1、公共英语四级-98 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 between a ticket seller and Robert at the cinema. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been gi
2、ven to you in the table. 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 Movie TicketsThe number of shows today is UU 1 /U/UThe last show for today begins atp.m. UU 2 /U/UThe six tickets wanted by Robert ar
3、e seatedUU 3 /U/UThe show that still has ten tickets left is atp.m. UU 4 /U/UHis friend will likely get to the movie theatre byUU 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 dialogue between two friends about finding a flat. While yo
4、u 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 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below. （分数：5.00）(1).The woman wants to share the room with（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The number of bedrooms
5、 is（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Every week the woman should pay（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).The woman goes to work by（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).The house might be（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 q
6、uestions 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 ONLY ONCE.Questions 1113 are based on the following news. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 1
7、113. （分数：3.00）(1).How many children did Susan and Michael interview? A. 150. B. 151. C. 152. D. 153.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why do many of the boys avoid certain instruments? A. Because they find it not challenging enough to play them. B. Because they consider it important to be different from girls. C
8、. Because they find them too hard to play. D. Because they think it silly to play them.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which group of children have a bias when choosing musical instruments? A. Children with private music tutors. B. Children who are between 5 and 7. C. Children who are well-educated. D. Childre
9、n who are 8 or older.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 1416 are based on the following dialogue between a doctor and a patient. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 1416. （分数：3.00）(1).The patient, according to the analysts report, is A. physically ill. B. mentally ill. C. fit. D. nervous.（分数：1.00）A.B.
10、C.D.(2).How often does the woman smoke? A. Quite often. B. Once in a while. C. Rarely. D. Never.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).When does the lady usually go to bed? A. 1:00 a.m. B. 2:00 a.m. C. 11:00 p.m. D. 12:00 p.m.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 1720 are based on the following news story. You now have 20 secon
11、ds to read Questions 1720. （分数：4.00）(1).Why did Jane want to go back to work? A. Because she was bored with her husband. B. Because she would like to help with the familys finances. C. Because she was offered a good job. D. Because she was bored with her children.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How did Jane sp
12、end her days before she went back to work? A. Watching TV. B. Taking good care of her husband. C. Doing housework. D. Reading newspaper.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Between whom did the problem arise when Jane went back to work? A. Jane and the children. B. Jane and Bill. C. Bill and the children. D. Jane a
13、nd the neighbour.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What does the story try to tell us? A. Parents should take good care of their children. B. Man and wife should share household duties. C. Women should never have their own careers. D. Women should do all the housework.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：2
14、0.00)Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. U U 1 /U /Uthe turn of the century when jazz (爵士乐) was born, America had no prominent U U 2 /U /Uof its own. No o
15、ne knows exactly when jazz was U U 3 /U /U, or by whom. But it began to be U U 4 /U /Uin the early 1900s. Jazz is Americas contribution to U U 5 /U /Umusic. In contrast to classical music, which U U 6 /U /Uformal European traditions. Jazz is spontaneous and free-form. It bubbles with energy, U U 7 /
16、U /Umoods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s, jazz U U 8 /U /Ulike America. And U U 9 /U /Uit does today.The U U 10 /U /Uof this music are as interesting as the music U U 11 /U /U, American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today were the Jazz U U 12 /U /U. They were brought t
17、o the Southern states U U 13 /U /Uslaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long U U 14 /U /U. When a Negro died, his friends and relatives U U 15 /U /Ua procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the U U 16 /U /U. On the way to the ce
18、metery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion, U U 17 /U /Uon the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their U U 18 /U /U, but the living were glad to be alive. The band played U U 19 /U /Umusic, improvising (即兴表演) on both the harmony and the melody
19、of the tunes U U 20 /U /Uat the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of Jazz.（分数：20.00）(1). A. Before B. At C. In D. On（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. music B. song C. melody D. style（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. discovered B. acted C. invented D. designed（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A
20、. noticed B. found C. listened D. heard（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A. classical B. sacred C. popular D. light（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6). A. forms B. follows C. approaches D. introduces（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7). A. expressing B. explaining C. exposing D. illustrating（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8). A. appeared B. felt C. seemed
21、 D. sounded（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9). A. as B. so C. either D. neither（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10). A. origins B. originals C. discoveries D. resources（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11). A. concerned B. itself C. available D. oneself（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12). A. players B. followers C. fans D. pioneers（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13). A.
22、for B. as C. with D. by（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14). A. months B. weeks C. hours D. times（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15). A. demonstrated B. composed C. hosted D. formed（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16). A. demonstration B. procession C. body D. march（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17). A. Even B. Therefore C. Furthermore D. But（分数：1.00）A.B.
