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职称英语等级考试综合类A级模拟试题第四套第一部分：词汇选择 下面共有15个句子，每个句子均有一个词或短语划有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的四个选项中选择一个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。 1. Many fine cooks insist on ingredients of the highest quality. A) demand B) rely on C) prepare for D) create 2. Since the Great Depression, the United States government has protected farmers from damaging drops in grain prices. A) slight B) surprising C) sudden D) harmful 3. Cement was seldom used in building during the Middle Ages. A) crudely B) rarely C) originally D) symbolically 4. Nerve signals may travel through nerve or muscle fibers at speeds as high as two hundred miles per hour. A) velocities B) impulses C) ratios D) atrocities 5. The poet William Carlos Williams was a New Jersey physician. A) doctor B) professor C) physicist D) resident 6. Medicine depends on other fields for basic information, particularly some of their specialized branches. A) conventionally B) obviously C) especially D) inevitably 7. We shall take the treasure away to a safe place. A) clean B) pretty C) distant D) secure 8. An important part of the national government is the Foreign Service, a branch of the Department of State. A) a unity B) a division C) an embassy D) an invasion 9. The childs abnormal behavior puzzled the doctor. A) bad B) frightening C) repeated D) unusual 10. There is an abundant supply of cheap labor in this country. A) a steady B) a plentiful C) an extra D) a meager 11. In order to improve our standard of living, we have to accelerate production. A) step up B) decrease C) stop D) control 12. Gas does accumulate in the mines around here. A) increase B) spread C) collect D) grow 13. Our plan is to allocate one member of staff to handle appointments. A) assign B) persuade C) ask D) order 14. Her behavior is extremely childish. A) simple B) immature C) beautiful D) foolish 15. We also want to use the water to irrigate barren desert land. A) hairless B) bare C) empty D) bald第二部分：阅读判断 阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A项；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B项；如果该句信息文章中没有提及，请选择C项。Smoking Since 1939, numerous studies have been conducted to determine whether smoking is a health hazard. The trend of the evidence has been consistent and indicates that there is a serious health risk. Research teams have conducted studies that show beyond all reasonable doubt that tobacco smoking is associated with a shortened life expectancy. Cigarette smoking is believed by most research workers in this field to be an important factor in the development of cancer of the lungs and cancer of the throat and is believed to be related to cancer of some other organs of the body. Male cigarette smokers have a higher death rate from heart disease than non-smoking males. Female smokers are thought to be less affected because they do not breathe in the smoke so deeply. Apart from statistics, it might be helpful to look at what smoking tobacco does to the human body. Smoke is a mixture of gases, vaporized chemicals, minute particles of ash and other solids. There is also nicotine, which is powerful poison, and black tar. As smoke is breathed in, all those components form deposits on the membranes of the lungs. One point of concentration is where the air tube and bronchus divides. Most lung cancer begins at this point. Filters and low tar tobacco are claimed to make smoking to some extent safer, but they can only slightly reduce, not eliminate the hazards. 16. It is easy to determine whether smoking is hazardous. A) Right B) Wrong C) Not mentioned 17. Smoking reduces ones life expectancy. A) Right B) Wrong C) Not mentioned 18. Smoking may induce lung cancer. A) Right B) Wrong C) Not mentioned 19. There is evidence that smoking is responsible for breast cancer. A) Right B) Wrong C) Not mentioned 20. Male smokers have a lower death rate from heart disease than female smokers. A) Right B) Wrong C) Not mentioned 21. Nicotine is poisonous. A) Right B) Wrong C) Not mentioned 22. Filters and low tar tobacco make smoking safe. A) Right B) Wrong C) Not mentioned第三部分：概括大意与完成句子 阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试任务：(1)2326题要求从所给的6个选项中为第25段第段选择1个正确的小标题；(2)第2730题要求所给的6个选项中选择4个正确的选项，分别完成每个句子。Alaska1 In 1959 Americans welcomed Alaska into the Union as the 49th state, symbolizing a change of attitude from that held in 1867, when the peninsula was purchased from Russia. Then, most Americans had little interest in 1,500,000 square kilometers of icebergs and polar bears - beyond Canadas western borders, far from the settled areas of the United States.2 In those sections of the state which lie above the Arctic Circle, Alaska still is a land of icebergs and polar bears. Ice masses lie buried in the earth, which is permanently frozen to a depth of 90 or more meters. From early May until early August, the midnight sun never sets on this flat, treeless region, but the sun cannot melt the icy soil more than two - thirds of a meter down.3 Alaska is Americas largest state, but only about 325,000 people live there. According to estimates, 800,000 hectares of its land area are fit for plowing but only about 640,000 hectares are being cultivated.4 Arctic Alaska has been the home of Eskimos for countless centuries. It is believed that the Eskimos moved there from Mongolia or Siberia, probably crossing Bering Strait, named for Vitus Bering, the Danish sea captain who discovered Alaska on his voyage for Russia in 1741. The Eskimos are the states earliest known inhabitants5. Russian fur traders established settlements but, by the time Alaska was sold to the United States, most of the traders had departed.5 In 1896 gold was discovered near the Klondike River in Canada just across the Alaskan border. Thousands of Americans rushed to the region on their way to Klondike; some never returned. Alaska was never completely cut off again, although even today transportation is a major problem. There are only two motor routes from the US mainland, and within the state, every town has its own airfield. Planes fly passengers, mail and freight to the most distant villages. 