职称英语理工类A类分类模拟题2及答案解析.doc

1、职称英语理工类 A类分类模拟题 2及答案解析(总分：100.10，做题时间：90 分钟)一、阅读判断(总题数：5，分数：100.00)The Forbidden AppleNew York used to be the city that never sleeps. These days, it“s the city that never smokes, drinks or does anything naughty (at least, not in public). The Big Apple is quickly turning into the Forbidden Apple. If

2、you wanted a glass of wine with your picnic in Central Park, could you have one? No chance. Drinking alcohol in public isn“t allowed. If you decided to feed the birds with the last crumbs (碎屑) of your sandwich, you could be arrested. It“s illegal if you went to a bar for a drink and a cigarette, tha

3、t would be OK, wouldn“t it? Er. No. You can“t smoke in public in New York City. What“s going on? Why is the city that used to be so open-minded becoming like this? The mayor of New York is behind it all. He has brought in a whole lot of new laws to stop citizens from doing what they want, when they

4、want. The press is shocked. Even the New York police have joined the argument. They recently spent $100,000 on a “Don“t blame the cop“ campaign. One New York police officer said, “We raise money for the city by giving people fines for breaking some very stupid laws. It“s all about money.“ The result

5、 is a lot of fines for minor offences. Yoav Kashida, an Israel tourist, fell asleep on the subway. When he woke up, two police officers fined him because he had fallen asleep on two seats (you mustn“t use two seats in the subway). Elle and Serge Schroitman were fined for blocking a driveway with the

6、ir car. It was their own driveway. The angry editor of Vanity Fair magazine, Graydon Carter, says, “Under New York City law it is acceptable to keep a gun in your place of work, but not an empty ashtray.“ He should know. The police came to his office and took away his ashtray (烟灰缸). But not all of t

7、he New York“s inhabitants are complaining. Marcia Dugatty, 72, said, “The city has changed for the better. If more cities had these laws, America would be a better place to live.“ Nixon Patricks, 38, a barman, said, “I like the new laws, if people smoked in here, we“d go home smelling of cigarettes.

8、 Recent figures show that New York now has fewer crimes per 100,000 people than 193 other US cities. And it“s trueit“s safe, cleaner and more healthy than before. But let“s be honest who goes to New York for its clean streets?（分数：20.02）(1).Some activities have recently become illegal in New York.（分

9、数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(2).It is now illegal to smoke or drink alcohol anywhere in New York.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(3).Eating apples in the park is illegal.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(4).The businessmen like the new laws.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(5

10、).Elle and Serge Schoronitman parked their car on the public driveway.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(6).The editor of Vanity Fair magazine thinks some of the new laws are stupid.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(7).New York is cleaner and safer than before.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not m

11、entionedModerate Earthquake Strikes EnglandA moderate earthquake struck parts of southeast England on 28 April 2007, toppling chimneys from houses and rousing residents from their beds. Several thousand people were left without power in Kent County. One woman suffered minor head and neck injuries. “

12、It felt as if the whole house was being slid across like a fun-fair ride,“ said the woman. The British Geological Survey said the 4.3-magnitude quake struck at 8:19 a.m. and was centered under the English Channel, about 8.5 miles south of Dover and near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel. Witnesses

13、said cracks appeared in walls and chimneys collapsed across the county. Residents said the tremor had lasted for about 10 to 15 seconds. “I was lying in bed and it felt as if someone had just got up from bed next to me,“ said Hedrick van Eck, 27, of Canterbury about 60 miles southeast of London. “I

14、then heard the sound of cracking, and it was getting heavier and heavier. It felt as if someone was at the end of my bed hopping up and down.“ There are thousands of moderate quakes on this scale around the world each year, but they are rare in Britain. The April 28 quake was the strongest in Britai

15、n since 2002 when a 4.8-magnitude quake struck the central England city of Birmingham. The country“s strongest earthquake took place in the North Sea in 1931, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale. British Geological Survey scientist Roger Musson said the quake took place on 28 April in an area that ha

