1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 29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 People over the age of 65 in the USA are called _. 2 It is unusual for people over 65 to live with _. 3 The old men who enjoy their lives associate with their fellows who _. 4 The number of the citizens over 65 in the US is increasing rapidly bec
3、ause _. 5 The average life span for Americans is now _. 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 In what time of the year did
4、wealthy Romans like to visit Pompeii? 7 Where did the city of Pompeii locate? 8 In what year did Pliny pay a visit to his uncles house in Pompeii? 9 What did pliny see when he was looking at the sky of Naples one day ? 10 Where was Pompeii located in relation to Mt. Vesuvius? PART C Directions: You
5、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, 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 h
6、ear each piece ONLY ONCE. 11 Why couldnt the speaker meet Mr. Jordan when he got to San Francisco? （ A） He was very busy. （ B） He arrived late. （ C） He was sick. （ D） He missed the appointment. 12 Why did the speaker give up making another appointment? （ A） He was busy sightseeing. （ B） He didnt wan
7、t to see Mr. Jordan any more. （ C） He couldnt visit Mr. Jordan in his office. （ D） He didnt want to take the trouble making it. 13 What do we learn from the story? （ A） The trip didnt do any good to his health. （ B） The trip helped him meet many interesting people. （ C） The trip was enjoyable but no
8、t fruitful in terms of business. （ D） The trip was a complete disappointment. 14 According to the passage, what makes language learning easier for some people than for others? （ A） Successful language learners are more intelligent than others. （ B） Some people have good teachers and good books. （ C）
9、 Successful language learners use special techniques. （ D） Some people learn grammar more quickly than others. 15 Why do successful language learners find it easy to practice using the language regularly7 （ A） They find it easy to communicate. （ B） They look for exact information. （ C） They want to
10、learn from the people who speak the language. （ D） They want to teach the language to others. 16 Why do you think the author wrote this passage? （ A） To explain why language learning is difficult. （ B） To teach people to speak English. （ C） To compare language learning with other types of learning.
11、（ D） To encourage language learners to use these techniques. 17 Whats Dr. Smiths primary purpose of coming to India? （ A） Want to have a trip after retirement. （ B） To see an old friend. （ C） India is cooler than the city he once lived in. （ D） Want to have a better understanding of the country. 18
12、Why did Dr. Smith choose to settle down in a village in the Himalayan? （ A） It has less poverty, dirt and ignorance. （ B） The villagers treated him very friendly. （ C） It is cooler. （ D） Its a typical village. 19 Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? （ A） Dr. Smith arrived in India a year a
13、go. （ B） Dr. Smith was an experienced politician before he came to India. （ C） Dr. Smith once thought that a typical village was a better choice. （ D） Dr. Smith settled happily down in this village. 20 What did the interviewer think about Dr. Smiths view? （ A） Convincing. （ B） Conservative. （ C） Int
14、eresting. （ D） Subjective. 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 Do you have any knowledge of the space station? A space station is a place 【 21】 _ people can and work on
15、 space 【 22】 _ long periods. It orbits the earth, usually about 200 to 300 miles high. A space station may 【 23】 _ as an observatory, laboratory, factory, workshop, warehouse, and fuel depot. Space stations are much larger than manned spacecraft, 【 24】 _ they provide more comforts. Manned spacecraft
16、 may 【 25】 _ people between the earth and the space station. Unmanned spacecraft may supply the station 【 26】 _ food, water, equipment, mail and so on. Small space stations can be 【 27】 _ on the earth and launched orbit by 【 28】 _ rockets. Larger stations are 【 29】 _ in space. Rockets or space shutt
17、les 【 30】 _ modules of the station into space, where astronauts assemble them. Old modules can be replaced, and new modules can be 【 31】 _ to expand the station. A space station has 【 32】 _ one docking port 【 33】 _ which a visiting spacecraft can attach itself. Most docking ports 【 34】 _ of a rimmed
18、 doorway called a hatch that can connect 【 35】 _ the hatch on the visiting spacecraft to form an airtight seal. When the two hatches open, they form a pressurized tunnel between the station and the visiting spacecraft. The main tasks of a space station crew involve scientific research. For example,
