1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 50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 What is the main part of the Go
3、lden Gate Bridge? 7 How long is the main span of the Golden Gate Bridge between the towers? 8 The Golden Gate Bridge has six 9 The Mackinac Bridge was finished 10 How many cars will be able to cross the bridge in a single year when a lower deck is added? PART C Directions: You will hear three dialog
4、ues 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 ONLY ON
5、CE. 11 How many people applied but didnt run the race? （ A） 16 000. （ B） 10 000. （ C） 67 000. （ D） 54 000. 12 Which of the following is NOT true? （ A） Most competitors did not finish the race within two hours. （ B） Most competitors were interested in the race. （ C） Most competitors were trying to ru
6、n as fast as they could. （ D） Most competitors wanted to know it they could run 26 miles. 13 Where did one of the runners fall down? （ A） 50 meters from the end. （ B） 15 meters from the end, （ C） 10 meters from the end, （ D） 5 meters from the end. 14 Which of the following is covered in BCD Internat
7、ional programs? （ A） Interviews with radio producers. （ B） A large variety of pop songs. （ C） News from the music library. （ D） Stories about the good old days. 15 Which program gives us the ideas behind the pop songs? （ A） The History of Pop. （ B） The Road to Music. （ C） Pop Words. （ D） About the B
8、ig Hits. 16 For native speakers understanding English pop songs is （ A） effortless （ B） impossible （ C） difficult （ D） unnecessary 17 According to the passage, what animals are often used by scientists to learn about man? （ A） Mice. （ B） Rats. （ C） Monkeys. （ D） All of the above. 18 What are the sci
9、entists studying in this laboratory? （ A） The relationship between mice, rats and monkeys. （ B） The relationship between diet and animals. （ C） The relationship between diet and man. （ D） The relationship between diet and health. 19 Which group of mice is the healthiest among the 3 groups after 3 ye
10、ars? （ A） The first group. （ B） The second group. （ C） The last group. （ D） All the 3 groups. 20 Which of the following is implied but not stated in the experiment? （ A） Diet has nothing to do with health. （ B） The amount of food has something to do with health. （ C） Health depends on diet totally.
11、（ D） Good food has nothing to do with health. 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 Each company has many “publics“ who should be able not only to recognize its name 【 21
12、】 _ to correctly identify its industry and its 【 22】 _ . These publics include present customers and stockholders as well as banks, insurance companies, stockbrokers, and securities 【 23】 _ who supply the company with essential services and capital. The 【 24】 _ names of many well-established compani
13、es can be one of misinformation, thereby 【 25】 _ communication with them. This was the problem that faced Michigan Seamless Tube Companya company with sales of $128 million a year. At first 【 26】 _ ,the companys name tells us that it is located in Michigan 【 27】 _ that it manufactures seamless tubin
14、g. What the name does not 【 28】 _ to most people is the fact Michigan Seamless Tube also has operations in five 【 29】 _ states and has a varied production line of forgings, broaching machines, tools, and steel bars in addition to seamless tubing. The problem was 【 30】_ by the companys 【 31】 _ , whic
15、h operated. 【 32】 _ their own names and were not clearly identified with the 【 33】 _ company. Customers, suppliers, and the financial community did not see Michigan Seamless Tube as a 【 34】 _ based metal producer. They perceived it only as a small, 【 35】 _ , regional manufacturing company. The compa
16、nys 【 36】 _ decided to adopt a new corporate identity. The 【 37】 _ point for this change was the company name. The new name had to be one that could encompass all of the companys products and subsidiaries, a name that would correctly project the image of a 【 38】 _ corporation. After considering many
17、 different possibilities, management decided on a 【 39】 _ word: Quanexa name 【 40】 _ from a combination of the first three letters of the word “quality“ and the first three letters of the Latin word “nex“, which means connection. 21 【 21】 （ A） and （ B） but （ C） however （ D） either 22 【 22】 （ A） prod
18、uction （ B） product （ C） producing （ D） by-product 23 【 23】 （ A） analytical （ B） analyst （ C） analysis （ D） analysts 24 【 24】 （ A） business （ B） co-operation （ C） incorporate （ D） corporate 25 【 25】 （ A） limiting （ B） limits （ C） limit （ D） limited 26 【 26】 （ A） glance （ B） view （ C） watch （ D） cons
