廣東省云浮市公共英語(yǔ)五級(jí)(筆試)真題(含答案)

廣東省云浮市公共英語(yǔ)五級(jí)(筆試)真題(含答案)學(xué)校:________班級(jí):________姓名:________考號(hào):________

一、1.ListeningComprehension(15題)1.聽(tīng)力原文：Theexpression,"lameduck",canbeheardinalmostanyAmericantownorcity,especiallywherepeoplediscusspolitics.Mostoften,theyuseittodescribeapoliticianwhohascometotheendofhispower.

Thereareanumberofideasastowhere"lameduck"camefrom,thoughthepictureofalameduckisclearenough;aduckthathashaditswingscut,oritsfeetinjured,andcannolongerwalklikeahealthyone.

ThetermseemstohavecomeintotheAmericanlanguageaftertheCivilWarof1861-1865.Oneexplanationisthatitcamefromthelanguageofhunterswhofeltthatitwasfoolishtowastepowderortimeonadeadduck.Andalameduckisclosetobeingadeadduck.

Anotherexplanation,however,isthattheexpressioncamefromEngland.Thereitwasusedtodescribeamanwholostallhismoneyandcouldnotpayhisdebts.Hecoulddonothingbutwalklikealameduck.Andpeopleshowedlittlemercyforthepoorfellow.

ButintheUnitedStatespeopletookthephrasetodescribecongressmanwhofailedtogetre-electedbutstillhadalittletimeleftinoffice.

Later,theexpressionwasusedinabroadersense,generallydescribinganymanwhosedaysofpowerwerecomingtoanend.IthasoftenbeenusedtodescribethepositionofanAmericanpresidentinthelasttwoyearsorsoofhissecondterm.Itisadifficulttimeforhim,whenCongressisreadytoopposehimateveryturn.

Wherecantheexpression"lameduck"beheard?

A.Onlyamonghunters.

B.Amongprimaryschoolpupils.

C.Amongbeautifulladies.

D.Amongpeoplewhoarediscussingpolitics.

2.Theirschemeisbasedonthepremisethatallpeoplehaveabasicwayof

3.What'stheessentialpointweshouldrealizeaboutspeechandwriting?

4.Wangintendstostudyhowcomputerisusedforlanguagetranslation.

A.TrueB.Fasle

5.Backinhisowncountry,Mr.WangstudiedC-languageandchemistry.

A.TrueB.Fasle

6.PartB

Directions:Youwillhear3conversationsortalksandyoumustanswerthequestionsbychoosingA,B,CorD.YouwillheartherecordingONLYONCE.

聽(tīng)力原文：W：Doyouenjoyyourwork?Doyouenjoymeetingpeople?

M：Yes．Sometimes．I'vegottobehonest．Sometimes．

W：So，somepeopleyoulikeandsomeyoudon't?

M：Yeah，it’slikealotofthings，meetingthegeneralpublic．Yougetgooddays，andyougetbaddays．ButIdoenjoythejob．Ilikethefreedomofthejob，beingself-employed．

W：Doyouevergetdifficultpassengers?

M：Yes，sometimes．

W：Whatsortofthingsdotheygetupto?

M：Iwouldsaysometimesalotofdifficultpassengersarepeoplewhodon'tgoincabsalotandthey'reunfamiliarwithprocedures．especiallyifyouworknights．Peopledrinkingortheextrasthatwouldbeincludedonthetariffafteracertaintimeofnight．

W：Youmeantheyarguewithyouovermoney?

M：Yes，thatcanhappen．Ortheway…thegoodthingis，peoplecanargueaboutthewaythatyougoonacertainroutebecausetheyalwaysknowbetter．Butninetimesoutoftentheroutethattheytakeyouonisfarlongerso，youknow，they'retheeventuallosers．

W：Soifyoudohaveadifficultpassengeryouwanttogetridof．whatdoyoudo?

M：I'dstopthecabandtellthemtogetout．

W：Doesthatoftenhappen?

M：Mmm，it'shappenedtomethreetimes．Andthey'vegotout．SoI，Imyselfhaven'thadalotofproblemswithdifficultpeople，youknow．

W：Whenyoupickuptouristsaspassengers，whatkindofplacesdotheyliketogoto?

