1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 187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 PART C Directions: You will he
3、ar 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. You will hear eac
4、h piece ONLY ONCE. 11 How many chickens become the KFC chains fried meals every year? （ A） 500 million （ B） 600 million （ C） 700 million （ D） 800 million 12 Which of the following suggestions has NOT been raised by the Ethical Treatment of Animals? （ A） To improve the diets of hens （ B） To move chic
5、kens into large farms （ C） To make chickens sleep before they are killed （ D） To improve chickens lives 13 What is Ian Duncans attitude towards the Ethical Treatment of Animals now? （ A） Positive （ B） Negative （ C） Indifferent （ D） No specific idea 14 Main languages used for normal lessons at Pacifi
6、c College are_. （ A） English （ B） French （ C） Spanish （ D） Both A and B 15 What is the fee for one year? （ A） $1200 （ B） $2400 （ C） $1500 （ D） $4200 16 Apart from academic ability, what should be considered when one applies for scholarship? （ A） Hobby （ B） Special activities （ C） Maturity （ D） Natio
7、nality 17 What does Professor Morgan do? （ A） He is a film director of Science Fiction. （ B） He is a writer of Science Fiction. （ C） He is a scientist who researches on how to freeze a body and bring it back to life later. （ D） He is a doctor who treats terminal illnesses. 18 According to Professor
8、Morgan, what enables animals to freeze themselves? （ A） A certain chemical in their bodies. （ B） The change of certain circumstances around them. （ C） A certain temperature. （ D） A certain season in the year. 19 How long will Professor Morgan be able to freeze human beings for as long or as short a
9、time as he would like to? （ A） About ten years. （ B） About two years. （ C） About twenty years. （ D） About thirteen years. 20 What is true about the application of Professor Morgans research? （ A） It .can be used to prolong everyones life. （ B） It can help find cures for terminal illnesses. （ C） It c
10、an cure cancer and Aids. （ D） It can help freeze people with terminal illnesses and bring them back to life when the cure appears. 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 M
11、any foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England. 21 , the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others 22 to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or
12、 Irish, 23 the case may be; they are often slightly annoyed 24 being classified as “English“. Even in England there are many 25 in regional character and speech. The chief 26 is between southern England and northern England. South of a 27 going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of Englis
13、h usually learnt by foreign students, 28 there are local variations. Further north, regional speech is usually “ 29 “ than that of southern Britain. Northerners are 30 to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more 31 . They are openhearted and hospitable; foreigners often find that t
14、hey make friends with them 32 . Northerners generally have hearty 33 : the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous 34 at meal times. In accent and character the people of the Midlands 35 a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Engli
15、shman. In Scotland the sound 36 by the letter “R“ is generally a strong sound, and “R“ is often pronounced in words in which it would be 37 in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people, 38 inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the We
16、lsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently 39 as being more “fiery“ than the English. They are 40 a race that is quite distinct from the English. （ A） In consequence （ B） In brief （ C） In general （ D） In fact （ A） confine （ B） attach （ C） refer （ D） add （ A） as （ B） which （ C） for （ D） so （ A） with （
17、 B） by （ C） at （ D） for （ A） similarities （ B） differences （ C） certainties （ D） features （ A） factor （ B） virtue （ C） privilege （ D） division （ A） line （ B） row （ C） border （ D） scale （ A） who （ B） when （ C） though （ D） for （ A） wider （ B） broader （ C） rarer （ D） scarcer （ A） used （ B） apt （ C） pos
18、sible （ D） probable （ A） perfect （ B） notorious （ C） superior （ D） thorough （ A） swiftly （ B） promptly （ C） immediately （ D） quickly （ A） appetites （ B） tastes （ C） interests （ D） senses （ A） helpings （ B） offerings （ C） fillings （ D） findings （ A） represent （ B） designate （ C） demonstrate （ D） reck
19、on （ A） delivered （ B） denoted （ C） depicted （ D） defined （ A） quiet （ B） obscure （ C） faint （ D） silent （ A） rather （ B） still （ C） somehow （ D） even （ A） rendered （ B） thought （ C） impressed （ D） described （ A） with （ B） of （ C） among （ D） against Part B Directions: Read the following four texts.
