1、公共英语(四级)22 及答案解析(总分：11.97，做题时间：120 分钟)一、Section I Listening(总题数：1，分数：1.00)(1).In which city does Mr. Hood work?（分数：0.20）填空项 1:_(2).What is the other advantage of living in the U. S. besides relaxed attitude?（分数：0.20）填空项 1:_(3).The disadvantage Mr. Hood thinks is the waste of_.（分数：0.20）填空项 1:_(4).The
2、 major threat to world peace is the build-up of_.（分数：0.20）填空项 1:_(5).What is Mr. Hoods attitude towards the possibility of a world war?（分数：0.20）填空项 1:_二、PART B(总题数：1，分数：1.00)(1).The percentage of people who send cards to themselves on February 14 is_.（分数：0.20）填空项 1:_(2).Some people send cards to the
3、mselves on February 14 to_.（分数：0.20）填空项 1:_(3).The 1/10 of the people questioned get the cards on that day by_.（分数：0.20）填空项 1:_(4).The least romantic nation according to the passage is_.（分数：0.20）填空项 1:_(5).The best gift for the French on February 14 is_.（分数：0.20）填空项 1:_三、PART C Direction(总题数：3，分数：3.
4、00)(1).Belfast has long been famous for its_.（分数：0.33）A.oil refineryB.linen textilesC.food productsD.deep-water port(2).Which of the following does Belfast chiefly export?（分数：0.33）A.Soap.B.Grain.C.Steel.D.Tobacco.(3).When was Belfast founded?（分数：0.33）A.In 1177.B.In 1315.C.In the 16th century.D.In th
5、e 17th century.(1).What happened in London a few months ago?（分数：0.33）A.The heart of London was flooded.B.An emergency exercise was conducted.C.100 people in the suburbs were drowned.D.One of the bridges between North and South London collapsed.(2).What measure was taken against floods in London in t
6、he 1980s?（分数：0.33）A.A flood wall was built.B.Rescue teams were formed.C.An alarm system was set up.D.50 underground stations were made waterproof.(3).What can we learn from the ladys comment?（分数：0.33）A.Most Londoners took Exercise Flood Call calmly.B.Most Londoners were frightenedC.Most Londoners be
7、came rather confused.D.Most Londoners complained about the trouble caused by Exercise Flood Call.(1).The author mentions September 11 to demonstrate_.（分数：0.33）A.the change of Americans attitude toward AfghanistanB.the necessity for university students to better understand foreign cultureC.the fact t
8、hat Afghanistan is affecting Americans lifeD.the urgency for university students to understand Afghanistan issue(2).The author believes that todays universities_.（分数：0.33）A.must give their students a better grasp of science and foreign cultureB.should seek to meet the challenge of greater global int
9、egrationC.need to adapt to the challenge of more advanced scienceD.are fully qualified to serve our society(3).The best title for this passage would be_.（分数：0.33）A.Role of UniversitiesB.Serving Our SocietyC.Pursuing DiversityD.New Assignment for Universities四、Section II Use of E(总题数：1，分数：1.00)All th
10、e wisdom of the ages, all the stories that have delighted mankind for centuries, are easily and cheaply 【21】 to all of us 【22】 the covers of books but we must know how to avail ourselves 【23】 this treasure and how to get 【24】 from it. The most 【25】 people all over the world, are 【26】 who have never
11、discovered how 【27】 it is to read good books. I am very interested in people, in meeting them and 【28】 about them. Some of the most 【29】 people Ive met existed only in a writers imagination, then 【30】 the pages of his book, and then, again, in my imagination. Ive found in books new friends, new soci
12、eties, new words. If I am interested in people, others are interested not so much in who 【31】 in how. Who in the books includes everybody from science-fiction superman two hundred centuries in the future all the way back to the first 【32】 in history; how 【33】 everything from the ingenious explanatio
13、ns of Sherlock Folmes 【34】 the discoveries of science and ways of teaching manners to children. Reading can make our minds feel pleased , 【35】 means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness 【36】 you a good reader. Reading is 【37】 , not because the writer is tellin
14、g you something, 【38】 because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works together with the 【39】 or even goes beyond his. Your experience, 【40】 his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop as you understand his. （分数：1.00）A.usefulB.newC.readableD.availableA.inB
15、.atC.withinD.withA.ofB.withC.forD.inA.the moreB.the mostC.the muchD.the lessA.luckyB.fortunateC.unfortunateD.misfortuneA.theseB.thatC.thisD.thoseA.satisfiedB.dissatisfiedC.satisfyingD.dissatisfyingA.to find outB.finding outC.to findD.findingA.remarkableB.notoriousC.hostileD.rudeA.onB.inC.offD.withA.
