2022年陕西省安康市公共英语五级(笔试)真题一卷(含答案)学校:________班级:________姓名:________考号:________一、1.Listening Comprehension(15题)1.Shirali probably lived until 168;Tsurba probably lived until age 1 A.Right B.Wrong 2.What was there under a rock once at the southern trip of Africa?3.Part C Directions:You will hear a talk.As you listen,answer the questions or complete the notes in your test booklet for Questions 21-30 by writing NOT MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided on the right.You will hear the talk TWICE.You now have 1 minute to read Questions 21-30.听力原文：Imagine you are a high school principal.A teacher bursts breathlessly in-to your office."There’s a fist fight in the dining-room,"she gasps.The responsibility is yours to stop the fight.How do you meet it?(1)Perhaps you,as a youngster,took part in fights and your present-day ties with students are warm and strong.You can stop the fight because your prestige is high among them.(2)You have a plan prepared.Other schools have been disrupted so you have already planned a way to stop any fight.(3)You are totally confident of your ability in a crisis.You are ready to stride into the lunchroom and take charge without a single qualm.Stopping the fight will be easy.(4)You fervently wish that you could delegate the job since you know that you’re not a talented peacemaker.You wish you could return to the job of planning for the school’s need ten years hence.One of these four reactions would be the first you’d feel,but only one—not two or three of them,say three psychologists.These psychologists—Dr.Harriet Mann,Dr.Humphrey Osmond and Miriam Siegler—have come up with a scheme for sorting people regardless of their education,age or situation.The concept is based on the premise that all people have a basic way of seeing time.Each of us is predisposed to see all events from time vantage point.Either it reminds you of the past(past-oriented),how the event fits into today,yesterday,and tomorrow(time line),what it is today(present),or how it will develop(future).The three began working in 1968 when Dr.Mann and Mrs.Siegler were assistants to Dr.Osmond,director,at the Bureau of Research,New Jersey Neuro-Psychiatric Institute in Princeton.Dr.Osmond is currently devising ways to make empirical studies of the theory and Dr.Mann is in Cambridge,Massachusetts,writing a book on the Worlds of Time.Their take-off point was an interest in observations made by Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung,who described in the 1920s the temperamental differences of four psychological types.Jung is known as the founder of analytic psychology.Since Jung’s work in 1921.however,no one had conceived of a theoretical framework that would account for the four types.Without such a framework,there was no possibility of substantiating that people of different types experience the world very differently.Time and space are the touchstones in the system.Each person,after all,uses his time somehow and exists within and acts upon the space around him.Dr.Mann,and company propose that certain traits are shared by persons falling in each of the four categories.The first type,the past type,sees time as being circular.For him,the past crops up in the present and then returns to the past as a memory.He enjoys collecting souvenirs and keeping diaries.He tells stories about Great Aunt Hattie and always remembers your birthday.Past types are pegged by this system as emotional people who see the world in a highly subjective way.For instance,School Principal I(past type)could identify with the fight and know how to handle it because of some past experience—whether it be similar fights as a child himself or ones previously dealt with as the school principal.In addition,past types usually follow strict moral codes and often are valued more for what they are than for what they do.This quality itself—because it lends authoritarian strength to one who possesses it—might cause the students to quit fighting.Past types often have been found to be skillful at assessing the exact emotional tenor of an event an 4.The diets of the people in the three regions are totally different.A.Right B.Wrong 5.听力原文：M：Do you think women are generally better at certain things than men?W：Well，it seems to me women are much better at dealing with more than one thing at a time．I don’t know whether this has to do with the difference in their brain or whether it’s just how they have to cope more often with more than one thing．For example，it is usually women who work，have babies．