1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 212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 According to the woman, how much money should people save for themselves? （ A） 36 months of monthly salary. （ B） 13% of salary. （ C） $10. （ D） Not mentioned. 12 Whats the biggest mistake people make? （ A） They do not think $ 10 is a large sum of money. （ B） They sacrifice movie
5、, beer for bank deposit. （ C） They seldom have fixed deposit. （ D） They tend to live from paycheck to paycheck. 13 What does “Pay yourself first“ refer to? （ A） Take more education and make yourself promoted quickly. （ B） When you get your paycheck, save some portion of it. （ C） Lend money from bank
6、 when you want to prepare for the future. （ D） Accumulate money by all means. 14 Why Sonora Louise Smart Dodd wanted to celebrate Fathers Day? _ （ A） Because she thought man and woman should be equal. （ B） Because the president Washington asked her to do so. （ C） Because she wanted to show respect t
7、o her father who brought up six children. （ D） Because she could not celebrate Mothers Day. 15 What day did Sonora choose as Fathers Day? _ （ A） June 19th. （ B） the third Sunday in June. （ C） the second Sunday in June. （ D） June 13th. 16 Which president in the United States establish Fathers Day as
8、a permanent national observance? _ （ A） George Washington. （ B） Calvin Coolidge. （ C） Richard Nixon. （ D） Lybdon Johnson. 17 Mark Twains letter about the Statue of Liberty_. （ A） represented a serious question as to the need for the statue （ B） was a put-on by a journalist （ C） raised a great deal o
9、f money （ D） poked fun at the French 18 How many years elapsed from the conception of the statue until its completion? （ A） 11 years （ B） 16 years （ C） 26 years （ D） 21 years 19 French engineering genius is seen in the Statue of Liberty in_. （ A） design of its base （ B） design of its stressed sheath
10、ing （ C） locating the statue without disrupting harbor traffic （ D） keeping the flame lit 20 The Statue of Libertys development embarrassed Americans in the 1880s because （ A） they took so long to raise the money （ B） it was apparent the statue was mislocated （ C） its design was tasteless （ D） they
11、felt that the concept was a waste of money 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 The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people inv
12、olved in prominent cases 21 the trial of Rosemary West. In a significant 22 of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a 23 bill that will propose making payments to witnesses 24 and will strictly control the amount of 25 that can be given to a case 26 a trial
13、 begins. In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee, Lord Irvine said he 27 with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not 28 sufficient control. 29 of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a 30 of media protest when
14、he said the 31 of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges 32 to Parliament. The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which 33 the European Convention on Human Rights legally 34 in Britain, laid down that everybody was 35 to privacy and that p
15、ublic figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families. “Press freedoms will be in safe hands 36 our British judges,“ he said. Witness payments became an 37 after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were 38 to have received payments for telling their
16、 stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised 39 witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to 40 guilty verdicts. （ A） as to （ B） for instance （ C） in particular （ D） such as （ A） tightening （ B） intensifying （ C） focusing （ D） fastening （ A） sketch （ B） rough （ C） preliminar
17、y （ D） draft （ A） illogical （ B） illegal （ C） improbable （ D） improper （ A） publicity （ B） penalty （ C） popularity （ D） peculiarity （ A） since （ B） if （ C） before （ D） as （ A） sided （ B） shared （ C） complied （ D） agreed （ A） present （ B） offer （ C） manifest （ D） indicate （ A） Release （ B） Publicatio
18、n （ C） Printing （ D） Exposure （ A） storm （ B） rage （ C） flare （ D） flash （ A） translation （ B） interpretation （ C） exhibition （ D） demonstration （ A） better than （ B） other than （ C） rather than （ D） sooner than （ A） changes （ B） makes （ C） sets （ D） turns （ A） binding （ B） convincing （ C） restraini
19、ng （ D） sustaining （ A） authorized （ B） credited （ C） entitled （ D） qualified （ A） with （ B） to （ C） from （ D） by （ A） impact （ B） incident （ C） inference （ D） issue （ A） stated （ B） remarked （ C） said （ D） told （ A） what （ B） when （ C） which （ D） that （ A） assure （ B） confide （ C） ensure （ D） guara
20、ntee 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 Placing a human being behind the wheel of an automobile often has the same curios effect as cutting certain fibres in the brain. The result i
21、n either case is more primitive behaviour. Hostile feelings are apt to be expressed in an aggressive way. The same man who will step aside for a stranger at a doorway will, when behind the wheel, risk an accident trying to beat another motorist through an intersection. The importance of emotional fa
22、ctors in automobile accidents is gaining recognition. Doctors and other scientists have concluded that the highway death toll resembles a disease epidemic and should be investigated as such. Dr. Ross A. McFarland, an associate professor of industrial Hygiene at the Harvard U-niversity School of Publ
23、ic Health, aid that accidents “now constitute a greater threat to the safety of large segments of the population than diseases do. “ Accidents are the leading cause of death between the ages of 1 and 35. About one third of all accidental deaths and one seventh of all accidental injuries are caused b
24、y motor vehicles. Based on the present rate of vehicle registration, unless the accident rate is cut in half, one of every 10 persons in the country will be killed or injured in a traffic accident in the next 15 years. Research to find the underlying causes of accidents and to develop ways to detect
