1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 12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 twic
2、e. 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 How many pieces of news in all
3、have you just heard? 7 According to the comments of President Absul Krim, what is the attitude of the Syrian people towards the war? 8 What is Mr. Paul Angeli in the city of New York? 9 What is Mr. Kitsons most famous book? 10 What do you think of the price for fruits and vegetables this year? PART
4、C Directions: You will hear three dialogues 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 qu
5、estion. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. 11 Where does the money for public schools come from? （ A） From the Federal Government. （ B） From the state legislation. （ C） From taxes. （ D） From the parents of the school children. 12 At what age do most children start school? （ A） At 7. （ B） At 6. （ C）
6、 At 5. （ D） At 8. 13 How are college expenses of most students paid? （ A） Their own earnings from part-time work. （ B） Scholarships from the schools, the government or private foundations. （ C） Taxes. （ D） Funds provided by states and cities. 14 What will be thought about mostly when one wants to fi
7、nd a job? （ A） Whether the salary is high or low. （ B） Whether the fringe benefits are good or bad. （ C） Whether the working place is far or near. （ D） Whether the job is suitable or not. 15 Why did Sally refuse to work at her aunties company? （ A） Because she wasnt satisfied with the job. （ B） Beca
8、use she didnt like her aunt. （ C） Because the job is boring. （ D） Because the company is far away from the place she lives. 16 From the dialogue, which company will Sally choose at last? （ A） Exco Imports Ltd. （ B） Inco Imports Ltd. （ C） Her aunties company. （ D） Erics company. 17 What is Dr. Franci
9、s? （ A） A teacher of English in Cambridge. （ B） A specialist in computer science. （ C） A consultant to a Scottish company. （ D） A British tourist to China. 18 What is the approximate temperature in Cambridge in summer? （ A） 22 . （ B） 23 . （ C） 25 . （ D） 34 . 19 Where does Dr. Francis suggest Li Ping
10、 should stay in Cambridge? （ A） With an English family. （ B） In a flat near the college. （ C） With a language teacher. （ D） In a student dormitory. 20 What is the point Dr. Francis is making when he mentions Ali? （ A） Some things cannot be learned from books. （ B） Foreign students are very much alik
11、e. （ C） Choice of where to live varies from person to person. （ D） Convenience is his first consideration in choosing where to live. 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. 21
12、 America, unhappily, is bullish on garbage. Our production of refuse, now about 160 million tons a year, will rise to 193 million tons by the end of the century 【 21】 _ nothing is done. This growing effluence of affluence, 3.5 pounds a day for every American, is a 【 22】_ of our consumer society, 【 2
13、3】 _ watchwords are “convenience“, “ready to use“ and “throw away“. And it has become a major national environmental issue. forcing citizens, 【 24】 _ officials and private companies to 【 25】 _ serious thought to rubbish. The contentious reality is that the 【 26】 _ cheap and simple solution to trashd
14、umping it in a landfill just beyond the edge of town 【 27】 _ no longer workable, particularly around major cities. Old dumps, which now get 8% of all garbage, are filling up, end new 【 28】_ have become virtually 【 29】 _ to build with the result of skyrocketing land costs, 【 30】 _ stringent environme
15、ntal regulations and shrill public opposition 【 31】 _ new landfills “in my backyard“. “Five years from now,“ 【 32】 _ Bruce Waddle. director of the Environmental Protection Agencys municipal-solid-waste program, “well have only half the number of landfills operating.“ With this grim prospect, new met
16、hods are required, all variations on the only four ways available to deal 【 33】 _ garbage: bury it, burn it, recycle it or dont make as 【 34】 _ in the first place. Whats needed, experts say, is sophisticated 【 35】 _ fallout, called “integrated waste management“ An 【 36】 _ valuable items are sorted o
17、ut of the waste stream and turned 【 37】 _ new products, and the rest are burned cleanly in a furnace that also produces steam to 【 38】 _ electricity. Only the ash, 【 39】 _ of the original volume of trash, is then disposed 【 40】 _ in carefully engineered landfills. 21 【 21】 （ A） whatever （ B） even if
18、 （ C） whenever （ D） if 22 【 22】 （ A） productivity （ B） production （ C） produce （ D） byproduct 23 【 23】 （ A） whose （ B） which （ C） where （ D） when 24 【 24】 （ A） elect （ B） electing （ C） elected （ D） to elect 25 【 25】 （ A） give （ B） draw （ C） pay （ D） deserve 26 【 26】 （ A） historic （ B） history （ C） h