look after the babies and take the main,responsibility for looking after the home．And maybe it’s practicing all that makes women be better able to do more than one thing at a time．Men，it seems to me，can only concentrate on one thing at a time，including boring domestic things like washing the dishes．If a friend of mine who is a man washes the dishes he’ll find it quite difficult to conduct a conversation at the same time．whereas if I’m doing the dishes I’m always talking to someone．probably cooking something as well，and finding that not too stressful．M：Do you think women are more interested in personal relationships than men?W：Generally，yes，though again I don’t know if this is because that from an early age they are taught to please other people，whereas men are always taught to please themselves．I think relationships are more central to most women’s lives．For example．I think men don’t have very good conversations with each other．whereas women do．If you listen to women talking，often they will be having，after a relatively short time of knowing each other，fairly personal and truthful conversations，whereas men have conversations not about what I’d call real things．They will talk about their work in a very superficial way，or their interests in a very superficial way，for example，and football is me—um—just a sort of way for men to relate to each other without actually saying anything important，it appears to me．According to the woman,why women are much better at dealing with more than one thing at a time?A.She doesn’t know the reason exactly.B.Because women are smarter than men.C.Because women have more things to deal with than men.D.Because men always refuse to deal with more than one thing at the same time.6.Dr.Wilson is satisfied with Wang’s past experience.A.Right B.Wrong 7.What’s the common misconception about art and science?8.Where could the boats find the letters at Cape Horn?9.All directors on the Board are full-time employees in the company．A.Right B.Wrong 10.What lesson could be drawn from the accident?A.Accurate communication is of utmost importance.B.Pilots should be able to speak several foreign languages.C.Air controllers should keep a close watch on the weather.D.Cooperation between pilots and air controllers is essential.11.According to another explanation，where did this expression probably come from?A.Australia．B.Japan．C.Netherland．D.England．12.Their scheme is based on the premise that all people have a basic way of 13.听力原文：The human nose has given to the languages of the world many interesting expressions．Of course，this is not surprising．Without the nose，we could not breathe nor smell．It is a part of the face that gives a person special character．Cyrano de Bergerac said that a large nose showed a great man courageous，courteous，manly，and intellectual．A famous woman poet wished that she had two noses to smell a rose!Blaise Pascal，a French philosopher，made an interesting comment about Cleopatra’s nose．If it had been shorter，he said，it would have changed the whole face of the world!Historically，man’s nose has had a principal role in his imagination．Man has referred to the nose in many ways to express his emotions．Expressions concerning the nose refer to human weakness：anger，pride，jealousy and revenge．In English there are a number of phrases about the nose．For example，to hold up one’s nose expresses a basic human feeling—pride．People can hold up their noses at people，things，and places．The phrase，to be led around by the nose，shows man’s weakness．A person who is led around by the nose lets other people control him．On the other hand，a person who follows his nose lets his instinct guide him．For the human emotion of rejection，the phrase to have one’s nose put out of joint is very descriptive．The expression applies to persons who have been turned aside because of a rival．Their pride is hurt and they feel rejected．This expression is not new．It was used by Erasmus in 1542．This is only a sampling of expressions in English dealing with the nose．There are a number of others．However，it should be as plain as the nose on your face that the nose is more than an organ for breathing and smelling!What is this passage mainly about?A.The human nose as an organ for breathing and smelling.B.The nose providing us with various expressions.C.A woman poet’s wish to have two noses.D.Interesting comments made on Cleopatra’s nose.14.