1、公共英语四级-126 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/BBDirections:/BI For Questions 1-5, you will hear a conversation between an interviewer and John about Johns experience of living in Japan. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of t
2、he information has been given to you in the table. Write not more than 3 words in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below./IDifference Between Japan and England（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：
3、5.00)(1).What was the weather like in eastern Britain today?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).How much rain did Capel Curig receive?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).What was the weather like in the southwest of England?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).When did the rain clear from eastern Scotland?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Would the rain continu
4、e in eastern England?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)IQuestions 11-13 are based on the following monologue introducing Jane Austen. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-13./I（分数：3.00）(1).What accounts for the great strength of Janes novels?（分数：1.00）A.The social observations they c
5、ontain.B.The deep feeling.C.The romantic love.D.The real experience.(2).When did Jane Austen start to write?（分数：1.00）A.When she was teenager.B.When she was less than ten years old.C.When she was more than twenty.D.Not mentioned.(3).When did she die?（分数：1.00）A.In 1811.B.In 1814.C.In 1817.D.In 1812.IQ
6、uestions 14-17 are based on the following monologue. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 14-17./I（分数：4.00）(1).When did Fleming move to London?（分数：1.00）A.At the age of 31.B.At the age of 13.C.At the age of 16.D.At the age of 17.(2).Who identified the mould as penicillin?（分数：1.00）A.One of Flemin
7、gs colleagues.B.Sir Almroth Wright.C.Howard Florey.D.Fleming.(3).After his initial discovery, what did Fleming do?（分数：1.00）A.He returned to his routine work.B.He developed penicillin further.C.He kept a supply of the mould.D.Both A and C.(4).When was the penicillin mass-produced?（分数：1.00）A.In 1928.B
8、.In 1913.C.After World War II.D.By World War II.IQuestions 18-20 are based on the following monologue introducing a nature tendency of plants. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 18-20./I（分数：3.00）(1).Trees in rainforests have broad leaves. The advantage is_.（分数：1.00）A.to accept more sun lightB
9、.to encourage the heavy rain to run off the leavesC.to shade their rootsD.to hide their trunk(2).If we see some plants close their leaf pores, we can deduce that they are living in _.（分数：1.00）A.rainy areaB.hot areaC.drought areaD.windy area(3).In this monologue, we can learn plants may develop mecha
10、nisms and adaptations _.（分数：1.00）A.to protect themselves from disastersB.to avoid being hurt by human beingC.to fight against the hostile environmentD.to benefit the environment四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)People living on part of the south coast of England face a serious problem. In 1993, the ow
11、ners of a large hotel and of several houses discovered,U0 (21) /Utheir horror, that their gardens had disappeared overnight. The sea had eaten into the soft limestone cliffsU (22) /Utheir gardens had been built. While experts were studying the problem, the hotel and several houses disappeared altoge
12、ther,U (23) /Udown the cliff and into the sea.Erosion of the white cliffsU (24) /Uthe south coast of England has always been a problem but it has become more serious in recent years. Dozens of homes have had to beU (25) /Uas the sea has crept farther and farther inland. Experts have studied the area
13、s mostU (26) /Uand have drawn up a map forU (27) /Upeople,U (28) /Uthe year in which their homes will beU (29) /Uup by the hungry sea.U (30) /Uowners haveU (31) /Uthe Government to erect sea defenses to protect their homes. Government surveyors have pointed out that in most cases, this is impossible
14、. New sea walls would U(32) /Uhundreds of millions of pounds and wouldU (33) /Umake the waves and currents go further along the coast,U (34) /Uthe problem from one area toU (35) /U. The danger isU (36) /Uto continue, they say,U (37) /Uthe waves reach an inland area of hard rock which will not be eat
15、enU (38) /Ulimestone is.U (39) /U, if you want to buy a cheap house with anU (40) /Ufuture, apply to a house agent in one of the threatened areas on the south coast of England. You can get a house for a knockdown price but it may turn out to be a knockdown home.（分数：20.00）A.forB.inC.toD.onA.whichB.on
