1、职称英语（综合类） C级模拟试卷 4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 She was close to success. （ A） fast （ B） quick （ C） near （ D） tight 2 The two girls look alike. （ A） beautiful （ B） similar （ C） pretty （ D） attractive 3 The boy is intelligent. （ A） clever （ B
2、） naughty （ C） difficult （ D） active 4 Everybody was glad ad to see Mary back. （ A） sorry （ B） sad （ C） angry （ D） happy 5 What is your goal in life? （ A） plan （ B） aim （ C） arrangement （ D） idea 6 Jack was dismissed. （ A） fired. （ B） fined （ C） exhausted （ D） criticized 7 John is crazy about pop mu
3、sic. （ A） sorry （ B） mad （ C） concerned （ D） worried 8 It is the movement, not the color, of objects that excites the bull. （ A） frightens （ B） scares （ C） arouses （ D） confuses 9 It is highly unlikely that she will arrive today. （ A） probably （ B） very （ C） hardly （ D） possibly 10 I am feeling a lo
4、t more healthy than I was. （ A） many （ B） no （ C） much （ D） some 11 Since ancient times people have found various ways to preserve meat. （ A） eat （ B） cook （ C） freeze （ D） keep 12 We packed up the things we had accumulated (积累 ) over the last three years and left. （ A） late （ B） recent （ C） past （
5、D） final 13 The expedition reached the summit at 10:30 that morning. （ A） bottom of the mountain （ B） foot of the mountain （ C） top of the mountain （ D） starting point 14 There is always excitement at the Olympic Games when an athlete breaks a previous record of performance. （ A） beats （ B） destroys
6、 （ C） maintains （ D） defends 15 The president proposed that we should bring the meeting to a close. （ A） stated （ B） said （ C） suggested （ D） announced 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 TV Games Shows One of
7、 the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience. A novel can be on the “best sellers“ list with a sale of fewer than 100,000 copies, but a popular TV show might have 70 million TV viewers. TV can make anything or anyone well known overnight. This is the principle behind “qu
8、iz“ or “game“ shows, which put ordinary people on TV to play a game for the prize and money. A quiz show can make anyone a star, and it can give away thousands of dollars just for fun. But all of this money can create problems. For instance, in the 1950s, quiz shows were very popular in the US and a
9、lmost everyone watched them. Charles Van Doren, an English instructor, became rich and famous after winning money on several shows. He even had a career as a television personality. But one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheating. It turned out that the shows producers, who were pul
10、ling the strings, gave the answers to the most popular contestants beforehand. Why? Because if the audience didnt like the person who won the game, they turned the show off. Based on his story, a movie under the title “Quiz Show“ is on 40 years later. Charles Van Doren is no longer involved with TV.
11、 But game shows are still here, though they arent taken as seriously. In fact, some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible. There are shows that send strangers on vacation trips together, or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight on TV, or that punish losers by humiliating them. The e
12、ntertainment now is to see what people will do just to be on TV. People still win money, but the real prize is to be in front of an audience of millions. 16 TV can make a beggar world-famous overnight. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 17 The principle behind “quiz“ or “game“ shows is to put
13、ordinary people on TV to play a game for prizes and money. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 18 Prizes and money are usually provided by TV stars and large companies for winners. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 19 One of the TV personalities, Charles Van Doren was proved to be cheati
14、ng by persuading the shows producers to give him the answers beforehand. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 20 The huge scandal of cheating in TV games shows was not exposed until 40 years later in the movie “Quiz Show“. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 21 Nowadays game shows are not t
15、reated as seriously as they used to be. （ A） Right （ B） Wrong （ C） Not mentioned 22 Winners of present-day TV shows no longer get money from the shows. （ 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 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
16、从所给的 6个选项中为每个句子确定一个最佳选项。 23 How to Argue with Your Boss Before you argue with your boss, check with the boss secretary to determine his mood. If he ate nails for breakfast, it is not a good idea to ask him for something. Even without the boss secretary, there are keys to timing: dont approach the bo
