2010年全国职称英语综合类（A级）考试真题及答案第一部分：词汇选项（第1-15题，每题1分，共15分）
下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。
1. Her father was a quiet man with graceful manners.
A. bad
B. polite
C. similar
D. usual
2. Patricia stared at the other girls with resentment.
A. love
B. surprise
C. doubt
D. anger
3. Your dog needs at least 20 minutes of vigorous exercise every day.
A. energentic
B. physical
C. regular
D. free
4. Our aggrangements were thrown into complete turmoil.
A. failure
B. confusion
C. doubt
D. relief
5. Steep stairs can present a particular hazard to older people.
A. evidence
B. danger
C. case
D. picture
6. I enjoyed the play-it had a clever plot and very funny dialogues.
A. long
B. original
C. humorous
D. boring
7. He demolished my arguments in minutes.
A. disproved
B. disputed
C. accepted
D. supported
8. The two banks have announced plans to merge next year.
A. combine
B. sell
C. close
D. break
9. Regular visits from a social worker can be of immense value to old people living alone.
A. immediate
B. great
C. equal
D. moderate
10. I want to provide my boys with a decent education.
A. private
B. general
C. good
D. special
11. Lower taxes would spur investment and help economic growth.
A. attract
B. encourage
C. require
D. spend
12. He was kept in appalling conditions in prison.
A. critical
B. temble
C. necessary
D. normal
13. I can't put up with my neighbor's noise any longer, it's driving me mad.
A. measure
B. generate
C. tolerate
D. reduce
14. The project required ten years of diligent research.
A. hardworking
B. scientific
C. basic
D. social
15. He was rather vague about the reasons why he never finished school.
A. unclear
B. bright
C. bad
D. general
第二部分：阅读判断(第16-22题，每题1分，共7分)
下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C。
The Writing's on the Wall?
Is it art or is it just vandalism (野蛮行为)? Well, it's still a crime, but graffiti (涂鸦) has changed since the days of spraying your name on a wall to mark your territory. Street art has become much more sophisticated since a 17-year-old called Demetrius started spraying his "tag" , TAKI 183, all over the New York underground in 1971, and hip - hop culture was born. Hip-hop is a mixture of art, music and dancing, poetry, language and fashion. It came from young inner-city
people who fell left out by their richer classmates and who were desperate to express themselves in any way they could.
An experiment to control the spread of graffiti in Rochdale, Creater Manchester, has been sosuccessful that plans have been made by local street artists for an international convention in June. "We're planning to get people together from different countries like France and Cermany for a week, " says Liam, one of the organizers. The scheme started in 2000, and has attracted people of all age groups and both sexes. " We all share a commen interest and get on really well with each other. " The first site to be chosen was a subway. " Before we began, people were afraid to use the subway. We had it cleaned up and now, with all the artists hanging out down there, people are using it again. People can relate to graffiti much more now. " By providing places to display their talents legally, there has been a fall in the amount of "tagging" on people's private property.
Street artists Temper developed his drawing skills at a young age. In art classes at school he was really frustrated because the Art teacher didn't spend time with him. They thought he was already very good at art and so spend more time with other students. So, at 12 years old, Temper started painting with all these guys he'd hooked up with who were about 22 years old. He looked up to them and loved what they were doing on the streets of Wolvehampicn, England. "The whole hip -hop scene was built up of different things and I did a bit of everything. But it was always the graffiti I was best at. " he says.
16. Demetrius was a teenager bom in New York.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
17. The graffiti scheme in Rochodale was for teenagers only.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
18. People did not like using the subway before an organized group of graffiti aritists came.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
19. Since the scheme started, new wall in the town were sprayed with graffiti.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
20. Most of the other graffiti artists in England were about ten years older than Temper.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
21. Temper, a street artist, is now head of graffiti club in England.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
22. Temper is involved in many different aspects of hip-hop culture.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
第三部分：概括大意与完成句子（第23-30题，每题1分，共8分）
下面的短文后有2项测试任务：
(1)第23-26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2-5段每段选择1个最佳标题；
(2)第27-30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。
Waste Not, Want Not
I Bob and Clara Darlington, who own and run a farm in the North of England, have alwayslooked for new ways of making money out of the produce they grow. Their success began when they established a shop on their farm, so that people could come and buy fresh vegetables directly from them.
