2022-2023年福建省宁德市公共英语五级(笔试)知识点汇总（含答案）

2022-2023年福建省宁德市公共英语五级(笔试)知识点汇总（含答案）学校:________班级:________姓名:________考号:________

一、1.ListeningComprehension(15题)1.Listthreetraditionalfemaleoccupationsmentionedinthetalk.

2.PartC

Directions:Youwillhearatalk.Asyoulisten,answerthequestionsorcompletethenotesinyourtestbookletforQuestions21-30bywritingNOTMORETHANTHREEwordsinthespaceprovidedontheright.YouwillhearthetalkTWICE.

Younowhave1minutetoreadQuestions21-30.

听力原文：Inyouruniversitywork．youwillbeexpectedtogiveoralpresentationsintheform.ofreportsorsimplyintheformsofanswerstoquestions．Thereareseveralthingsyouoraldotomakeyouroralpresentationsclearandeasytounderstand．

Thefundamentalpointtorealizeisthatspeechandwritingaredifferent．Ifyouwanttobebestunderstood．youcan'tsimplyreadyourwrittenreportaloud．Thebiggestdifferencebetweenspokenandwrittenlanguageisthatreaderscanlookbackovertheprintedwordswhentheydon'tunderstand．Inspokenlanguage，however，listenerscan'tgobackandcheckthewords．Theycanrelyonlyonmemory．Sothefirstprincipletokeepinmindwhenyou'replanningtospeakinpublicisthatyouhavetohelpthelistener'smemory．Thismeansthatanoralreportcan'tdeliverinformationasrapidlyasawrittenreport．Thatis，youcan'thaveasmanypiecesofnewinformationpackedintothesamenumberofwords，becausetheywillcomeattoofastarateforthelistenertounderstand．

Inanoralreport，therateofdeliveryhastobeslower．Oneofthebestwaystohelpyouraudienceissimplytospeakslowly．Manypeoplespeaktoofastwhentheyspeaktoagroup．Thisisamistake，especiallyifyouhaveaforeignaccent，becauseitmakeslisteningmoredifficult．Beyondthesimpletechniqueofspeakingmoreslowlywhenyouspeakbeforeagroup，therearewaysoforganizingyourpresentationthatcanhelpthelistenerbeclearandunderstandyourmainpoints．

Theorganizationofyourtalkshouldallowenoughtimeforthelistenertothinkbothbeforeandaftereachnewidea．Thepurposeofthetimebeforethenewinformationistogivetheaudienceachancetounderstandthebackgroundclearly．Knowledgeofthebackground，orsettingoftheinformation，makesitmucheasiertoanticipatewhatkindofinformationiscomingnext．Ifthenewinformationoccurstooearly，withoutenoughbackground，thelistenersshouldnotbepreparedwithenoughbackgroundtobeabletopredictwhat'scoming．

I'vebeendescribingthetimeforthinkingbeforethenewinformation．It'salsoimportanttoprovidetimeforthinkingafterthenewinformation．Thisthinkingtimeallowslistenerstofittheideaintotheirgeneralknowledgeofthesubject．Thinkingtimegivesthelistenerachancetomakesurethattheideawasunderstoodbeforegoingontothenextnewidea．

Therearethreegeneralwaystogivethelistenertimeforthinkingandtimeafterapointofnewinformation．Onewayissimplytopause．Amomentofsilencegivesthelistenertimetotakeinthenewinformation，butthereareotherways．Asecondmethodistouseaparaphrase．Thatis，yousaythesamething，butindifferentwords．Thisparaphrase，orrepetitionoftheidea，helpsthelistenerstofixthethoughtintheirmemory．Athirdwaytogivethelistenertimetothinkistousewordsthatdon'tmeanmuch．Thesearewordsthatconveynoinformation，butjustfillintime．Forinstance，youmightsaysomethinglike“asI'vebeensaying”or“andsoforth”and“andsoon”．Thatkindofexpressiondoesn'treallysayanything．It'sjustmadeofwhatwecall“fillerwords”．Thewordshavenorealmeaning．buttheydoperform.ausefulfunction．sincetheyallowthelistenertimetothink．

Insummary，then，weknowthatorallanguageshoulddeliverinformationataslowerratethanyoucanuseinwrittenlanguage．Newinformationshouldbepresentedmoregradually．Thinkingtimeshouldbeprovidedbothbeforeandaftereachimportantnewitem．Thetimebeforeistoprovideabackgroundsothatthelistenerscanhaveachancetoanticipat

3.PartA

Directions:Youwillhearatalk.Asyoulisten,answerQuestions1-10bycirclingTRUEorFALSE.YouwillhearthetalkONLYONCE.Younowhave1minutetoreadQuestions1-10.

