1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 25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 twic
2、e. 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 Two of the most vital functions
3、 performed in any economy are _ 7 The concept of saving is said to be at least as old as _ 8 The two ways individuals use income are _ 9 If too much is spent, the economys capacity to produce will _ 10 There is reason for companies to invest only when people _ PART C Directions: You will hear three
4、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 each piece O
5、NLY ONCE. 11 Which of following is TRUE about the urban people of Western Canada during the early years of the century? （ A） They paid no special attention to information about the production and the price of wheat. （ B） They might casually take the growing of wheat as a topic of conversation. （ C）
6、They also grew wheat in their backyards. （ D） They were as much concerned with the wheat production and selling as the farmers. 12 When did most farmers have to pay their debts? （ A） When crop failure caused depression. （ B） When the autumn harvest had just been completed. （ C） When the wheat prices
7、 became increasingly high. （ D） As soon as the Winnipeg Grain Exchange demanded payment. 13 Why did the government appoint a board of grain supervisors in 1917? （ A） To meet the farmers request for firmer control. （ B） To hold back inflation and rising living costs. （ C） To fix the grain prices so t
8、hat the farmers could be better rewarded for their work. （ D） To establish a full authority to buy, sell and set prices. 14 Who is the speaker? （ A） A specialist in oil spill prevention. （ B） A TV reporter. （ C） An oil company technician. （ D） The head of the oil company. 15 What is the main topic o
9、f the report? （ A） Where the oil spill occurred. （ B） What caused the oil spill. （ C） How the oil spill was handled. （ D） The number of volunteers who came to help. 16 Who volunteered to clean up the oil? （ A） Businessmen, storekeepers, students and others. （ B） Storekeepers, reporters, businessmen,
10、 and others. （ C） Farmers, scientists, teachers and others. （ D） Scientists, technicians, businessmen and others. 17 Many believe that _ has the best chance of becoming a universal tongue. （ A） English （ B） artificial language （ C） French （ D） Chinese 18 The main topic of the passage is _ . （ A） Ben
11、jamin Franklin （ B） the United States （ C） the history of the U. S. mail （ D） star routes 19 Benjamin Franklin deserves credit mainly because _ . （ A） he established the United States postal system （ B） he served as the postmaster general （ C） he increased the number of post offices （ D） he was made
12、 postmaster by the U. S. 20 The reason to start “star routes“ is _ . （ A） some communities were too far （ B） the horse was too slow （ C） the train was much convenient （ D） private contractors paid to deliver mail 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following text. Choose t
13、he best word for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. 20 During the 1980s,unemployment and underemployment in some countries was as high as 90 percent. Some countries did not 【 21】 _ enough food; basic needs in housing and clothing were not 【 22】 _ Many of these countries loo
14、ked to the industrial processes of the developed countries 【 23】 _ solutions. 【 24】 _ , problems. cannot always be solved by copying the industrialized countries . Industry in the developed countries is highly automated and very 【 25】_ . It provides fewer jobs than labor-intensive industrial process
15、es, and highly 【 26】 _ workers are needed to 【 27】 _ and repair the equipment. These workers must be trained 【 28】 _ many countries do not have the necessary training institutions. Thus, the 【 29】 _ of importing industry ecomes higher. Students must be sent abroad to 【 30】 _ vocational and professio
16、nal training. 【 31】 _ ,just to begin training, the students must 【 32】 _ learn English, French, German, or Japanese. The students then spend many years abroad, and 【 33】 _ do not return home. All countries agree that science and technology 【 34】 _ be shared. The point is: countries 【 35】 _ the indus
17、trial processes of the developed countries need to look carefully 【 36】 _ the costs, because many of these costs are 【 37】 _ . Students from these countries should 【 38】 _ the problems of the developed countries closely. 【 39】 _ care, they will take home not the problems of science and technology, 【
18、 40】 _ the benefits. 21 【 21】 （ A） generate （ B） raise （ C） produce （ D） manufacture 22 【 22】 （ A） answered （ B） met （ C） calculated （ D） remembered 23 【 23】 （ A） for （ B） without （ C） as （ D） about 24 【 24】 （ A） Moreover （ B） Therefore （ C） Anyway （ D） However 25 【 25】 （ A） expensive （ B） mechanica
19、l （ C） flourishing （ D） complicated 26 【 26】 （ A） gifted （ B） skilled （ C） trained （ D） versatile 27 【 27】 （ A） keep （ B） maintain （ C） retain （ D） protect 28 【 28】 （ A） since （ B） so （ C） and （ D） yet 29 【 29】 （ A） charge （ B） price （ C） cost （ D） value 30 【 30】 （ A） accept （ B） gain （ C） receive （
20、 D） absorb 31 【 31】 （ A） Frequently （ B） Incidentally （ C） Deliberately （ D） Eventually 32 【 32】 （ A） soon （ B） quickly （ C） immediately （ D） first 33 【 33】 （ A） some （ B） others （ C） several （ D） few 34 【 34】 （ A） might （ B） should （ C） would （ D） will 35 【 35】 （ A） adopting （ B） conducting （ C） re
21、ceiving （ D） adjusting 36 【 36】 （ A） to （ B） at （ C） on （ D） about 37 【 37】 （ A） opaque （ B） secret （ C） sealed （ D） hidden 38 【 38】 （ A） tackle （ B） learn （ C） study （ D） manipulate 39 【 39】 （ A） In （ B） Through （ C） With （ D） Under 40 【 40】 （ A） except （ B） nor （ C） or （ D） but Part B Directions:
22、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 Children start out as natural scientists, instinctively eager to investigate the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy there is no need for a lot
23、 of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to share your childrens curiosity. Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven-year-olds to talk about science as a career. The children asked me “textbook questions“ about schooling, salary and whether I like
24、d my job. When I finished answering , we sat facing one another in silence. Finally I said, “Now that weve finished your lists, do you have questions of your own about science? After a long period of pause, a boy raised his hand, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper eat? When I try eating leaves like t
25、hat, I get a stomachache. Why?“ This caused a series of questions and discussions that lasted nearly two hours. Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past three decades have shown that, after asking a question, adults typically wait only one second or less for a response, no time for a
