2010年全国职称英语等级考试综合类A级冲刺模拟题.doc

大家论坛2010年全国职称英语等级考试综合类A级冲刺模拟题第1部分：词汇选项（第115题，每题1分，共15分）下面每个句子中均有1个词或者短语有括号，请为每处括号部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。1 The union representative (put across) her argument very effectively. A. explainedB. inventedC. consideredD. accepted2 He talks tough but has a (tender) heart.A. heavyB. strongC. kindD. wild3 It is no use (debating) the relative merits of this policy.A. makingB. takingC. discussingD. expecting4 Our statistics show that we (consume) all that we are capable of producing.A. wasteB. buyC. useD. sell5 The fuel tanks had a (capacity) of 140 liters.A. functionB. abilityC. powerD. volume6 Our lives are (intimately) bound up with theirs.A. tenselyB. nearlyC. carefullyD. closely7 Her faith (upheld) her in times of sadness.A. supportedB. excitedC. inspiredD. directed8 The book provides a (concise) analysis of the countrys history.A. cleanB. perfectC. realD. brief9 It is (laid down) in the regulations that all members must carry their membership cards at all times.A. suggestedB. warnedC. statedD. confirmed10 The council meeting (terminated) at 2 oclock.A. beganB. continuedC. endedD. resumed11 A red flag was placed there as a (token) of danger.A. signB. substituteC. proofD. target12 However bad the situation is, the majority is (unwilling) to risk change.A. reluctantB. eagerC. pleasedD. angry13 It has been said that the Acts provided a new course of action and did not merely (regulate) or enlarge an old one.A. limitB. controlC. replaceD. offset14 The secretary is expected to (explore) ideas for post-war reconstruction of the area.A. denyB. investigateC. stressD. create15 The (steadily) rising cost of labor on the waterfront has greatly increased the cost of shipping cargo by water.A. graduallyB. suddenlyC. excessivelyD. exceptionally第2部分：阅读判断（第1622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。Climate Are you planning a vacation? If you like hot and extremely dry summers, go to Phoenix, Arizona. For hot temperatures but lots of rain and thunderstorms, try Miami, Florida. If you want average temperatures and rainfall, St. Louis, Missouri, is the spot. Or if youre a cold-weather fan, head to Fairbanks, Alaska. Its winters are very cold with very little precipitation(降雨). Each of these cities has a certain type of weather. The average weather for a place over many years is called climate, and in no two places in the world it is exactly the same. How can this be. Many things in nature, such as sunshine, temperature, and precipitation, affect climate. Nearness to mountains, oceans, and large lakes affects it too. Another factor is altitude, or height above sea level. Air cools as altitude increases. So a city at a higher altitude may be colder than one at a lower altitude. Finally, winds affect climate. They move heat and moisture between the oceans and continents. Winds keep the tropics from overheating. They keep the polar regions from getting overly cold. Climate changes over long periods of time. Some scientists think, for example, that the earths climate changed at the time of the dinosaurs. They think the dinosaurs died because of the change. What causes a climate to change. One possible cause may be changes in the sun. Sunspots, for example, are cool, dark spots that form on the sun. Sunspots may decrease precipitation on the earth and cause unusually dry periods. Changes in the atmosphere may change climate too. Volcanic eruptions, for instance, release solid particles into the air. These particles may form a cloud that blocks out the suns heat. Human activity is another cause of climate change. Air pollution and the reduction of forest cover may have long-term effects on climate.16. The weather in Phoenix, Arizona is quite hot and dry in summer days.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned17. Fairbanks in Alaska has the coldest weather in the world.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned18. The weather in New York is different from that in Paris.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned19. A person may feel warmer at a lower altitude than the one at a higher altitude.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned20. The climate is influenced by a combination of several natural and man-made matters rather than by one single reason.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned21. Scientists have already known the reason that killed dinosaurs millions years ago.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned22. Human activity is the major cause of climate change because humans pollute the air and cut forests.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned第3部分：概括大意与完成句子（第2330题，每题1分，共8分）下面的短文后有2项测试任务：（1）第2326题要求从所给的6个选项中为指定段落每段选择1个小标题；（2）第2730题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定一个最佳选项。Adult Education1 Voluntary learning in organized courses by mature men and women is called adult education. Such education is offered to make people able to enlarge and interpret their experience as adults. Adults may want to study something which they missed in earlier schooling, get new skills or job training, find out about new technological developments, seek better self-understanding, or develop new talents and skills.2 This kind of education may be in the form of self-study with proper guidance through the use of libraries, correspondence course, or broadcasting. It may also be acquired collectively in schools and colleges, study groups, workshops, clubs, and professional associations.3 Modern adult education for large numbers of people started in the 18th and 19th centuries with the rise of the Industrial Revolution. Great economic and social changes were taking place: people were moving from rural areas to cities; new types of work were