中石化职称英语2014中级复习重点

中石化中级职称英语考试题库中级职称英语考试是中石化员工进行职业晋升的必要条件，考试内容主要涉及英语听力、阅读、写作等方面。

以下是中级职称英语考试题库及参考内容，供大家参考。

一、听力听力部分主要测试考生的听力理解能力，包括听取对话、短文等的主旨、细节等方面内容，以下是中级职称英语考试题库及参考内容。

1. 听对话例题：What does the woman mean?A. She doesn't want to go first.B. She wants to go first.C. She doesn't want to play anymore.答案：A参考内容：该题是典型的听取对话题型，要求考生听懂两个人之间的对话，判断女士的具体意思。

需要考生注意听取关键词汇和语气变化，熟悉常用口语表达方式，如"don't mind"、"would rather"、"preference"等。

2. 听短文例题：What did the speaker suggest doing for better sleep?A. Drinking coffee before bedtime.B. Exercising before bedtime.C. Taking a warm bath before bedtime.答案：C参考内容：该题是典型的听取短文题型，要求考生听懂短文的主旨，判断说话人在短文中建议的方法。

需要考生注意听取关键词汇和语音语调变化，理解英语的语音节奏和重音规律，熟悉常见的短语和习惯用语，如"warm bath"、"sleep tight"等。

二、阅读阅读部分主要测试考生的阅读理解能力，包括短文、文章等的主旨、细节等方面内容，以下是中级职称英语考试题库及参考内容。

1. 完型填空例题：Last year I decided to learn fencing. I started taking lessons every week. At first, the other fencers were all much better than me. I felt 1)______. I wasn't quick enough, and I couldn't aim my sword properly. But I kept practicing and learning, and after a few weeks, I started to improve. Now, after a year of fencing, I can beat some of the fencers that used to beat me.A. disappointedB. nervousC. angry答案：A参考内容：该题是典型的完型填空题型，要求考生在给出的文章空格中填写正确的单词，根据文章意思推测出空格中应该填写哪一种形容词。

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2014职称英语通关秘籍：各题型答题技巧新东方在线距离3月29日的职称英语考试仅有最后十几天了，在最后时间里，掌握各题型的答题技巧是在广大考生最后阶段提分的关键。

新东方在线网络课堂职称英语辅导团队为广大考生总结了各题型的关键解题技巧与方法，帮助考生顺利过关，希望大家能在最后阶段掌握这些答题要领，在考试时加以运用从而提高成绩。

阅读理解答题技巧:一、大标题做题法:1 凡是含有大标题或大标题中关键词的选项往往就是正确答案.2 该方法尤其适用于主旨题。

3 大标题中不认识的单词一定要查字典。

4 大标题中的名词动词和形容词最重要二﹑关键词回归定位法:这个方法把句子题变成了词汇题。

1.该方法是阅读理解最核心最基本的做题方法2。

关键词的位置一般在题干中，偶尔在题枝中3。

关键词的作用：回归原文，定位答案所在句4.关键词的特点：显眼，好找，在文章中出现的频率一定要低5。

关键词的内容：a。

专有名词：人名、地名等b。

数字年代、现多用阿拉伯数字c．比较级和最高级d。

加引号的词 e. 名词、动词、副词和形容词(以及其短语） f。

当四个或三个选项中有一个共同的单词或短语时，用它优先定位 g. 如果题干以“why"提问，它的答案所在句或选项中应有“because”；如果题干以“how”提问,它的答案所在句或选项中应该以“by”连接的短语h. 例外原则：大标题中的词不能作为关键词;文章中多次出现的词不能作为关键词；疑问词不能作为关键词；专属于题干中的词不能作为关键词注意：含有but的句子往往是答案所在句；有findings的句子往往也是答案所在句；当A、B、C、D四个选项中都有可能是答案时，就回原文去对照,哪一个与原文相像，就选哪一个。

