1、公共英语四级-456 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)Customers name Martin Bairdthe kind of room one _ room 1check-in time on _ 2price _dollars each day 3currency in _ 4todays exchange rate_ Yuan for one dollar5（分数：5.00）(1).Customers name Martin Bairdthe ki
2、nd of room one _ room 1check-in time on _ 2price _dollars each day 3currency in _ 4todays exchange rate_ Yuan for one dollar5（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Customers name Martin Bairdthe kind of room one _ room 1check-in time on _ 2price _dollars each day 3currency in _ 4todays exchange rate_ Yuan for one doll
3、ar5（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Customers name Martin Bairdthe kind of room one _ room 1check-in time on _ 2price _dollars each day 3currency in _ 4todays exchange rate_ Yuan for one dollar5（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Customers name Martin Bairdthe kind of room one _ room 1check-in time on _ 2price _dollars each day
4、 3currency in _ 4todays exchange rate_ Yuan for one dollar5（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Customers name Martin Bairdthe kind of room one _ room 1check-in time on _ 2price _dollars each day 3currency in _ 4todays exchange rate_ Yuan for one dollar5（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项
5、 1:_填空项 1:_四、Part C(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 1113 are based on the following talk about the advantage of shopping around. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 1113.（分数：3.00）(1).How do the basic market principles of competition and choice affect American life?A. People have more options for air
6、travel, phone service, but not for medical care and postal service.B. People have more options for cars but not for electricity.C. People have more options, which translates into unprecedented consumer power.D. People feel uneasy about a bewildering array of options.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the
7、 following statements is true?A. Business people love competition because competition leads to progress.B. Business people make great effort in plotting ways to avoid competition.C. Business people keep the price of their products low so that more people would buy their goods.D. Business people keep
8、 their production high in order to show that their goods are better than others.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How do software companies make business?A. They attract the bargain shopper with low-priced “standard“ version.B. They attract the status conscious with a high priced “standard“ version.C. In order t
9、o attract everyone, they have to keep price low.D. Both AB.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Question 1416 are based on the following talking about examination. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 1416.（分数：3.00）(1).Which one of the following summarizes is the main idea of the passage?A. Fortune B. HonestyC. di
10、ligence D. quick wittedness（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).An increase in the use of state exams may result in _.A. more states requiring students to pass competency testsB. more students receiving high school diplomasC. a drop in criminal misdemeanor chargesD. a rise in high school cheating（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3
11、).The campaign launched by the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland is cited as an example to show that _.A. students can be hard on themselves in judging some behavior as cheatingB. proctors are much clearer at tracking down cheatersC. colleges and universities have resolved to do
12、 more than talk about the rise in student cheatingD. psychology professors are determined to catch all those who take tests for their fellow students（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 1720 are based on the following text about flying. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 1720.（分数：4.00）(1).Leonardo da V
13、inci _.A. said that man would fly in the sky one dayB. built a kind of machine which never flewC. drew many beautiful pictures of birdsD. made designs for flying machines（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Eight hundred years ago an Englishman _.A. made a kind of flying machineB. tried to fly with wings made of ch
14、icken feathersC. wanted to build a kind of balloonD. tried to fly on a large bird（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In fact, the Englishman who tried to fly _.A. lost his lifeB. flew only 8 minutesC. got badly woundedD. succeeded in flying（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The very first air passengers in the balloon were _.A.
