1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 290（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 PART CDirections: You will hear thre
3、e dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, 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
4、 ONLY ONCE.11 How long did Emily Dickinson live in the house where she was born?（A）Almost all her life.（B） Less than half her life.（C） Until 1830.（D）Before 1872.12 Which of the following is TRUE of Emily Dickinson?（A）She was not a productive poet.（B） She saw many of her poems published.（C） She was n
5、ot a sociable person.（D）She had contact only with a few poets.13 When was Emily Dickinson widely recognized?（A）After Henry James referred highly to her.（B） After seven of her poems were published.（C） After her poems became known to others.（D）After she had been dead for many years.14 What is the woma
6、n doing when the man interrupts her?（A）Taping some music.（B） Watching a film.（C） Making a video recording.（D）Writing a letter.15 Why is the woman so excited?（A）She is going to study in another country.（B） She received a letter from a Japanese friend.（C） She just returned from a trip to Japan.（D）She
7、got a job at a travel agency.16 Why does the woman feel grateful to Professor Mercheno?（A）He helped her get into the program.（B） He recorded some tapes especially for her.（C） He gave her a good grade in her Japanese class.（D）He told her about an interesting movie to watch.17 Why are we far from sati
8、sfied with our basic needs?（A）Because we should save extra money for future expenditure.（B） Because we have other wants in addition to our basic needs.（C） Because we all enjoy reading books.（D）Because man is never satisfied even if he has everything he wants.18 What can be inferred from the passage?
9、（A）We should be satisfied with our life.（B） We should develop good habits.（C） A reliable income makes the satisfactory standard of living possible.（D）To provide for future expenditure is wise.19 “Shelter“ refers to（A）safe.（B） shell.（C） house.（D）income.20 “Expenditure“ means（A）exercise.（B） expense.（C
10、） style.（D）cost.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. 20 Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an【C1】_should be
11、made even before the choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually , 【C2】_, most people make several job choices during their working lives, 【C3】_because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve【C4 】_positions. The “ one perfect job“ does not exist. Young people should【C5】_enter in
12、to a broad flexible training program that will【C6】_them for a field of work rather than for a single【C7】_.Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans【C8】_benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing【C9】_about the occupational world, or themselves for t
13、hat matter, then choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss【C10】_. Some drift from job to job. Others【C11 】_to work in which they are unhappy or for which they are not fitted.One common mistake is choosing an occupation for【C12】_real or imagined prestige. Too many high-school studentsor their parents fo
14、r themchoose the professional field, 【C13 】_both the relatively small proportion of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal【C14】_. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a “white-collar“ job is【C15】_good reason for choosing it as lifework.【C16 】_, these o
15、ccupations are not always well paid. Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the【C17】_of young people should give serious【C18】_to these fields.Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants【 C19】_life and how hard he is willing
16、to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security, others are willing to take【C20】_for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.21 【C1 】（A）identification（B） entertainment（C） accommodation（D）occupation22
17、【C2 】（A）however（B） therefore（C） though（D）thereby23 【C3 】（A）entirely（B） mainly（C） partly（D）largely24 【C4 】（A）its（B） his（C） our（D）their25 【C5 】（A）since（B） therefore（C） furthermore（D）forever26 【C6 】（A）make（B） fit（C） take（D）leave27 【C7 】（A）job（B） way（C） means（D）company28 【C8 】（A）to（B） for（C） without（D）w
18、ith29 【C9 】（A）little（B） few（C） much（D）a lot30 【C10 】（A）chance（B） basis（C） purpose（D）opportunity31 【C11 】（A）apply（B） appeal（C） stick（D）turn32 【C12 】（A）our（B） its（C） your（D）their33 【C13 】（A）concerning（B） following（C） considering（D）disregarding34 【C14 】（A）preference（B） requirements（C） tendencies（D）ambi
