职称英语理工类C级考前押题

1、2015年职称英语理工类C级考前押题第 1 部分：词 汇 选 项 （第 1-1 5 题，每题 1 分，共 1 5 分下面每个句子中均有1 个词或短语画有底横线，请为每处画线部分确定1 个意义最为接近的选项。1. W h e n you are invited, you are supposed to be punctual.A. in time B. on time C. polite D. courteous2. The m a x i m u m speed of this car is 150 miles per hour.A. highest B. lowest C. m i n i

2、m u m D. supreme3. H e purchased this stamp at an auction.A. bought B. showed C. took D. m a d e4. At first, all the people laughed at his ridiculous suggestion.A. amusing B. shocking C. frightening D. foolish5. H e confessed that he did not read the assigned book.A. answered B. agreed C. admitted D

3、. alleged6. W e came across an old m a n lying in the road.A. saved B. saw C. faced D. encountered7. They often compelled us to work twelve or fourteen hours a day.8. D o n t just stand by. C a n t you lend a hand?A. loan B. offer C. help D. understand9. N o b o d y could figure out this problem.A.

4、m a k e out B. think of C. solve D. discover10. T w o thirds of the sufferers of the disease were killed.A. patients B. spreaders C.fans D. pioneers11. H e had a long conversation with his neighbor.A. talk B. speech C. debate D. discussion12. It is a marvel that he remained alive after dropping from

5、 the roof of a six-storied building.A. curiosity B. wonder C. wander D. spectacle13. They didnt want anyone to k n o w about their romance.A. adventure B. mystery C. p o e m D. love14. She seemed to have detected some anger in his voice.A.heard B. realized C. noticed D. got15. His imagination transf

6、ormed shadows into a monster.A. a beast B. a ghost C. a giant D. an angel第 2 部分：阅读判断（第 16-22 题，每题 1 分，共 7 分）下面的短文后列出了7 个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A ; 如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B ; 如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C。Easy ListeningStudents should be jealous. Not only do babies get to doze their days away, but theyve

7、 also mastered the fine art of learning in their sleep.B y the time babies are one year old, they can recognize a lot of sounds and even simple words. Marie Cheour at the University of Turku in Finland suspected that they might progress this fast because they learn language while they sleep as well

8、as w h e n they are awake.To test the theory, Cheour and their colleagues studied 45 newborn babies in the first days of their lives. They exposed all the infants to an hour of Finnish vowel sounds one that sounds like “oo”； another like “ee” and the third boundary vowel peculiar to Finnish and simi

9、lar languages that sounds like something in between. E E G ( 脑电图） recording of the infants brains before and after the session showed that the newborns could not distinguish the sounds.Fifteen of the babies then went back with their mothers, where the rest were split into two sleep-study groups.One

10、group w as exposed throughout their night-time sleeping hours to the same three vowels, while the others listened to the other, easier-to-distinguish vowel sounds.W h e n tested in the morning, and again in the evening, the babies w h o d heard the tricky boundary vowels all night showed brainwave a

11、ctivity indicating that they could n o w recognize this sound. They could identify the sound even w h e n its pitch was changed, while none of the other babies could pick up the boundary vowel at all.Cheour doesnt k n o w h o w babies accomplish this nighttime learning, but she suspects that the spe

12、cial ability might indicate that unlike adults, babies d o n t “turn off their cerebral cortex ( 大脑皮层） while they sleep: The skill probably fades in the course of the first years of life, she adds so forget the idea that you can pick up the tricky French vowels as an adult just by slipping a languag

13、e tape under your pillow. But while it m a y not help grown-ups,Cheour is hoping to use the sleeping hours to give remedial help to babies w h o are genetically at risk of language disorders.16. Babies can learn language even in their sleep.A. Right B. W r o n g C. Not mentioned17. A n infant can re

14、cognize a lot of vowels by the time he or she is one year old.A. Right B. W r o n g C. Not mentioned18. Finnish vowels are easy to distinguish.A. Right B. W r o n g C. Not mentioned19. T he three vowels mentioned in this article are all Finnish sounds.A. Right B. W r o n g C. Not mentioned20. The st

