职称英语等级考试综合AB级模拟试题(二)

1、姓名：_ 班级：_ 学号：_-密-封 -线- 职称英语等级考试综合ab级模拟试题(二)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 (词汇选项(第115题，每题1分，共15分) 。下面共有l5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。)1、the government is debating the education laws.a) discussingb) defeatingc) delayingd) declining标准答案

2、： a2、they had a far better yield than any other farm miles away around this year.a) goodsb) soilc) climated) harvest标准答案： d3、during the past ten years there have been dramatic changes in the international situation.a) permanentb) powerfulc) strikingd) practical标准答案： c4、the most crucial problem any e

3、conomic system faces is how to use its scarce resources.a)puzzlingb) difficultc) terrifyingd) urgent标准答案： d5、he made an immense (b)amount of money in business.a)largeb) smallc) limitedd) little标准答案： a6、the substance can be added to gasoline to accelerate (b)the speed of automobiles.a) quickenb)short

4、enc) loosend) enlarge标准答案： a7、we should never content (b)ourselves with a little book knowledge only.a) convinceb)satisfyc) comfortd) benefit标准答案： b8、we should contemplated (b)the problem from all sidesa) deliberatedb)thoughtc) describedd) designed标准答案： a 9、his health had deteriorated (b)while he wa

5、s in prison.a) became betterb)became worsec) became strongerd) became weaker标准答案： b10、i meant to give you this book today, but i forgot.a) intended tob)tended toc) extended tod) pretended to标准答案： a11、smoking is inhibited (a)in public pla) promotedb)inducedc) compelledd) improved标准答案： c14、its prudent

6、 (a)to take a thick coat in cold weather when you go out.a) controversialb)reasonablec) sensibled) sensitive标准答案： c15、he is considered to have an aptitude (a)for music.a) appetiteb)desirec) competenced) attitude标准答案： c 二、匹配题 16、第二部分：阅读判断(每题1分，共七分，建议12分钟以内完成)阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了七个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断。如果该句

7、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;如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把c涂黑难度a/b级american sportsthe united states is a sports-loving nation. sports in america take a variety of forms: organized competitive struggles, which draw huge crowds to cheer their favorite team to victory; athletic games, played fo

8、r recreation anywhere sufficient space is found; and hunting and fishing. most sports are seasonal, so that what is happening in sports depends upon the time of year. some sports are called spectator sports, as the number of spectators greatly exceeds the number playing in the game.baseball is the m

9、ost popular sport in the us. it is played throughout the spring and summer, and professional baseball teams play well into the fall. although no other game is exactly like baseball, perhaps the one most nearly like it is the english game of cricket.football is the most popular sport in the fall. the

10、 game originated as a college sport more than 75 years ago. it is still played by almost every college and university in the country, and the football stadiums of some of the largest universities seat as many as 80,000 people. the game is not the same as european football or soccer. in american foot

11、ball there are 11 players on each team, and they are dressed in padded uniforms and helmets because the game is rough and injuries are likely to occur.basketball is the winter sport in american schools and colleges. like football, basketball originated in the us and is not popular in other countries

12、. many americans prefer it to football because it is played indoors throughout the winter and because it is a faster game. it is a very popular game with high schools, and in more than 20 states, state-wide high school matches are held yearly.other spectator sports include wrestling, boxing, and hor

13、se racing. although horse-racing fans call themselves sportsmen, the accuracy of the term is questionable, as only the jockeys who ride the horses in the races can be considered athletes. the so-called sportsmen are the spectators, who do “not assemble” primarily to see the horses race, but to bet u

14、pon the outcome of each race. gambling is the attraction of horse racing.练习：1.hunting and fishing are mainly favored by men, young and old, in the us.a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned2.professional baseball teams can continue to play for a long period of time in the fall after the regular baseball

15、seasons of spring and summer.a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned3.baseball shares many features with the english game of cricket.a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned4.football can be classified as a spectator sport.a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned标准答案： c,a,a,a 17、5.many americans like basketball bett

16、er than football because the latter is so harsh that players have to wear special uniforms.a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned6.basketball in american is so popular with universities that nationwide university matches are held yearly.a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned7.horse-racing fans cannot be con

17、sidered sportsmen because they are spectators whose primary interest is gambling.a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned标准答案： b,c,a18、第三部分：概括大意与完成句子(每题1分，共8分，建议10分钟以内完成)阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试任务：(1)1-4 题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2-5 段每段选择1个正确的小标题;(2)第5-8题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确的选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。museums in the modern w

18、orld1 museums have changed.they are no longer places for the privileged few or for bored vacationers to visit on rainy days.action and democracy are words used in descriptions of museums now.2 at a science museum in ontario，canada，you can feel your hair stand on end as harmless electricity passes th

