1、2009 年公共英语五级笔试真题及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：120 分钟)一、Section I Listening (总题数：1，分数：10.00)Part A You will hear a talkAs you listen，answer Questions 1 to 10 by circling True or FalseYou will hear the talk ONLY ONCE You now have 60 seconds to read Questions 1l0 （分数：10.00）(1).Americans moved a lot because they
2、 wanted to have more living spaceTRUEFALSE（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).From the talk we call infer that people who tend to move first were youngTRUEFALSE（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).The movement of Americans began around the l910sTRUEFALSE（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Most of the fortune hunters found life in the city easierTR
3、UEFALSE（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).In the l950s，people began moving out of cities into suburbsTRUEFALSE（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).The suburban people probably began to have money problems in the early 1970sTRUEFALSE（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).Driving costs increased the most during the late l970s in the USTRUEFALSE（分数：1.0
4、0）填空项 1:_(8).Taxes in suburban areas remained unchangedTRUEFALZE（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).To solve money problems，some people decided to move back to citiesTRUEFALSE（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).The speakers tone in the talk is quite subjectiveTRUEFALSE（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_二、Part B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 1113 are bas
5、ed On the following talkYou now have l5 seconds to read Questions 1113 （分数：3.00）(1).How old is Ryan? （分数：1.00）A.Twentytwo years oldB.Three years oldC.Three months oldD.Twentytwo months old(2).Where was the operation carried out? （分数：1.00）A.ManchesterB.DaltonC.WashingtonD.New York(3).What are Ryans c
6、hances of making a complete recovery? （分数：1.00）A.5060 percentB.3040 percentC.4050 percentD.4060 percentQuestions l416 are based on the following talkYou now have l5 seconds to read Questions l416 （分数：3.00）(1).How has Brazil reduced its population growth? （分数：1.00）A.By educating its citizensB.By deve
7、loping TV programsC.By careful family planningD.By chance(2).How did soap operas help in lowering Brazils birth rate? （分数：1.00）A.They keep people sitting long hours watching TVB.They have gradually changed peoples way of lifeC.People are drawn to their attractive packageD.They popularize birth contr
8、ol measures(3).What is Martines conclusion about Brazils population growth? （分数：1.00）A.The increase in birth rate will promote consumptionB.The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth contr01C.Consumption pattern and reproduction pattern are contradictoryD.A countrys production is limited by it
9、s population growthQuestions 1720 are based on the following talkYou now have 20 seconds to read Questions 1720 （分数：4.00）(1).What kind of chances are children in America today denied? （分数：1.00）A.To learn how to face deathB.To attend to patientsC.To visit dying patients.D.To have access to a hospital
10、(2).For what purpose were those five hundred critically ill patients investigated? （分数：1.00）A.Observing how they reacted to the crisis of deathB.Helping them and their families overcome the fear of deathC.Finding out their attitude towards the approach of deathD.Learning how to best help them and th
11、eir families(3).What does the need of a dying patient for company show? （分数：1.00）A.His desire for communication with other peopleB.His fear of approaching deathC.His pessimistic attitude towards his conditionD.His reluctance to part with his family(4).What may be concluded from the talk? （分数：1.00）A.