6 The gold that changed life so suddenly for Alaska was soon ended, and although many stories about mining camps have become part of American literature, the gold from Alaskan earth contributed less to economic progress than the fish from Alaskan waters. The fish caught in a single year range in value from $80 million to $90 million. Fur-bearing animals are plentiful in the forests and streams, and valuable fur seals inhabit the waters. After fishing, the states chief industry is lumber and the production of wood pulp. In recent years, Alaskas single most important resource has become oil. The state also has large deposits of coal, copper, gold and other minerals. A) Rich Resources of the State B) Connections with the Outside World C) Transportation Problem D) The Natives of the Land E) Cold Climate F) Land and Population 23. Paragraph 3 _ 24. Paragraph 4 _ 25. Paragraph 5 _ 26. Paragraph 6 _ A) as fish does B) because of its rich natural resources C) by the United States in the 19th century D) shines day and night E) only a very small percentage F) a limited amount of the gold found there 27. For as long as three months of a year, the sun _ on the ice-covered land of Alaska. 28. According to statistics, _ of the total area of Alaska has been used for farming. 29. Alaska was originally part of Russia, but was bought _. 30. Gold did not bring to Alaska as much wealth _.第四部分：阅读理解 下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每道题后面有4个选项。 第一篇 New York - the Melting Pot Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of change of the city. In 1970, 18 percent of the citys population was foreign-born. By 1995, the figure had risen to 33 percent, and another 20 percent were the US-born off springs of immigrants3. So immigrants and their children now form a majority of the citys population. Who are these New Yorkers? Why do they come here? Where are they from? (OK, time to drop the they. Im one of them.) The last question at least is easy to answer: we come from everywhere. In the list of the top 20 source nations of those sending immigrants to New York between 1990 and 1994 are six countries in Asia, five in the Caribbean, four in Latin America, three in Europe, plus Israel and the former Soviet Union. And when we immigrants get here we roll up our sleeves. If youre not ready to work when you get to New York, says a friend of mine, youd better hit the road. The mayor of New York once said, Immigration continues to shape the unique character and drive the economic engine of New York City. He believes that immigrants are at the heart of what makes New York great. In Europe, by contrast, it is much more common to hear politicians worry about the loss of unity that immigration brings to their societies. In the quarter century since 1970, the United States admitted about 12.5 million legal immigrants, and has absorbed them into its social structures with an ease beyond the imagination of other nations. Since these immigrants are purposeful and hard-working, they will help America to make a fresh start in the next century. 31. The report issued by the Department of Planning of New York A) put forward ways to control New Yorks population. B) concerned itself with the growth of New Yorks population. C) studied the structure of New Yorks population. D) suggested ways to increase New Yorks population. 32. According to the second paragraph, which of the following is true of the immigrants in New York? A) One can not find his place in New York unless he is ready to work. B) They found life in New York harder than in their own countries. C) Most of them have difficulty finding jobs. D) One can live on welfare if he does not want to work. 33. The mayor of New York considers immigration to be A) a big problem in the management of the city. B) a push needed to develop the city. C) a cause of disintegration of the citys social structure. D) an obstacle to the development of the city. 34. Where are the new New Yorkers from? A) Asia. B) Europe. C) All over the world. D) Latin America. 35. What is the authors attitude towards immigration to New York? A) Negative. B) Worried. C) Indifferent. D) Positive. 