1、公共英语五级-179 及答案解析(总分：109.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BPart A/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)（分数：10.00）(1).Art was her favorite subject at school, but she did a degree in geography.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).She decided to work abroad because of the weather.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).In Kenya she taught at a
2、 school that took in large numbers of poor students.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).She taught as a part-time geography teacher at a college for 12 years.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).She now works as deputy head of the college.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).She spends equal time teaching and doing administrative work.（分数：1.00）A
3、.正确B.错误(7).She believes that her teaching strengthens her credibility.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).She found it hard to balance her role as a teacher and as an administrator.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).She believes that it is necessary for children to study geography, which helps them appreciate their environment.
4、（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).Children do not want to see videos any more because they can get information on the Internet.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误三、BPart B/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)（分数：3.00）(1).Whats the topic of the passage? A. Reasons for Peoples Sleep B. Four Stages of Sleep C. Reasons for Sleepwalking D. A Sleep Expe
5、riment（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).At which stage is sleep called dozing? A. stage four B. stage three C. stage two D.stage one（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What happens during stage four? A. People cant sleepwalk. B. Your body becomes very relaxed. C. You can still be awakened without difficulty. D. If you are awak
6、ened, you might feel very perplexed.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：4.00）(1).Why does the speaker recommend travelling by bus? A. Its fast and comfortable. B. Its safer than trains. C. You can see more of the country. D. You can sleep in it.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why are the long distance buses called Greyhound
7、buses? A. Americans like greyhounds. B. The buses go to the country. C. The buses are as fast as greyhounds. D. Theres a picture of a greyhound on the bus.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).why are businessmen more likely to travel by air? A. They dont like buses. B. They are always in a hurry. C. They find train
8、s too crowded. D. They think planes much safer.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is a free way? A. Any highway without crossroad. B. Any road without traffic lights. C. Its a road where the drivers does not pay turnpikes. D. Its a highway not controlled by the government.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.（分数：3.00）(1).Why di
9、d woman go to see her doctor? A. She was coming down with something. B. She wanted some advice on prevention. C. She felt a little embarrassed. D. She went there for a medical checkup.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What might be the cause for her illness? A. Being overtired and not eating nutritious food. B.
10、Low physical resistance. C. Staying with big crowds. D. Running her holiday.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why did the man suggest that the woman go to the university health center? A. To get an X-ray examination. B. To get some medicine. C. To stay there for further treatment. D. To get immunized.（分数：1.00）A.
11、B.C.D.四、BPart C/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)（分数：10.00）(1).Where would he stay after his scholarship year in London was over?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Whom would he not fight for in the war?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).What would he rather not do by saying that he was not a political animal?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).What would he p
12、refer to take away from his parents?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Where was his mothers family?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).Why did Ludwigs parents visit England before they emigrated to America?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).What nationality was young Ludwig?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).What languages could his parents speak?（分数：1.00）填空
13、项 1:_(9).What was he?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).Whom did he disappoint so much that he felt guilty about it?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_五、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)The United Nations has reported thatU U 1 /U /Uprogress is being made in the fightU U 2 /U /Umalaria in Africa. The UNICEF website says the area that
14、isU U 3 /U /Uthe most dramatic improvement is sub- Saharan Africa. This is the region hardest hit by theU U 4 /U /UOne of the biggest reasons for these gains against the killer infection is the increased use of special insect nets. ThisU U 5 /U /Usolution can reduce child deaths by as much as 20 per
15、cent. TheU U 6 /U /Usays the number of children using the insecticide- treatedU U 7 /U /Uhas tripled since 2000. According to UNICEFs Executive Director Ann Veneman, controlling malaria is vitalU U 8 /U /Uimproving child health and economicU U 9 /U /Uin affected countries. Studies show that malaria
