1、公共英语五级-56 及答案解析(总分：110.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BSection Liste(总题数：1，分数：10.00)BPart A/BI You will hear a talk about home-schooling on a world cruise. As you listen, answer Questions 1 to 10 by circling True or False. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE.You now have 1 minute to read Questions 1 to 10./I（分数：10.00
2、）(1).The speaker and her husband adopted home-schooling for their daughter Cathy because they lived on a sailing boat.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).The cruising lifestyle had been the dream of the couple before their daughters were born.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).As Cathy was very intelligent, she needed a more ch
3、allenging curriculum than children of her age.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).There were plenty of books but no encyclopedias and atlases on their boat.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).The couple chose space exploration for Cathy to study because they would like to visit the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.
4、错误(6).Cathys experience is typical of most home-schooled children.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).Cathy had learned many things which students at school would have no access to.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).It can be inferred that Cathy had a random course of study that depended on where the family would be sailing to.
5、（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).It can be inferred that Cathys education was unsystematic but interesting.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).It can be inferred that combining sailing experience around the world with study is a very effective way to home-school children.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误二、BPart B/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions
6、11 to 13 are based on the following narration on study about eccentricity. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 to 13.（分数：3.00）(1).According to the studies, whats the percentage of eccentrics?（分数：1.00）A.10%.B.1%.C.0.01%.D.0.001%.(2).Which of the following is mentioned in the passage to descr
7、ibe eccentrics?（分数：1.00）A.Happy.B.Unhappy.C.Interesting.D.Common.(3).Which of the following statements about eccentrics is tree?（分数：1.00）A.They show no interest in many subjects.B.They are linked with genius in some ways.C.They dont have many relationships.D.They are a dying breed.Questions 14 to 16
8、 are based on the conversation between a couple talking about computer. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14 to 16.（分数：3.00）(1).What are the two people talking about?（分数：1.00）A.Email.B.A computer class.C.Computer in general.D.Their old computer.(2).What is the probable relationship between t
9、he two speakers?（分数：1.00）A.Father and daughter.B.Husband and wife.C.Mother and son.D.Teacher and student.(3).What brought about a great change in the two speakers attitude towards computers?（分数：1.00）A.A computer class.B.A degree in computer.C.An instruction manual.D.Computer games.Questions 17 to 20
10、 are based on the following telephone interview. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 17 to 20.（分数：4.00）(1).What does the conversation mainly discuss?（分数：1.00）A.How to care for precious metals.B.A standard unit for measuring weight.C.The value of precious metals.D.Using the metric system.(2).Ho
11、w was the weight used?（分数：1.00）A.To check the accuracy of scales.B.To calculate the density of other metals.C.To observe changes in the atmosphere.D.To measure amounts of rainfall.(3).Why was it necessary to replace the old standard weight?（分数：1.00）A.Someone spilled water on it.B.Someone lost it.C.I
12、t was made of low quality metal.D.The standard for measuring had changed.(4).What does Dr. Smith probably think about the cost of the new weight?（分数：1.00）A.It is a small amount to pay for so much precious metal.B.It is difficult to judge the value of such an object.C.It is reasonable for an object w
13、ith such an important function.D.It is too high for such a light weight.三、BPart C/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)（分数：10.00）(1).In Japan you should hold a business card with _ and read the name and rifle carefully.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).In _ it is usual for men to touch each other in a friendly way.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3
14、).In Korea, eye contact means _ to the speaker.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Which country is Bob from?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).English people tend to _ when talking to each other.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).The proper behavior in Italy is to avoid using peoples _ unless you are invited to.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).Which countr
