1、公共英语四级-289 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)What is Ginger? It is 1 with an aromatic flavor.（分数：5.00）(1).What is Ginger? It is 1 with an aromatic flavor.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Ginger originated in 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Ginger trade became fairly popul
2、ar in 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Ginger was traded in Europe for sake of 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Australia, as the largest producer of ginger, grew it in 1.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)What is Ginger? It is _ with an aromatic flavor.（分数：5.00）A.(2).Ginger originated in _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Ginger
3、 trade became fairly popular in _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Ginger was traded in Europe for sake of _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Australia, as the largest producer of ginger, grew it in _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 11-13 are based on the following friends talk about where to entertain. You
4、 now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-13.（分数：3.00）(1).Who is Barbara going to shop with?（分数：1.00）A.Tom.B.Tim and Mary.C.Mary and Tom.D.Tom, Mary and Tim.(2).How is Barbara traveling to the shops tomorrow?（分数：1.00）A.By bus.B.On foot.C.By taxi.D.By underground.(3).What time are they going to meet?
5、（分数：1.00）A.At 9:30.B.At 10:30.C.At 8:30.D.At 8:00.Questions 14-16 are based on a lecture on human language. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-16.（分数：3.00）(1).Why is the study important to human?（分数：1.00）A.Because people have an interest in childrens learning.B.Because it leads to greater
6、understanding of language.C.Because it encourages the researchers to work hard.D.Because it is good to childrens health.(2).How many periods of time do the researchers study on childrens language development?（分数：1.00）A.Two.B.Three.C.Four.D.Five.(3).Which of the following is true about children under
7、 five?（分数：1.00）A.They begin to make linguistic analysis.B.They begin to develop both phonological and grammatical competence.C.They begin to have semantic competence.DJ A and B.Questions 17-20 are based on comments on job interviews. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20.（分数：4.00）(1).How l
8、ong does an interview usually last according to the speaker?（分数：1.00）A.At least 45 minutes.B.From 30 to 45 minutes.C.Less than 30 minutes.D.More than 45 minutes.(2).How can one give the interviewer a good first impression?（分数：1.00）A.He should talk enthusiastically.B.He should show respect for the in
9、terviewerC.He should be dressed properly.D.He should show confidence in himself.(3).What should be the best manner of speaking for a job seeker during an interview?（分数：1.00）A.Speaking politely and emotionally.B.Talking a lot about the job.C.Talking loudly to give a lasting impression.D.Speaking conf
10、idently but not aggressively.(4).What is the main idea of the short monologue you have just heard?（分数：1.00）A.A job seeker should create a good image during an interview.B.Self-confidence is the most important for a job seeker.C.Finding a job is more difficult than one can imagine.D.Professional know
11、ledge is a decisive factor in job interview.五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)A land free from destruction, wealth, natural resources, and labor supply-all these were important (21) in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. (22) they were not enough. Something (23) was
12、 needed to start the industrial process. That “something special“, was men (24) individuals who could invent machines, find new (25) of power, and establish business organizations to reshape the society.The men who (26) the machines of the Industrial Revolution (27) from many backgrounds and many oc
13、cupations. Many of them were (28) inventors than scientists, A man who is a (29) scientist is primarily interested in doing his research (30) . He is not necessarily working (31) that his findings can be used.An inventor or one interested in applied science is (32) trying to make something that has
14、a concrete (33) He tries to solve a problem by following the theories (34) science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a (35) result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of (36) other objectives. Mos
15、t of the people who (37) the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had (38) or no training in science might have made their inventions, (39) a groundwork had been laid by scientists years (40) .（分数：20.00）A.ButB.AndC.BesidesD.Ev
16、enA.elseB.nextC.extraD.similarA.generatingB.effectiveC.extraD.creativeA.originsB.sourcesC.basesD.discoveriesA.employedB.createdC.operatedD.controlledA.cameB.arrivedC.stemmedD.appearedA.lessB.betterC.moreD.worseA.genuineB.practicalC.pureD.cleverA.B.C.D.A.happilyB.occasionallyC.reluctantlyD.accurately
