1、公共英语四级-92 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 recording about Sarahs family. 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 on
2、ly 1 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).Sarahs father was an _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Sarahs grandmother was _ years old when she died.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Sarahs father is the _ of her grandparents three children.
3、（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Sarahs aunt and uncle live in _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Sarah is now working in _.（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).Who is most likely to get hooked in Internet?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The percentage of women who think the Internet leads to less sleep is 1 in the stu
4、dy.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Some Internet addicts said their on-line usage was 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).According to the man, which room is the best place to put the computer?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).The best way to avoid getting hooked in Internet is 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 11 13
5、are boxed on a piece of news about college admission in the USA. Yon now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 13.（分数：3.00）(1).According to the radio program, which one of the following four sentences is wrong?（分数：1.00）A.Stanford University lies in California.B.Stanford accepted less than eleven perc
6、ent of the students who applied.C.Stanford has accepted an unusually low percentage of students for admission this fall.D.Stanford has accepted a lower percentage of students for admission, but not the lowest.(2).High school seniors are applying to more schools probably by way of _.（分数：1.00）A.copyin
7、g others applicationsB.using common applications which are the same as othersC.sending a large number of application letters to different collegesD.electronic application forms through Internet(3).If a student is on a waiting list, it means he will _.（分数：1.00）A.wait for another year to apply againB.
8、wait for the school to make the decisionC.go m the college if he accepts the offerD.wait until other applicants get the resultQuestions 14 16 are based on a TV interview about n young man. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14 16.（分数：3.00）(1).Why cant the man go to some places and have fun wi
9、th his friends?（分数：1.00）A.Because it will help the public.B.Because it will do harm to his reputation.C.Because he is always fully occupied as a role model.D.Because he always raises hell with others.(2).What does the man think of golf?（分数：1.00）A.A means of influencing people.B.A means of coming to
10、fame.C.A vehicle of removing apprehension.D.A vehicle of making money.(3).Jndging from the conversation. we may assume that the man is _.（分数：1.00）A.modestB.funnyC.naiveD.responsibleQuestions 17 20 are based on a lecture about counselling services in a college. You now have 20 seconds to read Questio
11、ns 17 20.（分数：4.00）(1).Who might be the first speaker (the man)?（分数：1.00）A.A full-time student.B.A famous counsellor.C.A course director.D.A Student Union officer.(2).Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a problem the counsellors can help with?（分数：1.00）A.Strained relationship with boyfriend or
12、girlfriend.B.Financial difficulties.C.Excessive stress of work.D.Death of a close relative(3).What can you infer about the counselling service from the talk?（分数：1.00）A.It can make students confident in their abilities.B.The counselling fee charged for full-time students are lower than those non-full
13、-time students.C.It is conducted sometimes in cooperation with other members of the staff.D.Almost every non-freshman student in the college has once sought counsellors for help.(4).In the sentence “. seeing a counsellor has a stigma. “,“stigma“ here means _.（分数：1.00）A.something to be ashamed ofB.so
14、mething one wants to keep secretC.willingnessD.psychological problem四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)America, unhappily, is bullish on garbage. Our production of refuse, now about 160 million tons a year, will rise to 193 million tons by the end of the centuryU (21) /Unothing is done. This growing ef
15、fluence of affluence, 3.5 pounds a day for every American, is aU (22) /Uof our consumer society,U (23) /Uwatchwords are “convenience“, “ready to use“ and “throw away“. And it has become a major national environmental issue. forcing citizens,U (24) /Uofficials and private companies toU (25) /Userious
16、 thought to rubbish.The contentious reality is that theU (26) /Ucheap and simple solution to trashdumping it in a landfill just beyond the edge of townU (27) /Uno longer workable, particularly around major cities. Old dumps, which now get 8% of all garbage, are filling up, end newU (28) /Uhave becom
