[考试宝典]2005年职称英语等级考试理工类C级试题-答案及题解

职称英语考试宝典 系列软件2005年职称英语等级考试理工类C级试题 答案及题解第1部分：词汇选项 (第115题，每题1分，共15分) 下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与画线部分意义最相近的词或短语。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。1 Our English teacher is sickA fatB weakC|i11D mad2 Mary is looking for the book she lost yesterdayA trying to find B trying to readC trying to buy D trying to borrow3 I rarely play basketballA normally B seldomC frequently D usually4 My father is a physicianA researcher B professorC doctor D student5 The Foreign Service is a branch of the Department of StateA center B divisionC root D base6 Please put up your bands if you have any questionsA raise B reachC wave D fold7 Man cannot exit without waterA expand B riseC live D quit8 Jean has made up her mind not to go to the meetingA tried B promisedC decided D attempted9 This reminds me of lots of thingsA much B someC bigD many10 She will be very pleased to meet youA angry B happyC sad D unwilling11 It is obvious that he will win the gameA likely B possibleC clear D unwilling12 There is no risk to public health.A point B dangerC chanceD hope13 Did anyone call me when I was out?A invite B nameC answer D phone14 It took US a long time to mend the house.A buildC designB repairD repair15 I dont quite follow what she is sayingA believe B understandC explainD accept第2部分：阅读判断 (第1622题，每题1分，共7分) 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做出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息，请在答题卡上把A涂黑；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把B涂黑；如果该旬的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把C涂黑。The Smog(烟雾) For over a month，Indonesia was in crisisForest fires raged out of control as the country suffered its worst drought for 50 yearsSmoke from the fires mixed with sunlight and hot dry air to form a cloud of smogThis pollution quickly spread and within days it was hanging over neighbouring countries including Malaysia，Singapore and Thailand When the smoke combined with pollution from factories and cars，it soon became poisonous(有毒的)Dangerous amounts of CO became trapped under the smog and pollution levels rosePeople wheezed(喘息)and coughed as they left the house and their eyes watered immediately The smog made it impossible to see across streets and whole cities disappeared as grey soot(烟灰)covered everythingIn some areas，water was hosed(用胶管浇)from high-rise city buildings to try and break up the smog Finally, heavy rains, which came came in November. Put out the fires and clear the air . But the environmental costs and health problems will remain Many people from SouthEastern Asian cities already suffer from breathing huge amounts of Car exhaust fumes(汽车排放的废气)and factory pollution Breathing problems could well increase and many nonsufferers may have difficulties for the first timeWildlife has suffered tooIn lowland forests，elephants，deer, and tigers have been driven out of their homes by smog But smog is not just an Asian problem. In fact .was world was first used in London in 1905 to describe the mixture of smoke and thick fogFog often hung over the capitalSometimes the smog was SO thick and poisonous that people were killed by breathing problems or in accidentsAbout 4，000 Londoners died within five days as a result of thick smog in 195216 Indonesia was in crisis because of the drought A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned17 The smog spread to neighbouring countries A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned18 The air-pollution index went up to 300 within a few days. A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned19 Water was used to try to break up the smog. A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned20 Many Indonesians blamed the government for the drought A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned21 The forest animals havent been affected by the smog.A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned22 The word “smog” first appeared in 1952. A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned第3部分：概括大意与完成句子 (第2 330题，每题1分，共8分) 阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第2326题要求从所给的6个选项中为第14段每段选择1个正确的小标题；(2)第2730题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。A Star Is Born1 The VLT(Very Large Telescope)is the worlds largest telescope(望远镜)and is taking astronomers(72文学家)further back to the Big Bang than they ever thought possibleLocated 2,600 metres up io the Chilean Andes，it has four huge mirrors，each about the size of a London busThe VLT is SO powerful it Can spot a burning match 10.000 kilometres away2 This astonishing power will allow astronomers to see events in space from the birth of stars to the collision(碰撞)of galaxies(星系)on the edge of the cosmos(宇宙)The VLT is giving astronomers their best-ever view of the cosmosThe power of the VLT to see the smallest detail at the furthest distances makes its designers amazed3 Take the case of Eta Carinae，one of the most explosive stars in the universeThis star produces ultraviolet laser rays(紫外线)and it will destroy itself in a few million yearstimeIt is five times brighter than the sun and when it explodes it is going to be a sight worth waiting for 14 But it is at distances of millions，even billions，of light years that the VLT really shows its powerThe VLT can detect light that set out on its journey before the earth even existedThis gives astronomers their firstever detailed views of events that took place in the earliest days of the cosmos5 In other wordsthe