听力原文：Hello，everyone．TodayIwillintroduceyouthelearningchainsinBritain．Herethechainsrefertoschoolslinkedtogetheraspartofagroup．Theycanofferstudentsmanypracticaladvantages．

Whenpeopleareaskedtonamealanguageschool，moreoftenthannot．theythinkofoneofthelargeinternationalchainsofschools．Somearevastlanguageteachingorganizationswithschoolsinmanydifferentcountriesandmayteachjustonelanguage．

Oneofthemainstrengthsofthesechainsisthefactthattheirnameisfamiliartopeopleallovertheworld．Thiscanbeabigadvantageintheconfusingworldoflanguagelearning．Moststudentsarebewilderedbythelargechoiceofschoolsandcoursesonoffer．bothathomeandabroad．andsomanyprefertochooseaschoolwhichhasafamiliarnameandanestablishedreputation．Chainschoolsknowthis，andpartoftheirsuccessisduetoeffectivemarketingandadvertising，whichhelpstokeeptheirnamewell-known．

Butchainschoolsshouldnotbedismissedbyseriousstudentsjustbecausetheyuseclevermarketingtechniques．Theyhaveotherimportantstrengthenswhichcanprovideadvantagestostudents．Aschoolisonlyasgoodasitsteachersandfacilities，andmanychainsofferveryhighstandardsinboth．Morechainsrequirethattheirteachershaveinternationallyrecognizedqualificationsandamaximumamountofteachingexperience．Itisimportantforchainstomaintainthesestandardsatallschools．becausethereputationofthewholechaincanbeaffectedifoneschoolperformsbadly．

Studentsalsobenefitfromthestandardizedstructureofchains．Mostchainsusethesametextbooksinalltheirschools．andoftentheyproducetheirowncourseworkmaterials．Theyalsoorganizetheircoursesinthesamewaywhichmeansthatstartingdatesandcourselengthsareusuallythesameatallschools．

Forstudents,oneofthemainadvantagesofthisstandardizedstructureissimplicity．IfyoucannotdecidewhethertostudyintheU.S.orBritain．forexample，mostchainsallowstudentstostarttheirlanguagecourseatoneschoolandcontinueatanother，sotheycanexperiencedifferentregionsordifferentcountries，aspartofthesamestudytrip．

Chainschoolstendtobelargerthansinglecenterschools，whichcanalsohaveadvantagesforstudents．Withlargernumbersofstudents．schooladministratorscanachieveabettermixtureofnationalitiesinclassrooms．Thismeansthatstudentscanavoidbeingwithotherstudentswhospeaktheirlanguage．Thisgivesthemthechancetomeetstudentsfromothercountries，andtopracticetheirEnglishwiththem．

Somechainsofferstudentsaverysimplebookingandenrolmentprocedurewhichisalsouseful．Applicationformsandenrolmentproceduresarethesameforallschools，sostudentsneedonlysupplytheirdetailsonce．Studentsmayfindthattheycanbooktheircourseabroadthrougharepresentativeofachainschoolintheirowntownorcity．Otherchainsofferacentralizedbookingfacility，sostudentsonlyhavetocontactonecentertomakeabookinganywhereintheworld．

Chainschoolsoftenoperateindifferentlocations，whereasasingleschoolislikelytobebasedpermanentlyinonebuilding．Manychainschoolsoperatetemporaryschools，particularlyduringthesummerholidays．InBritain，theyoftenusesecondaryschoolpremiseswhichareemptyduringtheschoolholidays．

StudyingEnglishinanEnglish-speakingcountryisthemosteffectivewaytolearnthelanguage，butformanystudentsthisisonlyonestageoftheirlearningcareer．MoststudentsstartlearningEnglishintheirowncountryandtheywillprobablywanttocontinuelearningoncetheyreturnfrom

A.RightB.Wrong

4.Whatsuggestiondoesthemanthinkitisgood?

A.Trytogiveupsmoking.

B.Eatsweetseverydayinsteadofsmoking.

C.Trytogiveuponecigaretteeveryday.

D.Gotoahypnotist.

5.Besidestheproblemofspeakingtoofast,whatelsewillmakelisteningmoredifficult?

6.MDrefersto“adoctorofmedicine”．

A.RightB.Wrong

7.Chainsmakelearningflexible.

