[语言类考试复习资料大全]公共英语五级模拟122

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模拟122公共英语五级模拟122Section Listening Comprehension Directions: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are

2、 three parts in this section, Part A, Part B and Part C. Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet, NOT on the ANSWER SHEET. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer your answers from your test bo

3、oklet onto ANSWER SHEET 1. If you have any questions, you may raise your hand NOW as you will not be allowed to speak once the test is started. Part A You will hear a talk. As you listen, answer questions 110 by circling True or False. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. Everyo

4、ne agrees on how television affects viewers.答案:B解析 1-10 We have learned that, by age 65, the average American has spent eight solid years in front of a television set. Anything which consumes that much of an individuals time can influence his/her ideas and perceptions, and there is considerable cont

5、roversy in the US about the social role of television. Because TV holds such significant place in American culture, its effects have been thoroughly studied, but the results are still controversial. Even though we watch television for several hours a day, there is some evidence that it is seldom a f

6、ocus of mental concentration. Research indicates that people watching TV have their attention focused on something else for about one-third of the time. During commercials and news broadcasts, viewers look directly at their television sets only about half the time. While the TV set is on, one-fourth

7、 of the viewers are doing something else entirely, such as household chores, conversation or reading. There is also evidence that people dont remember what they see on TV. In one study, viewers could remember only 1 out of 9 news stories when asked about them later in the same evening. When the stor

8、ies were summarized for them, these viewers could remember seeing only about half of them. Nevertheless, even though viewers do not concentrate on television or remember program contents in detail, there is strong evidence that television influences peoples ideas about the world, especially their pe

9、rceptions of distant places and events. The influence of television is particularly strong for young viewers, who rely on it for information about things outside their experience. Many people believe that television fails to provide an accurate or unbiased picture of the world. Some parents and educ

10、ators also fear that children imitate the behavior they see on television and argue that TV does not provide good role models. Television is probably most often criticized for the level of violence it portrays in action-adventure series and in childrens cartoons. Adults worry that watching televisio

11、n will convince children that violence is an acceptable way of solving conflicts. Although many studies have been done on the effects of television violence on childrens behavior, the results are conclusive. Television is also criticized for its explicit sexuality. Up through the 1950s, sexuality wa

12、s absent from television, and even married couples were depicted in separate beds. Things began to change during the 1960s as sexuality became an increasingly prominent feature of television scripts. In the 1980s a family viewing time was established, keeping sex and violence to a minimum before 9:0

13、0 p.m. In the 1990s, however, even family viewing time is filled with sexual innuendo and relatively frank discussion. Television has grown increasingly controversial over the past decade. One response of consumers has been to try to expand their choices though cable system which provides thirty or

14、more channels. Some cable channels specialize in programs for children, educational features and reruns of older programs. Another response has been to turn to video tape. Some parents record unobjectionable programs for their children and replay them. Other parents have eliminated television altoge

15、ther although this response is somewhat rare. If children and adults spend four hours a day in front of a television, there is little doubt that this medium can have a profound effect on American life. 2. People concentrate very carefully while they are watching TV.答案:B3. People look at the TV set o

16、nly about half the time while they are watching the news.答案:A4. About one-fourth of the people watching TV are doing something else at the same time.答案:A5. The effect of TV is particularly strong on younger viewers.答案:A6. Parents believe that television provides their children with good role models.

17、答案:B7. Parents worry about violence on television because it may convince children that violence is an acceptable solution for conflict.答案:A8. American television is criticized for its explicit sexuality.答案:A9. Although sexuality was a major problem in the 1950s, it is much better today.答案:B10. A sm

18、all number of parents have eliminated television because of its possible effects on their children.答案:APart B 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. Questions 1113 are based on the following talk. (如需获

19、取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. Why is simple food spread all over the supermarket?A.To make people buy more food.B.To help you make decision.C.Because it is cheap.D.Because it is easy to find them.答案:A解析 11-13 How do you decide what you are going to buy in a supermarket? Do you look in the refrigerator and the

20、 kitchen cupboards and make a list? Do you think about what you want to cook and then buy the food you need7 Even if you do these things, the supermarket makes some of the decisions for you. Specialists in marketing have studied how to make people buy more food in a supermarket. They do all kinds of

