1、公共英语四级-63 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：1，分数：5.00)BPart A/BBDirections:/BI For Questions 15, you will hear a short talk about the Nobel Prize. While you listen, .fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Writ
2、e only I word in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below./I（分数：5.00）(1).A Nobel Prize is one of the most highly regarded _ honors.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Among the five Nobel Prizes
3、, there are three in various sciences, one for _. and the Peace Prize.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Nobel wished his property to be contributed to the _ of prizes in his last will.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).The first part of the prize is a gold _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_二、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).The daily circu
4、lation of the Daily Mirror and the Daily Express is _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The total weekly circulation of local newspapers in Britain is _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).What of the local papers is naturally influenced by the community they serve?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4)._ are regular suppliers of news for local pa
5、pers.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).What is essential for the success of a newspaper?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 11 13 are based on a dialogue between husband and wife. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 13.（分数：3.00）(1).What does the man think about the weather where he now l
6、ives?（分数：1.00）A.Its too hot.B.Its too humid.C.It snows too much.D.It snows too little.(2).What does the conversation tell us about the new job the man is talking about?（分数：1.00）A.It will offer him a better opportunity for career development.B.It requires a lot of experience in business management.C.
7、He is quite confident that he can get it.D.He has to be interviewed twice for the job.(3).What does the man have to do next week?（分数：1.00）A.Be the Director of a big company.B.Get a big raise in salary,C.Fly to Los Angeles for an interview.D.Go skiing in the mountains.Questions 14 17 are based on a r
8、adio interview. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 14 17.（分数：4.00）(1).Who is the person being interviewed?（分数：1.00）A.John Nash.B.Russell Crowe.C.Nashs friend.D.Crowes doctor.(2).We learn that the strange voices John Nash heard came from _.（分数：1.00）A.his subconsciousnessB.some alien beingsC.th
9、e actors imaginationD.the True reality(3).Which of the following does the interviewee consider accurate?（分数：1.00）A.Brash.B.“You dont know a crap.“C.“How could you?“D.Arrogant.(4).When John Nash went into his mental illness, he didnt realize that _.（分数：1.00）A.he was quite alertedB.he was enlightenedC
10、.it was mental illnessD.it was in a movieQuestions 18 20 are based on a talk introducing American adult education programs. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 18 20.（分数：3.00）(1).Which is NOT the purpose of the adult students taking part in adult programs?（分数：1.00）A.To finish their education.B
11、.To learn job skills.C.To explore new interests.D.To develop their brains.(2).Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this talk?（分数：1.00）A.Montgomery College.B.The University of Arizona.C.Elder hostel.D.The departments of Agriculture and Defense.(3).Which of the following is true according to the
12、 talk?（分数：1.00）A.Adult education classes meet in school, public libraries, religious centers and nature scienceB.Adults can take the classes by mail or on their computers providing by the University of Arizona Extended University.C.Some adults explore new interests through learning job skills and le
13、arning to speak a foreign language.D.An agency in the Federal Department of Education offers classes in many subjects for adults.四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Standard English is the variety of English which is usually used in print and which is normally taught in schools and to non-native speaker
14、s learning the language. It is also the variety which is normallyU (21) /Uby educated people and used in news broadcasts and otherU (22) /Usituations. The difference between standard and nonstandard, it should be noted, hasU (23) /Uin principle to do with differences between formal and colloquialU (
15、24) /U; standard English has colloquial as well as formal variants.U (25) /U, the standard variety of English is based on the LondonU (26) /Uof English that developed after the Norman Conquest resulted in the removal of the Court from Winchester to London. This dialect became the oneU (27) /Uby the
16、educated, and it was developed and promotedU (28) /Ua model, or norm, for wider and wider segments of society. It was also theU (29) /Uthat was carried overseas, but not one unaffected by such export. Today,U (30) /UEnglish is arranged to the extent that the grammar and vocabulary of English areU (3
