职称英语等级考试试题答案及题解

2005年职称英语等级考试试题答案及题解

理工类（A级）试题

第1部分：词汇选项（第1~15题，每题1分，共15分）

下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线，请从每个句子后面所

给的4个选项中选择1个与画线部分意义最相近的词或短语。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的

位置上。

1ThesearetheirMotivesfordoingit.

A.reasonsBexcuses

CanswersDplans

2Theriverwidensconsiderablyasitbeginstoturnwest.

A.twistsB.stretches

C.broadensD.bends

3Henrycannotresistthelureofdrugs

A.abuseB.flavor

C.temptationD.consumption

4Theseprogrammesareofimmensevaluetooldpeople

AnaturalBfatal

CtinyDenormous

5Agreatdealhasbeendonetoremedythesituation.

A.maintainB.improve

C.assessDprotect

6JohniscollaboratingwithMaryinwritinganarticle.

AcooperatingBcompeting

CcombiningDarguing

7Heisdeterminedtoconsolidatehispower

AstrengthenBcontrol

CabandonDexercise

8Manyscientistshavebeenprobingpsychologicalproblems.

AsolvingBexploring

Csett1ingDhandling

9Hearingproblemsmaybealleviatedbychangesindietandexercisehabits.

AremovedBcured

CworsenedDrelieved

10Al1thecarsaretestedfordcfcclsbeforeleavingthefactory

AfunctionsBfaults

CmotionsDparts

11Thefoodisinsufficientforthreepeople.

AinstantBinfinite

CinexpensiveDinadequate

12Thousandsofpeopleperishedinthestorm

AdiedBsuffered

CfloatedDscattered

13Butintheendheapprovedofourproposal.

AundoubtedlyBcertainly

CultimatelyDnecessarily

14ForyoungchiIdren,gettingdressedisacomplicatedbusiness.

AstrangeBcomplex

CpersonalDfunny

15InBritainandmanyothercountriesappraisalisnowatoolofmanagement.

AevaluationBpruduction

CefficiencyDpublicity

第2部分：阅读判断（第16~22题，每题1分，共7分）

阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个甸子做出判断。

如果该句提供的是正确信息，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。

MadScientistStereotypeOutdated

Dopeoplestillimagineaphysicistasabeardedmaninglassesorhastheimageofthe

mad

scientistchanged?TheInstituteofPhysicssetouttofindoutwhetherthestereotypeof

aphysics

'boffin5（科学家）stillexistsbyconductingasurveyonshoppersinLondon.Thepeople

were

askedtoidentifythephysicistfromaphotographofa1ine-upofpossiblesuspects.98

percentof

thoseaskedgotitwrong.Themajorityofpeoplepickedawhitemaleofaround60,wearing

glassesandwithawhitebeard.

Whilethisstereotypemayhavebeentheimageofallaveragephysicistfiftyyearsago,

the

realityisnowverydifferentSince1960thenumberofyoungwomenenteringphysicshas

doubledandtheaverageageofaphysicistisnow31.

Thestereotypeoftheabsent-mindedscientisthaslastedalongtimebecausethemedia

and

Hollywoodhelppromotetheimageofmeninwhitelabcoatswithglassessittingby

blackboards

fullofequations（等式）orworkingwithfizzing（嘶嘶响）testtubes.Thesestereotypesare

really

damagingtosociety.VerygoodschoolchiIdrenareputoffstudyingsciencebecausethey

don't

seepeople1ikethemselvesontelevisionorinmagazinesdoingscience.Theysimplydon't

relate

tothemedia'simageofthemadscientist.

Thisisonereasonwhyfeweryoungpeoplearechoosingtodoscienceatuniversity.If

we

wanttoencouragemoreyoungpeopletostudysciencesubjects,weneedtochangethisimage

of

thescientistandmakesciencecareersmoreattractive.Butwemustalsodevelopchildren's

interestinscience.

Inanattempttochangethisnegativeimage,anincreasingnumberofsciencefestivals

are

beingorganized.Thousandsofpeoplefromsecondaryschoolsarealsoencouragedtotake

partintheinternationwidesciencecompetitionsofwhichthemostpopulararethenational

scienceOlympiads.Winningnationalteamsthengettheopportunitytotakepartinthe

InternationalScienceOlympiadswhichareheldinadifferentcountyeveryyear.Theseevents

areal1interestingfortheyoungpeoplewhotakepartbuttheyonlyinvolveasmall

proportionofstudentswhoarealreadyinterestedinscience,11seemsthatthereisalong

waytogobeforesciencebecomesattractiveassubjects1ikecomputerstudiesorfashion

anddesign.