15、udy shows that the infants cerebral cortex is working while he is asleep.A. Right B. W r o n g C. Not mentioned21. If an adult wants to learn a language faster, he can put a language tape under his pillow.A. Right B. W r o n g C. Not mentioned22. Choe u r s finding is worthless.A. Right B. W r o n g

16、 C. Not mentioned第 3 部分： 概括大意与完成句子（第 23-30 题，每题 1 分，共 8 分）下面的短文后有2 项测试任务： （ 1 ) 第 2 3-2 6 题要求从所给的6 个选项中为第1 、 2 、3 、 4 段每段选 择 1 个最佳标题； （ 2 ) 第 2 7-3 0 题要求从所给的6 个选项中为每个句子确定1 个最佳选项。Cloning: F uture Perfect?1 A clone is an exact copy of a plant or animal produced from any one cell. Since Scottish scient

17、ists reported that they had m a n aged to clone a sheep n a m e d Dolly in 1997，research into cloning has grown rapidly. In M a y 1998，scientists in Massachusetts managed to create two identical calves using cloning technology. A mouse has also been cloned successfully. But the debate over cloning h

18、umans really started w h e n Chicago physicist Richard Seed made a surprising announcement: “W e will have managed to clone a human being within the next two years,” he told the world.2 Seed s announcement provoked a lot of media attention, most of it negative. In Europe, nineteen nations have alrea

19、dy signed an agreement banning h u m a n cloning and in the U S the President announced: “W e will be introducing a law to ban h u m a n cloning and m a n y states in the U S will have passed anti-cloning laws by the end of the year”.3 M a n y researchers are not so negative about cloning. They are

20、worried that laws banning h u m a n cloning will threaten important research. In March, The N e w England Journal of Medicine called any plan to ban research on cloning humans seriously mistaken. M a n y researchers also believe that in spite of attempts to ban it, h u m a n cloning will have b ecom

21、e routine by 2010 because it is impossible to stop the progress of science.4 Is there reason to fear that cloning will lead to a nightmare world? The public has been bombarded ( 轰炸） with newspaper articles, television shows and films, as well as cartoons. Such information is often misleading, and ma

22、kes people wonder what on earth the scientists will be doing next. 5 Within the next five to ten years scientists will probably have found a w a y of cloning humans. It could be that pretty soon w e will be able to choose the person that w e want our child to look like. But h o w would it feel to be

23、 a clone a m o n g hundreds, the anti-cloners ask Pretty cool, answer the pro-cloners ( 赞成克隆的人）.A Strong ReactionsB Anxiety about the Future of CloningC The Right to ChooseD W h a t is Cloning?E Arguments in Favor of CloningF A C o m m o n Sight23. Paragraph 1 24. Paragraph 225. Paragraph 326. Parag

24、raph 427. Richard Seed claimed to be able to clone_ .28. Richard Seeds announcement received_ .29. The United States will introduce_ .30. Within ten years scientists will probably have_ .A the nucleus of a cellB cloned h u m a n beingsC a h u m a n being in two yearsD a law to ban h u m a n cloningE

25、 a report on h u m a n cloningF heavy media coverage第 4 部分：阅读理解（第 3 1-4 5 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。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1 个最佳选项。第1篇 BudgetA budget is a spending plan. It can help you spend m o n e y wisely. It can do this by cutting out wasteful spending. O f course, preparing a budget takes plan

26、ning, and following a budget takes will power. Your budget should meet your familys needs and income.The first step in creating a budget is to set your goals. W h a t does your family need and wants. Y o u must k n o w this to work out the details of the budget. Keep goals realistic, in terms of inc

27、ome available. Then decide which goals are the most important.The next step is estimating family income. Before you can plan wisely, you need to know how much money you have to spend! Write d o w n all the m o n e y you expect to receive (wages, savings, interest, etc.) during the planned budget per

28、iod.After you have calculated h o w m u c h m o n e y will be available, it is time to estimate expenses. L ist all of your family expenses.If you are not satisfied with what you got for your money, look carefully at your spending. Studying your records will show where overspending has occurred. It

29、will also point out poor buying habits.It is also a good idea to set aside a small amount of m o n e y for emergencies. Every family has small emergencies: a blown tire, a broken device, or the need for minor medical care.31. According to the passage, what is the advantage of a budget?A. It can help