16、unfairly affects the poorest people in these countries, and contributes to their poorerU U 10 /U /Uconditions.UNICEF prepared theU U 11 /U /Utogether with the Roll Back Malaria Partnership. This organisation is a collaboration of aid agencies launched in 1998 toU U 12 /U /Ufight malaria. Its vision
17、is thatU U 13 /U /U2015, malaria “is no longer a majorU U 14 /U /Uof mortality and no longer a barrierU U 15 /U /Usocial and economic development“. The reportU U 16 /U /Uprovides a healthy picture of the use of drugs inU U 17 /U /Uthe number of malaria cases. Since 2003, national health programmes h
18、aveU U 18 /U /Uheavily in buying anti-malarial drugs called ACTs. UNICEFs health chief Pater Salama isU U 19 /U /Uand says the future looks bright. He reports: “With the strong backing of some of the international donors and theU U 20 /U /Uof ACTs starting to be reduced, I think governments are beco
19、ming more confident now that this will be a sustainable strategy for anti-malaria treatment.“（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、BSection Readi(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、BPart A/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)
20、八、BText 1/B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)People who are extremely careful and “finish what they start“ may have a reduced risk of developing Alzheimers disease, according to a study involving Catholic nuns and priests.The most conscientious and self-disciplined individuals were found to be 89% less likely to devel
21、op this form of dementiadeterioration of intellectual faculties, such as memory, concentration, and judgment, resulting from an organic disease or a disorder of the brainthan their peers over the course of the 12-year study.Robert Wilson at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, US, an
22、d colleagues followed 997 healthy Catholic nuns, priests and Christian brothers between 1994 and 2006. Early on in the study, participants completed a personality test to determine how conscientious they were.Based on answers to 12 questions such as “I am a productive person who always gets the job
23、done“, they received a score ranging from 0 to 48. On average, volunteers scored 34 points in the test.Volunteers also underwent regular neurological examinations and cognitive tests. Over the lifetime of the study, 176 of the 997 participants developed Alzheimers disease. However, those with the hi
24、ghest score on the personality test40 points or abovehad an 89% lower chance of developing the debilitating condition than participants who received 28 points or lower.“These are people who control impulses, and tend to follow norms and roles,“ Wilson told New Scientist.Previous studies suggest that
25、 exercise and intellectual stimulation can decrease the risk of Alzheimers disease. But the link between self-discipline and a reduced risk of the illness remained strong even after researchers discounted these factors from their study. Subjects still had a 54% lower chance of developing the conditi
26、on.Exactly why conscientiousness should have an impact on Alzheimers risk remains unclear, says Wilson. He notes that brain autopsies conducted on 324 of the studys participants failed to resolve the mystery.Earlier work has linked the presence of plaques and protein tangles within the brain to Alzh
27、eimer. Yet, in general, the brains of those who scored highly on the conscientiousness test had as many plaques and protein tangles as those of subjects who scored lower.Wilson suggests that more careful and conscientious individuals may have more active frontal brain regions, an area that is respon
28、sible for decision-making and planning. Increased activity in this region may perhaps compensate for a decline in function in other brain regions, he speculates. Based on the new findings, doctors could perhaps consider certain patients at greater risk of dementia, says Ross Andel at the University
29、of South Florida, US. “This is a study about identifying people at risk,“ he says.（分数：5.00）(1).How did the study evaluate every participants sense of responsibility? A. Through a 12-year observation. B. On a neurological examination. C. By a cognitive test. D. By asking a group of questions.（分数：1.00
30、）A.B.C.D.(2).Previous studies suggest A. links between physical exercises and Alzheimer. B. links between brain plaque and Alzheimer. C. links between brain autopsies and Alzheimer. D. links between self-discipline and Alzheimer.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which one of the following is NOT true about Rober
31、t Wilson at Rush University? A. He and his co-workers followed 997 healthy Catholic nuns, priests and Christian brothers within 12 years. B. He hasnt yet found out the underlying reasons why conscientiousness has an impact on Alzheimers risk. C. He suggests that people with more active frontal brain
32、 regions are more careful and conscientious. D. He thinks that increased activity in frontal brain regions may compensate for a decline in function in other brain regions.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).This study aims to A. help Catholic nuns and priests fight against Alzheimer. B. explore the possible causes
33、 of dementias risk. C. find out who are at risk of developing a form of dementia. D. determine the effects of the presence of brain plaques.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).According to the study, which one of the personalities below is more closely related to Alzheimers disease? A. Scrupulousness. B. Optimism.
