1、公共英语五级-153 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).Though Paul is disabled, he managed to move around in the house.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).Mr Miller enjoys doing things with his own hands.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).The front door to his home does not open aut
2、omatically.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).Mr Miller bought his house simply because the flat he used to five in was too expensive.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).Government buildings often have special paths for those people handicapped.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).Paul could reach all the switches because they were originally
3、installed at the right height of him.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).Do-it-Yourself has become one of Mr Millers hobbies.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).Mr Miller had known a lot about carpentry and electric wiring before he was engaged in do-it-yourself.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).Mr Miller did changes on the house only for fu
4、n.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).Mr Miller will buy a new house with the money he has won.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误三、Part B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)(1).What should one do if he wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning?A. Change his energy cycle. B. Overcome his laziness.C. Get up earlier than usual. D.
5、Go to bed earlier.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why does the speaker suggest we rise with a yawn and stretch?A. Because it will help keep your energy for the days work.B. Because it will help you to control your temper early in the day.C. Because it will help you to concentrate on your routine work.D. Becaus
6、e it will keep your energy cycle under control all day.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?A. Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save ones energy.B. Dr. Kleiman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of a day.C. Habit helps a person adapt
7、 to his own energy cycle.D. Children have energy cycles, too.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).Whats the main purpose of the talk?A. To introduce the concept of inflation. B. To discuss the causes of inflation.C. To review yesterdays lecture on inflation. D. To argue in favor of inflation.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Ac
8、cording to the lecture, what is inflation?A. Rising prices. B. Fixed income. C. Real income. D. Cost of living.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Who benefits most from inflation?A. Persons who have salaries according to long-term contracts.B. Persons who own businesses.C. Persons with old-age pensions.D. Persons
9、 with slow-rising incomes.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).What does the speaker mainly discuss?A. The distribution of different species of amphibians.B. Possible reasons for reduction in the number of amphibians.C. The effects of environmental change on the fish industry.D. Guidelines for the responsible use o
10、f pesticides.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the speaker, how do developers contribute to the reduction of amphibian population?A. By taking over ponds. B. By constructing sewers.C. By building dams on rivers. D. By flooding marshes.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).According to the speaker, how do some pestic
11、ides get into ponds?A. They are applied to aquatic weeds by fish farming.B. Amphibians release them from their skin.C. Irresponsible dispose of them in ponds.D. They are washed into ponds by the rain.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).According to the speaker, why do pesticides pose a threat to amphibians?A. Pest
12、icides can cause an amphibians skin to dry out.B. Pesticides kill the insects that amphibians depend on for food.C. Dissolved pesticides can easily enter amphibians bodies.D. Amphibians may eat plants that have been treated with pesticides.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、Part C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)(1).Whats the avera
13、ge increase per year of foreign student population in the period between 1985 and 1990 in terms of percentage?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Which area of the world contributed to an increase between 94/95 and 95/96?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).When will the speaker talk about the economic and political changes?（分数：1.0
14、0）填空项 1:_(4).What will the speaker discuss first?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).According to the figure of the academic year 1995/96, where do the largest number of foreign students come from?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).Whats the number of students from Malaysia?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).Which is the most popular major of s
15、tudy?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).Whats the percentage of students in business and management?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).In terms of academic levels, in which level do we find the smallest number?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).In brief, what did the speaker talk about?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)The m
16、ost obvious purpose of advertising is to inform the consumer of available products or services. The second (31) is to sell the product. The second purpose might be more important to the manufacturers than the (32) . The manufacturers go beyond only telling consumers about their products. They also t
17、ry to persuade customers to buy the (33) by creating a desire (34) it. Because of advertisement, consumers think that they want something that they do not need. After buying something, the purchaser cannot always explain why it was (35) .Even (36) the purchaser probably does not know why he or she b
18、ought something, the manufacturers (37) . Manufacturers have analyzed the business of (38) and buying. They know all the different motives that influence a consumers purchasesome rational and (39) emotional. Furthermore, they take advantage of this (40) .Why (41) so many products displayed at the ch
19、eckout counters in grocery stores? The store management has some good (42) . By the time the customer is (43) to pay for a purchase, he or she has already made rational, thought-out decisions (44) what he or she needs and wants to buy. The (45) feels that he or she has done a good job of choosing th
20、e items. The shopper is especially vulnerable at this point. The (46) of candy, chewing gum, and magazines are very attractive. They persuade the purchaser to buy something for emotional, not (47) motives. For example, the customer neither needs nor plans to buy candy, but while the customer is stan
21、ding, waiting to pay money, he or she may suddenly decide to buy (48) . This is exactly (49) the store and the manufacturer hope that the customer will (50) . The customer follows his or her plan.（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
22、 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)Today TV audiences all over the world are accustomed to the sight of American astronauts in tip-top condition, with fair hair, crew-cuts, good teeth, an uncomplicated sense
23、of humour and a severely limited non-technical vocabulary.What marks out an astronaut from his earthbound fellow human beings is something of a difficult problem. Should you wish to interview him, you must apply beforehand, and you must be prepared for a longish wait, even it your application meets
24、with success. It is, in any case, out of the question to interview an astronaut about his family life or personal activities, Because all the astronauts have contracts with an American magazine under conditions forbidding any unauthorized disclosures about their private lives.Certain obvious qualiti
25、es are needed. Anyone who would be a spaceman must be in perfect health, must have powers of concentration (since work inside a spacecraft is exceptionally demanding) and must have considerable courage. Again, space-work calls for dedication. Courage and dedication are particularly essential. In the
26、 well-known case of the Challenger seven crew members lost their lives in space because of the faulty equipment in the shuttle. Another must be outstanding scientific expertise. It goes without saying that they all have to have professional aeronautical qualifications and experience.A striking featu
27、re of the astronauts is their ages. For the younger man, in his twenties, say, space is out. Only one of the fifty men working for NASA in 1970 was under 30. The oldest astronaut to date is Alan Shepard, Americas first man in space, who, at nearly fifty, was also the man who captained Apollo 13. The
28、 average age is the late thirties. The crew members of Apollo 11 were all born well before the Second World War. In 1986 the Challenger astronauts had an average age of 39. The range was from 35 to 46.In a society where marital continuity is not always exhibited, the astronauts record in this respec
29、t hits you in the eye. Of all the married men in NASA group, only two or three are divorced from their wives. Mind you, it is hard to tell whether something in the basic character of an astronaut encourages fidelity or whether the selection process demands that a candidate should be happily married.
