1、职称英语综合类 A级-18 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.She read a poem which depicts the splendor of the sunset.（分数：1.00）A.declaresB.assertsC.announcesD.describes2.Tickets are limited and will be allocated to those who apply first.（分数：1.00）A.postedB.sentC.handedD.given3.Canada wi
2、ll prohibit smoking in all offices later this year.（分数：1.00）A.removeB.banC.eliminateD.expel4.Reading the job ad, he wondered whether he was eligible to apply for it.（分数：1.00）A.ableB.fortunateC.competentD.qualified5.He was elevated to the post of prime minister.（分数：1.00）A.promotedB.pulledC.liftedD.tr
3、eated6.The curious looks from the strangers around her made her feel uneasy.（分数：1.00）A.differentB.proudC.unconsciousD.uncomfortable7.The latest census is encouraging.（分数：1.00）A.statementB.assessmentC.countD.evaluation8.The change in that village was miraculous.（分数：1.00）A.amazingB.conservativeC.insig
4、nificantD.unforgettable9.You should have blended the butter with the sugar thoroughly.（分数：1.00）A.mixedB.spreadC.beatenD.covered10.The industrial revolution modified the whole structure of English society.（分数：1.00）A.destroyedB.brokeC.changedD.smashed11.Her speciality is heart surgery.（分数：1.00）A.regio
5、nB.siteC.platformD.field12.Customers often defer payment for as long as possible.（分数：1.00）A.makeB.demandC.obtainD.postpone13.From my standpoint, this thing is just ridiculous.（分数：1.00）A.point of viewB.fieldC.knowledgeD.information14.France has kept intimate links with its former African territories.
6、（分数：1.00）A.privateB.friendlyC.strongD.secret15.She was a puzzle.（分数：1.00）A.girlB.womanC.mysteryD.problem二、B第 2部分：阅读判断/B(总题数：1，分数：7.00)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，如果该句提的是正确信息， 请选择 A；如果该句提的是错误信息，请选择 B；如果该句的信息句的信息文中没有提及，请选择 C。 TV Game ShowsOne of the most fascinating things about television is the
7、 size of the audience. A novel can be on the “best seller“ lists with a sale of fewer than 100, 000 copies, hut a popular TV show might have 70 million TV viewers. TV can make anything or anyone well-known overnight. This is the principle behind “quiz“ or “game“ shows, which put ordinary people on T
8、V to play a game for prizes and money. A quiz show can make anyone a star, and it can give away thousands of dollars in the U.S. and almost everyone watched them. Charles Van Doren, an English instructor, became rich and famous after winning money on several shows. He even had a career as a televisi
9、on personality . But one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheating. It turned out that the shows producers who were pulling the strings, gave the answers to the most popular contestants (竞争者)beforehand . Why? Because if the audience didnt like the person who won the game, they turned
10、the show off. The result of this cheating was a huge scandal. Based on this story, a movie under the title “Quiz Show“ is on 40 years later. Charles Van Doren is no longer involved with TV. But game shows are still here, though they arent taken as seriously. In fact, some of them try to be as ridicu
11、lous as possible. There are shows that send strangers on vacation trips together, or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight on TV, or that punish losers by humiliation (羞辱) them. The entertainment now is to see what people will do just to be on TV. People still win money, but the real priz
12、e is to be in front of an audience of millions. （分数：7.00）(1).TV can make a beggar world-famous overnight.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(2).The principle behind “quiz“ and “game“ shows is to put ordinary people on TV to play a game for prizes and money.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wron
13、g C.C. Not mentioned(3).Prizes and money are usually provided by TV stars and large companies for winners.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(4).One of the TV personalities, Charles Van Doren was proved to be cheating by persuading the Shows producers to give him the answers beforehand
14、.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(5).The huge scandal of cheating in TV game shows was not exposed until 40 years later in the movie “Quiz Show“.（分数：1.00）A.A. Right B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(6).Nowadays game shows are not treated as seriously as they used to be.（分数：1.00）A.A. Rig
15、ht B.B. Wrong C.C. Not mentioned(7).Winners of present-day TV game shows no longer get money from the shows.（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)下面的短文后有 2项测试任务：(1)第 2330 题要求从所给的 6个选项中为第 15 段各其中 4段选择 1个最佳标题；(2)第 2730 题要求从所给的 4个选项中为每个句子确定 1个最佳选项。 The Making
16、 of a Success Story1. IKEA is the worlds largest furniture retailer, and the man behind it is Ingvar Kamprad, one of the worlds most successful entrepreneurs (企业家). Born in Sweden in 1926, Kamprad was a natural business man. As a child, he enjoyed selling things and made small profits from selling m
