1、公共英语四级-89 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)You will hear a news report about a case of stealing. 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. Write only 1 word
2、in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below.News over a case of stealingthe day of the broadcast UU 1 /U/Unumber of thieves UU 2 /U/Unumber of precious paintings UU 3 /U/ULord and Lady Chest-field have been treated forUU 4 /U/UThe landlord
3、 refuses to renew their traditionalUU 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)You will hear a conversation. While you listen, complete the sentences and answer the question. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have
4、 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below.（分数：5.00）(1).Where does the conversation take place?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Whats the womans name?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).What is the mans line of business?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).What does the man need to do with letters and forms?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Ho
5、w much is MR5000?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)You will hear three 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 h
6、ave 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.Questions 1113 are based on the following interview about Doctor Thomas. （分数：3.00）(1).What is the conversation mainly about? A.A standard unit for measuring weight. B.How to care for precious metals. C.The value
7、 of precious metals. D.Using the metric system.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How is the weight used? A.To measure amounts of rainfall. B.To check the accuracy of scales. C.To observe changes in the atmosphere. D.To calculate the density of other metals.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What does Doctor Thomas probably th
8、ink about the cost of the new weight? A.It is too high for such a light weight. B.It is difficult to judge the value of such an object. C.It is a small amount to pay for so much precious metal. D.It is reasonable for an object with such an important function.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 1416 are based
9、 on the following passage. （分数：3.00）(1).Why does a newborn baby have to spend the first year of his life learning to listen? A.Because he likes learning. B.Because his hearing center is still immature. C.Because his ears are immature. D.Because he wants to know how to use his ears.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(
10、2).Whats a newborn babys reaction to a loud noise near him? A.Get angry. B.Look away. C.Begin crying. D.Ignore it.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).When does a baby begin to use more vowels and consonants? A.When he is pleased. B.As he grows. C.When he gets angry. D.When he hears other baby crying.（分数：1.00）A.B.C
11、.D.Questions 1720 are based on the following monologue. （分数：4.00）(1).According to the speaker, what should the listeners do as soon as possible? A.Find a roommate. B.Hand in applications. C.Go to Spanish house. D.Buy a meal ticket for the cafeteria.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which type of housing allows c
12、ooking? A.Womens dorms. B.Mens dorms. C.Family housing. D.International houses.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which place has no more room for students? A.Coed dorms. B.Family student housing. C.International houses. D.Spanish house.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What will the listeners probably do next? A.Visit the ty
13、pe of housing they like. B.Move into the housing. C.Fill out forms. D.Buy a meal ticket.（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 on.Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training
14、. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an U U 1 /U /Ushould be made even before the choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, U U 2 /U /U, most people make several job choices during their working lives, U U 3 /U /Ubecause of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve U U 4 /U /Uposit
15、ions. The “one perfect job“ does not exist. Young people should U U 5 /U /Uenter into a broad flexible training program that will U U 6 /U /Uthem for a field of work rather than for a single U U 7 /U /U.Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans U U 8 /U /Ubenefit of help from a compe
16、tent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing U U 9 /U /Uabout the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, then choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss U U 10 /U /U. Some drift from job to job. Others U U 11 /U /Uto work in which they are unhappy or for which they are not fitted.One c
17、ommon mistake is choosing an occupation for U U 12 /U /Ureal or imagined prestige. Too many high-school studentsor their parents for themchoose the professional field, U U 13 /U /Uboth the relatively small proportion of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal U U 1
18、4 /U /U. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a “white-collar“ job is U U 15 /U /U. good reason for choosing it as lifework. U U 16 /U /U, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the U U 17 /U /Uof young people shoul
19、d give serious U U 18 /U /Uto these fields.Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants U U 19 /U /Ulife and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security, others are wi
20、lling to take U U 20 /U /Ufor financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.（分数：20.00）(1). A.identification B.entertainment C.accommodation D.occupation（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A.however B.therefore C.though D.thereby（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A.entirely B.mainly C.partly D
21、.largely（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A.its B.his C.our D.their（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A.since B.therefore C.furthermore D.forever（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6). A.make B.fit C.take D.leave（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7). A.job B.way C.means D.company（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8). A.to B.for C.without D.with（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9). A.little
22、B.few C.much D.a lot（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10). A.chance B.basis C.purpose D.opportunity（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11). A.apply B.appeal C.stick D.turn（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12). A.our B.its C.your D.their（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13). A.concerning B.following C.considering D.disregarding（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14). A.preference B.
23、requirements C.tendencies D.ambitions（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15). A.a B.any C.no D.the（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16). A.Therefore B.However C.Nevertheless D.Moreover（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17). A.majority B.mass C.minority D.multitude（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18). A.proposal B.suggestion C.consideration D.appraisal（分数：1.00）A.B.