16、d seen several of the biggest earthquakes ever to strike Britain, including one in 1580 that caused damage in London and was felt in France. Musson predicted that it was only a matter of time before another earthquake struck this part of England. However, people should not be scared too much by this

17、 prediction, Musson said, as the modern earthquake warning system of Britain should be able to detect a forthcoming quake and announce it several hours before it takes place. This would allow time for people to evacuate and reduce damage to the minimum.（分数：20.02）(1).During the April 28 earthquake, t

18、he whole England was left without power.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(2).The Channel Tunnel was closed for 10 hours after the earthquake occurred.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(3).It was reported that one lady had got her head and neck injured, but not seriously.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.Wr

19、ongC.Not mentioned(4).France and several other European countries sent their medical teams to work side by side with the British doctors.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(5).The country“s strongest earthquake took place in London in 1580.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(6).Musson predicte

20、d that another earthquake would occur in southeast England sooner or later.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(7).It can be inferred from the passage that England is rarely hit by high magnitude earthquakes.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentionedThey Say Ireland“s the BestIreland is the best place

21、 in the world to live in for 2005, according to a life quality ranking that appeared in Britain“s Economist magazine last week, The ambitious attempt to compare happiness levels around the world is based on the principle that wealth is not the only measure of human satisfaction and well-being. The i

22、ndex of 111 countries uses data on incomes, health, unemployment, climate, political stability, job security, gender equality as well as what the magazine calls “freedom, family and community life“. Despite the bad weather, troubled health service, traffic congestion (拥挤), gender inequality, and the

23、 high cost of living, Ireland scored an impressive 8. 33 points out of 10. That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerland, which managed 8.07. Zimbabwe, troubled by political insecurity and hunger, is rated the gloomiest (最差的), picking up only 3.89 points. “Although rising incomes and increased

24、individual choices are highly valued,“ the report said, “some of the factors associated with modernization such as the breakdown (崩溃) in traditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact.“ “Ireland wins because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of

25、 the new with the preservation of certain warm elements of the old, such as stable family and community life.“ The magazine admitted measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do, and that its findings would have their critics. No. 2 on the list is Switzerland. The other nations in

26、the top 10 are Norway, Luxembourg, Sweden, Australia, Iceland, Italy, Denmark and Spain. The UK is positioned at No. 29, a much lower position chiefly because of the social and family breakdown recorded in official statistics. The US, which has the second highest per capita GDP (人均国内生产总值) after Luxe

27、mbourg, took the 13th place in the survey. China was in the lower half of the league at 60th.（分数：20.02）(1).For 2005 years, Ireland has been the best place for humans to live in.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(2).Job security is the least important measure of life quality.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.Wro

28、ngC.Not mentioned(3).Cost of living in Ireland is pretty high.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(4).Family life in Zimbabwe is not stable.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(5).Ireland is positioned at No. 1 because it combines the most desirable elements of the new with some good elements of

29、 the old.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(6).To measure life quality is easy.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(7).The United States of America is among the top 10 countries.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentionedThe Need to RememberSome people say they have no memory at all: “I just can“t

30、remember a thing!“ But of course we all have a memory. Our memory tells us who we are. Our memory helps us to make use in the present of what we have learnt in the past. In fact we have different types of memory. For example, our visual memory helps us recall facts and places. Some people have such

31、a strong visual memory, they can remember exactly what they have seen, for example, pages of a book, as a complete picture. Our verbal (言语的) memory helps us remember words and figures we may have heard but not seen or written: items of a shopping list, a chemical formula, dates, or a recipe. With ou

32、r emotional (情感的) memory, we recall situations or places where we had strong feelings, perhaps of happiness or unhappiness. We also have special memories for smell, taste, touch and sound, and for performing physical movements. We have two ways of storing any of these memories: Our short-term memory

33、 stores items for up to thirty secondsenough to remember a telephone number while we dial. Our long-term memory, on the other hand, may store items for a lifetime. Older people in fact have a much better long-term memory than short-term. They may forget what they have done only a few hours ago, but

