1、公共英语四级-113 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)News over the Radio reason for the bus accident on Freeway 65 1 a video factory destroyed by 2 the problem of the 120-year-old woman 3 amount of money found on the flight 4 reason for arresting the winner
2、 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)（分数：5.00）(1). How many pieces of news in all have you just heard? （分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2). According to the comments of President Absul Krim, what is the attitude of the Syrian people towards the war? （分数：1.00）(3). What is Mr. Paul An
3、geli in the city of New York? （分数：1.00）(4). What is Mr. Kitson“s most famous book? （分数：1.00）(5). What do you think of the price for fruits and vegetables this year? （分数：1.00）四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 1113 are based on the following passage. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 1113. （分数
4、：3.00）(1).What is the most fundamental difference between plants and animals?（分数：1.00）A.Plants produce their own food but animals don“t.B.Plant cells have a wall which is non-living in chemical nature but animal cells haven“t.C.Plants are green but animals aren“t.D.Plants can“t move but animals can.
5、(2).Which of the following is TRUE about plants?（分数：1.00）A.They have the power of locomotion.B.They have a wider range of foods than animals.C.They are very diverse in their external appearance.D.They are less sensitive than animals.(3).What can we infer from the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Plants have more
6、characteristics than animals.B.Animals have more characteristics than plants.C.Plants and animals are different in several ways.D.Plants and animals are less powerful than human beings.Questions 1416 are based on the following dialogue. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 1416. （分数：3.00）(1).Wh
7、at must you make sure when you load the cassette?（分数：1.00）A.That you open the recorder.B.That you get the power supply.C.That you get the right side of the tape facing you.D.That you switch the recorder on.(2).What may the red thing do besides recording?（分数：1.00）A.Wipe off the sound on the tape.B.Pl
8、ay the recorder.C.Set the recorder to work.D.Stop the recorder.(3).What button do you press if you want to listen again what has been played?（分数：1.00）A.Pause button.B.Record button.C.Forward button.D.Rewind button.Questions 1720 are based on the following passage. You now have 20 seconds to read Que
9、stions 1720. （分数：4.00）(1).What“s the main topic of this passage?（分数：1.00）A.It“s about the tests of a new airliner before its flying.B.It“s about how to protect a new airliner.C.It“s about how to train a new pilot.D.It“s about what the airliner engineers should do.(2).Why must air be pumped into the
10、plane?（分数：1.00）A.Because without air the plane can“t fly.B.Because the plane needs air for its fuel.C.Because the passengers“ lives depend on air.D.Because the passengers have paid for it.(3).What would happen if a small part of the plane were to crack?（分数：1.00）A.The plane would not go forward.B.The
11、 plane would explode.C.The plane would fall down.D.The plane would fly slowly.(4).For what purpose does the pilot shut off all the engines?（分数：1.00）A.To find out exactly what happens.B.To save fuel.C.To fly more slowly.D.To keep balance.五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Man has been storing up use
12、ful knowledge about himself and the universe at the rate which has been spiraling upward for 10,000 years. The 1 took a sharp upward leap with the invention of writing, but even 2 it remained painfully slow for several centuries. In Europe the next great leap forward 3 knowledge acquisition did not
13、occur 4 the invention of movable type in the 15th century by Gutenberg and others. 5 to 1,500, by the most optimistic 6 , Europe was producing books at a rate of 1,000 titles per year. This means that it 7 a full century to produce a library of 100,000 titles. By 1950, four and a half 8 later, the r
14、ate had accelerated so sharply that Europe was producing 120,000 titles a year. 9 once took a century now took only ten months. By 1960, a 10 decade later, the rate had made another significant jump, 11 a century“s work could be finished in seven and a half months. 12 , by the mid-sixties, the outpu
15、t of books on a world 13 , Europe included, approached the prodigious figure of 900 titles per day. One can 14 argue that every book is a net gain for the advancement of knowledge. Nevertheless we find that the accelerative 15 in book publication does, in fact, crudely 16 the rate at which man disco
16、vered new knowledge. For example, prior to Gutenberg 17 11 chemical elements were known. Antimony, the 12th, was discovered 18 about the time he was working on his invention. It was fully 200 years since the 11th, arsenic, had been discovered. 19 the same rate of discovery continued, we would by now
17、 have added only two or three additional elements to the periodic table since Gutenberg. 20 , in the 450 years after his time, certain people discovered some seventy additional elements. And since 1900 we have been isolating the remaining elements not at a rate of one every two centuries, but of one
18、 every three years.（分数：20.00）A.accumulationB.developmentC.knowledgeD.rateA.soB.ifC.thenD.whenA.toB.byC.fromD.inA.untilB.sinceC.whenD.beforeA.AsB.DueC.PriorD.NextA.examplesB.estimatesC.evidenceD.evaluationA.would takeB.had takenC.was takingD.would have takenA.decadesB.centuriesC.dozensD.yearsA.ThisB.