17、ss when hes on deadline; dont go in right before lunch, when he is apt to be distracted and rushed; dont go in just before or after he has taken a vacation. If youre mad, that will only make your boss mad. Calm down first. And dont let a particular concern open the floodgates for all your accumulate
18、d frustration. The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then, maybe he will dismiss you. Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss. Sometimes the fi
19、ght will go away when the issues are made clear. The employee has to get his point across clearly in order to make the boss understand it. Your boss has enough on his mind without your adding more. If you cant put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem. People wh
20、o frequently present problems without solutions to their bosses may soon find they cant get past the secretary. To deal effectively with a boss, its important to consider his goals and pressures. If you can put yourself in the position of being a partner to the boss, then he will be naturally more i
21、nclined to work you to achieve your goals. 23 A. Keep your voice low all the time. B. Put, yourself in the bosss position. C. Propose your solution. D. Dont go in when you are angry. E. Make the issue clear. F Never give in. 23 Paragraph 2_ 24 Paragraph 3_ 25 Paragraph 4_ 26 Paragraph 5_ 27 A. to gi
22、ve the boss your advice B. how he is feeling C. the boss may have D. what you really want to talk to him about E. without suggesting a way to solve it F how unhappy you are 27 If you want to ask the boss for anything, it is important to find out first_ 28 It is necessary to make clear to the boss_ 2
23、9 It is not wise to present the boss with a problem_ 30 You must be considerate and think of the troubles_ 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 A Thirsty World The world is not only hungry; it is also thirsty for water. This seems strange to you, since nearly 75% of
24、 the earths surface is covered with water. But about 97% of this huge amount is from sea-water, or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3% the fresh water that comes from rivers, lakes, underground, and other sources. And we cannot even use all of that, because some of it is in the form
25、of iceberg (冰山 ) and glaciers (冰川 ). Even worse, some of it has been polluted. At the moment, this small amount of fresh water is still enough for us. However, our need for water is increasing rapidly. Only if we take steps to deal with this problem now can we avoid a severe worldwide water shortage
26、 later on. A limited water supply would have a bad effect on agriculture and industry. In addition to stopping wasting our precious water, one useful step we should take is to develop ways of reusing it. Experiments have already been done in this field, but only on a small scale. Today, in most larg
27、e cities tanks, water is used only once and it eventually returns to the sea or runs into underground storage tanks. But it is possible to pipe water that has been used to a purifying (净化 ) plant. There it can be filtered (过滤 ) and treated with chemicals so that it can be used again just as it were
28、fresh from a spring. But even if every large city purified and reused its water, we still would not have enough. Where could we turn next? To the oceans! All wed have to do to make use of the vast amount of sea-water is remove the salt. This salt-removing process is already in use in many parts of t
29、he world. 31 The phrase “the world“ in the first line of the passage refers to （ A） man （ B） you （ C） woman （ D） they 32 What percentage of the earths water can man actually use at present? （ A） Nearly 75 per cent. （ B） About 97 per cent. （ C） Exactly 3 per cent. （ D） Less than 3 per cent. 33 Accord
30、ing to the passage, we can avoid a worldwide water shortage in the future by （ A） increasing rainfall （ B） reusing water and utilizing sea-water （ C） cutting down our consumption of water （ D） reducing the number of factories producing steel 34 Which of the following statements, according to the pas
31、sage, is NOT true? （ A） A limited water supply will affect industrial production. （ B） Every large city purifies and reuses its water. （ C） Purified water is not exactly as fresh as spring water. （ D） Oceans are the largest water source. 35 According to the passage, sea-water can be turned into fres
32、h water by （ A） heating it up （ B） treating it with chemicals （ C） taking salt out of it （ D） drying it up 36 The Cherokee Nation Long before the white man came to America, the land belonged to the American Indian nations. The nation of the Cherokees lived in what is now the southeastern part of the
33、 United States. Aft6r the white man came, the Cherokees copied many of their ways. One Cherokee named Sequoyah saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to invent a way to write down the spoken Cherokee language. He began by making word pictures. For each word he drew a