19、ideration 27 【 27】 （ A） and （ B） but （ C） so （ D） however 28 【 28】 （ A） pass （ B） transfer （ C） convey （ D） transmit 29 【 29】 （ A） else （ B） others （ C） other （ D） rest 30 【 30】 （ A） decreased （ B） increasingly （ C） increased （ D） compounded 31 【 31】 （ A） headquarters （ B） plants （ C） agents （ D） su
20、bsidiaries 32 【 32】 （ A） in （ B） under （ C） with （ D） have 33 【 33】 （ A） parent （ B） mother （ C） head office （ D） original 34 【 34】 （ A） broadly （ B） sizably （ C） competitively （ D） largely 35 【 35】 （ A） specialized （ B） special （ C） specialty （ D） specialization 36 【 36】 （ A） managements （ B） manag
21、erial （ C） managers （ D） management 37 【 37】 （ A） first （ B） start （ C） begin （ D） starling 38 【 38】 （ A） diversification （ B） diversifying （ C） diversify （ D） diversified 39 【 39】 （ A） created （ B） coined （ C） made （ D） imagined 40 【 40】 （ A） resulted （ B） compounded （ C） derived （ D） changed Part
22、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 In a democratic society citizens are encouraged to form their own opinions on candidates for public offices, taxes, constitutional amendments, environm
23、ental concerns, foreign policy, and other issues. The opinions held by any population are shaped and manipulated by several factors: individual circumstances, the mass media, special-interest groups, and opinion leaders. Wealthy people tend to think differently on social issues from poor people. Fac
24、tory workers probably do not share the same views as white-collar workers, nonunion workers. Women employed outside their homes sometimes have perspectives different from those of full-time homemakers. In these and other ways individual status shapes ones view of current events. The mass media, espe
25、cially television, are powerful influences on the way people think and act. Government officials note how mall from the public tends to “follow the headlines“. Whatever is featured in newspapers and magazines and on television attracts enough attention that people begin to inform themselves and to e
26、xpress opinions. The mass media have also created larger audiences for government and a wider range of public issues than existed before. Prior to television and the national editions of newspapers, issues and candidates tended to remain localized. In Great Britain and West Germany, for example, ele
27、ctions to the national legislatures were usually viewed by voters as local contests. Todays elections are seen as struggles between party leaders and programs. In the United States radio and television have been beneficial to the presidency. Since the days of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his “fireside
28、chats,“ presidents have appealed directly to a national audience over the heads of Congress to advocate their programs. Special-interest groups spend vast sums annually trying to influence public opinion. Public utilities, for instance, tried to sway public opinion in favor of nuclear power plants.
29、Opposed to them were citizens organizations that lobbied to halt the use of nuclear power. During the 1960s the American Medical Association conducted an unsuccessful advertising campaign designed to prevent the passage of medicare. Opinion leaders are usually such prominent public figures as politi
30、cians, show business personalities, and celebrity athletes. The opinions of these individuals, whether informed and intelligent or not, carry weight with some segments of the population. Some individuals, such as Nobel Prize winners, are suddenly thrust into public view by the media. By quickly reac
31、hing a large audience, their views gain a hearing and are perhaps influential in shaping views on complex issues. 41 How many factors could shape public opinion, as mentioned in the text? （ A） 2. （ B） 3. （ C） 4. （ D） 5. 42 The second paragraph is mainly about _. （ A） the influence of gender on peopl
32、es view （ B） the influence of peoples status on their view （ C） the influence of living standard on peoples view （ D） the influence of different jobs on peoples view 43 The expression “follow the headlines“ (in Para. 3) shows _. （ A） people seldom have time to read newspaper articles （ B） people thi
33、nk the headlines contain the most important information （ C） people often get their opinions from newspapers or television （ D） most people look on newspapers or TV as misleading 44 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? （ A） TV programs have a strong influence on governmental poli
34、cy. （ B） Chats on televisions are chief means of running for presidency. （ C） More and more people show interest in polities because of TV. （ D） Before the use of, TV, people showed little interest in politics. 45 It is obvious that the opinion of famous people _. （ A） is often ignored by the public
