1、公共英语四级-393 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)(1).Sarahs father was an _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Sarahs grandmother was _ years old when she died.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Sarahs father is the _ of her grandparents three children.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Sarahs aun
2、t and uncle live in _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Sarah is now working in _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).Who is most likely to get hooked in Internet?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The percentage of women who think the Internet leads to less sleep is _ in the study.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Some Internet addic
3、ts said their on-line usage was _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).According to the man, which room is the best place to put the computer?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).The best way to avoid getting hooked in Internet is _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 11 13 are boxed on a piece of news about college ad
4、mission in the USA. Yon now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 13.（分数：3.00）(1).According to the radio program, which one of the following four sentences is wrong?（分数：1.00）A.Stanford University lies in California.B.Stanford accepted less than eleven percent of the students who applied.C.Stanford ha
5、s accepted an unusually low percentage of students for admission this fall.D.Stanford has accepted a lower percentage of students for admission, but not the lowest.(2).High school seniors are applying to more schools probably by way of _.（分数：1.00）A.copying others applicationsB.using common applicati
6、ons which are the same as othersC.sending a large number of application letters to different collegesD.electronic application forms through Internet(3).If a student is on a waiting list, it means he will _.（分数：1.00）A.wait for another year to apply againB.wait for the school to make the decisionC.go
7、m the college if he accepts the offerD.wait until other applicants get the resultQuestions 14 16 are based on a TV interview about n young man. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14 16.（分数：3.00）(1).Why cant the man go to some places and have fun with his friends?（分数：1.00）A.Because it will hel
8、p the public.B.Because it will do harm to his reputation.C.Because he is always fully occupied as a role model.D.Because he always raises hell with others.(2).What does the man think of golf?（分数：1.00）A.A means of influencing people.B.A means of coming to fame.C.A vehicle of removing apprehension.D.A
9、 vehicle of making money.(3).Jndging from the conversation. we may assume that the man is _.（分数：1.00）A.modestB.funnyC.naiveD.responsibleQuestions 17 20 are based on a lecture about counselling services in a college. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17 20.（分数：4.00）(1).Who might be the first
10、speaker (the man)?（分数：1.00）A.A full-time student.B.A famous counsellor.C.A course director.D.A Student Union officer.(2).Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a problem the counsellors can help with?（分数：1.00）A.Strained relationship with boyfriend or girlfriend.B.Financial difficulties.C.Excessi
11、ve stress of work.D.Death of a close relative(3).What can you infer about the counselling service from the talk?（分数：1.00）A.It can make students confident in their abilities.B.The counselling fee charged for full-time students are lower than those non-full-time students.C.It is conducted sometimes in
12、 cooperation with other members of the staff.D.Almost every non-freshman student in the college has once sought counsellors for help.(4).In the sentence “. seeing a counsellor has a stigma. “,“stigma“ here means _.（分数：1.00）A.something to be ashamed ofB.something one wants to keep secretC.willingness
13、D.psychological problem五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)America, unhappily, is bullish on garbage. Our production of refuse, now about 160 million tons a year, will rise to 193 million tons by the end of the century (21) nothing is done. This growing effluence of affluence, 3.5 pounds a day for e
14、very American, is a (22) of our consumer society, (23) watchwords are “convenience“, “ready to use“ and “throw away“. And it has become a major national environmental issue. forcing citizens, (24) officials and private companies to (25) serious thought to rubbish.The contentious reality is that the
15、(26) cheap and simple solution to trashdumping it in a landfill just beyond the edge of town (27) no longer workable, particularly around major cities. Old dumps, which now get 8% of all garbage, are filling up, end new (28) have become virtually (29) to build with the result of skyrocketing land co
16、sts, (30) stringent environmental regulations and shrill public opposition (31) new landfills “in my backyard“. “Five years from now,“ (32) Bruce Waddle. director of the Environmental Protection Agencys municipal-solid-waste program, “well have only half the number of landfills operating.“With this
