1、公共英语四级(笔试)-55 及答案解析(总分：100.00，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 the United World CollegesHer friend lives in 1 Main language used for most lessons is 2 Fees (per year) are 3 They also look at personal 4 The last question is about her other 5 （分数：5.
2、00）填空项 1:_三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The oldest institution of higher learning in US is 1 Harvard was established in 2 Harvard was named after it“s first benefactor whose name was 3 Harvard Extension School has an enrollment of 4 The college changed its name into Harvard College in the year of 5 （分数：5.0
3、0）填空项 1:_四、Part C(总题数：2，分数：10.00)（分数：5.00）(1).Exams are given _.（分数：1.00）A.to see if the students can answer all of the questionsB.to make the students studyC.to exam the abilities of university studentsD.to determine what students have learned(2).Which step should be taken before you begin to answe
4、r test questions?（分数：1.00）A.Glance over the test.B.Estimate how much time you can spend on each item.C.Read test directions carefully.D.All of the above.(3).Test directions provide specific information which _.（分数：1.00）A.students needn“t pay any attention toB.students must carefully read and followC
5、.students will forgetD.students can“t understand(4).It“s advisable _.（分数：1.00）A.to answer the easy questions firstB.to answer every question on a test no matter what requirements it hasC.to forget an answer if students likeD.to leave enough space(5).What“s the best topic for the passage?（分数：1.00）A.E
6、nglish ExaminationsB.The History of ExaminationsC.How to Help with TestsD.Approaches to Taking Tests（分数：5.00）(1).The passage is mainly about _.（分数：1.00）A.how to become an ordinary teacherB.what a teacher should do outside the classroomC.the similarities and differences between a teacher“s work and a
7、n actor“sD.what teachers and actors could learn from each other(2).A good teacher _.（分数：1.00）A.knows how to attract the attention of his studentsB.has a low voiceC.has a high voiceD.stands and sits quietly while teaching(3).In what way is a teacher“s work different from an actors“s?（分数：1.00）A.The te
8、acher must learn everything by heart.B.He knows how to control his voice.C.He has to deal with unexpected situations.D.He has to use more facial expressions.(4).The main difference between students in class and a theatre audience is that _.（分数：1.00）A.there is no stage to watchB.students must keep si
9、lent while theatre audience needn“tC.no memory work is needed for the studentsD.the students must take part in the play(5).Why can“t some good teachers play well on the stage?（分数：1.00）A.Nobody has taught them how to act on the stage.B.Their audiences are different.C.It is impossible for them to do s
10、o much memory.D.They are not used to repeating exactly the same words.五、Section Reading(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、Part A(总题数：1，分数：20.00)How to Improve Reading SpeedThe comprehension passages on this course are designed to help you increase your speed. A higher reading rate with no loss of comprehension will h
11、elp you in other subjects as well as English, and the general principles applied to any language. Naturally, you will read every book at the same speed. You would expect to read a newspaper, for example, much more rapidly than a physics or economics textbook, hut you can raise your average reading s
12、peed over the whole range of materials you wish to cover so that the percentage gain will be the same whatever kind of reading you are concerned with. The reading passages which follow are all of an average level of difficulty for your stage of instruction. They are all proximately 500 words long. T
13、hey are about topics of general interest which do not require a great deal of specialized knowledge. Thus they fall between the kind of reading you might find in your textbooks and the much less demanding kind you will find in a newspaper or light novel. If you read this kind of English, with unders
14、tanding, at say, 400 words per minute (w. p. m.), you might skim through a newspaper at perhaps 650-700 w. p. m., while with a difficult textbook you might drop to 200 or 250 w. p.m. If you get to the point where you can read books of average difficulty at between 400 and 500 w. p. m., with 70% or m
15、ore comprehension, you will be doing quite well, though of course any further improvement of speed with comprehension will be a good thing. When you practise reading with passage shorter than book length, do not try to take in each word separately, one after the other. It is much more difficult to g
16、rasp the broad theme of the passage this way, and you will also get stuck on individual words which may not be absolutely essential to a general understanding of the passage. It is a good idea to skim through the passage very quickly first (say, 500 words in a minute or so) to get the general idea o
17、f each paragraph. Titles, paragraph headings and emphasized words (underlined or in italics) can be a great help in getting this skeleton outline of the passage.（分数：20.00）(1).Provided there is no loss of understanding, a higher reading speed will help in _.（分数：4.00）A.EnglishB.PhysicsC.other subjects
18、 as well as EnglishD.Economics(2).You will expect to read a physics textbook _.（分数：4.00）A.at the same speed as you read a funny storyB.much more rapidly than a newspaperC.as slowly as you read Gone With the WindD.much more slowly than comic novels(3).To do the most effective reading, you should _.（分
19、数：4.00）A.try every possible means to increase your reading rateB.in general improve your comprehension of the textC.hunt for whatever is implied in the reading materialD.increase your reading speed and improve your understanding(4).The author suggests that you should NOT read passages word by word b
20、ecause _.（分数：4.00）A.it is not necessary to do soB.it might simply slow down your reading speedC.it might be more difficult to catch the general idea of the passagesD.it will result in misunderstanding(5).Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?（分数：4.00）A.You are expected t
21、o read various kinds of materials at the same rate.B.A great deal of specialized knowledge is required to read books of general interest.C.Titles, introduction and paragraph headings are of great help for grasping the overview of the text.D.It is less likely that you can raise your average reading r
22、ate over the whole range of materials you wish to cover within a short time.七、Part B(总题数：1，分数：15.00)British Universities and PolytechnicsThe two best-known universities in England are also the oldest seats of learning: Oxford and Cambridge. These two universities date back to the 13th century and th
23、ey consist of a number of colleges founded and built, for the most part, in the early years of the universities“ existence. For both the resident students and the visitors, the universities are collection of buildings of great historical interest. 1 It was not until the beginning of the 19th century
24、 that the creation of more universities was seen to be either necessary or desirable. One of the first new foundations was London University (1827) which, following the organisational structure of the ancient of foundations, also consists of a number of constituent colleges. New provincial universit
