1、公共英语五级-163 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).No other Valentines Day can be compared with the one when I was nine years old.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).From last Valentines Day on, Lori Lees image had never left my mind.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).Our walk h
2、ome from the bus stop each day is the happiest time of my young life.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).Although she is always sweet to me, Lori does not seem to be in love with me.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).She pulls a very small red envelope from her school bag, presses it into my hand and quickly runs away.（分数：1.00）
3、A.正确B.错误(6).Inside the envelope, Lori has spelt out “I love you“ in glue and covered the perfect cursive letters with glitter.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).Lori and I might be married now if it were not for Ted, my elder brother.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).He foolishly showed Loris card to some other children in th
4、e neighborhood because he loved Lori.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).I was unwilling to move, for Alaska was a bitterly cold place for exiles.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).At my door, it beggars description to describe the excitement in my chest.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误三、Part B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)(1).What day is Mothers Day?AThe
5、 second Saturday in May. BThe second Sunday in May.CThe first Sunday in May. DThe first Saturday in May.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What is one of the ways that American people honor their mothers on Mothers Day?AThey present their mothers with carnations.BThey send money to their mothers.CThey wear a carn
6、ation.DThey write a thank-you letter to their mothers.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What CANT you conclude from the passage?AMiss Jarvis was devoted to her mother.BMiss Jarvis knew many important persons.CMiss Jarvis was very persistent.DMiss Jarviss efforts were not in vain.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.“AIDS has spread
7、 both numerically and geographically. “ What does the statement mean?（分数：3.00）(1).“AIDS has spread both numerically and geographically. “ What does the statement mean?AThe disease has spread to many countries in the world.BThe disease has spread to large numbers of people.CThe disease has spread ver
8、y fast in Africa.DThe disease has spread in number and from place to place.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How many people are now infected with the AIDS virus according to the passage?A20,000,000. B18,000,000. C28,000,000. D25,000,000.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What is the passage mainly about?AHow AIDS spreads to
9、Africa.BHow innocent people contract AIDS.CWhat can be done to save innocent victims of AIDS.DHow HIV-positive persons develop AIDS.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(1).What is the main topic of the interview?AThe housing situation in Britain.BSetting up new towns.CHow to solve housing problems in Britain.DProvidin
10、g houses for the homeless.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Mrs. Partridge said that many houses are in a “shocking state“. What does she mean?AThese houses are cold and leaking in winter.BThese houses do not have enough sanitation facilities.CThese houses are nearly falling down.DThese houses are the worst slum
11、s in Western Europe.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What does Mrs. Partridge blame the government for?ANot planning to repair the old houses.BNot spending money properly on housing.CNot providing enough money.DNot discussing the housing problem.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Where does Mr. Pollard think the homeless peo
12、ple can go?ATo hotels. BTo new towns.CTo hostels. DTo empty buildings.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、Part C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)(1).The massive search for a missing Sannich woman today failed to _ any trace of the 20-year-old student.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Her ear muffs and a _ were found about a kilometer from her hom
13、e.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Sannich Emergency Program coordinator says the effort _ was remarkable.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).The _ disappearance of a popular student has aroused the concern of the community.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).I think everyone is very _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).Almost _ in rewards have been posted f
14、or information.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).The ground search for the woman has been _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).The 20-year-old student disappeared while jogging in _ park area.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).Some of the searchers were the womans _ and fellow students.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).Inspector Arnold says they havent be
15、en able to match _ with that of the woman（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)“Down-to-earth“ means someone or something that is honest, realistic and easy to deal with. It is a pleasure to find (31) who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk (32) and accepts
16、other people as equals. A down-to- earth person is just the (33) of someone who acts important or proud.Down-to-earth persons may be (34) members of society, of course. But they do not let their importance “ (35) to their heads“. They do not consider themselves to be better persons than (36) of less
17、 importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, (37) without cause, is said to have “his nose in the air“. There is (38) way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.Americans (39) another expression that means almost the same as “down-to- earth“. The expression i
18、s “both-feet-on-the-ground“. Someone (40) both-feet-on- the-ground is a person with a good understanding (41) reality. He has what is called “common sense“, he may have dreams, (42) he does not allow them to block his knowledge of (43) is real.The opposite kind of (44) is one who has his “head-in-th
19、e-clouds“. A man with his head-in-the-clouds is a dreamer (45) mind is not in the real world.(46) , such a dreamer can be brought back to earth. Sharp words from teacher can usually (47) a day-dreaming student down-to-earth.Usually the person who is down-to-earth is very (48) to have both feet on th
20、e ground. (49) we have both our feet on the ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act honestly and openly (50) others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.（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
21、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 the early 1960s Wilt Chamberlain was one of only three players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) listed at over seven feet. If he had played last season, however, he would have be
22、en one of 42. The bodies playing major professional sports have changed dramatically over the years, and managers have been more than willing to adjust team uniforms to fit the growing numbers of bigger, longer frames. The trend in sports, though, may be obscuring an unrecognized reality: Americans
23、have generally stopped growing. Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago, todays people-especially those born to families who have lived in the U.S. for many generations apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s. And they arent likely to get any taller. “In the general
