1、公共英语四级-325 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)Julia confirming dinner on (1) 1.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)What is the speaker talking about?（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Qu
2、estions 11-14 are based on the following monologue about lottery tickets in North America. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 11-14.（分数：4.00）(1).How much money do people usually spend buying one lottery ticket?（分数：1.00）A.Ten dollars.B.One dollars.C.One hundred dollars.D.From one to ten dollar
3、s.(2).Which of the following about lottery winners is NOT true?（分数：1.00）A.They find negative factors after winning the lottery.B.Many people envy them.C.Their lives do not change after they win the lottery.D.They do not want to give the money back.(3).Which of the following is NOT one of the changes
4、 of privacy loss?（分数：1.00）A.They have lost their privacy.B.They are harassed by letters and phone calls from strangers asking for money.C.Many of them experience long periods of depression.D.Many members of their family have been kidnapped.(4).Of the thirty instant millionaires studied, how many of
5、them were still working a few years after winning the lottery?（分数：1.00）A.Seven of them.B.Most of them.C.Half of them.D.All of them.Questions 15-17 are based on the following dialogue between friends about their family. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 15-17.（分数：3.00）(1).Where were Gerry and
6、. Sue married?（分数：1.00）A.In Scotland.B.In England.C.In Hong Kong.D.In London.(2).Why does Sue want to meet earlier?（分数：1.00）A.She had another appointment later.B.She had to cook dinner.C.She wanted to have longer time staying with her friend.D.She has to come back earlier.(3).What type of accommodat
7、ion does Sue live in?Al A big private house.B A flat in a house.C A flat in a building.D A small private house.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 18-20 are based on a professors lecture about how to avoid plagiarism. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 18-20.（分数：3.00）(1).What does the speaker warn the
8、 students against doing?（分数：1.00）A.Stealing another persons ideas.B.Handing in assignments late.C.Sharing notes with someone else.D.Gathering non-relevant materials.(2).According to the speaker, how should most of the notes be taken?（分数：1.00）A.In shorthand.B.In short phrases.C.In the students own wo
9、rds.D.In direct quotation.(3).How does the speaker say the direct quotation should be used?（分数：1.00）A.It should be enclosed in quotation marks.B.It should be assimilated thoroughly.C.It should be authorized by the source.D.It should be paraphrased by the author.五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)A
10、market is commonly thought of as a place where commodities are bought and sold. Thus fruit and vegetables are sold wholesale at Covent Garden Market and meat is sold wholesale at Smithfield Market. But there are markets for things (21) commodities, in the usual sense. There are (22) estate markets,
11、foreign exchange markets, labor markets, short-term capital markets, and so on; there may be a market for anything which has a price. And there may be no particular place (23) dealings are confined. Buyers and sellers may be (24) over the whole world and instead of actually meeting together in a mar
12、ket-place they may deal with one another (25) telephone, telegram, cable or letter. (26) dealings are (27) to a particular place, the dealers may consist wholly or in part of agents (28) instructions from clients far away. Thus agents buy meat at Smithfield (29) retail butchers all over England; and
13、 (30) on the London Stock Exchange buy and sell (31) on instructions from clients all over the world. We must therefore define a market (32) any area over which buyers and sellers are (33) such close touch with one another, either directly or (34) dealers, that the prices (35) in one part of the mar
14、ket affect the prices paid in other parts.Modem means of communication are so rapid that a buyer can discover (36) asking, and can accept it if he wishes, (37) he may be thousands of miles away. Thus the market for anything is(38) . the whole world. But in fact things have, normally, only a local or
15、 national market.This may be because nearly the whole demand is concentrated (39) one locality. These special local demands, (40) , are of quite minor importance. The main reason why many things do not have a world market is that they are costly or difficult to transport.（分数：20.00）A.nothing other th
16、anB.other thanC.more thanD.less than(2).A tree BI genuine C real D actual（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.A.for whichB.with whichC.at whichD.to whichA.scatteredB.sentC.spreadD.dispelledA.fromB.byC.atD.onA.BecauseB.UnlessC.WhenD.Even ifA.decidedB.determinedC.restrictedD.restrainedA.acting forB.acting outC.acting onD
