[外语类试卷]职称英语（综合类）A级模拟试卷36及答案与解析.doc

1、职称英语（综合类） A级模拟试卷 36及答案与解析 一、 词汇选项 (第 1-15题，每题 1分，共 15分 ) 下面每个句子中均有 1个词或短语在括号中，请为每处括号部分的词汇或短语确定1个意义最为接近选项。 1 “I am not meddling.“ Mary said mildly,“Im just curious.“ （ A） gently （ B） shyly （ C） weakly （ D） sweetly 2 In 1816 it seemed inevitable that Southern states would break away from the Union. （

2、A） strange （ B） certain （ C） inconsistent （ D） proper 3 Many of Carson McCullers characters are isolated, disappointed people. （ A） solitary （ B） gloomy （ C） feeble （ D） frugal 4 The workers finally called off the strikes. （ A） put off （ B） ended （ C） cancelled （ D） participated in 5 John has made u

3、p his mind not to go to the meeting. （ A） wanted （ B） promised （ C） decided （ D） agreed 6 I catch a cold now and then. （ A） always （ B） occasionally （ C） constantly （ D） regularly 7 He often finds fault with my work. （ A） criticizes （ B） praises （ C） evaluates. （ D） talks about 8 The little girl gra

4、sped her mothers hand as she crossed the street. （ A） understood （ B） had a hold over （ C） took hold of （ D） left hold of 9 In the situation comedy, a traditional format for television shows, the same characters appear repeatedly in humorous episodes. （ A） respectively （ B） again and again （ C） simu

5、ltaneously （ D） briefly 10 The best olive oil is obtained from olives that are harvested just after they ripen. （ A） preserved （ B） squeezed （ C） sorted （ D） gathered 11 Do not waste time on insignificant points. （ A） interesting （ B） dull （ C） unimportant （ D） boring 12 The company issues an annual

6、 report every March. （ A） a long （ B） a yearly （ C） a financial （ D） a product 13 As both a religion and a social force, Puritanism has made a widespread influence in the linked States. （ A） a far-reaching （ B） a disturbing （ C） an annoying （ D） a favorable 14 When Washington DC was burned in 1814,

7、Dollety Madison rescued many official papers from the White House. （ A） stole （ B） filed （ C） hid （ D） saved 15 She was one of the leading writers in her age. （ A） successful （ B） major （ C） outstanding （ D） musical 二、 阅读判断 (第 16-22题，每题 1分，共 7分 ) 下面的短文后列出了 7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择 A；如

8、果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择 B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择 C。 15 Want to Be 100? Listen to These 5 Centenarians(百岁老人 ) Five neighbors at a central Missouri retirement community who are all centenarians get asked all the time:“How did you live to be 100?“ If you want to live to 100 or more, this rare group of five golden g

9、irls says the key to longevity (长寿 )is working hard at a job you love and taking care of your body while youre at it. Even though an estimated 70,000 people in the country are currently at the century mark or beyond in age,it is unusual to find five 100-year-olds living in one place. The average lif

10、e-span(寿命 ) of Americans is about two or three years short of an 80th birthday party.And most people dont want to cut out coffee, soda, alcohol, cigarettes, and eat healthy food. “People tell me all the time, I dont want to live to be 100,“said Mildred Leaver, who turned 100 in June. “I think thats

11、just sad.Aging is attitude and I dont feel old,“said Leaver,a former educator who still drives her Buick around town. It doesnt take long to see that Leaver and her neighbors Mildred Harris, Grace Wolfson, Gladys Stuart and Viola Semas, have a lot more in common than their longevity and lifelong hea

12、lthy habits.All are 100 except Stuart,who is 101. Even though their sight and hearing arent what they used to be, theyve all avoided illnesses that many elderly people are stricken with.Its been 50 years since Leaver beat cancer for the first and only time. The common thread that connects these wome

13、n is the decades of service to jobs each loved as a farmer,designer, school principal, bookkeeper and secretary.In the early years of their lives, gainfully employed women like them were just as rare as 100-year-old are today. 16 Currently about 70,000 people are aged 100 or above in America （ A） Ri

14、ght （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 17 It is not hard to find five 100-year-olds living in one place in America （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 18 None of the five centenarians have any children. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 19 The average life-span of Americans is 80 years. （ A）

15、Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 20 Leaver feels sad about her old age. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 21 Leaver was stricken with cancer 50 years age. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 22 The five centenarians live in a very friendly community. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not men

