1、公共英语五级-61 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/BYou will hear a conversation between a student, Mr. Wang, and his tutor, Dr. Wilson. As you listen, answer Questions 1 to 10 by circling A or B. You will hear the conversation ONLY ONCE. （分数：10.00）(1).Dr. Wilson and Mr. Wa
2、ng 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).Wang 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
3、has some experience about CAD.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).Dr. Wilson is satisfied with Wangs past experience.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(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 s
4、hould 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 deciding on his project.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误二、BPart B/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)You will hear 3 conversations or talks and you must answer the questions by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear
5、the recording ONLY ONCE. Questions 11 13 are based on the following talk. （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 personally to the manager.B.Threaten to take the matter to court.C.Write a firm letter of complai
6、nt 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 store manager.C.The manufacturer.D.A public organization.(3).How can the most effective com
7、plaint 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 16 are based on the following talk. （分数：3.00）(1).When was the American Football Associat
8、ion 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 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 fin
9、als 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. （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
10、）A.New England mystery stories.B.Eighteenth-century English criticism.C.A comparison of poems of Dickinson and Whitman.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
11、 spoke a different language.(4).What will the class do now?（分数：1.00）A.Hear another report.B.Discuss one of Emily Dickinsons poems.C.Hear a lecture given by the teacher.D.Discuss poems they have written themselves.三、BPart C/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)You will hear a talk. As you listen, you must answer Questio
12、ns 21 30 by writing NO MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided on the right, You will hear the talk TWICE. （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：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).What kind of grain could be found in American diet 500
13、 years ago?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Who gave dairy products to the native Americans?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).In which year did Columbus take chili pepper to Spain?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).How long did it take for chili pepper to become popular around the world?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).Where cant chili pepper grow accor
14、ding to the talk?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).What did Europeans mink of potatoes?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).What was potato used for in Europe at first?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).In what part of the world is potato especially a favorite food?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)Read the following text and fil
15、l each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word. “Down-to-earth”means someone or something that is honest. realistic and easy to deal with. It is a pleasure to findU (31) /Uwho is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talkU (32) /Uand accepts other people as equals. A down-to-
16、earth person is just theU (33) /Uof someone who acts important or proud. Down-to-earth persons may beU (34) /Umembers of society, of course. But they do not let their importance“U (35) /U to their heads”. They do not consider themselves to be better persons thanU (36) /U of less importance. Someone
17、who is filled with his own importance and pride, U(37) /Uwithout cause, is said to have“his nose in the air”. There isU (38) /Uway a person with his nose in the air Can be down-to-earth. AmericansU (39) /Uanother expression that means almost the same as“down-to-earth”. The expression is“both-feet-on
18、-me-ground”. SomeoneU (40) /Uboth-feet-on-me-ground is a person with a good understandingU (41) /Ureality. He has what is called“common sense, ”he may have dreams, U(42) /Uhe does not allow them to block his knowledge ofU (43) /Uis real. The opposite kind ofU (44) /Uis one who has his“head-in-the-cl
19、ouds”. A man with his head-in-the-clouds is a dreamerU (45) /Umind is not in the real world. U (46) /U, such a dreamer can be brought back to earth. Sharp words from teacher Can usuallyU (47) /Ua day-dreaming student down-to-earth. Usuallythe person who is down-to-earth is veryU (48) /Uto have both
20、feet on the ground. U(49) /Uwe have both our feet on the ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act honestly and openlyU (50) /Uothers. Our lives are like the ground below US, solid and strong. （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 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_
21、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：4，分数：25.00)BPart A/BRead the following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. BText 1/BText1When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isnt biting her nails just yet. But the 47
22、-year-old manicurist isnt cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as shed 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 se
23、rvice that people can do without when theyre concerned about saving some dollars. ”So Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillards department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus. “I dont know if other clients are going to abandon me, too. ”she says. Even before
24、 Alan Greenspans admission that Americas 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 of
25、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 years pace. But dont sound any alarms just yet. Consumers seem only concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about
26、the economys long-term prospects, even as they do some modest belt-tightening. Consumers say theyre not in despair because, despite the dreadful headlines, their own fortunes still feel pretty good. In Manhattan, “theres a new gold rush happening in the $4 million to $10 million range, predominantly
27、 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 comfortable
28、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 wouldnt mind a little fewer bubbles in the job market. Many consumers seem to have been influenced by stock-market swings, which investors
29、now view as a necessary ingredient to a sustained boom. Diners might see an upside, too. Getting a table at Manhattans hot new Alain Ducasse restaurant need to be impossible. Not anymore. For that, Greenspan you put it on yourself. ”She said she used to cut herself“just to release the pain”. Emily,
30、15, a friend 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 werent really trying to kill themselvesthey just needed concern. As Sobo noted, “Whats going on in New Milford i
31、s not unique 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 bug-and has it bad. （分数：5.00）(1).What is the main subject of the passage?（分数：1.00）A.Eight girls committed suicide in New Mil
32、ford.B.The village Green is not a charming place.C.Teenager suicide.D.Dr. Simon Sobos 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）
33、A.They 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：1.00）A.They are ill-bred students in school.B.Some of them take“real drugs”.C.Teens need
34、s attention.D.A few casually display scars on their arms.(5).According to the passage, the teens in Village Green can be called_.（分数：1.00）A.depressed generationB.cool generationC.attractive generationD.prosperous generationBText 3/BText 3The history of responses to the work of the artist Sandro Bott
35、icelli (1444-1510) suggests that widespread appreciation by critics is a relatively recent phenomenon. Writing in 1550, Vasari expressed an unease with Botticellis work, admitting that the artist fitted awkwardly into his evolutionary scheme of the history of art. Over the next two centuries, academ
36、ic 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, Botticelliwork remained outside of accepted taste, pleasing neithe
37、r amateur observers nor connoisseurs. (Many of his best paintings, however, remained hidden away in obscure churches and private homes. ) The primary reason for Botticellis unpopularity is not difficult to understand：most observers, up until the mid-nineteenth century, did not consider him to be not
38、eworthy, 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. Botticelli rarely employed the technique of strict perspective and, unlike Michelangelo, never used chiaroscuro. Another reas
39、on for Botticellis 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 paradoxical that a
40、 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 Botticellis work to the tradition of the fifteenth century Florentine art, his reputation began to grow. Ana
41、lyses 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. unfortunately, based his assessment on an incorrect analysis of Botticellis personality), inspired a new appreciation of Botticelli throughout the
42、 English-speaking world. Yet Botticellis work, especially the Sistine frescoes. did not generate worldwide attention until it was finally subjected to 4 comprehensive and scrupulous analysis by Home in 1908. Home rightly demonstrated that the frescoes shared important features with paintings by othe
43、r 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 unique achievement an
44、d one that made the traditional Florentine qualities 1ess central. Because of Homes emphasis crucial to any study of art, the twentieth century has come to appreciate Botticellis 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 Ar
45、t Analyses and AppraisalsB.Sandro Botticelli：From Rejection to AppreciationC.The History of CriticsResponses 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 paintersart initiativesB.favoring Botticel
46、lis best paintingsC.rejecting traditional art characteristicsD.undervaluing Botticellis achievements(3).The views of Vasari and Home on Botticellis 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.representative
47、s 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 Botticellis representation skills?（分数：1.00）A.They are to be fully appreciated.B.They evolve from an uncertain source.C.They underlie his personality.D.They conform to the classical style.BPart B/B
