1、公共英语四级(笔试)-53 及答案解析(总分：99.95，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Listening(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Information about Chinese New YearChinese New Year is usually in 1 How many days does the Chinese New Year last? 2 Chinese families clean their houses thoroughly to rid last year“s bad 3 Most families de
2、corate their houses with plastic 4 What is the main color for clothes and decorations at New Year? 5 （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The first permanent settlement was made at the city in 1 In 1848, with the discovery of gold, the population grew to 2 Today San Francisco has a population of 3
3、 If you will look to your right, you should just be able to see the east section of the 4 The Golden Gate Bridge was completed in 1937 at a cost of 5 （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：10.00)（分数：4.00）(1).Why is Henry Ford famous in America?（分数：1.00）A.He encouraged the licensing of drivers.B.He was th
4、e first automobile manufacturer in the United States.C.His mass production of autos put America on wheels.D.His automobiles were large and strong.(2).What is the statistical relationship between American and motor vehicles?（分数：1.00）A.There is a vehicle for every American.B.The vehicle has had little
5、 impact on American life.C.The driving age is being lowered in America.D.There is a vehicle for every one and a half Americans.(3).Who teaches most young Americans to drive?（分数：1.00）A.Private driver training schools.B.Driver training courses in a high school.C.Friends of young people would be driver
6、s.D.The department of transportation.(4).In what feature were the Japanese cars better than the American autos in the 1970s?（分数：1.00）A.Fuel efficiency.B.The Japanese cars cost more.C.The Japanese cars were cheaper.D.The Japanese cars featured brighter painted exteriors.（分数：3.00）(1).How old is Mary n
7、ow?（分数：1.00）A.22 years old.B.24 years old.C.25 years old.D.20 years old.(2).Where was Mary born?（分数：1.00）A.In Japan.B.In Canada.C.In America.D.In China.(3).To be polite, what was Mary expected to look at when she talked to her parents“ Japanese friends?（分数：1.00）A.Look straight in the eyes of the Jap
8、anese.B.Look at her own feet.C.Look at her own nose.D.Look at their shoulders.（分数：3.00）(1).How does social life differ from office to office in America?（分数：1.00）A.Employees in big corporations enjoy more activities than those in small companies.B.Employees in small companies enjoy more activities.C.
9、Employees in big corporations make more friends.D.Employees in small companies go to church together more often.(2).Who usually pays for the food when your office friends invite you to lunch together?（分数：1.00）A.Every one pays for himself or herself.B.You pay half.C.Your friend pays.D.Your friend pay
10、s half.(3).If your colleagues do not want to mix business and social life, what should you do in order to get friendships?（分数：1.00）A.You should work harder.B.You should go to your colleague“s home more often.C.You should try to make friends with other people.D.You should refuse to go to your colleag
11、ue“s home.五、Section Reading(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、Part A(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Checks have largely replaced money as a means of exchange for they are widely 1 everywhere. 2 this is very convenient for both buyers and sellers, it should not be forgotten that checks are not real money; they are quite valueless 3 t
12、hemselves. A shopkeeper always 4 a certain risk when he accepts a check and it is quite within his rights if, on occasion, he refuses to do so. People do not always 5 this and are unhappy 6 their good faith is called in doubt. An old and very wealthy friend of mine told me he had an extremely unplea
13、sant experience. He went to a famous jewelry shop 7 keeps a large stock of precious stone and asked to be shown some pearl necklaces. After examing several trays, he decided to buy a particularly fine string of pearls and asked if he could pay 8 check. The assistant said that this was quite in order
14、, 9 the moment my friend signed his name, he was invited 10 the manager“s office. The manager was very polite, but he explained that someone with exactly the same name had 11 them with a worthless check not long ago. My friend got very angry 12 he heard this and said he would buy a necklace somewher
15、e else. When he got up to go, the manager 13 him that the police would arrive at any moment and he had better stay unless he wanted to get into serious troubles. The police 14 soon afterwards. However they apologized 15 my friend for the inconvenience but explained that the person who had used the s
16、ame name as his was responsible for a number of recent robberies. Then the police asked my friend to copy out a note which had been used by the thief in a number of shops. The note read “I have a gun in my pocket. Ask no questions and give me all the money in the safe.“ Fortunately, my friend“s hand