19、tions35 【C15 】（A）a（B） any（C） no（D）the36 【C16 】（A）Therefore（B） However（C） Nevertheless（D）Moreover37 【C17 】（A）majority（B） mass（C） minority（D）multitude38 【C18 】（A）proposal（B） suggestion（C） consideration（D）appraisal39 【C19 】（A）towards（B） against（C） out of（D）without40 【C20 】（A）turns（B） parts（C） choices（D
20、）risksPart BDirections: 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 big identity-theft bust last week was just a taste of whats to come. Heres how to protect your good name.HERES THE SCARY THING about the
21、identity-theft ring that the Feds cracked last week: there was nothing any of its estimated 40, 000 victims could have done to prevent it from happening. This was an inside job, according to court documents. A lowly help-desk worker at Teledata Communications, a software firm that helps banks access
22、 credit reports online, allegedly stole passwords for those reports and sold them to a group of 20 thieves at $ 60 a pop. That allowed the gang to cherry-pick consumers with good credit and apply for all kinds of accounts in their names. Cost to the victims: $3 million and rising.Even scarier is tha
23、t this, the largest identity-theft bust to date, is just a drop in the bit bucket. More than 700, 000 Americans have their credit hijacked every year. Its one of crimes biggest growth markets. A name, address and Social Security numberwhich can often be found on the Webis all anybody needs to apply
24、for a bogus line of credit. Credit companies make $1.3 trillion annually and lose less than 2% of that revenue to fraud, so theres little financial incentive for them to make the application process more secure. As it stands now, its up to you to protect your identity.The good news is that there are
25、 plenty of steps you can take. Most credit thieves are opportunists , not well-organized gangs. A lot of them go Dumpster diving for those millions of “ pre-approved“ credit-card mailings that go out every day. Others steal wallets and return them, taking only a Social Security number. Shredding you
26、r junk mail and leaving your Social Security card at home can save a lot of agony later.But the most effective way to keep your identity clean is to check your credit reports once or twice a year. There are three major credit-report outfits: Equifax (at equifax. com), Trans-Union () and Experian (ex
27、perian. com). All allow you to order reports online, which is a lot better than wading through voice-mail hell on their 800 lines. Of the three, I found Trans-Unions website to be the cheapest and most comprehensivelaying out state-by-state prices, rights and tips for consumers in easy-to-read fashi
28、on.If youre lucky enough to live in Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey or Vermont, you are entitled to one free report a year by law. Otherwise its going to cost $8 to $ 14 each time. Avoid services that offer to monitor your reports year-round for about $ 70; thats $ 10 more tha
29、n the going rate among thieves. If you think youre a victim of identity theft, you can ask for fraud alerts to be put on file at each of the three credit-report companies. You can also download a theft-report form at www. consumer, gov/idtheft, which, along with a local police report, should help wh
30、en irate creditors come knocking. Just dont expect justice. That audacious help-desk worker was one of the fewer than 2% of identity thieves who are ever caught.41 What is the trend of credit-theft crime?（A）Tightly suppressed.（B） More frightening.（C） Rapidly increasing.（D）loosely controlled.42 The e
31、xpression “inside job“ (Line 3, Paragraph 2) most probably means（A）a crime that is committed by a person working for the victim.（B） a crime that should be punished severely.（C） a crime that does great harm to the victim.（D）a crime that poses a great threat to the society.43 The creditors can protect
32、 their identity in the following ways except（A）destroying your junk mail.（B） leaving your Social Security card at home.（C） visiting the credit-report website regularly.（D）obtaining the free report from the government.44 Why is it easy to have credit-theft?（A）More people are using credit service.（B）
33、The application program is not safe enough.（C） Creditors usually disclose their identity.（D）Creditors are not careful about their identity.45 What is the best title of the text?（A）The danger of credit-theft（B） The loss of the creditors（C） How to protect your good name（D）Why the creditors lose their
34、identity45 In the 1950s, the pioneers of artificial intelligence (AI) predicted that, by the end of this century , computers would be conversing with us at work and robots would be performing our house-work. But as useful as computers are, theyre nowhere close to achieving anything remotely resembli
