1、公共英语四级-125 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/BI For Questions 1-5, you will hear some news over the radio. 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 only 1 word in each n
2、umbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below./IBNews over the Radio /Breason for the bus accident on Freeway 65 1.a video factory destroyed by 2.the problem of the 120-year-old woman 3.amount of money found on the flight 4.reason for arresting the w
3、inner 5.（分数：5.00）(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:_二、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).How many pieces of news in all have you just heard?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).According to the comments of President Absul Krim, what is the attitude of the Syrian people towards the war?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_
4、(3).What is Mr. Paul Angeli in the city of New York?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).What is Mr. Kitsons most famous book?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).What do you think of the price for fruits and vegetables this year?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)I Questions 11-13 are based on the following passage. You now
5、 have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-13./I（分数：3.00）(1).What is the most fundamental difference between plants and animals?（分数：1.00）A.Plants produce their own food but animals dont.B.Plant cells have a wall which is non-living in chemical nature but animal cells havent.C.Plants are green but animals
6、 arent.D.Plants cant move but animals can.(2).Which of the following is TRUE about plants?（分数：1.00）A.They have the power of locomotion.B.They have a wider range of foods than animals.C.They are very diverse in their external appearance.D.They are less sensitive than animals.(3).What can we infer fro
7、m the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Plants have more characteristics than animals.B.Animals have more characteristics than plants.C.Plants and animals are different in several ways.D.Plants and animals are less powerful than human beings.I Questions 1446 are bused on the following dialogue. You now have 15 sec
8、onds to read Questions 14-16./I（分数：3.00）(1).What must you make sure when you load the cassette?（分数：1.00）A.That you open the recorder.B.That you get the power supply.C.That you get the right side of the tape facing you.D.That you switch the recorder on.(2).What may the red thing do besides recording?
9、（分数：1.00）A.Wipe off the sound on the tape.B.Play the recorder.C.Set the recorder to work.D.Stop the recorder.(3).What button do you press if you want to listen again what has been played?（分数：1.00）A.Pause button.B.Record button.C.Forward button.D.Rewind button.I Questions 17-20 are based on the follo
10、wing passage. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20./I（分数：4.00）(1).Whats the main topic of this passage?（分数：1.00）A.Its about the tests of a new airliner before its flying.B.Its about how to protect a new airliner.C.Its about how to train a new pilot.D.Its about what the airliner engineers
11、should do.(2).Why air must be pumped into the plane?（分数：1.00）A.Because without air the plane cant fly.B.Because the plane needs air for its fuel.C.Because the passengers lives depend on air.D.Because the passengers have paid for it.(3).What would happen if a small part of the plane were to crack?（分数
12、：1.00）A.The plane would not go forward.B.The plane would explode.C.The plane would fall down.D.The plane would fly slowly.(4).For what purpose does the pilot shut off all the engines?（分数：1.00）A.To find out exactly what happens.B.To save fuel.C.To fly more slowly.D.To keep balance.四、BSection Use o(总题
13、数：1，分数：20.00)Man has been storing up useful knowledge about himself and the universe at the rate which has been spiraling upward for 10,000 years.TheU (21) /Utook a sharp upward leap with the invention of writing, but evenU (22) /Uit remained painfully slow for several centuries. The next great leap
14、 forwardU (23) /Uknowledge acquisition did not occurU (24) /Uthe invention of movable type in the 15th century by Gutenberg and others.U (25) /Uto 1500, by the most optimisticU (26) /UEurope was producing books at a rate of 1000 titles per year. This means that itU (27) /Ua full century to produce a
15、 library of 100,000 titles. By 1950, four and a halfU (28) /Ulater, the rate had accelerated so sharply that Europe was producing 120,000 titles a year.U (29) /Uonce took a century now took only ten months. By 1960, a U(30) /Udecade later, the rate had made another significant jump,U (31) /Ua centur
16、ys work could be finished in seven and a half months.U (32) /U, by the mid-sixties, the output of books on a world U(33) /U, Europe included, approached the prodigious figure of 900 titles per day.One canU (34) /Uargue that every book is a net gain for the advancement of knowledge. Nevertheless we f
