1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 205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 What is the meaning of “Skating on thin ice“? （ A） One may be doing something quite difficult. （ B） One may be doing something quite risky. （ C） One may be doing something quite annoying. （ D） One may be doing something impossible. 12 When somebody told you that you will “cut n
5、o ice“ with him, what did he mean? （ A） You will not persuade him. （ B） You are getting nowhere with him. （ C） You cannot sell your ice to him. （ D） You should not waste time cutting ice with him. 13 When the game is really over, which idiom can we use? （ A） The game is on ice. （ B） Skating on thin
6、ice. （ C） To cut no ice. （ D） To break the ice. 14 What unusual question may doctors ask when giving kids a checkup next time? _ （ A） How much exercise they get every day. （ B） What they are most worried about. （ C） How long their parents accompany them daily. （ D） What entertainment they are intere
7、sted in. 15 The academy suggests that children under age two_. （ A） get enough entertainment （ B） have more activities （ C） receive early education （ D） have regular checkups 16 According to the report, childrens bedrooms should_. （ A） be no place for play （ B） be near a common area （ C） have no TV
8、sets （ D） have a computer for study 17 In which situation Indians wouldnt use sign language according to the passage? （ A） When they wanted to kill an enemy. （ B） When they wanted to identify a stranger. （ C） When they wanted to tell the time of the day. （ D） When they wanted to send a message to a
9、person far away. 18 Which of the following could NOT be used by Indians to make a signal? （ A） A small horse （ B） Cigarettes （ C） A mirror （ D） Fire arrows 19 What would an Indian do when he wanted to show that he saw many animals? （ A） He would run away to hide. （ B） He would send signals with a mi
10、rror. （ C） He would set a fire. （ D） He would ride a small horse in a large circle. 20 Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? （ A） A small horse （ B） Mirror signals （ C） Indian sign language （ D） Clever Indians 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the foll
11、owing text. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. 20 On April 20, 2000, in Accra, Ghana, the leaders of six West African countries declared their intention to proceed to monetary union among the non-CFA franc countries of the re-gion by January 2003, a
12、s first step toward a wider monetary union including all the ECOWAS countries in 2004. The six countries 21 themselves to reducing central bank financing of budget deficits 22 10 percent of the previous years government 23 ; reducing budget deficits to 4 percent of the second phase by 2003; creating
13、 a Convergence Council to help 24 macroeconomic policies; and 25 up a common central bank. Their declaration 26 that, “Member States 27 the need 28 strong political commitment and 29 to 30 all such national policies 31 would facilitate the regional monetary integration process. “ The goal of a monet
14、ary union in ECOWAS has long been an objective of the organization, going back to its formation in 1975, and is intended to 32 broader integration process that would include enhanced regional trade and 33 institutions. In the colonial period, currency boards linked sets of countries in the region. 3
15、4 independence, 35 , these currency boards were 36 , with the 37 of the CFA franc zone, which included the francophone countries of the region. Although there have been attempts to advance the agenda of ECOWAS monetary cooperation, political problems and other economic priorities in several of the r
16、egions countries have to 38 inhibited progress. Although some problems remain, the recent initiative has been bolstered by the election in 1999 of a democratic government and a leader who is committed to regional 39 in Nigeria, the largest economy of the region, raising hopes that the long-delayed p
17、roject can be 40 . （ A） committed （ B） devoted （ C） adjusted （ D） attributed （ A） to （ B） by （ C） with （ D） until （ A） finance （ B） profit （ C） income （ D） revenue （ A） coordinate （ B） draft （ C） ordinate （ D） compromise （ A） building （ B） setting （ C） founding （ D） erecting （ A） says （ B） writes （
18、C） reads （ D） states （ A） accept （ B） understand （ C） recognize （ D） realize （ A） for （ B） of （ C） with （ D） without （ A） commence （ B） undertake （ C） initiate （ D） try （ A） pursue （ B） seek （ C） quest （ D） explore （ A） which （ B） that （ C） as （ D） what （ A） accompany （ B） enforce （ C） execute （ D）
19、compel （ A） common （ B） separate （ C） several （ D） public （ A） Towards （ B） From （ C） By （ D） On （ A） therefore （ B） moreover （ C） however （ D） thus （ A） dissolved （ B） discharged （ C） dismissed （ D） dispelled （ A） consideration （ B） intention （ C） exception （ D） regard （ A） date （ B） deter （ C） hin
20、der （ D） delay （ A） development （ B） prosperity （ C） integration （ D） cooperation （ A） revived （ B） renew （ C） restore （ D） refreshed 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 Six years la
21、ter, in an about-face, the FBI admits that federal agents fired tear gas canisters capable of causing a fire at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas in 1993. But the official said the firing came several hours before the structure burst into flames, killing 80 people including the Davidians
22、 leader, David Koresh. “In looking into this, weve come across information that shows some canisters that can be deemed pyrotechnic in nature were fired hours before the fire started,“ the official said. “Devices were fired at the bunker, not at the main structure where the Davidians were camped out
23、.“ The Federal Bureau of Investigation maintains it did not start what turned to be a series of fiery bursts of flames that ended a 51-day standoff between branch members and the federal government. “This doesnt change the bottom line that David Koresh started the fire and the government did not,“ t
24、he official said. “It simple shows that devices that could probably be flammable were used in the early morning hours.“ The law enforcement official said the canisters were fired not at the main structure where the Davidian members were camped out but at the nearby underground bunker. They bounced o
25、ff the bunkers concrete roof and landed in an open field well, the official said. The canisters were fired at around 6 a.m. , and the fire that destroyed the wooden compound started around noon, the official said. The official also added that other tear gas canisters used by agent that day were not
26、flammable or potentially explosive. While Coulson denied the grenades played a role in starting the fire, his statement marked the first time that any U. S. government official has publicly contradicted the governments position that federal agents used nothing on the final day of the siege at Waco t