15、 the King and the QueenB. two FrenchmenC. two animalsD. the Montgolfiers（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)What does it mean to say that we live in a world of persuasion? It means that we live (21) competing interests. Your roommates need to study for an exam may take (22) over piz
16、za. Your instructor may have good reasons not to change your grade. And the (23) of your romantic interest may have other options.In such a world, persuasion is the art of getting others to give fair and (24) consideration to our point of view. When we persuade, we want to influence (25) others beli
17、eve and behave. We may not always prevailother points of view may be more persuasive, (26) on the listener, the situation, and the merits of the case. But when we practice the art of persuasion, we try to (27) that our position receives the attention it deserves.Some people, however, (28) to the ver
18、y idea of persuasion. They may regard it as an unwelcome intrusion (29) their lives or as a manipulation or domination. (30) , we believe that persuasion is (31) to live is to persuade. Persuasion may be ethical or unethical, selfless or selfish, (32) or degrading. Persuaders may enlighten our minds
19、 or (33) on our vulnerability. Ethical persuasion, however, calls (34) sound reasoning and is sensitive to the feelings and needs of listeners. Such persuasion can help us (35) the wisdom of the past to the decisions we now must make. (36) , an essential part of education is learning to (37) the one
20、 kind of persuasion and to encourage and practise the other.(38) its personal importance to us, persuasion is essential to society. The (39) to persuade and be persuaded is the foundation of the American political system, guaranteed by the First Amendment (40) the Constitution.（分数：20.00）(1).A. on B.
21、 among C. for D. by（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).A. priority B. advantage C. control D. place（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).A. objection B. projection C. project D. object（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).A. unbiased B. unprejudiced C. favorable D. favorite（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).A. what B. which C. why D. how（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(6).A.
22、living B. depending C. resting D. insisting（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(7).A. ensure B. assure C. insure D. reassure（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(8).A. agree B. object C. confront D. consent（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(9).A. onto B. of C. to D. into（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(10).A. In contrast B. In particular C. For instance D. As a result（
23、分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(11).A. prominent B. invariable C. evident D. inevitable（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(12).A. embarrassing B. inspiring C. upgrading D. innovating（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(13).A. prey B. rest C. put D. fall（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(14).A. for B. up C. off D. on（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(15).A. apply B. contribute C. tran
24、sfer D. connect（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(16).A. However B. Conversely C. Furthermore D. Therefore（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(17).A. resist B. perform C. insist D. restrain（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(18).A. Beyond B. Except C. Including D. Excluding（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(19).A. power B. authority C. ability D. right（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.
25、(20).A. to B. for C. on D. in（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.六、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Text 1(总题数：1，分数：5.00)For many years, any discussion of reparations to compensate the descendants of African slaves for 246 years of bondage and another century of legalized discrimination was di
26、smissed. Many whites and blacks alike scoffed at the idea, reasoning that slavery is part of the past that would only unleash new demons if it were resurrected.Opponents contend that the fledgling reparations movement overlooks many important facts. First, they assert, reparations usually are paid t
27、o direct victims, as was the case when the US government apologized and paid compensation to Japanese-Americans interned during World War . Similarly, Holocaust survivors have received payments from the Germans. In addition, not all blacks were slaves, and an estimated 3, 000 were slave owners.Also,
28、 many immigrants not only came to the United States after slavery ended, but they also faced discrimination. Should they be paid reparations, too? Or should they receive them?And regardless of how much slave labor contributed to the United States wealth, opponents contend, blacks benefit from that w
29、ealth today. As a group, Afro-Americans are the best-educated, wealthiest blacks on the planet.But that attitude is slowly changing. At least 10 cities, including Chicago, Detroit and Washington, have passed resolutions in the past two years urging federal hearings into the impact of slavery. Mainst
30、ream civil rights groups such as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Urban League and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference regularly raise the issue.The surging interest in reparations parallels a heightened sensitivity to the horrors of slavery, in which