16Mostpeoplehavesimilarideasofwhataphysicistlookslike.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

17ThemajorityofphysicistsinBritaintodayareCambridgegraduates

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

18Themediaandthecinemahaveplayedaroleinpromotingtheimageofthemadscientist.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

19Therewi11bemorewomenscientiststhanmenscientistsinthefuture

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

20Morechildrenwillstudyscienceifitbecomesmoreattractive.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

21Theimageofthemadscientistisreallyencouragingtosociety.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

22TheInternationalScienceOlympiadsareheldonceeverytwoyears.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

第3部分：概括大意与完成句子（第2卜30题，每题1分，共8分）

阅读下面这篇短文，短文后有2项测试任务：（1）第23—26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第

4段每段选择1个正确的小标题；（2）第27—30题要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别

完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

Cloning（克隆）：FuturePerfect?

1Acloneisallexactcopyofaplantoranimalproducedfromanyonecel1.SinceScottish

scientistsreportedthattheyhadmanagedtocloneasheepnamedDollyin1997,research

intocloninghasgrownrapidly.InMay1998,scientistsinMassachusettsmanagedtocreate

twoidenticalcalves（牛犊）usingcloningtechnology.Amousehasalsobeencloned

successfully,Butthedebateovercloninghumansrea1lystartedwhenChicagophysicist

RichardSeedmadeasurprisingannouncement:"Wewi11havemanagedtocloneahumanbeing

withinthenexttwoyears,Mhetoldtheworld.

2Seed'Sannouncementprovokedalotofmediaattention,mostofitnegative.InEurope,

nineteennationshavealreadysignedanagreementbanninghumancloningandintheUSthe

Presidentannounced:"Wewillbeintroducingalawtobanallhumancloningandmanystates

in

theUSwillhavepassedanti-cloninglawsbytheendoftheyear.''

3Manyresearchersarenotsonegativeaboutcloning,Theyareworriedthatlawsbanning

humancloningwi11threatenimportantresearch.InMarch,TheNewEnglandJournalofMedicine

calledanyplantobanresearchoncloninghumansseriouslymistaken.Manyresearchersalso

believethatinspiteofattemptstobanit,humancloningwillhavebecomeroutineby2010

becauseitisimpossibletostoptheprogressofscience.

4Istherereasontofearthatcloningwi11leadtoanightmareworld?Thepublichasbeen

bombarded（轰炸）withnewspaperarticles,televisionshowsandfilms,aswel1ascartoons.Such

informationisoftenmisleading,andmakespeoplewonderwhatonearththescientistswi11

be

doingnext.

5Withinthenextfivetotenyearsscientistswi11probablyhavefoundawayofcloning

humans.Itcouldbethatprettysoonwewillbeabletochoosethepersonthatwewant

ourchiIdtolook1ike.Buthowwou1ditfeeltobeacloneamonghundreds,theanti-cloners

ask.Prettycool,answerthepr-cloners（赞成克隆的人）.

23Paragraph1

AStrongReactions

AnxietyabouttheFutureofCloning

24Paragraph2B

CTheRighttoChoose

25Paragraph3DWhatisCloning?

EArgumentsinFavorofCloning

26Paragraph4

FACommonSight

27RichardSeedclaimedtobeabletoclone・

28RichardSeed'sannouncementreceived.

29TheUnitedStateswillintroduce.

30Withintenyearsscientistswillprobablyhave.

Athenucleusofacell

Bclonedhumanbeings

Cahumanbeingintwoyears

Dalawtobanhumancloning

Eareportonhumancloning

Fheavymediacoverage

第4部分：阅读理解（第31~45题，每题3分，共45分）

下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每道题后面有4个选项。请根据文章的内容

从每题所给的4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

第一篇

MoreThanaRidetoSchool

TheNationalEducationAssociationclaims.<4Theschoolbusisamirrorthecommunity.,,

Theyfurtheraddthat,unfortunately,whatappearsontheexteriordoesnotalwaysreflect

the

realityofachosencommunity.Theyareright-sometimesitreflectsmore!JustaskLies1

Denson.RidingtheschoolbushasbeenmorethanaridetoschoolforLiesl.

