1、公共英语五级-116 及答案解析(总分：110.00，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).The diagnosis of the brothers cancer caught the family off guard.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).The US has the best health care system in the world.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).Peoples medical spending reflects their
2、belief in the importance of prevention.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).Uncertainty is the fundamental problem of American health care system.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).Transparency and quality are something desirable in the “staying healthy“ industry.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).When people get sick, usually the employer an
3、d the patient will co-pay the bill.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).The speaker thinks that people should pay less for health out of their own pockets.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).In their attempt to stay healthy, people are not only buying but also learning.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).The speaker is the founder of Revolution
4、 Health.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).The speaker believes that people can be proactive about their health if they are supported and informed.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误三、Part B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)(1).What is the student interested in exactly?A. Japanese art.B. Chinese art.C. Influence of Chinese art on Japanese art.D. I
5、nteractions of Chinese and Japanese arts.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How did Chinese art first come to Japan?A. Through Korean scholars. B. Through Japanese artists.C. Through Buddhist missionaries. D. Through Chinese artists.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).When did Japanese art really take a form?A. In the 17th cent
6、ury. B. In the 9th century.C. In the 10th century. D. In the 13th century.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).The man is _.A. a retired pilot B. a retired engineer C. a post officer D. a farmer（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The object _.A. stayed still all the time B. moved around from time to timeC. flew away slowly D. fle
7、w away quickly（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The woman is most likely _.A. a local officer B. a newspaper correspondentC. a UFO fan D. a TV reporter（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).When a consumer finds that his purchase has a fault in it, what is the first thing he should do?A. Complain personally to the manager.B. Thre
8、aten to take the matter to court.C. Write a firm letter of complaint to the store of purchase.D. Show some written proof of the purchase to the store.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).If a consumer wants a quick settlement of his problem, whom is it better to complain to?A. A shop assistant. B. A store manager.C
9、. The manufacturer. D. A public organization.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).How can the most effective complaint be made?A. Showing the faulty item to the manager.B. Explaining exactly what is wrong with the item.C. Saying firmly that the item is of poor quality.D. Asking politely to change the item.（分数：1.00）
10、A.B.C.D.(4).What does the talk tell us?A. How to settle the consumers complaint about a faulty item.B. How to make an effective complaint about a faulty item.C. How to avoid buying a faulty item.D. How to deal with complaints from consumers.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、Part C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)(1).What has becom
11、e a big issue for educators in American schools between the sexes?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Learning specialists found most boys are having, while young girls are thriving in schools.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).What do you know about Episcopal?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).A 14-year-old girl is _ academically than a 14-yea
12、r-old boy?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).A volume that is comfortable for girls in classroom, will make the boys to get _?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).In many cases boys are falling behind because the process of education is becoming more _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).The latest statistics show many parents are abandoning the
13、idea of gender equality in schools, and turning to _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).To avoid a character flaw, boys should see what they are _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).How teachers control boys in co-ed schools _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).What can be realized for every student if educators accept differences between the
14、 sexes?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Almost daily, the gulf between education and employment widens. Careers officers complain (31) a system that presents them with school-leavers devoid of ideas for employment. Employers deplore the fact (32) teenagers are unable to spell and
15、write and calculate. Graduates discover that a knowledge of Ancient History or Zoology counts for nothing when they are (33) for a job.With all our magnificent new colleges of further education, the super-polytechnics are (34) up like mushrooms, and with our much-vaunted increase of students in full
16、time education, one vital point is being left out of educational thinking. What will it earn? Because sad (35) it may seem to those who believe in its mind-broadening, horizon-widening and stamina-testing qualities you can not eat education. (36) are 39 universities and colleges offering degree cour
17、ses in Geography, but I have never (37) any good jobs advertised for Geography graduates. Or am I alone in suspecting that they will all return to (38) Geography to another set of students, who in (39) will teach more undergraduates Geography?Only 10 universities currently offer degree courses in Ae
18、ronautical Engineering, which perhaps is just as well, in view of the speed with (40) the aircraft industry has been dispensing with excess personnel. On the other hand, hospital casualty departments throughout the country are having to close (41) because of the lack of doctors. The reason? Universi
19、ty medical schools can only find places for half of those who (42) It seems to me that the time is ripe for the Department of Employment and Productivity and the Department of Education and Science to get (43) with the universities and produce a revised educational system that will make more economi
20、c (44) of the wealth of talent, application and industry currently being frittered away on certificates, diplomas and degrees that no one wants to know (45) They might make a start by reintroducing a genuine “General“ Certificate of Education. In the days (46) it meant something, this was called the
21、 School Certificate. Employers liked it, because it indicated proficiency (47) English, Arithmetic, Science and Humanities in (48) words, that you had an all-round education. You could use it as a springboard to higher education, (49) it actually meant something in itself in every (50) from chemical
