1、公共英语四级分类模拟题 73 及答案解析(总分：69.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Nowadays, air travel is very 1 . We are not surprised when we watch on TV that a politician has talked with French President in Paris and attended a meeting in Beijing on the same day. 2 , if a person takes long-distance fl
2、ying frequently, he can be so tired that he maybe feel his brain is in one country, his 3 in another. 4 , he 5 knows where he is. When we fly from east to west or 6 versa, the 7 we experience after taking a long-distance flying is 8 , because we cross time zones. According to doctors, air travelers,
3、 after crossing several time zones, are in no 9 to go to work, and they should go 10 to bed 11 arrival. As to airline pilots who often live 12 their own watches and ignore local time, there is no need for them to worry about their health although they sometimes have breakfast at midnight, because th
4、ey are used to 13 and are 14 fit. Many businessmen like long-distance flights, thinking they are 15 to have been chosen and they are out for promotion. They are lucky if the company follows the doctor“s advice and allow them to rest for a day or two 16 working. However, sometimes the manager is so e
5、nergetic that he believes everyone is 17 to be as fit as he is. Since he has never felt 8 after flying himself, the work he assigns is so 19 that the employee is too 20 to carry the work out satisfactorily. That is disastrous for the employee“s health and the company“s reputation.（分数：20.00）A.ordinar
6、yB.commonC.plainD.usualA.HenceB.HoweverC.OtherwiseD.FurthermoreA.digestionB.concentrationC.friendsD.lifeA.In short orderB.All in oneC.In a wordD.In other wordsA.almostB.nearlyC.hardlyD.practicallyA.viceB.viaC.vicarD.vibesA.wearyB.fatigueC.tiredD.strainA.strengthenedB.increasedC.reinforcedD.aggravate
7、dA.statusB.stateC.situationD.conditionA.awayB.stragglyC.straightforwardD.straightA.inB.whenC.afterD.onA.onB.byC.uponD.withA.flyB.flyingC.liveD.livesA.mentallyB.emotionallyC.physicallyD.bodilyA.favoredB.flattenedC.flayedD.flatteredA.beforeB.behindC.afterD.in front ofA.likelyB.supposedC.goingD.expecte
8、dA.discontentB.resentfulC.dissatisfiedD.uncomfortableA.demeaningB.demandingC.demonstrativeD.deplorableA.sleepyB.excitedC.exhaustedD.angry二、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Passage 1(总题数：1，分数：20.00)During the last fifty years, the international economy has experienced a basic
9、 change. Improvements in the Internet and other communication tools have had important effects on the world markets. Faster methods of transport from one place to another have made the world seem much smaller to the businessmen. As a result, the world no longer consists of a number of separate and i
10、ndependent economies under the control of different nations. Instead, the nations have been integrated into a single economy, and the integration is becoming more and more complete every year. Now, for the first time in history, we can truly speak of a global economy. The most dramatic example of th
11、is integration was the oil crisis of 1973 and 1974. It came as a great surprise to the public in the industrial nations to discover that they depended so heavily on imported oil and each other. However, the best evidence for the growing integration is the rapid expansion in the volume of world trade
12、. It went up by about 7 percent year by year during the decade from 1990 to 2000, and in several quasi-industrial countries the growth was even more rapid. As a result, some imported products have become so common that they are treated as domestic commodity. Some of them are too common for the publi
13、c to any more realize they are foreign. Production has also become international, which is manifested by the large corporations stepping across national borders and establishing branches and subsidiaries in several different countries. As an example, U.S. companies are building many automobiles in C
14、hina, Canada, Germany, Britain and Japan. In most cases, many components of an automobile are produced in these countries and then shipped to the United States, where they are finally assembled with other parts. When even the United States has the largest number of such corporations, it is not the o
15、nly one. Other multinationals, for instance, are based in Japan, France, Germany, the UK and Italy. Labor, too, is much more mobile than in the past. Both skilled and unskilled workers can now readily migrate from one country to another. In Europe, take it for an example, there are large numbers of
16、Turkish workers employed in the German economy. Doctors, lawyers, and other professionals are also finding it easier to work in foreign countries. The labor market has become international, and the number of expatriate workers is continuing to grow.（分数：20.00）(1).Which of the following statement will
17、 best summarize the whole passage?（分数：4.00）A.The dependence of industrial nations on imported oil.B.The change in the world economy.C.The automobile industry in industrial nations.D.The transport and the world economy.(2).The world is becoming smaller to the businessmen because _.（分数：4.00）A.the incr
