1、公共英语四级-语言与交际及答案解析(总分：99.00，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)Debating the Best Way to Learn a Language One method is known as the explicit or 1 method. 1 The other method is known as the implicit or 2 method. 2 Those who trained with the classroom method also becam
2、e more 3 in their brain processing. 3 But only the immersion group showed full processing of 4. Still, be says teachers should be careful how they use the results of his study. 4 What kind of training might be best not just for reaching the native brain bases but also for 5 in different aspects of l
3、anguage, like grammar syntax and lexicon? 5 （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)Thomas Coss says international students who want to study business need to have 1. 1 Americans who may need to learn some new English skills themselves are generally working with 2. 2 Effec
4、tive communication involves 3. 3 The need to consider local behaviors in everything from simple handshakes to speaking to large groups is viewed as 4. 4 When business students seek jobs, English skills often provide them with 5. 5 （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)（
5、分数：5.00）(1).What is the main idea of the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Types of English speech.B.Standard expressions.C.Colloquialisms.D.Slang.(2).What does standard speech include?（分数：1.00）A.Words understood by most speakers of a language.B.Expressions used by most speakers of a language.C.Words and expressio
6、ns defined in standard dictionaries.D.All of the above.(3).Which of the following does not belong to the cultural conditions that are necessary for the creation of a large body of slang expressions?（分数：1.00）A.The introduction and acceptance of new things in the society.B.Association among new situat
7、ions and subgroups in the society.C.A widely varied population with a large number of subgroups.D.Connection among the subgroups and the greater number of population.(4).For whom do the terms “standard“, “colloquial“ and “slang“ exist only as abstract labels?（分数：1.00）A.Scientists.B.Most speakers of
8、English.C.Language scholars.D.Language students.(5).According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?（分数：1.00）A.Slang refers to words and expressions understood by a small number of speakers.B.Slang does not pass into standard speech.C.Every generation seems to need its own set of
9、 words to describe familiar things.D.Very small number of English speakers will, in appropriate cases, select and use all three types of expressions.（分数：3.00）(1).What is Reese telling Beth all about?（分数：1.00）A.Body language he has ever heard of.B.A course on body language that he attended.C.A TV pro
10、gram about body language.D.Gestures he is interested in.(2).What does it show if a person is biting his nails?（分数：1.00）A.He is feeling threatened and being defensive.B.He is feeling very relaxed and confident.C.He is feeling scared.D.He is nervous or worried about something.(3).According to the tone
11、 of Beth, what does she think of Reese“s topic?（分数：1.00）A.Boring.B.Interesting.C.Funny.D.Exciting.（分数：2.00）(1).According to the speaker, dialogues include _.（分数：1.00）A.speech onlyB.behavior onlyC.speech and behaviorD.none of the above(2).What is the risk of using too much body language in a written
12、dialogue?（分数：1.00）A.To make the writing got stuck and boring.B.To make the writing powerful.C.To make the writing interesting.D.To make the writing divided into little bits and pieces.五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)In the early nineteen fifties, researchers found that people 1 lower on intellig
13、ence tests 2 they spoke more than one language. Research in the sixties found 3 Bilingual people scored higher than monolingualspeople 4 speak only One language. So which is it? Researchers 5 their newest studies last month at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The
14、 latest 6 shows that being bilingual does not 7 make people smarter. But researcher Ellen Bialystock says it probably 8 make you better at certain skills. “Imagine 9 down the highway. There are many things that could capture your attention and you really need to be able to 10 all of them. Why would
15、bilingualism make you any better at that?“ said Ellen Bialystock. And the answer, she says, is that bilingual people are often better at controlling their attentiona function 11 the executive control system. Ms. Bialyst0ck is a psychology professor at York University in Toronto, Canada. She says the
16、 best method to 12 the executive control system is called the Stroop Test. A person is shown words in different colors. The person has to ignore the word 13 say the color. The problem is that the words are all names of colors. Her work shows that bilingual people continually practice this function.