being created in an expanding factory system. These and other factors produced a need for further education and re-education of adults.4 The earliest programs of organized adult education arose in Great Britain in the 1790s, with the founding of an adult school in Nottingham and a mechanics institute in Glasgow. The earliest adult education institution in the United States was founded by Benjamin Franklin and some friends in Philadelphia in 1727.5 People recognize that continued learning is necessary for most forms of employment today. For example, parts of the adult population in many countries find it necessary to take part in retraining programs at work of even to learn completely new jobs. Adult education programs are springing up constantly to meet these and other needs.23. Paragraph 124. Paragraph 325. Paragraph 426. Paragraph 5A. Voluntary learningB. Necessary continued learningC. Modern adult educationD. The earliest programs and institutionE. Most forms of employmentF. Definition of adult education27. Generally speaking, adult education encourages mature men and women to _.28. Adult education can be acquired collectively or _.29. Modern adult education for large numbers of people witnessed _.30. Adult education programs are springing up constantly to meet the needs of _.A. develop new talentsB. learn organized courses voluntarilyC. great economic and social changesD. continued learningE. by self-studyF. in the 18th and 19th centuries第4部分：阅读理解（第3145题，每题3分，共45分）下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。第一篇Americans Get Touchy The New York Times recently reported that American teens are hugging practically everyone they see. Say goodbye to the greetings of the past, from the hands-off Whats up! to the handshake or high-five. For young people across the country, hugging is the new Hello. Girls are hugging girls. Boys are hugging boys. Girls and boys are hugging each other. And, like every major trend, there are lots of variations on the form. Theres the classic, full-body, arms-around-the-person bear hug, the casual one-armed side hug, the group hug and the hug from behind. Theres the handshake that turns into a hug and the hug that turns into a pat on the back. As trends go, this one seems pretty innocent. But some parents, teachers and school administrators are worried nonetheless. Will young people who arent as comfortable with physical contact feel peer pressured into hugging? Will kids who dont receive hugs feel left out? Could an extra-long hug slide into the more ominous territory of sexual harassment(骚扰)? In response to some of these concerns, some schools have set up new rules to limit or eliminate hugging. One school head has created a three-second limitation for hugs at her school. A few schools have taken even more drastic measures, placing a ban on all forms of touching between students. A few important points are being left out of the discussion. While the US has traditionally been reserved about touchingsaving hugs and kisses for relatives, romantic partners and very close friendspeople in many other parts of the world have been greeting each other this way for ages. In Latin America or Western Europe, in countries like Spain, France, and Italy, a kiss on the cheek is common among women, as well as among women and men who are not romantically involved. The cheek-kiss varies by region. Sometimes it is just an air kiss blown past the face. In other places, the proper way of greeting is to deliver a kiss upon both cheeks, or sometimes even a triplet(三个一组的) of kisses performed by kissing one cheek, then the other, then back to the first. Latin American men are more likely to shake hands when greeting other men, but in some countries like Turkey, its not unusual for men who know each other well to exchange kisses on the cheek. Meanwhile, for the Maori people(毛利人) of New Zealand, a traditional greeting called the hongi involves pressing noses together. So, from a global perspective, the new trend of teen hugging in America is not so new after all. People all around the world move in close to say hello, and Americans are just now joining in.31. The word practically the first paragraph could be best replaced byA. certainlyB. nearlyC. activelyD. voluntarily32. Which of the following is NOT among the typical ways of greetings in the past?A. hands off Whats upB. handshakeC. high-fiveD. embrace33. Some parents, teachers and school administrators concern the new trend of hugging for the following reasons EXCEPT:A. Some young people get involved into the trend due to peer pressure.B. Those who dont receive hugs feel left out.C. Theres the danger that hugging slide into the more ominous territory of sexual harassment.D. Diseases could be transmitted more easily through the extra-long body contact.34. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Teenagers across the US hug everyone they see in nearly the same way.B. Although some adults worry about the trend, few measures have been taken to ban on it.C. Traditionally, the US people have been reserved about hugging between anybody.D. In some countries, its usual for men to kiss each other on the cheek.35. We can infer that the author holds a _ attitude toward the new trend of hugging.A. positiveB. negativeC. indifferentD. conservative第二篇Women Staying in Mini-Skirts for Longer British women are happy nowadays to wear mini-skirts up until the age of 40, according to research by Debenhams. Just 20 years ago, few women would dare to ware a mini-skirt after the age of 33, the store said. It shows that women now having an increasing confidence in their bodies and are happy to dress accordingly, it added in a statement. If this trend continues, theres no doubt that, within the next decade, women in their mid-40s and