中石油英语考试难点复习.doc

石油系统职称英语复习题 提示：练习题中有下划线的词或词组也要给予重视。Lesson 1 English Is a Crazy Language1. English muffins werent invented in England _ French fries in France.A. while B. not C. either D. nor2. Sweetmeats are candies _ sweetbread, which arent sweet, are meat. A. what B. as C. which D. while3. We take English for _. A. ground B. great C. granted D. grant4. But if we explore its _, we find that quicksand can work slowly. A. parade B. paraphrases C. paragraphs D. Paradoxes5. Did you make _ to Tom for his loss? A. mend B. mind C. amends D. amend6. You can _ through the annals of history. A. combine B. comb C. tomb D. combat 7. If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of _of them, what do you call it? A. one but all B. all only one C. all but one D. all besides one8. Sometimes I think all the English speakers should _ to an asylum for verbally insane. A. be permitted B. be omitted C. vomited D. be committed9. How can the _ be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another? A. climate B. whether C weather D. climb10. You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language _ your house can burn up as it burns down. A. what B. about which C. of which D. in which11. My alarm clock _ at 6 every morning. A. goes on B. goes off C. gets up D. gets out答案：1D 2D 3C 4 D 5 C 6 B 7C 8D 9C 10 D 11BLesson 2 All I Learned in Kindergarten1. When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands and _ together.A. stick B. stuck C. strike D. struck2. Put things back _ you found them. A. what B. while C. where D. which3. Goldfish and hamsters all die. _. A. So do us B. So we do C. So are we D. So do we4. Think of what a better world _ if we all had cookies and milk about 3 oclock every afternoon.A. would it be B. it would be C. will it be D. it going to be5. It would be a better world if we all _ with our blankets for a nap. A. lay down B. laid down C. lain down D. lied down6. No matter how old you are, when you go out into the world, it _ to hold hands and stick together. A. would better B. had better C. be better D. is better答案：1A 2C 3D 4B 5A 6D Lesson 3 On Mobile Office1. Mobile office is the mutual product of _, scientific, and social progress.A. economy B. economic C. economics D. ecology2. it has become a solution that provide users with _, prompt, reliable and reasonably priced communications and office faculty. A. convenient B. convention C. concert D. convert3. Using mobile office and WAP technology, people can do their work via _ such as mobile phone and palm computer. A. terms B. terminals C. criminal D. techniques4MIP is an important network support technology to _ Mobile office. A. accompany B. accomplish C. company D. compare5. When your clients need you to make some urgent modifications on your work and you are not carrying _ documents, what can you do? A. relation B. relative C. relevant D. relativity6. Nevertheless, we believe that with technical progress, Mobile office will make your career _. A. impacted B. unimportant C. unimpeded D. impatient7. Even enterprises production efficiency will be immensely _. A. risen B. rose C. arisen D raised答案：1B 2A 3B 4B 5C 6C 7DLesson 4 How to Explore a City1. Are you spending two days _ Tokyo?A. on B. in C. with D. of 2. These tips will help you make the _ of any urban adventure. A. more B. much C. most D. mostly3. _ can also be a good source of information. A. Frogs B. Blocks C. Blogs D. Blood4. They will help you explore the city _. A. on foot B. on feet C. by foot D. with feet5. Visit the citys tourism office, which will provide other _ information. A. invaluable B. value C. valuation D valueless6. Many cities have _ that most tourists dont know about. A. measures B. treasures C. treaty D. tissue7. Some of the best things that a city has to offer can be found _ mistake. A. because B. in C. by D. on8. If youre not afraid to get _, youll see more. A. lost B. lose C. loosen D. loss答案：1A 2C 3C 4A 5A 6B 7C 8ALesson 5 Can Money Buy Happiness1. Many of us dream _ thousands and thousands of dollars to spend on anything we desire.A. to have B. of having C. having of D. to having2. We spend hours _ building a business.A. on B. by C. with D. /3. _ having some money does have an impact on our level of happiness, having a lot of money does not. A. When B. Who C. While D. Which4. People _ income is about US$50000 a year are more likely to be happy. A. who B. which C. when D. whose5. The more you make, the _ you want. A. more B. most C. much D. mostly6. To really be happy, you need to understand what makes you happy _ the first place. A. on B. in C. for D. by7. Those _ have five or more close friends are more likely to be happy. A. who B. which C. when D. whose8. Good relationships have a far greater effect on happiness than large _ in salary. A. rise B. arise C. arouse D. raises9. If you re looking for happiness in life, find the right husband or wife _ trying to double your salary. A. better than B. rather than C. more than D. and10. So _ your time and energy in people. A. investigate B. invest C. invent D. invert11. The payoff is much bigger _ happiness. A. in the long term B. on terms of C. in