1、职称英语（综合类） A级模拟试卷 7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 We consume a lot more than we are able to produce. （ A） waste （ B） buy （ C） use （ D） sell 2 As a writer, he turned out three novels that year. （ A） refused （ B） read （ C） produced （ D） accepted
2、 3 Winston Churchill gave a moving speech. （ A） nervous （ B） foolish （ C） stirring （ D） fast 4 We tried to restrict our conversation to arguments relevant to the topic, （ A） put （ B） suit （ C） confine （ D） resort 5 It doesnt stand to reason that he would lie. （ A） seem logical （ B） look pleasant （ C
3、） appear obvious （ D） sound important 6 The company recommended that a new gas station be built here. （ A） ordered （ B） insisted （ C） suggested （ D） demanded 7 A plastic wheel can be as tough as a metal one. （ A） useful （ B） tight （ C） weak （ D） strong 8 Of all the planets in this solar system, Merc
4、ury is nearest the Sun. （ A） most like （ B） closest to （ C） hotter than （ D） heavier than 9 If wool is put into hot water, it tends to shrink. （ A） disappear （ B） expand （ C） break （ D） contract 10 The train came to an abrupt stop, making us wonder where we were. （ A） an uncertain （ B） a slow （ C） a
5、n unexpected （ D） a smooth 11 Almost all economists agree that nations gain by trading with one another. （ A） work （ B） profit （ C） rely （ D） prove 12 The conference explored the possibility of closer trade links. （ A） denied （ B） investigated （ C） stressed （ D） created 13 The chemical is deadly to
6、rats but safe to cattle. （ A） fatal （ B） hateful （ C） good （ D） useful 14 During his lifetime he was able to accumulate quite a fortune, （ A） control （ B） spend （ C） collect （ D） exchange 15 Its impolite to cut in when two persons are holding a conversation. （ A） leave （ B） talk loudly （ C） stand up
7、 （ D） interrupt 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 Going Back to Its Birthplace No sporting event takes hold of the worlds attention and imagination like the Olympic Games. The football World Cup fascinates fa
8、ns in Europe and South America; baseballs World Series is required viewing in North America; and the World Table Tennis Championships attracts the most interest in Asia. But the Olympics belong to the whole world. Now, after travelling to 17 countries over 108 years, the summer Games are returning t
9、o Athens, the place where the first modern Olympics was held. Participation in the Games is looked on not only as an achievement, but also as an honour. The 16 days between August 13 and 29 will see a record 202 countries compete, up from Sydneys 199. Afghanistan is back, having been banned from Syd
10、ney because the Taliban government didnt let women do sports. There is also a place for newcomers East Timor and Kiribati. A total of 10,500 athletes will compete in 28 sports, watched by 5.3 million ticket-paying viewers as well as a television audience of 4 billion. Athens is to use its rich histo
11、ry and culture to make the Olympics as special as possible. The Games will open with cycling events which start in front of the Parthenon and Acropolis monuments. The final event will be a historic mens marathon following the original route run by Phidippides in 490 BC to bring news of victory over
12、the Persians. The ancient stadium at Olympia, first used for the Games nearly three centuries ago, will stage the shot put competitions. And the Panathenian Stadium, where the first modern Olympics was held, is to host the archery (射箭 ) events. If the well-known ancient sites deliver a great sense o
13、f history to the Games, the 39 new venues add a modern touch to the city of Athens. The main Olympic stadium, with a giant glass and steel roof, is the landmark (标志 ) building of the Olympics. “We believe that we will organize a magical Games,“ said Athens 2004 President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalak
14、i. “Our history with the Olympic Games goes back nearly 3,000 years, and Athens 2004 could be the best ever.“ 16 The World Table Tennis Championships attracts the most interest in Asian countries. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 17 Participation in the Olympic Games is looked upon as an hon
