1、国家公共英语（五级）笔试模拟试卷 99及答案与解析 Part A Directions: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer Questions 1-10 by circling TRUE or FALSE. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. You now have 1 minute to read Questions 1-10. 1 A good book may draw our attention so completely that we forget our surroundings and ev
2、en our identity for the time being. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 2 Good books can decrease our contentment when we are happy and lessen our troubles when we are sad. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 3 With only a good book we are very likely to feel lonely. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 4 According to the talk, only real charac
3、ters portrayed in books may become our friends. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 5 Our human friends sometimes may make us bored, but the friends in books may also be hurt by us. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 6 Good books can provide us with a wide range of experiences. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 7 Your wish to visit some far
4、-off places can be realized by just reading books. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 8 “To travel by book“means to take imaginary journeys to the places mentioned in the book. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 9 The possibilities of our literary experiences are almost unlimited. （ A） True （ B） Fasle 10 We can make a round-th
5、e-world flight trip free of charge if we finish reading enough books. （ A） True （ B） Fasle Part B Directions: You will hear 3 conversations or talks and you must answer the questions by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear the recording ONLY ONCE. 11 What should one do if he wants to work more effic
6、iently at his low point in the morning? （ A） Change his energy cycle. （ B） Overcome his laziness. （ C） Get up earlier than usual. （ D） Go to bed earlier. 12 Why does the speaker suggest we rise with a yawn and stretch? （ A） Because it will help keep your energy for the days work. （ B） Because it wil
7、l help you to control your temper early in the day. （ C） Because it will help you to concentrate on your routine work. （ D） Because it will keep your energy cycle under control all day. 13 Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? （ A） Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save ones e
8、nergy. （ B） Dr. Kleiman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of a day. （ C） Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle. （ D） Children have energy cycles, too. 14 Whats the main purpose of the talk? （ A） To introduce the concept of inflation. （ B） To discuss the causes of
9、inflation. （ C） To review yesterdays lecture on inflation. （ D） To argue in favor of inflation. 15 According to the lecture, what is inflation? （ A） Rising prices. （ B） Fixed income. （ C） Real income. （ D） Cost of living. 16 Who benefits most from inflation? （ A） Persons who have salaries according
10、to long-term contracts. （ B） Persons who own businesses. （ C） Persons with old-age pensions. （ D） Persons with slow-rising incomes. 17 Who is the speaker? （ A） A poet. （ B） A teacher. （ C） A student. （ D） An artist. 18 What was the discussion topic of the previous class meeting? （ A） New England mys
11、tery stories. （ B） Eighteenth-century English criticism. （ C） A comparison of poems of Dickinson and Whitman. （ D） The poems of Walt Whitman. 19 How did Emily Dickinson differ from Walt Whitman? （ A） She published poems frequently. （ B） She seldom left home. （ C） She lived in an earlier era. （ D） Sh
12、e spoke a different language. 20 What will the class do now? （ 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. Part C Directions: You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer the questions o
13、r complete the notes in your test booklet for Questions 21-30 by writing NOT MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided on the right. You will hear the talk TWICE. You now have 1 minute to read Questions 21-30. 21 What does the lecture mainly concern? 22 The changes in the U. S. A. in the 1960s beg
14、an with the_Right Movement. 23 Why did Americans have these movements in the early 1960s? 24 What was the name given to the generation that came of age during the 1960s? 25 When did the Womens Movement begin in the U. S. A. ? 26 Whats the Civil Rights Movement for? 27 List three traditional female o
15、ccupations mentioned in the talk. 28 What has given women an independence in forming a family? 29 What is the effect of the Womens Movement? 30 In what aspects does the speaker think all of these cultural changes are strengthened? 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the follow
16、ing text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 30 “The more gadgets there are, the【 31】 _things seem to get. “ said Honore Ervin, co-author of The Etiquette Girls: Things You Need to Be Told- “ Just because it s there【 32】 _your disposal,