terms of D. in general terms答案：1B 2D 3C 4D 5A 6B 7A 8D 9B 10B 11CUnit 6 How Americans View Love1. If you watch American _ Valentines Day, you can believe it. A in B at Con D under2. The whole country _ with red hearts. A breaks out B breaks down C breaks away D breaks up3. _ people give cards, flowers and candy to their sweethearts. A Love-strike B Love-stick C Love-struck D love-stuck4Someone may go out with one person this week, and _ person next week. A the other B another C the others D others5. This means they _ each other as boyfriend and girlfriend. A think about B think of C look of D thought of6. People all over the world _ happiness in a loving relationship. A search for B reach for C investigate D research 7. Maybe love _ make the world go around. A does B do C doing D has done8. That doesnt mean you keep my your eyes _ the whole evening! A closing B closed C to close D to closing9. Movies, TV shows and books in America all picture people _ love. A fell into B falling in C fallen onto D fall into 答案：1C 2A 3C 4B 5 B 6 A 7 A 8 B 9 BUnit 7 Carbon-based Alternative 1. Although recent years have seen _reductions in noxious pollutants from individual motor vehicles, the number of such vehicles has been steadily increasing. A substantial B substance C submit D subjective2. Consequently, more than 100 cities in the United States still have levels of carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and ozone that _ legally established limits. A succeed B proceed C exceed D excess3. There is a growing realization that the only effective way to achieve further reductions in vehicle _is to replace conventional diesel fuel and gasoline with cleaner-burning fuels. A. permission B. emission C. omission D. Mission4. All of these alternatives are carbon-based fuels _ molecules are smaller and simpler than those of gasoline. A which B who C what D whose5. The hydrocarbons they do emit are less likely to _ ozone. A. generate B generous C generation D general6. The combustion of larger molecules, _ have multiple carbon-carbon bonds involves a more complex series of reactions. A whose B where C who D which7. These reactions increase the probability of incomplete combustion and are more likely to _ uncombusted and photochemically active hydrocarbon compounds into the atmosphere. A lease B release C please D relief 8. On the other hand, alternative fuels do have _. A drawbacks B setback C drawer D backward 9. Ethanol and methanol have important advantages _ other carbon-based alternative fuels. A on B over C by D with10. It is currently about _ as methanol. A twice as expensive as B as twice expensive as C as expensive twice as D expensive as twice as11. Methanols most attractive feature is that it can reduce _ about 90 percent the vehicle emissions. A of B in C on D by12. However, since methanol-fueled vehicles could be designed to be much more _ than gasoline clone vehicles fueled with methanol, they would need comparatively less fuel A effective B efficient C sufficient D supplement13. Vehicles_ only the simplest of the engine improvements that methanol makes feasible would still contribute to an immediate lessening of urban air pollution. A incorporating B corporate C operating D cooperate答案：1A 2C 3B 4D 5A 6D 7B 8A 9B 10A 11D 12B 13AUnit 8 Our Family Creed1 They are the principles _ my wife and I have tried to _ our family. A which, bring about B in which, bring up C on which, bring up 2 They are the principles _ which my father believed and _ which he governed his life. A on, on B by, by C in, by D in, in3 The world owes no man _but that it owes every man an opportunity _. A a living, make a living B life, to live. C a living, to make a living4 I believe that truth and justice are fundamental to _ social order. A an endure B an endurable C an enduring D an endurance5 I believe that only in the purifying fire of sacrifice _ and the greatness of human soul _. A is the dross of selfishness consumed, set free B the dross of selfishness is consumed, setting free C is the dross of selfishness consuming, sets free6 I believe in an all-wise and all-loving God,_, and that the individual highest fulfillment, greatest happiness, and the widest usefulness are to be found in living _ his will. A named by whatever name, in harmony with B named by whoever name, in harmony to C naming by however name, in harmonious with7 The right can and will triumph _might. A at B in C over D on8 These are the principles, however formulated, for which all good men and women throughout the world, _of race or creed, education, social position, or occupation, are standing. A respective B irrespective C respect D respectable 9 These are the principles _alone a new world recognizing the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God can be established. A for which B in which C upon which 答案：1C 2C 3C 4C 5 A 6 A 7 C 8 B 9 CLesson 9 The Art of Public Speaking1. But even if you never give another speech in your life, you still have much to _ from studying public speaking.A. gain B. grain C. train D. rain2. The training is _ for every type of communication.A. worthless B. invaluable C. costless