2 The business was an immediate success, and soon scored top marks in a competition set up by the Farm Retail Association to find the best farm shop in the country. The Association's inspectors found the Darlingtons' shop offered excellent service and value for money as well as quality fruit and vegetable.
3 Clara Darlington is a trained chef and, in addition to a range of home-grown foods and other local produce, she began offering a variety of prepared meals which she had made herself in the farmhouse kitchen. A small cafe alongside the farm shop was soon added, with everything that visitors could taste on the menu also being for sale in the shop.
4 Clara admits that starting the business was expensive, and she has worked very hard, but maintains that if the product is good, the public recognize this and buy it. "I aim to offer the highest quality to our customers, whether they come in for a loaf of bread, or take a whole dinner-party menu. I take it as a compliment(恭维) if people take home one of my dishes to serve to their family and friends and get away with pretending they made it themselves. "
5 So it was that the couple realized that they had a surplus of misshapen or damaged vegetables grown on the farm which were unsuitable for selling in the shop. Clara, not wishing to see them get thrown away, decided to turn them into soup.
6 The soup met with the immediate approval of customers to the shop and Clara now produces ten different varieties. She spent much of the summer traveling up and down to London by rail, doing presentations of the soups. As a result, they are now served in first-class railway restaurant cars belonging to three companies as well as being stocked by a number of high-class London stores.
23. Paragraph 2 __________.
24. Paragraph 3 __________.
25. Paragraph 4 __________.
26. Paragraph 5 __________.
A. Professional recognition is obtained
B. Ensuring that nothing gets wasted
C. A necessary alternative to farming
D. Time well spent is rewarded
E. Continuing investment is necessary alternative to farming in high stand9rds
F. Professional skills are exploited
27. Bob and Clara Darlington established a shop to _
28. Apart from quality fruit and vegetables, the couple
29. Instead of throwing the damaged vegetables away , the couple
30. Clara spent much of the summer going to London to
A. sell fresh vegetables
B. turn them into soup
C. sell as much as possible
D. promote her soups
E. fill a gap in the market
F. offer a variety of prepared meals
第四部分：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。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。
第1篇
The Iceman
On a September day in 1991, two Germans were climbing the mountains between Austria and Italy. High up on a mountain pass, they found the body of a man lying on the ice. At that height(10,499 feet, or 3,200 meters), the ice is usually permanent, but 1991 had been an especially warm year. The mountain ice had melted more than usual and so the body had come to the surface.
It was lying face downward. The skeleton(骨架) was in perfect condition, except for a wound in the head. There was still skin on the bones and the remains of some clothes. The hands were still holding the wooden handle of an ax and on the feet there were very simple leather and cloth boots. Nearby was a pair of gloves made of tree bark(树皮) and a holder for arrows.
Who was this man? How and when had he died? Everybody had a different answer to these questions. Some people thought that it was from this century , perhaps the body of a soldier who died in World War I , since several soldiers had already been found in the area. A Swiss woman believed it might be her father, who had died in those mountains twenty years before and whose body had never been found. The scientists who rushed to look at the body thought it was probably much older, maybe even a thousand years old.
With modern dating techniques, the scientists soon learned that the Iceman was about 5,300 years old. Bom in about 3300 B.C., he lived during the Bronze Age in Europe. At first scientists thought he was probably a hunter who had died from an accident in the high mountains. More recent evidence, however, tells a different story. A new kind of X - ray shows an arrowhead still stuck in his shoulder. It left only a tiny hole in his skin, but it caused internal damage and bleeding. He almost certainly died from this wound, and not from the wound on the back of his head. This means that he was probably in some kind of a battle. It may have been part of a larger war, or he may have been fighting bandits. He may even have been a bandit himself.
