1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 136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 Apart from stealing software,
3、for what reason was Kevin Mitnick arrested? 7 How many years did Kevin Mitnick serve in Federal Prison? 8 In what respects was Mr. Mitnick confined? 9 Since his release from prison, Mr. Mitnick appeared on television as an expert offering advice about _. 10 When did he publish his book, The Art of D
4、eception? PART 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 an
5、swer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. 11 What do you know about George Daniels? （ A） He is one of the few remaining watchmakers in the world. （ B） He is the last of the great watchmakers. （ C） He is training young watchmakers. （ D） He thinks watchmaking will continue for another
6、 three centuries. 12 Which statement hest describes George Daniels interest in watches? （ A） His interest in watches was strong because his father was a watchmaker. （ B） His interest in watches grew because he had to repair watches when he was in the army. （ C） His interest in watches started at sch
7、ool. （ D） His interest in watches is lifelong. 13 Which of the following statements is TRUE? （ A） All his watches are kept in museums. （ B） One of his watches is being kept in an American museum. （ C） All his watches are kept in American museums. （ D） One of his watches is kept in a British museum.
8、14 What is the main thought expressed in this appeal? （ A） The museums are a financial success. （ B） People are leaving New York too rapidly. （ C） The public should support cultural institutions. （ D） Crocker Band wants new depositors. 15 What are people encouraged to do? （ A） Leave New York to othe
9、r cities. （ B） Go after success when they visit museums. （ C） Give financial help to museums. （ D） Go to the museums every day. 16 Why are museums having problems? （ A） Not enough tourists. （ B） Reduction in government support. （ C） People are not interested in art any more. （ D） Making their work l
10、ess hard. 17 Why did the pilot throw a soda bottle out of his plane window? （ A） Because the bottle was empty and useless. （ B） Because he wanted to lighten the load of his small plane. （ C） Because the bottle might be useful to the native Africans. （ D） Because he wanted to amuse the local tribes p
11、eople. 18 What did the local people think the soda bottle was? （ A） A message from the outside world. （ B） A warning from the gods. （ C） A symbol of misfortune. （ D） A gift from the gods. 19 What is the main idea of the story? （ A） The local Africans are peace-loving people. （ B） Soda bottles are ve
12、ry precious in some remote areas. （ C） A trivial thing may sometimes bring about undesirable consequences. （ D） Caution must be taken in introducing new technology. 20 What do we know about the local people in the story? （ A） They thought that the gods were crazy. （ B） They were isolated from the ou
13、tside world. （ C） They enjoyed living in the peaceful desert. （ D） They worshipped the gods all the more after the incident. 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 Learnin
14、g disabilities are very common. They 【 21】 _ perhaps 10 percent of all children. Scientists now know there are many different kinds of learning disabilities and that they are 【 22】 _ by many different things. There is no longer any 【 23】 _ that all learning disabilities 【 24】 _ differences in the wa
15、y the brain is organized. Since there is no 【 25】 _ sign of the disorder, some researchers began looking at the brain itself to learn what might be wrong. In one study, researchers 【 26】 _ the brain of a learning-disabled person. They found two unusual things. One 【 27】 _ cells in the left side of t
16、he brain, which control language. These cells 【 28】 _ are white, in the learning disabled person, 【 29】 _ , these cells were gray. The researchers also found that many of the nerve cells were not in a line the 【 30】 _ they should have been. The nerve cells were mixed together. The study was carded o
17、ut 【 31】 _ the guidance of Norman Geschwind, an expert on learning disabilities. Doctor Geschwind 【 32】 _ that learning disabilities resulted mainly from problems in the left side of the brain, and this part of brain failed to develop normally. Probably, he said, nerve cells there did not connect 【
18、33】 _ they should. So the brain was like an electrical device in which the wires were 【 34】 _ . Other researchers did not examine brain 【 35】 _ Instead, they measured the brains electrical activity and made a map of the electrical 【 36】 _ . Frank Duffy experimented with this 【 37】 _ and found large