early 50s will rightly regarded a mini-skirt as an essential part of their everyday wardrobe. The figures emerged when the store examined the latest age profile of women buying short, 36-cm skirts over the past six months. Their results show that it has jumped from an average age of 36-year-old at the start of millennium(千禧年) to 40 today. Figures from 1980 showed that on average women stopped buying minis when they reached 33 years olda figure unchanged from the mid-1960s. The store noted that experts believe that the popularity of intensive gym culture, providing women with well toned bodies for longer may be the reason. The increasing number of British women living on their own may also be a factor. The Debenhams study showed that a modern womens live affair with a mini-skirt begins at the age of 14 but that she doesnt buy her first one until the age of 16. Instead, she flouts school rules by rolling up the waistband of the school uniform to give the impression of wearing a mini-skirt. Skirts get shorter between the age of 16 and 19, reducing in size from 46 to 36 cm before reaching their shortest, a mere 32 cm, at the age of 23. Skirt length increases slightly between the age of 23 and 27, rising to 37 cm, possibly due to girls being in their first stable relationship, with no desire to attract attention, the store said. However, it found short skirts suddenly zoom in popularly between the age of 27 and 34, as those early relationship break down, and new relationship are formed. The move into longer skirts begins irreversibly at 40 years old, when 46-cm skirts, still slightly above the knee are the norm. Form then on, skirt length increases dramatically, falling below the knee for the very first time since school days at the age of 42.36. Debenhams could most possibly be:A) a fashion magazineB) a lifestyle associationC) an expert on trendD) a department store37. According to the passage, British women are happy to wear mini-skirts up until an older age because of the following reasons EXCEPT:A) Women are more and more confident in their bodies.B) Women nowadays pay much more attention to body building, and this provides them with well toned bodies to wear mini-skirts.C) The Climate of Great Britain are getting warmer in recent years, thus women can wear minis for a longer time.D) More and more women are now living on their own.38. We can infer from the second and third paragraph that in 1970sA) A lot of women dared to wear mini-skirts at the age of 40.B) Most women between 33 and 36 were still happy to wear mini-skirts.C) Even women in their early 50s rightly regarded a mini-skirt as an essential part of their everyday wardrobe.D) Most women no longer wore mini-skirts when they reach the age of 33.39. Which of the following statements about the length of the mini-skirts is true?A) At the age of 14, girls often wear mini-skirts which are about 46 cm in size.B) Girls at the age of 19 wear the shortest mini-skirts.C) At the age of 23, most girls wear mini-skirts which are 37 cm long.D) From the age of 23, skirt length increases because girls are in their first stable relationship.40. The word zoom in the first sentence of the last paragraph can be best replaced by:A) soarB) decreaseC) hold steadyD) drop第三篇Hes a great adventurer Endless sea, sand and sunshine on a tiny tropical island everyones idea of Paradise. Who wouldnt want to live in such a place? One person who certainly does is Ben Southall, from the UK. The 34-year-old was one of more than 34,000 people who applied for the post of caretaker on Hamilton Island, Australia, billed by the local government as the best job in the world. The position starts in July and runs for six months. The salary is altogether 150,000 Australian dollars. Why Southall? Well, first lets take a look at the criteria for the job: Were looking for applicants with an adventurous attitude, passion for the outdoors and good communication skills. On his application video, Southall expressed a love of adventure and featured photographs of himself riding an ostrich, running a marathon, scuba diving, and kissing a giraffe. Im a great communicator and love meeting people and immersing myself in other cultures, he said. He did a good job in demonstrating blogging skills, swimming, and snorkeling, which were all parts of the interview process. From the time he was announced in the Top 50, and then the Top 16, Southall excelled in showing true passion for Queensland, Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor said in a statement. His ideas for how he will make the role his own . plus his initiative and ability to rise to a challenge impressed the selection panel and secured his place in the top job, Lawlor said. Southall was born in Coventry, UK and used his parents home as a base for his adventures. He had an old Land Rover that he used for a charity-fund-raising trek across Africa which involved joining in five marathons and climbing five mountains. He was always up to mischief. It was sometimes hard work to make him get his head down and do his work because he always wanted to be outside, his mother said about his early years life. He wanted to go surfing in South Africa, so he got a job house-sitting to pay for it. We regularly ask him when he is going to get a proper job, but he is confident and has a strong set of friends and is a great social animal. Now he has got the job he deserves, said his father. So, you see? No matter what type of person you are, theres always that possibility of a dream job. Hows that? Just read the job descriptions carefully and come up with exactly the skills and qualities needed. Thats what Southall did to get his job.41. What is the best job in the world?A. a job about serving the local governmentB. a job about being the