19、they might analyze the 【 36】 _ of micro gravity on various materials, 【 37】 _ the earths surface, or study the stars and planets. Astronauts 【 38】 _ a space station also 【 39】 _ much of their time to the assembly of equipment and the expansion of the stations facilities. This includes 【 40】 _ beams,
20、 connecting electrical and gas lines, and welding permanent joints between sections of the station. The crew must also fix or replace broken equipment. 21 【 21】 （ A） which （ B） that （ C） where （ D） in which 22 【 22】 （ A） in （ B） at （ C） with （ D） for 23 【 23】 （ A） serve （ B） work （ C） help （ D） assi
21、st 24 【 24】 （ A） while （ B） so （ C） whereas （ D） where 25 【 25】 （ A） fetch （ B） take （ C） bring （ D） transport 26 【 26】 （ A） with （ B） within （ C） to （ D） from 27 【 27】 （ A） shaped （ B） set （ C） constructed （ D） established 28 【 28】 （ A） big （ B） large （ C） medium （ D） little 29 【 29】 （ A） assembled
22、 （ B） constructed （ C） built （ D） manufactured 30 【 30】 （ A） get （ B） fetch （ C） carry （ D） move 31 【 31】 （ A） joined （ B） linked （ C） connected （ D） added 32 【 32】 （ A） at best （ B） at most （ C） at least （ D） at hand 33 【 33】 （ A） to （ B） in （ C） at （ D） on 34 【 34】 （ A） compose （ B） make up （ C） c
23、onsist （ D） constitute 35 【 35】 （ A） for （ B） with （ C） and （ D） to 36 【 36】 （ A） strength （ B） force （ C） affect （ D） effects 37 【 37】 （ A） watch （ B） examine （ C） investigate （ D） inspect 38 【 38】 （ A） at （ B） on （ C） in （ D） off 39 【 39】 （ A） devote （ B） connect （ C） add （ D） pay 40 【 40】 （ A） er
24、ect （ B） to erect （ C） erecting （ D） erects 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 Children are a relatively modem invention. Until a few hundred years ago they did not exist. In Mediev
25、al and Renaissance painting you can see pint-sized men and women, wearing grown-up clothes and grown-up expressions, performing grown-up tasks. Children did not exist because the family as we know it had not evolved. Children today not only exist; they have taken over, in no place more than in Ameri
26、ca, and at no time more than now. It is always Kids Country here. Our civilization is child-centered, child-obsessed. A kids body is our physical ideal. One way or another we are determined to “keep in shape“, and invariably this means keeping a kids shape. On Kids Country we do not permit middle ag
27、e. Thirty is promoted over 50, but 30 knows that soon his time to be overtaken will come. In our over-sixty population there are ten widows for every man. Like a childs room, Kids Country is a mess. New York city seems about to disappear under its load of litter, graffiti and dog-droppings. How is i
28、t that China can eliminate the house-fly, and we cant even clean up Central Park? We are the first society in which parents expect to learn from their children. Such a topsy-turvy situation has come about at least in part because, unlike the rest of the world, ours is an immigrant society, and for i
29、mmigrants the only hope is in the kids. In the Old Country, hope was in the father, and how much wealth he could accumulate and pass along to his children. In the growth pattern of America and its ever-expanding frontier, the young man was ever advised to GO WEST; the father was ever inheriting from
30、 his son. Kids Country may be the inevitable result. Kids Country is not all bad. America is the greatest country in the world to grow up in because it is Kids Country. We not only wear kids clothes and eat kids food, but also dream kids dreams and make them come true. It was after all, a boys game
31、to go to the moon. But what we are experiencing now seems in many ways the exactly opposite of Medieval and Renaissance life. If in the old days children did not exist, it seems equally true today that adults, as a class have begun to disappear, condemning all of us to remain boys and girls forever,
32、 jogging and doing push-ups against eternity. 41 Why does the writer use the Medieval and Renaissance painting in Paragraph 1 ? （ A） To show that men and women were smaller than now. （ B） To show that there were no children at all at that time. （ C） To show that children wore and acted like adults a
33、t that time. （ D） To show that children were not permitted to appear in paintings. 42 According to the writer, why “in our over-sixty population there are ten widows for every man“ ? （ A） Men work harder than women. （ B） The writer doesnt explain it clearly in the passage. （ C） Men and women are not
34、 equal. （ D） Men dont like to exercise. 43 In Paragraph 3, the writer contrasts America with the Old Country to show _. （ A） two kinds of economic relations between generations （ B） different relationship between the father and the son （ C） different views about the West （ D） two kinds of parents 44