17、ind that the accelerativeU (35) /Uin book publication does, in fact, crudelyU (36) /Uthe rate at which man discovered new knowledge. For example, prior to GutenbergU (37) /U11 chemical elements were known. Antimony, the 12th, was discoveredU (38) /Uabout the time he was working on his invention. It
18、was fully 200 years since the 11th, arsenic, had been discovered. U(39) /Uthe same rate of discovery continued, we would by now have added only two or three additional elements to the periodic table since Gutenberg.U (40) /U, in the 450 years after his time, certain people discovered some seventy ad
19、ditional elements. And since 1900 we have been isolating the remaining elements not at a rate of one every two centuries, but of one every three years.（分数：20.00）A.accumulationB.developmentC.knowledgeD.rateA.soB.ifC.thenD.whenA.toB.byC.fromD.inA.untilB.sinceC.whenD.beforeA.AsB.DueC.PriorD.NextA.examp
20、lesB.estimatesC.evidenceD.evaluationA.would takeB.bad takenC.was takingD.would have takenA.decadesB.centuriesC.dozensD.yearsA.ThisB.TheseC.ItD.WhatA.plainB.historicC.singleD.eventfulA.now thatB.so thatC.asD.whenA.HoweverB.ButC.AndD.ThereforeA.scopeB.sphereC.scaleD.stretchA.soB.hardlyC.accordinglyD.t
21、hereforeA.lineB.circleC.diagramD.curveA.fitB.likeC.resembleD.parallelA.aboutB.onlyC.more thanD.less thanA.inB.atC.onD.forA.AsB.HadC.IfD.WithA.In additionB.In turnC.InsteadD.In particular五、BSection Readi(总题数：4，分数：20.00)BPassage 1/BThe demoralizing environment, decrepit (老朽的) building and minimal mate
22、rials make the high school experience for these children an uphill battle. Merely graduating from such a high school is difficult, much less becoming a high-caliber science or engineering student. Schools with students from a higher socioeconomic level would not tolerate the obstacles I encountered
23、dally. Improvements need to be made efficiently and made soon, or the divisions among people in this country will only become more extreme.Of course, there are things that concerned citizens can do to help. Get involved with a school, especially one in a poor area. Volunteer to give a presentation o
24、r just to spend time with the children. My students were excited to talk to an insurance salesperson who came to give a career exploration lecture. They not only were genuinely interested in the opportunities he described but also were amazed that such a man would donate an afternoon to them.Althoug
25、h those measures can help, they are not enough. For teaching to be effective, the entire environment of the inner city needs to be changed. Teaching someone the difference between velocity and acceleration is irrelevant if the person is hungry and scared. Programs that educate parents in child-reari
26、ng, organize low-income groups into cooperative units, fight drug trafficking and help to clean up the ghettos physically will improve the life in the community.The small alterations and “new“ proposals currently filling the newspapers are certainly not strong enough to transform a decaying and demo
27、ralized school structure that has been disintegrating for decades. Inner-city schools need so much more, and the children deserve so much more than our society is willing to give. Like many other people, I entered the teaching profession eager to investigate change and found many institutionalized o
28、bstacles in my way. It should not be so difficult to make a difference.（分数：5.00）(1).By saying “an uphill battle“, the author means（分数：1.00）A.a tough task.B.a easy job.C.an upgrade class.D.climbing a hill.(2).We can learn from the text that（分数：1.00）A.the political circle will offer the help to the hi
29、gh schools.B.giving a presentation is beneficial to students.C.teaching methods have to be changed.D.students are afraid to talk to strangers.(3).The author believes that（分数：1.00）A.the divisions among people result from their property.B.a high-caliber science student graduates from a ordinary high s
30、chool.C.the small alterations should be done immediately.D.the societys help to inner-city schools is inadequate.(4).It is the authors opinion that _ will improve the life of inner city people.（分数：1.00）A.offering more education programs to studentsB.helping to clean up the ghettos physicallyC.taking
31、 measures to help extreme poor studentsD.bringing up more engineering students(5).It can be concluded from the authors remarks that（分数：1.00）A.we should educate more high schools students.B.the obstacles in teachers way should be moved away.C.the decaying school buildings should be reconstructed.D.we
32、 should build up more high schools in Our city.BPassage 2/BMany phrases used to describe monetary policy, such as “steering the economy to a soft landing“ or “a touch on the brakes“, makes it sound like a precise science. Nothing could be further from the truth. The relation between interest rates a
