1、公共英语四级-138 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)Directions:This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are THREE parts in this section, Pa
2、rt A, Part B and Part C.Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.If you have any questions, you
3、 may raise your hand NOW as you will not be allowed to speak once the test has started.BPart A/BYou will hear a short story. Listen and complete the sentences in Questions 1-5 with the information you have heard. Write not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now
4、 have 25 seconds to read the tables below.When Mr. French retired, he bought a small cottage in1The cottage was built in the late 2He was looking forward to 3In the summer holidays, his cottage attracted 4In the end, he sold the cottage and bought a small5（分数：5.00）(1).（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填
5、空项 1:_填空项 1:_二、BPart B/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)You will hear a passage. Answer Questions 6-10 while you listen. Use not more than 5 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the tables below.How many factors of a room influence the behavior and attitudes of th
6、e people in it?6In what kind of rooms do people tend to give higher ratings to photographs of faces?7What color stimulated more activity, but the activity ended sooner?8What kind of room mentioned in the monologue is the“ugly“ room?9Which university is mentioned in the passage?10（分数：5.00）(1).（分数：1.0
7、0）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、BPart C/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have time to re
8、ad your answers. You will hear each piece once only.Questions 11-13 are based on the following talk. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-13.（分数：3.00）(1).Why does John want to buy a bicycle?（分数：1.00）A.To replace his stolen bicycle.B.To begin bicycling to work.C.To join a bicycle club.D.To tr
9、ain for a bicycle race.(2).What does Laura suggest that John do?（分数：1.00）A.Buy a used bicycle.B.Buy a racing bicycle.C.Replace the tires on his bicycle.D.Sell his old bicycle to the shop.(3).What does Laura say is most important about a bike?（分数：1.00）A.It must be the right height.B.It must have seve
10、ral gears.C.It must have good tires.D.It must be the right weight.Questions 14-16 are based on the following monologue. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-16.（分数：3.00）(1).What was wrong with Debra a year ago?（分数：1.00）A.She had headaches.B.She forgot things.C.She couldnt sleep.D.All of the
11、above.(2).What is the real reason that makes her ill?（分数：1.00）A.She uses too many sleeping pills.B.She is too thin.C.She is sensitive to foods and chemicals.D.It is not known.(3).What worries her recently?（分数：1.00）A.She cannot work in London.B.She cannot live in London.C.It is difficult for her to f
12、inish her studies.D.Itll be difficult for her to find a job.Questions 17-20 are based on the following passage. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20.（分数：4.00）(1).Why did the speaker want to work in Nanping?（分数：1.00）A.He thought experts were more needed there.B.He wanted to have a good tim
13、e there.C.He was invited to work there.D.He didnt like to stay in Shanghai any longer.(2).How many students did he teach there?（分数：1.00）A.Nineteen.B.Sixty-five.C.Eighty-four.D.Fifty.(3).What impressed him the most?（分数：1.00）A.The food in Nanping.B.The organization of the class.C.The discussion in the
14、 class.D.The co-operative spirit of the students.(4).What did he think of his short course in Nanping?（分数：1.00）A.It was interesting.B.It was a valuable experience.C.It was too far away from big cities.D.It was a difficult course to teach.四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Read the following text. Choos
15、e the best word or phrase marked A, B, C or D for each numbered blank on ANSWER SHEET 1.We often hear the U(21) /U “Bug“ while using computers. But what is a bug? In computer science, a bug U(22) /U an error in software or hardware. In software, a bug is an error in coding or logic that causes a pro
16、gram to malfunction or to U(23) /U incorrect results. Minor bugs, for example, a cursor that does not behave as U(24) /U -can be inconvenient or frustrating, but not damaging to U(25) /U More severe bugs can cause a program to “hang“ (stop responding to U(26) /U and might U(27) /U the user with no U
17、(28) /U but to restart the program, losing whatever U(29) /U work had not been saved. In U(30) /U case, the programmer must find and correct the error by the U(31) /U known as debugging. Because of the U(32) /U risk to important data, commercial aplication programs are tested and U(33) /U as complet
