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公共英语四级-13
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[填空题]{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}
For questions 6—10, you will hear a talk by a well-known U. S. Journalist. While you listen, complete the sentences or answer the questions. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and questions below.Besides reporters, who else were camped out for days outside the speaker’s home
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[单项选择]According to the NAS's report, one of the problems in end-of-life care is ______.
A. prolonged medical procedures
B. inadequate treatment of pain
C. systematic drug abuse
D. insufficient hospital care
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[单项选择]Which of the following statements is true according to the text
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[单项选择]According to the text, what is beyond man's ability now is to design a robot that can ______.
A. fulfill delicate tasks like performing brain surgery
B. interact with human beings verbally
C. have a little common sense
D. respond independently to a changing world
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[单项选择]According to the speaker, what should one pay special attention to if he wants to save up
A. Family debts
B. Bank savings
C. Monthly bills
D. Spending habits
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[单项选择]It can be inferred from the text that the retail price o{ petrol will go up dramatically if ______.
A. price of crude rises
B. commodity prices rise
C. consumption rises
D. oil taxes rise
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[单项选择]Besides reducing human labor, robots can also ______.
A. make a few decisions for themselves
B. deal with some errors with human intervention
C. improve factory environments
D. cultivate human creativity
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[单项选择]From the first three paragraphs, we learn that ______.
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[单项选择]From the text can see that the writer seems ______.
A. optimistic
B. sensitive
C. gloomy
D. seared
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[单项选择]The author uses the example of a monkey to argue that robots are ______.
A. expected to copy human brain in internal structure
B. able to perceive abnormalities immediately
C. far less able than human brain in focusing on relevant information
D. best used in a controlled environment
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[单项选择]What do people nowadays desire to do concerning their marriage
A. To embrace changes of thought
B. To adapt to the disintegrated family life
C. To return to the practice in the ’60s and ’70s
D. To create stability in their lives
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[单项选择]To make your humor work, you should ______.
A. take advantage of different kinds of audience
B. make fun of the disorganized people
C. address different problems to different people
D. show sympathy for your listeners
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[单项选择]The word "gizmos" (line 1, paragraph 2) most probably means ______.
A. programs
B. experts
C. devices
D. creatures
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[单项选择]Why did some people choose not to divorce 20 years ago
A. They feared the complicated procedures.
B. They wanted to go against the trend.
C. They were afraid of losing face.
D. They were willing to stay together.
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[填空题]
{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}
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 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. At
the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to
transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.
Now look
at Part A in your test booklet.
{{B}}Part
A{{/B}}
{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}
For questions 1—5, you will hear an introduction
about the life of Margaret Welch. While you listen, fill out the table with the
information you’ve heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the
table. Write only 1 word or number in each numbered box. You will hear the
recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below.
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[单项选择]Which of the following best defines the word "aggressive" (line 3, paragraph 7)
A. Bold
B. Harmful
C. Careless
D. Desperate
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[单项选择]How much can a person save by retirement if he gives up his pack-a-day habit
A. $190,000
B. $330,000
C. $500,000
D. $1,000,000
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[单项选择]It can be inferred from the text that public service ______.
A. have benefited many people
B. are the focus of public attention
C. are an inappropriate subject for humor
D. have often been the laughing stock
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[单项选择]{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}
You will hear three pieces of recorded material. Before listening to each one, you will have time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have time to check your answers. You will hear each piece only once.
{{B}}Questions 11—13 are based on a report about children’s healthy development. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11—13.{{/B}}What unusual question may doctors ask when giving kids a checkup next time
A. How much exercise they get every day.
B. What they are most worried about.
C. How long their parents accompany them daily.
D. What entertainment they are interested in.
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[单项选择]We can draw a conclusion from the text that ______.
A. oil-price shocks are less shocking now
B. inflation seems irrelevant to oil-price shocks
C. energy conservation can keep down the oil prices
D. the price rise of crude leads to the shrinking of heavy industry
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[单项选择]The estimates in Economic Outlook show that in rich countries ______.
A. heavy industry becomes more energy-intensive
B. income loss mainly results from fluctuating crude oil prices
C. manufacturing industry has been seriously squeezed
D. oil price changes have no significant impact on GDP
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[单项选择]Human ingenuity was initially demonstrated in ______.
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[单项选择]George Annas would probably agree that doctors should be punished if they ______.
A. manage their patients incompetently
B. give patients more medicine than needed
C. reduce drug dosages for their patients
D. prolong the needless suffering of the patients
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[单项选择]The main reason for the latest rise of oil price is ______.
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[单项选择]The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are ______.
A. impolite to new arrivals
B. very conscious of their godlike role
C. entitled to some privileges
D. very busy even during lunch hours
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[单项选择]The best title for the text may be ______.
A. Use Humor Effectively
B. Various Kinds of Humor
C. Add Humor to Speech
D. Different Humor Strategies
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[单项选择]Years ago a divorced man in a company would have ______.
A. been shifted around the country
B. had difficulty being promoted
C. enjoyed a happier life
D. tasted little bitterness of disgrace
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[单项选择]What should one do before paying monthly bills, if he wants to accumulate wealth
A. Invest into a mutual fund
B. Use the discount tickets
C. Quit his eating-out habit
D. Use only paper bills and save coins
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[单项选择]Which word best describes the lawyers’ prediction of the change in divorce rate
A. Fall
B. Rise
C. V-shape
D. Zigzag
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[单项选择]To achieve the desired result, humorous stones should be delivered ______.
A. in well-worded language
B. as awkwardly as possible
C. in exaggerated statements
D. as casually as possible