1、公共英语四级-464 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)Name Henry Alfred KissingerBirthday May 27, 1923Nationality_ 1Birthplace GermanyMajor _ science 2Degree Doctorate1938 Went to the United States19431946Served in the US. Army19541969Taught at _ University
2、31969 Entered _ service 4Won _ Nobel Peace Prize5Experience（分数：5.00）(1).Name Henry Alfred KissingerBirthday May 27, 1923Nationality_ 1Birthplace GermanyMajor _ science 2Degree Doctorate1938 Went to the United States19431946Served in the US. Army19541969Taught at _ University 31969 Entered _ service
3、4Won _ Nobel Peace Prize5Experience（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Name Henry Alfred KissingerBirthday May 27, 1923Nationality_ 1Birthplace GermanyMajor _ science 2Degree Doctorate1938 Went to the United StatesExperience19431946Served in the US. Army19541969Taught at _ University 31969 Entered _ service 4Won _
4、Nobel Peace Prize5（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Name Henry Alfred KissingerBirthday May 27, 1923Nationality_ 1Birthplace GermanyMajor _ science 2Degree Doctorate1938 Went to the United States19431946Served in the US. Army19541969Taught at _ University 31969 Entered _ service 4Won _ Nobel Peace Prize5Experienc
5、e（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Name Henry Alfred KissingerBirthday May 27, 1923Nationality_ 1Birthplace GermanyMajor _ science 2Degree Doctorate1938 Went to the United States19431946Served in the US. Army19541969Taught at _ University 31969 Entered _ service 4Won _ Nobel Peace Prize5Experience（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_
6、(5).Name Henry Alfred KissingerBirthday May 27, 1923Nationality_ 1Birthplace GermanyMajor _ science 2Degree Doctorate1938 Went to the United StatesExperience19431946Served in the US. Army19541969Taught at _ University 31969 Entered _ service 4Won _ Nobel Peace Prize5（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_三、Part B(总题数：1，分数
7、：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)Questions 11-13 are based on the passage about vanity stamps. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-13.（分数：3.00）(1).What does each vanity stamp cost?A. $8.80 B. $0.88 C. $10 D. $5（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What are the usage of these
8、vanity stamps?A. They can be used normally to mail a letter.B. They can only be used for exhibition.C. They are used to attract more tourists.D. They are used to post on famous buildings.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why does Japan print vanity stamps?A. Because the Japanese like taking photographs.B. Becaus
9、e the Japanese like writing letters to each other.C. Because the Japanese postal officials want to print a special stamp to catch world- wide attention.D. Because the Japanese postal officials hope these stamps will help promote interest in letter-writing.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 14-16 are based o
10、n the talk about euro. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-17.（分数：3.00）(1).When was euro launched?A. 1992 B. 1995 C. 1999 D. 2001（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why did the worth of euro drop?A. It dropped due to the weakness of the eurozone economies and the inexperience of the European Central Bank
11、in dealing with the international markets.B. People in most European countries refused to use euro instead of their own currency.C. Counterfeiters made a lot of fake notes since people were not familiar with the new currency.D. Some countries are not ready for the euro. They stopped using euro in da
12、ily purchasing.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why are the eight coins of euro different in composition, weight, thickness, and milling?A. Because each nation wants to keep its characteristics.B. Because they are designed by different artists from 8 countries.C. Because it will enable the blind to distinguish
13、between them easily.D. Because Denmark and other countries want to have their own coins.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 17-20 are based on the passage about Isadora Duncan, a famous dancer. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20.（分数：4.00）(1).According to the passage, what did nature represent to
14、 Isadora Duncan?A. Something to conquer B. A model for movementC. A place to find peace D. A symbol of disorder（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as an area of dance that Isadora Duncan worked to change?A. The music B. The stage setsC. Costumes D. Movements（分
15、数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Compared to those of the ballet, Isadora Duncans costumes were less _.A. costly B. colorful C. graceful D. restrictive（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is the passage mainly about?A. The evolution of dance in the twentieth century.B. Artists of the last century.C. Natural movement in danc
16、e.D. A pioneer in modern dance.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Even plants can run a fever, especially when they are under attack by insects or diseases. But (21) humans, plants can have their temperature (22) from 3,000 feet away-straight up. A decade ago, (23) the infrared(红外线
17、的)scanning technology developed for military purpose and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley (24) a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine (25) ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmer (26) target pesticide spraying (27) rain poison on a whole field, which (28) includ
18、e plants that dont have the pest problem.Even better, Paleys Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problem before they became (29) to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet (30) , an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were (31) into a color-coded map
19、showing (32) plants were running “fevers“. Farmers could then spot spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they (33) would.The bad news is that Paleys company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers (34) the new technology and long-term backers were hard (35) . But with the re
20、newed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to (36) into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. “This technique can be used (37) 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States,“ says George Oerther of Texas A in searc
21、h of the purest philosophy, the most effective medicine, the likeliest road to gold.Mobility of this kind meant also mobility of ideas, their transference across frontiers, their simultaneous impact upon many groups of people. The point of learning is to share it, whether with students or with colle
22、agues; one presumes that only eccentrics have no interest in being credited with a startling discovery, or a new technique. It must also have been reassuring to know that other people in other parts of the world were about to make the same discovery or were thinking along the same lines, and that on
23、e was not quite alone, confronted by inquisition, ridicule or neglect.In the twentieth century, and particularly in the last 20 years, the old footpaths of the wandering scholars have become vast highways. The vehicle which has made this possible has of course been the aeroplane, making contact betw
24、een scholars even in the most distant places immediately feasible, and providing for the very rapid transmission of knowledge.Apart from the vehicle itself, it is fairly easy to identify the main factors which have brought about the recent explosion in academic movement. Some of these are purely qua