17、They have to, because both languages are 14 in their brain 15 . They 16 to suppress one to be able to speak in 17 . This mental exercise might help in other ways, too. Researchers say bilingual children are better able to separate a word from its meaning, and more 18 to have friends from different c
18、ultures. Bilingual adults are often four to five years 19 than others in 20 dementia or Alzheimer“s disease.（分数：20.00）A.scoreB.scoredC.have scoredD.scoringA.as ifB.ifC.sinceD.even ifA.similarlyB.the oppositeC.equallyD.the sameA.thatB.doC.whichD.whoA.presentedB.presentC.has presentedD.had presentedA.
19、evidencesB.claimC.indicationD.evidenceA.necessarilyB.surelyC.possiblyD.inevitablyA.didB.isC.neverD.doesA.to driveB.having drivenC.drivingD.to have drivenA.catchB.controlC.monitorD.manageA.callsB.callingC.being calledD.calledA.useB.measureC.controlD.weighA.butB.andC.soD.whileA.activeB.usefulC.accepte
20、dD.passiveA.at timesB.at a timeC.at the same timeD.at onceA.oughtB.needC.haveD.sureA.othersB.each otherC.one anotherD.the otherA.likelyB.certainlyC.easilyD.quicklyA.earlierB.quickerC.less probablyD.laterA.infectingB.havingC.developingD.evolving六、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Part A(总题数：1，分数：10.
21、00)Learning to play a musical instrument can change your brain, with a US review finding music training can lead to improved speech and foreign language skills. Although it has been suggested in the past that listening to Mozart or other classical music could make you smarter, there has been little
22、evidence to show that music boosts brain power. But a data-driven review by Northwestern University has pulled together research that links musical training to learning that spills over into skills including language, speech, memory, attention and even vocal emotion. Researcher Nina Kraus said the d
23、ata strongly suggested that the neural (神经的) connections made during musical training also primed (使做好准备) the brain for other aspects of human communication. “The effect of music training suggests that, similar in nature to physical exercise and its impact on body fitness, music is a resource that t
24、ones (增强；提高) the brain for auditory fitness and thus requires society to re-examine the role of music in shaping individual development,“ the researchers said in their study. Kraus said learning musical sounds could enhance the brain“s ability to adapt and change and also enable the nervous system t
25、o provide patterns that are important to learning. The study, published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, looked at the explosion of research in recent years focused on the effects of music training on the nervous system which could have strong implications for education. The study found that playing
26、an instrument primes the brain to choose what is relevant in a complex process that may involve reading or remembering a score, timing issues and coordination with other musicians. “A musician“s brain selectively enhances information-bearing elements in sound,“ Kraus said in a statement. “In a beaut
27、iful interrelationship between sensory and cognitive processes, the nervous system makes associations between complex sounds and what they mean.“ The study reviewed literature showing, for example, that musicians are more successful than non-musicians in learning to incorporate sound patterns for a
28、new language into words.（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?（分数：2.00）A.Music can develop bearing ability.B.Music can help develop communication skills.C.Music training can prepare the brain to select relevant information.D.There has been enough evidence
29、indicating that music enables to make the brain powerful.(2).Why did the researchers suggest society re-examine the function of music?（分数：2.00）A.Music enables to measure the neural connection in brain.B.Music training helps develop the brain“s power for hearing fitness.C.Music like physical exercise
30、 has effect on body fitness.D.Music is a resource to change the brain.(3).What did Nina Kraus“ research of music mainly concentrate on?（分数：2.00）A.How the brain chooses a complex process.B.How music training affects education.C.How music training affects the nervous system.D.How playing an instrument
31、 helps the brain choose all information.(4).In what way musicians are better than non-musicians according to the text?（分数：2.00）A.In selecting information related to sound elements.B.In learning to associate sound patterns for a new language into words.C.In reading and remembering.D.In coordinating w