17、1) /Uthe same everywhere in the world where English is used;U (32) /Uamong local standards is really quite minor,U (33) /Uthe Singapore, South Africa, and Irish varieties are really veryU (34) /Udifferent from one another so far as grammar and vocabulary areU (35) /U. Indeed, Standard English is so
18、powerful that it exerts a tremendousU (36) /Uon all local varieties, to the extent that many of long-established dialects of England haveU (37) /Umuch of their vigor and there is considerable pressure on them to beU (38) /U. ThisU (39) /Usituation is not unique to English: it is also true in other c
19、ountries where processes of standardization areU (40) /U. But it sometimes creates problems for speakers who try to strike some kind of compromise between local norms and national, even supernational ones.（分数：20.00）A.saidB.toldC.talkedD.spokenA.sameB.similarC.equalD.identicalA.anythingB.somethingC.n
20、othingD.everythingA.languageB.vocabularyC.idiomsD.wordsA.SurprisinglyB.HistoricallyC.InterestinglyD.GenerallyA.accentB.pronunciationC.spellingD.dialectA.preferredB.learnedC.praisedD.createdA.toB.inC.asD.forA.basisB.normC.ruleD.varietyA.formalB.colloquialC.non-standardD.standardA.notB.veryC.muchD.har
21、dlyA.variationB.standardizationC.unificationD.transformationA.whileB.butC.so thatD.neverthelessA.greatB.muchC.noD.littleA.talkedB.concernedC.mentionedD.involvedA.pressB.pressureC.powerD.forceA.lostB.gainedC.missedD.gotA.abandonedB.changedC.standardizedD.reformedA.latterB.laterC.lateD.latelyA.in the
22、wayB.under wayC.out of the wayD.all the way五、BSection Readi(总题数：4，分数：20.00)BPassage 1/BFor centuries, explorers have risked their lives venturing into the unknown for reasons that were to varying degrees economic and nationalistic. Columbus went west to look for better trade routes to the Orient and
23、 to promote the greater glory of Spain. Lewis and Clark journeyed into the American wilderness to find out what the US had acquired when it purchased Louisiana, and the Appolo astronauts rocketed to the moon in a dramatic show of technological muscle during the cold war.Although their missions blend
24、ed commercial and political-military imperatives, the explorers involved all accomplished some significant science simply by going where no scientists had gone.Today Mars looms as humanitys next great terra incognita. And with doubtful prospects for a short- term financial return, with the cold war
25、a rapidly fading memory and amid a growing emphasis on international cooperation in large space ventures, it is-clear that imperatives other than profits or nationalism will have to compel human beings to leave their tracks on the planets reddish surface. Could it be that science. which has long pla
26、yed a minor role in exploration, is at last destined to take a leading role? The question naturally invites a couple of others: Are there experiments that only humans could do on Mars? Could those experiments pro- vide insights profound enough to justify the expense of sending people across interpla
27、netary space?UWith Mars the scientific stakes are arguably higher than they have ever been/U. The issue of whether life ever existed on the planet, and whether it persists to this day, has been highlighted by mounting evidence that the Red Planet had abundant stable, liquid water and by the continui
28、ng controversy over suggestions that bacterial fossils rode to Earth on a meteorite from Mars. A more conclusive answer about life on Mars, past or present, would give researchers invaluable data about the range of conditions under which a planet can generate the complex chemistry that leads to life
29、, If it could be established that life arose independently on Mars and Earth, the finding would provide the first concrete clues in one of the deepest mysteries in all of science: the prevalence of life in the universe.（分数：5.00）(1).According to the passage, the chief purpose of explorers in going to
30、 unknown places in the past was _.（分数：1.00）A.to display their countrys military mightB.to accomplish some significant scienceC.to find new areas for colonizationD.to pursue commercial and state interests(2).At present, a probable inducement for countries to initiate large-scale space ventures is _.（
31、分数：1.00）A.international cooperationB.scientific researchC.nationalistic reasonsD.long-term profits(3).What is the main goal of sending human missions to Mars?（分数：1.00）A.To find out if life ever existed there and whether it still exists there.B.To see if animals could survive there.C.To prove the fea
32、sibility of large-scale space ventures.D.To show the leading role of science in space exploration(4).By saying “With Mars the scientific stakes are arguably higher than they have ever been“(Line 1, Para. 4),the author means that _.（分数：1.00）A.with Mars the risks involved are much greater than any pre
