职称英语《理工类》阅读判断经典试题及答案

1、2016年职称英语理工类阅读判断经典试题（1）a pay rise or not?unless i get a rise,ill have a talk with the boss,henry manley， george strong said to himself.george liked his job and he liked the town he lived in,but his wife kept telling him that his pay was not enough to meet the needs of the family.that was why he was

2、thinking of taking a job in birmingham,a nearby city,about 50 miles away.he had been offered a job in a factory there,and the pay was far better.george lived in wyeford,a medium-sized town.he really liked the place and didnt like the idea of moving somewhere else,but if he took the job in birmingham

3、,he would have to move his family there.henry manley was the manager of a small company manufacturing electric motors.the company was in deep trouble because,among other reasons,the japanese were selling such things at very low prices.as a result,manley had to cut his own prices and profits as well.

4、otherwise he would not get any orders at all.even then,orders were still not coming in fast enough,so that there was no money for raises (加工资) for his workers somehow,he had to struggle along and keep his best workers as well.he sighed.just then the phone rang.his secretary told him that george stro

5、ng wanted to see him as soon as possible.manley sighed again.he could guess what it was about.george strong was a very young engineer.the company had no future unless it could attract and keep men like him manley rubbed his forehead (前额); his problems seemed endless.1 henry manley was already deeply

6、 in debt.a rightb wrongc not mentioned2 the job that had been offered to george in birmingham paid better.a rightb wrongc not mentioned3 if george took the job in birmingham,he would have to leave his family at wyeford.a rightb wrongc not mentioned4 henry manleys company was in deep trouble.a rightb

7、 wrongc not mentioned5 henry manleys company was making enough profits to raise the workers wages.a rightb wrongc not mentioned6 henry manley had no idea at all why george strong wanted to see him.a rightb wrongc not mentioned7 george strong was the best engineer in henry manleys company.a rightb wr

8、ongc not mentioned参考答案1.c 2.a 3.b 4.a 5.b 6.b 7.c2016年职称英语理工类阅读判断经典试题（2）plants in desertonly special plants can survive the terrible climate of a desert,for these are regions where the annual range of the soil temperature can be over 75。 furthermore,during the summer there are few clouds in the sky

9、to protect plants from the suns ray. another problem is the fact that there are frequently strong winds which drive small,sharp particles of sand into the plants,tearing and damaging them. the most difficult problem for all forms of plant life,however,is the fact that the entire annual rainfall occu

10、rs during a few days or weeks in spring.grasses and flowers in desert survive from one year to the next by existing through the long,hot,dry season in the form of seeds. these seeds remain inactive unless the right amount of rain falls. if no rain falls,or if insufficient rain falls,they wait until

11、the next year,or even still the next. another factor that helps these plants to survive is the fact that their life cycles are short. by the time that the water from the spring rains disappears just a few weeks after it falls such plants no longer need any.the perennials have special features which

12、enable them to survive as plants for several years. thus,nearly all desert perennials have extensive root systems below ground and a small shoot system above ground. the large root network enables the plant to absorb as much water as possible in a short time. the small shoot system,on the other hand

13、,considerably limits water loss by evaporation.another feature of many desert perennials is that after the rainy season they lose their leaves in preparation for the long,dry season,just as trees in wetter climates lose theirs in preparation for the winter. this reduces their water loss by evaporati

14、on during the dry season. then,in next rainy season,they come fully alive once more,and grow new branches,leaves and flowers,just as the grasses and flowers in desert do.16. ordinary plants are unable to survive in the desert mainly because of the changeable weather.a. right b. wrong c. not mentione

15、d17. grasses and flowers in desert are able to survive because they stay in the form of seeds to wait for the right amount of water to come.a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned18. grasses and flowers in the desert whose life cycles are short shows their ability to adapt to the quick disappearance of r

16、ainwater there after it falls in spring.a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned19. winter is the toughest season for grasses and flowers to survive in deserta. right b. wrong c. not mentioned20. the shoot system of perennials can help the plants absorb less of the suns ray.a. right b. wrong c. not mentio