2014中石油职称英语考试大纲模拟试题(六)Ⅰ. Vocabulary1. An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of ___.A. crisisB. urgencyC. emergencyD. emergence2. No one could tell how the magician was able to produce a rabbit from his hat until he ____ his tricks.A. strayed away fromB. threw light onC. gave birth toD. fell back on3. More than two hundred years ago, the United States ___ from the British Empire and became an independent country.A. got offB. pulled downC. broke awayD. dropped off4. Everybody looked ___ the direction of the explosion.A. toB. fromC. inD. into5. The flood ___ the townspeople ___ from the rest of the world.A. cut...outB. cut...awayC. cut...downD. cut...off6. During the strike, the electricity was cut off for hours, so we had to ___ candles for lighting.A. manage withB. turn onC. carry outD. keep to7. I don't think I know the girl with long hair although she ___ me of someone I know.A. remembersB. recallsC. suggestsD. reminds8. They remained full of hope and determination ___ their repeated failures.A. instead ofB. in search ofC. because ofD. in spite of9. All the information we have collected in relation to that case ___ very little.A. put offB. hold backC. put asideD. hold up10. The rainbow is one of the most beautiful ___ in nature.A. phenomenonB. phenomenaC. appearanceD. experience11. Sometimes even the smallest thing will upset an ___ person.A. annoyedB. irritatedC. irritableD. angry12. All the participants in the meeting ___ a loud laugh when the lecturer began his speech with a joke.A. let offB. let outC. let downD. let through13. In Britain, the best season of the year is probably ___ spring.A. latterB. laterC. lastD. late14. They have been waiting for many hours to see the singer, but the airplane must have been ___.A. off timeB. on timeC. ahead of scheduleD. behind schedule15. The roar of the crowd finally ___ to a murmur.A. reducedB. diminishedC. decreasedD. cut down16. This singer is always very ___ to the reaction of the audience when she gives a performance.A. sentimentalB. sensibleC. positiveD. sensitive17. If you don't put the food in the refrigerator, it may ___.A. go offB. go overC. go wrongD. go out18. You'll have to buy some new shoes as these are ___.A. used upB. wasted awayC. broken downD. worn out19.Though badly damaged by fire, the palace was eventually ___ to its original splendor.A. repairedB. renewedC. restoredD. renovated20. The seeing eye dog was the blind man's ___ companion.A. continualB. consistentC. constantD. continuousⅡ. Grammatical StructureDirections: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.21. If this university ___ such a good reputation, I would not have come here.A. didn't haveB. hadn't hadC. doesn't haveD. hasn't had22. If only we ___ then the disease was curable(13年).A. knewB. could knowC. had knownD. would have known23.An Olympic Marathon is 26 miles and 385 yards, approximately ___ from Marathon to Athens.A. the distanceB. distanceC. the distance isD. is the distance24. You are supposed ___ everything ready by now.A. to getB. gettingC. to have gotD. having got25. It's high time that something ___ to prohibit selling fake commodities.A. must be doneB. was doneC. be doneD. were done26. A cold is nothing to you ___ it is merely a cold; but it sometimes becomes a danger.A. no matterB. as well asC. so long asD. so far as27. Sally's score on the exam is the lowest in the class. She ___ hard.A. should have studiedB. must have to studyC. must have studiedD. needn't have studied28. All flights ___ because of the heavy storm, we decided to take the train.A. having canceledB. being canceledC. having been canceledD. canceled29. David's mother seldom does her homework on Sunday. ___.A. So does my motherB. Nor does my motherC. My mother isn't, eitherD. My mother doesn't, too30. ___ his youth and inexperience, he is not suitable for the job.A. SeeingB. SeenC. Having seenD. To see31. I am interested in ___ you have told me.A. whichB. all whatC. thatD. all that32. The world's supplies of petroleum ___.A. have been gradually being exhaustedB. have gradually exhaustedC. are gradually exhaustedD. are being gradually exhausted33. He ___ writing the paper now. He hadn't written a single word whenI left him ten minutes ago.A. shouldn't beB. can't have finishedC. can't beD. mustn't have finished34. Your hair wants ___. You'd better have it done tomorrow.A. cutB. to cutC. cuttingD. being cut35. The impact of this well known book might not have been so far reaching ___ for Mr. William, who dared to publish it.A. if had it not beenB. had it not beenC. is it not beingD. its only having been36. Studying hard is more rewarding ___.A. than to be lazyB. than being lazyC. than to be like a lazy personD. than it is to be lazy37. ___, the more necessary it is to break it up into a number of parts which the readers can visualize.A. The more complex a subject becomesB. The more becomes a subject complexC. A subject becomes the more complexD. The more subjects become essential38. Mr. Brown advised us to withdraw ___.A. so as not to get involvedB. so as to get not involvedC. as not to get involvedD. as to get not involved39. The suspicion that the servant is dishonest has proved ___ true.A. all tooB. too allC. much tooD. too much40. Either of these young ladies ___ perfectly qualified to teach Greek, Latin and French.A. wereB. areC. isD. have beenⅢ. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: There are 5 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by 4 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them thereare four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Questions 41 t0 44 are based on the following passage:At dawn on September 5th, 1972 a band of "Black September" Arab guerrillas broke into the Israeli building in the Olympic village near Munich where 10,000 athletes were staying. Over 250 plain clothes police had been brought into the village, following a tip off of trouble ahead, but none of them saw the Arabs scale the fence. They burst into the Israeli building with submachine guns blazing at 5:10 am. Some Israeli athletes escaped through the windows and side doors. Nine were taken hostage. The guerrillas demanded the release of 200 Palestinians held in Israeli jails and a safe passage out of Germany. Within hours the Olympic village was surrounded by 13000 police. The Olympic Games were suspended. After some negotiations, the terrorists were told they would be flown with their hostages to an Arab country. They were taken by helicopter to the Furstenfield military airport 25 miles from Munich. Just before midnight the guerrillas and their hostages began to walk across the tarmac to a waiting Boeing 727 aircraft. Suddenly all the airport lights were turned out and German police sharp shooters opened fire. The rescue attempt failed tragically. In the gun battle all nine hostages were killed, as well as four Arabs and one policeman. Three Arabs were captured and one escaped into the nearby woods. On the 8th, Israeli planes bombed ten guerilla bases in revenge for Munich massacre.41. The most possible reason for Israeli athletes being attacked and kidnapped is that .A. they had a conflict with the Arab guerrillasB. the Arab guerrillas wanted to save the Palestinians held in Israeli jailsC. the German Government hated IsraelD. the Arab guerrillas hoped to get a large sum of money42. When the trouble took place, the Olympic Games .A. were completedB. were going onC. were to be finishedD. were to take place43. How many Arabs were there as terrorists?A. Seven.B. Eight.C. Nine.D. It wasn't mentioned.44. What do you think Palestine and Israel would act next?A. They would begin another conflict.B. They would begin to negotiate.C. They would try to improve each other's relation.D. They would turn to UN.Questions 45 to 48 are based on the following passage:Increasingly, over the past ten years, people-especially young people-have become aware of the need to change their eating habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly processed foods, is not good for health. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain chemical additives and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers widely used in farming today.Natural foods, for example, are vegetables, fruit and grain which have been grown in soil that is rich in organic matter. In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with essential vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which is to increase the amount but not the quality of foods grown in commercial farming areas.Natural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move freely in healthy pastures. Compare this with what happens in the mass production of poultry: there are battery farms, for example, where thousands of chickens live crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is little better than rubbish. Chickens kept in this way are not only tasteless as food; but also produce eggs which lack important vitamins.There are other aspects of healthy eating which are now receiving increasing attention from experts on diet. Take, for example, the question of sugar. This is actually a nonessential food! Although a naturalalternative, such as honey, can be used to sweeten food if this necessary, we can in fact do without it. It is not that sugar is harmful in itself. But it does seem to be additive: the quantity we use has grown steadily over the last centuries and in Britain today each person consumes an average of 200 pounds a year! Yet all it does is provide us with energy, in the form of calories. There are no vitamins in it, no minerals and no fiber.It is significant that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet. In white bread, for example, the fiber has been removed. But it is present in unrefined flour and of course in vegetables. It is interesting to note that in countries where the national diet contains large quantities of unrefined flour and vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare. Hence the emphasis is placed on the eating of whole meal bread and more vegetables by modern experts on "healthy eating".45. Which statement best expresses the main idea of this article?A. People should eat any food to keep themselves healthy and strong.B. People should eat natural foods to keep themselves healthy and strong.C. People should eat fiber foods to keep themselves healthy and strong.D. People should eat vegetables to keep themselves healthy and strong.46. “Particularly processed foods" means _ .A. foods which are particularly processed by adding chemical additivesB. foods which are particularly made by commercial farmsC. foods which are specially produced by commercial factoriesD. foods which are not specially made by adding anything47. Natural foods means .A. foods good for healthB. foods not good for healthC. foods such as vegetables, fruit and grain from rich organic matters soilD. crops from rich organic matters soil and meats of animals from healthy pastures48."Yet all it does is provide us with energy, in the form of calories." It means .A. processed food provides us with energyB. natural food furnishes us with vitamins and mineralsC. sugar gives us enough energy in the form of caloriesD. fiber helps us to digest foodQuestions 49 t0 52 are based on the following passage:Sixteen