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1、书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘学子：学业有成，金榜题名！语言类考试复习资料大全公共英语五级分类模拟题29(无听力原文)公共英语五级分类模拟题29(无听力原文)Part Talk 1 Listen to a talk about Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. As you listen, complete the following exercise. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. Choose the best answer. When was Fahrenheit born? A.1686.B.1696.C.1701.D.1717.答案

2、:A2. What kind of thermometer did Fahrenheit construct?A.Gas thermometers.B.Alcohol thermometers.C.Mercury thermometers.D.Mercury-in-glass thermometers.答案:D3. What is the major difference between Fahrenheits thermometer and the previous ones?A.It has a narrower range of temperatures.B.It has a less

3、constant rate of expansion.C.It is more accurate.D.It is less sensitive.答案:C4. What discovery did Fahrenheit make?A.The freezing point of water affected by atmospheric pressure.B.The changing boiling points of liquid with atmospheric pressure.C.The supercooling of water.D.The solidification of water

4、.答案:BTalk 2 You are going to hear a talk about the first black Britons. As you listen, complete the following exercises. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. Answer the following questions by circling TRUE of FALSE. Black people began to live in Britain in the 17th century. 答案:B2. African slaves were taken to th

5、e Americas by British colonists to work on plantations.答案:A3. A unit of British currency was named after a West African region.答案:A4. Choose the best answer. When did slavery become illegal in Britain? A.In the 16th century.B.In the 17th century.C.In the 18th century.D.In the 19th century.答案:D5. Why

6、 did government officials bring blacks to Britain?A.To have company on their journey back.B.To make them work as slaves on plantations.C.To make them soldiers in the British army.D.To enrich the British races.答案:A6. How were blacks treated in the UK?A.They were punished severely by their owners.B.Th

7、ey were treated as equals.C.The were not treated as fully human.D.They suffered inhuman treatment.答案:C7. Complete the following sentences with NO MORE THAN three words for each blank. _ in aristocratic families indicated black peoples status. 答案: (Oil)Paintings8. Before the abolitionist movement, bl

8、ack people were believed not to have _.答案: reason9. Owners often trained their black servants in _.答案: Drawing and music10. Francis Barber, Dr. Johnsons employee, was paid _ per year.答案:70 / 70 poundsPassage London After the Great Fire The Great Fire of September 1666 laid waste five sixths of the w

9、alled area of the medieval city, from Fleet Street in the west to the Tower of London in the east, and north from the bank of the Thames to the wall at Cripplegate. London Bridge was not affected, as a previous fire of 1633 had cleared an area at its north end which stopped the flames of 1666 spread

10、ing. Within the area of the fire no buildings survived intact above ground, though churches of stone, and especially their towers, were only partly destroyed and now stood as gaunt and smoking ruins. In many places the ground was too hot to walk on for several days afterwards. At least 65,000 people

11、 had been made homeless by the fire. At first they camped in the fields outside the walls, but within days had dispersed to surrounding villages or other parts of London. Rents soared in the unburnt area, but somehow accommodation was found for all who needed it. Much merchandise had been destroyed,

12、 and there was virtually no fire insurance, so many people were ruined, and some moved away permanently. Within a few days of the fire, several proposals with sketch-plans for radical reorganisation of the Citys streets were put forward, including one by Christopher Wren, but they had no chance of s

13、uccess, because so many interests were involved and the City wanted to get back on its feet quickly. One of them, by Richard Newcourt, which proposed a rigid grid with churches in squares, was however later adopted for the laying-out of Philadelphia, USA. Then, in October 1666, King Charles and the

14、City appointed Commissioners, including Wren, to regulate the rebuilding. The Commissioners issued proclamations concerning the width of streets and the height, materials and dimensions of secular buildings. And in February 1667 a Fire Court started hearing many competing claims from owners and tena

15、nts as the rebuilding began. Some streets were widened or straightened, bottlenecks eased, and one new street built by carving through private properties. Markets in the streets were moved into new special market halls. But efforts to create a city with fine new public buildings and spaces did not g

16、o much further. There were no new public squares. The four affected gates (Ludgate, Newgate, Moorgate and Temple Bar) were rebuilt in place, even though they were now decorative rather than useful, and all the gates were removed in the 1760s. A New Quay, 40 feet wide and from Blackfriars to the Towe

17、r, was intended; but although a space was cleared back from the pre-fire river wall for this purpose, it became gradually obscured by cranes, sheds and then permanent private warehouses. A separate scheme to make the Fleet into a canal with its own warehouses and vaults got under way but also failed

18、 after a few decades. By the end of 1670 almost 7000 sites had been surveyed and 6000 houses built. By the time of Ogilby and Morgans map of the City in 1676 all the area of the fire had been rebuilt with the exception of some of the sites of parish churches. The mapmakers even guessed at the future