35、 （ B） is seldom expressed to the point （ C） is often imposed on the public （ D） has a strong influence on people 45 The biggest danger facing the global airline industry is not the effects of terrorism, war, SARS and economic downturn. It is that these blows, which have helped ground 3 national flag
36、-carriers and force two American airlines into bankruptcy, will divert attention from the inherent weaknesses of aviation, which they have exacerbated. As in the crisis that attended the first Gulf War, many airlines hope that traffic will soon bounce back, and a few catastrophic years will be follo
37、wed by fuller planes, happier passengers and a return to profitability. Yet the industrys problems are deeper and older than the trauma of the past two years implies. As the centenary of the first powered flight approached in December, the industry it launched is still remarkably primitive. The car
38、industry, created not long after the Wright Brothers made history, is now a global industry dominated by a dozen firms, at least half of which make good profits. Yet commercial aviation consists of 267 international carders and another 500-plus domestic ones. The worlds biggest carrier, American Air
39、lines, has barely 7% of the global market, whereas the worlds biggest carmaker, General Motors, has (with its associated firms) about a quarter of the worlds automobile market. Aviation has been incompletely deregulated, and in only two markets: America and Europe. Everywhere else deals between gove
40、rnments dictate who flies under what rules. These aims to preserve state-owned national flag-carriers, run for prestige rather than profit. And numerous restrictions on foreign ownership impede cross-border airline mergers. In America, the big network carriers face barriers to exit, which have kept
41、their route networks too large. Trade unions resisting job cuts and Congressmen opposing route closures in their territory conspire to block change. In Europe, liberalization is limited by bilateral deals that prevent, for instance, British Airways (BA) flying to America from Frankfurt or Paris, or
42、Lufthansa offering transatlantic flights from Londons Heathrow. To use the car industry analogy, it is as if only Renaults were allowed to drive on French motorways. In airlines, the optimists are those who think that things are now so bad that the industry has no option but to evolve. Frederick Rei
43、d, president of Delta Air Lines, said earlier this year that events since the September 11th attacks are the equivalent of a meteor strike, changing the climate, creating a sort of nuclear winter and leading to a “compressed evolutionary cycle“. So how, looking on the bright side, might the industry
44、 look after 5 years of accelerated development? 46 According to the author, the deeper problems of aviation industry _. （ A） are the effects of various disasters （ B） are actually not fully recognized （ C） are attracting a lot of attention （ D） are not the real cause of airlines bankruptcy 47 One of
45、 the facts that reflect the primitiveness of airline industry is _. （ A） its history is much longer than that of car industry （ B） it is composed of international and domestic carriers （ C） its market is divided by many a relatively small carrier （ D） it is still an industry of comparatively low pro
46、fits 48 What docs the author mean by “aviation has been incompletely deregulated“ ? (in Para. 3) （ A） Governmental restrictions are still imposed on aviation industry in many areas. （ B） Governments help establish rules for aviation industry only in America and Europe. （ C） Some countries hope to he
47、lp their national carriers keep up their national prestige. （ D） Many countries discourage merger plans between foreign and domestic carriers. 49 It can be inferred from the passage that _. （ A） free competition may help solve the problems confronting aviation industry （ B） problems in America are m
48、ore of a political nature than that in Europe （ C） car industry should exert a more powerful influence on aviation industry （ D） them is still a long way to go before the problems can be solved 50 According to Fredrick Reid, the aviation industry _. （ A） is facing a very serious situation （ B） will
49、confront a difficult evolution （ C） has no way out of the present difficulty （ D） will experience a radical reform 50 Media mogul Ted Turner yesterday sold more than half of his AOL Time Warner Inc. holdings for about $ 780 million, a move that reflects his efforts to slash his financial stake in the media giant. After the close of regular trading yesterday, Turner sold a block of 60 million shares to Goldman Sachs yet increases
