1、职称英语（理工类） A级模拟试卷 14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 union representative put across her argument very effectively. （ A） explained （ B） invented （ C） considered （ D） accepted 2 He talks tough but has a tender heart. （ A） heavy （ B） mild （ C）
2、 kind （ D） wild 3 It is no use debating the relative merits of this policy. （ A） making （ B） taking （ C） discussing （ D） expecting 4 Our statistics show that we consume all that we are capable of producing. （ A） waste （ B） buy （ C） use （ D） sell 5 The fuel tanks had a capacity of 140 liters. （ A） fu
3、nction （ B） ability （ C） power （ D） volume 6 Our lives are intimately bound up with theirs. （ A） tensely （ B） nearly （ C） carefully （ D） closely 7 Her faith upheld her in times of sadness. （ A） supported （ B） excited （ C） inspired （ D） directed 8 The book provides a concise analysis of the countrys
4、history. （ A） clean （ B） perfect （ C） real （ D） brief 9 It is laid down in the regulations that all members must carry their membership cards at all times. （ A） suggested （ B） warned （ C） stated （ D） described 10 The council meeting terminated at 2 oclock. （ A） began （ B） continued （ C） ended （ D） r
5、esumed 11 A red flag was placed there as a token of danger. （ A） sign （ B） substitute （ C） proof （ D） target 12 However bad the situation is, the majority is unwilling to risk change. （ A） reluctant （ B） eager （ C） pleased （ D） angry 13 It has been said that the Acts provided a new course of action
6、and did not merely regulate or enlarge an old one. （ A） manage （ B） control （ C） revise （ D） outset 14 The secretary is expected to explore ideas for post-war reconstruction of the area. （ A） deny （ B） investigate （ C） stress （ D） create 15 The steadily rising cost of labor on the waterfront has gre
7、atly increased the cost of shipping cargo by water. （ A） gradually （ B） suddenly （ C） excessively （ D） exceptionally 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，请选择 B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择 C。 16 Monarch without a Kingdom This November, a hundred milli
8、on butterflies will drop from the sky over Mexico, like autumn leaves. But for how long? Genetically modified maize (玉米 ) could mean extinction for this beautiful butterfly, Rafael Ruiz reports. Although its body is about 3 cm long and it only weighs 1 gm, the Monarch butterfly manages to travel 5,0
9、00 km each year. It seems to be so fragile, but its long journeys are proof of its amazing ability to survive. This autumn, the Monarch butterfly will once more set out on its journey from the US. It will keep going until it reaches Mexico. It travels these huge distances to escape the cold weather
10、in the north. In November, millions of Monarchs fall like bright, golden rain onto the forests in the mountains of central Mexico. In the silence of these mountains you can hear a strange flapping (拍动 ) of wings, as the Monarchs arrive at their destination. In the mountains, which reach a height of
11、3,000 metres, the butterflies are safe. Before reaching their journeys end they have faced strong winds, rain. and snowstorms and they do not all manage to reach their destination. When the winters are really bad, perhaps 70 per cent of them will not survive. Their long journey to Mexico is thought
12、to be one of the most amazing events in the whole of the American continent. When they get there they will stay until the beginning of April, when their internal calendar tells them that it is time to go back. The long journey, with all its dangers, begins again. These delicate creatures now face da
13、nger of another kind - from scientific progress. In the US, millions of farms grow genetically modified maize which is pure poison for the butterfly. Laboratory experiments have shown that half of the butterflies which feed on the leaves of genetically modified maize die within 48 hours. Not all exp
14、erts agree that this variety of maize is responsible for the threat to the Monarchs. In spite of these doubts, the European Union has refused to approve new crops of genetically modified maize until further investigations have been carried out. Greenpeace is campaigning against genetically modified
15、products (in Spain, there are already 20,000 hectares of modified maize). The environmental organization recently published a list of 100 species of butterfly in Europe alone which are threatened with extinction. 16 The Monarch butterfly travels 5,000 km each year. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not men
16、tioned 17 The Monarch butterfly looks fragile. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 18 The Mexicans like butterflies very much. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 19 In bad winters, about 70 per cent of the butterflies can stay alive. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 20 In early Ap
