1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 61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 Many people can remember feeling very lonely when we were_. 2 The feeling of loneliness is very difficuh to_. 3 In order to survive, we all put on a_. 4 It is easy to get the feeling that everyone except you is making a full, rich and busy life i
3、n_. 5 Your destination is less_. 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 Where did the Olympic competitions start? 7 The 19th
4、 century saw the beginning of_. 8 Olympic gymnastics medals are usually won by men between the ages of_. 9 In competitions only women perform on the_. 10 What is the performance that both men and women do? PART C Directions: You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one,
5、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 ONCE. 11 When did the Polos arrive in China? （ A） I
6、n 1271 （ B） In 1274 （ C） In 1275 （ D） In 1292 12 Why did the Polos decide to leave China after seventeen years? （ A） Because they were homesick. （ B） Because they lost the emperors favor. （ C） Because the emperor died and the Mongol Empire was falling apart. （ D） Because the hostile court officials
7、might harm them once the emperor died. 13 How long was the journey home for the Polos? （ A） four years （ B） three years （ C） twenty-four years （ D） five years 14 Why did the ancestors of Gypsies leave their homes? （ A） They liked traveling. （ B） The reasons are unknown. （ C） They were driven out of
8、their homes. （ D） They wanted to find a better place to live in. 15 What is the attitude of some people towards Gypsies? （ A） They are unfriendly to Gypsies. （ B） They admire the musical talent of the Gypsies. （ C） They are envious of Gypsies. （ D） They try to put up with Gypsies. 16 What measure ha
9、s been taken to help Gypsy children? （ A） They are now taught in their own language. （ B） They are now allowed to attend local schools. （ C） Special schools have been set up for them. （ D） Permanent homes have been built for them. 17 How to get over the first step to write a letter? （ A） You conside
10、r that you owe somebody a letter. （ B） You consider that letters are gifts. （ C） You consider that writing letters makes you feel cheerful. （ D） You should feel ashamed that you havent answered a letter. 18 When should a letter be considered obligatory? （ A） When you make a good friend. （ B） When yo
11、u receive a gift. （ C） When you want to visit your friends. （ D） When you havent answered a letter for a long time. 19 What is suggested if you want to keep your friends? （ A） Write letters carefully. （ B） Write back promptly. （ C） always use nice words. （ D） Write letters with a proper style. 20 Wh
12、at should be considered the most important when you write a letter? （ A） Clarity. （ B） Dramatic effect. （ C） Information. （ D） Grammar and style. 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 ANSWE
13、R SHEET 1. 20 The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and still closely interrelated. Most American marriages, particularly first marriages 【 21】 _ young couples, are the result of 【 22】 _ attraction and affection 【 23】 _ than practical considerations.
14、In the United States parents do not arrange marriages for their children. Teenagers begin 【 24】 _ in high school and usually find mates through their own academic and social 【 25】 _ . Though young people feel 【 26】 _ to choose their friends from 【 27】 _ groups, most choose a mate of similar backgrou
15、nd, This is 【 28】 _ in part to parental guidance. Parents cannot select spouses for their children, but they can usually 【 29】 _ choices by 【 30】 _ disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable. 【 31】 _ , marriages between members of different groups (interclass, interfaith, and inter racial marri
16、ages) are increasing, probably because of the greater 【 32】 _ of todays youth and the face that they are restricted by 【 33】 _ prejudices than their parents. Many young people leave their home towns to attend college, 【 34】_ in the armed forces, 【 35】 _ pursue a career in a bigger city. Once away fr
17、om home and family, they are more 【 36】 _ to date and marry outside their own social group. In mobile American society, interclass marriages are neither 【 37】 _ nor shocking. Interfaith marriages are 【 38】 _ the rise particularly between Protestants and Catholics. On the other hand, interracial marr
18、iage is still very uncommon. It can be difficult for interracial couples to find a place to live, maintain friendships, and 【 39】 _ a family. Marriage between people of different national 【 40】 _ (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here since colonial times. 21 【 21】 （ A） involvin