17、doesnt mean you have to use it 24/7. “ A recent【 33】 _by market research company Synovate showed that 70 percent of 1, 000 respondents【 34】 _the poorest etiquette in cell phone users over other devices. The worst habit? Loud phone conversations in public places, or “cell yell, “【 35】 _to 72 percent
18、of the Americans polled. “People use【 36】 _anywhere and everywhere, “ Ervin said. “At the movies-turn【 37】 _your cell phone. I dont want to pay $ 10 to be sitting next to some guy chitchatting to his girlfriend【 38】 _his cell phone. “ This rudeness has deteriorated public spaces, according to Lew Fr
19、iedland, a communication professor【 39】 _the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He【 40】 _the lack of manners a kind of unconscious rudeness, 【 41】 _many people are not【 42】_of what they re doing or the others around them. “I think it s really noticeable in any plane, train or bus【 43】 _you re subjecte
20、d against your will【 44】 _someone else s conversation, “ he said. “You can listen to intimate details of their uncles illness, problems with their lovers and【 45】 _they re having for sinner. “ “It【 46】 _what was a public common space and starts to【 47】 _it up into small private space. “ A short time
21、 ago, if cell phone users【 48】 _politely asked to talk quietly, they would【 49】 with chagrin, he said. “Now more and more people are essentially treating you like you dont understand that loud cell phone use is【 50】 _in public. “ Part A Directions: Read the following texts and answer the questions w
22、hich accompany them by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 50 In a three-month period last year, two Brooklynites had to be cut out of their apartments and carried to hospital on stretchers designed for transporting small whales. The National Association to Advance Fat Accept
23、ance(NAAFA)argues mat it was not their combined 900kg bulk that made them ill. Obesity, according to NAAFA, is not bad for you. And, even if it was, there is nothing to be done about it, because genes dictate weight. Attempting to eat less merely slows metabolism, having people as chubby as ever. Th
24、is is the fatlash movement that causes America s slimming industry so much pain. In his book Bin Fat Lies(Ballantine, 1996), Glenn Gaesser says that no study yet has convincingly shown that weight is an independent cause of health problems. Fatness does not kill people; things like hypertension, cor
25、onary heart diseases and cancer do. Michael Fumento, author of The Fat of the Land(Viking, 1997), an anti-fatlash diatribe, compares Dr Gaessers logic with saying that the guillotine did not kill Louis XVI: Rather, it was the severing of his vertebrae, the cutting of all the blood vessels in bis nec
26、k, and. the trauma caused by his head dropping several feet into a wicker basket. Being fat kills in several ways. It makes people far more likely to suffer from heart disease or high blood pressure. Even moderate obesity increases the chance of contracting diabetes. Being 40% overweight makes peopl
27、e 30% -50% more likely to die of cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. Extreme fatness makes patients so much less likely to survive surgery that many doctors refuse to operate until they slim. The idea that being overweight is caused by obesity genes is not wholly false: researchers hav
28、e found a number of genes that appear to make some people burn off energy at a slower rate. But genes are not destiny. The difference between someone with a genetic predisposition to gain weight and someone without appears to be roughly 40 calories or a spoonful of mayonnaise a day. An alternative f
29、atlash argument, advanced in books such as.Dean Onrush s Eat More, Weight Less(Harper Collies, 1993)and Date Atrens s Dont Diet(William Morrow, 1978), is that fatness is not a matter of eating too much. They note that as Americans weight has ballooned over the last few decades, their reported calori
30、c intake has plunged. This simply explains people s own recollection of how much they eat is extremely unreliable. And as they grow fatter, people feel guilty and are more likely to fib about how much they eat. All reputable studies show that eating less and exercising reduce weight. Certainly, the
31、body s metabolism slows a little when you lose weight, because it takes less energy to carry less bulk around, and because dieting can make the body fear it is about to starve. But a sensible low-fat diet makes weight loss possible. The fatlash movement is dangerous, because shmmers will often find
32、any excuse to give up. To tell people that it is healthy to be obese is to encourage them to live sick and die young. 51 The two Brooklynites in the first paragraph were_. （ A） members of the NWA （ B） typical victims of overweight （ C） members of the “fatlash“ movement （ D） proof that the fatlash mo
33、vement is gaining strength 52 The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance holds that_. （ A） fat people should try to lose weight （ B） eating less is harmful to people s health （ C） fat people were born that way （ D） obesity is good for people 53 What can be concluded according to the author s