By studying his clothes and tools, scientists have already learned a great deal from the Iceman about the times he lived in. we may never know the full story of how he died, but he has give us important clues to the history of those distant times.
31. The body of the Iceman was found in the mountains mainly because __________.
A. he was lying on the ice
B. he was just on a mountain pass
C. two Germans were climbing the mountains
D. the melted ice made him visible
32. What can be inferred from paragraph 2?
A. The Iceman lived a poor life.
B. The Iceman was struck dead from behind.
C. The Iceman was killed while working.
D. The Iceman could have died from the wound in the head.
33. All the following are assumptions once made about the Ice man EXCEPT
__________.
A. he was a soldier in World War I
B. he was a Swiss woman's long-lost father
C. he came from Italy
D. he was born about a thousand years ago
34. The scientists made the deduction that the Iceman
A. had got a wound on the back of his head
B. had a tiny hole in his skin causing his death
C. was hit in the shoulder by an arrowhead
D. was probably in some kind of a battle
35. The word "bandits" in paragraph 4 could be best replaced by __________.
A. soldiers
B. hunters
C. robbers
D. shooters
第2篇
The Best Way to Reduce Your Weight
You hear this:"No wonder you are fat. All you ever do is eat. " You feel sad:"l skip my breakfast and supper. I run every morning and evening. What else can I do?" Basically you can do nothing. Your genes, not your life habits, determine your weight and your body constantly tries to maintain it.
Albert Stunkard of the University of Pennsylvania found from experiments that, "80 percent of the children of two obese (肥胖的) parents become obese,as compared with no more than 14 percent of the offspring of two parents of normal weight. "
How can obese people become normal or even thin through dieting? Well,dieting can be effective, but the health costs are tremendous. Jules Hirsch, a research physician at Rockefeller University, did a study of eight fat people. They were given a liquid formula providing 600 calories a day.After more than 10 weeks,the subjects lost 45ka on average. But after leaving the hospital,they all regained weight. The results were surprising: by metabolic (新陈代谢的) measurement, fat people who lost large amounts of weight seemed like they were starving. They had psychiatric problems. They dreamed of food or breaking their diet. They were anxious and depressed; some were suicidal. They hid food in their rooms. Researchers wam that it is possible that weight reduction doesn't result In normal weight,but in an abnormal state resembling that of starved non - obese people.
Thin people, however, suffer from the opposite: They have to make a great effort to gain weight. Ethan Sims, of the University of Vermont, got prisoners to volunteer to gain weight. In four to six months,they ate as much as they could. They succeeded in increasing their weight by 20 t0 25 percent. But months after the study ended they were back to normal weight and stayed there.
This did not mean that people are completely without "hope in controlling their weight. It means that those who tend to be fat will have to constantly battle their genetic inheritance if they want to significantly lower their weight. The findings also provide evidence for something scientists thought was true - each person has a comfortable weight range. The range might be as much as 9kg. Someone might weigh 60-69kg without too much effort. But going above or below the natural weight range is difficult. The body resists by feeling hungry or full and changing the metabolism to pusb the weight back to the range it seeks.
36. The first paragraph tells us that our weight is determinede by __________.
A. Our eating habit
B. Our life style
C. Our work habit
D. Our genes
37. In Jules Hirsch's study, the subjects __________.
A. showed no health problem
B. gained weight rapidly
C. were all very short
D. lived only on liquid food
38. After leaving the hospital, the eight fat people __________.
A. attempted suicide
B. were back to normal weight
C. went mad
D. followed the advice of Hirsch's
39. In Ethan Sims study, the subjects were asked to__________.
A. stay in prison
B. eat as much as they could
C. battle their genetic inheritance
D. lower their weight
40. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Each person wants to eat to his heart's content.
B. Each. person has a weight range of 9kg.
C. Each person has a natural weight range.
D. Each person wants to control his weight.
第3篇
Food for Learning
In Eritrea, a small country in northeast Africa, approximately 80 percent of the population is illiterate. That percentage is even higher in woman. As in many developing countries, many Eritreans have traditional ideas about the role of women.