18、ely as possible before release. Minor bugs found after the program becomes U(34) /U are corrected in the next update; more U(35) /U bugs can sometimes be fixed with special software, called patches, that circumvents or otherwise U(36) /U its effects.In hardware, a bug is a recurring U(37) /U problem
19、 that prevents a system or set of U(38) /U from working together properly. The U(39) /U of the term reputedly goes back to the early days of computing, when a hardware problem in a computer at Harvard University was U(40) /U to a moth caught between the contacts of a relay in the machine.（分数：20.00）A
20、.wordingB.termC.dictionD.insectA.recurs toB.prefers toC.attributes toD.refers toA.produceB.achieveC.recreateD.attainA.expectB.expectationC.expectingD.expectedA.informationB.materialC.memoryD.newsA.commandsB.monitorC.controlD.supervisionA.grantB.retainC.leaveD.rewardA.alternativeB.objectiveC.collecti
21、veD.derivativeA.prestigiousB.precariousC.previousD.preciousA.bothB.eitherC.neitherD.noneA.processB.operationC.performanceD.actionA.promisingB.potentialC.prospectiveD.probableA.debuggedB.analyzedC.releasedD.removedA.accessibleB.affableC.availableD.adaptableA.minorB.majorC.importantD.severeA.alleviate
22、sB.worsensC.reducesD.enhancesA.mentalB.physicalC.formalD.substantialA.compoundsB.compositionsC.componentsD.composureA.beginningB.startC.sourceD.originA.trackedB.tracedC.followedD.detected五、BSection Readi(总题数：5，分数：35.00)BPart A/BReading the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text b
23、y choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.BText 1/BSecurity and commodity exchanges are trading posts where people meet who wish to buy or sell. The exchanges themselves do no trading; they merely provide a place where prospective buyers and sellers can meet and conduct their busi
24、ness.Wall Street, although the best known, is not the only home of exchanges in the United States. There are the cotton exchanges in New Orleans and Chicago; the Mercantile Exchange, which deals in many farm products, in Chicago; and grain exchanges in many of the large cities of the Midwest. Some e
25、xchanges, like the Chicago Board of Trade, provide market services for several kinds of products. These trading posts where products may be bought or sold are called commodity exchanges.The security exchanges, on the other hand, are meeting places where stocks and bonds are traded. Like the commodit
26、y exchanges, they help serve the economic life of the country. But when their operations get out of hand, they may become very dangerous. In 1929, the security exchanges, or stock market, contributed to a crash-a sudden, sharp decline in the value of securities. Many people lost fortunes; many corpo
27、rations were bankrupted; many workers lost their jobs. The Crash of 1929 has been attributed to many causes, among them were wild and unwise speculation by many people and dishonest practices on the part of some businessmen and of some members of the exchanges.Today, however, investing through secur
28、ity exchanges and trading on commodity exchanges have been made safer by regulations set up by the exchanges themselves and by regulations of the United States government. In 1922, the government instituted the Commodity Exchange Commission which operates through the Department of Agriculture; and i
29、n 1934, the Securities and Exchange Commission, to protect investors and the public against dishonest practices on the exchanges.（分数：5.00）(1).Security and commodity exchanges are meeting places for buyers and sellers of _.（分数：1.00）A.stocksB.grainC.securitiesD.all of these(2).Security exchanges handl
30、e _.（分数：1.00）A.securitiesB.grainC.bondsD.both A and C(3).Among the reasons for the Crash of 1929 were _.（分数：1.00）A.unwise speculation by many peopleB.dishonest practices by some businessmenC.strict regulations of the Commodity Exchange CommissionD.both A and B(4).Investing in securities has been mad
31、e safe by the _.（分数：1.00）A.Securities and Exchange CommissionB.Commodity Exchange CommissionC.Chicago Board of TradeD.Chicago Mercantile Exchange(5).Which of the following is implied but not stated?（分数：1.00）A.Some exchanges provide market services for several products.B.The role of the government ha
32、s been an important factor in curbing dishonest practices on the exchanges.C.Investing in securities is unwise.D.Buying and selling grain is dishonest.BText 2/BIt was unfortunate that, after so trouble-free an arrival, he should stumble in the dark as he was rising and severely twist his ankle on a
33、piece of rock. After the first shock the pain became bearable, and he gathered up his parachute before limping into the trees to hide it as best he could. The hardness of the ground and the deep darkness made it almost impossible to do this efficiently. The pine needles lay several inches deep, so h
