1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 7（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）Right（B） Wrong2 Wang prefers to live
2、 with an English family.（A）Right（B） Wrong3 Wang intends to study how computer is used for language translation.（A）Right（B） Wrong4 Back in his own country, Mr. Wang studied C-language and chemistry.（A）Right（B） Wrong5 Wang has some experience about CAD.（A）Right（B） Wrong6 Dr. Wilson is satisfied with W
3、angs past experience.（A）Right（B） Wrong7 Wang has little knowledge of the phonetic processing system.（A）Right（B） Wrong8 Wang decides to take courses and pass exams.（A）Right（B） Wrong9 Dr. Wilson suggests that Wang should extend his stay at the university.（A）Right（B） Wrong10 Dr. Wilson asks Wang to do
4、a little more research before deciding on his project.（A）Right（B） WrongPart 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 was NOT true about the professor?（A）He believed in what he taught.
5、（B） He would telephone his students sometimes.（C） He was full of honour.（D）He would talk about paintings, recordings and pieces of sculpture in class.12 According to the speaker, what can make learning more lasting?（A）Sense of humor.（B） Imaginative explanation.（C） Well prepared and clearly delivered
6、 lectures.（D）Getting on with the professor well.13 What quality of the Italian professor does the speaker NOT mention?（A）His devotion to teaching.（B） His easy-going manners.（C） His capacity of sculpturing.（D）His lively wit.14 What are the speakers trying to do?（A）Visit the new restaurant.（B） Watch a
7、 parade.（C） Have a picnic.（D）Go to the beach.15 How does the man feel about the rain?（A）Excited.（B） Confused.（C） Afraid.（D）Surprised.16 What will the speakers probably do next?（A）Go home.（B） Go to a restaurant.（C） Unpack the car.（D）Put a dry blanket under the tree.17 What is the main topic of this l
8、ecture?（A）Bicycles and cars.（B） Building codes.（C） Energy conservation.（D）New housing construction.18 Why is insulation required in new houses?（A）To limit discussion on heating bills.（B） To prevent heat loss.（C） To determine the temperature in homes.（D）To convert homes to electric heat.19 What is th
9、e purpose of building new houses facing north or south?（A）To avoid direct sunlight.（B） To limit space used.（C） To keep out the cold.（D）To conform to other houses.20 What has the city of Davis provided for bicycle riders?（A）Special paths.（B） Resurfaced highways.（C） More parking space.（D）Better street
10、 lighting.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 will hear the talk TWICE.You now have 1 minute to read Questions 21-30.21
11、What do you know about Beethovens music talent when he was 7?22 How old was he when he was made assistant organist in Bonn?23 Beethoven traveled to Vienna and met his idol, Mozart _.24 What was Mozarts reaction after he heard Beethovens performance?25 What did Beethoven think of Haydns teaching?26 W
12、hat was Beethovens personality?27 What can we learn about Beethoven from his style of composing?28 Which is the most popular of all his symphonies?29 How did Beethoven communicate with others after he had lost his hearing?30 Beethoven died _.一、Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read
13、the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 31 The behavior of individuals is influenced by heredity, environment and culture. Culture includes rules of (31) an individual is expected to behave in a particular society. Sometim
14、es rules for behavior differ (32) one culture to another, and sometimes the rules are (33).The English and Mexican golden rules are very similar, if not in words, in sentiment. The English golden rule“, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you“, instructs people how to (34) with others insi
15、de and outside the home. The Mexican golden rule, “Between individuals, as between nations, respect (35) other peoples rights means peace, “likewise instruct people how to behave with others. Perhaps because all cultures are equally concerned (36) their childrens manners, we find many (37) similarit
16、ies than differences in the way Mexicans and Americans teaching children the golden rule.In the (38) of strangers, the golden rule is applied similarly and differently in the two countries. In America, the family emphasizes independence and teaches children how to take (39) of themselves. This lesso
17、n often includes a warning (40) they cant believe everyone and should be wary of strangers. Children are taught what to do, how to use the phone, and (41) to call for help in (42) of emergency or trouble with a stranger. (43) Mexicans are not as wary of strangers, they also tell their children to be
18、 careful of (44) and to tell an adult (45) help is needed. Mexicans may not need to warn their children about strangers quite (46) much as Americans do simply because children, (47) are more dependent in Mexico, are with their parents most of the time. Possibly (48) independence is not as big a cult