34、have the clearest remembrance (记忆) of when they were very young. Psychologists tell us that we only remember few facts about our past, and that we invent the rest. It is as though we remember only the outline of a story. We then make up the details. We often do this in the way we want to remember th

35、em, usually so that we appear as the heroes of our own past or maybe victims needing sympathy (同情).（分数：20.02）(1).Visual memory helps us recall a place we have been to.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(2).Visual memory may be used when we read a story.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(3).Ve

36、rbal memory helps us read words we have never heard.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(4).Emotional memory is used when we perform physical movements.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(5).Animals do not have a long-term memory.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(6).Long-term memory is mor

37、e important than short-term memory.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(7).Generally we remember only a few facts about the past.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentionedDining CustomEvery land has its own dining custom, and the United States is no exception. Americans feel that the first rule of bei

38、ng a polite guest is to be on time. If a person is invited to dinner at 6.30, the hostess expects him to be there at 6.30 or not more than a few minutes after. Because she usually does her own cooking, she times the meal so that the coffee and meat will be at their best at the time she asks the gues

39、t to come. If he is late, the food will not be so good, and the hostess will be disappointed. When the guest cannot come on time, he calls his host or hostess on the telephone, gives the reason, and tells at what time he thinks he can come. As guests continue to arrive, the men in the group stand wh

40、en a woman enters and remain standing until she has found a chair. A man always rises when he is being introduced to a woman. A woman does not rise when she is being introduced either to a man or a woman unless the woman is much older. When the guests sit down at a dinner table, it is customary for

41、the men to help the ladies by pushing their chairs under them. Even an American may be confused by the number of knives, forks, and spoons besides his plate when he sits down to a formal dinner. The rule is simple, however: use them in the order in which they lie, beginning from the outside, or watc

42、h the hostess and do what she does. The small fork on the outside on the left is for salad, which is often served with the soup. The spoon on butter spreader, on a small bread-and-butter plate at the left. As the bread is passed, each guest puts his piece on the bread-and-butter plate.（分数：20.02）(1).

43、As a country of immigrants, the U. S. does not have its own dinning customs.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(2).The guest is expected to arrive on time because the coffee and meat will be at their best time he is required to come.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(3).A woman usually rises

44、when she is being introduced to an aged gentleman.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(4).At a dinner table, it is customary for the men to arrange chairs for ladies.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(5).At formal American dinner, the knives, forks, and spoons besides the plate are placed in a

45、 certain order.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(6).The right order to use the knives, forks and spoons at a formal dinner is from the left to the right.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.Not mentioned(7).At a formal dinner, bread is usually served together with salad and soup.（分数：2.86）A.RightB.WrongC.No

46、t mentioned职称英语理工类 A类分类模拟题 2答案解析(总分：100.10，做题时间：90 分钟)一、阅读判断(总题数：5，分数：100.00)The Forbidden AppleNew York used to be the city that never sleeps. These days, it“s the city that never smokes, drinks or does anything naughty (at least, not in public). The Big Apple is quickly turning into the Forbidden

47、Apple. If you wanted a glass of wine with your picnic in Central Park, could you have one? No chance. Drinking alcohol in public isn“t allowed. If you decided to feed the birds with the last crumbs (碎屑) of your sandwich, you could be arrested. It“s illegal if you went to a bar for a drink and a ciga

48、rette, that would be OK, wouldn“t it? Er. No. You can“t smoke in public in New York City. What“s going on? Why is the city that used to be so open-minded becoming like this? The mayor of New York is behind it all. He has brought in a whole lot of new laws to stop citizens from doing what they want,

49、when they want. The press is shocked. Even the New York police have joined the argument. They recently spent $100,000 on a “Don“t blame the cop“ campaign. One New York police officer said, “We raise money for the city by giving people fines for breaking some very stupid laws. It“s all about money.“ The result is a lot of fines for minor offences. Yoav Kashida, an Israel tourist, fell asleep on the subway. When he woke up, two police officers fined him because he had fallen asleep on two seats (you mustn“t use two seats in the subway). Elle and Serge Schroitman were fined for blocking a drive