1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 144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 percentage of people who s
3、end cards to themselves on February 14 is _. 7 Some people send cards to themselves on February 14 to _. 8 The 1/10 of the people questioned get the cards on that day by _. 9 The least romantic nation according to the passage is _. 10 The best gift for the French on February 14 is _. PART C Directio
4、ns: 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 question. Yo
5、u will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. 11 Belfast has long been famous for its _. （ A） oil refinery （ B） linen textiles （ C） food products （ D） deep-water port 12 Which of the following does Belfast chiefly export? （ A） Soap. （ B） Grain. （ C） Steel. （ D） Tobacco. 13 When was Belfast founded? （ A） In 1177
6、. （ B） In 1315. （ C） In the 16th century. （ D） In the 17th century. 14 What has cloning bypassed? （ A） The nuclear transfer. （ B） The process of taking DNA （ C） The normal reproductive process. （ D） The creation of cells. 15 Whats the big breakthrough with Dolly, the first cloned animal? （ A） It mak
7、es a clone from an ordinary, adult cell. （ B） It makes the first normal and healthy cloned animal. （ C） It paves the way to the cloning of human beings. （ D） It makes a cloned animal with only mother. 16 Which country first passed the law banning human cloning? （ A） The United States. （ B） The Unite
8、d Kingdom. （ C） Switzerland. （ D） Russia. 17 How much money do people usually spend buying one lottery ticket? （ A） Ten dollars. （ B） One dollars. （ C） One hundred dollars. （ D） From one to ten dollars. 18 Which of the following about lottery winners is NOT true? （ A） They find negative factors afte
9、r winning the lottery. （ B） Many people envy them. （ C） Their lives do not change after they win the lottery. （ D） They do not want to give the money back. 19 Which of the following is NOT one of the changes of privacy loss? （ A） They have lost their privacy. （ B） They are harassed by letters and ph
10、one calls from strangers asking for money. （ C） Many of them experience long periods of depression. （ D） Many members of their family have been kidnapped. 20 Of the thirty instant millionaires studied, how many of them were still working a few years after winning the lottery? （ A） Seven of them. （ B
11、） Most of them. （ C） Half of them. （ D） All of them. 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 Most people who travel long distance complain of jet-lag. Jet-lag makes busines
12、s travelers less productive and more prone 【 21】 _ making mistakes. It is actually caused by 【 22】 _ of your “body clock“ a small cluster of brain cells that controls the timing of biological 【 23】 _ . The body clock is designed for a 【 24】 _ rhythm of daylight and darkness, so that it is thrown out
13、 of balance when it 【 25】 _ daylight and darkness at the “wrong“ times in a new time zone. The 【 26】 _ of jet-lag often persist for days 【 27】 _ the internal body clock slowly adjusts to the new time zone. Now a new anti-jet-lag system is 【 28】 _ that is based on proven 【 29】_ pioneering scientific
14、research. Dr. Martin Moore-Ede had 【 30】 _ a practical strategy to adjust the body clock much sooner to the new time zone 【 31】_ controlled exposure to bright light. The time zone shift is easy to accomplish and eliminates 【 32】 _ of the discomfort of jet-lag. A successful time zone shift depends on
15、 knowing the exact times to either 【 33】_ or avoid bright light. Exposure to light at the wrong time can actually make jet-lag worse. The proper schedule 【 34】 _ light exposure depends a great deal on 【 35】 _ travel plans. Data on a specific flight itinerary and the individuals sleep 【 36】 _ are use
16、d to produce a Trip Guide with 【 37】 _ on exactly when to be exposed to bright light. When the Trip Guide calls 【 38】 _ bright light you should spend time outdoors if possible. If it is dark outside, or the weather is bad, 【 39】 _ you are on an aeroplane, you can use a special light device to provid
17、e the necessary light 【 40】_ for a range of activities such as reading, watching TV or working. 21 【 21】 （ A） from （ B） of （ C） for （ D） to 22 【 22】 （ A） eruption （ B） disruption （ C） rupture （ D） corruption 23 【 23】 （ A） actions （ B） functions （ C） behavior （ D） reflection 24 【 24】 （ A） formal （ B）
18、 continual （ C） regular （ D） circular 25 【 25】 （ A） experiences （ B） possesses （ C） encounters （ D） retains 26 【 26】 （ A） signs （ B） defects （ C） diseases （ D） symptoms 27 【 27】 （ A） if （ B） whereas （ C） while （ D） although 28 【 28】 （ A） agreeable （ B） available （ C） adaptable （ D） approachable 29 【
