2022-2023年广东省云浮市公共英语五级(笔试)知识点汇总（含答案）.docxVIP

2022-2023年广东省云浮市公共英语五级(笔试)知识点汇总（含答案） 学校:________ 班级:________ 姓名:________ 考号:________  一、1.Listening Comprehension(15题) 1. Which of the following can be called as a lame duck ?A.A disabled little child.?B.A hard-working farmer.?C.A politician who has to come to the end of his power.?D.An absent-minded old professor.?2. How long did the journey take from England to India in the old days?3. How can the most effective complaint be made?A.Showing the fault item to the manager.?B.Explaining exactly what is wrong with the item.?C.Saying firmly that the item is of poor quality.?D.Asking politely to change the item.?4. What did Europeans mink of potatoes?5. According to the speaker, why were log cabins especially popular to settlers who moved west?A.They could easily build the log houses themselves.?B.They could construct the houses from kits.?C.They liked the cozy atmosphere of the log interior.?D.They wanted homes that could be transported.?6.听力原文： The expression, lame duck, can be heard in almost any American town or city, especially where people discuss politics. Most often, they use it to describe a politician who has come to the end of his power.There are a number of ideas as to where lame duck came from, though the picture of a lame duck is clear enough; a duck that has had its wings cut, or its feet injured, and can no longer walk like a healthy one.The term seems to have come into the American language after the Civil War of 1861-1865. One explanation is that it came from the language of hunters who felt that it was foolish to waste powder or time on a dead duck. And a lame duck is close to being a dead duck.Another explanation, however, is that the expression came from England. There it was used to describe a man who lost all his money and could not pay his debts. He could do nothing but walk like a lame duck. And people showed little mercy for the poor fellow.But in the United States people took the phrase to describe congressman w