31、 as many as 6 million Africans perished in the journey to the Americas alone. There also is growing attention being paid to the huge economic bounty that slavery created for private companies and the country as a whole.Earliest this year, Aetna Inc. apologized for selling insurance policies that com
32、pensated slave owners for financial losses when their slaves died. Last summer, the Hartford Courant in Connecticut printed a front-page apology for the profits it made from running ads for the sale of slaves and the capture of runaways. Next month, a new California law will require insurance compan
33、ies to disclose any slave insurance policies they may have issued. The state also is requiring University of Californian officials to assemble a team of scholars to research the history of slavery and report how current California businesses benefited.Proponents of reparations argue that, even for n
34、early a century after emancipation in 1865, blacks legally were still excluded from the opportunities that became the cornerstones for the white middle-class.（分数：5.00）(1).The reasons put forward by opponents of reparations include all the following EXCEPT that _.A. compensations usually go to direct
35、 victimsB. blacks who came after slavery ended should not receive compensationsC. blacks now are enjoying the wealth they created under slaveryD. some blacks were slave owners instead of slaves（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).“Immigrants“ in paragraph 3 refers to _.A. Afro-Americans B. non-white immigrantsC. Ja
36、panese-Americans D. holocaust survivors（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).That the reparations movement is winning support in America is shown in the fact that _.A. federal hearings were held to investigate the impact of slaveryB. even mainstream civil rights groups were persuadedC. growing attention is being pai
37、d to the wealth of the blacksD. there was more public awareness of the frightening experience of slavery（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The two private companies that made public apology had _.A. compensated slave owners for financial lossesB. sold slaves and captured runawaysC. operated insurance and advertis
38、ement businessesD. depended on slavery for their existence（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. US government killed Japanese-Americans during World War .B. A new Californian law disclosed slave-insurance policies.C. National Urban League is one of the civil
39、 rights groups.D. Blacks faced no discrimination after liberation in 1865.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Talk to any parent of a student who took an adventurous gap year (a year between school and university when some students earn money, travel, etc. ) and a misty look will come into their
40、 eyes. There are some disasters and even the most motivated, organised gap student does require family back-up, financial, emotional and physical. The parental mistiness is not just about the brilliant experience that has matured their offspring; it is vicarious living. We all wish pre-university ga
41、p years had been the fashion in our day. We can see how much tougher our kids become; how much more prepared to benefit from university or to decide positively that they are going to do something other than a degree.Gap years are fashionable, as is reflected in the huge growth in the number of chari
42、ties and private companies offering them. Pictures of Prince William toiling in Chile have helped, but the trend has been gathering steam for a decade. The range of gap packages starts with backpacking, includes working with charities, building hospitals and schools and, very commonly, working as a
43、language assistant, teaching English. With this trend, however, comes a danger. Once parents feel that a well-structured year is essential to their would-be undergraduates progress to a better university, a good degree, an impressive CV and well paid employment, as the gap companies blurbs suggest i
44、t might be, then parents will start organising and paying for the gaps.Where there are disasters, according to Richard Oliver, director of the gap companies umbrella organisation, the Year Out Group, it is usually because of poor planning. That can be the fault of the company or of the student, he s
45、ays, but the best insurance is thoughtful preparation. “When people get it wrong, it is usually medical or, especially among girls; it is that they have not been away from home before or because expectation does not match reality. “The point of a gap year is that it should be the time when the schoo
46、l leaver gets to do the thing that he or she fancies. Kids dont mature if Mum and Dad decide how they are going to mature. If the 18-year-olds way of maturing is to slob out on Hampstead Heath soaking up sunshine or spending a year working with fishermen in Cornwall, then thats what will be producti
47、ve for that person. The consensus, however, is that some structure is an advantage and that the prime mover needs to be the student.The 18-year-old who was dispatched by his parents at two weeks notice to Canada to learn to be a snowboarding instructor at a cost of 5, 800, probably came back with li
48、ttle more than a hangover. The 18-year-old on the same package who worked for his fare and spent the rest of his year instructing in resorts from New Zealand to Switzerland, and came back to apply for university, is the positive counterbalance.（分数：5.00）(1).It can be inferred from the first paragraph that parents of gap students may _.A. help children to be prepared for disastersB. receive all kinds of support from their childrenC. have rich experience in bringing up their offspring