19、g （ B） linking （ C） connecting （ D） correlating 22 【 22】 （ A） personal （ B） emotional （ C） mutual （ D） magnetic 23 【 23】 （ A） more （ B） less （ C） other （ D） rather 24 【 24】 （ A） dating （ B） appointment （ C） engagement （ D） matching 25 【 25】 （ A） position （ B） association （ C） contract （ D） contacts
20、26 【 26】 （ A） certain （ B） embarrassed （ C） hesitated （ D） free 27 【 27】 （ A） similar （ B） identical （ C） diverse （ D） differential 28 【 28】 （ A） for （ B） likely （ C） due （ D） because 29 【 29】 （ A） give （ B） influence （ C） make （ D） offer 30 【 30】 （ A） refering （ B） showing （ C） taking （ D） working
21、31 【 31】 （ A） However （ B） Moreover （ C） Therefore （ D） Furthermore 32 【 32】 （ A） mobility （ B） motive （ C） moral （ D） mission 33 【 33】 （ A） less （ B） rather （ C） many （ D） fewer 34 【 34】 （ A） work （ B） serve （ C） stay （ D） remain 35 【 35】 （ A） but （ B） otherwise （ C） or （ D） likewise 36 【 36】 （ A）
22、probable （ B） likely （ C） reluctant （ D） readily 37 【 37】 （ A） scarce （ B） rare （ C） scared （ D） relieved 38 【 38】 （ A） in （ B） at （ C） on （ D） for 39 【 39】 （ A） raise （ B） obtain （ C） grow （ D） unite 40 【 40】 （ A） source （ B） origin （ C） resource （ D） base Part B Directions: Read the following four
23、 texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D . Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 40 The tourist trade is booming. With all this coming and going, youd expect greater under standing to develop between the nations of the world. Not a bit of it! Superb systems of communicati
24、on by air, sea and land make it possible for us to visit each others countries at a moderate cost. What was once the “grand tour“, reserved for only the very rich, is now within everybodys grasp. The package tour and chartered flights are not to be sneered at. Modem travelers enjoy a level of comfor
25、t which the lords and ladies on grand tours in the old days couldnt have dreamed of. But whats the sense of this mass exchange of populations if the nations of the world remain basically ignorant of each other? Many tourist organizations are directly responsible for this state of affairs. They delib
26、erately set out to protect their clients from too much contact with the local population. The modern tourist leads a cosseted, sheltered life. He lives at international hotels, where he eats his inter national food and sips his international drink while he gazes at the natives from a distance. Condu
27、cted tours to places of interest are carefully censored. The tourist is allowed to see only what the organizers want him to see and no more. A strict schedule makes it impossible for the tourist to wander off on his own; and anyway, language is always a barrier, so he is only too happy to be protect
28、ed in this way. At its very worst, this leads to a new and hideous kind of colonization. The sad thing about this situation is that it leads to the persistence of national stereotypes. We dont see the people of other nations as they really are, but as we have been brought up to believe they are. You
29、 can test this for yourself. Take five nationalities, say, French, German, English, American and Italian. Now in your mind, match them with these five adjectives: musical, amorous, cold, pedantic, naive. Far from providing us with any insight into the national characteristics of the peoples just men
30、tioned, these adjectives actually act as barriers. So when you set out on your travels, the only characteristics you notice are those which confirm your preconceptions. You come away with the highly unoriginal and inaccurate impression that, say, “Anglo-Saxons are hypocrites“ or that“ Latin people s
31、hout a lot“. You only have to make a few foreign friends to understand how absurd and harmful national stereotypes are. But how can you make foreign friends when the tourist trade does its best to prevent you? Carded to an extreme, stereotypes can be positively dangerous. Wild generalizations stir u
32、p racial hatred and blind us to the basic fact-how trite it sounds! -that all people are human. We are all similar to each other and at the same time all unique. 41 The best title for this passage is_. （ A） Tourism Contributes Nothing to Increasing Understanding Between Nations. （ B） Tourism is Tire
33、some. （ C） Conducted Tour Is Dull （ D） Tourism Really Does Something to Ones Country 42 What is the authors attitude toward conducted tourism? （ A） Apprehensive （ B） Negative （ C） Critical （ D） Appreciative 43 Which word in the following is the best to summarize Latin peoples character? （ A） Silent.
