cant practice medicine until he is a member of a hospital. 48 The American Council on graduate, medical education is （ A） controlled by the American Medical Association. （ B） controlled by the federal government. （ C） the most authoritative medical association in the US. （ D） a non-governmen
48、tal body. 49 The duty of the American Council on graduate medical education is to （ A） Authorize further training programs and exams. （ B） reexamine physicians at a defined interval. （ C） give further medical training to medical school graduates. （ D） provide further training to specialists. 50 In m
49、any countries in the world （ A） medical school degree is not enough for a medical license. （ B） further exams are necessary only when physicians want to become experts. （ C） a licensed physician can practice medicine only within his province. （ D） only staff members can admit patients to the hospital. 50 A recent phenomenon in present-day science and technology is the increasing trend towards “directed“ or “programmed“ resea