25、ies were established in the early part of the centurySheffield (1905) and Bristol (1909) being among the firstand these set up a different pattern of university life. Most of the teaching and lecturing takes place in the main buildings of the university and the students live in hostels or lodgings i
26、n the town. In 1945 there were 17 universities in Britain; by 1967 there were 45. A period of very rapid expansion took place in the middle sixties when 10 new institutions were granted university status by Royal Charter. These modern universities do not in many respects resemble their older counter
27、parts. 2 Much more emphasis is placed on advanced studies in science and technology and the newer social science disciplines than on the arts and humanities. For the most part of the buildings the students live and work in are severely functional and there is the hum and bustle of continuous activit
28、y. The quiet gardens and enclosed quadrangles of Oxford and Cambridge belong to another world. This is inevitable, for the universities like everything else must change and adapt themselves to meet the needs and demands of a new age. 3 In recent years there had been a very rapid increase in the numb
29、ers of young people (especially girls) seeking higher education. Between 1962 and 1975, the number of students in higher education more than doubled from 222,400 to 497,000. Part of this increase is accounted for by the creation of thirty polytechnics which offer a wide range of courses leading to t
30、he recognized qualifications. The polytechnics were created by amalgamating existing specialised colleges and colleges of Advanced Technology into one institution; these new establishments undertake a considerable amount of work which is comparable in standard to that of the universities and an incr
31、easing proportion of their students qualify for degrees validated by the Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA). 4 For those people who missed the opportunity for higher education at the age of eighteen to thereabouts, a major innovation in the academic world now provides a second chance. The O
32、pen University was founded in 1971; it offers tuition to degree standard to anyone who chooses to registerthere are no formal academic qualifications required for entry. 5 The courses are taught through radio and television programmes and by correspondence with Open University tutors. By 1796 there
33、were more than 90,000 students enrolled for Open University courses and there are several thousand people who are the proud holder of a B.A. degree from the Open University.（分数：15.00）_八、Section Writing(总题数：1，分数：45.00)1.Read the following text(s) and write an essay to1) summarize the main points of t
34、he text(s),2) make clear, our 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 that we have doubled the number
35、 of young people attending college, a diploma cannot even guarantee a job. The most charitable conclusion we can reach is that college probably has very little, if any, effect on people and things at all. Today, the false premises are easy to see: First, college doesn“t make people intelligent, ambi
36、tious, happy or liberal. It“s the other way around. Intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal people are attracted to higher education in the first place. Second, college can“t claim much credit for the learning experiences that really change students while they are there. Jobs, history, and most of al
37、l, the sheer passage of time, have as big an impact as anything even indirectly related to the campus. Third, colleges have changed so radically that a freshman entering in the fall or 1974 can“t be sure to gain even the limited value research studies assigned to colleges in the 60s. The sheer size
38、of undergraduate campuses of the 1970s makes college even less stimulating now than it was 10 years ago. Today even motivated students are disappointed with their college courses and professors. Finally, a college diploma no longer opens as many vocational doors. Employers are beginning to realize t
39、hat when they pay extra for someone with a diploma, they are paying only for an empty credential. The fact is that most of the work for which employers now expect college training is now or has been capably done in the past by people without higher education. College, then, may be a good place for t
40、hose few young people who are really drawn to academic work, who would rather read than eat, but it has become too expensive, in money, time, and intellectual effort to serve as a holding pen for large numbers of our young. We ought to make it possible for those reluctant, unhappy students to find a
41、lternative ways of growing up, and more realistic preparation for the years ahead. （分数：45.00）_公共英语四级(笔试)-55 答案解析(总分：100.00，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 the United World CollegesHer friend lives in 1 Main language used for most lessons is 2 Fee
42、s (per year) are 3 They also look at personal 4 The last question is about her other 5 （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Spain.）解析： Spain. 听力原文 M: United World Colleges. Can I help you? W: Yes, I“d like some information about the colleges, please. M: What would you like to know? W: My name“s Julia Harris and I
43、 have a friend in Spain who“s interested in applying for a place at one of the colleges. There are one or two questions that she“d like me to ask you. M: Go ahead. W: Thanks. What language is used for most lessons? M: Well, the main language of instruction in all the colleges is English. But at Paci
44、fic College in Canada some subjects are taught in French. W: Right. Is it expensive to go to one of the colleges? M: Students“ parents don“t have to be rich, if that“s what you mean. There are scholarships for all colleges, but we do ask the parents to pay what they can afford. It“s $2,400 per year.
45、 W: Good. Now she wants to know something about getting into a college. Does she have to get high marks in her examinations? M: Ah, yes, well, she will have to do well, but academic ability is not the only thing that“s important. We also look at personal qualities. W: What sort of things do you mean
46、? M: Maturity, the ability to get along well with people from different countries, that sort of thing. W: I understand what you mean. The last question is about her other interests. Can she take painting or modern dancing, for example? M: Yes, probably. It depends on the staff at the college she ent
47、ers. Each college has its own special activities, such as theatre studies or environmental work, in which students can take part. W: Good. I think that“s all. Thank you very much for your help. M: You“re welcome. Goodbye. W: Goodbye. 解析： English. 解析： $2,400 解析： qualities. 解析： interests. 三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The oldest institution of higher learning in US is 1 Harvard was established in 2 Harvard was named after it“s first benefactor whose name was 3 Harvard Extension School has an enrollment of 4 The college changed its name into Harvard Co
