职称英语考试综合类A级模拟试题(三)

1、姓名：_ 班级：_ 学号：_-密-封 -线- 职称英语考试综合类a级模拟试题(三)考试时间：120分钟 考试总分：100分题号一二三四五总分分数遵守考场纪律，维护知识尊严，杜绝违纪行为，确保考试结果公正。.一、单选题 (下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。)1、 i have been trying to smoking.a.give upb.pick upc.build upd.take up标准答案： a2、 relief workers were by what

2、they saw.a.movedb.touchedc.surprisedd.worried标准答案： c3、 the weather is a constant of conversation in britain.a.questionb.problemc.titled.topic标准答案： d4、 this is not of english,but is a feature of the chinese language.a.particularb.characteristicc.remarkabled.idiomatic标准答案： b5、 it is impossible to pers

3、uade him to apply for the job.a.simplyb.almostc.totallyd.completely标准答案： b6、 these are defensive behavior patterns which from our fears.a.stemb.relyc.developd.grow标准答案： a7、 only a small minority of the mentally ill are to harm themselves or others.a.easyb.possiblec.likelyd.difficult标准答案： c8、 they ha

4、ve the to destroy the enemy in a few days.a.possibilityb.necessityc.abilityd.probability标准答案： c9、 we have never seen such hills.a.beautifulb.stretchingc.spreadingd.rolling标准答案： a. 10、 the leaves have been swept into huge .a.loadsb.layersc.pyramidsd.piles标准答案： d11、 the news will everyone.a.attractb.t

5、errifyc.temptd.excite标准答案： b12、 the article the major events of the decade.a.describedb.offeredc.outlinedd.presented标准答案： c13、 i wont that kind of behavior.a.bearb.receivec.admitd.take标准答案： a14、 their style of playing football is different.a.barelyb.scarcelyc.hardlyd.totally标准答案： d15、 her sister her

6、 to apply for the job.a.advisedb.causedc.forcedd.promised标准答案： a二、匹配题 (概括大意与完成句子(每题1分，共8分)16、science fictionamongst the most popular books being written today are those which are usually classified as science fiction. hundreds of titles are published every year and are read by all kinds of people. f

7、urthermore， some of the most successful films of recent years have been based on science fiction stories.it is often thought that science fiction is a fairly new development in literature， but its ancestors can be found in books written hundreds of years ago. these books were often concerned with th

8、e presentation of some form of ideal society， a theme which is still often found in modern stories. most of the classics of science fiction， however， have been written within the last hundred years. books by writers such as jules verne and h.g. wells， to mention just two well-known authors， have bee

9、n translated into many languages.modern science fiction writers don t write about men from mars or space adventure stories. they are more interested in predicting the results of technical developments on society and the human mind; or in imagining future worlds which are a reflection of the world wh

10、ich we live in now. because of this their writing has obvious political undertones.in an age where science fact frequently overtakes science fiction， the writers may find it difficult to keep ahead of scientific advances. those who are sufficiently clear-sighted to see the way we are going， however，

11、 may provide a valuable lesson on how to deal with the problems which society will inevitably face as it tries to master its new technology.1. paragraph 1_2. paragraph 2_3. paragraph 3_4. paragraph 4_a. popularity of science fictionb. a fairly new developmentc. classics of science fictiond. difficul

12、ty in keeping ahead of scientific adventuree. its originf. themes of modern science fiction标准答案： a,e,c,f17、5. some form of ideal society is _6.books written by j. verne are_7.people enjoy_8.works of modern science fiction have_a) a recurrent themeb) concerned with the problems that we have to solve

13、in the futurec) reading books of science fictiond) political implicationse) a current themef) read worldwide标准答案： a,f,c,d. 三、案例分析题 (阅读判断(每题1分，共7分);补全短文(每题2分，共10分);阅读理解(每题3分，共45分);完形填空(每题1分，共15分)18、 the boeing corp. and europes airbus consortium are preparing to offer bigger airplanes to the worlds a

14、irlines. now that talks on a joint project have broken down, boeing is pushing a stretched version of the 747, and airbus is designing an all-new aircraft, known as the a3xx.seating 550 passengers in the basic model, and 650 in a stretched version, the 1.2 million pound a3xx will not only be the lar

15、gest airplane in the world, but it will also be one of the most advanced. the outer wings and the horizontal stabilizer (as big as a smaller jets wing) will be made of carbon-fiber composite materials, and will be the largest such structures on any aircraft except the b-2 stealth bomber. metal skins

16、 will be welded together with lasers, removing thousands of fasteners.when a strong wind strikes the a3xxs 260-foot wing, movable control surfaces will prevent it from flexing like a giant spring. this will make the ride smoother and will save weight by reducing the load on the wing spars. a flexibl

17、e-skinned flap will subtly change the wings curvature to match the airplanes changing weight as it bums fuel on each journey.the a3xx will carry up to 1,600 meals, filling more than 100 food and beverage carts. to make more room for passengers, airbus plans to put the carts in the lower hold; automa

18、tic conveyors and elevators will deliver them to the two passenger decks. airlines have asked airbus to look at extra features ranging from lower-deck sleeper cabins to a childrens playroom.airbus expects to offer the a3xx to airlines in 1998, and deliver the first aircraft in 2003.词汇：consortium n.

