2013年职称英语综合类B级完型填空.doc

3第一篇A Life with BirdsFor nearly 17 years David Cope has worked as one of the Tower of Londons Yeoman warders, (1)better known to tourists as Beefeaters. David, 64, lives in a three-bedroomed flat right at the (2)top of the Byward Tower, one of the gatehouses. (3)From our bedroom we have a marvellous view of Tower Bridge and the Thames, says David. The Tower of London is famous(4) for its ravens, the large black birds which have lived there for over three centuries. David was immediately fascinated by the birds and when he was (5)offered the post of Raven Master eight years ago he had no (6)hesitation in accepting it. The birds have now become my life and Im always (7)aware of the fact that I am(8) maintaining a tradition. The legend says that if the ravens leave the Tower, England will fall to enemies, and its my job to (9)make sure this doesnt happen! David (10)devotes about four hours a day to the care of the ravens. He has grown to love them and the(11) fact that he lives right next to them is ideal. I can(12) keep a close eye on them all the time, and not just when Im working. (13)At first, Davids wife Mo was not(14) keen on the idea of life in the Tower, but she too will be sad to leave when he retires next year. When we look out of our windows, we see history(15) all around us, and we are taking it in and storing it up for our future memories. 第二篇A Lucky Break Actor Antonio Banderas is used to breaking bones, and it always seems to happen when hes (1)doing sport. In the film Play it to the Bone he (2)plays the part of a middleweight boxer alongside Woody Harrelson. (3)During the making of the film Harrelson (4)kept complaining that the fight (5)scenes werent very convincing, so one day he suggested that he and Banderas should have a fight for real. The Spanish actor wasnt (6)keen on the idea at first, but he was (7)eventually persuaded by his co-star to put on his gloves and climb into the boxing ring. However, when he realized how seriously his (8)opponent was taking it all, he began to regret his decision to fight. And then in the third round, Harrelson hit Banderas (9)so hard in the face that he actually broke his nose. His wife, actress Melanie Griffith, was furious that he had been playing silly macho games. She was right, confesses Banderas, and I was a fool to(10) take a risk like that in the middle of a movie. He was (11)reminded of the time he broke his leg during a football match in his native Malaga. He had always(12) dreamed of becoming a soccer star, of performing in front of a big crowd, but doctors told him his playing days were probably over. Thats when I decided to take (13)up acting; I saw it as (14)another way of performing, and achieving recognition. What happened to me on that football(15) pitch was, you might say, my first lucky break. 第三篇Global Warming Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the worlds climate. Many scientists (1)put the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase(2) in the worlds temperatures and are convinced that, more than (3)ever before, the Earth is at(4) risk from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. (5)According to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, (6)such as hurricanes and droughts, even more (7)severe and causing sea levels all around the world to(8) rise .Environmental groups are putting (9)pressure on governments to take action to reduce the (10)amount of carbon dioxide which is given(11) off by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in (12)favour of more money being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power (13)stations. Some scientists, (14)however believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait (15)several hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is here to stay.第四篇A Success Story At 19, Ben Way is already a millionaire, and one of a growing number of teenagers who have (1)made their fortune through the Internet. (2)What makes Bens story all the more remarkable is that he is dyslexic, and was (3)told by teachers at his junior school that he would never be able to read or write(4) properly. I wanted to prove them (5)wrong , says Ben, creator and director of Waysearch, a net search engine which can be used to find goods in online shopping malls. When he was eight, his local authorities (6)provided him with a PC to help with school work. Although he was(7) unable to read the manuals, he had a natural ability with the computer, and (8)encouraged by his father, he soon began(9) charging people $l0 an hour for his knowledge and skills. At the age of 15 he(10) set up his own computer consultancy, Quad Computer, which he ran from his bedroom, and two years later he left school to (11)devote all his time to business. By this time the company had grown and I needed to take on a (12)couple of employees to help me, says Ben. That enabled me to start (13)doing business with bigger companies.” It was. his ability to consistently (14)overcome difficult challenges that led him to win the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the same year that he formed Waysearch, and he has recently signed a deal (15)worth $25 million with a private investment company, which will finance his search engine.第五篇 Traffic in Our CitiesThe volume of traffic in many cities in the world today continues to expand. This causes many problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy delays, and the greater risk (1) of accidents. Clearly, something must be done, but it is often difficult to (2) persuade people to change their habits and leave their cars at home.One possible (3) approach is to make it more expensive for people to use their cars by (4)increasing charges for parking and (5)bringing in tougher fines for anyone who (6)breaks the law. In addition, drivers could be required to pay for using particular routes at different times of the day. This system, (7)known as road pricing, is already being introduced in a (8)number of cities, using a special electronic card (9)fixed to the windscreen of the car.Another way of (10)dealing with the problem is to provide cheap parking on the (11)outskirts of the city, and strictly control the number of vehicles allowed into the centre. Drivers and their passengers then use a special bus service for the (12) final stage of their journey.Of course, the most important (13) thing is to provide good public transport. However, to get people to (14)give up the comfort of their cars, public transport must be felt to be reliable, convenient and comfortable, with fares (15)kept at an acceptable level.