17、grim prospect, new methods are required, all variations on the only four ways available to deal (33) garbage: bury it, burn it, recycle it or dont make as (34) in the first place. Whats needed, experts say, is sophisticated (35) fallout, called “integrated waste management“ An (36) valuable items ar
18、e sorted out of the waste stream and turned (37) new products, and the rest are burned cleanly in a furnace that also produces steam to (38) electricity. Only the ash, (39) of the original volume of trash, is then disposed (40) in carefully engineered landfills.（分数：20.00）A.whateverB.even ifC.wheneve
19、rD.ifA.productivityB.productionC.produceD.byproductA.whoseB.whichC.whereD.whenA.electB.electingC.electedD.to electA.giveB.drawC.payD.deserveA.historicB.historyC.historicalD.historicallyA.hasB.areC.isD.haveA.oneB.onesC.otherD.twoA.possibleB.impossibleC.probableD.likelyA.stronglyB.increasinglyC.signif
20、icantlyD.substantiallyA.withB.againstC.toD.forA.forecastsB.findsC.speaksD.tellsA.toB.byC.withD.forA.fewB.littleC.moreD.muchA.coordinationB.collaborationC.combinationD.cooperationA.whereB.whomC.whichD.whetherA.intoB.inC.toD.forA.generateB.createC.originateD.combustA.a great dealB.a fractionC.a great
21、manyD.a lotA.awayB.outC.offD.of六、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Passage 1(总题数：1，分数：5.00)According to the latest research in the United States of America, men and women talk such different languages that it is like people from two different cultures trying to communicate. P
22、rofessor Deborah Tannen of Georgetown University, has noticed differences in the style of boys and girls conversations from an early age. She says that little girls conversation is less definite than boys and expresses more doubts. Little boys and conversation to establish status with their listener
23、s.These differences continue into adult life, she says In public conversations, men talk most and interrupt other speakers more. In private conversations, men and women speak in equal amountsalthough they say things in a different style. Professor Tannen. believes that. for women, private talking is
24、 a way to establish and test intimacy. For men, private talking is a way to explore the power structure of a relationship.Teaching is one job where the differences between mens and womens ways of talking show. When a man teaches a woman, says Professor Tannen. he wants to show that he has more knowl
25、edge, and hence more power in conversation. When a woman teaches another woman, however, she is more likely to take a sharing approach and to encourage her student to join in.But Professor Tannen does not believe that women are naturally more helpful. She says women feel they achieve power by being
26、able to help others. Although the research suggests men talk and interrupt people more than women, Professor Tannen says, women actually encourage this to happen because they believe it will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a relationship.Some scientists who are studying speech think that
27、 the brain is pre-programmed for language. As we are usually taught to speak by women, it seems likely that the brain must have a sexual bias in its programming, otherwise male speech patterns would not arise at all.（分数：5.00）(1).There are _ in little girls conversations than in boys according To the
28、 research.（分数：1.00）A.less definitionB.less statusC.more doubtsD.less uncertainties(2).In private conversations, women speak _ men. although they say things in a different style.（分数：1.00）A.as much asB.as little asC.the same asD.the same things as(3).In the opinion of the Professor. women encourage me
29、n to talk and interrupt people more _ be- cause they believe it will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a relationship.（分数：1.00）A.in talkB.in private talkC.in publicD.in public conversations(4).Some scientists believe that the brain is pre-programmed for language. Here “pre-programmed“ mean
30、s _.（分数：1.00）A.programmed alreadyB.programmed before one is bornC.programmed earlyD.programmed by women(5).The main idea of this article is _.（分数：1.00）A.men and women talk different languagesB.little girls conversation is less definiteC.men talk most and interrupt other speakers moreD.women are natu
31、rally more helpful九、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Clothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to who people are, who they are not, and who they would like to be They tell us a good deal about the wearers background, personality, status, mood. and social outlook.Since clothe
32、s are such an important source of social information, we can use them to manipulate peoples impression to us. Our appearance assumes particular significance in the initial phases of interaction that is likely to occur. An elderly middle-class man or woman may be alienated by a young adult who is dre