16、likeB.andC.orD.asA.numberB.pointC.partD.figureA.recoversB.discoversC.uncoversD.coversA.toB.inC.unfillD.intoA.thatB.whichC.whatD.asA.doB.convertC.imposeD.makeA.funB.funnyC.uninterestingD.exhaustingA.andB.forC.sinceD.butA.the authorB.the authorsC.the compilerD.the compilersA.comparing withB.compared w
17、ithC.comparing toD.compared to五、Section III Reading(总题数：4，分数：4.00)On screens big and small, young heroes like Harry Potter and Buffy, the Vampire Slayer are narked by their ability to transform themselves when faced with danger. Post-9-11 , in a world that seems increasingly out of control, such fle
18、xibility is more prized than ever. So perhaps its not surprising that the classical master of metamorphosis, Ovid, is having a comeback. The ancient Roman poet created a universe full of magical transformations; his best-known work Metamorphoses“ depicts constant change as a creative and inevitable
19、life force. Now a new generation of writers, artists and composers is rediscovering his powerful themes. Ovids historical impact had been vast. In her new book, Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds, Marina Warner explores on the likes of Chaucer, Dante and Shakespeare. His stories find avid express
20、ion in the works of artists like Raphael, Rembrandt, Chagall and Picasso. For Metamorphosing“, a new exhibit at Londons Science Museum co-curated by Warner. Artist aula Rego created a new work called Metamorphosis, inspired by Kafkas story about a bureaucrat who turns into a cockroach. The show, whi
21、ch runs through January, also includes drawings of nutant insects found near nuclear power plants. The late British poet Ted Hughes sparked this latest Ovid revival with his 1997 Tales from Ovid, a loose and very dark translation of the original. Curious writers and artists began scouring dusty libr
22、ary shelves for Ovids 15 volumes of Latin verse, and soon fell under their sway. Jeffrey Eugenidess Middlesex, in which a young girl is transformed into a man, refers to the myth of Tiresias, who in Ovids account underwent the opposite change. Another recent book, Ovid Metamorphosed, testifies to th
23、e poets cross-cultural appeal: it contains short stories based on his Latin myths by writers from the United States, Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada, India and France. September 11 made Ovid seem more relevant than ever. When Mary Zimmermans play Metamorphoses opened on Broadway less than
24、a month after the World Trade Center attacks, audiences were deeply moved by its depiction of love, death and human resilience. The play became a hit, earning Zimmerman a Tony Award. Hughes suggested in his introduction to Tales from Ovid that the poet who finished Metamorphoses in 7 A. D. , as the
25、Roman Empire began to transform was perfectly placed to comprehend “ the psychological gulf that opens at the end of an era“. Warner agrees that his tales of change are more likely to resonate during times of uncertainty. Ovid captured the innate pleasure of escaping from the boundaries of life and
26、the laws of nature escapes that can seem more necessary than ever today. （分数：1.00）(1).What inspired peoples interest in Ovid once again?（分数：0.20）A.Harry Potter and Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.B.The play Metamorphoses.C.Tales from Ovid.D.The exhibit “Metamorphosing“.(2).The following works demonstrate
27、Ovids historical impact EXCEPT_.（分数：0.20）A.Marina Warners Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other WorldsB.Jeffrey Eugenidess MiddlesexC.Ovid MetamorphosedD.Paula Regos Metamorphosis(3).According to the passage, Ted Hughes translation of Ovids works is_.（分数：0.20）A.accurate English versions of the originalB.ra
28、ther free and not easy to understandC.close to the original but mediocre in styleD.quite literal but not very good(4).The play Metamorphoses was successful because_.（分数：0.20）A.it was based on Ovids work written in 7A.D.B.people were impressed by the ability to transformC.people were touched by what
29、it depictsD.the world seems increasingly out of control(5).What is an appropriate title for this passage?（分数：0.20）A.Change In EverywhereB.The Return of OvidC.MetamorphosesD.Ovids Historical ImpactEducation is one of the key words of our time. A man without an education, most of us believe, is an unf
30、ortunate victim of adverse circumstances, deprived of one of the greatest twentieth-century opportunities. Convinced of the importance of education, modern states “ invest “ in institutions of learning to get back “interest“ in the form of a large group of enlightened young men and women who are pot
31、ential leaders. Education, with its cycles of instruction so carefully worked out, punctuated by textbooks that purchasable wells of wisdom what would civilization be like without its benefits? So much is certain: that we would have doctors and preachers, lawyers and defendants, marriages and births
32、 but our spiritual outlook would be different. We would lay less stress on “facts and figures“ and more on a good memory, on applied psychology, and the capacity of a man is to get along with his fellow-citizens. If our educational system were fashioned after its bookless past we would have the most
