1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 206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 does each vanity stamp cost? （ A） $8.80 （ B） $0.88 （ C） $10 （ D） $5 12 What are the usage of these vanity stamps? （ A） They can be used normally to mail a letter. （ B） They can only be used for exhibition. （ C） They are used to attract more tourists. （ D） They are used to
5、post on famous buildings. 13 Why does Japan print vanity stamps? （ A） Because the Japanese like taking photographs. （ B） Because the Japanese like writing letters to each other. （ C） Because the Japanese postal officials want to print a special stamp to catch worldwide attention. （ D） Because the Ja
6、panese postal officials hope these stamps will help promote interest in letter-writing. 14 At least, how many years will People who are overweight at 40 lose? （ A） One year （ B） Two years （ C） Three years （ D） Four years 15 According to Dr. Serge Jabbour, what message does the study carry? （ A） Peop
7、le have to work early on their weight （ B） Overweight people have shorter life expectancies （ C） Smoking is damaging to life expectancy （ D） If people are overweight by their mid-30s to mid-40s, if they lose some weight later on, they will carry a lower risk of dying 16 The researchers said “ . whic
8、h shows another potentially preventable public health disaster. “ What does “another potentially preventable public health disaster“ here refer to? （ A） Smoking （ B） Obesity in young adults （ C） Drinking （ D） Obesity in elderly adults 17 When was the World Bank officially founded? （ A） In 1944. （ B）
9、 In 1946. （ C） In 1949. （ D） In2000. 18 The World Bank dreams of a world without （ A） inequality （ B） poverty （ C） oppression （ D） conflicts 19 What do we know about the World Bank member countries? （ A） They have equal say. （ B） They decide on the banks work. （ C） They are the board members. （ D） T
10、hey are its shareholders. 20 How many leading contributors does the World Bank have? （ A） 24. （ B） 19. （ C） 5. （ D） 3 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 Even plants ca
11、n run a fever, especially when they are under attack by insects or diseases. But 21 humans, plants can have their temperature 22 from 3,000 feet away straight up. A decade ago, 23 the infrared(红外线的 )scanning technology developed for military purpose and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley 24 a
12、 quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine 25 ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmer 26 target pesticide spraying 27 rain poison on a whole field, which 28 include plants that dont have the pest problem. Even better, Paleys Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop
13、problem before they became 29 to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet 30 , an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were 31 into a color-coded map showing 32 plants were running “fevers“. Farmers could then spot spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than the
14、y 33 would. The bad news is that Paleys company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers 34 the new technology and long-term backers were hard 35 But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to 36 into operation. Agriculture
15、experts have no doubt the technology works. “This technique can be used 37 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States,“ says George Oerther of Texas A (2) screening; (3) nominating; (4) voting; (5) winning. M: Who votes for the GRAMMY Awards? Audiences? Record companies? W: It is Recording
16、 Academys voting members that can vote for the GRAMMY Awards. M: Who qualifies as a voting member? W: Recording Academy voting members are professionals with creative or technical credits on six commercially released tracks. These may include conductors, songwriters, composers, engineers, producers,
17、 instrumentalists, arrangers, art directors, album notes writers, narrators and music video artists, and technicians. M: How many awards categories are there in the GRAMMY Awards? W: The GRAMMY Awards has 28 fields (Pop, Gospel, Classical etc. ) and 101 categories within those fields. M: How many au
18、diences does the GRAMMY Awards have? W: The GRAMMY Awards is telecast annually to an international audience of over 2 billion in 180 countries. 1 【正确答案】 1957 【试题解析】 此篇对话介绍格莱美奖。本题提问时间，通篇对话只有一个时间，不容易混淆。 2 【正确答案】 nominating 【试题解析】 本题和第 3题同属信息题。难度较大。注意听原文的： “the GRAMMYprocess can be divided into five st
19、age” 之后紧接的内容，就可以很轻松地答对这两道题。 3 【正确答案】 winning 【试题解析】 分析见第 2题。 4 【正确答案】 101 【试题解析】 是数字题，文中提到在 28 fields(领域 )中有 101奖项，所以必须听清数字前后的名词。 5 【正确答案】 Academy 【试题解析】 本题是细节题，此内容多次重复，比较容易把握，难度在于单词的拼写和首字母大写上。 PART B Directions: For Questions 6-10, you will hear a passage. Use not more than 3 words for each answer.