21、 things that you do not even notice. For example, the simple, ordinary food that everybody must buy, like bread, milk, flour and vegetable oil, is spread all over the store. You have to walk by all the more interesting and more expensive things in order to find what you need. The more expensive food

22、 in packages with bright-colored pictures. This food is placed at eye level so you see it and want to buy it. The things that you have to buy anyway are usually located on a higher or lower shelf. However, candy and other things that children like are on lower shelves. One study showed that when a s

23、upermarket moved four products from floor to eye level, it sold 78 percent more. Another study showed that for every minute a person is in a supermarket after the first half hour, she or he spends $0.50. If someone stays forty minutes, the supermarket has an additional $5.00. So the store has a comf

24、ortable temperature in summer and winter, and it plays soft music. It is a pleasant place for people to stay and to spend more money. 2. A good way to save money in a supermarket is to _.A.buy more items at a timeB.buy just what you need and then leaveC.buy things packed in bright colorsD.ignore thi

25、ngs on lower or higher shelves答案:B3. What idea does the talk want to convey?A.The supermarket makes some of the decisions for people.B.People make a list before they go to a supermarket.C.People like to go to a supermarket.D.Marketing specialists study methods of selling more products.答案:A Questions

26、 1416 are based on the following talk. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 4. Why do American families become smaller?A.Big families tend to cause the parents to get divorced.B.More children mean more cost of their education.C.They have to carry out family planning program.D.Children are likely to be spoiled in bi

27、g families.答案:B解析 14-16 In the past, American families tended to be quite large. Parents raising five or more children were common. Over the years the size of the family has decreased. One reason for this is an increase in the cost of living. On the average, children attend schools for more years th

28、an they used to, making them financially dependent on their families longer. Moreover, children nowadays are better dressed and have more money to spend on entertainment. The parents usually take the responsibility for all the expenses. Meanwhile, families are less close than they used to be. More a

29、nd more American mothers work away from home. The break up of the family occurs when the parents divorce. A lot of children in the US live part of their young lives with only one parent. Broken families usually result in problems for children and parents alike. Children blame themselves when their p

30、arents separate. They grow up feeling unsettled as they are moved back and forth between parents. Usually one parent takes the responsibility for raising the children. These single parents must care for the childrens emotional and psychological needs while also supporting them financially. This is v

31、ery demanding and leaves very little time for the parents own personal interests. Single parents often marry other single parents. In this type of family, unrelated children are forced to develop brother or sister relationship. This situations of many American families today are not good. However, r

32、ecent signs indicate that things are getting better. The divorce rate is declining. The rate of childbirth is rising. Perhaps Americans have learned how important families are. 5. What problems might children have when their parents break up?A.They are not much loved any more.B.They have nobody to d

33、epend on.C.They have no stable living environment.D.They blame themselves for the breakup.答案:C6. What does the speaker imply about the situation of American families at the end of the talk?A.There will be more single parent families.B.More families will break up.C.There will appear the increase of b

34、irthrate and decrease of divorce rate.D.There will be less divorce and higher birth rate.答案:C Questions 1720 are based on the following talk. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 7. Who is the speaker?A.A poet.B.A teacher.C.A student.D.A artist.答案:C解析 17-20 Today its my turn to give the weekly oral presentation, an

35、d the topic that Professor May had assigned to me is the life of the poet, Emily Dickinson. Compared with Walt Whitman whom we discussed last week, I found Emily Dickinson strikingly different. She seemed in fact to be the complete opposite of Whitman in her life and in her work. I would like to sha

36、re briefly with the class some of the essential facts of her biography. Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 in Amherst, Mass, barely a decade after Whitman. In her early 20s for reasons which still remain a mystery she began to withdraw from her ordinary contact with the world. For the remaining 30 yea

37、rs of her life she was seldom seen outside her home. In this respect she was quite unlike Whitman who love the great outdoors. Emily Dickinson spent her solitary days corresponding with her friends and writing hundreds of remarkable poems, notably I heard a fly buzz and the poem we have read for tod

38、ay Im nobody. Although she showed none of her poems to her family and sent some of her letters to friends, only four were published in her life time. Most of them, almost 1,200 poems were discovered in her room after she died in 1886 at the age of 56. These poems have established her as a major poet

