1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 323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 children did Susan and Michael interview? （ A） 150. （ B） 151. （ C） 152 （ D） 153 12 Why do many of the boys avoid certain instruments? （ A） Because they find it not challenging enough to play them. （ B） Because they consider it important to be different from girls. （ C）
5、 Because they find them too hard to play. （ D） Because they think it silly to play them. 13 Which group of children have a bias when choosing musical instruments? （ A） Children with private music tutors. （ B） Children who are between 5 and 7. （ C） Children who are well-educated. （ D） Children who ar
6、e 8 or older. 14 The patient, according to the analysts report, is （ A） physically ill. （ B） mentally ill. （ C） fit. （ D） nervous. 15 How often does the woman smoke? （ A） Quite often. （ B） Once in a while. （ C） Rarely. （ D） Never. 16 When does the lady usually go to bed? （ A） 1:00 a. m. （ B） 2:00 a.
7、 m. （ C） 11:00 p. m. （ D） 12:00 p. m. 17 Whats the main topic of the-monologue? （ A） Different animals yawns. （ B） Humans yawn. （ C） Fishs yawn. （ D） Social animals yawns. 18 What is the speakers main point? （ A） Animals yawn for a number of reasons. （ B） Yawning results only from fatigue or boredom
8、. （ C） Human yawns are the same as those of other animals. （ D） Only social animals yawn. 19 According to the speaker, when are hippos likely to yawn? （ A） When they are swimming. （ B） When they are quarreling. （ C） When they are socializing. （ D） When they are eating. 20 What physiological reason f
9、or yawning is mentioned? （ A） To exercise the jaw muscles. （ B） To eliminate fatigue. （ C） To get greater strength for attacking. （ D） To gain more oxygen. Part A 20 You may say that the business of marking books is going to slow down your reading. It probably will. That s one of the【 B1】 _for doing
10、 it. Most of us have been taken in by the notion that speed of【 B2】 _is a measure of our intelligence. There is no such things as the right【 B3】 _for intelligent reading. Some things should be【 B4】 _quickly and effortlessly, and some should be read slowly and even laboriously. The sign of intelligen
11、ce 【 B5】 _reading is the ability to read different things differently according to their worth. In the【 B6】 _of good books, the point is not to see how many of them can you get through, 【 B7】 _how many can you get through them how many you can【 B8】 _your own. A few friends are better than a thousand
12、 acquaintances. If this be your goal,【 B9】 _ it should be, you will not be impatient if it takes more time and effort to read a great book than a newspaper【 B10】 _. You may have another objection to【 B11】 _ books. You cant lend them to your friends【 B12】 _nobody else can read them【 B13】 _being distr
13、acted by your notes. Whats more, you wont want to lend them because a【 B14】 _copy is a kind of intellectual diary, and【 B15】 _it is almost like giving your mind away. 21 【 B1】 22 【 B2】 23 【 B3】 24 【 B4】 25 【 B5】 26 【 B6】 27 【 B7】 28 【 B8】 29 【 B9】 30 【 B10】 31 【 B11】 32 【 B12】 33 【 B13】 34 【 B14】 35
14、 【 B15】 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. 35 Every country with a monetary system of its own has to have some kind of market in which dealers in bills, notes, and other forms of short
15、 term credit can buy and sell. The “money market“ is a set of institutions or arrangements for handling what might be called wholesale transactions in money and short term credit. The need for such facilities arises in much the same way that a similar need does in connection with the distribution of
16、 any of the products of a diversified economy to their final users at the retail level. If the retailer is to provide reasonably adequate service to his customers, he must have active contacts with others who specialize in making or handling bulk quantities of whatever is his stock in trade. The mon
17、ey market is made up of specialized facilities of exactly this kind. It exists for the purpose of improving the ability of the retailers of financial services commercial banks, savings institutions, investment houses, lending agencies, and even governments to do their jobs. It has little if any cont
18、act with the individuals or firms who maintain accounts with these various retailers or purchase their securities or borrow from them. The elemental functions of a money market must be performed in any kind of modern economy , even one that is largely planned or socialist, but the arrangements in so
19、cialist countries do not ordinarily take the form of a market. Money markets exist in countries that use market processes rather than planned allocations to distribute most of their primary resources among alternative uses. The general distinguishing feature of a money market is that it relies upon