A.RightB.Wrong

8.Thefrontdoortohishomedoesnotopenautomatically.

A.RightB.Wrong

9.Whichpowerdoesthemansuggest?

A.Waterpower.

B.Windpower.

C.Solarpower.

D.Electronicalpower.

10.HowlongdidittakeforalettersentbyapostridertoreachtheaddresseebetweenNewYorkandBoston?

11.Chainsdon'tproducetheirowncoursebookmaterial.

A.RightB.Wrong

12.PartC

Directions:Youwillhearatalk.Asyoulisten,answerthequestionsorcompletethenotesinyourtestbookletforQuestions21-30bywritingNOTMORETHANTHREEwordsinthespaceprovidedontheright.YouwillhearthetalkTWICE.

Younowhave1minutetoreadQuestions21-30.

听力原文：Thetenyearsofthe1960swasaperiodofprofoundchangeinmanypartsoftheworld.IntheUnitedStates,beginningwiththeCivilRightsMovementintheearly1960s,andextendingthroughtheVietnamWar,millionsofAmericansbegantochallengeestablishedauthority.Thesemovementswereinitiallypolitical.YoungAmericansdemandedthatgovernmentalpoliciesinracerelationsandinternationalrelationscorrespondtotheidealsofjusticecontainedintheDeclarationofIndependenceandtheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates.Bytheendofthedecade,however,challengestoauthoritywerecarriedfarbeyondpoliticalissuesandweredirectedatthesocialorderanddeeplyrootedculturalpatternsofthecountry.

Thegenerationthatcameofageinthe1960s,theBabyBoomgeneration,soughtchangeinalmosteveryaspectoflifeintheUnitedStates.Forexample,theyexperimentedwithcooperativeeconomicinstitutionsandcommunallivingarrangements,brokesexualtaboos,alteredtheprocessofeducation,explorednon-Westernspiritualtraditions,developedastrongrespectfortheenvironment,andtransformedpopularculture.Asawhole,thesechangesstoodforadifferentsetofculturalvaluesthatprovidedathoroughcritiqueofAmericansocietyasitexistedatthattime.Althoughmany"alternativelifestyles"wereshort-lived,culturalchangesthatbeganinthatperiodhavehadacontinuingeffectonmuchofAmericanlife,particularlyinattitudestowardmale-femalerelations.

Allculturesarecomplex.Theyareacombinationofcloselyrelatedpatternsofsocialinteraction.Asaresult,changesinanimportantaspectofaparticularculturewillusuallyproducechangesthroughoutthesociety.TheWomen'sMovementthatbeganintheUnitedStatesduringthe1960sisatypicalexampleofthisphenomenon.Fromthebeginning,theWomen'sMovementwasinfluencedbyculturalchangesthathadoccurredearlierinthedecade.TheCivilRightsMovementforracialequalityandthedevelopmentofthebirthcontrolpillwereparticularlyimportant—theCivilRightsMovementbecausewomeninvolvedintheeffortforracialjusticebegantoseethemselvesasvictimsofsocialinjustice,andthebirthcontrolpillbecauseitgavewomenreliablecontroloverreproduction.

Social,economic,andlegalequalityandreproductiverightscontinuetobethebasicprinciplesoftheWomen'sMovement.Assomeofthesegoalshavebeenachieved,majorchangeshaveoccurredinbroaderculturalpatternssuchastheeconomyandthefamily.Atthepresenttime,mostofAmericanwomenareemployed.Employmentisnolongerconfinedtosuchtraditionalfemaleoccupationsasteacher,nurse,orsecretary.Womenarenowfoundineveryoccupationandatalllevelsofresponsibilityandauthority.Participationintheeconomyhasgivenmanywomenanindependencethathasallowedthemtochoosewhether,when,andhowtoform.afamily.Workingwomenwithinfamiliesnowarepartofaneconomicpartnershipwithmeninwhichbothadultsprovidesupportforthefamilyunitandareresponsibleforthequalityoflife.

TheWomen'sMovementhasaffectedtherelationshipbetweenmenandwomeninthefamilyinotherwaysaswell.Womenhavechallengedtraditionalsexrolesinthehousehold.Menarenowexpectedtoparticipateinchild-raisinganddomesticactivitiestoamuchgreaterextentthaninthepast.Childbearingisnowamatteroffamilychoice,withwomenhavingthefinaldecisioninfamilyplanning.