M：IsupposethemostfamouslandmarkisBuckinghamPalace．theTowerofLondon，maybeHarrods；butcertainlyBuckinghamPalace．

Whatdoesthemando?

A.Ataxi-driver．

B.Abusdriver．

C.Apoliceman．

D.Atouristguide．

7.Thesuccessofchainschoolsistosomeextentbecauseoftheirmarketingandadvertising.

A.RightB.Wrong

8.Accordingtothefigureoftheacademicyear1995/96,wheredothelargestnumberofforeignstudentscomefrom?

9.Accordingtoanotherexplanation,wheredidthisexpressionprobablycomefrom?

A.Australia.B.Japan.C.Netherland.D.England.

10.Chainsdon'tofferstudentsthechancetopursuetheirstudyfromonecountrytoanother.

A.RightB.Wrong

11.WhendidthisexpressioncomeintotheAmericanLanguage?

A.SometimeaftertheCivilWar.

B.DuringtheSecondWorldWar.

C.WhenpresidentGeorgeBushwasinoffice.

D.DuringtheperiodofIndependenceWar.

12.WhatkindofgraincouldbefoundinAmericandiet500yearsago?

13.WangpreferstolivewithanEnglishfamily.

A.RightB.Wrong

14.Whatdoweknowaboutthedifferencebetweenmenandwomenintermsofpersonalrelationships?

A.Itiseasierforwomentomakefriendsamongwomen.

B.Womentendtorevealtheirfeelingsmoreeasily.

C.Personalrelationshipsaremorecentraltomostmen'slives.

D.It'seasiertoestablishpersonalrelationshipswithwomenthanwithmen.

15.Whatwillthespeakerdiscussfirst?

二、2.UseofEnglish(10題)16.

【C11】

17.(47)

18.

【C20】

19.

【C13】

20.

【C3】

21.(37)

22.(45)

23.(44)

24.

【C10】

25.(41)

三、3.ReadingComprehension(15題)26.

Themeaningoftheword"anomaly"inthesecondlineof4thparagraphis______.

A.somethingstrange

B.enjoyablethings

C.anormally

D.comparison

27.(75)

28.(80)

29.Defendersofspecialprotectivelaborlegislationforwomenoftenmaintainthateliminatingsuchlawswoulddestroythefruitsofacentury-longstrugglefortheprotectionofwomenworkers.Evenabriefexaminationofthehistoricpracticeofcourtsandemployerswouldshowthatthefruitofsuchlawshasbeenbitter;theyare,inpractice,moreofacursethanablessing.

Sex-definedprotectivelawshaveoftenbeenbasedonstereotypicalassumptionsconcerningwomen'sneedsandabilities,andemployershavefrequentlyusedthemaslegalexcusesfordiscriminatingagainstwomen.AftertheSecondWorldWar,forexample,businessesandgovernmentsoughttopersuadewomentovacatejobsinfactories,thusmakingroominthelaborforceforreturningveterans.Therevivalorpassageofstatelawslimitingthedailyorweeklyworkhoursofwomenconvenientlyaccomplishedthis.Employershadonlytodeclarethatovertimehourswereanecessaryconditionofemploymentorpromotionintheirfactory,andwomencouldbequitelegallyfired,refusedjobs,orkeptatlowwagelevels,allinthenameof"protecting"theirhealth.Byvalidatingsuchlawswhentheyarechallengedbylawsuits,thecourtshavecolludedovertheyearsinestablishingdifferent,lessadvantageousemploymenttermsforwomenthanformen,thusreducingwomen'scompetitivenessonthejobmarket.Atthesametime,eventhemostwell-intentionedlawmakers,courts,andemployershaveoftenbeenblindtotherealneedsofwomen.Thelawmakersandthecourtscontinuetopermitemployerstoofferemployeehealthinsuranceplansthatcoverallknownhumanmedicaldisabilitiesexceptthoserelatingtopregnancyandchildbirth.