23、C.D.(18). A. number B. members C. body D. relations（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19). A. sad B. solemn C. happy D. funeral（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(20). A. whistled B. sung C. presented D. showed（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、Text 1(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Since the dawn of human inge
24、nuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty. That compulsion has resulted in robotics-the science of conferring various human capabilities on machines. And if scientists have yet to create the mechanical version of s
25、cience fiction, they have begun to come close.As a result, the modem world is increasingly populated by intelligent gizmos whose presence we barely notice but whose universal existence has removed much human labor. Our factories hum to the rhythm of robot assembly arms. Our banking is done at automa
26、ted teller terminals that thank us with mechanical politeness for the transaction. Our subway trains are controlled by tireless robot drivers. And thanks to the continual miniaturization of electronics and micromechanics, there are already robot systems that can perform some kinds of brain and bone
27、surgery with submillimeter accuracy-far greater precision than highly skilled physicians can achieve with their hands alone.But if robots are to reach the next stage of laborsaving utility, they will have to operate with less human supervision and be able to make at least a few decisions for themsel
28、ves-goals that pose a real challenge. “While we know how to tell a robot to handle a specific error,“ says Dave La-very, manager of a robotics program at NASA, “we cant yet give a robot enough common sense to reliably interact with a dynamic world.“Indeed the quest for true artificial intelligence h
29、as produced very mixed results. Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010, researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centu
30、ries.What they found, in attempting to model thought, is that the human （分数：5.00）(1).Human ingenuity was initially demonstrated in _. A. the use of machines to produce science fiction B. the wide use of machines in manufacturing industry C. the invention of tools for difficult and dangerous work D.
31、tile （分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The word “gizmos“ (Line 1, Paragraph 2) most probably means “_“. A. programs B. experts C. devices D. creatures（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the text, what is beyond mans ability now is to design a robot that can _. A. fulfill delicate tasks like performing brain surger
32、y B. interact with human beings verbally C. have a little common sense D. respond independently to a changing world（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Besides reducing human labor, robots can also _. A. make a few decisions for themselves B. deal with some errors with human intervention C. improve factory environm
33、ents D. cultivate human creativity（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The author uses the example of a monkey to argue that robots are _. A. expected to copy human brain in internal structure B. able to perceive abnormalities immediately C. far less able than human brain in focusing on relevant information D. best
34、 used in a controlled environment（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Education is primarily the responsibility of the states. State constitutions set up certain standards and rules for the establishment of school. State laws require children to go to school until they reach a certain age. The ac
35、tual control of the schools, however, is usually a local matter.The control of the schools does not usually come directly from the local government. In each of the three types of city government, public schools are generally quite separate and independent. They cooperate with local officials but are
36、 not dominated by the municipal government. Most Americans believe that schools should be free of political pressures. They believe that the separate control of the school systems preserves such freedom.Public schools are usually maintained by school districts. The state often sets the district boun
37、daries. Sometimes the school district has the same boundaries as the city. Sometimes it is larger than the city.In the South, county boards of education members are elected. In some places they are appointed by the mayor or city council. The state legislature decides which method should be used.Most
38、 district boards of education try to give all pupils a chance to get a good education. A good education prepares a person to live a better life. It helps him to become a better citizen.Nearly all states give financial aid to local school districts. State departments of education offer other kinds of
39、 aid. States offer help with such things as program planning and the school districts.The federal government also helps. The National Defense Education Act allows school districts to get financial aid for certain purposes. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 added many other kinds of
40、financial help. But neither the state nor the federal government dictates school policy. This is determined by local school boards.（分数：5.00）(1).Which of the following law is related to education? A. The National Defense Education Act. B. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act. C. The Independenc
41、e Act. D. Both A and .（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How did the state control education? A. By setting up certain standard and rules. B. By requesting the children to go to schools until they are of certain age. C. Either A or . D. Both A and .（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How did they preserve the freedom of the sch
42、ools from political pressure? A. By uniting all the schools into a union. B. By having the federal administration. C. By having separate and independent control. D. By cooperating with the state government.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).People favor the independence of school for the reason that _. A. people
43、believe that it will ensure the existence of freedom B. people believe that it will deprive the school of the financial aid C. local government can rid itself from the financial burden D. state government is not willing to exert its effort on it（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The school district is likely to b
44、e all of the following EXCEPT _. A. larger than city district B. larger than the state district C. the same as the city district D. Both A and C（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Karen Rusa was a 30-year-old woman and the mother of four children. For the past several months Karen had been exper
45、iencing repetitive thoughts that centered around her childrens safety. She frequently found herself imagining that a serious accident had occurred; she was unable to put these thoughts out of her mind. On one such occasion she imagined that her son, Alan, had broken his leg playing football at schoo
46、l. There was no reason to believe that an accident had occurred, but she kept thinking about the possibility until she finally called the school to see if Alan was all right. Even after receiving their assurance that he had not been hurt, she described herself as being somewhat surprised when he later arrived home unharmed. Karen also noted that her daily routine was seriously hampered by an extensive series of counting work that she performed throughout each day. Specific numbers had come to have a special meaning to her; she f