Alloftheseculturalchangesarestrengthenedinboththemediaandint

13.Whatdoesbusinessconcernusuallydo?

14.The"feltimage"ismuchmoreimportantbecauseithelpsyoutobemoreconfident.

A.TrueB.Fasle

15.What'stheessentialpointweshouldrealizeaboutspeechandwriting?

二、2.UseofEnglish(10题)16.(46)

17.(48)

18.Impatiencecharacterizesyoungintellectualworkers.Theywanttomaketheirmark【31】______.Soit'simportanttoget【32】______totheminachallengingmannertheidea【33】______bigachievementsrarelycomeeasilyandquickly.Pointoutthatthelittlesuccessesareessential.Showthatthey【34】______turnbecomethefoundationon【35】______reputationsarebuiltandfromwhichmoreimportanttaskscanbeaccomphished.

Avarietyofjobassignments,includingjoborprojectrotation,alsokeepajob【36】______becomingdull.

Whereasit'snaturalforsomeindividualstowanttomoveaheadimmediatelytomoredifficultassignments,【37】______properguidancetheycancontinuetolearnandtogainversatilitybyworkingonanumberofjobsthatareessentially【38】______thesamecomplexity.Thiswaytheygainbreadth,ifnotdepth.

Probablythegreatestoffensetoguard【39】______whendealingwithyoungerspecialistsistorejectideasoutofhand.Youmustlisten—andlistenobjectively—totheirsuggestions.Avoid【40】______overcritical.Youwanttonurtureaninquiringmindwithafreshapproach.You'llfrustrateitquicklyifyoureverttoooften【41】______"We'vetriedthatbeforeanditwon't【42】______here."

Onesurewaytodisenchant【43】______collegegraduatesisflagrantlymisusingtheirtalents.Expectthemtodosomeroutinework,ofcourse.Butdon'tmaketheir【44】______workjustonelongseriesoferrands.Thisincludessuchbreak-inassignments【45】______performingroutinecalculations,diggingup【46】______material,【47】______operatingreproductionequipment.Onelargemanufacturingcompanyrecentlyinterviewedanumberof【48】______engineerswhohadleftthem.Thecompanyfoundthattheoverwhelmingcomplaintwasthatthecompanynotonlydidnotofferworkthat【49】______challengingbutalsoexpected【50】______toolittlefromtheminthewayofperformance.

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19.(37)

20.(42)

21.(38)

22."Themoregadgetsthereare,the【C1】______thingsseemtoget."saidHonoreErvin,co-authorofTheEtiquetteGirls:ThingsYouNeedtoBeTold."Justbecauseit'sthere【C2】______yourdisposal,doesn’tmeanyouhavetouseit24/7."

Arecent【C3】______bymarketresearchcompanySynovateshowedthat70percentof1,000respondents【C4】______thepoorestetiquetteincellphoneusersoverotherdevices.Theworsthabit?Loudphoneconversationsinpublicplaces,or"cellyell,"【C5】______to72percentoftheAmericanspolled.

"Peopleuse【C6】______anywhereandeverywhere,"Ervinsaid."Atthemovies-turn【C7】______yourcellphone.Idon'twanttopay$10tobesittingnexttosomeguychitchattingtohisgirlfriend【C8】______hiscellphone."Thisrudenesshasdeterioratedpublicspaces,accordingtoLewFriedland,acommunicationprofessor【C9】______theUniversityofWisconsin-Madison.He【C10】______thelackofmannersakindofunconsciousrudeness,【C11】______manypeoplearenot【C12】______ofwhatthey'redoingortheothersaroundthem.

"Ithinkit'sreallynoticeableinanyplane,trainorbus【C13】______you'resubjectedagainstyourwill【C14】______someoneelse'sconversation,"hesaid."Youcanlistentointimatedetailsoftheiruncle'sillness,problemswiththeirloversand【C15】______they'rehavingforsinner.""It【C16】______what.wasapublic"commonspaceandstartsto【C17】______itupintosmallprivatespace."

Ashorttimeago,ifcellphoneusers【C18】______politelyaskedtotalkquietly,theywould【C19】______withchagrin,hesaid."Nowmoreandmorepeopleareessentiallytreatingyoulikeyoudon'tunderstandthatloudcellphoneuseis【C20】______inpublic."

【C1】

23.

【C4】

24.(47)

25.

【C20】

三、3.ReadingComprehension(15题)26.

Intheirstudy,researchersledbyPierreMaquettookadvantageofthetechniqueof______.