15、or as well as an achievement. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 18 Many state leaders will attend the opening ceremony. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 19 The Games will open with cycling events because these events will take hold of the worlds attention. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） N
16、ot mentioned 20 The first modern Olympics was held nearly three centuries ago. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 21 The Panathenian Stadium is the landmark building of Olympics. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 22 Athens 2004 has been proven to be the best Olympic Games. （ A） Right （
17、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。 23 Stanford University 1 Stanford University, famous as one of northern Californias several institutions of higher learning, is sometimes ca
18、lled “the Harvard of the West.“ The closeness of Stanford to San Francisco, a city thirty-two miles to the north, gives the university a decidedly cosmopolitan (世界性的 ) flavor. 2 The students are enrolled mainly from the western United States. But most of the fifty states send students to Stanford, a
19、nd many foreign students study here, as well. And standards for admission remain high. Young men and women are selected to enter the university from the upper fifteen percent of their high school classes. 3 Not only because of the high caliber (素质 ) of its students but also because of the desirable
20、location and climate, Stanford has attracted to its faculty some of the worlds most respected scholars. The university staff has included many Nobel prize winners such as Dr. Felix Bloch, Dr. Robert Hofstadter, and Dr. William Shockley in physics, Dr. Author Kornberg and Dr. Joshua Lederberg in medi
21、cine, and Dr. Paul J. Flory and Dr. Linus Pauling in chemistry. The Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenistsyn has been in residence. Stanfords undergraduate school of engineering and its graduate schools of business, law, and medicine are especially well-regarded. 4 What is student life like on “The
22、Farm“? Culturally, the campus is a magnet for both students and citizens of nearby communities. Plays, concerts, and operas are performed in the universitys several auditoriums and in its outdoor theater, where graduations are also held. Several film series are presented during the school year. Gues
23、t lecturers from public and academic life frequently appear on campus. In the evenings, many students gather to socialize in the Student Unions coffee house; here the beverages (饮料 ) and the atmosphere both have a decidedly European flavor. For the sports-minded, the Stanford campus offers highly de
24、veloped athletic facilities. Team sports, swimming, and track and field activity are all very much part or the Stanford picture. So are bicycling and jogging. 5 In addition to financial support from alumni (校友 ), Stanford receives grants from the government and from private philanthropic (慈善的 ) foun
25、dations. In recent years, government grants have made possible advanced studies in the fields of history, psychology, education, and atomic energy. At present Stanford is carrying out an ambitious building program, financed in part by the Ford Foundations 25 million grant. Recently added to the camp
26、us are a new physics building, new school of business, new graduate school of law, new student union, and undergraduate library. 23 A.Colorful Life on Campus B.Intelligent Student Body C.School Administration D.Distinguished Faculty E. Substantial Financial Support F. The Harvard of the West 23 Para
27、graph 2_ 24 Paragraph 3_ 25 Paragraph 4_ 26 Paragraph 5_ 27 A.they can find the best students B.the universitys academic advancement and physical extension C.some of the most distinguished scholars of the world D.where a sports meet is held every year E. must have been the top students in their clas
28、ses F. must be hardworking 27 Those high school graduates who can enter Stanford University_ 28 Many professors like to teach in this university partly because here_ 29 On the faculty of the university there are_ 30 Financial support from both private organizations and the government has made possib
29、le_ 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 “Salty“ Rice Plant Boosts Harvests British scientists are breeding a new generation of rice plants that will be able to grow in soil containing salt water. Their work may enable abandoned farms to become productive once more.
