1、公共英语五级-103 及答案解析(总分：107.00，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：10.00)(1).If you leave and arrive at a certain place at different times, you are doing time travel.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).The theory of time travel developed from the fact that departure occurs after arrival acc
2、ording to one observer and before arrival according to another.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).Special relativity time travel goes against our previous understanding of cause-effect relation.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).We feel time travel violates our intuition because we have been misguided.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).The
3、B-movie is a convincing evidence to prove our fallible notion of cause-effect relation.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).If we want to find out whether time travel is really possible, we have to study the properties of our globe.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).Invariant formulations of the equations of physics assert that
4、time travel is possible.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).A global conservation law supposes that there is no flow in and out at infinity.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).The theory of time travel in general relativity was put forward more than half a century ago.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).According to the speaker, it is impossi
5、ble to make a time travel.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误三、Part B(总题数：4，分数：12.00)(1).What is the womans tone of voice when she first sees the man?A. Frustrated.B. Relieved.C. Sarcastic.D. Apologetic.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What are the students doing when the man arrives in class?A. Taking an examination.B. Drawing
6、graphs.C. Giving presentations.D. Having a class of discussion.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How much time do the man and the woman have before they address the class?A. Less than ten minutes.B. About twenty minutes.C. Forty-five minutes.D. Over an hour.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).The tramp was locked in the store
7、_.A. for his own mistakesB. due to a misunderstandingC. by accidentD. through an error of judgment（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What action did the tramp take? He _.A. looted the storeB. made himself at homeC. went to sleep for 2 daysD. had a Christmas party（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).When the tramp was arrested, h
8、e_.A. laughed at the policeB. looked forward to going to prisonC. took his bottles with himD. didnt make any fuss（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).Where is the socializing done traditionally for the UK young people?A. MSN Spaces.B. Pubs imports are sometimes taxed so that American products are able to compete be
9、tter with certain foreign goods. Government also provides aid to farmers by subsidizing prices they receive for their crops. In quite a different area, government supports individuals who cannot adequately care for themselves, by making grants to working parents with dependent children, by providing
10、 medical care for the aged and the indigent, and through social insurance programs to help the unemployed and retirees. Government also supplies relief for the poor and help for the disabled.（分数：5.00）(1).Which of the following services is not offered by the federal government?A. Postal system.B. Mil
11、itary establishment.C. Funding the public educational systems.D. Police and fire protection service.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The government regulate private enterprises for the main purpose of _.A. promoting the growth of the national economyB. assuring the business serves the best interests of the peop
12、leC. eliminating unfair competitionsD. fighting against the competitions from foreign countries（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).If the US government raises its tariffs, then _.A. the American products may get an upper hand in competing with certain foreign goodsB. the American consumers can buy more cheap forei
13、gn-made productsC. the import volume of US may increase greatlyD. the domestic inflation can be eliminated（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The Food and Drug Administration was established for the purpose of _.A. eliminating monopolyB. supervising the standards of quality in foodC. fighting against the governmen
14、ts controlD. fighting against the foreign competition（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).In telephone or electric service, regulation is necessary because _.A. in these areas monopoly has been establishedB. these areas are faced with fierce competitionsC. these enterprises are inclined to make unfair securityD. th
15、ese enterprises concern a lot with the public security（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)There are now 31 million kids in the 12-to-19 age group, and demographers predict that there will be 35 million teens by 2010,a population bulge bigger than even the baby boom at its peak. In many ways, the
16、se teens are uniquely privileged. Theyve grown up in a period of sustained prosperity and havent had to worry about the draft(as their fathers did) or cataclysmic global conflicts(as their grandparents did) . Cable and the Internet have given them access to an almost infinite amount of information.