A.exposingalong-heldfolkwisdom

B.clarifyingthepredictionsondreams

C.makingcontrastsandcomparisons

D.correlatingeffectswiththeircauses

27.(72)

28.

Thevalueofcompetitionworksagainstthespiritofnationalcooperationinthat______.

A.itmakespeoplenotbelieveinthegovernment

B.itcausespeopletosuspectbutnottotrusteachother

C.itmakespeopleevenunabletocooperatewellonlocallevels

D.itencouragespeopletogainsuccessthroughindividualhardwork

29.

Fromthepassage,welearnthattheauthor______.

A.didn'tlikeRaoul'swayofdeliveringthepaper

B.didn'trealizewhyRaouldeliveredthepaperthatway

C.didn'tknowthatRaoulcameveryearlyinthemorning

D.didn'tfeelitnecessarytomeetRaoulwhenhecame

30.(73)

31.

Theword"cleared"(Line4,Paragraph3)mightmean______.

A.permittedB.removedC.provedD.produced

32.ThehistoryofresponsestotheworkoftheartistSandroBotticelli(1444-1510)suggeststhatwidespreadappreciationbycriticsisarelativelyrecentphenomenon.Writingin1550,VasariexpressedanuneasewithBotticelli'swork,admittingthattheartistfittedawkwardlyintohisevolutionaryschemeofthehistoryofart.Overthenexttwocenturies,academicarthistoriansdefamedBotticelliinfavorofhisfellowsFlorentine.Michelangelo.Evenwhenanti-academicarthistoriansoftheearlynineteenthcenturyrejectedmanyofthestandardsofevaluationadoptedbytheirpredecessors,Botticelli'workremainedoutsideofacceptedtaste,pleasingneitheramateurobserversnorconnoisseurs.(Manyofhisbestpaintings,however,remainedhiddenawayinobscurechurchesandprivatehomes.)

TheprimaryreasonforBotticelli'sunpopularityisnotdifficulttounderstand：mostobservers,upuntilthemid-nineteenthcentury,didnotconsiderhimtobenoteworthy,becausehiswork,forthemostpart.didnotseemtotheseobserverstoexhibitthetraditionalcharacteristicsofthefifteenth-centuryFlorentineart.Forexample.Botticellirarelyemployedthetechniqueofstrictperspectiveand,unlikeMichelangelo,neverusedchiaroscuro.

AnotherreasonforBotticelli'sunpopularitymayhavebeenthathisattitudetowardthestyle.ofclassicalartwasverydifferentfromthatofhiscontemporaries.Althoughhewasthoroughlyexposedtoclassicalart.heshowedlittleinterestinborrowingfromtheclassicalstyle.Indeed,itisparadoxicalthatapainteroflarge-scaleclassicalsubjectsadoptedastyle.thatwasonlyslightlysimilartothatofclassicalart.

Inanycase,whenviewersbegantoexaminemorecloselytherelationshipofBotticelli'sworktothetraditionofthefifteenthcenturyFlorentineart,hisreputationbegantogrow.AnalysesandassessmentsofBotticellimadebetween1850and1870bytheartistsofthePre-Raphaelitemovement,aswellasbythewriterPater(althoughhe.unfortunately,basedhisassessmentonanincorrectanalysisofBotticelli'spersonality),inspiredanewappreciationofBotticellithroughouttheEnglish-speakingworld.YetBotticelli'swork,especiallytheSistinefrescoes.didnotgenerateworldwideattentionuntilitwasfinallysubjectedto4comprehensiveandscrupulousanalysisbyHomein1908.Homerightlydemonstratedthatthefrescoessharedimportantfeatureswithpaintingsbyotherfifteenth-centuryFlorentines—featuressuchasskillfulrepresentationofanatomicalproportions,andofthehumanfigureinmotion.However,HomearguedthatBotticellididnottreatthesequalitiesasendsinthemselves—rather.thatheemphasizedcleardepletionofastory,auniqueachievementandonethatmadethetraditionalFlorentinequalities1esscentral.BecauseofHome'semphasiscrucialtoanystudyofart,thetwentiethcenturyhascometoappreciateBotticelli'sachievements.

Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthetext?

A.TheRoleofStandardArtAnalysesandAppraisals

B.SandroBotticelli：FromRejectiontoAppreciation

C.TheHistoryofCritics’ResponsestoArtWorks

D.BotticelliandFlorentine：AComparativeStudy

33.

______stationscanincreasetofullpowerveryquickly?

34.(75)

35.(70)

36.

