1、公共英语四级-117 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Listening (总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)News over a case of stealing The day of the broadcast 1 Number of thieves 2 Number of precious paintings 3 Lord and Lady Chest-field have been treated for 4 The landlord refuses to renew their traditional
2、 5 （分数：5.00）填空项 1:_三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1). Where does the conversation take place? （分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2). What“s the woman“s name? （分数：1.00）(3). What is the man“s line of business? （分数：1.00）(4). What does the man need to do with letters and forms? （分数：1.00）(5). How much is MR5000? （分数：1.0
3、0）四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 1113 are based on the following interview about Doctor Thomas. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 1113. （分数：3.00）(1).What is the conversation mainly about?（分数：1.00）A.A standard unit for measuring weight.B.How to care for precious metals.C.The value of preci
4、ous metals.D.Using the metric system.(2).How is the weight used?（分数：1.00）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.(3).What does Doctor Thomas probably think about the cost of the new weight?（分
5、数：1.00）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.Questions 1416 are based on the following passage. You now have 15 seconds
6、to read Questions 1416. （分数：3.00）(1).Why does a newborn baby have to spend the first year of his life learning to listen?（分数：1.00）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.(2).What“s a new
7、born baby“s reaction to a loud noise near him?（分数：1.00）A.Get angry.B.Look away.C.Begin crying.D.Ignore it.(3).When does a baby begin to use more vowels and consonants?（分数：1.00）A.When he is pleased.B.As he grows.C.When he gets angry.D.When he hears other baby crying.Questions 1720 are based on the fo
8、llowing monologue. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 1720. （分数：4.00）(1).According to the speaker, what should the listeners do as soon as possible?（分数：1.00）A.Find a roommate.B.Hand in applications.C.Go to Spanish house.D.Buy a meal ticket for the cafeteria.(2).Which type of housing allows co
9、oking?（分数：1.00）A.Women“s dorms.B.Men“s dorms.C.Family housing.D.International houses.(3).Which place has no more room for students?（分数：1.00）A.Coed dorms.B.Family student housing.C.International houses.D.Spanish house.(4).What will the listeners probably do next?（分数：1.00）A.Visit the type of housing t
10、hey like.B.Move into the housing.C.Fill out forms.D.Buy a meal ticket.五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an 1 should be made even before the choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, 2 , most
11、 people make several job choices during their working lives, 3 because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve 4 positions. The “one perfect job“ does not exist. Young people should 5 enter into a broad flexible training program that will 6 them for a field of work rather than for a
12、 single 7 . Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans 8 benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing 9 about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, then choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss 10 . Some drift from job to job. Others 11
13、 to work in which they are unhappy or for which they are not fitted. One common mistake is choosing an occupation for 12 real or imagined prestige. Too many high-school studentsor their parents for themchoose the professional field, 13 both the relatively small proportion of workers in the professio
14、ns and the extremely high educational and personal 14 . The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a “white-collar“ job is 15 good reason for choosing it as lifework. 16 , these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the 17 of
15、young people should give serious 18 to these fields. Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants 19 life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security, others are w
16、illing to take 20 for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.（分数：20.00）A.identificationB.entertainmentC.accommodationD.occupationA.howeverB.thereforeC.thoughD.therebyA.entirelyB.mainlyC.partlyD.largelyA.itsB.hisC.ourD.theirA.sinceB.thereforeC.furthermoreD.for
17、everA.makeB.fitC.takeD.leaveA.jobB.wayC.meansD.companyA.toB.forC.withoutD.withA.littleB.fewC.muchD.a lotA.chanceB.basisC.purposeD.opportunityA.applyB.appealC.stickD.turnA.ourB.itsC.yourD.theirA.concerningB.followingC.consideringD.disregardingA.preferenceB.requirementsC.tendenciesD.ambitionsAaB.anyC.
18、noD.theA.ThereforeB.HoweverC.NeverthelessD.MoreoverA.majorityB.massC.minorityD.multitudeA.proposalB.suggestionC.considerationD.appraisalA.towardsB.againstC.out ofD.withoutA.turnsB.partsC.choicesD.risks六、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Text 1(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Every country with
19、 a monetary system of its own has to have some kind of market in which dealers 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.