17、Most expect to go to college, and girls, in particular, have unprecedented opportunities, they can dream of careers in everything from professional sports to politics, with plenty of female role models to follow.But this positive image of American adolescence in 1999 is a little like yearbook photos
18、 that depict every kid as happy and blemish-free. After the little town, Colo, tragedy, its clear theres another dimension to this picture, and its far more troubled. In survey after survey, many kids-even those on the honor roll-say they feel increasingly alone and alienated, unable to connect with
19、 their parents, teachers and sometimes even classmates. Theyre desperate for guidance, and when they dont get what they need at home or in school, they cling to cliques or immerse themselves in a universe out of their parents reach, a world defined by computer games, TV and movies, where brutality i
20、s so common it has become mundane. The parents of Eric Harris and Dyaln Klebold have told friends they never dreamed their sons could kill. Its an extreme case, but it has made a lot of parents wonder: do we really know our kids?Many teens say they feel overwhelmed by pressure and responsibilities.
21、They are juggling part-time jobs and hours of homework every night, sometimes theyre so exhausted that theyre nearly asleep in early-morning classes. Half have lived through their parents divorce. Sixty-three percent are in households where both parents work outside the home, and many look after you
22、nger siblings in the afternoon. Still others are home by themselves after school. That unwelcome solitude can extend well into the evening, mealtime for this generation too often begins with a forlorn touch of the microwave.In fact, of all the issues .that trouble adolescents, loneliness ranks at th
23、e top of the list. University of Chicago sociologist Barbara Schneider has been studying 7 000 teenagers for five years and has found they spend an average of （分数：5.00）(1).The writers general attitude towards the younger generation is_.A. objective B. prejudicedC. appreciative D. critical（分数：1.00）A.
24、B.C.D.(2).What does the author say about the differences between the generations?A. Most young people expect to go to schoolB. Their grandfathers had to worry about the draft.C. Their fathers suffered from great disastrous social changes.D. Young girls are free to choose any careers they like to.（分数
25、：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What is the other side of the picture of American adolescence like?A. They are very busy with several part-time jobs during the day and exhausted at night.B. They join each other into cliques for the attention they cant get at home or in school.C. They feel so helpless and detached
26、 from the society that they often fight or kill.D. They have nothing to do most of the time at home but stay with their parents.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The word “siblings“ in paragraph 3 means_.A. pet animalsB. brothers or sistersC. teenagersD. classmates（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following best
27、 summarises the text?A. The new teen wave is better educated and healthier than any other in history.B. The American teens enjoy great privileges because of social prosperity.C. Too many parents neglect both the positive and negative images of their kids.D. Teens need more attention from the society
28、, especially from their parents（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十一、Part B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)From her vantage point she watched the main doors swing open and the first arrivals pour in. Those who had been at the head of the line paused momentarily on entry, looked around curiously, then quickly moved forward as others b
29、ehind pressed in. Within moments the central public area of the big branch bank was filled with a chattering, noisy crowd. The building, relatively quiet less than a minute earlier, had become a Babel. Edwina saw a tall heavy-set black man wave some dollar bills and announce loudly, “I want to put m
30、y money in the bank.“66._.It seemed as if the report about everyone having come to open an account had been accurate after all.Edwina could see the big man leaning back expansively, who was still holding his dollar bills. His voice cut across the noise of other conversations and she heard him procla
31、im, “Im in no hurts. Theres something Id like you to explain. Two other desks were quickly manned by other clerks. With equal speed, long wide lines of people loaned in front of them.Normally, three members of staff were ample to handle new account business, but obviously inadequate now. Edwina coul
32、d see Tottenhoe on the far side of the bank and called him on the intercom. She instructed, “Use more desks for new accounts and take all the staff you can spare to man then. “67._.Tottenhoe grumbled in reply, “You realize we cant possibly process all these people today, and however many we do will
