2012年公共英语等级考试五级考前押题3

16.What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth?

[A]The increase in birth rate will promote consumption.

[B]The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth contr01.

[C]Consumption pattern and reproduction pattern are contradictory.

[D]A country’s production is limited by its population growth.

You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to Questions l4～16.

Questions 17—20 are based on the following talk.You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17～20.

17.What kind of chances are children in America today denied?

[A]To learn how to face death.www.examｗ.com

[B]To attend to patients.

[C]To visit dying patients.

[D]To have access to a hospital.

18.For what purpose were those five hundred critically ill patients investigated?

[A]Observing how they reacted to the crisis of death.

[B]Helping them and their families overcome the fear of death.

[C]Finding out their attitude towards the approach of death.

[D]Learning how to best help them and their families.

19.What does the need of a dying patient for company show?

[A]His desire for communication with other people.

[B]His fear of approaching death.

[C]His pessimistic attitude towards his condition.

[D]His reluctance to part with his family.

20.What may be concluded from the talk?来自www.telnote.cn

[A]Dying patients are afraid of being told of the approach of death.

[B]Most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need.

[C]Dying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition.

[D]Most patients are unable to accept death until it is obviously inevitable.

You now have 40 seconds to check your answers to Questions l 7～20.

That is the end of Part B.

答案：16.B 17.A 18.D 19.A 20.C