职称英语综合类B级-13及答案解析.doc

1、职称英语综合类 B 级-13 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、B第 1 部分：词汇选项/B(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.It proved that the old woman she had been taking care of was indeed her own mother.（分数：1.00）A.turned overB.turned inC.turned downD.turned out2.Your hair wants cutting youd better have it done tomorrow,（分数：1.00）A.likesB.requ

2、iresC.needsD.desires3.The court sentenced him to death for murder.（分数：1.00）A.lawyerB.tribunalC.attorneyD.barrister4.These goods are essentially for export, though a few of them may be sold on the home market.（分数：1.00）A.basicallyB.completelyC.necessaryD.remarkably5.Unfortunately, the technology emplo

3、yed to send men to the moon is not relevant to the solution of the problems of the inner city.（分数：1.00）A.resultantB.reliantC.responsibleD.related6.Although nobody acknowledged his presence, Mr. Smith knew he had been recognized.（分数：1.00）A.recognizedB.assentedC.admittedD.attributed7.When they moved t

4、o California, where there were more job opportunities, they decided to discard most of their old furniture.（分数：1.00）A.abandonB.dismissC.dislikeD.dispense8.The replacement of air-polluting cars by non-pollution cars will take some time.（分数：1.00）A.supplementB.substituteC.replenishmentD.complement9.The

5、 boys were charmed by the sailors tales of adventure.（分数：1.00）A.bewilderedB.attractedC.distractedD.diverted10.Once again Tom checked his test paper carefully to diminish all the spelling mistakes from it.（分数：1.00）A.eliminateB.abandonC.withdrawD.decrease11.The two small independent countries entered

6、into alliance with each other and they felt less afraid of their powerful neighbour.（分数：1.00）A.separationB.cooperationC.agreementD.union12.The defeated troops were ordered to scatter and then concentrate fifty miles to the south.（分数：1.00）A.rallyB.attackC.marchD.retreat13.The price of beer ranged fro

7、m 50 cents to $ 4 per liter during the summer season.（分数：1.00）A.changedB.separatedC.differedD.disguised14.Shes one of the smartest students in the whole school.（分数：1.00）A.most beautifulB.cleverestC.cunningD.hardest15.I am not willing to concede that I have hurt her, because thats not my real intenti

8、on.（分数：1.00）A.agreeableB.readyC.compliantD.reluctant二、B第 2 部分：阅读判断/B(总题数：1，分数：7.00)阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出 7 个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断。BSuperstition(迷信)/BSailors and fishermen in particular, have always been extremely superstitious (迷信的). This is hardly surprising when one considers the changeable nature of the

9、sea where, even today with sophisticated weather-forecasting techniques a sudden storm can blow up quite unexpectedly. In the days before radio and engines, where there could be no long-distance communicating with another ship or land and when sails were the only means of movement, it was only natur

10、al for the sailor to take every precaution to avoid offending the gods who control the sea.One way of pleasing these gods was to make an annual offering. This custom survives in the ceremony of blessing the sea, which can still be seen once a year in some fishing ports.Next to pleasing the sea-gods,

11、 the most important thing for the sailor is to know that his boat is free from evil influences. The time to make sure of this is at the launching ceremony. It is clear that the well-known custom of launching a ship by breaking a bottle of champagne against the side goes back a very long way.On the N

12、orth coast of Britain new ships are launched with sea-water, and on the North-East coast of Scotland a similar ceremony takes place but with whisky substituted for sea-water. In both cases, the launching is followed by drinking and celebration. The purpose of these ceremonies is to keep away evil sp

13、irits, rather than to ask for the sea-gods protection.Starting on a new voyage or fishing trip was a dangerous business at the best of time. Once the fisherman has set out for his trip he dared not, on any account look back. It was bad luck even to call after him, so if he had forgotten anything, so

14、meone had to urn after him and put the object into his hands.But bad luck could also result from some chance meeting on the way to the boats. In some countries, it was considered particularly unlucky to meet a priest, a rabbit or a woman. In such an event, the only thing to do was to turn back and s

15、ail next day.Redheads and people with flat feet were also to be avoided, but if the fisherman did happen to meet them, he could avert bad luck by speaking to them first. For a fisherman to see a dog near his boat was unlucky, while cats were considered lucky, especially black ones. Some fishermens w

