1、公共英语五级-158 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).John was in a nursery school for one year.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).The work in the kindergarten includes story retelling, drawing, singing and studying.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).John went to Junior School at
2、the age of five.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).Some children may still have to take an exam called “eleven-plus“ nowadays.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).In Britain, secondary schools consist of grammar schools, technical schools, comprehensive schools and academic schools.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).Most children go to a gram
3、mar school.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).Comprehensive schools can satisfy all levels of academic abilities.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).A private school was called a public school in Britain.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).According to Martin, the riches have the priority choosing the best schools for their children.（分数：1.00）
4、A.正确B.错误(10).John thinks that if people give up some traditional ideas, every child will have a chance to go to college.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误三、Part B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)(1).Where is population growth happening?A. In all countries in the world. B. In only a few countries.C. In most countries. D. Mainly in de
5、veloped countries.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following is true according to the talk?A. There has been a slower population growth in the past ten years.B. The worlds birth rate is higher than ten years ago.C. Families are as large as before.D. Birth control has been carried out well all over
6、the world.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why may it happen in the future that people working in Europe will have to pay much higher taxes?A. Because more and more children will be given birth.B. Because they will earn more money.C. Because they will have higher living standards.D. Because the number of retire
7、d people will become even larger.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).Which of the following statements about the telephone of the future is NOT true?A. It will be much more complex than the telephone we use today.B. It will be more convenient to use than todays telephone.C. You will be able to dial great distances
8、.D. There will be no busy lines.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).The screens of televisions of the future will _.A. become screens of movie theaters B. become as large as walls in homeC. have no change D. become smaller（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What will happen to the programs of televisions of the future?A. All TV
9、sets can receive some programs without paying money in a certain area.B. You may pay for some special programs if you like.C. If you are interested in a certain subject, you may borrow some video tapes about it.D. All of the above.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).What does George Orwell do?A. A literary critic.
10、 B. A war correspondent.C. A volunteer in the Spanish Civil War. D. A novelist.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Where was George Orwell born?A. Spain. B. America.C. Burma. D. India.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What is most important in Orwells life?A. Although English, he was actually not born in England.B. He was a st
11、udent of the famous English public school, Eton.C. He tried to enlighten and change society through his works.D. He worked as a policeman in Burma for five years.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What are the listeners going to do after the presentation?A. To ask the speaker questions. B. To discuss Animal Farm.
12、C. To write essays on Orwells life. D. To read the book 1984.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、Part C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)(1).How many planets are there in the solar system revolving around the sun?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Which planet do people think is the most important one?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).From which field of science
13、 do we learn a lot about the planets?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).How long have astronomers studied the planets and other objects in space?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).What kind of new technology helped us a lot to study the planets?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).Which planet is the closest planet to the sun, Mercury, Mars, Ven
14、us or Jupiter?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).How long does it take Mercury to complete its orbit around the sun?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).How long does it take the Earth to rotate on its own axis once?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).Which planet is the easiest for people to see in the sky, Earth, Mercury, Venus or Jupiter?（分数：1
15、.00）填空项 1:_(10).Which is the largest one of all the planets?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Walkinglike swimming, Bicycling and runningis an aerobic exercise, (31) builds the capacity for energy output and physical endurance by increasing the supply of oxygen to skin and muscles.
16、 Such exercises may be a primary factor in the (32) of heart and circulatory disease.As probably the least strenuous, safest aerobic activity, walking is the (33) acceptable exercise for the largest number of people. Walking (34) comfortable speed improves the efficiency of the cardiorespiratory sys
17、tem (35) stimulating the lungs and heart, But at a more gradual rate (36) most other forms of exercise.In one test, a group of men 40 to 57 years of age, (37) at a fast pace for 40 minutes four days a week, showed improvement (38) to men the same age on a 30 minute, three-day-a-week jogging program
18、in the same period. Their resting heart rate and body fat decreased (39) . These changes suggest (40) of the importanteven vitalbenefits walking can (41) about.Walking (42) bums calories. It takes 3,500 calories to gain or (43) one pound. Since a one-hour walk at a moderate pace will (44) up 300 to
19、360 calories. By walking one hour every other day, you can burn up a pound-and-a-half monthly, or 18 pounds (45) providing there is no change in your intake of food. To (46) weight faster, walk an hour every day and burn up 3 pounds a month, or 36 pounds a year.(47) your age, right now is the time t
20、o give your physical well-being as much thought as you (48) to pensions or insurance. Walking is a vital defense (49) the ravages of degenerative diseases and aging. It is natures (50) of giving you a tuneup.（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
