1、公共英语五级-205 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：40.00)“Down-to-earth“ means someone or something that is honest, realistic and easy to deal with. It is a pleasure to find 1 who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk 2 and accepts other people as equals. A
2、 down-to-earth person is just the 3 of someone who acts important or proud. Down-to-earth persons may be 4 members of society, of course. But they do not let their importance “ 5 to their heads“. They do not consider themselves to be better persons than 6 of less importance. Someone who is filled wi
3、th his own importance and pride, 7 without cause, is said to have “his nose in the air“. There is 8 way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth. Americans 9 another expression that means almost the same as “down-to-earth“. The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground“. Someone 10 both-f
4、eet-on-the-ground is a person with a good understanding 11 reality. He has what is called “common sense,“ he may have dreams, 12 he does not allow them to block his knowledge of 13 is real. The opposite kind of 14 is one who has his “head-in-the-clouds“. A man with his head-in-the-clouds is a dreame
5、r 15 mind is not in the real world. 16 , such a dreamer can be brought back to earth. Sharp words from teacher can usually 17 a day-dreaming student down-to-earth. Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very 18 to have both feet on the ground. 19 we have both our feet on the ground, when we are
6、 down-to-earth, we act honestly and openly 20 others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.（分数：40.00）二、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Text 1(总题数：1，分数：10.00)When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn“t biting her nails just yet. But the 47-yea
7、r-old manicurist isn“t cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as she“d like to, either. Most of her clients spend $12 to$ 50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. “I“m a good economic indicator,“ she says, “I provide a ser
8、vice that people can do without when they“re concerned about saving some dollars.“ So Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillard“s department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus. “I don“t know if other clients are going to abandon me, too.“ she says. Even befo
9、re Alan Greenspan“s admission that America“s red-hot economy is cooling, lots of working folks had already seen signs of the slowdown themselves. From car dealerships to gap outlets, sales have been lagging for months as shoppers temper their spending. For retailers, who last year took in 24 percent
10、 of their revenue between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the cautious approach is coming at a crucial time. Already, experts say, holiday sales are off 7 percent from last year“s pace. But don“t sound any alarms just yet. Consumers seem only concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic
11、about the economy“s long-term prospects, even as they do some modest belt-tightening. Consumers say they“re not in despair because, despite the dreadful headlines, their own fortunes still feel pretty good. In Manhattan, “there“s a new gold rush happening in the $ 4 million to $10 million range, pre
12、dominantly fed by Wall Street bonuses,“ says broker Barbara Corcoran. In San Francisco, prices are still rising even as frenzied overbidding quiets. “Instead of 20 to 30 offers, now maybe you only get two or three,“ says John Deadly, a Bay Area real-estate broker. And most folks still feel pretty co
13、mfortable about their ability to find and keep a job. Many folks see silver linings to this slowdown. Potential homebuyers would cheer for lower interest rates. Employers wouldn“t mind a little fewer bubbles in the job market. Many consumers seem to have been influenced by stock-market swings, which
14、 investors now view as a necessary ingredient to a sustained boom. Diners might see act upside, too. Getting a table at Manhattan“s hot new Alain Ducasse restaurant need to be impossible. Not anymore. For that, Greenspan but at least two attempts, according to the hospital, could have been vital. Th
15、eir reasons seemed as mundane as the other happen-stances of suburban life. “I was just sick of it all,“ one told a reporter, “Everything in life.“ Most alarming, emergency-room doctor Frederick Lohse told a local reporter that several girls said they were part of a suicide pact. The hospital later
16、backed away from this remark. But coming in the wake of at least sixteen suicide attempts over the previous few months, this sudden clusteralong with the influx of mediahas set this well-groomed suburb of 23,000 on edge. At a town meeting last Wednesday night, Dr Simon Sobo, chief of psychiatry at t
17、he hospital, told more than 200 parents and kids, “We“re talking about a crisis that has really gotten out of hand.“ Later headed, “There have been more suicide attempts this spring than I have seen in the 13 years I have been here.“ Sobo said that the girls he treated didn“t have serious problems a