33、 democratic form of “college“ imaginable. Among tribal people all knowledge inherited by tradition is shared by all; it is taught to every member of the tribe so that in this respect everybody is equipped for life. It is the ideal condition of the “equal start“ which only our most progressive forms
34、of modern education try to regain. In primitive cultures the obligation to seek and to receive the traditional instruction is binding to all. There are no “illiterates“ if the term can be applied to peoples without a script while our own compulsory school attendance became law in Germany in 1642, in
35、 France in 1806, and in England in 1876, and is still non-existent in a number of “civilized“ nations. This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the “happy few“ during the past centuries. Education in the w
36、ilderness is not a matter of monetary means. All are entitled to an equal start. There is none of the hurry, which, in our society, often hampers the full development of a growing personality. There, a child grows up under the ever-present attention of his parents and therefore the jungles and the s
37、avannahs know of no “juvenile delinquency“. No necessity of making a living away from home results in neglect of children, and no father is confronted with his inability to “buy“ an education for his child. （分数：1.00）(1).Why do modern states invest in institutions of learning?（分数：0.20）A.To get a repa
38、yment for what an individuals education has cost.B.To get rewards for what they have spent.C.To charge interest.D.To give all the children free education.(2).How did the primitive people pass the accumulated knowledge on to the next（分数：0.20）A.They wrote the knowledge down on papers.B.They had the ha
39、ppy “few“ enjoy it.C.They taught it to those who have good memories.D.They had every one of tile tribe share it and orally passed it on.(3).Formal education in modern societies _.（分数：0.20）A.makes sure there are no illiteratesB.comes into being relatively recentlyC.is enjoyed only by the noble people
40、D.is free to everyone who is a citizen(4).According to the author, among tribal people, _.（分数：0.20）A.children have time to develop at their own paceB.the parents face the embarrassment not to be able to afford the childrens educationC.the parents neglect the growth of their childrenD.children can ac
41、quire knowledge by playing in the jungles(5).Which of the following is wrong?（分数：0.20）A.Our own compulsory school attendance first became law in German in 1642.B.equal start is the ideal modern education is trying to regain.C.The real equality of opportunity in education is only to be found in a mod
42、em society.D.An illiterate man in modem society is deprived of one of the greatest opportunities.The building crane, which has become the most striking feature of the urban landscape in Switzerland, is beginning to alter the mountain landscape as well. Districts of the Swiss Alps, which up to now ha
43、ve consisted of only a few disconnected small communities content with selling cheese and milk, perhaps a little lumber and seed potatoes, are today becoming parts of planned, developing regions. The new highway, the new skylift, the new multi-nationally-owned hotel will diversify the economy and ra
44、ise the standard of living in the mountain areas, or so many Swiss regional planners and government officials hope. The mountainous area of Switzerland, which accounts for nearly two-thirds of the total area of the country and only 12% of the total population, has always been the problem area. Accor
45、ding to the last census in 1970, 750,000 people lived in the Swiss mountains. Compared with the rest of the country, incomes are lower, services are fewer, employment opportunities are more limited and populations are decreasing. In fact, in only one respect do mountain districts come out ahead. The
46、y have more farmers, which many people do not consider to be an advantage. 17% of the Swiss mountain population works in primary occupations, in contrast to only 8% of the total population of the country. The mountain farmers are a special breed of men. They work at least twelve hours a day in topog
47、raphical and weather conditions which kill most crops and which only a few animals will tolerate. About half of them work at some other jobs as well, leaving their wives and children to do the bulk of the farm work. In the Rhone Valley in the canton of Valais in south-western Swizerland nearly four-
48、fifths of the farmers commute daily from their mountain farms to the large factories in the valley. In other parts of Switzerland this pattern of life is not as common, but almost everywhere non-farm wintertime employment is the rule. With all the difficulties inherent in working in the Swiss mountains, why should anyone resist any extension of the mountain economy? The answer, as Andress Werthemann, editor of the Swiss mountain agriculture magazine Alpwirtschaftliche Monatsblatter states, is that “ when tourism becomes too massive,
