1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 172（无答案）Part ADirections: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer Questions 1-10 by circling TRUE or FALSE. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. You now have 1 minute to read Questions 1-10.1 Dr. Wilson and Mr. Wang have known each other before.（A）TRUE（B） FALSE2 Wang prefers to liv
2、e with an English family.（A）TRUE（B） FALSE3 Wang intends to study how computer is used for language translation.（A）TRUE（B） FALSE4 Back in his own country, Mr. Wang studied C-language and chemistry.（A）TRUE（B） FALSE5 Wang has some experience about CAD.（A）TRUE（B） FALSE6 Dr. Wilson is satisfied with Wang
3、s past experience.（A）TRUE（B） FALSE7 Wang has little knowledge of the phonetic processing system.（A）TRUE（B） FALSE8 Wang decides to take courses and pass exams.（A）TRUE（B） FALSE9 Dr. Wilson suggests that Wang should extend his stay at the university.（A）TRUE（B） FALSE10 Dr. Wilson asks Wang to do a littl
4、e more research before deciding on his project.（A）TRUE（B） FALSEPart BDirections: You will hear 3 conversations or talks and you must answer the questions by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear the recording ONLY ONCE.11 What should one do if he wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the
5、 morning?（A）Change his energy cycle.（B） Overcome his laziness.（C） Get up earlier than usual.（D）Go to bed earlier.12 Why does the speaker suggest we rise with a yawn and stretch?（A）Because it will help keep your energy for the days work.（B） Because it will help you to control your temper early in the
6、 day.（C） Because it will help you to concentrate on your routine work.（D）Because it will keep your energy cycle under control all day.13 Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?（A）Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save ones energy.（B） Dr. Kleiman explains why people reach their p
7、eaks at different hours of a day.（C） Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle.（D）Children have energy cycles, too.14 Whats the main purpose of the talk?（A）To introduce the concept of inflation.（B） To discuss the causes of inflation.（C） To review yesterdays lecture on inflation.（D）To argue
8、in favor of inflation.15 According to the lecture, what is inflation?（A）Rising prices.（B） Fixed income.（C） Real income.（D）Cost of living.16 Who benefits most from inflation?（A）Persons who have salaries according to long-term contracts.（B） Persons who own businesses.（C） Persons with old-age pensions.
9、（D）Persons with slow-rising incomes.17 Who is the speaker?（A）A poet.（B） A teacher.（C） A student.（D）An artist.18 What was the discussion topic of the previous class meeting?（A）New England mystery stories.（B） Eighteenth-century English criticism.（C） A comparison of poems of Dickinson and Whitman.（D）Th
10、e poems of Walt Whitman.19 How did Emily Dickinson differ from Walt Whitman?（A）She published poems frequently.（B） She seldom left home.（C） She lived in an earlier era.（D）She spoke a different language.20 What will the class do now?（A）Hear another report.（B） Discuss one of Emily Dickinsons poems.（C）
11、Hear a lecture given by the teacher.（D）Discuss poems they have written themselves.Part CDirections: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer the questions or complete the notes in your test booklet for Questions 21-30 by writing NOT MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided on the right. You wi
12、ll hear the talk TWICE.You now have 1 minute to read Questions 21-30.21 Whats the average increase per year of foreign student population in the period between 1985 and 1990 in terms of percentage?22 Which area of the world contributed to an increase between 94/95 and 95/96?23 When will the speaker
13、talk about the economic and political changes?24 What will the speaker discuss first?25 According to the figure of the academic year 1995/96, where do the largest number of foreign students come from?26 Whats the number of students from Malaysia?27 Which is the most popular major of study?28 Whats t
14、he percentage of students in business and management?29 In terms of academic levels, in which level do we find the smallest number?30 In brief, what did the speaker talk about?一、Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE s
15、uitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 30 “Down-to-earth“ means someone or something that is honest, realistic and easy to deal with. It is a pleasure to find【C1】_who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk【C2】_and accepts other people as equals. A down-to-earth
16、person is just the【C3】_of someone who acts important or proud.Down-to-earth persons may be【C4】_members of society, of course. But they do not let their importance “【C5 】_to their heads“. They do not consider themselves to be better persons than【C6】_of less importance. Someone who is filled with his