years ago, Eileen Doyle's husband, an engineer, took his four children up for an early morning cup of tea, packed a small case and was never seen or heard of again. Eileen was astonished and in a state of despair. They had been a happy family and, as far as she knew, there had been nothing wrong with their marriage.Every day of the year a small group of men and women quietly pack a few belongings and without so much as a note or a good-bye close the front door for the last time, leaving their debts, their worries and their confused families behind them.Last year, more than 1,200 men and nearly as many women were reported missing from home-the highest in 15 years. Many did return home within a year, but others rejected the past completely and are now living a new life somewhere under a different identity.To those left behind this form of desertion is a terrible blow to their pride and self-confidence. Even the finality of death might be preferable. At least it does not imply rejection or failure. Worse than that, people can be left with an unfinished marriage, not knowing whether they will have to wait seven years before they are free to start a fresh life.Clinical psychologist Paul Brown believes most departures of this kind to be well planned rather than impulsive. "It's typical of the kind of personality which seems able to ignore other people's pain and difficulties. Running away, like killing yourself, is a highly aggressiveact. By creating an absence the people left behind feel guilty, upset and empty."The Salvation Army's Investigation Department has a 70 percent success rate in tracking missing people down. According to Lt. Co. Barnwell Pratt, head of the department, men and women run away for very different reasons though lack of communication is often the biggest motive. "The things that disturb a man's personality are problems like being tied up in debt. Or serious worries about work. And some women make impossible demands on their husbands. Women usually leave for more obvious reasons but fear is at the root of it. Men are more often prepared to give their marriage another try than women, but we are aware that, for some wives, itwould be a total impossibility to return after the way they've been treated."49. When her husband left home, Eileen Doyle .A. could not forgive him for taking the childrenB. had been expecting it to happen for some timeC. could not understand whyD. blamed herself for what had happened50. The man or woman left behind usually .A. admits responsibility for the situationB. wishes the person who has left were deadC. feels embarrassed and useless comes back within a yearD. will have no legal marriage life for seven years51. Paul Brown regards leaving home in such circumstances as .A. an act of despairB. an act of selfishnessC. the result of a sudden decisionD. the result of the enormous sense of guilt52. The Salvation Army believes that .A. most men run away because of the impossible demands of their wivesB. men's reasons are more understandable than women'sC. some women never give their men another chanceD. women are often afraid to start marriage againQuestions 53 t0 56 are based on the following passage:Investment in the public sector, such as electricity, irrigation, public services and transport (excluding vehicles, ships and planes) increased by about 10%, although the emphasis moved to the transport and away from the other sectors mentioned. Trade and services recorded a 16% to 17% investment growth, including a 30% increase in investment in business premises. Industrial investment is estimated to have risen by 8%. Although the share of agriculture in total gross investment in the economy continued to decline, investment grew by 9% in absolute terms, largely spurred on by a 23% expansion of investment in agricultural equipment. Housing construction had 12% more invested in it in 1964, not so much owing to increased demand, as to fears of new taxes and limitation of building.Total consumption in real terms rose by close on 11% during 1964, and per capital personal consumption by under 7%, as in 1963. The undesirable trend towards a rapid rise in consumption, evident in previous years, remained unaltered. Since at current prices consumption rose by 16% and disposable income by 13%, there was evidently a fall in the rate of saving in the private sector of the economy. Once again consumption patterns indicated a swift advance in the standard of living. Expenditure on food declined in significance, although consumption of fruit increased. Spending on furniture and household equipment, health, education and recreation continued toincrease. The greatest proof of altered living standards was the rapid expansion of expenditure on transport (including private cars) and personal services of all kinds, which occurred during 1964. The progressive wealth of large sectors of the public was demonstrated by the changing composition of durable goods purchased. Saturation(饱和)point was rapidly being approached for items such as the first household radio, gas cookers, and electric refrigerators, whereas increasing purchases of automobiles and television sets were registered.53. The author thinks that the trend towards a rapid rise in consumption was "undesirable" because .A. people saved lessB. people were wealthyC. people consumed lessD. expenditures on luxuries increased54. It can be inferred form the increase of fit consumption that .A. people had to spend more on transportation and furnitureB. people were more health consciousC. people were more money consciousD. the price of fruit dropped dramatically55. The word "registered" in the last line most probably means .A. markedB. approachedC. listedD. booked56. From this passage, we learn that the people .A. spent more money than they earnedB. saved more money than previouslyC. spent their money wiselyD. invested and consumed at an accelerated paceQuestions 57 t0 60 are based on the following passage:Online courses (also called distance learning) are a hot new trend in American education. According to the nonprofit Distance Education and Training Council, about 400 US colleges and schools offer some portion of their programs on the Web. At the university level, they cost the same as traditional classes and require similar weekly assignments and textbook reading, the difference is in class participation. Generally speaking, students congregate(使聚集)online throughout each week to explore topic with the professor, but these discussions occur “asynchronously(不同时发生地)" rather than in real time. (You read others' comments and post your own whenever you get a chance.) Written assignments are posted, you email in your work periodically, and you're required to take a proctored exam in order to receive degree credit. Career boosting business administration and information technology programs are the most popular, but you'll also find a variety of literal arts offerings,from film theory to medieval history and foreign language study. While you still can't get an Ivy League degree on line, a growing number of elite (卓越的) institutions, including Stanford and New York University are beginning to offer on line courses.The benefits for busy people are obvious. "I always get a front row seat," says one student studying at the State University of New York Learning Network. "I can get up in the middle of class, grab a cup of coffee. The class is waiting for me when I get back, and I haven't missed thing." On the other hand, some students miss the face to face interaction that often sparks interest and involvement.57. Generally speaking, on line education costs .A. more than the traditional oneB. less than the traditional oneC. as much as the traditional oneD. the author hasn't mentioned58. The major way to hand out assignments of online students is .A. to hand out them in personB. to post themC. to emailing themD. to let the teacher enter into their personal main pages59. The closest meaning of "Ivy League" (Par. 1) .A. famous universities in USAB. famous business colleges in USAC. famous companies in USAD. universities with a long history60. It is implied that in USA .A. online education will take the place of the traditional one soonB. there are only a few online programs until nowC. one need not take part in the exam in order to receive a diploma by way of online educationD. one can not receive a degree certificate of New York University through distant learningSection B Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.In every cultivated language, there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprise the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words 61 which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we learn, that is to say, from the members of our own family and from our familiar associates, and 62 we should know and use even if we could not read or write. They 63 the common things oflife, and are the stock in trade of all who use the language. Such words may be called "popular", since they belong to the people 64 and are not the exclusive share of a limited class. On the other hand, our language 65 a multitude of words which are comparatively 66 used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is little necessity to use them at home or in the market-place. Our 67 acquaintance with them comes not from our mother's lips or from the talk of our school-mates, 68 from books that we read, lectures that we attend, or the more 69 conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular topic in a style appropriately elevated above the habitual extent of everyday life. Such words are called cleaned", and the 70 between them and the "popular" words is of great importance to a right understanding of linguistic process.61.A.at B. with C. by D. through62.A.which B. that C. those D. ones63.A.mind B. concern C. care D. involve64.A.inpublic B. at most C. at large D. atbest65.A. consists B. comprises C. constitutes D. composes66.A.seldom B. much C. never D. often67.A.primary B. first C. principal D. prior68.A.besides B. and C. or D. but69.A.former B. formula C. formal D. formative70. A. diversion B. distinction C. diversity D. similarityIV. TranslationDirections: There is l passage in this part of the test. You are to translate the passages into Chinese on your Answer Sheet.71.In fact, a refinery is essentially a group of manufacturing plants that vary in number with the variety of products produced; refinery processes must be selected and products manufactured to give a balanced operation: that is, crude oil must be converted into products according to the rate of sale of each. For example, the manufacture of products from the lower boiling portion of petroleum automatically produces a certain amount of higher boiling components. If the latter cannot be sold as, say, heavy fuel oil, they accumulate until refinery storage facilities are full. To prevent the occurrence of such a situation, the refinery must be flexible and able to change operations as needed. This usually means more processes—a cracking process to change an excess of heavy fuel oil into more gasoline with coke as the residual product or a vacuum distillation process to separate the heavy oil into lubricating oil stocks and asphalt-to accommodate the ever-changing demands of the market.。