27、hat could have sparked the fire that engulfed the compound. The cause of the fiery end is a major focus of an ongoing inquiry by the Texas Rangers into the Waco siege. 41 The FBI official has NOT admitted that_. （ A） the canisters were fired at the main structure （ B） the canisters were fired hours
28、before the fire started （ C） federal agents fired tear gas canisters capable of causing a fire （ D） other tear gas canisters that were not flammable or potentially explosive were also used 42 From the passage, what information can be inferred about the event in 1993? （ A） The compound was blown up b
29、y the FBI agents. （ B） The compound burst into flames at dawn. （ C） The federal government besieged the compound for 51 days before the tragedy occurred. （ D） About 80 people were killed in the event except the Davidians leader, David Koresh. 43 After reading the passage, how much do you know about
30、the compound near Waco? （ A） About 51 people lived in the compound at the time of the event in 1993. （ B） It consisted of a main structure and a bunker. （ C） It was built of stone. （ D） It was a schoolhouse. 44 Coulsons speech has_. （ A） made the matter even more complicated and confusing （ B） been
31、approved by the government （ C） met sharp criticism （ D） brought the whole matter into broad daylight 45 The attitude of the narrator towards this message is_. （ A） neutral （ B） bitter （ C） excited （ D） expectant 45 Culture is the sum total of all the traditions, customs, belief and ways of life of
32、a given group of human beings. In this sense, every group has a culture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to us. To the professional anthropologist, there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic hierar
33、chy among languages. People once thought of the languages of backward groups as savage, undeveloped form of speech, consisting largely of grunts and groans. While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of “backward“ langu
34、ages that no spoken tongue answers that description today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex, delicate, and ingenious pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideas. They fall behind the Western languages not in their sound patterns or grammatic
35、al structures, which usually are fully adequate for all language needs, but only in their vocabularies, which reflect the objects and activities known to their speakers. Even in this department, however, two things are to be noted: 1. All languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expans
36、ion, either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. 2. The objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in “backward“ languages, while different from ours, are often surprisingly numerous and complicat
37、ed. A western language distinguishes merely between two degrees of remoteness (“this“ and “that“); some languages of the American Indians distinguish between what is close to the speaker, or the person addressed, or remote from both, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future. This study of l
38、anguage, in turn, casts a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all cultures are to viewed independently, and without ideas of rank or hierarchy. 46 The author uses “backward“ here to indicate that_. （ A） backward languages are connected with backward groups （ B） backward languages ar
39、e connected with backward cultures （ C） backward languages are moving forward （ D） there is no such thing as backward languages 47 The example of American Indian languages in the passage is to illustrate that_. （ A） American Indian languages are not backward （ B） backward languages are borrowing fro
40、m other languages （ C） backward languages may possess quite complicated vocabularies （ D） Western languages may also borrow from “backward“ languages 48 According to the author, “backward“ languages tend to expand in_. （ A） grammatical structures （ B） vocabularies （ C） complication （ D） sound patter
41、ns 49 Judging from the passage, the author might be_. （ A） an American Indian （ B） a Canadian （ C） an African （ D） a Japanese 50 The best title for this passage is_. （ A） Criticism of Language Hierarchy （ B） Cultural Englitarian from the Perspectives of Language （ C） Expansion of “Backward“ Language
42、 （ D） Criticism of Language Hierarchy 50 Six years later, in an about-face, the FBI admits that federal agents fired tear gas canisters capable of causing a fire at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas in 1993. But the official said the firing came several hours before the structure burst i
43、nto flames, killing 80 people including the Davidians leader, David Koresh. “In looking into this, weve come across information that shows some canisters that can be deemed pyrotechnic in nature were fired hours before the fire started,“ the official said. “Devices were fired at the bunker, not at t
44、he main structure where the Davidians were camped out. “ The Federal Bureau of Investigation maintains it did not start what turned to be a series of fiery bursts of flames that ended a 51-day standoff between branch members and the federal government. “This doesnt change the bottom line that David
45、Koresh started the fire and the government did not,“ the official said. “It simply shows that devices that could probably be flammable were used in the early morning hours. “ The law enforcement official said the canisters were fired not at the main structure where the Davidian members were camped o
46、ut but at the nearby underground bunker. They bounced off the bunkers concrete roof and landed in an open field well, the official said. The canisters were fired at around 6 a.m. , and the fire that destroyed the wooden compound started around noon, the official said. The official also added that ot
47、her tear gas canisters used by agent that day were not flammable or potentially explosive. While Coulson denied the grenades played a role in starting the fire, his statement marked the first time that any U. S. government official had publicly contradicted the governments position that federal agen
48、ts used nothing on the final day of the siege at Waco that could have sparked the fire that engulfed the compound. The cause of the fiery end is a major focus of an ongoing inquiry by the Texas Rangers into the Waco siege. 51 The FBI official has NOT admitted that_. （ A） the canisters were fired at
49、the main structure （ B） the canisters were fired hours before the fire started （ C） federal agents fired tear gas canisters capable of causing a fire （ D） other tear gas canisters that were not flammable or potentially explosive were also used 52 From the passage, what information can be inferred about the event in 1993? （ A） The compound was blown up by the FBI agents. （ B） The compound burst into flames at dawn. （ C） The federal government besieged the compound for 51 days before the tragedy occurred. （ D）
