1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 77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 Within minutes after the little
3、 monkey is put into a small steel cage, the fright in its little brown eyes softens into _. 7 For Dr. Camerons purposes, the baby monkey can be compared to a highly anxious or depressed 8 How much percent of adults can be kept from growing into a weak condition and lifelong problem if researchers le
4、arn how the disorder takes root? 9 The animals cannot talk about feelings. Anxiety, though, is easy to measure by _. 10 Ultimately, what can be searched for that may explain peoples anxiety? PART C Directions: You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5
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 What unusual question may doctors ask when giving kids a
6、checkup next time? （ A） How much exercise they get every day. （ B） What they are most worried about. （ C） How long their parents accompany them daily. （ D） What entertainment they are interested in. 12 The academy suggests that children under age two _. （ A） get enough entertainment （ B） have more a
7、ctivities （ C） receive early education （ D） have regular checkups 13 According to the report, childrens bedrooms should _. （ A） be no place for play （ B） be near a common area （ C） have no TV sets （ D） have a computer for study 14 According to the speaker, what should one pay special attention to if
8、 he wants to save up? （ A） Family debts （ B） Bank savings （ C） Monthly bills （ D） Spending habits 15 How much can a person save by retirement if he gives up his pack-a-day habit? （ A） 190,000 （ B） 330,000 （ C） 500,000 （ D） 1,000,000 16 What should one do before paying monthly bills, if he wants to a
9、ccumulate wealth? （ A） Invest into a mutual fund （ B） Use the discount tickets （ C） Quit his eating-out habit （ D） Use only paper bills and save coins 17 Whats the main topic of the monologue? （ A） Different animals yawn. （ B） Humans yawn. （ C） Fishs yawn. （ D） Social animals yawn. 18 What is the sp
10、eakers main point? （ A） Animals yawn for a number of reasons. （ B） Yawning results only from fatigue of boredom. （ 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
11、 they are quarreling. （ C） When they are socializing. （ D） When they are eating. 20 What physiological reason for 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. 一、 Section II Use of English (15
12、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 College sports in the United States are a huge deal. Almost all major American universities have football, baseball, basketball and hockey programs, and 【 21】 _ mill
13、ions of dollars each year to sports. Most of them earn millions 【 22】 _ as well. in television revenues, sponsorships. They also benefit 【 23】 _ from the added publicity they get via their teams. Big-name universities 【 24】 _ each other in the most popular sports. Football games at Michigan regularl
14、y 【 25】 _ crowds of over 90,000. Basketballs national collegiate championship game is a TV 【 26】 _ on a par with (与 相同或相似 ) any other sporting event in the United States, 【 27】_ perhaps the Super Bowl itself. At any given time during fall or winter one can 【 28】 _ ones TV set and see the top athleti
15、c programs from schools like Michigan, UCLA, Duke and Stanford 【 29】 _ 29in front of packed houses and national TV audiences. The athletes themselves are 【 30】 _ and provided with scholarships. College coaches identify 【 31】 _ teenagers and then go into high schools to 【 32】_ the countrys best playe
16、rs to attend their universities. There are strict rules about 【 33】 _ coaches can recruit no recruiting calls after 9 p. m., only one official visit to a campus hut they are often bent and sometimes 【 34】 _ . Top college football programs 【 35】 _ scholarships to 20 or 30 players each year, and those
17、 student-athletes, when they arrive 【 36】 _ campus, receive free housing, tuition, meals, books, etc. In return, the players 【 37】 _ the program in their sport. Football players at top colleges 【 38】 _ two hours a day, four days a week from January to April. In summer, its back to strength and agili
18、ty training four days a week until mid-August, when camp 【 39】 _ and preparation for the opening of the September-to-December season begins 【 40】 _ . During the season, practices last two or three hours a day from Tuesday to Friday. Saturday is game day. Mondays are an officially mandated day of res
19、t. 21 【 21】 （ A） attribute （ B） distribute （ C） devote （ D） attach 22 【 22】 （ A） out （ B） by （ C） in （ D） back 23 【 23】 （ A） directly （ B） indirectly （ C） apart （ D） indirect 24 【 24】 （ A） compete for （ B） compete in （ C） compete against （ D） compete over 25 【 25】 （ A） draw （ B） amuse （ C） govern （
20、D） handle 26 【 26】 （ A） spectator （ B） spectacle （ C） spectrum （ D） spectacles 27 【 27】 （ A） save （ B） saving （ C） saved （ D） to save 28 【 28】 （ A） flip on （ B） flap at （ C） fling away （ D） flush out 29 【 29】 （ A） battle （ B） to battle （ C） battling （ D） battled 30 【 30】 （ A） recruited （ B） reconcil
