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1、中石油职称英语真题 2008年及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：120 分钟)I1.The whole country _ with little red hearts on Valentines Day. （分数：1.00）A.breaks outB.breaks inC.breaks intoD.breaks off2.If I were the president of a university 1 should _ a compulsory course in “How to Use Your Eyes“. （分数：1.00）A.estateB.elapseC.escapeD.

2、establish3.Those gifts of rare books that were given to us were deeply. （分数：1.00）A.appreciatedB.approvedC.appealedD.applied4.Inflation is the first problem that the new government will have to. （分数：1.00）A.graspB.seizeC.tackleD.revolve5.I believe that truth and justice are to an enduring social order

3、. （分数：1.00）A.formationB.fundamentalC.fountainD.friction6.Difficulties and hardships have the best qualities of the young geologist. （分数：1.00）A.brought outB.brought aboutC.brought inD.brought up7.Some of these “upside down“ airmail stamps are now _ over $6,000. （分数：1.00）A.worthB.worthwhileC.worthyD.w

4、orthed8.Im with computer programs that correct spelling through the use of built-in dictionaries. （分数：1.00）A.knownB.friendlyC.commonD.fantiliar9.Being able to save and accumulate _ wealth is not automatic. （分数：1.00）A.consciousB.considerateC.considerableD.careful10.Wonderful _ of nature are all aroun

5、d us. （分数：1.00）A.phenomenaB.philosophyC.appearanceD.experience11.With winter here you can these skirts till you need them again next summer. （分数：1.00）A.do away withB.put awayC.get rid ofD.give away12.Do you know where the pictures on money ? （分数：1.00）A.fell fromB.resulted fromC.removed fromD.came fr

6、om13.The statement that oil originated in the sea is _ by a glance at a map showing the chief oilfield of theworld. （分数：1.00）A.conformedB.confirmedC.confinedD.confessed14.Remember that customers dont _ about prices in that city. （分数：1.00）A.discussB.disputeC.bargainD.consult15.Male cigarette smokers

7、have a higher death _ from heart disease than non-smoking males. （分数：1.00）A.speedB.degreeC.rateD.price16.Almost 70 percent of all non-food purchases in supermarkets are generated by in-store. （分数：1.00）A.decisiveB.decideC.decisionsD.decided17.Few people who _ of high school will be rich. （分数：1.00）A.c

8、heck inB.drop outC.check outD.run down18.I often _ about how quickly time flies. （分数：1.00）A.conceiveB.complainC.complaintD.compile19.The good service at the hotel _ the poor food to some extent. （分数：1.00）A.made up forB.mad useC.made forD.made out20.The early pioneers had to _ many hardships to settl

9、e on the new land. （分数：1.00）A.go along withB.go back onC.go throughD.go intoII21.More than two thousands _ work in this refinery. （分数：1.00）A.RussiaB.RussiasC.RussianD.Russians22._ in 1943 _ the harmful smog made its appearance in Los Angeles. （分数：1.00）A.Only.thatB.It was.thenC.That it was.whenD.It w

10、as.that23.The population of Beijing is three times _ that of Qingdao. （分数：1.00）A.so large asB.as large toC.as large asD.as larger than24.The young receptionist doesnt permit _ in the exhibition center （分数：1.00）A.smokeB.smokingC.to smokeD.to have smoked25.The clerk asked Robey _ later in the day. （分数

11、：1.00）A.to returnB.returnC.returningD.to be returned26.I wish to thank you for the incomparable hospitality for _ the Chinese peopleare justly famous throughout the world. （分数：1.00）A.whichB.whatC.whomD.that27.When I pulled into her driveway, she _ by the door with her coat on. （分数：1.00）A.waitsB.wait

12、edC.is waitingD.was waiting28.Since 1939, numerous scientific studies _ to determine whether smoking is a health hazard. （分数：1.00）A.is conductedB.being conductedC.have been conductedD.are conducted29.There _ a lot of on the roads yesterday. （分数：1.00）A.were.trafficsB.was.trafficsC.were.trafficD.was.t

13、raffic30.All the money _, we started looking for work. （分数：1.00）A.has been spentB.have been spentC.being spentD.having been spent31.China and America are separated by. （分数：1.00）A.Pacific OceanB.a Pacific OceanC.the Pacific OceanD.Pacific Oceans32.The ancient Egyptians believed all illnesses were rel