17、e virtuallyU (29) /Uto build with the result of skyrocketing land costs,U (30) /Ustringent environmental regulations and shrill public oppositionU (31) /Unew landfills “in my backyard“. “Five years from now,“U (32) /UBruce Waddle. director of the Environmental Protection Agencys municipal-solid-wast
18、e program, “well have only half the number of landfills operating.“With this grim prospect, new methods are required, all variations on the only four ways available to dealU (33) /Ugarbage: bury it, burn it, recycle it or dont make asU (34) /Uin the first place. Whats needed, experts say, is sophist
19、icatedU (35) /Ufallout, called “integrated waste management“ AnU (36) /Uvaluable items are sorted out of the waste stream and turnedU (37) /Unew products, and the rest are burned cleanly in a furnace that also produces steam toU (38) /Uelectricity. Only the ash,U (39) /Uof the original volume of tra
20、sh, is then disposedU (40) /Uin carefully engineered landfills.（分数：20.00）A.whateverB.even ifC.wheneverD.ifA.productivityB.productionC.produceD.byproductA.whoseB.whichC.whereD.whenA.electB.electingC.electedD.to electA.giveB.drawC.payD.deserveA.historicB.historyC.historicalD.historicallyA.hasB.areC.is
21、D.haveA.oneB.onesC.otherD.twoA.possibleB.impossibleC.probableD.likelyA.stronglyB.increasinglyC.significantlyD.substantiallyA.withB.againstC.toD.forA.forecastsB.findsC.speaksD.tellsA.toB.byC.withD.forA.fewB.littleC.moreD.muchA.coordinationB.collaborationC.combinationD.cooperationA.whereB.whomC.whichD
22、.whetherA.intoB.inC.toD.forA.generateB.createC.originateD.combustA.a great dealB.a fractionC.a great manyD.a lotA.awayB.outC.offD.of五、BSection Readi(总题数：4，分数：20.00)BPassage 1/BAccording to the latest research in the United States of America, men and women talk such different languages that it is lik
23、e people from two different cultures trying to communicate. Professor Deborah Tannen of Georgetown University, has noticed differences in the style of boys and girls conversations from an early age. She says that little girls conversation is less definite than boys and expresses more doubts. Little
24、boys and conversation to establish status with their listeners.These differences continue into adult life, she says In public conversations, men talk most and interrupt other speakers more. In private conversations, men and women speak in equal amountsalthough they say things in a different style. P
25、rofessor Tannen. believes that. for women, private talking is a way to establish and test intimacy. For men, private talking is a way to explore the power structure of a relationship.Teaching is one job where the differences between mens and womens ways of talking show. When a man teaches a woman, s
26、ays Professor Tannen. he wants to show that he has more knowledge, and hence more power in conversation. When a woman teaches another woman, however, she is more likely to take a sharing approach and to encourage her student to join in.But Professor Tannen does not believe that women are naturally m
27、ore helpful. She says women feel they achieve power by being able to help others. Although the research suggests men talk and interrupt people more than women, Professor Tannen says, women actually encourage this to happen because they believe it will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a re
28、lationship.Some scientists who are studying speech think that the brain is Upre-programmed/U for language. As we are usually taught to speak by women, it seems likely that the brain must have a sexual bias in its programming, otherwise male speech patterns would not arise at all.（分数：5.00）(1).There a
29、re _ in little girls conversations than in boys according To the research.（分数：1.00）A.less definitionB.less statusC.more doubtsD.less uncertainties(2).In private conversations, women speak _ men. although they say things in a different style.（分数：1.00）A.as much asB.as little asC.the same asD.the same
30、things as(3).In the opinion of the Professor. women encourage men to talk and interrupt people more _ be- cause they believe it will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a relationship.（分数：1.00）A.in talkB.in private talkC.in publicD.in public conversations(4).Some scientists believe that the
31、brain is pre-programmed for language. Here “pre-programmed“ means _.（分数：1.00）A.programmed alreadyB.programmed before one is bornC.programmed earlyD.programmed by women(5).The main idea of this article is _.（分数：1.00）A.men and women talk different languagesB.little girls conversation is less definiteC
32、.men talk most and interrupt other speakers moreD.women are naturally more helpfulBPassage 2/BClothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to who people are, who they are not, and who they would like to be They tell us a good deal about the wearers background, personal