30、 you set your goals clearly.B. It can help you save a lot of money.C. It can help you get rid of poor buying habits.D. It can help you spend m o n e y in a reasonable way.32. In carrying out your budget, you n e e d _ .A. to have the ability to control yourselfB. to ask your family m embers for advi

31、ceC. to cut it d o w n as m u c h as possibleD. to take care not to buy expensive things33. O n e advantage of keeping a record of your spending is that_.A. you will remember h o w m u c h you have already spentB. you will k n o w if you have spent more m o n e y than you plannedC. you will be able

32、to tell your family what should not be boughtD. you will learn h o w to m a k e a better budget next time34. The writer suggests that it is a good idea to set aside s ome m o n e y because_ .A. you probably will not be able to follow your budgetB. people usually spend more than they plan to doC. thi

33、ngs can happen unexpectedlyD. others m a y want to borrow some m o n e y from you35. This passage is mainly about_.A. the meaning of a budgetB. the relation between budget and incomeC. the w a y in which a budget is m a d eD. the importance of making a budget第2篇 The carCars are an important part of

34、life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesnt feel really poor w h e n he has a car.Henry Ford was the m a n w h o first started making cars in large numbers. H e probably didnt k n o w h o w m u c h the car was going to affect A

35、merican culture. The car ma d e the United Stated a nation on wheels. A n d it helped m a k e the United States what it is today.There are three main reasons w h y the car becomes so popular in the United States. First of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to m o v e around in it. The

36、 car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. With a car people can go anyplace without spending a lot of money.The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation. L ong-dis

37、tance trains have never been as c o m m o n in the country as they are in other parts of the world. No wadays there is a good system of air-service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently.The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independenc

38、e is what really m a d e cars popular. Americans d o n t like to wait for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They d o n t like to have to follow an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their o w n time. A n d this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.The gas shortage h

39、as caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation. The real solution will have to be a n e w kind of car, one that does not use so m u c h gas.36. Most Americans feel they are poor w h e n th e y_ .A. have no jobB. have no foodC. have no m o n

40、 e yD. have no car37. Henry Ford was the first t o_ cars in large numbers.A. inventB. sellC. haveD. produce38. “A nation on wheels” means that _ .A. the country is producing the best cars in the worldB. everyone in this country owns a carC. cars play a very important role in people，livesD. there are

41、 more cars than trains in this country39. With a car people can g o _ easily.A. anywhereB. to anyplaceC. to anywhereD. any place40. The real solution to the gas shortage problem is_.A. to m a k e less carsB. to develop a public transportation systemC. to m a k e gas-saving carsD. to develop train se

42、rvice第3篇 DietPersons w h o are overweight should watch their diet carefully in order to lose pounds. The best w a y to do this is to start a weight control program. At first it is wise to talk with your doctor. H e can advise you of the number of calories you should have in your meals each day. H e

43、can tell you about exercising while on your diet. A good rule is to lose slowly. A loss of a pound or two is plenty.Plan meals around foods you know. This means that it is wise to include foods that you are used to and that are part of your regular eating habits. W h e n you have lost the weight you

44、 wish, simple items can be added to your diet so that you can maintain the weight you want. While you are dieting, try to build a pattern of eating that you can follow later to maintain your desired weight.W h e n dieting, choose low-calorie foods. Avoid such items as fats, fried food, sweets, cakes

45、, cream and soft drinks. Try to take coffee and tea without sugar or cream. Snacks can be part of your diet. For example, a piece of fruit or a simple dessert saved from mealtime can be eaten between meals.Keep busy! This w a y you will not be tempted to go off the diet. M a k e full use of opportun

46、ities to exercise. Try walking instead of riding whenever possible. H a p p y dieting!41. W h a t is the main idea of the passage?A. H o w to diet.B. W h y w e should diet.C. W h a t w e should diet.D. W here w e should diet.42. While dieting you should_.A. choose fried foodsB. choose low-calorie foodC. choose snack as hamburger in M e DonaldsD. talk to your doctor43. W h e n you have lost the weight you wish, you c a n _