24、 population today, at this genetic, environmental level, weve pretty much gone as far as we can go,“ says anthropologist William Cameron Chumlea of Wright State University. In the case of NBA players, their increase in height appears to result from the increasingly common practice of recruiting play
25、ers from all over the world.Growth, which rarely continues beyond the age of 20, demands calories and nutrients-notably, proteinto feed expanding tissues. At the start of the 20th century, under-nutrition and childhood infections got in the way. But as diet and health improved, children and adolesce
26、nts have, on average, increased in height by about an inch and a half every 20 years, a pattern known as the secular trend in height. Yet according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, average height59“ for men, 54“ for women hasnt really changed since 1960.Genetically speaking, there
27、are advantages to avoiding substantial height. During childbirth, larger babies have more difficulty passing through the birth canal. Moreover, even though humans have been upright for millions of years, our feet and back continue to struggle with bipedal posture and cannot easily withstand repeated
28、 strain imposed by oversize limbs. “There are some real constraints that are set by the genetic architecture of the individual organism,“ says anthropologist William Leonard of Northwestern University.Genetic maximums can change, but dont expect this to happen soon. Claire C. Gordon, senior anthropo
29、logist at the Army Research Center in Natick, Mass. , ensures that 90 percent of the uniforms and workstations fit recruits without alteration. She says that, unlike those for basketball, the length of military uniforms has not changed for some time. And if you need to predict human height in the ne
30、ar future to design a piece of equipment, Gordon says that by and large, “you could use todays data and feel fairly confident. /（分数：5.00）(1).Wilt Chamberlain is cited as an example to _.Aillustrate the change of height of NBA playersBshow the popularity of NBA players in the U. S.Ccompare different
31、generations of NBA playersDassess the achievements of famous NBA players（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following plays a key role in body growth according to the text?AGenetic modification. BNatural environment.CLiving standards. DDaily exercise.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).On which of the following stat
32、ements would the author most probably agree?ANon-Americans add to the average height of the nation.BHuman height is conditioned by the upright posture.CAmericans are the tallest on average in the world.DLarger babies tend to become taller in adulthood.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).We learn from the last para
33、graph that in the near future _.Athe garment industry wii1 reconsider the uniform sizeBthe design of military uniforms will remain unchangedCgenetic testing will be employed in selecting sportsmenDthe existing data of human height will still be applicable（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The text intends to tell
34、 us that _.Athe change of human height follows a cyclic patternBhuman height is becoming even more predictableCAmericans have reached their genetic growth limitDthe genetic pattern of Americans has altered（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Science has long had an uneasy relationship with other
35、aspects of culture. Think of Galileos 17th century trial for his rebelling belief before the Catholic Church or poet William Blakes harsh remarks against the mechanistic worldview of Isaac Newton. The schism between science and the humanities has, if anything, deepened in this century.Until recently
36、, the scientific community was so powerful that it could afford to ignore its criticsbut no longer. As funding for science has declined, scientists have attacked “antiscience“ in several books, notably Higher Superstition, by Paul R. Gross, a biologist at the University of Virginia, and Norman Levit
37、t, a mathematician at Rutgers University; and The Demon-Haunted World, by Carl Sagan of Cornell University.Defenders of science have also voiced their concerns at meetings such as “the Flight from Science and Reason“, held in New York City in 1995, and “Science in the Age of (Mis) information“, whic
38、h assembled last June near Buffalo.Antiscience clearly means different things to different people. Gross and Levitt find fault primarily with sociologists, philosophers and other academics who have questioned sciences objectivity. Sagan is more concerned with those who believe in ghosts, creationism
39、 and other phenomena that contradict the scientific worldview.A survey of news stories in 1996 reveals that the antiscience tag has been attached to many other groups as well, from authorities who advocated the elimination of the last remaining stocks of smallpox virus to Republicans who advocated d
40、ecreased funding for basic research.Few would dispute that the term applies to the Unabomber, whose manifesto, published in 1995, scorns science and longs for return to a pre-technological utopia. But surely that does not mean environmentalists concerned about uncontrolled industrial growth are anti
41、science, as an essay in US News others had never met Marguerite, they just wanted to help out. “And while the search failed to turn up any new evidence, Inspector Jim Arnold says the public response has been overwhelming. “Were getting all kinds of suggestions and tips from the public and, and, uh,
42、uh, the number of volunteers that showed up is just, . you know, is evident of the support we are getting from the community and the type of information thats coming forward. “ But so far none of those tips have led to any solid clues. What the police have found are the womans ear muffs and a pool o
43、f human blood on the jogging trail. But Inspector Arnold says they havent been able to match the blood type with that of the woman. “We have Canada Customs, and Immigration, attempting to determine from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, where the young lady was born, her blood type, but theres no records of
44、her pre-immigration medical history and her doctors charts and her dental charts locally and the family cant tell us what her blood type is. “ The reward money in this case has now climbed to over ten thousand dollars.解析 本题为细节题。从句子“The massive search for a missing Sannich woman today failed to turn
45、up any trace of the 20-year-old University of Victoria student”中即可听出答案。(2).Her ear muffs and a _ were found about a kilometer from her home.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：pool of blood）解析：解析 本题为细节题。从句子“Her ear muffs and a pool of blood were found about a kilometer from her homeBarry Bell has more on the sto
46、ry”中即可得出答案。(3).Sannich Emergency Program coordinator says the effort _ was remarkable.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：by the volunteers）解析：解析 本题为细节题。听清句子“Sannich Emergency Program coordinator Lance Olmstead says the effort by the volunteers was remarkable”即可得出答案。(4).The _ disappearance of a popular student h
47、as aroused the concern of the community.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：mysterious and violent）解析：解析 本题为细节题。听清句子“The mysterious and violent disappearance of a popular student has aroused the concern of the community as expressed by those who turned up to search”即可得出答案。(5).I think everyone is very _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：upset by it）解析：解析 本题为细节题。从句子“I think everyone is very upset by it”中可以得出答案。(6).Almost _ in rewards have been