Inthe3rdsentenceofthefirstparagraphtheword“pressing”isclosestinmeaningto______.

A.urgentlyimportantB.pushingC.invitingD.charming

37.

Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat______.

A.thedropofcrimerateiscausedbyJackMaples'stwo-tiersystem

B.thedropofcrimerateiscausedbytheincreasedimprisonment

C.itisdifficulttoidentifytheexactcauseforthefallofcrimerate

D.theincreasedimprisonmentisnotthereasonforthefallofcrimerate

38.(79)

39.

______presentsthelargestandmostcompleteensembleoftraditionalarchitecture?

40.

Theword“connoisseurs”(Paragraph1)mostprobablymeans______．

A.representativesinthePre-RaphaeliteMovement

B.peoplewhoareinfavorofFlorentine

C.criticswhoarelikelytomakeassessments

D.conservativesclingingtoclassicalart

四、阅读理解(5题)41.

第

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42.

第

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Fromthetextwecanseethatthewriterseems__________．

43.

第

33

题

Thefederalgovernmentgetsmostoftheirincomefrom__________．

44.

第

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2.__________

45.

根据下列选项回答36～45题：

第

36

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isnotforboys?__________

参考答案

1.Teachersnursessecretaries

2.Answerstoquestions．

3.B

4.C

5.Aforeignaccent

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.Manyweeks

11.B

12.Culturalchanges

13.Providesgoods/servicework．

14.B

15.Theyaredifferent

16.differencedifference解析：显然，这句话是在对老年人和年轻人写字之间进行比较，而且由后半句中的"getbetterat…”可知，此空必为“不同的”。

17.likelylikely解析：前面所说的thepersonwhoisdown-to-earth与thepersonwhosebothfeetontheground大体是一类人，所以这里表达的意思是“很有可能就是一类人”。belikelytodo就表达了这种意思。故答案为likely。

18.fastfast解析：由上一句句意“不耐心代表了年轻的脑力工作者们的特点。”可知，本句“他们想…成名”中的空处应填“快速地”。

19.underunder解析：underguidance意为“在…指导下”，为固定短语。

20.awareaware解析：beawareof，固定搭配，意为“意识到”。所以此处应填“aware”。

21.creativitycreativity解析：本文是在讲述报酬、表扬与创造性的关系，此句意为“但是小心地使用小量的金钱报酬能激起分级学校孩子们的…”显然，空处应填“创造性”。

22.worseworse解析：“the+比较级，the+比较级”，意为“越…越…，”根据上下文，本句句意为“身边的小玩意儿越多，事情似乎就会变得越糟糕。”所以此处应填“worse”。

23.whosewhose解析：此句意为“StephanieThomas，一位学习辅导老师，…发现已经发表了…。”由此可知，空处所填单词必为whose，引导定语从句，修饰teacher。

24.dividedivide解析：根据上下文语境，这里是“分为”，divide…upinto意为“把…划分为”。所以此处应填动词“divide”。

25.whichwhich解析：此空后的句子应为定语从句，修饰“tokeneconomies”，故此空应填一个可引导定语从句的词，而且前面可加介词in。

26.C解析：这个题考察的是对后面几段的归纳。首先在第三段开始“Dr.MaquetusedanelectronicdevicecalledPET…theypracticedataskduringtheday,andastheysleptduringthefollowingnight.”这是一种对比性的研究方法。后来的第四段最后“…theirresponsetimeswhentheywokeupwereevenquickerthanwhentheywe

27.B解析：B中提到“TheaccoladeofwinningtheSchoolsCurriculumAwardin1997gaveEdgehillnationalrecognitionand，recentlv,…”。

28.B解析：文章最后一段第二句话“Competitionsometimesencouragesfeelingsofsuspicionratherthanthemutualtrustthatisnecessaryforsuccessfulnationalcooperation．”说明竞争有时会助长怀疑的意识，而不是合作需要的相互信任。故应选B。

29.A解析：第二段中女主人写了一封漂亮的假期贺词给这个她从来没看到或遇到过的人。这个人在她的想象里就是像射击一样把《纽约时报》发射到她家门前，制造的噪声要大于人们从黑市购得的鞭炮的声响。所以她确实不喜欢拉乌尔投递报纸的这种方式。因此正确答案为A。

30.A解析：由A中的第一段“Washington，thecapitaloftheUnitedStates，isinWashingtonD．C．”可知答案为A。

31.A解析：在第三段最后一句“…oneculture—basedp