19、 29】 （ A） extensive （ B） tentative （ C） broad （ D） inclusive 30 【 30】 （ A） devised （ B） scrutinized （ C） visualized （ D） recognized 31 【 31】 （ A） in （ B） as （ C） at （ D） through 32 【 32】 （ A） more （ B） little （ C） most （ D） least 33 【 33】 （ A） shed （ B） retrieve （ C） seek （ D） attain 34 【 34】 （ A） i
20、n （ B） for （ C） on （ D） with 35 【 35】 （ A） specific （ B） complicated （ C） unique （ D） peculiar 36 【 36】 （ A） mode （ B） style （ C） norm （ D） pattern 37 【 37】 （ A） directories （ B） commentaries （ C） instructions （ D） specifications 38 【 38】 （ A） up （ B） off （ C） on （ D） for 39 【 39】 （ A） or （ B） but （
21、 C） and （ D） while 40 【 40】 （ A） spur （ B） stimulus （ C） agitation （ D） acceleration 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 There is one kind of pain for which nobody has yet found a cu
22、re-the pain that comes from the ending of a relationship. The relationship could be a marriage or a deep friendship. Such a relationship may come to a sudden end; or it may simply fade away slowly as people and circumstances change. You may be the one to “break it off, with a short note or a brief p
23、hone call. Or you may be on the receiving end. However it ended and whoever decided to end it, the pain is equally hard to bear and it requires the same time for grief. Although there is no cure for grief, we can not help looking for one, to ease the pain and to make us forget our tears. We keep our
24、selves busy with work, or we try to plunge ourselves into our hobbies. Perhaps we start to drink more than we should to “drown our sorrows“, or we follow the conventional advice and join a club or society. But these things cannot cure it. Moreover, we are always in a hurry to get rid of our grief. W
25、e feel that we should try to convince ourselves, as we bite on the pillow, that we are much too old to be crying. Some people bury their grief deep inside themselves. Others seek relief by pouring their hearts out to their friends, or to anyone else who can offer a sympathetic shoulder to cry on. It
26、 is not easy to explain why we adopt these attitudes to emotional pain. Part of the answer must lie in the nature of grief itself. The important thing to admit about grief, then, is that it will take its time. By trying to convince ourselves that it ought to be over sooner, we create an additional t
27、ension which can only make things worse. How much time is needed will vary from person to person, but psychiatrists have a rule of thumb: grief will last as long as the original relationship lasted. The sad thing is that, when the breakdown occurs, we can only stumble forward over the stones beneath
28、 our feet. It is dark ahead, and we will fall painfully many times before we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel. 41 The passage is mainly about （ A） how to erase the emotional pain （ B） what is the emotional pain like （ C） what cause the emotional pain （ D） why to erase the emotional pa
29、in 42 Which of the following is not the cure for grief mentioned in the text? （ A） To drink a tot. （ B） To keep busy with work. （ C） To join a club or society. （ D） To play computer games. 43 Which of the following statements is not true? （ A） People have to endure troubles and difficulties when the
30、y manage to relieve pain. （ B） If a person manages to end a relationship, it will be easier to cure the grief. （ C） People usually adopt different attitudes to emotional pain. （ D） The sooner we want to get rid of our grief, the worse the things will be. 44 Some people prefer to tell their grief to
31、their friends because _. （ A） they want to relieve their grief and get sympathy （ B） they want to make complaints （ C） they want to reestablish a good relationship （ D） they want to make new friends 45 Psychiatrists believe all the following except that _. （ A） different people need different time t
32、o cure their grief （ B） grief will stop naturally as time passes by （ C） grief will not stop even if we establish a new relationship （ D） grief is really difficult to cure 45 People appear to be born to compute. The numerical skills of children develop so early and so inexorably that it is easy to i
33、magine an internal clock of mathematical maturity guiding their growth. Not long after learning to walk and talk, they can set the table with impressive accuracy one plate, one knife, one spoon, one fork, for each of the five chairs. Soon they are capable of noting that they have placed five knives,
34、 five spoons, and five forks on the table and, a bit later, that this amounts to fifteen pieces of silverware. Having thus mastered addition, they move on to subtraction. It seems almost reasonable to expect that if a child were secluded on a desert island at birth and returned seven years later, he