2014职称英语攻略
1，词汇选项。

前5题先从B选项开始查，后面从A开始查。

用3个书签隔好。

争取10分。

2，阅读判断。

直接全选B了。

争取3分。

3，概括大意与完成句子。

前4题看每段的第1句话中的词，若与选项中一样，选吧。

后4题，全选B吧。

争取4分。

4，阅读理解。

第1、2篇一般要简单，看每段的第1句话中的词，若与选项中一样，选吧。

第3篇可能有3个难做，选C吧。

争取20分。

5，补全短文。

这个比较难，全选C吧，希望捞到2分。

6，完形填空。

这个比较难，全选B或C吧，希望捞到4分。

希望总计能拿43分左右吧。

以上系个人思想，非砖家言论哦。

第一部分通用英语Part OneEnglish for General PurposesUNIT 1 How to be Happy如何获得幸福ExercisesA. Translate the following sentences into English.1．吵闹的邻居的确对我们家庭不和(domestic upset)有很大影响。

2．在职场上，如果一个同事对我们表示威吓的话，会造成难以言表的抑郁情绪(unwretchedness)。

3．我们不可能适应这种敌对关系，这种不良的人际关系会损害身心健康。

4．如果这种坏情绪长时间留在人们的心里，会让人陷入无法解决的恶性心理困境。

5．我们不应当回避这些问题，而是要正确面对它们。

B. Read the text and translate it into Chinese.There are many benefits to being happy. Happier people tend to be healthier, live longer and eam more. They also tend to volunteer more, be better at relationships and smile more of what psychologists call “Duchenne" or genuine smiles. What is less well understood is why happiness is contagious.According to James Fowler and Nicholas Christakis, authors of the international bestseller Connected, people surrounded by many happy friends, family members and neighbours who are central to their social network become significantly happier in the future. More specificallyi they say we will become 25 per cent happier with our life if a friend who lives within a mile of us becomes significantly happier with his or her life.Similar effects are seen in co-resident spouses (8 per cent happier); siblings who live within a mile of each other (14 per cent); and next-door neighbours (34 per cent). What this implies is that the magnitude of happiness spread seems to depend more on frequent social contact (due to physical proximity) than on deep social connections. Alas, for some reason this doesn't translate to the workplace.So, why is happiness contagious? One reason may be that happy people share their good fortune with their friends and family (for example, by being pragmatically helpful or financially generous). Another reason could be that happy people tend to change their behaviour for the better by being nicer or less hostile to those close to them. Or it could just be that positive emotions are highly contagious.【参考答案】阅读理解1. The formula refers to H (happiness) = S (your biological set point for feeling happy) + C (the conditions of your life) + V (the voluntary choices you make).2. Loud noises trigger one of our most primitive fear responses and we can never fully relax if we are surrounded by intrusive noise.3. If we need our TV, radio or music up loud, wearing headphones demonstrates our kindness and consideration to our neighbors.4. Our unhappiness often comes from poor relationships with others.5. What you can do is to either mend the relationship by confronting what is going wrong or learn to move on.【练习参考答案】A．汉译英1. Noisy neighbors are one of the major causes of domestic upset.2. A colleague at work who bullies or dismisses us creates untold wretchedness.3. We can never fully adapt to hostile relationships, which inevitably damage our wellbeing.4. If this bad mood stays inside our mind, it will lead us to an unresolved destructive depression.5. We should not avoid these problems but face them instead. B．英译汉幸福有许多好处。

第一部分词汇知识通过分析总结历年中石油职称英语考试的词汇试题，我们发现中石油职称英语考试词汇部分考查的重点是：动词在上下文语义环境中的选择，动词短语在上下文语义环境中的选择，同一动词所组成的短语辨析，近义词短语辨析；名词在上下文语义环境中的选择，名词所组成的固定搭配，名词近义词辨析；形容词在上下文语义环境中的选择，形容词所组成的固定搭配；同一词根词汇辨析；常见名言名句考查等。

