1、公共英语四级-67 及答案解析(总分：98.00，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)Geography of Belgiumcoastal plaincentral plateauThree main regions1Highest altitude of the coastal plain m 2humidClimate near the sea3AprilParticularly rainy months of the years4low 13Average temperatures in
2、 July in Brussels high 2（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：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).Whats the new emergency?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).What does the new emergency base on?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Whats the vital raw material in our economy?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).What shouldnt individuals ent
3、ering the workforce offer?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).What form of work do most jobs involve?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：11.00)（分数：4.00）(1).Where did MrHudson grow up？ A. New York B. Chicago C. Harvard D. Washington（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).MrHudsons mother was a famous A. poet B. lawyer C. politician D
4、. economist（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What did MrHudson eventually major in for his bachelors degree？ A. Philosophy B. Economics C. Agriculture D. Management（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).When did MrHudson join the army？ A. At the time of Pearl Harbor B. Before his PhD exams C. In 1941 D. In 1936（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分
5、数：4.00）(1).Whats Toms purpose of speaking to Mr. Clinton? A. Asking for housing. B. Asking for a promotion. C. Asking for a raise. D. Asking for some help for work.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Whats Mr. Clintons comment on his work? A. He does his job enthusiastically, though he has not much efficiency. B.
6、He didnt want to persist on his job from the beginning. C. He does his job adequately, but he doesnt do it well enough to deserve a raise. D. He should be dismissed anyway.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What does Mr. Clinton suggest that Tom should do? A. Take more initiative and show more enthusiasm for the
7、job. B. Dont neglect the duty any more. C. Wait for some time patiently. D. Study more knowledge about his subject.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What does Tom threaten to do if he cant get what he wants? A. To shout out in front of the others. B. Not to leave the bosss office. C. To accuse the company. D. To
8、 quit his job.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：3.00）(1).What is the womans present position? A. An employee in the city council at Birmingham. B. Assistant Director of the Admission Office. C. Head of the Overseas Students Office. D. Secretary of Birmingham Medical School.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What do we learn a
9、bout the postgraduates enrolled last year in the womans university? A. Nearly fifty percent are foreigners. B. About fifteen percent are from Africa. C. A large majority are from Latin America. D. A small number are from the Far East.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What will the womans new job be like? A. She
10、will have more contact with students. B. It will bring her capability into fuller play. C. She will be more involved in policy-making. D. It will be less demanding than her present job.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Among the devastating consequences of AIDS hasU U 1 /U /Uits epide
11、mic spread in the developing world. The disease has causedU U 2 /U /Usuffering, debilitation, loss of life and disruption of family, social and economicU U 3 /U /UBecause of the considerable expense and logistical difficulty in providing antiviral drugs to populationsU U 4 /U /Uwith the Human Immuno
12、deficiency VirusU U 5 /U /Uthe world, the biomedical community is looking towards vaccines to help solve this compelling problem.The search for an AIDS vaccine began more than 15 years ago with greatU U 6 /U /Uand high expectations. With theU U 7 /U /Uof the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) as the
13、 cause of AIDS, it seemed that aU U 8 /U /Uwould follow closely behind. But despite a large concerted effort, the problem has proven more difficult thanU U 9 /U /U, and progress has notU U 10 /U /UtheU U 11 /U /Uhopes. Here I review theU U 12 /U /Uscientific obstacles confronting the development of
14、an effective HIV vaccine, and I considerU U 13 /U /Ustrategies to overcome these obstacles.It is instructive to consider the circumstances that haveU U 14 /U /Uto past successes in vaccine development. The smallpox vaccine isU U 15 /U /Uthe most successful inventions in the history ofU U 16 /U /UWhy
15、, 200 years ago, without the benefit of modern biotechnology, did the smallpox vaccine succeed so readily while an AIDS vaccineU U 17 /U /Uelusive? The answer lies in an experiment of nature that provided, to an astute observer, a clear direction for smallpox vaccine development. In this classic sto
16、ry ofU U 18 /U /Udiscovery, Edward Jennet noticed that milk maids who had previously contracted cowpox wereU U 19 /U /Uto smallpox infection. This observation was the critical event leading to the finding that the cowpox virus cross-reacted immunologically with the smallpox virus and couldU U 20 /U
17、/Ube used to protect against smallpox.（分数：20.00）(1). A. on B. with C. been D. about（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. unpredicted B. uncontrollable C. unimaginable D. unprecedented（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. stability B. instability C. permanency D. soundness（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. harmed B. infected C. infecti
18、ous D. infectable（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A. everywhere B. throughout C. devastating D. occupying（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6). A. difficulty B. concern C. optimism D. pessimism（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7). A. confirmation B. identification C. information D. precaution（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8). A. cure B. capsule C. medicat
19、ion D. vaccine（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9). A. ever B. anticipated C. possible D. necessary（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10). A. surpassed B. out-balanced C. matched D. rivaled（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11). A. origin B. initial C. great D. modest（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12). A. majority B. primary C. principal D. premier（分数：1.00）A.B.