VLT is a kind of a time machineIt takes astronomers back to a time when complete galaxies crashed into each otherThe effects of these past collisions Can now be seen by scientists，and astronomers believe the telescope will reveal more about these exciting events in the years to comeOne day, we might be able to say we have traveled back to the beginning of time，and we will have a much clearer picture of how our planet was born23 Paragraph 1_ 24 Paragraph 2_ 25 Paragraph 3_ 26 Paragraph 4_ A Enents That Took place Before the Earth ExistdB Power of the Telescope C Details of Eta CarinaeD Invention of a Time MachineE Biggest Telescope27 The VLT will allow scientists to see events_ 28 The designers of the VlT are surprised at_ 29 Eta Carinae is taken_ 30Scientists believe the VLT will tell us more about_ A its detecting powerB millions of light years away in spaceC the location of the VLTD as an exampleE the birth of the earthF the rotation of the earth第4部分：阅读理解(第31-45题，每题3分，共4 5分) 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。请根据文章的内容从每题所给的4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。第一篇 Pushbike Danger Low speed bicycle crashes can badly injureor even killchildren if they fall onto the ends of the handlebars(车把)So a team of engineers is redesigning it to make it safer Kristy Arbogast，a bioengineer at the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania， began the project with her colleaguesThe cases they reviewed about serious abdominal(腹部的) injuries in children in the past 30 years showed that more than a third were caused by bicycle accidents”The task was to identify how the injuries occurred and come up with seine countermeasures，”she says By interviewing the children and their parents，Arbogast and her team were able toreconstruct many of the accidents and identified a common cause for serious injuries They discovered that most cases occur when children hit an obstacle at slow speed，causing them to topple f摇摆)overTo maintain their balance the children turn the handlebars through 90 degreesbut their momentum(冲力)forces them into the end of the handlebarsThe bike then falls over and the other end of the handlebars hits the ground，pushing it in to their abdomen(腹部) The solution the group came up with is a handgrip (握柄)fitted with a spring and damping(减速)system. The spring absorbs up to 50 per cent of the forces transmitted(传递)through the handlebars in all impactThe group hopes to commercialize the device，which should add only a few dollars to tle cost of a bike“But our task has been one of education because up until nowbicycle manufacturers were unaware of the problem，”says Arbogast31 The engineers are trying to improve the handlebars because A they are not beautiful B they may kill children C they are likely to crash D they affect the speed of the bike32 How many abdominal injuries in children were caused by bicycle accidents? A Thirty B Ninety C 50 percent D More than a third.33 The world “countermeasures” in paragraph 2 meansA “problems”B “approaches”C “solutions”D actions”34 Paragraph 3 mainly discussesA why the children and their parents were interviewedB how serious abdominal injuries occur.C when the children turn the handlebarsD what stops bicycle accidents35 The advantage of the new handgrip is that A it can be made cheaply. B it reduces the impact in bicycle accidents C it helps to slow down the speed of the bicycle D it sells well at bicycle shops第二篇 Saving Money Where you save your money often depends on what you are saving for If you are saving to buy a CD(光盘)or to go to a concert, then probably you would keep your money somewhere in your room If you are saving for a big purchase like a mountain bike or a school trip，where would you save your money? One place to save money is the bank Putting your money in a savings account will help your money early more money If you put your money in a piggy bank(猪形储蓄罐)，one year later you11 still have the same amount of money you put inIf you put your money in a savings account，one year later, youll have more money than you put in Why? When you keep your money in a bank，your money earns interestInterest is the amount of money a bank pays you to use your moneyThe bank uses your money (and the money of other people，too)to loan money to people and businesses The bank will send you a statement several times a year A bank statement tells you how much money you have in your account，It also tells you how much interest you have earnedIf you leave your money in the bank，you Can watch it grow! Another way you can save money is to buy a certificate of deposit or CDIf you have some money that you dont need to use for a long time，this is a good way to make your money grow You Can buy a cd at a bankYou agree not to use the money for a certain period of time That period might be from six months to five yearsYou Cant touch your money during that time If you do，you must pay a penalty，or fee36 Your money will earn more money if you put it. A in your room B in a piggy bank C in your pocket D in a savings account37 A bank pays you interest for A wasting your money B losing your money C using your money D decreasing your money38 Among other thingsa bank statement tells you A the amount of money you have in the bank B the current rates of interest C the current rates of exchange D the best way to save your money39 If you draw your money before it is dueyou will have to A pay interest to the bank B close your account C open a new account D pay a penalty or fee 40 The word “touch in paragraph 7 could be best replaced by A “deposit” B “lend” C “use” D “cash”第三篇 Almost Human? Scientists are racing to build the worlds first thinking robot .This is not science fiction：some say they will have made it by the year 2020.Carol Packer repots Machines that walk，speak and feel are no longer science fictionKismet is the name of an android(机器人)which scientists have built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)Kismet is different from the tradition。