1、公共英语五级-74 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 on how hard people are working today: Working Hard or Hardly Working? As you listen, answer Questions 110 by circling TRUE or FALSE. You will hear the passage ONLY ONCE.You now have 1 minute to read
2、Questions 110./I（分数：10.00）(1).Employees today work shorter hours but take longer vacation than in 1979.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).A management consultant made a list of a bankers everyday activity to see if he has become lazier at work.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).The more time a person spends at work, the more h
3、e or she accomplishes.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).The negative point of the connection between time and productivity showed that anyones working efficiency could decrease after a certain point.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).Many employers evaluate their employees job performance only.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).Some people
4、 prefer to work more than 40 hours a week so as to let their superiors see their long-time hard work.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).A group of black hunters expressed their viewpoints on peoples working situation today.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).The two candidates for an executive position had similar qualification
5、s.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).The candidate who usually worked longer hours at work for the same job would get the applied position.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).Nearly all people prefer to spend extra time at work so as to get more money.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误二、BPart B/B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 11 13 are based on the
6、 following conversation. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 13.（分数：3.00）(1).Why is it necessary to give a coin to someone when you give him a present with a sharp edge or point?（分数：1.00）A.To specially celebrate his birthday.B.To express some special meaning which you dare not tell directly
7、.C.To wish for a long-lasting friendship.D.To wish your friend good luck in his life.(2).Is Mollys uncle a superstitious person?（分数：1.00）A.He wasnt before, but now he has become one.B.Yes, he always believes in things which can bring him good or bad luck.C.Yes, he always says that its bad luck to wa
8、lk under a ladder.D.No, he isnt, except when referring to walking under a ladder.(3).According to Mollys grandmother, how many years of bad luck would be brought if she breaks a mirror?（分数：1.00）A.Ten years.B.Seven years.C.Five years.D.Seven weeks.Questions 14 16 are based on the following conversati
9、on. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14 16.（分数：3.00）(1).Why does the woman call?（分数：1.00）A.Because she has a problem about her car.B.Because she wants to book a train ticket.C.Because she wants to know how she can go to Edinburgh.D.Because she wants to know how she can go to London.(2).How
10、long does it take to go by train?（分数：1.00）A.About ten hours.B.Five hours.C.Eight hours.D.Fourteen hours.(3).How will the customer go there?（分数：1.00）A.By car.B.By plane.C.By coach.D.Not decided yet.Questions 17 20 are based on the following talk. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17 20.（分数：4.
11、00）(1).When will overseas students enroll?（分数：1.00）A.8th February.B.16th February.C.17th February.D.18th February.(2).Where will the students go for their enrolment?（分数：1.00）A.In the Mathematics Faculty.B.In Room C6.C.In Room C859.D.On Level 9.(3).What must all students show at enrolment?（分数：1.00）A.