17、own importance and pride, 【C7】_without cause, is said to have “his nose in the air“. There is【C8 】_way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.Americans【 C9】_another expression that means almost the same as “down-to-earth“. The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground“. Someone【C10】_bot
18、h-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good understanding【C11】_reality. He has what is called “ common sense, “ he may have dreams, 【C12】_he does not allow them to block his knowledge of【C13】_is real.The opposite kind of【C14】_is one who has his “head-in-the-clouds“. A man with his head-in-the-cloud
19、s is a dreamer【C15】_mind is not in the real world.【C16 】_, such a dreamer can be brought back to earth. Sharp words from teacher can usually【C17 】_a day-dreaming student down-to-earth.Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very【C18】_ to have both feet on the ground.【C19 】_we have both our feet
20、on the ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act honestly and openly【C20】_others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.31 【C1 】32 【C2 】33 【C3 】34 【C4 】35 【C5 】36 【C6 】37 【C7 】38 【C8 】39 【C9 】40 【C10 】41 【C11 】42 【C12 】43 【C13 】44 【C14 】45 【C15 】46 【C16 】47 【C17 】48 【C18 】49 【C19
21、】50 【C20 】Part ADirections: Read the following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 50 Today TV audiences all over the world are accustomed to the sight of American astronauts in tip-top condition, with fair hair, crew-cut
22、s, good teeth, an uncomplicated sense of humour and a severely limited non-technical vocabulary.What marks out an astronaut from his earthbound fellow human beings is something of a difficult problem. Should you wish to interview him, you must apply beforehand, and you must be prepared for a longish
23、 wait, even if your application meets with success. It is, in any case, out of the question to interview an astronaut about his family life or personal activities, Because all the astronauts have contracts with an American magazine under conditions forbidding any unauthorized disclosures about their
24、 private lives.Certain obvious qualities are needed. Anyone who would be a spaceman must be in perfect health, must have powers of concentration(since work inside a spacecraft is exceptionally demanding)and must have considerable courage. Again, space-work calls for dedication. Courage and dedicatio
25、n are particularly essential. In the well-known case of the Challenger seven crew members lost their lives in space because of the faulty equipment in the shuttle. Another must be outstanding scientific expertise. It goes without saying that they all have to have professional aeronautical qualificat
26、ions and experience.A striking feature of the astronauts is their ages. For the younger man, in his twenties, say, space is out. Only one of the fifty men working for NASA in 1970 was under 30. The oldest astronaut to date is Alan Shepard, Americas first man in space, who, at nearly fifty, was also
27、the man who captained Apollo 13. The average age is the late thirties. The crew members of Apollo 11 were all born well before the Second World War. In 1986 the Challenger astronauts had an average age of 39. The range was from 35 to 46.In a society where marital continuity is not always exhibited,
28、the astronauts record in this respect hits you in the eye. Of all the married men in NASA group, only two or three are divorced from their wives. Mind you, it is hard to tell whether something in the basic character of an astronaut encourages fidelity or whether the selection process demands that a
29、candidate should be happily married.The NASA astronauts live in unattractive small communities dotted here and there around the base in Texas. You would expect them to find their friends from among their professional associates, But this is not the case. Rather, they prefer to make friends with the
30、normal folk in their districts. Astronauts, like everybody else, must get fed up with talking shop all the time, and whereas they are indeed an elite, their daily life outside work should be as normal as possible, if only for the sake of their families.As for the astronauts political leanings, they
31、seem to be towards the right. This may be due to the fact that a large proportion of the astronauts have a military background. On the other hand, it could be just coincidence.51 Details of the private life of an astronaut are hard to come by, Because they are _ .（A）his own business and privacy（B） s
32、ecrets as far as interviews are concerned（C） the property of an American magazine（D）the first-rate national confidential information52 To audience, the typical American astronaut（A）has a limited vocabulary（B） is a clean-cut, cheerful and frank guy（C） cant understand a sophisticated joke（D）is well-bu
33、ilt but rather slow-witted53 In politics, astronauts are generally_.（A）democrats（B） republicans（C） conservatives（D）communists54 The phrase“ talking shop“(Line 4, Para. 6)probably means_.（A）talking about shopping（B） discussing ones work with colleagues（C） exchanging personal news（D）talking with frien