35、ng these early aspirations for human like behavior. Never mind something as complex as conversation : the most powerful computers struggle to reliably recognize the shape of an object, the most elementary of tasks for a ten-month-old kid.A growing group of AI researchers think they know where the fi
36、eld went wrong. The problem, the scientists say, is that AI has been trying to separate the highest, most abstract levels of thought, like language and mathematics, and to duplicate them with logical, step-by-step programs. A new movement in AI, on the other hand, takes a closer look at the more rou
37、ndabout way in which naturally came up with intelligence. Many of these researchers study evolution and natural adaptation instead of formal logic and conventional computer programs. Rather than digital computers and transistors, some want to work with brain cells and proteins. The results of these
38、early efforts are as promising as they are peculiar, and the new nature-based AI movement is slowly but surely moving to the forefront of the field.Imitating the brains neural (神经的) network is a huge step in the right direction, says computer scientist and biophysicist Michael Conrad, but it still m
39、isses an important aspect of natural intelligence. “People tend to treat the brain as if it were made up of color-coded transistors“ , he explains, “but its not simply a clever network of switches. There are lots of important things going on inside the brain cells themselves. “ Specifically, Conrad
40、believes that many of the brains capabilities stem from the patternrecognition proficiency of the individual molecules that make up each brain cell. The best way to build and artificially intelligent device, he claims, would be to build it around the same sort of molecular skills.Right now, the opti
41、on that conventional computers and software are fundamentally incapable of matching the processes that take place in the brain remains controversial. But if it proves true, then the efforts of Conrad and his fellow AI rebels could turn out to be the only game in town.46 The author says that the powe
42、rful computers of today（A）are capable of reliably recognizing the shape of an object.（B） are close to exhibiting humanlike behavior.（C） are not very different in their performance from those of the 50s.（D）still cannot communicate with people in a human language.47 The new trend in artificial intelli
43、gence research stems from（A）the shift of the focus of study on to the recognition of the shapes of objects.（B） the belief that human intelligence cannot be duplicated with logical, step-by-step programs.（C） the aspirations of scientists to duplicate the intelligence of a ten-month-old child.（D）the e
44、fforts made by scientists in the study of the similarities between transistors and brain cells.48 Conrad and his group of AI researchers have been making enormous efforts to（A）find a roundabout way to design powerful computers.（B） build a computer using a clever network of switches.（C） find out how
45、intelligence developed in nature.（D）separate the highest and most abstract levels of thought.49 Whats the authors opinion about the new AI movement?（A）It has created a sensation among artificial intelligence researchers, but it will soon die out.（B） Its a breakthrough in duplicating human thought pr
46、ocesses.（C） Its more like a peculiar game rather than a real scientific effort.（D）It may prove to be in the right direction though nobody is sure of its future prospects.50 Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “the only game in town“ (Line 3, Para. 4)?（A）The only approach to bu
47、ilding an artificially intelligent computer.（B） The only way for them to win a prize in artificial intelligence research.（C） The only area worth studying in computer science.（D）The only game they would like to play in town.50 Being a man has always been dangerous. There are about 105 males born for
48、every 100 females , but this ratio drops to near balance at the age of maturity, and among 70-year-olds there are twice as many women as men. But the great universal of male mortality is being changed. Now, boy babies survive almost as well as girls do. This means that, for the first time, there wil
49、l be an excess of boys in those crucial years when they are searching for a mate. More important, another chance for natural selection has been removed. Fifty years ago, the chance of a baby (particularly a boy baby) surviving depended on its weight. A kilogram too light or too heavy meant almost certain death. Today it makes almost no difference. Since much of the variation is due to genes, one more agent of evolution has gone.There is anoth
