中石油2011年职称英语31至40课完形填空仿真测试题

1、独山子张福华 2010 年通用英语考试辅导8( A )通用英语水平考试31 至 40 课选词完形填空题命题：张福华2010 年 3 月 22 日of, for, up, before, above, too, to, into, in, on, through, except, that, other,like,as They sailed well and the old man soaked his hands 1the salt water and tried to keep his head clear. There were high cumulus clouds and enoug

2、h cirrus 2them so that the old man knew that the breeze would last all night. The old man looked at the fish constantly to make sure that it was true. It was an hour 3the first shark hit him. The shark was not an accident. He had come 4from deep down inthe water as the dark cloud of blood had settle

3、d and dispersed in the mile deep sea. Hehad come up so fast and so absolutely without caution 5he broke the surface of the blue water and was in the sun. Then he fell back 6the sea and picked up the scent and started swimming 7the course that the skiff and the fish had taken. Sometimes he lost the s

4、cent. But he would pick it 8again, or have just a trace of it, and he swam fast and hard on the course. He was a very big make shark built to swim 9fast as the fastest fish in the sea and everything about him was beautiful10his jaws. His back was as blue as a sword fishs and his belly was silver and

5、 his hide was smooth and handsome. He was built as a sword fish except 11his huge jaws which were tight shut now as he swam fast, just under the surface with his high dorsal fin knifing 12the water without wavering. Inside the closed double lip of his jaws all of his eight rows 13teeth were slanted

6、inwards. They were not the ordinary pyramid-shaped teeth of most sharks. They were shaped like a mans fingers when they are crisped 14claws. They were nearly as long as the fingers of the old man and they had razor-sharp cutting edges 15both sides. This was a fish built 16feed on all the fishes in t

7、he sea. They were so fast and strong and well armed that they had no 17enemy. Now he speeded up 18he smelled the fresher scent and his blue dorsal fin cut the water. It was 19good to last, he thought. I wish that it had been a dream now and that I had never hooked the fish and was alone lying 20bed

8、on the newspapers.( B )of, from, for, through, study, into, to, between, then, but, with, on, in, which, that, by Geology is the 1of rocks. Petroleum geology is the application of geology to the exploration 2and production of oil and gas. Geology itself is firmly based on chemistry, physics, and bio

9、logy, involvingthe application of essentially abstract concepts 3observed data. In the past these data were basically observational and subjective, 4they are now increasingly physical and chemical, and therefore more objective. Geology, in general, and petroleum geology, 5particular, still rely on v

10、alue judgments based 6experience and an assessment of validity among the data presented. Paleontology is the application of biology to the study of fossils. Biology is applied 7geology in several ways, notably 8the study of fossils, and is especially significant in establishing biostratigraphic zone

11、s forregional stratigraphical correlation. The shift in emphasis 9the use of macrofossils to microfossils for zonation, caused 10oil exploration, has already been noted. Ecology, the study of the relationship 11living organisms and their environment, is also important in petroleum geology. Carbonate

12、 sediments, in general, and reefs, in particular, can only be studied profitably 12the aid of a detailed knowledge of the ecology of modern marine fauna and flora. Biology, and especially biochemistry, is important in studying the transformation of plant and animal tissues 13kerogen during burial an

13、d the generation of oil or gas that may be caused by this transformation. Geologists, in contrast to some nongeologists, believe 14knowledge of the concepts of geology can help to find petroleum and, furthermore, often think that petroleum geology and petroleum exploration are synonyms, 15they are n

14、ot. Theories that petroleum is not formed by the transformation of organic matter 16sediments have already been noted and are examined in more detail. If the petroleum geologists view of oil generation and migration are not accepted, 17present exploration methods would need extensive modification. S

15、ome petroleum explorationists still do not admit18a need for geologists to aid them in their search. In 1982 a successful oil finder from Midland, Texas, admitted 19not using geologists because when his competitors hired them, all it did was to increase their costs per barrel of oil found. The South

16、 African State Oil Company is under a statutory obligation imposed 20its government to put to the test every claim to an oil-finding method, be it a dowsing or some sophisticated scientific technique. These examples are not isolated cases, and it has been argued 21oil may better be found by random d

17、rilling than by the appliance of scientific principles.( C )of, for, or, how, what, find, which, that, who, in, to, too, on, with, deal, when, firmIf I had to select a word 1best describes the majority of American parents, that word would be guilt-ridden. How sad it is to see parents become the will

18、ing victims of the“ gi-vmee game”,only to discover that, no matter 2they do, it isnt enough. In the end, they are despised 3their lack of firmness and blamed when their spoiled children get 4trouble. With this in mind, I shall first answer this question:“ What do parents owe their childreAnn?d I sha

19、ll s”tart 5what they dont owe them. Parents dont owe their children every minute of their day and every ounce 6their energy. They don t owe them-throeu-cnlodck car service, singing lessons, tennis lessons, expensive bicycles, a motorcycle 7a car when they reach sixteen, or a trip to Europe when they