19、ural value in Mexico (49) in the United States, people give and accept help more readily. Children, then, are taught to help elderly people and pregnant women (50) helping them to cross the street or to carry a parcel.Part ADirections: Read the following texts and answer the questions which accompan
20、y them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 51 Why does the Western movie especially have such a hold on our imagination? Chiefly, I think, because it offers serious insights into the problem of violence such as can be found almost nowhere in our culture. One of the well-kn
21、own peculiarities of modern civilized opinion is its refusal to acknowledge the value of violence. This refusal is virtue, but like many virtues it involves a certain willful blindness and it encourages hypocrisy. We train ourselves to be shocked or bored by cultural images of violence, and our very
22、 concept of heroism tends to be a passive one: we are less drawn to the brave young men who kill large numbers of our enemies than to the heroic prisoners who endure torture without capitulating. And in the criticism of popular culture, the presence of images of violence is often assumed to be in it
23、self a sufficient ground for condemnation.These attitudes, however, have not reduced the element of violence in our culture but have helped to free it from moral control by letting it take on the aura of “emancipation“. The celebration of acts of violence is left more and more to the irresponsible.
24、The gangster movie, with its numerous variations, belongs to a cultural “underground“ which glamorizes violence and sets it against all our higher social attitudes. It is more “modern“ genre than the Western movie, perhaps even more profound, because it confronts industrial society on its own ground
25、the cityand because, like much of our advanced art, it gains its effects by a gross insistence on its own narrow logic. But it is anti-social, resting on fantasies of irresponsible freedom. If we are brought finally to acquiesce in the denial of these fantasies, it is only because they have been sho
26、wn to be dangerous, not because they have given way to higher values of behaviour.In war movies, to be sure, it is possible to present violence within a framework of responsibility. But there is the disadvantage that modern war is a co-operative enterprise in which violence is largely impersonal and
27、 heroism belongs to the group more than to the individual. The hero of a war movie is most often simply a leader, and his superiority is likely to be expressed in a denial of the heroic: you are not supposed to be brave, you are supposed to get the job done and stay alive (this too, of course, is a
28、kind of heroic posture, but a newand “practical“one). At its best, the war movie may represent a more civilized point of view than the Western, and if it, were not continually marred by ideological sentimentality we might hope to find it developing into a higher form of drama. But it cannot supply v
29、alues we seek in the Western movies.These values are in the image of a single man who wears a gun on his thigh. The gun tells us that he lives in a world of violence, and even that he “believes in violence“. But the drama is one of selfrestraint: the moment of violence must come in its own time and
30、according to its special laws, or else it is valueless. He is there to remind us of the possibility of style in an age which has put on itself the burden of pretending that style has no meaning, and, in the midst of oar anxieties over the problem of violence, to suggest that even in killing or being
31、 killed we are not freed from the necessity of establishing satisfactory models of behaviour.51 The reason given for our acceptance of a gangsters downfall is our being convinced that _.（A）his behavior is wrong（B） he is a threat to society（C） his aspirations are unrealistic（D）he represents a denial
32、of freedom52 Violence in modern societies is seen, it is claimed in paragraph 2, as _.（A）a symbol of freedom（B） something sacred（C） morally controlled（D）basic to our culture53 The word “acquiesce“ in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _.（A）acceptance（B） refusal（C） devotion（D）giving up54 W
33、ar films present the hero as _.（A）pragmatic（B） impersonal（C） unheroic（D）posturing55 The image of the Western hero is intended to show us that _.（A）violence need not cause us concern（B） killing and death are not important（C） our modern age is lacking in style（D）there is always a need for standards56
34、Conventional wisdom about conflict seems pretty much cut and dried. Too little conflict breeds apathy and stagnation. Too much conflict leads to divisiveness and hostility. Moderate levels of conflict, however, can spark creativity and motivate people in a healthy and competitive way.Recent research
