1、公共英语五级-142 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).Th/ge environment is everything that surrounds us and can affect us in some way.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).The science of how living creatures reproduce is called ecology.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).The balance o
2、f nature will be disturbed if a creature is exterminated in a certain ecological district.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).Man has done harm to the environment because of his foolishness, ignorance and wastefulness.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).Man squanders the earths natural resources that are bequeathed not only for
3、himself.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).Fuels and mineral ores are deemed as irreplaceable resources.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).Earths richest soils still remain their fertility.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).There is a tendency of desertification.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).Man has killed off many valuable animals and plants for hi
4、s interest.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).The speaker is pessimistic about the future of the ecology.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误三、Part B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 11 to 13 are based on a conversation between Professor Williams and one of his students on Japanese art. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 to 13.（
5、分数：3.00）(1).What is the student interested in exactly?A. Japanese art. B. Chinese art.C. Influence of Chinese art on Korean art. D. Korean art.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).When did Japanese art really take its form?A. In the 7th century. B. In the 9th century.C. In the 10th century. D. In the 13th century.（
6、分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).When did the influence of Chinese art come to an end?A. In the tenth century when the Chinese Empire was in a state of war and disintegration.B. In the thirteenth century after a new wave of Chinese influence on Japan art.C. In the early seventeenth century when the art of Japane
7、se features was established.D. It continued and never came to an end according to the professor.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 14 to 16 are based on a talk about business management. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14 to 16.（分数：3.00）(1).To start a new business, you should first _.A. get ahead
8、of yourself B. explore the marketC. know more about competitors D. forecast the lowest cost（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following may be a potential competitor against an online magazine dealer?A. Another online dealer who sells the same magazine.B. A sales man who sells video CD and story book
9、s.C. A company which sells clothes, food, appliances, etc.D. An online company which provides computer repairing service.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).From the talk we can infer that _.A. big businesses can sustain losses even if they make a mistake in selecting new productsB. big businesses will be out of b
10、usiness if their new products are not welcomed by the marketC. small businesses can adjust their management quite flexibly to suit the marketD. small businesses can be flexible in deciding the price range for their new products（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following job interv
11、iew. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17 to 20.（分数：4.00）(1).What was the womans previous job?A. A director of a sales department. B. A manager at a computer store.C. A sales clerk at a shopping center. D. An accountant of a computer firm.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does the woman say with the
12、 most difficult part of her job?A. Handling customer complaints. B. Recruiting and training new staff.C. Dispatching ordered goods on time. D. Developing computer programs.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why is the woman looking for a job in Boston?A. She likes something more challenging. B. She likes to be ne
13、arer to her parents.C. She wants to have a better-paid job. D. She wants to be with her husband.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).When can the woman start to work if she gets the job?A. Right away. B. In two months.C. Early next month. D. In a couple of days.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、Part C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)(1).All the s
14、cientists mentioned in the talk have helped us a lot in _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).What did the theories of relativity completely changed our thought on?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).No matter how light travels, its speed _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).The system that astronomers use nowadays to classify galaxies was devel
15、oped（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Twenty-five years after Einstein published his special theory of relativity, Hubble set forth his theory that the universe is _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).Kepler precisely described in his laws how planets move _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).Based on Tycho Brahes observations of the planets,
16、 Kepler set forth his laws of _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).In ancient times, people believed that planets traveled _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).According to Keplers laws, a planet increased its speed as it _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).Kepler set forth that the larger the orbits of the planets, the longer _.（分数：1.00）填空项
17、 1:_五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Mobile phone manufacturers are to begin labeling their products to show how much radiation they (31) amid continuing health concerns among consumers.Finnish Nokia, the worlds largest mobile phone (32) , US Motorola and Swedens Ericsson are working to develop a
18、 standard for measuring the amount of cell phone (33) that is absorbed by human tissue.The move comes in the wake of the Stewart inquiry in Britain that published findings in May recommending tough controls (34) implemented despite concluding there was no evidence of danger from mobile phone radiati
19、on.“This is an (35) consumers feel (36) about, and we want them to get the relevant (37) ,“ Ericsson Mobile Phones spokesman (38) health and safety issues Mikael Westmark said.“With the huge increase (39) mobile phone users, more and more people want information about the products they use. “There a
20、re 570 million mobile phone users worldwide, and the figure is expected to (40) to 1.4 billion in five years time.Nokias Tapio Hedman said consumers can get the radiation absorption figures (41) the US Federal Communication Commission. But he said manufacturers had to (42) on a single standard measu
21、rement and on (43) these figures could be explained simply to consumers.“All research (44) for several years has not shown any evidence of a correlation (45) health effects and the use of mobile phones,“ Hedman said, adding all Nokia phones fulfilled relevant safety standards (46) by public authorit
22、ies.Ericsson (47) to start labeling its phone packages with SAR (specific absorption rate) values by April next year, (48) Motorola said it expected an agreement in early 2001 and would start labeling its products as soon as possible.In August, a Maryland neurologist filed an $ 800 million lawsuit (
23、49) several wireless providers and two umbrella organizations claimed that radiation from his cell phone was (50) for his malignant brain tumor.（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、Sect