34、picture. But that proved impossiblethere were just too many words. Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound. His alphabet proved amazingly easy to learn. Before long, many Cherokees knew how
35、to read and write in their own language. By 1828, they were even printing their own newspaper. In 1830, the US Congress passed a law. It allowed the government to remove Indians from their lands. The Cherokees refused to go. They had lived on their lands for centuries. It belonged to them. Why shoul
36、d they go to a strange land far beyond the Mississippi River? The army was sent to drive the Cherokees out. Soldiers surrounded their villages and marched them at gunpoint into the western territory. The sick, the old and the small children went in carts, along with their belongings. The rest of the
37、 people marched on foot or rode on horseback. It was November, yet many of them still wore their summer clothes. Cold and hungry, the Cherokees were quickly exhausted by the hardships of the journey. Many dropped dead and were buried by the roadside. When the last group arrived in their new home in
38、March 1839, more than 4,000 had died. It was indeed a march of death. 36 The Cherokee Nation used to live_. （ A） on the American continent （ B） in the southeastern part of the US （ C） beyond the Mississippi River （ D） in the western territory 37 One of the ways that Sequoyah copied from the white ma
39、n is the way of_. （ A） writing down the spoken language （ B） making word pictures （ C） teaching his people reading （ D） printing their own newspaper 38 A law was passed in 1830 to_. （ A） allow the Cherokees to stay where they were （ B） send the army to help the Cherokees （ C） force the Cherokees to
40、move westward （ D） forbid the Cherokees to read their newspaper 39 When the Cherokees began to leave their lands,_. （ A） they went in carts （ B） they went on horseback （ C） they marched on foot （ D） all of the above 40 Many Cherokees died on their way to their new home mainly because_. （ A） they wer
41、e not willing to go there （ B） the government did not provide transportation （ C） they did not have enough food and clothes （ D） the journey was long and boring 41 Snow The two things m snow and mountains which are needed for a ski area are the two things that cause avalanches, large mass of snow an
42、d ice crushing down the side of a mountain often called “White Death.“ It was the threat of the avalanche and its record as a killer of man in the western mountains that created the snow ranger. He first started on avalanche control work in the winter of 1937 1938 at Alta, Utah, in Wasatch National
43、Forest. This mountain valley was becoming well known to skiers. It was dangerous. In fact, more than 120 persons had lost their lives in 1936 and another 200 died in 1937 as a result of avalanches before it became a major ski area. Thus, development of Alta and other major ski resorts in the west wa
44、s dependent upon controlling the avalanche. The Forest Service set out to do it, and did, with its corps of snow rangers. It takes many things to make a snow ranger. The snow ranger must be in excellent physical condition. He must be a good skier and a skilled mountain climber. He should have at lea
45、st a high school education, and the more college courses in geology, physics, and related fields he has, the better. He studies snow, terrain, wind, and weather. He learns the conditions that produce avalanches. He learns to forecast avalanches and to bring them roaring on down the mountainsides to
46、reduce their killing strength. The snow ranger learns to do this by using artillery, by blasting with TNT, and by the difficult and skillful art of skiing avalanches down. The snow ranger, dressed in a green parka which has a bright yellow shoulder patch, means safety for people on ski slopes. He pu
47、lls the trigger on a 75 mm. Recoilless fire, skis waist deep in powder testing snow stability, or talks with the ski areas operator as he goes about his work to protect the public from the hazards of deep snow on steep mountain slopes. 41 The snow rangers are employees of_. （ A） the Forest Service （
48、 B） the Resource Bureau （ C） the Tourist Board （ D） the Sports Bureau 42 A snow ranger himself must be_. （ A） a college graduate （ B） a physicist （ C） a geologist （ D） a mountaineer 43 A snow ranger uses very powerful guns_. （ A） to warn skiers of an approaching avalanche （ B） to signal for help in
49、an emergency （ C） to create an avalanche （ D） to communicate with the ski areas operator. 44 What is the primary duty of the snow ranger? （ A） To make sure ski area operators are following safety roles. （ B） To predict and control avalanches in mountainous areas. （ C） To check skis and repair them. （ D） To forecast the weather. 45 The passage implies that a snow ranger （ A） knows how to use a pistol （ B） must write lengthy reports