14、ated to _ was eaten. （分数：1.00）A.whichB.itC.whatD.that33._ to completely cut off its oil supply, it would badly damage its own economy. （分数：1.00）A.If Iran isB.If Iran wasC.Was IranD.Were Iran34.One main branch of sea science, _, holds enormous unanswered questions. （分数：1.00）A.physical oceanographyB.i

15、s physical oceanographyC.called physical oceanographyD.what is physical oceanography35.He _ his office for there was no one to answer the phone. （分数：1.00）A.must have leftB.must leaveC.may have leftD.can have left36.If all the continents and mountains were bulldozed fiat, the earth _ by water more th

16、an 12,000 feet deep. （分数：1.00）A.is coveredB.would be coveredC.could have been coveredD.might had been covered37.Janes family couldnt agree on where to spend _ vacation. （分数：1.00）A.itsB.theirC.hisD.her38.I will leave him a note _ he will know where we are. （分数：1.00）A.so thatB.thatC.in orderD.in case3

17、9.An _ crowd is awaiting the arrival of the famed statesman. （分数：1.00）A.excitedB.excitingC.exciteD.excitedly40.The teacher thinks that Tom for the accident and instead we should try tocomfort him. （分数：1.00）A.doesnt blameB.is to blameC.isnt to blameD.isnt blamed三、III(总题数：5，分数：20.00)Questions 41 to 44

18、 are based on the following passage: Scientists now believe that many, if not all, living things are born with some type of hidden clock. Theseclocks are sometimes set by the number of hours of light or darkness in a day, by the rhythm of the tides orby the seasons. One of the most remarkable of nat

19、ures living clocks belongs to the fiddler crab, that familiar beachdwellerwith tile overgrown claw. Biologists have long known that the crabs shell is darkest during the day,grows pale in late afternoon, then begins to darken again at daybreak. This daytime darkening is valuable forprotection agains

20、t enemies and sunlight, and for many years it was thought to be a simple response by thecrab to the sun-just as if we were to get a tan during the day and lose it at night. But when an enterprising scientist placed a fiddler crab in darkness, be was amazed to find that the colorof the crabs shell ke

21、pt ticking off the time with the same accuracy. Yet another startling fact was revealed: the crabs shell reached the darkest color about 50 minutes lateach day. There was a second clock inside the crab, for the tides also occur 50 minutes later from day to day.Moreover, even when the crabs were take

22、n from the beach and put back in the dark, they continued theirtidal rhythm. More research disclosed that a crab from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, reached its darkest colorfour hours earlier than the one taken from a beach on a neighboring island. The tides on the nearby islandwere found to be exactly f

23、our hours later than the Cape Cod tides. Ants dont carry calendars around with them any more than fiddler crabs possess real wrist watches. Butants show amazing accuracy as to the day of the year. Each year, an ant nest sends out winged, young queenson mating flights. Hundreds of them may fly out of

24、 a single nest in the soil. Last summer, at the crest of mymountain, I watched an ant city prepare to send forth its young queens. At the precise moment that they tookwing, a colony of the same species that my wife was watching near the bottom of the mountain, also sent itsqueen on a wedding flight.

25、 There was, of course, no way could the two colonies have checked take off timewith each othen Entomologist Albro T. Gaul once jotted down in his notebook that a particular the same time!This split-second timing is not always the rule. However, most flights take place within a definite period oftime

26、. Birds also have built-in timepieces which send them off on fall and spring migrations. What thebirds really have is a clock like mechanism which allows them to time hours of darkness or light in each day. But what sends birds northward again in the spring? New research by Dr. Albert Wdifson ofNort

27、hwestern University seems to indicate that the timing of return flight is extraordinarily complex. In thefall of the year the short days and long nights cause the “clocks“ in migratory birds to undergo a kind of“winding“ in preparation for their spring return and breeding. Then during the late fall

28、and winter as theclock “ticks“, certain physiological changes occur in the bird. The length of each day during the winterdetermines how fast the clock will run, and hence when the “alarm“ will ring for the spring migration. Theclock continues to run through breeding time, then stops-to be re-wound a

29、gain the next fall.（分数：4.00）(1).The alarm clock that determines the activity of certain living things is governedby _. （分数：1.00）A.hours of daylightB.the time of day in their native environmentsC.the moonD.something we dont understand completely(2).The fiddler crab seems to darken his color according

30、 to _. （分数：1.00）A.amount of daylightB.time of tidesC.time of sunriseD.its background(3).The reported activity of the ant colony occurred in relation to _. （分数：1.00）A.the position of the sunB.the day of the yearC.the temperatureD.the geographical location(4).What controls the migration of birds seems

