1、2007年职称英语（理工类） A级真题试卷及答案与解析 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 The news will horrify everyone. （ A） attract （ B） terrify （ C） tempt （ D） excite 2 The article sketched the major events of the decade. （ A） described （ B） offered （ C） outlined （ D） present
2、ed 3 I wont tolerate that kind of behavior. （ A） bear （ B） accept （ C） admit （ D） take 4 Their style of playing football is utterly different. （ A） barely （ B） scarcely （ C） hardly （ D） totally 5 Her sister urged her to apply for the job. （ A） advised （ B） caused （ C） forced （ D） promised 6 Even sen
3、sible men do absurd things. （ A） unusual （ B） ridiculous （ C） special （ D） typical 7 She bumped into her boyfriend in town this morning. （ A） walked （ B） came （ C） fled （ D） ran 8 This sort of thing is bound to happen. （ A） sure （ B） quick （ C） fast （ D） swift 9 At the age of 30, Hersey suddenly bec
4、ame a celebrity. （ A） boss （ B） manager （ C） star （ D） dictator 10 He cannot discriminate between a good idea and a bad one. （ A） judge （ B） assess （ C） distinguish （ D） recognize 11 They are concerned for the fate of the forest and the Indians who dwell in it. （ A） live （ B） sleep （ C） hide （ D） ga
5、ther 12 The index is the governments chief gauge of future economic activity. （ A） method （ B） measure （ C） way （ D） manner 13 The architecture is harmonious and no building is over six-storey high. （ A） old-fashioned （ B） traditional （ C） conventional （ D） balanced 14 The food is inadequate for ten
6、 people. （ A） demanded （ B） qualified （ C） insufficient （ D） required 15 She persevered in her ideas despite obvious objections raised by friends. （ A） persisted （ B） insisted （ C） resisted （ D） suggested 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；如果该句提供的是错误信息
7、，请选择 B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择 C。 16 When We Are Asleep Everyone dreams, but some people never recall their dreams, or do so very rarely. Other people always wake up with vivid recollections (记忆 ) of their dreams, though they forget them very quickly. In an average night of eight hours sleep, an average a
8、dult will dream for around one hundred minutes, probably having three to five dreams, each lasting from ten to thirty minutes. Scientists can detect when someone is having a dream by using an instrument which measures the electrical waves in the brain. During dreaming, these waves move more quickly.
9、 Breathing and pulse rate also increase, and there are rapid eye movements under the lids, just as though the dreamer were really looking at moving objects. These signs of dreaming have been detected in all mammals (哺乳动物 ) studied, including dogs, monkeys, cats, and elephants, and also some birds an
10、d reptiles (爬行动物 ). This period of sleep is called the “D” state for around 50% of their sleep; the period reduces to around 25% by the age of 10. Dreams take the form of stories, but they may be strange and with incidents not connected, which make little sense. Dreams are seldom without people in t
11、hem and they are usually about people we know. One estimate says that two-thirds of the “cast” of our dream dramas are friends and relations. Vision seems an essential part of dreams, except for people blind from birth. Sound and touch are senses also often aroused, but smell and taste are not frequ
12、ently involved. In “normal” dreams, the dreamer may be taking part, or be only an observer. But he or she cannot control what happens in the dream. However, the dreamer does have control over one type of dream. This type of dream is called a “lucid”(清醒的 ) dream. Not everyone is a lucid dreamer. Some
13、 people are occasional lucid dreamers. Others can dream lucidly more or less all the time. In a lucid dream, the dreamer knows that he is dreaming. 16 Some people dream but cannot remember their dreams. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 17 In an average night, males dream longer than females.
14、 （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 18 When we dream, there is less movement of electrical waves in our brains. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 19 Babies dream less than older children. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 20 Most dreams involve the people we played with when we w
15、ere young. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 21 We rarely smell things in dreams. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 22 In a lucid dream we can use Morse code to communicate with others. （ 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
16、-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。 23 Memory Test 1 “I am going to give you five techniques that will enable you to remember anything you need to know at school, ”promised lecturer Ian Robinson to a hundred schoolchildren. He slapped his hand down on the table.