34、ds in a group55 Which of the statements is NOT true?（A）Astronauts have a good job which demands high.（B） The divorce rate in NASA is very low.（C） The NASA astronauts mostly find friends from among their work.（D）There is no younger man in his twenties in the spaceship.55 Defenders of special protecti
35、ve labor legislation for women often maintain that eliminating such laws would destroy the fruits of a century-long struggle for the protection of women workers. Even a brief examination of the historic practice of courts and employers would show that the fruit of such laws has been bitter; they are
36、, in practice, more of a curse than a blessing.Sex-defined protective laws have often been based on stereotypical assumptions concerning women s needs and abilities, and employers have frequently used them as legal excuses for discriminating against women. After the Second World War, for example, bu
37、sinesses and government sought to persuade women to vacate jobs in factories, thus making room in the labor force for returning veterans. The revival or passage of state laws limiting the daily or weekly work hours of women conveniently accomplished this. Employers had only to declare that overtime
38、hours were a necessary condition of employment or promotion in their factory, and women could be quite legally fired, refused jobs, or kept at low wage levels, all in the name of “protecting“ their health. By validating such laws when they are challenged by lawsuits, the courts have colluded over th
39、e years in establishing different, less advantageous employment terms for women than for men, thus reducing women s competitiveness on the job market. At the same time, even the most well-intentioned lawmakers, courts, and employers have often been blind to the real needs of women. The lawmakers and
40、 the courts continue to permit employers to offer employee health insurance plans that cover all known human medical disabilities except those relating to pregnancy and childbirth.Finally, labor laws protecting only special groups are often ineffective at protecting the workers who are actually in t
41、he workplace. Some chemicals, for example, pose reproductive risks for women of childbearing years; manufacturers using the chemicals comply with laws protecting women against these hazards by refusing to hire them. Thus the sex-defined legislation protects the hypothetical female worker, but has no
42、 effect whatever on the safety of any actual employee. The health risks to male employees in such industries cannot be negligible, since chemicals toxic enough to cause birth defects in fetuses or sterility in women are presumably harmful to the human metabolism. Protective laws aimed at changing pr
43、oduction materials or techniques in order to reduce such hazards would benefit all employees without discriminating against any.In sum, protective labor laws for women are discriminatory and do not meet their intended purpose. Legislators should recognize that women are in the work force to stay, an
44、d that their needsgood health care, a decent wage, and a safe workplaceare the needs of all workers. Laws that ignore these facts violate women s rights for equal protection in employment.56 According to the author, which of the following resulted from the passage or revival of state laws limiting t
45、he work hours of women workers?（A）Women workers were compelled to leave their jobs in factories.（B） Many employers had difficulty in providing jobs for returning veterans.（C） Many employers found it hard to attract women workers.（D）The health of most women factory workers improved.57 According to th
46、e first paragraph of the passage, the author considers which of the following to be most helpful in determining the value of special protective labor legislation for women?（A）A comparative study of patterns of work-related illnesses in states that had such laws and in states that did not.（B） An esti
47、mate of how many women workers are in favor of such laws.（C） An analysis of the cost to employers of complying with such laws.（D）An examination of the actual effects that such laws have had in the past on women workers.58 The main point of the passage is that special protective labor laws for women
48、workers are_.（A）unnecessary because most workers are well protected by existing labor laws（B） harmful to the economic interests of women workers while offering them little or no actual protection（C） not worth preserving even though they do represent a hardwon legacy of the labor movement（D）controver
49、sial because male workers receive less protection than they require59 The author implies that which of the following is characteristic of many employee health insurance plans?（A）They cover all the common medical conditions affecting men, but only some of those affecting women.（B） They lack the special provisions for women workers that proposed special labor laws for women would provide.（C） They pay the medical costs associated with pregnancy and childb
