1、2010年职称英语（综合类） C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 Rodman met with Tony to try and settle the dispute over his contract （ A） solve （ B） avoid （ C） mark （ D） involve 2 Were happy to report that business is booming this year （ A） risky （ B） su
2、ccessful （ C） failing （ D） open 3 If we leave now， we should miss the traffic （ A） direct （ B） stop （ C） mix （ D） avoid 4 In the process， the light energy converts to heat energy （ A） reduces （ B） changes （ C） leaves （ D） drops 5 I was shocked when I saw the size of the telephone bill （ A） excited （
3、 B） angry （ C） lost （ D） surprised 6 Can you give a concrete example to support your idea? （ A） specific （ B） real （ C） special （ D） good 7 Weve been through some rough times together （ A） long （ B） happy （ C） difficult （ D） short 8 It was a fascinating painting， with clever use of color and light （
4、 A） large （ B） wonderful （ C） new （ D） familiar 9 The company has the right to end his employment at any time （ A） provide （ B） stop （ C） offer （ D） continue 10 She gave up her job and started writing poetry （ A） abandoned （ B） lost （ C） took （ D） created 11 The police took fingerprints and identifi
5、ed the body （ A） recognized （ B） missed （ C） discovered （ D） touched 12 What are my chances of promotion if I stay here? （ A） retirement （ B） advertisement （ C） advancement （ D） replacement 13 Weve seen a marked shift in our approach to the social issues （ A） clear （ B） regular （ C） quick （ D） great
6、 14 The thief was finally captured two miles away from the village （ A） caught （ B） killed （ C） found （ D） jailed 15 I propose that we discuss this at the next meeting （ A） suggest （ B） demand （ C） order （ D） request 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；
7、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。 15 The Race into Space American millionaire Dennis Tito will always be famous He was the first tourist in space “I spent sixty years on Earth and eight days in space and from my viewpoint， it was two separate lives， ”Tito explained He loved his time in space
8、“Being in space and looking back at earth is one of the most rewarding experiences a human being can have ” This kind of experience isnt cheap It cost $20 million However， Tito achieved his dream， so he was happy “For me it was a life dream It was a dream that began when I didnt have any money， ”he
9、told reporters On 30 April 2002， Mark Shuttleworth became the worlds second space tourist Shuttleworth is a South African businessman At the age of twenty-eight， he also paid$20 million for the eight-day trip Both Tito and Shuttleworth bought their tickets from a company called Space Adventures The
10、company has around 100 people already on their waiting list for flights into space The spaceship to take them doesnt exist yet Many of the customers are people who like adventure They are the kind of people who also want to climb Mount Qomolangma Other customers are people who love space However， th
11、ese people are worried Because its so expensive， only very rich people can go into space They want space travel to be available to more people That day may soon be here Inter Orbital Systems(IOS)plans to send up to four tourists a week into space The tours will depart from an island in Tonga The com
12、pany promises a package that includes forty-five days of astronaut training in Russia and California， seven days in space， and a vacation in Tonga， for $2 million However， space flight is still very dangerous Bill Readdy is NASAs deputy assistant administrator for space flight He says that the chanc
13、es of dying are about 1 in 500 Because of this， it may take time before space tourism really takes off You might be able to go up， but will you come down? 16 Dennis Tito was the first tourist in space （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 17 Mark Shuttleworth is an engineer from the United States
14、 （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 18 Both Tito and Shuttleworth have climbed Mount Qomolangma （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 19 Space Adventures has about 100 customers waiting for their travel into space （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 20 Space Adventures already has a sp
15、aceship （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 21 IOS will send its tourists into space from Tonga （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 22 Bill Readdy thinks space flight is very dangerous （ 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
16、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 people who have Parkinsons disease， but in what other ways might computer technology be able to help us? RayKurzweil
17、 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 computers to recognize voices An example of this is Ramona， the virtual(虚拟的 ) hostess of Kurzweils homepage， who is program
18、med 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 disabilities One of his ideas is a“seeing machine” This will be“like a friend that could describe what is going on
19、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 it sees 4 Another idea， which is likely to help deaf people， is the“listening machine” This invention will recognize
20、 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 interested in using it 5 But it is not just about helping people with disabilities Looking further into the future， Kurzwe
21、il 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 minds will be able to live forever A A new pair of eyes B Computers that can communicate C Everlasting consciousnes
22、s 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_ 26 A what you say B a pair of sunglasses C the listening machine D a visual sensor E who have disabilities F living forever in a computer 2
23、7 Ray Kurzweil works with computers to help people_ 28 Ramona is able to understand_ 29 Blind people will be able to see the world with_ 30 People without hearing problems may also be interested in using_ 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 Ellen MacArthur started
24、sailing when she was eight， going out on sailing trips with her aunt She loved it so much that she saved her money for three years to buy her first small sailing boat When she was 18， she sailed alone around Britain and won the“Young Sailor of the Year”award But Ellen really became famous in 2001 Ag
25、ed only 24， she was one of the only two women who entered the Vendee Globe round the world solo race， which lasts 100 days Despite many problems， she came second in the race out of 24 competitors and she was given a very warm welcome when she returned Ambition and determination have always been a bi
26、g part of Ellens personality When she was younger， she lived in a kind of hut(棚屋 )for three years while she was trying to get sponsorship to compete in a transatlantic race Then she took a one-way ticket to France， bought a tiny seven meter Class Miniyacht(游艇 )， slept under it while she was repairin
