1、公共英语四级-(无语音，只提供参考)1 及答案解析(总分：85.00，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 Movie Tickets The nmuber of shows today is 1.The last show for taday begins at p.m. 2.The six tickets wanted by Robert are seated 3.The show that still has ten tickets left is at
2、 p.m. 4.His friend will likely get to the movie theatre by 5.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).Who is the speaker talking to?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).What is the main topic of this talk?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).When do children first begin to make language-like noises?（分数：
3、1.00）填空项 1:_(4).At what age do most children begin to master the basics of grammar?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).What does the speaker say about the grammatical mistakes that four-year-olds make?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：10.00)（分数：3.00）(1).According to the author, which of the following is NOT an achi
4、evement of the 20th century science?A. Nuclear power. B. Strong computers.C. Nuclear weapons. D. Conquering cancer.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The word “seminal“ in the first paragraph means “ _ “.A. living in a strange world B. functioning as a seedC. strong as plant D. genetic transmutation（分数：1.00）A.B.C
5、.D.(3).The word “vanquish“ in the second paragraph means _ .A. vanish B. destroyC. overcome D. ruin（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：3.00）(1).What will be thought about mostly when one wants to find a job?A Whether the salary is high or low.B Whether the fringe benefits are good or bad.C Whether the working plac
6、e is far or near.D Whether the job is suitable or not.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why did Sally refuse to work at her aunties company?A Because she wasnt satisfied with the job.B Because she didnt like her aunt.C Because the job is boring.D Because the company is far away from the place she lives.（分数：1.00）
7、A.B.C.D.(3).From the dialogue, which company will Sally choose at last?A Exco Imports Ltd. B Inco Imports Ltd.C Her aunties company. D Erics company.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：4.00）(1).How far is the earth away from the sun?A. 93 million miles. B. 193 million miles.C. 930 million miles. D. 93 billion mile
8、s.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What is the temperature on the sun?A. Not clear. B. 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit.C. 10,000 degrees Centigrade. D. Over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The sun s light comes from millions of candles.B. Most o
9、f the sun s heat and light are received on the earth.C. The temperature of the sun is the same as that of the earth.D. Without the correct balance of heat and light, life on the earth would not be possible.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What does “sufficient“ mean?A. enough B. goodC. much D. adequate（分数：1.00）
10、A.B.C.D.五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)What do you do when you want to learn the meaning of a (21) word? If youre (22) most people, you do one of two things. You ask someone to tell you the words meaning, or you look (23) the word in a dictionary.The fact that you can look up words in a diction
11、ary can be (24) to a man named Noah Webster. He produced the first dictionary of American English.Noah Webster was a person who (25) words. He was born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1758. Webster studied at Yale and later became a teacher and a writer.In 1782 Webster was teaching at an elementary
12、 school in Goshen, New York. He saw that the schoolbooks he was using left (26) something he felt was important. The books Webster (27) to use in his teaching came from England. These books were just (28) for teaching English children. But they paid no (29) to American culture. Remember, the United
13、States had only just (30) its independence from England. Americans still educated their children the same way the British (31) . Noah Webster wanted to give his students an education that was strongly (32) .In writing his first dictionary, Webster was preparing for something grander. He had become f
14、amiliar (33) many different languages. He felt it was helpful and important to know where words came from their (34) . He traveled in England and France (35) research on the histories of English words.In 1807 he began to work on An American Dictionary of the English Language. Webster was seventy yea
15、rs old when he published the first (36) of this important work in 1828.Webster wrote the dictionary completely (37) hand. In those days people didnt have ballpoint pens, much (38) typewriters. He had to use a quill pen, which was a feather with its thickest end (39) into a point. This point was dipp
16、ed in a bottle of ink in order to write. A writer using a quill pen had to dip the pen constantly to (40) the ink.（分数：20.00）(1).A. sure B. such C. certain D. some（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. like B. alike C. likely D. as（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. on B. up C. at D. for（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. traced B. back C
17、. returned D. gone（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A. respected B. liked C. loved D. absorbed（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6).A. out B. off C. over D. behind（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7).A. must B. have C. was D. had（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8).A. good B. well C. fairly D. fine（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9).A. attentiveness B. attention C. note D. n
18、otice（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10).A. win B. beat C. won D. beaten（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11).A. way B. does C. can D. did（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12).A. England B. American C. different D. independent（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13).A. to B. with C. at D. in（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14).A. story B. histories C. country D. resource（分数：1.0
19、0）A.B.C.D.(15).A. made B. carried C. doing D. studying（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16).A. work B. dictionary C. edition D. book（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17).A. in B. at C. by D. on（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18).A. same B. more C. similar D. less（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19).A. sharpen B. sharpening C. sharpens D. sharpened（分数：1.00）A.B
20、.C.D.(20).A. dip B. redip C. fill D. refill（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.六、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Passage 1(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Revolutionary innovation is now occurring in all scientific and technological fields. This wave of unprecedented change is driven primarily by advances in i
21、nformation technology, but it is much larger in scope. We are not dealing simply with an Information Revolution but with a Technology Revolution.To anticipate developments in this field, the George Washington University Forecast of Emerging Technologies was launched at the start of the 1990s. We hav
22、e now completed four rounds of our Delphi survey - in 1990,1992,1994,and 1996 - giving us a wealth of data and experience. We now can offer a reasonably clear picture of what can be expected to happen in technology over the next three decades.Time horizons play a crucial role in forecasting technolo