19、rough your body.at the metropolitan museum of art in new york city, you can look at 17th century instruments while listening to their music.at the modem museum in sweden，you can put on costumes provided by the stockholm opera.as these examples show, museums are.reaching out to new audiences，particul

20、arly the young, the poor, and the less educated members of the population.as a result，attendance is increasing.3 more and more，museums directors are realizing that people learn best when they can somehow become part of what they are seeing.in many science museums，for example,there are no guided tour

21、s.the visitor is encouraged to touch，listen，operate，and experiment so as to discover scientific principles for himself.he can have the experience of operating a spaceship or a computer.he can experiment with glass blowing and paper making.the purpose is not only to provide fun but also to help peopl

22、e feel at home in the world of science.the theory is that people who do not understand science will probably fear it，and those who fear science will not use it to best advantage.many museums now provide educational services and childrens departments.in addition to the usual displays.they also offer

23、film showings and dance programs.instead of being places that oneshould”visit，they are places to enjoy.4 one cause of a11 these changes is the increase in wealth and leisure time.another cause is the rising percentage of young people in the population.many of these young people are college students

24、or college graduates.they are better educated than their parents.they see things in a new and different way.they are not content to stand and look at works of art;they want art they can participate in.the same is true of science and history.in the us, certain groups who formerly were too poor to car

25、e about anything beyond the basic needs of daily life are now becoming curious about the world around them.the young people in these groups，like young people in general，have benefited from a better education than their parents received.all these groups，and the rest of the population as well.have bee

26、n influenced by television，which has taught them about other places and other times.5 the effect of all this has been to change existing museums and to encourage the building of new ones.in the us and canada alone，there are now more than 6,000 museums, almost twice as many as there were 25 years ago

27、.about half of them are devoted to history, and the rest are evenly divided between the arts and sciences.the number of visitors, according to the american association of museums，has risen to more than 700 million a year.6 in fact，the crowds of visitors at some museums are creating a major problem.a

28、dmission to museums has always been either free or very inexpensive，but now some museums are charging entrance fees for the first time or raising their prices.even when raised, however, entrance fees are generally too low.to support a museum，with its usually 1arge building and its highly trained sta

29、ff.练习：1. paragraph 22. paragraph 33. paragraph 44. paragraph 5a causes of changesb increasing number of museums and visitorsc museums getting closer to more spectatorsd movies shownl7.to meet the needs of society，more museums .8.two major problems for museums are that they have too many visitors and

30、 theya have higher demands of museumsb are open to more people with different social backgroundc to lengthen their opening hoursd charge too little for admission 。e have been built and open to publicf by lowering the admission fees标准答案： b,a,e,d20、第四部分：阅读理解(每题3分，共45分，建议40分钟以内完成)下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每道题后

31、面有4个选项。请仔细阅读短文并根据短文回答其后面的问题，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。难度b/c级mother knows the best?once while being prepped for a television interview, i was chatting with the host about stay-at-home fathers.i made the point that one reason were seeing more stay-at-home dads may be that its no longer a given that a

32、man makes more money than his wife.many families now take earning power into account when deciding which parent will stay home.at that point，one of the male crew members commented, almost to himself but loudenough for my benefit，“it should be the better parent who stays home.”a lot of guys say thing

33、s like that.usually its code for， “my wife(read：any woman)is the better parent.”i was a stay-at-home father for eight years, so his declaration made me bristle.it implied that our familys choice could only have been correct if 1 was a “better” parent than my wife.i think men shoot themselves in the

34、foot with this kind of thinking.i suppose an argument could have been made that when i began staying home my wife was the “better” parent：she had spent more time with ry,could read him better and calm him more quickly.and given a choice.hed have picked her over me.but as she was the more employable

35、one.my wife went out to work and i looked after our son.know what? i caught up.because of the increased time i spent with him.i soon knew ry well，understood what he needed and could look after him more or 1ess as well as my wife could.actually, the experience helped me unlock one of the worlds great

36、 secrets：women are good at looking after children because they do it.its not because of any innate female aptitude or a mothers instinct-which i think is mostly learned anyway.its because they put in the time and attention required to become good at the job.women obviously get a biological head star

37、t from giving birth and nursing.but over the long term experience is more important.when i got the experience myself, i was good.too.as good? i dont know.who cares? children are not made of glass.other people ale capable of looking after them besides mom.练习：1.which of the following does the first pa

38、ragraph imply?a)men are no longer given the opportunity to stay at home.b)in more and more families the wife is earning more than the husband.c)the author works at a tv station.d)more and more men choose to stay at home to look after their children.2.the author decided to stay at home to look after

39、their son eight years ago becausea)he though the was the better parent.b)it was easier for his wife to find a job.c)their son ry liked him better.d)he was earning less than his wife.3.which of the following is not mentioned as a thing that a good parent should do with his or her child?a)spending mor

40、e time with him.b、taking him t0 school.c)reading stories to him.d)being able to calm him down.4. women generally are better than men at taking care of children becausea)they were born with the ability.b)they just enjoy doing it.c)they spend more time with them.d)they have learned to do it at school.