17、“When Ive finished in two hours time, your work will be far more effective and productive. Anyone not interested, leave now. ”The entire room sat still. 2 Robinson calls himself the Mind Magician (魔术师 ). He specializes in doing magic tricks that look totally impossible, and then he reveals that they
18、 involve nothing more mysterious than good old-fashioned trickery (骗术 ). “I have always been interested in tricks involving memory-being able to reel off (一口气 说出 ) the order of cards in a pack, that sort of thing, ”he explains. 3 Robinson was already lecturing to schools on his magic techniques when
19、 it struck him that students might find memory techniques even more valuable. “It wasnt difficult area to move inot, as the stuffs all there in books. ”So he summarized everything to make a two-hour lecture about five techniques. 4 “You want to learn a list of a hundred things? A thousand? No proble
20、m, ”says Robinson. The scandal is that every child is not taught the techniques from the beginning of their school life. The schoolchildren who were watching him thought it was brilliant. “I wish Id been told this earlier, ”commented Mark, after Robinson had shown them how to construct “mental journ
21、eys”. 5 Essentially, you visualize (想象 ) a walk down a street, or a trip round a room, and pick the points where you will put the things you want to remember-the lamppost, the fruit bowl. Then in each location you put a visual representation of your list-phrasal verbs, historical dates, whatever-mak
22、ing them as strange as possible. It is that simple, and it works. 6 The reaction of schools has been uniformly enthusiastic. “The pupils benefited enormously from Ians presentation, ”says Dr Johnston, head of the school where Robinson was speaking. “Ideally we should run a regular class in memory te
23、chniques so pupils can pick it up gradually. ” 23 A. Good results B. An ancient skill C. Gaining attention D. Memory tricks E. A lecture on memory techniques F. Ways to improve memory 23 Paragraph 2 _ 24 Paragraph 3 _ 25 Paragraph 4 _ 26 Paragraph 5 _ 27 A. books B. lecture C. tricks D. facts E. mem
24、ory F. list 27 The memory techniques used are no more complex than the old _. 28 Robinson taught children to use “mental journeys” to improve _. 29 Robinson told the pupils that all the memory techniques could be found in _. 30 The schoolchildren got a lot from the magicians _. 四、 阅读理解 (第 31-45题，每题
25、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。 31 Trying to Find a Parther One of the most striking findings of a recent poll in the UK is that of the people interviewed, one in two believes that it is becoming more difficult to meet someone to start a family with. Why are many finding it increasing
26、ly difficult to start and sustain intimate relationships? Does modern life really make it harder to fall in love? Or are we making it harder for ourselves? It is certainly the case today that contemporary couples benefit in different ways from relationships. Women no longer rely upon partners for ec
27、onomic security or status. A man doesnt expect his spouse to be in sole charge of running his household and raising his children. But perhaps the knowledge that we can live perfectly well without a partnership means that it takes much more to persuade people to abandon their independence. In theory,
28、 finding a partner should be much simpler these days. Only a few generations ago, your choice of soulmate (心上人 ) was constrained by geography, social convention and family tradition. Although it was never explicit, many marriages were essentially arranged. Now those barriers have been broken down. Y
29、ou can approach a builder or a brain surgeon in any bar in any city on any given evening. When the world is your oyster (牡蛎 ), you surely have a better chance of finding a pearl. But it seems that the old conventions have been replaced by an even tighter constraint: the tyranny of choice. The expect
30、ations of partners are inflated to an unmanageable degree: good looks, impressive salary, kind to grandmother, and right socks. There is no room for error in the first impression. We think that a relationship can be perfect. If it isnt, it is disposable. We work to protect ourselves against future h
31、eartache and dont put in the hard emotional labor needed to build a strong relationship. Of course, this is complicated by realities. The cost of housing and child-rearing creates pressure to have a stable income and career before a life partnership. 31 What does the recent poll show? （ A） It is get
32、ting more difficult for a woman to find her husband. （ B） It is getting increasingly difficult to start a family. （ C） It is getting more difficult for a man to find his wife. （ D） It is getting increasingly difficult to develop an intimate relationship with your spouse. 32 Which of the following is
33、 NOT true about a contemporary married couple? （ A） The wife doesnt have to raise the children all by herself. （ B） The husband doesnt have to support the family all by himself. （ C） The wife is no longer the only person to manage the household. （ D） They will receive a large sum of money from the g