12、A letter of acceptance from their faculty.B.Student cards.C.Their passports.D.Proof of level of English proficiency.(4).What cant the students do with their student cards?（分数：1.00）A.Borrow books from the library.B.Buy books on discounts at bookstores.C.Get medical care at the medical center.D.See fi
13、lms free of charge.三、BPart C/B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)（分数：10.00）(1).What kind of overview does the book intend to give about American society?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Most of the articles in the book were written by _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).What is said about the points of view of some articles on the same topic?（分
14、数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).In what form do most articles appear in this book?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).What is the criteria for choosing an earlier article rather than a later one?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).What type of students is the book mainly compiled for?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).What English language level are the reade
15、rs of this book expected to have?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).What does the speaker say the compilers of the book would welcome from the readers?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).What do the compilers hope that the readers would do after reading the book?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).In general, what aspects of America are introdu
16、ced into this book?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、BSection Use o(总题数：1，分数：20.00)These days we are so accustomed to telegraph messagesU (31) /Uit is hard for us to imagine the excitement that was felt in the nineteenth century when the first cables were laid,CableU (32) /Uproved to be immensely difficult. The cab
17、leU (33) /Uwas laid in the autumn of 1850 carried the first telegraph messagesU (34) /UEngland and France had a very short life. The day after, a fisherman “caught“ the cable by mistake. Thinking that the copper wire at the centre of the thick cable was gold, he cut a pieceU (35) /Uto show his frien
18、ds. However, a new cable was put down andU (36) /Unews could travel quickly across Europe. But there wasU (37) /Uto way of sending messages between Europe and America.When the Atlantic Telegraph Company was formed in 1856, a seriousU (38) /Uwas made to “join“ Europe to America with no lessU (39) /U2
19、,300 miles of cable. AsU (40) /Usingle ship could carry such a weight, the job was shared by two sailing vessels, the Agamemnon and the Niagara. The intention wasU (41) /Uafter setting out in opposite directions, they shouldU (42) /Uin the middle of the Atlantic OceanU (43) /Uthe two cables would be
20、 connected together. But the ships hadU (44) /Ucovered 300 miles when the cable broke. In 1858, a second attempt was made. This time, greatly hindered by storms, the ships were again unsuccessful. There was great rejoicing a few months later, when after the combined efforts of both ships, Britain an
21、d America were at last connected by cable and the Queen of England was able to speakU (45) /Uthe President of the United States. This cable, U(46) /Uonly lasted eleven weeks. U(47) /Uattempts were postponed until 1864 when Brunels steamship, the Great Eastern, set forth. This powerful ship did the w
22、hole jobU (48) /Uitself, but again messages could not travel freelyU (49) /Uthe cable developed a fault. While it was being mended, it broke and 1,300 mile of it lay on the ocean floor.But two years later the Great Eastern completed a highly successful journey andU (50) /Uthen it has become possible
23、 to send messages to all parts of the world.（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:_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/BOne of the largest mental health problems in the Uni
24、ted States is that of compulsive gambling. Although there are no scientific studies that have discovered the exact number, experts estimate that between five and ten million persons are compulsive gamblers.Like addicting to alcohol or narcotics, compulsive gambling crosses all social and economic li
25、nes. Compulsive gamblers can be found in any profession and at any level of society. And the addiction affects both men and women.The gambling compulsion usually starts in the early teens. The more often the young gambler indulges in the compulsion, the more obsessive it becomes. By his early twenti
26、es, the average compulsive gambler has moved from small bets on such things as football games, horse races, and card games to more adult, more expensive, gambling forms.For the compulsive gamblers, life becomes continuous gambling. The compulsion consumes the gambling addict to such a point that not
27、hing else matters not even health, children, or family.Studies by psychiatrists seem to show that compulsive gamblers bet to lose. Compulsive gamblers never stop when they are ahead. Instead they try to win more.One important characteristic to the compulsive gambler is his optimism. Like most human
28、beings he does not like to admit defeat. Consequently, he hides his real motivations for gambling with large amounts of enthusiastic optimism. The more deeply he is committed to bettingand losing the more fanatical his conviction that the next bet will make him wealthy.Compulsive gamblers will use a
29、lmost any means to get money to “feed their addiction“. Borrowing or stealing from friends or family is the first method gamblers usually employ to get cash. Other common ways to get money are embezzlement, robbery or writing false checks.In recent years psychiatrists have discovered some of the bas
