1、职称英语（综合类） B级模拟试卷 9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 Having decided to rent a flat, we commenced contacting all the accommodation agencies in the city. （ A） set about （ B） set down （ C） set out （ D） set up 2 If you go to a number of different sho
2、ps, youll find great variation of price for the same articles. （ A） variety （ B） difference （ C） vanity （ D） scarcity 3 In 1976, a terrible earthquake killed countless people in China. People fear an earth quake will take place again. （ A） incur （ B） recur （ C） occur （ D） curb 4 A careless person is
3、 apt to make mistakes. （ A） capable （ B） given （ C） inclined （ D） subject 5 He flew into a fury when I said I couldnt help him any more. （ A） anger （ B） pool （ C） boat （ D） crowd 6 In order to show his boss what a careful worker he was, he took extra trouble over the figures. （ A） extensive （ B） spa
4、re （ C） additional （ D） supreme 7 Modest and easy to approach. Prof. Rosch soon put every one of us completely at ease. （ A） confront （ B） associate （ C） connect （ D） access 8 He was utterly exhausted at the end of the Marathon. （ A） utter （ B） sheer （ C） absolute （ D） completely 9 Workers must figh
5、t to get out of the clutches of bourgeois ideas. （ A） control （ B） manipulation （ C） mechanism （ D） grudge 10 Her figure was slender and graceful, her features good. （ A） feeble （ B） lovely （ C） beautiful （ D） pleasant 11 A peculiarly pointed chin is his most memorable facial feature. （ A） mark （ B）
6、 character （ C） trace （ D） appearance 12 So many people turned out for the meeting that there were not enough seats to accommodate them ail. （ A） count （ B） account （ C） contain （ D） delegate 13 All the nations in the world are supposed to uphold the principles set by the United Nations. （ A） inspec
7、t （ B） incorporate （ C） support （ D） integrate 14 When there is a(n) slump in a country it is difficult to do trade, and many people are out of work. （ A） descent （ B） depression （ C） inertia （ D） decrease 15 The duty of a soldier is to defend his country. （ A） resist （ B） assure （ C） guard （ D） con
8、tribute 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 The difference between men and women shoppers Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for woman. A man goes shopping because he needs somet
9、hing. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, a
10、nd the business of trying it on proceeds at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly and chat and to everyones satisfaction. For a man, slight problems many begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wa
11、nts. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly; he does so with skill and polish: “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would
12、you like to try it for size. It happens to be the colour you mentioned. “Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: “This is the right colour and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.“ Now how does a woman go about buying clothes
13、? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She had never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look round“. She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what
14、 companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lookout for the unexpected barga
15、in. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provides chairs for the waiting
16、husbands. 16 When a man is buying clothes he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 17 Women shoppers for clothes welcome suggestions from anyone. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 18 Women rarely consider buying cheap clothes. （ A）
17、 Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 19 Women often buy things without giving the matter proper thought. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 20 A man usually does not buy anything when he cannot get exactly what he want. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 21 The most obvious difference be
18、tween men and women shoppers lies in that women bargain for their clothes, but men do not. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 22 The things women buy are often paid by their husbands. （ 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题要求从所给的
19、 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 Stock exchange 1. Large companies need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, on a smaller scale, faces practically every company trying to develop new products and create new jobs. 2. there can be little
20、 prospect of raising the sort of sums needed from friends and people we know, and while banks may agree to provide short-term finance, they are generally unwilling to provide money on a permanent basis for long-term projects. So companies turn to the public, inviting people to lend them money, or ta
21、ke a share in the business in exchange for a share in future profits. This they do by issuing stocks and shares in the business through The Stock Exchange. By doing so they can put into circulation the savings of individuals and institutions, both at home and overseas. 3. When the saver needs his mo
22、ney back, he does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other saver who is seeking to invest his money. 4. Many of the services needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the Government or by local a
23、uthorities. Without hospitals, roads, electricity, telephones, railways, this country could not function. All these require continuous spending on new equipment and new development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than is raised through taxes alone. The Government, local author
24、ities, and nationalised industries therefore frequently need to borrow money to finance major capital spending, and they, too, come to The Stock Exchange. 5. There is hardly a man or woman in this country whose job or whose standard of living does not depend on the ability of his/her employers to ra
25、ise money to finance new development. In one way or another this new money must come from the savings of the country. The Stock Exchange exists to provide a channel through which these savings can reach those who need finance. 23 A.The way companies reaching the savings B.Why stock exchange comes in
26、to being C.The faction of stock exchange D.How the savers take their money back E.Another factor which stock exchange F.How to use stock 23 Paragraph 2 _. 24 Paragraph 3 _. 25 Paragraph 4 _. 26 Paragraph 5 _. 27 A.a more successful company B.in constant need of financial support C.as much money as t
27、hey wish D.he population as a whole for finance E.by the selling of shares in the companies F.to finance new development 27 Almost all companies involved in new production and development must depend on _. 28 The money which enables these companies to go ahead with their projects is raised _. 29 All
