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公共英语四级-451
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[单项选择]Summer is winding down, but it’s still not too late to put the top down and hit the road. For those of us who can’t spring for a Corvette or a BMW, here’s some good news: Two of the coolest convertibles on the road are also more affordable—Volkswagen’s New Beetle and Chrysler’s PT Cruiser.
Both start at about $20,000, seat four, and get between 22 and 24 miles per gallon from their four- cylinder engines. Each has fully insulated cloth tops with rear windows made of real glass, which makes them comfortable to use in winter. Front-wheel drive helps make them safer to drive over snow and ice. Both also offer high-performance turbocharged models starting at about $25,000.Both have bulging fenders and cool, retro personalities.
Beyond that, they’re very different. The PT Cruiser focuses on practicality, while the Beetle is more fun to drive.
That fun comes from the car’s chassis, suspension, and overall structure. Crank the steering into a turn and the car follows like an ea
A. practicality
B. fun to drive
C. prices
D. style
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[单项选择]James Fenimore Cooper was most famous for ______.
A. Moby Dick
B. Walden
C. The last of the Mohicans
D. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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[单项选择]Henry David Thoreau’s work ( ) , has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism.
A. Daisy Miller
B. White Fang
C. Walden
D. The Prince and the Pauper
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[单项选择]Every profession or trade, every art, and every science has its technical vocabulary. Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts, and other vocations, like farming and fishery, that have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabulary, is very old. It consists largely of native words, or of borrowed words that have worked themselves into the very fibre of our language. Hence, though highly technical in many particulars, these vocabularies are more familiar in sound, and more generally understood, than most other technicalities. The special dialects of law, medicine, divinity, and philosophy have also, in their older strata, become pretty familiar to cultivated persons and have contributed much to the popular vocabulary. Yet every vocation still possesses a large body of technical terms that remain essentially foreign, even to educated speech. And the proportion has been much increased
A. never last long
B. are considered artificial language speech
C. should be confined to scientific fields
D. may become part of common speech
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[单项选择]Which of the following writers does not belong to the lakers of the Romantic Period( ).
A. William Wordsworth.
B. John Keats.
C. Samuel Coleridge.
D. Robert Southey.
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[简答题]As I am one of that sauntering tribe of mortals, who spend the greatest part of their time in taverns. coffee-houses and other places of public resort. I have thereby an opportunity of observing an infinite variety of characters, which, to a person of contemplative turn, is a much higher entertainment than a view of all the curiosities of art or nature.
Amongst a multiplicity of other topics. we took occasion to talk of the different characters of the several nations of Europe; when one of the gentle men, cocking his hat, and assuming such an air of importance as if he had possessed all the merit of the English nation in his own person, declared that the Dutch were a parcel of avaricious wretches; the French a set of flattering sycophants; that the Germans were drunken sots and beastly gluttons; and the Spaniards proud, haughty, and surly tyrants; but that in bravery generosity clemency, and in every other virtue, the English excelled all the rest of the world.
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[单项选择]The head of government of Canada is represented by
A. the Queen.
B. the Prime Minister.
C. the Governor General.
D. the Cabinet Minister.
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[单项选择]The definition "the act of using, or promoting the use of, several languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers" refers to( ).
A. Pidgin.
B. Creole.
C. Multilingualism.
D. Bilingualism.
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[单项选择]English belongs to ______ family, while Chinese belongs to ______ family.
A. Latin; sino - Tibetan
B. Indo - European; Slavic
C. Latin; Slavic
D. Indo - European; Sino - Tibetan
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[单项选择]______ is the core of leader ship of the British government.
A. parliament
B. privy council
C. central government
D. cabinet
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David Landes, author of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor, credits the world’s economics and social progress over the last thousand years to "Western civilization and its dissemination." The reason, he believes, is that Europeans invented systematic economic development. Landes adds that two unique aspects of Europeans culture were crucial ingredient in EUrope’s economic growth.