BruceHardy,schoolbusdriverforAlthouseBUSCompanyhasbeenLiesTsbusdriver

since

kindergarten.LastyearwhenLiesTsfamilymovedtoParkesburg,knowingherbuswentby

her

newresidence。sherequestedtoridethesamebus

ThisyearLieslisaseniorandwi11enjoyherlastyearridingthebus.Shesays,"It's

beena

greatridesofar!Mybusdriverissocoolandhasalwaysbeenagoodfriendandagood

listener.Sometimeswhenyou'reachildadultsdonotthinkthatwhatyouhavetosayis

important.Mr.Hardyalwayslistenstowhatyouhavetosayandmakesyoufeelimportant.5'

HerfriendsAshleyBatistaandAmandaWolfeagree.

BruceHardyhasbeenmakingOctorarastudentsfeelspecialsince1975.Thisyearhe

will

celebrate30yearsworkingforAlthouseBusCompany,LarryAlthouse,presidentofthe

company,

acknowledgesBruceHardy'soutstandingrecord:"Youdonotcomebyemployees1ikeBruce

thesedays.Hehasnevermissedadayofworkandhasaperfectdrivingrecord.Hewas

recognizedin2000bythePennsylvaniaSchoolBusAssociationfordriving350,000accident

freemiles.Hardy'sreputationismadefurtherevidentthroughtherelationshipshehas

madewith

thestudentsthatridehisbus.w

Althousefurtheradds,4'AlthouseBusCompanywasestablished70yearsagoandhasbeen

providingqualitytransportationeversince.Mygrandfatherstartedthebusinesswithone

bus.

AlthouseBusCompanyisdelightedtohavetheopportunitytobringdistinctiveandsafe

service

toourlocalschoolandcommunityandlooksforwardtocontinuingtoprovidequalityservice

for

manymoreyearstocome.''

Threegenerationsofbusinessisnotallthecompanyhasenjoyed.Thankstodriverslike

BruceHardy,theyhavebeenbuildingrelationshipsthroughgenerations,LiesTsmotherCarol

alsoenjoysfondmemoriesofridingBruceHardy'sbustotheOctoraraSchoolDistrict.

31Theword“mirror''inthefirst1inecouldbebestreplacedby

E一vehicle”.

F-device”.

G“need”

H“reflection”.

32BruceHardyhasbeenworkingwithAlthouseBusCompany

Afor30years.

Bfor70years.

Csincelastyear.

Dsince2000

33WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueofBruceHardy?

AHeispopularwithhispassengers.

BHehasnevermissedadayofwork.

CHeisanimpatientperson

DHehasdriven350.000accidentfreemiles.

34AlthouseBusCompanywasfoundedby

ALarryAlthouse.

BAlthouse'sgrandfather

CLiesTsmother

DAshleyBatista.

35AlthouseBusCompanypaysmuchattentionto

Aemployingyoungdrivers

Brunningqualityschools.

Cprovidingfreedrivinglessons

Dbuildingsoundrelationships.

号一格

弟一后）

APhoneThatKnowsYou'reBusy

Ifsamodernproblem:yoiTretoobusytobedisturbedbyincessant（连续不断的）phone

callssoyouturnyourcellphoneoff.Butifyoudon'tremembertoturnitbackonwhen

you're

lessbusy,youcouldmisssomeimportantcallsifonlythephoneknewwhenitwaswiseto

interruptyou,youwouldn'thavetoturnitoffatall.Instead,itcouldletcallsthrough

whenyou

arenottoobusy

Abunchofbehaviorsensors（传感器）andacleverpieceofsoftwarecoulddojustthat,

by

analyzingyourbehaviortodetermineifit'sagoodtimetointerruptyou.Ifbuiltinto

aphone,the

systemmaydecideyou'retoobusyandaskthecallertoleaveamessageorringbacklater.

JamesFogartyandScottHudsonatCarnegieMellonUniversityinPennsylvaniabasedtheir

systemoi1tinymicrophones,camerasandtouchsensorsthatrevealbodylanguageand

activity.

Firsttheyhadtostudydifferentbehaviorstofindoutwhichonesstonglypredictwhether

your

mindisinterrupted

Thepotential^busyness^signalstheyfocusedonincludedwhethertheofficedoorswere

left

openorclosed,thetimeofday,ifotherpeoplewerewiththepersoninquestion,howclose

they

weretoeachother,andwhetherornotthecomputerwasinuse.

Thesensorsmonitoredtheseandmanyotherfactorswhilefoursubjectswereatwork.