Finally,laborlawsprotectingonlyspecialgroupsareoftenineffectiveatprotectingtheworkerswhoareactuallyintheworkplace.Somechemicals,forexample,posereproductiverisksforwomenofchildbearingyears;manufacturersusingthechemicalscomplywithlawsprotectingwomenagainstthesehazardsbyrefusingtohirethem.Thusthesex-definedlegislationprotectsthehypotheticalfemaleworker,buthasnoeffectwhateveronthesafetyofanyactualemployee.Thehealthriskstomaleemployeesinsuchindustriescannotbenegligible,sincechemicalstoxicenoughtocausebirthdefectsinfetusesorsterilityinwomenarepresumablyharmfultothehumanmetabolism.Protectivelawsaimedatchangingproductionmaterialsortechniquesinordertoreducesuchhazardswouldbenefitallemployeeswithoutdiscriminatingagainstany.

Insum,protectivelaborlawsforwomenarediscriminatoryanddonotmeettheirintendedpurpose.Legislatorsshouldrecognizethatwomenareintheworkforcetostay,andthattheirneeds—goodhealthcare,adecentwage,andasafeworkplace—aretheneedsofallworkers.Lawsthatignorethesefactsviolatewomen'srightsforequalprotectioninemployment.

Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingresultedfromthepassageorrevivalofstatelawslimitingtheworkhoursofwomenworkers?

A.Womenworkerswerecompelledtoleavetheirjobsinfactories.

B.Manyemployershaddifficultyinprovidingjobsforreturningveterans.

C.Manyemployersfoundithardtoattractwomenworkers.

D.Thehealthofmostwomenfactoryworkersimproved.

30.(78)

31.(68)

32.(67)

33.(73)

34.

Whatcanweinferfromthesecondparagraph?

A.Somefamiliesaretoopoortopaythefullamountofthetuition.

B.Theparentsdonotfavortheform.ofloans.

C.Payingthetuitionmakestheparentsfeelhumble.

D.Thosewhoareingreatneedmaynotgetwhattheyneed.

35.

Accordingtothepassage,thesolutionofferedbythetechnicianwas______.

A.effectiveB.economicalC.unpracticalD.unacceptable

36.(79)

37.

WhatadvicemightMaquetgivetothosewhohaveacrucialtestthenextday?

A.Memorizinggrammarwithgreatefforts.

B.Studytextbookswithcloseattention.

C.Havetheirbrainimagesrecorded.

D.Enjoytheirsleepatnightsoundly.

38.

ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatthedifferencesbetweentheGlobalSupportCentreandthelocalrepairshoplieinallthefollowingEXCEPT______.

A.efficiencyB.locationC.SetupCDsD.attitude

39.

Anderson'searlysuccesshas______.

A.greatlyspeededthedevelopmentofmedicine

B.broughtnoimmediateprogressintheresearchofgene-therapy

C.promisedacuretoeverydisease

D.madehimanationalhero

40.PartB

Directions:Inthefollowingarticlesomeparagraphshavebeenremoved.ForQuestions66-70,choosethemostsuitableparagraphfromthelistA-Ftofitintoeachofthenumberedgaps.Thereisoneparagraphwhichdoesnotfitinanyofthegaps.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.

Thepressisconstantlyremindingusthatthedramaticincreaseintheageofourpopulationoverthenext30orsoyearswillcausenationalhealthcaresystemstocollapse,economiestocrumpleunderthestrainofpensiondemandsanddisintegratingfamiliestobuckleunderincreasingcarecommitments.YetresearchatOxfordisbeginningtoexposesomeofthewidespreadmythsthatunderliethisrhetoric.Demographicageingisundoubtedlyareality.Lifeexpectancyindevelopedcountrieshasrisencontinuouslyoverthepastcentury,increasingthepercentageofthoseovertheageof60relativetothoseundertheageof15.By2030halfthepopulationofWesternEuropewillbeovertheageof50,withapredictedaveragelifeexpectancyofafurther40years.Bythen,aquarterofthepopulationwillbeover65andby2050theUK'scurrentnumberof10,000centenariansarepredictedtohavereachedaquarterofamillion.SomedemographershaveevensuggestedthathalfofallbabygirlsbornintheWesttodaywilllivetoseethenextcentury.

