2008年职称英语(理工类)B级真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)

2008年职称英语（理工类）B级真题试卷 (题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1. 词汇选项 2. 阅读判断 3. 概括大意与完成句子 4. 阅读理解 5.

补全短文 6. 完形填空

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个词或短语在括号中，请为每处括号部分的词汇或短语确定1个意义最为接近选项。

1． She found me very dull.

A．dirty

B．sleepy

C．lazy

D．boring

正确答案：D

解析：dull这个形容词是“乏味、没劲”的意思，和boring同义。

2． The President made a brief visit to Beijing.

A．short

B．working

C．formal

D．secret

正确答案：A

解析：brief是“简单的、简短的”的意思。a brief visit是“一次短暂的访问”，也就是a short visit的意思。A working visit是“一次工作访问”。formal“正式的”，secret“秘密的”。

3． He was persuaded to give up the idea.

A．mention

B．accept

C．consider

D．drop

正确答案：D

解析：give up这个动词短语是“放弃”的意思，drop一般解释为“扔、丢(东西)”的意思，如： He dropped his mobile phone in a hurry．匆忙中，他的手机掉地上了。但也可以转意为“放弃(想法、计划等)”，如：For lack of fund they had to

drop the project，由于资金不足，他们不得不放弃该项目。

4． Jack consumes a pound of cheese a day.

A．eats

B．drinks

C．buys

D．produces

正确答案：A

解析：consume是“消费”的意思，“吃、喝；都是消费的方式，但由于宾语是a pound of cheese“一磅奶酪”，所以只能用eats来代替consumes。

5． Mary just told us a very fascinating story.

A．strange

B．frightening

C．difficult

D．interesting

正确答案：D

解析：fascinating这个形容词的意思是“十分有趣、很精彩的”，如：The young

pianist’s performance was simply fascinating．那位年轻钢琴家的演出十分精彩。在四个选项中只有 interesting可以在这个句子中代替fascinating．

6． It’s a gorgeous day anyway.

A．lovely

B．cold

C．normal

D．rainy

正确答案：A

解析：gorgeous这个形容词常用于表示赞美、赞叹，又如：We had a gorgeous

meal in that old restaurant．(我们在那家老饭馆里美餐了一顿)。在四个选项中唯有lovely和它的意思相近。

7． Her life is becoming more diverse.

A．generous

B．humorous

C．varied

D．romantic

正确答案：C

解析：diverse这个形容词的意思是“多样的、有变化的”，又如：The kids had

diverse activities in the summer camp．(孩子们在夏令营里的活动多种多样)。varied是从动词vary派生出来的一个形容词，解释为“有变化的、多样的”，和，diverse同义。generous慷慨的，humorous幽默的，romantic浪漫的。

8． Foreign military aid was prolonging the war.

A．broadening

B．worsening

C．extending

D．accelerating

正确答案：C

解析：动词prolong的意思是“延长、使……更长”。extend有这个意思，如：The term of office will be extended from three years to four．(任期将从三年延长为四年)。broaden：使变宽， worsen：变得更坏，accelerate：加速。

9． She was unwilling to go but she had no choice.

A．unable

B．indecisive

C．ready

D．reluctant

正确答案：D

解析：unwilling是willing的反义词，即“不愿意”。reluctant是“勉强”的意思，如：He seems to be quite reluctant to accept our invitation．(他接受我们的邀请显得很勉强)。indecisive是“非决定性的、优柔寡断的”的意思，ready则是“准备好、欣然”的意思。

10． She is slender, with delicate wrists and ankles.

A．sick

B．weak

C．slim

D．pale

正确答案：C

解析：slender是指人的身材苗条，四个选项中只有slim和它同义。pale是“苍白”的意思。

11． With immense relief, I stopped running.

A．some

B．enormous

C．little

D．extensive

正确答案：B

解析：immense表示“巨大的、极大的”，常用于形容时间、金钱、工作量、精力等等。 Completing that project calls for an immense amount of time and

fund．(完成那个项目需要大量的时间和资金的投入)。在四个选项中只有enormous具有“大”的意思。extensive派生自动词extend，是“广泛、宽广”的意思。

12． The scientists began to accumulate data.

A．collect

B．handle

C．analyze

D．investigate

正确答案：A

解析：accumulate是“积累”的意思。句子的意思是：科学家们开始积累资料。和它意义相近的是collect。handle处理，analyze分析，investigate调查。

13． Jack eventually overtook the last truck.

A．hit

B．passed

C．reached

D．led

正确答案：B

解析：动词overtake是“赶上并超过”的意思，所以可以用pass来代替它。reach：到达(某地)，hif：撞上去，lead：带领、引领。

14． Sometimes it is advisable to book hotels in advance.

A．possible

B．profitable

C．easy

D．wise

正确答案：D

解析：advisable是“可取的、合适的”的意思，所以和wise“明智的”同义。句子的意思是：有时事先预订好旅馆是可取的。又如：The weather is so

changeable that it is advisable to take an umbrella with you whenever you go out．(天气多变，出门带上雨伞不亏为明智之举)。 profitable是“有益的、有利润的”。

15． The reason for their unusual behavior remains a puzzle.

A．fact

B．mystery

C．statement

D．game

正确答案：B

解析：puzzle这个名词的意思是“令人困惑的事情或问题、不解之谜”。四个选项中只有 mystery和它同义。又如：It is still a puzzle／mystery how the ancient

Egyptians built the pyramids．(古埃及人究竟怎样建造金字塔至今还是个没有解开的迷)。

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 Need to Remember Some people say they have no memory at all:

“I just can’t remember a thing!” But of course we all have a memory. Our memory

tells us who we are. Our memory helps us to make use In the present of what we have

learnt in the past. in fact we have different types of memory. For example, our

visual memory helps us recall facts and places. ‘Some people have such a strong

visual memory, they can remember exactly what they have seen, for example, pages

of a book, as a complete picture. Our verbal (言语的) memory helps us remember

words and figures we may have heard but not seen or written: items of a shopping list,

a chemical formula, dates, or a recipe. With our emotional (情感的) memory, we

recall situations or places where we had strong feelings, perhaps of happiness or

unhappiness. We also have special memories for smell, taste, touch and sound, and for

performing physical movements. We have two ways of storing any of these