21、:_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)In January 1995, the world witnessed the emergence of a new international economic order with the launching of the World Trade Organization. The WTO, which succe
22、eds the GATT, is expected to strengthen the world trading system and to be more effective than the GATT in governing international trade in goods and services in many aspects.First, trade liberalization all over the world is expected to increase via the dramatic reductions in Wade barriers to which
23、the members of the WTO are committed. Under the WTO, members are required to reduce their tariff and non-tariffs on manufacturing goods. In addition, protecting domestic agricultural sectors from foreign competition will become awfully difficult in the new WTO system.Second, rules and regulations go
24、verning international trade will be more strongly enforced. Under the old system of the GATT, there were many cases where trade measures, such as anti-dumping and countervailing duties, were intentionally used solely for protectionist reasons. The WTOs strengthened rules and regulations will signifi
25、cantly reduce the abusing of such trade measures by its member countries. The WTO is also equipped with an improved dispute settlement mechanism. Accordingly, we expect to see a more effective resolution of trade disputes among the member countries in this new trade environment.Third, new multilater
26、al rules have been established to cover areas which the GATT did not address, such as international trade in services and the protection of intellectual property rights. There still remain a number of problems that need to be resolved before international trade in services can be completely liberali
27、zed, and newly-developed ideas or technologies are fairly compensated. However, just the establishment of multilateral rules in these new areas is a distinguished contribution to the progress toward a global free trade system.Along with the launching of the WTO, this new era in world trade is charac
28、terized by a change in the structure of the world economy. Today, a world-wide market for goods and services is rapidly replacing a world economy composed of relatively isolated national markets. Domestic financial markets have been integrated into a truly global system, and the multinational corpor
29、ation is becoming a principal mechanism for allocating investment capital and determining the location of production sites throughout much of the world.（分数：5.00）(1).Between WTO and GATT _.A. WTO and GATT govern the international trade at the same timeB. WTO is the pre-existence of GATTC. GATT is the
30、 pre-existence of WTOD. GATT is more effective than WTO in some aspects（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to this passage, under the WTO, _.A. measures of anti-dumping and countervailing were solely used for protectionist reasonB. it is still easy to protect domestic agricultural sectors from foreign co
31、mpetitionC. people can enjoy better lifeD. members should reduce their tariff and non-tariffs on products（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following is NOT true about the WTO?A. WTO has achieved liberalization of international trade in service.B. WTO ensures effective settlement of trade dispute.C.
32、Under WTO, regulations concerning international trade can be more strongly enforced.D. WTO covers intellectual property rights.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).It can be inferred from this passage that _.A. under GATT some measures can not be effectively enforcedB. under GATT, the intellectual property right ha
33、s been properly protectedC. it is not easy for a country to get absorbed by WTOD. WTO cannot change the structure of world economy totally（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).Which can be the best title for the passage?A. The Launching of WTO and GATT.B. The Influence on WTO.C. The Superiority of WTO over GATT.D. T
34、he Influence Caused by WTO.（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 20,000 million years ago all the matter in the universeenough, he estimated, to make up a hundred thousand million galaxieswas all concentrated in one sm
35、all 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. Something then upset the balance and the universe started expanding aga
36、in, 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 point in time and has been expanding ever since.Will the universe
37、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 it is once again concentrated at one point. Possibly the universe
38、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 has always looked the same and always will. As the galaxies expand
39、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 in this way is hard to see, But no harder than seeing why it shou
40、ld 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 seeing them as they were thousands of millions of years ago. If t
41、he 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 steadystate theory there should be no difference.The evidence seems to suggest that there is a differen
42、ce, 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 be true?A. That new material is continually being formed.B. That,
43、in time, the universe will contract.C. That the universe is expanding at present.D. That “a big bang“ started the expansion.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).According to Lemaitre, the separate galaxies formed _.A. during a pause in the expansion of the universeB. at the time of the primeval explosionC. and will
44、 continue to form for everD. when all the matter in the universe was all concentrated in one small mass（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 universe will continue to exp
45、and 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 Cambridge, _.A. the explosion occurred much earlier than Lemaitre suggestedB. it is hard to see how matter could be formed
46、in this wayC. the expansion of the universe is not a real oneD. 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 because _.A. they were closer together thenB. the universe has always looked as the sameC. their light takes so long to re
47、ach usD. 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)At dawn one morning in early May, Sean Cosgrove is stashing piles of maps, notes and photocopied documents in his gym bag before heading for West Milford High, a rural school in northernmost New Jersey. On his 30-min
48、ute commute, the young former investment banker tries to dream up new ways of lifting the monumentally forgettable Mexican War off the textbook page and into his students imaginations. Can he invoke the storied memories of Robert E. Lee, who cut his first military exploits on the plains of Veracuzor will he be met with thundering