22、 to clothing.（分数：20.00）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 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:_六、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Text 1(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Birds that are literally half-asleepwith one brain hemis
23、phere alert and the other sleepingcontrol which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks.Earlier studies have documented half-brain sleep in a wide range of birds. The brain hemispheres take turns sinking into the sleep stage characterized by slow brain waves. The
24、eye controlled by the sleeping hemisphere keeps shut, while the wakeful hemispheres 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-of-the-row sleepers. Sure
25、enough, the end birds tended to watch carefully on the side away from their companions. Ducks in the inner spots showed no preference for gaze direction.Also, birds dozing at the end of the line resorted to single-hemisphere sleep, rather than total relaxation, more often than inner ducks did. Rotat
26、ing 16 birds through the positions in a four-duck row, the researchers found outer birds half-asleep during some 32% of dozing time versus about 12% for birds in internal spots.“We believe this is the first evidence for an animal behaviorally controlling sleep and wakefulness simultaneously in diffe
27、rent regions of the brain,“ the researchers say.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. Hes seen it in a pair o
28、f birds dozing side-by-side in the zoo and in 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, its only been found in birds and such water mammals as dolphins, whales, and seals. P
29、erhaps keeping one side of the brain 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“. He speculates that more exampl
30、es may turn up when we take a closer look at other species.（分数：5.00）(1).A new study on birds sleep has revealed that _.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
31、 sleep with the whole of their brain at rest（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the passage, birds often half sleep because _.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
32、 keep an eye on their companions（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The example of a bird sleeping in front of a mirror indicates that _.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 security
33、D. a single pet bird enjoys seeing its own reflection in the mirror（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).While sleeping, some water mammals tend to keep half awake in order to _.A. alert themselves to the approaching enemyB. emerge from water now and then to breatheC. be sensitive to the ever-changing environmentD.
34、avoid being swept away by rapid currents（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).By “is just the tip of the iceberg“ in the eighth paragraph, Siegel suggests that _.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 ten
35、d to be half sleepersD. half-brain sleep is a phenomenon that could exist among other species（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Evolutionary theories. The Belgian George Lemaitre proposed the idea that about 20000 million years ago all the matter in the universeenough, he estimated, to make up
36、a hundred thousand million galaxieswas all concentrated in one small mass, which he called the “primeval atom“. This primeval atom exploded for some reasons, sending its matter out in all directions, and as the expansion slowed down, a steady state resulted, at which time the galaxies formed. Someth
37、ing then upset the balance and the universe started expanding again, and this is the state in which the universe is now. There are variations on this theory: it may be that there was no steady state. However, basically, evolutionary theories take it that the universe was formed in one place at one p
38、oint in time and has been expanding ever since.Will the universe continue to expand? It may be that the universe will continue to expand for ever, but some astronomers believe that the expansion will slow down and finally stop. Thereafter the universe will start to contract until all the matter in i
39、t is once again concentrated at one point. Possibly the universe may oscillate for ever in this fashion, expanding to its maximum and then contracting over again.The steady-state theory. Developed at Cambridge by Hoyle, Gold and Bodi, the steady-state theory maintains that the universe as a whole ha
40、s always looked the same and always will. As the galaxies expand away from each other, new material is formed in some ways between the galaxies and makes up new galaxies to take place of those which have receded. Thus the general distribution of galaxies remains the same. How matter could be formed
41、in this way is hard to see, but no harder than seeing why it should all form in one place at one time.How can we decide which of these theories is closer to the truth? The method is in principle quite simple. Since the very distant galaxies are thousands of millions of light years away, then we are
42、seeing them as they were thousands of millions of years ago. If the evolutionary theory is correct, the galaxies were closer together in the past than they are now, and so distant galaxies ought to appear to be closer together than nearer ones. According to the steady-state theory there should be no
43、 difference.The evidence seems to suggest that there is a difference, that the galaxies were closer together than they are now, and so the evolutionary theory is partially confirmed and the steady-state theoryin its original form at leastmust be rejected.（分数：5.00）(1).What do both theories assume to
44、be true?A. That new material is continually being formed.B. That, in time, the universe will contract.C. That the universe is expanding at present.D. That “a big hang“ started the expansion.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to Lemaitre, the separate galaxies formedA. during a pause in the expansion of
45、the universe.B. at the time of the primeval explosion.C. and will continue to form for ever.D. about 20,000 million years ago.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What is the basic difference between the two classes of theories?A. It concerns the place and time of the formation of matter.B. It is whether the univer
46、se will continue lo expand or not.C. It is the current state of the universe.D. The variations on evolutionary theories cause the difference.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to Hoyle and his friends at CambridgeA. the explosion occurred much earlier than Lemaitre suggested.B. it is hard to see how mat
47、ter could be formed in this way.C. the expansion of the universe is not a real one.D. new material is continually being created.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).We see distant galaxies as they were long, long ago becauseA. they were closer together then.B. the universe has always looked as the some.C. their light takes so long to reach us.D. they have travelled such a long way.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)World leaders met recently at United Nations headquarters in New York City to discuss the environmental issues raised at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. The heads of state were supposed to