15、ies has Bob visited, according to the conversation?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).Which countries has Kate visited, according to the conversation?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).Who might be the people Bob and Kate met in various countries?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).Embarrassing mistakes made by Bob and Kate is due to ignorance
16、 of _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)The fitness movement that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s centered U(31) /U aerobic exercise. Millions of individuals became U(32) /U in a variety of aerobic activities, and literally thousands of health spas developed around the country
17、U(33) /U capitalize on his emerging interest in U(34) /U particularly aerobic dancing for females. A number of fitness spas existed prior U(35) /U this aerobic fitness movement, even a national chain with spas in most major cities. However, their focus was U(36) /U on aerobics, but U(37) /U weight t
18、raining programs designed to develop muscular mass, strength , and endurance in their primarily male enthusiasts. These fitness U(38) /U did not seem to benefit financially from the U(39) /U fitness movement to better health, since medical opinion suggested that U(40) /U training programs offered fe
19、w, if U(41) /U, health benefits. In recent years, U(42) /U weight gaining has again become increasingly popular for males and for U(43) /U females. Many current programs focus not only on U(44) /U muscular strength and endurance but on aerobic fitness as well.Historically, most physical fitness test
20、s have usually included measures of muscular strength and U(45) /U, not for health related reasons, but primarily U(46) /U such fitness components have been related to performance in athletics. However, in recent years, U(47) /U has shown that training programs designed primarily to improve muscular
21、 U(48) /U and endurance might also offer some health U(49) /U as well. The American College of Sports Medicine now recommends that weight training U(50) /U part of a total fitness program for healthy Americans.（分数：20.00）(1).（分数：1.00）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
22、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:_五、BSection Readi(总题数：3，分数：15.00)BTEXT 1/BOn an average of six limes a day, a doctor in Holland practices “active“ euthanasia: intentionally administering a lethal drug to a terminally ill patient who has asked to be relieved of
23、 suffering. Twenty times a day, life-prolonging treatment is withheld or withdrawn when there is no hope that it can affect an ultimate cure. “Active“ euthanasia remains a crime on the Dutch statute books punishable by 12 years in prison. But a series of court cases over the past 15 years has made i
24、t clear that a competent physician who carries it out will not be prosecuted.Euthanasia, often called “mercy killing“, is a crime everywhere in Western Europe. But more and more doctors and nurses in Britain, West Germany, Holland and elsewhere readily admit to practicing it, most often in the “pass
25、ive“ form of withholding or withdrawing treatment. The long simmering euthanasia issue has lately boiled over into a sometimes fierce public debate, with both sides claiming the mantle of ultimate righteousness. Those opposed to the practice see themselves up-holding sacred principles of respect for
26、 life, while those in favor raise the banner of humane treatment. After years on the defensive, the advocates now seem to be gaining ground. Recent polls in Britain show that 72 percent of British subjects favor euthanasia in some circumstances. An astonishing 76 percent of respondents to a poll tak
27、en late last year in France said they would like the law changed to decriminalize mercy killings.Reasons for the latest surge of interest in euthanasia are not hard to find. Europeans, like Americans, are now living longer. The average European male now lives to the age of 72, women to almost 80. As
28、 Derek Humphrey, a leading British advocate of “rational euthanasia“ says, “lingering chronic diseases have replaced critical illnesses as the primary cause of death.“And so the euthanasists have begun to press their case with greater force. They argue that every human being should have the right to
29、 “die with dignity“, by which they usually mean the right to escape the horrors of a painful or degrading hospitalization. Most advocates of voluntary euthanasia have argued that the right to die should be accorded only to the terminally and incurably ill, but the movement also includes a small mino
30、rity who believe in euthanasia for anyone who rationally decides to take his own life.That right is unlikely to get legal recognition any time in the near future. Even in the Netherlands, the proposals now before Parliament would restrict euthanasia to a small number of cases and would surround even
31、 those with elaborate safeguards.（分数：5.00）(1).According to Paragraph 1, which of the following is not true?（分数：1.00）A.“Active“ euthanasia is regarded as a crime by Dutch law.B.The doctor who carried out euthanasia will be charged.C.An unqualified doctor carrying out euthanasia will be accused.D.“Act