At

randomintervals,thesubjectsratedhowinterruptibletheywereonascalerangingfrom

"highly

interruptibleMtot4highlynot一interruptible^.Theirratingswerethencorrelatedwiththe

various

behaviors."Itisashotgun（随意的）approach：weusedal1theindicatorswecouldthink

ofand

thenletstatisticsfindoutwhichwereimportant,saysHudson

Themodelshowedthatusingthekeyboard,andtalkingonalandlineortosomeoneelse

in

theofficecorrelatedmoststronglywithhowinterruptiblethesubjectsjudgedthemselves

tobe.

Interestingly,thecomputerwasactuallybetterthanpeopleatpredictingwhensomeone

was

toobusytobeinterrupted.Thecomputergotitright82percentofthetime,humans77

percent.

Fogartyspeculatesthatthismightbebecausepeopledoingtheinterruptingareinevitably

biased

towardsdeliveringtheirmessage,whereascomputersdon'tcare.

ThefirstapplicationforHudsonandFogarty'ssystemislikelytobeinaninstant

messagingsystem,followedbyofficephonesandcellphones."Thereisnotechnological

roadblock（障碍）

toitbeingdeployedinacoupleofyears,MsaysHudson

36Abigproblemfacingpeopletodayisthat

Atheymusttoleratephonedisturbancesormissimportantcalls.

Btheymustturnofftheirphonestokeeptheirhomesquiet.

Ctheyhavetoswitchfromadesktopphonetoacellphone.

Dtheyaretoobusytomakephonecalls.

37Thebehaviorsensorandsoftwaresystembuiltinaphone

Acouldhelpstoremessages.

Bcouldsendmessagesinstantly

Ccouldtellwhenitiswisetointerruptyou.

Dcouldidentifyimportantphonecalls.

38ScientistsatCarnegieMenonUniversitytriedtofindout

Awhyofficedoorswereoftenleftopen.

Bwhenitwasagoodtimetoturnoffthecomputer.

Cwhatquestionsofficeworkerswerebotheredwith.

Dwhichbehaviorscouldtel1whetherapersonwasbusy

39Duringtheexperiment,thesubjectswereasked

Atocontrolthesensorsandthecamera.

Btoratethedegreestowhichtheycouldbeinterrupted.

Ctocomparetheirbehaviorswithothers5.

Dtoanalyzealltheindicatorsofinterruption.

40Thecomputerperformedbetterthanpeopleinthestudybecause

Athecomputerworkedharder.

Bthecomputerwasnotbusy

Cpeopletendedtobebiased.

Dpeoplewerenotgoodatstatistics.

第三篇

TheExplodingLakesofCameroon

Whatcomestomindwhenyouthinkofalake?Youprobablyimagineaprettyscenewith

bluewater,birds,andfish.ForthepeopleinthenorthwesternCameroon,however,theimage

is

verydifferent.Forthem,lakesmaymeanterribledisasters.In1984,poisonousgases

exploded

outofLakeMonounandcamedownintothenearbyvi1lages,killingthirty-sevenpeople.Two

yearslater,LakeNyoseruptedAcloudofgasesrolleddownthehillsandintothevalleys

and

killed1,700people.

LakeNyosandLakeMonounarecrater（火山口）lakesTheywereformedwhenwater

collectedinthecratersofoldvolcanoesThevolcanoesunderLakeNyosandLakeMonoun

are

notactiveanymore.However,poisonousgasesfromthecenteroftheearthcontinuetoflow

up

throughcracksinthebottomofthelake.Thisisnormalinacraterlake.Inmostcrater

lakes,these

gasesarereleasedoftenbecausethewater'turnsover'regularly.Thatis,thewaterfrom

the

bottomofthelakerisesandmixeswiththewateratthetop,allowingthegasestoescape

slowly.

However,inLakesNyosandMonoun,thereisnoregularturningover.Nooneknowsthe

reasonforthisfact,butasaresult,theselakeshavemoregasestappedatthebottom

thanother

craterlakes.Infact,scientistswhohavestudiedLakesNyosandMonounhavefound16,000

timesmoregases.Whenastrongwind,coolweatherastorm,oralands1ide（滑坡）causesthe

watertoturnoversuddenly,thegasesescapeinaviolentexplosion.