17、atches, seeds and pencils in his community. When Kamprad was 17, his father gave him some money as a reward for his good grades. Naturally he used it to start up a business IKEA. 2. IKEAs name comes from Kampradsinitials (I. K.) and the place where he grew up (E and A). Today IKEA is known for its m
18、odern, minimalist (最低限要求者) furniture, but it was not a furniture company in the beginning. Rather, IKEA sold all kinds of miscellaneous (杂货) goods. Kamprads wares included anything that he could sell for profits at discounted prices, including watches, pens and stockings. 3. IKEA first began to sell
19、 furniture through a mail-order catalogue in 1947. the furniture was all designed and made by manufactures near Kamprads home. Initial sales were very encouraging, so Kamprad expanded the product line. Furniture was such a successful aspect of the business that IKEA became solely a furniture company
20、 in 1951. 4. In 1953 IKEA opened its first showroom in Almhult, Sweden. IKEA is known today for its spacious stress with furniture in attractive settings, but in the early 1950s, people ordered from catalogues. Thus response to the first showroom was overwhelming (地法抵抗的) : people loved being able to
21、 see and try the furniture before buying it. This led to increased sales and the company continued to thrive. By 1955, IKEA was designing all its own furniture. 5. In 1956 Kamprad saw a man disassembling (分解) a table to make it easier to transport. Kamprad was inspired. The man had given him a great
22、 idea: flat packaging. Flat packaging would mean lower shipping costs for IKEA and lower prices for customers. IKEA tried it and sales soared. The problem was that people had to assemble furniture themselves, but over time, even this grew into an advantage for IKEA. Nowadays, IKEA is often seen as h
23、aving connotations (内涵)of self-sufficiency. This image has done wonders for the company, leading to better sales and continued expansion. 6. Today there are over 200 stores in 32 countries. Amazingly, Ingvar Kamprad has managed to keep IKEA a privately-held company. In 2004 he was named the worlds r
24、ichest man. He currently lives in Switzerland and is retired from the day-to-day operations of IKEA. IKEA itself, though, just keeps on growing. A. Ingvar Kamprad a Born Businessman B. Success brought by the introduction of Showrooms C. The origin Of IKEA D. Specialization in Selling Furniture E. Fl
25、at packaging a Feature of IKEA F. World-wide expansion of IKEA （分数：8.00）(1).Paragraph 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:_填空项 1:_(6)._, and years later became a big company specialized in manufacturing and selling of furni
26、ture.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(7).Customers liked the idea of IKEAs showrooms because_.（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_(8).As flat packaging saves money for both IKEA and the customers,（分数：1.00）填空项 1:_四、B第 4部分：阅读理解/B(总题数：3，分数：45.00)下面有 3篇短文，每篇短文后有 5道题，请根据短文内容，为每题确定 1个最佳选项。 B第一篇/BThe beginning of American literatureAmerican
27、has always been a land of beginnings. After Europeans “ discovered“ America in the fifteenth century, the mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope of a new life, an escape from poverty and persecution, a chance to start again. We can say that, as a nation, America begins with that
28、hope. When, however, does American literature begin? American literature begins with American experiences. Long before the first colonists arrived, before Christopher Columbus, before the Northmen who found America about year 1,000, Native Americans lived here. Each tribes literature was tightly wov
29、en into the fabric of daily life and reflected the unmistakably (不会弄错的) American experience of lining with the land. Another kind of experience, one filled with fear and excitement, found its expression in the reports that Columbus and other explorers sent home in Spain, French and English. In addit
30、ion, the journals of the people who lived and died in the New England wilderness (荒野) tell unforgettable tales of hard end sometimes heartbreaking experiences of those early years. Experience, then, is the key to early American literature. The New World provided a great variety of experiences, and e
31、xperiences demanded a wide variety of expressions by an even wider variety of early American writers. These writers included John Smith, who spent only two- and-a-half year. on the American continent. They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd, who thought of themselves as British subjects, nev
32、er suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own. American Indians, explorers, Puritan ministers, frontier wives, plantation owners they are all the creators of the first American literature. （分数：15.00）(1).What does “that hope“ in the first paragra
