1、公共英语五级-44 (1)及答案解析(总分：110.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：1，分数：10.00)BPart A/BI You will hear a talk about the British Library digitisation project. As you listen, answer Questions 1 to l0 by circling True or False. You will hear the conversation ONLY ONCE.You now have 1 minute to read Questions
2、1 to 10./I（分数：10.00）(1).Readers used to visit the British Library to borrow sound recordings.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).Digitisation project is started to make archived sound recording of the Library available to content a broader community.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).10 specific areas are chosen for digitisatio
3、n.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).The total amount of time of the archived recordings is 55,000 hours.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).The digitisation process is actually undertaken by an in-house team.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).The finished product will be mounted on the web.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).The material to be digitised i
4、s nearly as much as 10% of the total.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).The British Library is doing digitisation in other areas.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).Only authenticated users will be able to listen to the licensed ASR material on-site.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).The material will be promoted mainly by a press office.（分
5、数：1.00）A.正确B.错误二、BPart B/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following talk on sports and drama. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 to 13.（分数：3.00）(1).The reasons why games fascinate students are the following statements except that _.（分数：1.00）A.they do not know how it wil
6、l turn out.B.the reasons are something that need not exist.C.their lives are exactly like games.D.the games are exciting.(2).How does drama resemble game?（分数：1.00）A.There is something unfolding before the spectator.B.They take place in freedom.C.There really are things that are worthy for their own
7、sakes.D.All the above.(3).Life cannot be properly lived and games cannot be properly played unless _.（分数：1.00）A.we know how they get along.B.we come to grips with life as most people do.C.we actually live a higher life than ordinarily do.D.we see something more worthy in it.Questions 14 to 16 are ba
8、sed on a talk on Korean and Japanese table manners. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14 to 16.（分数：3.00）(1).Typical Korean eating style can be understood as the following except that（分数：1.00）A.many Koreans start with a small portion of soup before eating the other dishes in any order they wi
9、sh.B.Koreans eat rice with chopsticks.C.Koreans generally do not pick up their soup bowls, but leave them on the table and eat from them with spoons.D.Side dishes are eaten with chopsticks.(2).What is considered as the rudest table manners in Korea?（分数：1.00）A.Picking up chopstick or spoon before the
10、 oldest person starts the meal.B.Blowing ones nose at the table.C.Talking with food in ones mouth.D.Stabbing foods with chopsticks.(3).What is NOT true about Japanese eating style according to the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Japanese dont use silverware.B.Japanese didnt eat meat until 150 years ago.C.Japanes
11、e eat lots of seafood dishes.D.Japanese put quite a few dishes on their table while eating.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following talk on Generation X. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17 to 20.（分数：4.00）(1).When was Generation X born ?（分数：1.00）A.Between 1961 and 1981.B.Between 1916-1
12、918.C.Between 1960 and 1981.D.Between 1931-1961.(2).Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Generation X is so called simply because they represent something negative to their elders.B.Generation X lives in the present, likes to experiment, and expects immed
13、iate results.C.Xers axe selfish and cynical, and independent of their parents.D.They question authority and feel they carry the burden of the previous generations.(3).Xers believe it is their task to either rectify it or make it worse. What does “it“ refer to?（分数：1.00）A.The justice.B.The way.C.The a
14、bility.D.The responsibility.(4).What are the strengths of Xers?（分数：1.00）A.They have full hope for the future.B.They shoulder the responsibility.C.They will for the most part fail at life.D.They have individualism and resourcefulness in themselves.三、BPart C/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)（分数：10.00）(1).How much wil
15、l a buyer be charged for a black Apples new MacBook laptop?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Price discrimination means charging some buyers more than others for _ product or service.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Price discrimination is often fair among buyers, requiring those who are _ a greater share of sellers costs to
