2015新版中石油职称英语模拟考试题-3(word版)

模拟试題三 I Vocabulary Section A Directions 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 You ll have to buy some new shoes as these are A used upB wasted away C broken down D worn out 2 Will all those the proposal raise their hands A in relation to B in excess of C in contrast to D in favor of 3 He is among those lucky students who have won to first rate university A permission B admittance C profession D admission 4 People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their cars and this creates further problems A after allB in turnC in caseD in time 5 He was unable to to the group what he meant A get inB get across C get along D get off 6 Some old people don t like pop songs because they can t so much noise A resistB tolerateC sustainD undergo 7 His discovery counts nothing though he tried very hard A onB forC inD up 8 Difficulties and hardships have the best qualities of the young geologist A brought out B brought about C brought forth D brought up 9 Richard doesn t think he could ever what is called free style poetry A take onB take over C take toD take after 10 He kept rubbing the child until he fell asleep A long after B soon after C before long D long before Section B Directions 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 progress 12 A full moon s illumination will highlight the San Francisco skyline against the night sky A discernB brightenC illustrateD project 13 The issue we are discussing concerns everyone who has children A subjectB bookC articleD equation 14 Most teenagers think their actions are mature A grown upB intelligent C seriousD childlike 15 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 if 16 An archeologist must know exactly where and when an artifact was found A intuitivelyB immediately C brieflyD precisely 17 The President forecast that war would soon break out between the two neighboring slates A hintedB worriedC predictedD disagreed 18 Jack said that it was essential to leave immediately A unwiseB possibleC desirableD necessary 19 Weren t those two writers contemporaries A equally famousB hostile to each other C familiar with each otherD living at the same time 20 Those housing projects must be designed and built according to very strict criteria A locationsB relationsC contractsD standards II Grammatical Structure Section A Directions 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 supposed everything ready by now A to getB gettingC to have got D having got 22 all behavior is learned behavior is a basic assumption of social scientists A NearlyB That nearly C It is nearly D When nearly 23 I ll lend you my cassette recorder I ve done with it A every time B the moment C untilD lest 24 He wondered A what would his wife s reaction be B how would be his wife s reaction C what will be his wife s reaction D what his wife s reaction would be 25 The students the exercises the teacher went on to explain the text A doingB didC having done D to do 26 We shall start at seven if it by that time A will stop rainingB stops to rain C has stopped rainingD will have stopped to rain 27 You her in office last Friday She s been out of town for two weeks A needn t have seenB might have seen C must have seenD can t have seen 28 Don t you know it s the first time he this kind of meeting A attendsB attendedC has attended D is attending 29 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 those 30 1 need more volunteers to help move the piano A noneB anyC fewD some Section B Directions 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 challenge AB some of the most widely held beliefs about teaching CD 32 Of the many machines invented in the late nineteenth century none had a great impact on the AB C United States economy than the automobile D 33 Yesterday Mr Frank who was negotiating a new contract disappoint this supervisor ABCD 34 The director should decide to hire her we should advise the personnel office to prepare all the ABC necessary paperwork D 35 We ve decided to stop to interview qualified applicants who are not willing to relocate ABCD 36 There is a rumor that the workers are discussing establishing union ABCD 37 Mr Jenkins made the decision that she will promote her administrative assistant before ABC the end of the year D 38 A repair job is costing over S3 000 is automatically discounted 500 from the total cost ABCD 39 Mr Spencer advised me talking to my colleague about the problem before filing an official ABC complaint against her D 40 Louisa May Akott is chiefly remembered for Little women one of the most popular girls ABC books ever wrote D HI Cloze Test Directions 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 you re answer on the answer sheet Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience The lecturer speaks for one or two hours perhaps 41 the talk with slides writing up important information on the blackboard distributing reading material and giving out 42 The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and wonders what to write Very often the student leaves the lecture 43 notes which do not catch the 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 to be effective listeners and note takers 45 these are unavailable there are many useful study skills guides which enable learners to practice these skills 46 In all cases it is important to tackle the problem 47 actually starting your studies It is important to acknowledge that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills 48 in college study One way of overcoming these difficulties is to attend the language and study skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the 49 year Another basic strategy is to find a study partner 50 it is possible to identify difficulties exchange ideas and provide support 41 A extending B illustrating C performing D conducting 42 A assignments B information C content D definition 43 A without B with C on D except 44 A teachers B classmates C partners D students 45 A Because B Though C Whether D If 46 A independently B repeatedly C logically D generally 47 A before B after C while D for 48 A to require B required C requiring D are required 49 A average B ordinary C normal D academic 50 A in that B for which C with whom D such as IV Reading Comprehension Section A Directions There are 4 passages in this section Each passage is followed by 4 questions or unfinished 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 in which consumers will spend their money must study consumer behavior He must obtain data both on resources of consumers and on the motives that tend to encourage or discourage money spending 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 with declining incomes were next and people with stable incomes borrowed the least This shows us that traditional assumptions about earning and spending are not always reliable Another traditional assumption is that if people who have money expect prices to go up they will hasten to buy If they expect prices to go down they will postpone buying But research surveys have shown 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 rising prices In a few months she said we ll have to pay more for meat and milk we ll have less to spend on other things Her family had been planning to buy a new car but they postponed this purchase Furthermore the rise in prices that has already taken place may be resented and buyer s resistance may be evoked The investigations mentioned above were carried out in America Investigations conducted at the same time in Great Britain however yielded results that were more in agreement with traditional assumptions about saving and spending patterns The condition most conductive to spending appears to be price stability If prices have been stable and people consider that they are reasonable they are likely to buy Thus it appears that the common business policy Of maintaining 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 use Questions 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 rails were made of iron But iron rails were not strong enough to support heavy trains running at high speeds Railroad executives wanted to replace them with steel rails because steel was ten or fifteen times stronger and lasted twenty times longer Before the 1870 s however steel was too expensive to be widely used It was made by a slow and expensive process of heating stirring and reheating iron ore Then the inventor Henry Bessemer discovered that directing a blast of air at melted iron in a furnace would bum out the impurities that made the iron brittle As the air shot through the furnace the bubbling metal would erupt in showers of sparks When the fire cooled the metal had been changed or converted to steel The Bessemer converter made possible the mass production of 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 new deposits of iron ore in the Mesabi Range a 120 long region in Minnesota near Lake Superior The Mesabi 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 workers Questions 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 she s all right An Englishman may recommend a highly successful and enjoyable film to friends by commenting It s 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 nature 60 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 Englishman 61 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 don t take a strong interest in making comment 62 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 people s shyness D The code of behavior of the nationalities in Europe Questions 63 to 66 are based on the following passage James Joyce was an Irish novelist who revolutionized the methods of depicting characters and developing a plot in modem fiction His astonishing way of constructing a novel his frank portrayal of human nature in his books and his complete command of English have made him one of the outstanding influences on literature in the 20th Century Many critics judge that he is second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of the English language Joyce was deeply influenced by Ireland and wrote all his books about Dublin When he was in Dublin College he studied languages and spent his spare time reading books He refused to take part in the nationalist movement like his fellow students but he became passionately interested in literature He wrote outspoken articles of literary criticism that shocked his teachers and even taught himself Norwegian so that he could read Ibsen s works in the original When he graduated in 1902 he knew he would become a writer and an exile because he felt he could not be one without the other In order to preserve his ideal of writing truthfully fully and as objectively as he knew how about the people and places he knew best he had to escape from all temptations to become involved in popular opinion or public life He went to France Italy and Switzerland where he lived in poverty and obscurity for the first 20 years only returning to Ireland when his mother was dying Except for a couple of brief trips he stayed