31、 to be _. （分数：1.00）A.time between sunrise and sunsetB.breeding habitsC.dark, cloudy days and bright, sunny daysD.direction of migrationQuestions 45 to 48 are based on the following passage: Medicine comes in many forms. In its liquid form, medicine affects the body very quickly. But the effectsof li

32、quid medicine arent usually long lasting. That is why pills and capsules are also used. The pills and capsules being sold today arent perfect, either. Pills dissolve in the stomach. The medicinein the pills is released when the pills dissolve. But often, the pills dissolve too quickly. Scientists ha

33、ve beentrying to develop a pill that can release medicine slowly over a long period of time. They have applied their knowledge of plants to produce the “osmotic (渗透的) pumppill. The cell walls of plants are made of cellulose (纤维素). Cellulose is a very porous substance. There aremillions of tiny holes

34、, or pores, in the cellulose walls of plants. These holes are big enough to allow waterthrough the cell walls. As water enters a cell, pressure builds up in the cell. The pressure pumps othersubstances out of the cell. These substances leave the cell through the cellulose wall. This slow, steadyproc

35、ess is called osmosis. The osmotic pump pill is coated with synthetic cellulose. Liquid medicine is contained in the pill.Theholes in the cellulose coating of the pill are big enough to allow water in the pill As water from the bodyenters the pill, pressure builds up and the medicine is then slowly

36、pumped out of the pill.（分数：4.00）(1).The passage implies that the osmotic pump pill is better than other pills and capsules because_. （分数：1.00）A.it releases medicine slowly over a long period of timeB.the coating doesnt dissolve in the stomachC.the medicine in the pill can affect the body quicklyD.it

37、 helps to build pressure in the body(2).The way that the osmotic pump pill works is based on a process called _. （分数：1.00）A.celluloseB.osmosisC.pressureD.synthesis(3).The passage implies that medicine in an osmotic pump pill will leave the pill when _ （分数：1.00）A.the pill is swallowedB.the cellulose

38、coating is dissolvedC.enough pressure builds up in the pillD.the medicine is dissolved with water from the body(4).The passage implies that cellulose is a very porous substance because it contains _ （分数：1.00）A.millions of tiny holesB.a substance that dissolves itC.a substance that creates pressureD.

39、liquid medicineQuestions 49 to 52 are based on the following passage: Prices defermine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and servicesthat are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a verycomplex network composed of

40、the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as thoseof a myriad of services, including labor, professional transportation, and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the “system“ of prices. The price of any particular product orservice i

41、s linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or lessupon everything else. If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define “price“, many would reply thatprice is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or serv

42、ice or, in other words, thatprice is the money value of a product or service as agreed upon in a market transaction. This definition is, ofcourse, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understmlding of a price in any particular transaction, muchmore than the amount of money involved must be known.

43、 Both the buyer and the seller should be familiarwith not only the money amount, but also with the amount and quality of the product or service to beexchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form ofmoney to be used, the credit terms and discoun

44、ts that supply to the transaction, guarantees on the product orservice, delivery terms return privileges, and other factors. In other words, both buyer and seller should befully aware of all the factors that comprise the total “package“ being exchanged for the asked amount ofmoney in order that they

45、 may evaluate a given price.（分数：4.00）(1).According to the passage, the price system is related primarily to _. （分数：1.00）A.labor and educationB.transportation and insuranceC.utilities and repairsD.products and services(2).According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a factor in completeund

46、erstanding of price? （分数：1.00）A.Instructions that come with a product.B.The quantity of a product.C.The quality of a product.D.Warranties that cover a product.(3).In the last sentence of the passage, the word “they“ refers to _. （分数：1.00）A.return privilegesB.all the factorsC.buyer and sellerD.money(

47、4).The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses _. （分数：1.00）A.unusual ways to advertise productsB.types of payment plans for serviceC.theories about how products affect different levels of societyD.how certain elements of a price “package“ influence its market valueQuestions 53 to 56 ar

48、e based on the following passage: Following the end of the Apollo space program, the National Geographic Society published anarticles about the moon. Here, in shorter form, are some questions and answers from one ofthese articles. Is the moon like the earth? Yes and no. It is more like it than many

49、scientists thought before Apollo. Like the earth, the moon is inlayers, with a crust on the outside and a deep mantle below. It may also have a core, as the earth does.However, the crust is almost four times thicker than the earths crust. We do not know much yet about themoons mantle, that section of superheated rock which goes down hundreds of miles below the crust. Wethinkbut we are not sure that the moon has a center core which includes molten rock, a.s the earth does. In other ways, of course, the moon