20、 You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below. 6 【听力原文】 Its the most romantic day of the year, but for many people the cards they receive on February 14 are not from a Valentine, but from themselves. One in nine love missives received on Va
21、lentines Day were sent by people to themselves “to save face on the dreaded V-day,“ according to a survey released by online retailer amazon. co. uk. Amazon, which questioned more than 1,000 people in Britain, France and Germany, also found one in three cards was received by a parent and one person
22、in 10 admitted to stealing a card from a sibling or housemate. Amazon said Germans were the least romantic, with 69 percent saying Valentines Day was unimportant, compared to 54 percent of Britons and 46 percent of French. Germans were also the most likely to forget to give their partners a present
23、while the French spent the most on their loved ones. One in three French lovers splashed out between $ 42 and $ 84 on a gift, and 11 percent spent more than $ 84. The most common romantic gift in Britain and Germany was flowers. The French were more likely to opt for a romantic dinner. 6 【正确答案】 2013
24、-1-9 【试题解析】 2月 14日是最浪漫的一天，令人匪夷所思的是还有人自己给自己寄贺卡。短文第二句就告知 one in nine love missives received on 也就是说有 19的人给自己寄卡，目的就是为了保全面子。 7 【正确答案】 to save face 【试题解析】 第 6、 7题的答案都出自同一个句子，所以听时要特别注意。 8 【正确答案】 steal from others 【试题解析】 还有一些人不用寄卡片以保全面子，干脆去兄弟姐妹或室友处偷卡片，由于答案 不能超出三个字，所以用 others替代具体人物。 9 【正确答案】 German 【试题解析】 亚
25、马逊网站的调查结果显示德国人最不浪漫，只要听清楚三个比较的百分数就行。 10 【正确答案】 a romantic dinner 【试题解析】 最后一题的答案在最后一段，英国、德国的普遍礼物是鲜花，而法国人则喜欢浪漫的晚餐。 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, ans
26、wer 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 【听力原文】 Japanese people, who never miss a chance to be photographed, were lining up to get their picture on a postage stamp. Vanity stamp
27、s that feature personal photographs went on sale for the first time in Japan as part of an international postage stamp exhibition. The customers photo is taken with a digital camera and then printed on stamp sheets, a process that takes about five minutes. Sold in a sheet of 10 stamps for $8. 80, li
28、ttle more than the cost of lunch in Tokyo, each stamp features a different scene from a traditional ukiyo-e along with the photo. The stamps can be used normally to mail a letter, and postal officials hope they will help promote interest in letter-writing in the Internet age. “Certainly e-mail is a
29、useful method of communication, but letters are fun in a different way,“ said an official in the Posts Ministry. “We want to show young people that letters can be fun too. “ While similar stamp sheets debuted in Australia in 1999 and are now sold in some 12 nations and territories, Japans fondness f
30、or commemorative photos is likely to make them especially popular here. Indeed, officials had prepared 1,000 sheets but they were sold out in less than 30 minutes. Although the stamps are currently only available as a special service during the exhibition, postal officials said they might start sell
31、ing them on a regular basis in the future. 11 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 数字运算题。十张邮票为一版，共 $8 8，那么每张邮票就是$0 88了。 12 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节辨认题。文中提到 “作为日本国际邮展的内容之一，日本首次发售了印有个人照片的自费邮票。 ”但这不是邮票的用处，后面又提到 “这些 邮票可以像普通邮票一样用来寄信。 ” 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 细节题，文中明确提到答案 “and the postal officials hope they will help promote interest i
32、n letterwriting in the Internet age”，后面官员又补充说“but letters are fun in adifferent way”。 14 【听力原文】 People who are overweight at 40 are likely to die at least three years sooner than those who are slim, meaning that being fat during middle age is just as damaging to life expectancy as smoking, researche
33、rs say in a new study. The study was conducted by Dutch researchers and was published in The Annals of Internal Medicine. Nonsmokers who were classified as overweight, but not obese., lost an average of three years off their lives. Obese people died even sooner. Obese female nonsmokers lost an avera
34、ge of 7. 1 years, while obese male nonsmokers lost 5. 8 years. Scientists have long known that overweight people have shorter life expectancies, but few large-scale studies have been able to pinpoint how many years they lose. “This study is saying that if you are overweight by your mid-30s to mid-40
35、s, even if you lose some weight later on, you still carry a higher risk of dying,“ said Dr. Serge Jabbour, director of the weight-loss clinic at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. “The message is that you have to work early on your weight. If you wait a long time, the damage may h