19、TheseC.ItD.WhatA.plainB.historicC.singleD.eventfulA.now thatB.so thatC.asD.whenA.HoweverB.ButC.AndD.ThereforeA.scopeB.sphereC.scaleD.stretchA.soB.hardlyC.accordinglyD.thereforeA.lineB.circleC.diagramD.curveA.fitB.likeC.resembleD.parallelA.aboutB.onlyC.more thanD.less thanA.inB.atC.onD.forA.AsB.HadC.
20、IfD.WithA.In additionB.In turnC.InsteadD.In particular六、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Text 1(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The demoralizing environment, decrepit (老朽的) building and minimal materials make the high school experience for these children an uphill battle. Merely graduating fr
21、om such a high school is difficult, much less becoming a high-caliber science or engineering student. Schools with students from a higher socioeconomic level would not tolerate the obstacles I encountered daily. Improvements need to be made efficiently and made soon, or the divisions among people in
22、 this country will only become more extreme. Of course, there are things that concerned citizens can do to help. Get involved with a school, especially one in a poor area. Volunteer to give a presentation or just to spend time with the children. My students were excited to talk to an insurance sales
23、person who came to give a career exploration lecture. They not only were genuinely interested in the opportunities he described but also were amazed that such a man would donate an afternoon to them. Although those measures can help, they are not enough. For teaching to be effective, the entire envi
24、ronment of the inner city needs to be changed. Teaching someone the difference between velocity and acceleration is irrelevant if the person is hungry and scared. Programs that educate parents in child-rearing, organize low-income groups into cooperative units, fight drug trafficking and help to cle
25、an up the ghettos physically will improve the life in the community. The small alterations and “new“ proposals currently filling the newspapers are certainly not strong enough to transform a decaying and demoralized school structure that has been disintegrating for decades. Inner-city schools need s
26、o much more, and the children deserve so much more than our society is willing to give. Like many other people, I entered the teaching profession eager to investigate change and found many institutionalized obstacles in my way. It should not be so difficult to make a difference.（分数：5.00）(1).By sayin
27、g “an uphill battle“, the author means _.（分数：1.00）A.a tough taskB.an easy jobC.an upgrade classD.climbing a hill(2).We can learn from the text that _.（分数：1.00）A.the political circle will offer the help to the high schoolsB.giving a presentation is beneficial to studentsC.teaching methods have to be
28、changedD.students are afraid to talk to strangers(3).The author believes that _.（分数：1.00）A.the divisions among people result from their propertyB.a high-caliber science student graduates from an ordinary high schoolC.the small alterations should be done immediatelyD.the society“s help to inner-city
29、schools is inadequate(4).It is the author“s opinion that _ will improve the life of inner city people.（分数：1.00）A.offering more education programs to studentsB.helping to clean up the ghettos physicallyC.taking measures to help extreme poor studentsD.bringing up more engineering students(5).It can be
30、 concluded from the author“s remarks that _.（分数：1.00）A.we should educate more high schools studentsB.the obstacles in teachers“ way should be moved awayC.the decaying school buildings should be reconstructedD.we should build up more high schools in our city九、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Many phrases used to
31、 describe monetary policy, such as “steering the economy to a soft landing“ or “a touch on the brakes“, makes it sound like a precise science. Nothing could be further from the truth. The relation between interest rates and inflation is uncertain. And there are long, variable lags before policy chan
32、ges have any effect on the economy. Hence the analogy that likes the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened windscreen, a cracked rearview mirror and a faulty steering wheel. Given all these disadvantages, central bankers seem to have had much to boast about. Average inflation
33、in the big seven industrial economies fell to a mere 2.3% last year, close to its lowest level in 30 years, before rising slightly to 2.5% this July. This is a long way below the double-dig- it rates which many countries experienced in the 1970s and early 1980s. It is also less than most forecasters
34、 has predicted. In late 1994 the panel of economists which The Economist polls each month said that America“s inflation rate would average 3.5% in 1995. In fact, it fell to 2.6% in August, and is expected to average only about 3% for the year as a whole. In Britain and Japan inflation is running hal