20、open competition among those who are bulk suppliers of funds at any particular time and among those seeking bulk funds, to work out the best practicable distribution of the existing total volume of such funds. In their market transactions, those with bulk supplies of funds or demands for them, rely
21、on groups of intermediaries who act as brokers or dealers. The characteristics of these middlemen, the services they perform, and their relationship to other parts of the financial vary widely from country to country. In many countries there is no single meeting place where the middlemen get togethe
22、r, yet in most countries the contacts among all participants are sufficiently open and free to assure each supplier or user of funds that he will get or pay a price that fairly reflects all of the influences (including his own) that are currently affecting the whole supply and the whole demand. In n
23、early all cases, moreover, the unifying force of competition is reflected at any given moment in a common price (that is, rate of interest) for similar transactions. Continuous fluctuations in the money market rates of interest result from changes in the pressure of available supplies of funds upon
24、the market and in the pull of current demands upon the market. 36 The first paragraph is mainly about_. （ A） the definition of money market （ B） the constitution of a money market （ C） the basic functions of a money market （ D） the general feature of a money market 37 According to this passage, a mo
25、ney market_ （ A） provides convenient services to its customers （ B） has close contact with the individuals or firms seeking funds （ C） maintains accounts with various retailers of financial services （ D） is made up of institutions who specialize in handling wholesale monetary transactions 38 Which o
26、f the following statements about a money market is NOT true according to this passage? （ A） Money market does not exist in planned economies. （ B） Money market has been established in some socialist countries. （ C） Money market encourages open competition among bulk suppliers of funds. （ D） Money ma
27、rket relies upon market processes to distribute funds to final users. 39 The author uses the example of middleman to show_. （ A） market transactions are important in different countries （ B） dealers are needed in doing business （ C） middlemen can play great role in different transactions and differe
28、nt countries （ D） middlemen in different countries have different actions in business 40 According to this passage,_. （ A） brokers usually perform the same kinds of services to their customers （ B） brokers have little contact with each other （ C） open competition tends to result in common price for
29、similar transactions at any given moment （ D） changes in the pressure of available supplies of funds upon market tends to maintain a common price for similar transactions 40 About 50 years ago the idea of disabled people doing sports was never heard of. But when the annual games for the disabled wer
30、e started at Stroke Mandeville, England in 1948 by Sir Ludwig Guttmann, the situation began to change. Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who had been driven to England in 1939 from Nazi Germany, had been asked by the British government to set up an injuries centre at Stroke Mandeville Hospital near London. His i
31、deas about treating injuries included sports for the disabled. In the first games just two teams of injured soldiers took part. The next year, 1949, five teams took part. From those beginnings things developed fast. Teams now come from abroad to Stroke Mandeville every year. In 1960 the first Olympi
32、cs for the Disabled were held in Rome. Now, every four years the Olympic Games for the Disabled are held, if possible, in the same place as the normal Olympic Games, although they are organized separately. In other years Games for the Disabled are still held at Stroke Mandeville. In the 1984 wheelch
33、air Olympic Games, 1, 604 wheelchair athletes from about 40 countries took part. Unfortunately, they were held at Stroke Mandeville and not in Los Angeles, along with the other Olympics. The Games have been a great success in promoting international friendship and understanding, and in proving that
34、being disabled does not mean you cant enjoy sports. One small source of disappointment for those who organize and take part in the games, however, has been the unwillingness of the International Olympic Committee to include the disabled events at the Olympic Games for the able bodies. Perhaps a few