16、ives believed a black cat would bring their husbands back from the sea, and sometimes domestic cats disappeared from island towns and turned up in fishing villages!（分数：7.00）(1).It is implied in the passage that superstitious practices stemmed from sailors and fishermens fear for the unreliability of

17、 nature.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(2).Cat is an object that is supposed to bring bad luck to sailors and fishermen.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(3).In order to avoid bad luck when a fisherman encounters a redhead on his way to the boat. He should take the i

18、nitiative in starting to talk to the person he meets.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(4).The purpose of breaking a bottle of whisky when new ships are launched in Scotland is to please the gods that control the sea.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(5).Making an annua

19、l offering can pleases the gods who control the sea.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(6).All these superstitions things cant save the sailors or the fishermen in reality.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(7).It was thought meeting a priest, a rabbit or a woman is unluc

20、ky in all the countries.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned三、B第 3 部分：概括大意与完成句子(总题数：1，分数：8.00)阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有 2 项测试任务：(1)第 2326 题要求从所给的 6 个选项中为规定段每段选择1 个正确的小标题；(2)第 2730 题要求从所给的 6 个选项中选择 4 个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。BStock exchange/B1. Large companies need a way to reach the savings of the public at

21、large. The same problem, on a smaller scale, faces practically every company trying to develop new products and create new jobs.2. there can be little prospect of raising the sort of sums needed from friends and people we know, and while banks may agree to provide short-term finance, they are genera

22、lly unwilling to provide money on a permanent basis for long-term projects. So companies turn to the public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future profits. This they do by issuing stocks and shares in the business through The Stock Exch

23、ange. By doing so they can put into circulation the savings of individuals and institutions, both at home and overseas.3. When the saver needs his money back, he does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other sav

24、er who is seeking to invest his money.4. Many of the services needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the Government or by local authorities. Without hospitals, roads, electricity, telephones, railways, this country could not function. All these require continuous spending on new e

25、quipment and new development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than is raised through taxes alone. The Government, local authorities, and nationalised industries therefore frequently need to borrow money to finance major capital spending, and they, too, come to The Stock Exchang

26、e.5. There is hardly a man or woman in this country whose job or whose standard of living does not depend on the ability of his/her employers to raise money to finance new development. In one way or another this new money must come from the savings of the country. The Stock Exchange exists to provid

27、e a channel through which these savings can reach those who need finance.A. The way companies reaching the savingsB. Why stock exchange comes into beingC. The faction of stock exchangeD. How the savers take their money backE. Another factor which stock exchangeF. How to use stock（分数：8.00）(1).Paragra

28、ph 2 _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(2).Paragraph 3 _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(3).Paragraph 4 _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(4).Paragraph 5 _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(5).Almost all companies involved in new production and development must depend on _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(6).The money which enables these companies to go ahead with their project

29、s is raised _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).All the essential services on which we depend are _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).The stock exchange makes it possible for the Government, local authorities and nationalised industries to raise _.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、B第 4 部分：阅读理解/B(总题数：1，分数：15.00)下面有 3 篇短文，每篇短文后有 5 道题，每题后面有 4 个选

30、项。请仔细阅读短文，并根据短文回答其后面的问题，从 4 个选项中选择 1 个最佳答案。B第一篇/BBThe Acquisition of Two Companies/BThe Provident Companies, the No. 2 seller of individual disability insurance policies, agreed yesterday to buy the No. 1 insurer in the field in a deal that would give it more than 1/3 of the market.The $1.2 billion

31、deal would eliminate about 600 jobs, give a big Swiss money-losing policies sold by the insurer that is being acquired, the Paul Revere company.Last year Providents insurance units had $2.6 billion in premium revenues and Paul Revere had $1.5 billion. About 57 percent of the combined $4.1 billion in

32、 premiums came from disability policies that were sold to individuals. Providents next largest competitor, the UNUM Corporation, has about 10 percent of the market.Paul Revere has been controlled since 1985 by Textron Inc. Textron acquired the insurer when it bought Avco Financial Services, which ma

