1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 132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 When basketball was invented,
3、it was intended to be 7 Basketball players demands_. 8 Wooden basket was used but nowadays it is _. 9 How many meters above the ground is the basket nowadays? 10 Like all sports, basketball is governed _. PART C Directions: You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, y
4、ou 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. 11 In what kind of countries are earthquakes l
5、ikely to occur? （ A） Big countries. （ B） Hot countries. （ C） Mountainous countries. （ D） Countries with rich natural resources. 12 Which of the following is not the reason for earthquakes to worry people so much? （ A） Earthquakes cause the death of countless people. （ B） Earthquakes bring great dama
6、ge. （ C） Earthquakes are more dangerous than any other disaster. （ D） Earthquakes are unpredictable. 13 In which country was the worst earthquake ever reported? （ A） Japan. （ B） China. （ C） Pakistan. （ D） United States. 14 How was fire first made? （ A） Lightning hit a forest and started a fire. （ B）
7、 People rubbed two pieces of wood together to make a fire. （ C） People knock two pieces of stone together to make a fire. （ D） People rubbed a stick between their hands to make a fire. 15 Which of the following is False according to the information given in the passage? （ A） When men had a fire they
8、 did not let it stop burning. （ B） If the fire went out, they could not build it again. （ C） They had to wait for lightning to start another fire. （ D） Sometimes they waited for lightning to start another fire for weeks. 16 What is a heater used for in modern times? （ A） To cook food. （ B） To genera
9、te electricity. （ C） To frighten animals. （ D） To keep warm. 17 What is the result of the survey on leisure sporting activities used for? （ A） For Fridays business meeting. （ B） For the plan. （ C） For their new products. （ D） For a new proposal. 18 According to the results, the most active group inv
10、olved in sporting activities is （ A） Between 18 and 26. （ B） Between 36 and 55. （ C） Between 19 and 26. （ D） Between 26 and 35. 19 According to Sams opinion, which word best describes the trend of older consumers? （ A） Fall. （ B） Rise. （ C） V-shape. （ D） Zigzag. 20 What could the two speakers be? （
11、A） PE coaches. （ B） Sports fans. （ C） Sports experts. （ D） Sports businessmen. 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 Proper street behavior in the United States requires
12、a nice balance of attention and inattention. You are supposed to look at a 【 21】 _ just enough to show that youre 【 22】 _ of his presence. If you look too little, you appear arrogant or furtive (鬼鬼祟祟的 ), too much, 【 23】 _ youre inquisitive. Usually what happens is that people 【 24】 _ each other unti
13、l they are about eight feet 【 25】_ , at which point both cast down their eyes. Sociologist Dr. Erving Goffman 【 26】 _ this as “a kind of dimming of lights.“ Much of eye behavior is so 【 27】 _ that we react to it only on the intuitive level. The next time you have a 【 28】 _ with someone who makes you
14、 feel liked, notice what he does with his eyes. 【 29】 _ are he looks at you more often than is usual with 【 30】 _ a little longer than the normal. You interpret this as a sign of a polite one 【 31】 _ he is interested in you as a person 【 32】 _ just in the topic of conversation. Probably you also fee
15、l that he is both 【 33】 _ and sincere. All this has been demonstrated in elaborate 【 34】 _ . Subjects sit and talk in the psychologists laboratory, 【 35】 _ of the fact that their eye behavior is being 【 36】 _ from a one-way vision screen. In one fairly typical experiment, 【 37】_ were induced to chea