26、 child to think. When adults increase their “wait time“ to three seconds or more, children respond with more logical, complete and creative answers. Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child engaged in a science discussion, dont jump in with “Thats right“ or “Very good“. These words work w
27、ell when it comes to encouraging good behavior. But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying, “Thats interesting“ or “ Id never thought of it that way before,“ or coming up with more questions or ideas. Never urge a child to thin
28、k. It doesnt make sense, as children are always thinking, without your telling them to. Whats more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want, in as few words as possible, so he will be a smaller target for your disapproval. Lastly, show, dont te
29、ll. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can extract from a book or a television program. Let them look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass, and theyll understand why you want them to wash before dinner. Rather than saying that water evaporates,
30、 set a pot of water to boil and let them watch the water level drop. Thus, children will get a better comprehension of what they have observed. 41 To foster childrens interest in science, the most important things for adults to do is _. （ A） to encourage them by saying “Thats right“ or “Very good“ f
31、requently （ B） to share with the children what they are curious about （ C） to explain difficult scientific terms for them patiently （ D） to offer their children good lab devices and equipments 42 Which of the following words can best explain the word in the first line “instinctively“ ? （ A） Passiona
32、tely. （ B） Actively. （ C） Impulsively. （ D） Interestingly. 43 According to the passage, children tend to give more logical, complete and creative answers if adults _. （ A） encourage them to ask questions of their own （ B） urge them to think and give immediate answers （ C） give them more than three s
33、econds to think after a question （ D） give them time to have a fierce discussion 44 In order to make children have good behavior, what should the adults do? （ A） To give quick praise like “That is right“ or “Very good“. （ B） To say “That is interesting“. （ C） To ask many questions and inspire them t
34、o think. （ D） To show and not to tell. 45 Which of the following skills does the writer not mention when the adults want to have children enjoy science? （ A） The adults should tell their children what to do and how to do. （ B） The adults should offer their children the chance to see things for thems
35、elves. （ C） The adults should give more time for the children to think before their answering. （ D） The adults should encourage their children to ask questions of their own. 45 Education is one of the key words of our time. A man without an education, most of us believe, is an unfortunate victim of
36、adverse circumstances, deprived of one of the greatest twentieth-century opportunities. Convinced of the importance of education, modern states “ invest “ in institutions of learning to get back “interest“ in the form of a large group of enlightened young men and women who are potential leaders. Edu
37、cation, with its cycles of instruction so carefully worked out, punctuated by textbooks that purchasable wells of wisdom what would civilization be like without its benefits? So much is certain: that we would have doctors and preachers, lawyers and defendants, marriages and births but our spiritual
38、outlook would be different. We would lay less stress on “facts and figures“ and more on a good memory, on applied psychology, and the capacity of a man is to get along with his fellow-citizens. If our educational system were fashioned after its bookless past we would have the most democratic form of
39、 “college“ imaginable. Among tribal people all knowledge inherited by tradition is shared by all; it is taught to every member of the tribe so that in this respect every- body is equipped for life. It is the ideal condition of the “equal start“ which only our most progressive forms of modern educati
40、on try to regain. In primitive cultures the obligation to seek and to receive the traditional instruction is binding to all. There are no “illiterates“ if the term can be applied to peoples without a script while our own compulsory school attendance became law in Germany in 1642, in France in 1806,
41、and in England in 1876, and is still non-existent in a number of “civilized“ nations. This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the “happy few“ during the past centuries. Education in the wilderness is not
42、a matter of monetary means. All are entitled to an equal start. There is none of the hurry, which, in our society, often hampers the full development of a growing personality. There, a child grows up under the ever-present attention of his parents and therefore the jungles and the savannahs know of
43、no “juvenile delinquency“. No necessity of making a living away from home results in neglect of children, and no father is confronted with his inability to “buy“ an education for his child. 46 Why do modern states invest in institutions of learning? （ A） To get a repayment for what an individuals ed
44、ucation has cost. （ B） To get rewards for what they have spent. （ C） To charge interest. （ D） To give all the children free education. 47 How did the primitive people pass the accumulated knowledge on to the next generation? （ A） They wrote the knowledge down on papers. （ B） They had the happy “few“
45、 enjoy it. （ C） They taught it to those who have good memories. （ D） They had every one of tile tribe share it and orally passed it on. 48 Formal education in modern societies _. （ A） makes sure there are no illiterates （ B） comes into being relatively recently （ C） is enjoyed only by the noble peop
46、le （ D） is free to everyone who is a citizen 49 According to the author, among tribal people, _. （ A） children have time to develop at their own pace （ B） the parents face the embarrassment not to be able to afford the childrens education （ C） the parents neglect the growth of their children （ D） ch
47、ildren can acquire knowledge by playing in the jungles 50 Which of the following is wrong? （ A） Our own compulsory school attendance first became law in German in 1642. （ B） equal start is the ideal modern education is trying to regain. （ C） The real equality of opportunity in education is only to b
48、e found in a modem society. （ D） An illiterate man in modem society is deprived of one of the greatest opportunities. 50 If the population of the earth goes on increasing at its current rate, there will eventually not be enough resources left to sustain life in the planet. By the middle of the 21 st
49、 century, if present trends go on, we will have used up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on the earth will make it necessary for us to look for open space somewhere else. But none of the other planets in our solar system are cap
