考試的通過離不開習題練習，習題練習的過程可以加深對知識點的記憶。下面是小編整理的2017年全國英語等級考試五級模擬試題，歡迎練習!
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.
Text 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 educaion 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' 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 national scholarship offerings, which can be found Ol—— Web sites like college-board, com.
51. 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.
52. What can we infer from the second paragraph?
A. Some families are too poor to pay the full amount of the tuition.
B. The parents do not favor the form of loans.
C. Paying the tuition makes the parents feel humble.
D. Those who are in great need may not get what they need.
53. The last paragraph suggests that __
A. many recruiting letters failed to provide Mack Reiter with scholarships
B. Mack Reiter wanted to help his family go out of the trouble
C. traditional scholarships are a good solution to the tuition problems in some families
D. Mack Reiter was very proud of his national wrestling championship
54. What does the author mean by "better off" ( Line 4, Paragraph 3 ) ?
A. Richer.
B. Wiser.
C. Happier.
D. Luckier.
55. Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. The Harts prefer a public university to a private one.
B. It is much easier to pay the tuition at present.
C. All students can get the aid package.
D itional scholarships are still attractive to some families.
Text 2
It was late in the afternoon, and I was putting the final touch on a piece of writing that I was feeling pretty good about. I wanted to save it, but my cursor had frozen. I tried to shut the computer down, andit seized up altogether. Unsure of what else to do, I yanked (用力猛拉) the battery out:
Unfortunately, Windows had been in the midst of a delicate and crucial undertaking. The next morning, when I turned my computer back on, it informed me that a file had been corrupted and Windows would not load. Then, it offered to repair itself by using the Windows Setup CD.
I opened the special drawer where I keep CDs, but no Windows CD in there. I was forced to call the computer company' s Global Support Centre. My call was answered by a woman unnamed, far-off land. I fred it annoying to make small talk with someone when I don' t know what continent they' re standing on. Suppose I were to comment on the beautiful weather we've been having when there was a monsoon at the otber end of the phone? So I got right to the point.
"My computer is telling me a file is corrupted and it wants to fix itself, but I don' t have the Windows Setup CD. "
"So you' re having a problem with your Windows Setup CD. " She has apparently been dozing and, having come to just as the sentence ended, was attempting to cover for her inattention.
It quickly became clear that the woman was not a computer technician. Her job was to serve as a gatekeeper, a human shield for the technicians. Her sole duty, as far as I could tell, was to raise global stress levels.
To make me disappear, the woman:gave me the phone number for Windows' creator, Microsoft. This is like giving someone the phone number for, I don' t know, North America. Besides, the CD worked; I just didn't have it. No matter how many times I repeated my story, we came back to the same place. She was calm and resolutely polite.
When my voice hit a certain decibel (分貝), I was passed along, like a hot, irritable potato, to a technician.
"You don' t have the Windows Setup CD, ma' am, because you don' t need it, " he explained cheerfully.
"Windows came preinstalled on your computer!"
"But I do need it. "
"Yes, but you don't have it. " We went on like this for a while. ,Finally, he offered to walk me through the use of a different CD, one that would erase my entire system. "Of course, you' d lose all your e-mail, your documents, your photos. " It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache. "You might be able to recover them, but it would be expensive. " He sounded delighted. "And it' s not coveted by the warranty ( 產品保證書) !" The safe began to seem like a good idea, provided it was full.
I hung up the phone and drove my computer to a small, friendly repair place I' d heard about. A smart, helpful man dug out a Windows CD and told me it wouldn't be a problem. An hour later, be called to let me know it was ready. I thanked him, and we chatted about the weather, which was the same outside my window as it was outside his.
56. Why did the author shut down her computer abruptly?
A. She had saved what she had written.
B. She couldn't move the cursor.
C. The computer refused to work.
D. The computer offered to repair itself.
57. Which of the following is the author' s opinion about the woman at the Global Support Centre?
A. She sounded helpful and knowledgeable.
B. She was there to make callers frustrated.
C. She was able to solve her computer problem. ,
D. She was quick to pass her along to a technician.
58. According to the passage, the solution offered by the technician was __
A. effective
B. economical
C. unpractical
D. unacceptable
59. "It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache" in the last but one paragraph means that
A. the technician's proposal would make things even worse
B. the technician' s proposal could eventually solve the problem
C. files stored on her computer were like a safe
D. erasing the entire system was like curing a headache
60. 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
ciency
B. location
C. Setup CDs
D. attitude
Text 3
Women' s minds work differently from men' s. At least, that is what most men are convinced of. Psychologists view the subject either as a matter or frustration or a joke. Now the biologists have moved into this minefield, and some of them have found that there are real differences between the brains of men and women. But being different, they point out hurriedly, is not the same as being better or worse.