33、tie us tip completely.“Ive got an idea, “Edwina said, “thats what someone has in mind. Just hurry the processing all you can.“68._.First, an application form called for details of residence, employment, social security, and family matters. A specimen signature was obtained. Then proof of identity wa
34、s needed. After that, the new accounts clerk would take all documents to an officer of the bank for approval and initialing. Finally, a savings passbook was made out or a temporary checkbook issued.Therefore the most new accounts that any bank employee could open in an hour were five, so the three c
35、lerks presently working might handle a sum of ninety in one business day, if they kept going at top speed, which was unlikely.69._.Still the noise within the bank increased. It had become an uproar.A further problem was that the growing mass of arrivals in the central public area of the bank was pre
36、venting access to tellers counters by other customers. Edwina could see a few of them outside, regarding of the milling scene with consternation. While she watched, several gave up and walked away.Inside the bank some of the newcomers were engaging tellers in conversation and the tellers, having not
37、hing else to do because of the melee, chatted back. Two assistant managers had gone to the central floor area and were trying to conduct the flood of people so as to clear some space at counters. They were having small success.70._.She decided it was time for her own intervention.Edwina left the pla
38、tform and a failed-off staff area and, with difficulty, made her way through the milling crowd to the main front door.A. Yet she knew however much they hurried it would still take ten to fifteen minutes to open any single new account. It always did. The paperwork required that time.B. But still no h
39、ostility was evident. Everyone in the now jam-packed bank who was spoken to by members of the staff answered politely and with a smile. It seemed, Edwina thought, as if all who were here had been briefed to be on best behavior.C. A security guard directed him, “Over there for new accounts. “The guar
40、d pointed to a desk where a clerka young girlsat waiting. She appeared nervous. The big man walked toward hers smiled reassuringly, and sat down. Immediately a press of others moved into a ragged line behind him, waiting for their turn.D. Even leaning closer to the intercom, it was hard to hear abov
41、e the noise.E. Even tripling the present complement of clerks would permit very few more than two hundred and fifty accounts to he opened in a day, yet already, in the first few minutes of business, the bank was crammed with at least four hundred people, with still more flooding in, and the line out
42、side, which Edwina rose to checks appeared as long as ever.F. Obviously someone had alerted the press in advance, which explained the presence of the TV camera crew outside. Edwina hoped to know who had done it.（分数：5.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_十二、Part C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)A = Nathaniel Hawtho
43、rne B = Galph Waldo EmersonC = Henry David Thoreau D = Herman MelvilleWho. kept a journal throughout his life. 71. _ had Nathaniel Hawthorne as his neighbor. 72. _ met Wordsworth when on a tour of Europe. 73. _ wrote as a moralist. 74. _ was born where many of the literary figures 75. _ of the 19th
44、century lived. completed a novelette just before his death. 76. _ was concerned with the abolition of slavery. 77. _ worked as a customs inspector in New York. 78. _ his “Dr. Heideggers Experiment“ is a study of 79. _right and wrong in human Conduct. thought a minimum of material kept men 80. _close
45、r to nature.Nathaniel HawthorneHawthorne was imbued with an inquiring imagination, an intensely meditative mind, and an unceasing interest in the ambiguity of mans being. He was an anatomist of “the interior of the heart,“ conscious of the loneliness of man in the universe, of the darkness that ensh
46、rouds all joy,and of the need of man to look into his own soul.In both his novels and his short stories, Hawthorne wrote essentially as a moralist. He was interested in what happened in the minds and hearts of men and women when they knew they had done wrong. He focused his examination on the moral
47、and psychological consequences that manifested themselves in human beings as a result of their vanity, their hatred, their egotism, their ambition, and their pride. He was intrigued by the way they felt and the way they acted when they knew they had done wrong.In “Dr. Heideggers Experiment,“ Hawthor
48、ne illustrates several sides of his writing: his disenchanted view of human nature, his use of symbolism, and his interest in the supernatural. In addition, the story treats one of the new nineteenth century ideas that concerned Hawthorne: scientific experiment. The story itself is a stimulating and rewarding study of right and wrong in human conduct.Ralph Waldo EmersonEmerson was born in Boston, where his father was a Unitarian clergyman, as six generations of Emersons had been before him. While a student at Harvard he began keeping journalsrecords of his thoughts a p