17、writing was quite unlike the thief“s. Then he was allowed to go without delay.（分数：19.95）七、Part B(总题数：1，分数：15.00)Body DistanceDo you know that all human beings have a “comfort zone“ regulating the distance they stand from someone when they talk? This distance varies in interesting ways among people o
18、f different cultures. Greeks, others of the Eastern Mediterranean, and many of those from South America normally stand quite close together when they talk, often moving their faces even closer as they warm up in a conversation. North Americans find this awkward and often back away a few inches. Stud
19、ies have found that they tend to feel the most comfortable at about 21 inches apart. In much of Asia and Africa, there is even more space between the two speakers in conversation. This greater space subtly lends an air of dignity and respect. This matter of space is nearly always unconscious, but it
20、 is interesting to observe. This difference also applies to the closeness with which people sit together, the extent to which they lean over one another in conversation, and how they move as they argue or make an emphatic point. In the United States, for example, people try to keep their bodies apar
21、t even in a crowded elevator; In Paris, they take it as it comes! Although North Americans have a relatively wide “comfort zone“ for talking, they communicate a great deal with their handsnot only with gesture but also with touch. They put a sympathetic hand on a person“s shoulder to demonstrate war
22、mth of feeling or an arm around him in sympathy; they nudge a man in the ribs to emphasize a funny story; they pat an arm in reassurance or stroke a child“s head in affection; they readily take someone“s arm to help him across a street or direct him along an unfamiliar route. To many peopleespeciall
23、y those from Asia or the Moslem countriessuch body contact is unwelcome, especially when inadvertently done with the left hand. (The left hand carries no special significance in the US. Many Americans are simply left-handed and use that hand more.)（分数：15.00）(1).The passage is about _.（分数：3.00）A.cult
24、ural differences between the East and the WestB.distance and body contactC.gestureD.hand signals(2).For Asians, “the comfort zone“ _.（分数：3.00）A.is deliberately determinedB.varies according to statusC.implies respectD.measures 21 inches(3).When Americans demonstrate their sympathy, they often _.（分数：3
25、.00）A.look people in their eyesB.pat people on the shoulderC.dig people in the ribsD.give people a hug(4).It can be inferred from the passage that in a crowded elevator, a Frenchman _.（分数：3.00）A.would not distance himselfB.would behave in the same way as an American wouldC.would do his best to leave
26、D.would be afraid of body contact(5).In terms of body distance, North Americans _.（分数：3.00）A.move nearer during conversationsB.feel ill at ease when too closeC.are similar to South AmericansD.stand apart八、Section Writing(总题数：1，分数：45.00)1.Read the following text(s) and write an essay to1) summarize t
27、he main points of the text(s),2) make clear your own viewpoints, and3) justify your stand.In your essay, make full use of the information provided in the text(s). If you use more than three consecutive words from the text(s), use quotation marks(“ “).You should write 160-200 words. Now custom has no
28、t been commonly regarded as a subject of any great importance. The inner workings of our own brains we feel to be uniquely worthy of investigation, but custom, we have a way of thinking, is behavior at its most commonplace. As a matter of fact, it is the other way around. Traditional custom, taken t
29、he world over, is a mass of detailed behavior more astonishing than what any one person can ever evolve in individual actions. Yet that is a rather trivial aspect of the matter. The fact of first-rate importance is the predominant role that custom plays inexperience and in belief and the very great
30、varieties it may manifest. No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and the ways of thinking. Even in his philosophical probings he cannot go behind these stereotypes; his very concepts of the true and the false will still hav
31、e reference to his particular traditional customs. John Dewey has said in all seriousness that the part played by custom in shaping the behavior of the individual as over against any way in which he can affect traditional custom, is as the proportion of the total vocabulary of his mother tongue over
32、 against those words of his own baby talk that are taken up into the language of his family. When one seriously studies social orders that have had the opportunity to develop independently, the figure becomes no more than an exact and matter-of-fact observation. The life history of the individual is
33、 first and foremost an adjustment to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. From the moment of his birth the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behavior. By the time he can talk, he is the little creature of his culture, and by the time he is grown