中石油职称英语试题考查的多是这些词汇项目的常见用法，详细内容请看《中石油2010职称英语考试大纲词汇部分》。

由于形容词、名词考查范围较广，考生最好的复习方式是多做模拟题库中词汇练习部分，在此不做具体解析。

下面我们将对本课重点部分--动词的高频考点一一解析。

动词考纲解读能够在真实的语言环境中恰当使用意义相近的动词、动词短语或固定搭配中的动词。

在动词和动词短语的测试中，几乎绝大多数为基础动词的考查，高的词有：get, tur n, make, put, go, give, break, cut, look, keep, bring, show, pick, hold, fall, carry, pill, catch, call, take等。

我们应该把动词和动词短语的区别放在鲜活的语境中。

(*考生切记：经编者认真考察，每年真题词汇部分必有选择题选自选读课本原文片段或经稍加改变，考生应认真阅读，了解选读文章，具体例子详见试题分析。

)命题趋势动词及其短语的灵活运用是英语的特色之一，也是考生学习中的重点，因此每年均为测试的重点，今后也将继续对其考查。

考查重点将集中在以下几点：1. 易混的基础动词及其短语。

2. 与汉语习惯有出入的动词用法的考查。

3. 部分基础动词及其短语的较高级用法。

突破方法平时要进行大量阅读，在阅读中理解动词及其动词词组的新意义。

知识点解读一•常用动词辨析1. advice, advise, persuade, suggest(1)advice是名词，与动词advise只是一个字母之差，不可混淆。

中国石化集团工程师职称英语考试复习资料阅读理解1.Just as man has found great uses for the materials, P22.Scientists call the process of water spreading over a surface wetting. P23.Since no one knows what scientific discoveries will be made between now and the year A.D. 2000 P34.If you live in a large city, P35.Most teachers agree that the best way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in the environment and culture of that language. P36.One evening, long after most people had P47.One evening last week, my wife and I were sitting quietly at home.P48.I would like to propose that for sixty to ninety minutes each P59.There was great excitement on the planet of Venus this week, P5 10.What is intelligence, anyway? P611.Why is it that when you study a foreign language, you never learn the little phrases that P712.If you are an average reader, you can read an average book at the rate of 300 words a minute. P8 13 .Psychologist George Splitch and colleaguesat Washington College in P814.The biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist P915.After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, P916.Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids now, P10 17.Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is P10 18.Have you heard about the book which pushes blood types as determining whether some body should be vegetarian or not? P11 19.My dictionary defines happy as "lucky" or" fortunate' ,but I think a P1120.Fingerprints, one of the great deciders of innocence or guiltP1221.Petroleum, like coal, is found in sedimentary rocks, and was probably P1322.The rich world's argument about the environment follows a pattern. P13 23.On average each person in the United States uses about three gallons of petroleum everyday. P1424 .Sleep is something we generally associate with living persons P1525 .Coronary artery disease is a disorder in。

2014年中石油职称英语考试试卷参考答案词汇选项1.This was disaster on a cosmic scale.A.modestmercialC.hugeD.national2.New secretaries came and went with monotonous regularity.A.amazingB.depressingC.predictableD.dull3.A person’s wealth is often in inverse pr oportion to their happiness.A.equalB.certainrgeD.opposite4.His professional career spanned 16 years.A.startedB.changedstedD.moved5.The symptoms of the disease manifested themselves ten days later.A.easedB.improvedC.relievedD.appeared6.The group does not advocate the use of violence.A.limitB.supportC.regulateD.oppose7.She talt that she had done her good deed for the day.A.actB.homeworkC.jusuceD.model8.Some of the larget bieds can remain stationary in the air for several minutes.A.motionlessB.sitentC.seatedD.true9.There was an inclination to treat geography as aless imponant Subject.A.pointB.resuitC.findingD.tendency10.His stomach felt hollw with fear.A.sincereB.respectfulC.emptyD.ternbie11.The committee was asked to rendcr a report on the housing situation.A.copyB.publishC.summarizeD.furnish12.That uniform makes the guards look absurd.A.seriousB.beautifulC.impressiveD.ridiculous13.The department deferred the decision for six months.A.put offB.arrived atC.abided byD.protested against14.The original experiment cannot be exactly duplicated.A.inventedB.reproducedC.designedD.reported15.The country was torn apart by strife.A.conflictB.povertyC.warD.economy答案：CDDCD BAADC DDABA阅读理解A New Strategy to Overcome Breast CancerPost-menopausal women who walk for an hour a day can cut their chance of breast cancer significantly,a study has suggested. The report ,which followed 73,000 women for 17 years,found walking for at least seven hours a week lowered the risk of the disease.The American Cancer Society team said this was the first time reduced risk was specifically linked to walking. UK experts said it was more evidence that lifestyle influenced cancer risk.A recent poll for the charity Ramblers a quarter of adults walk for no more than an hour a week,but being active is known to reduce the risk of a number of cancers.This study, published in Cancer Epidemiology,Biomarkers&Prevention,followed 73.615 women out of 97,785 aged 50-74 who had been recruited by the American Cancer Society between 1992 and 1993,so it could monitor the incidence of cancer in the group.They were asked to complete questionnaires on their health and on how much time they were active and participating in activities such as walking,swimming and aerobics(有氧运动)and how much time they spent sitting watching television or reading.They completed the same questionnaires at two-year intervals between 1997 and 2009.Of the women,47% said walking was their only recreational acivity.Those who walked for at least seven hours per week had a 14% lower risk of breast cancer compared to those who walked three or fewer hours per week.Dr.Alpa Patel,a senior epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta,Georgia,who led the study,said:”Give n that more than 60% of women report some daily walking,promoting walking as a healthy leisure-time activity could be an effective strategy for increasing physical activity amongst post-menopausal women.We were pleased to find that without any other recreational activity, just walking one hour a day was associated with a lower risk of breast cancer in these women.””More strenuous(紧张的)and longer activities lowered the risk even more.Baroness Delyth Morgan, chief executive of Breast Cancer Campaign,said:”Thi s study adds further evidence that our lifestyle choices can play a part in influencing the risk of breast cancer and even small changes incorporate into our normal day-to-day activity can make a difference.”She added:”We know that the best weapon to ove rcoming breast cancer is the ability to stop it occurring in the first place. The challenge now is how we turn these findings into action and identify other sustainable lifestyle changes that will help us prevent breast cancer.”31. All of the following factors relating to cancer risk were mentioned in thepassage______EXCEPT_______A. breathing exerciseB.regular walkingC.recreational activityD.lifestyle choices32. It can be inferred from Dr. Alpa Patel’s study that____.A. women have fewer chances of physical activityB. daily walking could cut the chance of breast cancerC. leisure-time activity is not associated with cancer riskD. walking is not recommended for women with breast cancer33. Dr. Alpa Patel was_____.A. head of the survey studyB. chief editor of Cancer EpidemiologyC. chair of the American Cancer SocietyD. chief executive of Breast Cancer Campaign34. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Most women take walking as their only recreational activity.B. The study aims to track the health conditions of its subjects.C. Walking was the only recreational acitivity for about half of the womenD. Irregular walking increased the risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women35. The word “sustainable”in the last paragraph is closest in meaning toA. continuableB. affordableC. availableD. Persistent 答案：ABACA。

