1、公共英语四级-26 及答案解析(总分：89.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BPart A/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).Brighton is the largest seaside resort in the _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The town became popular in _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).The towns future as a tourist center was assured when it was visited by _.（分数
2、：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).There is a special exhibition in Brighton in _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Brighton, as a popular seaside resort, offers all kinds of _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)（分数：4.00）(1).The percentage of people who send cards to themselves on February 14 is _.（分数：0.80）填空项 1:_(2).Some p
3、eople send cards to themselves on February 14 to _.（分数：0.80）填空项 1:_(3).The 1/10 of the people questioned get the cards on that day by _.（分数：0.80）填空项 1:_(4).The least romantic nation according to the passage is _.（分数：0.80）填空项 1:_(5).The best gift for the French on February 14 is _.（分数：0.80）填空项 1:_四、B
4、Part C/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)（分数：3.00）(1).According to common belief, in what way are the first child and the only child alike? A. Their parents pay a lot of attention to them. B. Their ability is the same. C. Their family have the same many people. D. They are happy.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What do people u
5、sually say about middle children? A. They get a lot of attention. B. They are smart. C. They usually get ignored by families. D. They are powerful.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What do we learn about later children in a family from a recent study of birth order? A. They are less principle. B. They stick to p
6、rinciples. C. They want to do things on their own. D. They dont like to take chances.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：3.00）(1).Why do many people criticize TV programs in the U.S.? A.There are not enough programs to entertain. B.There are not enough programs to show the life of ordinary people. C.There are too
7、many programs to educate. D.There are not enough serious programs.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the speaker, who should be responsible for the lack of serious programs on TV? A.Businessman. B.TV set owner. C.TV station owner. D.The commercial TV system.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following
8、 is NOT mentioned as a kind of serious programs? A.Programs of science. B.Programs of medicine. C.Programs of art. D.Programs of history.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：4.00）(1).Why did Peter go to the Union Trust Bank? A. To draw money that he had won in the contest. B. To stem money. C. To borrow money. D. T
9、o invest money.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What was Peters job? A. A banker. B. A runner. C. A mechanic. D. A pickpocket.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What did the guards do when Peter stared gathering the money? A. Yell out. B. Catch him. C. Call the police. D. Stood back and let him stuff the bills in his shirt a
10、nd pants.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Why didnt Peter take more money from the bank? A. He had no more time. B. He had no more pockets. C. He was too tired. D. He thought it was enough.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)The first and smallest unit that can be discussedU U 1 /U /Urelation to la
11、nguage is the word. In speaking, the choice of words isU U 2 /U /Uthe utmost importance. Proper selection willU U 3 /U /Uone source ofU U 4 /U /Ubreakdown in the communication cycle. Too UU 5 /U /U,careless use of wordsU U 6 /U/Ua meeting of the minds of the speaker and UU 7 /U /U. The words used by
12、 the speaker mayU U 8 /U/Uunfavorable reactionsU U 9 /U /Uthe listenerU U 10 /U /Uinterfere with his comprehension; hence, the transmission-reception system breaksU U 11 /U /U.U U 12 /U/Uinaccurate orU U 13 /U /Uwords may makeU U 14 /U /UdifficultU U 15 /U /Uthe listener to understand theU U 16 /U /
13、Uwhich is being transmitted to him. The speaker who does not have specific words in his workingU U 17 /U /Umay beU U 18 /U /Uto explain UU 19 /U /Udescribe in aU U 20 /U /Uthat can be understood by his listeners.（分数：20.00）(1). A. in B. at C. from D. up on（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. of B. at C. for D. o
14、n（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. reduced B. eliminate C. pass D. make（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. inaccessible B. timely C. likely D. invalid（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A. often B. rare C. never D. strange（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6). A. encourages B. prevents C. destroy D. offers（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7). A. speaker B. listener
15、 C. by-passer D. words（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8). A. pass out B. take away C. back up D. stir up（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9). A. at B. from C. in D. upon（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10). A. who B. as C. which D. what（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11). A. up B. lower C. through D. down（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12). A. Moreover B. However C. Prel
16、iminarily D. Unexpectedly（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13). A. indefinite B. insecure C. impossible D. imbalanced（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14). A. that B. it C. so D. this（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15). A. at B. for C. from D. upon（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16). A. speech B. sense C. message D. meaning（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17). A. style B.
17、comprehension C. vocabulary D. transmission（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18). A. obscure B. difficult C. impossible D. unable（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19). A. to B. too C. as D. or（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20). A. case B. means C. method D. way（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.六、BSection Readi(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、BPart A/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、BPassage
18、 1/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)For many years, any discussion of reparations to compensate the descendants of African slaves for 246 years of bondage and another century of legalized discrimination was dismissed. Many whites and blacks alike scoffed at the idea, reasoning that slavery is part of the past that w
19、ould only unleash new demons if it were resurrected.Opponents contend that the fledgling reparations movement overlooks many important facts. First, they assert, reparations usually are paid to direct victims, as was the case when the US government apologized and paid compensation to Japanese-Americ
20、ans interned during World War . Similarly, Holocaust survivors have received payments from the Germans. In addition, not all blacks were slaves, and an estimated 3, 000 were slave owners.Also, many immigrants not only came to the United States after slavery ended, but they also faced discrimination.