20、The need for such facilities arises in much the same way that a similar need 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 act
21、ive contacts with others who specialize in making or handling bulk quantities 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, savi
22、ngs institutions, investment houses, lending agencies, and even governmentsto 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
23、be performed in any kind of modem economy, even one that is largely planned 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 pr
24、imary resources among alternative uses. The general distinguishing feature of 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 to
25、tal volume of such funds. In their market transactions, those with bulk supplies 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 var
26、y widely from country to country. In many countries there is no single meeting 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 reflect
27、s all of the influences (including his own) that are currently affecting the 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 fluctua
28、tions in the money market rates of interest result from changes in the pressure 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 _.（分数：1.00）A.the definition of money marketB.the constitution of a money
29、marketC.the basic functions of a money marketD.the general feature of a money market(2).According to this passage, a money market _.（分数：1.00）A.provides convenient services to its customersB.has close contact with the individuals or firms seeking fundsC.maintains accounts with various retailers of fi
30、nancial servicesD.is made up of institutions who specialize in handling wholesale monetary transactions(3).Which of the following statements about a money market is NOT tree according to this passage?（分数：1.00）A.Money market does not exist in planned economies.B.Money market has been established in s
31、ome socialist countries.C.Money market encourages open competition among bulk suppliers of funds.D.Money market relies upon market processes to distribute funds to final users.(4).The author uses the example of middleman to show _.（分数：1.00）A.market transactions are important in different countriesB.
32、dealers are needed in doing businessC.middlemen can play great role in different transactions and different countriesD.middlemen in different countries have different actions in business(5).According to this passage, _.（分数：1.00）A.brokers usually perform the same kinds of services to their customersB
33、.brokers have little contact with each otherC.open competition tends to result in a common price for similar transactions at any given momentD.changes in the pressure of available supplies of funds upon market tends to maintain a common price for similar transactions九、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)About 50 y
34、ears ago 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, ha
35、d been 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 be
36、ginnings 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
37、organized separately. In other years Games for the Disabled are still held at Stroke Mandeville. In the 1984 wheelchair Olympic Games, 1,604 wheelchair athletes from about 40 countries took part. Unfortunately, they were held at Stroke Mandeville and not in Los Angeles, along with the other Olympics
38、. The Games have been a great success in promoting international friendship and understanding, and in proving that being disabled does not mean you can“ t enjoy sports. One small source of disappointment for those who organize and take part in the games, however, has been the unwillingness of the In
39、ternational 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 disab
40、led were held _ after Sir Ludwig Guttmann arrived in England.（分数：1.00）A.50 yearsB.21 yearsC.9 yearsD.4 years(2).Besides Stroke Mandeville, surely the games for the disabled were once held in _.（分数：1.00）A.New YorkB.LondonC.RomeD.Los Angeles(3).In paragraph 2, the underlined word “athletes“ means _.（分
41、数：1.00）A.people who support the gamesB.people who watch the gamesC.people who organize the gamesD.people who compete in the games(4).Which of the following statements is NOT true?（分数：1.00）A.Sir Ludwig Guttmann is an early organizer of the games for the disabled.B.Sir Ludwig Guttmann is an injured so
42、ldier.C.Sir Ludwig Guttmann is from Germany.D.Sir Ludwig Guttmann is welcomed by the British.(5).From the passage we may conclude that the writer is _.（分数：1.00）A.one of the organizers of the games for the disabledB.a disabled who once took part in the gamesC.against holding the games for the disable
43、dD.in favor of holding the game for the disabled十、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Police in the popular resort city Virginia Beach recently began operating video surveillance cameras with controversial face recognition technology. Virginia Beach and Tampa in Florida two cities in the United States acquired the
44、 technology, which cost them $197,000. “Before we switched it on, we went through an extensive public education process with hearings and the involvement of citizen groups and minority groups, who helped write the policies we are using, “ said deputy police chief Greg Mullen. A citizens“ auditing co
45、mmittee has the fight to perform unannounced spot checks on police headquarters to make sure the technology is not being misused. Three of the city“s 13 cameras are linked full time to the face recognition system, though the others can be activited as needed. The database of wanted people is updated
46、 every day. So far, the system has failed to produce a single arrest, though it has generated a few false alarms. It works by analyzing faces based on a series of measurements, such as the distance from the tip of the nose to the chin or the space between the eyes. Critics say it is highly inaccurat
47、e and can be easily fooled. Mullen, who sees the system eventually being linked to the databases of other city, state and federal law enforcement agencies to track criticals and suspected terrorists, said, “The system doesn“t look at skin color or your hair or your gender. It takes human prejudices
48、out of the equation. “ “This technology has little or no effect on the crime rate but it does have an effect on people“s behavior. People feel cowed, “ said Bruce Steinhardt, who directs the technology. Despite the fact that tests have shown faces recognition only works in around 30% cases, the ACLU
49、 is alarmed that the technology may soon spread to airports. The organization also fears it could potentially be used to monitor individual“s political activities to harass law-abiding citizens. “This kind of surveillance should be subject to the same procedures as wiretaps. Law enforcement agencies should justify why they need it and it should be tightly limited, otherwise it will soon become a tool of social control, “ said Mihir Kshisagar of the Electronic Information Privacy Center. Nor does such crit
