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Plants and Mankind
Botany（植物学）,the study of plants,oupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge.We don‘t know what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants,but from what we can observe of preindustrialial societies that still exist,a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient.They have always been enormously important to the welfare of people,not only for food,but also for clothing,weapons,tools,dyes,Medicines,shelter,and many other purposes.Tribes living today in the jungle of the Amazon recognize hundreds of plants and know many properties of each.To them botany has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of “knowledge” at all.
Unfortunately,the more industrialized we bee the farther away we move from direct contact with plants.And the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows.Yet everyone es unconsciously on an amazing amount of botanical knowledge,and few people will fail to recognize a rose,an apple,or an
orchid.When our Neolithic ancestors,living in the Middle East about 10，000years ago,discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer yields the next season,the first great step in a new association of plants and humans was taken.Grains were discovered and from them flowed the marvel of agriculture： cultivated crops.From then
on,humans would increasingly take their living from the controlled production of a few plants,rather than getting a little here and a little there from many varieties that grew wild and the aumulated knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and intimacy with plants in the wild would begin to fade away.
练习：
1.It is logical that a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
2.People cannot survive without plants.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
3.Tribes living today in the jungle of the Amazon teach botany to their children at school.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
4.Our direct contact with plants grows with the process of industrialization.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
5.Today people usually acquire a large amount of botanical knowledge from textbooks.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
6.People living in the Middle East first learned to grow plants for food about 10，000years ago.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
7.Once mankind began farming,they no longer had to get food from many varieties that grew wild.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
参考答案：
1.A.文章第一段第三句话中的指示代词“this”是指上一句话的陈述，即“对植物及其特点的详细了解一定非常久远。”
2.A.第二段讲到植物对于人类而言是极为重要的，为人类提供类食物、衣服、工具、药物等生活必需品。
3.B.第一段结尾部分提到现今仍生活在亚马孙丛林中的部落能识别成百上千种植物，知道每一种植物的属性。他们没有植物学这个概念，甚至可能没有意识到它是知识界的一个分支。因此在学校中不可能设该课。
4.B.第二段第一句话说工业化的程度越高，我们与植物直接接触就越少。
5.B.第二段中说人们无意识地获得类大量植物学知识，由此可以推出这些知识不是从教科书中获得的。
6.A.第二段提到当生活在大约一万年前中东地区的人们发现某些草可以用来种植，而且到了来年再把种子种在地里可以得到更好的收成时，农业就出现了。
7.B.第二段末尾讲从大约一万年前开始从事农耕时起，人们逐渐地停止采食野果，这是因为萌芽时期的农耕技术还十分落后，人们还不能从中获得足够的食物。
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2013职称英语阅读理解英文及译文 2013年新增（一）阅读判断 1.第一篇：Taking Pictures of the world 2.*第十二篇：Starting a New Tradition （二）概括大意与完成句子 1.第五篇：US Signs Global Tobacco Treaty 2.第八篇：How We Form First Impression （三）阅读理解 1.第三篇：Shark Attack ！ 2.第五篇：The Travels of Ibn Battuta 12年新增的篇目：第1、8、10、11、16、19、20、26、30、33、34、35、37、38、47篇 13年新增的篇目：第3、5篇。 12年第8篇(C级)第33篇B级，第35篇A级2012年已考 职称英语阅读理解文章译文(参加综合A、B、C级考试需要掌握文章) 3 第一篇讲述关于人们的故事 Telling Tales about People 第二篇课外学习带来很大不同 4 Outside-the-classroom Learning Makes a Big Difference 5 第三篇小心鲨鱼 5 Shark Attack! 6 第四篇火鸡盛宴和感恩节的祝福 6 Feast on Turkey and Good Wishes at Thanksgiving 7 第五篇伊本白图泰游记7 The Travels of Ibn Battuta 8 第六篇看电视与长途汽车旅行9 TV Shows and Long Bus Trips 10 第七篇现代日光浴者10 Modern Sun Worshippers 11 第八篇变化中的中产阶级11 The Changing Middle Class 12 第九篇单亲幼儿最出色12 Single-parent Kids Do Best 13 第十篇艾伦的来信13 A Letter from Alan 14 第十一篇芭蕾舞的发展14 The Development of Ballet 15 第十二篇走私15 Smuggling 15 第十三篇芭比娃娃16 The Barbie Dolls 16 第十四篇睡眠17 Sleep 17
2016年 21. I could see from his face that he _____ bad news. A. had received B. receives C. received D. has received 22. The peasants【农民】__ their land. A. deprived B. were deprived C. deprived of D. were deprived of丧失 23. He failed his exam, __ proved that he wasn't working hard enough. 非限制性定语 A. what B. which C. this D. of which 24. So frightened __ in darkness that she did not dare to move an inch. 倒装句 A. was the girl B. the girl was C. such a girl was D. that the girl was 25. An Olympic Marathon is 26 miles and 385 yards, approximately_____ from Marathon to Athens. 同位语 A. the distance B. distance C. the distance is D. is the distance 翻译：奥林匹克马拉松赛跑为26英里，385码.大约为马拉松到雅典的距离 26. All flights __ because of the heavy storm, we decided to take the train. 完成被动的非谓语动词形式 A. having canceled B. being canceled C. having been canceled D. canceled 27. He preferred not to _____ with that group.