20、C.D.(13). A. potential B. initiative C. practical D. existing（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14). A. led B. caused C. contributed D. cooperated（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15). A. by far B. till now C. among D. considered（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16). A. vaccine B. medicine C. smallpox D. AIDS（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17). A. slowly B. fai
21、ls C. remains D. counts（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18). A. accidental B. importance C. scientific D. vaccine（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19). A. vulnerable B. resistant C. opposing D. defendant（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20). A. safely B. therefore C. as well D. possibly（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.六、BSection Readi(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、BPart A/B(
22、总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、BPassage 1/B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)In our lifetime, we should suffer from a lot of hardship, setback and misery. Perhaps no body could free from these unhappy things. Accidents and illnesses are unhappy things to talk about, but no one can expect to live a lifetime without having some kind o
23、f accident or becoming ill. Some accidents and illnesses are serious and may result in long periods of invalidism.The newspapers contain spectacular accounts of accidents in the street and highways and public places, but nearly as many accidents occur around the home. Somebody trips on a rug. Somebo
24、dy falls off a stepladder. Somebody is careless in cooking dinner, and is burned. Accidents incurred in the playing of sports and swimming also accounts for a large number of injuries, big and little. Despite constant campaigns to reduce the number of accidents, there are still approximately 100,000
25、 accidental deaths and nearly 9,000,000 non-fatal injuries in the United States each year.In has been estimated that around 3,000,000 people are constantly ill in the United States throughout the year and that over half the illness is caused by respiratory diseases, chiefly colds and influenza.The p
26、ain and suffering caused by accidents and illness tell only half the story. Loss of time from school and work and medical and hospital expenses often make the pain seem worse. Money spent in this country for doctors, services, hospitalization, nursing care, drugs, medicines, X-rays, and special trea
27、tments, amounts to a huge annual sum. Added to this expense is another much larger amount that is lost to wage earners throughout the nation by reason of their loss of wages or income while sick or otherwise disabled.Accident and health insurance is a form of insurance devised to protect against the
28、se economic losses. It protects the earnings of wage earners and finishes financial aid to the family of the breadwinner by the payment of his doctor and hospital bills. Today, business and professional men, farmers, industrial workers, clerks, and those engaged in various occupations, whose earning
29、 power is shut off for a week, a month, or sometimes years, because of accidents or illness can insure themselves against this financial loss by accident and health insurance.Protection is available to all types of workers and the cost (called the premium) ranges from a few cents a day for small or
30、limited policies to a month for policies paying larger amounts (called indemnities). Policy is another name for an insurance contract. Most accidents and health policies are cancelable policies-that is, they are sold for a definite term such as a week, a month, or a year, similar to contracts of fir
31、e insurance and automobile liability insurance. There are, however, policies which cannot be canceled or terminated by the insurance company until the policyholder reaches an age at which he usually has no further earning power-most often at sixty or sixty-five years. These non-cancelable policies c
32、ost more than the cancelable policies.（分数：4.00）(1).What is the passage mainly concerned about? A. Everyone will have some sort of illness or accident. B. Accident and health insurance is available to everyone. C. Insurance is a good protection against accidents and illness. D. Cancelable insurance p
33、olicies are better than non-cancelable one.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(2).Every year in the united States there are_. A. more people injured in accidents than those who are constantly ill B. more people die in accidents than of illness C. more people who are ill than those injured in accidents D. more outdoor
34、 accidents than indoor accidents（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(3).The heaviest pain and suffering caused by accidents and illness are_. A. colds and influenza B. loss of time C. financial losses D. invalidism（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(4).Accident and health insurance will protect people by_. A. paying their wages B. cove
35、ring their medical expenditure C. restoring their earning power D. providing policyholders with the money they need to survive（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(5).The main difference between cancelable insurance policies and non-cancelable policies is_. A. the cost B. limitations C. valid term D. policyholders age（
36、分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.九、BPassage 2/B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)Television has transformed politics in the United States by changing the way in which information is disseminated, by altering political campaigns, and by changing citizens patterns of response to politics. By giving citizens independent access to the can
37、didates, television diminished the role of the political party in the selection of the major party candidates. By centering politics on the person of the candidate, television accelerated the citizens focus on character rather than issues.Television has altered the forms of political communication a
38、s well. The messages on which most of us rely are briefer than they once were. The Ustump speech/U, a political speech given by traveling politicians and lasting 1.5 to 2 hours, which characterized nineteenth-century political discourse, has given way to the 30 second advertisement and the 10 second
39、 “sound bite“ in broadcast news. Increasingly the audience for speeches is not that standing in front of the politician but rather the viewing audience who will hear and see a snippet (片断) of the speech on the news.In these abbreviated forms, much of what constructed the traditional political discou
40、rse of earlier ages has been lost. In 15 or 30 seconds, a speaker cannot establish the historical context that shaped the issues in question, cannot detail the probable causes of the problem, and cannot examine alternative proposals to argue that one is preferable to others. In snippets, politicians
41、 assert but do not argue.Because television is an intimate medium, speaking through it required a changed political style that was more conversational, personal, and visual than that of the old-style stump speech. Reliance on television means that increasingly our political world contains memorable
42、pictures rather than memorable words. Schools teach us to analyze words and print. However, in a world in which politics is increasingly visual, informed citizenship requires a new set of skills.Recognizing the power of televisions pictures, politicians craft televisual, staged events, called pseudo
43、-events, designed to attract media coverage. Much of the political activity we see on television news has been crafted by politicians, their speechwriters, and their public relations advisers for televised consumption. Sound bites in news and answers to questions in debates increasingly sound like a
44、dvertisements.（分数：4.00）(1).What is the main point of the passage? A. Citizens in the United States are now more informed about political issues because of television coverage. B. Citizens in the United States prefer to see politicians on television instead of in person. C. Politics in the United Sta
45、tes has become substantially more controversial since the introduction of television. D. Politics in the United States has been significantly changed by television.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(2).It can be inferred that before the introduction of television, political parties A. had more influence over the sel
46、ection of political candidates. B. spent more money to promote their political candidates. C. attracted more members. D. received more money.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(3).The author mentions the “stump speech“ in paragraph 2 as an example of A. an event created by politicians to attract media attention. B. an interactive discussion between two politicians. C. a kind of political presentation types of the nineteenth century. D. a style of speech common to televised political events.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(4).The purpose of paragraph 4 is to suggest that A. politicians will need to learn