39、, and several modern critics consider her the greatest woman poet in the English language. Eh, thats about all I have. Is there any question? If not, we should probably begin talking about Dickinsons Im nobody, the poem Professor May assigned for this weeks class discussion. 8. What was the discussi

40、on topic of the previous class meeting?A.New England mystery stories.B.Eighteenth-century English criticism.C.A comparison of poems of Dickinson and Whitman.D.The poems of Walt Whitman.答案:D9. How did Emily Dickinson differ from Walt Whitman?A.She published poems frequently.B.She seldom left home.C.S

41、he lived in an earlier era.D.She spoke a different language.答案:B10. 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.答案:BPart C You will hear a talk. As you listen, you must ans

42、wer questions 2130 by writing NO MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided on the right. You will hear the talk TWICE. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. What was the American economic system based on until 1930?答案: Self-regulating, free-market economy.解析 21-30 Until 1930 the American economic system was bas

43、ed on a self-regulating, free-market economy, also known as laissez-faire capitalism. Basic capitalism has the following four characteristics. First, land and capital are privately owned. In this case capital refers to the buildings, machines, and other equipment used for the production of goods. Mo

44、st large factories in America today are owned by corporations; that is, their ownership is shared by hundreds of people who own a small fraction of the whole business. In many cases people who work in the factories own some small part of them. However, some factories and many farms are still owned b

45、y individuals. The second characteristic is that production is determined by market demands rather than by the government or a planning body. Manufacturers can decide what and how much they will produce. They make their decision on the basis of what people want to buy. Manufacturers must do constant

46、 market research to determine what people want so that they can determine what they should produce. They must also determine how much competition they will have when they manufacture a product. The third characteristic of capitalism is that self-interest is important to both the producer and the con

47、sumer. The consumer can choose to spend money on products that will bring the most satisfaction. The consumers self-interest is satisfied if they buy products that work well. Producers can make more money by selling more products; they sell more products if they please their consumers. This principl

48、e is known as consumer sovereignty. In other words consumers have all the power. The fourth characteristic is that, traditionally, the governments role in a free market economy is very small. Competition makes the economy self-regulating, so government intervention is not necessary. In other words,

49、the government does not need to set production standards or quotas. These will be determined by the consumers and their response to the products. The American economy maintained these four characteristics until the Great Depression of the 1930s when capitalism was seriously challenged. President Fra

50、nklin Roosevelt restructured the financial system to remove the worst elements of capitalism. This meant that government began to play a larger role in controlling the economy. The American system since the 1930s has been referred to as mixed capitalism since it combines government supervision with

51、other elements of capitalism such as private ownership and competition. For nearly twenty-five years after World War , the changes put into place during the Roosevelt administration allowed the economy to maintain constant growth with low inflation and a rising standard of living. In the mid-1960s t

52、he economy was again challenged by inflation, unemployment, critical shortages, and rising energy costs. Although the crisis of the 1960s and 1970s was brought under control, stock market crashes in the 1980s brought new challenges as did rising unemployment in the early 1990s. Although it has its d

53、rawbacks, the free market economy can also provide consumers with high-quality products and with a wide range of choices. 2. Who own most factories?答案: (hundreds of)People/Corporations.3. What do capitals refer to?答案: Buildings, machines, equipment.4. What determines what and how much manufacturers

54、want to produce?答案: Market demand/what people buy.5. How can producers make more profit?答案: By pleasing consumers/satisfy consumers interest.6. What makes the American economy self-regulating?答案: Competition.7. What role did government play in controlling economy after 1930s?答案: Supervision.8. In a

55、capitalistic system, what motivates both consumers and producers?答案: (their)Self-interest.9. What happened to American economy in 1980s?答案: Stock market crashes.10. What do you know about American economy in the early 1990s?答案: Rising unemployment.Section Use of English Read the following text and f

56、ill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. Nowadays, many Chinese youths are eager to imitate Americans. They 1 coca cola, love rock-and-roll and 2 dye their hair gold to look like Americans. However, they fail 3 realize what they should learn from

57、4 . Then what should we learn from Americans? There are indeed many good things in American culture 5 we lack and that deserve our serious learning. Apart 6 their advanced 7 and technology, we should learn from Americans their love of freedom and independence. They honor successful people such 8 pioneers, scientists, great athletes and national heroes. American children are educated 9 be independent, creative and amb