21、ed （ C） rectified （ D） reserved 31 【 31】 （ A） promising （ B） pleasing （ C） prominent （ D） professional 32 【 32】 （ A） contrive （ B） convince （ C） convert （ D） convict 33 【 33】 （ A） which （ B） what （ C） how （ D） whether 34 【 34】 （ A） ignored （ B） neglected （ C） remembered （ D） noticed 35 【 35】 （ A） of
22、fer （ B） afford （ C） award （ D） reward 36 【 36】 （ A） in （ B） on （ C） at （ D） around 37 【 37】 （ A） commit themselves to （ B） commit themselves on （ C） commute themselves to （ D） comply themselves to 38 【 38】 （ A） work in （ B） work out （ C） work over （ D） work off 39 【 39】 （ A） recalls （ B） enlists （
23、C） convenes （ D） collects 40 【 40】 （ A） in principle （ B） in confidence （ C） in name （ D） in earnest 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 The demoralizing environment, decrepit (老朽的 )
24、building and minimal materials make the high school experience for these children an uphill baffle. Merely graduating from such a high school is difficult, much less becoming a high-caliber science or engineering student. Schools with students from a higher socioeconomic level would not tolerate the
25、 obstacles I encountered daily. Improvements need to be made efficiently and made soon, or the divisions among people in this country will only become more extreme. Of course, there are things that concerned citizens can do to help. Get involved with a school, especially one in a poor area. Voluntee
26、r to give a presentation or just to spend time with the children. My students were excited to talk to an insurance salesperson who came to give a career exploration lecture. They not only were genuinely interested in the opportunities he described but also were amazed that such a man would donate an
27、 afternoon to them. Although those measures can help, they are not enough. For teaching to be effective, the entire environment of the inner city needs to be changed. Teaching someone the difference between velocity and acceleration is irrelevant if the person is hungry and scared. Programs that edu
28、cate parents in child-rearing, organize low-income groups into cooperative units, fight drug trafficking and help to clean up theghettos physically will improve the life in the community. The small alterations and “ new“ proposals currently filling the newspapers are certainly not strong enough to t
29、ransform a decaying and demoralized school structure that has been disintegrating for decades. Innercity schools need so much more, and the children deserve so much more than our society is willing to give. Like many other people, I entered the teaching profession eager to investigate change and fou
30、nd many institutionalized obstacles in my way. It should not be so difficult to make a difference. 41 By saying “an uphill battle“, the author means （ A） a tough task. （ B） a easy job. （ C） an upgrade class. （ D） climbing a hill. 42 We can learn from the text that （ A） the political circle will offe
31、r the help to the high schools. （ B） giving a presentation is beneficial to students. （ C） teaching methods have to be changed. （ D） students are afraid to talk to strangers. 43 The author believes that （ A） the divisions among people results from their property. （ B） a high-caliber science student
32、graduates from a ordinary high school. （ C） the small alterations should be done immediately. （ D） the societys help to inner-city schools is inadequate. 44 It is the authors opinion that _ will improve the life of inner city people. （ A） offering more education programs to students （ B） helping to
33、cleaning up the ghettos physically （ C） taking measures to help extreme poor students （ D） bring up more engineering students 45 It can be concluded from the authors remarks that （ A） we should educate more high school students. （ B） the obstacles in teachers way should be moved away. （ C） the decay
34、ing school buildings should be reconstructed. （ D） we should build up more high school in our city. 45 Many sentences used to describe monetary policy, such as “steering the economy to a soft landing“ or “a touch on the brakes“, makes it sound like a precise science. Nothing could be further from th
35、e troth. The relation between interest rates and inflation is uncertain. And there are long, variable lags before policy changes have any effect on the economy. Hence the analogy that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened windscreen, a cracked rearview mirror and a
36、faulty steering wheel. Given all these disadvantages, central bankers seem to have had much to boast about. Average inflation in the big seven industrial economies fell to a mere 2.3 % last year, close to its lowest level in 30 years, before rising slightly to 2.5 % this July. This is a long way bel
37、ow the double-digit rates which many countries experienced in the 1970s and early 1980s. It is also less than most forecasters had predicted. In late 1994 the panel of economists which The Economist polls each month said that Americas inflation rate would average 3.5% in 1995. In fact, it fell to 2.