听力原文：Farmers usually use plows to prepare their fields for planting crops.Plows cut into the ground,and lift up weeds,and other unwanted plants.However,plowing is blamed for causing severe damage to top soil by removing the plants that protect soil from being blown or washed away.Many farmers in South Asia are now trying a process called Low Till Farming.Low Till Farming limits the use of plows.In this method of farming,seeds and fertilizer are put into the soil through small cuts made in the surface of the ground.Low Till Agriculture leaves much or all the soil and remains of plants on the ground.They serve as a natural fertilizer and help support the roots of future crops.They take in rain and allow it to flow into the soil instead of running off.It has been proved that Low Till Farming increases har-vests and reduces water use,and this method reduces the need for chemical products because there are fewer unwanted plants.Scientists say Low Till Farming is becoming popular in South Asia,which is facing a severe water shortage.They say the area will become dependent on imported food unless water is saved through methods like Low Till Farming.Currently,more than 150 million people in South Asia depend on local rice and wheat crops.Farmers grow rice during wet weather.During the dry season they grow wheat in the same fields.Farmers are using the Low Till Farming method to plant wheat after harvesting rice.Scientists say Low Till Agriculture is one of the best examples in the world of technologies working for both people and the environment.What is me main problem caused by the usual way of plowing?A.The crop’s blooming period is delayed.B.The roots of crops are cut off.C.The topsoil is seriously damaged.D.The growth of weeds is accelerated.15.The changes in the U.S.A.in the 1960s began with the______Right Movement.二、2.Use of English(10题)16.【C3】17.【C19】18.【C17】19.【C20】20.(39)21.【C7】22.【C6】23.(34)24.【C10】25.【C5】三、3.Reading Comprehension(15题)26.Part A Directions:Read the following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.Opinion polls are now beginning to show that,whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on,high unemployment is probably here to stay.This means we shall have to make ways of sharing the available employment more widely.But we need to go further.We must ask some primary questions about the future of work.Would we continue to treat employment as the norm?Would we not rather encourage many other ways for self-respecting people to work?Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves,rather than for an employer?Should we not aim to revive the household and the neighborhood,as well as the factory and the office,as centers of production and work?The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most people’s work has taken the form.of jobs.The industrial age may now be coming to an end,and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may have to be reversed.This seems a daunting thought.But,in fact,it could provide the prospect of a better future for work.Universal employment,as its history shows,has not meant economic freedom.Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving them of the use of the land,and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves.Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from people’s homes.Later,as transportation improved,first by rail and then by road,people commuted longer distances to their places of employment until,eventually,many people’s work lost all connection with their home lives and the place in which they lived.Meanwhile,employment put women at a disadvantage.In pre-industrial time,men and women had shared the productive work of the household and village community.Now it became customary for the husband to go out to paid employment.leaving the unpaid work of the home and family to his wife.Tax and benefit regulations still assume this norm today and restrict more flexible sharing of work roles between the sexes.It was not only women whose work status suffered.As employment became the dominant form.of work,young people and old people were excluded—a problem now,as more teenagers become frustrated at school and more retired people want to live active lives.All this may now have to change.The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the idealist goal of creating jobs for all,to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full time jobs.Research carried out in the recent opinion polls shows that______.A.available employment should be restricted to a small percentage of the population B.new jobs must be created in order to rectify high unemployment figures