32、ive“ euthanasia executives will be sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.(2).Euthanasia is often called “mercy killing“, which implies that _.（分数：1.00）A.people should show sympathy for a terminally ill patient.B.some doctors murder patients shielding themselves from mercy.C.humane treatment to dying pa
33、tients should be required.D.the dying patients are suffering from the pain and they dont want to live on.(3).Most advocates of voluntary euthanasia hold the opinion that _.（分数：1.00）A.only terminally ill patients can have euthanasia.B.if anyone who rationally decides to end his life, he can have euth
34、anasia.C.people should respect for life.D.no matter what punishment they get, theyll carry out euthanasia to patients.(4).The authors attitudes towards euthanasia are _.（分数：1.00）A.positive.B.negative.C.objective.D.uncertain.(5).In Paragraph 2, “boiled over“ means _.（分数：1.00）A.bursting into.B.making
35、the water hot enough to boil.C.causing great anger.D.fighting one another.BTEXT 2/BIn the next century Well be able to alter our DNA radically, encoding our visions and vanities while concocting new life-forms. When Dr. Frankenstein made his monster, he wrestled with the moral issue of whether he sh
36、ould allow it to reproduce, “Had I the right, for my own benefit, to inflict the curse upon everlasting generations.?“ Will such questions require us to develop new moral philosophies?Probably not. Instead, well reach again for a time tested moral concept, one sometimes called the Golden Rule and wh
37、ich Kant, the millenniums most prudent moralist, conjured up into a categorical imperative: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you; heat each person as an individual rather than as a means to some end.Under this moral precept we should recoil at human cloning, because it inevitably entail
38、s using humans as means to other humans ends and valuing them as copies of others we loved or as collections of body parts, not as individuals in their own right. We should also draw a line, however fuzzy, that would permit using genetic engineering to cure diseases and disabilities but not to chang
39、e the personal attributes that make someone an individual (IQ, physical appearance, gender and sexuality)。The biotech age will also give us more reason to guard our personal privacy. Aldous Huxley in Brave New World, got it wrong: rather than centralizing power in the hands of the state, DNA technol
40、ogy has empowered individuals and families. But the state will have an important role, making sure that no one, including insurance companies, can look at our genetic data without our permission or use it to discriminate against us.Then we can get ready for the breakthroughs that could come at the e
41、nd of the next century and the technology is comparable to mapping our genes: plotting the 10 billion or more neurons of our brain. With that information we might someday be able to create artificial intelligences that think and experience consciousness in ways that are indistinguishable from a huma
42、n brain. Eventually we might be able to replicate our own minds in a “dry ware“ machine, so that we could live on without the “wet ware“ of a biological brain and body. The 20th centurys revolution in infotechnology will thereby merge with the 21st centurys revolution in biotechnology. But this is s
43、cience fiction. Lets mm the page now and get back to real science.（分数：5.00）(1).Dr. Frankensteins remarks are mentioned in the text _.（分数：1.00）A.to give an episode of the DNA technological breakthroughs.B.to highlight the importance of a means to some everlasting ends,C.to show how he created a new f
44、orm of life a thousand years ago.D.to introduce the topic of moral philosophies incurred in biotechnology.(2).It can be concluded from the text that the technology of human cloning should be employed _.（分数：1.00）A.excessively and extravagantly.B.reasonably and cautiously.C.aggressively and indiscrimi
45、nately.D.openly and enthusiastically.(3).From the text, we learn that Aldous Huxley is of the opinion that _.（分数：1.00）A.DNA technology should be placed in the charge of individuals.B.government should assume less control over individuals.C.people need government to protect their DNA information.D.ol
46、d moral precepts should be abolished on human cloning.(4).Judged from the information in the last paragraph, the following part will talk about?（分数：1.00）A.The reflection upon biotechnological morality.B.The offensive invasion of our personal privacy.C.The inevitable change of IQs for our descendants
47、.D.The present state of biotechnological research.(5).According to the last paragraph, “dry-ware“ is to “wet-ware“ as _.（分数：1.00）A.“collective“ to “individual“.B.“fictional“ to “factual“.C.“mechanical“ to “corporeal“.D.“temporary“ to “permanent“.BTEXT 3/BMany language teachers and learners tend to ask the question: Why should we teach or learn linguistics? Since li
