1、公共英语四级-139 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 passage about womens rights. Listen and complete the sentences in Questions 1-5 with the information you have heard. Write not more than 3 words in each box. You will hear the recording tw
4、ice. You now have 25 seconds to read the tables below.The speaker makes the announcement before 1You may be interested in 2Smoking is prohibited in the toilet 3Any questions from passengers will be dealt with 4In preparation for taking off you must ensure that your seal belts5（分数：5.00）(1).（分数：1.00）填
5、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)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.One reason for the fire was to attract attention
6、. Another reason for the fire was to keep6They tried to attract the attention of the passing boats so that they could7The families of the four friends had informed the police when they failed to return8The police sent out launches to search for 9They were rescued by a motorized boat and 10（分数：5.00）(
7、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:_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
8、time to read your answer. You will hear each piece once only.Questions 11-13 are based on the following monologue. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-13.（分数：3.00）(1).How did the fire start?（分数：1.00）A.A motorist carelessly threw out a lighted cigarette.B.A man passed the forest and lit it o
9、n purpose.C.The bushes and trees were so dry that they burned by themselves.D.No one knew the cause.(2).Who warned the police about the fire?（分数：1.00）A.A fireman.B.A workman in the forest.C.A car driver.D.A truck driver.(3).Why couldnt the fire spread to the south?（分数：1.00）A.Because there was a lake
10、 there.B.Because there was a river there.C.Because there were a lot of firemen there.D.Because there was a path there.Questions 14-16 are based on the following conversation. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-16.（分数：3.00）(1).Where can you find a Spanish language bookstore?（分数：1.00）A.In Ch
11、inatown.B.In Japantown.C.Anywhere in the city.D.In the Mission District.(2).Why does the man know so much about the city?（分数：1.00）A.He is a native.B.He works in a library.C.He teaches ethnic history at the university.D.Both .(3).Where do Chinese people live in the city?（分数：1.00）A.In Chinatown.B.All
12、over the city.C.In the center of the city.D.Both .Questions 17-20 are based on the following passage. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20.（分数：4.00）(1).The passage is mainly concerned with _ of the United States history?（分数：1.00）A.The agricultural trends of the 1950s.B.The unemployment ra
13、te in 1955.C.The general economic situation in the 1950s.D.The federal budget of 1952.(2).According to the passage, the number of unemployed people in 1955 was about（分数：1.00）A.One millionB.Two millionC.Three millionD.Four million(3).It can be inferred from the passage that most people in the United
14、States in 1955 viewed the national economy with an air of _.（分数：1.00）A.optimismB.confusionC.decisionD.suspicion(4).Which of the following were LEAST satisfied with the national economy in the 1950s ?（分数：1.00）A.Farmers.B.Economists.C.Politicians.D.Steelworkers.四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Read the
15、 following text. Choose the best word or phrase marked A, B, C or D for each numbered blank.On the night of the play, Albert was at the hall early and he was already made-up long before the end of the first act. He certainly looked the part all right, he thought as he U(21) /U himself U(22) /U the m
16、irror. He even U(23) /U if he should go out into the street to see what U(24) /U he made on people out there. Just for a U(25) /U , of course!Then he was seized with a sudden attack of stage fright. How could he U(26) /U all those people U(27) /U the audience? He put his head in his hands and tried
17、to U(28) /U his lines. He had only a very small part, but his mind was a complete U(29) /UA U(30) /U on the door made him U(31) /U . He felt really alarmed. He was due to go to stage in the second act. Had he missed his entrance and U(32) /U the play for everybody? But it was only the producer, who
18、noitced what a state he was in. She U(33) /U he should go and stand near the stage where he could watch the play and follow in his script at the same time. It was a good way of getting U(34) /U his nervousness, she said. She was right. It seemed to U(35) /U. In fact, the more he watched the play, th