C.available employment must be more widely distributed among the unemployed D.the nowaday high unemployment figures are a truth of life 27.Part A Directions:Read the following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.As long as her parents can remember,13-year-old Katie Hart has been talking about going to college.Her mother,Tally,a financial-aid officer at a California University,knows all too well the daunting thing of paying for a college education.Last year the average yearly tuition at a private,four-year school climbed 5.5 percent to more than$17,000.The Harts have started saving,and figure they can afford a public university without a problem.But what if Katie applies to Princeton(she’s threatening),where one year’s tuition,room and board—almost$34,000 in 2007—will cost more than some luxury cars?Even a number cruncher like Tally admits it’s a little scary,especially since she’ll retire and Katie will go to college at around the same time.Paying for college has always been a hard endeavor.The good news:last year students collected$74 billion in financial aid,the most ever.Most families pay less than full freight.Sixty percent of public-university students and three quarters of those at private colleges receive some form.of financial aid—mostly,these days,in the form.of loans.But those numbers are not as encouraging as they appear for lower-income families,because schools are changing their formulas for distributing aid.Eager to boost their magazine rankings,which are based in part on the test scores of entering freshmen,they’re throwing more aid at smarter kids—whether they need it or not.The best way to prepare is to start saving early.A new law passed last year makes that easier for some families.So-called 529 plans allow parents to sock away funds in federal-tax-free-investment accounts,as long as the money is used for"qualified education expenses"like tuition,room and board.The plans aren’t for everyone.For tax reasons,some lower and middle income families may be better off choosing other investments.But saving is vital.When’s the best time to start?"Sometime,"says Jack Joyce of the College Board,"between the maternity ward and middle school."Aid packages usually come in some combination of grants,loans and jobs.These days 60 percent of all aid comes in the form.of low-interest loans.All students are eligible for"unsubsidized"federal Stafford loans,which let them defer interest payments until after graduation.Students who can demonstrate need can also qualify for federal Perkins loans or"subsidized"Staffords,where the government pays the interest during school.Fortunately,this is a borrower’s market."Interest rates are at their lowest level in the history of student loans,"says Mark Kantrowitz,publisher of Finaid.Kantrowitz expects rates to fall even further when they’re reviewed this summer.Traditional scholarships,academic or athletic,are still a part of many families’planning.Mack Reiter,a 17-year-old national wrestling champion,gets so many recruiting letters he throws most away.He’ll almost certainly get a free ride.Without it,"we would really be in a bind,"says his mother,Janet.For everyone else,it’s worth the effort to pick through local and national scholarship offerings,which can be found on Web sites like college-board,com.What does the author intend to illustrate with the example of the Harts?A.The difficulty of paying the tuition.B.The far-sight of the parents.C.The promising future of Katie.D.The increasing tuition in the university.28.(70)29.Defenders of special protective labor legislation for women often maintain that eliminating such laws would destroy the fruits of a century-long struggle for the protection of women workers.Even a brief examination of the historic practice of courts and employers would show that the fruit of such laws has been bitter;they are,in practice,more of a curse than a blessing.Sex-defined protective laws have often been based on stereotypical assumptions concerning women’s needs and abilities,and employers have frequently used them as legal excuses for discriminating against women.After the Second World War,for example,businesses and government sought to persuade women to vacate jobs in factories,thus making room in the labor force for returning veterans.The revival or passage of state laws limiting the daily or weekly work hours of women conveniently accomplished this.Employers had only to declare that overtime hours were a necessary condition of employment or promotion in their factory,and