34、 view of the “obesity genes“? （ A） People with a genetic inclination to gain weight can slim. （ B） People who are born fat will remain that way all life. （ C） All efforts to lose weight will prove fruitless. （ D） Fat people can live a very happy life, too. 54 The word “fib“ in the fourth sentence of
35、 Paragraph 5, probably means_. （ A） to tell the truth （ B） to reduce （ C） to increase （ D） to tell a small lie 55 Which of the following statements is true? （ A） Americans caloric intake has dropped over the last few decades. （ B） Many people who try to lose weight give up half way. （ C） Americans a
36、re always aware of how much they eat. （ D） Obesity does no harm to people s health. 55 The issue of online privacy in the Internet age found new urgency following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, sparking debate over striking the correct balance between protecting civil liberties and attempting to pr
37、event another tragic terrorist act. While preventing terrorism certainly is of paramount importance, privacy rights should not be deemed irrelevant. In response to the attacks, Congress quickly passed legislation that included provisions expanding rights of investigators to intercept wire, oral and
38、electronic communications of alleged hackers and terrorists. Civil liberties groups expressed concerns over the provisions and urged caution in ensuring that efforts to protect our nation do not result in broad government authority to erode privacy rights of U. S. citizens. Nevertheless, causing fur
39、ther concern to civil liberties groups, the Department of Justice proposed exceptions to the attorney-client privilege. On Oct. 30, Attorney General John Ashcroft approved an interim agency rule that would permit federal prison authorities to monitor wire and electronic communications between lawyer
40、s and their clients in federal custody, including those who have been detained but not charged with any crime, whenever surveillance is deemed necessary to prevent violence or terrorism. In light of this broadening effort to reach into communications that were previously believed to be “off-limits“
41、, the issue of online privacy is now an even more pressing concern. Congress has taken some legislative steps toward ensuring online privacy, including the Children s Online Privacy Protection Act, and provided privacy protections for certain sectors through legislation such as the Financial Service
42、s Modernization Act. The legislation passed to date does not, however, provide a statutory scheme for protecting general online consumer privacy. Lacking definitive federal law, some states passed their own measures. But much of this legislation is incomplete or not enforced. Moreover, it becomes un
43、workable when states create different privacy standards; the Internet does not know geographic boundaries, and companies and individuals cannot be expected to comply with differing, and at times conflicting, privacy rules. An analysis earlier this year of 751 U. S. and international Web sites conduc
44、ted by Consumers International found that most sites collect personal information but fail to tell consumers how that data will be used, how security is maintained and what rights consumers have over their own information. At a minimum, Congress should pass legislation requiring Web sites to display
45、 privacy policies prominently, inform consumers of the methods employed to collect client data, allow customers to opt out of such data collection, and provide customer access to their own data that has already been collected. Although various Internet privacy bills were introduced in the 107th Cong
46、ress, the focus shifted to expanding government surveillance in the wake of the terrorist attacks. Plainly, government efforts to prevent terrorism are appropriate. Exactly how these exigent circumstances change the nature of the online privacy debate is still to be seen. 56 Concerning the protectio
47、n of privacy and increased surveillance of communication, the author seems to insist on_. （ A） the prioriy of the former action （ B） the execution of the latter at the expense of the former （ C） tightening both policies at the same time （ D） a balance between the two actions 57 The author implies in
48、 the second paragraph that_. （ A） the proposal of the Department of Justice is unjustified （ B） surveillance of any suspect communication is necessary （ C） civil liberties groups should not have shown such great concern （ D） exceptions should be made in intercepting communications 58 In the eyes of
49、the author, the Financial Service Modernization Act_. （ A） serves no more than as a new patch on an old robe （ B） indicates the Congress admirable move to protect privacy （ C） invades online consumer privacy rather than protect it （ D） is deficient in that it leaves many sectors unshielded 59 Privacy standards made by individual states are ineffective because_. （ A） the standards of different states contradict each other