33、ity, status, mood. and social outlook.Since clothes are such an important source of social information, we can use them to manipulate peoples impression to us. Our appearance assumes particular significance in the initial phases of interaction that is likely to occur. An elderly middle-class man or
34、woman may be alienated by a young adult who is dressed in an unconventional manner, regardless of the persons education, background, or interests.People tend to agree on what certain types of clothes mean. Adolescent girls can easily agree on the lifestyles of girls who wear certain outfits, includi
35、ng the number of boyfriends they likely have had and whether they smoke or drink. Newscasters, or the announcers who read the news on TV, are considered. to be more convincing, honest, and competent when riley are dressed conservatively. And college students who view themselves as taking an active r
36、ole in their interpersonal relationships say they are concerned about the costumes they must wear to play these roles successfully. Moreover. many of us can relate instances in which the clothing we wore changed the way we fell about ourselves and how we acted. Perhaps you have used clothing to gain
37、 confidence when you anticipated a stressful situation, such as a job interview, or a court appearance.In the workplace, men have long had well-defined Uprecedents/U and role models for achieving success. It has been otherwise for women. A good many women in the business world are uncertain about th
38、e appropriate mixture of “masculine“ and “feminine“ attributes they should convey by their professional clothing. The variety of clothing alternative to women has also been greater than that available for men. Male administrators tend to judge women more favorable for managerial positions when the w
39、omen display less “feminine“ groomingshorter hair, moderate use of makeup, and plain tailored clothing. As one male administrator confessed. “An attractive woman is definitely going to get a longer interview, but she wont get a job.“（分数：5.00）(1).According to the passage, the way we dress _.（分数：1.00）
40、A.provides clues for people who are critical of usB.indicates our likes and dislikes in choosing a careerC.has a direct influence on the way people regard usD.is of particular importance when we get on in age(2).From the third paragraph of the passage, we can conclude that young adults tend to belie
41、ve that certain types of clothing can _.（分数：1.00）A.change peoples conservative attitudes toward their lifestylesB.help young people make friends with the opposite sexC.make them competitive in the job marketD.help them achieve success in their interpersonal relationships(3).The word “precedents“ (Li
42、ne 1,Para. 4) probably refers to _.（分数：1.00）A.early acts for men to follow as examplesB.particular places for men to occupy especially because of their importanceC.things that men should agree uponD.mens beliefs that everything in the world has already been decided(4).According to the passage, many
43、career women find themselves in difficult situation because _.（分数：1.00）A.the variety of professional clothing is too wide for them to chooseB.women are generally thought to be only good at being fashion modelsC.men are more favorably judged for managerial positionD.they are not sure to what extent t
44、hey should display their feminine qualities through clothing(5).What is the passage mainly about?（分数：1.00）A.Dressing for effect.B.How to dress appropriately.C.Managerial positions and clothing.D.Dressing for the occasion.BPassage 3/BIn a democratic society citizens are encouraged to form their own o
45、pinions on candidates for public offices, taxes, constitutional amendments, environmental concerns, foreign policy, and other issues, The opinions held by any population are shaped and manipulated by several factors: individual circumstances, the mass media, special-interest groups, and opinion lead
46、ers.Wealthy people tend to think differently on social issues from poor people. Factory workers probably do not share the same views as white-collar workers, non-union workers. Women employed outside their homes sometimes have perspectives different from those of full-time homemakers. In these and o
47、ther ways individual status shapes ones view of current events.The mass media, especially television, are powerful influences on the way people think and act. Government officials note how mail from the public tends to “Ufollow the headlines/U“. Whatever is featured in news- papers and magazines and
48、 on television attracts enough attention that people begin to inform themselves and to express opinions.The mass media have also created larger audiences for government and a wider range of public issues than existed before. Prior to television and the national editions of newspapers, issues and candidates tended to re- main localized