35、 Going to the moon is an example to illustrate _. （ A） America s childish behavior （ B） Americans interest in playing games （ C） Americas creativity and dreams （ D） why Americans value their children 45 In “condemning all of us to remain boys and girls forever, jogging and doing push-ups against ete
36、rnity“ ( Paragraph 5 ), the writer wants to _. （ A） ask people to pay attention to physical fitness （ B） criticize America for its overemphasis on the young and physical appearance （ C） let people know the importance of jogging and doing push-ups （ D） praise American society 45 What is lean producti
37、on? Perhaps the best way to describe this innovative production system is to contrast it with craft production and mass production, the two other methods humans have devised to make things. The craft producer uses highly skilled workers and simple but flexible tools to make exactly what the consumer
38、 asks for one item at a time. Custom furniture, works of decorative art, and a few exotic cars provide current-day examples. We all love the idea of craft method as automobiles once were exclusively cost too much for most of us to afford. So mass production was developed at the beginning of the twen
39、tieth century as an alternative. The mass-producer uses narrowly skilled professionals to design products made by unskilled or semiskilled workers tending expensive, single purpose machines. These churn out standardized products in very high volume. Because the machinery costs so much and it is so i
40、ntolerant of disruption, the mass-producer adds many buffers - extra supplies, extra workers, and extra space to assure smooth production. Because changing over to a new product costs even more, the mass-producer keeps standard designs in production for as long as possible. The result: the consumer
41、gets lower costs but at the expense of variety and by means of work methods that most employees find boring and dispiriting. The lean producer, by contrast, combines the advantages of craft and mass production, while avoiding the high cost of the former and the rigidity of the latter. Toward this en
42、d, lean producers employ teams of multiskilled workers at levels of the organization and use highly flexible, increasingly automated machines to produce volumes of products in enormous variety. Lean production is “lean“ because it uses less of everything compared with mass production, half the human
43、 effort in the factory, half the manufacturing space, half the investment in tools, half the engineering hours to develop a new product in half the time. Also, it requires keeping far less than half the needed inventory on site, results in much fewer defects, and produces a greater and ever growing
44、variety products. 46 About the craft production, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? （ A） It used highly skilled workers. （ B） It produced expensive goods. （ C） It was developed at the beginning of the twentieth century. （ D） It used flexible machines to make what the buyer asked for. 47
45、Which of the following is made by craft production? （ A） Colored pencils. （ B） Exotic sports car. （ C） Notebooks. （ D） Wooden basins. 48 Why mass production was developed as an alternative? （ A） Only single purpose machines were needed. （ B） It could reduce the cost of production. （ C） It produced n
46、ew products very often. （ D） It produced standardized products in high volume. 49 What are the advantages of lean production? （ A） Fewer detects are produced. （ B） It avoids the high cost of craft production. （ C） It produces products in enormous variety. （ D） All of the above. 50 Why is lean produc
47、tion “lean“? （ A） It employs multiskilled workers （ B） It uses automated machines. （ C） It meets consumers needs. （ D） It uses less of everything compared with mass production. 50 Scientists believe that people “dressed up“ long before they made a habit of wearing clothes. Primitive man dressed hims
48、elf in feathers and ornaments, or painted his body and wrapped himself in animal skins. It was probably some time before man discovered that the decorations kept him warm and protected him from-various injuries. Even today, millions of people who wear little clothing use ornaments and decorations. W
49、hen primitive people began to wear clothing regularly, they had to make it from the materials at hand, In cold regions, they often used the skins of fur-bearing animals as protection against the cold. In warmer regions of the world, the people dressed themselves in clothing made from leaves, tree bark and woven grasses. Some people scraped the hair from a