al robot because it can show human emotionsIts eyesEars and lips move to show when it feels happysad or boredKismet is one of the first of a new generation of androidsrobots that 100k like human beingswhich can imitate human feelingsCog，another android invented by the MIT, imitates the action of a mother Howere, scientists admit that so far Cog has the mental ability of a twoyearold The optimists(乐观主义者)say that by the year 2020 we will have created humanoids(机器人)with brains similar to those of an adult human beingThese robots will be designed to look like people to make them more attractive and easier to sell to the publicWhat kind of jobs will they do? In the future，robots like Robonaut ，a humanoid invented by NASA，will be doing dangerous jobs，like repairing space stations They will also be doing more and more of the household work for USIn Japan，scientists are designing androids that will entertain US by dancing and playing the piano Some people worry about what the future holds：will robots become monsters(怪物)?Will people themselves become increasingly like robots? Experts predict that more and more people will be wearing micro-computers，connected to the Internet，in the futurePeople will have micro-chips in various parts of their body，which will connect them to a wide variety of gadgets (小装置)Perhaps we should not exaggerate(夸大)the importance of technology，but one wonders whether , in years to come，we will still be falling in love，and whether we will still feelpainWho knows?41 Kismet is different from traditional robots because A it thinks for itself B it is not 1ike science fiction C it Can 100k after two-yearolds D it seems to have human feelings42 What makes Cog special? A It looks 1ike a mother B It behaves 1ike a child C It can imitate血e behavior of a mother D It has a huge brain43 In aboutl5 years time from now , robots A will become space designers B will look like monsters C will behave 1ike animals D will think like humans44 In the future robots will alsoA explore spaceB entertain peopleC move much fasterD do all of the housework55 What is the writers attitude to robots in the future?A CriticalB HostileC ObjectiveD Enthusiastic第5部分：补全短文 (第465 0题，每题2分，共1 0分) 阅读下面的短文，文章中有5处空白，文章后面有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。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。Caribbean Islands What would you see if you took a cruise to the Caribbean Islands ? Palm trees and coconuts(椰子)?White beaches and clear，blue ocean ? Colorful corals(珊瑚)and even more colorful fishes and birds? You betThere are thousands of islands in the Caribbean SeaThey are famous for theirwarm，tropical climate and great natural beauty The Caribbean Islands form a chain that separates the Caribbean Sea from the rest of the Atlantic Ocean Some of the islands were formed by the eruption(爆发)of ancient volcanoes(火山 ) (46)The Caribbean Islands are known by several names (47)The explorerChristopher Columbus called the islands the Indies in 1492 because he thought he was near thecoast of IndiaLater ,Spain and France called the islands the AntillesThere are four large islands in the Caribbean Sea (48) These four islands areoften called the Greater Antilles Together ,they account for about 90 percent of the land area ofthe Caribbean Islands The rest of the Caribbean Islands are much smallerSome of these islands are no more thantiny slivers(小片)of exposed coralYou can see why pirates(海盗)such as the famous Blackbeard sailed these waters (49) The weather of the Caribbean Sea is almost always warnand sunny Sandy beaches line the coasts of many islandsThis is why millions of tourists visit the islands each yearA But life on the Caribbean Islands is not always painfulB The earliest name used by Europeans is the Indies，later changed to the West IndiesC Others are lowlying coral islands that gradually rose from the oceanD They are Cuba，Puerto Rico，Jamaica，and Hispaniola(so)E Many tourists arrive on cruise shipsF There are countless small islands to bury treasure or hide on第6部分：完形填空 (第5165题，每题1分，共1 5分) 阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。Save Energy at HomeOn the average，Americans waste as much energy as twothirds of the worlds population consumes Thats largely the (51)of driving inefficient Cars，using inefficient appliances(设备)，and living and working in poorly insulated(隔热)buildingsThen what canyou do to (52)the situation? Buy energy-efficient productsBuy new appliances or electronics of the highest energyefficiency ratingNew energy-efficient models may cost more initially，but have a lowerOperating (53) over their lifetimes The most energyefficient models (54)the Energy Star label，which identifies products (55)use 20-40 percent less energy than standard new products According to the EPA(美国环境保护署)，the typical American household Can save about$400 per year in (56)bills with products that carry the Energy StarSwitch to compact fluorescent bulbs(荧光灯)-Change the three bulbs you use (57)in your house to compact flu