17、ril, the butterflies leave their winter homes flying back north. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 21 Genetically modified maize isnt poisonous to the butterflies. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 22 Genetically modified products are not popular in Mexico. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） N
18、ot 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。 23 The Magic Io Personal Digital Pen Check out the personal digital pen by Logitech: Its a magic pen that can store everything you write and transfer it to
19、 your computer. And you dont have to lug a hand-held device along with you for it to work. Logitechs technology works like this: the pen writes normally, using normal ballpoint pen ink. But while you are writing, a tiny camera inside the pen is also taking 100 snapshots per second of what you are do
20、ing, mapping your writing via a patchwork of minute dots printed on the paper. All this information the movement of your pen on the paper, basically s then stored digitally inside the pen, whether you are writing notes or drawing complex diagrams. You can store up to 40 pages worth of doodles in the
21、 pens memory. As far you are concerned, you are just using a normal pen. It is only when you drop the pen into its PC-connected cradle (支架 that the fun begins. Special software on your PC will figure out what you have done, and begin to download any documents you have written since the last time it
22、was there. Depending on whether you have ticked (打上记号 )rtain boxes on the special notepad (记事本 )t can also tell whether the document is destined to be an e-mail, a “to do“ task, or a diagram to be inserted into a word-processing document. Once the documents are downloaded you can view them, print th
23、em out or convert them to other formals. The io personal digital pen is a neat and simply solution to the problem of storing, sharing and retrieving handwritten notes, as well as for handling diagrams, pictures and other non-text doodling. You dont have to carry a laptop along with you. All you have
24、 to do is just whip out the pen and the special paper and you are off. It is a great product because it does not force you to work differently alking around with a screen strapped to your arm, or carrying with you extra bits and pieces. The pen is light and works like a normal pen if you need it to,
25、 while the special notepads look and feel like notepads. The only strange looks will be from people who are curious about why your are writing with a cigar. The io personal digital pen also has potential elsewhere. Fedex, for example, is introducing a version of the pen so that customers can fill ou
26、t forms by hand instead of punching letter into cumbersome devices. Once that data is digital more or less anything can be done with it transferring it wirelessly to a central computer, for example, or via a hand-phone. Doctors could transmit their prescriptions direct to pharmacies, reducing fraud;
27、 policemen could send their reports back to the station, reducing paper work. 23 A. a friendly and convenient device B. ways to download the stored information C. examples of other potential applications of the in pen D. customers passion for the in pen E. Fedex, the first user of the in pen F. work
28、ing principle of the in personal digital pen 23 Paragraph 2 _. 24 Paragraph 3 _. 25 Paragraph 5 _. 26 Paragraph 6 _. 27 A. you dont have to carry your laptop along B. the information will be shown digitally on the pen C. Fedex has special software to store your information D. it works like an ordina
29、ry pen E. you simply place the pen into its computer-connected cradle F. the movement of your pen is recorded digitally inside the pen 27 There is no need to learn how to use the in personal digital pen because _. 28 If you want to download what you have done with the magic pen, _. 29 The magic pen
30、is particularly convenient when you work away from home or office because _. 30 No matter what you write or draw, _. 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。 31 Urban Rainforest On the west side of the island of Manhattan in New York City, tree by tree, leaf by leaf, a 2,5
31、00 square foot sector of the Central African Republics Dzanga Ndoki Rainforest has been transported to, or recreated at, the American Museum of Natural Historys new hall of biodiversity. When the hall opens this May, visitors will visit one of the worlds biggest and most accurate reproduction of one
32、 of natures most threatened creations. To bring the rainforest to New York, a team of nearly two dozen scientists the largest collecting expedition the museum has ever organized for an exhibit spent five weeks in the African rainforest collecting soil, plants, and leaves: recording and documenting s
33、pecies; studying trees; shooting videotape and still photos: and interviewing local people. “This area has been explored very little,“ says Hoel Cracraft who estimates that the museum will eventually collect 150 to 180 mammals, more than 300 species of birds, hundreds of butterflies, and hundreds of
