1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 17（无答案）PART ADirections: 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 twice.
2、You now have 25 seconds to read the table below.1 PART BDirections: 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 The woman wants to share the room wit
3、h _.7 The number of bedrooms is _.8 Every week the woman should pay _.9 The woman goes to work by _.10 The house might be _.PART CDirections: You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While lis
4、tening, 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 kind of food is most likely to cause dental decay?（A）Coca Cola.（B） Sausage.（C） Milk.（D）Fried chicken.12 How many decayed
5、teeth does Dr. Faustick have?（A）13.（B） None.（C） 1.（D）A few.13 What does Dr. Faustick suggest to prevent dental decay?（A）Brush your teeth in the morning.（B） Brush your teeth in the evening.（C） Clean your teeth shortly after eating.（D）Have your teeth X-rayed.14 Marco Polo came to China（A）alone.（B） wit
6、h two friends.（C） with his brothers.（D）with his father and uncle.15 He stayed in China for almost（A）20 years.（B） 12 years.（C） 7 years.（D）3 years.16 How many unbelievable descriptions in Marco Polos book are mentioned in the passage?（A）5.（B） 3.（C） 2.（D）1.17 Why are “Clovis people“ believed to first e
7、nter North America?（A）Some fossils have been discovered.（B） They were found to have lived in the area known as the refuge during the ice age.（C） Some spear points were discovered.（D）It is in accordance with the biblical explanation.18 According to the “Clovis first“ theory, when did people travel to
8、 North America?（A）30,000years ago.（B） 13,000 years ago.（C） 14,000 years ago.（D）20,000 years ago.19 What is the alternative route of entry?（A）The land bridge between Siberia and Alaska.（B） Western Canada.（C） Wales Island（D）The Pacific coast.20 Which of the following words can best describe the author
9、s attitude in writing the article?（A）Informative.（B） Optimistic.（C） Convincing.（D）Enthusiastic.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. 21 During the 1980s, unemployment and unde
10、remployment in some countries was as high as 90 percent. Some countries did not 【21】_ enough food; basic needs in housing and clothing were not 【22】_ . Many of these countries looked to the industrial processes of the developed countries 【23】_ solutions.【24】_ , problems cannot always be solved by co
11、pying the industrialized countries. Industry in the developed countries is highly automated and very 【25】_ . It provides fewer jobs than labor-intensive industrial processes, and highly 【26】_ workers are needed to 【27】 _ and repair the equipment. These workers must be trained 【28】_ many countries do
12、 not have the necessary training institutions. Thus, the 【29】_ of importing industry becomes higher. Students must be sent abroad to 【30】_ vocational and professional training. 【31】_ , just to begin training, the students must 【32】_ learn English, French, German, or Japanese. The students then spend
13、 many years abroad, and 【33】_ do not return home.All countries agree that science and technology 【 34】_ be shared. The point is: countries 【35】_ the industrial processes of the developed countries need to look carefully 【36】_ the costs, because many of these costs are 【37】_ . Students from these cou
14、ntries should 【38】_ the problems of the developed countries closely. 【39】_ care, they will take home not the problems of science and technology, 【40】_ the benefits.21 【21】（A）generate（B） raise（C） produce（D）manufacture22 【22】（A）answered（B） met（C） calculated（D）remembered23 【23】（A）for（B） without（C） as（D
15、）about24 【24】（A）Moreover（B） Therefore（C） Anyway（D）However25 【25】（A）expensive（B） mechanical（C） flourishing（D）complicated26 【26】（A）gifted（B） skilled（C） trained（D）versatile27 【27】（A）keep（B） maintain（C） retain（D）protect28 【28】（A）since（B） so（C） and（D）yet29 【29】（A）charge（B） price（C） cost（D）value30 【30】（A）
16、accept（B） gain（C） receive（D）absorb31 【31】（A）Frequently（B） Incidentally（C） Deliberately（D）Especially32 【32】（A）soon（B） quickly（C） immediately（D）first33 【33】（A）some（B） others（C） several（D）few34 【34】（A）might（B） should（C） would（D）will35 【35】（A）adopting（B） conducting（C） receiving（D）adjusting36 【36】（A）to（B
17、） at（C） on（D）about37 【37】（A）opaque（B） secret（C） sealed（D）hidden38 【38】（A）tackle（B） learn（C） study（D）manipulate39 【39】（A）In（B） Through（C） With（D）Under40 【40】（A）except（B） nor（C） or（D）butPart BDirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D . Mar
18、k your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 41 The physicians in a hospital form the core of the medical staff. But they couldnt provide effective medical care to their patients without the help of numerous other medical employees. Form the viewpoint of the patients, the nursing staff is particularly importan