19、 shape of St Pauls Cathedral, even though only the foundation of the east end had been laid. Surprisingly, considering Wrens habit of keeping the design to himself, they got it roughly right. Overall, there were fewer houses (some scholars say a reduction of 20%, others say as much as 39%), partly d

20、ue to amalgamation of sites and some owners wish to have larger houses. Four sizes were specified in the rebuilding actthe largest was a house at the back of a courtyard. These grand residences were now occupied by merchants and aldermen, since the aristocracy had been moving to the West End or Cove

21、nt Garden before the Great Fire and they now decamped with greater speed. The courtyard houses and the second type, which fronted major streets, were restricted to four storeys in height whereas before the fire they were sometimes six. Ordinary streets and alleys contained two smaller types, limited

22、 to three storeys. All houses had to be constructed of brick, though some timber was allowed in practice (especially for the cornice at roof-level), and the external walls were to be of differing thickness depending on the type of house. The grander houses sometimes had doorways and windows in stone

23、, but this would have been exceptional. There are a very few survivors today, but an example can be seen in the former Deanery off St Pauls churchyard. Fifty-one parish churches were rebuilt under the general direction of Christopher Wren (knighted in 1673). Today there are 23 left fairly intact, an

24、d ruins or only towers of a further six. Their variety and beauty comes not only from his inventive genius and a close study of classical architecture, but also from an essential pragmatism about the ruins facing him. Often the new church had the same outline as the pre-fire building, or the tower w

25、as retained. Some of the designs may be by Robert Hooke (St Martin Ludgate), but it is clear that Wren only had a general overall control of all these projects. Whether it is around the cathedral, during repairs to a Wren church or on some building sites, archaeological excavation in the City often

26、finds evidence of the fire and of the rebuilding, especially along the waterfront where the fire rubble was left in the streets and alleys to heighten the ground level against the Thames. This means that not only are some of the pre-fire buildings saved for excavation, with walls up to five feet hig

27、h, but the post-fire improvements can be seen: wider alleys, and more construction in brick. Carved stones from destroyed churches were reused as rubble in foundations and walls, most notably in the crypt of the new St Pauls. We have perhaps been overimpressed by the Great Fire, and must place it in

28、 contextthe fire, destructive though it was, devastated only about one third of the conurbation of London then standing. Within the area of the devastation a new city of brick and occasionally stone arose, but around it a larger area remained timber-framed for generations to come. Inside the City, i

29、f we could have walked down a street like Fenchurch Street in 1675, we would have seen an abrupt change from the brick buildings of the new city to the timber and plaster frontages of the pre-fire city, at the point where the fire was stopped. This sudden contrast took generations to erase. But it i

30、s also true that the fire created the opportunity to build, in the central area, a city in a new form, which would quickly become the hub of the British Empire in the decades which followed. So the creation of the Empire owes something to the Great Fire of 1666. Comprehension 1. Choose the best answ

31、er. After the Great Fire, _. A.one sixth of the city was burnt to the groundB.only churches of stone remained intactC.London Bridge survived because of a previous fireD.the area to the south of the Thames River was cleared答案:C2. Plans to reorganize the city were rejected because _.A.the city wanted

32、to resume its normal life quicklyB.they were too radical for the citys rebuildingC.they repeated the layout of cities in other countriesD.there were no criteria concerning the rebuilding答案:A3. The rebuilding of London _.A.cleared many private houses for new public squaresB.removed the four decorativ

33、e gatesC.cleared the space for a new quayD.constructed a canal with its own warehouses and vaults答案:C4. There were fewer houses rebuilt after the Great Fire because of _.A.the expansion of churchesB.some owners wishes to enlarge their housesC.the lack of specifications of new housesD.the aristocracy

34、 who moved into the area答案:B5. Complete the following sentences with NO MORE THAN three words for each blank. After the fire, almost all houses were constructed of _. 答案: brick and timber6. Today many of the churches rebuilt after the fire remain _.答案: (fairly) intact7. Wrens genius, knowledge of cl

35、assical architecture and _ all came to play in his design of the churches.答案: (an essential) pragmatism8. Archaelogical excavation finds that the fire rubble was used to raise _.答案: the ground level9. Answer the following questions by using NO MORE THAN four words. In which part of the new buildings

36、 were the stones from destroyed churches reused? 答案:Foundations and walls.10. What were the buildings constructed of outside the destroyed area?答案:Timber (and plaster).11. In which part of the city was the fire stopped?答案:Fenchurch Street.12. In a sense, what did the fire contribute to?答案:Creation o

37、f the Empire.Part Exercise 1 Use of EnglishRead the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word Earning a Living in the 19th Century During the 18th century, more and more families in Britain came to earn a living from industrial work rather than from 1 work. And this