They believe that women should stay home and take care of the family and should not get an education or look for a job.
These beliefs are one of the factors that prevent Eritriea and other developing countries from improving their economic situation. Experience in many developing countnes has shown that educated women have fewer children and have more opportunities for improving their lives and the lives of their families. In Eritrea, in fact, there is great need for improvement. It is one of the poorest countries in the world. For many Eritrean families, getting enough food is a daily problem.
To deal with these problems, the Eritrean government together with the World Food Program,has a new program that offers food as a reward for leaming. In primary schools, all the children receive food packages to take home to their families. However, with the new program, the girls receive more food than the boys. This way, parents are encouraged to send their daughter to school rather than keeping them at home.
Another govemment program that aims to educate women is Food for Training. Managed by the National Union of Eritrean Women, this program offer food rewards (also from World Food Organiza tion) to women and elder girls who are willing to join the program. Because of the war with Ethiopia, many women are bringing up their families on their own. They often live in refugee camps, with no land of their own and no way to earn money. Most of these women are illiterate and have no skills to find a job. They spend most of their day looking for food and preparing it for their families.
The Food for Training program helps the tennagers and women change their lives. If they agree to join the program, they receive a large package of food each month. In return, the women are required to attend free literate classes for two hours every day. When Food for Training classes in two regions of Eritrea, 5000 girls and women joined in the first two months. It is especially popular with teenage girls, aged fourteen to sixteen, who have never had a chance to go to school before.
The organizers of Food for Traing also plans to offer other kinds of courses for women, using the same system of food rewards. In these courses, they will teach women job skills and crafts such as basket weaving. These women will not only learn to read and write. They will become aware of what is going on in their country.
41. According to the passage, traditional ideas about women __________.
A. are rejected by younger generation
B. help improve the economy
C. hinder economic development '
D. have little impact on economic development
42. The Eritrean govemment is offering extra food to girls in school in order to __________.
A. encourage to keep girls at home
B. change traditional attitudes towards women
C. help girls feed their families
D. creat more jobs for Eritrean teachers
43. With the Food for Learning program, women get a large package of food as long as__________.
A. they attend free literacy classes every day
B. they have no land of their own
C. they bring up their families on their own
D. they live in refugee camps
44. The new literacy programs are an example of __________.
A. the work of 5,000 women and teenage girls
B. the problems with the aid of international organizations
C. local and international organizations working together
D. the Eritrean govemment working to keep its power
45. According to the passage, Food for Training will__________.
A. help women better their lives
B. encourage women to leave their country
C. teach women about intemational aid
D. allow women to spend more time at home
第五部分：补全短文（第46-50题，每题2分，共10分）
下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5句取自短文，请按照短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。
I Know Just How You Feel
Do you feel sad? Happy? Angry? You may think that the way you show these emotions is unique. Well, think again. Even the expression of the most personal feelings can be classified, according to Mind Readingame, a DVD displaying every possible human emotion. It demonstrates 412 distinct ways in which we feel the first visual distionary of the human heart.
Attempts to classify expressions began in the mid-1800s, when Darwin divided the emtions into six types-anger, fear, sadness, disgust, surprise and enjoyment. _________(46) Every other feeling was thought to derive from Darwin's small group. More complex expressions of emotions were probably learned and therefore more specific to each culture. But now it is believed that many more facial expressions are shared worldwide. _________(47) The Mind Reading DVD is a systematic visual record of these expressions.
The project was conceived by a Cambridge professor as an aid for people with autism (孤独症), who have difficulty both reading and expressing emotions. But it quickly became apparent that it had broader uses. Actors and teachers, for example, need to understand a wide range of expressions. The professor and his research team first had to define an "emotion" _________(48) Using this definition, 1,512 emotion terms were identified and discussed. This list was eventually reduced to 412, from"afraid" to "wanting".