19、istorical （ D） historically 27 【 27】 （ A） has （ B） are （ C） is （ D） have 28 【 28】 （ A） one （ B） ones （ C） other （ D） two 29 【 29】 （ A） possible （ B） impossible （ C） probable （ D） likely 30 【 30】 （ A） strongly （ B） increasingly （ C） significantly （ D） substantially 31 【 31】 （ A） with （ B） against （ C
20、） to （ D） for 32 【 32】 （ A） forecasts （ B） finds （ C） speaks （ D） tells 33 【 33】 （ A） to （ B） by （ C） with （ D） for 34 【 34】 （ A） few （ B） little （ C） more （ D） much 35 【 35】 （ A） coordination （ B） collaboration （ C） combination （ D） cooperation 36 【 36】 （ A） where （ B） whom （ C） which （ D） whether
21、37 【 37】 （ A） into （ B） in （ C） to （ D） for 38 【 38】 （ A） generate （ B） create （ C） originate （ D） combust 39 【 39】 （ A） a great deal （ B） a fraction （ C） a great many （ D） a lot 40 【 40】 （ A） away （ B） out （ C） off （ D） of Part B Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below
22、 each text by choosing A, B, C or D . Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 41 The Internet raises major issues and challenges for education, not just in China but all over the world. Yet it simply cannot be ignored in terms of the opportunities and resources that it can offer. We can divide the main
23、 issues facing education systems into three groups - access, quality and responsibility. Let us consider the Internet in relation to each of them. First, access. Through the Internet, practically the whole world can be brought into your classroom. Using e-mail makes it possible to have a class whose
24、 members are spread all over the world and who may never meet either the teacher or each other face to face. It can put students in different countries in easy contact. The information resources available are almost limitless. With the Internet, students and teachers can access the wisdom, experienc
25、e, skills, and even guidance of others in a way that was only possible for a very privileged few. Next, quality. The Internet does pose serious problems of quality for education systems. Obviously, there is a lot of material on the Internet that no one would want children or students to have uncontr
26、olled access to, but there are other problems which are very difficult to solve. The first is how to handle the sheer quantity of information available, and how to make it manageable. Because anyone can put information on the Internet, and there are no limits on quantity, it can be almost impossible
27、 to find exactly the information that one wants. Teachers and students cannot afford to waste time on unsuccessful searching. How can we identify the information which will be most useful without overloading ourselves and our students with unnecessary information? How do we select the best informati
28、on from all that is available? This raises the issue of responsibility. There are few editors or quality controllers on the Internet. The ultimate responsibility for selection and judgment falls to the user, whether teacher or student. Teachers, and still less students, are not experts in every fiel
29、d; what we select may not be what we really want, perhaps is old, even wrong. Any profession must take some collective responsibility in resolving these problems. Conscious and deliberate efforts have to be made to share information between teachers about useful sites and about the best way to use t
30、hem. Those who have found something useful or of high quality should not keep the information to themselves, but share it as widely as possible. There are many professional discussion groups active on the Internet which aim to do this. Access to them by teachers should be actively encouraged. This w
31、ill require investment by institutions in giving easy access to the Internet and email to all teachers. Without this investment, educators - and ultimately students - will be deprived of a vital resource for the development of education in the future. 41 With which of the following statements would
32、the author be least likely to agree? （ A） The Internet provides us with perfect educational information. （ B） The Internet provides us with limitless resources. （ C） We can obtain the latest information from foreign countries through the Internet. （ D） The information on the Internet is no longer av
33、ailable only for a few people. 42 The authors attitude towards a large quantity of information on the net is （ A） satisfied. （ B） indifferent. （ C） furious. （ D） worried. 43 The text implies that （ A） professional people should pick out proper information from the Internet for schools. （ B） professi
34、onal people should instruct teachers and students to use the Internet. （ C） educators should be active in using computer. （ D） educators should have their own email address. 44 The word “institutions“ (Para. 12) here probably refers to （ A） communities. （ B） governments. （ C） schools. （ D） researchi
