1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 229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 flu deaths a year in the 1990s? _ （ A） 20,000. （ B） 26,000. （ C） 30,000. （ D） 36,000. 12 Dr. Fukuda and his colleagues reported that the virus was especially deadly in people over （ A） 55 （ B） 65 （ C） 75 （ D） 85 13 According to the report, which of the following senten
5、ces is true? _ （ A） The only method of preventing the disease is to get flu vaccines. （ B） Dr. Morens was optimistic about the immediate future. （ C） As many as 87 percent of the 11,000 people who died from R. S. V. each year were 65 and older. （ D） The vaccine, which is made from a killed virus, ca
6、n give people the flu. 14 What major did Ms. Kophal got when she graduated from the University of Rostock last year? _ （ A） Medical science. （ B） Political science. （ C） Biology. （ D） Production management. 15 What is the national average percent of unemployment?_ （ A） 9 percent. （ B） 12 percent. （
7、C） 16 percent. （ D） 18 percent. 16 What are the two classic jobs that people will take in Rostock, besides working at McDonalds? _ （ A） Becoming a physicist. （ B） Becoming a school teacher. （ C） Becoming a taxi driver. （ D） Becoming a magazine production manager. 17 What is Dr . Francis? _ （ A） A te
8、acher of English in Cambridge. （ B） A specialist in computer science. （ C） A consultant to a Scottish company. （ D） A British tourist to China. 18 What is the approximate temperature in Cambridge in summer? _ （ A） 22C . （ B） 23C . （ C） 25C . （ D） 34C . 19 Where does Dr. Francis suggest Li Ming shoul
9、d stay in Cambridge? _ （ A） With an English family. （ B） In a flat near the college. （ C） With a language teacher. （ D） In a student dormitory. 20 What is the point Dr. Francis is making when he mentions Ali? _ （ A） Some things cannot be learned from books. （ B） Foreign students are very much alike.
10、 （ C） Choice of where to live varies from person to person. （ D） Convenience is his first consideration in choosing where to live. 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 C
11、ollege sports in the United States are a huge deal. Almost all major American universities have football, baseball, basketball and hockey programs, and 21 millions of dollars each year to sports. Most of them earn millions 22 as well, in television revenues, sponsorships. They also benefit 23 from t
12、he added publicity they get via their teams. Big-name universities 24 each other in the most popular sports. Football games at Michigan regularly 25 crowds of over 90, 000. Basketballs national collegiate championship game is a TV 26 on a par with(与 相同或相似 ) any other sporting event in the United Sta
13、tes, 27 perhaps the Super Bowl itself. At any given time during fall or winter one can 28 ones TV set and see the top athletic programsfrom schools like Michigan, UCLA, Duke and Stanford 29 in front of packed houses and national TV audiences. The athletes themselves are 30 and provided with scholars
14、hips. College coaches identify 31 teenagers and then go into high schools to 32 the countrys best players to attend their universities. There are strict rules about 33 coaches can recruitno recruiting calls after 9 p.m. , only one official visit to a campusbut they are often bent and sometimes 34 .
15、Top college football programs 35 scholarships to 20 or 30 players each year, and those student-athletes, when they arrive 36 campus, receive free housing, tuition, meals, books, etc. In return, the players 37 the program in their sport. Football players at top colleges 38 two hours a day, four days
16、a week from January to April. In summer, its back to strength and agility training four days a week until mid-August, when camp 39 and preparation for the opening of the September-to-December season begins 40 . During the season, practices last two or three hours a day from Tuesday to Friday. Saturd
17、ay is game day. Mondays are an officially mandated day of rest. （ A） attribute （ B） distribute （ C） devote （ D） attach （ A） out （ B） by （ C） in （ D） back （ A） directly （ B） indirectly （ C） apart （ D） indirect （ A） compete for （ B） compete in （ C） compete against （ D） compete over （ A） draw （ B） amus
18、e （ C） govern （ D） handle （ A） spectator （ B） spectacle （ C） spectrum （ D） spectacles （ A） save （ B） saving （ C） saved （ D） to save （ A） flip on （ B） flap at （ C） fling away （ D） flush out （ A） battle （ B） to battle （ C） battling （ D） battled （ A） recruited （ B） reconciled （ C） rectified （ D） reserv
19、ed （ A） promising （ B） pleasing （ C） prominent （ D） professional （ A） contrive （ B） convince （ C） convert （ D） convict （ A） which （ B） what （ C） how （ D） whether （ A） ignored （ B） neglected （ C） remembered （ D） noticed （ A） offer （ B） afford （ C） award （ D） reward （ A） in （ B） on （ C） at （ D） around
20、 （ A） commit themselves to （ B） commit themselves on （ C） commute themselves to （ D） comply themselves to （ A） work in （ B） work out （ C） work over （ D） work off （ A） recalls （ B） enlists （ C） convenes （ D） collects （ A） in principle （ B） in confidence （ C） in name （ D） in earnest Part B Directions:
21、 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 British cancer researchers have found that childhood leukaemia is caused by an infection and clusters of cases around industrial sites are the result of population
22、mixing that increases exposure. The research published in the British Journal of Cancer backs up a 1988 theory that some as yet unidentified infection caused leukaemianot the environmental factors widely blamed for the disease. “Childhood leukaemia appears to be an unusual result of a common infecti
23、on,“ said Sir Richard Doll, an internationally-known cancer expert who first linked tobacco with lung cancer in 1950. “A virus is the most likely explanation. You would get an increased risk of it if you suddenly put a lot of people from large towns in a rural area, where you might have people who h
24、ad not been exposed to the infection. “ Doll was commenting on the new findings by researchers at Newcastle University, which focused on a cluster of leukaemia cases around the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria in northern England. Scientists have been trying to establish why there wa
25、s more leukaemia in children around the Sellafield area, but have failed to establish a link with radiation or pollution. The Newcastle University research by Heather Dickinson and Louise Parker showed the cluster of cases could have been predicted because of the amount of population mixing going on