32、ith others.(5).Which of the following is the best choice for the title?（分数：2.00）A.Music can Boost Language SkillsB.Music can Make You SmarterC.Music can Make You SuccessfulD.Music Helps Develop a Powerful Brain八、Part B(总题数：1，分数：15.00)It seems almost incredible that, over the million or more years of
33、 man“s evolution, the non-verbal aspects of communication have been actively studied on any scale only since the 1960s and that the public has become aware of their existence only since Julius Fast published a book about body language in 1970. 1 This was a summary of the work done by behavioural sci
34、entists on non-verbal communication up until that time, and even today, most people are still ignorant of the existence of body language, let alone its importance in their lives. Charlie Chaplin and many other silent movie actors were the pioneers of non-verbal communication skills; they were the on
35、ly means of communication available on the screen. Each actor was classed as good or bad by the extent to which he could use gestures and other body signals to communicate effectively. 2 When talking films became popular and less emphasis was placed on the non-verbal aspects of acting, many silent m
36、ovie actors faded into obscurity and those with good verbal skills prevailed. 3 As far as the technical study of body language goes, perhaps the most influential pre-twentieth-century work was Charles Darwin“s The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals published in 1872. This spawned the mode
37、rn studies of facial expressions and body language and many of Darwin“s ideas and observations have since been validated by modern researchers around the world. 4 Since that time, researchers have noted and recorded almost one million non-verbal cues and signals. Albert Mehrabian found that the tota
38、l impact of a message is about 7 percent verbal (words only) and 38 percent vocal (including tone of voice, inflection and other sounds) and 55 percent non-verbal. Professor Birdwhistell made some similar estimates of the amount of non-verbal communication that takes place amongst humans. He estimat
39、ed that the average person actually speaks words for a total of about ten or eleven minutes a day and that the average sentence takes only about 2.5 seconds. 5 Like Mehrabian, he found that the verbal component of a face-to-face conversation is less than 35 percent and that over 65 percent of commun
40、ication is done nonverbally.（分数：15.00）_九、Section Writing(总题数：1，分数：25.00)3.Directions: Write an essay of 160200 words on the topic: How to communicate successfully. Your essay should be based on the following outline: 1) communication is very important in our life; 2) means of successful communicatio
41、n in everyday life; 3) your opinion. （分数：25.00）_十、Section Speaking(总题数：1，分数：-1.00)4.Interlocutor: Now, I“d like you to talk about something between yourselves and speak loudly so that we can hear you. You should take care to share the opportunity of speaking. (Put Picture for Candidates in front of
42、both candidates and give instructions with reference to the picture.) I“d like you to talk about the means that people usually use for communication. Choose at least three of the means in the pictures, and give the reason for the choice. The pictures are for your reference. You have three minutes fo
43、r this. Would you like to begin now, please? Pictures （分数：-1.00）_十一、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十二、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)5.Interlocutor: Now, I“d like you to talk about something between yourselves and speak loudly so that we can hear you. You should take care to share the opportunity of speaking. (Put Pict
44、ure for Candidates in front of both candidates and give instructions with reference to the picture.) I“d like you to talk about the means that people usually use for communication. Choose at least three of the means in the pictures, and give the reason for the choice. The pictures are for your refer
45、ence. You have three minutes for this. Would you like to begin now, please? Pictures （分数：5.00）_十三、Part C(总题数：1，分数：5.00)6.Interlocutor: I“m going to give each of you a picture and I“d like you to first describe it briefly and then give your comment on what you see in the picture. (Put Picture for Can
46、didates in front of both candidates.) Candidate A, this is your picture. You have three minutes to talk about it. Candidate B, listen carefully while Candidate A is speaking. When he/she has finished, I“d like you to ask him/her a question about what he/she has said. Candidate A, would you like to begin now, please? Candidate A: (about 3 minutes) Interlocutor: Thank you. Now, Candidate B, could you please ask your partner a question? (Half a minute for asking and answering the question.) （分数：5.00）_公共英