25、 drivers who are apt to cause them is being conducted at universities and medical centres. Here are some of their findings so far： A man drives as he lives. If he is often in trouble with collection agencies, the courts, and police, chances are he will have repeated automobile accidents. Accident re
26、peaters usually are egocentric, exhibitionistic, resentful of authority, impulsive, and lacking in social responsibility. As a group, they can be classified as borderline psychopathic personalities, according to Dr. McFarland. The suspicion, however, that accident repeaters could be detected in adva
27、nce by screening out persons with more hostile impulses is false. A study at the University of Colorado showed that there were just as many overly hostile persons among those who had no accidents as among those with repeated accidents. Psychologists currently are studying Denver high school pupils t
28、o test the validity of this concept. They are making psychological evaluations of the pupils to see whether subsequent driving records will bear out their thesis. 41 The author believes that, behind the wheel of an automobile, some people act_. （ A） as though they were uncivilized （ B） as they shoul
29、d change their attitudes from hostility to amicability （ C） as though their brain fibres needed cutting （ D） as though they wanted repress hostile feeling 42 Dr. McFarland emphasizes the great menace of accidents by comparing it to_. （ A） psychopathic behaviour （ B） an epidemic （ C） hostile attitude
30、s （ D） antisocial behaviour 43 According to the article, studies at leading universities have shown that accident repeaters _. （ A） can be detected in advance （ B） are in trouble with collection agencies （ C） cannot be discovered on the basis of generally hostile attitudes （ D） drive entirely differ
31、ently from the way they usually live 44 According to Dr. McFarland, accident repeaters are_. （ A） shy （ B） borderline psychopathic cases （ C） criminally insane （ D） neurotic 45 The tone of this passage is_. （ A） ironical （ B） pessimistic （ C） humorous （ D） objective 45 If you intend using humor in y
32、our talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you a
33、re addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses. Here is an example, which I heard at a nurs
34、es convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, wa
35、iting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table himself. “Who is that?“ the new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, thats God, “came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks hes a doctor.
36、 “ If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and itll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairmans notorious bad taste in ties. With other au
37、diences you mustnt attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen of their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system. If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice
38、 so that it becomes more natu-ral. Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often its the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show th
39、at you are making a light hearted remark. Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote “If at first you dont succeed, give up“ or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sente
40、nces which you can turn about and inject with humor. 46 To make your humor work, you should_. （ A） take advantage of different kinds of audience （ B） make fun of the disorganized people （ C） address different problems to different people （ D） show sympathy for your listeners 47 The joke about doctor
41、s implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are_. （ A） impolite to new arrivals （ B） very conscious of their godlike role （ C） entitled to some privileges （ D） very busy even during lunch hours 48 It can be inferred from the text that public service_. （ A） have benefited many people （ B） are the foc
42、us of public attention （ C） are an inappropriate subject for humor （ D） have often been the laughing stock 49 To achieve the desired result, humorous stones should be delivered_. （ A） in well-worded language （ B） as awkwardly as possible （ C） in exaggerated statements （ D） as casually as possible 50
43、 The best title for the text may be_. （ A） Use Humor Effectively （ B） Various Kinds of Humor （ C） Add Humor to Speech （ D） Different Humor Strategies 50 Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almo
44、st $ 26 a barrel, up from less than $ 10 last December. This near-tripling of oil price calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shocks resulted in double-digit inflation and global economic decline. So where are the headlines warning of gloom and doom this time? The oil price was given another push
45、up this week when Iraq suspended oil exports. Strengthening economic growth, at the same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere, could push the price higher still in the short term. Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s. In most
46、countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the 1970s. In Europe, taxes account for up to four-fifths of the retail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effect on pump prices than in the past. Rich economi
47、es are also less dependent on oil than they were, and so less sensitive to swings in the oil price. Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption. Software, consultancy and mobile telephones use far less
48、 oil than steel or car production. For each dollar of GDP (in constant prices) rich economies now use nearly 50% less oil than in 1973. The OECD estimated in its latest Economic Outlook that, if oil prices averaged $ 22 a barrel for a full year, compared with $ 13 in 1998, this would increase the oi
49、l import bill in rich economies by only 0.25 0.5% of GDP. That is less than one-quarter of the income loss in 1974 or 1980. On the other hand, oil-importing emerging economies to which heavy industry has shifted have become more energy-intensive, and so could be more seriously squeezed. One more reason not to lose sleep over the rise in oil prices is that, unlike the rises in the 1970s, it has not occurred against the background of general commodity-price inflation and global excess demand.