Inthepast,nooneknewwhenthegasesmightexplode,sotherewasnowayforthevillagers

toescapedisaster.NowscientistsfromtheUnitedStates,France,andCameroonhavefound

a

waytoreducethegaspressureatthebottomofLakeNyos.Theystooda672-footplastic

pipein

themiddleofthelake,withoneendofthepipenearthebottomandtheotherendinthe

air.Near

thetopofthepipe,theteamputseveralholesthatcouldbeopenedorclosedbya

computer.Now,

whenthegaspressuregetstoohigh,theholesareopenedandsomeofthegas-fi1ledwater

shoots

upthroughthepipeintotheair1ikeafountain.Withlesspressure,adisastrousexplosion

ismuch

less1ikely.However,thescientistsarenotsurethatonepipewi11beenoughtoprevent

explosions.Theyhopetoputinotherssoonandtheyplantoinstallasimilarpipeand

acomputersystematLakeMonounaswell.

Toprotectpeoplenearbyuntilallofthepipesareinplace,thescientistshaveinstalled

early

warningsystemsatbothlakes.Ifthegaspressurerisestoadangerouslevel,computers

wi11set

offloudsirens（警才艮）andbrightlightstowarnthepeopleinthevillages.Thatway,they

will

havetimetoescapefromthedangerousgases.

41WhatwillhappenwhenLakeNyosandLakeMonounexplode?

AWaterwi11flowdownthehills

BPoisonousgaseswi11bereleasedsuddenly.

CAstrongwindwillrisefromthelakes

DThevolcanoeswi11cometo1ife.

42WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutLakeNyosandLakeMonounistrue?

ATheywereformedin1984.

BTheyareatthetopoftwoactivevolcanoes.

CTheyarenot1ikemostothercraterlakes.

DWaterinthemturnsoverregularly.

43LakeNyosandLakeMonounexplodebecause

Athegasesrisetothetopandmixwithair.

BpeoplefromtheviHagesturnoverthewater.

Cscientistshaveputinacomputersystem.

Dtheyhavemoregasestrappedatthebottomthanothercraterlakes

44Ateamofscientistshas

Aerectedapressure-releasingpipeinthelake

Bidentifiedthegasesatthebottomofthelake

Cbuiltabeautifulfountainnearthelakes

Dremovedalldangerousgasesfromthelakes

45Whatdowelearnfromthelastparagraph?

AScientistsareplanningtoinstallpipesinallcraterlakes.

BScientistsstilldonotknowhowtopreventgasexplosions

CExplosiondisasterscouldbeavoidedinthefuture

DWarningsystemshavebeensetupintheviHagesnearby.

第5部分：补全短文(第46~50题，每题2分，共10分)

阅读下面的短文，文章中有5处空白，文章后面有6组文字，请根据文章的内容选择5

组文字，将其分别放回文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置

上。

EveryDogHasItsSay

KimikoFukuda,aJapanesegirl,alwayswonderedwhatherdogwastryingtosay.

Wheneversheputonmakeup,itwouldpullathersleeve.------(46)Whenthedogbarks,

sheglancesatasmallelectronicgadget(装置).Thefollowing“human”translationappears

onits

screen:"Pleasetakemewithyou.”“Irealizedthafshowhewasfeeling.saidFukuda.

Thegadgetisca1ledBowlingual,andittranslatesdogbarksintofeelings.Peoplelaughed

whentheJapanesetoymakerTakaraCompanymadetheworld'sfirstdog-humantranslation

machinein2002.But300,000Japanesedogownersboughtit.--------(47)

“Nobodyelsehadthoughtaboutit,“saidMasahikoKajita,whoworksforTakarauWe

spendsomuchtimetrainingdogstounderstandourorders;whatwou1ditbe1ikeifwecould

understanddogs?”

Bowlingualhastwoparts.___(48)Thetranslationisdoneinthegadgetusingadatabase(资

料库)containingeverykindofbark.

Basedonanimalbehaviourresearch,thesenoisesaredividedintosixcategories:

happiness,

Sadness,frustration,anger,declarationanddesire.------(49)Inthisway,thedatabase

scientificallymatchesabarktoanemotion,whichisthentranslatedintooneof200phrases.

WhenavisitorwenttoFukuda'shouserecently,thedogbarkedaloud"bowwow”.This

translatedas"Don'tcomethisway”------(50)

Theproductwi11beavailableinUSpetstoresthissummerforaboutUS$12011canstore

up

to100barks,evenrecordingthedog'semotionswhentheownerisaway.

AAwirelessmicrophoneisattachedtothedog'scollar,whichsendsinformationtothe

gadget

heldbytheowner.