16、tioned 三、 概括大意与完成句子 (第 23-30题，每题 1分，共 8分 ) 下面的短文后有 2项测试任务： (1)第 23-26题要求从所给的 6个选项中为第 2-5段每段选择一个最佳标题； (2)第 27-30题要求从所给的 6个选项中为每个句子确定一个最佳选项。 22 Travelling Is My Life 1.I am very fortunate.I am now a much-travelled woman, but until I was 20 I had never been anywhere more remote than Londan.And coming f

17、rom a country village in the far south I was struck by the architectural beauty of the capital.I understood immediately why foreign tourists descend on it in their thousands. 2.The first time I traveled abroad was when I went over to France on a cross Channel ferry.It was a school trip to Paris for

18、a week,and I thought it was wonderful.The sights, the sounds,the smells,the language they were all wonderful.I had never experienced anything like it, and the week had a profound effect on me. It gave me the travel bug! 3.As a young girl I was always shy of strangers.I certainly had no plans to trav

19、el a lot.I left school and trained as a journalist on a local paper, and somehow slowly began to concentrate on travel. I had a procession of jobs before I got this one with the magazine.Although I still write ar- ticles on other subjects,my main occupation now is writing travel and tourism. 4.I can

20、 appreciate now why tourists go halfway across the world to visit a place.I was brought up in the vicinity of a major British tourist attraction, but never went there myself and couldnt understand foreign visitors.You read about something halfway across the world and want to see it for yourself.I re

21、member that was just why I went walking in the Himalayas and looked up at Everest, and why I went on a strange but wonderful cruise in the Antarctic.You can read about a place,but it is totally different to be there, to see, feel, smell and hear everything yourself. 5.Perhaps not surprisingly I have

22、 been to a lot of popular tourist resorts in Europe, Africa, the Far East and the West Indies,for example.But I like to try and find those unknown,inaccessible places not only for myself, but also for people who want something different.Sometimes its frightening.I remember visiting a village on the

23、side of a steep hill in Bolivia where the inhabitants stood motionless as I walked in and didnt move until I walked out. 6.The career of the previous travel writer on the magazine I work for now came to an abrupt end when he quite simply disappeared somewhere in South America.He was on a special jou

24、rney and had told someone at his hotel that he had found a native to ferry him up a river to some remote villages in the jungle.Nothing has been heard from him since then.One day Id like to try and find out what happened to him. A.The Tourist Mentality B.Always Looking For the Unexpected C.A Late De

25、veloper D.The Road to Being A Travel Writer E.A Sudden End to A Career F.The First Taste of Travel 23 Paragraph 2_ 24 Paragraph 3_ 25 Paragraph 4_ 26 Paragraph 5_ 26 A.those unexpected, unknown and inaccessible places. B.a travel writer for a famous magazine tells us a little about her life and prof

26、ession C.never been anywhere D.a journalist on a local paper E.been to London the remotest place for me at that time F.tells us some interesting tourist resorts all over the world 27 This is an article that_. 28 Before 20 years old, I had_. 29 After graduation, I became_. 30 The most interesting pla

27、ces that I like to visit are_. 四、 阅读理解 (第 31-45题，每题 3分，共 45分 ) 下面有 3篇短文后有 5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题选 1个最佳选项。 30 Electronic Mail During the past few years, scientists all over the world have suddenly found themselves productively engaged in task they once spent their lives avoiding writing, any kind of writing

28、, but particularly letter writing.Encouraged by electronic mails surprisingly high speed, convenience and economy, people who never before touched the stuff are regularly, skillfully, even cheerfully tapping out a great deal of correspondence. Electronic networks, woven into the fabric of scientific

29、 communication these days, are the route to colleagues in distant countries, shared data, bulletin boards and electronic journals.Anyone with a personal computer, a modern and the software to link computers over telephone lines can sign on.An estimated five million scientists have done so with more

30、joining every day, most of them communicating through a bundle of interconnected domestic and foreign routes known collectively as the Internet, or net. E-mail is starting to edge out the fax, the telephone, overnight mail, and of course, land mail.It shrinks time and distance between scientific col

31、laborators, in part because it is conveniently asynchronous (异步的 ) (Writer can type while their colleagues across time zones sleep; their message will be waiting).If it is not yet speeding discoveries, it is certainly accelerating communication. Jeremy Bernstein, the physicist and science writer, on

32、ce called E-mail the physicists umbilical cord (脐带 ).Later other people, too, have been discovering its connective virtues.Physicists are using it; college students are using it; everybody is using it; and as a sign that it has come of age, the New Yorker has celebrated its liberating presence with

