1、公共英语五级-听力理解(一)及答案解析(总分：150.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Unit 1(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Part A(总题数：1，分数：10.00)（分数：10.00）(1).Professor Wang went on a lecture tour to Edinburgh.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).Wang visited the lake area by himself.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).Gross feels rather jealous of Wang, as he himself has not been able
2、 to visit Edinburgh.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).The British usually have more opportunities to see their country than foreign visitors.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).Mr. Gross has never traveled by air before.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).It did cost Professor Wang much in taking and developing those photos.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误
3、(7).Wang is quite reluctant to show Gross his pictures.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).Gross says he is particularly impressed by a photo showing a castle.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).Professor Wang enriched his experience in Britain through his trip.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).Wang forgot the time and is almost late for hi
4、s airplane.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误三、Part B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 1113 are based on the effect on the nuclear family for women.（分数：3.00）(1).What are some disadvantages of the nuclear family for women?A. Husbands have to share power with their wives.B. Older women often live alone when their husbands die
5、.C. Family structure is more patriarchal in the nuclear family.D. Wives usually have to pay all the bills of the family.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why are many women dissatisfied with marriage and the nuclear family?A. Because they want to stay home and do the housework.B. Because they do not have enough
6、money.C. Because they have too much work and not much free time.D. Because they do not have enough power in the family.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Whats the main idea of the passage?A. The nuclear family structure offers women both advantages and disadvantages.B. Women are generally less satisfied with mar
7、riage than man are.C. Family structure in most parts of the world is still patriarchal.D. Family structure is changing throughout the world.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 1416 are based on the following talk about the bank credit card.（分数：3.00）(1).In what way is a bank credit card different from a store
8、 credit account?A. It can be presented at any place.B. The holder can use it at his bank only.C. It is not used at a shop only, but at almost all kinds of business where there is a bank card sign.D. It can be used only at the bank where the card is issued.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What does the bank do w
9、hen customers buy something using a bank credit card?A. It imprints the card details on to a sales voucher.B. It pays the store for the purchases made by customers.C. It sends customers the purchases within 25 days.D. It sends customers the purchases which shows the amount of money they will pay.（分数
10、：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Where can a bank credit card holder get cash?A. At any bank where he pays a charge at the rate of 2.25% a month.B. At any bank that has joined this scheme.C. At any store showing the bank card sign.D. Only at a bank where he has deposited money.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 1720 are b
11、ased on the following talk about the language ability.（分数：4.00）(1).What happened to the child in Fredericks experiment?A. The childs brain was damaged.B. The child died.C. The child kept silent.D. The child heard no mother tongue.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Why are some children still backward in speaking?
12、A. Their brains have been input with too much language at once.B. They do not listen carefully to their mothers.C. Their mothers are not intelligent enough to help them.D. Their mothers do not respond to their attempts to speak.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What is the difference of the language of a child o
13、f four from that of his parents?A. The vowel sounds. B. The grammar.C. The style. D. The vocabulary.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What is a possible consequence if the mother does not respond to her childs signals?A. The child will make little effort to speak.B. The child will speak properly all the same.C.