33、kes high interest rate loans to people whose employment and credit histories make them too risky for bank loans.James F. Hardymon, Textrons chairman and chief executive, said the sale “reinforces Textrons strategy to focus on its core manufacturing and finance businesses.“ He said, that up to half t

34、he income might be used to pay down the companys more than $10 billion of debt or to buy back stock. Paul Reveres remaining public shareholders will get $26 in cash for each share, Provident stock worth $26, or $20 in cash and Provident stock worth $6.To finance the deal, Provident is getting a $300

35、 million infusion of cash from the Zurich insurance Group of Switzerland, which is buying a 15.2% stake in Provident under an agreement allowing it to increase the stake to 40%.Provident, which is based in Chattanooga, Tenn., announced a $423 million write-off on individual disability policies in De

36、cember 1993. Paul Revere, which is based in Worchester, Mass., has not taken a similar write-off, said John M. Hanon, an analyst at Derby Securities.Provident, Paul Revere and other companies have previously said that they had to pay claims on diseases not even known when the policies were written a

37、nd that many disability claims resulted in larger than expected benefits payment.The deal drew mixed responses from insurance ratings agencies, which had ranked both companies in the upper grades, indicating a strong likelihood that they would be able over the long haul to pay claims.（分数：15.00）(1).W

38、hich of the following is TRUE according to Para. 1?（分数：3.00）A.No. 1 insurer acquired the No. 2 insurer.B.No.2 insurer acquired the No. 1 insurer.C.This deal provided 600 more job opportunities.D.This deal would produce 1/3 more market share.(2).Who would write off the money-losing policies?（分数：3.00）

39、A.Paul Revere Company.B.The acquired insurer,C.provident Companies.D.Textron Company.(3).How much was earned from both companies sale of the disabilities policies?（分数：3.00）A.$ 2.6 billion.B.$ 1.5 billion.C.$ 4.1 billion.D.$ 2.3 billion.(4).All of the following companies may be the owner of Paul Reve

40、re EXCEPT _.（分数：3.00）A.TextronB.UNUM CorporationC.Avco Financial ServicesD.Provident Companies(5).According to the passage, why had the rating agencies ranked both companies in the upper grades?（分数：3.00）A.Because both companies were claimed very often.B.Because both companies were never claimed.C.Be

41、cause both companies were able to pay claims.D.Because both companies were not able to pay claims.五、B第二篇/B(总题数：1，分数：15.00)BInternational community/BSome people say the international community is only a fiction. Others say it is too elastic a concept to have any real meaning. Some say there are no in

42、ternationally recognized norms, goals or fears on which to base such a community. Oped pages refer routinely to the “so called“ international community. I believe these skepties are wrong. The international community does exist. It has an address. It has achievements to its credit.When governments,

43、urged along by civil society, come together to adopt a statute for the creation of an International Criminal Court, that is the international community at work for the rule of law. When we see an outpouring of international aid to the victims of earthquakes in Turkey and Greece, witch is the interna

44、tional community following its humanitarian impulse. When people come together to ress governments to relieve the worlds poorest countries from crushing debt burdens, that is the international community throwing its weight behind the cause of development. When the popular conscience, outraged at the

45、 carnage caused by land mines, obliges governments to adopt a convention banning those deadly weapons, that, too, is the international community in action.There are many more examples of the international community at work, from east Timor to Kosovo, but there are important caveats. Too often the in

46、ternational community fails to do what is needed. It failed to prevent the genocide in Rwanda. In East Timor, it acted too late to save many hundreds of lives and thousands of homes from wanlon destruction. The international community has not done enough to help Africa at a time when Africa needs it

47、 most and most stands to benefit, And it allows nearly 3 billion peoplealmost half of all humanity to subsist on $2 or less a day in a world of unprecedented wealth.The international system for much of our century has been based on division and hard calculations of realpolitik. In the new century, w

48、e can and must do better. I do not mean to suggest that an ear of complete harmony is within our reach. Of course, interests and ideas will always conflict. But we can improve on this centurys dismal record. The international community is a “work in progress“. Many strands of cooperation have assert

49、ed themselves over the years. We must now stitch them into a strong fabric of international community for an international era.（分数：15.00）(1).According to what some people say, the international community _.（分数：3.00）A.is an organization recognized internationallyB.is a concept with no fixed explanationC.is invented b