1、公共英语五级-(暂无语音，提供参考)7 及答案解析(总分：102.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、PART LISTENING COM(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、SECTION A(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Some Problems Facing Learners of EnglishAlthough many English learners have got high scores in an English test such as IELTS or TOEFL, they still face some problems concerning its learning. H
2、ere wed like to talk about some of the problems and try to come up with suggestions on how to overcome them.I. Psychological Problems1. the 1st reason: fear of (1) (1) _the solution:not to look too far aheadconcentrate on increasing knowledge and developing ability2. the 2nd reason: separation from
3、the family and (2) (2) _the solution:enjoy (3) time heals nostalgia (3) _II. Cultural Problems1. practical problems (4) (4) _moneyfoodweather2. problems difficult to definethe reason: the British way of life (5) , habits and traditions) (5) _the solution: be open-minded and (6) (6) _III. Linguistic
4、Problems1. problems regarding (7) 1) difficulties in understanding English-speaking people (7) _3 reasons:fast speed of speecha variety of accentsdifferent styles of speech2) ways of overcoming the difficultiesattend (8) (8) _use a language laboratorylisten to English programsmeet and speak with nat
5、ive speakers of English2. problems regarding speaking1) difficulties: knowing what to say but not knowing how to say it in English2) solutions (9) the language (9)_think in English instead of translatingpractice speaking as much as possibleimitate the educated peoples (10) (10) _（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项
6、 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、SECTION B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).Shirley Grainger had the task of _.A. making a complaint to the Actors UnionB. finding out an approach to problem-solvingC. investigating into the situation for hard evidenceD. collecting anecdotal evi
7、dence that union is concerned about（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What is NOT one of key findings of Shirley Grainger?A. With fewer parts, women get less experience and low pay.B. At forties, women drop out while men remain active in radio and TV.C. In radio and TV, women have half the chance of getting a par
8、t compared to men.D. Striking figures are found to confirm the unequal treatment of actors and actresses.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What do producers feel about the situation?A. They argue men dominate the professions in dramatic situations.B. They argue that women come off worse than men in terms of pay.
9、C. They defend themselves by saying they have little power to initiate change.D. They think women and men have an equal chance of getting an acting part.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to Shirley Grainger, what radio dramas should be broadcast in the afternoon?A. Dramas that cater to women audience.B
10、. Dramas with all parts played by women.C. Dramas that have a domestic setting.D. Dramas that involve professions dominated by men.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).It is hoped the Union can persuade producers to do something in all the following aspects EXCEPT _.A. monitoring the use of actors and actressesB. g
11、iving women more chances to practice their artC. avoiding stereotyping in deciding the gender for roleD.looking at the sort of figures they would like to be seeing（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、SECTION C(总题数：3，分数：3.00)1.According to the news, what did Iran resume on Monday?A Production of fuel for nuclear react
12、ors. B Small-scale uranium enrichment.C Completion of nuclear weapons. D Maintenance of atomic weapons.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.What is the main idea of the news item? A Sony developed a computer chip for cell phones. B Japan will market its wallet phone abroad. C The wallet phone is one of the wireless i
13、nnovations. D Reader devices are available at stores and stations.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.The discovery of the tomb will enable archeologists to know about the life ofA commons. B farmers. C aristocrats. D workers.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In the evenings,
14、 they go to the mall. Once a week or more. Sometimes, they even leave the dinner dishes in the sink so they will have enough time to finish all the errands. The father never comeshe hates shopping, especially with his wife. Instead, he stays at home to read the paper and put around his study: To do
15、things that the other dads must be doing in the evenings. To summon the sand to come rushing in and plug up his ears with its roaring silence.Meanwhile, the mother arms herself with returns from the last trip. Her two young daughters forget games of flashlight tag or favorite TV shows and strap on t
16、ennis shoes and seatbelts： and theyre off. On summer nights, when its light until after the fireflies arrive, the air is heavy and moist. The daughters unroll their windows and stick the whole of their heads out into the slate blue sky, feeling full force the sweaty, honey suckle air. In the cold ma
17、ll, their rubber soles squeak on shiny linoleum squares. The younger daughter tries not to step on any cracks. The older daughter keeps a straight-ahead gaze; her sullen eyes count down each errand as its done.It is not until the third or, on a good night, the fourth errand that the trouble begins.