30、The NASA astronauts live in unattractive small communities dotted here and there around the base in Texas. You would expect them to find their friends from among their professional associates, But this is not the case. Rather, they prefer to make friends with the normal folk in their districts. Astr
31、onauts, like everybody else, must get fed up with talking shop all the time, and whereas they are indeed an elite, their daily life outside work should be as normal as possible, if only for the sake of their families.As for the astronauts political leanings, they seem to be towards the right. This m
32、ay be due to the fact that a large proportion of the astronauts have a military background. On the other hand, it could be just coincidence.（分数：5.00）(1).Details of the private life of an astronaut are hard to come by, Because they are _.A. his own business and privacy B. secrets as far as interviews
33、 are concernedC. the property of an American magazine D. the first-rate national confidential information（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).To audience, the typical American astronaut _.A. has a limited vocabulary B. is a clean-cut, cheerful and frank guyC. cant understand a sophisticated joke D. is well-built bu
34、t rather slow-witted（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).In politics, astronauts are generally _.A. democrats B. republicans C. conservatives D. communists（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).The phrase “talking shop“ (Line 4, Para. 6) probably means _.A. talking about shopping B. discussing ones work with colleaguesC. exchanging
35、personal news D. talking with friends in a group（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the statements is NOT true?A. Astronauts have a good job which demands high.B. The divorce rate in NASA is very low.C. The NASA astronauts mostly find friends from among their work.D. There is no younger man in his twentie
36、s in the spaceship.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Defenders of special protective labor legislation for women often maintain that eliminating such laws would destroy the fruits of a century-long struggle for the protection of women workers. Even a brief examination of the historic practice
37、of courts and employers would show that the fruit of such laws has been bitter; they are, in practice, more of a curse than a blessing.Sex-defined protective laws have often been based on stereotypical assumptions concerning womens needs and abilities, and employers have frequently used them as lega
38、l excuses for discriminating against women. After the Second World War, for example, businesses and government sought to persuade women to vacate jobs in factories, thus making room in the labor force for returning veterans. The revival or passage of state laws limiting the daily or weekly work hour
39、s of women conveniently accomplished this. Employers had only to declare that overtime hours were a necessary condition of employment or promotion in their factory, and women could be quite legally fired, refused jobs, or kept at low wage levels, all in the name of “protecting“ their health. By vali
40、dating such laws when they are challenged by lawsuits, the courts have colluded over the years in establishing different, less advantageous employment terms for women than for men, thus reducing womens competitiveness on the job market. At the same time, even the most well-intentioned lawmakers, cou
41、rts, and employers have often been blind to the real needs of women. The lawmakers and the courts continue to permit employers to offer employee health insurance plans that cover all known human medical disabilities except those relating to pregnancy and childbirth.Finally, labor laws protecting onl
42、y special groups are often ineffective at protecting the workers who are actually in the workplace. Some chemicals, for example, pose reproductive risks for women of childbearing years; manufacturers using the chemicals comply with laws protecting women against these hazards by refusing to hire them
43、. Thus the sex-defined legislation protects the hypothetical female worker, but has no effect whatever on the safety of any actual employee. The health risks to male employees in such industries cannot be negligible, since chemicals toxic enough to cause birth defects in fetuses or sterility in wome
44、n are presumably harmful to the human metabolism. Protective laws aimed at changing production materials or techniques in order to reduce such hazards would benefit all employees without discriminating against any.In sum, protective labor laws for women are discriminatory and do not meet their inten
45、ded purpose. Legislators should recognize that women are in the work force to stay, and that their needsgood health care, a decent wage, and a safe workplaceare the needs of all workers. Laws that ignore these facts violate womens rights for equal protection in employment.（分数：5.00）(1).According to t
46、he author, which of the following resulted from the passage or revival of state laws limiting the work hours of women workers?A. Women workers were compelled to leave their jobs in factories.B. Many employers had difficulty in providing jobs for returning veterans.C. Many employers found it hard to
47、attract women workers.D. The health of most women factory workers improved.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the first paragraph of the passage, the author considers which of the following to be most helpful in determining the value of special protective labor legislation for women?A. A comparative
48、study of patterns of work-related illnesses in states that had such laws and in states that did not.B. An estimate of how many women workers are in favor of such laws.C. An analysis of the cost to employers of complying with such laws.D. An examination of the actual effects that such laws have had in the past on women workers.（分数：1.00）A.B.C