19、财团 welded v.焊接stretched a.拓展的 flap n.副翼16. no fasteners will be used in building a3xx because all components will be welded together.a. rightb. wrongc. not mentioned17. airbus plans to build a mini-restaurant in the lower hold of a3xx.a. rightb. wrongc. not mentioned18. a3xx will be bigger than the

20、b-2 stealth bomber.a. rightb. wrongc. not mentioned19. the basic model of a3xx can carry more than 500 passengers.a. rightb. wrongc. not mentioned标准答案： b,c,b,a. 19、20. the wing of a3xx will not be spoiled when it is stricken by a strong wind because its surfaces are designed to be movable.a. rightb.

21、 wrongc. not mentioned21. a3xx will fly faster while consuming less oil.a. rightb. wrongc. not mentioned22. the first a3xx will be available in 2003.a. rightb. wrongc. not mentioned标准答案： a,c,a20、david jones and his salarycomputer programmer david jones earns 35,000 a year designing new computer game

22、s, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card. instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.the 16-year-old works for a small firm in liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. davids firm releases two new games for the

23、 home computer market each month.but davids biggest headache is what to do with his money. despite his salary, earned buy inventing new programs, with bonus payments and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, buy a house, or obtain credit cards.he lives with his parents in liverpool. his company has

24、 to pay 150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to work and back every day because david cannot drive.david got his job with the liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school and working for a time in a computer shop. “i got the job because the people who run the f

25、irm knew i had already written some programs,” he said.“i suppose 35,000 sounds a lot but i hope it will come to more than that his year.” he spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother 20 a week. but most of his spare time is spent working.“unfortunately, computing was not

26、 part of our studies at school,” he said. “but i had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. i knew what i wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.”david added: “i would like to earn a million and

27、i suppose early retirement is a possibility. you never know when the market might disappear.”. exercise1. why is david different from other young people of his age?a) because he earns an extremely high salary.b) because he is not unemployed.c) because he does not go out much.d) because he lives at h

28、ome with his parents.2. davids greatest problem isa) finding a bank that will treat him as an adult.b) inventing computer games.c) spending his salary.d) learning to drive.3. he was employed by the company becausea) he had worked in a computer shop.b) he had written some computer programs.c) he had

29、worked very hard.d) he had learned to use computers at school.4. he left school becausea) he did not enjoy schoolb) he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him.c) he was afraid of getting too old to start computing.d) he wanted to earn a lot of money.5. why does david thi

30、nk he might retire early?a) because you have to be young to write computer programs.b) because he wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.c) because he thinks computer games might not always sell so well.d) because he thinks his firm might go bankrupt.标准答案： a,c,b,b,c. 21、new york - the meltin

31、g potrecently the department of planning of new york issued a report which laid bare a full scale of the city. in 1970, 18 percent of the citys population was foreign-born. by 1995, the figure had risen to 33 percent, and another 20 percent were the us-born offsprings of immigrants. so immigrants an

32、d their children now form a majority of the citys population.who are these new yorkers? why do they come here? where are they from? (ok, time to drop the “they”. im one of them). the last question at least is easy to answer: we come from everywhere. in the list of the top 20 source nations of those

33、sending immigrants to new york between 1990 and 1994 are six countries in asia, five in the caribbean, four in latin america, three in europe, plus israel and former soviet union. and when we immigrants get here we roll up our sleeves. “if youre not ready to work when you get to new york,” says a fr

34、iend of mine, “youd better hit the road.”the mayor of new york once said, “immigration continues to shape the unique character and drive the economic engine of new york city.” he believes that immigrants are at the heart of what makes new york great. in europe, by contrast, it is much more common to

35、 hear politicians worry about the loss of “unity” that immigration brings to their societies. in the quarter century since 1970, the united stated admitted about 125 million legal immigrants, and has absorbed them into its social structures with an ease beyond the imagination of other nations. since

36、 these immigrants are purposeful and hard-working, they will help america to make a fresh start in the next century.1. the report issued by the department of planning of new yorka) put forward ways to control new yorks population.b) concerned itself with the growth of new yorks population.c) studied

