公共英语五级考试真题

公共英语

(pets)

五级考试真题

Section I

Listening

ComprehensionThis

section

is

designed

to

test

your

ability

to

understand

spoken will

hear

a

selection

of

recorded

materials

and

you

must

answer

the questions that accompany are three parts in this section, Part A , Part B and

Part , while you are doing the test, you should first answer the questions in your

test booklet, not on the ANSWER the end of the listening comprehension section,

you

will

have

5

minutes

to

transfer

your

answers

from

your

test

booklet

onto

ANSWER

SHEET you

have

any

questions,

you

may

raise

your

hand

NOW

as

you

will

not

be

allowed

to speak once the test has started.

Part A You will hear a conversation between a student, , and his tutor, you

listen, answer Questions 1 to 10 by circling True or will hear the conversation

ONLY now have 60 seconds to read Questions and have met prefers to live with

an

English intends

to

study

how

computer

is

used

for

language in

his

own

country

studied

C-language

and has

some

experience

in is

satisf

ied

with

Wang’s

past has

little knowledge of the phonetic processing decides to take courses and pass

suggests that Wang should extend his stay at the asks Wang to do a little more

research before deciding on his FALSE

Tapescript:

Hearing a knock on the door] Come in morning morning nice to see you a

seat...why

don

’

t

you, did

you

get

to

the

universitymwmi

arrived

...Are

you

living

in

the

collegeNo,

I

am

with

an

English

family...actually...because

I

want

to

improve

my , , did you take a language proficiency test before you came...my Overall Band

is 6, but...unfortunately my speaking is

only

, you know, here in

this

university,

you have to take our own English test before you attend any , first of all, what

we’ve got to do is, we have to make an

arrangement for the test ...will tomorrow

be

all

right

for

youmw

Yeah,

I

have

time

tomorrow

, at don’t

think

the

test

will

be

any

problem

for

,

let’s

make

sure

you

make

full

use

of

your

time

’s

put

it

like

exactly

do

you

want

to

accomplish

in

the

next

12

monthsmi’m

interested

in

computer

language translation, I mean, from English to Chinese and Chinese to ’ll try, if

possible, to produce a software or a device which can serve as an , could you be

a

bit

more

specific

about...er...the

deviceFor

instance,

when,

you

talk

to

the

device

in

English

it

will

translate

your

words

into

Chinese

and

vice

...do

you

mean

it’ll

be as competent as...er...a human interpreterYes...well, I’ll let it deal with

general situations, at ...and how big will the device itself be, do you thinkThe

size of a cigarette pack, I people can put it in their that could be a me what

you have done so my four years of undergraduate study, I studied electronics,

advancedMmathematics,

hardware

designing,

some

computer

languages

and

program

,

but

have

you

done

anypractical

jobs

I

mean,

have

you

written

anyWprograms

for

practical

useI was involved in a project for CAD in a computer aided was probably a good

experience,

but,

unfortunately,

it

may

not

help

your

present

project you

familiar

with C-language...the phonetic processing system, do you know how such a system

worksWhat do you mean by

spoken by different people with different English accent is different from mine,

and of course

mine is not the same as my colleagues’.So as I see it, your device

would have to be able to recognise and understand different , I think I can learn

C-

language

and

a

phonetic

processing

,

that’s

probably

true,

but

you’ve

got

only

12 months and you want aW

degree, don’t you, so there’re two ways of studying for

a degree either take six courses, pass their exams and have your dissertation

accepted

or

the

other

way

is

you

do

some

research

work

and

submit

your

project think

I’ll take the second , but are you

sure you can finish your project in 12 monthsI

don’t know, but I can work 12 hours a day and 7 days a , I’d suggest you spend

some time in our library, trying to find out what other students have done before

and

perhaps

re-consider

your

own

project,

to

some might

narrow

your

research

area,

concentrating on solving one or two major , it’d be a good idea to talk to your

colleagues in the lab, , I’m sure we can work out something I see you again in

three

days’

timeAll

’ll

go

away

and

do

some I’ll

talk

to

yo

u

about

myMnew you .