35、f a percentage point below the rate predicted at the end of last year. This is no flash in the pan; over the past few years, inflation has been continually lower than expected in Britain and America. Economists have been particularly surprised by favourable inflation figures in Britain and the Unite
36、d States, since conventional measures suggest that both economies, and especially that of America, have little productive slack. America“s capacity utilisation, for example, hit historically high levels earlier this year, and its jobless rate (5.6% in August) has fallen below most estimates of the n
37、atural rate of unemploymentthe rate below which inflation has taken off in the past. Why has inflation proved so mild? The most thrilling explanation is, unfortunately, a little defective. Some economists argue that powerful structural changes in the world have up-ended the old economic models which
38、 were based upon the historical link between growth and inflation.（分数：5.00）(1).According to the text, making monetary policy changes _.（分数：1.00）A.is comparable to driving a carB.is similar to carrying out scientific workC.will not influence the economy immediatelyD.will have an immediate impact on t
39、he inflation rate(2).From the text we can learn that _.（分数：1.00）A.there is a clear relationship between inflation and interest ratesB.the economy always follows particular trendsC.the current economic problems are entirely predictableD.the present economic situation is better than expected(3).The te
40、xt suggests that _.（分数：1.00）A.the previous economic models are still applicableB.an extremely low jobless rate will lead to inflationC.a high unemployment rate will result from inflationD.interest rates have an immediate effect on the economy(4).By saying “This is no flash in the pan“ ( Para. 3 ), t
41、he author means that _.（分数：1.00）A.the low inflation rate will continueB.the inflation rate will rise againC.inflation will disappear entirelyD.there is no inflation at present(5).How does the author feel about the present situation?（分数：1.00）A.Tolerant.B.Indifferent.C.Disappointed.D.Surprised.十、Text
42、3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Proper arrangement of classroom space is important to encouraging interaction. Most of us have noticed how important physical setting is to efficiency and comfort when we work. Today“s corporations hire human engineering specialists and spend a great deal of time and money to make su
43、re that the physical environments of buildings are fit to the activities of their inhabitants. Similarly, college classroom space should be designed to encourage the activity of critical thinking. We moved into the twenty-first century, but stepped into almost any college classroom and you would ste
44、p back in time at least a hundred years. Desks were normally in straight rows, so students could clearly see the teacher but not all their classmates. The assumption behind such an arrangement is obvious: everything important comes from the teacher. With a little imagination and effort, unless desks
45、 are fixed to the floor, the teacher can correct this situation and create space that encourages interchanges among students. In small or standard-sized classes, chairs, desks and tables can be arranged in different ways: circles, U-shapes, or semicircles. The primary goal should be for everyone to
46、be able to see everyone else. Larger classes, particularly those held in lecture halls, unfortunately, allow much less flexibility. Arrangement of the classroom should also make it easy to divide students into small groups for discussion or problem-solving exercises. Small classes with moveable desk
47、s and tables present no problem. Even in large lecture halls, it is possible for students to turn around and form groups of four to six. Breaking a class into small groups provides more opportunities for students to interact with each other, think out hard, and see how other students“ thinking proce
48、sses operateall these are the most important elements in developing new modes of critical thinking. In courses that regularly use a small group format, students might be asked to stay in the same small groups throughout the course. A colleague of mine allows students to move around during the first
49、two weeks, until they find a group they are comfortable with. He then asks them to stay in the same seat, with the same group, from then on. This not only creates a comfortable setting for interaction but helps him learn students“ names and faces.（分数：5.00）(1).The expression “step back in time at least a hundred years“ (Para. 2 ) is intended to convey the idea that _.（分数：1.00）A.college classrooms often remind people of their colleg