33、vious space venturesB.in the case of Mars, the rewards of scientific exploration can be very highC.in the case of Mars, much more research funds are needed than ever beforeD.with Mars, scientists argue, the fundamental interests of science are at issue(5).45 The passage tells us that proof of life o
34、n Mars would _.（分数：1.00）A.make clear the complex chemistry in the development of lifeB.confirm the suggestion that bacterial fossils travelled to Earth on a meteoriteC.reveal the kind of conditions under which life originatesD.provide an explanation why life is common in the universeBPassage 2/BSign
35、s of deafness bad given him great anxiety as early as 1778. For a long time he successfully concealed it from all but his mast intimate friends. The touching document addressed to his brothers in 1802, and known as his “Will“ should be read in its entirety. He reproached men for their injustice in t
36、hinking and calling him pugnacious, stubborn, and misanthropical when they did not know that for six years he had suffered from an incurable condition aggravated by incompetent doctors. He dwelled upon his delight in human society from which he had had so early to isolate himself, but the thought of
37、 which now filled him with dread as it made 14ira realize his loss, not in music but in all finer interchange of ideas. He requested that after his death his present doctor shall be asked to describe his illness and to Uappend/U it to his document in order that at least then the world might be as fa
38、r as possible reconciled with him. He left his brothers property, such as it was, if more conventional than the rest of the document.During the last twelve years of his life, his nephew was the cause of most of his anxiety and distress. His brother, Kaspar Karl died in 1815, leaving a widow and a so
39、n The boy turned out utterly unworthy of his uncles persistent devotion and gave him every cause for anxiety. He failed in all his examinations, including an attempt to learn some trade in the polytechnic school, whereupon he fell into the hands of the police for at- tempting suicide, and after bein
40、g expelled from Vienna, joined the army. Beethovens utterly simple nature could neither educate nor understand a human being who was not possessed by the wish to do his best. His nature was passionately affectionate, and he has suffered all his life from the want of a natural outlet for it. He had o
41、ften been deeply in love and made no secret of it; there was no one that was not honorable and respected by society as showing the truthfulness and self-control of a great man. Beethovens orthodoxy in such matters has provoked the smiles of Philistines, especially when it showed itself in his object
42、ions to Mozart, Don Giovanni and the grounds for selecting the subject of Fidelio for his own opera. The last thing that Philistines will never understand is that Ugenius is far too independent of convention to abuse it/U; and Beethovens life, with all its mistakes, its grotesqueness, and its pathos
43、, is as far beyond the shafts of Philistine wit as his art.（分数：5.00）(1).The sentence “genius is far too independent of convention to abuse it“ implies that _.（分数：1.00）A.an artist does not understand conventional moralityB.Philistines expect geniuses to be morally conventionalC.Beethoven lived within
44、 a conventional moral codeD.Don Giovanni abuses conventional standards(2).Beethovens contemporaries thought that he was _.（分数：1.00）A.an isolationistB.inspiredC.wealthyD.a good brother-in-law(3).Beethoven was distressed by his nephews _（分数：1.00）A.extravaganceB.unwillingness to do his bestC.joining th
45、e armyD.failure to enter polytechnic school(4).According to the passage, what was the loss to Beethoven when he was deaf?（分数：1.00）A.His talent in music.B.His best friends.C.His delight in music.D.His talking with friends.(5).The word “append“ in Paragraph I means _.（分数：1.00）A.to supplyB.to offerC.to
46、 add toD.to implyBPassage 3/BDuring the adolescence, the development of political ideology becomes apparent in the individual: ideology here is defined as the presence of roughly consistent attitudes, more or less organized in reference to a more encompassing set of general principles. As such, poli
47、tical ideology is dim or absent at the beginning of adolescence. Its acquisition by the adolescent, in even the most modest sense, requires the acquisition of relatively sophisticated cognitive skills; the ability to manage abstractness, to synthesize and generalize, to imagine the future. These are
48、 accompanied by a steady advance in the ability to understand principles.The childs rapid acquisition of political knowledge also promotes the growth of political ideology during adolescence. By knowledge I mean more than the dull “facts“ such as the composition of country government, that the child is exposed to in the conventional ninth-grade s