34、overnment. 33 Which of the following was NOT a constraint on ones choice of soulmate in the old days? （ A） The health condition of his or her grandmother. （ B） The geographical environment. （ C） The social convention. （ D） The family tradition. 34 Which of the following is NOT expected of a partner
35、according to this passage? （ A） Good looks. （ B） An impressive career. （ C） A high salary. （ D） A fine sense of humor. 35 The word “sustain”(paragraph 2)could be best replaced by （ A） “reduce”. （ B） “shake”. （ C） “maintain”. （ D） “weaken”. 36 A Very Slow Ride The surface of the earth may seem very s
36、table to you. But you might be amazed if you knew some of the things that are going on under that surface. The earth has an outer shell of rigid pieces called tectonic plates (地壳构造板块 ). The plates include both ocean floor and dry land. Some have whole continents on top of them. The continents on top
37、 of the plates are just going along for a slow ride, moving only about four inches per year. But even this small movement causes three types of big interactions. One type is ocean ridges. These ridges develop in places where two plates are moving away from each other. As the plates separate, hot mag
38、ma(岩浆 )flows up to fill the space. New crust(地壳 )builds up on the plate boundaries and causes ocean ridges. These ridges form long mountain ranges, which only rise above the ocean surface in a few places. Another type of reaction-trenches-occurs between two plates that are moving toward each other.
39、As the plates meet, one bends downward and plunges underneath the other. This forms deep ocean trenches. The Marianas Trench off Guam in the western Pacific Ocean has a depth of more than 36, 000 feet. This is the lowest point on the ocean floor. If the leading edges of the two colliding plates carr
40、y continents, then the layers of rock in the overriding plate crumple(变皱 )and fold. A plate that carried what is now India collided with the southern edge of the plate that carried Europe and most of Asia. This caused the Himalayas, the worlds highest mountains. The third reaction is transform fault
41、s(转换断层 ). These faults occur where two plates that are traveling in opposite directions slide past each other. Severe earthquakes can occur. The San Andreas Fault in California is a good example of this type of movement. 36 The word “stable”(paragraph 1)means （ A） “a place for horses”. （ B） “calm an
42、d easygoing”. （ C） “steady or firm”. （ D） “a collection of animals”. 37 To explain the effect of trenches, the writer gives the example of （ A） the sea floor in the Atlantic Ocean. （ B） the Himalayan Mountains. （ C） Europe. （ D） India. 38 The San Andreas Fault is an example of （ A） a severe earthqua
43、ke. （ B） a California rock formation. （ C） two plates moving apart. （ D） two plates aliding past each other. 39 According to the passage, the earth is （ A） always changing. （ B） becoming smaller. （ C） moving faster. （ D） getting hotter. 40 This passage is mostly about （ A） effects of movements of th
44、e earths plates. （ B） different types of continents. （ C） the Marianas Trench. （ D） transform faults. 41 Mobile Phones: Are They about to Transform Our Lives? We love them so much that some of us sleep with them under the pillow, yet we are increasingly concerned that we cannot escape their electron
45、ic reach. We use them to convey our most intimate secrets, yet we worry that they are a threat to our privacy. We rely on them more than the Internet to cope with modern life, yet many of us dont believe advertisements saying we need more advanced services. Sweeping aside the doubts that many people
46、 feel about the benefits of new third generation phones and fears over the health effects of phone masts(天线杆 ), a recent report clains that the long-term effects of new mobile technologies will be entirely positive so long as the public can be convinced to make use of them. Research about users of m
47、obile phones reveals that the mobile has already moved beyond being a mere practical communications tool to become the backbone (支柱 )of modern social life, from love affairs to friendship to work. One female teacher, 32, told the researchers: “I love my phone. Its my friend. ” The close relationship
48、 between user and phone is most pronounced among teenagers, the report says, who regard their mobiles as an expression of their identity. This is partly because mobiles are seen as being beyond the control of parents. But the researchers suggest that another reason may be that mobiles, especially te
49、xt messaging, are seen as a way of overcoming shyness. “Texting is often used for apologies, to excuse lateness or to communicate other things that make us uncomfortable, ”the report says, The impact of phones, however, has been local rather than global, supporting existing friendships and networks, rather than opening users to a new broader community. Even the language of texting in one area can be incomprehensible to anybody from another area. Amon