18、ease in the world trade volumeB.modern means of transportationC.improvements in the communicationsD.the establishment of business branches and subsidiaries(3).What is the most convincing illustration for the growing integration?（分数：4.00）A.Labor is more mobile.B.The oil crisis in 1973 and 1974.C.Prod
19、uction has become international.D.The expansion in the volume of world trade.(4).Which of the following statements is TRUE?（分数：4.00）A.Only professionals can find a job abroad.B.The U.S. has less international corporations than Japan.C.Hiring workers in other countries is, in most cases, cheaper.D.Th
20、e U.S. automobile industry is facing competitive pressure from other industrial nations.(5).What does “expatriate“ mean?（分数：4.00）A.People living outside his/her own country.B.People working outside his/her own country.C.People studying outside his/her own country.D.People travelling outside his/her
21、own country.五、Passage 2(总题数：1，分数：20.00)The job interview is an ordeal that most people face at some stage in our career. But as video starts to take the place of the face-to-face interview, is it easier or harder now to land your dream job? The job interview as we know it may never have existed if i
22、t wasn“t for Thomas Edison. Frustrated with hiring college graduates who lacked the right knowledge, Edison devised the first employment questionnaire to narrow down his applicant pool. The survey was thought to be so difficult that in 1921 the New York Times nicknamed it as “Tom Foolery test“ and c
23、laimed only a “walking encyclopedia“ could succeed. Questions included: “What is the weight of air in a room 20ft x 30ft x 10ft?“ But today the trick to making a good impression at interview may be less about what you know and more about how you come across on camera. Looking in the wrong place is j
24、ust one of the common pitfalls of video interviews, says New York based career coach and blogger Megan Broussard. “It“s tempting to watch yourself in that little box to make sure your hair isn“t in your face or that you“re not making weird facial expressions. But the truth is that it is very distrac
25、ting to the other party and can come across as shy and even insinceretwo qualities both employers and new hires want to avoid. “ The UK company, Webrecruit, reports a steady increase in the use of automated video interviewing over the past few years. Employers can view recorded responses from candid
26、ates in their own time. “Clients will input their questions, and then the candidate receives an automated email inviting them to sit the interview,“ explains Webrecruit“s Leona Matson. “The interviewee can then sit the interview within an allocated time frame, the answers are recorded, and then the
27、client can view it at a time that suits them.“ In 2012 employers in the UK spent an average of 10 working days interviewing, 16% of the working week travelling to meet candidates and 3,286 reimbursing candidates“ travel expenses, according to a survey carried out by Cammioa Dutch company specialisin
28、g in online video services. For large firms with international graduate schemes, the savings can be significant. Sellafield“s graduate scheme cited cost savings of 14,000 using video technology to screen interview candidates. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (EONR) also report cutting
29、recruitment costs by 20% using automated video assessments for first-round interviews.（分数：20.00）(1).Which of the following is NOT true about job interview?（分数：4.00）A.Thomas Edison is the forerunner of job interview.B.There are a couple of ways to have a job interview.C.In video interview, how to per
30、form cares more than what you know.D.The first questionnaire and the like can attract more potential applicants.(2).Thomas Edison mapped out the questionnaires to _.（分数：4.00）A.make up an encyclopediaB.test the applicants“ abilitiesC.enlarge the range of choice of talentsD.minimize the potentially su
31、itable employees(3).With regard to automated video interview, its advantages do NOT include _.（分数：4.00）A.the employer can screen the interviewee simultaneouslyB.the machine can have the answers recorded automaticallyC.interviewees can take part in the interview within the required time slotD.the emp
32、loyer can go over the candidates“ answers according to his timetable(4).There are some new trends in job interview BUT that _.（分数：4.00）A.video interview make it easier for the applicants to get a jobB.online interview starts to take the place of the traditional oneC.it is reported that automated vid
33、eo interview has increased in the past few yearsD.automated video interview has been employed by some large companies for the first-round interview(5).Which of the following can best summarize the passage?（分数：4.00）A.The development of interview and its features.B.Video interview make it easier for p