37、 the structure of new yorks population.d) suggested ways to increase new yorks population.2. according to the second paragraph, which of the following is true of the immigrants in new york?a) one can not find his place in new york unless he is ready to work.b) they found life in new york harder than

38、 in their own countries.c) most of them have difficulty finding jobs.d) one can live on welfare if he does not want to work.3. the mayor of new york considers immigration to bea) a big problem in the management of the city.b) a push needed to develop the city.c) a cause of disintegration of the city

39、s social structure.d) an obstacle to the development of the city. 4. where are the new new yorkers from?a) asia.b) europe.c) all over the world.d) latin america.5. what is the authors attitude towards immigration to new york?a) negative.b) worried.c) indifferentd) positive.标准答案： c,a,b,c,d22、preservi

40、ng nature for futuredemands for stronger protection for wildlife in britain sometimes hide the fact that similar needs are felt in the rest of europe. studies by the council of europe, of which 21 counties are members, have shown that 45 per cent of reptile species and 24 per cent of butterflies are

41、 in danger of dying out.european concern for wildlife was outlined by dr peter baum, an expert in the environment and natural resources division of the council, when he spoke at a conference arranged by the administrators of a british national park. the park is one of the few areas in europe to hold

42、 the councils diploma for nature reserves of the highest quality, and dr peter baum had come to present it to the park once again. he was afraid that public opinion was turning against national parks, and that those set up in the 1960s and 1970s could not be set up today. but dr baum clearly remaine

43、d a strong supporter of the view that natural environments needed to be allowed to survive in peace in their own right.“no area could be expected to survive both as a true nature reserve and as a tourist attraction,” he went on. the short-sighted view that reserves had to serve immediate human deman

44、ds for outdoor recreation should be replaced by full acceptance of their importance as places to preserve nature for the future.“we forget that they are the guarantee of life systems, on which any built-up area ultimately depends,” dr baum went on. “we could manage without most industrial products,

45、but we could not manage without nature. however, our natural environment areas, which are the original parts of our countryside, have shrunk to become mere islands in a spoiled and highly polluted land mass.”1. recent studies by the council of europe have indicated thata) wildlife needs more protect

46、ion only in britainb) all species of wildlife in europe are in danger of dying out.c) there are fewer species of reptiles and butterflies in europe than else whered) many species of reptiles an butterflies in europe need protecting. 2. why did dr baum come to a british national park?a) because he ne

47、eded to present it with a councils diploma.b) because he was concerned about its managementc) because it was the only national park of its kind in europe.d) because it was the only park which had ever received a diploma from the council.3. the last sentence in the second paragraph implies thata) peo

48、ple should make every effort to create mere environment areasb) people would go on protecting national parksc) certain areas of countryside should be left intactd) people would defend the right to develop the areas around national parks4. in dr baums opinion, the view that a nature reserve should se

49、rve as a tourist attraction isa) idealisticb) revolutionaryc) short-sightedd) traditional5. which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?a) we have developed industry at the expense of countrysideb) we have forgotten what our original countryside looked likec) people living on isla

50、nds should protect natural resources for their survivald) we should destroy all the built-up areas.标准答案： d,a,c,c,a23、 tests show women suited for space travel between 1977 and 1981, three groups of american woman, _(1)_, between the age of 35 and 65, were given month-long tests to determine how they

51、 would respond to conditions resembling those aboard the space shuttle.though _(2)_, the women were volunteers and the pay was barely above the minimum wage. they were not allowed _(3)_ during the tests, and they were expected to tolerate each others company at close quarters for the entire period.

52、among other things they had to stand pressure three times the force of gravity and carry out both physical and mental tasks _(4)_. at the end of ten days, they had to spend a further twenty days absolutely confined to bed, during which time they suffered backaches and other discomforts, and when the

53、y were finally allowed up, the more physically active women were especially subject to pains due to a slight calcium loss.results of the tests suggest that women will have significant advantages over men in space. they need less food and les oxygen and they stand up to radiation better. mens advanta

54、ges _(5)_, meanwhile, are virtually wiped out by the zero-gravity condition in space. exercise:a): to smoke or drink alcoholb) carefully selected from among many applicantsc) numbering 27 in alld) in terms of strength and staminae) those who are physically strongerf) while exhausted from strenuous p

55、hysical exercise标准答案： c,b,a,f,d24、 london cabbies(出租车司机)every city in the world has taxis to take tourists to interesting places.london is the only city in the world where taking a taxi is an (51)experience for tourists.this is partly because of the special black cabs,which are found in no other country.but it is also because of the drivers themselves.(52)british people are famous for being polite and reserved,london cabbies are well-known(53)their willingness to talk.some cus