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1、公共英语四级-148 及答案解析(总分:79.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、Section Use of Eng(总题数:1,分数:20.00)Although the size of the workforce depends a great deal on the size of the total population, there are several other influences which also affect it. The age distribution of the total population has a very 1 effect on the avail
2、able workforce. If the population has a high 2 of very young people or of 3 too old to work, then the available workforce would be lower than 4 there were an 5 spread age distribution. If the population grows raidly 6 natural increase, i.e., the number of births greatly 7 the number of deaths, then
3、as a total population increases the proportion of the workforce 8 . Sometimes a population is described as aging, 9 means that the birth rate is either falling or growing very slowly, and as people retire 10 the workforce there are insufficient numbers of young people entering it to 11 those who are
4、 leaving it. The population is top heavy with older people. So the 12 of the population in the workforce declines when there is 13 a rapid increase in births or a falling birth rate. The age distribution of the population has several important effects on the economy. If the population is aging and t
5、here is an increase in the number of people retiring 14 a corresponding increase in the number entering the workforce, this raises the problem of the ability of the economy to provide a 15 level of social services to the retired group. If the 16 are to be cared 17 in special homes or hotels, finance
6、 must be 18 for that purpose. If the size of the workforce is small relative 19 the total population, then the government tax receipts are relatively low and either the government has less money available to it or the workforce members have to be 20 more heavily.(分数:20.00)A.littleB.markedC.muchD.lot
7、A.portionB.correlationC.proportionD.approximationA.thoseB.onesC.whoD.thatA.whenB.ifC.unlessD.otherwiseA.evenlyB.oddlyC.smoothlyD.decentlyA.withB.toC.upD.fromA.sustainsB.exceedsC.overwhelmsD.overthrowsA.declinesB.refusesC.rejectsD.inclinesA.thisB.thatC.itD.whichA.toB.intoC.fromD.outA.supplementB.repl
8、aceC.facilitateD.implementA.shareB.percentageC.allocationD.propertyA.neitherB.noneC.bothD.eitherA.withB.withoutC.uponD.afterA.reasonableB.sensibleC.predictableD.workableA.agingB.agedC.retiringD.youngA.forB.aboutC.ofD.afterA.feasibleB.availableC.practicableD.tractableA.aboutB.toC.ofD.forA.loadedB.imp
9、osedC.taxedD.executed二、Section Reading Co(总题数:0,分数:0.00)四、Passage 1(总题数:1,分数:5.00)Would you like to orbit the Earth inside the International Space Station? Now you can take a space holidayfor a price. This is due to a recent decision by top space officials of the United States, Russia, Canada, Japan
10、 and the European Space Agency. Last April, American businessman Dennis Tito reportedly paid between twelve million and twenty million dollars to spend one week on the International Space Station. NASA had strongly objected to the Russian plan to permit a civilian on the costly research vehicle. Aft
11、er two years of negotiations, space officials have agreed on a process to train private citizens to take trips to the International Space Station. NASA recently agreed to conditions that will permit Russia to sell trips to the space station. The trips are planned by an American company called Space
12、Adventures Limited of Arlington, Virginia. The company calls itself “the world“s leading space tourism company“. The company has sold a space trip to Mark Shuttle-worth , a South African businessman. In April, Mr Shuttleworth will be launched into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Ex
13、perts say the change in policy at NASA shows a new desire to use space vehicles for business and industrial purposes. In a speech to Congress last year, NASA official Michael Hawes said that the space agency had not considered civilian travel as one of the industries it wanted to develop. However, M
14、r Hawes said that private space travel could now be done as long as safety measures are observed carefully. Yet, the average citizen will not be able to travel into space in the near future. Space Adventures Limited sells a training program for space flight that costs two hundred thousand dollars. T
15、hat price does not include the cost of the trip to the International Space Station. That holiday in space costs twenty million dollars. Candidates for adventure space travel trips must be in excellent heaith and must pass difficult health tests. They must receive a lot of training. Besides, good Eng
16、lish can help you prepare for a space holiday. This is because all successful candidates who wish to travel to the International Space Station must be able to read and speak English.(分数:5.00)(1).At first, NASA is_private citizen“s space travel.(分数:1.00)A.forB.againstC.indifferent toD.hesitant about(
17、2).The time between American businessman Dennis Tito“s and a South African businessman Mark Shuttleworth“s space travel is_.(分数:1.00)A.one yearB.two yearsC.three yearsD.four years(3).NASA thinks space travellers must_to do private space travel.(分数:1.00)A.observe safety measures carefullyB.have a new
18、 desire to use space vehicles for civilian travelC.negotiate with Russia or NASAD.be as rich as Dennis Tito and Mark Shuttleworth(4).If a person really wants to go to the space station,he or she should spend_in total.(分数:1.00)A.$ 200000B.twelve million dollarsC.twenty million dollarsD.more than twen
19、ty million dollars(5).Those who want to travel in the space should _.(分数:1.00)A.afford the expenses of the space tripB.pass the health check and physical trainingC.speak EnglishD.alI of the above五、Passage 2(总题数:1,分数:5.00)In the 1960s the West Coast became an important center for rock music. Los Ange
20、les and Southern California are famous for sunshine and surfing. There, a quieter kind of rock called surf rock became famous. The Beach Boys sang songs like “Surfin“ U. S. A.“, “California Girls“ and “Fun, Fun, Fun“. These songs made people dream about the good life in California. San Francisco was
21、 a center for young people and rock music in the late 1960s. This was the time of the Vietnam War, student protest, hippies, and drugs. Hippies talked about love and peace. They wore brightly colored clothes and had long hair. They listened to rock and folk-rock music. Drugs were a serious problem d
22、uring that time. The deaths of three young rock stars, Janis Jopling, Jim Morrison and the great guitar player Jim Hendrix were all related to drugs. Not all of the rock musicians came from California or the U. S. A That was the time of the great British rock groups like the Beatles and the Rolling
23、Stones. British rock musicians had a very important place in the rock music of the 1960s in America. Another kind of softer rock music was created by the singers. Singers like Joni Mitchell and James Taylor wrote their own lyrics and their own music. Their songs were about love and friendship, good
24、and bad times. In the 1960s big rock concerts were very welcomed by everyone. The most famous concert was Woodstock. In 1969 in New York State, a million young people came together to hear the rock stars. This peaceful Woodstock concert was the most important musical event of the 1960s. After World
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