30、ic reasons for compulsive gambling. First, compulsive gamblers almost always come from homes lacking in love. As a result the child grows up still looking for the warmth of family love and parental approval.Another aspect of the nature of the gambling addict is that unconsciously he wants to lose. P
31、sychiatrists believe that compulsive gamblers consciously may expect to win; however, there is a strong element of self-destruction in their inclination to continue betting until all is lost.One New York psychiatrist believes that basically the compulsive gambler is seeking an answer to the question
32、: “Do you love me?“ By winning he receives a “yes“ answer. However, the gambler cannot accept the “yes“ he sometimes receives because it is contrary to the reality of his (or her) unhappy childhoodone lacking in family love. The gambler is compelled to continue betting, thus expressing again and aga
33、in his need for love and acceptance.When gambling addicts do win some money, they rarely spend any of it on their families. Money is like a sacred thing to the addict. It is reserved for one thing: placing a bet.Fortunately, there is hope and help today for gambling addicts. Psychiatric treatment is
34、 one possibility. Group therapy seems to help in some cases. The most readily availableand least expensivehelp comes from an organization called Gamblers Anonymous (GA). Patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) it has more than ninety chapters in the United States with about 3 000 gamblers seeking
35、a cure. One basic rule of GA is that gamblers must pay back all their debts, even if it takes many years to do so. Thousands of members credit GA with saving them from their addiction and helping them to build new lives free from the gambling sickness.Happily, today with more public interest in help
36、ing the gambling addict overcome his problem and with such organization as the GA, the gambler who wants help to break his addiction now has some place or someone to turn to.（分数：5.00）(1).We can infer from the text that the addiction to compulsive gambling affect _.（分数：1.00）A.young men onlyB.women on
37、lyC.elders onlyD.both men and women(2).What is one of the most essential characteristics of the compulsive gamblers?（分数：1.00）A.They are all teenagers.B.They are frequently pessimistic.C.They are from any profession.D.they never admit defeat.(3).According to the psychiatrists, compulsive gamblers are
38、 those _.（分数：1.00）A.who care much about family and healthB.who are products of happy home with loving parentsC.who axe runaways from their wivesD.who want to be loved(4).When compulsive gamblers do win some money, they are usually _.（分数：1.00）A.lending money to their poor relativesB.placing a new bet
39、C.buying expensive presents for themselvesD.spending money on their families(5).Whats the authors attitude towards treatment of gambling addicts?（分数：1.00）A.Negative.B.Pessimistic.C.Positive.D.Indifferent.BText 2/BStockbrokers are agents who buy and sell stocks, shares and other securities for their
40、clients. They are paid commission. Jobbers, on the other hand, buy and sell securities in large quantities. They are the wholesalers. The jobbers are always to be found in the same spot in the London Stock Exchange. They congregate according to the type of security they specialize in. So you can fin
41、d all the jobbers dealing with rubber shares in one place, those interested in shipping another, those concerned with mining in another, and so on. Jobbers make a profit like any other dealer. They usually quote two prices; they are prepared to buy any reasonable quantity of that share at the lower
42、price, and to sell at the higher price. These prices vary, of course, from day to day and even hour to hour, according to the demand.Perhaps a broke wants to sell five hundred shares in XYZ Pharmaceuticals for a client. He looks for the jobbers who deal in pharmaceutical shares. He asks the price of
43、 XYZ Pharmaceuticals, without saying whether he wishes to buy or sell. The jobber quotes him two pricesperhaps 75/79. This means that he will buy quantities of that share at 75 pence each, and sell them at 79 pence each. The broker then goes on to other jobbers and asks them the same question.Eventu
44、ally he chooses the best offer. The two men make a verbal agreement (nothing is written at this stage) and from that moment the brokers client is the owner of those shares. When he goes back to his office, the broker has to write out a “contract note“, which he sends to his client. This records the
45、price, his commission, the tax on the transaction, and so on. For payment, both the buyer and the seller must sign transfer forms; these are sent to XYZ Pharmaceuticals for registration. Later, the buyer gets a certificate of the shares. The deal is now complete.The London Stock Exchange has always
46、been famous as a place for men. only, and women used to be strictly forbidden to enter. But the world is changing day by day, and even the Stock Exchange, which seemed to be a mans castle, is gradually opening its doors to the other sex. On 16th November, 1971, a great decision was taken. The Stock
47、Exchange Council (the body of men that administers the Stock Exchange) decided that Women should be allowed on to the new trading floor when it opened in 1973. But the “castle“ had not been completely conquered. The first girls to work in “The House“ were not brokers or jobbers. They were neither allowed to become partners in stockbroking firms, nor to be authorized dealers in stocks and shares. They were simpl