28、 the essential services on which we depend are _. 30 The stock exchange makes it possible for the Government, local authorities and nationalised industries to raise _. 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 The treasure Locked away in a vault underneath the presidenti
29、al palace in Kabul is a priceless treasure which is at the mercy of the American bombardment and the Talebans spite and greed. Art experts want the UN to rescue this 2, 100-year-old hoard of gold antiquities, called the Treasure of Bactria, before it is destroyed or the Tableban melt it down. What i
30、s remarkable is that the 20,000 or more gold statues, necklaces and ornaments set with precious stones have survived for so long in a city scarred by years of war. Rumors swirl around the bazaars of the capital about what the Taleban has done with the treasure, which was excavated from a royal buria
31、l site in northern Afghanistan by a Soviet team during the Soviet Unions occupation. The team described how the 20,000 gold pieces included statues, necklaces, dress ornaments, hairpins and buckles deco rated with precious stones. There were also plaques decorated with jewels and a crown covered in
32、pearls and turquoise. The treasure survived until its excavation in 1978. After that, the countrys former President Najibullah, sealed it in many trunks and hid them in a vault and protected by a steel door shut by seven locks with keys held by seven different people. At least three of the key holde
33、rs are now dead, Mr. Najibullah included. Another popular fable circulating in Kabul is that the Russians have a duplicate set of the seven keys. Others claim that a traitor team of Soviet troops broke into the vault in the last hours before they abandoned Kabul and replaced some of the treasures wi
34、th fakes. Now all anyone can say for sure is that the treasure was last seen and inspected by international archaeologists in 1993. when the safe was opened to clarify rumors that the Afghans had sold it. UNESCO says that it has given the Americans a map so that its bombers can avoid vital cultural
35、sites, which include the vault in the presidential palace and other places, where other museum treasures are stored. There are many in Kabul who say the Taleban have already handed the treasure to Osama Bin Laden. Robert Kluyver, of the Society for the Preservation of Afghanistans Cultural Heritage,
36、 was told recently that Bin Laden had arranged for it to be smuggled across the mountains to Pakistan in March where dealers awaited his orders to sell it. 31 What is special about the treasures? （ A） There are many gold ornaments decorated with precious stones. （ B） These treasures have survived co
37、ntinual wars in such a place. （ C） These treasures have suffered from American bombing. （ D） These treasures were found by some military troops. 32 What did the former president do to protect the treasures? （ A） He assigned 7 people to protect 1/7 of them respectively. （ B） He invited international
38、archaeologists to inspect them. （ C） He invited Soviet troops to protect them. （ D） He hid them in a vault with a steel door with seven locks. 33 What has UNESCO done to protect these treasures? （ A） It has sent international archaeologists to see and inspect them. （ B） It has persuaded the UN to re
39、scue them. （ C） It has given the Americans a map so that its bombers could avoid them. （ D） It has sent dealers to wait for Ben Laden to sell them. 34 Where are the treasures now according to the writer? （ A） They have been smuggled to Pakistan by Bin Laden. （ B） They have been robbed by some Soviet
40、 troops. （ C） They are still locked in a vault in Kabul. （ D） They have been bombed by American bombers. 35 Why were the treasures inspected by international archaeologists in 1993? （ A） To find out if the treasures had been replaced by Soviet troops. （ B） To prove that the treasures were still ther
41、e instead of having been sold. （ C） Because the Afghans wanted to sell these treasures. （ D） Because the Afghans wanted to protect these treasures. 36 Shopping online Internet retailer AMAZON. COM on Wednesday released a rare and revealing peek at its customers shopping habits, taken from a Septembe
42、r e-mail poll of 2,072 customers of its French, German and United kingdom sites. The company said the research was done in the name of improving customer service. “We have to learn from the nuances and idiosyncrasies of each nations shopping habits to see how we can serve our customers better this C
43、hristmas, “said Robin Terrell, managing director of Amazon. co. uk. The findings paint a unique picture of the shopping habits of the worlds largest online retailer, plus their motivation and preferences. For instance, the round-the-clock convenience of e-commerce ranked above price as the prime mot
44、ivating factor for online shoppers, the company said. And more purchases are made from home than work. According to the poll results, 31 percent of shoppers plunk down their credit card during work hours, against 67 percent at home or in a home office. The notable exception is Ireland, where 46 perc
45、ent of shoppers polled do so while at their office desk. The British are the second worst offenders, with 40 percent admitting to on-the-job shopping, while the Danes are the most honorable, with one in five making a purchase while on the job. At 53 percent, the majority of Europeans shop in the eve
46、nings at home. Austrians and Germans are the most avid night owl shoppers, with 63 percent and 62 percent, respectively, reporting this habit. The Germans, though, are the least likely group to shop online after 10 p. m., the study said. Other findings include: the French and British are most active
47、 shoppers with three in 10 visiting e-commerce sites more than 10 times per month; and the Irish have the greatest concentration of shopaholics one in ten hit the cyber shops more than 20 times a month, twice the European average. In contrast, just 1 percent of Italians polled shop online more than
48、20 times per month. The least active group are the Dutch, with 25 percent reporting they shop online once a month or less. But among the senior set, Dutch “silver surfers“ Internet users above the age of 50 shop online 20 percent of the time, Amazon said. The French, meanwhile, like to get an early
49、and late crack at online shopping with 18 percent logging on after 10 p.m. and 11 before 10 a. m., the company said. And what about the Swedes? According to the survey, the Swedes are most likely among those polled to buy something they hadnt planned on purchasing. 36 What, according to this passage, is the prime motivating factor for online shoppers? （ A） Price. （ B） Convenience. （ C） Fashion. （ D） Curiosity. 37 What is the purpose of the poll made by AMAZON. COM? （ A） To release a revealing peek at its customers shoppi
