1、公共英语四级-469 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、PART LISTENING COM(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、SECTION A(总题数：1，分数：10.00)It is a timeworn sign of old age and frailty.Yet arthritis often (1) _ the young. (1) _This disease of the body also has a (2) _ impact on the mind. (2) _“got very (3) _. I couldnt sleep. (3) _When pa
2、in is (4) _ like that, it changes your personality. (4)_And it affected everyone around me,“ says Nora Baldner, who had arthritis in both hips. “Id pour (5) _ milk on my kids cereal because I didnt want to walk to the back of the supermarket where the real milk was.“ (5) _Joint problems are now hurt
3、ing and crippling 43 million Americans, and theyre more (6) _ than cancer or diabetes. (6) _The most common form, osteoarthritis, affects about 21 million. Rheumatoid arthritis, another common type, hits slightly more than 2 million. (There are 95 or so other forms, often affecting fewer people.)And
4、 the numbers are going up (7) _. (7) _By 2025, the total is expected to top (8) _ million, (8) _as an obese population pounds more heavily on its joints and an active generation of baby (9). _ grinds them down. (9) _Whats worse, these people will be fighting the disease without medicines that had be
5、come staples of treatment: The drugs Vioxx and Bextra have just been yanked off the market because they appear to (10) _ the risk of heart disease,(10) _and that same shadow of fear has been cast over remaining drugs like Celebrex and even ibuprofen- a medicine that had already worded doctors becaus
6、e heavy use can cause bleeding in the stomach.（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、SECTION B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).Which of the following is CORRECT about the accident?A. The young lady was thrown through the windscreen.B. The young lady didnt wear a seatbelt
7、 despite Simpsons advice.C. The two passengers were driven to hospital by Mr. Simpson.D. Simpsons wife got more serious injuries than the young lady.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Mr. Simpson stopped at the pedestrian crossing becauseA. the lighting was very good along the stretch.B. he was riding with two la
8、dies at the moment.C. he wanted to ensure the safety of two passers-by.D. he was a new driver who tends to be cautious.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What leads the policeman to believe that Mr. Simpson didnt drink alcohol before driving?A. A breathalyzer test. B. A blood test.C. The certainty of his claim. D
9、. No smell of wine in his breath.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is the most probable cause of the accident?A. Mr. Simpsons speeding. B. The two pedestrians at the junction.C. The other drivers drunk driving. D. Mr. Simpsons drank driving.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What will Mr. Simpson probably do after being
10、asked all the questions by the policeman?A. Meet his wife in the hospital. B. Take his wife to hospital by taxi.C. Write a written statement to the police. D. Have his damaged car repaired.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、SECTION C(总题数：3，分数：4.00)1.What made it hard for the rescue teams to approach the earthquake
11、zone?A. The quakes destruction to roads. B. The collapse of the buildings.C. The torrential rain at night. D. The loss of electrical power.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：2.00）(1).The tapes of the Apollo 11 mission were first stored inA a U. S. government archives warehouse.B a NASA ground tracking station.C t
12、he Goddard Space Flight Centre.D none of the above places.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does the news item say about Richard Nafzger?A He is assigned the task to look for the tapes.B He believes that the tapes are probably lost.C He works in a NASA ground receiving site.D He had asked for the tapes in t
13、he 1970s.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.How many parachutists were killed in the crash? A 5. B 44. C 39. D 49.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.五、PART READING COMPR(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Marriage may be about love, but divorce is a business. For global couplesborn in different countries, married in a third, now w
14、orking somewhere else and with children, pensions and other assets sprinkled over the worlda contested divorce is bliss for lawyers and a nightmare for others.Divorce laws vary wildly, from countries (such as Malta) that still forbid it to Islamic states wherefor the husband, at leastit may be obtai
15、ned in minutes. Rules on the division of property and future financial obligations vary hugely, too. France expects the poorer party, usually the wife, to start fending for herself almost immediately; England and some American states insist on lifelong support. Some systems look only at the “acquest
16、“; others count the lot. A few, like Austria, still link cash to blame. Japan offers a temptingly quick cheap break, butfor foreignerslittle or no enforceable contact with the kids thereafter, notes Jeremy Morley, a New York-based “international divorce strategist“. Other places may be mum-friendly