第二篇 Late-night Drinking Coffee lovers beware. Having a quick pick-me-up cup of coffee late in the day will play havoc with your sleep. As well as being a stimulant, caffeine interrupts the flow of melatonin, the brain hormone that sends people into a sleep. Melatonin levels normally start to rise about two hours before bedtime. Levels then peak between 2 am and 4 am, before falling again. Its the neurohormone that controls our sleep and tells our body when to sleep and when to wake, says Maurice Ohayon of the Stanford Sleep Epidemiology Research Center at Stanford University in California. But researchers in Israel have found that caffeinated coffee halves the bodys levels of this sleep hormone. Lotan Shilo and a team at the Sapir Medical Center in Tel Aviv University found that six volunteers slept less well after a cup of caffeinated coffee than after drinking the same amount of decal. On average, subjects slept 336 minutes per night after drinking caffeinated coffee, compared with 415 minutes after decaf. They also took half an hour to drop off - twice as long as usual - and jigged around in bed twice as much. In the second phase of the experiment, the researchers woke the volunteers every three hours and asked them to give a urine sample. Shilo measured concentrations of a breakdown product of melatonin. The results suggest that melatonin concentrations in caffeine drinkers were half those in decaf drinkers. In a paper accepted for publication in Sleep Medicine, the researchers suggest that caffeine blocks production of the enzyme that drives melatonin production. Because it can take many hours to eliminate caffeine from the body, Ohayon recommends that coffee lovers switch to decal after lunch. 36. The author mentions pick-me-up to indicate that A) melatonin levels need to be raised. B) neurohormone can wake us up. C) coffee is a stimulant. D) decaf is a caffeinated coffee. 37. Which of the following tells us how caffeine affects sleep? A) Caffeine blocks production of the enzyme that stops melatonin production. B) Caffeine interrupts the flow of the hormone that prevents people from sleeping. C) Caffeine halves the bodys levels of sleep hormone. D) Caffeine stays in the body for many hours. 38. What does paragraph 3 mainly discuss? A) Different effects of caffeinated coffee and decaf on sleep. B) Different findings of Lotan Shilo and a team about caffeine. C) The fact that the subjects slept 415 minutes per night after drinking decaf. D) The evidence that the subjects took half an hour to fall asleep. 39. What does the experiment mentioned in paragraph 4 prove? A) There are more enzymes in decaf drinkers urine sample. B) There are more melatonin concentrations in caffeine drinkers urine sample. C) Decaf drinkers produce less melatonin. D) Caffeine drinkers produce less sleep hormone. 40. The author of this passage probably agrees that A) coffee lovers sleep less than those who do not drink coffee. B) we should not drink coffee after supper. C) people sleep more soundly at midnight than at 3 am. D) if we feel sleepy at night, we should go to bed immediately. 第三篇 Smuggling It is not unusual for a pet to be sent by air cargo from Columbia to New York, but last Decembers shipment of a 4-year-old sheep dog caught a New York Kennedy Airport Customs inspectors eye. The dog looked to be on its last legs, and there was an unusual lump on the side of its body. An X-ray and emergency surgery revealed the presence of 10 condoms tightly packed with five pounds of cocaine that had been surgically implanted in the dogs abdomen - yet another first for Customs in the war on drugs. When it comes to transporting drags, the methods used are only as limited as a smugglers imagination. Kilo bricks of cocaine are routinely concealed beneath false bottoms of containers that hold poisonous snakes. Youve got snakes that are 12 feet long, says a United States Fish and Wildlife Service agent - and sometimes the drag is in the snake. Whos going to pull it out and feel it? In 1994, United States Customs seized 204,391 pounds of cocaine, 559,286 pounds of marijuana and 2,577 pounds of heroin. Just how much actually flows into the country is anyones guess. Some Customs officials estimate that only 10 percent of the drugs coming into the country are ever seized. In Miami, the District Attorney wont even prosecute small fry. Its got to be over five kilos of cocaine, above a kilo of heroin and more than 5,000 pounds of marijuana or its not something that were going to stop the presses on, says Tom Cash, a retired agent. Given this deluge, one can only wonder if agents are ever confounded by some of the smuggling methods. There are things we havent seen before, says John McGhee, a Miami Customs special agent, but nothing really surprises us. 41. The dog was different from others in that A) it could stand only on its hind legs. B) it had only two legs. C) it was very attractive. D) it had a very big abdomen. 42. How many methods are used to transport drugs? A) As many as a smuggler can think of. B) Beyond the smugglers imagination. C) Only a limited number. D) Only a few. 43. How many pounds of heroin were estimated to be smuggled into the United States in 19947 A) 204 391. B) 2 577. C) 25 770. D) 559 286. 44. Which of the following could best replace the expression small fry in the third paragraph? A) Small dogs. B) Small sheep dogs. C) Small smugglers. D) Small ringleaders. 45. What is this article about? A) Drug transportation from Columbia to New York. B) A new method for drug smuggling. C) Varied drug transportation methods. D) Types of drug.第五部分：补全短文阅读下面的短文，文章中有5处空白，文章后有6组文字，请根据文章的内容选择5组文字，将其分别放回文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。The First Four Minutes When do people decide whether or not they want to become friends? During their first four minutes together, according to a book by Dr. Leonard Zunin. In his book, Contact: The first four minutes, he offers this advice to anyone interested in starting new friendships: (46) A lot of peoples whole lives would change if they did just that. You may have noticed that the average person does not give his undivided attention to someone he has just met. (47) If anyone has ever done this to you, you probably did not like him very much. When we are introduc