women could be quite legally fired,refused jobs,or kept at low wage levels,all in the name of“protecting”their health.By validating such laws when they are challenged by lawsuits,the courts have colluded over the years in establishing different,1ess advantageous employment terms for women than for men,thus reducing women’s competitiveness on the job market.At the same time,even the most well-intentioned lawmakers,courts,and employers have often been blind to the real needs of women.The lawmakers and the courts continue to permit employers to offer employee health insurance plans that cover all known human medical disabilities except those relating to pregnancy and childbirth.Finally,labor laws protecting only special groups are often ineffective at protecting the workers who are actually in the workplace.Some chemicals,for example,pose reproductive risks for women of childbearing years；manufacturers using the chemicals comply with laws protecting women against these hazards by refusing to hire them.Thus the sex-defined legislation protects the hypothetical female worker,but has no effect whatever on the safety of any actual employee.The health risks to male employees in such industries cannot be negligible.since chemicals toxic enough to cause birth defects in fetuses or sterility in women are presumably harmful to the human metabolism.Protective laws aimed at changing production materials or techniques in order to reduce such hazards would benefit all employees without discriminating against any.In sum,protective labor laws for women are discriminatory and do not meet their intended purpose.Legislators should recognize that women are in the work force to stay,and that their needs—good health care.a decent wage,and a safe workplace—are the needs of all workers.Laws that ignore these facts violate women’s rights for equal protection in employment.According to the author,which of the following resulted from the passage or revival of state 1aws limiting the work hours of women workers?A.Women workers were compelled to leave their jobs in factories.B.Many employers had difficulty in providing jobs for returning veterans.C.Many employers found it hard to attract women workers.D.The health of most women factory workers improved.30.Part C Directions:Answer questions 71-80 by referring to the following games.Note:Answer each question by choosing A,B or C and mark it on ANSWER SHEET 1.Some choices may be required more than once.A=Bewitched B=Saving Private Ryan C=Team America:World Police D=Godfather Which movie.tells the story about the last great war?71.______illustrates how violence can destroy a human soul?72.______describes the image of America as the dominate figure in the world?73.______influences most movies concerning the criminal elements nowadays?74.______represents the tension relation between America and France?75.______is considered as the top five movies all the time?76.______tells the story about retrieving the last one of four brothers in the war?77.______describes the story of a real witch who was asked to act the role of an imaginary witch accidentally?78.______was simply regarded as a movie about gangsters once?79.______was adapted from a classic TV situation comedy?80.______A Bewitched"Bewitched"is a painfully embarrassing remake of the classic TV sitcom that ran on ABC from 1964-1972.The series,about a"mixed"marriage between a high-flying sorceress and an earthbound mortal,boasts some of the most familiar and iconic images in television history.Writer Nora Ephron has over-thought the concept to such an extent that she has managed to strip away most of the elements that made the series work in the first place.The movie isn’t technically a"remake"of"Bewitched"since the witch played by Nicole Kidman isn’t the Samantha Stevens of the series but rather a single woman named Isabel Bigelow who gets to play Samantha Stephens on TV.It’s all very chic and complicated,you see,but the story goes something like this:tired of the life of instant gratification that witchcraft so easily affords her,Isabel has decided to strike out on her own as a totally self-reliant mortal,moving into a tract home in the San Fernando Valley and vowing to get through the remainder of her days without the benefit of witchcraft.One afternoon while at a bookstore,she is spotted by one Jack Wyatt,a pompous,self-centered movie actor whose career and personal life have both been in the tank of late and who is hoping to at least jumpstart the former by taking on the role of