27、g it， and then she raced it 4， 000 kilometres across the Atlantic in 1997， alone for 33 days Ellen has had to learn many things， because sailing single-handed means that she has to be her own captain， electrician， sail maker， engineer， doctor， journalist，cameraman and cook She also has to be very fi
28、t， and because of the dangers of sleeping for long periods of time shes in the middle of the ocean， she has trained herself to sleep for about 20 minutes at a time And she needs courage Once， in the middle of the ocean， she had to climb the mast(桅杆 )of a boat to repair the sails-at four oclock in th
29、e morning， with 100kph winds blowing around her It took her many hours to make the repairs； Ellen says： “I was exhausted when I came down Its hard to describe how it feels to be up there Its like trying to hold onto a big pole， which for me is just too big to get my arms around，with someone kicking
30、you all the time and trying to shake you off” But in her diary， Ellen also describes moments which make it all worthwhile(值得的 )： “A beautiful sunrise started the day， with black clouds slowly lit by the bright yellow Sun I have a very strong feeling of pleasure， being out here on the ocean and havin
31、g the chance to live this I just feel lucky to be here” 31 In the Vendee Globe race， Ellen won （ A） the second place （ B） a gold medal （ C） the“Young Sailor of the Year”award （ D） the“Best Woman Sailor”award 32 Ellen lived in a kind of hut for three years （ A） while she was learning how to repair sa
32、ils （ B） because she was ambitious for the coming race （ C） while she was trying to get financial support for a race （ D） because she was interested in country life 33 The word“solo”in the title could be best replaced by （ A） single-handed （ B） self-made （ C） one performer （ D） self-starter 34 Accor
33、ding to paragraph 4， which of the following statements is NOT true? （ A） She has to learn to repair sails （ B） She has to be her own teacher （ C） She has to be very fit （ D） She has trained herself to sleep for about 20 minutes at a time 35 How does Ellen feel about the Vendee Globe race? （ A） It is
34、 enjoyable （ B） It is surprising （ C） It is dangerous （ D） It is relaxing 35 One-room schools are part of the heritage of the United States， and the mention of them makes people feel a longing for“the way things were ”One room schools are an endangered species(种类 )， however For more than a hundred y
35、ears， one-room schools have been systematically shut down and their students sent away to centralized schools As recently as 1930 there were 149， 000 one-room schools in the United States By 1970 there were 1， 800 Today， of the nearly 800 remaining one-room schools， more than 350 are in Nebraska The
36、 rest are spread through a few other states that have on their roadmaps wide-open spaces between towns Now that there are hardly any left， educators are beginning to think that maybe there is something yet to be learned from one-room schools， something that served the pioneers that might serve as we
37、ll today Progressive educators have come up with new names like“peer-group teaching”and“multi-age grouping”for educational procedures that Occur naturally in the one-room schools In a one-room school the children teach each other because the teacher is busy part of the time teaching someone else A f
38、ourth grader can work at a fifth-grade level in math and a third-grade level in English without the bad name associated with being left back or the pressures of being skipped(超过 )ahead A youngster with a learning disability can find his or her own level without being separated from the other pupils
39、A few hours in a small school that has only one classroom and it becomes clear why so many parents feel that one of the advantages of living in Nebraska is that their children have to go to a one-room school 36 We learn from the first paragraph that one-room schools （ A） are the best in Nebraska （ B
40、） are becoming more and more centralized （ C） have had a strong influence on American people （ D） need to be shut down 37 One-room schools are in danger of disappearing because （ A） there has been a trend towards centralization （ B） they cannot get top students （ C） they exist only in one state （ D）
41、 children have to teach themselves 38 A major characteristic of the one-room school system is that （ A） learning is not limited to one grade level （ B） pupils mostly study math and English （ C） some children have to be left back （ D） teachers are always busy 39 It can be learned from paragraph 2 tha
42、t many parents in Nebraska （ A） dont like centralized schools （ B） come from other states （ C） received education in one room schools （ D） prefer rural life 40 What is the authors attitude towards one-room schools? （ A） Critical （ B） Humorous （ C） Angry （ D） Praising 40 Deaf teenagers Orlando Chavez
43、 and German Resendiz have been friends since kindergarten(幼儿园 ) Together the two boys， who go to Escondido High School in California， have had the difficult job of learning in schools where the majority of the students can speak and hear Orlando lost his hearing at the age of one German was born dea
44、f， and his parents moved from Mexico to find a school where he could learn sign language He met Orlando on their first day of kindergarten “We were in a special class with about 25 other deaf kids， ”German remembers “Before then， I didnt know I was deaf and that I was different ” “Being young and de
45、af in regular classes was very hard， ”signs Orlando “The other kids didnt understand us and we didnt understand them But weve all grown up together， and today， Im popular because Im deaf Kids try hard to communicate with me ” Some things are very difficult for the two boys “We cant talk on the phone
46、， so if we need help， we cant call an emergency service， ”German signs “And we cant order food in a drive-thru ” Despite their difficulties， the two boys have found work putting food in bags at a local supermarket They got their jobs through a“workability”program， designed for teenagers from local s
47、chools with different types of learning disabilities German has worked in the supermarket since August， and Orlando started in November “The other people who work here have been very nice to us， ”Orlando signs “They even sign sometimes At first， we were nervous， but weve learned a lot and were getti
48、ng better ” The opportunity to earn money has been exciting， both boys said After high school， they hope to attend the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in New York 41 Orlando and German have been_. （ A） to Mexico together （ B） deaf since they were born （ C） to different high schools （ D） friends since they were very young 42 According to the passage， the difficulty for Orlando and German is that_. （ A） they cant communicate with their classmates （ B） they are not allowed to talk on the phone （ C） they cant order food in a drive-thr