You now have 20 seconds to check your answers to Questions 1 - is the end of

Part

A,Part

B:You

will

hear

3

conversations

or

talks

and

you

must

answer

the

questions

by

choosing

A,

B,

C

or will

hear

the

recording

ONLY 1

-

3

are

based

on

the

following

now have 15 seconds to read Questions 1 - 3.

does

the

speaker

suggest

that

the

students

should

do

during

the

term[A]

Consult

with

her

frequently.[B]

Use

the

computer

regularly.[C]

Occupy

the

computer

early.[D]

Wait for one

’

s turn patiently.

service must be paid for[A] Computer classes.[B] Training sessions.[C] Laser

printing.[D] Package borrowing.

is

the

talk

mainly

about[A]

Computer

lab

services.[B]

College

library

facilities.[C] The use of micro- computers.[D] Printouts from the laser printer.

Tapescript

Right, to Central College library name

’

s Kathy

’

ll give you a brief

introduction

to

the have

a

well- stocked

bank

of

resources

which

are

in

three

main

locations:

the

library

itself,

with

books

and

periodicals;

the

self-access

language

centre, with audio and video material; and the micro-

computer ’ll start with the

micro-computer

lab,

or

micro-lab

as

we

call is

fitted

with

24

personal

computers.

If

you

are

a

member

of

the

library,

you

may

borrow

CALL

discs

in

French,

German,

Italian, Spanish and Russian as well as the way, CALL stands for computer aided

language learning: C A double L,

processing and desktop publishing disks are, of course, strictly for use in the

micro-lab you

wish

to

print

anything

you

should

use

one

of

the

five

machines

around

the outside of the are connected to dot matrix printers, one is connected to the

laser you

want

a top

quality printout from the

laser printer, come and

see myself

or

any

of

the

library printouts

are

free

but

there

is

a

charge

for

using

the

laser

printer.

There is always a queue to get to the terminals towards the end of in and get

to know how to use the computers early in the term and use them regularly, rather

than just before exams and essay deadlines, in order to avoid delay or sessions

are

held

on

a

regular

basis,

on

the

first

and

third

Thursday

of

each

month,

and

are

free to full-time students of the you , any questions

You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to Questions 1 - 3.

Part CYou will hear a talk given by a university you listen, you must answer

Questions 1 -10 by writing NO MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided on the

will hear the talk now have 60 seconds to read Questions 1 to 10.

’

s the average annual increase of foreign student population in the period

between 1985 and 1990 in terms of percentage part of the world contributed to an

increase between 94/95 and 95/96 will the speaker talk about the economic and

political changes will the speaker discuss first do the three largest groups of

students

come

from’s

the

number

of

students

from

Malaysia

is

the

most

popular

field

of

study’s

the

percentage

of

students

in

business

and

management

terms

of

academic

levels,

in

which

level

do

we

find

the

smallest

number

summary,

what

did

the

speaker

talk about

Tapescript

For those of you who are either already studying in the United States or plan

to one day, it might be interesting to know something about the foreign student

population

in

the

United

the

academic

year

1995/96

there

was

a

total

of

approximately 344,000 foreign students studying in the United figure of 344,000

may seem like a very large number until you compare it with the total population

of 241,000, foreign student population has been growing for a number of years and

is

still

growing,

but

the

rate

of

increase

has

dropped

sharply

during

the the

1980s,

the population grew quite example, between 1985 and 1990, the average yearly

increase was %.However, the picture in the 1990s is quite rate of increase has

declined

quite fact,

the

rate

of

increase

between

1994/95

and

1995/96

was

only

.5%,

or

one-half

of

one the

overall

rate

of

increase

has

dropped

to

only

.5%,

the

number

of

students

from

some

parts

of

the

world

is

increasing

while

the

number

of

students

from other areas is example, during this same time period, that is between the

academic

years

94/95

and

95/96,

there

was

a

decrease

in

the

number

of

students

from

the middle East,

while the number of

students

from South and

East

Asia changes in

the number of students coming from different

parts of the world no

doubt reflected

changing economic and political ’m sure you are aware of many of these changes,

and

perhaps

we

can

discuss

them

at

our

next today

let’s

confine

our

t

alk

to

first,

a discussion of the origin of these students, or, in other words, where they come

from; second, the kinds of studies they pursue; and, finally, the academic levels

they are found we have a little time left, we might quickly discuss in which

geographic areas most of them go to school.