30、 Tim Flowers and Tony Yeo, from Sussex Universitys School of Biological Sciences, have spent several years researching how crops, such as rice, could be made to grow in water that has become salty. The pair have recently begun a three-year programme, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Scienc
31、es Research Council, to establish which genes enable some plants to survive salty conditions. The aim is to breed this capability into crops, starting with rice. It is estimated that each year more than 10m hectares (公顷 ) of agricultural land are lost because salt gets into the soil and stunts (妨碍生长
32、 ) plants. The problem is caused by several factors. In the tropics, mangroves (红树林 ) that create swamps (沼泽 ) and traditionally formed barriers to sea water have been cut down. In the Mediterranean, a series of droughts have caused the water table to drop, allowing sea water to seep (渗透 ) in. In La
33、tin America, irrigation often causes problems when water is evaporated (蒸发 ) by the heat, leaving salt deposits behind. Excess salt then enters the plants and prevents them functioning normally. Heavy concentrations of minerals in the plants stop them drawing up the water they need to survive. To ov
34、ercome these problems, Flowers and Yeo decided to breed rice plants that take in very little salt and store what they do absorb in cells that do not affect the plants growth. They have started to breed these characteristics into a new rice crop, but it will take about eight harvests before the resul
35、ting seeds are ready to be considered for commercial use. Once the characteristics for surviving salty soil are known, Flowers and Yeo will try to breed the appropriate genes into all manners of crops and plants. Land that has been abandoned to nature will then be able to bloom again, providing much
36、 needed food in the poorer countries of the world. 31 Which of the following statements about Flowers and Yeo is true? （ A） They are students at Sussex University. （ B） They are rice breeders. （ C） They are husband and wife. （ D） They are colleagues at an institution of higher learning. 32 Flowers a
37、nd Yeo have started a programme （ A） to find ways to prevent water pollution. （ B） to identify genes that promote growth in salty soil. （ C） to breed rice plants that taste salty. （ D） to find ways to remove excessive salt from soil. 33 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause of the probl
38、em discussed in ti passage? （ A） Natural barriers to sea water have been destroyed. （ B） The water table has gone down after droughts. （ C） Sea level has been continuously rising. （ D） Evaporation of water leaves salt behind, 34 The word “affect“ in Paragraph 6 could be best replaced by （ A） influen
39、ce. （ B） effect. （ C） stop. （ D） present. 35 The attitude of the author towards the research project is （ A） positive. （ B） negative. （ C） suspicious. （ D） indifferent. 36 Fords Assembly Line When it comes to singling out those who have made a difference in all our lives, you cannot overlook Henry F
40、ord. A historian a century from now might well conclude that it was Ford who most influenced all manufacturing, everywhere, even to this day, by introducing a new way to make cars one, strange to say, that originated in slaughterhouses (屠宰场 ). Back in the early 1900%, slaughterhouses used what could
41、 have been called a “disassembly line“. Ford reversed this process to see if it would speed up production of a part of an automobile engine called a magneto. Rather than have each worker completely assemble a magneto, one of its elements was placed on a conveyer, and each worker, as it passed, added
42、 another component to it, the same one each time. Professor David Hounshell of the University of Delaware, an expert on industrial development, tells what happened: “The previous day, workers carrying out the entire process had averaged one assembly every 20 minutes. But on that day, on the line, th
43、e assembly team averaged one every 13 minutes and 10 seconds per person.“ Within a year, the time had been reduced to five minutes. In 1913, Ford went all the way. Hooked together by ropes, partially assembled vehicles were towed (拖，拉 ) past workers who completed them one piece at a time. It wasnt l
44、ong before Ford was turning out several hundred thousand cars a year, a remarkable achievement then. And so efficient and economical was this new system that he cut the price of his cars in half, to $260, putting them within reach of all those who, up until that time, could not afford them. Soon, au
45、to makers over the world copied him. In fact, he encouraged them to do so by writing a book about all of his innovations, entitled Today and Tomorrow. The Age of the Automobile has arrived. Today, aided by robots and other forms of automation (自动化 ), everything from toasters to perfumes is made on a
46、ssembly lines. 36 Which of the following statements about Henry Ford is NOT true? （ A） He introduced a new way of production. （ B） He influenced all manufacturing. （ C） He inspired other auto makers. （ D） He changed the minds of historians. 37 The writer mentions “slaughterhouses“ because they were
47、the places where （ A） Fords assembly line originated. （ B） Ford made his first car. （ C） Ford readjusted the assembly line. （ D） Ford innovated the disassembly line: 38 A magneto is a technical term for （ A） an automobile. （ B） a production line. （ C） a part of an automobile engine. （ D） a disassemb
48、ly line. 39 The phrase “turning out“ in the last paragraph could be best replaced by （ A） producing. （ B） selling. （ C） buying. （ D） fixing, 40 The invention of the assembly line enabled Henry Ford （ A） to create more jobs for the unemployed. （ B） to write a book on history. （ C） to reduce the price
49、 of his cars to $260. （ D） to cut the production of his cars by 50%. 41 Play Play is the principal business of childhood, and in recent years research has shown the great importance of play in the development of a human being. From earliest infancy, every child needs opportunity and the right materials for play, and the main tools of play are toys. Their main function is to suggest, encourage and assist play. To succeed in this they must be good toys, which children will play with often, and will come back to again