38、trend 2 in the 19th century, 3 work providing services rather than in making goods rose to prominence. At the same time, the countrys population increased more rapidly than 4 before, a marked upturn 5 the rate of growth occurring from the late 1700s. As a 6 , a far greater 7 of people were involved

39、in making manufactured goods in early Victorian times than had been the 8 in early Georgian times. The rapidity of population 9 from the late 18th century caused a great deal of interest at the time and brought no little anxiety. Thus the gloomy Thomas Malthus predicted that, 10 checked, such rapid

40、11 growth would outstrip food supplies, 12 to starvation. In the event this did not happen, but 13 about population growth led to the first national census of Britains population taking place in 1801. Since then, censuses have been 14 every ten years, except during 1941 15 wartime disruption occurre

41、d. The early censuses give some information on occupations and hence 16 how people earned a living. But it is only from 1841 17 detail of the occupations of individuals rather than 18 groups of people is given. This crucial change arose 19 , for the first time, households were issued with forms (or

42、schedules) on 20 they were legally required to record details of everyone who stayed in the household on census night. In 1851, the schedules required fuller information, including occupations. This information was usually collected by local people. 1.答案: agricultural2.答案: continued3.答案: although4.答

43、案: ever5.答案: in6.答案: result7.答案: number8.答案: case9.答案: growth10.答案: unless11.答案: population12.答案: leading13.答案: concern14.答案: taken15.答案: when16.答案: on17.答案: that18.答案: of19.答案: because20.答案: whichExercise 2 Gapped Text In the following article some paragraphs have been removed For Questions 15, Cho

44、ose the most suitable paragraph from the list AF to fit into each of the numbered gaps. There is one paragraph which does not fit in any of the gaps. London in 1509 was certainly no backwater. With a population of around 60,000, it was far larger than any other city in England and, containing as it

45、did Westminster and the City and Southwark, it was at the centre of English political power and financial muscle. Yet these centres were independent in purpose, governance and location, and a trip from the City to Westminster would take in open ground, with hunting on Soho Fields a common activity.

46、London was primus inter pares, not king of the world. 1 The transformation was caused by a combination of court and port. While monarchy and government had been modernising slowly for a century, the pace accelerated rapidly after Henry VII seized power in 1485. To bolster a precarious grip on power,

47、 Henry instituted wide-ranging reforms that centralised the government and caused regional Dower-bases to lose their attraction for the ambitious - London was now the place to be. 2 Helped by a population explosion across the country, London ballooned in size: by 1603 its population had expanded to

48、215,000 people. Henry began a massive programme of construction, turning York House into the palace of Whitehall, building St James and Bridewell palaces, and adding to Hampton Court. Furthermore, the dissolution of the monasteries in 1,536 brought about one of the largest changes in the London prop

49、erty scene, as many religious buildings were destroyed and even more were adapted for secular use. Stone from Clerkenwell Priory was used to build Somerset House on the Strand, and many city companies took similar advantage to nab fine buildings now forcibly emptied of priests. 3 As the city grew, i

50、t needed the infrastructure to match. A new reservoir at Islington, completed in 1609, fed a network of elm pipes underneath the main roads. A quarterly subscription connected around 30,000 houses to the mains, although the water was not of a good enough quality to drink. From 1662, the carrying of

51、letters was declared to be a monopoly of the king, this event effectively marking the beginning of the Royal Mail, with letters travelling between Bristol and London in a day. By 1666 the main streets were lit regularly at night. 4 Much of the population increase was caused by internal migration, wi

52、th people coming from every area of the country: a Swiss visitor reported that London is not said to be in England, but rather England to be in London. But the city was also becoming increasingly multicultural, with tradesmen arriving from all over Europe to set up for business. London accommodated

53、brewers from the Low Countries, tailors from France, cloth dyers from Italy and an African needle-maker. 5 Different parts of London became known for different trades: opticians were concentrated in Ludgate Street, and booksellers were to be found in St Pauls Churchyard. Fleet Street was also slowly

54、 finding its niche: after the first portable printing press was set up at Westminster by William Caxton in 1476, the industry slowly began to take off in the 16th century. The political and religious divisions of the Reformation provided a ready audience for the polemics of the pamphlet and the firs

55、t proper newspaper appeared in 1622. The press operated against a backdrop of continued government censorship, which continued through the Interregnum and the reign of Charles . Publishing laws were relaxed after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and Fleet Street and the City soon became the primary l

56、ocation and focus of the press. A Londons port contributed greatly to its development, giving it access to markets on the Continent, and providing a thriving market economy to the City and the guilds that operated within it. By the end of the 15th century, England dominated the wool market and, by t

57、he time of Henry s accession in 1509, the necessary pieces were in place for an era of prosperity, aided by a political stability that had been lacking before. B The influx of foreigners spawned new expertise and trades that a century earlier would have been as foreign as the accents of the people practising them. Some of these new traders were selling