16、t while performing a task, then were 【 38】 _ and observed. It was found that those who had 【 39】 _ met the interviewers eyes less often than was 【 40】 _ , an indication that “shifty eyes“ to use the mystery writers stock phrase can actually be a tip-off to an attempt to deceive or to feelings of gui
17、lt. 21 【 21】 （ A） friend （ B） foreigner （ C） passerby （ D） stranger 22 【 22】 （ A） aware （ B） curious （ C） ignorant （ D） upset 23 【 23】 （ A） so （ B） or （ C） and （ D） but 24 【 24】 （ A） peep （ B） stare （ C） gaze （ D） eye 25 【 25】 （ A） aside （ B） apart （ C） away （ D） ahead 26 【 26】 （ A） demonstrates （ B
18、） describes （ C） deduces （ D） narrates 27 【 27】 （ A） vague （ B） obscure （ C） subtle （ D） uncertain 28 【 28】 （ A） discussion （ B） communication （ C） greeting （ D） conversation 29 【 29】 （ A） Chances （ B） Possibilities （ C） Opportunities （ D） Expectations 30 【 30】 （ A） glances （ B） touches （ C） talks （
19、 D） sights 31 【 31】 （ A） why （ B） which （ C） when （ D） that 32 【 32】 （ A） other than （ B） rather than （ C） better than （ D） less than 33 【 33】 （ A） self-confident （ B） self-conscious （ C） self-contented （ D） self-centered 34 【 34】 （ A） surveys （ B） observations （ C） experiments （ D） interviews 35 【
20、35】 （ A） conscious （ B） innocent （ C） suspicious （ D） indifferent 36 【 36】 （ A） noticed （ B） analyzed （ C） interpreted （ D） observed 37 【 37】 （ A） interviewers （ B） applicants （ C） subjects （ D） psychologists 38 【 38】 （ A） inquired （ B） interviewed （ C） investigated （ D） interfered 39 【 39】 （ A） ind
21、uced （ B） cheated （ C） distracted （ D） realized 40 【 40】 （ A） common （ B） average （ C） ordinary （ D） normal 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. 40 As a poor kid growing up in a Los Ange
22、les ghetto, I had dreams of going to college and becoming a teacher a seemingly impossible desire considering our financial condition. Mama, who had her share of dreams, was always more of a realist when it came to the dreams of her children. She wanted me to become a barber. “People will always hav
23、e hair,“ shed argue logically. “It keeps growing. Theyll always need a good barber. You cant fail.“ I was a stubborn kid and refused to relinquish my dream. I found a way to realize it. After five years of higher education, I became a teacher with the monumental salary of six thousand dollars a year
24、. Mama was quick to point out that, figuring the price of haircuts, Id have made a lot more than that and after much less preparation. Are mamas ever wrong? I cant even imagine a world without those dreamers who have the feeling that things will be better tomorrow. With the feeling comes a sort of s
25、elf-fulfilling prophecy and causes us to work actively to make things better. Im not suggesting that we all start living an illusion, but its an interesting psychological finding that one hundred percent realists are often among the most depressed persons in our society. Ill take healthy illusion an
26、y day. If our dreams cause us to become active seekers and partakers of life, setting up the necessary contingencies for making things happen, then they can be positive forces which are conducive to happiness and growth. We might learn a lesson from Snow White. She dreamed that someday her Prince wo
27、uld come. But in the meantime, in place of moping around, she had a good life with the Seven Dwarfs! 41 The central idea of the passage is （ A） how my dream of becoming a teacher came true. （ B） dreams are of great significance but can not substitute for hard-working. （ C） illusions can be positive
28、forces which bring about happiness and growth. （ D） your dreams are sure to come true so long as you stick to them. 42 Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? （ A） Mothers are always right. （ B） His mother was so dear to him that she fears his dreams might make him come to nothing.