First, Landes espouses a generalized form of Max Weber’s thesis that the values of work, initiative, and investment made the difference for Europe. Despite his emphasis on science, Landes does not stress the notion of rationality as such. In his view, "what counts is work, thrift, honesty, patience, tenacity." The only route to economic success for individuals or states is working hard, spending less than you earn, and investing the rest in productive capacity. This is the fundamental explanation of the problem posed by h
A. they tack work ethic.
B. they lack rationality.
C. they are scientifically backward.
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[简答题]With the rapid development of China’s economy, many people have bought Or are planning to buy cars. Some people believe that private cars will bring us more benefits, while others object to growing private cars. What is your opinion Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic:
Advantages and Disadvantages of Private Cars
In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
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[填空题]As suburbs grew, business moved into the new areas. Large
shopping centers containing a great kind of stores changed consumer (56) ______
patterns. The number of these centers rose from eight in the (57) ______
end of World Warn to 3,840 in 1960. With easy parking and
convenience evening hours, customers could avoid city shopping (58) ______
entirely. New highways created a better access to the suburbs and (59) ______
its shops. The Highway Act of 1956 provided $ 26,000 million,
the largest public work expenditure in US history; to build (60) ______
more than 64,000 kilometers of federal roads to link together all
parts of the country.
Television, in addition, had a powerful impact in social (61) ______
and economic patterns. Developing in the 1930s, it was not widely (62) ______
marketed until after the war. In 1946 the country had a
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George W. Bush on Friday presented to Congress a letter formally requesting an extension to the Normal Trade Relations(NTR) status to China for another year.
In a letter to House and Senate leaders, Bush said that trade with China has benefited both American businesses, which boosted exports to China by 24 percent last year, and American farmers,who exported to China more than US $ 3 billion worth of farm produts in the same period.
"Trade is in the interest of American consumers, especially those who live from paycheck to paycheck and depend on inexpensive goods,from China to enhance their quality of life, "Bush said.
He said that the normal trade status requested for China is what "virtually every other country in the world" now enjoys.
"Fair trade is essential not only to improve living standards for Americans, but also for a strong and productive relationship with China," he said.
Bush said that the United
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Women should not drink any alcohol during pregnancy, NHS adviser to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has said. It says if they must drink, they should not do so in the first three months and should limit consumption to one or two units once or twice a week afterwards. It brings NICE in line with government advice and replaces previous guidance saying small daily amounts were fine. However, NICE concedes there is no evidence to support the change. Not everyone agrees with such a tough approach, but more systematic research into the impact of alcohol is expected. [8]Officials also called for local health bosses to ensure peer support, schemes where mothers encourage new parents to breastfeed are set up.
Which of the following is TRUE of NICE’s latest advice on pregnant women’s drinking( ).
A. It’s in contradiction to government advice.
B. It’s sufficiently supported by evidence.
C. It’s stricter than previous guidance.
D. It advocates small daily amount of alcohol.
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[单项选择]______ was one of the founders of modern linguistics and made a distinction between langue and parole.
A. Ferdinand de Saussure
B. B.E. Nida
C. Noam Chomsky
D. L. Bloomfield
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[填空题]Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically & semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes.
How Interpreters Work
Ⅰ. Understanding
A. About words and expressions
— (1) words may be left out:
—If not knowing a key word or expression,
a) admit or clarify the question if necessary, with the delegates.
b) deduce from (2)
B. About ideas/concepts
— (3) of different kinds of texts that
a) present logical arguments
b) present a sequence of (4)
c) are descriptive, focusing on an event, a scene or a situation
—identification of the main ideas
—analysis of ideas linked by (5)
Ⅱ. Memorization of a speech
A. Objective
—to create a telegraphic ve
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Margaret Spellings, the secretary of education, announced a pilot reform .to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), George Bush’s education law, which was passed in 2002 Up to ten states, she said, would be allowed to target their resources at the most severely struggling schools, rather than at the vast number needing improvement. The change drew a predictable mix of praise and censure. Above all, though, it was a reminder of utter inaction elsewhere,
Congress, which was supposed to re-authorize the law last year, has made little progress. On the campaign trail, concerns over Iraq and the economy have made education a minor issue. Contrary to appearances, the law’s main tenets are unlikely to be abandoned completely. But for the Democratic candidates in particular, a proper debate on NCLB is to be avoided like political quicksand.