Darrin Stevens in a new version of the old series.One glimpse of Isabel’s nose-twitching ability convinces him that this non-actress would be perfect for the part,so we wind up,in true Pirandellian fashion,with a fictional TV witch being played by an honest-to-God real life witch.B Saving Private Ryan World War II was a pivotal event of the 20th century and a defining moment for America and the world.It shifted the borders of the globe.It forever changed those who lived through it,and shaped generations to come.It has been called"the last great war".Nothing could have prepared the soldiers at Omaha Beach for the battle they are about to wage.Filled with hope and resolve,none of them knows if they will survive the small strip of beach ahead of them.As his eyes scan the Normandy coast,Captain John Miller(TOM HANKS)believes that getting himself and his men past the gauntlet is the greatest challenge he has faced in the war.But his most difficult task still lies ahead.Even as the allied forces begin to get a foothold at Omaha,Miller is ordered to take his squad behind enemy lines on a 31.Part A Directions:Read the following texts and answer the questions which accompany them by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.As long as her parents can remember,13-year-old Katie Hart has been talking about going to college.Her mother,Tally,a financial-aid officer at a California University,knows all too well the daunting thing of paying for a college education.Last year the average yearly tuition at a private,four-year school climbed 5.5 percent to more than$17,000.The Harts have started saving,and figure they can afford a public university without a problem.But what if Katie applies to Princeton(she’s threatening),where one year’s tuition,room and board—almost$34,000 in 2007—will cost more than some luxury cars?Even a number cruncher like Tally admits it’s a little scary,especially since she’11 retire and Katie will go to college at around the same time.Paying for college has always been a hard endeavor.The good news:last year students collected$74 billion in financial aid,the most ever.Most families pay less than full freight.Sixty percent of public-university students and three quarters of those at private colleges receive some form.of financial aid—mostly,these days,in the form.of loans.But those numbers are not as encouraging as they appear for lower-income families,because schools are changing their formulas for distributing aid.Eager to boost their magazine rankings,which are based in part on the test scores of entering freshmen,they’re throwing more aid at smarter kids—-whether they need it or not.The best way to prepare is to start saving early.A new law passed last year makes that easier for some families.So-called 529 plans allow parents to sock away funds in federal-tax-free-investment accounts,as long as the money is used for"qualified education expenses"like tuition,room and board.The plans aren’t for everyone.For tax reasons,some lower and middle income families may be better off choosing other investments.But saving is vital.When’s the best time to start?"Sometime,"says Jack Joyce of the College Board,"between the maternity ward and middle school."Aid packages usually come in some combination of grants,loans and jobs.These days 60 percent of all aid comes in the form.of low-interest loans.All students are eligible for"unsubsidized"federal Stafford loans,which let them defer interest payments until after graduation.Students who can demonstrate need can also qualify for federal Perkins loans or"subsidized"Staffords,where the government pays the interest during school.Fortunately,this is a borrower’s market."Interest rates are at their lowest level in the history of student loans,"says Mark Kantrowitz,publisher of Finaid.Kantrowitz expects rates to fall even further when they’re reviewed this summer.Traditional scholarships,academic or athletic,are still a part of many families’planning.Mack Reiter,a 17-year-old national wresding champion,gets so many recruiting letters he throws most away.He’11 almost certainly get a free ride.Without it,"we would really be in a bind,"says his mother,Janet.For everyone else,it’s worth the effort to pick through local and national scholarship offerings,which can be found on Web sites like college-board,com.What does the author intend to illustrate with the example of the Harts?A.The difficulty of paying the tuition.B.The far-sight of the parents.C.The promising future of Katie.D.The increasing tuition in the university.32.