1、国家公共英语（四级）笔试模拟试卷 200及答案与解析 PART A Directions: For Questions 1-5, you will hear a conversation. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write only 1 word in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twi
2、ce. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below. 1 PART B Directions: For Questions 6-10, you will hear a passage. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below. 6 PART C Directions: You will he
3、ar three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear eac
4、h piece ONLY ONCE. 11 How long did Emily Dickinson live in the house where she was born? _ （ A） Almost all her life. （ B） Less than half her life. （ C） Until 1830. （ D） Before 1872. 12 Which of the following is true of Emily Dickinson? _ （ A） She was not a productive poet. （ B） She saw many of her p
5、oems published. （ C） She was not a sociable person. （ D） She had contact only with a few poets. 13 When was Emily Dickinson widely recognized? _ （ A） after Henry James referred highly to her. （ B） after seven of her poems were punlished. （ C） after her poems became known to others. （ D） after she wa
6、s dead for many years. 14 Which of the following is covered in BCD International programs? _ （ A） interviews with radio producers. （ B） a large variety of pop songs. （ C） news from the music library. （ D） stories about the good old days. 15 Which program gives us the ideas behind the pop songs?_ （ A
7、） The History of Pop. （ B） The Road to Music. （ C） Pop Words. （ D） About the Big Hits. 16 For native speakers understanding English pop songs is_. （ A） effortless （ B） impossible （ C） difficult （ D） unnecessary 17 Why does the woman say she has mixed feeling ? （ A） She wasnt quite ready to come back
8、 to campus. （ B） There are more endangered species in zoos than in the wild. （ C） The birds wont learn to keep away from people. （ D） She might change her major. 18 What was the womans job? （ A） Counting wildlife （ B） Cleaning cages （ C） Training baby birds （ D） Making puppets 19 Why does the man me
9、ntion tigers and pandas? （ A） He once had a job in a zoo. （ B） Theyre familiar examples of endangered species. （ C） Hes interested in the genetics of mammals. （ D） They also become attached to humans. 20 Why do the staff members cover themselves with cloth as they work? （ A） So that they are protect
10、ed from scratches by the cranes talons. （ B） So that they arent exposed to infectious diseases. （ C） So that the chicks can be examined in a sterile environment. （ D） So that the chicks dont become dependent on human being. 一、 Section II Use of English (15 minutes) Directions: Read the following tex
11、t. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. 20 The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases 21 the trial of Rosemary West. In a significant 22 of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvi
12、ne, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a 23 bill that will propose making payments to witnesses 24 and will strictly control the amount of 25 that can be given to a case 26 a trial begins. In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee, Lord Irvine said he 27
13、 with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not 28 sufficient control. 29 of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a 30 of media protest when he said the 31 of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges 32 to Parliament. The Lord
14、 Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which 33 the European Convention on Human Rights legally 34 in Britain, laid down that everybody was 35 to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families. “Press freedoms will be in safe hands 36 our
15、British judges,“ he said. Witness payments became an 37 after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were 38 to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised 39 witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to 4
16、0 guilty verdicts. （ A） as to （ B） for instance （ C） in particular （ D） such as （ A） tightening （ B） intensifying （ C） focusing （ D） fastening （ A） sketch （ B） rough （ C） preliminary （ D） draft （ A） illogical （ B） illegal （ C） improbable （ D） improper （ A） publicity （ B） penalty （ C） popularity （ D）
17、 peculiarity （ A） since （ B） if （ C） before （ D） as （ A） sided （ B） shared （ C） complied （ D） agreed （ A） present （ B） offer （ C） manifest （ D） indicate （ A） Release （ B） Publication （ C） Printing （ D） Exposure （ A） storm （ B） rage （ C） flare （ D） flash （ A） translation （ B） interpretation （ C） exhi
18、bition （ D） demonstration （ A） better than （ B） other than （ C） rather than （ D） sooner than （ A） changes （ B） makes （ C） sets （ D） turns （ A） binding （ B） convincing （ C） restraining （ D） sustaining （ A） authorized （ B） credited （ C） entitled （ D） qualified （ A） with （ B） to （ C） from （ D） by （ A）
19、impact （ B） incident （ C） inference （ D） issue （ A） stated （ B） remarked （ C） said （ D） told （ A） what （ B） when （ C） which （ D） that （ A） assure （ B） confide （ C） ensure （ D） guarantee Part B Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D .