24、ion 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)A new study from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University shows that todays youth vote in larger numbers than previous generations, and a 2008 study from the Center
25、 for American Progress adds that increasing numbers of young voters and activists support traditionally liberal causes. But theres no easy way to see what those figures mean in real life. During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama assembled a racially and ideologically diverse coalition with his
26、 message of hope and change; as the reality of life under a new administration settles in, some of those supporters might become disillusioned. As the nation moves further into the Obama presidency, will politically engaged young people continue to support the president and his agenda, or will they
27、gradually drift away?The writers of Generation O (short for Obama), a new Newsweek blog that seeks to chronicle the lives of a group of young Obama supporters, want to answer that question. For the next three months, Michelle Kremer and 11 other Obama supporters, ages 19 to 34, will blog about life
28、across mainstream America, with one twist: by tying all of their ideas and experiences to the new president and his administration, the bloggers will try to start a conversation about what it means to be young and politically active in America today. Malena Amusa, a 2t-year-old writer and dancer fro
29、m St. Louis sees the project as a way to preserve history as it happens. Amusa, who is traveling to India this spring to finish a book, then to Senegal to teach English, has ongoing conversations with her friends about how the Obama presidency has changed their daily lives and hopes to put some of t
30、hose ideas, along with her global perspective, into her posts. Shes excited because, as she puts it, “I dont have to wait (until) 15 years from now“ to make sense of the world.Henry Flores, a political-science professor at St. Marys University, credits this younger generations political strength to
31、their embrace of technology. “(The Internet) exposes them to more thinking,“ he says, “and groups that are like-minded in different parts of the country start to come together. “ Thats exactly what the Generation O bloggers are hoping to do. The result could be a group of young people that, like the
32、ir boomer parents, grows up with a strong sense of purpose and sheds the image of apathy theyve inherited from Generation X (20 世纪 60 年代后期和 70 年代出生的美国人). Its no small challenge for a blog run by a group of ordinary if ambitious young people, but the members of Generation O are up to the task.（分数：5.0
33、0）(1).What is the finding of a new study by CIRCLE?A. More young voters are going to the polls than before.B. The young generation supports traditionally liberal causes.C. Young voters played a decisive role in Obamas election.D. Young people in America are now more diverse ideologically.（分数：1.00）A.
34、B.C.D.(2).What is a main concern of the writers of Generation O?A. How Obama is going to live up to young peoples expectations.B. Whether America is going to change during Obamas presidency.C. Whether young people will continue to support Obamas policy.D. How Obamas agenda is going to affect the lif
35、e of Americans.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What will the Generation O bloggers write about in their posts?A. Their own interpretation of American politics.B. Policy changes to take place in Obamas administration.C. Obamas presidency viewed from a global perspective.D. Their lives in relation to Obamas pres
36、idency.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).what accounts for the younger generations political strength according to Professor Henry Flores?A. Their embrace of radical ideas. B. Their desire to change America.C. Their utilization of the Internet. D. Their strong sense of responsibility.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What ca
37、n we infer from the passage about Generation X?A. They are politically conservative. B. They reject conventional values.C. They dare to take up challenges. D. They are indifferent to politics.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Many things make people think artists are weird. But the weirdest ma
38、y be this: artists only job is to explore emotions, and yet they choose to focus on the ones that feel bad.This wasnt always so. The earliest forms of art, like painting and music, are those best suited for expressing joy. But somewhere in the 19th century onward, more artists began seeing happiness
39、 as meaningless, phony or, worst of all, boring, as we went from Wordsworths daffodils to Baudelaires flowers of evil.You could argue that art became more skeptical of happiness because modern times have seen so much misery. But its not as if earlier times didnt know perpetual war, disaster and the
40、massacre of innocents. The reason, in fact, may be just the opposite: there is too much damn happiness in the world today.After all, what is the one modern form of expression almost completely dedicated to depicting happiness? Advertising. The rise of anti-happy art almost exactly tracks the emergen
41、ce of mass media, and with it, a commercial culture in which happiness is not just an ideal but an ideology.People in earlier eras were surrounded by reminders of misery. They worked until exhausted, lived with few protections and died young. In the West, before mass communication and literacy, the
42、most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in danger and that they would someday be meat for worms. Given all this, they did not exactly need their art to be a bummer too.Today the messages the average Westerner is bombarded with are not religious but
43、commercial, and forever happy Fast-food eaters, news anchors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling, smiling. Our magazines feature beaming celebrities and happy families in perfect homes. And since these messages have an agenda to lure us to open our wallets they make the very idea of happiness see
44、m unreliable “Celebrate!“ commanded the ads for the arthritis drug Celebrex, before we found out it could increase the risk of heart attacks.But what we forget what our economy depends on us forgetting is that happiness is more than pleasure without pain. The things that bring the greatest joy carry
45、 the greatest potential for loss and disappointment. Today, surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need art to tell us, as religion once did, Memento mori: remember that you will die, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it. Its a message even m
46、ore bitter than a clove cigarette, yet, somehow, a breath of fresh air.（分数：5.00）(1).By citing the examples of poets Wordsworth and Baudelaire, the author intends to show that _.A. poetry is not as expressive of joy as painting or musicB. art grows out of both positive and negative feelingsC. poets t
47、oday are less skeptical of happinessD. artists have changed their focus of interest（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The word “bummer“(Line 4, Paragraph 5) most probably means something _.A. religious B. unpleasantC. entertaining D. commercial（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In the authors opinion, advertising _.A. emerges in the wake of the anti-happy artB. is a cause of disappointment for the general publicC. replaces the church as a major source of informationD. creates an illusion of happiness rather than happiness itself（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).We can learn from the last paragraph that the