16、 whichC.thatD.in whichA.to slideB.slideC.slidD.slidingA.alongB.onC.aroundD.aboveA.abandonedB.abolishedC.burdenedD.forbiddenA.effectiveB.affectedC.effectingD.affectioA.nativeB.oldC.livingD.localA.broadcastingB.forecastingC.broadcastD.forecastA.swallowedB.shallowC.wallowedD.wallopedA.HungryB.AngryC.Hu
17、ngarianD.hopefulA.called inB.called forC.called onD.called upA.costB.spendC.takeD.payA.hardlyB.scarcelyC.merelyD.reallyA.changingB.convertingC.shiftingD.varyingA.the otherB.otherC.anotherD.othersA.possibleB.unlikeC.dislikeD.likelyA.whenB.untilC.lestD.asA.likeB.whenC.asD.forA.MeanwhileB.HoweverC.Furt
18、hermoreD.MoreoverA.uncertainB.unstableC.unrealD.improper五、BSection Readi(总题数：4，分数：20.00)Passage 1If the United Nations Security Council rushes to send inspectors back into Iraq on Baghdads promise of cooperation and under the old rules, it will be playing a chumps game, one Saddam Hussein has won co
19、untless times. Once in a while, the inspectors will face delay, obstruction, bugging and a succession of manufactured crises. These will prompt familiar fights among the major powers over whether a particular Iraqi act constitutes a major violation. Soon the United Sates will declare the whole exerc
20、ise a failure and invade Iraq.That is an outcome worth avoiding. For the United States, the costs of such a war include the death of soldiers, economic losses caused by the effect of soaring oil prices on a fragile stock market, the need to post tens of thousands of troops in Iraq for many years, li
21、ngering resentment among allies whose cooperation we need and the near certainty of creating legions of new terrorists who hate America. For the United Nations, the result would be a terrible defeat, an admission of weakness and its inability to impose its writ on a villain. For the world as a whole
22、, the costs will include the deaths of innocent Iraqis, increased repression in Arab states coping with domestic political anger and possibly chaos in the region.That is the short list. The worst-case outcomes include an attack with biological weapons on Israel and on American troops at their weakes
23、t moment-as they assemble in the region-by, a man with nothing to lose. What would be the likely response by both countries, and with what long-term consequence?There is a credible alternative to these scenarios that is worth trying. It is a new system of coercive inspection to replace the game of c
24、at and mouse that Mr. Hussein has perfected. The Security Council would create a powerful, American-led multinational military force, the inspection implementation force, that would enable the inspection teams to carry out “comply or else“ inspections. If Iraq refused to accept, or obstructed the in
25、spections, regime change (preferably under a United Nations mandate) Would be back on the table.（分数：5.00）(1).According to the author, what will happen if the UN waits for the cooperation of Iraq?（分数：1.00）A.The conflict will be solved in a peaceful way.B.No progress will be made.C.Nothing serious wil
26、l happen.D.It will result in a terrible consequence.(2).What will be the consequences for America if the war cannot be avoided?（分数：1.00）A.Casualty of soldiers.B.Economic difficulties.C.Hatred among allies.D.All of the above.(3).What solution is suggested to the present situation?（分数：1.00）A.An inspec
27、tion armed with multinational military force.B.No action should be taken.C.To take a military action against Iraq.D.To change the regime of Iraq.(4).If Iraq refuses to accept the “comply or else“ inspection, what should the UN do according to the author?（分数：1.00）A.To launch a war against Iraq.B.To t
28、ry to overthrow Saddam Husseins regime.C.To inflict an economic embargo on Iraq.D.To isolate Iraq by internationally diplomatic coalition.(5).What is the authors attitude towards starting a war against Iraq?（分数：1.00）A.Approving.B.Suspicious.C.Disapproving.D.Indifferent.Passage 2If you look closely a
29、t some of the early copies of the Declaration of Independence, beyond the flourished signature of John Hancock and the other 55 men who signed it, you will also find the name of one woman, Mary Katherine Goddard. It was she, a Baltimore printer, who published the first official copies of the Declara
30、tion, the first copies that included the names of its signers and therefore heralded the support of all thirteen colonies.Mary Goddard first got into printing at the age of twenty-four when her brother opened a printing shop in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1762. When he proceeded to get into trouble
31、 with his partners and creditors, it was Mary Goddard and her mother who were left to run the shop. In 1765 they began publishing the Providence Gazette, a weekly newspaper. Similar problems seemed to follow her brother as he opened businesses in Philadelphia and again in Baltimore. Each time Ms. Go
