1、公共英语五级-208 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)You now have 60 seconds to read Questions 1 10. （分数：10.00）(1).Dr. Wilson and Mr. Wang have known each other before.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).Wang prefers to live with an English family.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).Wa
2、ng intends to study how computer is used for language translation.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).Back in his own country, Mr. Wang studied C-language and chemistry.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).Wang has some experience about CAD.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).Dr. Wilson is satisfied with Wang“s past experience.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误
3、(7).Wang has little knowledge of the phonetic processing system.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).Wang decides to take courses and pass exams.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).Dr. Wilson suggests that Wang should extend his stay at the university.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).Dr. Wilson asks Wang to do a little more research before
4、deciding on his project.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误三、Part B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 11 13 are based on the following talk. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 13. （分数：3.00）(1).When a consumer finds that his purchase has a fault in it, what is the first thing he should do?（分数：1.00）A.Complain personal
5、ly to the manager.B.Threaten to take the matter to court.C.Write a firm letter of complaint to the store of purchase.D.Show some written proof of the purchase to the store.(2).If a consumer wants a quick settlement of the problem, whom is it better to complain to?（分数：1.00）A.A shop assistant.B.The st
6、ore manager.C.The manufacturer.D.A public organization.(3).How can the most effective complaint be made?（分数：1.00）A.Showing the fault item to the manager.B.Explaining exactly what is wrong with the item.C.Saying firmly that the item is of poor quality.D.Asking politely to change the item.Questions 14
7、 16 are based on the following talk. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14 16. （分数：3.00）(1).When was the American Football Association founded?（分数：1.00）A.In 1913.B.In 1930.C.In 1914.D.In 1917.(2).Which of the following records of the US football team is true?（分数：1.00）A.First place in the 3rd
8、world Cup.B.Second place in the 4th World Cup.C.Third place in the 1st World Cup.D.Fourth place in the 2nd World Cup.(3).Where was the finals of the World Cup in 1994 held?（分数：1.00）A.In England.B.In the USA.C.In Mexico.D.In France.Questions 17 20 are based on the following talk. You now have 20 seco
9、nds to read Questions 17 20. （分数：4.00）(1).Who is the speaker?（分数：1.00）A.A poet.B.A teacher.C.A student.D.An artist.(2).What was the discussion topic of the previous class meeting?（分数：1.00）A.New England mystery stories.B.Eighteenth-century English criticism.C.A comparison of poems of Dickinson and Wh
10、itman.D.The poems of Walt Whitman.(3).How did Emily Dickinson differ from Walt Whitman?（分数：1.00）A.She published poems frequently.B.She seldom left home.C.She lived in an earlier era.D.She spoke a different language.(4).What will the class do now?（分数：1.00）A.Hear another report.B.Discuss one of Emily
11、Dickinson“s poems.C.Hear a lecture given by the teacher.D.Discuss poems they have written themselves.四、Part C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)You now have 60 seconds to read Questions 21 30. （分数：10.00）(1). where did rice originate? （分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2). What kind of grain did most Europeans eat 500 years ago? （分数：1.0
12、0）(3). What kind of grain could be found in American diet 500 years ago? （分数：1.00）(4). Who gave dairy products to the native Americans? （分数：1.00）(5). In which year did Columbus take chili pepper to Spain? （分数：1.00）(6). How long did it take for chili pepper to become popular around the world? （分数：1.0
13、0）(7). Where can“t chili pepper grow according to the talk? （分数：1.00）(8). What did Europeans think of potatoes? （分数：1.00）(9). What was potato used for in Europe at first? （分数：1.00）(10). In what part of the world is potato especially a favorite food? （分数：1.00）五、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：20.00)“Down
14、-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 down-to-earth person is just the 3 of someone who acts important or proud. Dow
15、n-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 with his own importance and pride, 7 without cause, is said to have “his nose in
16、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-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good understanding 11 reality. He has what
17、 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 dreamer 15 mind is not in the real world. 16 , such a dreamer can be brought back t
18、o 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 down-to-earth, we act honestly and openly 20 others. Our fives are like the
19、ground below us, solid and strong.（分数：20.00）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)When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isn“t biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist isn“t cutting, tilling or polishing as many nails as she“d li