34、 thousands, if not millions, of organisms. The exhibition may even have produced a special prize scientists suspect they have uncovered several new species. To give the forest a sense of realness, the back wall of the exhibit is an enormous ,video screen, sounds will come out from hidden speakers, a
35、nd plans even call for forest smells. Computer controls will vary the effects so that no two walkthroughs will ever be exactly the same. After the team returned to New York, the forest was reproduced with the help of the computer. Computer Modelling programmes plotted distances and special relations
36、hips. Artists studied photos and brought what they saw to life. Plaster trees were made. Recreated animals began to stand in the rainforest of the hall. Flying creatures will hang from the ceiling. The light in the forest one of the exhibits cleverest re-creations will seem real. Long tube lights wi
37、ll have the correct colour and temperature to produce a natural effect. The plants and animals exhibited throughout the hall exist naturally in a perfect balance remove one, and the whole is imperfect if not endangered. The exhibit is proof to the hope that the worlds rainforests will never exist so
38、lely as a carefully preserved artifact. 31 What is this passage mainly about? （ A） The history of the American Museum of Natural History. （ B） The reproduction of the rainforest at a New York museum. （ C） Visitors interest in the rainforest reproduction at a New York museum. （ D） Saving min forests
39、in the Central African Republic. 32 How did the museum collect the data in the Central African Republic? （ A） It sent a large team of scientists there. （ B） It cooperated with many African scientists. （ C） It recruited local people to collect mammals, etc. （ D） It sent cameramen to shoot videotapes.
40、 33 To give the forest a sense of realness, all the following are used EXCEPT that _. （ A） hidden loudspeakers are used to produce forest sound （ B） a huge video screen is put up on the back wall （ C） special equipment is employed to produce forest smells （ D） the forest is surrounded by front and b
41、ack walls 34 What is the main theme of the last paragraph? （ A） The layout of the rainforest exhibition. （ B） The balance between animals and plants. （ C） The clever design of lighting. （ D） Preservation of the rainforest exhibition as an artifact. 35 What does the last sentence of the passage most
42、probably mean? （ A） The rainforest in the Central African Republic will be preserved forever. （ B） The well-designed exhibit will be preserved as an artifact. （ C） The exhibit reflects the hope that natural rainforests will be well preserved. （ D） The exhibit of the rainforest in the museum is the s
43、ole one in the world. 36 IQ-gene In the angry debate over how much of IQ comes from the genes that children inherit from parents and how much comes from experiences, one little fact gets overlooked: no one has identified any genes (other than those that cause retardation) that affect intelligence. S
44、o researchers led by Robert Plomin of Londons Institute of Psychiatry decided to look for some. They figured that if you want to find a “smart gene“ you should look in smart kids. They therefore examined the DNA of students like those who are so bright that they take college entrance exams four year
45、s early and still score at Princeton caliber levels. The scientists found what they sought. “We have,“ says Plomin, “the first specific gene ever associated with general intelligence.“ Plomins colleagues drew blood from two groups of 51 children each, all 6 to 15 years old and living in six counties
46、 around Cleveland. In one group, the average IQ is 103. All the children are white. Isolating the blood cells, the researchers then examined each childs chromosome 6 of the 37 landmarks on chromosome 6 that the researchers looked for, one jumped out: a form of gene called IGF2R occurred in twice as
47、many children in the high-IQ group as in the average group 32 percent versus 16 percent. The study, in the May issue of the journal Psychological Science, concludes that it is this form of the IGF2R gene that contributes to intelligence. Some geneticists see major problems with the IQ-gene study. On
48、e is the possibility that Plomins group fell for “chopsticks fallacy“. Geneticists might think theyve found a gene for chopsticks flexibility. But all theyve really found is a gene more common m Asians than, say, Africans. Similarly, Plomins IQ gene might simply be one that is more common in groups
49、mat emphasize academic achievement.“ What is the gene that theyve found reflects ethnicity?“ asks geneticist Andrew Feinberg of Johns Hopkins University. “That alone might explain the link to intelligence, since IQ tests are known for being culturally sensitive and affected by a childs environment.“ And Neil Risch of Stand ford University points out that if you look for 37 genes on a chromosome, as the research