Once these emotions were defined and classified, a DVD seemed the clearest and most efficient way to display them. In Mind Reading, each expression is acted out by six different actors in three seconds. _________(49) The explanation for this is simple: we may find it difficult to describe emotions using words, but we instantly recognise one when we see it on someone's face. " It was really clear when the actors had got it right," says Cathy Collis, who directed the DVD." Although they were given some direstion," says Ms Collis, " the actors were not told which facial muscles they should move. " _________(50) For example, when someone feel contempt, you can't say for certain that their eyebrows always go down.
Someone who has tried to establish such rules is the American, Professor Paul Ekman, who has built a database of how the face moves for every emotion. The face can make 43 distinct muscle movements called " action units". These can be combined
into more than 10, 000 visible facial shapes. Ekmen has written out a pattern of facial muscular movements to represent each emotion.
A. He said that this expression of feeling is universal and recognizable by anyone from any culture .
B. Any other method of showing the 412 emotions whould have been far less effective.
C. Research has also been done to find out which area of brain read the emotional expressions.
D. These particular muscles are difficult to control, and few people can do it.
E. They decided that it was a mental state that could be preceded by "I feel" "he looks" or"she sounds".
F. We thought of trying to describe each emotion, but it whould have been almost impossible to make clear rules of this.
第六部分：完形填空（第51-65题，每题1分，共15分）
下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选择。
Racial Prejudice
In some countries where racial prejucide is acute, violence has been taken for granted as a means of solving differences; and this is not even questioned. There are countries _________(51) the white man imposes his rude by brute (粗暴) force; there are countries where the black man protests by _(52) fire to cities and by looting and pillaging(抢夺). Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in_________(53) of violence as if it were a legitimate (合法的) solution, _________(54) any other. What is really frightening, what really _________(55) you with despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch(关键时刻), we have made no actual _________(56) at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our insticts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded _________(57) of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that_________(58) never solves a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed and the suffering _________(59) nothing. No solution ever comes to _________(60) the moming after when we dismally(阴郁地) contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.