66.______

Indeed,ifthiscouldbeachievedthroughouttheworld,itwouldsurelycountasthesuccessofcivilization,forthenwewouldalsohaveconqueredthekillersofpoverty,disease,famineandwar.

Decreasingmortalityrates,increasinglongevityanddecliningfertilitymeansmallerpercentagesofyoungpeoplewithinpopulations.Overthepast20yearslifeexpectancyatbirthintheUKhasrisenbyfouryearsformen(to75)andthreeyearsforwomen(to80).MeanwhilefertilityratesacrossEuropehavedeclinedmoreorlesscontinuouslyoverthepast40yearsandremainwellbelowthelevelsrequiredforEuropeanpopulationstobeabletoreplacethemselveswithoutsubstantiveimmigration.Butagain,ratherthanseeingthisasadoomandgloomscenario,weneedtoexplorethepositiveaspectsofthesedemographics.Thenext50yearsshouldprovideuswithanopportunitytoenjoythemanyadvantagesofasocietywithamaturepopulationstructure.

67.______

ThefirstoftheseisthecurrentpoliticalrhetoricwhichclaimsthathealthservicesacrosstheWesternworldarecollapsingunderthestrainofdemographicageing.

68.______

Thesecondmythistheviewthattheratioofworkerstonon-workerswillbecomesoacutethatWesterneconomieswillcollapse,compoundedbyamassivegrowthinpensiondebt.Whilethereareundoubtedconcernsovercurrentpensionshortfalls,itisalsoclearthatworkingliveswillthemselveschangeoverthenextfewdecades,withapredictedincreaseinflexibleandpart-timeworkandtheprobableextensionofworkinglifeuntiltheageof70.Indeed,wehavetorecognizethatwecannotexpecttoretireattheageof50andthenbeabletosupportourselvesforanother40orsoyears.Neitherasolidpensionschemenorsavingscancarrypeoplethatlong.

69.______

Afurthermythisthatwewillallliveinloose,multigenerationalfamilies,experiencingincreasedemotionaldistancingfromourkin.Evidencefromavarietyofstudiesacrossthedevelopedworldsuggeststhat,ifanything,themodernfamilyisactuallybecomingmoreclose-knit.WorkcarriedoutbytheOxfordInstituteinScandinaviaandinaPan-EuropeanFamilyCareStudy,forexample,showsthatdespitedieinfluenceofthewelfarestate,overthepast10years,peoplehavecometovaluefamilyrelationshipsmorethanpreviously.

70.______

Inthedevelopedworld,therefore,wecanseeactualbenefitsfrompopulationageing:abetterbalancebetweenagegroups,matureandlessvolatiles

四、閱讀理解(5題)41.

根據(jù)下列選項(xiàng)回答31～40題：

第

31

題

wasdevelopedtoprovideelectricityforsatellitesatthebeginning?__________

42.

根據(jù)下列選項(xiàng)回答46～50題：

第

46

題

1.__________

43.

第

39

題

WhereliessuccessofacountryintheNewAgeofSuperstuff?

44.

第

49

題

wassimplyregardedasamovieaboutgangstersonce?__________

45.

第

47

題

Today’scorporateexecutiveofficersresembletheindustrialistsandagriculturistsinthepastintheirrealizationof__________．

參考答案

1.D

2.seeingtime

3.Theyaredifferent．

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.A

8.SouthandEastAsia

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.Corn

13.A

14.B

15.Origin(s)ofstudent/wherestudentsarefrom/student(s)background(s)Origin(s)ofstudent/wherestudentsarefrom/student(s)background(s)

16.toto解析：“incontrastto”為固定搭配，意為“與…相對(duì)比”。所以此處應(yīng)填“to”。

17.farfar解析：能修飾too的副詞只有far或much。

18.suchsuch解析：“such…as”用來(lái)舉例子。所以此處應(yīng)填“such”。

19.readyready解析：顧客來(lái)到結(jié)算處，說(shuō)明他們準(zhǔn)備好了要付賬。bereadyto的意思是“準(zhǔn)備好了做某事”。故答案為ready。

