[外语类试卷]职称英语（综合类）C级模拟试卷18及答案与解析.doc

1、职称英语（综合类） C级模拟试卷 18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 He is certain that the dictionary is just what I want, （ A） sure （ B） angry （ C） doubtful （ D） worried 2 We are going to have the TV fixed. （ A） prepared （ B） mended （ C） cleaned （ D） arranged

2、 3 Margaret Meads reputation was established with the publication of her first book in 198and was enhanced by her many subsequent contributions to anthropology. （ A） obscured （ B） entranced （ C） heightened （ D） restored 4 She seemed to have detected some anger in his voice. （ A） noticed （ B） heard （

3、 C） realized （ D） got 5 The high-speed trains can have a major impact on travel preferences. （ A） force （ B） influence （ C） surprise （ D） power 6 The most crucial problem any economic system faces is how to use its scarce resources. （ A） puzzling （ B） difficult （ C） terrifying （ D） urgent 7 If you a

4、re smart, youd buy now before prices go up. （ A） clever （ B） elegant （ C） loyal （ D） brave 8 He is sure of a house-building boom after the new investment policies are put into practice. （ A） decrease （ B） increase （ C） influence （ D） preparation 9 Please do net hesitate to call me if I can be of fur

5、ther assistance. （ A） contact （ B） see （ C） help （ D） touch 10 Their parents once lived under very severe conditions. （ A） sound （ B） hard （ C） strict （ D） tight 11 Colleges and universities usually give diplomas or certificates to students who complete course requirements adequately. （ A） responsib

6、ly （ B） sufficiently （ C） patiently （ D） successfully 12 With the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States, the environmental lobby became more overtly political. （ A） extravagantly （ B） consistently （ C） earnestly （ D） openly 13 His job was to look after the animals

7、. （ A） search for （ B） care for （ C） follow （ D） trap 14 The boy is intelligent. （ A） clever （ B） naughty （ C） difficult （ D） active 15 The President made a brief visit to Beijing. （ A） short （ B） working （ C） formal （ D） secret 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

8、是正确信息，请选择 A；如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。 16 Plants and Mankind Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. We dont know what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants, but from what we can observe of preindustrial societies that still exist

9、, a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient. This is logical, Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all living things, even for other plants. They have always been enormously important to the welfare of people, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapo

10、ns, tools, dyes, medicines, shelter, and many other purposes. Tribes living today in the jungle of the Amazon recognize hundreds of plants and know many properties of each. To them botany has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of “knowledge“ at all. Unfortunately, the mo

11、re industrialized we become the farther away we move from direct contact with plants, and the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone comes unconsciously on an amazing amount of botanical knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize a rose, an apple, or an orchid. When our Neol

12、ithic ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer yields the next season, the first great step in a new association of plants and humans was taken. Grains were discovered and from them flowed the m

13、arvel of agriculture: cultivated crops. From then on, humans would increasingly take their living from the controlled production of a few plants, rather than getting a little here and a little there from many varieties that grew wild and the accumulated knowledge of tens of thousands of years of exp

14、erience and intimacy with plants in the wild would begin to fade away. 16 It is logical that a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 17 People cannot survive without plants. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 18 Tri

15、bes living today in the jungle of the Amazon teach botany to their children at school. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 19 Our direct contact with plants grows with the process of industrialization. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 20 Today people usually acquire a large amount of bo

16、tanical knowledge from textbooks. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 21 People living in the Middle East first learned to grow plants for food about 10,000 year ago. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 22 Once mankind began farming, they no longer had to get food from many varieties that

17、grew wild. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 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 Intelligent Machines 1 Medical scientists are already putting computer chips(芯片 )directly into the brain to help

18、people who have Parkinsons disease， but in what other ways might computer technology be able to help us? RayKurzweil is author of the successful book The Age of Intelligent Machines and is one of the worlds best computer research scientists He is researching the possibilities 2 Kurzweil gets compute

19、rs to recognize voices An example of this is Ramona， the virtual(虚拟的 ) hostess of Kurzweils homepage， who is programmed to understand what you say Visitors to the site can have their conversations with her， and Ramona also dances and sings 3 Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical

20、 disabilities One of his ideas is a“seeing machine” This will be“like a friend that could describe what is going on in the visible world”， he explains Blind people will use a visual sensor(探测器 )which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses This sensor will describe to the person everything

21、it sees 4 Another idea， which is likely to help deaf people， is the“listening machine” This invention will recognize millions of words and understand any speaker The listening machine will also be able to translate into other languages， 80 even people without hearing problems are likely to be intere

22、sted in using it 5 But it is not just about helping people with disabilities Looking further into the future， Kurzweil sees a time when we will be able to download our entire consciousness onto a computer This technology probably wont be ready for at least 50 years， but when it arrives， it means our

23、 minds will be able to live forever A A new pair of eyes B Computers that can communicate C Everlasting consciousness on a computer D Time to break off a friendship E An author and researcher F A new pair of ears 23 Paragraph 2_ 24 Paragraph 3_ 25 Paragraph 4_ 26 Paragraph 5_ 四、 阅读理解 (第 31-45题，每题 3分

24、，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。 27 How Animals Keep Warm Man has invented ways to keep warm, but how do animals defend themselves? They cannot reason in the sense that man can, but nature has taken care of the animal kingdom by providing animals with special instincts. One of these inst

25、incts is known as hibernation. “Sleeping like a dormouse“ is not only a common saying but is a reality. When winter comes, the dormouse and other hibernating animals have reached a well-nourished state. They eat very well in warmer days laying down fat in the tissues of their bodies and during hiber

26、nation this keeps them alive. Safe in their nests, or burrows, they sleep soundly until the warmth of spring arrives. Bats, tortoises, snakes, frogs, even insects like butterflies, hibernate more or less completely. Some, like the squirrels, sleep during coldest weather but are roused by a warm spel