2014年中石油职称英语考试备考经验第一篇：2014年中石油职称英语考试备考经验2014年中石油职称英语考试备考经验如何做才能顺利通过考试呢?我们要通过两个方面来把这个问题解决掉。

首先分析我们的考生特点：大部分同学都是在职人员，属于一个特殊群体，处于三无状态：a无时间(需要大量工作)b 无精力(休息时间少)c 无基础(多年不用英语)。

所以就面临着考试的两个难点：一、难在专业性上。

教材上所有文章只给翻译，无试题无解析。

需要老师在课后或者课上不断的给大家去分析去讲解。

二、难在词汇量上。

文章专业性很强，要求的词汇量就很大。

不仅会考到词汇，还会考到语法，完型，阅读和翻译，是一个非常传统的应试化考试，客观题占主体，主观题只有一部分，庆幸的是只有翻译没有写作。

那我们需要如何去复习呢?下面我从题型和复习方法两个方面来给大家做一个系统的讲解。

关于题型，在我们的网站上有一个对中石油职称英语考试非常详细的介绍。

在此，我从大纲的命题思路和考试题型上做一个规范性的归纳和概括。

一、词汇题大纲中标明要考20个句子，其实非常简单，因为它来自通用教材的很多文章或者历年的四六级考试真题或者有可能从其他某些考试照抄句子，将四个选项变换就得出我们的词汇题。

甚至前年去年就有取自四六级考试的原题。

词汇的考点：并非考专业性词汇，而是高中大学常用的一些同义词，近义词辨析。

比如，经常考的一个词“上升”，有“increase”“improve”“rise”“arise”，这几个词都有上升的含义，具体如何区分呢?有及物的不及物的，有表示能力和数量的，无论是搭配关系还是语境上都有区分，这就是课上我们会给大家讲到的。