Most politicians agree that the law has the right goals-to raise educational standards and hold schools accountable for meet
A. provide tests for pupils on maths and reading from third to eighth grade.
B. add some science testing in schools for pupils aged from 8 to 13.
C. enhance teaching standards which schools should be responsible for meeting.
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[简答题]你知道中国最有名的人是谁
提起此人,人人皆晓,处处闻名。他姓差,名不多,是各省各县各村人氏。你一定见过他,一定听过别人谈起他。差不多先生的名字天天挂在大家的口头,因为他是中国全国人的代表。
差不多先生的相貌和你我都差不多。他有一双眼睛,但看的不很清楚;有两只耳朵,但听的不很分明;有鼻子和嘴,但他对于气味和口味都不很讲究。他的脑子也不小,但他的记性却不很精明,他的思想也不很细密。
他常常说:“凡事只要差不多,就好了。何必太精明呢”
他小的时候,他妈叫他去买红糖,他买了白糖回来。他妈骂他,他摇摇头说:“红糖白糖不是差不多吗”
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It’s logical to suppose that things like good labor relations, good working conditions, good wages and benefits and job security motivate workers, but one expert, Fredrick Herzberg argued that such conditions do not motivate workers. They are merely satisfiers. Motivators, in contrast, include things such as having a challenging and interesting job, recognition and responsibility. However, even with the development of computers and robotics, there’re always plenty of boring, repetitive and mechanical jobs and lots of unskilled people who have to do them. So how do managers motivate people in such jobs One solution is to give them some responsibilities, not as individuals, but a8 a part of a team. For example, some supermarkets combine office stuff, people who fill the shelves, and the people who work at the checkout into a team, and let them decide what product lines to stock, how to display them and so on. Many people now talk about the importance of a company’
A. Job security.
B. Good labour relations.
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M: The results of a comprehensive statistical survey confirm what actresses have known for a long time-that there are fewer roles for women and that when actresses do work, they’re less well paid than men and play younger roles. I spoke to Shirley Grainger who was asked by the Actors Union to investigate the situation. What did her survey reveal
W: The Union was very concerned about the anecdotal evidence they were getting when women were complaining that they were getting a raw deal and were not getting a proper chance to practice their art. But without hard evidence, which comes from a scientific investigation of the problem, it’s very difficult to persuade the producers that there is a problem that they ought to be addressing. So, I had the task of getting the data together (1).
M: So what kind of information was this
W: And the figures were really striking-I found differences between actors and actresses in all the fields s
A. making a complaint to the Actors’ Union
B. finding out an approach to problem-solving
C. investigating into the situation for hard evidence
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[单项选择]"If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind" is a well-known line written by
A. Keats
B. Byron
C. Shelley
D. Burns
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Genetically modified (GM) food provokes skirmishes all over the world, but the main battle is between America, which champions the stuff, and the European Union, which resists it. Proponents of GM crops say they are sage, good for the environment and may provide cheaper and better food. Opponents say GM is unnatural, dangerous and unnecessary.
It is perhaps little wonder that Europeans, remembering such recent scares as mad-cow disease, have balked at the prospect of eating or growing GM food. Americans argue that this nervousness is scientifically unjustified and serves European political-and farm-interests nicely by keeping out competition. Hence America’s willingness to arraign the Europeans before the World "grade Organization unless the EU lifts its five-year moratorium on new GM varieties.
When it comes to the science. American is right. As yet another (British) panel concluded this week, there is no evidence that GM crops now in commercial cultiv
A. they believe that GM food might cause mad-cow disease.
B. they believe GM food night damage the interest of European governments.
C. there is evidence showing that GM food is dangerous to people.
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[单项选择]The two main political parties in Canada are ( ).
A. the Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party
B. the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party
C. the New Democratic Party and the Labor Party
D. the Labor Party and the New Democratic Party