33、ph refer to?（分数：3.00）A.The hope that America would be discovered.B.The hope to start a life.C.The hope to see the mysteries of the New World.D.The hope to find poverty here.(2).When did American literature begin?（分数：3.00）A.Before the American natives lived there.B.When Columbus and other explorers g
34、ent reports back home.C.When the Northmen found America in about year 1,000.D.Long before the year 1,000.(3).What can we learn from the literature of the tribes of the native Americans?（分数：3.00）A.About the everyday life of the native Americans.B.About the arrival of Columbus.C.About the experience o
35、f the first European settlers.D.About the experience of those who died in the New England wilderness.(4).The main purpose of the last paragraph is to tell the readers that（分数：3.00）A.in the early days most American writers were from Great Britain.B.people with rich life experience became writers.C.th
36、ere were many writers in the early days of American history.D.early-day experience provided the foundation for American literature.(5).According to the last paragraph, which of the following statements is true about America literature?（分数：3.00）A.Some British writers started American literature.B.Ear
37、ly-day American literature is a reflection of the boring life then.C.Some British writers had doubts about the future of American literature.D.Some British writers had great confidence in the future of American literature.B第二篇/BFeast on Turkey and Good Wishes at ThanksgivingFour weeks ago US childre
38、n dressed as monsters and asked for sweets. That was Halloween. In a few weeks, American houses will be red and green and filled with presents for Christmas. As if all this isnt enough, on Thursday this week, America will enjoy another festival Thanksgiving. Children will have two days off school, s
39、hops will close and houses will be filled with families enjoying mountains of food. Every year, in Gainesville, Florida, all entire class celebrate Thanksgiving together. The class dresses up and puts on plays for their families. After the plays the families share a feast of traditional Thanksgiving
40、 foods like turkey and pumpkin pie (南瓜派). Dean Foster, an 11-year-old boy will take part in this celebration. He said: “I love Thanksgiving because it means time off school, lots of nice food and a happy family.“ His brother Ben, nine, said :“the best thing about Thanksgiving, is that when it is fin
41、ished, it is time to start Christmas.“ But behind the food and the large amount of money spent there is another message. On Thursday evening, Dean and Bens family will make a basket and put it on the table as they eat their evening meal. Each of them will write a list of things that they are thankfu
42、l for and place the paper in the basket. The family will read the pieces of paper and take time to thank God and each other for providing them with comfortable and happy lives. Thanksgiving is a traditional festival that started in 1621 ,when the first pilgrims (朝圣的人) arrived in the US to start a ne
43、w life. After a hard year, they had a big autumn harvest (收获). They held a feast and invited the native American Indians along to thank God for giving them enough food. Many countries celebrate Thanksgiving. They often fall after the fields have been harvested and the crops collected for winter. （分数
44、：15.00）(1).On Halloween, children in the United States often dress up as（分数：3.00）A.ghosts.B.players.C.pilgrims.D.visitors.(2).When are turkey and pumpkin pie eaten?（分数：3.00）A.On Halloween.B.On Thursday.C.On Thanksgiving.D.On Christmas Day.(3).Thanksgiving is the time for the American people to thank
45、 God for（分数：3.00）A.looking after them.B.providing them with comfortable and happy lives.C.clothing them.D.protecting them(4).Many children in the United States like Thanksgiving because（分数：3.00）A.they call stay with their parents at home and eat a lot of nice food.B.they can dress up like monsters.C
46、.they can put on plays.D.they call visit American Indians.(5).The first pilgrims settled in the United States in（分数：3.00）A.1621.B.1620.C.1622.D.1619.B第三篇/BDavid Jones and His SalaryComputer programmer David Jones earns 35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to
47、 let him have a cheque card (支票卡). Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18. The 16-year-old works for a small firm In Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. Davids firm releases two new games for the home computer market each month.
48、 But Davids biggest headache is what to do with his money. Despite his salary, earned buy inventing new programs, with bonus payments and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, buy a house, or obtain credit cards (信用卡). He lives with his parents in Liverpool. His company has to pay 150 a month in ta
49、xi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because David cannot drive. David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,“ he said. “I suppose 35,00