16、shoulder a greater share of the burden.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Sellers costs per unit must _ with the number of units sold.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Pricing schemes enable companies to attract more buyers and reduce the _ per buyer served.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).Sellers offer _ only to buyers who are first willin
17、g to jump a hurdle of some sort.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).From the sellers perspective, the perfect hurdle is one that can jump without difficulty but that other buyers find impossible to jump.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).One of the best hurdles yet discovered is the airlines _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).Discount hurdles
18、 do not apportion costs among buyers _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10)._, however, there appears to be at least rough justice in these and other hurdle schemes.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)As the Internet has rapidly become a mainstream medium, the social impact of the Internet has been a to
19、pic of ongoing debate. Some studies have found that Internet use is associated with reduced social networks and increased loneliness.Internet use appears to cause a decline in psychological well-being, U(31) /U to research at Carnegie Mellon University. Even people U(32) /U spent just a few hours a
20、week U(33) /U the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness U(34) /U those who logged on less frequently, the two-year study showed. And it wasnt U(35) /U people who were already feeling had spent more time on the internet, U(36) /U that using the Net actually appeared to U(37) /U the bad
21、feelings.Researchers are puzzling over the results, U(38) /U were completely contrary U(39) /U their expectation. They expected that the Net would U(40) /U socially healthier than television, since the Net allows U(41) /U to choose their information and to communicate U(42) /U others.The fact U(43)
22、/U Internet use reduces time available for family and friends may account U(44) /U the drop in well-being, researchers hypothesized. Faceless, bodiless “virtual“ communication may be less psychologically satisfying than U(45) /U conversation, and the relationships formed through it may be shallower.
23、 U(46) /U possibility is that exposure U(47) /U the wider world via the Net makes users less U(48) /U with their lives.“But its important to remember this is U(49) /U about the technology, per se; its about U(50) /U it is used,“ says psychologist Christine Riley of Intel, one of the studys sponsors.
24、 “It really points to the need for considering social factors in terms of how you design applications and services for technology.“（分数：20.00）(1).（分数：1.00）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:_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:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_五、BSec
25、tion Readi(总题数：3，分数：15.00)BTEXT 1/BComputer microchips could become smaller, faster and cheaper, thanks to scientists in the United States who have developed a speedier method of printing minuscule patterns on silicon chips.The discovery, by Stephen Chou and fellow scientists at Princeton University
26、 in New Jersey, could allow electronics manufacturers to increase the density of transistors on silicon chips by 100- fold and streamline production at the same time.Instead of taking 10 or 20 minutes to make a computer chip, the electrical engineers have imprinted features measuring I0 nanometers,
27、or 10 millionths of a millimeter, on a computer chip in a quarter of a millionth of a second.The achievement, which could pave the way for more powerful computers and memory chips, is reported in the science journal Nature.“You just imprint the pattern directly into the silicon. You not only reduce
28、the steps, you can do it in nanoseconds,“ Chou said in a statement.Silicon chips are minute slices of semiconducting material made to carry out functions in everything from toasters and mobile phones to giant corporate computers.Scientists had been looking for a replacement for silicon because they
29、thought it would be impossible to improve the silicon chip, which would limit advancements in chip size and speed.Chou has done away with etching, the normal way to make small patterns in silicon, and pressed a mould against a piece of silicon and applied a laser pulse for just 20 billionths of a se
30、cond. It melts and resolidifies around mould.“Here we do not need to use all those steps,“ Chou said. “Scientifically, people are still trying to understand how it works, because it is amazing that it works at all.“He calls the method Laser-Assisted Direct Imprint or LADI. Princeton University is ap
31、plying for a patent on the technique. In a commentary on the research in Nature, Fabian Pease, of Stanford University, said the achievement will allow electronics manufacturers to continue the pace of miniaturization and keep Moores laws on track.Moores Law, observed by Intel Corp, co-founder Gordon