26、 in the area, as large numbers of construction workers and nuclear staff moved into a rural setting. “Our study shows that population mixing can account for the (Sellafield) leukaemia cluster and that all children, whether their parents are incomers or locals, are at a higher risk if they are born i
27、n an area of high population mixing,“ Dickinson said in a statement issued by the Cancer Research Campaign, which publishes the British Journal of Cancer. Their paper adds crucial weight to the 1988 theory put forward by Leo Kinlen, a cancer epidemiologist at Oxford University, who said that exposur
28、e to a common unidentified infection through population mixing resulted in the disease. 41 Who first hinted at the possible cause of childhood leukaemia by infection? _ （ A） Leo Kinlen. （ B） Richard Doll. （ C） Louise Parker. （ D） Heather Dickinson. 42 Which statement can be supported by Heather Dick
29、inson and Louise Parkers new findings? _ （ A） Radiation has contributed to the disease. （ B） Putting a lot of people from rural area in a large towns increases the risk of childhood leukaemia. （ C） Population mixing is the most important reason for leukaemia cluster. （ D） Childhood leukaemia is caus
30、ed by an unusual infection. 43 According to the passage, which of the following is true? _ （ A） Most people believe childhood leukaemia is due to environmental factors. （ B） Population mixing best explains the cause of childhood leukaemia. （ C） Radiation has nothing to do with childhood leukaemia. （
31、 D） Children born in a large town are at higher risk of leukaemia. 44 Cancer Research Campaign is most possibly a_. （ A） medical journal （ B） research institute （ C） private company （ D） governmental agency 45 This passage is mainly about_. （ A） the cluster of leukaemia cases around the Sellafield n
32、uclear reprocessing part （ B） the kind of infection that causes childhood leukaemia （ C） the causes of childhood leukaemia （ D） a new finding by British scientists 45 In one very long sentence, the introduction to the U. N. Charter expresses the ideals and the common aims of all the people whose gov
33、ernments 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
34、the equal rights of men and women and of nations, large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger fre
35、edom, and for these ends, to practise tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, s
36、ave in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of economic and social advancement of all peoples, have resolved to combine our efforts to accomplish these aims. “ The name “United Nations“ is accredited to U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the first grou
37、p of representatives of member states met and signed a declaration of common intent on New Years Day in 1942. Representatives of five powers worked together to draw up proposals, completed at Dumbarton Oaks in 1944. These proposals, modified after deliberation at the conference on International Orga
38、nization in San Francisco which began in April 1945, were finally agreed on and signed as the U. N. Charter by 50 countries on 26 June 1945. Poland, not represented at the conference, signed the Charter later and was added to the list of original members. It was not until that autumn, however, after
39、 the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the U. S. S. R. , the U. K. and the U. S. and by a majority of the other participants that the U. N. officially came into existence. The date was 24 October, now universally celebrated as United Nations Day. The essential functions of the U. N. are to
40、 maintain international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among nations, to cooperate internationally in solving international economic, social, cultural and human problems, promoting respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and to be a center for co-ordinating the actions o
41、f nations on attaining these common ends. No country takes precedence over another in the U. N Each members rights and obligations are the same. All must contribute to the peaceful settlement of international dispute, and members have pledged to refrain from the threat or use of force against other
42、states. 46 Under its Charter, the first stated aim of the U. N. was_. （ A） to promote social progress （ B） to prevent a third world war （ C） to revise international laws （ D） to maintain international peace 47 What did President Roosevelt have to do with the United Nations? _ （ A） He established “Th
43、e United Nations“. （ B） He was given the name “The United Nations“. （ C） He was a credit to “The United Nations“. （ D） He probably devised the name “The United Nations“. 48 When did the U. N. come into existence? _ （ A） 26 June, 1945. （ B） 24 October, 1945. （ C） New Years Day in 1945. （ D） April, 19
44、45. 49 Which of the following is true as to the essential functions of the U. N. ? _ （ A） Its only concerned with human rights. （ B） It only solves economic and cultural problems. （ C） It co-ordinates actions of nations where necessary. （ D） It only aims to develop friendly relations. 50 Large membe
45、r countries like China and the U. S. _. （ A） have a stronger voice than other countries （ B） have more freedom in the U. N. （ C） can use force against other states （ D） have the same rights and duties as other members 50 Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no emotiona world in which human be
46、ings could feel no love or happiness, no terror or hate. Try to imagine the consequences of such a transformation. People might not be able to stay alive: knowing neither joy nor pleasure, neither anxiety nor fear, they would be as likely to repeat acts that hurt them as acts that were beneficial. T
47、hey could not learn: they could not benefit from experience because this emotionless world would lack rewards and punishments. Society would soon disappear: people would be as likely to harm one another as to provide help and support. Human relationships would not exist; in a world without friends o
48、r enemies, there could be no marriage, affection among companions, or bonds among members of groups. Societys economic underpinnings would be destroyed: since earning $ 10 million would be no more pleasant than earning $ 10, there would be no incentive to work. In fact, there would be no incentives
49、of any kind. For as we will see, incentives imply a capacity to enjoy them. In such a world, the chances that the human species would survive are next to zero, because emotions are the basic instrument of our survival and adaptation. Emotions structure the world for us in important ways. As individuals, we categorize objects on the basis of our emotions. True we consider the length, shape, size, or texture, but an objects physical aspects are less important than what i
