1、公共英语四级-29 及答案解析(总分：97.00，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：4.00)（分数：4.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Before Mike became an actor, what kind of school did he go to? U U 1 /U /UHow often did the small theater company do a new play? U U 2 /U
2、 /UWhat is the television drama Mike did last year about ? U U 3 /U /U What enables him to earn a lot of money? U U 4 /U /UWhat does Mike plan to do from next week? U U 5 /U /U （分数：4.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_四、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：11.00)（分数：3.00）(1).Why do many people criticize TV program
3、s 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 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
4、 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 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.
5、（分数：4.00）(1).How much money do people usually spend buying one lottery ticket? A. Ten dollars. B. One dollars. C. One hundred dollars. D. From one to ten dollars.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following about lottery winners is NOT true? A. They find negative factors after winning the lottery. B.
6、 Many people envy them. C. Their lives do not change after they win the lottery. D. They do not want to give the money back.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following is NOT one of the changes of privacy loss? A. They have lost their privacy. B. They are harassed by letters and phone calls from str
7、angers asking for money. C. Many of them experience long periods of depression. D. Many members of their family have been kidnapped.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Of the thirty instant millionaires studied, how many of them were still working a few years after winning the lottery? A. Seven of them. B. Most of
8、 them. C. Half of them. D. All of them.（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 miles.（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
9、,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 of the sun s heat and light are received on the earth. C. The temperature of the sun is the same as that
10、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. good C. much D. adequate（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Comparisons were drawn between the development of television
11、 in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened U U 1 /U /U. As was discussed before, it was not U U 2 /U /Uthe 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic U U 3 /U /U, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book
12、and in the U U 4 /U /Uof the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution U U 5 /U /Uup, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading U U 6 /U /Uthrough the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures U U 7 /U /Uthe 20th-century world of the motor car and
13、 the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in U U 8 /U /U. It is important to do so.It is generally recognized, U U 9 /U /U, that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, U U 10 /U /Uby the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, U
14、U 11 /U /Uits impact on the media was not immediately U U 12 /U /U. As time went by, computers became-smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal“ too, as well as U U 13 /U /U, with display becoming sharper and storage U U 14 /U /Uincreasing. They were thought of, like people, U U 15 /U /Ug
15、enerations, with the distance between generations much U U 16 /U /U.It was within the computer age that the term “information society“ began to be widely used to describe the U U 17 /U /Uwithin which we now live. The communications revolution has U U 18 /U /Uboth work and leisure and how we think an
16、d feel both about place and time, but there have been U U 19 /U /Uview about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. “Benefits“ have been weighed U U 20 /U /U“harmful“ outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.（分数：20.00）(1). A. between B. before C. since D. later（分数：1.00
17、）A.B.C.D.(2). A. after B. by C. during D. until（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. means B. method C. medium D. measure（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. process B. company C. light D. form（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A. gathered B. speeded C. worked D. picked（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6). A. on B. out C. over D. off（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7
18、). A. of B. for C. beyond D. into（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8). A. concept B. dimension C. effect D. perspective（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9). A. indeed B. hence C. however D. therefore（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10). A. brought B. followed C. stimulated D. characterized（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11). A. unless B. since C. lest D. alth
19、ough（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12). A. apparent B. desirable C. negative D. plausible（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13). A. institutional B. universal C. fundamental D. instrumental（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14). A. ability B. capability C. capacity D. faculty（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15). A. by means of B. in terms of C. with regard to
20、D. in line with（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16). A. deeper B. fewer C. nearer D. smaller（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17). A. context B. range C. scope D. territory（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18). A. regarded B. impressed C. influenced D. effected（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19). A. competitive B. controversial C. distracting D. irrational（分数
21、：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20). A. above B. upon C. against D. with（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 1/B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed
22、among buyers. The price system of the United States is a very complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad of services, including labor, professional, transportation, and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all
23、these prices make up the “system“ of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define “price“, many wou