19、e more he became involved in it, so that he began to U(36) /U himself part of it.At last the moment came for him to go on stage. But suddenly the producer was by his U(37) /U again. This time she looked worried as she placed a hand on his arm to restrain him U(38) /U. “Im afraid youre going U(39) /U
20、,“ She said. “Theyre jumped three pages of the script and have U(40) /U your part out completely.“（分数：20.00）A.admiredB.flatteredC.gazedD.showedA.onB.withC.atD.inA.thoughtB.wonderedC.hopedD.feltA.forceB.imageC.impressionD.reactionA.funB.gameC.jokeD.playA.appearB.faceC.meetD.seeA.betweenB.ofC.withD.in
21、A.learnB.refreshC.rememberD.remindA.blankB.gapC.omissionD.spaceA.bumpB.crashC.knockD.noiseA.to look upB.look upC.lookingD.looked upA.delayedB.endedC.minedD.lengthenedA.orderedB.remindedC.suggestedD.toldA.atB.overC.awayD.throughA.doB.manageC.winD.workA.pushB.feelC.realizeD.anticipateA.shoulderB.sideC
22、.backD.placeA.onB.offC.outD.backA.to disappointB.to have disappointedC.to be disappointedD.have disappointedA.forgottenB.lostC.missedD.omitted五、BSection Readi(总题数：5，分数：35.00)BPart A/BRead the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on AN
23、SWER SHEET 1.BText 1/BVery early in the morning, before daybreak for the greater part of the year, the men would throw on their clothes, breakfast on bread and fat, snatch the dinner baskets which had been packed for them overnight, and hurry off across the fields to the farm. Getting the boys off w
24、as a more difficult matter. Mothers would have to call and shake and sometimes pull boys of eleven or twelve out of their warm beds on a winter morning.Most of the young and those in the prime of life were thickset, red-faced men of good medium height and enormous strength, who prided themselves on
25、the weights they could carry and boasted of never having had “an ache nor a pain“ in their lives. The elders stooped, had gnarled and swollen hands and, walked badly, for they felt the effects of a life spent out of doors in all weathers and of the rheumatism which tried most of them. They still spo
26、ke the dialect, in which the words were not only broadened, but in many words doubled. Boy was “boo-oy“, cola “coo-al“ and so on. In other words, syllables were slurred and words were run together, as “brenbuer“ for bread and butter. They had hundreds of proverbs and sayings and their talk was stiff
27、 with smile. Nothing was ever simply hot, cold or colored; it was “as hot as hell“, “as cold as ice“, “as green as grass“ or “as yellow as a guinea“. To be nervy was to be “like a cat on hot bricks“; to be angry, “mad as a bull“, or any one might be “poor as a rat“, “sick as a dog“, “as ugly as sin“
28、, “full of the milk of human kindness“, or “stinking with pride“.The mens incomes were the same to a penny (ten shillings a week); their circumstances, pleasures, and their daily field work were shared in common but in themselves they differed, as other men of their day differed, in country and town
29、. Some were intelligent, others slow in the uptake, some were kind and helpful, others selfish. A stranger would not have found the dry humor of the Scottish peasant, or the racy wit and wisdom of Thomas Hardys Wessex. These mens minds were cast in a heavier mould and moved more slowly. Yet there we
30、re occasional gleams of quiet fun. When Edmund was crying because his pet magpie had flown away one may told him to go and tell Mrs. Andrews about it (she was the village gossip) “and youll soon know where shes been seen“.Their favorite virtue was endurance. Not to flinch from pain or hardship was t
31、heir ideal. A young woman would say to the midwife after her first confinement, “I didnt flinch, did I? Oh, I do hope I didnt flinch,“ and a man would tell how he had taken a piece of fence to fight off a charging bull, and not he but the bull had “flinched.“（分数：5.00）(1).Most of the younger men were
32、 _.（分数：1.00）A.satisfied with their weight and good healthB.boastful of their great height and energyC.vain about their good health and strengthD.proud of their being able to carry light weights(2).Although the old men spoke their local dialect _.（分数：1.00）A.it was going out of fashion with their pare
33、ntsB.it was difficult for the younger people to understand themC.it is still spoken by the local people todayD.it is not spoke by all the local people today(3).The author says that these men all had different characters although _.（分数：1.00）A.a stranger might have found them boring and uninterestingB