The truly reasonable men who _________(61) where the solutions lie are finding it harder and harder to get a hearing. They are despised, mistrusted and even persecuted _________(62) their own kind because they advocate such apparently outrageous things as low enforcement. If half the energy that goes into _________(63) acts were put to good use, if our efforts were directed at_________(64) up the slums and ghettos (贫民窟), at improving living-standards and providing education and employment for all, we would not have gone a long way to _________(65) at a solution.
51. A. where B. what C. why D. when
52. A. fighting B. returning C. catching D. setting
53. A. spite B. memory C. need D. favor
54. A. to B. through C. like D. as
55. A. fills B. puts C. forces D. sets
56. A. progress B. decision C. point D. sense
57. A. system B. history C. range D. business
58. A. argument B. violence C. talk D. research
59. A. deal B. have C. mean D. want
60. A. light B. life C. end D. mind
61. A. suggest B. demand C. consider D. know
62. A. by B. for C. with D. of
63. A. final B. lawful C. violent D. symbolic
64. A. looking B. getting C. taking D. cleaning
65. A. meeting B. laughing C. startling D. arriving
2010年全国职称英语综合类（A级）考试参考答案
第一部分：词汇选项
1． B[解析]本句意思：她的父亲是一位举止优雅的安静的人。polite：有礼貌的，文雅的，例如：He is always polite to people.他总是对人很有礼貌。similar：相似的，类似的，例如：The project in Africa has similar goals.在非洲的计划有类似的目的。
usual：通常的，如：The child went to school as usual.这孩子像往常一样上学去了。Bad：糟糕的，坏的，例如：a bad situation糟糕的情况。
2． D[解析]本句意思：帕特丽夏不满地瞪着其他姑娘。resentment：愤恨；例如：She shows no resentment to anyone.她不怨恨任何人。anger：愤怒，最符合题意。如：The young man just cannot control his anger.那个年轻人无法控制自己的愤怒。doubt：怀疑。如：There is no doubt our team will win the game.毫无疑问我们队会赢得比赛。
3． A[解析]本句意思：你的狗每天需要至少20分钟充沛的运动。vigorous：精力充沛的；energentic和它意思相同，表示有活力的，精力充沛的，例如：He is an energetic man. Everyday he works until midnight.他是个精力旺盛的人，每天都工作到半夜。physical：体力的，身体的，例如：to do physical exercise锻炼身体。regular：定期的，正式的，例如：He has no regular work.他没有正式的工作。free：自由的。
4． B[解析]本句意思：我们的安排被弄得一团糟。turmoil：混乱，骚动；confusion：混乱，困惑，例如：The conference ended in confusion.会议在混乱中结束。doubt：怀疑，疑惑，例如：I doubt his competence to do the work.我怀疑他是否有能力做那件工作。relief：减除，救济，例如：refief fund for the earthquake in Yushu district
玉树地区的地震救济金。
5． B [解析]本句意思：陡峭的楼梯对于老年人特别危险。hazard和danger意思相同，表示危险的；evidence：证据，迹象，例如：There is no evidence that there will be an earthquake there.没有迹象表明那个地区会发生地震。case：情况，如：Is that the case?是这样的情况吗？picture：图片，图画。例如：How do you like his picture?你喜欢他的图画吗？
6． C[解析]本句意思：我很喜欢那个游戏--它有巧妙的情节和有趣的对话。original：原始的，原创的，例如：He can read Shakespeare in the original.他能读莎士比亚作品的原文。boring：乏味的，无聊的；humorous：幽默的，滑稽的，例如：lndeed he has a solemn face，but he is very humorous at heart.他的确有一副严厉的脸孔，但内心却很富幽默感。
7． A [解析]本句意思：他在几分钟内就驳倒了我的观点。demolish：推翻，驳倒；dis-rove：反驳，例如：lt is nearly impossible to disprove a rumor.要辟谣几乎是不可能的。dispute：辩论，怀疑，例如：We disputed with each other on various issues.我们为各种问题互相争论。 support：支持，扶持，如：1 will always support you whatever you do.不论你做什么，我都会支持你。
8． A [解析]本句意思：两家银行已宣布了在明年合并的计划。merge：合并，兼并；combine：使结合，使联合，和merge意思接近，例如：to combine theory with practice 理论联系实际；sell：卖，出售；close：停止，关闭，例如：to close an account关闭一个（银行）账户。break：打破，折断，例如：The old man broke a tooth on a bone.这老人咬骨头把一颗牙折断了。