17、ned21. the theme of the second last paragraph is why the perennials can survive as plants for several years.a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned22. desert perennials lose their leaves after the rainy season just as trees lose theirs in wetter climates before winter arrives,but the reasons for this fea

18、ture are different.a. right b. wrong c. not mentioned参考答案16. b 17. a 18. a 19. c 20. b 21. a 22. b2016年职称英语理工类阅读判断经典试题（3）tv game showsone of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience.a novel can be on the best seller lists with a sale of fewer than 100，000 copies,but a

19、 popular tv show might have 70 million tv viewers.tv can make anything or anyone well-known overnight.this is the principle behind quiz or game shows,which put ordinary people on tv to play a game for prizes and money.a quiz show can make anyone a star,and it can give away thousands of dollars in th

20、e u.s.and almost everyone watched them.charles van doren,an english instructor,became rich and famous after winning money on several shows.he even had a career as a television personality.but one of the losers proved that charles van doren was cheating.it turned out that the shows producers who were

21、 pulling the strings,gave the answers to the most popular contestants beforehand.why? because if the audience didnt like the person who won the game,they turned the show off.the result of this cheating was a huge scandal.based on his story,a movie under the title quiz show is on 40 years later.charl

22、es van doren is no longer involved with tv.but game shows are still here,though they arent taken as seriously.in fact,some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible.there are shows that send strangers on vacation trips together,or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight on tv,or that puni

23、sh losers by humiliation them.the entertainment now is to see what people will do just to be on tv.people still win money,but the real prize is to be in front of an audience of millions.1.tv can make a beggar world-famous overnight.a.rightb.wrongc.not mentioned2.the principle behind quiz and game sh

24、ows is to put ordinary people on tv to play a game for prizes and money.a.rightb.wrongc.not mentioned3.prizes and money are usually provided by tv stars and large companies for winners.a.rightb.wrongc.not mentioned4.one of the tv personalities,charles van doren was proved to be cheating by persuadin

25、g the shows producers to give him the answers beforehand.a.rightb.wrongc.not mentioned5.the huge scandal of cheating in tv game shows was not exposed until 40 years later in the movie quiz show.a.rightb.wrongc.not mentioned6.nowadays game shows are not treated as seriously as they used to be.a.right

26、b.wrongc.not mentioned7.winners of present-day tv game shows no longer get money from the shows.a.rightb.wrongc.not mentioned参考答案： abcbbab2016年职称英语理工类阅读判断经典试题（4）using hiv virus to cure cancerscientists are planning to use human immunodeficiency(免疫缺陷)virus(hiv),one of mankinds most feared viruses,as

27、a carrier of genes which can fight cancer and a range of diseases that cannot be cured.the expels say hiv has an almost perfect ability to avoid the bodys immune(免疫的)defenses,making it ideal for carrying replacement genes into patientsbodies,according to the observefa team at the california-based sa

28、lk institute,one of the worlds leading research centers on biological sciences,has created a special new breed of hiv and has started negotiations with the u.s.food and drug administration(fda)to begin clinical gene therapy(治疗)trials this year.the first trials are expected to involve patients suffer

29、ing from cancers that cannot be cured by surgery although project leader professor inder verma said the hiv technique would havefar wider applications.the plan remains very likely to cause controversy since it involves making use of a virus which has caused more than 22 million deaths around the wor

30、ld in the past two decades.verma said that the idea of using hiv for a beneficial purpose wasshocking but the fierce nature of hiv had disappeared by having all six of the potentially deadly genes removed.illnesses such as various cancers are caused when a gene in a patients body fails to work prope

31、rly.in the past two years,breakthroughs in genetics(遗传学)have led gene therapy scientists to try and replace the genes that do not function normally.unfortunately.the bodys immune defenses have been known to attack the modified genes and make them lose their effects before they can start their task and progress in the field has been hel