34、eople to get a job.C.Video brings convenience to both employers and interviewee.D.Video interview can well reduce the expense of recruitment.六、Passage 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Birds that are literally half-asleep-with one brain hemisphere alert and the other sleeping- control which side of the brain remains
35、awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks. Earlier studies have documented half-brain sleep in a wide range of birds. The brain hemi- spheres take turns sinking into the sleep stage characterized by slow brain waves. The eye con- trolled by the sleeping hemisphere keeps shut, while the wakef
36、ul hemisphere“ s eye stays open and alert. Birds also can sleep with both hemispheres resting at once. Decades of studies of bird flocks led researchers to predict extra alertness in the more vulnerable, end-or-the-row sleepers. Sure enough, the end birds tended to watch carefully on the side away f
37、rom their companions. Ducks in the inner spots showed no preference for gaze direction. Also, birds dozing(打盹) at the end of the line resorted to single-hemisphere sleep, rather than total relaxation, more often than inner ducks did. Rotating 16 birds through the positions in a four-duck row, the re
38、searchers found outer birds half-asleep during some 32 percent of dozing time versus about 12 percent for birds in internal spots. “We believe this is the first evidence for an animal behaviorally controlling sleep and wakefulness simultaneously in different regions of the brain, “the researchers sa
39、y. The results provide the best evidence for a long-standing supposition that single-hemisphere sleep evolved as creatures scanned for enemies. The preference for opening an eye on the lookout side could be widespread, he predicts. He“s seen it in a pair of birds dozing side-by-side in the zoo and i
40、n a single pet bird sleeping by a mirror. The mirror-side eye closed as if the reflection were a companion and the other eye stayed open. Useful as half-sleeping might be, it“s only been found in birds and such water mammals(哺乳动物) as dolphins, whales, and seals. Perhaps keeping one side of the brain
41、 awake allows a sleeping animal to surface occasionally to avoid drowning. Studies of birds may offer unique insights into sleep. Jerome M. Siegel of the UCLA says he wonders if birds“ half-brain sleep “is just the tip of the iceberg (冰山)”. He speculates that more examples may turn up when we take a
42、 closer look at other species.（分数：5.00）(1).A new study on birds“ sleep has revealed that _.（分数：1.00）A.half-brain sleep is found in a wide variety of birdsB.half-brain sleep is characterized by slow brain wavesC.birds can control their half-brain sleep consciouslyD.birds seldom sleep with the whole o
43、f their brain at rest(2).According to the passage, birds often half sleep because _.（分数：1.00）A.they have to watch out for possible attacksB.their brain hemispheres take turns to restC.the two halves of their brain are differently structuredD.they have to constantly keep an eye on their companions(3)
44、.The example of a bird sleeping in front of a mirror indicates that _.（分数：1.00）A.the phenomenon of birds dozing in pairs is widespreadB.Birds prefer to sleep in pairs for the sake of securityC.even an imagined companion gives the bird a sense of securityD.a single pet bird enjoys seeing its own refl
45、ection in the mirror(4).While sleeping, some water mammals tend to keep half awake in order to _.（分数：1.00）A.alert themselves to the approaching enemyB.emerge from water now and then to breatheC.be sensitive to the ever-changing environmentD.avoid being swept away by rapid currents(5).By “just the ti
46、p of the iceberg” (Line 2, Para. 8), Siegel suggests that _.（分数：1.00）A.half-brain sleep has something to do with icy weatherB.the mystery of half-brain sleep is close to being solvedC.most birds living in cold regions tend to be half sleepersD.half-brain sleep is a phenomenon that could exist among
47、other species七、Passage 4(总题数：1，分数：4.00)A British investigation has found flaws in London“s pre-war assessment of Iraqi“s weapons threat, but the report has cleared Prime Minister Tony Blair of deceiving the nation into going to var. The investigation, led by former British civil service chief Robin
48、Butler, concludes that British intelligence officers were wrong to say that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction that could be deployed within 45 minutes. That finding was a key element in a British government document issued in September 2002 that helped persuade the public and parliament tha
49、t Iraq must be disarmed. Mr. Butler told reporters Iraq had no deployable(可使用的)chemical or biological weapons at the time of the March 2003 invasion. “We say it would be an unwise person who reaches the conclusion that nothing will ever be found in Iraq. But I do distinguish between stocks of agent, and weapons,“ he said. “And we do conclude that Iraq did not have significant, if any, stocks of chemical or biological weapons in a state fit for deployment.“ The Butler report clears Prime Minister Blair of knowingly manipulati