D. value3. In conversation, almost without thinking about it, you _ a wide range of skills.A. explore B. employ C. purify D. multiply4. You tailor your message _ your audience.A. about B. for C. to D. in5. You _ to feedback from your listener.A. adapt B. adopt C. apply D. analyze6. It usually imposes strict time limitations _ the speaker.A. in B. on C. about D. with7. Listeners _ negatively to speeches loaded with slang, jargon, and bad grammar.A. act B. react C. interact D. transact8. Public speaking demands a different method of _.A. deliver B. delivery C. delicate D. delete9. Effective speakers adjust their voices _ the larger audience and work_ avoiding distracting physical mannerism and verbal habits.A. at, to B. in, at C. to, at D. to, for10. Your speech class will give you an opportunity to gain confidence and make your nervousness work for you _ against you.A. more than B. apart from C. rather than D. instead11. You will take a big step toward overcoming stage fright if you think_, choose speech topics you really care about, prepare thoroughly, and concentrate on communicating with your audience.A. positive B. post C. position D. positively12. The speech communication process _ includes seven elements.A. in the hole B. at a whole C. as a whole D. to the whole13. The speaker is the person who _ a speech transaction.A. initial B. initiates C. initiation D. initiative14. Whatever the speaker communicates is the message, which is sent _ a particular channel.A. by all means B. by no means C. by any means D. by means of15. Interference is anything that _ the communication of a message.A. impact B. imports C. impedes D. impair16. The interaction of these seven elements is what determines the _ in any instance of speech communication.A. outcome B. income C. become D. welcome17. They do this by doing well-informed about their subjects, being honest in what they say, by using sound evidence, and by employing valid reasoning.A. valley B. value C. vary D. valid答案：1A 2B 3B 4C 5A 6B 7B 8B 9C 10C 11D 12C 13B 14D 15C 16 A 17 DUnit 10 A Gentleman1 The Victorian gentleman must have been really something to _ if the following article is true.A. hold B. behold C. beheld D. behave2. For any woman who has dreamed of Knight in shining armor, the perfect man, or just a man who would _ the TV remote control, you have found him here. A. give off B. give in C. give out D. give up3. For those of you who are married, take heart and remember, your husband may not resemble the Victorian Gentleman, but you love him_. A. in a way B. someway C. by the way D. anyway4. It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never _ pain. A. conflicts B. inflicts C. inflation D. influences5. This description is both refined and, _ , accurate. A. as far as it goes B. as far as C. far from D. how far6. He is mainly occupied in merely removing the obstacles which _ the free and unembarassed action of those about him. A. hide B. hinder C. hint D. height7. He _ with their movements rather than takes the initiative himself. A. occurs B. agree C. concurs D. concerns8. His benefits may be considered as _ to what are called comforts or conveniences in arrangements of a personal nature. A. parallel B. paragraph C. paradox D. part9. An easy chair does its part in _ cold and fatigue. A. spelling B. dispelling C. display D. disappear10. The true gentleman in like manner carefully avoids _ may cause a jar or a jolt in the minds of those with whom he is cast.A. whichever B. whenever C. whoever D. whatever11. His great concern is to make every one at their ease and _. A. go home B. back home C. at home D. in house12. He can rocollect _ he is speaking A. to whom B. to which C. to what D. by whom13. He guards against unseasonable allusions, or topics _ may irritate. A. which B. what C. who D. whom14. He makes light of favours while he does them and seems to be receiving when he is _. A. inferring B. conferring C. preferring D. confessing15. He never speaks of himself except when _. A. compelled B. compelling C. to compel D. compel 16. He is scrupulous in _ motives to those who interfere with him. A. importing B. imputing C. impact D. impairing17. From a long-sighted prudence, he _ the maxim of the ancient sage. A. observes B. preserves C. serves D. obstacle18. We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he _ one day to be our friend. A. is B. was C. were D. be19. He has_ much good sense to be affronted at insults A. very B. too C. so D. more20. He _ to pain, because it is inevitable. A. permits B. vomits C. submits D. commits21. If he engages in controversy of any kind, his disciplined intellect preserves him from the_ . A. blank B. blame C. blush D. blunder答案：1B 2D 3D 4B 5A 6B 7C 8A 9B 10 D 11.C 12 A 13A 14B 15A 16B 17A 18 C 19B 20C 21DUnit 11 Smoking and Cancer1 This is roughly the _ of 4195 cigarettes a year for every person in the country of 18 years of age or more. A equal B equality C equivalent D equator 2 Research teams have conducted studies that show beyond all reasonable doubt that tobacco smoking, particularly cigarette smoking, is associated _ shortened life expectancy. A to B w