14、The child will stop giving out signalsD. The child will develop a language of its own.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.四、Part C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)（分数：10.00）(1).On which day did the Titanic sink?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).How many passengers were there on board when the Titanic sailed from Southampton?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Many
15、 millionaires and fashionable society members were determined on enjoying a carefree weeks voyage on the _ of the sea.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).By early evening the air temperature fell sharply which is an _ that ice was very close.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).The iceberg cut a _ along the plates of the ships hull
16、.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).The collision with the iceberg was fatal because _ watertight compartments were flooded.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).Women and children were given _ and husbands and fathers had to say goodbye to their families.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).Enormous loss of life occurred because many people were l
17、ocked below and there werent enough _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).At 2:20 a.m. the Titanic stood _ in the water and then slid down.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).The most disgraceful aspect of the tragedy was the selfishness of some passengers in protecting themselves and _ the rest.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_五、Unit 2(总题数：0，分数：
18、0.00)六、Part A(总题数：1，分数：10.00)（分数：10.00）(1).Annie had arranged to go out after work.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).Blain is usually late.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).Annie spoke to Blain on the phone.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).Annie is usually late.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).Blain didnt mind arriving late at the concert.（分数：1.00）
19、A.正确B.错误(6).Annie is worried that Blain is not going to come at all.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).Rosie doesnt think he is going to come either.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).Rosie suggests having a coffee in the office.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).There is somebody to answer the phone at the office.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).Anni
20、e is going to leave a message for Blain.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误七、Part B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following talk about pickpockets in the United States.（分数：3.00）(1).Which of the following about pickpocket is not true?A. It is a fast increasing crime.B. Its methods are improving.C.
21、 Nobody is safe from a veteran pickpocket.D. There are about 4, 000, 000 victims every year.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What was probably the reason for discontinuing to hang a pickpocket in the 18th century?A. Hanging was a useless warning.B. It was too cruel and violent.C. Too many people watched the pra
22、ctice.D. Other pickpockets were only spectators.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Where is the least likely place for pickpocketing?A. Banks and supermarkets. B. Trains and bus stations.C. Post offices and hospitals. D. Elevators and airports.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 14 to 16 are based on the talk about the ch
23、anging of world population.（分数：3.00）(1).Where is population growth happening?A. In all countries in the world. B. In only a few countries.C. In most countries. D. Mainly in developed countries.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Which of the following is true according to the talk?A. There has been a slower popula
24、tion growth in the past ten years.B. The worlds rate is higher than ten years ago.C. Families are as large as before.D. Birth control has been carried out well all over the world.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Why may it happen in the future that people working in Europe will have to pay much higher taxes?A.
25、Because more and more children will be given birth.B. Because they will earn more money.C. Because they will have higher living standards.D. Because the number of retired people will become even larger.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 17 to 20 are based on a talk about “biological clock“.（分数：4.00）(1).Why
26、did people make gardens into “flower clock“?A. To make gardens into a round shape.B. To look at the flower in the gardens at different times of the year.C. To attract people.D. To know the time.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What happened to the flowers which were put in a laboratory in constant darkness?A. T
27、hey didnt open at all.B. They opened as if they were in a normal garden.C. They have circadian cycles of activity.D. They died without knowing the time of day.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).Which of the following is NOT the reason why the flowers in the laboratory open?A. There was a clock in the laboratory.B
28、. They have a kind of “biological clock“.C. They have circadian cycles of activity.D. Their “internal clock“ tells them to open.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).What happened to the oysters which were taken from the sea to the laboratory?A. They kept their cycles of activity.B. They opened and closed their shel
29、ls at exactly the same time as before.C. They opened and closed their shells at different times.D. They didnt open their shells at all.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.八、Part C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)（分数：10.00）(1).The computer brings both the benefits and dangers. The speaker means dangerto _ well-being of the people who a
30、re at computer terminals.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).The severe abnormalities of pregnant women who work with computer terminalsis _ higher than those of pregnant women who dont work with computer terminals.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Exposing for long periods to the video screen causes disturbances to vision and _