33、a cartoon an appreciative dog seated at a keyboard, saying happily, “ On the Internet, nobody knows youre a dog.“ 31 The reasons given below about the popularity of E-mail can be found in the passage except （ A） direct and reliable （ B） time-saving in delivery （ C） money-saving （ D） available at any

34、 time 32 How is the Internet or net explained in the passage? （ A） Electronic routes used to fax or correspond overnight. （ B） Electronic routes used to read home and international journals. （ C） Electronic routes waiting for correspondence while one is sleeping. （ D） Electronic routes connected amo

35、ng millions of users home and abroad 33 What does the sentence “ If it is not yet speeding discoveries, it is certainly accelerating communication“ most probably mean? （ A） The quick speed of correspondence may have ill effects on discoveries. （ B） Although it does not speed up correspondence, it he

36、lps make discoveries. （ C） It quickens mutual communication even if it does not accelerate discoveries. （ D） It shrinks time for communication and accelerates discoveries. 34 Why is a dog sitting before a computer keyboard in a cartoon published by the New Yorkers? （ A） Even dogs are interested in t

37、he computer. （ B） E-mail has become very popular. （ C） Dogs are liberated from their usual duties. （ D） E-mai deprives dogs of their owners love. 35 What will happen to fax, land mail, overnight mail, etc according to the writer? （ A） Their functions cannot be replaced by E-mail. （ B） They will co-e

38、xist with E-mail for a long time. （ C） Less and less people will use them. （ D） They will play a supplementary function to E-mail. 35 “Salty“ Rice Plant Boosts Harvests British scientists are breeding a new generation of rice plants that will be able to grow in soil containing salt water. Their work

39、 may enable abandoned farms to become productive once more. Tim Flowers and Tony Yeo, from Sussex Universitys School of Biological Sciences, have spent several years researching how crops, such as rice, could be made to grow in water that has become salty. The pair have recently begun a three-year p

40、rogramme, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, to establish which genes enable some plants to survive salty conditions. The aim is to breed this capability into crops, starting with rice. It is estimated that each year more than 10m hectares (公顷 ) of agricultural lan

41、d are lost because salt gets into the soil and stunts (妨碍生长 ) plants.The problem is caused by several factors.In the tropics, mangroves (红树林 ) that create swamps (沼泽 ) and traditionally formed barriers to sea water have been cut down.In the Mediterranean, a series of droughts have caused the water t

42、able to drop, allowing sea water to seep (渗透 ) in.In Latin America, irrigation often causes problems when water is evaporated (蒸发 ) by the heat, leaving salt deposits behind. Excess salt then enters the plants and prevents them functioning normally.Heavy concentrations of minerals in the plants stop

43、 them drawing up the water they need to survive. To overcome these problems, Flowers and Yeo decided to breed rice plants that take in very little salt and store what they do absorb in cells that do not affect the plants growth.They have started to breed these characteristics into a new rice crop, b

44、ut it will take about eight harvests before the resulting seeds are ready to be considered for commercial use. Once the characteristics for surviving salty soil are known, Flowers and Yeo will try to breed the appropriate genes into all manners of crops and plants.Land that has been abandoned to nat

45、ure will then be able to bloom again, providing much needed food in the poorer countries of the world. 36 Which of the following statements about Flowers and Yeo is true? （ A） They are students at Sussex University. （ B） They are rice breeders. （ C） They are husband and wife. （ D） They are colleague

46、s at an institution of higher learning. 37 Flowers and Yeo have started a program_. （ A） to find ways to prevent water pollution （ B） to identify genes that promote growth in salty soil （ C） to breed rice plants that taste salty （ D） to find ways to remove excessive salt from soil 38 Which of the fo

47、llowing is NOT mentioned as a cause of the problem discussed in the passage? （ A） Natural barriers to sea water have been destroyed （ B） The water table has gone down after droughts. （ C） Sea level has been continuously rising. （ D） Evaporation of water leaves salt behind 39 The word “affect“ in Par

48、agraph 6 could be best replaced by_. （ A） influence （ B） effect （ C） stop （ D） present 40 The attitude of the author towards the research project is_. （ A） positive （ B） negative （ C） suspicious （ D） indifferent 40 Play Play is the principal business of childhood, and in recent years research has sh

49、own the great importance of play in the development of a human being.From earliest infancy, every child needs opportunity and the right materials for play, and the main tools of play are toys.Their main function is to suggest, encourage and assist play.To succeed in this they must be good toys, which children will play with often, and will come back to again and again.Therefore it is important to choose suitable toys for different stages o