24、C.D.(19). A.towards B.against C.out of D.without（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20). A.turns B.parts C.choices D.risks（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：5.00)Every country with a monetary system of its own has to have some kind of market in which deal
25、ers in bills, notes, and other forms of short term credit can buy and sell. The “money market“ is a set of institutions or arrangements for handling what might be called wholesale transactions in money and short term credit. The need for such facilities arises in much the same way that a similar nee
26、d does in connection with the distribution of any of the products of a diversified economy to their final users at the retail level. If the retailer is to provide reasonably adequate service to his customers, he must have active contacts with others who specialize in making or handling bulk quantiti
27、es of whatever is his stock in trade. The money market is made up of specialized facilities of exactly this kind. It exists for the purpose of improving the ability of the retailers of financial servicescommercial banks, savings institutions, investment houses, lending agencies, and even governmentt
28、o do their jobs. It has little if any contact with the individuals or firms who maintain accounts with these various retailers or purchase their securities or borrow from them.The elemental functions of a money market must be performed in any kind of modern economy, even one that is largely planned
29、or socialist, but the arrangements in socialist countries do not ordinarily take the form of a market. Money markets exist in countries that use market processes rather than planned allocations to distribute most of their primary resources among alternative uses. The general distinguishing feature o
30、f a money market is that it relies upon open competition among those who are bulk suppliers of funds at any particular time and among those seeking bulk funds, to work out the best practicable distribution of the existing total volume of such funds.In their market transactions, those with bulk suppl
31、ies of funds or demands for them, rely on groups of intermediaries who act as brokers or dealers. The characteristics of these middlemen, the services they perform, and their relationship to other parts of the financial vary widely from country to country. In many countries there is no single meetin
32、g place where the middlemen get together, yet in most countries the contacts among all participants are sufficiently open and free to assure each supplier or user of funds that he will get or pay a price that fairly reflects all of the influences (including his own) that are currently affecting the
33、whole supply and the whole demand. In nearly all cases, moreover, the unifying force of competition is reflected at any given moment in a common price (that is, rate of interest) for similar transactions. Continuous fluctuations in the money market rates of interest result from changes in the pressu
34、re of available supplies of funds upon the market and in the pull of current demands upon the market.（分数：5.00）(1).The first paragraph is mainly about A.the definition of money market. B.the constitution of a money market. C.the basic functions of a money market. D.the general feature of a money mark
35、et.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to this passage, a money market A.provides convenient services to its customers. B.has close contact with the individuals or firms seeking funds. C.maintains accounts with various retailers of financial services. D.is made up of institutions who specialize in handli
36、ng wholesale monetary transactions.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following statements about a money market is NOT true according to this passage? A.Money market does not exist in planned economies. B.Money market has been established in some socialist countries. C.Money market encourages open co
37、mpetition among bulk suppliers of funds. D.Money market relies upon market processes to distribute funds to final users.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The author uses the example of middleman to show A.market transactions are important in different countries. B.dealers are needed in doing business. C.middleme
38、n can play great role in different transactions and different countries. D.middlemen in different countries have different actions in business.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).According to this passage, A.brokers usually perform the same kinds of services to their customers. B.brokers have little contact with e
39、ach other. C.open competition tends to result in a common price for similar transactions at any given moment. D.changes in the pressure of available supplies of funds upon market tends to maintain a common price for similar transactions.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、BPassage 2/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)About 50 years ag
40、o the idea of disabled people doing sports was never heard of. But when the annual games for the disabled were started at Stroke Mandeville, England in 1948 by Sir Ludwig Guttmann, the situation began to change. Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who had been driven to England in 1939 from Nazi Germany, had been
41、asked by the British government to set up an injuries centre at Stroke Mandeville Hospital near London. His ideas about treating injuries included sports for the disabled.In the first games just two teams of injured soldiers took part. The next year, 1949, five teams took part. From those beginnings
42、 things developed fast. Teams now come from abroad to Stroke Mandeville every year. In 1960 the first Olympics for the Disabled were held in Rome. Now, every four years the Olympic Games for the Disabled are held, if possible, in the same place as the normal Olympic Games, although they are organize
43、d separately. In other years Games for the Disabled are still held at Stroke Mandeville. In the 1984 wheelchair Olympic Games, 1,604 wheelchair Uathletes/U from about 40 countries took part. Unfortunately, they were held at Stroke Mandeville and not in Los Angeles, along with the other Olympics.The
44、Games have been a great success in promoting international friendship and understanding, and in proving that being disabled does not mean you cant enjoy sports. One small source of disappointment for those who organize and take part in the games, however, has been the unwilling- ness of the Internat
45、ional Olympic Committee to include the disabled events at the Olympic Games for the able bodies. Perhaps a few more years are still needed to convince those fortunate enough not to be disabled that their disabled fellow athletes should not be excluded.（分数：5.00）(1).The first games for the disabled we
46、re held _ after Sir Ludwing Guttmann arrived in England. A.50 years B.21 years C.9 years D.4 years（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Besides Stroke Mandeville, surely the games for the disabled were once held in A.New York. B.London. C.Rome. D.Los Angeles.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In paragraph 2, the underlined word “athletes“ means A.people who support the games. B.people who watch the games. C.people who organize the games. D.people who compete in the games.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following statements is NOT true? A.Sir Ludwig Guttmann is an early org