36、ave been done. “ For smokers, the results were worse. Obese female smokers died 7. 2 years sooner than normal-weight smokers and 13. 3 years sooner than trim nonsmoking women. Obese male smokers lived 6. 7 years less than trim smokers, and 13. 7 years less than trim nonsmokers. The results were cull
37、ed from 3,457 volunteers in Framingham, Mass. , from 1948 to 1990. The data were analyzed by researchers at Erasmus Medical Center and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. About two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent
38、ion. Studies have also shown that people are getting fatter at younger ages. “The smoking epidemic in the Western world is warning; however, a new fear should be the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in young adults, which shows another potentially preventable public health disaster. “
39、 the researchers said. 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 问题是 “四十岁的人如果超重，至少会失去多少年的寿命 ?”正确答案是 “三年 ”。其依据是 “People who are overweight at 40 are likely to die at least three years sooner thanthose who are slim” 。因为文中多处提到不同的寿命比较，需要考生仔细辨析。 15 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 问题是 “根据 Dr Serge Jabbour的说法，此研究带来了一个什么信息 ?”正确答案是 “人们必须在年轻的时候注意他
40、们的体重 ”，其依据是 “The message is that you haveto work early on your weight ”。 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 问题是 “研究人员说， 这显示了另一个可能可预防的公共健康灾难。 这里的 另一个可能可预防的公共健康灾难 是指什么 ?”正确答案是 “年轻人的肥胖问题 ”。其依据是 “The smoking epidemic in the Western w orld is waning；however， a new fearshould be the increasing prevalence of overweight an
41、d obesity in young adults， whichshows another potentially preventable public health disaster the researchers said ”。除此之外，考生也可以根据上下文来进行归纳和判断。 17 【听力原文】 The World Bank is an UN organization. It was set up to linance projects to farther the economic development of its member nations. Its foundatinns re
42、late at the UN Monetary and Financial Conference at Breatwoods in 1944, and officially came to life in 1946 Back in the post-war era, the Bank made loans for the reconstruction of Europe. Later the emphasis shifted from Europe to the developing world. In 2000, the Bank lent almost 16billion dollars
43、to its client countries. It says that its dream is a world free of poverty. Much of the money then goes towards the effort to strengthen and build capital markets. Another slice of money is loaned for projects, such as water supply, and sanitation. There are three main sources of funds for the Bank-
44、subscriptions hit up by member countries, bond issues on the world financial markets, and net earnings on the Bank s assets. The World Bank has 183 member countries. All members must first join the International Monetary Fund. Members are shareholders of the Bank. They do not all pull equal weight w
45、ithin the organization. The leading contributors are the United States, Japan, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. They have the biggest say in World Bank policy. Each of these five countries has a nominee on the Bank s board of executive directors. The remaining 178 countries are-between them-
46、allowed to nominate a total of 19 other beard members. It is this select board that decides on the Bank s work. 17 【正确答案】 B 18 【正确答案】 B 19 【正确答案】 D 20 【正确答案】 C 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
47、 or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. 21 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 此题属于语法题， unlike介词，根据下文，植物的体温可以从 3，000英尺外被测到，绝对不同于人类，故选项 Dunlike正确。其他选项； Aas，B with和 Clike均不符合题意。 22 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 此题属于语法题， have ones temperature taken表示 “量体温 ”，其他选项： Btake， Ctook和 Dtaking均不符合被动语态的用法。全句可译为：不过，与人有所不同的是，植物的体温可以从 3， 000英尺以外的高空测到。 23 【正确答案】 B
48、 【试题解析】 此题属于语意搭配题。 adopt表示 “采纳，收养，接受 ”，如： adopt a method suggestions。该处需要一个动词与宾语 the infrared scanning technology搭配，故选项 Badopting正确。选项 Cadapt表示 “使适应，改编 ”，常与介词 to for连用，例如： adapt oneself to hot weather。 24 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 此题属于语意搭配题。 come up with表示 “想出 (计划，答案，回答 )”，如： He couldnt come up with an answer
49、 when I asked him why he was late原句需要与宾 语 aquick way搭配的短语动词，故选项 Ccame up with正确。选项 Aput up with表示 “忍耐，忍受 ”；选项 Bcome up to表示 “达到标准，等于 ”；选项 Dstand up to表示 “勇敢地抵抗 ”。 25 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 此题属于语法题，在四个选项中，只有 which可以放在 ones前面，意指哪一些植物，故选项 Bwhich正确。全句可译为：十年前，物理学家佩利采用军用红外扫描技术为测量植物体温找到了一个快捷方式，从而可以确定哪些植物正受着病 虫害的威胁。 26 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 此题属于语意搭配题。 precisely表示 “准确地，精确地 ”，根据下文： target pesticidesprayingrain poison on a whole field 可知，利用红外扫描技术是给 “患病 ”庄稼定位，从而有利于定点施治，故选择表方式的副词，即选项Aprecisely正确。选项 Bextraordinary表示 “格外地 ”；选项 C