17、when it comes to money but dad-friendly on child custody.The European Union is trying to tidy up its divorce laws. A reform in 2001 called Brussels tried to stop forum shopping, in which each party sought the most favorable jurisdiction, by ruling that the first court to be approached decides the di
18、vorce. That workedbut at the cost of encouraging trigger-happy spouses to kill troubled marriages quickly, rather than trying to patch them up. This, says David Hodson, a specialist in international divorce law, favors the “wealthier, more aggressive, more unscrupulous party“. It goes against the ge
19、neral trend towards counseling, mediation and out- of-court settlement.An EU measure called Rome , now under negotiation and penciled in to come into force in 2008, tries to ensure that the marriage is ended by the law that has governed it most closely. It may be easy for a Dutch court to apply Belg
20、ian law when dealing with the uncontested divorce of a Belgian couple, but less so for a Spanish court to apply Polish rules, let alone Iranian or Indonesian, and especially not when the divorce is contested.Such snags make Rome “laughably idiotic-a recipe for increasing costs“, according to John Co
21、rnwell, a London lawyer. Britain and Ireland Say they will opt out. That, says Mr. Hodson, will give a further edge to London. Since a judgment in 2000 entrenched the principle of “equality“ in division of marital assets, England, home to hundreds of thousands of expatriates, has become a “Mecca for
22、 wives“, says Louise Spitz of Manches, a London law firm. David Truex, who runs a specialist international divorce outfit, reckons that at least a fifth of divorce cases registered in Londons higher courts now have an international element.For the typical global couple, such high-profile, big-money
23、cases matter less than the three basic (and deeply unromantic factors) in marriage planning. According to Mr. Truex, a rich man should choose his bride from a country with a stingy divorce law, such as Sweden or France, and marry her there. Second, he should draw up a pre-nuptial agreement. These ar
24、e binding in many countries and have begun to count even in England. Third, once divorce looms, a wife may want to move to England or America (but should avoid no-alimony states such as Florida); for husbands, staying in continental Europe is wise.Outside Europe, the countryor American Statedeemed t
25、he most “appropriate“ in terms of the couples family and business connections will normally get to hear the case. But here too unilateral action may be decisive. When Earl Spencer, brother of Princess Diana, divorced his first wife, he surprised her by issuing proceedings in South Africa where they
26、were then living. In England, where they had been domiciled, she might have got better deal. She ended up suing her lawyers.The lesson for couples? How you live may determine the length and happiness of your marriage. Where you live is likely to determine how it ends,（分数：5.00）(1).Usually when divorc
27、ing, laws of which country might be most favorable to the wife financially?A. Malta. B. England. C. France. D. Austria.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The word “acquest“ in Paragraph 2 probably means _.A. property prior to the marriage B. property before and after the marriageC. assets after the divorce D. ass
28、ets built during the marriage（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).All of the following are the outcomes of Brussels EXCEPT _.A. hasty divorce B. fairness in some aspectC. reconciliation D. partiality in some aspect（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Rome is questioned by some people because _.A. it is not applicable B. it costs a
29、 huge sum of moneyC. some countries are opposed to it D. it is ridiculous（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The text intends to tell us that _.A. English divorce laws are favorable to the wives of troubled couplesB. rich people with wobbly marriages need think about where they liveC. international marriages are n
30、ot as stable as local marriagesD. the reform of divorce laws in Europe is questioned（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)It was eleven oclock that night when Mr. Pontellier returned from Kleins hotel. He was in an excellent humor, in high spirits, and very talkative. His entrance awoke his wife,
31、who was in bed and fast asleep when he came in. He talked to her while he undressed, telling her anecdotes and bits of news and gossip that he had gathered during the day. From his trousers pockets he took a fistful of crumpled bank notes and a good deal of silver coin, which he piled on the bureau
32、indiscriminately with keys, knife, handkerchief, and whatever else happened to be in his pockets, she was overcome with sleep, and answered him with little half utterances.He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, evinced so little interest in things wh