19、differences in the brain activity of normal children and those with reading problems. The differences appeared 【 38】_ the brain. Doctor Duffy said his research is 【 39】 _ that reading disabilities involve 【 40】 _ to a wide area of the brain, not just the left side. 21 【 21】 （ A） influence （ B） effec
20、t （ C） affect （ D） shape 22 【 22】 （ A） caused （ B） attributed （ C） resulted （ D） brought 23 【 23】 （ A） question （ B） problem （ C） point （ D） issue 24 【 24】 （ A） bring about （ B） inherit from （ C） turn up （ D） result from 25 【 25】 （ A） inner （ B） interior （ C） outward （ D） outer 26 【 26】 （ A） examine
21、d （ B） analyzed （ C） diagnosed （ D） observed 27 【 27】 （ A） comprised （ B） consisted （ C） contained （ D） involved 28 【 28】 （ A） invariably （ B） normally （ C） virtually （ D） actually 29 【 29】 （ A） instead （ B） furthermore （ C） then （ D） however 30 【 30】 （ A） way （ B） manner （ C） pattern （ D） fashion 3
22、1 【 31】 （ A） in （ B） at （ C） under （ D） for 32 【 32】 （ A） illustrated （ B） proposed （ C） hypothesized （ D） inferred 33 【 33】 （ A） as （ B） when （ C） if （ D） how 34 【 34】 （ A） mixed （ B） woven （ C） knitted （ D） crossed 35 【 35】 （ A） organ （ B） tissue （ C） organism （ D） cells 36 【 36】 （ A） signals （ B）
23、 signs （ C） marks （ D） messages 37 【 37】 （ A） process （ B） procedure （ C） technology （ D） technique 38 【 38】 （ A） through （ B） throughout （ C） inside （ D） over 39 【 39】 （ A） evidence （ B） demonstration （ C） manifestation （ D） testimony 40 【 40】 （ A） destruction （ B） injury （ C） wound （ D） damage Par
24、t 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 Marion Brando is the overwhehningly outstanding creative artist among contemporary American film actors. Kirk Douglas can sometimes match Brando in f
25、orce, but he lacks Brandos subtlety and pathos; Burt Lancaster has comparable ambition but small talent. Brando begins with a good actors instrument - his body. Not a huge man, he is both solid and lithe. We are, perhaps, too much aware of the basic physical effect of his chest partially covered by
26、a torn undershirt. But, more to the point, Marlon Brando seems to carry in him a silently humming dynamo of energy, bridled and instantly ready. Whenever he moves, something seems to impend. Indisputably, there is in acting an element that is often called star quality; in Brando, it is this constant
27、 hint of possible lightning. Actors, even more than most artists, are restricted by their personalities, but Brando strives to expand as far as possible, to use himself in playing other people rather than to bring those people to himself. In The Young Lions, for instance, we can see at once that he
28、has caught perfectly the stiff cordiality, the slightly declamatory speech, the somewhat angular movements, the charm and the consciousness of charm that create another man - Diestl - for us. Yet, Brando shows us that paradox which is part of the fascination of acting because he is also always and u
29、nmistakably Brando, not some flavorless hack with a wig and a putty nose and a laboriously disguised voice. Brando has evolved a personal style which relies largely on understatement and the liberal use of pauses. Often the effect is heartbreaking; remember the poignancy he evoked from the vapid mon
30、osyllabic “Wow“ in On the Waterfront, when he realized that his brother was threatening his life. Occasionally, his style lapses out of meaning and into mannerism; some of Sayonara could have used compression. But in essence, Brando reflects in his style - as actors often do - the prevalent artistic
31、 vein of his day. Kemble exemplified the classic, elegant 18th century; Kean, the wild, torrential romantics of the early 19th century; Irving, the elaborate majesty of the late Victorians. I compare Brando to these luminaries only to draw a parallel. He is a taciturn realist: an epitome not of that
32、 joyous, realistic revolution which swept away the humbug that had obscured the contours of the world, but of that generation, born into realism, which has seen its world with harsh clarity, and whose work is to reconcile itself to that worlds revealed boundaries and to find its triumphs inwardly. 4
33、1 The author suggests that Brandos success as an actor is due, in part, to _. （ A） his great size （ B） his manly chest （ C） his magnetic voice （ D） the physical impression which he creates 42 Brandos success is evidenced by his ability to _. （ A） modulate his voice as well as change his appearance f
34、or any role he may play （ B） retain his own personality while playing other people （ C） become the character he portrays （ D） utilize make-up effectively 43 Brandos style is characterized by _. （ A） understatement （ B） the liberal use of pauses （ C） Both A and B （ D） Neither A nor B 44 The artistic