所以词汇部分最忌讳的就是自己学，因为考试并不会考那么多词，既然是20个句子，就说明只考大家20个单词，考点非常的明确。

常考的它会考，不常考的也不会考。

词汇的数量：在精讲课程中有词汇特训课，课上会给大家分析词汇，迅速带大家把我们在大学在中石油职称英语中所需要掌握的词汇，从地头到尾的串一遍。

中石油职称英语考试模拟试题(四)I. Vocabulary1. Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people __ harm them.A. more thanB. better thanC. other thanD. rather than2. The football player is hoping to __ to another club.A. transferB. transmitC. transformD. transport3. I'm afraid taking a part time job might __ my time for study.A. cut offB. cut intoC. cut downD. cut away4. I __ several interesting facts about Mexico in that book.A. came toB. came intoC. came overD. came across5. It is __ that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet.A. seriousB. greatC. significantD. vital6. In his poems, he compared his little daughter __ a flower.A. byB. toC. forD. as7. You can't see through a telescope unless it is __ correctly to your sight.A. adaptedB. adoptedC. adjustedD. accustomed8. Our company decided to __ the contract because a number of the conditions in it had not been met.A. destroyB. refuseC. assumeD. cancel9. You needn't go to a hotel, Lucy, Jack and I will gladly __ for the night.A. make you upB. set you upC. put you upD. call you up10. He finished the paintings __ for the exhibition.A. for some timeB. in good timeC. from time to timeD. time after time11. Getting up is an everyday __A. happeningB. occurrenceC. incidentD. event12. The father lost his __just because his son failed again in the final exam.A. mindB. moodC. passionD. temper13. He has never felt himself so powerfully___ to the scientific ideal.A. interestedB. absorbedC. confidentD. attracted14. Students who pass the test will be __ to the next grade.A. progressedB. proceededC. promotedD. proposed15. This story is not real; it is __.A. imaginativeB. imaginaryC. imaginableD. imagining16. Craing assured his boss that he would ___all his energies in doing this new job.A. call forthB. call atC. call onD. call off17. Who is __ personnel at present?A. in the charge ofB. under charge ofC. under the charge ofD. in charge of18. Safety devices __ in preventing accidents in the workshop.A. assistB. assureC. assembleD. contribute19. If you suspect that the illness might be serious you should not __ going to the doctor.A. put offB. hold backC. put asideD. hold up20. Care should be taken to decrease the length of time that one is ___loud continuous noise.A. subjected toB. filled withC. associated withD. attached toII. Grammatical StructureDirections: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are fourchoices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence andmark your answer on the Answer Sheet.21. It was urgent that he __ her immediately.A. callsB. calledC. callD. would call22. The medical record shows that it was the drug, not the disease, ___killed him several years ago.A. the effects of whichB. the effects of itC. finallyD. that23. ___, it is quite easy to drill a hole in it with a eraser.A. Hard a diamond isB. Hard as a diamond isC. As a diamond is hardD. How hard is a diamond24. How many more decades will have to pass __ scientists succeed in providing a cure for cancer?A. whenB. sinceC. beforeD. until25. In order to be a good scientist, __.A. mathematics is vitalB. one must master mathematicsC. mathematics is important to understandD. one to understand mathematics26. I would appreciate __ it a secret.A. your keeping B .that you keepC. you to keepD. that you will keep27. Like the old, ___respected in our country.A. the female isB. a female isC. the female areD. female is28. ___bricks, workers press clay into blocks and bake them to the requisite hardness in a kiln.A. MadeB. To makeC. Being madeD. The making of29. ___on a clear day far from the city crowds, the mountains give him a sense of infinite peace.A. WalkingB. When one is walkingC. If walkingD. When walking30. Let's go to the movie tonight, __ ?A. are weB. shall weC. let usD. do we31. They talked about things and persons __ they remembered in the school.A. whoB. whichC. thatD. what32. When you __ the test, check your papers before you hand them in.A. will finishB. are finishingC. will have finishedD. have finished33. This candidate has far more chances of winning the election than __ recommended by the organizer.A. thatB. the oneC. whomD. one34. If you __ my advice, you __ your failure now. You __ your victory.A. took ... wouldn't cry over ... would celebrateB. had taken ... wouldn't have cried over ... would have celebratedC. had taken ... aren't crying over ... are celebratingD. had taken ... wouldn't be crying over ... would be celebrating35. ___ , I couldn't find; the way to the post office.A. However hard I triedB. However I tried hardC. However hard I tryD. Whatever I tried hard36. If ___, we'll stay at home.A. it'll rainB. it's to rainC. it rainsD. it'll be raining37. Find a seat quickly, ___there won't be any left.A. if notB. otherwiseC. or ratherD. or38. We would like to hear some more ideas. __ this matter?A. What do you think ofB. How do you think ofC. What is your opinion toD. How is your idea on39. Scarcely __ now without some sort of incident involving the old lady.A. a day passesB. passes a dayC. does a day passD. has a day passed40. ___, China's large and medium-sized state enterprises need to improve their management right now.A. As it should beB. As it must beC. As it isD. As it wereⅢ. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: There are 5 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by 4 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Questions 41 to 44 are based on the following passage:It is simple enough to say that since books have classes fiction, biography, poetry--we should separate them and take from each what it is right that each should give us. Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconception when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. Do not dictate to yourauthor; try to become him. Be his fellow worker and accomplice (同谋).If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read. But if you open your mind as widely as possible, then signs and hints of almost imperceptible finess (委婉之处), from the twist and turn of the first sentences, will bring you into the presence of a human being unlike any other. Steep yourself in this, acquaint yourself with this, and soon you will find that your author is giving you, or attempting to give you, something far more definite. The thirty two chapters of a novel--if we consider how to read a novel first--are an attempt to make something as formed and controlled as a building but words are more impalpable than bricks, reading is a longer and more complicated process than seeing. Perhaps the quickest way to understand the elements of what a novelist is doing is not to read, but to write; to make your own experiment with the dangers and difficulties of words. Recall, then, some event that has left a distinct impression on you--how at the corner of the street, perhaps, you passed two people talking. A tree shook; an electric light danced; the tone of the talk was comic, but also tragic; a whole vision, an entire conception, seemed contained inthat moment.41. What does the author mean by saying "Yet few people ask from books what books can give us"?A. The author means that lots of people read few books.B. The author thinks that readers have only absorbed part of knowledge in books.C. The author holds that few people have a proper idea about what content some kind of books should include.D. The author considers that readers can scarcely understand most of the books.42. According to the passage, which of the following statement is right?A. A reader should find some mistakes when he is reading.B. The more difficult a book is, the more you can get from it.C. To read something is easier than to watch something.D. One should be in the same track with the writer when he is reading.43. What is the possible meaning of "impalpable" (Paragraph 2) in the passage?A. Clear.B. Elusive.C. Delicate.D. Precise.44. What's the main idea of this passage?A. The importance of reading.B. The proper way to read.C. How to get most from one book.D. The characters of a good book.Questions 45 to 48 are based on the following passage:It isn't often that an entire industry is symbolized in the figure of a single human being, and such is the case with Canadian aviation and the aircraft industry. The man is the Hon. John A. D. McCurdy, and the life story of this still vigorous, distinguished Canadian is at once and at the same time the thrilling history of aviation's progress in Canada.It all began one cold February day in 1909 at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, when John McCurdy confounded the critics by flying the Silver Dart, an aircraft designed by himself, for half a mile over the ice of Bras deor Lakes. This was the first powered flight in Canada and the first by a British subject in the Commonwealth. McCurdy gave proof of his flying ability--and of the development and the use of the aileron--by being the first man in the world to execute a figure eight in the air. He becamethe first to pilot a flying boat, taking off from Long Island Sound. He flew the first airplane to Mexico. In 1911 he had made the longest flight to date, and that over open sea 90 miles from Key West to Havana. He won the first cross country race in Canada 40 miles from Hamilton to Toronto--and he transmitted the first radio message from aircraft.When World War II came, McCurdy took on board supervisory authority for Canadian aircraft production by serving with the government in various senior positions. Following World War II, McCurdy was honored by being made lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia where he made Canada's first historic flight. He now lives in Montreal with a summer home in Baddeck, site of his first flight.45. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true about McCurdy?A. He was a Canadian.B. He is regarded as the symbol of Canadian aviation and aircraft industry.C. He is the first man to finish a figure eight in the air.D. He now lives in Baddeck.46. The "Silver Dart" is___.A. the name of a weaponB. a plane bought by McCurdyC. the nickname of a famous Canadian pilotD. a plane designed by McCurdy47. McCurdy is NOT the first one to __.A. fly in CanadaB. pilot a flying boatC. fly from Key West to TorontoD. fly to Mexico48. Nowadays, McCurdy __.A. lives in Montreal in summerB. is the lieutenant governor of Nova ScotiaC. is still very active and energeticD. is the government's counselorQuestions 49 to 52 are based on the following passage:In science the meaning of the word "explain" suffers with civilization's every step in search of reality. Science cannot really explain electricity, magnetism, and gravitation; their effects can be measured and predicted, but of their nature no more is known to the modern scientist than to Thales who first looked into the nature of the electrification of amber, a hard yellowish-brown gum.Most contemporary physicists reject the notion that man can ever discover what these mysterious forces "really" are. Electricity, Bertrand Russell says, "is not a thing, like St. Paul's Cathedral; it is a way in which things behave. When we have told how things behave when they are electrified, and under what circumstances they are electrified, we have told all there is to tell." Until recently scientists would have disapproved of such an idea. Aristotle, for example, whose natural science dominated western thought for two thousand years, believe that man could arrive at an understanding of reality by reasoning form self-evident principles. He felt, for example, that it is a self-evident principle that everything in the universe has its proper place, hence one can deduce that objects fall to the ground because that's where they belong, and smoke goes up because that's where it belongs. The goal of Aristotelian science was to explain why things happen. Modem science was born when Galileo began trying to explain how things happen and thus originated the method of controlled experiment which now forms the basis of scientific investigation.49. The aim of controlled scientific experiments is __.A. to explain why things happenB. to explain how things happenC. to describe self-evident principlesD. to support Aristotelian science50. What principles most influenced scientific thought for two thousand years?A. The speculations of Thales.B. The forces of electricity, magnetism, land gravity.C. Aristotle's natural science.D. Galileo's discoveries.51. Bertrand Russell's notion about electricity is __.A. disapproved of by most modem scientistsB. in agreement with Aristotle's theory of self-evident principlesC. in agreement with scientific investigation directed toward "how" things happenD. in agreement with scientific investigation directed toward "why" things happen52. Modem science came into being __.A. when the method of controlled experiment was first introducedB. when Galileo succeeded in explaining: how things happenC. when Aristotelian scientists tried to explain why things happenD. when scientists were able to acquire an understanding of reality by reasoningQuestions 53 to 56 are based on the following passage:The U.S. birthrate began to decline in the middle 1950's, resulting in a smaller college age population starting in the middle 1970's. S4 Something else happened in the 1970's: the price of oil increased tremendously, driving up the price of almost everything and making Americans aware that their large automobiles used a lot of gasoline. At the same time, foreign car manufacturers had begun to produce small fuel efficient cars in large quantities for the export market. Suddenly, the large, gas guzzling American cars were no longer attractive to American buyers, who began buying foreign cars by the thousands. The American automobile industry went into a recession. Thousands of automotiveworkers were laid off, as were thousands of people in industries indirectly connected with the auto industry. People who are laid off tend to keep what money they have for necessities, like food and housing. They do not have the extra money needed to send their children to college. Their children cannot pay their own college costs, because during a recession they cannot find jobs. High unemployment means that more state funds must be used for social service--unemployment benefits and to aid dependent children, for example--than during more prosperous times. It also means, that the states have fewer funds than usual, because people are paying fewer taxes. Institutions of higher education depend on two major sources of income to keep them functioning: tuition from students and funds from the states. At the present time, there are fewer students than in the past and fewer state funds available for higher education. The colleges and universities are in trouble.53. What is the main idea of this passage?A. The rising of oil price drove up the price of everything.B. There were many reasons why higher education was in trouble in the 1970's.C. Birthrate began to decline in the USA in 1950's.D. High unemployment caused a lot of social problems.54. The phr ase "laid off” can best be replaced by which of the following?A. Poor.B. Got rid of.C. Removed.D. Unemployed.55. American cars were not popular in their domestic markets because they were___.A. smallB. gas consumingC. fuel efficientD. not attractive56. All of the following statements are true EXCEPT __.A. Young people couldn't afford their own tuition in the 1970'sB. It's difficult for graduates from colleges to find a job in the 1970'sC. Fewer parents could afford to send their children to college because of the recession in 1970'sD. Birthrate dropped in the 1970's because of the recessionQuestions 57 to 60 are based on the following passage:It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions, the basis for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory.Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It includes not only "remembering" things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves. Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed (嗅出) something suspicious in the grain pile.Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instant access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 "words"--string of alphabetic or numerical characters--ready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information that the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a person's memory is in terms of words and combinations of words. But while language greatly expands the number and kind of things a person can remember, it also requires a huge memory capacity. It may well be this capacity that distinguishes humans, setting them apart from other animals.57. Which of the following is true about memory?A. It helps us perceive things happening around us every day.B. It is based on the decisions we made in the past.C. It is rooted in our past habits and skills.D. It connects our past experiences with the present.58. According to the passage, memory is helpful in one's life in the following aspects EXCEPT that___.A. it involves a change in one's behaviorB. it keeps information for later useC. it warns people not to do things repeatedlyD. it enables one to remember events that happened in the past59. What is the major characteristic of man's memory capacity according to the author?A. It can be expanded by language.B. It can remember all the combined words.C. It may keep all the information in the past.D. It may change what has been stored in it.60. Human beings make themselves different from other animals by___.A. having the ability to perceive dangerB. having a far greater memory capacityC. having the ability to recognize faces and places on sightD. having the ability to draw on past experiencesSection BDirections: There are I0 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century. 61 in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always in the heart of a town. This street was lined on both sides with many various businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise: clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. 62 , some shops offered services. These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoe repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. But in the 1950s, a change began to 63 . Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street while too few parking places were 64 shoppers. Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to lookwith interest at the open spaces 65 the city limits. Open space is what their car driving customers needed. And open space is what they got when the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centers, or rather malls,66 as a collection of small new stores away from crowded city centers.67 by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from downtown areas to outlying malls. And the growing 68 of shopping centers led in turn to the building of bigger and better stocked stores. 69 the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the 70 of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, with benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.61. A. As early as B. Early C. Early as D. Earlier62. A. Apart from B. However C. In addition D. As well63. A. be taking place B. take place C. be taken place D. have taken place64. A. available for B. available to C. used by D. ready for65. A. over B. from C. out of D. outside66. A. started B. founded C. set up D. organized67. A. Attracted B. Surprised C. Delighted D. Enjoyed68. A. distinction B. fame C. popularity D. liking69. A. By B. During C. In D. Towards70. A. cheapness B. readiness C. convenience D. handinessIV. TranslationDirections: There are 1 passage in this part of the test. You are to translate the passages into Chinese on your Answer Sheet.71.Again, at one time or another, you may have found that all such animals hear. Hunters know that ducks are attracted by artificial calls during hunting seasons, and fishermen emphasize that you should be as quite as possible if you don't want to go home empty handed. Deer hunting will also prove that being quiet on your approach is of utmost importance. Moreover,it seems absurd that birds should sing and frogs croak, if they could not even hear their own voices.By many experiments, biologists have discovered that practically all animals have some sense of hearing or vibration. Earthworms feel vibrations in the soil, which is why birds often peck the ground sending vibrations into the ground simulating rain drops to lure them to the surface. Male mosquitoes are attracted by the sound of the female, and frogs will respond to a tape recording of their own voices.Scientists must explore much further for more knowledge about how animals use their ears.。