There is, however, a definite structural variation between the male and female brain. The difference is in a part of the brain that is used in the most complex intellectual processes-the link between the two halves of the brain.
The two halves are linked by a trunkline of between 200 and 300 million nerves, the corpus callosum. Scientists have found quite recently that the corpus callosum in women is always larger and probably richer in nerve fibers than it is in men. This is the first time that a structural difference has been found between the brains of women and men and it must have some significance. The question is “What?” and, if this difference exists, are there others? Research shows that present-day women think differently and behave differently from men. Are some of these differences biological and inborn, a result of evolution? We tend to think that is the influence of society that produces these differences. But could we be wrong?
Research showed that these two halves of the brain had different functions, and that the corpus callosum enabled them to work together. For most people, the left half is used for wordhanding, analytical and logical activities; the right half works on pictures, patterns and forms. We need both halves working together. And the better the connections, the more harmoniously the two halves work. And, according to research findings, women have the better connections.
But it isn' t all that easy to explain the actual differences between skills of men and women on this basis. In schools throughout the world girls tend to be better than boys at "language subjects" and boys better at maths and physics. If these differences correspond with the differences in the hemispheric trunkline, there is an unalterable dis- tinction between the sexes.
We shah' t know for a while, partly because we don' t know of any precise relationship between abilities in school subject and the functioning of the two halves of the brain, and we cannot understand how the two halves inter-act via the corpus callosum. But this striking difference must have some effect and, because the difference is in the parts of the brain involved in intellect, we should be looking for differences in intellectual processing.
61. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. Biologists are conducting research where psychologists have given up.
B. Brain differences point to superiority of one sex over the other.
C. Results of scientific research fail to support popular belief.
D. The structural difference in the brain between the sexes has long been known.
62. According to the passage it is commonly believed that brain differences are caused by __ factors.
A. biological B. psychological C. physical I D ] social
63. "these differences" in paragraph 5 refer to those in __
A. skills of men and women
B. school subjects
C. the brain structure of men and women
D. activities carried out by the brain
64. At the end of the passage the author proposes more work on __
A. the brain structure as a whole
B. the functioning of part of the brain
C. the distinction between the sexesE D] the effects of the corpus callosum
65. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To outline the research findings on the brain structure.
B. To explain the link between sex and brain structure.