35、vein of the 20th century is _. （ A） realism （ B） wild romanticism （ C） elaborate majesty （ D） classic elegance 45 Marion Brando symbolizes an artistic generation _. （ A） of conformists （ B） that is incredibly romantic （ C） that is in the throes of revolution （ D） which must reconcile itself to the r
36、ealism of this world 45 Getting ready to go back to school in the good old days of, say, 1998 meant a few trips to the mall and a quick check of the bus route. This year, for many parents, there are some new things to remember: the teachers E-mail address, the schools website and which night online
37、homework help chat will be offered. “The next school year will be the one when the majority of parents really feel the Internets influence on their childrens education at the everyday level,“ says Jonathan Carson, chairman of the Family Education Co. , which offers a parenting website at www. and a
38、 framework for local schools to create and maintain their own sites. This year promises to show a quantum leap in the spread of school technology: Parents in many districts can expect to be able to check the school lunch menu, read class notes, see activity calendars and view nightly homework assign
39、ments - all online. “The schools are wired,“ says Carson. “A majority of parents now have access and the educators are ready to go.“ Over the summer, parents of high school German students in Ithaca, N. Y. got to be part of a class trip to Europe, through their home computers. The class brought a di
40、gital camera and laptop with them to Germany and documented their visit on their web page. Harry Ash, father of 16-year- old traveler Brian, found it reassuring to see his sons smiling face from half a world away. Before their kids left parents had checked the site for scheduling information, a list
41、 of activities and advice on cultural differences. When its designed well, a district, school or classroom website can change the relationship between the parent and the school, says Cynthia Lapier, Ithacas director of information and instructional technology. “The more you can involve parents in sc
42、hool, the better,“ Lapler says. “The technology gives us another way to reach them, especially parents of secondary school students, who tend to be less involved.“ Ithaca high school physics teacher Stever Wirt gets E-mail from parents regularly, some from the parents he believes might otherwise not
43、 pick up the phone with a concern. Using software called Blackboard Courseinfo, Wirt conducts online chats with his students often reviewing for a quiz or discussing homework problems. The way things are going, by the end of this year, many parents may be fully converted -and in fact dependent upon
44、their schools technological capabilities. At a recently wired school in Novi, Michigan, the school webmaster was just a few hours late posting the lunch-menu calendar on the website. In that time, more than a dozen parents called him by telephone to request the information. “A year ago, it never wou
45、ld have been there,“ says Carson. And now parents are finding its tough to get by without it. 46 According to the content of this passage _. （ A） the relationship between teachers and schools will be changed most （ B） the connection between students and schools will be changed most （ C） the relation
46、ship between parents and schools will be changed most （ D） the association between websites and schools will be changed most 47 Many parents now remember the teachers E-mail address and the schools website because _. （ A） by doing so they neednt go to the store to buy stationery for their children （
47、 B） they can reach their childrens school and the teachers without traveling there （ C） the E-mail and the website can help them find out what their children do （ D） they can observe how the Internet affect their childrens education every day 48 The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means that _. （
48、 A） the schools and parents are connected by the Internet so that teachers will leave school （ B） parents can find out what happens with their children in school by visiting the Internet and so will the teachers （ C） parents and educators may discover that schools are strange by using computers （ D）
49、 the schools are online; parents now can teach their children and the teachers are to go 49 The example of Ithaca high school is used to show _. （ A） how important the school website is for parents to be involved in education （ B） that the school online can reassure the parents about what their children do （ C） how the parents of the students got to be part of a class