18、The girls have wandered over to examine rainbow beach towels, perhaps, or some kind of pink ruffled bedspread. The mothers voice finds them from a few aisles away.Dinner squirms in the daughters stomachs. Now comes that what-if-I-threw-up-right-this-second? or where-is-a-rabbit-hole-for-me-to-fall-i
19、nto? feeling that they get around this time of evening, at the mall. The older one shakes her ponytails at the younger one. Her blue eyes hiss the careful-dont-cry warning, but the younger ones cheeks only get redder. Toe by toe, the daughters edge towards housewares where they finger lace placemats
20、 or trace patterns in the store carpet with sneakered soles. The mothers voice still finds them, shaking with rage. Finally, heels slapping in her sandals, she strides towards them and then keeps going. They follow, catching her word-trail, “Stupid people. Stupid，stupid，stupid. I HATE stupid people.
21、“ Its the little skips between steps the younger one takes to keep up with her mothers tong, angry legs. Its the car door slamming and the seat belt buckle yanked into place. Its those things that tell the daughters how the next few hours will go.In the car, the older one sighs and grinds her back t
22、eeth. The younger one feels her face get hotter and her eyes start to swell. She stares at an ice cream stain on the back of the front seat and sees a pony, a flower, and a fairy in that splash of chocolate mint chip. The mother begins on both at once. “And when we get home, if your shoes are still
23、in the TV room, Im throwing them out. Same for books. No more shit house. No more lazy, ungrateful kids.“ And so on and so on through the black velvet sky and across the Hershey bar roads. On into the house with a slap or two. “Youll be happy when Im in my grave,“ wails at them as they put on their
24、nightgowns and brush their teeth. The older one sets a stone jaw and the younger one tries not to sob as she opens wide, engulfing her small hand and scrubbing each and every molar.The father is not spared. The volcanic mother saves some up just for him. “Fucking lousy husband. Do-nothing father. “A
25、nd on like that for an hour or so more. Then in the darkest part of the night, its bare feet and cool hands on a small sweaty forehead. Kisses and caresses and “Sorry Mom got a little mad.“ Promises for that pink ruffled bedspread or maybe a new stuffed animal. Long fingers rake through the younger
26、ones curls. “Tomorrow evening, well get you some kind of treat. Right after dinner, well go to the mall./（分数：5.00）(1).From the first paragraph, we get the impression thatA the father is inert. B their life is bustling.C the evenings are exciting. D the mother is constantly nagging.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(
27、2).According to the passage, the two daughters seem toA enjoy the evenings shopping in the beginning.B be reluctant to run errands with the mother.C enjoy browsing various kinds of items.D be glad to help their mother with housework.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The word “squirms in the fourth paragraph prob
28、ably meansA moves. B squirts.C wriggles. D digests.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe the mother?A Irritable. B Remorseful.C Amiable. D Discontented.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which category of writing does the text belong to?A Narration. B Description.C Persuasion. D
29、 Exposition.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In 1981 Kenji Urada, a 37-year-old Japanese factory worker, climbed over a safety fence at a Kawasaki plant to carry out some maintenance work on a robot. In his haste, he failed to switch the robot off properly. Unable to sense him, the robots pow
30、erful hydraulic arm kept on working and accidentally pushed the engineer into a grinding machine. His death made Urada the first recorded victim to die at the hands of a robot.This astounding industrial accident would not have happened in a world in which robot behavior was governed by the Three Law
31、s of Robotics drawn up by Isaac Asimov, a science fiction writer. The laws appeared in I, Robot, a book of short stories published in 1950 that inspired a Hollywood film. But decades later the laws, designed to prevent robots from harming people either through action or inaction, remain in the realm
32、 of fiction.With robots now poised to emerge from their industrial cages and to move into homes and workplaces, roboticists are concerned about the safety implications beyond the factory floor. To address these concerns, leading robot experts have come together to try to find ways to prevent robots
33、from harming people. “Security, safety and sex are the big concerns,“ says Henrik Christensen, chairman of the European Robotics Network at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and one of the organisers of the new roboethics group. Should robots that are strong enough or heavy eno