34、e simply piled them on top of the parachute, cutting the short twigs that he could feel around his legs, and spreading them on top of the needles. He had great doubts about whether it would stay buried, but there was very little else that he could do about it.After limping for some distance in an in
35、direct course away from his parachute he began to make his way downhill through the trees. He had to find out where he was, and then decide what to do next. But walking downhill on a rapidly swelling ankle soon proved to be almost beyond his powers. He moved more and more slowly, walking in long sid
36、eways movements across the slope, which meant taking more steps but less painful ones. By the time he cleared the trees and reached the valley, day was breaking. Mist hung in soft sheets across the fields. Small cottages and farm buildings grouped like sleeping cattle around a village church, whose
37、pointed tower high into the cold winter air to welcome the morning.“I cant go much farther,“ John Harding thought, “Someone is bound to find me, but what can I do? I must get a rest before I go on. Theyll look for me first up there on the mountain where the plane crashed. I bet theyre outlooking for
38、 it already and theyre bound to find the chute in the end. I cant believe they wont. So theyll know Im not dead and must be somewhere. Theyll think Im hiding up there in the trees and rocks so theyll look for me there. So Ill go down to the village. With luck by the evening my foot will be good enou
39、gh to get me to the border.“Far above him on the mountainside he could hear the faint echo of voices, startling him after great silence. Looking up he saw lights like little pinpoints moving across the face of the mountain in the gray light. But the road was deserted, and he struggled along, still a
40、lmost invisible in the first light, easing his aching foot whenever he could, avoiding stones and rough places, and limping quietly and painfully towards the village. He reached the church at last. A great need for peace almost drew him inside, but he knew that would not do. Instead, he limped along
41、 its walls towards a very old building standing a short distance from the church doors. It seemed to have been there for ever, as if it had the church. John Harding pushed open the heavy wooden door and slipped inside.（分数：5.00）(1).In spite of his bad ankle he was able to _.（分数：1.00）A.carry on walkin
42、g fairly rapidlyB.walk in a direction that was less steepC.bear the pain without changing directionD.find out where he had landed(2).Why was his attention drawn to the mountain again?（分数：1.00）A.He was surprised to see the torches of the searchers so far away.B.He was a little astonished to hear voic
43、es after so long.C.He could see the mens faces in spite of the poor light.D.He could see a shower of small rocks falling.(3).Which of these do you think John Harding was?（分数：1.00）A.An escaped prisoner.B.A criminal on the run from the police.C.An airman who had landed in an enemy country area.D.A spy
44、 who had been hiding in the forest.(4).Hardings plan was _.（分数：1.00）A.to stay in the village as long as he couldB.to cross into another countryC.to reach the church and rest thereD.to have his foot made well again(5).Why did not John Harding go into the church?（分数：1.00）A.The church was empty.B.The d
45、oor to the church was shut.C.The church was too far away.D.He was not sure whether there could be enemy or not in the church.BText 3/BTheodore Dreiser is old-he is very, very old. I do not know how many years he has lived, perhaps forty, perhaps fifty, but he is very old. Something gray and bleak an
46、d hurtful, that has been in the world perhaps forever, is personified in him.When Dreiser is gone men shall write books, many of them, and in the books they shall write there will be so many of the qualities Dreiser lacks. The new, the younger men shall have a sense of humor, and everyone knows Drei
47、ser has no sense of humor. More than that, American prose writers shall have grace, lightness of touch, a dream of beauty breaking through the husks of life.Those who follow him shall have many things that Dreiser does not have. That is a part of the wonder and beauty of Theodore Dreiser, the things
48、 that others shall have because of him.Long ago, when he was editor of the Delineator, Dreiser went one day, with a woman friend, to visit an orphan asylum. The woman once told me the story of that afternoon in the big, ugly gray building, folding and refolding his pocket-handkerchief and watching the children-all in their little uniforms, trooping in.“The tears ran down his cheeks and he shook his head“, the woman said, and that is a real pictu