18、t home or school. “Many of these were popular kids,“ he said, “They got plenty of love, but beneath the reassuring signs, a swath of teens here are not making it.“ Some say that drugs, Both pot and “real drugs“, are commonplace. Kids have shown up with LIFE SUCKS and LONG LIVE DEATH penned on their
19、arms. A few girls casually display scars on their arms where they cut them-selves. “You“d be surprised how many kids try suicide,“ said one girl, 17. “You don“t want to put pain on other people; you put it on yourself.“ She said she used to cut herself “just to release the pain“. Emily, 15, a friend
20、 of three of the girls treated in June, said one was having family problems, one was “upset that day “and the third was “just upset with everything else going on“. She said they weren“t really trying to kill themselvesthey just needed coucern. As Sobo noted, “What“s going on in New Milford is not un
21、ique to New Milford.“ The same underlying culture of despair could be found in any town. But teen suicide, he added, can be a “contagion“. Right now New Milford has the bugand has it bad.（分数：10.00）(1).What is the main subject of the passage?（分数：2.00）A.Eight girls committed suicide in New Milford.B.T
22、he village Green is not a charming place.C.Teenager suicide.D.Dr. Simon Sobo“s achievements.(2).In the 3rd sentence of the first paragraph the word “pressing“ is closest in meaning to _.（分数：2.00）A.urgently importantB.pushingC.invitingD.charming(3).What is NOT true about the eight girls?（分数：2.00）A.Th
23、ey are all between 12 and 17.B.They have tried a variety of measures.C.They attend a suicide squad.D.All their attempts to commit suicide are vital.(4).Which of the statements about the teens is NOT true?（分数：2.00）A.They are ill-bred students in school.B.Some of them take “real drugs“.C.Teens need at
24、tention.D.A few casually display scars on their arms.(5).According to the passage, the teens in Village Green can be called _.（分数：2.00）A.depressed generationB.cool generationC.attractive generationD.prosperous generation六、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：10.00)The history of responses to the work of the artist Sandr
25、o Botticelli (1444-1510) suggests that widespread appreciation by critics is a relatively recent phenomenon. Writing in 1550, Vasari expressed an unease with Botticelli“s work, admitting that the artist fitted awkwardly into his evolutionary scheme of the history of art. Over the next two centuries,
26、 academic art historians defamed Botticelli in favor of his fellows Florentine, Michelangelo. Even when anti-academic art historians of the early nineteenth century rejected many of the standards of evaluation adopted by their predecessors, Botticelli“s work remained outside of accepted taste, pleas
27、ing neither amateur observers nor connoisseurs. (Many of his best paintings, however, remained hidden away in obscure churches and private homes.) The primary reason for Botticelli“s unpopularity is not difficult to understand: most observers, up until the mid-nineteenth century, did not consider hi
28、m to be noteworthy, because his work, for the most part, did not seem to these observers to exhibit the traditional characteristics of the fifteenth-century Florentine art. For example, Botticellirarely employed the technique of strict perspective and, unlike Michelangelo, never used chiaroscuro. An
29、other reason for Botticelli“s unpopularity may have been that his attitude toward the style of classical art was very different from that of his contemporaries. Although he was thoroughly exposed to classical art, he showed little interest in borrowing from the classical style. Indeed, it is paradox
30、ical that a painter of large-scale classical subjects adopted a style that was only slightly similar to that of classical art. In any case, when viewers began to examine more closely the relationship of Botticelli“s work to the tradition of the fifteenth century Florentine art, his reputation began
31、to grow. Analyses and assessments of Botticelli made between 1850 and 1870 by the artists of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, as well as by the writer Pater (although he, un-fortunately, based his assessment on an incorrect analysis of Botticelli“s personality), inspired a new appreciation of Botticelli
32、 throughout the English-speaking world. Yet Botticelli“s work, especially the Sistine frescoes, did not generate worldwide attention until it was finally subjected to a comprehensive and scrupulous analysis by Home in 1908. Home rightly demonstrated that the frescoes shared important features with p
33、aintings by other fifteenth-century Florentinesfeatures such as skillful representation of anatomical proportions, and of the human figure in motion. However, Home argued that Botticelli did not treat these qualities as ends in themselvesrather, that he emphasized clear depletion of a story, a uniqu