20、Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. 40 British cancer researchers have found that childhood leukaemia is caused by an infection and clusters of cases around industrial sites are the result of population mixing that increases exposure. The research published in the British Journal of Cancer backs up
21、 a 1988 theory that some as yet unidentified infection caused leukaemia not the environmental factors widely blamed for the disease. “Childhood leukaemia appears to be an unusual result of a common infection,“ said Sir Richard Doll, an internationally-known cancer expert who first linked tobacco wit
22、h lung cancer in 1950. “A virus is the most likely explanation. You would get an increased risk of it if you suddenly put a lot of people from large towns in a rural area, where you might have people who had not been exposed to the infection. “ Doll was commenting on the new findings by researchers
23、at Newcastle University, which focused on a cluster of leukaemia cases around the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria in northern England. Scientists have been trying to establish why there was more leukaemia in children around the Sellafield area, but have failed to establish a link wi
24、th radiation or pollution. The Newcastle University research by Heather Dickinson and Louise Parker showed the cluster of cases could have been predicted because of the amount of population mixing going on in the area, as large numbers of construction workers and nuclear staff moved into a rural set
25、ting. “Our study shows that population mixing can account for the (Sellafield) leukaemia cluster and that all children, whether their parents are incomers or locals, are at a higher risk if they are born in an area of high population mixing,“ Dickinson said in a statement issued by the Cancer Resear
26、ch Campaign, which publishes the British Journal of Cancer. Their paper adds crucial weight to the 1988 theory put forward by Leo Kinlen, a cancer epidemiologist at Oxford University, who said that exposure to a common unidentified infection through population mixing resulted in the disease. 41 Who
27、first hinted at the possible cause of childhood leukaemia by infection? _ （ A） Leo Kinlen. （ B） Richard Doll. （ C） Louise Parker. （ D） Heather Dickinson. 42 Which statement can be supported by Heather Dickinson and Louise Parkers new findings? _ （ A） Radiation has contributed to the disease. （ B） Pu
28、tting a lot of people from rural area in a large towns increases the risk of childhood leukaemia. （ C） Population mixing is the most important reason for leukaemia cluster. （ D） Childhood leukaemia is caused by an unusual infection. 43 According to the passage, which of the following is true? _ （ A）
29、 Most people believe childhood leukaemia is due to environmental factors. （ B） Population mixing best explains the cause of childhood leukaemia. （ C） Radiation has nothing to do with childhood leukaemia. （ D） Children born in a large town are at higher risk of leukaemia. 44 Cancer Research Campaign
30、is most possibly a_. （ A） medical journal （ B） research institute （ C） private company （ D） governmental agency 45 This passage is mainly about_. （ A） the cluster of leukaemia cases around the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing part （ B） the kind of infection that causes childhood leukaemia （ C） the ca
31、uses of childhood leukaemia （ D） a new finding by British scientists 45 For me, scientific knowledge is divided into mathematical sciences, natural sciences or sciences dealing with the natural world (physical and biological sciences), and sciences dealing with mankind (psychology, sociology, all th
32、e sciences of cultural achievements, every kind of historical knowledge). Apart from these sciences is philosophy, about which we will talk later. In the first place, all this is pure of theoretical knowledge, sought only for the purpose of understanding, in order to fulfil the need to understand wh
33、at is intrinsic and consubstantial to man. What distinguishes man from animal is that he knows and needs to know. If man did not know that the world existed, and that the world was of a certain kind, that he was in the world and that he himself was of a certain kind, he wouldnt be man. The technical
34、 aspects or applications of knowledge are equally necessary for man and are of the greatest importance because they also contribute to defining him as man and permit him to pursue a life increasingly more truly human. But even while enjoying the results of technical progress, he must defend the prim
35、acy and autonomy of pure knowledge. Knowledge sought directly for its practical applications will have immediate and foreseeable success, but not the kind of important result whose revolutionary scope is in large part unforeseen, except by the imagination of the Utopians. Let me recall a well-known
36、example. If the Greek mathematicians had not applied themselves to the investigation of conic sections, zealously and without the least suspicion that it might someday be useful, it would not have been possible centuries later to navigate far from shore. The first man to study nature of electricity
37、could not imagine that their experiments, carried on because of mere intellectual curiosity, would eventually lead to modern electrical technology, without which we can scarcely conceive of contemporary life. Pure knowledge is valuable for its own sake, because the human spirit cannot resign itself
38、to ignorance. But, in addition, it is the foundation for practical results that would not have been reached if this knowledge had not been sought disinterestedly. 46 The most important advances made by mankind come from_. （ A） apparently useless information （ B） the natural sciences （ C） philosophy
39、（ D） technical applications 47 The author does not include among the science the study of_. （ A） Astronomy （ B） Literature （ C） Chemistry （ D） Economics 48 In the paragraph that follows this passage, we may expect the author to discuss （ A） unforeseen discoveries （ B） philosophy （ C） the value of pu
40、re research （ D） the value of technical research 49 The author points out that the Greeks who study conic section_. （ A） were unaware of the value of their studies （ B） were mathematicians （ C） resigned （ D） were interested in navigation 50 The practical scientist_. （ A） is a philosopher （ B） is int
41、erested in the unknown （ C） knows the value of what he will discover （ D） knows that the world exists 50 Opinion polls are now beginning to show an unwilling general agreement that, whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on, high unemployment is probably here to stay. This means we shall
42、have to find ways of sharing the available employment more widely. But we need to go further. We must ask some fundamental questions about the future of work. Should we continue to treat employment as the norm? Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves, rather than f
43、or an employer? Should we not aim to revive the household and the neighbourhood, as well as the factory and the office, as centres of production and work? The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most peoples work has taken the form of jobs. The industrial age may now be
44、 coming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought about may have to be reversed. This seems a discouraging thought. But, in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better future for work. Universal employment, as its history shows, has not meant economic freedom. Employment
45、 became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving them of the use of the land, and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves. Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from peoples hom
46、es. Later, as transport improved, first by rail and then by road, people travelled longer distances to their places of employment until, eventually, many peoples work lost all connection with their home lives and places in which they lived. Meanwhile, employment put women at a disadvantage. It becam
47、e customary for the husband to go out paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and family to his wife. All this may now have to change. The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the impractical goal of creating jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of
48、 helping many people to manage without full-time jobs. 51 What idea did the author derive from the recent opinion polls? （ A） New jobs must be created in order to rectify high unemployment figures. （ B） Available employment should be restricted to a small percentage of the population. （ C） The prese
49、nt high unemployment figures are a fact of life. （ D） Jobs available must be distributed among more people. 52 The passage suggests that we should now re-examine our thinking about work and （ A） be prepared to fill in time by taking up housework （ B） set up smaller private enterprises so that we in turn can employ others （ C） create more factories in order to increase our productivity （ D） be prepared to admit that being employed is not the only kind of work 53 The passage tells us that the arriva