12、Dying patients are afraid of being told of the approach of deathB.Most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients needC.Dying patients should be truthfully informed of their conditionD.Most patients are unable to accept death until it is obviously inevitable三、Part C(总题数：10，分数：10.00)1.When did
13、 the astronauts land on the moon?（分数：1.00）_2.What did the speaker like to do when she was a child?（分数：1.00）_3.Where did her interest and desire come from?（分数：1.00）_4.What did she want to be when she was a child?（分数：1.00）_5.When did she discover resistance?（分数：1.00）_6.What was she told not to do when
14、 she applied to college?（分数：1.00）_7.What was she not allowed to do when she entered college?（分数：1.00）_8.Why did her confidence in her ability and the desire to study science decrease during her college years?（分数：1.00）_9.What was the trouble when she got her first job?（分数：1.00）_10.Why is it that ther
15、e are not more scientists in the field according to the speaker?（分数：1.00）_四、Section II Use of En(总题数：1，分数：20.00)If you are buying a property in France，whether for a permanent or a holiday home，it is important to open a French bank accountAlthough it is possible to exist on travellers cheques，Euroche
16、ques and credit cards(31) by British banks，the(32) for these(33) can be expensive The simplest way to pay regular(34) ，such as electricity，gas or telephone，(35) when you are not in residence，is by direct debit(a sum withdrawn from an account)from your French accountTo (36) a current account，you will
17、 need to(37) your passport and birth(38) and to provide your address in the United KingdomYou will be issued with a cheque book within weeks of opening the accountIn France it is illegal to be overdrawnAll accounts must be operated(39) creditHowever，there are no (40) charges Note that cheques(41) lo
18、nger to clear in France than in Britain，and call only be stopped(42) stolen or lost The easiest way to(43) money from a British bank account to a French(44) is by bank transferYou simply provide your British bank with the name，address and(45) 0f your French bank accountThe procedure takes about a we
19、ek and(46) between5 and413 for each transaction，(47) on your British bank。 (48) you can transfer money(49) a French bank in LondonYou can also send a sterling cheque(allow at least l2(1ays for the cheque to be cleared)，Eurocheques or travellers(50) Finallyit is a good idea to make a friend of your F
20、rench bank managerHis help call prove invaluable （分数：20.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_五、Section m Reading Co(总题数：3，分数：15.00)Text 1 To produce the upheaval in the United States that change
21、d and modernized the domain of higher education from the mid-1860s to the mid-1880s, three primary causes interacted. The mergence of a half-dozen leaders in education provided the personal force that was needed. Moreover, an outcry for a fresher, more practical, and more advanced kind of instructio
22、n arose among the alumni and friends of nearly all of the old colleges and grew into a movement that overrode all conservative opposition. The aggressive “Young Yale“ movement appeared, demanding partial alumni control, a more liberal spirit, and a broader course of study. The graduates of Harvard U
23、niversity simultaneously rallied to relieve the Universitys poverty and demand new enterprise. Education was pushing toward higher standard in the East by throwing off church leadership everywhere, and in the West by finding a wider range of studies and a new sense of public duty. The old-style clas
24、sical education received its most crushing blow in the citadel of Harvard University, where Dr. Charles Elliot, a young captain of thirty-five, son of a former treasurer of Harvard led the progressive forces. Five revolutionary advances were made during the five years of Dr. Elliot administration. T
25、hey were the elevation and amplification of entrance requirements, the enlargement of the curriculum and the development of the elective system, the recognition of graduate study in the liberal arts, the raising of professional training in law, medicine, and engineering to a postgraduate level, and
26、the fostering of greater maturity in student life. Standards of admission were sharply advanced in 1872-1873 and 1876-1877. By the appointment of a dean to take charge of student affairs, and a wise handling of discipline, the undergraduates were led to regard themselves more as young gentlemen and
27、less as young animals. One new course of study after another was opened upscience, music, the history of the fine arts, advanced Spanish, political economy, physics, classical philology, and international law. （分数：5.00）(1).The passage mainly deals with （分数：1.00）A.innovations in the United States hig
28、her education in the late l800sB.Harvard University graduates successC.the development of Harvard UniversityD.the aggressive “Young Yale” movement(2).Which of the following is one of the causes of the educational innovations? （分数：1.00）A.Efforts made by church leadersB.Rallies held by graduates of Ha