35、more years are still needed to convince those fortunate enough not to be disabled that their disabled fellow athletes should not be excluded. 41 The first games for the disabled were held _after Sir Ludwig Guttmann arrived in England. （ A） 50 years （ B） 21 years （ C） 9 years （ D） 4 years 42 Besides
36、Stroke Mandeville, surely the games for the disabled were once held in_. （ A） New York （ B） London （ C） Rome （ D） Los Angeles 43 In paragraph 2, the underlined word “athletes“ means “_“. （ A） people who support the games （ B） people who watch the games （ C） people who organize the games （ D） people
37、who compete in the games 44 Which of the following statements is NOT true? （ A） Sir Ludwig Guttmann is an early organizer of the games for the disabled. （ B） Sir Ludwig Guttmann is an injured soldier. （ C） Sir Ludwig Guttmann is from Germany. （ D） Sir Ludwig Guttmann is welcomed by the British. 45 F
38、rom the passage we may conclude that the writer is_ （ A） one of the organizers of the games for the disabled （ B） a disabled who once took part in the games （ C） against holding the games for the disabled （ D） in favor of holding the game for the disabled 45 Police in the popular resort city Virgini
39、a Beach recently began operating video surveillance cameras with controversial face recognition technology. Virginia Beach and Tampa in Florida two cities in the United States acquired the technology, which cost them $197,000. “Before we switched it on, we went through an extensive public education
40、process with hearings and the involvement of citizen groups and minority groups, who helped write the policies we are using, “ said deputy police chief Greg Mullen. A citizens auditing committee has the right to perform unannounced spot checks on police headquarters to make sure the technology is no
41、t being misused. Three of the citys 13 cameras are linked full time to the face recognition system, though the others can be activited as needed. The database of wanted people is updated every day. So far, the system has failed to produce a single arrest, though it has generated a few false alarms.
42、It works by analyzing faces based on a series of measurements, such as the distance from the tip of the nose to the chin or the space between the eyes. Critics say it is highly inaccurate and can be easily fooled. Mullen, who sees the system eventually being linked to the databases of other city, st
43、ate and federal law enforcement agencies to track criminals and suspected terrorists, said, “ The system doesnt look at skin color or your hair or your gender. It takes human prejudices out of the equation. “ “This technology has little or no effect on the crime rate but it does have ah effect on pe
44、oples behavior. People feel cowed,“ said Bruce Steinhardt, who directs the technology. Despite the fact that tests have shown faces recognition only works in around 30% cases, the ACLU is alarmed that the technology may soon spread to airports. The organization also fears it could potentially be use
45、d to monitor individuals political activities to harass law-abiding citizens. “This kind of surveillance should be subject to the same procedures as wiretaps. Law enforcement agencies should justify why they need it and it should be tightly limited, otherwise it will soon become a tool of social con
46、trol,“ said Mihir Kshisagar of the Electronic Information Privacy Center. Nor does such criticism come exclusively from the political left. Lawyer John Whitehead, founder of the conservative Rutherford Institute, wrote in an editorial that the technology threatened the right of each U. S. citizen to
47、 participate in society. “After all, that is exactly what constant surveillance isthe ultimate implied threat of coercion,“ he wrote. 46 What does Mullens statement in Paragraph 1 indicate? （ A） Police is confident in using the technology. （ B） Police has made preparation for the use of the technolo
48、gy. （ C） Citizens have rights over managing the technology. （ D） Police has gone through public education process. 47 Why does the system fall to arrest a wanted person? （ A） The system is not effective in recognizing people. （ B） The system doesnt look at skin color or ones gender. （ C） The system
49、doesnt consider peoples specific features. （ D） The system is highly inaccurate and can be easily fooled. 48 What is the ACLUs attitude to the system? （ A） Worried. （ B） Skeptical. （ C） Confident. （ D） Indifferent. 49 In John Whiteheads opinion, which statement is true? （ A） Face recognition technology may interfere with peoples privacy. （ B） Face recognition technology may enhance the countrys constant surveillance. （ C） Face recognition te