21、 Should they be paid reparations, too? Or should they receive them?And regardless of how much slave labor contributed to the United States wealth, opponents contend, blacks benefit from that wealth today. As a group, Afro-Americans are the best-educated, wealthiest blacks on the planet.But that atti
22、tude is slowly changing. At least 10 cities, including Chicago, Detroit and Washington, have passed resolutions in the past two years urging federal hearings into the impact of slavery. Mainstream civil rights groups such as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Ur
23、ban League and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference regularly raise the issue.The surging interest in reparations parallels a heightened sensitivity to the horrors of slavery, in which as many as 6 million Africans perished in the journey to the Americas alone. There also is growing attentio
24、n being paid to the huge economic bounty that slavery created for private companies and the country as a whole.Earliest this year, Aetna Inc. apologized for selling insurance policies that compensated slave owners for financial losses when their slaves died. Last summer, the Hartford Courant in Conn
25、ecticut printed a front-page apology for the profits it made from running ads for the sale of slaves and the capture of runaways. Next month, a new California law will require insurance companies to disclose any slave insurance policies they may have issued. The state also is requiring University of
26、 Californian officials to assemble a team of scholars to research the history of slavery and report how current California businesses benefited.Proponents of reparations argue that, even for nearly a century after emancipation in 1865, blacks legally were still excluded from the opportunities that b
27、ecame the cornerstones for the white middle-class.（分数：5.00）(1).The reasons put forward by opponents of reparations include all the following EXCEPT that _. A. compensations usually go to direct victims B. blacks who came after slavery ended should not receive compensations C. blacks now are enjoying
28、 the wealth they created under slavery D. some blacks were slave owners instead of slaves（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).“Immigrants“ in paragraph 3 refers to _. A. Afro-Americans B. non-white immigrants C. Japanese-Americans D. holocaust survivors（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).That the reparations movement is winning s
29、upport in America is shown in the fact that _. A. federal hearings were held to investigate the impact of slavery B. even mainstream civil rights groups were persuaded C. growing attention is being paid to the wealth of the blacks D. there was more public awareness of the frightening experience of s
30、lavery（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The two private companies that made public apology had _. A. compensated slave owners for financial losses B. sold slaves and captured runaways C. operated insurance and advertisement businesses D. depended on slavery for their existence（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the fo
31、llowing is true according to the passage? A. US government killed Japanese-Americans during World War . B. A new Californian law disclosed slave-insurance policies. C. National Urban League is one of the civil rights groups. D. Blacks faced no discrimination after liberation in 1865.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D
32、.九、BPassage 2/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The universities have trained the intellectual pioneers of our civilization the priests, the lawyers, the statesmen, the doctors, the men of science, and the men of letters. The conduct of business now requires intellectual imagination of the same type as that which in
33、former times has mainly passed into those other occupations.There is one Ugreat difficulty which hinders all the higher types of human effort/U. In modern times, this difficulty has even increased in its possibilities for evil. In any large organization the younger men, who are novices, must be set
34、to jobs which consist in carrying out fixed duties in obedience to orders. No president of a large corporation meets his youngest employee at his office door with the offer of the most responsible job which the work of that corporation includes. The young men are set to work at a fixed routine, and
35、only occasionally even see the president as he passes in and out of the building. Such work is a great discipline. It imparts knowledge, and it produces reliability of character; also it is the only work for which the young men, in that novice stage, are fit, and it is the work for which they are hi
36、red. There can be no criticism of the custom, but there may be an unfortunate effect: prolonged routine work dulls the imagination.The way in which a university should function in the preparation for an intellectual career, is by promoting the imaginative consideration of the various general princip
37、les underlying that career. Its students thus pass into their period of technical apprenticeship with their imaginations already practiced in connecting details with general principles.Thus the proper function of a university is the imaginative acquisition of knowledge. Apart from this importance of
38、 the imagination, there is no reason why businessmen, and other professional men, should not pick up their facts bit by bit as they want them for particular occasions. A university is imaginative or it is nothing at least nothing useful.（分数：5.00）(1).What is a basic requirement for work in all profes
39、sions according to the passage? A. Imagination. B. Reliability of character. C. Discipline. D. Obedience to orders.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following serves best as the title of the passage? A. Limitations of the University. B. The Proper Function of the University. C. Importance of Intelle
40、ctual Imagination. D. Foolery of Apprenticeship Period.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In modern times the period of technical apprenticeship_. A. may have bad effects upon the young men B. can very well train the young men C. is a root cause of many evils D. is unnecessary for the employees and the business（分
41、数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).If a university is to be of any use, it should prepare the students for an intellectual career by_. A. imparting knowledge and developing skills B. developing students independence in thinking C. disciplining the students in their subject fields D. promoting the imagination in con
42、necting details with general principles（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What does the “great difficulty which hinders all the higher types of human effort“ mean? A. Prolonged and fixed routine work in the apprenticeship period. B. The young employees seldom seeing the president of the company. C. Universities f
43、ailure to get young people ready for future work. D. Young men having to obey orders in the early stage of their work.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十、BPassage 3/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)For the past several years, the Sunday newspaper supplement Parade has featured a column called “Ask Marilyn. “ People are invited to qu
44、ery Marilyn vos Savant, who at age 10 had tested at a mental level of someone about 23 years old; that gave her an IQ of 228the highest score ever recorded. IQ tests ask you to complete verbal and visual analogies, to envision paper after it has been folded and cut, and to deduce numerical sequences
45、, among other similar tasks. So it is a bit confusing when vos Savant fields such queries from the average Joe (whose IQ is 100) as, whats the difference between love and fondness? Or what is the nature of luck and coincidence? Its not obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out
46、numerical patterns suits one to answer questions that have eluded some of the best poets and philosophers.Clearly, intelligence encompasses more than a score on a test. Just what does it mean to be smart? How much of intelligence can be specified, and how much can we learn about it from neurology, genetics, computer science and other fields?The defining term of intelligence in humans still seems to be the IQ score, even though IQ tests are not given as often as they used to be. The test comes primarily in two forms: the Stanf