35、 or she could enter a second-grade mathematics class without any serious problems of intellectual adjustment. Of course, the truth is not so simple. In this century, the work of cognitive psychologists has illuminated the subtle forms of daily learning on which intellectual progress depends. Childre
36、n were observed as they slowly grasped-or, as the case might be, bumped into-concepts that adults take for granted, as they refused, for instance, to concede that quantity is unchanged as water pours from a short stout glass into a tall thin one. Psychologists have since demonstrated that young chil
37、dren, when asked to count the pencils in a pile, readily report the number of blue or red pencils, but must be coaxed into finding the total. Such studies have suggested that the rudiments of mathematics are mastered gradually, and with effort. They have also suggested that the very concept of abstr
38、act numbers-the idea of a oneness, a twoness, a threeness that applies to any class of objects and is prerequisite for doing anything more mathematcally demanding than setting a table-is itself far from innate. 46 What does the passage mainly discuss? （ A） Trends in teaching mathematics to children.
39、 （ B） The use of mathematics in child psychology. （ C） The development of mathematical ability in children. （ D） The fundamental concepts of mathematics that children must learn. 47 Which of the following can paraphrase “seclude“ in the last sentence of the first paragraph? （ A） arrange （ B） separat
40、e （ C） depart （ D） schedule 48 It can be inferred from the passage that children normally learn simple counting _. （ A） soon after they learn to talk （ B） by looking at the clock （ C） when they begin to be mathematically mature （ D） after they reach the second grade in school 49 According to the pas
41、sage, when small children were asked to observe water pours from a short stout glass into a tall thin one, they found _. （ A） the quantity of the water unchanged （ B） the color of the water changed （ C） the quantity of the water changed （ D） the quantity of the water became more 50 With which of the
42、 following statements would the author be LEAST likely to agree? （ A） Children naturally and easily learn mathematics. （ B） Children learn to add before they learn to subtract. （ C） Most people follow the same pattern of mathematical development. （ D） Mathematical development is subtle and gradual.
43、50 It was unfortunate that, after so trouble-free an arrival, he should stumble in the dark as he was rising and severely twist his ankle on a piece of rock. After the first shock the pain became bearable, and he gathered up his parachute before limping into the trees to hide it as best as he could.
44、 The hardness of the ground and the deep darkness made it almost impossible to do this efficiently. The pine needles lay several inches deep, so he simply pile them on top of the parachute, cutting the short twigs that he could feel around his legs, and spreading them on top of the needles. He had g
45、reat doubts about whether it would stay buried, but there was very little else that he could do about it. After limping for some distance in an indirect course away from his parachute he began to make his way downhill through the trees. He had to find out where he was, and then decide what to do nex
46、t. But walking downhill on a rapidly swelling ankle soon proved to be almost beyond his powers. He moved more and more slowly, walking in long sideway movements across the slope, which meant taking more steps but less painful ones. By the time he cleared the trees and reached the valley, day was bre
47、aking. Mist hung in soft sheets across the fields. Small cottages and farm buildings grouped like sleeping cattle around a village church, whose pointed tower pointed high into the cold winter air to welcome the morning. “I cant go much farther,“ John Harding thought. “Someone is bound to find me, b
48、ut what can I do? I must get a rest before I go on. Theyll look for me first up there on the mountain where the plane crashed. I bet they re out looking for it already and they are bound to find the parachute in the end. I can t believe they wont. So theyll know I m not dead and must be somewhere. T
49、heyll think Im hiding up there in the trees and rocks so theyll look for me there. So Ill go down to the village. With luck by the evening my foot will be good enough to get me to the border.“ Far above him on the mountainside he could hear the faint echo of voices, startling him after the great silence. Looking up he saw lights like little pinpoints moving across the face of the mountain in th