20、ke 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 service that people can do without when they“re concerned about saving some dol
21、lars. “ 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 before Alan Greenspan“s admission that America“s red-hot economy is cooling, l
22、ots 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 of their revenue between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the cautious approac
23、h 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 about the economy“s long-term prospects, even as they do some modest belt-
24、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, predominantly fed by Wall Street bonuses, “ says broker Barbara Corcoran. In
25、 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 comfortable about their ability to find and keep a job. Many folks see si
26、lver 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 investors now view as a necessary ingredient to a sustained boom. Dine
27、rs might see an 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. Their reasons seemed as mundane as the other happen-stances of suburban li
28、fe. “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 backed away from this remark. But coming in the wake of at least sixteen
29、 suicide at- tempts 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 the hospital, told more than 200 parents and kids, “We“re talking abou
30、t a crisis that has really gotten out of hand.“ Later he added, “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 at home or school. “Many of these were popular kids,“ he said, “The
31、y 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 arms. A few girls casually display scars on their arms where they
32、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 of three of the girls treated in June, said one was having famil
33、y 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 concern. As Sobo noted, “What“s going on in New Milford is not unique to New Milford. “ The same underlying culture of despair cou
34、ld 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：5.00）(1).What is the main subject of the passage?_（分数：1.00）A.Eight gifts committed suicide in New Milford.B.The village Green is not a charming place.C.Teenager suicide.D.Dr
35、. Simon Sobo“s achievements.(2).In the 3rd sentence of the first paragraph the word “pressing“ is closest in meaning to _.（分数：1.00）A.urgently importantB.pushingC.invitingD.charming(3).What is NOT true about the eight girls?_（分数：1.00）A.They are all between 12 and 17.B.They have tried a variety of mea
36、sures.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：1.00）A.They are ill-bred students in school.B.Some of them take “real drugs“.C.Teens need attention.D.A few casually display scars on their arms.(5).Accor
37、ding to the passage, the teens in Village Green can be called _.（分数：1.00）A.depressed generationB.cool generationC.attractive generationD.prosperous generation十、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The history of responses to the work of the artist Sandro Botticelli (1444 - 1510) suggests that widespread appreciatio
38、n 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, academic art historians defamed Botticelli in favor of his f
39、ellows 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, pleasing neither amateur observers nor connoisseurs. ( Many of his
40、 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 him to be noteworthy, because his work, for the most part, did
41、not seem to these observers to exhibit the traditional characteristics of the fifteenth-century Florentine art. For example, Botticelli rarely employed the technique of strict perspective and, unlike Michelangelo, never used chiaroscuro. Another reason for Botticelli“s unpopularity may have been tha
42、t 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 paradoxical that a painter of large-scale classical subjects adopte
43、d 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 to grow. Analyses and assessments of Botticelli made between
44、 1850 and 1870 by the artists of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, as well as by the writer Pater ( although he, unfortunately, based his assessment on an incorrect analysis of Botticelli“ s personality), inspired a new appreciation of Botticelli throughout the English-speaking world. Yet Botticelli“s wo
45、rk, 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 paintings by other fifteenth-century Florentinesfeatures suc
46、h 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 unique achievement and one that made the traditional Florentine
47、qualities 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：5.00）(1).Which of the following would be the best title for the text?_（分数：1.00）A.The Role of Standard Art Analyses and AppraisalsB.Sandro Bottice
48、lli: 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：1.00）A.suppressing painters“ art initiativesB.favoring Botticelli“ s best paintingsC.rejecting tr
49、aditional art characteristicsD.undervaluing Botticelli“ s achievements(3).The views of Vasari and Home on Botticelli“s products are _.（分数：1.00）A.identicalB.complementaryC.oppositeD.similar(4).The word “connoisseurs“ ( Paragraph 1 ) most probably means _.（分数：1.00）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?_