31、.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Why have some trade unions of workers involved with computer laid down their own guidelines?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).There are two groups of computer users. Which group, professional or amateur does the speaker think is in more danger?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).People working with computers
32、 have backache because they crouch over a (an) _ keyboard.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).People who work in front of the screen not only suffer from the visual disturbance but also an _ of the face.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).It seems that the electrostatic field of the video screen attracts dust from the atmosphere a
33、nd _ .（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).What can a shaky or fuzzy image on the screen cause?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).The speaker mentioned five precautions for the terminal users. What kind of precautions are these?（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_九、Unit 3(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十、Part A(总题数：1，分数：10.00)（分数：10.00）(1).No other Valentines Day ca
34、n be compared with the one when I was nine years old.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(2).From last Valentines Day on, Lori Lees image had never left my mind.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(3).Our walk home from the bus stop each day is the happiest time of my young life.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(4).Although she always sweet to me, Loft
35、 does not seem to be in love with me.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(5).She pulls a very small red envelope from her school bag, presses it into my hand and quickly runs away.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(6).Inside the envelope, Lori has spelt out “I love you“ in glue and covered the perfect cursive letters with glitter.（分数：
36、1.00）A.正确B.错误(7).Lori and I might be married now if it were not for Ted, my elder brother.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(8).He foolishly showed Loris card to some other children in the neighborhood because he loved Lori.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(9).I was unwilling to move, for Alaska was a bitterly cold place for exiles
37、.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误(10).At my door, it beggars description to describe the excitement in my chest.（分数：1.00）A.正确B.错误十一、Part B(总题数：3，分数：10.00)Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following talk on Mothers Day.（分数：3.00）(1).What day is Mothers Day?A. The second Saturday in May. B. The second Sunday in May
38、.C. The first Sunday in May. D. The first Saturday in May.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).What is one of the ways that American people honor their mothers on Mothers Day?A. They present their mothers with carnations.B. They send money to their mothers.C. They wear a carnation.D. They write a thank-you letter t
39、o their mothers.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What CANT you conclude from the passage?A. Miss Jarvis was devoted to her mother.B. Miss Jarvis knew many important persons.C. Miss Jarvis was very persistent.D. Miss Jarviss efforts were not in vain.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 14 to 16 are based on the talk about
40、 the innocent victims of AIDS.（分数：3.00）(1).“AIDS has spread both numerically and geographically.“ What does the statement mean?A. The disease has spread to many countries in the world.B. The disease has spread to large numbers of people.C. The disease has spread very fast in Africa.D. The disease ha
41、s spread in number and from place to place.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).How many people are now infected with the AIDS virus according to the passage?A. 20, 000, 000. B. 18,000, 000. C. 28, 000, 000. D. 25,000, 000.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What is the passage mainly about?A. How AIDS spreads to Africa.B. How in
42、nocent people contract AIDS.C. What can be done to save innocent victims of AIDS.D. How HIV-positive persons develop AIDS.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following interview between Mr. Pollard and Mrs. Partridge about the housing situation in Britain.（分数：4.00）(1).What is the ma
43、in topic of the interview?A. The housing situation in Britain.B. Setting up new towns.C. How to solve housing problems in Britain.D. Providing houses for the homeless.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).Mrs. Partridge said that many houses are in a “shocking state“. What does she mean?A. These houses are cold and
44、leaking in winter.B. These houses do not have enough sanitation facilities.C. These houses are nearly falling down.D. These houses are the worst slums in Western Europe.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).What does Mrs. Partridge blame the government for?A. Not planning to repair the old houses.B. Not spending mon
45、ey properly on housing.C. Not providing enough money.D. Not discussing the housing problem.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).Where does Mr. Pollard think the homeless people can go?A. To hotels. B. To new towns.C. To hostels. D. To empty buildings.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十二、Part C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)（分数：10.00）(1).The massi
46、ve search for a missing Sannich woman today failed to _ any trace of the 20-year-old student.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Her ear muffs and a _ were found about a kilometer from her home.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Sannich Emergency Program coordinator says the effort _ was remarkable.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).The _ disap
47、pearance of a popular student has aroused the concern of the community.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).I think everyone is very _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).Almost _ in rewards have been posted for information.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).The ground search for the woman has been _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).The 20-year-old student disappeared while jogging in _ park area.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(9).Some of the searchers were the womans _ and fellow students.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(10).Inspector Arnold says they havent been able to match _ with that of the woman.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_十三、Unit 4
