1、公共英语五级-100 及答案解析(总分：110.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Directions:This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are three parts in this section, P
2、art A, Part B and Part C.Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet, NOT on the ANSWER SHEET. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet onto ANSWER SHEET 1.If you
3、 have any questions, you may raise your hand NOW as you will not be allowed to speak once the test is started.BPart A/BYou will hear a talk. As you listen, answer questions 1-10 by circling True or False. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE.（分数：10.00）(1).The passenger got the non-smoking section.（分数：1.
4、00）A.正确B.错误(2).The first stewardess showed him to fasten his safety belt.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).His seat was not by the window.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).Another stewardess will tell him further instructions after he is seated.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).His ears feel strange because of the air pressure.（分数：1.00）A
5、.正确B.错误(6).Passengers may not unfasten their seat belts at any time.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).They cant see a movie until after dinner.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).The stewardess brought him wine to drink.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).He would like to read the New York Times while waiting for dinner.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10)
6、.The toilet is at right back to the rear of the plane.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误二、BPart B/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)You will hear 3 conversations or talks and you must answer the questions by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear the recording ONLYONCE.Questions 1113 are based on the following talk.（分数：3.00）(1).Which
7、of the following is not a place where most original classical music was written?（分数：1.00）A.RussiaB.AustraliaC.ItalyD.Germany(2).What do we call music that comes from a particular culture?（分数：1.00）A.jazz musicB.classical musicC.traditional musicD.rock music(3).Which instrument is not used to play jaz
8、z music?（分数：1.00）A.saxophoneB.pianoC.violinD.trumpetQuestions 1416 are based on the following talk.（分数：3.00）(1).Whats the topic of the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Reasons for Peoples SleepB.Four Stages of SleepC.Reasons for SleepwalkingD.A Sleep Experiment(2).At which stage is sleep called dozing?（分数：1.00）A.
9、Stage four.B.Stage three.C.Stage two.D.Stage one.(3).What happens during stage four?（分数：1.00）A.People cant sleepwalk.B.Your body becomes very relaxed.C.You can still be awakened without difficulty.D.If you are awakened, you might feel very perplexed.Questions 1720 are based on the following talk. （分
10、数：4.00）(1).What memorandum did President William J. Clinton issue?（分数：1.00）A.On enhancing learning and education through technology.B.On Federal programs.C.On new opportunities that technology provides.D.On financial support for life long learning.(2).What actually was being emphasized by the presid
11、ent?（分数：1.00）A.Tax credits.B.Students tuition.C.Lifelong learning for Americans.D.Success in Americas new economy.(3).In which year, about 40 percent of adults aged 17 and above participated in adult education program?（分数：1.00）A.1995.B.1996.C.1994.D.1992.(4).How many adults above 16 enrolled in adul
12、t education in 1996?（分数：1.00）A.Over 50 million.B.Over 5 million.C.Over 44 million.D.Over 4 million.三、BPart C/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Youll hear a talk on Open University. As you listen, you must answer questions 2130 by writing NO MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided for you, you 7l hear the talk TW
13、ICE.（分数：10.00）(1).Besides the functions as a vital entertainment medium, what else can people use a TV as?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).When was the Open University founded in Britain?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Whom did the Open University encourage to study?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).How can students send in assignments t
14、o their tutors?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).What subjects do such study programmes mainly include?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).In such countries as Australia and New Zealand, what language courses are also popular?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).What emphasis do teachers put on the open-learning Chinese courses in New Zealand?（分
15、数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).When can students contact the tutors via a phone hotline?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).If a student wants to be successful in open-learning, how should he be?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).Whats the speakers attitude towards the “open learning“ method of study?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数
16、：20.00)Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.Henry Kissinger was born in a small town, located U(31) /U the south German province of Franconia, on May 27,1923. His father was a Professor at a local high school, his m
17、other was a house-wife; the setting was typical German-middleclass. U(32) /U the Kissingers were a Jewish family in Germany that was on the brink of Nazism. He and his younger brother were often beaten by anti-Semitic youngsters on their way to and U(33) /U their school; finally they were expelled a
18、nd U(34) /U to attend an all-Jewish institution. Their father was forced to resign his professor-ship. After years of social torture, the family U(35) /U to the United States in 1938.In America, the Kissinger U(36) /U lived in New York City, in a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan among thousands of ot
19、her U(37) /U and Austrian refugees. Henry Kissinger was never assimilated by the culture and society that made up America; in taste U(38) /U style, he would always be distinctly European.After four years in a New York City high school, U(39) /U he had shown special U(40) /U in mathematics, Kissinger
20、 began to study accounting at night sessions of the City University of New York, earning his tuition during the daytime. But then, in 1943, he was drafted by the US Army, an army which was at U(41) /U with the Axis Powers.After the war, his friend Kraemer got him a job U(42) /U an instructor in an A
21、rmy training school that paid $10,000 a year. “That was real U(43) /U power in 1946,“ Kraemer would remark later. But Kissinger was U(44) /U interested in that materialist lure; he felt he wanted U(45) /U education of his own. And so he won a New York State scholarship, gave up his well-paying U(46)
22、 /U, and enrolled at Harvard in September 1946.Since the Civil War, Harvard had carefully nurtured its pipeline to the nations capital. In the postwar years, the Department of State was small and unsteady; in many situations, its first reflex was to turn U(47) /U Harvards area specialists. In late 1