Let

’

s

discuss

the

origins

of

the

foreign

student

population

in

the

United

States

for

the

academic

year

1995/

’

s

discuss

it

in

order

from

those

areas

sending

the

most

students to

those areas

sending the

fewest we look at the figures provided by the

annual

census

of

foreign

students

in

the

United

States

for

the

year

1995/96,

we

see

that most of the foreign students studying in the United States during this year

were from South and East is a rather large geographical area which includes such

countries

as

China,

Korea,

Pakistan,

India,

Malaysia,

and total

number

of

students

from this area, South and East Asia was 156, other words, roughly 2 out of every

5 foreign students come from South and East 24,000 of this total were from was

close behind with just a little over 23,000 next largest number of students came

from the middle number of students from the middle East came to about one- third

the

number

from

South

and

East fourth

largest

number

came

from

South came

Europe,

Africa,

North

America,

and

’s

recapitulate

what

we’ve largest

number

of

students

studying in

the United States during the

academic year 1995/96 were from South and

East

Asia,

followed

by

the

middle

East,

South

America,

Europe,

Africa,

North

America,

and Oceania.

What

fields

are

these

large

numbers

of

foreign

students

studying

in

It

probably

won

’

t surprise you to learn that the largest number are in the field of fact, %

of the total number are studying and management is close behind, however, with a

total of %.The third most popular field was mathematics and computer sciences

with %.As you can see, engineering with %, business and management with %, and

mathematics

and

computer

sciences

with

%

comprise

about

one

half

of

the

total

number

of foreign students.

Let

’

s talk about which academic levels these students can be found students

can

be

found

studying

at

all

levels

of

higher you

might

expect,

the

greatest

number

of them are studying at the undergraduate levelapproximately 158, second largest

group study at the graduate level and that number is just under 122, rest study at

junior colleges or in non- degree is at the graduate level that foreign students

have the most foreign students comprise only % of the total population, they

account

for

%

of

all

the

graduate

students

studying

at me

give

you

those

percentages

again so you can get a better feel for the overall students make up only of the

total population, but they make up % of the total graduate student population.

Well, I see that

’

s all the time we have

’

ll have to leave discussions of the

geographic areas these students study in until another time.

Now you are going to hear the talk a second time.

REPEAT THE TEXT

You now have 3 minutes to check your answers to Questions 1 - 10.

That is the end of Part now have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from

your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.

That is the end of Listening Comprehension.

SECTION

II:

Use

of

EnglishRead

the

following

text

and

fill

each

of

the

numbered

spaces with ONE suitable your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.

Children who grip their pens too close to the writing point are likely to be

at a disadvantage in examinations,

(1) _____ to the first serious investigation into the way in which writing

technique can dramatically affect educational survey of 643 children and adults,

aged from pre-school to 40-plus, also suggests

(2)

_____

pen-holding

techniques

have

deteriorated

sharply

over

one

generation,

with teachers now paying far

(3) ______ attention to correct pen grip and handwriting Thomas, a learning

support teacher

(4)

______

findings

have

been

published,

was

inspired

to

investigate

this

area

(5)

_______

she

noticed

that

those

pupils

who

had

the

most

trouble

with

spelling

(6)

______

had

a

poor

pen could

not

establish

a

significant

statistical

link

(7) ______ pen-holding style and accuracy in spelling, she

(8) ______ find huge differences in technique between the young children and

the mature adults, and a definite

(9) ________ between near-point gripping and slow, illegible who