35、 by Professor Charles R. Schwenk, however, suggests that the optimal level of conflict may be more complex to determine than these simple generalizations. He studied perceptions of conflict among a sample of executives. Some of the executives worked for profit seeking organizations and other for not
36、-for-profit organizations.Somewhat surprisingly, Schwenk found that opinions about conflict varied systematically as a function of the type of organization. Specifically, managers in not-for-profit organizations strongly believed that conflict was beneficial to their organizations and that it promot
37、ed higher quality decision-making than might be achieved in the absence of conflict.Managers of for-profit organizations saw a different picture. They believed that conflict generally was damaging and usually led to poor-quality decision-making in their organizations. Schwenk interpreted these resul
38、ts in terms of the criteria for effective decision-making suggested by the executives. In the profit-seeking organizations, decision-making effectiveness was most often assessed in financial terms. The executives believed that consensus rather than conflict enhanced financial indicators.In the not-f
39、or-profit organizations, decision-making effectiveness was defined from the perspective of satisfying constituents. Given the complexities and ambiguities associated with satisfying many diverse constituents, the executives perceived that conflict led to more considered and acceptable decisions.56 I
40、n the eyes of the author, conventional opinion on conflict is _.（A）oversimplified（B） misleading（C） wrong（D）unclear57 Professor Charles R. Schwenks research shows _.（A）the advantages and disadvantages of conflict（B） the difficulty in determining optimal level of conflict（C） the Complexity of defining
41、 the roles of conflict（D）the real value of conflict58 We can learn from Schwenks research that _.（A）it is impossible for people to avoid conflict（B） different people resolve conflicts in different ways（C） conflict is necessary for managers of for-profit organizations（D）a persons view of conflict is
42、influenced by th6 purpose of his organization59 The passage suggests that in for-profit organizations _.（A）decisions must be justifiable（B） expression of different opinions is encouraged（C） success lies in general agreement（D）there is no end of conflict60 People working in a not-for-profit organizat
43、ion _.（A）find it easier to reach agreement（B） seem to be difficult to satisfy（C） are less effective in making decisions（D）are free to express diverse opinions61 Steve Courtney wrote historical novels. Not, he was quick to explain, over-colorful love stories of the kind that made so much money for so
44、 many women writers, but novels set, and correctly set, in historical periods. Whatever difference he saw in his own books, his readers did not seem to notice it, and his readers were nearly all women. He had studied in university, and he had been a particularly good student, and he had never afterw
45、ards let any academic knowledge he had achieved interfere with his writing.Helen, his wife, who did not have a very high opinion of her husbands ability as a novelist, had been careful to say when she married him she was not historically minded.Above all, Helen was doubtful whether her relationship
46、with Steve would work at all in the village of Stretton, to which they had just moved. It was Steve who had wanted to move to the country, and she had been glad of the change, in principle, whatever doubts she was now having about Stretton as a choice. But she wondered whether Steve would, before lo
47、ng, want to live in London again, and what she would do if he did. The Stretton house was not a weekend cottage. They had moved into it and given up the London flat altogether, partly at least, she suspected, because that was Steves idea of what a successful author ought to do. However, she thought
48、he was not going to feel like a successful author half as much in Stretton as he had in London. On the other hand, she supposed he might just start dashing up to London for the day to see his agent or have dinner with his publisher, leaving her behind in Stretton, and she thought on the whole she wo
49、uld like that.61 What was Steves attitude towards women who wrote love stories?（A）He would have liked to earn as much money as they did.（B） He was afraid of being compared unfavourably with them.（C） He did not think he could write about the same subjects.（D）He had a low opinion of the kind of books they wrote.62 What did Helen have to be careful to hide?（A）Her lack of interest in history.（B） Her low opinion of her husbands writing.（C） Her dislike of her husbands admirers.（D）Her inability to understand hi