17、.acting upA.on the occasion ofB.on behalf ofC.on account ofD.on the score ofA.brokersB.breakersC.bribersD.braziersA.securityB.securitiesC.safetyD.safetiesA.likeB.asC.forD.toA.onB.toC.inD.for(14).Al by B by means of C through D in the interest of（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.A.obtrusiveB.obstinateC.obviousD.Obtai
18、nableA.what a price a seller isB.what price is a sellerC.what is price a sellerD.what price a seller isA.althoughB.whileC.unlessD.sinceA.normallyB.potentiallyC.incidentallyD.readilyA.forB.onC.inD.uponA.furthermoreB.howeverC.thereforeD.then六、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、P
19、assage 1(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Number 10 is neither a small nor a particularly hospitable dwelling. It is two 17th century houses joined together by a narrow corridor. Once inside, one rapidly realizes the house has three separate functions: the office of the head of the British government; a place to enter
20、tain the grandest of guests; and a private home for the Prime Minister and his family.Stanley Baldwins experience of sleeping in an airless corridor in the thirties was sufficient to persuade his successor, Neville Chamberlain (1937-1940), that a fiat had to be built at the top of the house for the
21、Prime Minister and his family.Second World War bombs started falling before the Churchills could settle in. The final straw was when a bomb landed while Churchills was having dinner. He had a forecasting and went into the kitchen to warn the staff to take shelter. Seconds later a bomb landed on the
22、grass outside, killing others nearby but none in Number 10.When Churchill returned to power in 1951, they lived in the second floor flat. Churchill remained as eccentric as ever in his working hours: he would announce in the evening whether it would be a “one or two girl night“, depending on how muc
23、h dictation he planned to give.Harold Wilsons wife, Mary, felt even less at home in Number 10 in the sixties. In fact, she positively disgusted living there and having to share her husband with his office work and omnipresent aide, Marcia Williams.James and Audrey Callaghan moved into Number 10 in A
24、pril 1976. Audrey was the first wife of a Labor Prime Minister in history to enjoy living at Number 10. She was accustomed in the State Rooms and in the relative tranquility of their “flat at the top“. Her husband was one of the most methodical of Prime Ministers. One aide said: “He considered being
25、 Prime Minister like being an athlete-there was a duty to be fit“.（分数：5.00）(1).According to the text, What is referred to as Number 10?（分数：1.00）A.A place to entertain the grandest of guests.B.A private house for the Prime Minister and his family.C.The office of the head of the British government.D.A
26、ll of the above.(2).The expression “the final straw“ in Paragraph 3 could be best explained as_.（分数：1.00）A.the last thing one can standB.the last piece of strawC.the final decisionD.the last thing(3).Why did Harold Wilsons wife feel even less in Number 10 in Paragraph 5?（分数：1.00）A.Because she felt r
27、elaxed there.B.Because there were always many people.C.Because Number 10 was not her real home.D.Because she had to share her husband with his work and his aide.(4).A close aides quotation from the former Prime Minister, James Callaghan like “there was a duty to be fit“ can be replaced as（分数：1.00）A.
28、“Being a Prime Minister, you should keep yourself in a good physical condition.“B.“No matter you like or not, you have to take good responsibility.“C.“An athlete is easily used to living there.“D.“As a Prime Minister, he should do more exercises to fit his work like an athlete.“(5).How many people w
29、ho ever lived in Number 10 were mentioned in the text?（分数：1.00）A.Five.B.Six.C.Four.D.Seven.九、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)I was not at all happy at the prospect of the 700-mile drive from Dar es Salaam to Nairobi. It was not that I disliked driving but I suspected that what is a very pleasant trip in the
30、 dry season could prove disastrous during the long rains, and the monsoons had arrived the previous week. I was fully aware of the possibility of a breakdown, of hitting large animals as they stopped, dazzled by my headlamps, or even of skidding off the road. But these dangers worried me much less t
31、han the thought of the stretches of black cotton soil I would have to negotiate, gray and hard as concrete when dry, but a black, viscous, muddy mess with the consistency of elastic after just one heavy shower of rain. However, I had to be in Nairobi by the weekend so there was nothing for it but to
32、 drive; all planes were fully booked three weeks ahead and with the railway line washed out there was little likelihood of a train in the next few days.The first half of the journey proved completely uneventful, and I was in a very cheerful frame of mind as I pulled in to Moshi in the misty dawn. A
33、little later, buoyed up by an excellent breakfast and the thought of tarmac roads all the way to the border, I resumed my journey. I drove another 80 miles; I was now within 20 miles of the border and what I saw ahead matched my spirits. Gone were the hills, completely hidden by the lowering clouds,