33、ich concerned him, and valued so little his conversation.Mr. Pontellier had forgotten the bonbons and peanuts for the boys. Notwithstanding he loved them very much, and went into the adjoining room where they were resting comfortably. The result of his investigation was far from satisfactory. He tur
34、ned and shifted the youngsters about in bed. One of them began to kick and talk about a basket full of crabs.Mr. Pontellier returned to his wife with the information that Raoul had a high fever and needed looking after. Then he lit a cigar and went and sat near the open door to smoke it.Mrs. Pontell
35、ier was quite sure Raoul had no fever. He had gone to bed perfectly well, she said, and nothing had ailed him all day. Mr. Pontellier was too will acquainted with fever symptoms to be mistaken. He assured her the child was consuming at that moment in the next room.He reproached his wife with her ina
36、ttention, her habitual neglect of the children. If it was not a mothers place to look after children, whose on earth was it? He himself had his hands full with his brokerage business. He could not be in two places at once; making a living for his family on the street, and staying at home to see that
37、 no harm befell them. He talked in a monotonous, insistent way.Mrs. Pontellier sprang out of bed and went into the next room. She soon came back and sat on the edge of the bed, leaning her head down on the pillow. She said nothing, and refused to answer her husband when he questioned her. When his c
38、igar was smoked out he went to bed, and in half a minute he was fast asleep.Mrs. Pontellier was by that time thoroughly awake. She began to cry a little, and wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her peignoir. Blowing out the candle, which her husband had left burning, she slipped her bare feet into a pai
39、r of satin mules at the foot of the bed and went out on the porch, where she sat down in the wicker chair and began to rock gently to and fro.It was then past midnight. The cottages were all dark. A single faint light gleamed out from the hallway of the house. There was no sound abroad except the ho
40、oting of an old owl in the top of a water-oak, and the everlasting voice of the sea, that was not uplifted at that soft hour. It broke like a mournful lullaby upon the night.The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier s eyes that the damp sleeve of her peignoir no longer served to dry them. She was ho
41、lding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm. Turning, she thrust her face, steaming and wet, into the bend of her arm, and she went on crying there, not caring any longer to dry her face, her eyes, her arms. She could not have to
42、ld why she was crying. Such experiences as the foregoing were not uncommon in her married life. They seemed never before to have to have weighed much against the abundance of her husbands kindness and a uniform devotion which had come to be tacit and self-understood.An indescribable oppression, whic
43、h seemed to generate in some unfamiliar part of her consciousness, filled her whole being with a vague anguish. It was like a shadow, like a mist passing across her souls summer day. It was strange and unfamiliar; it was a mood. She did not sit there inwardly upbraiding her husband, lamenting at Fat
44、e, which had directed her footsteps to the path which they had taken. She was just having a good cry all to herself. The mosquitoes made merry over her, biting her firm, round arms and nipping at her bare insteps.The little stinging, buzzing imps succeeded in dispelling a mood which might have held
45、her there in the darkness half a night longer.（分数：5.00）(1).Mr. Pontellier came back in a/an _state of mind.A. excited B. exasperated C. depressed D. dejected（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Mr. Pontetlier felt extremely frustrated because_.A. his wife overslept B. his wife greeted lateC. his wife was indifferen
46、t to his talk D. his wife showed too much interest in his talk（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Mr. Pontellier scolded his wife for _.A. she neglected their children B. she abused their childrenC. she seldom played with them D. she failed to clean the room their children slept in（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Mrs. Pontell
47、ier cried _after she was reproached by her husband.A. little B. a lot C. moderately D. controllably（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Mrs. Pontellier was seized by a sense of _after she awoke at midnight.A. joy B. hostility C. depression D. tolerance（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：5.00)David Landes, author of
48、The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor, credits the worlds economics and social progress over the last thousand years to “Western civilization and its dissemination.“ The reason, he believes, is that Europeans invented systematic economic development. Landes adds that two unique aspects of Europeans culture were crucial ingredient in Europes economic growth.First, Landes espouses a generalized form of Max Webers thesis that the values of work, initiative, and investment mad