29、rvard UniversityC.Demand for a more advanced mode of teaching among the graduates of the old collegesD.The limitation of the range of studies(3).According to the passage，what Can be inferred about Harvard University before the innovations? （分数：1.00）A.Courses were more practicalB.Educators laid great
30、 stress on the maturity in student lifeC.Admission standards were higherD.Students were younger(4).Which of the following Can be inferred from the passage about oldstyle classical education? （分数：1.00）A.Most students majored in lawB.The courses were too difficultC.The curriculum was not reasonableD.S
31、tudents could get Masters degree in the liberal arts(5).Which of the following is not true? （分数：1.00）A.Several leaders in education made great efforts to promote the educational innovationsB.Church leaders influenced education a lot before the progressive changedC.College entrance requirements were
32、elevated in the late 1800sD.The sense of public duty was neglected in the late 1800sText 2 In recent years, there has been an increasing awareness of the inadequacies of the judicial system in the United States. Costs are staggering both for the taxpayers and the litigants and, the litigants, or par
33、ties, have to wait sometimes many years before having their day in court. Many suggestions have been made concerning methods of ameliorating the situation but, as in most branches of government, changes come slowly. One suggestion that has been made in order to maximize the efficiency of the systems
34、 is to allow districts that have an overabundance of pending cases to borrow judges from other districts that do not have such a backlog. Another suggestion is to use pretrial conferences, in which the judge meets in his chambers with the litigants and their attorneys in order to narrow the issues,
35、limit the witnesses, and provide for a more orderly trial. The theory behind pretrial conferences is that judges will spend less time on each case and parties will more readily settle before trial when they realize the adequacy of their claims and their opponents evidence. Unfortunately, at least on
36、e study had shown that pretrial conferences actually use more judicial time than they save, rarely result in pretrial settlements, and actually result in higher damage settlements. Many states have now established another method, small-claims courts, in which cases over small sums of money can be di
37、sposed of with considerable dispatch. Such proceedings cost the litigants almost nothing. In California, for example, the parties must appear before the judge without the assistance of counsel. The proceedings are quite informal and there is no pleadingthe litigants need to make only a one-sentence
38、statement if their claim. By going to this type of courts, the plaintiff waives any right to jury trial anti the right to appeal the decision. In coming years, we can expect to see more and more innovations in the continuing effort to remedy a situation which must be remedied if the citizens who hav
39、e valid claims are going to be able to have their day in court. （分数：5.00）(1).The word“litigants”in Paragraph l refers to （分数：1.00）A.judgesB.attorneysC.persons concerned in a lawsuitD.government officials(2).The word“backlog”in Paragraph 2 means （分数：1.00）A.burdenB.a group of pending cases that were n
40、ot dealt with at the proper timeC.litigantD.situation(3).The suggestions or methods of improving the judicial system in the United States mentioned in the passage include all the following except （分数：1.00）A.to allow districts that have an overabundance of pending cases to borrow judges from other di
41、strictsB.to establish smallclaims courtsC.to request plaintiffs to waive the fight to jury trial and the right to appeal the decisionD.to use pretrial conferences(4).Which of the following is true? （分数：1.00）A.Lawsuit costs are usually quite high both for the taxpayers and the litigantsB.To use pretr
42、ial conferences proves to be quite feasible in maximizing the efficiency of the judicial system in usC.At present，most litigants prefer small-claims courts in US because cases can be settled with considerable dispatchD.It is possible to have ones case heard by a jury if the litigant is not satisfied
43、 with the smallclaims courts decision(5).The purpose of writing this article is （分数：1.00）A.to show the inadequacies of the judicial system in the United StatesB.to compare different suggestionsC.to find the advantages and disadvantages of the judicial system in the United StatesD.to discuss the meth
44、ods of ameliorating the judicial system in the United StatesText 3 In 1959 the average American family paid $989 for a years supply of food. in 1972 the family paid $1,311. That was a price increase of nearly one third. Every family has had this sort of experience. Everyone agrees that the cost of feeding a family has risen sharply. But there is less agreement when reasons for the rise are being discussed. Who is really responsible? Many blame the farmers who pr
