2015新版中石油职称英语模拟考试题_3(word版).doc

模拟试題三I. Vocabulary Section ADirections: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence and mark your answer on the answer sheet.1. Youll have to buy some new shoes as these are.A. used upB. wasted away C. broken down D. worn out2. Will all thosethe proposal raise their hands?A. in relation to B. in excess of C. in contrast to D. in favor of3. He is among those lucky students who have wonto first rate university.A. permission B. admittance C. profession D. admission4. People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their cars, and thiscreatesfurther problems.A. after allB. in turnC. in caseD. in time5. He was unable toto the group what he meant.A. get inB. get across C. get along D. get off6. Some old people dont like pop songs because they cantso much noise.A. resistB. tolerateC. sustainD. undergo7. His discovery countsnothing though he tried very hard.A. onB. forC. inD. up8. Difficulties and hardships havethe best qualities of the young geologist.A. brought out B. brought about C. brought forth D. brought up9. Richard doesnt think he could ever what is called “free-style” poetry.A. take onB. take over C. take toD. take after10. He kept rubbing the child until _ he fell asleep.A. long after B. soon after C. before long D. long beforeSection BDirections: There are 10 sentences in this section. Below each sentence are four other words or phrases. You are to choose the one word or phrase which would best keeping the meaning of the original sentence if it were substituted for the underlined word or phrase. Then, mark your answer on the answer sheet.11. One hundred years ago, communication lag between countries was measured in days or even months, but now due to modem technology the lags has been reduced to seconds.A. inconvenience B. delayC. intervalD. progress12. A full moons illumination will highlight the San Francisco skyline against the night sky.A. discernB. brightenC. illustrateD. project13. The issue we are discussing concerns everyone who has children.A. subjectB. bookC. articleD. equation14. Most teenagers think their actions are mature.A. grown-upB. intelligent C. seriousD. childlike15. The budget director wanted to be certain that his officers were aware of the deadline.A. ask ifB. pretend that C. make sure that D. know if16. An archeologist must know exactly where and when an artifact was found.A. intuitivelyB. immediately C. brieflyD. precisely17. The President forecast that war would soon break out between the two neighboring slates.A. hintedB. worriedC. predictedD. disagreed18. Jack said that it was essential to leave immediately.A. unwiseB. possibleC. desirableD. necessary19. Werent those two writers contemporaries?A. equally famousB. hostile to each otherC. familiar with each otherD. living at the same time20. Those housing projects must be designed and built according to very strict criteria.A. locationsB. relationsC. contractsD. standardsII Grammatical StructureSection ADirections: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B. C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence and mark your answer on the answer sheet.21. You are supposedeverything ready by now.A. to getB. gettingC. to have got D. having got22 .all behavior is learned behavior is a basic assumption of social scientists.A. NearlyB. That nearly C. It is nearly D. When nearly23. Ill lend you my cassette recorderIve done with it.A. every time B. the moment C. untilD. lest24. He wondered.A. what would his wifes reaction be B. how would be his wifes reaction C. what will be his wifes reaction D. what his wifes reaction would be25. The studentsthe exercises, the teacher went on to explain the text.A. doingB. didC. having done D. to do26. We shall start at seven if itby that time.A. will stop rainingB. stops to rainC. has stopped rainingD. will have stopped to rain27. Youher in office last Friday; Shes been out of town for two weeks.A. neednt have seenB. might have seenC. must have seenD. cant have seen28. Dont you know its the first time he this kind of meeting?A. attendsB. attendedC. has attended D. is attending29. The foreign guests,were scientists, were warmly welcomed at the train station.A. most of them B. most of whom C. most of that D. most of those30.1 needmore volunteers to help move the piano.A. noneB. anyC. fewD. someSection BDirections: In questions 31-40 each sentence has four underlined words or phrases, marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one word or phrase which is incorrect and must be changed to make the sentence correct. Then mark your answer on the answer sheet.31. The Vermont Elementary Science Project according to its founders, are designed to challengeABsome of the most widely held beliefs about teaching.CD32. Of the many machines invented in the late nineteenth century, none had a great impact on theAB CUnited States economy than the automobile.D33. Yesterday. Mr. Frank, who was negotiating a new contract, disappoint this supervisor.ABCD34. The director should decide to hire her, we should advise the personnel office to prepare all theABCnecessary paperwork.D35. Weve decided to stop to interview qualified applicants who are not willing to relocate.ABCD36. There is a rumor that the workers are discussing establishing union.ABCD37. Mr. Jenkins made the decision that she will promote her administrative assistant beforeABCthe end of the year.D38. A repair job is costing over S3,000 is automatically discounted $500 from the total cost.ABCD39. Mr. Spencer advised me talking to my colleague about the problem before filing an officialABCcomplaint against her.D40. Louisa May Akott is chiefly remembered for Little women, one of the most popular girlsABCbooks ever wrote.DHI. Cloze TestDirections: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark youre answer on the answer sheet. Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing andfrustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps 41 the talk withslides, writing up important information on the blackboard, distributing reading material andgiving out 42 . The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks andwonders what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture 43 notes which do not catchthe main points and which become hard even for the 44 to understand. Most institutions provide courses which assist new students to develop the skills they need tobe effective listeners and note-takers. 45 these are unavailable, there are many usefulstudy-skills guides which enable learners to practice these skills 46 .In all cases it is importantto tackle the problem 47 actually starting your studies. It is important to acknowledge that most students have difficulty in acquiring the languageskills 48 in college study. One way of overcoming these difficulties is to attend the languageand study skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the 49 year. Another basicstrategy is to find a study partner 50 it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas andprovide support.41. A. extending B. illustrating C. performing D. conducting42. A. assignments B. information C. content D. definition43. A. without B. with C. on D. except44. A. teachers B. classmates C. partners D. students45. A. Because B. Though C. Whether D. If46. A. independently B. repeatedly C. logically D. generally47. A. before B. after C. while D. for48. A. to require B. required C. requiring D. are required49. A. average B. ordinary C. normal D. academic50. A. in that B. for which C. with whom D. such asIV. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: There are 4 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by 4 questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Questions 51 to 54 are based on the following passage: A scientist who does research in economic psychology and who wants to predict the way inwhich consumers will spend their money must study consumer behavior. He must obtain data bothon resources of consumers and on the motives that tend to encourage or discourage moneyspending. If an economist as asked which of three groups borrow most-people with rising incomes,stable incomes, or declining incomes-he would probably answer: those with declining incomes.Actually, in the years 1947-1950, the answer was: people with rising incomes. People withdeclining incomes were next and people with stable incomes borrowed the least. This shows usthat traditional assumptions about earning and spending are not always reliable. Anothertraditional assumption is that if people who have money expect prices to go up, they will hasten tobuy. If they expect prices to go down, they will postpone buying. But research surveys haveshown that this is not always true. The expectations of price increase may not stimulate buying.One typical attitude was expressed by the wife of a mechanic in an interview at a time of risingprices. In a few months, she said, well have to pay more for meat and milk; well have less tospend on other things. Her family had been planning to buy a new car but they postponed thispurchase. Furthermore, the rise in prices that has already taken place may be resented and buyersresistance may be evoked. The investigations mentioned above were carried out in America. Investigations conducted atthe same time in Great Britain, however, yielded results that were more in agreement withtraditional assumptions about saving and spending patterns. The condition most conductive tospending appears to be price stability. If prices have been stable and people consider that they arereasonable, they are likely to buy. Thus, it appears that the common business policy Ofmaintaining stable prices is based on a correct understanding of consumer psychology.51. If a scientist wants to study consumer behavior, what must he do? A. He must predict the way in which consumers will spend their money. B. He must do scientific research. C. He must know background of customers. D. He must do research and learn the resources and motives of customers.52. Which of the following groups borrow money most according to traditional assumption? A. People with rising incomes. B. People with stable incomes. C. People with declining incomes. D. None of the above.53. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A. Traditional assumptions about earning and spending are not always reliable. B. The condition that most helps to produce spending appears to be price rising. C. Maintaining stable prices is a common business policy. D. The results of the investigation in America were not the same as those in Great Britain.54. The research survey in America have showed that when the prices rise, _ A. people will hasten to buy B. people will stop buying C. people will postpone their purchase D. people will buy more than they can useQuestions 55 to 58 are based on the following passage: The railroad industry could not have grown as large as it did without steel. The first railswere made of iron. But iron rails were not strong enough to support heavy trains running at highspeeds. Railroad executives wanted to replace them with steel rails because steel was ten orfifteen times stronger and lasted twenty times longer. Before the 1870s, however, steel was tooexpensive to be widely used. It was made by a slow and expensive process of heating, stirring andreheating iron ore. Then the inventor Henry Bessemer discovered that directing a blast of air at melted iron in afurnace would bum out the impurities that made the iron brittle. As the air shot through thefurnace, the bubbling metal would erupt in showers of sparks. When the fire cooled, the metal hadbeen changed, or converted to steel. The Bessemer converter made possible the mass productionof steel. Now three to five tons of iron could be changed into steel in a matter of minutes.Just when the demand for more and more steel developed, prospectors discovered huge newdeposits of iron ore in the Mesabi Range, a 120 long region in Minnesota near Lake Superior. TheMesabi deposits were so near the surface that they could be mined with steam shovels. Barges and steamers carried the iron ore through Lake Superior to depots on the southern shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. With dizzying speed Gary, Indiana, and Toledo, Youngstown, and Cleveland, Ohio, became major steel manufacturing centers. Pittsburgh was the greatest steel city of all. Steel was the basic building material of the industrial age. Production skyrocketed from seventy-seven-thousand tons in 1870 to over eleven million tons in 1900.55, According to the passage, the railroad industry preferred steel to iron because steel was _ A. cheaper and more plentiful B. lighter and easier to mold C. cleaner and easier to mine D. stronger and more durable 56. According to the passage, how did Bessemer method make the mass production of steel possible? A. It directed air at melted iron in a furnace, removing all impurities. B. It slowly heated iron ore then stirred it and heated it again. C. It changed iron ore into iron which was a substitute for steel. D. It could quickly find deposits of iron ore under the ground. 57. According to the passage, where were large deposits of iron uncovered? A. In Pittsburgh. B. In the Mesabi Range. C. Near Lake Michigan. D. Near Lake Erie. 58. It can be inferred from the passage that the mass production of steel caused _ A. a decline in the railroad industry B. a revolution in the industrial world C. an increase in the price of steel D. a feeling of discontent among steel workersQuestions 59 to 62 are based on the following passage: The English have the reputation of being very different from all other nationalities. It is claimed that living on an island separated from the rest of Europe has much to do with it. Whatever the reasons, it may be fairly stated that the Englishman has developed some attitudes and habits distinguishing him from other nationalities. Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person among people he knows well. Before strangers he often seems inhibited, even embarrassed. You have only to witness a railway compartment any morning or evening to see the truth. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing (打盹) in a comer; no one speaks. An English wit once suggested to overseas visitors, On entering a railway compartment shake hands with all the passengers. Needless to say, he was not being serious. There is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior, which, if broken, makes the person immediately the object of suspicion. It is well known that the English seldom show openly extremes of enthusiasm, emotion etc. Of course, an Englishman feels no less than any other nationality. Imagine a man commenting on the great beauty of a young girl. A man of more emotional temperament might describe her as a marvelous jewel, while the Englishman will flatly state Um, shes all right. An Englishman may recommend a highly successful and enjoyable film to friends by commenting, Its not bad. The overseas visitors must not be disappointed by this apparent lack of interest; he must realize that all right, not bad are very often used with the sense of first class, excellent. This special use of language is particularly common in English.59. One explanation for the different character of English people is that A. they are geographically isolated from the European continent B. they have nothing to do with the other Europeans C. they like to keep quiet among their acquaintances D. they tend to be reserved by nature60. According to the passage, on entering a railway compartment, an overseas visitor is expected to A. inquire about the code of behavior in the train B. shake hands with all the passengers C. shake hands with the person he knows D. behave like an Englishman61. The English way of commenting on something or somebody suggests that A. the English are modest in most circumstances B. the English feel no less than any other nationality C. the English tend to display less emotion than they feel D. the English dont take a strong interest in making comment62. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. The differences between the English and the other Europeans. B. The different character of the English man and its reason. C. The reasons for English peoples shynes