27、l. During hibernation, the temperature of an animals body drops drastically. Breathing and heart-beats almost cease. Another instinctive method of avoiding intense cold is to escape by means of migration. Wild swans, seagulls, swallows and cuckoos are a few of the very many kinds of birds which fly

28、thousands of miles, twice a year, to avoid cold. Many animals, especially those of the Arctic reindeer of Europe, move southward towards the forests when winter approaches. They return to the northern area when the warmth of spring begins to be sensed. There are animals which do not attempt to leave

29、 at the first sign of winter cold. Their instinctive means of defense is to dig out a deep burrow, made soft and warm by padding out with straw, leaves, moss and fur. In it they have a “secret place“ containing food which they hope will last the winter through! Animals which fall into this class inc

30、lude the Arctic fox, the rabbit and the ermine, and the little field-mice. 27 How does the dormouse defend itself against cold in winter? （ A） It moves about to keep warm. （ B） It grows thicker fur. （ C） It sleeps continuously. （ D） It goes to warmer areas. 28 What keeps animals alive during hiberna

31、tion? （ A） The fat stored in their bodies. （ B） Their thick fur. （ C） Their warm burrows. （ D） Their deep sleep. 29 During hibernation, animals breathe （ A） normally （ B） at a slower rate （ C） at a faster rate （ D） irregularly 30 According to the passage, what is “migration“? （ A） Moving from one pl

32、ace to another with the season. （ B） Living in burrows in winter. （ C） Traveling in the winter months. （ D） Leaving ones own country for another. 31 How do ermines survive in winter? （ A） They leave their cosy burrows and migrate to warmer lands. （ B） They sleep soundly inside their burrows in winte

33、r. （ C） They dig out burrows and store them with enough food. （ D） They stay in their burrows and live on the food stored there. 32 New Foods and the New World In the last 500 years, nothing about peoplenot their clothes, ideas, or languageshas changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolat

34、e drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree (可可树 ) by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500s. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting pla

35、ces. Some still exist today. The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the “Potato Famine (饥荒 )“ of 18451846, and

36、 thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America. There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the worlds largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia a

37、nd other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400s. According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a person named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He

38、 tried one and experienced the “wide-awake“ feeling that one-third of the worlds population now starts the day with. 32 According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years? （ A） Food. （ B） Clothing. （ C） Ideology. （ D） Language; 33 “Some“ in the last sentence

39、of the first paragraph refers to （ A） some cocoa trees （ B） some chocolate drinks （ C） some shops （ D） some South American Indians 34 Thousands of Irish people starved during the “Potato Famine“ because （ A） they were so dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat anything else （ B） they were for

40、ced to leave their homeland and move to America （ C） the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing potatoes （ D） the potato harvest was bad 35 Which country is the largest coffee producer? （ A） Brazil. （ B） Colombia. （ C） Ethiopia. （ D） Egypt. 36 Which of the following statements i

41、s NOT true, according to the passage? （ A） One third of the worlds population drinks coffee. （ B） Coffee is native to Colombia. （ C） Coffee can keep one awake. （ D） Coffee drinks were first made by Arabs. 37 Sleepless at Night It was a normal summer night. Humidity (湿气 ) hung in the thick air. I cou

42、ldnt go to sleep, partly because of my cold and partly because of my expectations for the next day. My mum had said that tomorrow was going to be a surprise. Sweat stuck to my aching body. Finally, I gathered enough strength to sit up. I looked out of my small window into the night. There was a big

43、bright moon hanging in the sky, giving off a magic light. I couldnt stand the pressure anymore, so I did what I always do to make myself feel better. I went to the bathroom and picked up my toothbrush and toothpaste. I cleaned my teeth as if there was no tomorrow. Back and forth, up and down. Then I

44、 walked downstairs to look for some signs of movement, some life. Gladiator, my cat, frightened me as he meowed (喵喵地唱出 ) his sad song. He was on the old orange couch (长沙发 ), sitting up on his front legs, waiting for something to happen. He looked at me as if to say, Tm lonely, pet me. I need a good

45、hug (紧抱 ).“ Even the couch begged me to sit on it. In one movement I settled down onto the soft couch. This couch represented my parents marriage, my birth, and hundreds of other little events. As I held Gladiator, my heart started beating heavily. My mind was flooded with questions: Whats life? Am

46、I really alive? Are you listening to me? Every time I moved my hand down Gladiators body, I had a new thought; each touch sang a different song. I forgot all about the heat and the next days surprise. The atmosphere was so full of warmth and silence that I sank into its arms. Falling asleep with the

47、 big cat in my arms, I felt all my worries slowly move away. 37 The author of the passage could not go to sleep partly because （ A） it was too cold. （ B） ii was too dry. （ C） he had a cold. （ D） he had a fever. 38 What was the weather like that night?. （ A） It was chilly. （ B） It was windy. （ C） It

48、was fine. （ D） It was cloudy. 39 The author brushed his teeth over and over （ A） to relieve himself of the pressure. （ B） to ease his toothache. （ C） to shake off the cold. （ D） to remove the dirt. 40 Gladiator was the name of （ A） a movie. （ B） a pet, （ C） a couch. （ D） a song. 41 What did the couc

49、h represent? （ A） A new thought. （ B） Different songs. （ C） A comfortable life. （ D） Happy memories. 五、 补全短文 (第 46-50，每题 2分，共 10分 ) 下面的短文有 5处空白，短文后有 6个句子，其中 5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。 42 Farmers Markets Charlotte Hollins knows she faces a battle. The 23-year-old British farmer and her 21-year-old brother Ben are fighting to save the farm from developers that their father worked on since he was 14. （ 46） _ “You don