34、e achievement and one that made the traditional Florentine qualifies less central. Because of Home“s emphasis crucial to any study of art, the twentieth century has come to appreciate Botticelli“s achievements.（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following would be the best title for the text?（分数：2.00）A.The R
35、ole of Standard Art Analyses and AppraisalsB.Sandro Botticelli: From Rejection to AppreciationC.The History of Critics“ Responses to Art WorksD.Botticelli and Florentine: A Comparative Study(2).We can learn from the text that art critics have a history of _.（分数：2.00）A.suppressing painters“ art initi
36、ativesB.favoring Botticelli“s best paintingsC.rejecting traditional art characteristicsD.undervaluing Botticelli“s achievements(3).The views of Vasari and Home on Botticelli“s products are _.（分数：2.00）A.identicalB.complementaryC.oppositeD.similar(4).The word “connoisseurs“ (Paragraph 1) most probably
37、 means _.（分数：2.00）A.representatives in the Pre-Raphaelite MovementB.people who are in favor of FlorentineC.critics who are likely to make assessmentsD.conservatives clinging to classical art(5).What does the author think of Botticelli“s representation skills?（分数：2.00）A.They are to be fully appreciat
38、ed.B.They evolve from an uncertain source.C.They underlie his personality.D.They conform to the classical style.七、Part B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)With unfamiliar human beings, when we acknowledge their humanness, we must avoid staring at them, and yet we must also avoid ignoring them. To make them into people
39、 rather than objects, we use a deliberate and polite inattention. We look at them long enough to, make it quite clear that we see them, and then we immediately look a-way. 1 The important thing in such an exchange is that we do not catch the eye of one whom we are recognizing as a person. We look at
40、 him without locking glances, and then we immediately look away. Recognition is not permitted. 2 If you pass someone in the street, you may eye the oncoming person until you are about eight feet apart, then you must look away as you pass. Before the eight-foot distance is reached, each will signal i
41、n which direction he will pass. This is done with a brief look in that direction. Each will veer slightly and the passing is done smoothly. 3 To strengthen this signal, you look directly at the other“s face before looking away. 4 It becomes impossible to discover just what they are doing. Are they l
42、ooking at you too long, too intently? Are they looking at you at all? The person wearing the glasses feels protected and assumes that he can stare without being noticed in his stating. However, this is a self-deception. To the other person, dark glasses seem to indicate that the wearer is always sta
43、ting at him. We often use this look-away technique when we meet famous people. We want to assure them we are respecting their privacy and that we would not dream of staring at them. The same is true of the crippled or physically handicapped. We look brief and then look away before the stare can be s
44、aid to be a stare. 5 Of course, the opposite is also true. If we wish to put a person down, we may do so by staring longer than is acceptably polite. Instead of dropping our gazes when we lock glances, we continue to stare. The person who disapproves of interracial marriages or dating will stare rud
45、ely at the interracial couple. If he dislikes long hair, short dresses, or beards, he may show it with a longer-than-acceptable stare. A. There are different formulas for the exchange of glances depending on where the meeting takes place. B. In the subway or bus where long rides in very close circum
46、stances are a necessity, we may be hard put to find some way of not staring. We sneak glances, but look away before our eyes can lock. If we look with an unfocused glance that misses the eyes and settles on the head, the mouth, the body for any place but the eyes is an acceptable looking spot for th
47、e unfocused glance. C. Actually in this way we are saying, in body language, “I know you are there,“ and a moment later we add, “But I would not dream of intruding on your privacy.“ D. It is the technique we use for any unusual situation where too long a stare would be embarrassing. When we see an i
48、nterracial couple, we also use tiffs technique. We might use it when we see a man with an unusual beard, with extra longhair, with outlandish clothes, or a girl with a minimal miniskirt may attract this look-and-away. E. For this passing encounter Dr. Erring Goff man in behavior in public places say
49、s that the quick look and the lowering of the eyes is body language for, “I trust you. I am not afraid of you.“ F. Sometimes the rules are hard to follow, particularly if one of the two people wears dark glasses.（分数：10.00）八、Section Writing(总题数：1，分数：20.00)1.It is generally acknowledged that families are now not as close as they used to be. Give possible reasons and your commendations. You should write no less than 250 words. （分数：20.00）_公共英语五级-205 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分