25、ntitative and require no further mention: there are far more centres of learning, and a far greater number of scholars and students.In addition, one must recognise the very considerable multiplication of disciplines, particularly in the sciences, which by widening the total area of advanced studies
26、has produced an enormous number of specialists whose particular interests are precisely defined. These people would work in some isolation if they were not able to keep in touch with similar isolated groups in other countries.Frequently these specialisations lie in areas where very rapid development
27、s are taking place, and also where the research needed for developments is extremely costly and takes a long time. It is precisely in these areas that the advantages of collaboration and sharing of expertise appear most evident. Associated with this is the growth of specialist periodicals, which ena
28、ble scholars to become aware of what is happening in different centres of research and to meet each other in conferences and symposia. From these meetings come the personal relationships which are at the bottom of almost all formalized schemes of cooperation, and provide them with their most satisfa
29、ctory stimulus.But as the specialisations have increased in number and narrowed in range, there had been an opposite movement towards interdisciplinary studies. These owe much to the belief that one cannot properly investigate the incredibly complex problems thrown up by the modern world, and by rec
30、ent advances in our knowledge along the narrow front of a single discipline. This trend has led to a great deal of academic contact between disciplines, and a far greater emphasis on the pooling of specialist knowledge, reflected in the broad subjects chosen in many international conferences.（分数：5.0
31、0）(1).According to the passage, scholars and students are great travellers because _.A. standards are higher at foreign universitiesB. their governments encourage them to travelC. salaries and conditions are better abroadD. they are eager for new knowledge（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The writer says that tr
32、avel was important in the past because it _.A. was a way of spreading ideas B. broke down political barriersC. led to economic progress D. made new ideas less schooling（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The writer claims that it is important for specialists to be able to travel because _.A. there are so many peop
33、le working in similar fieldsB. there is a lot of social unrest at universitiesC. their follow experts are scattered round the worldD. their laboratories are in remote places（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The writer thinks that the growth of specialist societies and periodicals has helped scholars to _.A. spen
34、d less time travelling B. cut down research costsC. develop their ideas more quickly D. keep up with current developments（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Developments in international cooperation are often, it is suggested, the result of _.A. friendships formed by scholars at meetingsB. articles in learned jour
35、nalsC. the work of international agenciesD. programs initiated by governments（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)To understand how astrology works, we should first take a quick look at the sky. Although the stars are at enormous distances, they do indeed give the impression of being affixed to t
36、he inner surface of a great hollow sphere surrounding the earth. Ancient people, in fact, literally believed in the existence of such a celestial sphere. As the earth spins on its axis, the celestial sphere appears to turn about us each day, pivoting at points on a line with the earths axis of rotat
37、ion. This daily turning of the sphere carries the stars around the sky, causing most of them to rise and set, but they, and constellations they define, maintains fixed patterns on the sphere, just as the continent of Australian maintains its shape on a spinning globe of the earth. Thus the stars wer
38、e called fixed stars.The motion of the sun along the ecliptic is, of course, merely a reflection of the revolution of the earth around the sun, but the ancients believed the earth was fixed and the sun had an independent motion of its own, eastward among the stars. The glare of sunlight hides the st
39、ars in daytime, but the ancients were aware that the stars were up there even at night, and the slow eastward motion of the sun around the sky, at the rate of about thirty degrees each month, caused different stars to be visible at night at different times of the year.The moon, revolving around the
40、earth each month, also has an independent motion in the sky. The moon, however, changes it position relatively rapidly. Although it appears to rise and set each day, as does nearly everything else in the sky, we can see the moon changing position during as short an interval as an hour or so. The moo
41、ns path around the earth lies nearly in the same plane as the earths path around the sun, so the moon is. never seen very far from the ecliptic in the sky. There are five other objects visible to the naked eye that also appear to move in respect to the fixed background of stars on the celestial sphe
42、re. These are the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and the Saturn. All of them revolve around the sun in nearly the same plane as the earth does, so they, like the moon, always appear near the ecliptic. Because we see the planets from the moving earth, however, they behave in a complicated way
43、, with their apparent motions on the celestial sphere reflecting both their own independent motions around the sun and our motion as well.（分数：5.00）(1).The ancient people believed that _.A. the earth was spinning on the axis of the skyB. the sky was a hollow sphere spinning around the earthC. the pat
44、terns of stars on the sky would never changeD. the stars around the sky were not stationary（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following is true about the motion of the moon?A. The moon and the sun are moving in the same plane.B. The moon revolves along the ecliptic.C. The moon moves faster than the s
45、un.D. The position of the moon can be found changed in an hours time.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).It is stated in astrology that _.A. the sun is so distant from us that it is hard to follow its motionB. the sun is moving westward around the skyC. the motion of the sun is at the rate of about thirty degrees
46、every weekD. the motion of the sun is similar to the revolution of the earth around the sun（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).All the other five planets _.A. always appear near the path of the sunB. are moving in a way more complicated than the earth doesC. arent moving around the sun as independently as the eart
47、h doesD. are moving around the sun at the same speed as the earth does（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).According to the passage which of the following is true?A. A fixed star refers a star that is always stationary on the sky.B. Scientists can tell the motion of the earth from the motions of other five planets.
48、C. Ancient people had scanty knowledge about the movement of the stars.D. All the stars on the sky can be seen all the year around.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In one very long sentence, the introduction to the U. N. Charter expresses the ideals and the common aims of all the people whose governments joined together to form the U. N.“We the people of the U. N. determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war which twice in our lifetime has brought untold suffering to mankind