32、ddard was brought in to run the newspapers. After starting Baltimores first newspaper, The Maryland Journal, in 1773, her brother went broke trying to organize a colonial postal service. While he was in debtors prison, Mary Katherine Goddards name appeared On the newspapers masthead for the first ti
33、me.When the Continental Congress fled there from Philadelphia in 1776, it commissioned Ms. Goddard to print the first official version of the Declaration of Independence in January 1777: After printing the documents, she herself paid the post riders to deliver the Declaration throughout the colonies
34、.During the American Revolution, Mary Goddard continued to publish Baltimores only newspaper, which one historian claimed was “second to none among the colonies“. She was also the citys postmaster from 1775 to 1789appointed by Benjamin Frankliand is considered to be the first woman to hold a federal
35、 position.（分数：5.00）(1).With which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned?（分数：1.00）A.The accomplishments of a female publisher.B.The weakness of the newspaper industry.C.The rights of a female publisher.D.The publishing system in colonial America.(2).Mary Goddards name appears on t
36、he Declaration of Independence because_.（分数：1.00）A.she helped write the original documentB.she published the documentC.she paid to have the document printedD.her brother was in prison(3).The word “heralded“ in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _.（分数：1.00）A.influencedB.announcedC.rejectedD
37、.ignored(4).It can be inferred from the passage that Mary Goddard was _.（分数：1.00）A.an accomplished businesswomanB.extremely wealthyC.a member of the Continental CongressD.a famous writer(5).The word“position”in the last line is closest in meaning to_.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Passage 3A wise man once said th
38、at the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good people. Day after day my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of l
39、ife. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability. Accountability is not hard to define. It means that every person is responsible for his or her actions and liable for their consequences.Of the many values that hold civilizat
40、ion togetherhonesty, kindness, and so on, accountability may be the most important of all. Without it, there can be no respect, no trust, no lawand, ultimately, no society.My job as a police officer is to impose accountability on people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves.
41、But as every policeman knows, external controls on peoples behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.Fortunately there are still communitiessmaller towns usuallywhere schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim:
42、“In this family certain things are not toleratedthey simply are not done!“Yet more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints areloosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enr
43、age him.The main cause of this break-down is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, its the criminal who is considered victimized: by his under-privileged upbringing, by the school that did not teach h
44、im to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who did not provide a stable home.I don t believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we b
45、ecome a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything. We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.（分数：5.00）(1).What the wise man said suggests that_.（分数：1.00）A.its unnecessary for good people
46、to do anything in face of evilB.it s certain that evil will prevail if good men do nothing about itC.its only natural for value to defeat evilD.its desirable for good men to keep away from evil(2).According to the author, if a person is found guilty of a crime,_.（分数：1.00）A.society is to be held resp
47、onsibleB.modem civilization is responsible for itC.the criminal himself should bear the blameD.the standards of living should be improved(3).Compared with those in small towns, people in large cities have_.（分数：1.00）A.less self-disciplineB.better sense of disciplineC.more mutual respect.D.less effect
48、ive government(4).The writer is sorry to have noticed that _.（分数：1.00）A.people in large cities tend to excuse criminalsB.people in small towns still stick to old discipline and standardsC.todays society lacks sympathy for people in difficultyD.people in disadvantaged circumstances are engaged in criminal activities(5).The key point of the passage is that_.（分数：1.00）A.stricter discipline should be