第六篇 Teaching and LearningMany teachers believe that the responsibilities for learning lie with the student. If a long reading assignment is given, instructors expect students to be familiar with the (1)information in the reading even if they do not discuss it in class or take an examination. The (2) _ideal student is considered to be one who is motivated to learn for the sake of(3) learning, not the one interested only in getting high grades. Sometimes homework is returned(4) with brief written comments but without a grade. Even if a grade is not given, the student is(5) responsible for learning the material assigned. When research is(6)assigned, the professor expects the student to take it actively and to complete it with(7)minimum guidance. It is the students responsibility to find books, magazines, and articles in the library. Professors do not have the time to explain(8)how a university library works; they expect students(9) particularly graduate students to exhaust the reference(10)sources in the library. Professors will help students who need it, but(11)prefer that their students should not be (12)too dependent on them. In the United Stats professors have many other duties (13) besides teaching， such as administrative or research work. Therefore, the time that a professor can spend with a student outside of class is (14)limited. If a student has problems with classroom work , the student should either (15) approach a professor during office hours or make an appointment.第七篇 The Difference between Man and ComputerWhat makes people different from computer programs? What is the missing element that our theories dont yet (1) account for? The answer is simple: People read newspaper stories for a reason: to learn more about (2)what they are interested in. Computers, on the other hand， dont. In fact，computers dont (3) even have interests; there is nothing in particular that they are trying to find out when they read. If a computer (4) program is to be a model of story understanding ，it should also read for a purpose. Of course ，people have several goals that do not make (5) sense to attribute to computers. One might read a restaurant guide (6)in order to satisfy hunger or entertainment goals, or to (7) find a good place to go for a business lunch. Computers do not get hungry, and computers do not have business lunches.However ，these physiological and social goals give (8) rise to several intellectual or cognitive goals. A goal to satisfy hunger gives rise to goals to find (9) information about the name of a restaurant which (10)serves the desired type of food ，how expensive the restaurant is，the location of the restaurant, etc. These are goals to (11) acquire information or knowledge, what we are calling (12)learning goals. These goals can be held by computers too; a computer (13)might want to find out the location of a restaurant ，and read a guide in order to do so (14) in the same way as a person might. While such a goal would not (15)arise out of hunger in the case of the computer，it might well arise out of the goal to learn more about restaurants.第八篇 Look on The Bright sideDo you ever wish you were more optimistic, someone who always (1)expected to be successful? Having someone around who always (2)fears the worst isnt really a lot of (3)fun. We all know someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says ，INooks ( 4 )like rain. But if you catch yourself thinking such things，its important to do something (5)about it. You can change your view of life ，(6)according to psychologists. It only takes a little effort ，and youll find life more rewarding as a (7)result. Optimism，they say，is partly about self-respect and confidence but its also a more positive way of looking at life and all it has to (8)offer . Optimists are more (9)likely to start new projects and are generally more prepared to take risks.Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (10)attitude to the world. Some people are brought up to (11)depend too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything (12)goes wrong. Most optimists，on the (13 ) other hand, have been brought up not to (14) regard failure as the end of the worldthey just (15) get on with their lives.第九篇 The First Bicycle The history of the bicycle goes back more than 200 years. In 1791，Count de Sivrac (1)delighted onlookers in a park in Paris as he showed off his two-wheeled invention ，a machine called the celerifer. It was basically an (2) enlarged version of a childrens toy which had been in (3)use for many years. Sivracs celerifer had a wooden frame，made in the (4) shape of a horse ，which was mounted on a wheel at either end. To ride it ，you sat on a small seat ，just like a modem bicycle ，and pushed (5) hard against the (6)ground with your legs-there were no pedals. It was impossible to steer a celerifer and it had no brakes，but despite these problems the invention very much (7) appealed to the fashionable young men of Paris. Soon they were (8) holding races up and down the streets.Minor (9)injuries were common as riders attempted a final burst of ( 10 ) speed. Controlling the machine was difficult ，as the only way to change (11)direction was to pull up the front of the celerifer and (12)turn it round while the front wheel was (13)spinning in the air. Celerifers were not popular for long ，however ，as the (14)combination of no springs ，no steering and rough roads made riding them very uncomfortable. Even so，the wooden celerifer was the (15) origin of the modem bicycle.第十篇 Working MothersCarefully conducted researches that have followed the children of working mothers have notbeen able to show any long-term problems, compared with children whose mothers stayed at home.My personal (1)view