23、gy. Forecasts of the next five to ten years are often so predictable that they fall into the realm of market research, while those more than30 or 40 years away are mostly speculation. This leaves a 10-to 20-year window in which to make useful forecasts. It is this time frame that our Forecast addres
24、ses.The Forecast uses diverse methods, including environmental scanning, trend analysis, Delphi surveys, and model building. Environmental scanning is used to identify emerging technologies. Trend analysis guides the selection of the most important technologies for further study, and a modified Delp
25、hi survey is used to obtain forecasts. Instead of using the traditional Delphi method of providing respondents with immediate feedback and requesting additional estimates in order to arrive at a consensus, we conduct another survey after an additional time period of about two years.Finally, the resu
26、lts are portrayed in time periods to build models of unfolding technological change. By using multiple methods instead of relying on a single approach, the Forecast can produce more reliable, useful estimates.For our latest survey conducted in 1996, we selected 85 emerging technologies representing
27、the most crucial advances that can be foreseen. We then submitted the list of technologies to our panel of futurists for their judgments as to when ( or if) each technological development would enter the mainstream, the probability that it would, happen, and the estimated size of the economic market
28、 for it. In short, we sought a forecast as to when each emerging technology will have actually “emerged. /（分数：5.00）(1).What we are faced with at present can be best described as a revolution inA information. B advanced method.C science. D technology.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The purpose of the Delphi sur
29、vey is toA foresee future technologies. B influence future technologies.C provide new technologies. D design new technologies.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Market researchers focus on the technologies that will emerge inA 5 - 10 years. B 10 - 20 years.C 20 - 30 years. D 30 - 40 years.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Var
30、ious research methods are employed in order toA reach a consensus of opinions.B provide immediate feedback.C increase the accuracy of predictions.D select crucial technologies.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The job of the futurist is toA estimate the frequency of technological developments.B forecast the sign
31、ificant technologies of the future.C prepare the potential market for each technology.D adjust the time of arrival of new technologies.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十二、Part B(总题数：1，分数：15.00)The standardized educational or psychological tests that are widely used to aid in selecting, classifying, assigning, or pr
32、omoting students, employees, and military personnel have been the target of recent attacks in books, magazines, the daily press, and even in congress. 61. The target is wrong, for in attacking the tests, critics divert attention from the fault that lies with ill-informed or incompetent users. The te
33、sts themselves are merely tools, with characteristics that can be measured with reasonable precision under specified conditions. Whether the results will be valuable, meaningless, or even misleading depends partly upon the tool itself but largely upon the user.All informed predictions of future perf
34、ormance are based upon some knowledge of relevant past performance: school grades, research productivity, sales records, or whatever is appropriate. 62. How well the predictions will be validated by later performance depends upon the amount, reliability, and appropriateness of the in- formation used
35、 and on the skill and wisdom with which it is interpreted. Anyone who keeps carful score knows that the information available is always incomplete and that the predictions are always subject to error.Standardized tests should be considered in this context. They provide a quick, objective method of g
36、etting some kinds of information about what a person learned, the skills he has developed, or the kind of person he is. The information so obtained has, qualitatively, the same advantages and shortcomings as other kinds of information. 63. Whether to use tests, other kinds of information, or both in
37、 a particular situation depends, therefore, upon the evidence from experience concerning comparative validity and upon such factors as cost and availability.64. In general, the tests work most effectively when the qualities to be measured can be most precisely defined and least effectively when what
38、 is to be measured or predicted can not be well defined. Properly used, they provide a rapid means of getting comparable information about many people. Sometimes they identify students whose high potential has not been previously recognized, but there are many things they do not do. 65. For example,
39、 they do not compensate for gross social inequality, and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances.（分数：15.00）_十三、Section Writing(总题数：1，分数：25.00)1. Suppose you are a secretary of a company. Your boss is thinking about exp
40、anding business on the Internet , so you are assigned to find out :(1) the number of people who surf the Internet in China,(2) the sales volume of your company via the Internet ,and(3) peoples attitudes toward buying things on the Internet.Write an E-mail to your boss about your survey. You should m
41、ake full use of the information provided in the .form printed below.You should write 160 200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.（分数：25.00）_公共英语四级-(无语音，只提供参考)1 答案解析(总分：85.00，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 Movie Tickets The nmuber of shows today is 1.The la
42、st show for taday begins at p.m. 2.The six tickets wanted by Robert are seated 3.The show that still has ten tickets left is at p.m. 4.His friend will likely get to the movie theatre by 5.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：5.）解析：听力原文1-5W: Welcome to Friday Cinema. Would you like to purchase a movie ticket?M: Um
43、m. I want to know when The Ring is Showing?W: There are 5 shows today. One at noon, and then 2 p. m., 5 p. m. , 8 p.m. and 11 p. m. On the weekend, besides these 5 shows, there is another show at midnight.M: Im sorry. Could you tell me the show times for today again?W: There are 5 shows today, one a
44、t noon, and then 2 p. m., 5 p. m., 8 p.m. and 11 p. m.M: OK. I want 6 tickets for the 11 p. m. show tonight. Are there still 6 tickets available that are seated together?W: Sorry. There are only three tickets left. How about the 8 p. m. show? There are still 10 tickets left for that one.M: But I hav
45、e a friend who doesnt get off work till 8 p. m., so he wont make the beginning of the movie.W: Well, I think it should be OK if he misses the fast ten minutes.M: He works about an hours drive from this movie theater, so he will never be able to make it in time.W: Would you like to see another movie
46、then?M: No, we all want to see this one. Is there any way that we could buy tickets now for tomorrow?W: Yes, you can order tickets now for tomorrow.填空项 1:_ （正确答案：11）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：together.）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：8）解析：填空项 1:_ （正确答案：car.）解析：三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).Who is the speaker talking to?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Students）解析：听力原文 6-10Now, in the last few minutes of class, Id like to address a slightly different issue: the question of how children learn to talk. Learning to speak their own language is one of childrens greatest accomplishments, yet it is a somewhat mysterious