41、5.which of the following is the conclusion the author draws at the end of the article?a)he is better than his wife at taking care of children.b)he is as good as his wife at taking care of children.c)anyone can take good care of children as far as he has the experience.d)children prefer to be taken c

42、are of by their mother than by anyone else.标准答案： b,b,b,c,c 21、难度b/a级eat to livea meager diet may give you health and long 1ife，but its not much funand it might not even be necessary.we may be able to hang on to most of that youthful vigor even if we don，t start to diet until old age.stephen spindler

43、 and his colleagues from the university of california at riverside have found that some of an elderly mouses liver genes can be made to behave as they did when the mouse was young simply by limiting its food for four weeks.the genetic rejuvenation won，t reverse other damage caused by time for the mo

44、use，but could help its 1iver metabolize drugs or get rid of toxins.spindlers team fed three mice a normal diet for their whole lives，and fed another three on half-rations。three more mice were switched from the normal diet to half-feed for a month when they were 34 months oldequivalent to about 70 hu

45、man years.the researchers checked the activity of 11，000 genes from the mouse livers.and found that 46 changed with age in the normally fed mice.the changes were associated with things like inflammation and free radical production-probably bad news for mouse health.in the mice that had dieted all th

46、eir lives，27 of those 46 genes continued to behave like young genes.but the most surprising finding was that the mice that only started dieting in old age also benefited from 70 per cent of these gene changes.“this is the first indication that these effects kick in pretty quickly,” says huber warnli

47、f it does work in people，there might be good reasons for rejuvenating the liver.as we get older, our bodies are less efficient at metabolizing drugs，for example.a brief period of time of dieting，says spindler, could be enough to make sure a drug is effective.but spindler isnt sure the trade-off is w

48、orth it. “the mice get less disease，they live longer.but theyre hungry,”he says.“even seeing what a diet does，its still hard to go to a restaurant and say：i can only eat half of that.spindler hopes we soon wont need to diet at a11.his company，life span genetics in california，is looking for drugs tha

49、t have the effects of calorie restriction.练习：1.according to the passage，which of the following is not true?a)la)to describe the influence of old age on mice.b)to illustrate the effect of meager food on mice.c)to tell us how mices liver genes behave.d)to inform us of the process of metabolizing drugs

50、.3.what can be inferred about completely normally fed mice mentioned in the passage?a)they will not experience free radical production.b)they will experience more genetic rejuvenation in their lifetime.c)they have more old liver genes to behave like young genes.d)they are more likely to suffer from

51、inflammation.4.according to the author，which of the following most interested the researchers?a) the mice that started dieting in old age.b)27 of those 46 old genes that continued to behave like young genes.c)calorie restriction that works in people.d)dieting that makes sure a drug is effective.5.ac

52、cording to the last two paragraphs，spindler believes thata)calorie restriction is very important to young people.b)seeing the effect of a diet，people.will eat less than normal.c)dieting is not a good method to give us health and a long life.d)drugs do not have the effects of calorie restriction.标准答案

53、： d,b,d,a,c22、难度a级kasparov：chess computers beatablefor nowhumans will continue to beat computers for years.but the machines are 1ikely to dominate in matches played over several games，according to the worlds top chess player.“we will not see a machine replacing a human being in our lifetime.man will

54、 be able to beat a computer in at least one game for a very long time，”kasparov told a press conference in moscow a week after settling for a draw in a six.game match with the computer deep junior in new york.but while human intuition can provide an advantage in individual games.“man will never be a

55、ble to play 8 or 10 games in a row to an equal level，”kasparov said.he gradually declines for a variety of external factors：the weather，a headache，family strains or whatever.”in his man vs.machine contest in the united states，kasparov won the first game，but lost the third after committing a midgame

56、blunder.he then adopted a safetyfirst strategy, and in the sixth game passed up a chance to win by accepting a draw in a position some analysts said was favourable.kasparovwatchers believe he was determined above all not to lose to deep junior because he was still smarting from a defeat to another c

57、omputer, deep blue.in 1997.that 10ss clearly rankled kasparov, and he said at the time that the computer had been receiving assistance from its human operators.the russian，who has reigned undisputedly as the worlds top player since 1985，said he was“satisfied overall”with his result against deep junior.although“if id been in better shape and had more time to prepare the result mi