1、公共英语四级-85 及答案解析(总分：100.00，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)For Questions 15, you will hear a conversation made at the travel agency. 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
2、. Write only 1 word in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below.Information about Booking a Flighta business trip to UU 1 /U/Udate of today UU 2 /U/Urate available for a round trip UU 3 /U/Uplanned return date UU 4 /U/Uthe travelers way of
3、 payment UU 5 /U/U（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、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)For Questions 610, you will hear a passage about price on the New York stock exchange. While you listen, complete the sentences and answer the question. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear th
4、e recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below.（分数：5.00）(1).In a sudden and unexpected development, the Dow-Jones Index fell by（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Among other deeper reasons for the fall is a belief that next weeks American trade figures（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).O
5、n October 19th last year, prices on the New York stock exchange suffered their（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).The commission has made numerous proposals to regulate（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).The commission also wants a new high-level body to control American（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)You will hear thre
6、e dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece
7、 ONLY ONCE.Questions 1113 are based on the following dialogue. （分数：3.00）(1).Why did the woman open the door when someone knocked at it? A.Because she knew the two men. B.Because she thought it was her husband. C.Because she was waiting for them. D.Because she was afraid of them.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).
8、Which of the following is NOT among the things taken by the robbers? A.A camera. B.A wallet with $200 in it. C.A watch. D.Some jewelry.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why didnt the woman report soon after the robbers ran off? A.Because she fainted. B.Because she was too scared. C.Because her husband didnt allo
9、w her to. D.Because she was bound and gagged.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 1416 are based on the following passage. （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.The
10、re 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 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 th
11、e 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.Questions 1720 are based on the following dialogue. （分数：4.00）(1).What is Dr. Francis? A.A teacher of English in Cambridge. B.A speciali
12、st in computer science. C.A consultant to a Scottish company. D.A British tourist to China.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What is the approximate temperature in Cambridge in summer? A.22. B.23. C.25. D.34.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Where does Dr. Francis suggest Li Ping should stay in Cambridge? A.With an English f
13、amily. B.In a fiat near the college. C.With a language teacher. D.In a student dormitory.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is the point Dr. Francis is making when he mentions Ali? A.Some things cannot be learned from books. B.Foreign students are very much alike. C.Choice of where to live varies from person
14、 to person. D.Convenience is his first consideration in choosing where to live.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D.All the wisdom of the ages, all the stories that have delighted mankind for c
15、enturies, are easily and cheaply U U 1 /U /Uto all of us U U 2 /U /Uthe covers of booksbut we must know how to avail ourselves U U 3 /U /Uthis treasure and how to get U U 4 /U /Ufrom it. The most U U 5 /U /Upeople all over the world, are U U 6 /U /Uwho have never discovered how U U 7 /U /Uit is to r
16、ead good books.I am very interested in people, in meeting them and U U 8 /U /Uabout them. Some of the most U U 9 /U /Upeople Ive met existed only in a writers imagination, then U U 10 /U /Uthe pages of his book, and then, again, in my imagination. Ive found in books new friends, new societies, new w
17、ords.If I am interested in Pe0Ple,others are interested not so much in who U U 11 /U /Uin how. Who in the books includes everybody from science-fiction superman two hundred centuries in the future all the way back to the first U U 12 /U /Uin history; how U U 13 /U /Ueverything from the ingenious exp
18、lanations of Sherlock Holmes U U 14 /U /Uthe discoveries of science and ways of teaching manners to children.Reading can make our minds feel pleased, U U 15 /U /Umeans that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness U U 16 /U /Uyou a good reader. Reading is U U 17 /U /U,
19、 not because the writer is telling you something, U U 18 /U /Ubecause it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works together with the U U 19 /U /Uor even goes beyond his. Your experience, U U 20 /U /Uhis, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop as you understand
20、 his.（分数：20.00）(1). A.useful B.new C.readable D.available（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A.in B.at C.within D.with（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A.of B.with C.for D.in（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A.the more B.the most C. the much D.the less（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A.lucky B.fortunate C.unfortunate D.misfortune（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(
21、6). A.these B.that C.this D.those（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7). A.satisfied B.dissatisfied C.satisfying D.dissatisfying（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8). A.to find out B.finding out C.to find D.finding（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9). A.remarkable B.notorious C.hostile D.rude（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10). A.on B.in C.off D.with（分数：1.00）A.B.