34、 C. Responsibleness. D. Spontaneousness.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.九、BText 2/B(总题数：1，分数：4.00)It is interesting to reflect for a moment upon the differences in the areas of moral feeling and standards in the peoples of Japan and the United States. Americans divide these areas somewhat rigidly into spirit and f
35、lesh, the two being in opposition in the tire of a human being. Ideally spirit should prevail but all too often it is the flesh that does prevail. The Japanese make no such division, at least between one as good and the other as evil. They believe that a person has two souls, each necessary. One is
36、the “gentle“ soul, the other is the “rough“ soul. Sometimes the person uses his gentle soul. Sometimes he must use his rough soul. He does not favor his gentle soul, neither does he fight his rough soul. Human nature in itself is good, Japanese philosophers insist, and a human being does not need to
37、 fight any part of himself. He has only to learn how to use each soul properly at the appropriate times. Virtue for the Japanese consists in fulfilling ones obligations to others. Happy endings, either in life or in fiction, are neither necessary nor expected, since the fulfillment of duty provides
38、the satisfying end, whatever the tragedy it inflicts. And duty includes a persons obligations to those who have conferred benefits upon him and to himself as an individual of honor. He develops through this double sense of duty a self discipline which is at once permissive and rigid, depending upon
39、the area in which it is functioning.The process of acquiring this self-discipline begins in childhood. Indeed, one may say it begins at birth. Early is the Japanese child given his own identity! If I were to define in a word the attitude of the Japanese toward their children I would put it in one su
40、ccinct word-“ respect“. Love? Yes, abundance of love, warmly expressed from the moment he is put to his mothers breast. For mother and child this nursing of her child is important psychologically.Rewards are frequent, a bit of candy bestowed at the right moment, an inexpensive toy. As the time comes
41、 to enter school, however, discipline becomes firmer. To bring shame to the family is the greatest shame for the child.What is the secret of the Japanese teaching of self-discipline? It lies, I think, in the fact that the aim or all teaching is the establishment of habit. Rules are repeated over, an
42、d continually practiced until obedience becomes instinctive. This repetition is enhanced by the expectation of the eiders. They expect a child to obey and to learn through obedience. The demand is gentle at first and tempered to the childs tender age. It is no less gentle as time goes on, but certai
43、nly it is increasingly inexorable.Now, far away from that warm Japanese home, I reflect upon what 1 learned there. What, I wonder, will take the place of the web of love and discipline which for so many centuries has surrounded the life and thinking of the people of Japan?（分数：4.00）(1).The authors pu
44、rpose in the passage is to_. A. discuss the virtue of the Japanese people B. compare the two souls of people C. describe the process of acquiring self-discipline D. reflect the moral feeling and standards of the Japanese people（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(2).According to the passage, people in Japan believe th
45、at a child is born_. A. with two souls which are fighting with each other B. basically good C. evil D. sinful（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(3).Based on the information in the passage, what does the Japanese emphasize in the teaching of self-discipline? A. One s duty. B. One s honour. C. One s permission. D. The
46、two souls.（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(4).The author mentioned all of the following EXCEPT_. A. the Japanese attitude toward their children B. the virtue of the Japanese people C. the purpose of the teaching of self-discipline D. the obligation of the American people（分数：0.80）A.B.C.D.(5).Which of the following about the Japanese aim of existence can be inferred from the passage? A. To live a happy life. B.