19、t. Nurses are usually in close contact with patients as long as they are in the hospital.A nurse does not study for as many years as a doctor. However, each must be equally dedicated. Caring for sick persons requires a great deal of patience and concern. Most nurses work long days, and they often mu
20、st work at odd hours or during the night. Under the supervision of the head nurse, the nursing staff must provide nursing services on a 24-hour basis and attend to patients needs. This responsibility continues around the clock, and so nurses must work in shifts. A shift is a period of duty, usually
21、eight in length. The nurses on the ward rotate their shifts. All of them work out of a central area on the ward called the nurses station.A nurse must always be alert. She can never afford to be careless. This is true in all nursing situation, but it is especially true in the intensive care unit. Pa
22、tients under intensive care arecritically ill, and they must be monitored at all times. The nurses who do intensive care duty have one of the most demanding jobs in the hospital.Serving as a nurse can be a very rewarding job. But it is not an easy one. Not every person is suited to become a nurse. O
23、nly very dedicated people have chosen nursing as a profession.41 The nursing staff_.（A）are central to the medical staff（B） played an important role in caring for patients（C） can work effectively without physicians（D）are always in close contact with the patients42 Why dont nurses study for as many ye
24、ars as doctors?（A）Most nurses work long days.（B） They dont treat patients for illness and injury.（C） Caring for sick patients requires patience and concern.（D）They are not dedicated.43 Why must nurses work in shifts?（A）They are careless.（B） Nursing services must be provided continuously.（C） They wor
25、k at night form time to time.（D）A shift is usually eight hours long.44 What kind of person is suited to become a nurse?（A）A very careful person.（B） An able person.（C） A very dedicated person.（D）A specially trained person.45 Which of the following is not mentioned by the author?（A）Nurses are speciall
26、y trained to offer bedside care to sick persons.（B） Patients cannot do without nurses.（C） Nurses cannot practice medicine.（D）Nurses often work during the night.46 It is hard to track the blue whale, the oceans largest creature which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling and is now listed
27、as an endangered species. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior.So biologists were delighted early this year when with the help of the Navy they were able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days monitoring its s
28、ounds. This was possible because of the Navys formerly top-secret system of underwater listening devices spanning the oceans. Tracking whales is but one example of an exciting new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as the Navy starts to share and partly uncover its global n
29、etwork of underwater listening system built over the decades to track the ships of potential enemies,Earth scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the system for closely monitoring a deep-sea volcanic eruption for the first time and that they plan similar studies. Other
30、 scientists have proposed to use the network for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes in ocean and global temperatures. The speed of sound in water is roughly one mile a second, slower than through land but faster than through air. What is most important, different layers of ocean water can
31、 act as channels for sounds focusing them in the same way a stethoscope does when it carries faint noises from a patients chest to a doctors ear. This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean especially low-frequency ones can often travel thousands of miles.46 The pa
32、ssage is chiefly about _.（A）an effort to protect an endangered marine species（B） the civilian use of a military detection system（C） the exposure of a Navy top-secret weapon（D）a new way to look into the behavior of blue whales47 The underwater listening system was originally designed _.（A）to trace an
33、d locate enemy vessels（B） to monitor deep-sea volcanic eruptions（C） to study the movement of ocean currents（D）to replace the global radio communications network48 The deep-sea listening system makes use of_.（A）the sophisticated technology of focusing sounds under water（B） the capability of sound to
34、travel at high speed（C） the unique property of layers of ocean water in transmitting sound（D）low-frequency sounds traveling across different layers of water49 It can be inferred from the passage that_.（A）new radio devices should be developed for tracking the endangered blue whales（B） blue whales are