20、 graduate. I take the 8position that parents do not owe their children a college education. If they can afford it, fine; they can certainly send them 9the best universities. But they must not feel guilty if they cant. If the children really want lo go, theyll 10a way. There are plenty of loans and s

21、cholarships for the bright and eager 11cant afford to pay. After children marry, their parents do not owe them a down payment 12a house or money for the furniture. They do not have an obligation to baby-sit or to take their grandchildren in their house 13the parents were on vacation. If they want to

22、 doit, it must be considered a favor, not an obligation. In my opinion, parents do not owe their children an inheritance, no matter 14much money they have. One of the surest ways to produce a loafer is to let children know 15their future is assured. Do parents owe their children anything ? Yes, they

23、 owe them a great 16. One of their chief obligations is to give their children a sense of personal worth of self-esteem,17is the basis of a good mental health. A youngster, who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly compared 18brighter brothers, sisters or cousins, will become so

24、 unsure, so afraid of failing, that he or she wont try at all. Of course, they should be corrected 19they do wrong; this is the way children learn. But the criticisms should be balanced 20praises, preferably with a smile and a kiss. No child is ever 21old to be hugged. Parents owe their children fir

25、m guidance and consistent discipline. It is frightening 22a youngster to feel that he is in charge of himself; its like being in a car without brakes. The parents 23say No when other parents say Yes sends a double message. He is also saying: I love you, and I am ready to risk your anger, because I d

26、ont want you to get into trouble.( D )but, like, of, or, not, on, in, then, as, at, why, where, that, which, about, by, took, lost On the night of August17, 1959, 1about 20 minutes before midnight, the ground 2the vicinity of Yellowstone National Park began shaking violently. At the time there was a

27、 rumbling sound, something 3a huge truck would make. Both the heaving of the ground and the noise were very frightening 4lasted not quite 45 seconds. What was even more frightening was the sound of huge boulders 5began rolling down the steep mountain. In one part of the upper reaches of the Madison

28、River, a whole mountain began shifting, 6came crashing down to fill the deep valley and dam the great river with millions of tons of rock and trees. A dozen 7more campers along the river were buried deep beneath the great landslide. Others were able to climb to safety, some of them badly hurt, but w

29、ere trapped 8the slide. Finally these people were saved, many of them by helicopter. This earthquake near Yellowstone Park was just one of nearly a million 9happen every year all over the world. And as bad 10this quake was, many have been worse. Earthquake experts say that the Yellowstone quake of 1

30、959 was 11as bad as the one which hit San Francisco in 1906. But the San Francisco quake caused more damage because it struck in a place 12there were so many people living. In San Francisco 700 persons 13their lives. An earthquake in Japan in 1923 14160,000 lives. In China in 1920 an earthquake took

31、 200,000 lives. It is easy to understand 15earthquakes are so fearful. What causes these terrible shakes of the very ground 16which we live? To answer that question, we must first understand some things 17the earth itself. Forty miles deep in the earth is the edge 18the outer crust of the earth, and

32、 there it is so hot that instead of hard rock, there is material much like the hot lava that a volcano erupts. It is the earths 40 mile deep crust 19which we are concerned when we seek the cause of earthquake. The earths crust is formed of many different layers of rocks. The layers of rocks are 20la

33、id evenly as a bricklayer would build a wall. Instead,the earths crust is made 21 rock layers that are often uneven and not perfectly balanced. Because of the great weight pressing down 22them, these layers tend to fold downward at weak spots, and this finally causes an actualbreak in the crust. Whe

34、n this break occurs, 23when the sides of an old break slip, the earth quakes, or shakes, while the crust is settling into a new position.( E )at, for, than, that, who, as, like, upon, to, in, into, or, of, from, the, with,by,what Life insurance is not really betting although it can be compared 1it.

35、You pay the money just 2case. In this day and age, we think of insurance 3a natural thing. If we scrape a fender or injure ourselves 4work, we know that there is some sort 5payment that we can get through insurance. Of course, we dont get it 6nothing; we make payments to the companies. If we dont us

36、e the insurance, the companies keep 7money. How old is insurance? Two hundred years? A thousand? Or is it as old as man? I suppose that that would depend 8what you mean. We might say that insurance was 9us while man was just beginning to develop civilization. One family 10tribe might feel that they

37、would be helped if they helped to protect another family or tribe. In this way, both groups got 11they needed - protection from enemies. Of course, you and I dont need 12kind of protection today. This system of trading services 13each other has been with us for quite a while. The idea of an old age

38、pension is certainly older 14you might think. Today you think of social security or some other system. Most people who retire are still able to receive money that they have paid15the system during their working days. The idea of a reward for services 16this is quite an old one. The trouble was that

39、the reward was not always given to everyone, nor was it given to those 17deserved it most. What happened when man began to move into the cities 18the farms? He found that he could no longer support himself19growing his own food. His children and relatives might move away to another city, and there m