17、A.nowB.allC.andD.soA.seldomB.sometimesC.usuallyD.neverA.planB.useC.ideaD.meansA.ofB.toC.withD.asA.singleB.soleC.specializedD.specificA.fewB.thoseC.manyD.allA.proposedB.developedC.suppliedD.offeredA.littleB.muchC.someD.anyA.asB.becauseC.ifD.anyA.agoB.pastC.aheadD.before六、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0
18、.00)七、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Passage 1(总题数：1，分数：5.00)It was the single, strangely spiraled tusk that first alerted scientists. Sticking out of the ice covered by Siberian soil, like an ivory tombstone, it revealed the. presence of a true scientific wonder: underneath lay the frozen body of a mammoth
19、.The discovery has presented researchers with an unprecedented challenge-to move to laboratory, a mammoths entire, undisturbed body where it can be analyzed at leisure and its biological secrets revealed.Last week, scientists completed the first stage of this remarkable transfer, using a helicopter
20、to lift a twenty-three-ton block of ice and mammoth to a new site where defrosting can be started.As one of the team, Dutch paleontologist Dick Mol put it, “Its very exciting. Ive been working on mammoths for more than 25 years, and this is a dream for meto find the soft parts and touch them and eve
21、n smell them.“In particular, the discovery and recovery of the 23,000-year-old body has raised speculation that it may be possible to clone a mammoth from one of its cells. Could the same process used to clone Dolly the sheep be attempted with a mammoth, using an elephant as a surrogate mother?It is
22、 certainly an enticing prospect. Herds of woolly mammoths grazing the pastures of the worlds many natural parks would be a mighty attraction, and a massive triumph for modem science, showing it could even resurrect eradicated species. Extinction would no longer be forever.Mammoths once roamed the wo
23、rlds northern hemisphere until they abruptly disappeared. Some. scientists argue that as the last Ice Age ended, the world went through major ecological changes, and these large woolly mammals found life awkward, sweaty and unaccommodating. No longer able to compete for resources, they became extinc
24、t.（分数：5.00）(1).According to the first paragraph, what scientific wonder was discovered?（分数：1.00）A.A mammoth had a strangely spiraled long nose.B.A mammoth was like an ivory tombstone.C.A mammoth stuck out of the Siberian soil.D.There was a frozen mammoth under the Siberian soil.(2).The word “defrost
25、ing“ in the third paragraph most probably means（分数：1.00）A.becoming unfrozenB.analyzingC.researchingD.discovering(3).Which of the following is NOT true?（分数：1.00）A.Scientists managed to move the mammoth to another place several days ago.B.Dick Mol had been working on mammoth for over two dozen years.C
26、.Scientists are thinking about cloning a mammoth using an elephant.D.There are herds of woolly mammoths in natural parks.(4).Which of the following best reflects the authors attitude toward the future of cloning a mammoth?（分数：1.00）A.Disappointed and surprised.B.Optimistic and longing for.C.Pessimist
27、ic and deeply worded.D.Doubtful and unhappy.(5).What is the main idea of the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Mammoths can talk with scientists nowadays.B.Scientists completed mammoth clone last week.C.Scientists made speculation of cloning mammoths.D.We should protect mammoths for they will extinct soon.九、Passag
28、e 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Landslides happen when large amounts of rock, mud and other loose materials are suddenly uprooted and sent sliding down a slope. This might be caused by an earthquake or it might happen after a heavy rain or when soil becomes waterlogged after a fall of snow.As the material loses i
29、ts grip and begins to move down the slope it gathers speed and sweeps up more material with devastating results. Nepal suffers from frequent landslides because the hillsides have been stripped of trees. When it rains the water soaks into the soil and this slides down the mountainside.The worst lands
30、lide in Wales history came about with the collapse of an artificial mountain on 21 October 1966.A 250-metre high mountain of waste material from the local coal mine had been piled up outside the village of Aberfan. Two million tons of rock, coal and mud began to move with a thunderous roar towardsth
31、e local school, uprooting trees and crushing houses. It was the start of the school day and almost every child in the village was there. The building collapsed under the weight of the avalanche, and crushed children and their teachers beneath it. One hundred and forty five people, among them 116 chi
32、ldren, lost their lives.（分数：5.00）(1).Which of the following cannot explain how landslides happen?（分数：1.00）A.When large amounts of rock, mud and other loose materials are suddenly uprooted and sent sliding down a slope.B.This might be caused by an earthquake or it might happen after a heavy rain or w
33、hen soil becomes waterlogged after a fall of snow.C.This might be caused by forest fire.D.The hillsides have been stripped of trees which are rooted on them.(2).The word “devastating“ in Paragraph 2 could be explained as _.（分数：1.00）A.desperateB.misfortunateC.destructiveD.catastrophic(3).Nepal suffer