34、 （ B） Noisy. （ C） Lively. （ D） Active. 44 The purpose of the authors criticism is to point out_. （ A） conducted tour is disappointing （ B） the way of touring should be changed （ C） when traveling, you notice characteristics which confirm preconception （ D） national stereotypes should be changed 45 W
35、hat is “grand tour“ now? （ A） Moderate cost. （ B） Local sight-seeing is investigated by the tourist organization. （ C） People enjoy the first-rate comforts. （ D） Everybody can enjoy the“ grand tour“. 45 For most of us, work is the central, dominating fact of life. We spend more than half our conscio
36、us hours on work, preparing for work, travelling to and from work. What we do there largely determines our standard of living and to a considerable extent the status we are accorded by our fellow citizens as well. It is sometimes said that because leisure has become more important, the indignities a
37、nd injustices of work can be pushed into a corner, and that because most work is pretty intolerable, the people who do it should compensate for its boredom, frustrations and humiliations by concentrating their hopes on the other parts of their lives. I reject that as a counsel of despair. For the fo
38、resee, able future the material and psychological rewards which work can provide, and the conditions in which work can provide, and the conditions in which work is done, will continue to play a vital part in determining the satisfaction that life can offer. Yet only a small minority can control the
39、pace at which they work or the conditions in which their work is done; only for a small minority does work offer scope for creativity, imagination, or initiative. Inequality at work is still one of the cruelest and most glaring forms of inequality in our society. We cannot hope to solve more obvious
40、 problems of industrial life, many of which arise directly or indirectly from the frustrations created by inequality at work, unless we tackle it head-on. Still less can we hope to create a decent and humane society? The most glaring inequality is that between managers and the rest. For most manager
41、s, work is an opportunity and a challenge. Their jobs engage their interest and allow them to develop their abilities. They are constantly learning; they are able to exercise responsibility; they have a considerable degree of control over their own and others-working lives. Most important of all, th
42、ey have the opportunity to initiate. By contrast, for most manual workers, and for a growing number of white-collar workers, work is boring, monotonous, even painful experience. They spend all their working lives in conditions which would be regarded as intolerable-for themselves-by those who take t
43、he decisions which let such conditions continue. The majority has little control over their work; it provides them with no opportunity for personal development. Often production is so designed that workers are simply part of the technology. In of ices, many workers feel alienated from their work and
44、 their firm, whether it is in public or in private ownership. Rising educational standards feed rising expectations, yet the amount of control which the worker has over his. own work situation does not rise accordingly. In many cases his control has been reduced. Symptoms of protest increase-rising
45、sickness and absenteeism, high turnover of employees, restrictions on output, and strikes, both unofficial and official. There is not much escape out and upwards. As management becomes more professional-in itself a good thing- and managers dont think there is close connection between production and
46、working condition. 46 In the writers opinion people judge others by_. （ A） the type of work they do （ B） the place where they work （ C） the time they spend at work （ D） the amount of money they earn 47 According to the writer, in the future work will_. （ A） matter less than it does now （ B） be as im
47、portant as it is now （ C） be better paid than it is now （ D） offer more satisfaction than it does now 48 What does the writer think is needed to solve our industrial problems? （ A） A reduction in the number of strikes. （ B） Equality in salaries. （ C） A more equal distribution of responsibility. （ D）
48、 An improvement in moral standards. 49 What advantages does the writer say managers have over other workers? （ A） They cannot lose their jobs. （ B） They get time off to attend courses. （ C） They can work at whatever interests them. （ D） They can make their own decisions. 50 Why do working conditions
49、 generally remain bad? （ A） The workers are quite satisfied with them. （ B） No one can decide what to do about them. （ C） Managers see no need to change them. （ D） Office workers want to protect their position. 50 With the development of the society, especially the development of economy, the life both in coun