34、 and able to take part in its activities, its habits are his habits, its beliefs his beliefs, its impossibilities his impossibilities. （分数：45.00）_公共英语四级(笔试)-53 答案解析(总分：99.95，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Listening(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Information about Chinese New YearChinese New Year is usua
35、lly in 1 How many days does the Chinese New Year last? 2 Chinese families clean their houses thoroughly to rid last year“s bad 3 Most families decorate their houses with plastic 4 What is the main color for clothes and decorations at New Year? 5 （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：February.）解析： February. 听力原文 Ch
36、inese New Year is one of the world“s most colorful celebrations. It starts on the first day of the Chinese calendar, usually in February. It lasts for 15 days and marks the start of the new year. For many families, it is a time for feasting and visiting relatives and friends, but in the heart of the
37、 city, a spectacular procession takes place. The celebrations are based on bringing luck, health, happiness, and wealth to the coming year. Chinese families clean their houses thoroughly to rid them of last year“s bad luck before the celebrations begin. On the day of celebration, thousands of people
38、 line the streets to watch the huge procession of floats in the New Year parade. Dancing dragons and lions weave their way through the crowded streets. The dragon is associated with long life and prosperity. Inside the costume, there can be up to 50 trained martial arts dancers, twisting and turning
39、 the dragon“s long silk body and blinking its huge eyes. Chinese people believe that evil spirits dislike loud noises, so most families decorate their house with plastic firecrackers. These symbolize the deafening noise that real fire firecrackers make when they are set off. The noise is intended to
40、 frighten away the evil spirits and the bad luck that they might bring. Red is the main color for clothes and decorations at New Year because it is associated with joy and happiness. All Chinese children, and people who are not married, receive money in special red envelopes given by their parents a
41、nd relatives. The biggest treats of the New Year celebrations are the sumptuous feasts. 解析： 15. 解析： luck. 解析： firecrackers. 解析： Red. 三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The first permanent settlement was made at the city in 1 In 1848, with the discovery of gold, the population grew to 2 Today San Francisco has a
42、 population of 3 If you will look to your right, you should just be able to see the east section of the 4 The Golden Gate Bridge was completed in 1937 at a cost of 5 （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：1776.）解析： 1776. 听力原文 From this lookout we enjoy one of the most spectacular views of San Francisco. As you can
43、see, the city rests on a series of hills varying in altitude from sea level to nine hundred and thirty-eight feet. The first permanent settlement was made at this site in 1776. For thirteen years the village had fewer than one hundred inhabitants. But in 1848, with the discovery of gold, the populat
44、ion grew to ten thousand. That same year the name was changed from Yerba Buena to San Francisco. By 1862, telegraph communications linked San Francisco with eastern cities, and by 1869, the first transcontinental railroad connected the Pacific coast with the Atlantic seaboard. Today San Francisco ha
45、s a population of almost three million. It is the financial center of the West, and serves as the terminus for Trans-Pacific steamship lines and air traffic. The port of San Francisco, which is almost eighteen miles long with forty-two piers, handles between five and six million tons of cargo annual
46、ly. And now, if you look to your right, you should just be able to see the east section of the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge, which is more than one mile long, spans the harbor from San Francisco to Marin County and the Red Wood Highway. It was completed in 1937 at a cost of thirty-two million doll
47、ars and is still one of the largest suspension bridges in the world. 解析： 10,000. 解析： almost 3,000,000. 解析： Golden Gate Bridge. 解析： 32,000,000 dollars. 四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：10.00)（分数：4.00）(1).Why is Henry Ford famous in America?（分数：1.00）A.He encouraged the licensing of drivers.B.He was the first automob
48、ile manufacturer in the United States.C.His mass production of autos put America on wheels. D.His automobiles were large and strong.解析：听力原文 The automobile is almost the symbol of America. Henry Ford, by mass-producing cars, put America on wheels. The automobile quickly changed American manners and m
49、orals and it ended the isolation of many rural people. The early availability of automobiles, coupled with open land adjacent to cities, led to urban sprawl. Today America has over 110 million miles of streets and roads which can-y 160 million licensed automobiles, trucks and buses. That means that there is a vehicle of some sort for every 1.5 Americans. 70 percent of all Americans are licensed to