34、s from landslides frequently because of（分数：1.00）A.backward protection of plantsB.over-felling of treesC.the frequent floodD.the avalanche of alps(4).The Wales artificial mountain collapsed because（分数：1.00）A.the mountain is artificialB.the waste materials are piled up too much on the top of the mount
35、ainC.the flood rushed over the waste materialsD.the mountain received an overwhelming amount of snow(5).Most of the dead villagers were children because（分数：1.00）A.it was early morning of the school dayB.the others except schoolchildren could leave the villageC.children were asked to keep there for t
36、he sake of securityD.children escaped more slowly than the others十、Passage 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Diogenes was the founder of the creed called Cynicism (the word means “doggishness“); he spent much of his life in the rich, lazy, corrupt Greek city of Corinth, mocking and satirizing its people, and occasion
37、ally converting one of them. He was not crazy. He was a philosopher who wrote plays and poems and essays expounding his doctrine; he talked to those who cared to listen; he had pupils who admired him. But he taught chiefly by example. All should live naturally, he said, for what is natural is normal
38、 and cannot possibly be evil or shameful. Live without conventions, which are artificial and false; escape complexities and superfluities and extravagance; only so can you live a free life. The rich man believes he possesses his big house with its many rooms and its elaborate furniture, his pictures
39、 and his expensive clothes, his horses and his servants and his bank accounts. He does not. He depends on them, he worries about them, he spends most of his lifes energy looking after them; the thought of losing them makes him sick with anxiety. They possess him. He is their slave. In order to procu
40、re a quantity of false, perishable goods he has sold the only true, lasting good, his own independence.Diogenes thought most people were only half-alive, most men only half-men. At bright noonday he walked through the market place carrying a lighted lamp and inspecting the face of everyone he met. T
41、hey asked him why. Diogenes answered, “I am trying to find a man.“To a gentleman whose servant was putting on his shoes for him, Diogenes said, “You wont be really happy until he wipes your nose for you; that will come after you lose the use of your hands.“And so he livedlike a dog, some said, becau
42、se he cared nothing for privacy and other human conventions, and because he showed his teeth and barked at those whom he disliked. Now he was lying in the sunlight, as contented as a dog on the warm ground, happier than the Shah of Persia. Although he knew he was going to have an important visitor,
43、he would not move.（分数：5.00）(1).According to the passage which one of the following is in accord with Diogeness philosophy?（分数：1.00）A.We should lead a lazy and idle life.B.People should live a natural and simple life.C.Wed better enjoy a luxurious life.D.We should make an easy living just like a dog.
44、(2).According to the passage, Diogenes _.（分数：1.00）A.led a miserable life in CorinthB.gave his students lessons in certain places.C.was a capable playwright and poetD.enjoyed making a living like a dog(3).What does the last sentence in the first paragraph imply?（分数：1.00）A.The rich men lost their free
45、 life in order to own their possession for ever.B.The rich men has sold their perishable goods in order to buy some other goods.C.The rich man lost their freedom because they had become slaves.D.It is false to sell some possession in order to buy some other things.(4).According to the passage, what
46、does convention mean to Diogenes?（分数：1.00）A.It means habits and customs.B.It means death and poverty.C.It means superfluities and complexities.D.It means real and meaningful life.(5).What did Diogenes really want to express in the third paragraph?（分数：1.00）A.The man will be happy if his servants can
47、wipe nose for him.B.The man will not be happy until he loses his freedom.C.The mans happiness is based on his lost freedom.D.The mans happiness is based on his privilege.十一、Passage 4(总题数：1，分数：5.00)We all know that the normal human daily cycle of activity is some 78 hours sleep alternating with some
48、1617 hours wakefulness and that, broadly speaking, the sleep normally coincides with the hours of darkness. Our present concern is how easily and to what extent this cycle can be modified.The question is no more academic one. The ease, for example, with which people can change from working in the da
49、y to working at night, is a question of growing importance in industries where automation calls for round-the-clock working of machines. It normally takes from five days to one week for a person to adapt to a reversed routine of sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night. Unfortunately, it is often the case in industries where shifts are changed every