38、6% in August, and is expected to average only about 3% for the year as a whole. In Britain and Japan inflation is running half a percentage point below the rate predicted at the end of last year. This is no flash in the pan; over the past few years, inflation has been continually lower than expected
39、 in Britain and America. Economists have been particularly surprised by favourable inflation figures in Britain and the United States, since conventional measures suggest that both economies, and especially that of America, have little productive slack. Americas capacity utilisation, for example, hi
40、t historically high levels earlier this year, and its jobless rate (5.6% in August) has fallen below most estimates of the natural rate of unemployment the rate below which inflation has taken off in the past. Why has inflation proved so mild? The most thrilling explanation is, unfortunately, a litt
41、le defective. Some economists argue that powerful structural changes in the world have up-ended the old ecoaomic models which were based upon the historical link between growth and inflation. 46 According to the text, making monetary policy changes （ A） is comparable to driving a car. （ B） is simila
42、r to carrying out scientific work. （ C） will not influence the economy immediately. （ D） will have an immediate impact on the inflation rate. 47 From the text we learn that （ A） there is a clear relationship between inflation and interest rates. （ B） the economy always follows particular trends. （ C
43、） the current economic problems are entirely predictable. （ D） the present economic situation is better than expected. 48 The text suggests that （ A） the previous economic models are still applicable. （ B） an extremely low jobless rate will lead to inflation. （ C） a high unemployment rate will resul
44、t from inflation. （ D） interest rates have an immediate effect on the economy. 49 By saying “This is no flash in the pan“(Para.3, lines 5) ,the author means that （ A） the low inflation rate will continue. （ B） the inflation rate will rise again. （ C） inflation will disappear entirely. （ D） there is
45、no inflation at present. 50 How does the author feel about the present situation? （ A） Tolerant. （ B） Indifferent. （ C） Disappointed. （ D） Surprised. 50 Proper arrangement of classroom space is important to encouraging interaction. Most of us have noticed how important physical setting is to efficie
46、ncy and comfort when we work. Todays corporations hire human engineering specialists and spend a great deal of time and money to make sure that the physical environments of buildings are fit to the activities of their inhabitants. Similarly, college classroom space should be designed to encourage th
47、e activity of critical thinking. We will move into the twenty-first century, but step into almost any college classroom and you will step back in time at least a hundred years. Desks are normally in straight rows, so students can clearly see the teacher but not all their classmates. The assumption b
48、ehind such an arrangement is obvious: Everything important comes from the teacher. With a little imagination and effort, unless desks are fixed to the floor, the teacher can correct this situation and create space that encourages interchanges among students. In small or standard-size classes, chairs
49、, desks and tables can be arranged in different ways: circles, U-shapes, or semicircles. The primary goal should be for everyone to be able to see everyone else. Larger classes, particularly those held in lecture halls, unfortunately, allow much less flexibility. Arrangement of the classroom should also make it easy to divide students into small groups for discussion or problem-solving exercises. Small classes with moveable desks