20、Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D . Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 40 Scholars and students have always been great travellers. The official case for “academic mobility“ is now often stated in impressive terms as a fundamental necessity for economic and social progre
21、ss in the world, and debated in the corridors of Europe, but it is certainly nothing new. Serious students were always ready to go abroad in search of the most stimulating teachers and the most famous academies; in search of the purest philosophy, the most effective medicine, the likeliest road to g
22、old. Mobility of this kind meant also mobility of ideas, their transference across frontiers, their simultaneous impact upon many groups of people. The point of learning is to share it, whether with students or with colleagues; one presumes that only eccentrics have no interest in being credited wit
23、h a startling discovery, or a new technique. It must also have been reassuring to know that other people in other parts of the world were about to make the same discovery or were thinking along the same lines, and that one was not quite alone, confronted by inquisition, ridicule or neglect. In the t
24、wentieth century, and particularly in the last 20 years, the old footpaths of the wandering scholars have become vast highways. The vehicle which has made this possible has of course been the aeroplane, making contact between scholars even in the most distant places immediately feasible, and providi
25、ng for the very rapid transmission of knowledge. Apart from the vehicle itself, it is fairly easy to identify the main factors which have brought about the recent explosion in academic movement. Some of these are purely quantitative and require no further mention: there are far more centres of learn
26、ing, and a far grea-ter number of scholars and students. In addition, one must recognise the very considerable multiplication of disciplines, particularly in the sciences, which by widening the total area of advanced studies has produced an enormous number of specialists whose particular interests a
27、re precisely defined. These people would work in some isolation if they were not able to keep in touch with similar isolated groups in other countries. Frequently these specialisations lie in areas where very rapid developments are taking place, and also where the research needed for developments is
28、 extremely costly and takes a long time. It is precisely in these areas that the advantages of collaboration and sharing of expertise appear most evident. Associated with this is the growth of specialist periodicals, which enable scholars to become aware of what is happening in different centres of
29、research and to meet each other in conferences and symposia. From these meetings come the personal relationships which are at the bottom of almost all formalized schemes of cooperation, and provide them with their most satisfactory stimulus. But as the specialisations have increased in number and na
30、rrowed in range, there had been an opposite movement towards interdisciplinary studies. These owe much to the belief that one cannot properly investigate the incredibly complex problems thrown up by the modern world, and by recent advances in our knowledge along the narrow front of a single discipli
31、ne. This trend has led to a great deal of academic contact between disciplines, and a far greater emphasis on the pooling of specialist knowledge, reflected in the broad subjects chosen in many international conferences. 41 According to the passage, scholars and students are great travellers because
32、_. （ A） standards are higher at foreign universities （ B） their governments encourage them to travel （ C） salaries and conditions are better abroad （ D） they are eager for new knowledge 42 The writer says that travel was important in the past because it_. （ A） was a way of spreading ideas （ B） broke
33、 down political barriers （ C） led to economic progress （ D） made new ideas less schooling 43 The writer claims that it is important for specialists to be able to travel because （ A） there are so many people working in similar fields （ B） there is a lot of social unrest at universities （ C） their fol
34、low experts are scattered round the world （ D） their laboratories are in remote places 44 The writer thinks that the growth of specialist societies and periodicals has helped scholars to_. （ A） spend less time travelling （ B） cut down research costs （ C） develop their ideas more quickly （ D） keep up
35、 with current developments 45 Developments in international cooperation are often, it is suggested, the Jesuit of （ A） friendships formed by scholars at meetings （ B） articles in learned journals （ C） the work of international agencies （ D） programs initiated by governments 45 To understand how astr
36、ology works, we should first take a quick look at the sky. Although the stars are at enormous distances, they do indeed give the impression of being affixed to the inner surface of a great hollow sphere surrounding the earth. Ancient people, in fact, literally believed in the existence of such a cel
37、estial sphere. As the earth spins on its axis, the celestial sphere appears to turn about us each day, pivoting at points on a line with the earths axis of rotation. This daily turning of the sphere carries the stars around the sky, causing most of them to rise and set, but they, and constellations
38、they define, maintains fixed patterns on the sphere, just as the continent of Australian maintains its shape on a spinning globe of the earth. Thus the stars were called fixed stars. The motion of the sun along the ecliptic is, of course, merely a reflection of the revolution of the earth around the
39、 sun, but the ancients believed the earth was fixed and the sun had an independent motion of its own, eastward among the stars. The glare of sunlight hides the stars in daytime, but the ancients were aware that the stars were up there even at night, and the slow eastward motion of the sun around the
40、 sky, at the rate of about thirty degrees each month, caused different stars to be visible at night at different times of the year. The moon, revolving around the earth each month, also has an independent motion in the sky. The moon, however, changes it position relatively rapidly. Although it appea
41、rs to rise and set each day, as does nearly everything else in the sky, we can see the moon changing position during as short an interval as an hour or so. The moons path around the earth lies nearly in the same plane as the earths path around the sun, so the moon is never seen very far from the ecl
42、iptic in the sky. There are five other objects visible to the naked eye that also appear to move in respect to the fixed background of stars on the celestial sphere. These are the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and the Saturn. All of them revolve around the sun in nearly the same plane as th
43、e earth does, so they, like the moon, always appear near the ecliptic. Because we see the planets from the moving earth, however, they behave in a complicated way, with their apparent motions on the celestial sphere reflecting both their own independent motions around the sun and our motion as well.
44、 46 The ancient people believed that_. （ A） the earth was spinning on the axis of the sky （ B） the sky was a hollow sphere spinning around the earth （ C） the patterns of stars on the sky would never change （ D） the stars around the sky were not stationary 47 Which of the following is true about the
45、motion of the moon? （ A） The moon and the sun are moving in the same plane. （ B） The moon revolves along the ecliptic. （ C） The moon moves faster than the sun. （ D） The position of the moon can be found changed in an hours time. 48 It is stated in astrology that_. （ A） the sun is so distant from us
46、that it is hard to follow its motion （ B） the sun is moving westward around the sky （ C） the motion of the sun is at the rate of about thirty degrees every week （ D） the motion of the sun is similar to the revolution of the earth around the sun 49 All the other five planets_. （ A） always appear near
47、 the path of the sun （ B） are moving in a way more complicated than the earth does （ C） arent moving around the sun as independently as the earth does （ D） are moving around the sun at the same speed as the earth does 50 According to the passage which of the following is true? （ A） A fixed star refe
48、rs a star that is always stationary on the sky. （ B） Scientists can tell the motion of the earth from the motions of other five planets. （ C） Ancient people had scanty knowledge about the movement of the stars. （ D） All the stars on the sky can be seen all the year around. 50 In one very long senten
49、ce, the introduction to the U. N. Charter expresses the ideals and the common aims of all the people whose governments joined together to form the U. N. “We the people of the U. N. determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war which twice in our lifetime has brought untold suffering to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations, large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the o