职称英语考试备考5大方法 第一，过度讲究方法和技巧，而不愿意下真功夫。语言的使用是 一种技能，但这种技能不是专靠技巧能够获得的。太讲究方法和技巧 会被其占用很多的时间和精力，而对学习的内容本身投入较少的时间 和精力，所以反而会影响学习的效果。如有一个参加高等教育自学考 试的青年，他订了十 多种讲自学和考试的刊物，认真学习和研究，讲起方法来一套一 套的，可他每次参考的科目却大多考不及格。这是因为他只顾钻研方 法和技巧，在学习内容上花的时间和精力太少，而且养成了投机取巧、不肯下功夫的习惯。方法和技巧只能适当利用，并且要从自己的学习 实践中摸索出适合自己的方法和技巧才会真正管用。 第二，过度讲究速度和效率，不愿花时间经常重复(复习)已学过 的内容，只求懂了则罢。语言的使用既是一种技能，技能则只有靠熟 能生巧，要持续的重复才会熟练，只有熟练了才会形成一种应用自如、不假思索的技能。 第三，三天打鱼两天晒网，没有恒心，不能长期坚持学习。技能 的熟练要有一个过程，在这个过程中会遇到各种困难，但不能向困难 低头，要坚持不懈地反复学习，持之以恒。 第四，不重视听力训练。语言是有声的，我们对语言的感受首先 是语言的声音作用于我们的大脑，如果不练习听力，仅仅默默地阅读 和背单词，其结果不但听不懂别人讲外语，而且阅读水平也难以提升。 第五，只学而不“用”，完全是以“学”的态度来学外语。语言 的实践性很强，如果只学而不用，就永远也学不好。我们学语言的目 的就是为了应用，要学会在用中学习，这样才能提升兴趣，达到好的 学习效果。 值得特别注意的是，“用”不但仅有意识的用，很多时候是要无 意识的“用”。比如在吃饭、洗碗、聊天、上网、洗脸、洗脚、洗衣
Passage 1 Have you ever seen a moon that looks unbelievably big? 1.To what do we compare the size of the harvest moon? (all of these) 2.The main purpose of the article is to inform. 3.The author knew most people find the moon mysterious. 4.The moon looks bigger if it is near the horizon 5.The autumn moon helps farmers see as they harvest their crops. Passage 2 Strange thing happens to time when you travel. 1.The best title for this selection is How Time Changes Around the World. 2.The difference in time between zones is one hour. 3.From this selection it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean is divided into five time zones. 4.The international date line is the name for the point where a new day begins. 5.If you cross the ocean going east, you set you clock ahead one hour in each new time zone. Passage 3 Holidays in the United States usually occur at least once a month. 1.The government of the United States makes it a rule for workers to have a 3-day weekend almost once a month. 2.Workers in the United States sometimes work from Tuesday to Sunday. 3.Which statement is NOT true according to this passage? All the workers have a half-month vacation. 4.The reason why someone has to divide his vacation into several parts is that no one can be found to take his place . 5.Which of the following is the best title for this passage? Something about the holidays and Vacation in the U.S. Passage 4 Sarah Winchester was a very rich woman. 1.What did Sarah keep doing to her house? Making it bigger. 2.The story says that Sarah?s house had floors. 3.Who did the work on Sarah?s house? Carpenters and plumbers and other workers. 4.How long did the work on the house continue? For 38 years. 5.Sarah?s house was finally finished when she died. Passage 5 The diner is only a humble restaurant, but it has a special place in American life. 1.What?s the main idea of paragraph 2? The attraction of different people. 2.The purpose of the last paragraph is to give a summary of the whole passage. 3.Why do truck drivers like a diner?It’s a haven against loneliness. 4.Diners attract many different kinds of people. 5.Diners are fascinating. Passage 6 In the past two years, millions of Americans have suddenly embraced the bicycles as 1.The word “embrace” in the first sentence is closest in meaning to make use of. 2.It can be concluded that if people continue to concern themselves with air pollution and physical fitness, bicycle sales will continue to rise. 3.The bicycle is enjoying a strong revival. 4.The reader can also conclude that Americans are concerned with the quality of their lives . 5.In the sentence “…and this isn?t America?s first bicycle boom.” The word “boom” means a rapid increase in sale.