33、nd inflation is uncertain. And there are long, variable lags before policy changes have any effect on the economy. Hence the analogy that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened windscreen, a cracked rearview mirror and a faulty steering wheel.Given all these disadvan
34、tages, central bankers seem to have had much to boast about. Average inflation in the big seven industrial economies fell to a mere 2.3% last year, close to its lowest level in 30 years, before rising slightly to 2.5% this July. This is a long way below the double-digit rates which many countries ex
35、perienced in the 1970s and early 1980s.It is also less than most forecasters has predicted. In late 1994 the panel of economists which The Economist polls each month said that Americas inflation rate would average 3.5% in 1995. In fact, it fell to 2.6% in August, and is expected to average only abou
36、t 3% for the year as a whole. In Britain and Japan inflation is running half a percentage point below the rate predicted at the end of last year. This is no flash in the pan; over the past few years, inflation has been continually lower than expected in Britain and America.Economists have been parti
37、cularly surprised by favourable inflation figures in Britain and the United States, since conventional measures suggest that both economies, and especially that of America, have little productive slack. Americas capacity utilisation, for example, hit historically high levels earlier this year, and i
38、ts jobless rate (5.6% in August) has fallen below most estimates of the natural rate of unemployment - the rate below which inflation has taken off in the past.Why has inflation proved so mild? The most thrilling explanation is, unfortunately, a little defective. Some economists argue that powerful
39、structural changes in the world have up-ended the old economic models which were based upon the historical link between growth and inflation.（分数：5.00）(1).According to the text, making monetary policy changes（分数：1.00）A.is comparable to driving a car.B.is similar to carrying out scientific work.C.will
40、 not influence the economy immediately.D.will have an immediate impact on the inflation rate.(2).From the text we learn that（分数：1.00）A.there is a clear relationship between inflation and interest rates.B.the economy always follows particular trends.C.the current economic problems are entirely predic
41、table.D.the present economic situation is better than expected.(3).The text suggests that（分数：1.00）A.the previous economic models are still applicable.B.an extremely low jobless rate will lead to inflation.C.a high unemployment rate will result from inflation.D.interest rates have an immediate effect
42、 on the economy.(4).By saying “This is no flash in the pan“ (Para. 3), the author means that（分数：1.00）A.the low inflation rate will continue.B.the inflation rate will rise again.C.inflation will disappear entirely.D.there is no inflation at present.(5).How does the author feel about the present situa
43、tion?（分数：1.00）A.Tolerant.B.Indifferent.C.Disappointed.D.Surprised.BPassage 3/BProper arrangement of classroom space is important to encouraging interaction. Most of us have noticed how important physical setting is to efficiency and comfort when we work. Todays corporations hire human engineering sp
44、ecialists and spend a great deal of time and money to make sure that the physical environments of buildings are fit to the activities of their inhabitants.Similarly, college classroom space should be designed to encourage the activity of critical thinking. We will move into the twenty-first century,
45、 but step into almost any college classroom and you will step back in time at least a hundred years. Desks are normally in straight rows, so students can clearly see the teacher but not all their classmates. The assumption behind such an arrangement is obvious: everything important comes from the te
46、acher.With a little imagination and effort, unless desks are fixed to the floor, the teacher can correct this situation and create space that encourages interchanges among students. In small or standard-sized classes, chairs, desks and tables can be arranged in different ways: circles, U-shapes, or
47、semicircles. The primary goal should be for everyone to be able to see everyone else. Larger classes, particularly those held in lecture halls, unfortunately, allow much less flexibility.Arrangement of the classroom should also make it easy to divide students into small groups for discussion or prob
48、lem-solving exercises. Small classes with moveable desks and tables present no problem. Even in large lecture halls, it is possible for students to turn around and form groups of four to six. Breaking a class into small groups provides more opportunities for students to interact with each other, think out hard, and see how other students thinking processes operate - all these are the most important elements in developing new m