22、C.D.(11). A.like B.and C.or D.as（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12). A.number B.point C.part D.figure（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13). A.recovers B.discovers C.uncovers D.covers（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14). A.to B.in C.until D.into（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15). A.that B.which C.what D.as（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16). A.do B.convert C.impose D.mak
23、e（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17). A.fun B.funny C.uninteresting D.exhausting（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18). A.and B.for C.since D.but（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19). A.the author B.the authors C.the compiler D.the compilers（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20). A.comparing with B.compared with C.comparing to D.compared by（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.六、BSe
24、ction 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：5.00)Id like to propose that for sixty to ninety minutes every evening right after the early evening news, all television broadcasting in America be prohibited by law.Let us take a serious, reasonable look at what the result
25、s might be if such a proposal were accepted. Families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction of TV, they might sit around together after dinner and actually communicate with one another. It is. well known that many of our problemseverything, in fact, from the generation g
26、ap to the high divorce rate to some forms of mental illnessare caused at least in part by failure to communicate. We do not tell each other what makes us feel disturbed. The result is emotional difficulty of one kind or another. By using the quiet family hour to discuss our problems, we might get to
27、 know each other better, and to like each other better.On evenings when such talk is unnecessary, families could rediscover more active pastimes. Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might take a ride together to watch the sunset, or they might take a walk together (remember feet
28、?) and see the neighborhood with fresh, new eyes.With free time and no TV, children and adults might rediscover reading. There is more entertainment in a good book than in a month of typical TV programming. Educators report that the generation growing up with television can barely write an English s
29、entence, even at the college level. Writing is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour.A different form of reading might also be done, as it was in the past: reading aloud. Few hobbies bring a family closer together than gathering around and li
30、stening to mother or father read a good story. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the quiet hour ends, the TV networks form our newly discovered activities.At first glance, the idea of an hour without TV seems radical. What will parents do without the electronic baby-sitter? How will w
31、e spend the time? But it is not radical at all. It has been only twenty-five years since television came to control American free time. The people who are thirty-five and older can remember childhood without television, spent partly with radiowhich at least involved the listeners imaginationbut also
32、 with reading, learning, talking, playing games, inventing new activities. It wasnt that difficult. Honest. The truth is that we had a ball.（分数：5.00）(1).The failure to talk to each other causes all of the following EXCEPT _. A.the high divorce rate. B.a real family hour. C.the generation gap. D.some
33、 forms of mental illness.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).If we turned off TV for an hour, which of the following is NOT true? A.We would not have any problems. B.There would be a higher divorce rate. C.Families could take a ride together. D.We would have a new view to neighborhood.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Accordin
34、g to the author, _. A.TV is more entertaining than good books. B.good books are as entertaining as TV. C.good books are not so entertaining as TV. D.good books are more entertaining than TV.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Because young people nowadays dont read much, _. A.they find TV very entertaining. B.they
35、 have a lot of time for other pastimes. C.they have enough time to talk to one another. D.even college students cant write very well.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The idea of an hour without TV is NOT radical because _. A.TV is very popular among people for only twenty-five years. B.TV is an electronic baby-
36、sitter. C.we might get better shows. D.radio involves the listeners imagination.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、BPassage 2/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Everyone of us fives and works on a small part of the earths surface, moves in a small circle, and of these acquaintances knows only a few intimately. Of any public event tha
37、t has wide effects we see at best only a phase and an aspect. This is true that the eminent insiders, who draft treaties, make laws, and issue orders, are like those who have treaties framed on them, laws promulgated to them, orders given at them. Inevitably our opinions cover a bigger space, a long
38、er reach of time, many things, that we can directly observe. So they have to be pieced together out of what others have reported and what we can imagine. Yet even the eyewitness does not bring back a naive picture of the scene. For experience seems to show that he himself brings something to the sce
39、ne which later he takes away from it, that oftener than not what he imagines to be the account of an event is really a transfiguration of it. Few facts in consciousness seem to be merely given. Most facts in consciousness seem to be partly made. A report is the joint product of the knower and known,
40、 in which the role of the observer is always selective and usually creative. The facts we see depend on where we are placed, and the habits of our eyes.（分数：5.00）(1).The limited time and space which man occupies suggest, according to the paragraph, _. A.mans life is also insignificant. B.mans opinion
41、s can not be accurate at all. C.human observations in general are all but partial. D.man cannot have any opinion.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Experts such as the so-called insiders A.usually have unbiased opinions. B.can also be prejudiced in their judgment. C.are reliable observers. D.do not have correct i
42、nformation at all.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The word “naive“ in “a naive picture of the scene“ most likely means A.uneducated. B.immature. C.pure and reliable. D.informal.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The latter part of the paragraph suggests that individual consciousness of the phenomenal world A.is always falla
43、cious. B.is always reliable. C.expresses a fusion of the subjective and the objective realities. D.shows a perfect reflection of what the world is.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).By “selective“ and “creative“, the author means that the observer of an event A.collects preferred materials in order to create. B.s
44、elects with the intention to create new ideas. C.selects and creates unconsciously and simultaneously. D.selects and creates objects deliberately.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十、BPassage 3/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The fridge is considered necessary. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged food list appeared with the
45、 label: “Store in the refrigerator.“In my fridgeless fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthy. The milkman came every day, the grocer, the butcher (肉商), the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or three times each week. The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus (剩余) bread and
46、 milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled by rotten food. Thirty years on food deliveries have ceased, fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country.The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. Many well-tried techniques already existednatural cooling, drying, smoking, salting, sugaring, bottling.What refrigeration did promote was marketingmarketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks,