40、ight be no way of earning enough money. Perhaps because 20 this, the idea of social security and insurance developed. Now insurance companies are near the top of the list of the biggest businesses 21the United States. Some of the first commercial insurance companies began around 1580 22England. Thes

41、e companies were some of the first 23accept payment for insurance. Fire insurance became more popular after the fire in London in 1666. This was one of the most terrible fires 23history. It lasted for five days. London had to be rebuilt almost completely. No wonder that many people decided to try fi

42、re insurance after 24.( F )of, for, to, by,on,with,which,that,who,so,as,out,from,through For those 1have enough psychological imagination, it isa good plan to imagine an argument 2a person having different bias. This has one advantage, and only one, 3compared with actual conversation with opponents;

43、 this one advantage is that the method is not subject 4the same limitations of time and space. I have sometimes been led actually to change my mind as a result 5thiskind of imaginary dialogue, and, short of this, I have frequently found myself growing less dogmatic and cocksure 6realizing the possib

44、le reasonableness of a hypothetical opponent. Be very wary of opinions 7flatter your self-esteem. Both men and women, nine times 8of ten, are firmly convinced of the superior excellence of their own sex. There is abundant evidence 9both sides. If you are a man, you can point 10that most poets and me

45、n of science are male; if you are a woman, you can resort that 11are most criminals. The question is inherently insoluble, but self-esteem conceals this 12most people. We are all, whatever part of the world we come from, persuaded that our own nation is superior 13all others. Seeing that each nation

46、 has its characteristic merits and demerits, we adjust our standard of values so as to make out that the merits possessed 14our nation are the really important ones, while its demerits are comparatively trivial. Here, again, the rational man will admit that the question is one to 15there is no demon

47、strably right answer. It is more difficultto deal 16the self-esteem of man as man, because we cannot argue 17the matter with some non-human mind. The only way I know 18dealing with this general human conceit is to remind ourselves that man is a brief episode in the life of a small planet in a little

48、 corner of the universe, and that 19aught we know, other parts of the cosmos may contain beings 20superior to ourselves as we are to jelly-fish.( G )still, after, until, of, very, at, into, in, on, to, when, how, for, with, like, as, so, through From that moment, everything seemed to make perfect se

49、nse 1me. The people in the cafe and the busy street outside all disappeared 2a hazy blur. All I could see was you. All 3my life I have relived that very first day. Many, many times I have sat and thought about that 4first day, and how for a few fleeting moments I am there, feeling again what is like

50、 to know true love 5the very first time. It pleases me that I can still have those feelings now 6all those years, and I know that I will always have them comfort me. Not even 7I shook and trembled uncontrollably in the trenches, did 1 forget your face. I would sit huddled into the wet mud, terrified

51、, as the hails 8bullets and mortars crashed down around me. I would clutch my rifle tightly to my heart, and think again of that veryfirst day we met. I would cry out 9fear, as the noise of war beat down aroundme. But, as 1 thought of you and saw you smiling hack10me, everything around me would beco

52、me silent, and I would be 11you again for a few precious moments, far from the death and destruction. It would not be 12I opened my eyes once again that I would see and hear the carnage of the war around me. I cannot tell you 13strong my love for you was back then, when I returned to you on leave in

53、 the September, feeling battered, bruised and fragile. We held each other 14tight that I thought we would burst. I asked you to marry me the very same day and I whooped with joy 15you looked deep into my eyes and said yes to being my bride. Im looking at our wedding photo now, the one 16our dressing

54、 table, next to your jewellery box. I think of how young and innocent we were back then. I remember being on the church steps grinning 17a Cheshire cat,when you said how dashing and handsome I looked 18 my uniform. The photo is old and faded now, but when I look at it, I 19only see the bright vibran

55、t colors of our youth. I can still remember every detail 20the pretty wedding dress your mother made for you, 21its fine delicate lace and pretty pearls. If I concentrate hard enough. I can smell the sweetnessof your wedding bouquet 22you held it so proudly for everyone to see. I remember being soov

56、er enjoyed, when a year later, you gently held my hand to your waist and whispered23 my ear that we were going to be a family. I know both our children love you dearly; they are outside the door now, waiting. Do you remember how I panicked24 a madman when Jonathon was born? I can still picture you l

57、aughing and smiling at me now, as I clumsily held him for the very first time 25my arms. I watched as your laughter faded into tears, as I stared at him and cried my own tears of joy. Sarah and Tom arrived this morning 26little Tessie. Can you remember how we both hugged each other tightly when we s

58、aw our tiny granddaughter for the first time? I cant believe that she will be eight years old next month. I am trying notto cry, my love, as I tell you how beautiful she looks today27her pretty dress and red shiny shoes, she reminds me so much of you that very first day we met. She has her hair cut short now, just like yours was all those years ago. When I m