35、ng groups. 45 What is mainly discussed in the text? （ A） The on-line information for school teaching. （ B） Some problems of the Internet use. （ C） Who is responsible for the Internet safety. （ D） How to evaluate the on-line resources. 46 A parent with a child carrying a musical instrument or a drawi
36、ng board walking along a Beijing subway platform or street is a familiar sight on weekends. They are on the way to training schools. Education of their children has become the most important responsibility of parents who were sent to rural areas for “re-education“ during the “Cultural Revolution“ fr
37、om 1966 to 1976. They lost the chance for university education and now hope their children can receive a better education than they did. As a result, these people now in their forties expose their little children to early training so that they can enter a prestigious school. The parents imagine a ro
38、ad to success: from excellent primary and middle schools to an elite university and then to a good job. On average, they may spend about 100 yuan a month on their childrens education. And what results have these parents obtained? Most of them feel that the large investment has failed to lead to rapi
39、d progress in their childrens study. “We seem to be throwing our money away,“ said one parent. However, many parents still think that spending more on their childrens schooling will result in high scores. These parents have also introduced a “contract system“, which offers rewards for good school gr
40、ades. More than 80% of parents in families in Chengdu have signed contracts with their children, according to the Consumers“ Times. The paper notes that the heavy pressure put on children to perform well at school has resulted in a decline in childrens health. The parents investment in their childre
41、n also includes hiring tutors. A survey of 250 students in Xuzhou found that 10% of their parents hired tutors. The pay for one tutorial hour is three yuan. Liberation Daily commented that these parents have too high expectations of their children. According to the article, “They are trying to help
42、the young plants grow by pulling them upwards.“ They ignore their childrens psychology and perhaps will damage the real talents the children possess. 46 Parents in their forties want their children to get the best education because （ A） the parents missed out on their own education when they were yo
43、ung. （ B） it is their responsibility to help their children. （ C） their children are cleverer than they were. （ D） they dont want them to go to the rural areas. 47 In the parents view, entry to a good university depends upon （ A） having some early art training. （ B） attending the best primary and mi
44、ddle schools. （ C） getting a good job. （ D） the parents prestige and position. 48 The “contract system“ is （ A） a method of university entry. （ B） a way of encouraging children to work hard. （ C） an agreement between children and their teachers. （ D） a way of guaranteeing the young people a good job
45、. 49 In the Xuzhou survey, how many children have extra private lessons? （ A） 250. （ B） 25. （ C） 10. （ D） 3. 50 What is the Chinese newspapers attitude to the parents described in this article? （ A） Sympathetic. （ B） Critical. （ C） Approving. （ D） Neutral. 51 He landed in this country when he was 4
46、years old without a word of English, and there he has recently graduated with honors from Loyola Academy. An immigrant kid whose family rents an apartment in a city two-flat, he attended the North Shore school with full scholarship. All the aunts and uncles were so proud that they made their way fro
47、m the old country or from various corners of this country to celebrate his graduation. A debate is raging about whether immigrant children first should be taught English, then their other subjects; or whether they should be taught other subjects in their native tongue as they are more gradually intr
48、oduced to English over two to three years. California voters recently banished the gradual approach - bilingual education - in favor of immersion in the English language. The Chicago Public Schools in February put a three-year deadline on moving into all English classes in most cases. But that was n
49、ever an issue for this graduate, and it never came up for discussion at his party. Relatives and friends laughed and reminisced in their native tongue, inside and outside, on sofas and lawn chairs. Before long, the instruments came out, old world music filled the air and the traditional dancing began. Like many immigrant chicken, the graduate listens to his parents in the old language and responds to them in English. During a year after arriving here and e