(68)33.It can be inferred from the passage that the differences between the Global Support Centre and the local repair shop lie in all the following EXCEPT______.A.efficiency B.location C.Setup CDs D.attitude 34.(75)35.(79)36.According to the passage,which of the following is TRUE?A.All Americans are persuaded not to get vaccinated this year.B.The big problem in innovating flu vaccine producing technique is how to grow virus in a new way.C.More flu vaccines can not be produced in a short time because private companies refuse to produce more.D.Flu vaccines are easier than most vaccines to produce through cell cultures.37.(74)38.(76)39.(72)40.The effects of almost universal employment were overwhelming in that______.A.the household and village community disappeared completely B.men now travelled enormous distances to their places of work C.young and old people became superfluous components of society D.the work status of those not in paid employment suffered四、阅读理解(5题)41.第42题The word“rejuvenated”(Para．5)most probably means__________．42.第40题The language of the passage is mostly__________．43.第25题What advice might Maquet give to those who have a crucial test the next day?44.第30题Which of the following best summarizes the text?45.第24题The phrase“talking shop”(Line 4，Para．6)probably means__________．参考答案1.A 2.A post office 3.Stop fighting 4.B 5.A 6.B 7.Completely separate/exclusive．8.In a keg 9.B 10.A 11.D 12.seeing time 13.B 14.C 15.Civil 16.productionproduction解析：从前一句话“The manufacturers go beyond only telling consumers about their products.”可以看出，一方面广告要介绍自己的产品，而第二个目的就是卖掉自己的产品。所以这里作者想要表达的意思是“广告要使得顾客有一种购买的欲望去购买自己的产品。”故答案为production。17.gradesgrades解析：此句意为“…他指出在主要大学里关控制评分标准及恢复不及格…的努力。”显然，此空处应填“分数”。18.withwith解析：end up with意为“以…结束，以…告终”，为固定短语。19.whichwhich解析：此空后的句子应为定语从句，修饰“token economies”，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。20.linklink解析：与37题对应，此处应填link，表明在“near-point gripping”和“slow，illegible writing”之间存在联系。21.dodo解析：解析见上题，为了避免与前面的know重复，这里可以换做do。故答案为do。22.themthem解析：本题考查代词的用法，根据上下文，此处句意为“人们使用这些小玩意儿。”上文已经提到gadgets，所以这里用代词“them”代替。23.forfor解析：解析见上题。desire后面用介词for。故答案为for，表示“…的欲望”。24.byby解析：由日本政府收集的数据。考查被动语态的用法，“由…”用介词“by”。所以此处应填“by”。25.asas解析：think of sth．as sth．为固定短语，意为“把某物想成某物”。26.D解析：由短文第一句“Opinion polls are now beginning to show that，whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on，high unemployment is probably here to stay．”可知。27.A解析：原文对应信息是：“Even…Tally admits it’s a little scary，especially since she’ll retire and Katie will go to college at around the same time．”意为“面临自己将要退休，同时孩子要上大学，这确实有点令人害怕。”我们可知Tally对支付自己女儿的学费有点害怕。B、C、D均不是作者想要表达的原因。所以本题应选A。28.BB解析：由上一段段意可知，B放在最后一处最合适。29.A解析：从第二段前两句话可以看出，妇女被以能力和需要的理由劝离工厂，故A项正确。没有足够的工作给老兵不是由限制妇女工作时间的法律造成的，所以B项不正确。C项文中没有提及。根据文章第三段可知妇女的健康不是改善了，而是下降了，故D项也不正确。30.B解析：由B中的第一段最后一句话“It has been called‘the last great war．’”可知。31.A解析：原文对应信息是：“Even…Tally admits it’s a little scary，especially since she’ll retire and Katie will go to college at around the same time．”意为“面临自己将要退休，同时孩子要上大学，这确实有点令人害怕。”我们可知Tally对支付自己女儿的学费有点害怕。B、C、D均不是作者想要表达的原因。所以本题应选A。32.FF解析：从后面的first，second等字眼可以看出答案为F，因为选项中的“This，of course，will introduce two vital sets of problem—is already introducing them．”相对应。故应选F。33.C解析：由文中可知全球技术支持中心跟当地修理店的区别在于，当地修理店效率高，地点近，态度好。题目问的是除了哪个选项以外，其他都是二者的不同。所以本题应选C。34.D解析：由D中的第一段“…it has a history of more than 1，300”可知。35.A解析：由A中将打算建“night time economy”可以看出。所以此处答案为A。36.B解析：由第一段的“Instead of beseeching us all to get vaccinated，they’re now urging most healthy people between the ages of 2 and 64 not to．”可以判断出美国之呼吁2至64岁的健康人不接种流感疫苗，而不是所有的美国人，因此答案A是错误的。从第二段最后一句话可以看出疫苗生产厂家无法临时增加疫苗生产不是由于他们不愿意，而是由于受精鸡蛋的生产已经预先计划好，无法提供更多的受精鸡蛋，由此可见答案C是37.C解析：由C中的第一段“The city is now the largest industrial city in the country．”可知答案为C。38.C解析：由C中第三段第一句“Regular high standard performances in music and drama，public speaking and debating are important preparation for adult life．”可知，该学校很重视培养学生的语言天赋。39.A解析：由A中的第二段“…to illustrate how environmental quality can be included formally in measures of national income，socialwelfare and sustalnability．”可知。40.D解析：由短文第六段可知答案为D。41.D此词出处在第五段，“rejuvenated”和前一句的“reactivating”构成一种近义的重复。故应选D。42.C由全文的语气来看，均是在解释、阐述事情，而不是descriptive或narrative，更不是critic。43.D这是一个通篇的中心归纳的考察题。文章一开始就指出“Before a big exam，a sound night’s sleep will do you better than poring over textbooks．”意思是在晚上好好的睡觉对记忆是有好处的。最后作者有归纳了研究的结果，“．．．concluded that the nerve connections involved in memory are reinforced through reactivation during REM sleep，．．．”也说明结构性知识在REM睡眠中是可以巩固的。故应选D。44.A由全文看，作者在讲述一种观点：当联合国(UN)犹豫不决时，第三世界已经采取了行动。45.Btalk shop意为“谈公事”。