34、.outwardly they all lived in exactly the same way as each otherC.men in those days had different regional characteristicsD.they had very boring lives with no modem entertainment(4).The villagers admired people who _.（分数：1.00）A.did not show fear and suffered pain bravelyB.could give birth to children
35、 without difficulty or fussC.could fight with bulls and other fierce animalsD.could make other people afraid and respectful(5).The villagers attitude toward the people who was coward was _.（分数：1.00）A.indifferentB.happyC.suspiciousD.disparagingBText 2/BThe World Health Organization (WHO) is in troubl
36、e. Its leader is accused of failing to lead, and as the organization drifts, other bodies, particularly the World Bank, are setting the global health agenda. Western governments want the WHO to set realistic targets and focus its energy on tackling major killers such as childhood diseases and tobacc
37、o.The WHO clearly needs to set priorities. Its total budget of 0.9 billion around 10p for each man, woman and child in the world-cannot solve all the worlds health problems. Yet its senior management does not seem willing to narrow the organizations focus. Instead it is trying to be all things to al
38、l people and losing dependability.Unfortunately, the argument for priority-setting is being seriously undermined by the U.S., one of the chief advocators of change. The U.S. is trying to reduce its contribution to the WHOs regular budget from a quarter of the total to a fifth. That would leave the o
39、rganization 20 million short this year. On top of the substantial debts the U.S. already owes.The WHO may need priorities, but it certainly doesnt need budget cuts. Thanks to the U.S.s failure to pay its bills, many of the poorer nations see priority-setting as merely a cover for cost cutting that w
40、ould hit their health programs hard.The WHO would not serve poorer countries any worse if it sharpened its focus. It would probably serve them better. In any case, a sharper focus should not mean that less money is needed. When the U.S. demands cuts, it simply fuels disputes between the richer and p
41、oorer countries and gives the WHOs senior management more time to postpone.The American action is not confined to the WHO. It wants eventually to cut its contributions to the Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Labor Organization too. But it knows that dissatisfaction with the WH
42、O and its leadership has made the organization vulnerable. If it wins against the WHO, the rest will lose out in their turn.Americas share of the budget is already a concession. Each nations contribution to the UN agencies is calculated according to its wealth, and by that measure the U.S. should be
43、 paying about 28 percent of the WHO budget. But over the past three decades the U.S. has gradually reduced what it pays the organization. The U.S. should not task for further cuts, until it pays its full share of money, it will hold back the organizations much needed reforms.The world needs the WHO.
44、 The World Bank may have a bigger budget, but it sees improved health as just one part of economic and social development. The WHO remains the only organization committed to health for all, regardless of wealth.（分数：5.00）(1).How much of the WHOs budget should the United States pay in terms of its wea
45、lth?（分数：1.00）A.Quarter.B.28%.C.More than 20 million.D.A fifth.(2).Which of the following can best characterize the U.S.?（分数：1.00）A.It has stopped demanding reforms.B.Its management is inefficient.C.It is trying to pay less to WHO.D.Its government is not responsive.(3).What does the author mean when
46、he interprets the urge for a sharper focus?（分数：1.00）A.The U.S. will be justified in cutting its financial contribution.B.More heated arguments will be unavoidable between richer and poorer countries.C.There should be better service for poorer countries but no cost cutting.D.The poorer countries will
47、 not receive more benefits.(4).What is the United States strategy to fight all those organizations according to the author?（分数：1.00）A.To defeat them all one by one.B.To defeat the WHO first and the others will give up.C.To exclusively cut contributions to the WHO.D.To cut contributions to all the or
48、ganizations.(5).Which of the following world organizations has the weakest leadership according to the passage?（分数：1.00）A.The International Labor Organization.B.The Food and Agriculture Organization.C.The World Health Organization.D.The World Bank.BText 3/BIn 1987, there were over 1.5 million violent crimes reported in the United States. Most of this violence comes from aggressive people. Psychologists are trying to under