34、 their ominous, gloomy depths rent by jagged flashes of lightning.Ten minutes later the rain struck-an almost solid wall of water that smashed down on the car in a noisy frenzy, sheeted down the windscreen and made it almost impossible for me to see where I was going. The windscreen wipers did littl
35、e to help; they were not designed to cope with such an avalanche of water. But rain of such intensity could not last long, and by the time I reached the border check-point the rain had eased off to proportions I felt I could cope with.The check-point consisted of two poles resting on tar barrels wit
36、h the half-completed structure of a modem control post in between. In six months or so, everything would be complete as far as I could see. In the meantime, the officials I needed to stamp my passport and check my luggage could only be in the bedraggled tent I noticed perched on a slope over to my l
37、eft. I took off my shoes and socks, climbed out of my car and dashed over to the tent. In the tent was an impeccably dressed immigration official sitting on a chair with his feet tucked under him while a river of water flowed in under one wall of the tent and out under another. These were hardly ide
38、al working conditions. Yet nobody would have thought that, as he saw me, he could grin cheerfully and extend a very courteous welcome.（分数：5.00）(1).To the writer, the greatest hazard on the journey was the possibility of _.（分数：1.00）A.his car breaking downB.hitting large animalsC.skidding off the road
39、D.having to drive through black cotton soil(2).The writer was happy when he reached Moshi because _.（分数：1.00）A.he had had no trouble so farB.dawn was breaking and it would be easier to drive in daylightC.he was hungry and could have breakfast in MoshiD.the roads leading to the border were all flat(3
40、).Near the border the writer could not see the hills because _.（分数：1.00）A.there were not any hills thereB.the clouds had covered themC.it was getting darker and darkerD.the rain was streaming down the windscreen of his car(4).According to the text, the check-point _.（分数：1.00）A.was incompleteB.was a
41、modem control postC.was made of tar barrelsD.was in ideal working conditions(5).It can be inferred that the writer might be _ when the immigration official grinned cheerfully to him.（分数：1.00）A.puzzledB.surprisedC.indifferentD.happy十、Passage 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)As the new economy has cooled, there has Be
42、en a steady drumbeat of layoff announcements. More than 36,000 dotcom employees were cut in the second half of last year, including some 10,000 last month. But th6 firings went well beyond dotcomland. There were more than 480,000 layoffs through November. General Motors is laying off 15,000 workers
43、with the closing of Oldsmobile. Whirlpool is trimming 6,300 workers; Aetna is letting go 5,000.The remarkable thing is that US unemployment has so far stayed strikingly low. While the NASDAQ plunged and growth trailed off last year, the unemployment rate fluctuated between 3.9% and 4.1%. That pales
44、compared with the unemployment rates during Old Economy dark years like 1992 (7.5%) and 1982 (9.7%).And it gives the lie to an Old Economy article of faith-that there was a “natural rate of unemployment below which the economy could not operate without spurring inflation“. The supposed natural rate:
45、 just under 6%.How to account for the strong jobs picture? In part its because of the tight labor market of the New Economy. Employers fought hard during the expansion to recruit and retain skilled workers. They are not looking to slash their payrolls unless they think a major recession is coming-be
46、cause they know how much time and effort went into building their work forces.There is also more worker “churning“ going on. Employees are losing their jobs for economic reasons, but theyre generally finding new work quickly. The latest rite of the Internet world is the “pink-slip party“ for those j
47、ust let go. Dotcommers go to commiserate and often come away with new job offers. Job churning makes the economy more efficient: it directs workers to the positions where they are most useful. But it comes at some psychic cost to employees and weakens the social fabric. Workers who shift from job to
48、 job do not have the security, or form the same workplace bonds, which corporate long-timers did in the Old Economy.（分数：5.00）(1).Why does GM cut down 15,000 employees?（分数：1.00）A.Because the labor conflicts with the management.B.Because the other companies lay off their employees.C.Because it has los
49、t its credits in the world.D.Because the global economy declines.(2).Whats the natural rate of unemployment according to the Old Economy article of faith?（分数：1.00）A.Less than 3.9%.B.More than 7.5%.C.More than 9.7%.D.Less than 6.0%.(3).Which of the following statements is NOT true?（分数：1.00）A.Employers have to cut down employees salary for the sake of the e