33、ssed in an unconventional manner, regardless of the persons education, background, or interests.People tend to agree on what certain types of clothes mean. Adolescent girls can easily agree on the lifestyles of girls who wear certain outfits, including the number of boyfriends they likely have had a
34、nd whether they smoke or drink. Newscasters, or the announcers who read the news on TV, are considered. to be more convincing, honest, and competent when riley are dressed conservatively. And college students who view themselves as taking an active role in their interpersonal relationships say they
35、are concerned about the costumes they must wear to play these roles successfully. Moreover. many of us can relate instances in which the clothing we wore changed the way we fell about ourselves and how we acted. Perhaps you have used clothing to gain confidence when you anticipated a stressful situa
36、tion, such as a job interview, or a court appearance.In the workplace, men have long had well-defined precedents and role models for achieving success. It has been otherwise for women. A good many women in the business world are uncertain about the appropriate mixture of “masculine“ and “feminine“ a
37、ttributes they should convey by their professional clothing. The variety of clothing alternative to women has also been greater than that available for men. Male administrators tend to judge women more favorable for managerial positions when the women display less “feminine“ groomingshorter hair, mo
38、derate use of makeup, and plain tailored clothing. As one male administrator confessed. “An attractive woman is definitely going to get a longer interview, but she wont get a job./（分数：5.00）(1).According to the passage, the way we dress _.（分数：1.00）A.provides clues for people who are critical of usB.i
39、ndicates our likes and dislikes in choosing a careerC.has a direct influence on the way people regard usD.is of particular importance when we get on in age(2).From the third paragraph of the passage, we can conclude that young adults tend to believe that certain types of clothing can _.（分数：1.00）A.ch
40、ange peoples conservative attitudes toward their lifestylesB.help young people make friends with the opposite sexC.make them competitive in the job marketD.help them achieve success in their interpersonal relationships(3).The word “precedents“ (Line 1,Para. 4) probably refers to _.（分数：1.00）A.early a
41、cts for men to follow as examplesB.particular places for men to occupy especially because of their importanceC.things that men should agree uponD.mens beliefs that everything in the world has already been decided(4).According to the passage, many career women find themselves in difficult situation b
42、ecause _.（分数：1.00）A.the variety of professional clothing is too wide for them to chooseB.women are generally thought to be only good at being fashion modelsC.men are more favorably judged for managerial positionD.they are not sure to what extent they should display their feminine qualities through c
43、lothing(5).What is the passage mainly about?（分数：1.00）A.Dressing for effect.B.How to dress appropriately.C.Managerial positions and clothing.D.Dressing for the occasion.十、Passage 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In a democratic society citizens are encouraged to form their own opinions on candidates for public office
44、s, taxes, constitutional amendments, environmental concerns, foreign policy, and other issues, The opinions held by any population are shaped and manipulated by several factors: individual circumstances, the mass media, special-interest groups, and opinion leaders.Wealthy people tend to think differ
45、ently on social issues from poor people. Factory workers probably do not share the same views as white-collar workers, non-union workers. Women employed outside their homes sometimes have perspectives different from those of full-time homemakers. In these and other ways individual status shapes ones
46、 view of current events.The mass media, especially television, are powerful influences on the way people think and act. Government officials note how mail from the public tends to “follow the headlines“. Whatever is featured in news- papers and magazines and on television attracts enough attention t
47、hat people begin to inform themselves and to express opinions.The mass media have also created larger audiences for government and a wider range of public issues than existed before. Prior to television and the national editions of newspapers, issues and candidates tended to re- main localized. In G
48、reat Britain and West Germany, for example, elections to the national legislatures were usually viewed by voters as local contests. Todays elections are seen as struggles between party leaders and programs In the United States radio and television have been beneficial to the presidency. Since the days of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his “fireside chats“, presidents have appealed directly to a national audience over the heads of Congress to advocate their programs.Special-interest groups spend vast sums annually trying to influence public opinion. Public utilities, for instance,