[2018年职称英语综合备考阅读判断强化练习（5）]职称英 语备考 Plants and Mankind Botany（植物学）,the study of plants,oupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge.We don‘t know what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants,but from what we can observe of preindustrialial societies that still exist,a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient.They have always been enormously important to the welfare of people,not only for food,but also for clothing,weapons,tools,dyes,Medicines,shelter,and many other purposes.Tribes living today in the jungle of the Amazon recognize hundreds of plants and know many properties of each.To them botany has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of “knowledge” at all. Unfortunately,the more industrialized we bee the farther away we move from direct contact with plants.And the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows.Yet everyone es unconsciously on an amazing amount of botanical knowledge,and few people will fail to recognize a rose,an apple,or an
2016年职称英语教材综合类新增文章 第二篇Common Questions about Dreams Does everyone dream? Yes. Research shows that we all dream. We have our most vivid dreams during a type of sleep called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep. During REM sleep, the brain is very active. The eyes move quickly back and forth1 under the lids, and the large muscles of the body are relaxed. REM sleep occurs every 90-100 minutes, three to four times a night, and it lasts longer as the night goes on. ___1___ We dream at other times during the night, too, but those dreams are less vivid. Do people remember their dreams? A few people remember their dreams. However, most people forget nearly everything that happened during the night — dreams, thoughts, and the short periods of time when they were awake. ___2___ It seems that the memory of the dream is not totally lost, but for some reason it is very hard to bring it back2. If you want to remember your dream，the best thing to do is to write it down as soon as you wake up. Are dreams in color? Most dreams are in color. However, people may not be aware of it for two reasons ：They don’t usually remember the details of their dreams, or they don’t notice the color because it is such a natural part of our lives. ___3___ Do dreams have meaning? Scientists continue to debate this issue.3 ___4___ Some people use dreams to help them learn more about their feelings, thoughts, behavior, motives, and values. Others find that dreams can help them solve problems. It’s also true that artists, writers, and scientists often ge t creative ideas from dreams. How can I learn to understand my dreams? The most important thing to remember is that your dreams are personal. The people, actions, and situations in your dreams reflect your experience, your thoughts, and your feelings. Some dream experts believe that there are certain types of dreams that many people have，even if they come from different cultures or time periods. Usually, however, the same dream will have different meanings for different people. For example, an elephant in a dream may mean one thing to a zookeeper and something very different to a child whose favorite toy is a stuffed elephant. ___5___ Then look for links between your dreams and what is happening in your daily life. If you think hard and you are patient, perhaps the meaning of your dreams will become clearer to you. 词汇： vivid /'vivid/ adj. 清晰的，生动的，逼真的 lid /lid/ n. 眼睑（=eyelid) motive /m?utiv/ n. 动机 stuffed /st?ft/ adj. 填充的，塞满了的 注释： 1. back and forth：来回地，反复地。