32、 Moore in 196.5, posits that the number of transistors on a semiconductor doubles roughly every 18 months.“A new imprinting technology for the production of silicon chips, introduced by Chou et al, could keep us on track,“ Pease said, adding that the law could hold for possibly another two decades.（
33、分数：5.00）(1).What is the significance of the new technology?（分数：1.00）A.It is a replacement for silicon.B.It is a new imprinting technology to make faster, smaller computer chips.C.It is the improved etching method.D.The pattern can be imprinted directly into the silicon.(2).What does “resolidify“ (Pa
34、ra. 8, last sentence) mean?（分数：1.00）A.Become hard again,B.Back to solitude.C.Become liquid.D.Stretch around.(3).Which of the following statements is NOT true as to LADI?（分数：1.00）A.It could allow electronics manufacturers to increase the density of transistors on silicon chips by 100 times and simpli
35、fy production meanwhile.B.A mould is pressed against a piece of silicon and a laser pulse is applied for just 20 billionths of a second before its done.C.It could result in more powerful computers and memory chips.D.It limits advancements in chip size and speed.(4).How many nanoseconds equal one sec
36、ond?（分数：1.00）A.One million.B.Ten million.C.One hundred million.D.One billion.(5).What can be concluded concerning Moores laws?（分数：1.00）A.It has proved to be out of date.B.It is still applicable to electronic industry.C.It will hold for another twenty years.D.It was observed by Gordon Moore in 1965.B
37、TEXT 2/BAn awkward looking character such as Cyrano de Gergerac might sniff at the suggestion, but recent scientific research shows beauty, brains and brawn may in fact all be allied, writes Dr Raj Persaud.Psychologists have concluded that we may be drawn to the stereotypically attractive because of
38、 what their faces reveal about their intelligence and success in later life.In America, research led by Professor Leslie Zebrowitz, of Brandeis University, has shown an association between facial attractiveness and IQ. Strangers briefly exposed to a targets face were able to correctly judge intellig
39、ence at levels significantly better than chance.The same team also researched how a persons attractiveness might affect their intelligence. They found that good-looking people did better in IQ tests as they aged. Their research sought to prove that how a person perceived himself and was perceived by
40、 others predicted how intelligent he apparently became more accurately than his past intelligence.Perhaps because the more attractive people were treated as more intelligent, they ended up having more stimulating and, therefore, intelligence-enhancing lives.Does this mean that your face really could
41、 be your destiny?Sociologists Dr Ulrich Mueller and Dr Allan Mazur, of the University of Marburg in Germany, recently analysed the final-year photographs of the 1950 graduates of West Point in the United States. Dominant facial appearances (strong jaws, broad cheekbones) turned out to be a consisten
42、t predictor of later-rank attainment. Again, they believed there could be a self-fulfilling effect. Because some men looked more authoritative, they naturally drew respect and obedience from others which, in turn, assisted their rise through the ranks.A team at the Royal College of Surgeon in Dublin
43、 has been investigating the sensitive subject of links between physical and mental abnormalities. Led by Doctors Robin Hennessy and John Waddington, the team used a new laser surface-scanning technique to make a 3-D analysis of how facial shape might vary with brain structure. Their findings showed
44、that in early foetal life, brain and face development are intimately connected. From this they concluded that abnormalities in brain elaboration probably also affect face development.This, according to them, explains the striking facial features of someone with Downs syndrome. Using similar techniqu
45、es, the team also demonstrated how other disorders linked to brain aberrations could be associated with facial alterations.For example, they showed how those suffering from schizophrenia were more likely to have among other facial differences an overall narrowing and elongation of the mid and lower
46、front of the face, with reduced mouth width.Meanwhile, in New York, psychologists Dr Caroline Keating and Dr James Doyle have offered the latest research on what we actually find attractive. They found that the most attractive faces are not those with particularly striking features, but ones that co
47、ntain a mixture of features signaling warmth, power and dominance, with no one characteristic eclipsing the others.So the very latest scientific research suggests that nobody should try to look too obviously different from average.（分数：5.00）(1).What is the authors major concern in this passage?（分数：1.00）A.Facial features and intelligence.B.Physical attractiveness.C.Mental aberrations.D.Intel