29、（ C） His mother only wanted him to make more money. （ D） It was with his mothers help that the author turned out successful. 43 The story of Snow White is used to （ A） make the description more vivid only. （ B） bring out the central idea. （ C） serve as another example of successful dreams. （ D） warn
30、 readers against fantastic thinking. 44 The underlined sentence “Ill take healthy illusion any day“ in paragraph 4 implies that the author （ A） is against being a realist. （ B） is no guard against unhealthy illusion. （ C） believes that illusions are indispensable. （ D） is afraid of getting depressed
31、. 45 The underlined word “moping“ in the last paragraph means （ A） wandering about. （ B） feeling sad. （ C） trying to escape. （ D） running away. 45 Television has transformed politics in the United States by changing the way in which information is disseminated, by altering political campaigns, and b
32、y changing citizens patterns of response to politics. By giving citizens independent access to the candidates, television diminished the role of the political party in the selection of the major party candidates. By centering politics on the person of the candidate, television accelerated the citize
33、ns focus on character rather than issues. Television has altered the forms of political communication as well. The messages on which most of us rely are briefer than they once were. The stump speech, a political speech given by traveling politicians and lasting 1.5 to 2 hours, which characterized ni
34、neteenth-century political discourse, has given way to the 30 second advertisement and the 10 second “sound bite“ in broadcast news. Increasingly the audience for speeches is not that standing in front of the politician but rather the viewing audience who will hear and see a snippet (片断 ) of the spe
35、ech on the news. In these abbreviated forms, much of what constructed the traditional political discourse of earlier ages has been lost. In 15 or 30 seconds, a speaker cannot establish the historical context that shaped the issues in question, cannot detail the probable causes of the problem, and ca
36、nnot examine alternative proposals to argue that one is preferable to others. In snippets, politicians assert but do not argue. Because television is an intimate medium, speaking through it required a changed political style that was more conversational, personal, and visual than that of the old-sty
37、le stump speech. Reliance on television means that increasingly our political world contains memorable pictures rather than memorable words. Schools teach us to analyze words and print. However, in a world in which politics is increasingly visual, informed citizenship requires a new set of skills. R
38、ecognizing the power of televisions pictures, politicians craft televisual, staged events, called pseudo-events, designed to attract media coverage. Much of the political activity we see on television news has been crafted by politicians, their speechwriters, and their public relations advisers for
39、televised consumption. Sound bites in news and answers to questions in debates increasingly sound like advertisements. 46 What is the main point of the passage? （ A） Citizens in the United States are now more informed about political issues because of television coverage. （ B） Citizens in the United
40、 States prefer to see politicians on television instead of in person. （ C） Politics in the United States has become substantially more controversial since the introduction of television. （ D） Politics in the United States has been significantly changed by television. 47 It can be inferred that befor
41、e the introduction of television, political parties （ A） had more influence over the selection of political candidates. （ B） spent more money to promote their political candidates. （ C） attracted more members. （ D） received more money. 48 The author mentions the “stump speech“ in paragraph 2 as an e
42、xample of （ A） an event created by politicians to attract media attention. （ B） an interactive discussion between two politicians. （ C） a kind of political presentation types of the nineteenth century. （ D） a style of speech common to televised political events. 49 The purpose of paragraph 4 is to s
43、uggest that （ A） politicians will need to learn to become more personal when meeting citizens. （ B） politicians who are considered very attractive are favored by citizens over politicians who are less attractive. （ C） citizens tend to favor a politician who analyzes the issues over one who does not.
44、 （ D） citizens will need to learn how to evaluate visual political images in order to become better informed. 50 Which of the following statements is supported by the passage? （ A） Political presentations today are more like advertisements than in the past. （ B） Politicians today tend to be more fam
45、iliar with the views of citizens than in the past. （ C） Citizens today are less informed about a politicians character than in the past. （ D） Politician speeches today focus on details about issues than in the past. 50 Scientific knowledge is based on verifiable evidence. By evidence we mean concret
46、e factual observations which other observers can see, weigh, measure, count, or check for accuracy. We may think the definition too obvious to mention; most of us have some awareness of the scientific method. Yet only a few centuries ago medieval scholars held long debates on how many teeth a horse
47、had, without bothering to look into a horses mouth to count them. At this point we raise the troublesome methodological question, “What is a fact?“ While the word looks deceptively simple, it is not easy to distinguish a fact from a widely shared illusion. Suppose we define a fact as a descriptive S
48、tatement upon which all qualified observers are in agreement. By this definition, medieval ghosts were a fact, since all medieval observers agreed that ghosts were real. There is, therefore, no way to be sure that a fact is an accurate description and not a mistaken impression. Research would be eas
49、ier if facts were dependable, unshakable certainties. Since they are not, the best we can do is to recognize that a fact is a descriptive statement of reality which scientists, after careful examination and cross-checking, agree in believing to be accurate. Since science is based on verifiable evidence, science can deal only with questions about which verifiable evidence can be found. Questions like “Is there a God?“ “What is