20.bringbring解析：根據(jù)上下文，此處意思為給他們帶來(lái)快樂(lè)。帶來(lái)用動(dòng)詞“bring”。所以此處應(yīng)填“bring”。

21.workwork解析：根據(jù)上文，對(duì)比的是對(duì)工作的態(tài)度，所以此處應(yīng)填“work”。

22.disposedispose解析：由前一句“但是這個(gè)問(wèn)題因?yàn)槲覀兊摹耙淮涡浴奔夹g(shù)而加劇了?！笨芍颂帒?yīng)為“丟掉，扔掉”之意，即disposeof。

23.dailydaily解析：此句意為“但是不要使他們的…工作僅僅成為一長(zhǎng)串令人心煩的差使?！憋@然，此空應(yīng)填“每日的，日常的”。

24.callscalls解析：此句意為“他把這種缺乏禮節(jié)的行為稱(chēng)作是一種無(wú)意識(shí)的無(wú)禮”。call+雙賓語(yǔ)結(jié)構(gòu)，以為“把…稱(chēng)為”，所以此處填“calls”。

25.toto解析：revertto意為“重想，重提”，此句意為“如果你經(jīng)常提到‘我們以前已經(jīng)試著這樣做了，但是不管用’就會(huì)很快地挫傷這種好問(wèn)的頭腦”。

26.A解析：anomaly意為“反常，奇怪”。

27.B解析：由B中“BarnessitsjustacrosstheriverfromHammersmithinsouthwestLondon，butitcouldnotbemoredifferentfromthenoiseandbustleoftheoppositebank．”可以看出Barnes與其對(duì)岸喧囂吵鬧的城市完全不同。所以此處答案為B。

28.D解析：書(shū)評(píng)一中的“…h(huán)eignoressomekeyargumentsinfavorofthemarket…”，書(shū)評(píng)二中的“Whilepartsofthisbookaredisappointinglyshallow…”，書(shū)評(píng)三種的“Stiglitz，58，ishardlythefirstpersontoaccusetheIMF…”都有提到Stiglitz的一些負(fù)面的消息。所以本題應(yīng)選D。

29.A解析：從第二段前兩句話(huà)可以看出，婦女被以能力和需要的理由勸離工廠(chǎng)，故A項(xiàng)正確。沒(méi)有足夠的工作給老兵不是由限制婦女工作時(shí)間的法律造成的，所以B項(xiàng)不正確。C項(xiàng)文中沒(méi)有提及。根據(jù)文章第三段可知婦女的健康不是改善了，而是下降了，故D項(xiàng)也不正確。

30.C解析：越來(lái)越多的人贊成Stiglitz的觀(guān)點(diǎn)，批評(píng)自由貿(mào)易和全球化，從“Suchclaimsarenolongercredible，forStiglitzispartofasmallbutgrowinggroupofeconomists，sociologistsandpoliticalscientists…”growing一詞可以看出答案。所以本題應(yīng)選C。

31.CC解析：由上下兩段看，只有C放在此處可以使上下文銜接，意思連貫。

32.BB解析：由下一段第一句中提到的“tomato”可知只有B中“Supporterssaythetomato”與之對(duì)應(yīng)。

33.B解析：由B中“Thesesellforanythingbetween￡2millionand￡5million．”，每套住房銷(xiāo)售價(jià)格在200萬(wàn)英鎊到500萬(wàn)英鎊之間不等，極其昂貴。所以此處答案為B。

34.D解析：原文對(duì)應(yīng)信息是：“Eagertoboosttheirmagazinerankings，whicharebasedinpartonthetestscoresOfenteringfreshmen．they'rethrowingmoreaidatsmarterkids—whethertheyneeditornot．”該句話(huà)說(shuō)明“學(xué)校為了提高其雜志排名，就給那些比較聰明的孩子經(jīng)濟(jì)上給予較大的幫助，不管他們需不需要幫助”。由此可以看出，急需幫助的學(xué)生并不一定就能

35.D解析：此題問(wèn)技術(shù)員的回答如何。文章中“ButIdoneedit．”“Yes．butyoudon'thaveit．”