BNobodyreallyknowshowadogfeels

CItwasfollowedbyUVmstrongerthanyou”asthedoggrowled(嗥叫)andsniffed(嗅)at

the

visitor

DMorecustomersareexpectedwhentheEnglishversionislaunchedthissummer

ENow,theJapanesegirlthinkssheknows

FEachoneoftheseemotionsisthen1inkedtoaphraselike“Lei'splay”,"Lookatmew,

or

“Spendmoretimewithme”.

第6部分：完形填空(第51~65题，每题1分，共15分)

阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从

4个选项中选择1个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

Earth'sInnerCore

Scientistshavelongstruggledtounderstandwhat1iesattheplanefscenter,Direct

observationofitscenterisimpossible,soresearchersmust------(51)tootherevidence.

In1889,aGermanscientistdetectedasevereearthquakeinJapan.Geophysicistsconcluded

thatshockwaves------(52)jolts(晃动)fromonesideofEarththroughthecentertothe

otherside.Thenin1936,DanishgeophysicistIngeLehmannstudiedthewaves--------(53)

todeterminethatwithinEarth'scoreofmolten(熔d匕了的)ironliesasolidinner

core-but------

(54)thatcorewasmadeofeluded(难倒)her.Othergeophysicistsquickly

determinedthatLehmann'sinnercorewascomposedmostly------(55)iron.Sincethen,

Lehmann'sdiscoveryhas____(56)conventionalEarthscience.

Butnowscientistsarechallengingtraditionaltheorywithnewandradical------(57)

Forexample,Earth'scentercouldactuallycontainanwinnercorewithintheinnercore,

claimIshiiandcolleagueAdamDziewonski.

Analyzinghundredsofthousandsofearthquakewave------(58),theymaintainthatthe

innercorehasatitsheartatiny,evenmoresolidsphere(球体).Thissphere44niaybethe

oldestfossil(59)fromtheformationofEarth,MsaysDziewonski.

DziewonskiandIshiispeculatethatshortly____(60)Earthformedaround4.8bi1lion

yearsago,agiantasteroid(小行星)smashedintotheyoungplanetandnearlymeltedit.But

Earth'scenterdidn'tquitemelt;it_____(61)massastheplanetcooled.Thecorewithin

acoremaybethekernel(核心)thatendured."Itspresencecouldchangeourbasicideasabout

the------(62)oftheplanet,MDziewonskisaysideaistame(温和的)comparedto

the____(63)theoriesofindependentgeophysicistJ.MarvinHerndon.Earth'sinnercoreis

madenotofiron,heclaims

buta____(64)ofnickelandsiliconHerndonhasatrulyrevolutionarynotion:Withinthe

nickelsi1icide(硅d七物)innercoreisalsoan“inner“innercore—an8km——wideballofthe

elementuranium.Uraniumisradioactive.Herndonthinkstheuraniumreleasesheatenergy

asitsatoms(65)fission-splitandcrashintoanotherinachainreaction.Inother

words,wemayliveontopofagigantic,“natural“nuclearpowerplant.

51AtryBleaveCturnDpoint

52AcreateBreceiveCfeelDovercome

53AworkBsolutionCjobDpatterns

54AwhetherBwhatCwhyDhow

55AfromBwithinCofDto

56AfollowedBdominatedCrestoredDopposed

57AideasBdemandsCphenomenaDmovements

58AthingsBactsCmethodsDrecords

59AtakenBbenefitedCleftDkept

60AafterBbeforeCsinceDwhen

61AexpandedBmodifiedCgainedDmelted

62AsizeBoriginCstructureDshape

63AradicalBtraditionalCclassicalDconventional

64AsystemBcopyCmodelDcompound

65AchargeBlastCexperienceDshow

2005年取称英语等级考试理工类（A级）答案

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2005年职称英语等级考试

理工类（A级）题解

第1部分♦词汇选项

1Amotive:动机。reason:理由。这两个词意思比较接近。Thereisnoreasonto

doubthisword,没有理由不相信他的话。excuse:借口，answer和reply都有“回

答”的意思。

2Cwiden和broaden都有"拓宽"的意思。twist:弯曲。stretch:延伸。Theforests

Stretchforhundredsofmiles.森林绵延数百英里。bend：弯曲。

3Clure:吸引。temptation：吸引。这两个词意思相近。abuse:滥用。flavor：滋

味；consumption:消费。

4Dimmense和enormous都有“巨大的”的意思。itwasanenormous

disappointment此事太令人失望了。natural:自然的；tiny:微小的：fatal:致命的。

5Bremedy:补救。improve:改进。这两个词意思相近。Herbalmedicin