34、ugh to crush people be allowed into homes? Should robotic sex dolls resembling children be legally allowed?These questions may seem esoteric but in the next few years they will become increasingly relevant, says Dr. Christensen. According to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europes World R
35、obotics Survey, in 2002 the number of domestic and service robots more than tripled, nearly outstripping their industrial counterparts. Japanese industrial firms are racing to build humanoid robots to act as domestic helpers for the elderly, and South Korea has set a goal that 100K of households sho
36、uld have domestic robots by 2020. In light of all this, it is crucial that we start to think about safety and ethical guidelines now, says Dr. Christensen.So what exactly is being done to protect us from these mechanical menaces? “Not enough,“ says Blay Whitby, an artificial-intelligence expert at t
37、he University of Sussex in England. This is hardly surprising given that the field of “safety-critical computing“ is barely a decade old, he says. But things are changing, and researchers are increasingly taking an interest in trying to make robots safer. One approach, which sounds simple enough, is
38、 to try to program them to avoid contact with people altogether. But this is much harder than it sounds. Getting a robot to navigate across a cluttered room is difficult enough without having to take into account what its various limbs or appendages might bump into along the way.Regulating the behav
39、ior of robots is going to become more difficult in the future, since they will increasingly have self-learning mechanisms built into them, says Gianmarco Veruggio, a roboticist at the Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation in Genoa, Italy. As a result, their behavior will become impossible
40、to predict fully, he says, since they will not be behaving in predefined ways but will learn new behavior as they go.（分数：5.00）(1).The word “astounding“ in the second paragraph is closest in meaning toA gullible. B awesome. C gruesome. D stupendous.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).It can be inferred from the sec
41、ond paragraph thatA Isaac Asimov will make new laws to replace the old ones.B the Three Laws of Robotics have been invalidated.C the book I, Robot was published in Hollywood,D Isaac Asimov has shifted his attention to films.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the passage, domestic robots willA be welc
42、omed by housewives. B surely go into every household.C help people a lot with their housework. D help people with manual and mental work.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Blay Whitby thinks that “safety-critical computing“A is in its infancy. B has its heyday.C undergoes rapid development. D can hardly be improv
43、ed.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following statements is NOT true of robots?A Its difficult to prevent robots from contacting people.B The behavior of robots will be more unforeseeable.C Robots in the future will be more intelligent than those today.D Programming robots through a cramped room is
44、 the most difficult task.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Why should anyone buy the latest volume in the ever-expanding Dictionary of National Biography? I do not mean that it is bad, as the reviewers will agree. But it will cost you 65 pounds. And have you got the rest of volumes? You need t
45、he basic 22 plus the largely decennial supplements to bring the total to 31. Of course, it will be answered, public and academic libraries want the new volume. After all, it adds 1,068 lives of people who escaped the net of the original compilers, Yet in 10 years time a revised version of the whole
46、caboodle, called the New Dictionary of National Biography, will be published. Its editor, Professor Colin Matthew, tells me that he will have room for about 50,000 lives, some 13,000 more than in the current DN B, This rather puts the 1,068 in Missing Persons in the shade.When Dr Nicholls wrote to T
47、he Spectator in 1989 asking for names of people whom readers had looked up in the DNB and had been disappointed not to find, she says that she received some 100,000 suggestions. (Well, she had written to“ other quality newspapers“ too.)As soon as her committee had whittled the numbers down, the prof
48、essional problems of an editor began. Contributors didnt file copy on time; some who did send too much: 50,000 words instead of 500 is a record, according to Dr Nieholls.There remains the dinner-party game of whos in, whos out. That is a game that the reviewers have played and will continue to play. Criminals were my initial worry. After all, the original edition of the DNB boasted: Malefactors whose crimes excite a permanent interest have received hardly less attention than benefactors. Mr. John Gross cl