9． B[解析]本句意思：社会工作者的定期访问对独居老人很有价值。lmmense：巨大的、较好的；immediate：立即的，直接的，例如：He demanded immediate payment.他要求立即付款。great：巨大的，符合题意，例如：He achieved great success in his career.他的事业取得了巨大的成功。equal：平等的，用法为be equal to；moderate：适度的，中等的，例如：lt is a large house．but thegarden is of moderate size.那是一栋大房子，可是花园却只有一般的大小。
10. C[解析]本句意思：我想给我的孩子们提供良好的教育。decent：相当好的，体面的；更多用法有：decent income可观的收入，decent meal像样的饭，decent cloth体面的服装；good和它意思相同。private：私人的，隐私的，例如：Fans are always curious about the singer's private life。歌迷总对歌星的私人生活感兴趣。general．普遍的，例如：the general public普通大众。special：特别的，例如：This is a special occasion.这是一个特殊的场合。
11. B[解析]本句意思：低税收将刺激投资，帮助经济增长。spur：鞭策,激励；attract：吸引，例如：His film has attraced a large audiences.他的电影吸引了很多的观众。encourage和spur意思相同，是鼓舞、鼓励的意思，例如：New measures have been taken to encourage consumption in China.申国采取了新的举措来刺激消费。require：要求，如：This is the minimum quantity we require.这是我们所要求的最小数量。spend：花费，如：She spent the whole month to prepare for the examination.她用一个月的时间准备考试。
12. B [解析]本句意思：他被关押在条件恶劣的监狱里。appalling：可怕的，令人震惊的；critical：危险的，爱挑剔的，例如：He is very critical about food.他对食物特别挑剔。terrible：可怕的；necessary：必要的，必须的，例如：We still lack the necessary information.我们仍缺少必要的信息。normal：正常的，例如：lt is normal to feel lonelv sometimes.偶尔会觉得寂寞是很正常的。
13． C[解析]本句意思：我不能忍受邻居的噪音，那快让我疯了。put up with：忍受，和tolerate意思相同，例如：The school cannot tolerate cheating on exams.学校无法容忍考试作弊现象。measure：测量，估计，例如：We cannot measure a man by his failures.我们不能以失败来衡量一个人。reduce：减少，缩小，例如：They have to reduce expenses this year.他们今年必须削减开支。
14. A[解析]本句意思：这个项目需要10年的刻苦钻研。hardworking：刻苦的，努力的，例如：His success depend on his hardworking and patience.他的成功全靠他的辛勤与耐心。scientific：科学的，例如：scientific development科学发展；basic：基本的，基础的，例如：My boss can speak some basic English.我的老板能说一些基础英语。social：社会的，例如：good social order良好的社会秩序。
15． A[解析]本句意思：他对自己没有完成学业的原因相当糊涂。vague：含糊的，不明确的，它和unclear意思相同，例如：It was still unclear what was the cause of the aircrash.那起空难的原因还不清楚。bright：聪明的，光明的，例如：We enjoyed the bright
sunshine.我们享受明媚的阳光。general：-般的，大体的，例如：the general trend of development发展的大趋势。bad：糟糕的，坏的，例如：You have to correct your bad habits radically.你必须彻底地改正自己的坏习惯。
第二部分：阅读判断
16.C [解析]文章的第一段提到"_since a 17 - year - old called Demetrius started spraying his' tag'，TAKI 183，all over the New York underground_"，由此可以得知他是一名青少年，但是没有证据显示他来自于纽约，因此，该判断在文中没有提到。
17.B [解析]第二段中间一句"The scheme started in 2000，and has attracted people of all age groups and both sexes."可以看出，这一计划是针对所有年龄的人们，而不只是青少年，所以该判断错误。
18.C[解析]本题给出的信息文中没有提及。作者在第二段虽然提到"Before we began，people were afraid to use the subway."在有组织的涂鸦艺术家们集中在地铁涂鸦之前，人们害怕搭乘地铁，但是文中没有说到人们是否喜欢乘坐地铁。
19.B[解析]文中第二段最后一句提到自从该计划实施以来，由于给艺术家们提供了展示他们作品的场所，在居民的私人财产上涂鸦的现象有所下降。很显然，不可能有新的墙壁被乱涂乱画。
20.A [解析]本题给出的信息正确。从第三段第四句"at 12 years old，Temper started painting with all these guys he'd hooked up with who were about 22 years old."可知泰普12岁时和其他艺术家一起开始绘画，他们大约比他大十岁。
21.B [解析]文中最后一段提到作为一名涂鸦艺术家，泰普敬佩并喜欢上了英国Wolvehampicn的艺术家们。并没有说他现在是涂鸦俱乐部的负责人。
22.A [解析]文中最后一段提到"The whole hip - hop scene was built up of different things and I did a bit of everything."他参与了有关嘻哈（文化）的各种活动，因此，该判断正确。
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墙上的文字
它是艺术还是破坏？是的，它仍然是一种犯罪行为，然而，自人们把自己的名字喷涂在墙壁上以标记自己的领地以来，涂鸦已经发生了变化。1971年，17岁的年轻人狄米特律斯开始在纽约地铁喷涂他的"标签"TAKI 183，街头艺术从此变得更加复杂，嘻哈文化由此应运而生。嘻哈音乐是一种音乐、舞蹈、诗歌、语言和时尚混合的艺术。它诞生于年轻的城市青年人中，他们感受到富裕同学的冷落，想要不顾一切地以任何可以使用的任何方式表达自己的想法。