23、965, Kissinger U(48) /U invited to Saigon to investigate American involvement in Vietnam. In the following decades he U(49) /U a famous activist of political and diplomatic U(50) /U.（分数：20.00）(1).（分数：1.00）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:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项
24、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:_五、BSection Readi(总题数：5，分数：35.00)BPart A/BRead the following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.Text 1“She was Americas princess as much as she was Britains princess,“ wrote the
25、 foreign editor of the normally sharp Chicago Tribune a week after the death in Paris of Diana, Princess of Wales. He was not far off the mark. For Americans have indeed taken posthumous possession of Britains “Peoples Princess“.What was happening? How was it that a nation whose school children are
26、taught in history class to look down on the “tyranny“ of the English monarchy, suddenly appeared so supportive of a member of the British royal family? Why was it that numerous American commentators sought to expand into touch the rumour that Diana had planned to move to the United States to live?Pa
27、rt of the answer lies in Americas status as the celebrity culture par excellence. It is from their celebrities that many Americans derive their sense of nationhood. Their presidents must be celebrities in order to be elected. Writer and commentator Norman Mailer made the point after the last preside
28、ntial election that Bill Clinton won because he projected the image of a Hollywood star, while Bob Dole lost because he came across as a supporting actor.What seems to have happened is that the inhabitants of the nation that produced Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley have found it almost impossible t
29、o accept that Princess Diana, the worlds biggest, classiest contemporary celebrity by far, should have come from another country. Even that, many seemed to say to themselves, was merely an accident of birth; because in many ways she was so American. Her New Age preferences the astrologers, the psych
30、ics, the aromatherapy were closer to the style of former US First Lady Nancy Reagan than the House of Windsor. Her dieting and her visits to the gym were lifestyle options that were typically American. Her famous TV confession of adultery and her (purportedly unauthorized) tellall biography were als
31、o hallmarks of the American celebrity approach. Like another former First Lady, Jackie Kennedy, she auctioned her dresses not in London or Paris, but New York. She visited America frequently and felt right at home there, revelling in the generous attentions of the rich and famous and delighting in t
32、he unreserved responsiveness of the public to her charms. For she seemed to have adapted brilliantly to another American invention: image manipulation, which all aspirants top olitical office in the US struggle to learn but which she appeared to have absorbed and refined naturally. She was, in short
33、, a thoroughly modem woman and, like it or not, most of what is modern originates in the United States.But many Americans felt she also had more enduring qualities. Many viewed her as the incarnation of their countrys dominant myth. As an editorial in the Miami Herald put it: “She was an American dr
34、eam, a superstar Cinderella with the polish of a natural-born socialite . In a way she fulfilled the American dream: to emerge from insignificance and overcome hardship and make something of herself.“ Elaine Showalter, a student of American popular culture who teaches English at Princet on Universit
35、y, noted the difference between the dullness of Prince Charles and Dianas “very American sensibility“. “We have a sense here in America that anything is possible, that you are not a predetermined person; that if you are a woman from whom nothing is expected but you want to make your life count, you
36、can do it. She shared that spirit and thats why she appealed so much to Americans.“（分数：5.00）(1).The author suggests that whether one can win the presidential election depends on his _.（分数：1.00）A.political ambitionB.fame and charmC.political achievementsD.family influence(2).The author mentions Maril
37、yn Monroe and Elvis Presley because they _.（分数：1.00）A.had many preferences that were similar to DianasB.loved the United States, just as Diana didC.were American celebritiesD.were the most famous in their days and were Americans(3).It can be inferred that _.（分数：1.00）A.Diana had planned to move to th
38、e United StatesB.the author seems also to think that Diana belonged to the United StatesC.American children are taught to tolerate all kinds of social systemsD.Diana worked hard to learn image manipulation(4).What is “count“ (Para. 5, Sentence 6) most likely to mean?（分数：1.00）A.calculateB.last a long
39、 timeC.assume importanceD.be accepted(5).Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Chicago Tribune has a keen sense of hot news and is always skillful at singing the praises.B.The foreign editor of Chicago Tribune was exaggerating saying Diana was Americans prince
40、ss.C.While running for presidency, Clinton prepared posters of himself as a movie star.D.Diana was dear to the hearts of Americans because she was a modern Cinderella.Text 2The “standard of living“ of any country means the average persons share of the goods and services which the country produces. A
41、 countrys standard of living, therefore, depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth. “Wealth“ in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy: “goods“ such as food and clothing, and “services“ such as transport and entertainment.A countrys c
42、apacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a countrys natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, an
43、d have a fertile soil and a favourable climate; other regions possess none of them. The USA is one of the wealthiest regions of the world because she has vast natural resources within her borders, her soil is fertile, and her climate is varied. The Sahara Desert, on the other hand, is one of the lea
44、st wealthy.Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use. Sound and stable political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well served by natu
45、re but less well ordered. Another important factor is the technical efficiency of a countrys people. Old countries that have, through many centuries, trained up numerous skilled craftsmen and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilled. Wealth a
46、lso produces wealth. As a country becomes wealthier, its people have a large margin for saving, and can put their savings into factories and machines which will help workers to produce more goods in their working day.A countrys standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced
47、 and consumed within its own borders, but also upon what is indirectly produced through international trade. For example, Britains wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend only on those grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural product that would otherwise be lacking. A countrys wealth is, therefor