35、 no longer endangered with the use of the new listening system（C） opinions differ as to whether civilian scientists should be allowed to use military technology（D）military technology. has great potential in civilian use50 Which of the following is true about the Navy underwater listening network?（A）
36、It is now partly accessible to civilian scientists.（B） It has been replaced by a more advanced system.（C） It became useless to the military after the cold war.（D）It is indispensable in protecting endangered species.51 It was a cold, rainy and wholly miserable afternoon in Washington, and a hot muggy
37、 night in Miami. It was Sunday, and three games were played in the two cities. The people playing them and the people watching them tell us much about the ever-changing ethnic structure of the United States,Professional football in the United States is almost wholly played by native-born Americancit
38、izens, mostly very large and very strong, many of them black. It is a game of physical strength. Linemen routinely weigh more than 300 pounds. Players are valued for their weigh and muscles, for how fast they can run, and how hard they can hit each other, Football draws the biggest crowds, but the t
39、eams play only once a week, because they get so battered.The 67,204 fans were in Miami for the final game of the Baseball World Series. Baseball was once Americas favorite game, but has lost that claim to basketball.Baseball is a game that requires strength, but not hugeness. Agility, quickness, per
40、fect vision and quick reaction are more important than pure strength. Baseball was once a purely American game, but has spread around much of the New World. In that Sundays final, the final hit of the extra inning game was delivered by a native of Columbia. The Most Valuable Player in the game was a
41、 native of Columbia. The rosters of both teams were awash with Hispanic names, as is Miami, which now claims the World Championship is a game that may be losing popularity in America, but has gained it in much of the rest of the world. Baseball in America has taken on a strong Hispanic flavor, with
42、a dash of Japanese added for seasoning.Soccer, which many countries just call football, is the most widely enjoyed sport in the world. In soccer, which many countries just call football, the ethnic tide has been the reverse of baseball. Until recently, professional soccer in the United States has la
43、rgely been an import, played by South Americans and Europeans. Now, American citizens in large numbers are finally taking up the most popular game in the world.Basketball, an American invention increasingly played around the world, these days draws large crowds back home. Likewise, hockey, a game la
44、rgely imported to the United States from neighboring Canada. Lacrosse, a version of which was played by Native Americans before the Europeans arrived, is also gaining a keen national following.Sports of all kinds are winning support from American armchair enthusiasts from a variety of ethnic backgro
45、unds.51 Which of the following can reflect the ever-changing ethnic structure of America?（A）Sportsman.（B） Audience.（C） Both of them.（D）None of them.52 Who play professional football in the United States?（A）Native-born American citizens.（B） Europeans.（C） South Americans.（D）Both B and C.53 What is Ame
46、ricas favorite game?（A）Baseball.（B） Basketball.（C） Professional football.（D）Soccer.54 Which of the following statements about soccer is true?（A）In soccer and basketball, the ethnic tide is different.（B） Until recently, soccer becomes an important game, so many native Americans play it.（C） It is the
47、most popular game in the world, so many American citizens take up it.（D）Although soccer is the most popular game in the world, American citizens in large numbers do not like it at first.55 The author of the passage wants to tell us that _.（A）americans like sports and sports reveal much about the cha
48、nging ethnic structure of the United States（B） in Washington, several games are played in one day（C） americans like all kinds of games（D）the American games are watched by native-Americans and played by people from different countries56 Use of the illegal drag named Ecstasy (MDMA) has increased alarm
49、ingly in Britain over the last few years, and in 1992 the British Medical Journal claimed that at least seven deaths and many severe adverse reactions have followed its use as a dance drug.14 deaths have so far been attributed to the drug in Britain although it is possible that other drugs contributed to some of those deaths. While it is true that all drugs by their very, nature change the way in which the body re