24、ld reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words, that price is the money value of a product or service as agreed upon in a market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of
25、a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will
26、take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that apply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privilege, and other factors. In other words, both buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors t
27、hat comprise the total “package“ being exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in group that Uthey/U may evaluate a given price.（分数：4.00）(1).What is the best title for the passage? A. The Inherent Weaknesses of the Price System. B. The Complexities of the Price System C. Credit Terms in Transact
28、ions. D. Resource Allocation and the Public Sector.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the passage, the price system is related primarily to A. labor and education. B. transportation and insurance. C. utilities and repairs. D. products and services.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the passage, which
29、of the following is NOT a factor in the complete understanding of price? A. Instructions that come with a product. B. The quantity of a product. C. The quality of a product. D. Warranties that over a product.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(4).In the last sentence of the passage, the word “they“ refers to A. retur
30、n privileges. B. all the factors. C. buyer and seller. D. money.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(5).The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses A. unusual ways to advertise products. B. types of payment plans for service. C. theories about how products affect different levels of society. D. bow certa
31、in elements of a price “package“ influence its market value.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.九、BPassage 2/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Reading to oneself is modem activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval (between AD 1100 and 1500) worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term “readin
32、g“ undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace.One should be careful, however, in assuming that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is distraction to others. Examination of factors related to the historical development
33、of silent reading reveals that it became the usual mode of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character.The last century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy, and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, so the number of potential lis
34、teners decreased, and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would cause distrac
35、tion to other readers.Towards the end of the century there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of materials such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us
36、still in education. However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by book and magazines for a specialized readership on the other.By the end of the century students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to b
37、ooks and to use skills in reading them which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term “reading“ implied.（分数：5.00）(1).Why didnt silent reading become common before the nineteenth centur
38、y? A. There were few places for people to have silent reading. B. Few people could read for themselves. C. Scholars disagreed with this kind of reading before the 19th century. D. People all thought that “reading“ undoubtedly meant reading aloud. （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What did the development of sile
39、nt reading during the nineteenth century indicate? A. An increase in the number of listeners. B. An increase in the number of books. C. A decrease in literacy. D. A change in the nature of reading. （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In education, were also arguing about _. A. combining silent reading with reading
40、 aloud B. the amount of information students can get from books and newspapers C. the value of different types of reading material D. the importance of using right reading skills （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The mass media and specialized reading materials replaced the old shared literacy culture. This fact
41、 shows that _. A. the techniques in printing had improved B. readers interests had become varied C. literate peoples attitudes had changed D. books had been used for information （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What is the authors purpose in writing this passage? A. Encourage students to read more books. B. Tel
42、l the importance of reading. C. Show how reading methods have changed. D. Explain how present reading habits developed. （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十、BPassage 3/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Dr Thomas Starzl, like all the pioneers of organ transplantation, had to learn to live with failure. When he performed the worlds firs
43、t liver transplant 25 years ago, the patient, a three-year-old boy, died on the operating table. The next four patients didnt live long enough to get out of the hospital. But more determined than discouraged, Starzl and his colleagues went back to their lab at the University of Colorado Medical Scho
44、ol. They devised techniques to reduce the heavy bleeding during surgery, and they worked on better ways to prevent the recipients immune system from rejecting the organ an ever-present risk.But the triumphs of the transplant surgeons have created yet another tragic problem: a severe shortage of dono
45、r organs. “As the results get better, more people go on the waiting lists and theres wider disparity between supply and need,“ says one doctor. The American Council on Transplantation estimated that on any given day 15000 Americans are waiting for organs. There is no shortage of actual organs; each
46、year about 5000 healthy people die unexpectedly in the United States, usually in accidents. The problem is that fewer than 20 percent become donors.This trend persists despite laws designed to encourage organ recycling. Under the federal Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, a person can authorize the use of his organs after death by signing a statement. Legally, the next of kin can veto these posthumous gifts, but surveys indicate that 70 to 80 percent of the public would not interfere with a family members decision. T