C. To. discuss the various factors that cause brain differences.
D. To suggest new areas in brain research.
參考答案：
Textl
短文賞析
本文采用提出問題——分析問題的模式，指出支付高昂的大學學費對很多家庭來說都有些力不從心，以及一些助學貸款及其他資助專案所起的作用。第一段提出問題，以哈特家為例，說明支付大學學費對家庭造成的壓力;第二段指出大多數家庭支付大學學費的方式以及存在的一些問題：第三段指出家庭存錢的作用;第四段指出資助專案的形式;第五段指出傳統獎學金的吸引力。
答案及解析
51.A【解析】原文對應資訊是：“y admits it’S a little scary， especially since she’11 retire and Katie will go to college at around the same time.”意為“面l臨自己將要退休，同時孩子要上大學，這確實有點令人害怕。”我們可知Tally對支付自己女兒的學費有點害怕。B、C、D均不是作者想要表達的原因。所以本題應選A。
52.D【解析】原文對應資訊是：“Eager to boost their magazine rankings，which are based in part on the test scores of entering freshmen，they’re throwing mole aid at smarter kids--whether they need it or not.”該句話說明“學校為了提高其雜誌排名，就在經濟上給予那些比較聰明的孩子較大的幫助，不管他們需不需要幫助”。由此可以看出，急需幫助的學生並不一定就能獲得幫助。所以A、B、C均不符合題意。所以本題應選D。
53.C【解析】原文對應資訊是：“Traditional scholarships，academic or still a part of many families’planning.”意為“許多家庭還在依賴傳統的獎學金，不管是學習上的還是體育上的。”所以本題應選C。
54.B 【解析】文中提到的方案有助於存錢，但這樣的方案並不適用於每一個人，然後給出了其中的一個原因，來說明對於低收入和中等收入的家庭來講，選擇其他投資方式會比這種方式好。由此可猜出詞義。所以本題應選B。
55.D 【解析】選項A意思不準確，文中提到公立大學和私立大學的學費問題，但並沒有表明家長的態度和傾向;選項B意思不對，文中對應資訊是第二段;申請貸款並不是無條件的，這是選項C的錯誤所在。綜觀全文，可以看出傳統意義上的獎學金還是很有吸引力的。所以本題應選D。
Text2
短文賞析
本文講述了作者在對自己認為非常滿意的.一篇文章收尾時，電腦出問題了，之後與全球技術支援中心的客服聯絡的過程。作者認為那個女客服一點都不合格，她的解釋只會令人越聽越糊塗。但是接下來女客服把微軟的電話號碼告訴作者之後，技術人員的解釋依然令人費解，甚至最後試圖敷衍了事。經過一番折騰之後，作者送到附近的小店裡維修之後，一切恢復正常。文章帶有幽默諷刺的意味，以兩個人在同一地點談論同一天氣結束。
答案及解析
56.B【解析】第一段中，作者說自己想儲存檔案，但是游標不動了，宕機了。只有把電池拔出強行關機，所以排除A，D。c中說電腦拒絕工作，不合題意。所以本題應選B。
57.B【解析】此題是有關作者態度的問題。由第5、6段可以看出女客服的回答令人很不滿，很沮喪。所以本題應選B。
58.D【解析】此題問技術員的回答如何。文章中“But I do need it.”“ you don’t have it.”We went on like this for a offered to walk me through…可以看出“技術員最後是在敷衍作者，沒有提出一個合理的解決辦法”。所以本題應選D。
59.A【解析】“It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache.”意為“就像給我提供一個保險箱放我頭上來治癒我的頭痛一樣。”含蓄諷刺地說技術員提供的建議不可採取。所以本題應選A。
60.C【解析】由文中可知全球技術支援中心跟當地修理店的區別在於，當地修理店效率高，地點近，態度好。題目問的是除了哪個選項以外，其他都是二者的不同。所以本題應選C。
Text3
短文賞析
這篇有關大腦結構的文章，介紹男性、女性大腦結構及工作方式的不同，以及科學家的研究成果。男女大腦的工作方式有別不是指哪個好哪個壞，而是在處理複雜事件時.腦的不同部分起的作用不同。男女大腦的結構不同，科學家們發現女性的胼胝體的神經元比男性的要大，要豐富。左右大腦控制的部位各不相同。左大腦是用來文書處理。分析和進行邏輯動的;而右大腦是對圖片、圖式和形式起作用的。我們需要兩邊協調共同作用。兩半腦連線得越好，那麼兩半邊在一起的協調就越好。據研究發現，女性的兩半腦之間的連線更好一些。作者說我們不知道學校學生的能力和大腦兩半球功能之間的確切關係。我們不懂大腦兩半球是如何通過胼胝體相互作用的。最後作者間接地提出期望，希望能對胼胝體對人體的影響多做研究工作。
答案及解析
61.c【解析】選項A即心理學家已經放棄，而生物學家正在展開研究工作。而文中第三句話說“Psychologists view the subject either as a matter of frustration or a joke，”即心理學家認為這個研究不是一件沮喪的事，就是一個笑話，此句和選項A含義不一樣。選項B即大腦區別顯示出一個性別優於另外一個性別。而文中第一段最後一句話說“But being different，they point out hurriedly，is not the same as being better or worse.”即他們指出儘管有區別，但並不能說明誰優誰劣，此句和選項B含義不一樣。選項D兩性大腦結構的區別早已為人所知。而文中第三段第三句話說“This is the first time that a structural difference has been found between the brains of women and men...”即這是第一次人們發現了兩性大腦結構的不同，此句和選項D含義不一樣。所以本題應選C。
62.D【解析】根據這篇文章，普遍認為大腦的區別由什麼因素引起的?短文第三段倒數第二句話說“We tend to think that is the influence of society that produces these differences.”即我們認為社會的影響造成了這些區別。A、B、C均不符合題意。所以本題應選D。
63.A【解析】“這些區別”指的是什麼?短文第五段主題句說“But it isn’t all that easy to explain the actual differences between skills of men and women on this basis.”即在此基礎上解釋兩性技能的區別並不是很容易的事。由此可見，“這些區別”指的是兩性技能。所以本題應選A。
64.D【解析】文章的結尾，作者說我們不知道學校學生的能力和大腦兩半球功能之間的確切關係;我們不懂大腦兩半球是如何通過cor-pus callosum相互作用的;間接地提出對於corpus callosum的影響，多作研究工作。所以本題應選D。
65.A【解析】文章的主要目的是什麼?短文介紹科學家在有關大腦結構方面的研究成果。B、C、D只是片面上的。所以本題應選A。
